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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 November 2007:
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The Lede Blog: A Call for Eyewitness Photos, Video and Text From Pakistan
How to submit your content to NYTimes.com...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Georgia Patriarch a Voice for Calm
Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II, head of Georgia?s Orthodox Church, was a unifying force during last week?s turmoil...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Lebanon?s Presidential Front-Runners
Lebanon?s Parliament has until Nov. 23 to choose a president. The New York Times looks at the eight most likely contenders for the post...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Signs of Slump at Myanmar Gem Sale
A gem auction, the first since the junta?s crackdown, has been unusually quiet, traders say...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Indonesia Bans Unofficial Islamic Sects
Indonesian human rights lawyers are again questioning the country?s commitment to religious freedom after the recent arrests of several unorthodox Islamic leaders...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Fewer Iraq Roadside Bombs, U.S. Says
An American military official on Thursday reported a sharp decrease in the number of roadside bombs and other homemade bombs in Iraq...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Death in Vancouver Prompts Debate Over Taser Use in Canada
A video recording showing an immigrant dying after being hit with a police Taser at an airport last month has touched off a fierce debate in Canada on police actions in the case...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Nuclear Report Finds Iran?s Disclosures Were Inadequate
A new International Atomic Energy Agency report says Iran has made new but incomplete disclosures about its past nuclear activities...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Europe eyes Mars landing sites
The European Space Agency (Esa) has drawn up a shortlist of the best places to look for life on Mars...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Children admit to alcohol abuse
A survey of children by Ofsted suggests nearly half of all 10 to 15-year-olds have tried alcohol...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Job offer to Lib Dem ex-leaders
The two men vying to be Lib Dem leader say they would welcome former leaders into the front bench team...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
US accused of killing Iraq allies
US forces in Iraq say they have killed 25 insurgents but tribal leaders say 45 pro-US fighters were killed...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
US to freeze Tamil charity assets
The US government is to freeze the assets of a Tamil charity with links to Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
China spying 'biggest US threat'
Chinese espionage poses "the single greatest risk" to the security of US technology, a panel warns Congress...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
France braves fresh travel misery
France endures a second day of travel chaos as transport unions continue their strike against pension reforms...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Beckham to start against Austria
David Beckham will return to the England side for the friendly international against Austria in Vienna on Friday...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Two arrested over Cumbria crash
British Transport Police arrest two men on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with a fatal rail crash in Cumbria...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Fierce cyclone batters Bangladesh
A cyclone roars north through Bangladesh, levelling homes and uprooting trees, as thousands flee...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Top judge attacks sentencing laws
Changes to sentencing policy have forced overcrowding in prisons to "critical" levels, the Lord Chief Justice warns...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Bhutto 'freed from house arrest'
Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is reportedly released from house arrest, as a new interim PM is unveiled...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Soldier killed in blast is named
A soldier killed by an explosion in Afghanistan is named by the MoD as Capt John McDermid, 43...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Musharraf Plans Caretaker Government
On the day his presidential term ended, the Pakistani president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, and his aides were still working on the formation of a caretaker government...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
French Strike Continues a Second Day
French labor unions met today on whether to prolong a transport strike that crippled services for a second day...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Biofuels bonanza facing 'crash'
The biofuels bonanza will crash unless producers show their crops have been produced responsibly, a UN chief warns...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Five areas to pilot bin charges
Five councils in England are to be allowed to pilot "pay as you throw" household waste charges...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Thousands bid farewell to 'Grav'
Thousands of mourners say their last goodbyes to rugby legend Ray Gravell at his beloved Stradey Park...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Blaze bodies removed from scene
A prayer vigil is held as the bodies of a family of seven are removed from their fire-ravaged home in Omagh...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Terror police 'shot' man in coma
A man who fell into a diabetic coma on a bus tells how police shot him with a Taser gun, fearing he was a threat...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Bangladesh braces as cyclone hits
A powerful cyclone hits the southern coast of Bangladesh as hundreds of thousands flee their homes...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Abbas urges 'bring down Hamas'
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas makes his strongest call for the removal from Gaza of the Hamas group...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Chile rattled by big aftershocks
Northern Chile is rattled by major aftershocks a day after a quake struck the region, leaving 15,000 homeless...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
F1: Ferrari attack McLaren appeal
Ferrari accuse McLaren of being "naked opportunists" at an appeal over the result of the Brazilian Grand Prix...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Hundreds of Nigerian robbers shot
Nigeria's police chief says 785 suspected armed robbers have died in police encounters in the last 90 days...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Luton and agents hit with charges
The Football Association issues more than 50 charges in connection with alleged breaches of transfer and contract rules at Luton Town...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Meredith suspect DNA 'on knife'
DNA belonging to Meredith Kercher murder suspect Amanda Knox has been found on a knife, police say...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Pakistan interim PM unveiled
President Musharraf names a caretaker government, with Pakistan's current Senate chairman appointed as PM...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
NHS private sector deals pulled
The government is rowing back on its use of the private sector for NHS care by scrapping a series of projects...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Deal on terror detention 'sought'
Fresh talks are planned as ministers seek to win support from opposition parties for longer terror detention limits...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Bird flu suspected on second farm
Turkeys on a second Suffolk farm are being slaughtered on suspicion they have bird flu, Defra has said...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
UN mixed on Iran nuclear report
The UN nuclear agency says Iran has given it information on past nuclear activities, but is still enriching uranium...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Man charged with Vicky's murder
A man appears in court charged with the murder of teenager Vicky Hamilton, who went missing in 1991...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
EU 'should expand beyond Europe'
The UK foreign secretary says the EU should work towards including countries from the Middle East and North Africa...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Dando murder case set for retrial
Barry George wins the right to a retrial over his conviction for the murder of BBC presenter Jill Dando in 1999...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
North Korea Agrees in Principle to Start Cargo Trains
North Korea agreed in principle to formally open a reconnected railway for regular cargo service across its heavily armed border with South Korea before the end of the year, an official said...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Britain to Allow Extradition of Cleric
Radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri can be extradited to the United States to face trial on charges of supporting terrorism, a British court ruled...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Winehouse booed as tour kicks off
Troubled singer Amy Winehouse is booed by fans on the first night of her UK tour in Birmingham...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Sony makes most of Wii shortages
Sony takes advantage of Nintendo Wii shortages and a recent price cut of PS3 to double weekly sales in the US...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
OFT rejects banks' charges claim
The main defence put forward by banks over their current account charges is rejected by the Office of Fair Trading...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Probation for insulin baby attack
A bereaved mother who injected a friend's baby with insulin is placed on probation for three years...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Nation's final farewell to 'Grav'
Mourners at rugby legend Ray Gravell's funeral at his beloved Stradey Park are invited to wear their own team colours...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Parking tickets rise by 100,000
The number of parking tickets given out in Northern Ireland rises by 100,000 in just 12 months...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Search for missing girl continues
Police continue to search a house in Kent where the body of a girl who disappeared in 1991 was found...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
France faces more travel misery
France faces a second day of travel chaos as transport unions continue their strike against pension reforms...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
UN joins Lebanon crisis mediation
The UN chief is due in Beirut to help broker an end to Lebanon's long impasse over a new president...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Guantanamo manual leaked on web
A US army instruction manual for running the Guantanamo prison camp is published on the internet...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Philippines in 'separatist deal'
Boundaries on a proposed Muslim homeland in the Philippines have been agreed, a government official says...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Tennis: Murray calls in experts
Andy Murray will not recruit a direct replacement for coach Brad Gilbert and plans to employ a team of experts...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Brown backs Scots to beat Italy
Former Scotland boss Craig Brown believes the national side will beat Italy in Saturday's crucial Euro 2008 qualifier at Hampden Park...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Barclays reveals sub-prime losses
Barclays says it wrote down £800m ($1.64bn) of debts linked to risky US home loans in October, less than feared...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Dead UK soldier to be named
The Ministry of Defence is expected to name a British soldier killed by an improvised bomb in Afghanistan...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Women 'not doing enough sport'
Only a fifth of women do enough exercise to be healthy - with many put off by school sports, a report finds...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Bug hospital avoids prosecution
A hospital at the centre of a Clostridium difficile outbreak which caused 33 deaths will not face criminal proceedings...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Father suspected in fire deaths
Police are treating Arthur McElhill as a suspect in the fire that killed his partner and five children in Omagh...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Extended terror limits proposed
Extending terror detention to 58 days would amount to an "undeclared state of emergency", the Tories say...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Abu Hamza could face extradition
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri could be extradited to the US to face terror charges...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Man in court over missing Vicky
A man is appearing in court on charges related to the death of Vicky Hamilton, who went missing in 1991...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
George wins Dando murder retrial
Barry George wins a retrial over his conviction for the murder of BBC TV presenter Jill Dando in 1999...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Victims of Colombian Conflict Sue Chiquita Brands
Victims of Colombia?s civil conflict sued the banana importer Chiquita, accusing it of making payments to a paramilitary group responsible for thousands of killings...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Gerald D. Feldman, Historian of the Nazis and Finances, Dies at 70
Dr. Feldman was part of a team of international historians that found documents proving that Deutsche Bank had financed the building of Auschwitz...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Chevron to Pay $30 Million to Settle Kickback Charges
Chevron has agreed to pay $30 million to settle charges that it had made illegal kickbacks to Iraq for oil purchased in 2001 and 2002 under the United Nations? oil-for-food program...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
U.S. Ponders War Message, and How Best to Deliver It
A complex debate is under way within the State Department and Pentagon about how to shape and transmit their messages ? to their own personnel, to the nation at large and overseas during a time of war...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Hong Kong: White Truffle Banquet
A 26-ounce white truffle from Italy?s Piedmont region was sold at a charity auction over the weekend to three Hong Kong property developers for a record $208,000...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Afghanistan: 7 Soldiers Charged in Afghan Killings
The group is accused of firing mortars and machine guns without ?any simultaneous, direct threat,? a military prosecutor said...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
World Briefing | The Americas: Chile: Strong Quake Hits Mining Region
A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the copper-producing north, killing at least two people, and injuring more than 100...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Vatican City: Catholic-Orthodox Accord on Papal Primacy
Efforts to reunite the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches took a cautious step forward as a joint commission agreed that the pope has primacy over bishops of both churches...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Tajikistan: Blast Kills One in Capital
A bomb went off in the capital, Dushanbe, outside the presidential palace and a conference hall where Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov was due to speak...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: Sudan: Rift Valley Fever Outbreak
The World Health Organization said that 329 human cases of Rift Valley fever, including 96 deaths, had been reported in Sudan...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Illness Strikes Disabled Children in Baghdad Home, Killing One
One child from a Baghdad home for the severely disabled died and 12 others were hospitalized over the weekend with serious diarrhea and dehydration...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: Tanzania: Apology for Surgical Mix-Up
The health minister apologized for a surgical mix-up that resulted in a knee patient?s undergoing a complex brain operation. The brain patient had knee surgery...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Break-In at Nuclear Site Baffles South Africa
One week after the most serious attack on a nuclear installation in recent memory, the government of South Africa is largely mum about who was behind it, how they broke in or why...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Chávez Threatens to Reconsider Venezuela?s Ties With Spain
President Hugo Chávez warned Spain on Wednesday that he would review diplomatic and business ties with it, escalating a dispute that erupted when Spain?s king told Mr. Chávez in public to ?shut up.?...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Strike Cripples Travel in Parts of France
Labor unions and President Nicolas Sarkozy faced off in a confrontation over his plans to curb the early retirement benefits of a small group of public sector workers...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Britain Plans to Upgrade Terror Security Measures
Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that Britain would begin improving security at crowded or strategic places to decrease their vulnerability to terrorist attacks...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
World Bank Reports Progress in Sub-Saharan Africa
After enduring decades of economic collapse and stagnation, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have turned a corner and are now growing economically, according to a report released by the World Bank...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Lawmaker Killed in Manila Bombing Linked to Insurgents in ?90s
Philippine officials said Wednesday that the congressman killed Tuesday in a bombing outside the House of Representatives had once been a member of an insurgent group linked to Al Qaeda...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Don?t Turn on Ethiopia
Congress should use creative diplomacy to deal with the combined threat of insurgency and war in Ethiopia...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Inter-Korean Talks Focus on Expanding Economic Cooperation
Leaders of North and South Korea on Wednesday discussed turning their disputed western sea border into a ?peace and cooperation zone? for fishing and manufacturing...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Georgia?s Future Looks Like More of the Past
Under President Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia had been considered a model for countries trying to shed decades of despotism and decay...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Forget Waterloo: London Has a New Route to Paris
A three-year, $1.7 billion restoration of St. Pancras station in north-central London seems likely to bring Britain and France, old foes, closer in a very tangible sense...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
House Puts Strings on Military Funding
The strings, including a requirement that troop withdrawals begin within 30 days, virtually guaranteed that Senate Republicans would block the measure...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
Iraq to Spend $19 Billion on Projects
Iraq will spend an unprecedented $19 billion on capital projects across the country in 2008, including $900 million in Baghdad...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
U.S. Is Looking Past Musharraf in Case He Falls
Bush administration officials are losing faith that the Pakistani president can survive in office and have begun actively discussing what might come next...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
A Top Rival in Pakistan Is Carted Off by the Police
The opposition politician Imran Khan, who emerged from hiding on Wednesday, was seized by hard-line students and turned over to the police, witnesses said...
New York Times - November 15, 2007
More cash to beat school bullies
An extra £3 million is put into anti-bullying schemes in England where older pupils are trained to step in...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Paralysed man's mind is 'read'
Scientists say they may be on the brink of translating the thoughts of a man who can no longer speak into words...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Miliband to call for 'model' EU
Foreign Secretary David Miliband is expected to call for the European Union to be a "model power" for the world...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
George's Dando appeal ruling due
Barry George is to learn if an appeal against his conviction for the murder of Jill Dando has been successful...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Bangladesh put on cyclone alert
Coastal districts of Bangladesh are put on storm alert as a severe cyclone heads in across the Bay of Bengal, officials say...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Ghanaian leader in car accident
Ghanaian President John Kufuor emerges from a car crash holding his head, but aides say he appears fine...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
WWII computer working again
Code-cracking is once again being carried out at Bletchley to mark the end of the Colossus re-build project...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Darfur mission 'may fail' says UN
The UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur could fail unless countries provide vital equipment, a top official says...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Some pupils 'should leave at 14'
Ministers should consider allowing some pupils to leave school at 14, a former welfare minister says...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
Man in court over missing Vicky
A man is due in court later on charges related to the death of missing 15-year-old Vicky Hamilton...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
New terror limits to be unveiled
New proposals to extend the period that terrorist suspects can be detained are to be unveiled, the BBC has learned...
BBC News - November 15, 2007
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