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Spacecraft flies by remote asteroid, camera stops
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Official Egypt rock slide toll rises to 31
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Philly school rekindles same-sex education debate
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Muslim separatist strike shuts down Indian Kashmir
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Troops, protesters clash in Indian Kashmir 1 dead
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Catholics assert themselves in Hanoi land dispute
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Myanmar says no sign of Suu Kyi hunger strike
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Landslides leave 27 dead or missing in Philippines
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Returning lawmakers make Capitol a campaign stage
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Global News Archive for April 2008:
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British space policy gets revamp
UK space policy faces change, with civil servants leaving London and being stripped of some responsibilities...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Dell aims to reclaim global lead
Michael Dell tells BBC News that his firm can regain its spot as the world's number one PC maker...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Late equaliser hits Chelsea title hopes
Emile Heskey strikes in injury time to snatch a 1-1 draw for Wigan and leave Chelsea's title hopes hanging by a thread...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Sheff Wed 1-1 Plymouth
Tommy Spurr's late equaliser earns Sheffield Wednesday a point to lift them out of the Championship relegation zone...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Housing gloom 'worst in 30 years'
Confidence in the UK property market among surveyors hits its lowest level in March since 1978...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Pneumonia 'linked' to pollution
Pollution may have contributed to thousands of pneumonia deaths in recent years, a study suggests...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Lecturers to join one-day strike
Further education college lecturers are to hold a one-day strike on the same day as school teachers...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
McCain enters 'bitter' voters row
US presidential hopeful John McCain responds to Barack Obama's description of blue-collar voters as "bitter"...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
China 'now top carbon polluter'
China has already overtaken the US as the world's biggest polluter, according to a new report by US scientists...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Gerrard 'fixer' goes on the run
A robber who once worked for footballer Steven Gerrard goes missing before the end of his trial...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Scots house prices buck UK trend
Scotland is the only part of the UK where house prices are continuing to rise, figures from surveyors suggest...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Robbery leaves pensioner shaken
A woman in her 80s has been left shocked following a robbery at her south Belfast home...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Warning over jail radicalisation
Officers are "insufficiently trained" to combat radicalisation among terror suspects at Belmarsh prison, says the prisons watchdog...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Tesco tipped to see profit up 10%
Tesco is expected to unveil a 10% rise in annual profits when it releases its latest results on Tuesday...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Driver, 93, quits after £60,000 crash with two Porsches
An ex-church minister who caused £60,000 damage to two Porsches speaks of his "miracle" escape...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Berlusconi declares election win
Silvio Berlusconi warns of "difficult months ahead" as he hails a major victory in Italy's general election...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
CyberCarpet opens way to Pompeii
A virtual walk around the ancient city of Pompeii will be made possible this week thanks to an omni-directional treadmill...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Call for cleaning staff guarantee
Minimum cleaning staff quotas should be imposed on hospitals to help in the fights against infections, unions say...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Europe signs Earth observer deal
The European Space Agency (Esa) orders the latest spacecraft in a major global monitoring programme...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
French push for EU food response
France calls for an EU initiative on food security, amid alarm about unrest linked to rising prices...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
'Lesson learned' from nut tragedy
A girl died after suffering an allergic reaction to nuts when she ate chicken at a party, an inquest hears...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Shares regain poise as fears ease
US shares are mixed in early trading as a surprise rise in retail sales eases continuing recession fears...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Carter: Sderot attacks criminal
Former US President Jimmy Carter describes missile attacks on Israel from Gaza as a crime during a visit...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
M1 coach crash driver facing jail
The driver of a coach which crashed at a motorway service station is told to expect a prison sentence...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Rail crossing crash driver jailed
A teenager who accelerated at a level crossing before hitting a train and killing his passengers is jailed...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Drugs 'killed woman's 20 friends'
A woman tells a court drugs have led to the deaths of about 20 friends, including her husband and daughter...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Monkeys on Mars?
Russia tests animals for possible space flight...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Making it all
Is there any way to avoid Chinese underwear?...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Rowling testifies in Potter case
JK Rowling tells a US court that plans to publish an unofficial Harry Potter guide amount to "wholesale theft"...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Man faces the music after leaving £180,000 violin on a train
A man who left a 17th Century violin - valued at £180,000 - on a train appeals for its safe return...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Marathon man
Buster says he's 101. How can you prove your age?...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Berlusconi leads in Italian vote
Centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi looks set to win Italy's elections, early projections suggest...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Police deny claims of McCann leak
Portuguese police investigating Madeleine McCann's disappearance deny leaking statements by her parents...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Brown says economy is sole focus
Gordon Brown says keeping the economy on track is Labour's "sole focus" as the Tories attack his record...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Zimbabwe poll petition rejected
Zimbabwe's High Court rejects an opposition legal bid to force the release of the presidential election results...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
TV host Speight was found hanged
Children's TV presenter Mark Speight was found hanged from a building next to London's Paddington station, police say...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
British journalist freed in Iraq
A British journalist who had been taken hostage describes the moment he was freed by forces in Iraq...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Ecuador crash parents pay tribute
The parents of two gap-year students killed in a bus crash in Ecuador pay tribute to their daughters...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Wenger insists trophies will come
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger vows to maintain the club's attacking style after dropping out of the Premier League title race...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Immelman hails rollercoaster win
Trevor Immelman describes his Masters victory at Augusta as "the ultimate rollercoaster"...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Firms to fund university places
Businesses are to help fund 20,000 university places as ministers seek to boost the nation's skills...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Hip-hop 'wrong' for Glastonbury
Oasis star Noel Gallagher says it is "wrong" for a hip-hop act to be headlining the Glastonbury Festival...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Hackers exploit poor website code
Poor programming by web designers is being exploited by hi-tech criminals to steal login details, warn experts...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Malaysia rally for Anwar's return
The main opposition party is set to defy police with a rally to mark Anwar Ibrahim's return to political life...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
World shares down on market fears
Shares fall globally at the start of the week amid growing concerns over the state of the US economy...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
MPs 'will buy' 42-day detention
A Home Office minister says he believes MPs "will buy" the plans to extend terror detention limits...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
£60m plans put forward for town
Plans to transform a south Wales town, including 500 store jobs and apartments, are unveiled...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Disabled woman turned away by pub
A wheelchair-bound woman is paid £3,000 after being refused entry to a bar in Lurgan, County Armagh...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Kenyans killed in sect protests
At least 12 people have been shot dead by police in Kenya amid protests by members of an outlawed sect...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Israeli and Omani ministers meet
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni holds talks with her Omani counterpart, Yousef bin Alawi, during a visit to Qatar...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Probe into new maternity deaths
A north-west London hospital launches an investigation after three women died in the maternity unit...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Crime in Glasgow 'worse than NY'
Glasgow could learn lessons from New York about how to tackle crime, according to a report...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Robinson to be NI first minister
Peter Robinson will become the next Northern Ireland first minister when Ian Paisley steps down in May...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Lonely Planet defends guides as writer says 'I never went there'
Guidebook publisher Lonely Planet defends its methods after reports say a former writer made up sections in its guides...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Brand design
Sir Terence Conran and the battle to protect his name...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
TV tragedy
The career of children's presenter Mark Speight...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
RAF men die in Afghanistan blast
Two servicemen from the RAF Regiment are killed and two others are injured in a roadside blast in southern Afghanistan...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Minister admits 'difficult times'
The government and people of Britain are facing "difficult times", Communities Secretary Hazel Blears admits...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Two Britons 'killed in Somalia'
Two British nationals are reported to have been killed by Islamist fighters in central Somalia...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Japan fleet misses whaling target
Action by protesters has prevented the Japanese whaling fleet from meeting its quota, Japanese officials say...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Ecuador crash injured treated in hospital
Survivors injured in a bus crash in Ecuador which killed five UK tourists are taken to the capital Quito for treatment...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Producer prices at 17-year high
Budget taxes on tobacco and alcohol help push the price inflation of goods leaving UK firms to a 17-year high...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Immelman crowned Masters champion
South African Trevor Immelman secures his maiden major title with a three-shot victory in the Masters at Augusta...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Hip hop 'wrong' for Glastonbury
Noel Gallagher says it is "wrong" for a hip hop act to be headlining the Glastonbury Festival...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Small bombs hit south Philippines
Two small bombs explode in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines, but no injuries are reported...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Olympic torch travels on to Oman
The troubled Olympic torch arrives in Oman for an evening parade, after an incident-free run in Tanzania...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
TV host's family to identify body
Tests are to take place on the body of a man, believed to be TV host Mark Speight, found at Paddington station...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Tories pin economic woes on PM
Shadow Chancellor George Osborne pins the blame for the present economic crisis on Gordon Brown...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Self-harm 'on the rise' in jails
A prison reform charity warns the rates of self-harm in jails have soared by 37% in the last four years...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Democrat rivals defend abortion
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama say they back abortion rights and profess their Christianity at a faith forum...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Dhaka-Calcutta train link resumes
Passenger trains resume between Dhaka in Bangladesh, and the Indian city of Calcutta after 43 years...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
Injured Ecuador bus crash Britons moved
The 12 Britons injured in a bus crash in Ecuador in which five UK tourists died are being moved to the capital Quito for treatment...
BBC News - April 14, 2008
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