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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 June 2005:
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Suicide Attack Kills at Least 22 in Iraqi City of Kirkuk
The assault, which wounded 80, signaled a rise in violence in Kirkuk, considered the most politically precarious city in Iraq...
New York Times - June 14, 2005
Senators and Administration Spar Over North Korea Policy
A Republican and a Democratic senator criticized U.S. policy on North Korea today, but the Bush administration stood firm...
New York Times - June 14, 2005
South Africa Leader Fires Deputy Tied to Corruption
Jacob Zuma was fired less than two weeks after a Durban court convicted his financial adviser of paying him nearly $200,000 in bribes...
New York Times - June 14, 2005
Crimewatch appeal over Emma death
A BBC Crimewatch programme is to reconstruct the final movements of a murdered Glasgow woman...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Abductors 'beat' French hostage
French reporter Florence Aubenas, held hostage in Iraq for five months, says she was beaten by her captors...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Palestinian PM threatens shutdown
Palestinian PM Ahmed Qurei says he will suspend the government's work unless security chiefs deal with lawlessness...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Iraq 'no more safe than in 2003'
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says security in Iraq is no better than at Saddam Hussein's fall...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Council home drugs family jailed
Members of a family who ran a £100,000-plus drugs operation from their council home are jailed...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Athletics: 100m record broken
Jamaican Asafa Powell sets a new mark of 9.77 seconds in the men's 100m...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Tennis: Agassi out of Wimbledon
Former champion Andre Agassi withdraws from this year's Wimbledon with an injury...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Thatcher makes appeal to Tories
Margaret Thatcher urges the Tories to return to first principles, as MPs prepare to discuss the leadership vote...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Archbishop to attack media
The news media is "adversarial and suspicious", with methods that are "lethally damaging" to journalism, the Archbishop of Canterbury says...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
eBay to ban Live 8 ticket sales
Online auction site eBay is to stop sales of Live 8 tickets, after Bob Geldof attacks the "sick profiteering"...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Brazil's Governing Party Knew of Vote Payoffs, Legislator Says
A garden-variety kickback scandal has now mushroomed into a much larger and potentially more serious crisis...
New York Times - June 14, 2005
Suicide Attack Kills at Least 22 in Northern Iraqi City
A suicide bomber blew himself up today in a crowd of civilians gathered outside a bank in the northern oil city of Kirkuk...
New York Times - June 14, 2005
Firm pulls out of academy scheme
A private education company has pulled out of a £4m scheme to sponsor two city academies...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Kylie talks of 'long road ahead'
Singer Kylie Minogue tells fans on her website that she still faces "a long road" to recovery from breast cancer...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
SNP promotes CO2 capture proposal
Scotland can capitalise on plans to capture greenhouse gases and store them under the North Sea, it is claimed...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Changes demand after pub shooting
Mental health care failures are highlighted in a report into the killing of a pregnant landlady by a psychiatric patient...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Argentine amnesty laws scrapped
Argentina's Supreme Court rules that amnesty laws protecting former military officers are unconstitutional...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
German police arrest three Iraqis
Three Iraqi citizens suspected of funding a militant Kurdish organisation in Iraq, Ansar al-Islam, are arrested in Germany...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Iran urged to allow nuclear visit
The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog urges Iran to allow inspectors back into a key military site...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Minister 'backed' Kashmir rebels
A Pakistani minister is accused by a top Kashmiri separatist of offering militants refuge and support in the 1980s...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Man admits series of rape attacks
A builder admits carrying out a series of rapes on women across north London and Hertfordshire...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Policing Board chief wins damages
The NI Policing Board chairman wins damages over an article alleging connections to banker Phil Flynn...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Probation for naked interviewer
A man who tried to conduct a job interview naked in Glasgow is put on probation for three years...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Football: Kaladze-Chelsea talks
AC Milan defender Kakha Kaladze says he will meet Chelsea officials in Moscow to discuss a £4m move...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Racing: Sharmardal cruises to win
Shamardal wins the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot at York...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Zimbabwe police demolish township
Police in Zimbabwe fight running battles with residents of one of the oldest townships of the second city, Bulawayo...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
South African leader sacks deputy
South Africa's President Mbeki sacks his deputy, Jacob Zuma, following corruption claims...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Bicester asylum centre plan axed
An asylum accommodation centre planned for Bicester is axed - but it may still become an asylum removals centre...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Jackson 'to change his lifestyle'
Michael Jackson's lawyer says the singer will no longer share his bed with young boys, following the star's acquittal...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Geldof blasts 'sick' eBay sales
Bob Geldof brands the sale of Live 8 tickets on the internet auction site eBay "sick profiteering"...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Blair admits EU rebate difficulty
Tony Blair says it is difficult to see how differences with Jacques Chirac over the UK's EU rebate can be bridged...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Microsoft censors Chinese blogs
Microsoft's Chinese internet service is censoring what people can say in their online journals...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Live 8 show ticket bids 'obscene'
People selling Live 8 tickets on the auction site eBay are criticised for making "obscene" offers...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Police arrested over 'corruption'
Five police officers from the Gwent force are questioned over allegations of corruption and misconduct...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Glazer extends Man Utd deadline
Malcolm Glazer says he owns 97.3% of shares in Manchester United, as he closes in on gaining complete control of the club...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Kennedy keeps Lib Dem leadership
Charles Kennedy is returned unopposed as leader of the UK's third largest party, the Liberal Democrats...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Man arrested in Lisa murder probe
A man has been arrested by police investigating the murder of Bangor woman Lisa Dorrian...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Review raises fears for mill jobs
The owners of a paper mill near Fort William begin a review of its future, raising doubts over 120 jobs...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Two 'rebels' die in Afghan clash
Two militants have been killed and 12 others captured in a clash with Afghan and US-led coalition forces in southern Afghanistan, the US says...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Cricket: Vaughan plays down win
England skipper Michael Vaughan plays down the significance of England's Twenty20 win over Australia...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Mbeki to rule on deputy's future
The South African president is expected to announce a decision about his deputy, Jacob Zuma, following corruption claims...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Arsenal star held over rape claim
Arsenal striker and Dutch international Robin van Persie is arrested on suspicion of rape...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Jackson's jury explains decision
The jury in Michael Jackson's child abuse trial says there was "not enough" evidence for a guilty verdict...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Lottery shake-up plan criticised
Changes to the National Lottery could see cash raised used on things taxes should fund, the Conservatives say...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Bomb kills 22 in Iraq bank queue
A bomb in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk kills at least 22 people queuing to get their wages at a bank...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Brain cells are matured in lab
Scientists say they have duplicated the process of generating new adult brain cells in a controlled way in the lab...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Senate apologises over lynchings
The US Senate apologises for blocking repeated efforts to enact laws against the lynching black Americans...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Blair rejects rebate freeze plan
Tony Blair turns down a formal plan to freeze Britain's £3bn EU rebate, Downing Street says...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Fans rejoice at Jackson acquittal
Jubilant supporters celebrate Michael Jackson's acquittal on child abuse charges after a four-month-long trial...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Africans Press Bush to Speed Aid Program
The leaders of five African nations confronted President Bush about what they said was the slow pace at which the U.S. is releasing aid to poor nations...
New York Times - June 14, 2005
Rice to Visit Middle East and Europe
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice leaves Friday for a one-week trip that will also take her to Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Europe...
New York Times - June 14, 2005
Iraqi Court Releases Video of a Much Subdued Hussein
The Iraqi special tribunal questioned Saddam Hussein about the killings of dozens of men in a Shiite village in 1982...
New York Times - June 14, 2005
Italian Vote to Ease Fertility Law Fails for Want of Voters
A law that imposes strict rules on assisted fertility will remain on the books after the failure of a hard-fought referendum...
New York Times - June 14, 2005
Memo Seems to Link Annan to Contract of Son's Company
A former employee for a contractor in the U.N. oil-for-food program states that he discussed the company’s effort to win the contract with Secretary General Kofi Annan...
New York Times - June 14, 2005
Returning Lebanese General Stuns Anti-Syria Alliance
The bright promise of the "Cedar Revolution" is dissolving in old vendettas and the unsettling re-emergence of a powerful figure, Gen. Michel Aoun...
New York Times - June 14, 2005
Pupils' summer absence not logged
Children who miss school after May are not counted in the official absence statistics for the year in England...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Caroline's family await retrial
Caroline Dickinson's father speaks of his 'trepidation' ahead of the retrial of the man convicted of her 1996 murder...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Study examines prisoner releases
Prison and police officers freed more prisoners in error over the last year than private firm Reliance, a report says...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Right diet 'could help stop PMS'
A diet rich in calcium and vitamin D might banish pre-menstrual syndrome, researchers believe...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Racing: York ready for Ascot
The historic Royal Ascot at York meeting gets under way on Tuesday...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Mexican soldiers take over city
Mexican troops take over a city near the US border in an inquiry into alleged links between police and drug gangs...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Fugitive Daewoo boss surrenders
The ex-boss of Daewoo returns to South Korea and is arrested over his role in his firm's $70bn-plus collapse...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Smoking and obesity 'age people'
Being overweight and a smoker makes a person biologically older than slim non-smokers of the same birth age, researchers have found...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Euphoric scenes outside court
The BBC's Matthew Davis witnesses wild scenes as Jackson's loyal fans celebrate his acquittal outside the Santa Maria court...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Blair to face Chirac over rebate
Tony Blair is set to come under renewed pressure from the French president to give up the UK's £3bn EU rebate...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Eight die in Chile earthquake
At least eight people are killed as a powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes northern Chile...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Climate 'threatens UK gardens'
The traditional English garden could be doomed in the South East, because of global warming, experts say...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Teen offenders tell of initiation
One in eight teenagers in custody in England and Wales has been put through an initiation ceremony, a survey suggests...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
Best held over girl 'sex assault'
Football legend George Best has been arrested and bailed over claims he indecently assaulted a young girl...
BBC News - June 14, 2005
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