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Rain and melting snow bring floods to Washington
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Fatal Calif. train station shooting sparks anger
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Former NBA player Antoine Walker arrested
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Six compete to lead GOP back from defeats
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Syracuse upsets Rutgers 68-54
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Wolski, Avs slip past Predators
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Foye leads Timberwolves to third straight win
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Spokane, Wash., residents cope with record snow
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Gulp! Mexico tells citizens to swallow their gum
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Global News Archive for January 2006:
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Israel's Cabinet Allows Some Palestinians to Vote
The cabinet met shortly before Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's doctors performed a tracheotomy to help his breathing...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
Emir of Kuwait, 79, Dies
Sheik Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah helped guide his people through the long days when Iraq's military occupied, looted and ransacked their oil-rich nation...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
France Revels in Nostalgia for Mitterrand
The 10th anniversary of François Mitterrand's death has plunged France into a warm bath of nostalgia for the man who was reviled by some and loved by a few...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
U.S. Officials Believe Qaeda Agents Killed in Pakistan Strike
American officials said they believed senior Qaeda officials died in the Friday attack, perhaps even the group's No. 2 leader...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
Plea to PM over hospitals' fate
One thousand doctors appeal to the Prime Minister not to let a £1.1 bn modernisation of two London hospitals "collapse"...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Pensioners' homes top £1 trillion
Property owned by pensioners has topped the £1 trillion mark after values rose by £50bn in 2005, a housing group says...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Speedboat attack on Nigeria rig
Heavily armed men use speedboats to attack a Shell-operated oil platform in the Niger Delta...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Taiwan's top party picks new boss
Taiwan's governing DPP party elects former premier Yu Shyi-kun as chairman, expected to underttake reforms...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Afghan bomb kills Canadian envoy
A senior Canadian diplomat is among three people killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Presidential run-off for Finland
Finland's President Tarja Halonen wins the first round of a presidential poll but still faces a run-off in two weeks...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Egypt grants 'toxic' ship passage
Egypt says a former French warship can pass through the Suez Canal despite Greenpeace protests...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Arsenal fail in £12m Walcott bid
Southampton reject Arsenal's formal offer of £12m for Theo Walcott, BBC Sport understands...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Tennis: Davenport v Dellacqua
Score updates as Lindsay Davenport faces Casey Dellacqua on day one of the Australian Open...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Chile gets first woman president
Partial results in Chile's presidential election give a clear victory to centre-left candidate Michelle Bachelet...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
CCTV of murdered lawyer shown
Police release CCTV footage of a murdered lawyer at a train station minutes before the attack which killed him...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Ariel Sharon is given tracheotomy
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has a tube inserted in his throat to help wean him off a respirator, doctors say...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Labour to discuss nuclear options
Scottish Labour will review its stance on building new nuclear power stations during an internal consultation...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Lib Dem race 'no beauty parade'
Lib Dem leadership hopeful Simon Hughes says the contest is about issues not personalities...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Iran to host debate on Holocaust
Iran plans to hold a conference on the Holocaust, which its president recently labelled a "myth"...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Mother speaks out over Thai trial
The mother of a murdered student says she does not believe her daughter's killers in Thailand should be executed...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Eriksson hits back at allegations
Sven-Goran Eriksson says he is 100% committed to England, dismissing newspaper allegations to the contrary...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Football: Robben saves Chelsea
Arjen Robben scores the winner as Chelsea beat Sunderland, but is also sent off after two bookings...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Football: First away win for WBA
West Brom shrug off Darren Moore's red card to record their first away win of the Premiership season...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Villagers clash with China police
A number of villagers in southern China have been hurt after police broke up a land protest, reports say...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Ariel Sharon to have tracheotomy
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is to undergo a tracheotomy to help wean him off a respirator, doctors say...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Pakistan rally against US strike
Pakistanis protest against the US after a missile attack targeting al-Qaeda's deputy leader killed 18 people...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
MP phone tap ban 'may be lifted'
The lifting of a ban on the tapping of MPs' telephones is being considered, John Reid acknowledges...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Fourth 'bird flu' death in Turkey
Turkish authorities carry out further tests to determine whether a 12-year-old girl is the fourth victim of bird flu...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Jaber buried
Thousands of Kuwaitis attend the burial of Emir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, a few hours after his death...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Ministers lose sex offender power
Ministers are to lose the power to decide if sex offenders can work in schools, the BBC learns...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, 79, Dies; Led Kuwait in Riches and Ruin
Sheik Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, the soft-spoken emir of Kuwait, ruled the oil-rich country for 28 years...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
Mobile TV finally gets moving
Mobile TV services seem to be getting off the ground as reflected in the many portable video devices at CES...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Police attacked by stone throwers
One police officer is injured as stone throwers attack police investigating youths drinking in west Belfast...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Five killed on Scotland's roads
Separate crashes claim the lives of five people, including two pedestrians, in the space of 24 hours...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Woman given Asbo for suicide bids
A woman is barred from seafront areas of her home town after trying to kill herself more than 30 times...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Chileans vote for new president
Voters in Chile head to the polls for a run-off ballot that will give them a new president...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Finns vote in presidential poll
Finland votes in presidential elections widely expected to be won by the incumbent, Tarja Halonen...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Afghan bomber targets Nato troops
A suicide bomber attacks a convoy of Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, injuring three and killing two bystanders...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Force is a gay-friendly employer
Staffordshire Police is awarded the title of Britain's most gay-friendly employer by charity Stonewall...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Campbell denies Kennedy plot
Lib Dem leadership hopeful Sir Menzies Campbell denies plotting against Charles Kennedy, backing his front-bench return...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Cricket: Sehwag shines in Lahore
The Indian cricket team end a gloomy third day in the first Test against Pakistan on a healthy 145-0...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
FA backs Eriksson after paper's sting
The FA says Sven-Goran Eriksson's position as England boss is "not at risk" despite newspaper allegations...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Israel allows vote in Jerusalem
The Israeli cabinet permits Palestinians in East Jerusalem to vote in forthcoming polls, but bars Hamas...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Saddam trial judge offers to quit
The chief judge at Saddam Hussein's trial offers to resign after criticism that he has been too soft on the ex-ruler...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Stardust capsule returns to Earth
A capsule containing comet particles and interstellar dust touches down in Utah after a seven-year mission...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Kelly 'cleared sex offence teacher'
The education secretary is under pressure over a letter from her office allowing a sex offender to teach at a school...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Commander in Iraq Is Reported to Re-Up for Another Tour
Gen. George W. Casey Jr. is extending his assignment as the top allied commander in Iraq to a third year, senior Pentagon and military officials said...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, 79, Led Kuwait in Riches and Ruin
KUWAIT CITY, Sunday, Jan. 15 (AP) - Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah, the emir of Kuwait who survived an assassination attempt in the 1980's and a decade later escaped Iraqi troops invading his oil-rich Persian Gulf state, died Sunday, state television announced...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
Rapper Eminem remarries ex-wife
Rap star Eminem and his former wife Kimberly get remarried more than four years after a bruising divorce...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Clubs' tribute to dead cyclists
Cyclists around the UK will pay their respects to the four members of a cycling club who died in a crash last week...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Chile prepares to pick new leader
Chile's voters go to the polls on Sunday for a run-off ballot to choose their new president...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Darts: Klaasen into all-Dutch final
Rising star Jelle Klaasen will meet Raymond van Barneveld in the Lakeside World Darts final...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Taiwan's top party to pick leader
Taiwan's governing party is set to hold elections for a new chairman, after a difficult few months...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Japan thaw brings avalanche risk
Japan faces the threat of avalanches as warmer weather melts one of the heaviest snowfalls on record...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Train guards strike over Sundays
Train travellers on Virgin CrossCountry services could face disruption because of a one-day strike by guards...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Thousands dial up hearing test
More than 150,000 people have checked their hearing via a telephone test, a charity says...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Letter reveals Kelly's approval
A paper says it has seen a letter in which the education secretary clears a sex offender to work at a school...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Jaber dies
The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, has died in his late seventies, a court statement says...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
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