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Obama, McCain bury campaign pain, vow cooperation
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Obama, McCain bury sour campaign, vow cooperation
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Saks posts bigger-than-expected 3Q loss
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Obama, McCain pledge to work together for reform
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk marred by lost tool bag
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Astronauts end space walk marred by lost tool bag
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Indian navy sinks suspected pirate mother ship
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Global News Archive for November 2006:
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Climate insurance urged for poor
The United Nations calls on insurance companies to help protect the world's poor against the impacts of climate change...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Oxford dons back finance reform
Academics at Oxford University vote in favour of reforms which could hand financial control to outsiders...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
First Direct to end free banking
First Direct is set to introduce monthly charges for bank customers with under £1,500 in their basic accounts...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Protesters 'asked to leave pipe'
A protest at a gas pipeline construction site could end after the landowner asked a group of protesters to leave...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
'Offensive' poster banned on Tube
London Underground is accused of "censorship" after refusing to put up posters for a comedy show...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Iran will talk to 'corrected' US
Iran's president says that his country is willing to enter into a dialogue with the US - if it changes its attitude...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Saudis plan Iraq security fence
Saudi authorities say they are pressing on with building a hi-tech security fence to seal their border with Iraq...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Banks to launch EU share market
Seven investment banks are to create a new European system for trading shares to rival top stock exchanges...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Stars out for Bond royal premiere
Thousands of 007 fans turn out to greet the stars of the new James Bond film Casino Royale at its royal premiere...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Iraq hostages 'freed by police'
All the hostages seized in an armed raid on a Baghdad education facility have been released, officials say...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Beijing Journal: A Law That Says Man Can Have Only One ‘Best Friend’
In Beijing, regulations limit households in eight districts to a single dog and forbid people from owning large dogs like golden retrievers and huskies...
New York Times - November 14, 2006
Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Maintain Tough Front on Iran
President Bush and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel kept up their tough talk on Iran on Monday, warning it once again to drop its nuclear ambitions...
New York Times - November 14, 2006
Many Nations’ Forests Regrow, Study Finds
A new study indicates that a large and growing number of countries are reversing the longstanding trend toward destruction of their forests...
New York Times - November 14, 2006
Dozens Are Kidnapped at College Office in Baghdad
The methodical daylight raid prompted the minister of higher education to shut Iraq’s universities until security improves...
New York Times - November 14, 2006
Extras duo compete for same award
Extras creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are both up for best actor at the British Comedy Awards...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Blair pushes Mid East peace to US
Tony Blair tells the US inquiry into future policy options that Mid East peace is crucial to the future of Iraq...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Average European 'is overweight'
The Maltese and the Greeks are the heavyweights of Europe, figures from the European Commission reveal...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
'No-one to blame' for body mix-up
No-one is to blame for an error which lead to a family being given the wrong body for burial, a judge finds...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Jodi killer capital trial appeal
Luke Mitchell wins the right to include a challenge against staging his trial in Edinburgh in his appeal...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Lynette review officers released
Four police officers are among nine people released from bail in the inquiry into the original Lynette White murder investigation...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Hamas: No recognition of Israel
The Palestinian government will not agree to international demands to recognise Israel, Hamas says...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
India-Pakistan talks 'start well'
India says the first peace talks with Pakistan since train bombings in Mumbai (Bombay) in July have started well...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Iran wants US change before talks
Iran's president says that his country is willing to enter into a dialogue with the US if it changes its attitude...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Football: Richards England debut
Man City's 18-year-old defender Micah Richards will make his England debut in Holland on Wednesday...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Bemba rejects DR Congo poll loss
Supporters of ex-DR Congo's Jean-Pierre Bemba reject results showing he is set to lose a presidential run-off...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
S Africa approves gay marriages
South Africa's parliament votes to legalise weddings for gay couples, the first African nation to do so...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Germany tries 'Holocaust denier'
A chemist goes on trial in Germany, accused of denying the Holocaust and defaming the memory of the dead...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Pupils suffer suspected poisoning
A class of primary school children on Tyneside is treated in hospital for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Covert preaching of banned cleric
The BBC reveals a cleric banned from the UK is preaching terrorism, incognito on the internet...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Man arrested over family deaths
Police arrest a 33-year-old relative of a family of four found dead at a house on Newcastle upon Tyne...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Scores seized from Baghdad office
Five Iraqi police officers are arrested after gunmen storm a government office in Baghdad, abducting dozens of people...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Tributes paid to Basra boat four
Tributes are paid to four British service personnel killed in an attack on a patrol boat in southern Iraq...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Game glitches for PlayStation 3
Sony has admitted that some older games are not working properly on its new console...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
James Bond set for royal premiere
The Queen will be attending the world premiere of Casino Royale, the new James Bond film, in London later...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Tory plan to reveal expenditure
The Conservatives are to unveil plans forcing the Treasury to reveal online how taxpayers' money is spent...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Oxford dons to vote on finances
Academics at Oxford University prepare to vote on reforms which would hand financial control to outsiders...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Mourners gather for crash funeral
Around 1,000 mourners gather for the first of two funerals for four teenage girls killed on a south Wales mountain road...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Easyjet expands as profits soar
Low-cost airline Easyjet announces plans to buy new aircraft as it reports a 56% rise in annual profits...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Police drink-drive levels slammed
Sixteen police officers in NI face disciplinary action after being convicted of drink-driving this year...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Ill health forces minister's exit
The Scottish Executive announces that Education Minister Peter Peacock is stepping down...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Four bodies discovered in house
The bodies of two adults and two children are discovered in a house in Newcastle...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Iraq neighbours told to mend ways
The US and UK say Iran and Syria could play a role in stabilising Iraq, but they must stop supporting terror first...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Copper theft stalls Italian trains
Rail travellers in Italy suffer delays because of an increase in the theft of copper wire along train tracks...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Giuliani tests presidency waters
Ex-New York Mayor Rudolf Giuliani takes a key step towards running for the 2008 US presidency...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Football: Dowie departs Charlton
Charlton say they sacked boss Iain Dowie after a review of the club's structure and Les Reed has been promoted to head coach...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Nigerian ex-governors on the run
The two governors recently sacked in Plateau and Ekiti states are "wanted men", Nigeria's anti-corruption agency says...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Goldsmith backs honours stance
Lord Goldsmith tells the BBC why he believes he cannot stand aside from the cash-for-honours probe...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Trescothick to miss Ashes series
Marcus Trescothick is flying home from England's Ashes tour to Australia because of his stress-related illness...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
4x4 drivers face huge charge rise
Vehicles causing the most pollution in central London face a threefold increase in the congestion charge...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Rumsfeld faces German legal test
A German lawsuit is launched against ex-US defence chief Donald Rumsfeld over alleged prisoner abuse...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Blair to address US Iraq inquiry
Tony Blair is preparing to give evidence by video link to the US panel charged with finding new ways forward in Iraq...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Diggers search for missing boys
A search is taking place to try to find the bodies of two boys close to where they were last seen 10 years ago...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Gunmen seize 100 at Iraq ministry
Gunmen abduct more than 100 men from a research institute belonging to Iraq's higher education ministry...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Iraq boat attack personnel named
Four British service personnel who were killed in an attack on a patrol boat in southern Iraq are named...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
South Korea Won’t Intercept Cargo Ships From the North
South Korea said it saw no need for any additional actions to punish the North for its nuclear test beyond old trade restrictions and the recent suspension of aid...
New York Times - November 14, 2006
Blair Urges Strategy Change in Mideast, Spotlighting Iran
Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain said that the “nature of the battle” in Iraq had changed, and that Western strategy in the Middle East must evolve...
New York Times - November 14, 2006
Anatomy of an Alliance: For Evangelicals, Supporting Israel Is ?God?s Foreign Policy?
Many conservative Christians say they believe that support for Israel fulfills a biblical injunction to protect the Jewish state...
New York Times - November 14, 2006
World Leaders Release Plan for Resolving East-West Rift
The leaders singled out the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as a primary source of the deepening split between the West and the Muslim world...
New York Times - November 14, 2006
Pakistan Link Seen in Afghan Suicide Attacks
The trail of the bombers who have carried out a rising number of suicide attacks in Afghanistan traces back to Pakistan, Afghan officials say...
New York Times - November 14, 2006
Bush Says He’s Open to Change in Iraq, but ...
After meeting with a panel examining the war, the president said that military options “depend upon conditions on the ground.”...
New York Times - November 14, 2006
Zune goes head to head with iPod
Microsoft's Zune music player, a rival to Apple's iPod, goes on sale in the US, receiving mixed reviews...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Teenagers 'fail to claim grants'
Many teenagers struggle to combine studies with working because they do not know they can claim a grant, a report claims...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
High-speed rail link open in year
The opening date of the final section of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link into London is announced...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Red meat link to breast cancers
Eating large amounts of red meat may double young women's breast cancer risk, a study suggests...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
S Asia rivals resume peace talks
India and Pakistan begin their first talks since relations ground to a halt after the Mumbai bombings in July...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Taiwan mayor questioned over fund
The mayor of Taiwan's capital Taipei is questioned over alleged misuse of funds - the latest in a series of scandals...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Venezuela opens Orinoco bridge
Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Brazil's Lula da Silva open a $1.2bn bridge over the Orinoco River...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Free broadband users 'less happy'
A new report says that the rise of free broadband deals has led to a sharp drop in the levels of customer satisfaction...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Call for post-Kyoto climate deal
Environment Secretary David Miliband has called for global agreement on reducing greenhouse gases beyond the Kyoto Protocol...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Giuliani to launch presidency bid
Former New York City Mayor Rudolf Giuliani is preparing to run for the US presidency in 2008, officials say...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Call to satellite track offenders
A children's charity is calling for the use of lie detector tests and satellite technology to monitor sex offenders...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
Plans to help homeless unveiled
A £164m package to help young homeless people is to be unveiled by the government later...
BBC News - November 14, 2006
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