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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 2007:
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Castro and Chavez Talk on Broadcast
HAVANA (AP) -- Fidel Castro made his first live appearance on Cuban airwaves since falling ill 14 months ago, sounding lucid and in good humor as he exchanged praise and jokes Sunday with the Venezuelan president...
New York Times - October 14, 2007
Bombing Near Shiite Mosque in Baghdad Kills 9
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A bomb in a parked car struck worshippers heading to a Shiite mosque Sunday in Baghdad, killing at least nine people as Iraqis celebrated a Muslim holiday, while the death toll rose to 18 in a coordinated suicide truck bombing and ambush north of the capital...
New York Times - October 14, 2007
Sugababes achieve UK chart double
Pop act the Sugababes capture the top spot in both the UK singles and album charts...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Smaller class petition submitted
A petition calling for smaller class sizes is to be handed to MSPs at the Scottish Parliament...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Armed police call-outs 'rising'
The number of call-outs of armed police in England and Wales rose by more than 50% in 10 years, figures show...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Rice warns Israel on peace talks
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cautions Israel to avoid eroding confidence in peace talks...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Castro speaks live on Chavez show
Ailing Cuba leader Fidel Castro speaks live on television for the first time since handing over power last year...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Sweden top for migrant integration
Sweden tops a new study that exposes wide variations in the integration of migrants in European countries...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Olmert in new corruption probe
Israel's attorney-general launches a third corruption investigation into Prime Minister Ehud Olmert...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
South Africa progress to final
England will face a World Cup final rematch with South Africa after the Springboks end Argentina's glorious run in the semis...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Post union chiefs to discuss deal
Postal workers' leaders are set to discuss a deal that could bring an end to their dispute with Royal Mail management...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Scots outlaw kerb-crawling
New laws which make kerb-crawling a criminal offence come into force in Scotland...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Putin told of 'assassination bid'
Russian President Putin has been warned of a plot to assassinate him during a visit to Iran next week...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Ministers rally round for Brown
Ministers come out in support of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, saying Labour should unite behind him...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Talks over assistants' strike go on
Talks to break the deadlock in the classroom assistants' dispute continue at the Labour Relations Agency...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
German stays on as Lib Dem leader
Mike German tells Welsh Liberal Democrats he is to continue as assembly leader, but only until 2008...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Arrest follows body find on hill
Police arrest a 24-year-old man after a man was found dead on Cavehill in north Belfast on Saturday...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
China rules out West's democracy
China will never see Western-style democracy, a top official says on the eve of the Communist Party's Congress...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
DR Congo rebels in new stand-off
Congo troops move towards the stronghold of rebel Gen Nkunda, who vows to ignore a deadline to disband...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Football: Barnes angry at boos
Ex-England international John Barnes says it is "wrong" for fans to boo midfielder Frank Lampard...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Rugby U: SA ready for Pumas
South Africa meet Argentina in Paris in the second of the World Cup semi-finals...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Wilkinson 'tougher than in 2003'
Jonny Wilkinson is mentally stronger now than when he helped his team win the 2003 World Cup, says England's director of rugby...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Archbishop opens moved church
Dr Rowan Williams opens a 13th Century church moved piece by piece across Wales and rebuilt in a museum...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Tourists die in Thai cave floods
Six Western tourists, one British, are killed by floods in Thailand while exploring caves in a national park...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Australian Prime Minister Sets November Election
Prime Minister John Howard called a national election for Nov. 24, stressing experience over his Labor opponent and shrugging off polls that show he faces near-certain defeat...
New York Times - October 14, 2007
Book Faults Israeli Air War in Lebanon
A new study of the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah war commissioned by the U.S. Air Force concludes that insufficient discernment in Israel?s airstrikes helped it lose the war for public opinion...
New York Times - October 14, 2007
Rapper TI arrested before awards
US rap star TI is charged with gun offences before winning two awards at a ceremony in Atlanta...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Tories 'must not be complacent'
The Tories must not "become complacent" ahead of the next election, shadow home secretary David Davis says...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
German to fight for leader's role
Mike German tells Welsh Liberal Democrats he wants to carry on as their assembly leader, but only for a year...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Classroom talks enter second day
A second day of talks to break the deadlock in the classroom assistants strike resumes in Belfast...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
'Black Friday' sculpture unveiled
The first phase of four sculptures commemorating the Eyemouth fishing disaster is set to be unveiled...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Rice pushes for Mid-East progress
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in Israel to push forward a key peace conference...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Alcohol-related casualties 'rise'
The number of people taken to A&E in England due to alcohol abuse has risen sharply in five years, it is reported...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Congo's Nkunda rejects ultimatum
DR Congo rebel leader Laurent Nkunda says he will ignore Monday's deadline to start disbanding his forces...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Relocated medieval church opens
A 13th Century church moved piece by piece and rebuilt at a Cardiff museum is opened by the Archbishop of Canterbury...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Teenager dies crossing motorway
A 16-year-old dies when he is struck by a vehicle as he tried to cross the M60 near Manchester...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Postal union urged to accept deal
Business Secretary John Hutton urges unions to accept a "sensible deal" to end the postal dispute...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Chairman predicts a smaller BBC
BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons says the corporation will be smaller five years from now...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Ashton targets historic final win
England rugby coach Brian Ashton says his side hope to win the World Cup after their semi-final win against France...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Obesity 'as bad as climate risk'
Obesity poses a potential crisis on the same scale as climate change, the health secretary says...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Monsignor Suspended; Reported to Say His Gay Sex Isn?t Sin
An Italian monsignor was suspended from his post at the Vatican after he was reported to have said in a television interview that he ?didn?t feel he was sinning? by having sex with gay men...
New York Times - October 14, 2007
21 Die in Colombia Mine
A landslide caused by local residents digging for rumored deposits of gold killed at least 21 people and injured 26 on Saturday at an abandoned mine in southern Colombia, authorities said...
New York Times - October 14, 2007
Wild Elephants Wreck Homes on India Isle
About 100 wild elephants converged on a river island in northeast India and were demolishing homes, feasting on sugar cane and panicking residents...
New York Times - October 14, 2007
Suicide Attack in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed one policeman and six civilians in southeastern Afghanistan, close to the border with Pakistan on Saturday, a police commander said...
New York Times - October 14, 2007
Over the Line
Two Israeli scholars have written a history of the settlement project...
New York Times - October 14, 2007
Australia's Howard Sets Election For November 24
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's veteran Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday called a national election for November 24, stressing his experience over his Labor opponent and shrugging off polls that show he faces near-certain defeat...
New York Times - October 14, 2007
The Basics: The Politics Behind the Peace Prize
Alfred Nobel created the peace prize more than a century ago, but it is the Norwegian Nobel Committee that decides who gets it...
New York Times - October 14, 2007
Word For Word | Burmese Whispers: A Few Voices From the Deepening Silence
Voices carrying stories of violence and fear break through the borders of Myanmar...
New York Times - October 14, 2007
The World: Peacekeepers Without a Peace to Keep
Darfur is not a Kosovo, an East Timor, or a Cyprus ? all places where the United Nations has stepped in and stopped the bloodshed. Darfur is experiencing a different, messier kind of war...
New York Times - October 14, 2007
Ideas & Trends: Could Afghan Poppies Be Painkillers for the Poor?
It is estimated that more than 6.2 million of the world?s poor are dying of cancer, AIDS, burns and wounds without adequate pain relief, so why not harness the poppy harvest for much-needed morphine?...
New York Times - October 14, 2007
Money in New York: The Sy Empire
The Syrian Jews of Gravesend, Brooklyn, rear their children to marry other Syrian Jews and make a fortune (the boys, anyway)...
New York Times - October 14, 2007
Nine Lives: What Cats Know About War
A reporter adopts cats to reconnect with life amid unremitting death...
New York Times - October 14, 2007
A Violent Police Unit, on Film and in Rio?s Streets
A new film is drawing attention to Rio de Janeiro?s violent and feared elite anti-trafficking police force, the BOPE...
New York Times - October 14, 2007
As Angola Rebuilds, Most Find Their Poverty Persists
Thanks to surging oil production, Angola?s economy is booming, but most Angolans remain as poor as ever...
New York Times - October 14, 2007
Teenager badly hurt in stabbing
A 15-year-old boy is being treated in hospital for stab wounds after being seriously injured in Clapham...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Talks aim at Kosovo breakthrough
New talks are to take place in Brussels to try to break the deadlock over the future of Kosovo...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Togo prepares for landmark poll
Togo is set to hold parliamentary polls, with a full opposition field for the first time in nearly two decades...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Brown praises 'fantastic' England
Gordon Brown and David Cameron praise England's rugby union team after they reach the World Cup final...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Australian PM announces election
Australian Prime Minister John Howard calls an election for 24 November as he seeks a fifth term in office...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Rice to press Mid-East conference
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice returns to the Mid-East to push forward a key peace conference...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Show 'vision for UK', Brown urged
Gordon Brown risks offering drift not leadership unless he outlines his future vision, the ex-Lord Chancellor warns...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
Obesity likened to climate change
Obesity poses a potential crisis on the same scale as climate change, the health secretary says...
BBC News - October 14, 2007
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