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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 March 2005:
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Hussein Relatives Are Captured in Tikrit
Iraqi security forces captured two relatives of Saddam Hussein who are accused of helping to finance and carry out attacks...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
U.S. Is Displeased With China's 'Taiwan' Bill
"It does not serve the purpose of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait," the White House said today...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Annan Pledges Support for a Palestinian State
Secretary General Kofi Annan of the U.N. pledged international support for creating a Palestinian state in talks with Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Mountain living 'good for heart'
People who live in mountainous areas have better heart health than lowland dwellers, researchers suggest...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
UN's Darfur death estimate soars
Illness and hunger alone may have claimed 180,000 lives in Darfur over the past 18 months, the UN reports...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Minister faces CalMac questions
Transport Minister Nicol Stephen is to be quizzed over plans to put CalMac ferry routes out to tender...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Man killed in street axe attack
A man dies after suffering serious head injuries in an attack in an affluent London suburb...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Boy 'denied Jackson abuse'
Michael Jackson's accuser admits telling a teacher no molestation took place, as he is cross-examined in court...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
California judge backs gay unions
A San Francisco judge rules that a law banning gay marriage in California is unconstitutional...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Sinn Fein warns McCartney sisters
Sinn Fein has warned the sisters of murdered Robert McCartney to stay out of Northern Irish politics...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Cries of Fraud Give Election in Kyrgyzstan Aura of Ukraine
This Central Asian republic held the most fractious elections in its post-Soviet history, marked by protests and accusations of fraud...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
China Denies 'Taiwan' Law Is a 'War Bill'
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao defended a newly approved law that could authorize a military attack to stop Taiwan from pursuing independence...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Israeli Cabinet Pledges to Raze Some Outposts in West Bank
The cabinet decision was the strongest public commitment to remove at least some of the more recent settlement outposts, as demanded by the Middle East peace plan...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Lebanon Needs to Act First for Syria to Exit, Envoy Says
The special U.N.envoy on Lebanon warned that a pledge by Syria to withdraw its forces from Lebanon was contingent on the formation of a new government in Lebanon...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Pope Returns Home After 18 Days in Hospital
Pope John Paul II went home to the Vatican, raising hopes that his condition is much improved after an 18-day stay in the hospital...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Families in Northern Ireland Break Silence About Killings
Families of people killed by Catholic and Protestant paramilitary groups have increasingly been defying sectarian fighters by coming forward...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Target 'putting A&E care at risk'
A&E patients could be being put at risk by the need to meet the government's four-hour waiting target, doctors claim...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Banned teacher's return refused
The teaching watchdog has rejected the first application for re-admission to teaching after a ban...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Europe tells US: 'Come to Europa'
The European space agency asks its US counterpart to join it on a mission to Europa, the ice-crusted moon of Jupiter...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Anti-tremor mouse stops PC shakes
A special adapter that helps people with hand tremors control a computer mouse easily has been developed...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Christian group takes BBC action
A Christian group applies for a judicial review of the BBC's broadcast of Jerry Springer - The Opera...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Is the Army failing new recruits?
An MPs' inquiry prompted by deaths of Army recruits at the Deepcut barracks is expected to be highly critical. Send us your reaction...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Macedonian ex-minister indicted
The Hague tribunal charges the former Macedonian interior minister over clashes with ethnic Albanians...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Jerusalem barrier route revealed
Israel's disputed barrier will cut off East Jerusalem and a major Jewish settlement from the West Bank, reports say...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Kashmiris clamour for bus permits
Thousands queue for application forms to travel on the cross-Kashmir bus service which starts in April...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Baby 'should not be ventilated'
Putting a gravely-ill baby on a ventilator if her condition gets worse would not be in her best interests, the High Court is told...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Hosiery firm announces job losses
Difficult global trading conditions are blamed for the loss of 175 jobs at one of NI's biggest textile companies...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
CalMac staff back strike action
Union members vote by two to one in favour of strike action on Caledonian MacBrayne services...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
400 jobs to be shed at Iceland HQ
A third of the workforce at the north Wales HQ of the Iceland food chain is to be cut - a month after a company takeover...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
New Disney boss as Eisner ousted
Walt Disney Co names insider Robert Iger as successor to embattled chief executive Michael Eisner, who is leaving a year early...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Boateng to step down at election
Paul Boateng, the UK's first black cabinet minister, is to step down as an MP at the forthcoming general election...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Football: FA Cup semi-final draw
Manchester United will face Newcastle while Arsenal take on Blackburn in the FA Cup semi-finals...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Football: Savage retires for Wales
Robbie Savage retires from the Wales side to concentrate on playing for Blackburn...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
UN ultimatum to DR Congo rebels
The UN gives rebel militias in DR Congo's Ituri region two weeks to give up their weapons...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Taiwan blasts China 'provocation'
Taiwan denounces a law giving China the right to use force against it while the US says the law is "unfortunate"...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Brazil star urges kidnap silence
Brazilian and FC Porto football star Luis Fabiano appeals for silence over the kidnapping of his mother last week...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Jackson accuser to be questioned
The cross-examination of the boy accusing Michael Jackson of sexual abuse is set to resume in California...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Downing Street enters police row
No 10 defends police funding amid claims that a police force is struggling to cope after a wave of murders...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Apple makes blogs reveal sources
Computer firm Apple has won a legal battle to force three bloggers to reveal sources for confidential information...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Falcons ease Wilkinson concerns
Jonny Wilkinson's injury is "not as bad as first thought", say Newcastle Falcons...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Car 'breakthrough' in Milly case
Police probing the murder of Milly Dowler are trying to trace a car believed to have been used in her abduction...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Second SF candidate 'was in bar'
A second Sinn Fein candidate was in a Belfast bar on the night a man was murdered following a row there...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Senior civil servants to strike
Thousands of senior civil servants vote to strike for the first time since 1981 over plans to increase the pension age...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
'Record' protest held in Beirut
Nearly one million opposition protesters gather in Beirut a month after former PM Rafik Hariri's killing...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Army 'fails recruits on bullying'
Army recruits are not treated properly and bullying is under-reported, say MPs after deaths at Deepcut barracks...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Redundancy fears over disability
A third of people working in Wales fear being sacked from their job if they become disabled, a report says...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
New Disney boss as Eisner ousted
Walt Disney Co names insider Robert Iger as successor to embattled chief executive Michael Eisner, who is leaving a year early...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Howard backs abortion law change
Tory leader Michael Howard says he would support reducing the legal time limit for abortions to 20 weeks...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Number of failing schools falls
The number of failing schools put under "special measures" to improve their performance has fallen, Ofsted says...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
New Nasa chief set for nomination
The White House is to nominate Dr Mike Griffin as the next US space agency (Nasa) Administrator...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
TV's future down the phone line
Now that broadband is bedding down the big telcos are keen to start sending TV and video down the line...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Actor Baker favourite in Who poll
Actor Tom Baker is named Britain's favourite Doctor Who in a poll to mark the new BBC One series...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Is the Army failing new recruits?
An MPs' inquiry prompted by deaths of Army recruits at the Deepcut barracks is expected to be highly critical. Send us your reaction...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Thousands meet for Beirut protest
Hundreds of thousands gather for an opposition rally in Beirut, a month after former PM Rafik Hariri's death...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Pakistan denies centrifuge report
Pakistan denies reports that it will hand nuclear components to UN experts looking into Iran's nuclear activities...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
'Right-to-life' baby 'improving'
A High Court judge will hear independent medical experts say a seriously-ill baby's condition has improved...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Woman 'critical' after stabbing
A woman in her 40s is in a critical condition in hospital following a stabbing at a house in west Belfast...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Search continues for pair in loch
The hunt for a father and his daughter who fell out of their boat on Loch Lomond is continuing...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Football: Savage retires for Wales
Robbie Savage retires from international football with Wales to concentrate on his Blackburn career...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Football: Clubs await Cup draw
The FA Cup semi-final draw takes place on Monday - with only Premiership clubs left in the competition...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Nigerian orphanage 'sold babies'
An orphanage in Nigeria is shut and its owner arrested after allegations that it was at the heart of a baby-selling scam...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Taiwan blasts China 'provocation'
Taiwan says a Chinese law giving Beijing the right to use force against the island was a threat to regional stability...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Kosovo ex-PM denies Hague charges
Former Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj pleads not guilty to war crimes charges at The Hague tribunal...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Boateng to step down at election
Paul Boateng, the UK's first black cabinet minister, is to step down as an MP at the forthcoming general election...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Terror control orders in 'chaos'
Leading lawyer Gareth Peirce alleges there has been chaos over the use of control orders on terror suspects...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Senator cancels Adams meeting
Senator Ted Kennedy cancels talks with the Sinn Fein leader amid concerns about the IRA's "ongoing criminal activity"...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Lib Dem make prescriptions pledge
The Lib Dems say they will review the prescription charging regime, as they unveil their health plans...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Salt poison couple's letter plea
A couple jailed for killing their foster child tell the BBC they are the victims of a miscarriage of justice...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Little Britain leads Bafta list
BBC Three comedy Little Britain is among the leading nominees for this year's Bafta TV Awards...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Army attacked in Deepcut report
The Army is accused by MPs of failing in the way young recruits are treated...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Annan hopeful over Mid-East peace
UN chief Kofi Annan says he has higher hopes for Mid-East peace after talks with the Palestinian and Israeli leaders...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Israeli Cabinet Pledges to Raze Some Outposts in West Bank
The cabinet decision was the strongest public commitment to remove at least some of the more recent settlement outposts, as demanded by the Middle East peace plan...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Lebanon Needs to Act First for Syria to Exit, Envoy Says
The special U.N.envoy on Lebanon warned that a pledge by Syria to withdraw its forces from Lebanon was contingent on the formation of a new government in Lebanon...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Pope Returns Home After 18 Days in Hospital
Pope John Paul II went home to the Vatican, raising hopes that his condition is much improved after an 18-day stay in the hospital...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Families in Northern Ireland Break Silence About Killings
Families of people killed by Catholic and Protestant paramilitary groups have increasingly been defying sectarian fighters by coming forward...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
China Denies 'Taiwan' Law on Secession Is a 'War Bill'
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao defended a newly approved law that could authorize a military attack to stop Taiwan from pursuing independence...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Cries of Fraud Give Election in Kyrgyzstan Aura of Ukraine
This Central Asian republic held the most fractious elections in its post-Soviet history, marked by protests and accusations of fraud...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Search to resume for pair in loch
The hunt for a father and daughter who fell out of their boat on Loch Lomond will begin again on Monday...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Parents suffer stress over autism
Parents of children with autism say they get most stressed dealing with council education staff...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
BBC leads Bafta's TV nominations
BBC hits including Little Britain and Strictly Come Dancing are among the nominees for the Bafta TV awards...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Missing helpline 'facing closure'
A charity dedicated to tracing missing persons warns it will close within weeks without government help...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
China passes Taiwan secession law
China's parliament unanimously votes in favour of a law legalising the possible use of force against Taiwan...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Britain 'wasting' refugee skills
The skills of thousands of highly qualified professionals who come to Britain as refugees are being wasted, a report says...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Search for girl in sea to resume
The hunt for a teenage girl whose mother and brother died after being swept out to sea resumes...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Kosovo ex-PM due before tribunal
Former Kosovan PM Ramush Haradinaj is due to make an initial appearance before The Hague war crimes tribunal...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
MPs discuss murder rate concerns
MPs will discuss claims that a police force is struggling to cope with a wave of murders because of bureaucracy...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Himalayan glaciers 'melting fast'
Melting Himalayan glaciers could lead to catastrophic water shortages, a conservation group warns...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Kennedy cancels Adams meeting
Senator Ted Kennedy cancels talks with the Sinn Fein leader amid concerns about the IRA's "ongoing criminal activity"...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
UN chief heads for Ramallah talks
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is due in the West Bank for talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Report due on barracks 'bullying'
An MPs' inquiry into claims of bullying in the Army, prompted by the Deepcut deaths, is expected to be highly critical...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
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