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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 April 2005:
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Amid Recent Violence, Mideast Truce Is Holding but Frayed
Israeli troops killed a Palestinian militant today in Nablus, and the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, called it a "serious violation" of a two-month-old truce...
New York Times - April 14, 2005
Oil-for-Food Scandal Broadens With New Charges
A Houston oil trader is charged with making kickback payments to Iraq. Separate charges were brought against a South Korean businessman...
New York Times - April 14, 2005
At Least 19 Killed in String of Suicide Attacks Across Iraq
The attacks were the latest in a recent surge after two months of relative calm...
New York Times - April 14, 2005
Outgoing World Bank President to Be Mideast Envoy
James D. Wolfensohn will coordinate Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, the secretary of state announced today...
New York Times - April 14, 2005
Do you waste food?
A third of food grown for human consumption in the UK ends up in the rubbish bin, statistics show. Do you bin too readily?...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Rover suppliers start to cut jobs
Rover supplier Stadco says it will cut jobs as six other suppliers receive payouts helping them to hold on to staff...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Boy killed in motorcycle accident
A 12-year-old boy dies after his mini-motorcycle collides with a four-wheel drive vehicle in County Fermanagh...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Call for Scots MPs to downgrade
UKIP is launching its election pledges with a plan to make MPs work part-time between Holyrood and Westminster...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Rugby U: Wasps snag McGeechan
Ian McGeechan will quit as director of rugby with Scotland to take up a similar post with Wasps on Friday...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Ivorian sides to hold more talks
Government and rebel commanders agree to more talks after meeting for the first time since a truce collapsed...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
US set to tighten bankruptcy law
Legislation that makes it harder for US consumers to escape their debts by filing for bankruptcy is passed by Congress...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Czech coalition deal breaks down
A deal to form a new Czech cabinet is rejected by the main partner, only hours after it was reached...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Jackson accuser family 'coerced'
The mother of Michael Jackson's accuser tells a court her family was forced to praise the star in a video...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Kilroy achieves lift off
Watching Robert Kilroy-Silk launch his Veritas party's election manifesto...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Football: Newcastle knocked out
Newcastle crash out of the Uefa Cup after losing 4-1 on the night and 4-2 on aggregate to Sporting Lisbon...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Briton dies in Cyprus naval crash
A British tourist dies after apparently being hit by a British naval patrol boat while swimming in Cyprus...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Aston shootings pair to appeal
Two men given life sentences for the murders of two teenage girls at a New Years party in Birmingham are to appeal against their convictions...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Chirac makes case for EU treaty
The French president goes on TV in a bid to boost the faltering Yes campaign on the EU constitution...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Europe Moves Away From Lifting China Arms Ban
A vote in the European Parliament urged linking the embargo question to human rights improvements in China...
New York Times - April 14, 2005
Rural Chinese Riot as Police Try to Halt Pollution Protest
Police officers had tried to stop elderly villagers from protesting against pollution from nearby factories...
New York Times - April 14, 2005
Nation That Once Drew Guest Workers Now Sends Them
In a somewhat painful twist of fate, Germans, especially young people, are traveling abroad in search of work...
New York Times - April 14, 2005
Blair Calls Vote His Last
Prime Minister Tony Blair unveiled his Labor Party's electoral promises, twinned with a pledge that Britain's May 5 ballot would be his last...
New York Times - April 14, 2005
Texas Businessman Indicted in Iraq Oil-for-Food Program
United States Attorney David N. Kelley said that David Chalmers, a principal of Bay Oil, would appear in court later today...
New York Times - April 14, 2005
At Least 11 Are Killed in Twin Suicide Bombings in Baghdad
A police convoy was targeted by two car bombers today, and four policemen were killed in a separate attack in Kirkuk...
New York Times - April 14, 2005
Ambulances 'facing MRSA pressure'
Increasing demand for ambulances has made it more difficult to ensure high hygiene standards in the battle against MRSA, a senior NHS official says...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Ex-UDA leader's accounts frozen
The bank accounts of former east Belfast UDA leader Jim Gray have been frozen, a court is told...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Teenager fatally stabbed in town
A murder inquiry is under way after an 18-year-old man dies after a stabbing in the centre of Llanelli...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Kilroy attacks 'liberal fascism'
Robert Kilroy-Silk's Veritas manifesto is launched with an attack on "liberal fascists" and multi-culturalism...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Israelis shoot militant in Nablus
Israeli troops kill a Palestinian militant in a raid on Balata refugee camp near the West Bank town of Nablus...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Gujarat riot Muslims 'eliminated'
A police officer in India's Gujarat state says the government there authorised the killing of Muslims three years ago...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Mexico mayor 'could be pardoned'
Mexico's President Vicente Fox could keep the capital's mayor in the presidential race by pardoning him, aides say...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Police dig French killer's garden
Belgian police use a digger to search the garden of self-confessed French serial killer Michel Fourniret...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Bid to start Ivorian disarmament
The head of Ivory Coast's loyalist army meets the rebel military chief with the aim of kick-starting the much delayed disarmament process...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Lib Dems 'are real alternative'
Charles Kennedy promotes his party as the true opposition, as he returns to the campaign to launch their manifesto...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Farming concerns in Scotland
BBC News website reports from Dumfries on concerns in the agricultural community...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Football: Chelsea trio up for PFA
Chelsea's John Terry, Frank Lampard and Petr Cech are nominated for the PFA Player of the Year award...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
BBC stands by 'scary' Doctor Who
The BBC withdraws advice about Doctor Who being too frightening for children under eight to watch...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Double car bombs rock Baghdad
A double suicide car bombing in central Baghdad has killed at least 15 people, the Iraqi interior ministry says...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Soldier cleared of Gaza killing
An Israeli soldier accused of shooting a British cameraman dead is cleared by a judge of any wrongdoing...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
US tycoon in oil-for-food scandal
A Texan oil tycoon and two other men are charged in connection with the UN oil-for-food scandal...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Glazer submits fresh Man Utd bid
US tycoon Malcolm Glazer has submitted revised proposals for a £800m takeover of Man Utd, the BBC understands...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Apology over police officer death
Labour's Alan Milburn apologises over the death of the police officer killed by ricin plotter Kamel Bourgass...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Twin Suicide Bombings in Baghdad Kill 11
The two car bombers attacked a police convoy today. Also, a videotape showed a kidnapped American contractor...
New York Times - April 14, 2005
Lebanon's Prime Minister Resigns, Putting Parliament Vote in Doubt
The prime minister said he had not been able to form a government that could call an election and supervise the polls...
New York Times - April 14, 2005
Labour 'party of wealth creation'
Tony Blair claims Labour is "the party of wealth creation" in a keynote speech on Thursday...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
UK-wide test for university entry
Teenagers are to take part in a pilot scheme for a UK-wide university entrance test...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Champion endurance horse cloned
French and Italian scientists announce the birth of the world's second horse clone, a copy of a world endurance champion...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
UN video game makes hunger point
A video game which aims to teach children about global hunger is released by the United Nations...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Indie labels make chart complaint
Indie record labels complain to the Office of Fair Trading, calling the combined singles chart launch "premature"...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
India and US in 'open skies' deal
India and the United States sign an agreement increasing the number of flights between the two countries...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
McCartney sister is 'threatened'
A sister of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney says she was threatened at her home in Belfast...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Labour vows to boost employment
Labour is to launch its Scottish manifesto with a long-term pledge to strive towards full employment...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Aid talks for Rover supply firms
The impact of the crisis at MG Rover on the car component industry in Wales is to be discussed under the threat of more job losses...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Apax pulls plug on Woolworths bid
Shares in UK retailer Woolworths sink by nearly 30% after private equity firm Apax drops its takeover bid...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Cricket: Moores is Academy boss
Peter Moores is named the new director of England's National Cricket Academy...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Asian giants keep up war of words
China and Japan trade new warnings ahead of talks aimed at defusing a row over gas and textbooks...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Chirac to launch EU yes campaign
French President Chirac will use a TV debate to launch a campaign for a Yes vote on the European constitution...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Honeymooners in first royal role
The Prince of Wales and his new wife have broken off from their honeymoon to carry out their first official engagement...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Kilroy manifesto flat tax pledge
Robert Kilroy-Silk's Veritas manifesto is launched with a pledge to bring in a flat rate of tax and to tackle asylum...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
How safe is your postal vote?
Two vote-rigging scandals involving postal voting have led to claims the system is wide open to fraud. Is it a secure way to vote?...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Football: L'pool eye revenge
Liverpool target Chelsea after setting up an all-Premiership Champions League semi-final...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Holocaust heirs win record payout
A US court awards $21.9m to the heirs of two wealthy Holocaust victims in the largest such payout to date...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Targets 'not to blame for MRSA'
Health Secretary John Reid defends the government's record on tackling MRSA, saying targets are not to blame...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Bogus blogs snare fresh victims
Users are being warned to watch out for bogus weblogs that hide malicious programs on their pages...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Britons throw away third of food
One third of food that is grown in the UK ends up in the bin, government figures reveal...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Doctor avoids being struck off
A paediatrician who wrongly accused a father of murdering his sons should remain on the medical register, a court rules...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Car bombs rock Baghdad
A double suicide car bombing in central Baghdad has killed at least 18 people, the Iraqi interior ministry says...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Ricin case 'shows asylum chaos'
Michael Howard says failures to tackle asylum allowed ricin plotter Kamel Bourgass to commit his crimes...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
U.S. Contractor, Seized Monday, Is Shown by Captors on Videotape
The videotape was released as insurgents unleashed a string of deadly attacks that left at least 14 Iraqis dead...
New York Times - April 14, 2005
Just One of 9 Suspects Convicted in 2003 British Poison Plot Case
The man who was convicted was sentenced to 17 years in prison, but he had already been jailed for life for killing a police officer...
New York Times - April 14, 2005
Rural Chinese Riot as Police Try to Halt Pollution Protest
Police officers had tried to stop elderly villagers from protesting against pollution from nearby factories...
New York Times - April 14, 2005
Afghan Leader to Propose Strategic Ties With the U.S.
The long-term strategic relationship could include economic assistance as well as security guarantees and military cooperation...
New York Times - April 14, 2005
Senator Asks U.N. Nominee to Explain His Security Requests
John R. Bolton obtained details about intercepted communications involving other U.S. officials that were monitored by the N.S.A...
New York Times - April 14, 2005
Sharon, Ending U.S. Visit, Says Israel Has No Plan to Hit Iran
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel said his government would push for "an international effort" to deal with Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program...
New York Times - April 14, 2005
Fear over poor UK language skills
Poor language skills will damage British business performance, a House of Lords report warns...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Rasta poet writes Osbourne verses
Poet Benjamin Zephaniah writes a poem about The Osbournes to mark the end of their reality TV series...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
US discusses Pakistani terror war
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visits Pakistan and discusses the operation against militants in Waziristan...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Child policies on Lib Dem agenda
Affordable childcare and outdoor education are to form the basis of the Lib Dems' Scottish manifesto...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Pair fined for rally egg-throwing
Two people are fined for throwing eggs at a rally attended by Tony Blair and his deputy...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Drug 'beats family breast cancer'
Scientists say they have found a new weapon against breast cancers that run in families...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Ivorian poll to be 'open to all'
South Africa's President Mbeki urges the Ivory Coast head to ensure all candidates can stand in October's election...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Japan denies stoking China feud
Japan says its move to allow drilling in a contested sea area is not connected to the textbook row with China...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
US Muslims guilty of aiding Hamas
Three US brothers are found guilty of supporting terrorism, after sending money to Palestinian militants, Hamas...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
New Czech coalition deal reached
Leaders of the Czech Republic's three-party governing coalition will form a new cabinet, after Prime Minister Gross steps down...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Woolworths future unclear
Woolworths's future is being questioned after venture capital firm Apax dropped a bid citing concerns over "key cash items"...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Army death probe outcome 'fixed'
The outcome of an inquiry into the death of a soldier at Deepcut army barracks was pre-determined, his father claims...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Call to step up action over MRSA
Patients' representatives call for greater efforts to be made in the fight against MRSA...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Kennedy back to unveil manifesto
Charles Kennedy returns to campaigning after becoming a father to launch the Lib Dem manifesto...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
Police anti-terror squad launched
The UK's first police anti-terror unit outside London is launched in Manchester...
BBC News - April 14, 2005
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