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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 November 2007:
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Sergio del Valle, a Castro Stalwart, Dies
Gen. Sergio del Valle Jimenez was a doctor in Fidel Castro?s rebel army in the late 1950s and army chief of staff during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
State of Emergency Lifted in Georgia
Shortly after the move today, which was meant to restore political rights, President Mikheil Saakashvili announced a government reshuffle...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Journalists Killed by Indonesian Army in 1975, Inquiry Finds
Five Australia-based journalists were killed by the Indonesian Army at the beginning of the 1975 invasion of East Timor, the inquiry found...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Iraqi Tribal Group Says U.S. Killed Its Members, Not Insurgents
A tribal group tapped by Americans forces to root out extremists said today that over four dozen of its members were killed during United States air and ground strikes north of the capital earlier this week...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Vote on Grand Socialist Plan Stirs Passions in Venezuela
A wide-ranging revision of Venezuela?s constitution could be President Hugo Chávez?s closest electoral test since his presidency began in 1999, but one he is still likely to win...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Nerves on edge as big game nears
Tension is mounting among Scotland fans as the build up to the vital Euro 2008 qualifier at Hampden nears an end...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Architect jailed over child porn
A County Down man gets a two-year jail term after 15,000 indecent child images are found on his computer...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
New life for India's nuclear deal
India's communist parties approve of government talks with a UN watchdog on a US nuclear deal...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Kosovo set to vote in local polls
Voters in Kosovo are to take part in local elections, amid continuing uncertainty over the status of the province...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Injured Owen to miss Croatia game
Michael Owen suffers a thigh injury in England's friendly win over Austria and is out of the Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia on Wednesday...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
F1: McLaren lose GP appeal
McLaren lose their appeal against the result of the Brazilian Grand Prix as Kimi Raikkonen is confirmed as world champion...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Spice Girls open Children in Need
Pop and TV stars - including two manifestations of Dr Who - are starring in the annual BBC Children in Need TV show...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
End league tables, say governors
School governors call for an end to the current system of league tables and national tests...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Second body is missing girl Dinah
Police searching a house in Kent say that a second body found is that of missing teenager Dinah McNicol...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
GP care facing 'franchise threat'
Health bosses provoke uproar among GPs over plans to franchise out services along the lines of fast food outlets or estate agents...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Musharraf pours scorn on Bhutto
Pakistan's President Musharraf hits out at ex-PM Benazir Bhutto and dismisses her hopes of winning elections...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Envoy Raises Myanmar Toll to at Least 15
The United Nations human rights envoy to Myanmar said today that at least 15 people were killed in the crackdown in September...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Cyclone Sidr Kills 350 in Bangladesh
After bringing distress to the low-lying watery edges of southern Bangladesh, the storm weakened today...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Released, Bhutto Rejects Caretaker Government
Benazir Bhutto, who was freed from house arrest today, also refused to re-open talks with Pakistan?s president...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
US wants freeze on tuna fishing
The US calls for a temporary ban on bluefin tuna fishing in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
EastEnders violence prompts anger
Hundreds of viewers complain about violent scenes in an episode of the BBC One soap EastEnders...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Fresh credit woes hit bank shares
UK banking shares buckle under fresh fears about the impact of a global credit squeeze on their business...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Council leaders back tax freeze
A deal which could freeze council tax for a year is agreed unanimously by local authority leaders...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Shot man jailed following siege
A man shot by police after threatening to kill officers the day following his mother's death is jailed...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Pavement death cyclist sentenced
A cyclist who killed a pedestrian when he knocked him over on a pavement in Cornwall avoids a jail term...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Two injured as aircraft crashes
Two people are injured after a small aircraft comes down in a field, outside Kilkeel, in County Down...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Saudi gang rape sentence 'unjust'
A lawyer for a Saudi rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes and jail says this contravenes Islamic law...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
US Senate blocks Iraq funds bill
Republicans in the US Senate block a Democratic proposal to tie an Iraq war funding bill to a troop pull-out timetable...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Darfur talks 'expect more delays'
Sudan's stalled Darfur peace talks may not restart this year because of continued boycotts, a mediator says...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Junta 'accepts higher Burma toll'
Burma's ruling generals concede that 15 people died during their crackdown on protests, a UN envoy says...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Football: Cohen lays into England
World Cup winner George Cohen launches a stinging attack on England's struggle to qualify for Euro 2008...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Arrest warrant issued for Eubank
A judge issues an arrest warrant for former boxer Chris Eubank when he fails to turn up in court...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Football: Scots 'will not freeze'
Scotland manager Alex McLeish is sure his players can handle the enormity of the occasion when they take on Italy...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Police to hold talks with gangs
Police are to hold talks with the leaders of south London's most violent gangs in an attempt to cut gun crime...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Man admits Tesco bomb hoaxes
A 52-year-old man pleads guilty to threatening to carry out bomb attacks against supermarket giant Tesco...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
McCann friend tells of abduction
A friend of Kate and Gerry McCann tells the BBC she saw a man carrying a child through their holiday resort...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Scores die in Bangladesh cyclone
The death toll from a cyclone that hit the southern coast of Bangladesh reportedly reaches more than 600...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
UN panel to warn of 'abrupt' warming
Climate change may bring "abrupt and irreversible" impacts, the UN's climate advisory panel will announce...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Statue forger jailed for art con
A 47-year-old man is jailed for what police say was the "most diverse" art forgery case ever...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Northern Rock's chief steps down
Adam Applegarth, the chief executive of Northern Rock, has resigned, the troubled lender says...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Second body found at search house
Police searching a house in Kent where the remains of a 15-year-old girl were found discover another body...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
OSCE Will Not Monitor Russian Polls
A international security organization said that its election observers would not be able to monitor Russian balloting because Moscow had refused to issue them visas...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Koreas to Launch Train Service
North and South Korea agreed to launch rail service across their heavily armed border for the first time in more than half a century...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Powerful Cyclone Kills 242 in Bangladesh
A cyclone that slammed into Bangladesh?s coast with 140 mph winds forced the evacuation of 650,000 villagers...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Colossus loses code-cracking race
An amateur has won a code-cracking challenge that marks the end of a project to rebuild Colossus...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Stars gather for Children in Need
Pop stars, TV presenters and actors join forces to raise money for BBC Children in Need on Friday...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
'48% of teens' have tried alcohol
A survey of children by Ofsted suggests nearly half of England's 10 to 15-year-olds have tried alcohol...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Scientists harvest fish oil crop
Plants genetically engineered to make fish oils could offer a new approach to improving diet, say experts...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Fat pills give modest weight loss
Patients taking anti-obesity drugs lose only "modest" amounts of weight, research reveals...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
D-day for Northern Rock bidders
Potential suitors of Northern Rock have until Friday to submit rescue proposals for the bank...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
School reopens after fire tragedy
The primary school attended by two of the five children killed in a house fire in Omagh has reopened...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Tributes paid to murdered student
A family pay tribute to an 'exuberant ' Bangor student who was murdered on a night out in Liverpool...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Floor and patio dig at body house
Police teams spend their fifth day at a house in Kent as the search continues for any more bodies...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Bhutto defiant after house arrest
Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto renews her calls for President Musharraf to end emergency rule...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Legal action to ban Kurdish party
Turkish prosecutors move to ban a pro-Kurdish political party allegedly linked to PKK rebels, say reports...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Democrats spar as debate heats up
A televised debate in the US city of Las Vegas sees Democratic presidential hopefuls trade verbal blows...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Prison term for ex-Rwandan mayor
A former Rwandan mayor is sentenced to 11 years in prison for crimes committed during the genocide...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Football: McClaren's hopes
England coach Steve McClaren says he is still convinced his side will qualify for Euro 2008...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Football: Scots set for crunch tie
Scotland are seeking a fitting end to their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign against Italy in Glasgow on Saturday...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
LA debut for reunited Spice Girls
The Spice Girls perform live for the first time since their reunion at the Victoria's Secret fashion show...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Compensation battle looms for BA
BA may be facing a bill for millions of euros after paying compensation to travellers affected by a planned strike...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Watchdog cancels Russia poll plan
The international election watchdog, the OSCE, says it will not cover Russian polls because of visa problems...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
House prices 'face 2008 slowdown'
The housing market is set for a "significant slowdown" in 2008 and price growth could stall at 0%, warns Nationwide...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Bhutto freed from house arrest
Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is released from house arrest, as a new interim PM is sworn in...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Skills drive 'to boost workforce'
More than seven million training places are to be provided in a bid to boost the skills of England's workforce...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Scores dead in Bangladesh cyclone
A cyclone leaves more than 240 people dead in Bangladesh after hitting coastal villages, officials say...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Red Cross Monitors Barred From Guantánamo
A confidential 2003 manual for operating the Guantánamo detention center shows that military officials denied access to the Koran...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Italy: Prodi Wins Vital Senate Vote on Budget
The Senate narrowly approved the 2008 budget, pulling the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi back from the brink of collapse...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Russia: Doomsday Sect Threatens Suicide
About 30 members of an eccentric Christian sect have retreated to a cave on a snowy hillside outside Nikolskoye in central Russia, where they have been in a standoff with the police...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Italy: Police Killing of Soccer Fan Set to Be Murder Case
A prosecutor said he was preparing to bring a murder charge against a policeman who fatally shot a 26-year-old Roman man over the weekend...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Britain: Cleric Can Be Tried in U.S., Judge Rules
Abu Hamza al-Masri, Britain?s most prominent radical Muslim cleric, can be extradited to the United States to face trial on charges of supporting terrorism...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
The Philippines: Deal on a Muslim Homeland Reported
The government said it had reached an agreement with the country?s main Islamic separatist group on carving out boundaries for a Muslim homeland in the southern Mindanao region...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Canada Rebuffs 2 U.S. Deserters
Two United States Army deserters now face being ejected from Canada after the Supreme Court of Canada said Thursday that it would not hear an appeal of their unsuccessful claims for refugee status...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Serbia: Angered at Report on Mental Institutions
Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica angrily rejected allegations that children and adults with mental disabilities were systematically abused in the country?s institutions...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Amid Turmoil, All Eyes Turn to Georgia?s Patriarch for Stability
Patriarch Ilia II, the leader of Georgia?s Orthodox Church, was a unifying force during last week?s turmoil...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
U.S. Says It Is Close to Filling Envoy Vacancies in Iraq With Volunteers
State Department officials said that they were not abandoning a policy to order diplomats to Iraq if there was a need in the future...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Signs of Slump at Gem Sale in Myanmar
Dealers and a trader based in Myanmar say sales of precious stones ? a financial lifeline for the nation?s cash-strapped economy ? are slumping...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Abbas Calls for Ouster of Hamas ?Gang? From Gaza
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president and the leader of the rival faction Fatah, called for the ouster of Hamas from power in Gaza...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Ruling Jolts Even Saudis: 200 Lashes for Rape Victim
A Saudi court on Tuesday more than doubled the number of lashes that a female rape victim was sentenced to last year after her lawyer appealed the original sentence...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Iran Was Blocked From Buying Nuclear Materials at Least 75 Times, Group Says
Iran has been denied purchases of nuclear-related materials at least 75 times over the past nine years because of suspicions the purchases could have been used for building bombs...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
The Lede Blog: A Call for Eyewitness Photos, Video and Text From Pakistan
How to submit your content to NYTimes.com...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Zarqa Journal: Jordan?s Islamists Seek Offices Their Allies Scorn
Political Islamists are engaged in a delicate balancing act in Jordan?s parliamentary elections, widely regarded by Islamists as rigged in the secular government?s favor...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Bangladesh Cyclone Leaves 41 Dead
A cyclone slammed Bangladesh?s southeast coast late Thursday, killing at least 41 people and forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes, officials said...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
After a Death, Use of Taser in Canada Is Debated
A video recording showing an emotionally wrought immigrant dying after being hit with a police Taser at an airport last month has touched off a fierce debate in Canada...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Report Raises New Doubts on Iran Nuclear Program
A new International Atomic Energy Agency report says Iran has made new but incomplete disclosures about its past nuclear activities and missed a critical deadline...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Iraqi Premier Wants Trial of 2 Shiites in Killings
The trial of two Shiite former officials accused of killing and kidnapping hundreds of Sunnis marks the first time that such high-ranking Shiites would be tried for sectarian crimes...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Musharraf Plans Election as Opposition Vows Unity
Even as emergency rule continued, the Pakistani president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, pushed ahead on Thursday with preparations for elections...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Militants Gain Despite Decree by Musharraf
The militants in Pakistan?s tribal areas have captured more territory inside settled areas, despite Gen. Pervez Musharraf?s emergency decree...
New York Times - November 16, 2007
Private school links extended
More money is put into a scheme where private schools tutor bright state school pupils from deprived areas...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
North house prices rise fastest
House prices in the north of Scotland have risen faster than anywhere else in the country...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Tests take place on blaze victims
Post mortem examinations are due to take place on the bodies of a family of seven who died in a fire in Omagh...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Dozens dead in Bangladesh cyclone
A cyclone leaves more than 50 people dead as it roars through Bangladesh, destroying coastal vilages...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Two Koreas agree rail timetable
Leaders from North and South Korea agree to restart freight rail links next month, the first in five decades...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Russian 'killed UK diver' in 1956
A former Russian frogman claims that he killed British diver Cdr Lionel "Buster" Crabb in 1956...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Sex offenders' mug shots 'aged'
A 'most wanted' website carrying pictures of sex offenders publishes age-progressed images...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Flood defence cash 'needed fast'
The government's pledge to increase spending on flood defences will not come soon enough, councils warn...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Bhutto released from house arrest
Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is released from house arrest, as a new interim PM is unveiled...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
Training places expansion planned
The government says it will create 7.5m adult training places, following promises from Gordon Brown...
BBC News - November 16, 2007
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