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Frozen yogurt war de-thaws, tart new brands hit US
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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25 bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Displaced Georgians look to US for hope, aid
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
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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Philippines peace in tatters after rebel attack
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Global News Archive for February 2008:
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House by House, Effort to Restore Legal Ownership in Kosovo
Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo can tell tales of property theft and other misdeeds stretching back decades, if not centuries. The U.N. is trying to right the most recent of those wrongs...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
Russia Warns It May Back Breakaway Republics in Georgia
Russia held a meeting with separatists leaders of in Georgia, and vowed to increase support for the them if Kosovo declares its independence and is recognized by the West...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
Details Bedevil Kenya Negotiations
The country?s rival political parties have agreed on a few minor issues, but the big problems that were supposed to be solved by now seem as nettlesome as ever...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
Medvedev Pledges Reform in Russia
Dmitri A. Medvedev, the presumptive next president, struck markedly liberal notes in a speech...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
Columbus given exterior science
Astronauts attach science experiments to the outside of Europe's Columbus module at the space station...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Lesson one: no Orwellian language
Mike Baker looks at how the language of management has begun to dominate discussions of education...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Conway stripped of MP panel seat
Derek Conway, who is suspended from the Commons over payments to his son, loses his £13,000 a year seat on a panel of senior MPs...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Stress may hit cancer virus fight
A stressful life may make it tougher to fight the virus which causes most cervical cancer cases, say scientists...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Killers 'were devoid of morals'
Mourners at the funeral of a man shot dead near the Donegal border are told his killers are "twisted"...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Police to question Gail Sheridan
The wife and father-in-law of Tommy Sheridan are expected to be charged with perjury, sources say...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
New poll-rigging row in Pakistan
Pakistan's attorney general denies saying there will be massive rigging in Monday's election...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Blast near Mexico City police HQ
An explosion rocks the centre of Mexico City, police say, killing at least one person and injuring two more...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Early Mars 'too salty' for life
The quest to find traces of life on Mars looks gloomy after Nasa says the Red Planet was 'too salty'...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
PM sets out training benefit plan
Gordon Brown sets out plans to give extra benefits to families who agree to return to work and sign up to skills training...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Blast kills senior Gaza militant
A senior Islamic Jihad commander was among at least six people killed and more than 40 wounded in a blast in the Gaza Strip...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Green watchdog urges store reform
An over-arching policy for supermarkets is needed to tackle obesity, waste and climate change, a report says...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Two young cousins 'found hanged'
Young cousins are found hanged in separate incidents within hours of each other, it is confirmed...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
MoD criticised for soldier deaths
Two coroners criticise the Ministry of Defence for failing to give British soldiers the necessary equipment...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Medvedev Pledges Reform in Russia
Dmitry Medvedev, the likely next president, promised to promote private property and judicial independence...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
Net firms reject monitoring role
Net providers in the UK are resisting calls for them to police what customers do online...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Pilot progress tests made easier
The basis of new 'single level' pupil progress tests is changed, to more closely resemble Sats...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Usmanov nets more Arsenal shares
Billionaire Alisher Usmanov increases his holding in Arsenal Football Club, taking his stake to 24%...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
E.coli butcher defends practices
The butcher at the centre of an E.coli outbreak claims his firm regularly passed environmental inspections...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Man, 23, killed outside city club
Police launch a murder inquiry after a 23-year-old man is killed outside a nightclub in Belfast city centre...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Tumour diagnosed by handshake
An Essex GP was able to diagnose a rare brain tumour when he felt a man's spongy handshake...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
India-Pakistan flights to double
Pakistan and India agree to double the number of weekly passenger flights between the two countries...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Syria 'to name Mughniyeh killer'
Syria's foreign minister says it will soon present "irrefutable" proof of who killed Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
'Heir to Putin' in economy pledge
The man expected to be Russia's next president, Dmitry Medvedev, wants a reduced state role in the economy...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
US consumer confidence plummets
Confidence among US consumers has fallen to a 16-year low, a closely watched survey claims...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Zimbabwe party backs ex-minister
An opposition faction backs ex-minister Simba Makoni to be Zimbabwe's next president, as nomination papers are filed...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Football: FA concern over PL plan
The Football Association expresses "serious reservations" over the Premier League's plan to play games abroad...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
'£10 licence to smoke' proposed
Smokers could be forced to pay £10 for a permit to buy tobacco if government health advisers get their way...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Kenyans to review disputed poll
Kenya's rival political parties agree to set up a panel to review disputed elections, Kofi Annan says...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Kosovo independence row looms
Kosovo's prime minister vows to protect minority rights as Serbia's province prepares to declare independence...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Man guilty over soldier plot cell
A man is found guilty of being part of a terror cell whose leader plotted to behead a British soldier...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Supermarket power to be curbed
Suppliers will be given better protection in their dealings with big supermarkets, the Competition Commission says...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Young cousins 'are found hanged'
Two young cousins are found hanged in separate incidents within hours of each other, it is confirmed...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Illinois student killer is named
Police identify a gunman who killed five at a university near Chicago as former student Stephen Kazmierczak...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Coroner attacks MoD over failure
A coroner criticises the Ministry of Defence for failing to give soldiers in Afghanistan basic equipment...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Russia Gives Warning on Kosovo Repercussions, News Agency Says
Russia will change its policy towards Abkhazia and South Ossetia if Kosovo is recognized as independent, Interfax news agency quoted the foreign ministry as saying...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
Australian Visits East Timor for Talks
Australia?s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a lightning visit to East Timor to pledge support after an assassination attempt on the country?s president, Jose Ramos-Horta...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
Russia?s Medvedev Pledges Freedom and Legal Reform
Russia?s likely next president Dmitry Medvedev said that freedom, private property and an independent judiciary would be the central planks of his administration...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
Chad Leader Declares State of Emergency
Chad?s president declared a nationwide state of emergency, telling citizens that tightened controls were needed to restore order after recent rebel attacks...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
McCartney case heads for week two
Sir Paul McCartney's divorce hearing is extended as he and estranged wife Heather Mills fail to reach an agreement...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Pupils could face creativity test
Pupils could soon face tests of their creativity under plans to boost the kind of "soft skills"...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
999 staff critical over changes
A leaked survey of Welsh ambulance service staff finds most do not think changes are well handled...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Pension costs to be pushed higher
Pension schemes must use more realistic assumptions about longevity, raising their costs to members...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Former MSP charged with perjury
A former MSP who gave evidence at Tommy Sheridan's libel case against a newspaper is charged with perjury...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Army equipment was sent out late
The army admits an error caused delays in getting vital equipment to Afghanistan, arriving after a soldier died...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Bluetongue disease detected in NI
The agriculture minister confirms bluetongue disease has been detected in Northern Ireland for the first time...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Russia links Kosovo with Georgia
Russia hints it could change its policy towards separatist regions in Georgia if Kosovo gains independence...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Venezuela disputes Exxon's claims
Venezuela accuses Exxon Mobil of exaggerating the value of firm's former investments in the country...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Annan set to unveil Kenya 'deal'
Former UN head Kofi Annan is to announce the details of a deal reached at talks to end Kenya's political crisis...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Cricket: England seize victory
Captain Paul Collingwood steers England to their first victory in the one-day series against New Zealand with a six-wicket win in Auckland...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Handshake diagnosed tumour
A GP diagnosed a rare brain tumour just by shaking a man's hand...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Football: Premier plan 'pounded'
Ex-Football Association chief executive David Davies says the Premier League's proposal to play games abroad is "unlikely to survive"...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Man hurt as roof blown from flats
A man is seriously injured in a gas explosion at a block of flats in north-west London, police say...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
HIV vaccine research 'impasse'
Scientists are no nearer finding a vaccine against HIV after more than 20 years of research, a top expert says...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
'Differences' over dumped bodies
The way the bodies of five murdered women were left was "inconsistent", the Steve Wright trial is told...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
BA and Virgin to pay out refunds
British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are to pay out refunds on fuel surcharges paid between 2004 to 2006...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: Myanmar: Senior Rebel Leader Shot Dead
Mahn Sha Lar Phan, secretary general of Myanmar?s biggest rebel group, the Karen National Union, was shot to death at his home in a Thai border town...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Islam Critic Seeks European Union Protection
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who received death threats in 2004, said that Europe had a responsibility to defend freedom of expression...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Leader Braces Serbia as Kosovo Independence Nears
Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica of Serbia went on television and told Serbs for the first time that the imminent loss of their historic province of Kosovo was a ?reality.?...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
World Briefing | The Americas: Bolivia: Floods Halt Political Infighting
Disastrous flooding forced a political truce between the leftist government of President Evo Morales and provincial leaders seeking greater autonomy...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Inflation Surges to Official 66,000%
It is, by far, the world?s highest rate of inflation...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: Malaysia: March 8 Election Date Set
The Election Commission chose March 8 for early national elections called by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Astronaut Flight Reconsidered
Science Minister Ian Pearson said it was time to reconsider Britain?s 1986 decision not to invest in an astronaut space program...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
World Briefing | South Pacific: Kiribati: Vast Marine Reserve Created
The tiny island nation of Kiribati, the former Gilbert Islands, declared the world?s largest marine protected area, a 164,200-square-mile ocean wilderness...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
World Briefing | The Americas: Paraguay: Neighbors Rush Yellow Fever Vaccines
Brazil flew 50,000 doses of yellow-fever vaccine into Paraguay and Peru promised 250,000 more doses next week...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
F.D.A. Broke Its Rules by Not Inspecting Chinese Plant With Problem Drug
The F.D.A. approved a crucial blood-thinning drug for sale without first inspecting a Chinese plant which, along with a plant in Wisconsin, made the drug?s active ingredient...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
French Trader?s Bets Said to Assure an Alarm
New questions emerged about when Jérôme Kerviel?s superiors at Société Générale became aware of the scale of his unauthorized trades...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
European Union Seeks Longer Music Copyrights
The move to extend copyright protection for singers and musicians to 95 years is intended to let performers receive royalty payments later in life...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
Major Immigrant Smuggling Ring Is Broken in Phoenix, Police Say
After conducting a series of raids, authorities arrested what they said were the leaders of a ring that helped transport hundreds of people to way stations in Phoenix...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
Georgia Exile Autopsied
Preliminary findings and an autopsy of opposition politician Badri Patarkatsishvili who died in Britain on Tuesday gave no indication of foul play, the police said...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
China Rejects Darfur Criticism
China said sports and politics should be kept separate, after filmmaker Steven Spielberg criticized Beijing for not using its influence to end the humanitarian crisis in Darfur...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
British Judge Questions Halt to Arms Fraud Inquiry
The judge questioned why the government ordered the Serious Fraud Office to stop investigating claims of corruption related to a 1990s arms deal with Saudi Arabia brokered by BAE Systems...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
U.N. to Help Organize Iraqi Elections Set for October
The United Nations announced a tight schedule for helping set up provincial election commissions and a monitoring plan, ahead of the elections that must be held by Oct. 1...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
U.S. to Produce Data on Iran?s Nuclear Program
The decision reverses the United States? longstanding refusal to share the data, citing the need to protect intelligence sources...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
War Torn: When Strains on Military Families Turn Deadly
An examination of cases of fatal domestic violence and child abuse indicate wartime pressures have complicated the Pentagon?s efforts to change the current system...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
Mistaken Iraq Battle Kills 6 Fighters Allied With U.S.
Members of an Iraqi militia group allied with the U.S. were killed after they mistook American forces for insurgents and engaged them in a firefight, the Iraqi police said...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
Rio Grande Valley Journal: In Remote Valley, a Grim Redefinition of ?Fishing?
The once abundant shrimp of the legendary Rio Grande in Jamaica has become scarce and what can still be caught is often poisoned, a result of man?s impact on the natural world...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
Bush Appeals to Justices on Detainees Case
The Bush administration said an appeals court decision had created a ?serious threat to national security? by requiring extensive evidence to support the classification of enemy combatants...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
Signs in Kenya of a Land Redrawn by Ethnicity
After a wave of ethnic violence, Kenya has been in the process of segregating itself...
New York Times - February 15, 2008
Warning over illegal skin bleach
Doctors warn of the dangers of illegal skin-lightening creams, after a woman develops a hormone disorder...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
PM proposes poverty 'contracts'
Gordon Brown is to call for a "contract" giving poor families extra benefits in exchange for taking up skills training...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Property boom 'over in Scotland'
Quarterly figures show that house prices have fallen in Scotland for the first time in seven years...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Man held over 'suicide bomb' DVD
A 33-year-old man is arrested over the sale of a DVD which appears to glorify suicide bombings...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Islam critic asks for protection
Ex-Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a target of death threats from radical Islamists, appeals to the EU for protection...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Australia pledges E Timor support
Australia vows to help safeguard democracy in East Timor after attacks on the president and prime minister...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Serbia urges UN action on Kosovo
Serbia's foreign minister urges the UN Security Council to oppose Kosovo's expected declaration of independence...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
World cyclist nears finish line
A cyclist hoping to become the fastest person to bike around the world enters the final stages of his challenge...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Crystal meth use 'rivals crack'
The use of class a drug crystal meth in the UK is increasing, a new report has warned...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Britain 'soft touch' for attacks
Britain's security is at risk because of a loss of self-confidence, says a leading defence think tank...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Cuts 'threaten UK intelligence'
Proposed job cuts could undermine the UK's intelligence effort, former top security officials say...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
Suicide rate drops in young men
The suicide rate among young men in England and Wales is the lowest for 30 years, say researchers...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
US university gunman kills five
A gunman opens fire on students, killing five, at a university near Chicago, then shoots himself...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
UK supermarkets set for shake-up
Supermarkets may be forced to sell land to rival retailers, under plans to be set out by the Competition Commission...
BBC News - February 15, 2008
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