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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 January 2005:
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Extremists Claim Responsibility for Killing of Shiite Aide
An extremist Sunni group took responsibility today for killing an aide to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani...
New York Times - January 14, 2005
Ease Trade Rules for Stricken Nations, Head of W.T.O. Urges
Supachai Panitchpakdi asked countries to open up their markets and use trade rules to aid nations suffering from the tsunami...
New York Times - January 14, 2005
Sharon Cuts Israeli Ties With Palestinian Authority
The prime minister today ordered all officials to cut ties with the Palestinian Authority until it curbs terrorism...
New York Times - January 14, 2005
European Craft Lands on Strange Terrain of Saturn Moon
The Huygens spacecraft successfully came to rest on a bizarre landscape of mystery never before explored...
New York Times - January 14, 2005
Jury Takes Five Hours to Reach Verdict in Abu Ghraib Case
The jury found Specialist Charles A. Graner Jr. guilty of all charges against him, although it reduced one of the counts...
New York Times - January 14, 2005
US 'should not rule out torture'
The outgoing US homeland security chief says the use of torture is acceptable in extreme circumstances...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Annan urges inclusive Iraq vote
UN chief Kofi Annan urges Iraq's interim government to reach out to the Sunni Muslim minority ahead of elections...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Nine 'mothers' claim tsunami baby
Nine women in Sri Lanka are reported to have claimed to be the mother of an unidentified infant rescued from the tsunami...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Jobs go at Oracle after takeover
Oracle announces 5,000 job losses - 9% of the workforce - following the completion of its takeover of Peoplesoft...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Straw to attend Auschwitz service
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is to represent the UK government at a memorial service at Auschwitz later this month...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Urban underground 'faces risks'
The expansion of cities beneath the ground exposes them to flood, fire and other risks, the UN says...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Iraq jail abuse 'leader' guilty
The soldier accused of being the ringleader in the abuse of prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail is convicted...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Huygens sends first Titan images
The Huygens probe sends back the first pictures of Saturn's moon Titan following its successful landing...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Archbishops pray for quake dead
Worshippers fill Westminster Cathedral as Anglican and Catholic church leaders pray together for tsunami victims...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Israel cuts Palestinian contacts
Israeli PM Ariel Sharon freezes relations with the Palestinians following an attack which left six Israelis dead...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Stallone evicted from Big Brother
Sylvester Stallone's mother Jackie becomes the first star to be evicted from this series of Celebrity Big Brother...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Rugby: Saints go through
Northampton seal their place in the Heineken Cup quarter-finals thanks to a hard-fought win over Glasgow...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Mexico Vows to Indict Ex-Leaders in '68 Massacre
A special prosecutor said he would bring charges against two dozen former military and civilian officials for the 1968 student massacre at Tlatelolco...
New York Times - January 14, 2005
European Craft Makes Safe, Soft Landing on Saturn Moon
Mission controllers in Germany said today they were confident the Huygens craft made a soft landing by parachute...
New York Times - January 14, 2005
N Korea ready for nuclear talks
North Korea says it is ready to return to stalled talks on its nuclear programme after a visit by a US delegation...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Yanukovych allowed final appeal
Ukraine's Supreme Court agrees to hear a final appeal by Viktor Yanukovych over the re-run presidential poll...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Gaza isolated after deadly attack
Israel seals off Gaza after six Israelis are killed in an attack condemned by the new Palestinian leader...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Man charged over shots at van
A man appears in court charged with three attempted murders in west Belfast on Tuesday night...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Man accused of 'zombie' web blitz
A man is arrested in Scotland on suspicion of using "zombie" computers to launch attacks on websites...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Man admits racist refugee killing
A man admits the manslaughter of an Iraqi Kurdish refugee in an unprovoked attack...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
News Corp eyes video games market
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is eyeing a move into the video games market, the Financial Times says...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Opt-out right for NHS IT database
Patients are to be given the right to opt out of having information stored on the NHS electronic database...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Anger at 'skin cream' teacher ad
A commercial comparing teaching to anti-ageing cream is being investigated by the advertising authority...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Tracking reveals albatross habits
The latest tracking research from UK scientists may prove vital in protecting the endangered albatross...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Brown's £1bn Africa debt pledge
UK Chancellor Gordon Brown says Britain will pay 10% of the developing world's foreign debt bill to fight poverty...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Minister defends fines means-test
Higher earners could face increased fines for minor offences under government plans...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Life sentence for letter bomber
A man who sent out 33 letter bombs to former girlfriends, colleagues and family members is given eight life sentences...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Dobson attacks 24-hour drinking
Frank Dobson, a former health secretary , criticises plans to allow 24-hour drinking and questions the reasons for the move...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
BT broadband glitch hits business
About 70,000 BT business broadband customers have had trouble connecting to the internet on Friday due to a technical fault...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Boy band Busted decide to split
Chart-topping trio Busted announce their split following Charlie Simpson's decision to leave the band...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Cricket: Vaughan boosts England
England reach 411-8 in the rain-hit fourth Test against South Africa...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Tennis: Henman quits Davis Cup
Tim Henman retires from Great Britain's Davis Cup team to focus on winning a Grand Slam...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Strike over DR Congo poll delay
A strike brings the Democratic Republic of Congo capital, Kinshasa, to a standstill, with shops closed and bus drivers not working...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Husband spared jail over suicide pact
A former policeman who killed his terminally ill wife in an abortive suicide pact is given a suspended sentence...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Harry 'will not apologise again'
Clarence House insists Prince Harry will not be apologising publicly in the row over his Nazi costume...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Probe lands on Saturn's moon
The first set of data has been received from the Huygens probe which has landed on Saturn's moon Titan...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
9 Die in Palestinian Attack in Gaza Strip
At least three Palestinians blew up a truck bomb and then themselves in an attack coordinated with other militants who fired at Israeli troops...
New York Times - January 14, 2005
Poland Exhumes the Skeletons in Its Communist Closet
Newly available documents have given rise to allegations that some of Poland's democracy activists had collaborated with the country's Communist government...
New York Times - January 14, 2005
U.S. Army to Expand Role in Iraq's Civil Engineering
The office formed to oversee the rebuilding of Iraq's physical infrastructure will begin handing its responsibilities over to the United States Army Corps of Engineers...
New York Times - January 14, 2005
US state acts to stop 'spammers'
The Texas attorney general launches a lawsuit against two men it says are spammers...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Top stars join US tsunami TV show
Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro and Hugh Grant join the line-up for a two-hour US TV tsunami benefit...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Hindu seer facing finance crisis
Banks refuse cheques issued by the religious establishment of Indian seer Sri Jayendra Saraswathi...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Appeal hopes in baby deaths case
Donna Anthony's lawyer is "hopeful" the Yeovil mother's conviction for killing two of her babies will be overturned...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Family attacked with petrol bombs
A house in County Londonderry occupied by a family of five is attacked with petrol bombs...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Man shot by police was 'unarmed'
A man seriously injured by a police marksman in Glasgow appears not to have been armed, the BBC learns...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Report questions patients' safety
The BBC has learnt of serious incidents at a major Welsh hospital, with worries about patient safety...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
QXL faces hostile takeover bid
UK online auction firm QXL Ricardo faces a hostile bid from Dutch company Florissant after rejecting its takeover offer...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Relieved Sir Mark set for US
Sir Mark Thatcher heads to the US after months on bail in South Africa over the alleged Equatorial Guinea coup plot...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Huygens begins its Titan descent
The Huygens probe has sent back its first radio signal on its historic journey to Saturn's moon Titan...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Brown throws down debt gauntlet
UK Chancellor Gordon Brown urges rich nations to act on poverty, as he offers foreign debt relief to Tanzania...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Attack rocks Gaza crossing
Six Israelis die in an attack by Gaza militants - a blow to efforts by new Palestinian leaders to end violence...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Blair calls quake victim's mother
Tony Blair phones the mother of a tsunami victim after she challenges him on a radio talk show...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Charles visits flood-hit Carlisle
Prince Charles is visiting Carlisle to see the clean-up operation in the flooded city...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Men arrested for Big Brother raid
Fathers' rights protesters are arrested after entering the Celebrity Big Brother compound and throwing fireworks...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Football: New Mourinho claims
The FA will study comments by Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho and John Terry after the Carling Cup tie with Man Utd...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
World 'ignoring' war torn Darfur
The world has shown "callous disregard" for the 70,000 killed in Sudan's Darfur conflict, a human rights group says...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
N Korea 'ready for nuclear talks'
A US delegation says North Korea is ready to return to stalled talks on its nuclear programme...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Well-paid could face higher fines
Higher earners could face increased fines for minor offences under government plans...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
U.S. Calls Indonesia Deadline for Troop Pullout Reasonable
The American ambassador said the U.S. was not troubled by the Indonesian government's demands that all foreign troops be gone by the end of March...
New York Times - January 14, 2005
Mexico's Drug Cartels Wage Fierce Battle for Their Turf
A wave of gangster killings has made it clear that leaders of Mexico's drug cartel are waging campaigns from prison to keep control of their territories...
New York Times - January 14, 2005
Army Reservist's Defense Rests in Abu Ghraib Abuse Case
Lawyers for the Army reservist accused of being the ringleader of the abuse at Abu Ghraib prison abruptly ended his defense on Thursday...
New York Times - January 14, 2005
A Prince Who Forgot History Angers Many
After photographs of Prince Harry wearing a swastika appeared in a tabloid, Jewish groups registered protest...
New York Times - January 14, 2005
Shiite Cleric's Representative Killed in Iraq After Prayers
The assassination appeared to be a message to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who as the most senior cleric of Iraq's Shiite majority strongly supports the Jan. 30 elections...
New York Times - January 14, 2005
Thatcher's Son Pleads Guilty in Coup Plot, Avoiding Prison
The son of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain pleaded guilty to helping finance mercenaries suspected of plotting to unseat Equatorial Guinea's president...
New York Times - January 14, 2005
Cost of insurance set to increase
The cost of insurance is set to rise as new rules governing the industry come into force on Friday...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Hair cell hope for hearing loss
Scientists hope it may be possible to treat age-related hearing loss by stimulating the growth of new hair cells in the inner ear...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Tennis: Henman to play Saulnier
Tim Henman will start against France's Cyril Saulnier in the Australian Open, which starts on Monday...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Fifth bird flu case in Vietnam
A woman becomes the fifth person in two weeks to be infected with avian flu in Vietnam, raising fears of a new epidemic...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Spain tries Argentine ex-officer
A Spanish court is to try an ex-soldier accused of killing dissidents during Argentina's "Dirty War"...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
'Bail bandits' targeted by police
Defendants who jump bail are targeted in a new campaign launched by the attorney general...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Armed police shoot man in Glasgow
A man is in a serious condition in hospital after being shot by police officers, the Strathclyde force says...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Duchess says Harry row should end
There is no need for Prince Harry to apologise again for wearing a Nazi costume, the Duchess of York says...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
Deadly attack rocks Gaza crossing
An attack by Gaza militants kills five Israelis, in a blow to efforts by the new Palestinian leadership to end violence...
BBC News - January 14, 2005
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