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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 March 2006:
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Thai Leader, Vilified by Protestors, Says He May Step Aside for Now
A sense of crisis intensified in Thailand as thousands of people maintained a round-the-clock demonstration and calls for the prime minister's resignation multiplied...
New York Times - March 15, 2006
Palestinian Leader Assails Israeli Raid on Prison
Mahmoud Abbas called Tuesday's military operation by Israel "an ugly crime that cannot be forgiven."...
New York Times - March 15, 2006
Milosevic's Body Returns to Serbia
Serbia is loath to give anything resembling a state funeral to the former president, but his supporters plan a public mourning...
New York Times - March 15, 2006
Housing market 'gathering pace'
The housing market recovery quickened in February, says the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Terror flight claims 'will fade'
Claims the US secretly flies terror suspects through the UK will eventually "fall away", says Foreign Secretary Jack Straw...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Ex-boyfriend named in Lisa hunt
Police searching for a missing 15-year-old from Devon reveal they are looking for her former boyfriend...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Senator hails McCartneys' courage
Relatives of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney meet Senator Edward Kennedy in Washington...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Concern over impact of jet clash
Assurances are being sought that the UK Government remains committed to the future of RAF Lossiemouth...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Football: West Ham edge Bolton
Marlon Harewood strikes in extra-time as West Ham beat Bolton to reach the last eight of this season's FA Cup...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Belarus blocks EU monitors' entry
Euro MPs abandon plans to monitor the presidential election in Belarus after they are refused visas...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Mourners greet Milosevic's return
Supporters of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic turn out in Belgrade to see his body returned...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Roma 2-1 Middlesbrough (agg 2-2)
Middlesbrough reach the Uefa Cup quarter-finals after beating Roma on away goals...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Football: Liverpool crush Fulham
Robbie Fowler gets his Liverpool account off the mark as the Reds beat Fulham...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Three charged over cartoon demos
Three men are charged over their alleged role in protests against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Labour loans to be investigated
Labour's treasurer reveals he did not know the party had secretly borrowed millions of pounds last year...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Blair wins crunch education vote
Tony Blair wins his first Commons test on school reform plans for England but only by getting Tory support...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Israelis Seize 6 in Raid on Prison in the West Bank
The raid coincides with a time of political tensions, with Hamas working to form a cabinet, and Israel heading for elections...
New York Times - March 15, 2006
Pentagon Plans to Send Extra Troops to Iraq During Holiday
The U.S. military is planning to send a battalion of about 800 troops from Kuwait into Iraq to coincide with a surge of pilgrims...
New York Times - March 15, 2006
In Iran, Dissenting Voices Rise on Its Leaders' Nuclear Strategy
While the top leaders remain resolute in their course, cracks are opening both inside and outside the circles of power...
New York Times - March 15, 2006
Hussein Testimony Prompts Closure of Court to Public
Saddam Hussein took the witness stand delivering a rambling diatribe urging Iraqis to continue their resistance to the occupation...
New York Times - March 15, 2006
Two More Bodies Found in Baghdad in Sectarian Strife
The bodies added to the more than 85 corpses of executed men found across the city in the previous two days...
New York Times - March 15, 2006
Rose D'Or honour for TV's Gervais
The Office star Ricky Gervais will receive the honorary Rose D'Or Award at this year's annual festival...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Viruses leap to smart radio tags
Security experts warn that smart radio tags could help computer viruses spread...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Government rejects pension ruling
The government rejects a report telling it to compensate 85,000 people who lost their company pensions...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Mother's truancy conviction wrong
A mother found guilty of failing to ensure her son attended school has her conviction quashed...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Solar riches survive probe crash
Precious information is extracted from the remains of the Genesis space capsule that crashed into a US desert in 2004...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Calm appeal after Rome stabbings
Police appeal for calm ahead of Middlesbrough's game in Rome after three fans are stabbed...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Expansion boost for seat firm
A County Down company which makes aircraft seats doubles in size creating 200 new jobs...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Mother admits smothering her baby
A young woman admits smothering her newborn baby at her parents' home in Moray...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Ten hurt in school football fight
Police arrest three teenagers and 10 pupils are injured after a fight breaks out at a school football game...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Thai official says poll in doubt
Thailand's election chief casts doubt on whether next month's controversial election can go ahead as planned...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
DPW to sell off all its US ports
Dubai Ports World confirms it intends to sell all its US port operations to an American buyer within six months time...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
UN creates new human rights body
The UN votes to create a new human rights monitor, despite US concerns the reforms are not enough...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Billionaire boosts Saudi stocks
Stock markets in the Gulf region suffer a sharp sell-off as a "crisis of confidence" weighs on trade...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Tears at Iraq Red Caps inquest
There are tearful scenes at the inquest into the death of six Royal Military Policemen as details of their deaths are revealed...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Labour starts inquiry into loans
Labour's treasurer reveals he did not know the party had secretly taken out loans last year...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Cheltenham: Newmill surprise win
Newmill springs a surprise to win the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Payout after prison trauma
Six prison officers who saw the aftermath of a killing by an inmate win more than £1m in compensation...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Third Lords rejection of ID cards
Government plans to make ID cards voluntary for anyone with a passport are rejected by the House of Lords...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Abbas denounces Israeli jail raid
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas condemns Israel's seizure of a militant from a West Bank jail as unforgivable...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Sick baby's family thanks judge
The parents of a severely disabled baby boy thank a judge for ruling that he should be kept alive...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Blair school plans face MPs' vote
Tony Blair's controversial plans to reform secondary schools in England face their first test in a Commons vote...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Milosevic body returns to Serbia
A plane carrying the body of ex-Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic arrives in Belgrade, ahead of his funeral...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Two drug trial men critically ill
Six men remain in intensive care - two of them critically ill - after suffering a violent reaction to a new drug...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Enigma project cracks second code
An internet project to break three unsolved German WWII ciphers cracks the second of three codes...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Jackson granted payment extension
Michael Jackson is granted an extra 24 hours to pay wages owed to workers on his Neverland ranch...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Ban challenge hotel bars smoking
A no-smoking rule is in place at a hotel owned by a chain challenging aspects of the imminent Scottish ban...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
'Dangerous' road tributes concern
Floral tributes laid at fatal accident sites may be curbed over concerns they are a distraction to other motorists...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Sony delays PS3 launch
Sony has put back the release of its PlayStation 3 games console to November due to technical hitches...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Point-by-point: Question time
All the key points from prime minister's question time in the Commons as MPs quiz Tony Blair from 1200 GMT...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Tamil rebels 'coercing diaspora'
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels are extorting money from Tamils around the world for a "final war", a report says...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Woman held over £53m raid
A woman is arrested on suspicion of money laundering in connection with the Securitas raid in Kent...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Shotgun attack on family's home
A couple and a three-year-old girl escape injury following a shooting at a house at Lurgan in County Armagh...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Palestinians protest at jail raid
Palestinians go on strike in protest at Israel's seizure of a leading militant from a West Bank jail...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Football: Fans stabbed in Rome
Three Middlesbrough fans are stabbed in Rome during violence ahead of the club's Uefa Cup clash with Roma...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Kenyans facing Goldenberg charges
Five people are to be charged with fraud over Kenya's biggest corruption scam under ex-President Moi...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Milosevic body to head to Serbia
Slobodan Milosevic's body is to be flown to Serbia for burial, after days of wrangling over his funeral...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Five held over cartoon protests
Five men are arrested over their alleged role in protests against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Saddam denounces 'comedy' court
Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein describes the court trying him for crimes against humanity as a "comedy"...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Council staff back mass strikes
A million council workers are poised to stage the UK's biggest industrial action since the General Strike of 1926...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Tycoon says no to peerage
A millionaire who made a loan to Labour before the election asks Tony Blair to take his name off the peers' list...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Drugs trial men 'seriously ill'
Six people are in intensive care in hospital after taking part in a clinical trial for a new anti-inflammatory drug...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
U.S. to Vote No on a New U.N. Rights Council
The United States will call for a General Assembly vote on the proposed Human Rights Council on Wednesday, and vote against it...
New York Times - March 15, 2006
U.N. Investigator Calls Beirut Assassins Professional
The assasins of Rafik Hariri, former Lebanese prime minister, were so thorough, disciplined and meticulous that they were probably experienced operatives...
New York Times - March 15, 2006
Israelis Capture 6 in Prison Raid in the West Bank
The 10-hour seige is symptomatic of the rising mistrust between the militant group Hamas and the Israeli authorities...
New York Times - March 15, 2006
85 Bodies Found in Baghdad in Sectarian Strife
The American government insists that Iraqi forces can reverse a slide toward chaos, but Sunni and Shiite blood continues to flow...
New York Times - March 15, 2006
Milosevic's Trial Ends but Inquiries Continue
Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic's death ended his trial, but questions remain about the circumstances of his death...
New York Times - March 15, 2006
Heads lobby MPs on school reforms
Head teachers write to MPs urging them to seek changes to the Education and Inspections Bill...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Small babies' 'higher abuse risk'
Small birth weight and premature births are more likely to be abused or neglected, research suggests...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Bernanke voices US deficit fears
US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke warns the increasing US budget deficit could put future living standards at risk...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Cockling trial jury set to retire
The jury in the Morecambe Bay cockling disaster trial is set to retire to consider its verdicts...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Belarus expels poll 'observers'
Eight members of a Scandinavian team of unofficial election observers are ordered to leave Belarus...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Racing: Cheltenham day two
Moscow Flyer and Kauto Star head the Queen Mother Champion Chase field at Cheltenham on Wednesday...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Thai PM hints at stepping aside
Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra admits he is considering taking a break from politics to ease the mounting crisis...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Parents to learn sick baby's fate
A High Court judge is to make a life or death ruling in the case of a severely disabled baby boy...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
US judge ponders Google decision
A US judge says he is inclined to order Google to turn over some data sought by the US government...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Website rapped over Glitter pun
Lastminute.com is criticised for referring to sex offender Gary Glitter in an advert for children's theatre tickets...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Abbas rushes home after jail raid
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas cuts short a European trip after unrest sparked by an Israeli raid on a prison...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Milosevic to have Serbia burial
The body of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic is to be flown to Serbia for burial...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
Games set for glittering opening
The Queen is to open the Commonwealth Games in a spectacular ceremony in Melbourne...
BBC News - March 15, 2006
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