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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 2007:
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5 Countries to Join Security Council
Libya and Vietnam, once shunned by the West, were today elected to the Security Council along with Burkina Faso, Costa Rica and Croatia...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
Musharraf to Appoint Caretaker Government
Who will head the caretaker government has been a negotiating point between Gen. Musharraf and Benazir Bhutto, the former prime minister, who is set to return to Pakistan on Thursday...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
Olmert Defends Deal With Hezbollah
Israel?s Prime Minister defended his decision to negotiate with Hezbollah as part of an effort to secure the return of two captured Israeli soldiers...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
China Warns U.S. Not to Honor Dalai Lama
Chinese officials said an award ceremony in Washington for the Tibetan spiritual leader would have ?an extremely serious impact? on relations...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
Erdogan Plays Down Threat to Iraq
Parliamentary approval of cross-border raids would not necessarily be followed by quick military action, Turkey?s prime minister said...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
Iraq Moves to Dissuade Turkey From Raids
Iraq dispatched an official in a last-ditch effort to talk Turkey out of a military offensive into Iraqi Kurdistan...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
In Southern Darfur, Signs of Another Massacre
Witnesses said government troops and allied militias killed more than 30 civilians in a small town in southern Darfur last week...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
Putin in Iran for historic visit
President Putin offers guarded support for Iran's divisive nuclear programme after talks in Tehran...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Contenders: Lib Dem leadership
Here are the likely runners and riders to succeed Sir Menzies Campbell as Liberal Democrat leader...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Postal union due to resume talks
Leaders of the main postal union are due to meet again to try to decide if to back a deal with the Royal Mail...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Pylons would 'deflower' mountain
Plans to upgrade a power line would disfigure an iconic Scottish mountain, a conservation body claims...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Balkan pop star dies in car crash
Macedonian pop star Tose Proeski, a hugely popular singer in the Balkans, dies in a car crash...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Defiant Burma 'will not change'
Burma's junta says it will not change course, despite foreign pressure over its crackdown on protesters...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Tennis: Murray eases past Chela
Andy Murray dumps world number 16 Juan Ignacio Chela out of the Madrid Masters with an impressive 6-1 6-3 win...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Outsider Enright wins Booker race
Irish author Anne Enright's "bleak" novel The Gathering is the surprise winner of the prestigious Booker Prize...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Madonna signs radical record deal
Madonna signs a ground-breaking recording and touring contract with concert promoter Live Nation...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Woolmer Jamaica inquest opens
The inquest into the death of Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer opens in Jamaica with testimony from a hotel maid...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Migrants 'one eighth of workers'
People born overseas account for one in eight of the UK's working age population, an official report says...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Miliband denies 'giving in' to EU
Foreign Secretary David Miliband denies giving in to EU "bullying" over the proposed reform treaty...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Two charged under terror laws
Two men from south-west London are accused of "conspiring to possess money for terrorist purposes"...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Obesity 'not individuals' fault'
Individuals are not to blame for the obesity crisis and the government must act, a major report concludes...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
To Compete, Iranian State TV Adapts
A mini-series set in Paris during World War II, featuring the love story of an Iranian-Palestinian diplomat and the Jewish woman he helps to flee the Nazis, is a hit with viewers in Iran...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
China Warns U.S. on Dalai Lama Trip
A planned award ceremony would have ?an extremely serious impact? on relations, Chinese officials warned...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
In Iran, Putin Warns Against Military Action
At a meeting of Caspian Sea nations, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said that any use of force in the region was unacceptable...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
Turkish Premier Plays Down Threat to Iraq
Parliamentary approval of cross-border raids would not necessarily be followed by quick military action, he said...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
Report highlights blog censorship
Bloggers are now prey to government censorship as much as journalists in traditional media, a report says...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Oil hits new records above $87
Oil prices hit record levels above $87 a barrel amid tensions in northern Iraq and concerns over output levels...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Cameron's anti-poverty campaign
David Cameron pledges to "make British poverty history" - saying Gordon Brown's efforts on it have failed...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Homes evacuated in canal collapse
People are rescued after a canal burst its banks sending a torrent of mud and floodwater into houses...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Minister stops loyalist project
A loyalist project which was to get £1m of government money has been stopped, a minister says...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Foster dad jailed for sex abuse
A foster father from Ayrshire is sent to jail for seven years for sexually abusing three girls in his care...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
India-US nuclear deal 'at risk'
Indian PM Manmohan Singh tells President Bush he is having trouble implementing a nuclear deal with the US...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Iraq fears action 'may escalate'
An alarmed Iraq warns a cross-border raid by Turkey could trigger intervention by other neighbouring states...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
China's rising stars tight-lipped
Two men widely expected to join China's next generation of top leaders give little away at a key gathering...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Football: Toshack attacks players
Wales boss John Toshack says some of his players are spoilt and do not care about representing their country...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Bashir holds S Sudan crisis talks
Officials of south Sudan's ex-rebel movement meet President Omar al-Bashir with the 2005 peace plan in crisis...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Football: Injury blow for Terry
England captain John Terry is set to miss Wednesday's Euro 2008 qualifier against Russia after his knee locks in training...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Global hunt for child-sex suspect
An international hunt is launched as Thai police name a paedophile suspect as Christopher Paul Neil...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Witness recalls Diana crash scene
One of the first people at the scene of the Princess Diana crash recalls the horror at her inquest...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Satanist guilty of vicar killing
A man obsessed with religion is detained indefinitely for stabbing to death a vicar in his church grounds...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Sir Menzies tells of 'irritation'
Sir Menzies Campbell tells the BBC he is "irritated and frustrated" at having to step down as Lib Dem leader...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Latest postal strike called off
Postal workers' union leaders call off the latest round of strike action which had been set for later this week...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Japan Cancels Myanmar University Grant
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Japan, Myanmar's largest aid donor, said Tuesday it had canceled a multimillion dollar grant to protest the military-ruled nation's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
China Warns U.S. on Dalai Lama Trip
BEIJING (AP) -- China said Tuesday that a decision by the U.S. Congress to honor the Dalai Lama would ''seriously'' damage relations between the countries...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
China?s Leader Closes Door to Reform
At the Communist Party Congress on Monday, President Hu Jintao all but ruled out significant political change...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
Putin Visits Tehran Despite Warning
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia shrugged off rumors of an assassination plot and became the first Kremlin chief to visit Iran since 1948...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
Fleeing to U.S., Cubans? First Stop Is Often Mexico
The new way for Cubans to get north is first to head west in a convoluted route that avoids the U.S. Coast Guard...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
'Giant dino' found in Argentina
Scientists believe they have found a new species of giant plant-eating dinosaur at a site in Argentina...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
McEwan and Jones lead Booker race
Ian McEwan and Lloyd Jones are the favourites for Tuesday's Booker Prize, bookmakers say...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Food champ targets pocket money
School food champion Prue Leith says poor families should cut pocket money to pay for healthier meals...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Ashdown backs Menzies' decision
Sir Menzies Campbell made the right decision to step down as Lib Dem leader, Lord Ashdown says...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Oil holds record levels above $86
Oil prices remain at record levels above $86 a barrel amid tensions in northern Iraq and concerns over output levels...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Adults 'too afraid' of youth work
Adults are often too scared to work with children and young people for fear of being branded a paedophile...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Ten evacuated after canal bursts
A canal bursts its banks, sending water crashing through houses and forcing the evacuation of villagers...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Unconscious victim thrown in canal
A teenager is mugged for his wallet and phone and then thrown unconscious into a canal in Greater Manchester...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Poots 'unpersuaded' on Irish Act
The culture minister says he is unpersuaded there is a case for bringing in Irish language legislation...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Civilian dies in West Bank clash
Two Palestinian men are killed during an Israeli raid in the West Bank, one a civilian, Palestinian officials say...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Sri Lanka troops killed in south
Sri Lanka's military says six soldiers have been killed in a rare clash with Tamil Tiger rebels in the south-east...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Iraq seeks talks on Turkey threat
Baghdad calls for urgent talks with Turkey after Ankara threatens a cross-border raid into northern Iraq...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
DR Congo rebel deadline extended
Rebel soldiers in the DR Congo are given an extension to a deadline to surrender or join the army...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Football: Lescott set to start
Joleon Lescott is poised to make his first England start in Wednesday's crucial Euro 2008 qualifier against Russia...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Rugby U: Best wary of euphoria
Dick Best warns English rugby not to get carried away by the euphoria surrounding Saturday's World Cup final...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
20mph limit called for in towns
Speed limits in built-up areas should be reduced to 20mph to halve the number of road deaths, a report says...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Town prepares for digital switch
Whitehaven in Cumbria prepares to go digital, less than a day before analogue TV is switched off...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Baby unit shut over MRSA alert
Six babies are treated for a rare strain of MRSA at a hospital neonatal unit in Lancashire...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Two aircraft collide at Heathrow
Two aircraft have been involved in a "minor collision" while taxiing at Heathrow, the airport's operator says...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Hunted paedophile suspect named
A suspected paedophile whose face was identified from scrambled web images is named by Thai police...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Putin in Iran for landmark visit
Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a landmark visit to Tehran for crucial talks on Iran's nuclear ambitions...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Rock risks 'were not foreseeable'
Top Northern Rock executives deny doing anything wrong in the run-up to the bank's recent near-collapse...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Officer weeps at Menezes hearing
A firearms officer weeps in court when explaining how police on his team shot dead Jean Charles de Menezes...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
A Green Resort Is Planned to Preserve Ruins and Coastal Waters
A carbon neutral green-development zone in Libya may serve as a model for environmentally friendly design...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
A Rich and Royal Ruin in the Heart of Hanoi
For the last five years, archaeologists have been slowly unearthing the remains of Thang Long, uncovering millions of artifacts spanning 1,300 years...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
Bob Denard, Hired Gun for Coups, Is Dead at 78
Mr. Denard was a legendary French soldier of fortune who for decades was involved in coups and mercenary activities across Africa and the Middle East...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
Silly String Is Shipped Off to Iraq
About 80,000 cans of Silly String will be shipped to Iraq, where troops use it to detect trip wires on bombs...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Spain: Court Bomb Suspects on Trial
Thirty men suspected of being Islamic terrorists, most of them Moroccans and Algerians, went on trial at the National Court in Madrid, the building they are charged with plotting to blow up...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Uzbekistan: Europeans Lift Some Sanctions
European Union foreign ministers lifted a travel ban on eight top Uzbek officials while renewing an arms embargo...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Vatican City: Priest in Gay Sting an ?Exception?
A leading cardinal described as an ?isolated case? a 60-year-old Vatican official caught on a hidden television camera declaring himself gay and making sexual advances to a younger man...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Japan: Sect Raided After Member?s Death
The police in Komoro raided the headquarters of a religious sect and arrested 20 women aged 15 to 80 on suspicion of beating a fellow member to death last month...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: 2 Taxiing Planes Collide at Heathrow
A British Airways Boeing 747 and a Sri Lankan Airlines Airbus A340 collided while taxiing on a runway at Heathrow Airport in London, but there were no injuries...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Liberal Democrats? Leader Quits
Sir Menzies Campbell, the leader of the small, third-ranked opposition Liberal Democrats, resigned, a surprise move...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: Namibia: 2 Americans Deported in Iraq Hiring
Namibia said it had deported two Americans who, allied with a South African firm, were said to be recruiting Namibians as guards for United States operations in Iraq and Afghanistan...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
Freed Iran Advocate Recalls His Jailing
One of the Iranian-Americans recently held in Tehran?s dreaded Evin Prison says he thinks that he and the others were arrested to discourage any political activity by Iranians abroad...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
Israel Returns Bodies in Swap With Militia
Israel and Hezbollah swapped bodies and a prisoner, in a limited but potentially significant exchange that was the first since the war in Lebanon in the summer of 2006...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
Memo From Egypt: On Human Rights, U.S. Seems to Give Egypt a Pass
Democracy campaigners in Egypt say that while Washington may criticize Egypt?s human rights failings, it does little to follow up to ensure results...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
Rome Mayor Wins Election to Lead a Center-Left Party
Rome?s popular mayor, Walter Veltroni, took the reins of a new political party on Monday, claiming a strong mandate to change the nation?s paralyzed political system...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
Resentment and Rations as Eritrea Nears a Crisis
Facing rising prospects of war with Ethiopia and increasing tensions with the West, Eritrea has hit its most difficult point since winning its hard-fought independence 14 years ago...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
Slightly Off Religious Path, Iranian TV Finds Viewers
A spate of recent mini-series on Iranian state-run television are part of the government?s bid to use television as a more effective instrument to shape public opinion, analysts say...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
Orange Revolution Parties Will Share Power in Ukraine
Two pro-Western political parties in Ukraine reached a coalition agreement on Monday to retake power from Viktor F. Yanukovich, who was supported by the Kremlin...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
Putin Plans to Go to Iran Even as Plot Is Reported
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said Monday that he would travel to Tehran for a meeting of Caspian Sea nations despite a report of a possible assassination plot against him...
New York Times - October 16, 2007
Oil hits $86 on Turkey tensions
Oil prices surge to fresh record highs as tensions rise between Turkey and Iraq-based Kurdish rebels...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Bid to reduce court divorce cases
A committee of MPs accuse solicitors of "keeping quiet" about alternatives to courtroom divorce battles...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Briton in Thai tragedy due home
The sole survivor of a flash flood in a cave in Thailand, which killed her boyfriend, is due to arrive back in the UK...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Sri Lankan soldiers die in clash
Sri Lanka's military says six soldiers have been killed in a clash with Tamil Tiger rebels in the country's south east...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Ukraine poised for new government
The pro-Western parties which won last month's Ukrainian election are set to sign a coalition deal...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Japan adds to pressure on Burma
Tokyo halts funding for a human resources centre in Burma as pressure builds on the junta over its crackdown...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Postal union deal talks to resume
Postal workers' union leaders prepare to resume talks on whether to recommend a pay and pensions deal...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Putin set for historic Iran trip
Russia's president is due to make a historic visit to Tehran for talks set to focus on Iran's nuclear ambitions...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Cameras 'to catch 20mph speeders'
New speed cameras to catch drivers breaking 20mph limits should be introduced, a report says...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
Search on for new Lib Dem leader
The Liberal Democrats start choosing a new leader after the sudden resignation of Sir Menzies Campbell...
BBC News - October 16, 2007
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