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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 January 2005:
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Iraq Prepares for Election by Sending Out Voter Rolls
Lists containing the names of millions of registered Iraqi voters have been printed and are en route to elections officials...
New York Times - January 16, 2005
U.S. and Indonesia Are Hopeful on Improving Ties
For a decade, contact was limited because of American concern over human rights abuses by the Indonesian army...
New York Times - January 16, 2005
Sharon Orders Crackdown on Palestinian Militants
Ariel Sharon told his Cabinet that the military had orders to act "without restrictions" against Palestinian factions that have stepped up attacks in the Gaza Strip...
New York Times - January 16, 2005
U.S. Releases 81 Afghans
Afghanistan's chief justice described it as the first stage of a reconciliation program under which many suspected Taliban fighters held by the Americans might be freed over the coming months...
New York Times - January 16, 2005
Police set NZ baby hunt deadline
New Zealand police tell a father who has taken his Welsh baby into hiding he has 24 hours to hand her back...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Lawyer for terror detainees quits
A second lawyer for terror suspects held without charge in British jails resigns...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Mandela backs Brown over Africa
Gordon Brown says Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela will personally press the G8 to ease African debt...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Mass held for victims of Tsunami
A service to commemorate victims of the Asian tsunami is held at London's Westminster Cathedral...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
More questions for Amy suspect
Police investigating the murder of a pregnant 14-year-old are granted more time to question a man...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Croat president wins re-election
Croatian President Stipe Mesic wins a second five-year term in office, after an easy election victory...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Eta calls for talks with Madrid
The armed Basque separatist group Eta says it is ready to enter dialogue with the Spanish government...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Elvis claims 1,000th number one
Elvis Presley's single One Night makes history by becoming the 1,000th number one - his 20th UK chart topper...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Scandinavian PMs visit Thailand
Prime ministers of Norway, Sweden and Finland go to Thailand to see the devastating aftermath of the tsunami...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
'Saudi' killed in Kuwait clashes
A suspected Saudi militant is killed in a shoot-out with security forces in Kuwait...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Four dead in Kashmir gun battle
A day-long siege in Indian-administered Kashmir ends, as two militants and two soldiers are killed...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Manchester wins Labour conference
Hoteliers in Blackpool begin to count the cost of Labour's break with 'seaside conference' tradition...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Flats blaze father critically ill
A man remains critically ill in hospital following a fire which claimed the life of his daughter...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Investor threatens German LSE bid
Deutsche Boerse's takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange is criticised by one of its own shareholders...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
US TV cuts nudity from BBC film
A US TV network edits BBC Films' Dirty War to avoid showing a nude woman during a fictional chemical attack...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
PLO urges end to armed attacks
Armed groups are urged to end attacks on Israel, as Ariel Sharon threatens to crack down on Palestinian militants...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Romanian woman gives birth at 66
A Romanian woman is thought to have become the world's oldest mother after giving birth at 66...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Iraqi anger at abuser's jail term
Iraqis react angrily to a 10-year-sentence imposed on a US soldier for abusing inmates at Abu Ghraib jail...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Mass for victims of tsunami
A service to commemorate victims of the Asian tsunami is being held at London's Westminster Cathedral...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Mark was wrong - Carol Thatcher
Sir Mark Thatcher's sister Carol says he should not have got involved in "shenanigans" over an alleged coup...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Cricket: England batsmen falter
England hold a 189-run lead on day four of the fourth Test after being reduced to 197-5...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Football: Diop stuns West Brom
Pape Bouba Diop breaks West Bromwich Albion's hearts with a last-minute winner...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Sudan's Garang makes Darfur plea
South Sudan rebel leader John Garang says government policy must change to end fighting in troubled Darfur...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Tory leader unveils spending plan
Michael Howard says his party can save £35bn and plays down the defection of one of his MPs to Labour...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
US releases 80 Afghan detainees
About 80 prisoners held by the US military in Afghanistan have been released, Afghan officials say...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Murder inquiry after body find
Police begin a murder probe after a man is found stabbed to death behind a house in County Tyrone...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
TV appeal for baby missing in NZ
The mother of a baby taken into hiding in New Zealand by her father is to appeal on television for her return...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Handheld battle starts in 2005
Sony and Nintendo go into battle this year to win the next generation handheld gaming battle...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Pitt mans phones for Tsunami Aid
Actors George Clooney and Brad Pitt man a celebrity phone bank for a US TV fundraiser for tsunami victims...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Sharon orders militant crackdown
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
gives his troops a free hand to crack down on Palestinian militants...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Jakarta denies foreign troop curb
Indonesia denies saying foreign troops involved in tsunami relief operations must leave in March...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Call for Europe-wide swastika ban
Politicians in Germany call for Nazi symbols to be banned in Europe after Prince Harry was pictured wearing a swastika...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Brown sees Mandela on tour
Gordon Brown meets Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela on the last leg of his African tour to promote debt relief...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Raid 'not in interests of IRA'
If the IRA had carried out a £26.5m bank raid it would have been "unacceptable", Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness says...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
US voters 'endorsed Iraq policy'
President George W Bush says his re-election by the American people vindicates his policy on Iraq...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Sideways heads Golden Globe list
Quirky comedy Sideways leads nominations at the Golden Globe awards, to be presented on Sunday...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Howard unveils spending plans
Michael Howard has unveiled plans to save £35bn and plough more money into the NHS and schools...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Rising Violence and Fear Drive Iraq Campaigners Underground
In large swaths of Iraq, campaigning is done in the shadows by candidates who are often too terrified to say their names...
New York Times - January 16, 2005
Abbas Takes Office, Already Facing Battles
Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in as Palestinian president on Saturday, already embroiled in crisis...
New York Times - January 16, 2005
U.S. Forces Prepare to Finish Aid Work and Hand Off to Civilians
In Thailand and Sri Lanka, direct American military aid will probably last two more weeks, but officials wouldn't set a timetable for withdrawing forces from Indonesia...
New York Times - January 16, 2005
Ringleader in Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Is Sentenced to 10 Years
Specialist Charles A. Graner Jr., who faced a maximum sentence of 15 years, was sentenced to 10 years in military prison...
New York Times - January 16, 2005
U.S.-Led Troops Have Damaged Babylon, British Museum Says
Troops using the ancient Iraqi city of Babylon as a base have damaged and contaminated artifacts dating back thousands of years in one of the world's most important archaeological sites...
New York Times - January 16, 2005
Thai Doctor Fashions a Life Working Among the Dead
The woman in charge of the vast post-tsunami forensic operation in Thailand is as famous in her country as a movie star...
New York Times - January 16, 2005
Eyelid protein is key to allergy
Scientists find a protein in the eye which plays a critical role in the development of an allergic response...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Blair wants London Games 'prize'
Tony Blair says a London Olympics Games is "a prize worth fighting for" in a letter supporting the city's bid...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Tory MP crosses over to Labour
Former Conservative minister Robert Jackson defects to join the Labour Party...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Football: Wenger furious
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger reacts angrily to criticism about his behaviour from Sir Alex Ferguson...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Cricket: England captain fined
Michael Vaughan loses the whole of his match fee for complaining about the umpires in Johannesburg...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Australia mourns tsunami victims
Australia and New Zealand observe a day of national mourning for victims of the Asian tsunami...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Bush warns of US pension crisis
US President George W Bush says the nation's social security fund is close to bankruptcy...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Tories set out £35bn saving plan
The Tories unveil a report into efficiency savings and play down news of the defection of an MP to Labour...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Abbas to hold Gaza militant talks
Mahmoud Abbas will visit the Gaza Strip to try to convince Palestinian militants to stop attacks against Israel...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Companies hit by profit squeeze
The number of UK firms issuing profit warnings rose sharply in 2004 amid interest rate rises and cooling customer confidence, figures show...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
Brown on last leg of African trip
Gordon Brown is due to meet Nelson Mandela on the last leg of his African tour to promote debt relief...
BBC News - January 16, 2005
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