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Saber-toothed cat fossils discovered in Venezuela
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Study Seismic has little effect on Gulf whales
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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At top of Greenland, new worrisome cracks in ice
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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US, Iraq reach deal to pull US troops out by June
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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French deaths in Afghanistan show rising Taliban
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Russians dig in but still promise Georgia pullout
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Global News Archive for December 2006:
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French Candidates Try Softer Touch to Woo Minorities
With the presidential election four months away, candidates are working to seduce alienated and disadvantaged ethnic populations...
New York Times - December 14, 2006
News Analysis: Deep Roots of Denial for Iran?s True Believer
Iran?s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, actually seems to believe that the Holocaust is at best exaggerated and part of a conspiracy...
New York Times - December 14, 2006
Early Mammals Took to the Air, Fossil Suggests
A fossil of a gliding animal shows that mammals experimented with flight around when birds first took to the skies...
New York Times - December 14, 2006
Christian video game draws anger
A new Christian video game spurs boycott calls, with critics calling it "both the Inquisition and the Crusades"...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Drive to improve patient safety
The government announces proposals to improve patient safety as a study finds current safeguards are failing...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Gallaher in £7.5bn bid approach
Silk Cut cigarette maker Gallaher receives a takeover approach, which values the company at £7.5bn...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Labour rejects donations cap call
Labour's national executive rejects a call to set a cap of £50,000 on all donations to political parties...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Iranian polls to test Ahmadinejad
Iranians are set to vote in elections seen as the first test of support for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
O'Sullivan sorry for York walkout
Ronnie O'Sullivan apologises for quitting his quarter-final match against Stephen Hendry at the UK Championship...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Saudi defence deal probe ditched
A probe into a £6bn defence deal with Saudi Arabia is dropped, after warnings it could damage security...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Palestinian PM allowed to return
Israel allows Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya to return to Gaza, but without millions of dollars in donations...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Blair questioned in honours probe
Police asked Tony Blair about conversations between his chief fundraiser and a Labour donor, the BBC has learned...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
U.S. Hits Resistance at Economic Talks in China
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is leading an elaborate effort to persuade China to reform its policies...
New York Times - December 14, 2006
Helen Mirren up for three Globes
Actress Mirren earns three nominations at the Golden Globes, including best actress for The Queen...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Personalised adverts on mobile TV
Mobile TV viewers in Norway will be served personalised adverts according to their tastes and background...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Ready meals in glass scare recall
Supermarkets withdraw thousands of ready meals following concerns they contain glass fragments...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Bupa health pulls out of Ireland
Health insurer Bupa is to close its operations in Ireland to avoid making payments to state-owned rival VHI...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Tamil Tigers' top negotiator dies
The senior negotiator for the Tamil Tigers, Anton Balasingham, has died of cancer in London, the BBC learns...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
US Democrat has brain operation
Democrats' control of the US Senate is put in doubt as a senator undergoes emergency brain surgery...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Enlargement test for EU leaders
European Union leaders gather in Brussels to discuss stricter rules for admitting new member states...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
DR Congo poll 'will spread peace'
DR Congo's neighbours hail the country's recent elections saying it promises peace for the entire region...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Ban Ki-moon sworn in as UN chief
South Korea's Ban Ki-moon is sworn in as the next United Nations secretary general at a ceremony in New York...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Hoon called to Iraq death inquest
Former defence secretary Geoff Hoon is to give evidence at the inquest of a British tank commander killed in Iraq...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
O'Sullivan in dramatic UK walkout
Ronnie O'Sullivan quits his quarter-final match against Stephen Hendry at the UK Championship...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
England look for third Test lead
England will start day two of the third Ashes Tests with a chance to put Australia under pressure...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Chess star father cleared of rape
A father is cleared of raping his chess prodigy daughter, who later died in a fall from a hotel window...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
2,500 post offices face closure
About 2,500 post offices are to close as part of future plans for the network, ministers announce...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Fighter aircraft fraud probe ends
The Serious Fraud Office has ended its corruption inquiry into a £6bn fighter plane deal with Saudi Arabia...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Palestinian PM denied Gaza entry
Israel blocks the Palestinian prime minister from returning to the Gaza Strip carrying millions of dollars in donations...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Fourth body is missing prostitute
Police confirm a woman found dead in woodland near Ipswich is missing prostitute Paula Clennell...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Blair questioned in honours probe
Prime Minister Tony Blair has been interviewed by police investigating allegations of cash for honours...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Circumcision Halves H.I.V. Risk, U.S. Agency Finds
Experts cautioned that circumcision is no cure-all. It only lessens the chances that a man will contract AIDS from heterosexual sex...
New York Times - December 14, 2006
Online banking fraud 'up 8,000%'
The UK has seen an 8,000% increase in fake internet banking scams in the past two years, peers are told...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
IVF father figure clause is to go
The government says fertility clinics no longer need to consider the need for a father...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Teach languages, primaries urged
Languages should become a standard part of the English primary school curriculum, a report says...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Prize offered to tag an asteroid
A $50,000 competition is launched to find the best way to tag the potentially dangerous Apophis asteroid...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Brown honour nomination 'normal'
Claims Gordon Brown pushed through an honour nomination for a friend are denied by the Cabinet Office...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Shake-up plan at Trinity Mirror
Newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror says it will sell the Racing Post and a number of large regional papers...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Corus admits guilt on fatal blast
Corus pleads guilty to breaking safety laws relating to a blast at its Port Talbot plant which killed three men...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Uproar at airport expansion plans
Campaigners vow to continue fighting airport expansions as the government commits to schemes a two airports...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Hunger striker wishes 'respected'
It is lawful for an NI hospital to respect the wishes of a rapist refusing food, a High Court judge says...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Village flood defences questioned
Residents question why a new flood prevention scheme failed its first proper test...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Spain debates Franco reparations
Spain's parliament debates a law to grant reparations to victims of Gen Franco's dictatorship...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Egypt cracks down on Brotherhood
A top Muslim Brotherhood leader in Egypt is arrested along with scores of the group's supporters...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Strike shuts down Indian states
A strike called by India's biggest trade unions shuts down two communist-ruled states...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Asia's greenhouse gas 'to treble'
Asia's greenhouse gas emissions are set to treble over the next 25 years, a new report warns...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
World Bank boosts malaria fight
The World Bank announces $180m in funds to help Africa fight malaria ahead of a US summit on the disease...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Football: Terry warns Man Utd
Chelsea skipper John Terry says once they get going title rivals Man Utd will be unable to live with them...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Sudan dismisses Darfur 'threats'
Sudan says Western threats of no-fly zones and air strikes in Darfur would only increase suffering there...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Thirty years for man who shot Pc
A man is sentenced to 30 years in prison for the attempted murder of a Nottinghamshire Pc...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Panesar makes dream Ashes debut
Monty Panesar takes 5-92 to dismiss Australia for 244 in the third Test and England reach 51-2 on day one...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Go-ahead for airport expansions
Ministers approve airport expansion plans despite opposition from environmentalists...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Blogging 'set to peak next year'
The blogging phenomenon is set to peak in 2007, according to technology predictions by analysts Gartner...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Baghdad gunmen kidnap dozens
Gunmen in military uniforms abduct dozens of people from a commercial area of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Diana death a 'tragic accident'
A police inquiry into the car crash which killed Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed finds no evidence they were murdered...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Woman found in woodland strangled
Police confirm one of two women found in woodland near Ipswich was murdered by strangulation...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Car Bombings in Baghdad Kill 15 in Crowded Shiite Area Markets
Car bombs are a hallmark of the Sunni Arab-led insurgency and are frequently detonated in places where Shiites congregate...
New York Times - December 14, 2006
China Tries Rights Lawyer, Barring His Kin and Counsel
An outspoken Chinese human rights lawyer was accused of inciting subversion, but his lawyer and his family were prevented from attending the proceeding, his lawyer said...
New York Times - December 14, 2006
Somalia?s Islamists and Ethiopia Gird for a War
The inevitability of war threatens to further destabilize the troubled Horn of Africa...
New York Times - December 14, 2006
H.I.V. Risk Halved by Circumcision, U.S. Agency Finds
Experts cautioned that circumcision is no cure-all. It only lessens the chances that a man will catch the virus...
New York Times - December 14, 2006
Iran?s President Faces Test of His Support in Elections
Iranians will go to the polls on Friday in elections that are expected to be a test of whether President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad still has popular support...
New York Times - December 14, 2006
Prominent Hamas Rebel Is Killed as Palestinians Renew Infighting
Hamas said a ?death squad? from the rival Fatah faction was responsible for the killing. Fatah denied involvement...
New York Times - December 14, 2006
Teach languages, primaries told
Languages should become a standard part of the English primary school curriculum, a report is expected to say...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
More mystery deaths than thought
The rate of sudden unexplained cardiac death is around eight times higher than thought, warn experts...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Airport expansions 'to go ahead'
Ministers are expected to go ahead with airport expansion plans despite opposition from environmentalists...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Bangladeshi force 'killed many'
Bangladesh's crime force Rapid Action Battalion, is responsible for more than 350 deaths, Human Rights Watch says...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
KGB influence 'soars under Putin'
A study says most of Russia's political elite has security service ties, with many chosen by President Putin...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Qantas accepts Macquarie takeover
Australia's flagship airline Qantas accepts an improved takeover bid by a consortium led by Macquarie Bank...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
2006 sets British heat records
Temperatures during the summer and autumn set several records for Britain, according to new data...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
UK supports Darfur no-fly zone
The US considers new options as the UK supports the creation of a no-fly zone over Sudan's war-torn Darfur...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
No charges on troop rape claims
An inquiry into allegations by Kenyan women of rape by British soldiers finds insufficient evidence for prosecution...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
EU summit to consider expansion
European Union leaders are expected to make it harder for new members to join, as they hold an annual summit...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
Post Office future to be outlined
The government is to announce how many post offices will close as part of future plans for the network...
BBC News - December 14, 2006
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