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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 March 2008:
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U.N. Urges Iraq to Address Human Rights During Lull
The United Nations in a report said it was concerned with the increased number of juveniles held in detention and the so-called honor killings of women, among other issues...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Israeli Missiles Kill 3 Militants in Gaza
Israel said the three dead men were members of an Islamic Jihad rocket crew...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Film: Stories From a World in Motion
With immigration currently a subject of raw political contention, movie screens are busy tracking the latest tales of departures and arrivals...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Several People Are Injured at Chinese Consulate Protest
The protest in New York, a response to violence on Friday in the Tibet, became violent itself as protesters began throwing rocks as police officers tried to get them off the street...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Reformers Gain in Iran Vote, Despite Being Barred
More than 30 reformers appear to have won seats in Parliament despite many being banned from the race...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Pakistani Discord Undercuts Vow to U.S. to Fight Militants
Pakistani officials disagree about whether to gear up a counterterrorism campaign against militants or to try to shore up a conventional force focused on potential threats from India...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Explosions at Albania Munitions Base Kill 4 and Wound 200
Albanian and American military teams were reported to be moving obsolete munitions stored at the base, when the explosions began...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Why Shariah?
Millions of Muslims think Shariah means the rule of law. Could they be right?...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
The Wrong War
Fight the Islamists and forget the rest, Michael Scheuer says...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Lives: Return of Glavin
When Irish eyes are frowning on your family name...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Spain?s Many Muslims Face Dearth of Mosques
Many Muslims gather in dingy apartments, warehouses and garages to pray, the shortage of mosques in Spain stemming from economic but also social reasons...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Deadly Blast at Restaurant in Pakistan?s Capital
At least one person was killed and 11 people ? including five Americans ? were wounded in an explosion at a restaurant in a popular shopping area and one of the few places in Islamabad that serves alcohol...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Seeking Recognition for a War?s Lost Laborers
The largest group of victims of the construction of the ?Death Railway? built by Japan in East Asia six decades ago are some 70,000 Asian laborers who are barely commemorated...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
War Torn: Five Years
Looking back on the Iraq war at its fifth anniversary ? and reckoning with its staggering costs...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
The World: Aloft, With a Silent Companion
Aboard a military transport plane with a coffin draped in a pristine American flag ? a soldier going home...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Stolen Oil Profits Keep Iraq?s Insurgency Running
The sea of oil under Iraq is supposed to rebuild the nation, but at least one-third of the fuel from Iraq?s largest refinery is diverted to the black market...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Tibetans Clash With Chinese Police in 2nd City
The new clashes came as authorities said they had regained control of Tibet?s capital, Lhasa, where at least 10 people were killed...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Crashed probe yields Sun secrets
Scientists use samples from the crashed Genesis probe to measure the composition of oxygen at the birth of the Solar System...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Police probe headless body link
Police look at whether the discovery of a headless and handless body could be linked to a missing traveller...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Hume and wife hurt in car crash
Former SDLP leader John Hume and his wife are injured in a collision in County Donegal...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Welsh joy over Grand Slam victory
Rugby fans are celebrating after Wales' Grand Slam victory over France in the climax of the Six Nations tournament...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
More arrests over cyclist murder
Two more women are arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman cyclist is stabbed to death in Liverpool...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Welsh Grand Slam triumph
Wales complete their transformation from World Cup flops to secure their second Grand Slam in four years...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Football: Arsenal drop points
Kolo Toure's late strike salvages a point for Arsenal against valiant Middlesbrough who have Mido sent off...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Crane collapses on NYC apartments
Four people die as a 19-storey crane topples into apartment buildings in New York...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
House trashed after radio 'shout'
Hundreds of gatecrashers trash a house after a birthday party was mentioned on BBC Radio 1...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Boys charged over attack on Pcs
Two teenagers are charged with attempted murder after a car was driven at armed police officers in south London...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Mother's joy at Shannon reunion
Shannon Matthews' mother says she is "overwhelmed" at being reunited with her daughter, who is now in care...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Huge Explosion in Albania Kills 4
An explosion at an Albanian army depot near Tirana on Saturday injured more than 150 people, including many children, and damaged the city's nearby international airport, authorities said...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Chinese Forces Say They?ve Secured Tibet?s Capital
Conflicting reports emerged about the violence in Lhasa, with Tibetan leaders claiming that 30 Tibetans had died...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Reformers Make Gains in Iran Vote
More than 30 reformers appear to have won seats in Parliament although most of their most prominent members had been barred from running...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Nasa's chief talks new approach
US space agency boss Mike Griffin says Nasa will do a little less Mars exploration in future and more in the outer Solar System...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Monitored sex offenders 'missing'
A total of 27 convicted sex offenders are missing from Scotland's monitoring regime, it emerges...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
UK dismisses al-Qaeda talks call
The man who was one of Tony Blair's closest aides says the UK should talk to al-Qaeda and the Taleban...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Cameron vows more health visitors
A Conservative government will double the number of health visitors, the Tory leader has pledged...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Turkish PM attacks proposed ban
A surprise proposal to ban Turkey's ruling AK party is against the "national will", says the Prime Minister...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Headless body found by garage
A headless and armless body is found by a member of the public beside a garage block in Hertfordshire...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
School E. coli probe widens again
An investigation into an outbreak of the E. coli infection extends to a third nursery school...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Live - Six Nations
Wales face France in the Six Nations decider in Cardiff following earlier wins for Italy and England...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Cameron in 'family friendly' push
David Cameron vows to protect children from "ruthless marketers" in a speech to the Tory spring forum...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Hard-liners 'dominate Iran poll'
President Ahmadinejad's allies lead in parliamentary polls as Iran's reformists struggle, early results show...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Inquiry into police chief's death
The circumstances around the death of Manchester's chief constable are to be investigated by another force...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Thousands join anti-war protests
Anti-war protesters are demonstrating in London to mark the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Albania rocked by huge explosions
At least four people are killed and about 200 injured in a series of blasts at an arms depot near Albania's capital...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Shannon's mother's joy at reunion
The mother of rescued Shannon Matthews says she is "overwhelmed" at being reunited with her daughter...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Pakistan restaurant hit by blast
A restaurant popular with foreigners in Pakistan's capital is hit by a bomb, killing at least one person...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Tainted Blood Drug to Face Import Tests
The FDA said last week it found evidence of a contaminant in an ingredient of a blood-thinning drug, heparin, at a Chinese plant that supplied it to much of the U.S. market...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
NATO Expansion, and a Bush Legacy, Are in Doubt
Political divisions, Russian tensions and a combat mission in Afghanistan have exposed disparities among members...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Two fishermen die in sea tragedy
Two fishermen have died after their boat got into difficulties off the coast of County Donegal...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Thousands to watch Grand Slam bid
Hordes of rugby fans are expected to flood Cardiff to support Wales as they take on France in the climax of the Six Nations tournament...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Funeral Mass for Iraqi archbishop
Iraqi Christians attend the funeral of an archbishop whose body was found two weeks after his kidnap...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Armed robber raids petrol station
An armed raider steals a quantity of cash from a petrol station in Melton near Woodbridge in Suffolk...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Iran polls vote count under way
Votes are counted in Iran after parliamentary polls in which conservatives are expected to dominate...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Wales aim for Grand Slam
Wales aim to complete a Six Nations Grand Slam at the Millennium Stadium as France attempt to deny the hosts the title...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
F1: Hamilton takes GP pole
Lewis Hamilton earns pole position for the Australian Grand Prix but Kimi Raikkonen suffers problems...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
China leaders confirmed in office
China's leader Hu Jintao is elected for another five-year term as president, after a near-unanimous vote...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Police question Goa girl's mother
The mother of Scarlett Keeling, the British teenager murdered in Goa, is questioned by police...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
MPs call for BAA to be broken up
MPs call for the break-up of airport operator BAA, saying its dominance is stifling competition...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Teenager shot to death on estate
A 19-year-old man is murdered on an estate in south London, Scotland Yard reveals...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Man charged with murdering baby
A man is charged with the murder of a baby boy who died after being found with a head injury in Cornwall...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Police begin to question Shannon
Police begin to question Shannon Matthews, who was found alive almost a month after going missing...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
China sets Tibet protest deadline
Tibetan officials give anti-China protesters until Monday to surrender after riots left at least 10 people dead...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Cyclist stabbed to death in row
A woman cyclist dies when she is pulled from her bicycle and attacked on a street in the Anfield area of Liverpool...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
World Briefing | Middle East: Gaza: Israeli Copter Hit
Palestinian militants hit an Israeli helicopter gunship in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
World Briefing | The Americas: Mexico: 33 Bodies Unearthed in 2 Backyards
Investigators said they had found another 19 bodies buried behind two houses used by drug dealers in Ciudad Juárez, bringing the total number of corpses found there to 33...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Australia Mine Operator Gets Bid From China
Sinosteel, the Chinese metals giant, made a hostile bid Friday for an Australian iron ore producer...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Cuban Players Fled Their Team for an Uncertain Future
The sudden departure of seven players and an assistant coach at the qualifying tournament for the Olympics represented a stunning rebuke to the Cuban government...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: The Netherlands: Police Hold Man ?Preparing Attacks?
The police said they arrested a 26-year-old Pakistani man ?suspected of belonging to a global jihadist network which is preparing attacks in Western Europe,? including Britain, France, Germany, Portugal and Spain...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Police Chief Warns Against Change
Zimbabwe?s police commissioner, Augustine Chihuri, threw his support behind President Robert G. Mugabe in the March 29 presidential election...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
World Briefing | Middle East: Israel: Barak Skips Three-Way Meeting
The new American peace envoy held his first three-party meeting with Israelis and Palestinians, but Israel?s defense minister did not attend, irking the Palestinians...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Suit Seeks to Bar Party of Premier in Turkey
The lawsuit, filed by the country?s secular establishment, seeks to shut down the party of Recep Tayyip Erdogan because of what it says are antisecular activities...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Privileged Status at Risk, Malays Protest After Election Losses
Newly elected state governments have moved rapidly to abolish some of the long-held privileges of ethnic Malays, challenging the core of the political system and inflaming sensibilities...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Chiara Lubich, Who Founded Catholic Lay Group, Dies at 88
Ms. Lubich became one of the most influential women in the Roman Catholic Church as the founder of the Focolare lay movement, which works to improve ties among faiths...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Political Ally of Mexican President Embroiled in Scandal
Juan Camilo Mouriño, the interior minister and a rising political star, has been accused of steering contracts with the state oil monopoly to his family trucking business...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
: Tainted Blood Drug to Face Import Tests
The agency said last week it found evidence of a contaminant in an ingredient of a blood-thinning drug, heparin, at a Chinese plant that supplied it to much of the U.S. market...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
C.I.A. Secretly Held Qaeda Suspect, Officials Say
Muhammad Rahim was in C.I.A. detention at least six months beginning last summer as part of a program authorized to use harsh interrogation techniques...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
The Saturday Profile: A Jailhouse Conversion Splits Terrorists, and In-Laws
Once a high-ranking commander in Indonesia?s deadliest terrorist group, Nasir Abas, 38, has been born again as an anti-terrorism activist...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Violence in Tibet as Monks Clash With the Police
The most serious demonstrations China has faced in Tibet since the late 1980s brought conflicting reports of deaths...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Junk food advert code launched
A global campaign aimed at reducing the marketing of unhealthy food to children is launched...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Cambridge drops language demand
Cambridge says students no longer need a language GCSE as it tries to boost state school applications...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Alexander donation probe 'robust'
The Electoral Commission defends the way it handled its inquiry into Wendy Alexander's leadership campaign...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Colombia to pay ex-rebel reward
The Colombian government is to pay a $2.5m reward to a Farc rebel who killed his boss, the defence minister says...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Blair wants 'climate revolution'
Ex-prime minister Tony Blair has called for "global environment revolution" during a trip to Japan...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
US House passes surveillance law
The House of Representatives in the US passes a wiretap law that President George Bush has vowed to veto...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
UK 'should hold' al-Qaeda talks
One of Tony Blair's closest aides says the government should talk to al-Qaeda and the Taleban...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
MPs call for break-up of BAA
A committee of MPs calls for the break-up of airport operator BAA, saying its dominance is stifling competition...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Cameron pledges health visitors
David Cameron pledges to double the number of health visitors, in a speech to the Tory spring forum in Gateshead...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Priest hurt in faith-hate attack
A priest is attacked in the grounds of his east London church in what police describe as a "faith hate" crime...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
China warning on Tibet protests
Officials in Tibet say they will deal firmly with any fresh unrest after riots that state media say claimed 10 lives...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
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