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A-Rod in Mexico City on same weekend as Madonna
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Madonna, Alex Rodriguez in Mexico City
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle Endeavour lands in California
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle lands in Calif. after 16-day mission
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle Endeavour finishes 16-day mission
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle glides to safe landing in California
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Orphan of slain rabbi in Mumbai lands in Israel
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Raul Castro attends first beatification in Cuba
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Refugees from Bhutan settle in Pittsburgh
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Global News Archive for Octomber 2006:
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Security Council Backs Sanctions on North Korea
The U.N. Security Council overcame objections from Russia and China by explicitly excluding the threat of military force and clarifying the right of nations to inspect cargo...
New York Times - October 14, 2006
Salmon Find a Surprising Ally in the Rugged Far East of Russia
The eastern Russian peninsula governments are at work on proposals that would designate a network of refuges for salmon that would be the first of its kind...
New York Times - October 14, 2006
Fun solutions to serious problems
Technology used to entertain can also have wider uses, as the BBC's technology programme Click discovers...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Stars turn out to honour Clooney
Actor and director George Clooney is joined by fellow stars as he collects an award celebrating his career...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Third arrest over £18m drug haul
A third man is arrested in connection with the largest drugs seizure made in Northern Ireland...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Cricket: England set for opener
England begin their Champions Trophy campaign against India Sunday in a positive mood...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Airport scoops architecture prize
Madrid's Barajas Airport wins the UK's most prestigious architecture award, the £20,000 Stirling Prize...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Keeper injuries mar Chelsea win
Chelsea have keepers Petr Cech and Carlo Cudicini stretchered off as they win a dramatic game at Reading...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Hain upbeat over NI government
Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain is confident Sinn Fein and the DUP will sit together in government...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
UN slaps sanctions on North Korea
The UN Security Council votes unanimously in favour of a resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
U.S. Hits Obstacle in Getting a Vote on North Korea
Questions from China and Russia cast doubt on the timing of the vote and possibly the content of the Security Council resolution...
New York Times - October 14, 2006
Fraying of Old Restraints Risks a Second Nuclear Age
Atomic officials estimate that as many as 40 additional countries have the technical skill, and in some cases the required material, to build a bomb...
New York Times - October 14, 2006
Sturgeon in rallying call to SNP
The SNP conference has heard a rallying call from the party's deputy leader Nicola Sturgeon...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Man arrested over OAP sex attack
Police question a man in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a woman believed to be in her 80s...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Sweden's trade minister to quit
Swedish Trade Minister Maria Borelius is to resign over allegations of tax evasion after just a week in office...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Israel kills six Hamas militants
Six Palestinian militants from Hamas are killed in clashes overnight during an Israeli incursion into Gaza...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Low-caste Hindus adopt new faith
Hundreds of Hindus convert to other faiths as part of protests against the injustices of India's caste system...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Teenager charged on stab death
An 18-year-old man is charged with the murder of a man found dead at a caravan park...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Man Utd come back for win
Man Utd produce a fine second-half display to come from behind and beat Wigan...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Kidnapped tourists freed in Niger
Two Italian tourists kidnapped in Niger two months ago are freed after mediation by Libya...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Director scorns 'laughable' laws
Banned Summer Palace director Lou Ye attacks the Chinese government's censorship laws...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Thousands at NHS protests
Demonstrations organised to oppose cuts in NHS services attract thousands of campaigners...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Architecture prize to be awarded
The winner of Britain's top architecture prize is due to be announced...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Group identifies Tory cash donors
A group of businessmen that donates money to the Tories has relented to pressure and named its members...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Muslim leader attacked at mosque
A 53-year-old imam is punched and kicked by a man who entered a mosque in the west end of Glasgow...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
UN North Korea vote 'very close'
Agreement on a UN resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea is "very close," says the US envoy at the UN...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Two troops killed in Afghanistan
Nato says two of its soldiers have been killed after an ambush in southern Afghanistan...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Quest for the bedroom programmers
BBC Click's Marc Cieslak looks at Microsoft's search for the next generation of game designers...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Trident debate to top CND agenda
Plans to stop Trident being replaced will be discussed at the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament's conference...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Senedd bid for architecture award
The Welsh assembly's Senedd building is in the running to win the £20,000 Stirling architecture prize...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Benai family set for deportation
Three asylum seekers who were detained in a dawn raid in Glasgow are expected to be deported back to Algeria...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Hindus to convert to Buddhism
Tens of thousands of Hindu Dalits are set to convert to Buddhism to escape discrimination...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Parties to respond within a month
NI's political parties have a month to respond to the British and Irish governments draft devolution agreement...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
US envoy in peace bid for Darfur
A US envoy arrives in Sudan for a trip expected to take him to Darfur as America imposes tougher sanctions...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
UK cautious about 'ending lives'
UK doctors are more cautious about helping terminally ill patients end their lives than colleagues in Europe, a study shows...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Muslim teacher defends her veil
A Muslim support teacher suspended for wearing a veil in lessons says it was never a problem for her pupils...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Iraqi Interior Minister to Purge Agency to Stem Killings
Jawad al Bolani said that he was preparing to reshuffle the interior ministry’s leadership, and that he had political backing...
New York Times - October 14, 2006
Turkish Laureate Criticizes French Legislation
Orhan Pamuk, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature this week, said France had acted against its own principles of freedom of expression...
New York Times - October 14, 2006
British Downplay Discord After General’s Remark
The government raced to defuse a debate after a call to withdraw British troops from Iraq “sometime soon.”...
New York Times - October 14, 2006
London and Dublin Offer Northern Ireland a Compromise
It is not certain that the agreement will be enough to survive the tripwires of Northern Ireland’s fissured politics...
New York Times - October 14, 2006
U.S. Hits Obstacle in Getting a Vote on North Korea
Questions from China and Russia on Friday evening cast the timing of the vote and possibly the content of the Security Council resolution into doubt...
New York Times - October 14, 2006
Chase headlining Policeman's Ball
Chevy Chase tops the bill of the first Secret Policeman's Ball charity show since 1989...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
What minds should school nurture?
BBC education correspondent Mike Baker wonders what sort of minds we should be developing...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
NHS protests 'to draw thousands'
Protests at cuts in NHS services are expected to attract thousands of people over the weekend...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Israeli rocket 'hits Hamas house'
Four Hamas members and two others die in an Israeli air strike on a Gaza house, Palestinian officials say...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Peru Shining Path head gets life
The founder of Peru's Shining Path Maoist guerrillas is jailed for life after a terrorism conviction at a retrial...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Arthritis drug access 'a lottery'
The ability to obtain advanced rheumatoid arthritis drugs on the NHS is determined by where patients live, a study finds...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Ariane rocket delivers satellites
Europe's heavy-lift Ariane 5-ECA rocket puts three satellites in orbit after taking off from French Guiana...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
Inquiry into Huntley attack claim
Reports that Ian Huntley has been attacked in jail are being investigated, the Prison Service says...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
TV ads 'to stop young drinkers'
The government launches a hard-hitting ad campaign aimed at stopping underage and binge drinking...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
US test 'confirms' N Korea claim
Early scientific results appear to confirm that North Korea did carry out an nuclear test, says the US...
BBC News - October 14, 2006
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