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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 February 2006:
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New Images of Abu Ghraib Abuse Are Broadcast in Australia
The videotapes and photographs of captives at the prison in Baghdad were consistent with images shown earlier in the U.S...
New York Times - February 15, 2006
Europe Is Warned That Its Values Are Under Siege
The European Union's chief executive said today that Europe had to fight for its core European values, including freedom of speech...
New York Times - February 15, 2006
11 Killed, Including 4 Children, in Iraqi Violence
One of the deadliest attacks took place in Baghdad, as a bomb exploded in a market on a street that children use to walk to school...
New York Times - February 15, 2006
Soul star dies after cancer fight
Singer Lynden David Hall dies aged 31 after suffering from the rare cancer Hodgkin's Lymphoma...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Man Utd dethroned as richest club
Real Madrid overtakes Man United as the world's richest club with an income of £186m in 2004-5, a report says...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Women 'get more headache drugs'
Middle-aged women with headaches are twice as likely to be given drugs by their GP as men of the same age, a study suggests...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Microsoft hits back at EU threats
Microsoft hits back at EC accusations that it has not complied with demands to provide rivals with key data...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Post staff 'could return to work'
Postal staff in Belfast could go back to work if they are assured they will not be victimised, their union says...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Football: Bolton kept at bay
Bolton are held by Marseille in the first leg as they seek a place in the last 16 of the Uefa Cup...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Norway takes Rwanda genocide case
Norway agrees to become the first country outside Africa to try a Rwandan genocide suspect...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Net firms criticised over China
US hi-tech giants are accused of complicity in censoring net users in China, at a Congressional hearing...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Rugby: Ruddock denies rift
Mike Ruddock says his resignation as coach of Wales had nothing to do with a dispute with the players...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
US attacks Iraq abuse images leak
The US says new images of the apparent abuse of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison should not have been released...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Triple Brits success for Kaisers
Leeds rock band Kaiser Chiefs lead the winners at the UK music industry's awards ceremony, the Brits...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Cheney accepts shooting blame
The US vice-president tells the media he takes full responsibility for accidentally shooting his hunting partner...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Blair Wins Crucial Vote to Make Glorifying Terror a Crime
Prime Minister Tony Blair secured victory in the House of Commons today in a vote to expand counterterrorism laws...
New York Times - February 15, 2006
Rice to Ask for $75 Million to Promote Democracy in Iran
Democrats questioned her about whether Bush administration policies were promoting the rise of anti-U.S. governments...
New York Times - February 15, 2006
Bomb Kills 3 Schoolchildren in Baghdad
The Iraqi Interior Ministry also reported at least eight other deaths today from separate incidents...
New York Times - February 15, 2006
Power prices rise at EDF Energy
More than 5 million UK customers face higher gas and electricity bills after EDF Energy unveils price rises...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
CSA computer system 'will stay'
The CSA will not replace its troubled computer system, even though it will not work fully for two years...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Toxic toads 'threaten disaster'
Toxic cane toads are evolving into a 'eco-nightmare' that are able to cover huge distances, a study says...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Body is identified as missing man
A body recovered from the River Lagan is that of missing man Ronald Todd whose death is being treated as suspicious...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Prosecution after Corus explosion
Corus faces prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive after three steelworkers were killed in Port Talbot in 2001...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Two die in Uganda poll shooting
Two people die after shots are fired into a crowd of Ugandan opposition supporters as their leader's trial is delayed...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Chirac orders 'toxic' ship home
French President Jacques Chirac orders the asbestos-lined warship Clemenceau to return to French waters...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
China workers killed in Pakistan
Three Chinese engineers are shot dead by gunmen in Pakistan's remote province of Balochistan...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Sharp fall in university entries
University applications fall for the first time in six years as "top up" fees are introduced across England...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Police arrest reporter at Palace
A Daily Mirror reporter has been arrested by police at Buckingham Palace after attempting to get a job there...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Pakistan cartoon violence spreads
Three more die in Pakistan as unrest spreads over Western cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Rugby: Wales deny Ruddock rift
Wales captain Gareth Thomas expresses his support for departed coach Mike Ruddock...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
MPs back ban on glorifying terror
MPs reverse a Lords defeat for the government and insist there should be a new ban on "glorifying" terrorism...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Man extradited over US killings
A Briton is extradited to the US to face murder charges over the deaths of his wife and daughter...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Shot Pc says 'I'm sorry' to dad
The 23-year-old Pc shot while investigating a burglary in Nottingham speaks to her family in hospital...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Queen hails brave 7 July workers
Workers who helped casualties of the London bombings receive honours at Buckingham Palace...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
3 More Die in Pakistan Cartoon Protests
Violent protests against the cartoons satirizing the Prophet Muhammad grew, bringing the two-day death total to five...
New York Times - February 15, 2006
Cruise rubbishes 'split' report
Actor Tom Cruise rubbishes a story suggesting he is to split from pregnant fiancee Katie Holmes...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Sea Empress 'could happen again'
On the 10th anniversary of one of the most environmentally damaging oil spills in European history, there are fears a similar disaster could be repeated...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
UK unemployment total rises again
The UK jobless total rose by 108,000 in the three months to December to reach 1.54 million, the highest for more than three years...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
UK holds Microsoft security talks
The UK and Microsoft are in talks over fears encryption will stop police opening suspects' computer files...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Call for pupils to learn Mandarin
Pupils should be taught other languages such as Mandarin in school, a report for the British Council says...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Israel threatens to cut PA ties
Israel ups pressure on the PA by threatening to sever all contact if the next prime minister is a Hamas member...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
New UK Afghan deployment begins
An enlarged UK deployment to Afghanistan begins with 150 Royal Marines Commandos reaching Kabul...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Road crash bodies to be examined
Post-mortem examinations on six people killed in a pile-up on the A52 are due to be carried out...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Trio held in murder investigation
Three people are arrested by police investigating the murder of a man at a house in County Fermanagh...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Toddler dies after building fall
A 21-month-old boy dies in hospital after falling from an office building in Edinburgh's financial district...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Zimbabwean women protesters held
About 200 women are in custody in Zimbabwe after a protest about food prices and human rights violations...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
China defends internet regulation
China hits back at its critics, saying its control of the internet is no different from anywhere else in the world...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Haiti bars release of poll result
Haiti blocks publication of last week's election results until an inquiry into fraud allegations is completed...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
German court rejects hijack law
Germany's top court scraps a law allowing the military to shoot down hijacked passenger planes...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Shot woman Pc 'talking to family'
Officers say the 23-year-old Pc shot while investigating a burglary in Nottingham has regained consciousness...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Rugby: Shock at Ruddock exit
Welsh rugby boss Steve Lewis insists coach Mike Ruddock quit for family reasons as the inquest into his departure begins...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Live: Winter Olympics day five
Austria's Michaela Dorfmeister wins the women's downhill with Britain's Chemmy Alcott in 11th...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Terror plans spark political row
The home secretary denies that ministers are playing politics over plans to outlaw "glorification" of terrorism...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
More die in Pakistan cartoon fury
Three more die in Pakistan as violence spreads over Western newspaper cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Campaigners hail smoking ban
Health workers welcome a vote paving the way for a smoking ban in England's pubs, clubs and restaurants...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
New Abu Ghraib images broadcast
New images of alleged US abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib jail in 2003 are broadcast in Australia...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Woman loses Herceptin court bid
A woman loses her landmark High Court challenge to be allowed the breast cancer drug Herceptin on the NHS...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Suicide Bombers: Afghan Suicide Bombings, Tied to Taliban, Point to Pakistan
The attacks have been orchestrated by the Taliban with little interference by Pakistani authorities, Afghan officials say...
New York Times - February 15, 2006
British Ban Indoor Smoking
After tortured debate, Parliament voted 384 to 184 on Tuesday to enact a total ban on smoking in indoor public places in England...
New York Times - February 15, 2006
U.S. and Israel Deny Plans to Drive Hamas From Power
The countries reiterated, however, that they would cut off money to a Hamas-led government if it did not renounce violence and recognize Israel...
New York Times - February 15, 2006
U.S. Cuts Funds for Family Planning Overseas, Stirring Opposition
Opponents of the cuts say the reductions would increase unintended pregnancies and abortions among the world's poorest women...
New York Times - February 15, 2006
Oil disaster 'could happen again'
The UK's coastline is still vulnerable to another massive oil spill like the Sea Empress disaster, a report finds...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Net firms face grilling on China
US hi-tech giants are to hit back at claims of complicity in censoring net users, at a Congressional hearing...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Final countdown for Brit Awards
Kaiser Chiefs and James Blunt are among the artists due to attend the Brit Awards on Wednesday...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
UK small shops 'set to disappear'
The future of small retailers in the UK is looking bleak and they may disappear from High Streets, politicians warn...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Scots soldier to be laid to rest
A Scottish soldier killed in Iraq last month is to be buried in Aberdeen on Wednesday afternoon...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Life sentences for Bali drug gang
The last three members of an Australian gang found trying to smuggle heroin from Bali are jailed for life...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Haiti orders poll 'fraud' inquiry
Haiti orders an inquiry into last week's presidential vote after the front-runner warns of protests over 'massive fraud'...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Palace reward for 7 July workers
Workers who helped casualties of the London bombings receive their honours at Buckingham Palace...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Prosecution errors 'waste £55m'
Survey says mistakes by police and the CPS mean £55m a year is wasted in magistrates' courts...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Food crisis looms in African Horn
International aid agencies warn of a humanitarian crisis caused by the drought in the Horn of Africa...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
UK Afghan deployment begins
An enlarged UK deployment to Afghanistan begins with 150 Royal Marines Commandos due to arrive...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Smoking ban set for summer 2007
Smoking will be banned in all pubs, clubs and restaurants from the summer of next year, MPs decide...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
MPs to vote again on terror bill
Ministers will try to overturn a recent defeat when the controversial Terrorism Bill returns to the Commons...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Herceptin test case verdict due
A judge is expected to decide whether a woman is eligible for a cancer drug in what may be a test case for the NHS...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
Bird flu spreading across Europe
Germany and Austria become the latest European countries to confirm cases of a virulent strain of bird flu...
BBC News - February 15, 2006
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