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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 May 2007:
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Atomic Agency Concludes Iran Is Stepping Up Nuclear Work
Iran appears to have solved most of its technological problems and is now beginning to enrich uranium on a far larger scale than before, officials say...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Web 2.0 'neglecting good design'
The hype about Web 2.0 is making sites lazy about good design, says usability guru Jakob Nielsen...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Academy call for private schools
More private schools are being urged to take part in the government's academy project...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Walrus project banks on one tag
The Greenland walrus tagging project followed by the BBC may have lost contact with most of its animals...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Clue over voter ballot confusion
Another clue emerges as to why more than 140,000 ballots were rejected in the Scottish elections...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Child lap motorist spared prison
A businessman who allowed his young daughter to move around the front seats as he drove at 85mph is spared jail...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Top US justice official to resign
US Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty is to resign from his job, in the wake of a row over sacking prosecutors...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Hebron turned into 'ghost town'
Human rights groups say Israeli curbs on Palestinians in the town of Hebron have forced thousands to leave...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Philippines vote-counting begins
The lengthy process of counting votes from the Philippines mid-term elections begins...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Pensions 'imbalance' criticised
Pensions Commission chair Lord Turner criticises a decision to let public servants continue to retire at 60...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Third arrest after woman killed
A third person is arrested over the fatal stabbing of a pregnant teenager, over which her husband is also being held...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Gaza factions 'agree new truce'
Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agree to a truce to end violence in Gaza, a cabinet spokesman says...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Villa searched in Madeleine hunt
An Algarve villa close to where Madeleine McCann went missing is searched and three people are questioned...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Violence Reported in Philippines Elections
Voters went to the polls in the Philippines today to elect senators, congressmen and local officials, amid reports of election-related violence and allegations of fraud...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Japan Sets Referendum on Pacifist Constitution
Polls show that the Japanese remain divided on the Constitution?s prohibition against a full-fledged military...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Pakistani Official Killed as Strike Called in Karachi
The official was close to a judge whose removal touched off the protests that killed 39 and prompted today?s strike...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Malta slates Eurovision's voting
Malta says Eurovision phone votes should be scrapped until they can be monitored more closely...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Teachers accused of GCSE cheating
Teachers are accusing each other of "blatant cheating" in a forthcoming music GCSE exam...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Three children diagnosed with TB
Three children are confirmed to have tuberculosis at a school where a teacher has had the infection...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
MSPs elect new presiding officer
Conservative MSP Alex Fergusson is elected as the new presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Safety plea follows bike deaths
Road racing legend Philip McCallan issues a plea to road users after four motorcylists die on NI's roads...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Husband arrested over knife death
The husband of a pregnant teenager stabbed to death in her own home is arrested, along with a 16-year-old boy...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Migrants land on Canary Islands
Hundreds of African migrants land on Spain's Canary Islands - a new surge compared with recent months...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
US says troops held by 'al-Qaeda'
The US military in Iraq says it believes three missing soldiers are being held by al-Qaeda-linked militants...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Rice rejects 'new Cold War' talk
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice dismisses talk of a new Cold War as she starts a visit to Russia...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Football: Wigan appoint Hutchings
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan appoints Chris Hutchings as the club's new manager following Paul Jewell's resignation...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Irish badger culling 'is futile'
A new report claims the culling of badgers in Ireland has failed to stop the spread of bovine TB...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Pearce sacked as Man City manager
Man City sack manager Stuart Pearce after two years in charge of the club...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Judge warns 'unreasonable' banks
A High Court judge warns banks not to behave unreasonably when customers sue for unlawful charges...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
21/7 accused in Muslim bias claim
An alleged 21 July bomb plotter tells a court he was only seen as a suicide bomber because he was a Muslim...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
US blocks soldiers from websites
The US military is to block troops from using 13 popular websites for sharing photos, video clips and messages...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Terror suspect 'not security risk'
A judge rules a man cleared of plotting to launch a poison attack on London is not a risk to national security...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Gaza crisis prompts security push
The Palestinian Authority mobilises all its security forces and calls for order, after an upsurge in factional fighting...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
TV's Tarrant 'bemused' by arrest
Presenter Chris Tarrant is said to be "shocked" after being arrested in Nottingham for alleged assault...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Brown facing McDonnell challenge
Gordon Brown looks set to face a challenge from left-wing MP John McDonnell in the race to succeed Tony Blair...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Web 2.0 'distracts good design'
The hype about Web 2.0 is making sites neglect good design, says usability guru Jakob Nielsen...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
10m tuned in for Eurovision show
Despite the UK's dismal performance, viewing figures for the Eurovision song contest exceed 10 million...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Antidepressant prescribing soars
Antidepressant prescriptions in England hit a record high despite a push for alternative treatments...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Blair applauds school rebuilding
The government says its school refurbishment programme in England is "truly historic"...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Cerberus to buy Chrysler majority
Cerberus Capital Management is to buy a majority stake in DaimlerChrysler's ailing US Chrysler arm for 5.5bn euros...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
'Crystal meth' labs investigation
Police are investigating after two raids were carried out on suspected crystal meth factories in Flintshire...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Probe starts after flight delayed
Newcastle Airport promises a review into an "unacceptable" delay which left passengers on board a plane for hours...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Court hearing over pub shooting
A man is expected to appear in court later in connection with a shooting incident at a Belfast city centre pub...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
US troops search Iraq ambush town
About 4,000 US troops hunt for three comrades missing after being ambushed south of the Iraqi capital...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Pakistan city shut down by strike
A strike in Karachi paralyses the city after 41 people die in two days of violence in the Pakistani city...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Philippines vote draws to a close
Voting ends in the Philippines for mid-term elections that have been marred by months of violence...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
China launches Nigerian satellite
A Nigerian satellite, expected to boost broadband internet services in Africa, is launched by China...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Golf: Mickelson wins Sawgrass
Phil Mickelson wins The Players Championship by two strokes from Sergio Garcia...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Sheff Utd step up Tevez legal bid
Sheff Utd will canvas Premiership sides for support over the failure to deduct West Ham points as two more clubs join the legal battle...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
UK Palestinians in Johnston plea
Palestinians in the UK call for the release of the BBC's Alan Johnston, nine weeks after his abduction in Gaza...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Irish badger cull 'proved futile'
A new report claims the extermination of badgers in Ireland has failed to stop the spread of bovine TB...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
BBC defends Scientology report
The editor of Panorama defends a programme in which a reporter shouts at a member of the Church of Scientology...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Man dies in race attack stabbing
A man is killed in what police describe as a "targeted" and "racially-motivated" stabbing...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Resignation deepens Gaza crisis
A key figure in the Palestinian unity government resigns amid a renewed upsurge of factional fighting in Gaza...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Madeleine father sure she is safe
The parents of missing Madeleine McCann say they believe she has been abducted but is safe...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Antiwar Iraqi in Washington Has a More Sectarian Agenda at Home
Muhammad al-Daini, a Sunni Arab member of the Iraqi Parliament, has offered a well-practiced pitch that emphasizes the need for American troops to withdraw...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Tehran Confirms Iranian-American?s Arrest
On Sunday, Iran?s Foreign Ministry confirmed that Haleh Esfandiari had been arrested, saying it was ?based on law.?...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Violence Puts More Pressure on Musharraf
Accusations that the government did little to stop political clashes that killed 39 put pressure on Pakistan?s president...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
The Pope Denounces Capitalism and Marxism
Pope Benedict XVI urged the Latin American clergy to feed people?s spiritual hunger as the way to ease poverty...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
U.S. Forces Search Iraq Area for 3 Missing Soldiers
The intensive search continued as violence flared anew, with at least 55 people killed in two car bombings...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Key Taliban Leader Is Killed in Afghanistan
Mullah Dadullah, probably the Taliban?s foremost operational commander, was killed in a joint operation by allied forces...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
MSPs to elect new Holyrood 'boss'
Tory Alex Fergusson is the front runner to become the new Scottish Parliament presiding officer...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Passenger fury as flight delayed
Police are called to calm passengers who are forced to wait eight hours on a plane before the flight is cancelled...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Chang Chun-hsiung named Taiwan PM
Chang Chun-hsiung is appointed prime minister of Taiwan by President Chen Shui-bian...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Mickelson earns Sawgrass victory
Phil Mickelson wins The Players' Championship by two strokes from Sergio Garcia...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Cricket: Prior ready for debut
Matt Prior is thrilled after beating Paul Nixon to be named England's Test wicket-keeper...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
New Deal job scheme 'a failure'
Former welfare reform minister Frank Field attacks the New Deal, one of Gordon Brown's flagship policies...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Public fund to aid Madeleine hunt
A "fighting fund" to help the search for missing Madeleine McCann is being set up by her family's lawyers...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Councils attack migration figures
A new method of calculating UK migrant figures is badly flawed and will hit public services, council leaders say...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Labour leadership contest to open
Nominations for the Labour leadership battle are to open, as Gordon Brown says he welcomes the contest...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Fresh fighting breaks Gaza truce
Renewed clashes between rival Palestinian factions break a truce just hours after it was agreed...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
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