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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 Octomber 2006:
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Bush Plays Down Differences With Baghdad
The White House today tried to deflate suggestions of serious disagreements with the Iraqi government...
New York Times - October 16, 2006
Scores Killed in Attack on Sri Lankan Convoy
The Tamil Tiger movement was blamed for an attack that killed at least 99 people, according to the government...
New York Times - October 16, 2006
Olmert Seeks Talks With Lebanon and Palestinians
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Israel’s Parliament today that he wanted talks to ease regional tensions...
New York Times - October 16, 2006
Extent of school failure disputed
Unions and government dispute claims that a million children in England attend poorly performing schools...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
UK 'must act' on plane emissions
Britain cannot meet its targets on climate change without curbing demand for air travel, a report concludes...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Edmonds makes TV award shortlist
Noel Edmonds cements his TV comeback with two nominations for this year's National Television Awards...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Families' Christmas hamper gloom
Customers across Wales lose hundreds of pounds each as hamper company Farepak goes into administration...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Harsh future for 'Maggie's kids'
People born between 1980-1995 are heading for a poorer old age unless UK policy changes, a think-tank warns...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Incendiary device found in store
An incendiary device found at a DIY store in south Belfast is made safe by Army bomb disposal experts...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Football: Jensen inspires Fulham
Claus Jensen scores one goal and makes another as Fulham see off Charlton at Craven Cottage...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Tennis: Victories for British pair
Britain's Andy Murray and Tim Henman both win their first-round matches at the Madrid Masters...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Madonna 'given interim adoption'
An interim adoption ruling gives Madonna temporary custody of the Malawian baby she is trying to adopt...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Cech 'conscious' after operation
Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech is recovering well after undergoing surgery on his fractured skull...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Thames Water to be sold for £8bn
Australian investment fund Macquarie wins the auction battle for UK utility Thames Water...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Blast sparks Sri Lanka air raids
Sri Lanka's air force hits Tamil Tiger positions after at least 99 people are killed in an attack on an army convoy...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Two terror suspects 'on the run'
Two terror suspects under control orders to restrict their movements are on the run, it has emerged...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Panama Journal: A Killer in a Medicine Bottle Shakes Faith in Government
Tainted cough syrup produced in a government lab in Panama is now the subject of a criminal investigation...
New York Times - October 16, 2006
Pope Benedict XVI Names 4 to Sainthood
Two nuns who pioneered schools for women were among the four saints named in the canonization ceremony...
New York Times - October 16, 2006
U.S. Confirms Nuclear Claim by North Korea
The force of the explosion was smaller than the usual size of nuclear tests, American officials said...
New York Times - October 16, 2006
Scores Are Killed in Attack on Sri Lankan Convoy
The early death tolls ranged from 60 to 92, and the government blamed the rebel Tamil Tiger movement...
New York Times - October 16, 2006
Arctic Monkeys lead Q Awards list
Sheffield band The Arctic Monkeys lead the shortlist for the Q Awards, with a total of four nominations...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Radio tags spark privacy worries
European citizens are worried about the dangers radio tags pose to personal privacy finds an EU study...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Weather observer ready for flight
Europe prepares to launch its most sophisticated weather and climate satellite - the Metop spacecraft...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
School pupil quotas upset faiths
Catholic, Muslim and Jewish groups oppose plans to impose a quota of school places for non-believers...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Leaks knock British Energy shares
Shares in power firm British Energy plummet 24% after the firm finds cracks in boiler pipes at one of its nuclear reactors...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Academics alarmed by advice
Lecturers warn of an "anti-Muslim McCarthyism" after reports that staff will be asked to inform on students...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Heroin 'abundant' in Scots jails
Prisoners in Scotland claim drug use is widespread, with heroin one of the most widely-used drugs...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Families' Christmas hamper gloom
Customers across Wales lose hundreds of pounds each as hamper company Farepak goes into administration...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Deal could make history says Hain
The St Andrews Agreement could be a pivotal moment in Irish history, NI Secretary Peter Hain says...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Disabled Charlotte to be fostered
A severely disabled girl, who was at the centre of a High Court battle, may be fostered after her parents separated...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Turkey and Serbia chivvied by EU
Both Turkey and Serbia have much more to do to advance their EU membership hopes, say top officials...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Deadlock in Latin America UN race
Neither Venezuela nor Guatemala win enough votes to take a hotly-contested UN Security Council seat...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Uganda 'attack' threatens talks
Rebels from Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army say an army attack could threaten peace talks...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Tennis: Murray breezes through
British number one Andy Murray beats Ivan Navarro Pastor at the Madrid Masters...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Shocked Shoaib protests innocence
Pakistan bowler Shoaib Akhtar says he is innocent after failing a drugs test for an anabolic steroid...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Bleak Christmas for hamper firm
Thousands of families face a frosty Christmas after a UK hamper company suddenly ceases trading...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Madonna baby flies out of Malawi
The Malawian baby that Madonna is seeking to adopt has left the African country on a private plane...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
RAF widow hits out at 'cutbacks'
The wife of one of 14 men killed in an RAF Nimrod crash claims defence cutbacks are putting lives at risk...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Man denies bath abduction charge
A man denies snatching a girl from her bath and speaks of his shame after committing a sex attack five years ago...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
US confirms N Korea nuclear test
Air samples from North Korea confirm that a nuclear explosion was carried out, US intelligence officials say...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Kelly urges extremism fight
Minister Ruth Kelly says all communities need to "face up to" Islamist extremists - but denies "demonising" Muslims...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Control order suspect 'is on run'
A terror suspect under a control order has escaped from a mental health unit and is on the run, the BBC learns...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Sri Lanka attack causes carnage
At least 99 people are reported killed in a suicide attack on a navy bus convoy in northern Sri Lanka...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Early Returns Point to Runoff in Ecuador
Voters in the presidential election appeared to be split between a banana magnate who favors close ties with the U.S. and a leftist admirer of Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez...
New York Times - October 16, 2006
Judge clears Bully game release
A US judge rejects attempts to ban videogame Bully in Florida, after complaints it was a "public nuisance"...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Chemical campaigns 'misleading'
Leading toxicologists accuse green groups of misleading the public over chemical contamination campaigns...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Scorsese set to 'quit' Hollywood
Film director Martin Scorsese says he plans to take a break from Hollywood and make low budget films...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Hain to give NI talks update
Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain is to make a Commons statement on the St Andrews talks...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
GNER owner makes Chapter 11 move
GNER's US owner, Sea Containers, files for bankruptcy protection but says there will be no impact on UK rail services...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Assembly set for opencast appeal
The Welsh assembly begins an appeal after losing a court case over plans for a major opencast mine...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Hockey goalie in fireworks scare
A women's hockey match is abandoned after a firework lodges in a goalkeeper's helmet...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Three hurt in Kabul suicide blast
A suicide car bomber has blown himself up in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, say police...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Katsav avoids parliament opening
President Moshe Katsav opts to miss the opening of Israel's Knesset as police say he should face rape charges...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Second Swedish minister resigns
Swedish minister Cecilia Stego Chilo is the second to resign from the newly formed centre-right cabinet...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
China in rural birth control bid
Parents in China's rural areas who stick to the one-child policy are to receive extra cash payments...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Ivorian cocoa farmers on strike
Cocoa farmers prevent deliveries in protest at low prices in Ivory Coast, the world's biggest producer...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Football: Bolton offers keeper
Bolton boss Sam Allardyce offers to lend Chelsea one of his goalkeepers to ease their crisis...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Pakistan pair fail doping tests
Pakistan withdraw Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif from the Champions Trophy after the pair test positive for nandrolone...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Patients rejecting hospital food
Many hospital patients are leaving their food untouched because it is so unappetising, a report reveals...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Madonna facing adoption wrangle
A group of Malawian charities is to seek a court injunction blocking pop star Madonna's bid to adopt a boy...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Australia to ban N Korean ships
Australia is to ban North Korean ships from its ports, as talks in Tokyo focus on implementing UN sanctions...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Teenager admits schoolboy murder
A teenager pleads guilty to the murder of 11-year-old Joe Geeling, whose body was dumped in a park...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Pope to visit Turkey despite row
The Vatican confirms Pope Benedict will travel to Turkey in November, despite a row over remarks on Islam...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Sri Lanka convoy blast 'kills 67'
At least 67 people are feared killed in a suicide attack on a navy convoy in northern Sri Lanka, officials say...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
China Charges a Lawyer With Inciting Subversion
The arrest is part of a crackdown on people who have sought to use China’s nascent legal system to limit the power of the state...
New York Times - October 16, 2006
5 Americans Killed in Iraq, Bringing Month’s Toll to 53
At the current rate of American troop deaths, October is on track to be the third-deadliest month of the conflict for the military...
New York Times - October 16, 2006
Israeli Police Recommend Charges Against President
Israeli President Moshe Katsav may face charges of rape and sexual assault allegedly committed against women in his office...
New York Times - October 16, 2006
Early Returns Point to a Presidential Runoff in Ecuador
Voters appeared to be split between a banana magnate who favors close ties with the U.S. and a leftist admirer of Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez...
New York Times - October 16, 2006
Afghan Attack Brings Total of Canadians Killed to 42
Two Canadian NATO soldiers were killed in an ambush while an Afghan provincial council member was assassinated, officials said...
New York Times - October 16, 2006
Questions Grow Over U.N. Curbs on North Korea
South Korea and China indicated they will preserve economic ties with North Korea, despite sanctions...
New York Times - October 16, 2006
Alcoholic milk 'cuts allergies'
Ingredients of an alcoholic milk drink could protect children from food allergies, research says...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Firms 'slow' on green standards
Despite good intentions, most UK firms do not have any scheme in place to monitor their environmental impact...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Woman to sue BA in necklace row
British Airways faces criticism as an employee plans to sue over a ruling on wearing a cross necklace...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
McConnell takes US schools lesson
High-achieving US schools will be toured by the first minister to see if any lessons can be learned in Scotland...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
New surge of violence hits Iraq
Six bomb attacks kill at least 10 people in north Iraq, while new sectarian violence breaks out west of Baghdad...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
UN 'missed' Darfur crisis signs
Early warning signs of ethnic tensions in Darfur were ignored by the UN and others, a damning report says...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Ex-hostages call for inquiry
Britons who were taken hostage in Kuwait in 1990 are calling for a public inquiry following a TV documentary...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Transplant law 'likely to fail'
Legal changes to help boost organ donations are likely to fail without an overhaul of NHS services, a report says...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Menezes family start legal battle
The decision by the CPS not to charge individuals over the death of Jean Charles de Menezes is to be challenged...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
US, Japan hold talks on N Korea
A US envoy is due in Tokyo for talks on how to implement the recent UN sanctions on North Korea...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
Kelly urges response to extremism
All communities should battle extremism, not just Muslims, minister Ruth Kelly is due to tell local councils...
BBC News - October 16, 2006
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