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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 January 2005:
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U.S.-Led Troops Have Damaged Babylon, British Museum Says
Troops using the ancient Iraqi city of Babylon as a base have damaged and contaminated artifacts dating back thousands of years in one of the world's most important archaeological sites...
New York Times - January 15, 2005
Titan's Big News: A Mysterious Shoreline
New pictures of Saturn's moon Titan and other observations show that the Huygens spacecraft landed on a spongy surface like wet sand or soft clay, possibly saturated with liquid methane...
New York Times - January 15, 2005
Abbas Takes Office, Already Facing Battles
Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in as Palestinian president on Saturday, already embroiled in crisis...
New York Times - January 15, 2005
Putin Reforms Greeted by Street Protests
Russia has been swept with a weeklong wave of protests against a new law abolishing a wide range of social benefits for the country's 32 million pensioners, veterans and people with disabilities...
New York Times - January 15, 2005
Iraq prison abuse 'leader' jailed
A US soldier at the centre of the Abu Ghraib jail abuse scandal is sentenced to 10 years in prison...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Tory MP crosses over to Labour
Former Conservative minister Robert Jackson defects to the Labour Party...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Victoria de los Angeles, 81, dies
Legendary Spanish soprano Victoria de los Angeles dies in hospital in Barcelona aged 81...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Football: Bolton 1-0 Arsenal
Stelios Giannakopoulos scores as Bolton damage Arsenal's title hopes with a deserved win...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Bosnian Serbs hand over suspect
Bosnian Serb deliver a war crimes suspect to The Hague tribunal for the first time...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Child dies after blaze in flats
A four-year-old girl dies and several people hurt following a fire in an Aberdeen block of flats...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Rising Violence and Fear Drive Iraq Campaigners Underground
In large swaths of the country, there is a campaign in the shadows, where candidates, ordinarily eager to get their messages to the public, are often too terrified to say their names...
New York Times - January 15, 2005
Abbas Is Sworn In as Palestinian Leader
In his inaugural speech, Mahmoud Abbas struck a mostly conciliatory note and called for a cease-fire with Israel after more than four years of violence...
New York Times - January 15, 2005
S Lanka lets UN visit rebel area
Sri Lankan authorities decide to allow the UN food agency chief to fly into rebel-held areas to see tsunami damage...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Woman dies after petrol dousing
A woman dies and a man suffers serious burns after she is doused in petrol which ignites...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Two seriously hurt in city blaze
A man and a child are seriously injured and five other people taken to hospital after a fire in Aberdeen...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Welsh baby in New Zealand search
A Welsh baby is missing in New Zealand after her father fails to return her when her mother wins custody...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Clooney to man Tsunami Aid phones
Actors George Clooney and Brad Pitt will man a celebrity phone bank for a US TV fundraiser for tsunami victims...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Titan probe yields fresh images
Scientists release results from Huygens' journey to Saturn's moon, revealing evidence of flooding on the surface...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Army base 'damaged Babylon'
Coalition forces in Iraq cause irreparable damage to Babylon, the British Museum says...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Cricket: Gibbs stages fightback
Herschelle Gibbs hits 136 not out as South Africa reach 306-6 against England in Johannesburg...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Brown wipes £80m Mozambique debt
Gordon Brown announces the cancellation of the £80m debt owed to Britain by Mozambique...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
US tsunami missions 'over soon'
The US says it wants to pull its military out of tsunami relief operations as soon as possible...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Iraq unveils poll security plan
Iraq outlines a security plan for the elections and admits voting will be limited in four restive provinces...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Tsunami families in 'legal limbo'
Officials investigate the plight of Britons left in legal limbo after their relatives went missing in the Asian tsunami...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
US rapper denies stabbing charge
US rapper Young Buck pleads not guilty to allegedly stabbing a man at US hip-hop awards...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Wreck 'may cause mass explosion'
The wreck of a warship off Kent, packed with tonnes of ammunition, could cause a huge explosion, a report warns...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Family rescued from chip pan fire
A family of four are rescued from a chip pan fire at their home in Ballymoney, County Antrim...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Scotland's homes cheapest in UK
A new Bank of Scotland survey finds Scotland is the cheapest place in the UK to buy a house...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Tsunami aid 'threat' to charities
Some charities could close because so much money is being raised for tsunami victims, an expert warns...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Tech helps disabled speed demons
An organisation has been launched to encourage more disabled people to take part in motorsport helped by technological innovation...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Sex attacker jailed for 150 years
A British man accused of sex attacks in two countries is jailed for 150 years in the United States...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
'No UK apology' for colonial past
UK Chancellor Gordon Brown says Britain no longer has to apologise for its colonial past...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
China's ex-leader Zhao 'in coma'
The health of China's ex-Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang has deteriorated sharply, reports say...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Thousands mourn Mandela's son
Thousands of mourners are expected to join Nelson Mandela at the funeral of his son, Makgatho...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Abbas sworn in as new president
Mahmoud Abbas is sworn in as Palestinian president and urges a ceasefire between Israel and militants...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Sharon Cuts Israeli Ties With Palestinian Authority
The Israeli prime minister ordered all officials to cease contact with the Palestinian Authority until it curbs terrorism...
New York Times - January 15, 2005
China Promotes Another Boom: Nuclear Power
China plans to build reactors on a scale and pace comparable to the peak of the United States' nuclear energy push in the 1970's...
New York Times - January 15, 2005
Craft on Titan Finds Tantalizing Signs of Liquid
The first pictures of Saturn's moon Titan have intrigued scientists, who say Titan may resemble Earth early in its development...
New York Times - January 15, 2005
U.S. Soldier Found Guilty in Iraq Prison Abuse Case
Specialist Charles A. Graner Jr., who was accused of being the ringleader in the prison scandal, was found guilty on all charges...
New York Times - January 15, 2005
Sunni Group Says It Killed Cleric's Aide in Bombing
An extremist Sunni group believed to have ties to Al Qaeda took responsibility for killing an aide to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani...
New York Times - January 15, 2005
Rich Nations Are Urged to Ease Trade With Affected Countries
The head of the World Trade Organization issued a plea to all member nations to lower trade barriers as a way of helping nations ravaged by the tsunami...
New York Times - January 15, 2005
Alzheimer's drug for brain injury
Young people with brain injuries may benefit from drugs used for Alzheimer's patients, research shows...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Making sense of league tables
Can "clearer" school tables tell us what we need to know, the BBC's Mike Baker asks...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Air fares 'lower' under new rules
Air fares are due to come down for some travellers, as international ticket sale regulations are relaxed...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Tennis: Henman backed over Cup
Chris Bailey and Barry Cowan say Tim Henman was right to quit Davis Cup tennis...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
US cool on North Korea overtures
US officials are cautious at reports that North Korea is ready to rejoin talks on its nuclear weapons programme...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Mexico seals off drug gang jail
Soldiers take control of Mexico's highest-security jail, amid fears drug gangs are planning a breakout...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Suicide pact husband spared jail
A former policeman who killed his terminally ill wife in an abortive suicide pact is sentenced...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
More reforms ahead, says Milburn
Labour will continue to pursue controversial reforms if it wins a third term in power, says the party's election chief...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Smacking ban comes into force
Parents in England and Wales who smack children so hard it leaves a mark face jail under new laws...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Landlady denies starting fatal fire
A pub landlady accused of starting a fire which killed two of her children and a rescuer maintains her innocence...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Atheist loses Bush prayer fight
A US atheist loses a legal fight to stop prayers being recited at President George W Bush's inauguration...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
Abbas to be sworn in as leader
Mahmoud Abbas will be sworn in as Palestinian president at a ceremony in the West Bank town of Ramallah...
BBC News - January 15, 2005
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