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Obama, McCain bury campaign pain, vow cooperation
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Obama, McCain bury sour campaign, vow cooperation
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Saks posts bigger-than-expected 3Q loss
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Obama, McCain pledge to work together for reform
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk marred by lost tool bag
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Astronauts end space walk marred by lost tool bag
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Indian navy sinks suspected pirate mother ship
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Global News Archive for June 2006:
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U.S. Calls Hasty Meeting to Seek Somalia Solution
American officials want to answer to a question: Is there anyone left in Mogadishu with whom the U.S. can do business?...
New York Times - June 14, 2006
China Tightens Control With State Secrets Law
The upcoming trial of a New York Times researcher is evidence of China's efforts to contain public debate...
New York Times - June 14, 2006
Financial Crunch Boils Over in Gaza
A Palestinian minister returned from a trip with $20 million in cash after civil servants stormed parliament demanding back pay...
New York Times - June 14, 2006
Two species become one in the lab
Scientists have interbred two butterfly species and created a third, distinct species, the journal Nature reports...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Borders railway link bill passed
MSPs approve the bill to allow the restoration of a rail link between Edinburgh and Tweedbank in the Borders...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Fed hints at looming US slowdown
The Federal Reserve hints at a possible slowdown in US growth in its latest Beige Book report on the state of the economy...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
'US storm fraudsters paid $1.4bn'
The US government gave up to $1.4bn in bogus assistance to hurricane victims last year, an investigation reveals...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Germany beat Poland in dying seconds
Oliver Neuville puts Germany within reach of the last 16 with a last-gasp goal to beat Poland in Dortmund...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
England team face disturbed night
Delighted Germany fans celebrate their World Cup win against Poland outside England's hotel...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
GMB rejects 'super union' merger
A plan to create a giant trade union has suffered a setback after the GMB voted not to go ahead...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Salmonella risk in egg imports
Eggs from some EU countries could pose a health risk after a report found salmonella in some poultry stocks...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Offer in rail signallers dispute
A new pay offer is made in talks aimed at averting national rail strikes...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Falconer backs judges in jail row
It is not right to say judges are at fault in the sentencing row, the Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer says...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
UN told of mass Darfur killings
A war crimes prosecutor says he has documented evidence of massacres in Sudan's Darfur region...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Letter From Britain: Mad Dogs and Soccer Fans in Midday Sun
It is summer in Britain and the weather got hot. And the World Cup soccer tournament offered the nation a sun-struck parable for its discomfort...
New York Times - June 14, 2006
Facing Crisis, Taiwan Announces Flights to China
The agreement is the latest of several signs that impeachment proceedings against President Chen Shui-bian could have the important side effect of thawing relations between Taipei and Beijing...
New York Times - June 14, 2006
French Court Sentences 25 Islamic Extremists
A French court today sentenced 25 Islamic extremists to prison terms ranging from six months to 10 years for a 2002 plot to mount terrorist attacks here...
New York Times - June 14, 2006
Robot soccer World Cup kicks off
Hundreds of teams of robotic footballers have gathered in Germany for the 10th annual RoboCup...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
World Cup panel: Opening matches
Eight people - one from each of the debutant nations at the World Cup - will regularly give us updates from their country as they watch the tournament...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Tennis: Henman wins easily
Tim Henman wins 6-2 6-4 over Paraguay's Ramon Delgado in the second round of the Stella Artois event at Queen's Club...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Doctors reject BUPA 'approval'
Doctors are resisting plans by private health insurer BUPA to draw up a list of 'approved' eye specialists...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
'Tighter' education funding flow
England's education state system faces "tighter" funding, its top civil servant has told a committee of MPs...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Rape procedures overhaul outlined
The solicitor general sets out plans to change the way rape cases are handled and prosecuted in Scotland...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Doubts over Gaza deaths inquiry
Palestinians call for independent probe after Israel denied killing civilians relaxing on a beach in Gaza last week...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Afghan violence claims more lives
Two US-led coalition soldiers, four civilians and a number of Taleban fighters are killed in Afghanistan, officials says...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Woman dies after being hit by car
A Strabane woman is killed by a car as she lays flowers at a roadside for another traffic victim...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
iPod 'slave' claims investigated
Apple is investigating newspaper allegations about working conditions in some of its iPod factories in China...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Belgians search for missing girls
Belgian police question a suspect over two missing schoolgirls - a case which rekindles memories of Dutroux's killings...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Spain outclass 10-man Ukraine
Spain produce a super display to outclass a Ukraine side that played most of the second half with 10 men...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Rooney 'match fit' for England
Wayne Rooney is 'match fit' although Gary Neville could miss England's World Cup match against Trinidad and Tobago...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Books 'inspired' murder case girl
A teenage girl on trial for murder tells of her fascination with the work of crime thriller authors...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Bush 'will help Iraq succeed'
US President George W Bush vows to do "what it takes" to help Iraq succeed, a day after his trip to Baghdad...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Blair defends police over raid
Tony Blair tells anti-terror police not to be "inhibited" in the wake of controversy over the Forest Gate raid...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Pair charged after terror probe
Two people are charged by West Yorkshire police with conspiracy to murder and explosives charges...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Blair in clash over prison terms
Tony Blair clashes with the Tories over news 53 people sentenced to life since 2000 have already been released...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Football: Barca sign Gudjohnsen
Barcelona reach an agreement to sign Chelsea striker Eidur Gudjohnsen...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
MySpace to sell search function
MySpace, the homepage website, plans to auction off its search function to either Google, Yahoo or Microsoft...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Perrier ends Edinburgh comedy tie
The Perrier awards are rebranded the if.comeddies as the drinks manufacturer ends its sponsorship...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Shuttle crew arrives in Florida
The crew of US space shuttle Discovery has arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for dress rehearsals ahead of a July lift-off...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Schools 'too feminine for boys'
Boys are being failed by schools which have become too "feminised", an academic says...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Point-by-point: PM's questions
All the key points from prime minister's questions in the Commons as MPs quiz Tony Blair from 1200 BST...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Arrests over 80s newsagent murder
Three arrests are made in connection with the murder of Cardiff newsagent Phillip Saunders in 1987...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Home buyers stretch cash limits
Home buyers have been stretching their finances to record levels in order to take on new mortgages, a survey says...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Rape review findings put forward
The outcome of a review into the way rape cases are handled and prosecuted in Scotland is being made public...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Lords to hear teacher killer case
A man who strangled a teacher to fulfil a sexual fantasy takes his case to the Lords on a point of law...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Police in appeal over fatal crash
Police ask for help to identify a man who was killed in a car crash in Garvagh, County Londonderry...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
France jails 25 for attack plot
A Paris court jails 25 suspected Islamic militants for planning attacks in France in support of Chechen rebels...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Foreign troops die in Afghanistan
Suspected Taleban fighters kill two US-led coalition soldiers in clashes in Afghanistan, the US military says...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Somali Islamists capture key town
An Islamic militia captures the strategic town of Jowhar north of the Somali capital as warlords flee north...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
China and Taiwan set flight plan
A deal is reached between China and Taiwan, paving the way for regular direct passenger flights...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Court asked to quash Canada law
Three men accused of terror links ask Canada's top court to quash laws allowing foreign suspects to be held without charge indefinitely...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Marking Ronaldo 'was easy'
Croatia centre-back Robert Kovac says he was surprised by the lack of threat posed by Brazil striker Ronaldo...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Migrant amnesty 'not ruled out'
The prospect of an amnesty for illegal immigrants in the UK has been raised by a Home Office minister...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
England gear up for Trinidad game
Sven-Goran Eriksson's England squad arrive in Nuremberg for Thursday's World Cup clash with Trinidad and Tobago...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Crystal meth to be class A drug
Crystal Meth is to be reclassified as one of the most dangerous drugs, says a minister...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Assets Recovery Agency 'failing'
The agency set up to seize UK criminals' assets has recovered just £8m from law breakers since 2003...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Further rise in UK jobless total
The UK jobless total rose by 77,000 to 1.61 million between February and April, official figures show...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Australia angry as cleric freed
Australian leaders and victims speak out against Indonesia's freeing a Muslim cleric jailed over the 2002 Bali bombings...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
AB Ports agrees to £2.5bn offer
The company which owns 21 British ports and employs thousands agrees to a takeover by a consortium...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Saudi 'torture' Britons lose case
Four men who claim they were tortured in a Saudi Arabian prison are denied the right to sue officials...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
The President: Bush Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq to Press Leadership
President Bush said that the time had come for Iraqis to pull together to save the faltering U.S.-sponsored democracy in Iraq...
New York Times - June 14, 2006
Global Image of the U.S. Is Worsening, Survey Finds
Favorable views of the U.S. dropped sharply over the past year, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center...
New York Times - June 14, 2006
Refugees: For Iraqis, Exodus to Syria and Jordan Continues
The United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants counted 644,500 Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan in 2005...
New York Times - June 14, 2006
Israeli Missiles Kill 10 in Gaza
Also on Tuesday, Israel rejected responsibility for eight deaths on Friday that Palestinians blamed on an errant shell...
New York Times - June 14, 2006
Wrinkly smokers 'at greater risk'
Smokers with wrinkles have a five times higher risk of lung disease than their un-wrinkled peers, a study suggests...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Early web-spinner found in amber
Scientists describe the oldest true orb-weaving spider yet found: a specimen locked in Spanish amber...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
US 'biggest global peace threat'
People in European and Muslim nations see US policy in Iraq as the biggest threat to world peace, a survey shows...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Becks angry at German paper
England captain David Beckham hits back at a series of personal attacks on his family in the German media...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
New UN force planned for E Timor
The UN chief says UN peacekeeping forces will have to return to East Timor following recent unrest...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Iraq brings in new security plan
Tens of thousands of troops flood Baghdad's streets in the biggest operation to control the city yet...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Homes to be energy-saving rated
Every house sold in England and Wales will be given an energy efficiency rating, the government is to announce...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Managers call for 'honest' NHS
The NHS must be more honest about its problems if it is to avoid lurching from crisis to crisis, managers say...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Bali bomb cleric freed from jail
Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir leaves jail after serving two years over the 2002 Bali bombings...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
Asset agency's recovery 'failing'
The agency set up to seize criminals' assets has recovered just £8m from law breakers since 2003...
BBC News - June 14, 2006
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