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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 Octomber 2007:
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Trial of 30 Accused Islamic Terrorists Begins in Madrid
Thirty men went on trial in Madrid on Monday on charges that they were involved in an extensive plot to blow up Spain?s anti-terrorism court and other high-profile landmarks...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
European Union Members Near Pact on Treaty
A two-year political crisis in the European Union moved closer to resolution as differences narrowed over a treaty replacing the proposed constitution rejected by French and Dutch voters...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
In France, Whispers of Trouble for the Sarkozys
There are rumors that the marriage of President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Cécilia, is ending...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
Memo From Egypt: U.S. Softens Its Tone on Human Rights in Egypt
Egyptian human rights activists do not expect Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to raise democracy issues when she meets with officials in Sharm el-Sheik on Tuesday...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
Turkey Moves Closer to an Incursion Into Iraq
Tensions mounted today as the Turkish government sought parliamentary approval for military action in northern Iraq...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
Rice Hints at Timing of Mideast Talks
The secretary of state today lifted some of the secrecy over the time and place of the international conference...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
Putin to Make Iran Trip Despite Threat
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia plans to go ahead with a trip to Iran despite a reported assassination plot...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
For Cubans, a Twisting New Route to the U.S.
The new way for Cubans to get north is first to head west ? to Mexico ? in a convoluted route that avoids the United States Coast Guard...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
Young 'more violent than adults'
Three and four-year-old children are more aggressive than most adults, a research study suggests...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
'More sex needed' to boost sperm
Some men should have sex every day to maximise the chances of their partner conceiving, a study suggests...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Northern Rock bosses to face MPs
Top executives from Northern Rock are preparing to be grilled by MPs in a probe into what went wrong at the firm...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Campbell 'put party needs first'
Scottish politicians react to the resignation of Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Man freed in cliff body inquiry
Police name a man found dead at the bottom of a cliff, as a 24-year-old questioned about the death is released...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
DNA blunder sex attacker jailed
A man who remained at large after a police DNA blunder is convicted of a series of sex attacks on girls and young women...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Tennis: Murray enjoys easy win
Andy Murray sweeps aside Czech opponent Radek Stepanek 6-4 6-1 to book a second-round spot at the Madrid Masters...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
UN urges DR Congo rebels to quit
The head of the UN force in DR Congo urges rebel soldiers to rejoin the army as the government threatens action...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
New effort to boost school meals
A campaign headed by chef Prue Leith is launched to get a million more English children eating school meals...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
BBC online to go free over wi-fi
The BBC's online services will be made available free of charge at thousands of wi-fi hotspots...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Degrees 'should give more detail'
University results should have extra information - but the current degree classes will continue, says report...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Postal union deal talks adjourned
Postal workers' union talks on a possible deal to end nationwide strike action will spill over into a second day...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Wealthy areas head alcohol table
Those living in wealthier areas of England are more likely to drink "hazardous" levels of alcohol, a study suggests...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Diana jury told of 'white flash'
A motorist has described seeing a "major white flash" shortly before Princess Diana's fatal crash at her inquest...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Two aircraft collide at Heathrow
Two aircraft have been involved in a "minor collision" while taxiing at Heathrow, the airport's operator says...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Campbell quits as Lib Dem leader
Sir Menzies Campbell resigns, saying questions about his leadership were impeding progress by the Lib Dems...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
3 Americans to Share Nobel Prize in Economics
The economists work in mechanism design theory, which looks at situations in which markets do not work properly...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
U.N. Envoy Says Myanmar Must Halt Arrests
The envoy is on a six-country consultation tour of Asia before heading to Myanmar to resume talks with the junta...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
China?s Leader Closes Door to Reform at Meeting
At the Communist Party Congress today, President Hu Jintao all but ruled out significant political change...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
School rebuilding 'going ahead'
The government denies it is halting plans to rebuild or refurbish all of England's secondary schools...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Led Zeppelin go digital at last
Rock legends Led Zeppelin are to make their back catalogue available for digital download next month...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Defra denies UHT milk switch plan
The government denies wanting people to switch from fresh to long-life milk to reduce energy usage...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
'Legalise drugs' report supported
North Wales Police chief constable's report urging legalising drugs is supported by the force's governing body...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Union suspends classroom strike
The trade union which is representing classroom assistants on strike votes to suspend its industrial action...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Men guilty of homophobic killing
Two men admit killing a council worker in a homophobic attack in a public park in Perth...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Bug trust chairman leaves his job
The chairman of the crisis-ridden Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, James Lee, resigns...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Israel and Hezbollah in swap
Israel and Hezbollah exchange the remains of an Israeli for a prisoner and the bodies of two guerrillas...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Sri Lankan rights advisers quit
Four members of a Sri Lankan government panel resign in protest at the military's human rights record...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Putin's visit to Iran to go ahead
Russian President Vladimir Putin says his visit to Iran will go ahead, despite reports of a plot to kill him...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Banks plan fund to revive market
Some of US's largest banks are to form a $75bn joint fund to invest in US sub-prime mortgage debt...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
DR Congo deadline set to expire
Congo troops move nearer the stronghold of rebel Gen Nkunda, who vows to ignore a deadline to disband...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
'Special bullets' killed Menezes
Jean Charles de Menezes was killed by special bullets designed to kill instantly, the Old Bailey hears...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Net paedophile 'English teacher'
Police hunting a man seen abusing children in online images believe he may be a teacher of English in Thailand...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Post union chiefs discuss deal
Postal workers' leaders meet to discuss a deal that could bring an end to their dispute with Royal Mail management...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
US 'wants Palestinian state now'
The US secretary of state offers strong backing for the quick establishment of a Palestinian state...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
DNA blunder rapist convicted
A man who remained at large after a police DNA sample blunder is convicted of a series of sex attacks...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Diana car 'may have had a bump'
The car Princess Diana was travelling in may have had a "bump" with another vehicle, an inquest hears...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Liberal Democrat leader 'to quit'
Sir Menzies Campbell is to resign as leader of the Liberal Democrats, the BBC understands...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Olmert Inquiry Is Ordered
Israel?s attorney general ordered the police on Sunday to begin a new criminal investigation into Ehud Olmert?s conduct in government before he became prime minister...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
17 Terror Arrests in New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand police raided what they called military-style training camps and private homes on Monday, seizing firearms and arresting 17 people from domestic groups on arms and possible terrorism offenses, authorities said...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
Trial Begins in Belgium for 6 Accused of Recruiting Militants
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Six men went on trial on Monday accused of recruiting people in Belgium for an Islamic militant group, including a female convert to Islam who carried out a suicide attack in Iraq...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
Trial Opens for U.S. Jailer in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The court-martial of a former U.S. military police commander at the jail that housed Saddam Hussein opened Monday. The suspect is accused of aiding the enemy by allowing prisoners to use a cell phone, giving special privileges to detainees and inappropriate conduct with an interpreter...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
China President Opens Party Congress
At the Communist Party?s biggest meeting in five years, President Hu Jintao said today that some political reform would be possible, as long as the party is firmly in charge...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
An Internet Jihad Sells Extremism to Viewers in the U.S.
A growing constellation of apparently independent operators is broadcasting the message of Al Qaeda and other groups, translated into English and aimed for a Western audience online...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
Police cancel Manchester concerts
Singer Sting's throat infection forces reunited rock band The Police to cancel two more concerts...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Europe set for major space campaign
Europe is set for a remarkably busy period in space as it prepares to send a lab, a cargo truck and other gear to the space station...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Schools urged to battle obesity
Schools are urged to be more inventive in PE lessons in a bid to fight the teenage obesity crisis...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
MPs launch abortion inquiry
MPs are beginning an inquiry into whether medical advances mean the abortion limit should be changed...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
House price inflation cooling off
More evidence that house prices are cooling off has come from the government's housing ministry...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Chief's legalise drugs call discussed
North Wales Police governing body discuss if it should support calls by its chief constable for drugs to be legalised...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Aer Lingus pilots' strike averted
A strike which would have grounded all Aer Lingus flights from Tuesday is averted after a deal is reached...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Indian cinema hit by deadly blast
A blast in a cinema in the northern Indian state of Punjab kills six people and injures at least 30 others...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
C.difficile bosses 'should quit'
The leader of Kent County Council calls for the entire board of the C.difficile health trust to resign...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
US tries to save Middle East plan
The US secretary of state meets the Palestinian leader in an effort to salvage a planned peace conference...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
US banks 'to invest in sub-prime debt'
Some of US's largest banks are set to form a $75bn joint fund to invest in US sub-prime mortgage debt...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Putin's visit to Iran 'unclear'
The Kremlin says it is "unclear" whether Russia's President Putin will visit Iran, amid reports of a plot to kill him...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Gambari condemns Burma arrests
UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari says new reports of dissidents arrested in Burma are "extremely disturbing"...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Football: Keegan not to manage
Former England boss Kevin Keegan tells BBC One's Inside Sport he is unlikely to return to management...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Rugby U: Lewsey to miss final
England winger Josh Lewsey will miss the Rugby World Cup final against South Africa because of injury...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Airbus delivers first superjumbo
Airbus hands over its first completed A380 superjumbo to Singapore Airlines, way behind target...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Drive advance fuels terabyte era
A single hard drive with four terabytes of storage could be a reality by 2011, says Japanese firm Hitachi...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Chlamydia damages male fertility
The common sexually transmitted infection chlamydia is found to damage the DNA quality of sperm...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Brown dismisses 'ups and downs'
Gordon Brown says he is "determined to get on with the job" despite the "ups and downs" of politics...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Woman recalls Thai flood ordeal
The sole survivor of a flash flood in a cave in Thailand describes how she saw her boyfriend swept to his death...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Tories lose £8.3m bequest battle
The Conservatives lose a battle to keep an £8.3m bequest by a man whose son described him as delusional...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Names of the Dead
The Department of Defense has identified 3,813 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war. It confirmed the deaths of the following Americans yesterday:...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
Piercing the Emotional Armor of Scottish Soldiers
The first minister of Scotland, its political leader, arranged for ?Black Watch? to be remounted to celebrate the opening of the Scottish Parliament...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
Castro Speaks by Telephone With Chávez on TV
The two leaders discussed plans to strengthen economic and political ties between Cuba and Venezuela...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
World Bank Neglects African Farming, Study Says
A withering new internal report has found that the World Bank has long neglected African agriculture, one of the most important sectors in addressing chronic poverty...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
Turk Warns Against House Genocide Motion
The armed forces chief warned that relations with the U.S. would take a negative turn if Congress approved the Armenian genocide resolution it is considering...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
News Analysis: Pre-emptive Caution: The Case of Syria
Five years after President Bush rewrote America?s national security strategy, dealing with nuclear proliferation looks far more complicated than it once did...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
Diplomatic Memo: U.S. Frustrated by Putin?s Grip on Power
Vladimir V. Putin?s suggestion last month that he might remain in power has frustrated U.S. hopes that his departure would move Russia toward a more democratic society...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
Iraqi Journalist Is Shot and Killed in Baghdad
The journalist, who worked for The Washington Post, was killed while reporting from a volatile area in southern Baghdad...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
Israel Silent on Reports of Bombing Within Syria
Neither American nor Israeli officials would confirm or deny a New York Times report that Israel had hit a Syrian nuclear site in a Sept. 6 airstrike...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
First Lady Raising Her Profile
Laura Bush, who once made her husband promise she would never have to give a speech, is stepping out in a new and unusually substantive way...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
Qargha Journal: A Golf Course Where Water Is No Hazard
Afghanistan?s only golf course is the result of one man?s dream nudged ever more closer to reality...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
An Internet Jihad Aims at U.S. Viewers
A loose network of independent media operators are broadcasting the message of Al Qaeda and others to a Western audience...
New York Times - October 15, 2007
UK supermarkets 'must go greener'
Supermarkets have gone 'greener', but must still make more effort to be eco-friendly, according to a report...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Cameron renews call on EU treaty
The Tories make another call for Gordon Brown to hold a referendum on the final draft of the EU Reform Treaty...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Appetite 'control centres' found
Scientists say by using live scans they have identified the brain circuits that control how much we eat...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
UN envoy attacks Mid-East Quartet
A senior UN expert says he will urge it to withdraw from the Mid-East Quartet if it fails to address Palestinian rights...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
China communists 'falling short'
President Hu Jintao delivers a tough speech to open the five-yearly Chinese Communist Party congress...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Test 'can spot Alzheimer's risk'
A blood test can spot those at risk of Alzheimer's disease before symptoms become apparent, researchers say...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Cranes move Acropolis sculptures
Greece begins moving sculptures from the Acropolis in Athens to a new museum at the foot of the citadel...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Migrant rights in UK criticised
A study of how well European countries integrate immigrants place the UK ninth out of 25 EU nations...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Business unites against tax plans
Business groups call on the Chancellor to put on hold controversial proposals to reform capital gains tax...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
Many 'cannot get NHS dental care'
Many NHS dental patients in England are being forced to go private or without treatment, a survey suggests...
BBC News - October 15, 2007
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