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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 2007:
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U.S. Troops to Open 100 Garrisons Across Baghdad
The increase in the number of outposts is part of the plan to put American troops back on the streets...
New York Times - March 15, 2007
Senate Rejects Measure for Iraq Pullout
The Democratic resolution aimed at withdrawing most American combat troops from Iraq in 2008. A similar measure advanced in the House today...
New York Times - March 15, 2007
Hamas and Fatah Agree on Unity Government
Israel said it would not deal with the new Palestinian government, which was announced today after months of negotiations...
New York Times - March 15, 2007
Icy map to probe Europa's secrets
A global geological map of the Jovian moon Europa is helping scientists understand the history of the icy moon...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Prison after sex register failure
A paedophile spared prison after judges were told to use it sparingly, is jailed for not registering as a sex offender...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Airbus protests due across Europe
New protests against job cuts planned at planemaker Airbus are due to take place across Europe on Friday...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Abuse children beaten and starved
A County Armagh couple who abused their children over a period of almost 10 years are sent to prison...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Police raid seven cannabis farms
Cannabis with an estimated street value of £630,000 is seized from "factories" in several high value houses...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Two women found dead in city flat
A double murder investigation begins following the discovery of the bodies of two women in a flat...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Poland widens hunt for ex-spies
Poland introduces a law to expose public servants who informed for the communist-era secret police...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Cricket: Ireland, Zimbabwe tie
Ireland bowl out Zimbabwe with the final ball of the match to earn a tie in the World Cup Group D match in Jamaica...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Verdict due for Livedoor tycoon
A verdict is due in the trial of Japanese tycoon Takafumi Horie, accused of fraud at the Livedoor internet firm...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Football: Newcastle knocked out
Newcastle are dumped out of the Uefa Cup as they were outclassed and outplayed by AZ Alkmaar...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
21/7 jury shown 'bubbling bomb'
Film showing a substance bubbling after the 21 July attacks is shown to a jury...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Boys held after school shooting
Two boys aged 12 are arrested after 17 primary school pupils are hit by plastic pellets in a playground...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Man charged with vicar's murder
A man is charged with the murder of a vicar stabbed to death near his church in a south Wales village...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Hungarian protests turn violent
A Budapest protest against Hungary's Socialist government turns violent after a nationalist leader's arrest...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Suspected Maoist Rebels Kill Many Indian Police
The ambush appeared to be the biggest attack on Indian law enforcement in the last several years of insurgency...
New York Times - March 15, 2007
First digital TV switch date set
The digital TV switchover will begin in Whitehaven, Cumbria, in mid-October - paving the way for the rest of the UK...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Public to shape smart tag policy
European citizens are being given the chance to shape government policy on the use of smart tags...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Home access to NHS records plan
Patients are to be able to look at their medical records on their home computer, it is announced...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Universities to get parental info
University applications are to include questions about ethnicity and parents' education and occupations...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Shock jump in US producer prices
February US producer prices jump by more than forecast, boosted by food, toy and energy costs, data shows...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Community grief at murdered vicar
A community tries to come to terms with the murder of the local vicar as police are given more time to question a suspect...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Rail strikes formally suspended
The RMT union confirms that it has formally suspended rail strikes which were due to take place from Friday...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Couple jailed for starving baby
A couple who slowly starved their 11-month-old daughter to death are jailed for five years...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Iranians sought for B Aires bomb
Interpol plans to seek the arrest of six Iranian ex-officials in connection with a 1994 bomb in Argentina...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Police criticise Mills' 999 calls
Heather Mills McCartney is criticised by Brighton police for the levels of her 999 calls to the force...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Key Nigerian candidate frozen out
Nigeria's electoral body omits Vice-President Atiku Abubakar from its official list of presidential candidates...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Seventeen children shot at school
Seventeen primary school pupils are hit by air gun pellets during a lunch break in a Staffordshire school playground...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Social care hit by NHS deficits
Social care is being squeezed as a result of NHS deficits, according to the Local Government Association...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Key 9/11 figure 'beheaded Pearl'
Key al-Qaeda suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed says he killed US journalist Daniel Pearl, the Pentagon says...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Two held over taxi driver killing
Police investigating the killing of a taxi driver in Sheffield arrest two men in their 20s...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Poison inquiry home told to close
A residential care home is ordered to close after an investigation into allegations a female resident was poisoned...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Mugabe tells critics to 'go hang'
Zimbabwe's President Mugabe says critics of his rule can "go hang", in response to accusations of beatings...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Olympics budget rises to £9.3bn
The budget for the 2012 Olympics in London has nearly quadrupled to £9.3bn, the government announces...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Blair Wins Vote to Renew Atom Arsenal
Prime Minister Tony Blair faced down a mutiny in Parliament, winning a vote to renew Britain?s nuclear deterrent...
New York Times - March 15, 2007
Privacy bodies back Google step
Privacy bodies welcome Google's decision to anonymise personal data it receives from web searches...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Record print run for final Potter
The seventh and final Harry Potter book is to get a US record first print run of 12 million copies...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
MPs' fears over CSA replacement
A committee of MPs warns of "pitfalls" in the proposals to replace the Child Support Agency...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Missing diver body is recovered
Police searching for a woman who disappeared while diving in a disused Gwynedd quarry find a body...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
More Prudential jobs under threat
Prudential says 3,000 of its staff will be affected by its latest round of cost-cutting plans...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Uncertainty for Scots Pru workers
Staff at the Prudential's Scottish base are facing a six-month wait to find out if their jobs are to be axed...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Patrols stepped up after murder
Police investigating the murder of a taxi driver in Sheffield say they will increase patrols in the area...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Man and woman are killed in crash
A man and a woman are killed and three other people seriously injured in a road accident in County Antrim...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Maoists kill 50 Indian policemen
Maoist rebels attack a security post in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, killing 50 police officers...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Palestinian PM unveils unity team
Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya presents his national unity cabinet, ending weeks of difficult talks over key posts...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Russia clinches Balkan oil deal
Russia's President Putin signs a deal in Athens to build a Balkan oil pipeline with Bulgaria and Greece...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Zimbabwean police 'fire-bombed'
Two Zimbabwe policewomen are in hospital after being attacked by opposition militia, police say...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
China 'regrets' US ruling on bank
China says it "deeply regrets" the US Treasury's decision to censure a Macau-based bank linked to North Korea...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Football: Shoot-out plan anger
Bristol City chairman Steve Lansdown laughs off proposals to decide drawn Football League games with a penalty shoot-out...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Cricket: England Anderson wait
Bowler James Anderson is waiting to hear whether his broken finger will rule him out of England's opening World Cup match...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
'Retail jails' ease police burden
High street jails could be used to detain suspects for short periods, under Home Office proposals...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
PM's power queried after vote
Tony Blair's authority is questioned after his plans to renew Trident spark a backbench rebellion...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Party funding 'obstacles' remain
Sir Hayden Phillips says the main political parties have yet to agree on limits on donations and spending...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Two held over care home death
Two people who work at a Somerset care home are arrested over suspicions a 97-year-old was poisoned...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
October date for digital switch
The date for the first stage of the digital switchover is revealed, with Whitehaven in Cumbria the test area...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
'Friendly fire' widow's Bush plea
British "friendly fire" victim Matty Hull's widow appeals to US President George Bush to find out how her husband died...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Wife witnessed vicar's murder
Police investigating the murder of a vicar in the grounds of his church say his wife was with him at the time...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Key 9/11 suspect 'admits guilt'
A Guantanamo detainee has admitted being behind 9/11 and planning more attacks in the UK, the Pentagon says...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Bush Leaves Mexico With Optimism, but No Agreements
President Bush vowed to step up efforts to persuade Congress to approve a bigger guest worker program for Mexican migrants...
New York Times - March 15, 2007
Reporter?s Notebook: On Bush?s Trip, a Name Unspoken and a Surprising Phrase
Reporters covering the president?s five-nation trip could not succeed in making him utter the name of his chief Latin American nemesis, President Hugo Chávez...
New York Times - March 15, 2007
A Dead Swindler Holds Sway Over South Africa
A scandal threatens to complicate national politics and sway the contest to lead the African National Congress...
New York Times - March 15, 2007
If Elected ...: Clinton Says Some G.I.?s in Iraq Would Stay
In an interview, the senator said that she would keep a reduced military force in Iraq to fight Al Qaeda...
New York Times - March 15, 2007
Democrats? Measure for Iraq Pullout in 2008 Nears Senate Vote; White House Threatens Veto
Administration officials immediately issued a veto threat, even though the measure is considered unlikely to win final passage...
New York Times - March 15, 2007
Iraqis? Progress Lags Behind Pace Set by Bush Plan
Bush administration officials acknowledge that their key political goals for Iraq will take longer than they anticipated...
New York Times - March 15, 2007
Island leopard deemed new species
Clouded leopards found in Borneo and Sumatra are a new species, according to conservation group WWF...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Warning on child heart drug doses
Formulations for children of a drug intended to combat heart failure vary widely, a research team finds...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Awards for free speech defenders
Five "defenders of free speech", including a Chinese lawyer and Egyptian blogger, are honoured in London...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
India farm clash toll rises to 12
At least 12 people die after police in eastern India fire at farmers protesting at industrial plans...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Italians released in Niger Delta
Two Italian oil workers seized in Nigeria three months ago are freed, but militants threaten more attacks...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Call for extra Zimbabwe sanctions
The US and UK urge wider sanctions against Zimbabwe after the violent break-up of an opposition rally...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Parents 'don't recognise obesity'
The government is launching a plan to tackle obesity by helping parents spot the warning signs in their children...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Palestinians agree interior post
Palestinian factions agree on a new interior minister, removing a key obstacle to forming a unity government...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Russian spies 'at Cold War level'
Russian agents are as active in Britain today as at the height of the Cold War, senior Whitehall officials tell the BBC...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Party funding 'should be capped'
Spending on political campaigns should be capped, a report into party funding is expected to recommend...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Arrests as teen stabbed to death
Police investigating the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old boy in west London arrest five youths...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
UN agreement on Iran sanctions
UN diplomats say they have agreed in principle a package of new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Angelina Jolie adopts Vietnam boy
Film star Angelina Jolie adopts a three-year-old boy - her fourth child - from an orphanage in Vietnam...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
Key 9/11 suspect confesses guilt
A Guantanamo detainee has admitted at a hearing to being behind 9/11 and planned UK attacks, the Pentagon says...
BBC News - March 15, 2007
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