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Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Hungary 4 dead, 26 injured in train collision
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Iraqi lawmaker urges resolution of minority issue
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Curfew in Indian Kashmir to prevent protest rally
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Kashmir police threaten to shoot curfew violators
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Supreme Court to open new term with heavy workload
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Congress hears Lehman sought millions for execs
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Designers play it safe as economy sours
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Jimmy Kimmel returns as American Music Awards host
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Global News Archive for January 2008:
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Ocean rocket returns to business
The Sea Launch company lofts its first satellite since an explosion destroyed a mission on lift-off in January 2007...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
UK jobs 'open to non-EU workers'
Skilled workers would face competition for jobs from outside the EU, under plans being considered by ministers...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Boeing 'facing more 787 delays'
Boeing shares fall by about 4% on reports that it faces further delays on its new 787 Dreamliner jet...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Jury to hear murder case evidence
Jurors are due to hear evidence against a 49-year-old man who is accused of murdering five women in Suffolk...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Football: Bury upset Norwich
League Two strugglers Bury upset Norwich in their FA Cup third round replay at Gigg Lane...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Luton sunk by Gerrard hat-trick
Steven Gerrard's hat-trick sinks Luton as Liverpool seal an FA Cup fourth round tie with Swansea or Havant and Waterlooville...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Apple announces ultra-thin laptop
A laptop that fits inside an envelope and online movie rentals are among announcements at MacWorld...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
US backs animal clones as food
The US gives the green light to meat and milk from cloned animals, concluding they are generally safe to eat...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Laws planned to nationalise Rock
The government has plans in place to use legislation if the Northern Rock bank is nationalised, the BBC learns...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Cloned animals are 'safe to eat'
Meat and milk from cloned animals is generally safe to eat, US authorities conclude in a long-awaited report...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Rock shareholders asked for help
Northern Rock's chairman tells shareholders that with their help the bank can be put "on the road to recovery"...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Richey: 'I've considered suicide'
Kenny Richey says he spent his first days of freedom contemplating whether to take his own life...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
'No U-turn' in cancer woman row
Immigration chiefs will not reconsider the decision to remove a dying African woman, whose visa expired...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Woman rescued after car plunge
A 46-year-old woman is rescued two days after her car plunges down a Peak District embankment...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Mother denies toddler sex assault
A County Antrim woman goes on trial accused of sexually assaulting her two-year-old daughter...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Israeli Gaza City raid kills 18
Eighteen Palestinians, including 13 militants, die in an Israeli raid in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Italy police smash Nigerian gang
Italy arrests dozens of alleged members of a gang trafficking Nigerians to work as prostitutes and drug couriers...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Michigan holds tight primary vote
Michigan voters cast ballots in a primary election seen as pivotal to the White House hopes of Republican contenders...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Japanese detain whaling activists
Two activists who boarded a Japanese whaling ship to protest are taken into custody, officials confirm...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Sierra Leone bans timber exports
Sierra Leone re-imposes a timber export ban, accusing Chinese and other foreign firms of indiscriminate logging...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Tennis: Murray defeat 'a hiccup'
Former British number one Tim Henman says Andy Murray's Australian Open loss is only a minor hiccup...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Houllier cool on Newcastle link
Gerard Houllier re-affirms his commitment to the France Football Federation after he is linked with Newcastle...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Secrecy ruling over murder trial
Parts of a trial of a man accused of murdering an elderly author will be held in secret on national security grounds...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Four killed in Beirut explosion
Four Lebanese bystanders die in a bomb blast targeting an American embassy vehicle in Beirut, US officials say...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
EDF Energy set to increase prices
EDF puts up gas prices by 12.9% and electricity prices by 7.9%, blaming the soaring cost of wholesale energy...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Man denies murder claims
A man denies claims at the Old Bailey that he stalked and killed women over a three-year period...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Police anger over teachers' pay
Police are "absolutely furious" that teachers are to get a pay rise above the 2% limit set for public workers, a union says...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Kenya opposition boosted by vote
Kenya's opposition wins a key vote in parliament as bitter clashes mar the body's first meeting since disputed polls...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Experts' fear of further flooding
Flood experts say the next 48 hours are "crucial" after storms struck much of England and Wales...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Rock fends off key shareholders
Northern Rock shareholders largely vote to reject plans that could have limited a rescue deal...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Apple watchers await unveilings
The Apple faithful awaits Steve Jobs' annual keynote, in which he is expected to unveil new products...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Deadly new form of MRSA emerges
A lethal new form of MRSA is reported to be more prevalent among the gay community in the US...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Citigroup reports a $9.83bn loss
US banking giant Citigroup reports a $9.83bn (£5bn) net loss, blaming its exposure to bad mortgage debt...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
2012 Games 'black hole' rejected
Claims of a "black hole" in Olympic funding are rejected - as MPs prepare to debate the plan to use lottery money...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Roads, homes flooded after rain
Heavy rain brings more flooding to properties and roads, causing delays for commuters...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Bridge closed after cable snapped
Engineers try to establish what caused a support cable to snap and come down on a Glasgow bridge...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Embassy staff threaten to strike
Staff at the British Embassy in Dublin threaten to take strike action next week over redundancy plans...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Inquiry into dead policeman release
An inquiry begins into the release of a murder suspect who apparently killed his mother-in-law and himself...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Israeli Gaza City raid kills 14
Fourteen Palestinians, including 10 militants, die in an Israeli raid in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
'Taleban held' after hotel attack
Afghan authorities say they have arrested one of the Taleban attackers who stormed a top Kabul hotel...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Polls open in Republican primary
Michigan holds a primary vote tipped to make or break contenders for the Republican US presidential nomination...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Australia bans India uranium sale
Australia is reversing a decision to sell uranium to India, as Delhi has not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Sudan 'bombing rebels in Darfur'
Sudanese warplanes have been bombing rebel positions in West Darfur, rebel commanders say...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Tennis: Federer sweeps through
Roger Federer eases into the second round of the Australian Open with a win over Diego Hartfield...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Cricket: Rivals scrap catch deal
Australia and India abandon their agreement of trusting the fielder's word on contentious low catches...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Davies out of race for Scots job
Billy Davies withdraws from the shortlist to be Scotland manager, leaving four candidates vying for the post...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Aldershot to host Olympic team
Aldershot Army base is chosen as the official training camp for the British Olympic team ahead of the 2012 Games in London...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
DJ Kershaw sent to prison
DJ Andy Kershaw is sent to prison for three months for breaking a restraining order involving his ex-partner...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
EMI set to cut up to 2,000 jobs
The record label EMI is planning to cut as many as 2,000 jobs worldwide as part of a restructuring plan...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Pound falls to fresh low on euro
The pound falls to a fresh all-time low against the euro on growing expectations of a cut in UK interest rates...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Teachers given pay rise of 2.45%
Teachers in England and Wales will get pay rises above the 2% set by Prime Minister Gordon Brown...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Angry exchanges as Kenya MPs meet
Rival Kenyan MPs trade accusations as parliament meets for the first time since last month's disputed poll...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Northern Rock faces shareholders
Northern Rock's chairman tells shareholders the troubled bank can still be put "on the road to recovery"...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Stormy weather raises flood fears
Severe weather strikes much of England and Wales, with storms and threats of flooding causing disruption...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Diana 'said Queen would abdicate'
Princess Diana claimed the Queen would abdicate in April 1996, her former lawyer tells her inquest...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Superbug test case to be heard
In the first case of its kind in the UK, a woman is suing a hospital for allegedly infecting her with the MRSA virus...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Browne to receive Chinook dossier
A parliamentary group is to hand over a dossier it hopes will clear the RAF pilots killed in the Mull of Kintyre crash...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Timber ship sinks in rough seas
A stricken cargo ship off the Devon coast sinks in "very rough weather", the Coastguard says...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Key primary dawns for Republicans
Michigan is to hold a primary vote tipped to make or break contenders for the Republican US presidential nomination...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
PM visit boosts India-China ties
China and India pledge better trade and military ties, ahead of a meeting between their top leaders...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
African flood 'catastrophe' fear
More rain could be "catastrophic" for flood-hit southern Africa, the Red Cross warns...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Football: Roeder backs Shearer
Ex-Newcastle boss Glenn Roeder says Alan Shearer could succeed as manager with the right backroom team...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Mugabe faces rival inside party
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe looks set to face a challenge from within his own party, the BBC can confirm...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Kenyan MPs poised for stand-off
Opposition MPs say they will sit on government benches as Kenya's new parliament meets for the first time...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Rain sweeping across Britain
Communities hit by flooding last summer prepare themselves for more problems as rain sweeps Britain...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Cancer patients fertility appeal
NHS fertility treatment for cancer patients must be improved, leading doctors say...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Arms move as Bush visits Saudis
The Bush administration sets in motion a major arms sale to Saudi Arabia as the US president visits the kingdom...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Shareholders to grill Rock board
Northern Rock shareholders are set to grill bosses over its sale process, as ministers consider nationalisation...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Teachers await pay announcement
The government is expected to announce a 2% pay rise for England and Wales teachers, raising the threat of a strike...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
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