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Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat
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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Taliban, Afghan officials meet in Saudi Arabia
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Pakistan to deport all Afghans from tribal region
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Lehman sought millions for execs while seeking aid
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Colbert on Colbert Its fun playing a jerk
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Dancing with the Stars contestant injured
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Hopper stars in Starz series Crash
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Global News Archive for January 2008:
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Brown accused of Rock 'dithering'
The prime minister is accused of "dithering" and failing to deal quickly enough with the Northern Rock crisis...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Darling calls for market action
Chancellor Alistair Darling says policy makers must act quickly to tackle "enormous" problems in world financial markets...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Warning over HIV 'ignorance' risk
People in Scotland are the least knowledgeable in the UK about HIV and how it is transmitted, campaigners say...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Probe into Omagh officers widened
The Police Ombudsman extends its inquiry into two officers accused of lying at the Omagh bomb trial...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
US plans cluster bomb task force
The US says it is ready to create a rapid reaction force to defuse cluster bombs left over from conflicts...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Uzbek president Karimov sworn in
Islam Karimov is sworn in for a seven-year term as President of Uzbekistan, following elections in December...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Football: Havant set up dream tie
Havant & Waterlooville secure a dream FA Cup fourth-round tie against Liverpool after beating Swansea in a thrilling third-round replay...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Ike Turner overdosed on cocaine
US soul legend Ike Turner, who died in December, was killed by a cocaine overdose, coroners say...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Odinga denies 'ethnic cleansing'
Kenya's opposition leader denies government charges that his supporters planned a campaign of ethnic cleansing...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Constituency party backs Hain
Work and Pension Secretary Peter Hain is given unanimous backing from his local party amid the donations row...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Atonement tops Bafta nominations
Romantic drama Atonement leads the field at this year's Baftas after receiving 14 nominations...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
'Darkest ever' material created
Superblack material made from microscopic carbon nanotubes is produced in a US laboratory...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Tories target Hain 'incompetence'
Peter Hain is taunted by Tories saying "incompetence" over donations extends to the running of his department...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Boeing confirms Dreamliner delays
US plane maker Boeing says its 787 Dreamliner faces further delays, as it battles production problems...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Seized pet dogs saved from death
Two dogs seized because they were believed to be pit bull-type animals have been saved from death...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Police release wanted paedophile
A sex offender on the UK's most wanted list is arrested and released by police who fail to recognise him...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Bush tour ends on democracy call
US President Bush wraps up his eight-day tour of the Middle East in Egypt with a call for more democracy...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Total guilty of French oil spill
A Paris court convicts French oil company Total of maritime pollution over the 1999 sinking of the tanker Erika...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Violent clashes at Kenya protests
Kenyan police fire tear gas and bullets at opposition activists defying a ban on election protests...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Keegan returns as Newcastle boss
Newcastle announce Kevin Keegan will make a dramatic return to manage the club...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Mercury's unseen side is revealed
The first pictures taken by the Messenger probe as it passed Mercury on Monday start to arrive at Earth...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
£5m hospital bug payout for Ash
The actress Leslie Ash receives a record £5m payout after contracting an infection in hospital...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Partner 'admitted murder to cats'
Police secretly taped a woman's partner apparently admitting to his cats that he killed her, a jury hears...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Visa row patient starts dialysis
A dying woman removed from the UK after her visa expired starts kidney dialysis in Ghana funded by a donor...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Eighty Tories reported over gifts
Labour refers 80 Tory MPs to the Electoral Commission for potentially failing to declare donations properly...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Queen had Diana 'concerns'
The Queen was "concerned" about Princess Diana's relationship with Dodi Al Fayed, an inquest hears...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Murder victims 'in crucifix pose'
The bodies of two of five women murdered in Suffolk were placed in a crucifix pose, a jury is told...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Three convicted of Newlove murder
Three teenagers are found guilty of the murder of Garry Newlove, kicked to death outside his home...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Suggest a debate? What would you like to talk about?
What do you want the world to talk about?...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Actor Brad Renfro dies aged 25
US actor Brad Renfro, who appeared in films including The Client, Sleepers and Bully, is found dead aged 25...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Gigantic fossil rodent discovered
The fossilised skull of a one-tonne rodent - the largest ever discovered - is described by scientists...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Calcium pills 'raise heart risk'
Calcium supplements may increase the risk of a heart attack in older women, New Zealand research suggests...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Recession fears hit stock markets
European and Asian shares fall on continuing fears of a US recession and slowing corporate profit growth...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Review into 'missed' cancer cases
A hospital tries to contact patients after admitting errors were made by a pathologist in diagnosing cases of cancer...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Official's Trump call 'irregular'
A parliamentary committee begins an inquiry into the handling of the Trump golf application...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Retail giant buys family business
Sainsbury's is to buy family owned supermarket firm Curley's in a multi-million pound deal...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Barton in court on assault charge
Premiership footballer Joey Barton appears in court to face charges of assault and affray...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Militants overrun Pakistan fort
Hundreds of militants overrun an army fort in north-west Pakistan, killing or kidnapping many troops, officials say...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Bush ends Mid-East tour in Egypt
US President George W Bush wraps up his eight-day tour of the Middle East with a brief stop in Egypt...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Italian justice minister resigns
Clemente Mastella says he is stepping down from office because prosecutors are seeking his wife's arrest...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Romney secures Michigan victory
Mitt Romney wins his party's presidential primary in the US state of Michigan, leaving the Republican race wide open...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Stand-off over whaling activists
Officials work to resolve a stand-off over two protesters detained on a Japanese whaling vessel...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
MP defends Ghana cancer case
An UK MP says the debate over a dying Ghanaian woman being sent home should be about health care in Ghana...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Cricket: Australia in comeback
India crumble from 198-2 to end day one of the third Test on a rocky 297-6 as Brett Lee takes 3-64...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Atonement leads Bafta list
Romantic drama Atonement leads the field at this year's Orange Bafta film awards, with 14 nominations...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Capello faces Italian tax inquiry
New England boss Fabio Capello is the subject of a tax inquiry in Italy - but the FA is confident he will not face any charges...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Row over Facebook's Scrabulous
A word game that has proved hugely popular with Facebook members could soon disappear...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Cycling star dies after collision
Scottish cycling champion Jason MacIntyre dies after a collision with a van on the A82 in Fort William...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Fears of further flooding misery
Dozens of flood warnings are in place across England and Wales, with more rain due for the rest of the week...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Kenyan police fire warning shots
Kenyan police fire warning shots over the heads of protesters at a rally against disputed election results...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
House price fall 'at 1990s rates'
Property prices are falling at rates not seen since the 1990s housing recession, surveyors warn...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
UK warns Russia over 'intimidation'
Foreign Secretary David Miliband warns Russia that intimidation of British Council officials is "unacceptable"...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Suffolk victims 'had drug problems'
Five women found dead in Suffolk had drug problems and were working as prostitutes, a court is told...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Crisps 'not a treat' for children
Children's diets are now so poor more than two-thirds do not see fast food as a treat, research suggests...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Charity rules for private schools
Independent schools will have to show they operate for the public benefit, under charity guidelines...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
'Firms may sell' over tax worry
Entrepreneurs are considering selling firms because of uncertainty over capital gains tax, the CBI head says...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Embryos challenge fails in Lords
An attempt to stop scientific research into human-animal "hybrid" embryos fails in the House of Lords...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Effort to increase organ donation
A raft of proposals is being put forward in a bid to increase the number of people in Scotland who donate organs...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Suffolk murders case evidence due
Jurors are due to hear evidence against a 49-year-old man accused of murdering five women in Suffolk...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Deadly blast hits Sri Lanka bus
At least 23 people die in a bus bombing in central Sri Lanka, the military says, as the ceasefire in the country ends...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Whalers 'try to return activists'
Japanese whalers say they are trying to return two protesters detained after boarding their vessel...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Castro 'ready to return' - Lula
Brazil's President Lula meets ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro on a visit to boost economic ties with Havana...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Kenya braced for mass protests
Kenya's opposition is due to begin three days of mass rallies against the disputed election result...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Dentist shortage hits 'millions'
One in six people are struggling to get access to an NHS dentist, a poll suggests...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
MP pay proposal put forward
A review body is expected to recommend a pay rise of 2.8% for MPs, but Gordon Brown wants them to accept 1.9%...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Murderer vanishes from hospital
A police manhunt is launched for a convicted murderer who escaped from prison guards at a hospital...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
PM accused of organ donor U-turn
The Conservatives ask Gordon Brown to explain his "apparent U-turn" regarding the organ donation consent...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Hain donations 'an incompetence'
Peter Hain was guilty of "an incompetence" over donations that he has admitted to, the prime minister says...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Romney wins in Michigan primary
Republican Mitt Romney wins the US state of Michigan's presidential primary, ahead of rival Senator John McCain...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
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