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Saber-toothed cat fossils discovered in Venezuela
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Study Seismic has little effect on Gulf whales
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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At top of Greenland, new worrisome cracks in ice
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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US, Iraq reach deal to pull US troops out by June
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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French deaths in Afghanistan show rising Taliban
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Russians dig in but still promise Georgia pullout
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Global News Archive for December 2005:
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Security Council Seeks to Extend Inquiry on Lebanon Killing
The resolution gives the inquiry another six months, to June 15, and posits the possibility of further extension if requested by Lebanon...
New York Times - December 15, 2005
Main Palestinian Faction Splits Sharply Ahead of Election
Mahmoud Abbas threatened to resign unless a rival slate of younger Fatah members for the Jan. 25 legislative elections is withdrawn, Palestinian officials said...
New York Times - December 15, 2005
Heavy Sunni Turnout as Iraqis Vote for Parliament
After the polls closed, officials said that turnout could have been as high as 11 million, more than in October's referendum...
New York Times - December 15, 2005
In North, Kurdistan Comes First, Iraq Comes Second
Today's elections may as well have been about Kurdish dreams. Iraq, or the idea of Iraq, seemed as distant as the moon...
New York Times - December 15, 2005
Sir Trevor reads final bulletin
Sir Trevor McDonald presents his last bulletin for ITN, but his current affairs show continues...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Trade talks battle against clock
Global trade negotiators are set for further battles in a bid to revive trade talks in Hong Kong...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Pregnancy risk for cot death mums
Women who have a baby who dies from cot death have an increased risk of pregnancy complications, scientists say...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
UN extends Hariri killing inquiry
The UN Security Council votes to extend the inquiry into the killing of Lebanon's Rafik Hariri by six months...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
New Forth bridge petition launch
A campaign to build a new bridge across the Firth of Forth is launched...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Turkey 'on trial' in writer case
The trial of an acclaimed Turkish author casts a shadow over EU accession talks, an EU official says...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Man charged with Pc murder
Detectives in West Yorkshire charge a second man with the murder of a police officer in Bradford...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Tycoon faces racketeering charge
US prosecutors indict media tycoon Conrad Black on four further charges, including racketeering...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
White House backs torture ban law
President Bush says he will now support a new law banning the torture of terrorist suspects...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Iraqis Open Vote for Parliament; An Islamist-Secular Split Is Seen
Iraqi voters began streaming to the polls today as leaders predicted the elections would usher in lengthy political maneuvering...
New York Times - December 15, 2005
Heavy Sunni Turnout Is Reported; No Large-Scale Attacks by Rebels
After the polls closed this evening, electoral commission officials said that turnout could have been as high as 11 million, more than in October's referendum...
New York Times - December 15, 2005
Outside Baghdad, Ink-Stained Fingers and Hope for Future
In some major cities, the Iraqi and U.S. forces remained on patrol but kept their distance from polling stations...
New York Times - December 15, 2005
Schools to get language targets
Schools in England will have to ensure at least half their pupils study languages until they are 16...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Wikipedia survives research test
The online resource Wikipedia is about as accurate on science as the Encyclopedia Britannica, a study shows...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Amazon puts the web up for rent
Amazon is letting people play around with a copy of the entire web for a $1 per hour...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Sir Trevor to read last bulletin
Sir Trevor McDonald is to present his last bulletin for ITN, but his current affairs show continues...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Priest held in Mersey crime probe
A County Fermanagh priest is arrested by police in Merseyside investigating serious crime...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Alcohol takes toll on Scots NHS
Scotland's drink problem is worsening with a major rise in alcohol-related hospital admissions...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Rally driver's unexplained crash
One of the world's top rally drivers tells an inquest he cannot explain the crash which killed his co-driver at the Wales Rally GB...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Kennedy gets support from deputy
Lib Dem deputy leader Sir Menzies Campbell says he has no intention of standing for Charles Kennedy's job...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
S Korea stem cell success 'faked'
South Korea's cloning pioneer has admitted faking key parts of his stem cell research, a colleague says...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Court throws out tobacco ruling
The Illinois Supreme Court reverses a $10.1bn damages ruling against tobacco giant Philip Morris...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Migrant smuggling network smashed
A people smuggling network across Europe is smashed after an operation led by French and Italian police...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Boy endures 128 face operations
The mother of a boy who has endured 128 facial operations plans to fund-raise for the hospital which saved his life...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
MPs attack 'disreputable' Meyer
Sir Christopher Meyer is forced to defend his controversial memoirs in fiery exchanges with MPs...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Fewer speed cameras planned
The government is putting the brakes on the spread of speed cameras in favour of other road safety measures...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Cricket: Record England defeat
England equal their heaviest defeat ever, with a 165-run loss to Pakistan in the third one-day international...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Horn of Africa 'crisis', UN warns
The head of UN peacekeepers warns of a "crisis" in the Horn of Africa, as UN troops start to leave Eritrea...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Second man faces Pc murder charge
Detectives in West Yorkshire charge a second man with the murder of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
2005 warmest ever year in north
2005 has been the warmest year in the northern hemisphere on record, and the second warmest globally...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
EU set for tense budget summit
EU leaders open a key summit in Brussels aimed at thrashing out a deal on the bloc's next budget...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Teenager guilty of Lauren murder
An 18-year-old is found guilty of the murder of Lauren Pilkington-Smith, 10, who was battered to death...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Man guilty of City banker murder
A man "obsessed with the rich and famous" is convicted of murdering a City financier at his London home...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
'High turnout' in Iraqi election
Iraqis vote in large numbers for their first full-term government since the US-led invasion in 2003...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
News Analysis: A Path Forward, With Many Ifs
Over the next year, America's ability to shape the Iraqi battleground will gradually decline...
New York Times - December 15, 2005
Oversight: Senate Is Set to Require Details on Secret Prisons
A new measure would require the White House to provide its most specific and extensive accounting of the C.I.A. prisons...
New York Times - December 15, 2005
Badger culls among anti-TB plans
Ministers propose consultation on culling badgers among measures to tackle tuberculosis in cattle...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Xbox 360 copy protection cracks
The anti-piracy system on the Xbox 360 games console is coming under attack from hacker groups...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Lord Birt quits as Blair adviser
Lord Birt is quitting as strategy adviser to Tony Blair to join the private equity firm Terra Firma...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Ship's sailing ends ferry dispute
A ferry moored in a Welsh port for three weeks during an industrial dispute sails as an agreement is reached...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Australian bank launches LSE bid
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) receives a hostile takeover bid from Australia's Macquarie Bank...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Fifth arrest over farm blackmail
Police arrest a 63-year-old woman on suspicion of conspiracy to blackmail the owners of a guinea pig farm...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Mother and baby escape arson fire
A mother and baby are rescued from a fire which police say was the result of an arson attack...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Residents reject housing transfer
Council residents in Edinburgh vote against transferring control of their homes to housing associations...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Fatah splits before key election
A rebel faction led by jailed activist Marwan Barghouti files its own ballot list for next month's elections...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Nepalese soldier shoots many dead
A Nepalese soldier kills at least 11 civilians after opening fire on a crowd at a temple near Kathmandu, police say...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Kazakh-China oil pipeline opens
Kazakhstan and China open a 1,000km-long oil pipeline to supply Kazakh oil to China's western region of Xinjiang...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Italy smashes migrant smugglers
An immigrant smuggling network stretching across Europe is smashed after an operation led by Italian police...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
UN peacekeepers leaving Eritrea
A first group of UN troops flies out of Eritrea a day before the deadline for them to leave, as border tensions rise...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Football: Celtic sign Keane
Roy Keane joins SPL leaders Celtic on an 18-month contract...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Football: Reds ease into final
Peter Crouch scores twice to help Liverpool book their place in the final of the World Club Championship...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Boost for foreign op costs woman
A pensioner trying to recoup the cost of having a hip operation carried out in France is boosted by a European judge...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Probe follows GP murder trial
The deaths of 12 more patients of a former GP cleared of murder are to be referred to the coroner...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Kennedy pledges united Lib Dems
The Lib Dems will return to Westminster in the New Year "united and on the front foot", says Charles Kennedy...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Iraqis vote in landmark election
The people of Iraq vote to choose their government for the next four years, amid reports of sporadic violence...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
The Election: Iraqis Voting for a Parliament; An Islamist-Secular Split Is Seen
Iraqi voters began streaming to the polls Thursday as leaders predicted the elections would usher in lengthy political maneuvering...
New York Times - December 15, 2005
Oversight: Senate Is Set to Require White House to Account for Secret Prisons
The measure would require the Bush administration to provide its most specific and extensive accounting about the C.I.A. secret prison system...
New York Times - December 15, 2005
Israeli Attack Kills 4 in Gaza; Fatah Factions Contest Ballot
The Israeli military said that the car carrying four Palestinians was packed with explosives and that they were on the way to carry out an attack...
New York Times - December 15, 2005
U.N. Wrestles With Proposal to Broaden Inquiry on Beirut Killing
The resolution would extend the term of the inquiry an additional six months, to June 15...
New York Times - December 15, 2005
Iran's President Clarifies His Stand on Holocaust
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the Holocaust a "myth" used by Europeans to create a Jewish state in the heart of the Islamic world...
New York Times - December 15, 2005
Ukraine Says It's Flu That's Killing Birds
Tests confirmed that a potentially deadly strain of avian flu had established itself among birds in the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine officials said...
New York Times - December 15, 2005
Oxford admissions change proposed
Students will no longer choose a college preference when applying to Oxford University, under new proposals...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Little Britain takes comedy award
Little Britain beats Ricky Gervais' Extras to best TV comedy of 2005 at the 16th annual British Comedy Awards...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
'Better value' councils demanded
Councils in England need to do more to provide value for money, says the government's spending watchdog...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Adult stem cells 'fusion hope'
Scientists believe adult stem cells may be more flexible than first thought, which could help in fighting disease...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
UN pulls out Eritrea peacekeepers
The UN decides to pull US, Canadian and European peacekeepers from Eritrea after the country's ultimatum...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Kazakh-China oil pipeline to open
Kazakhstan and China are to open a 1,000km-long oil pipeline to supply Kazakh oil to China...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Many die in Nepal army shooting
At least 11 Nepalese civilians are shot dead by a soldier at a religious festival, reports say...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Euro MPs to probe CIA claims
EU lawmakers agree to investigate whether the CIA has been operating secret jails in Europe...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Inmates 'to be trained for work'
Plans to improve education and training in prisons could cut reoffending rates, the government hopes...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Rise in speed cameras could end
An end to the rapid rise in the number of speed cameras could be signalled in changes announced by the government...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
EU seeks to end budget deadlock
EU leaders are gathering in Brussels in an attempt to resolve the division over the bloc's next budget...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Iraqi polls open in landmark vote
The people of Iraq begin voting in an election to choose their government for the next four years...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Falconio killer to serve 28 years
Peter Falconio's murderer Bradley Murdoch is told he must serve at least 28 years in prison before parole...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Hospitals fail cleanliness checks
Two thirds of NHS and private hospitals in England fail to meet cleaning standards, inspections reveal...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
Expert warning over UK flu plans
The public may not have access to enough drugs quickly enough in a flu pandemic, an expert warns...
BBC News - December 15, 2005
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