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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 February 2006:
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France Says Iran's Atomic Program Is a Military Cover
France plainly accused Iran today of pursuing a nuclear program that can only be intended for military purposes...
New York Times - February 16, 2006
More Greenland Ice Flowing Into Sea, in Sign of Warming
A new study might force scientists to increase estimates of how much seas could rise under the influence of global warming...
New York Times - February 16, 2006
Chinese Journal Closed by Censors Is to Reopen
A provocative news and opinion journal that was closed last month by Chinese censors will resume publication in March...
New York Times - February 16, 2006
Israel Plans Sanctions as Hamas Picks a Prime Minister
Hamas plans to nominate Ismail Haniya, viewed as one of its less radical leaders, for prime minister...
New York Times - February 16, 2006
Verdict due in Meadow GMC appeal
A judge is to rule if the General Medical Council was wrong to strike Professor Sir Roy Meadow off the medical register...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Business stress levels 'double'
Stress levels among the world's business leaders double over in the last year, a survey says...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Hamas 'names its prime minister'
Hamas picks Ismail Haniya, a leading pragmatist in the militant group, to be the next Palestinian PM, reports say...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Post staff to consider proposals
Postal workers in Belfast are expected to meet on Friday to consider Royal Mail's proposals for ending strike action...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Wreckage of Egyptian ferry found
Salvage experts have located the wreck of a ferry which sank in the Red Sea with the loss of 1,000 lives...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Greenland ice swells ocean rise
Greenland's glaciers are sliding towards the sea much faster than previously believed, US scientists say...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Football: Boro win in Germany
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Stuart Parnaby give Middlesbrough victory in Germany...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Energy firms 'holding back gas'
The European Commission accuses some energy firms of holding back gas supplies and driving up prices...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Radiation overdose girl improving
A teenager who was given a massive overdose of radiation is "improving" after treatment, her doctor says...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
US attacks UN Guantanamo report
The US says a UN report calling for the closure of Guantanamo Bay is a "discredit" to the organisation...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Briton denies US family murders
A British man extradited to the US pleads not guilty to shooting dead his wife and nine-month-old daughter...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Phnom Penh Journal: Now Prozac Battles Dark Dreams That Khmer Rouge Left
Psychiatric drugs and talk therapy arrive in Cambodia, a land of faith healers...
New York Times - February 16, 2006
A Deal Is Reached to Name a Victor in Haiti's Election
René Préval will be declared the winner in last week's presidential election, an official of the Organization of American States said...
New York Times - February 16, 2006
U.N. Report Calls for End to Guantánamo Detentions
Human rights investigators called on the United States today to give detainees prompt trials or release them...
New York Times - February 16, 2006
Shareholders to sue over GTA sex
The firm behind GTA: San Andreas is facing more legal action over the controversial game...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Sir Elton accepts libel damages
Singer Sir Elton John accepts an undisclosed libel settlement from the Sunday Times newspaper...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Complex pattern of student choice
University applications fall for the first time in six years as "top up" fees are introduced across England...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Hague warns US over prison abuse
William Hague, in Washington to build bridges with the White House, says prison abuse claims damage America's standing...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
School worker suicide 'avoidable'
The death of a school support worker who killed himself wrongly thinking he was being accused of child abuse, a coroner says...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
'Drugs' theory in murder inquiry
A Lisburn man whose body was found in a river may have been murdered because he was a drug dealer, police say...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Speed cameras in roadworks drive
A speed camera system which measures the average speed of vehicles is to be used at major roadworks...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
China allows newspaper to re-open
China permits an investigative paper to resume publishing, but shunts aside two of its top staff, the editor says...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Iraq condemns Abu Ghraib images
The Iraqi government condemns the abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib, after new images are broadcast...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Two injured in North Sea rig fire
Two people are in hospital after a North Sea gas rig is evacuated following a fire on board...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Bird flu 'more likely to hit UK'
Britain is increasingly likely to be hit by bird flu, the government, health minister Ben Bradshaw says...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
GB's Rudman takes skeleton silver
Slider Shelley Rudman wins silver in the women's Olympic skeleton - Britain's first medal at the 2006 Winter Games...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Appeal for Ugandan election calm
Uganda's opposition leader Kizza Besigye calls for restraint after two of his supporters were shot dead by a state security officer...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Iraq 'death squad caught in act'
An inquiry is under way into what a US general says is evidence of death squads in Iraq's interior ministry...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Final offer to school plan rebels
Ministers are to offer Labour MPs a final concession to head off a potential revolt on English school reform plans...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Guantanamo closure call rejected
The US says it will not shut Guantanamo Bay prison camp despite a UN report calling for its immediate closure...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Shot Pc stable after more surgery
A policewoman shot while on duty is back in intensive care after a second round of surgery...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Call to allow body organ selling
Two US doctors suggest the sale of organs such as kidneys should be legalised to meet the rising demand...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Mobiles aid drive for development
Mobile phones can be a force for change in developing nations, says an industry expert...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Exam papers stuck in post strike
Hundreds of marked exam papers are stuck in sorting offices because of the mail strike, an exams body says...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Father's fury over Corus charges
Relatives of a steelworker killed in the Corus blast are angered that the company faces only two prosecutions...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
EU services law approved by MEPs
The European Parliament backs a compromise law on cross-border services within the EU...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
France steps up rhetoric on Iran
France accuses Iran of using its nuclear programme as a cover for clandestine military activity...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Fresh Pakistan cartoon protests
Several thousand people in southern Karachi city have protested over Western cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Gas rig evacuated after explosion
Helicopters lift 58 to safety after fire is reported on a North Sea gas rig...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Rwandan anger at suspect transfer
Rwanda criticises a UN court decision to allow Norway to try a genocide suspect...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Australia ends abortion drug 'ban'
Parliament takes away control of a controversial abortion drug from Australia's anti-abortion health minister...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Colombia to bomb Farc guerrillas
Colombia says it will launch air raids on a national park after six police officers were allegedly killed by rebels...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Somalis die of thirst in drought
People in Somalia are beginning to die from thirst in the worst drought in 40 years, aid agency Oxfam says...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Preval declared Haiti poll winner
Rene Preval is declared president of Haiti, after an election dispute which triggered big protests...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Houses evacuated over substance
Residents from properties in a Birmingham street are evacuated after police find a suspicious substance in a house...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Football: Allardyce penalty row
Bolton boss Sam Allardyce is incensed his side were not awarded a penalty in their 0-0 Uefa Cup draw with Marseille...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Award snub for murdered officer
Murdered detective Stephen Oake, who died in an anti-terrorism raid, will not get a posthumous gallantry award...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
New Abu Ghraib inquiry urged
US civil liberties groups call for an inquiry into abuse of Iraqi detainees, after new images are broadcast...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
EU crackdown on energy sector
Europe's gas and electricity industries face a crackdown on anti-competitive behaviour, Brussels warns...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
UN calls for Guantanamo closure
The UN's human rights commission calls for the immediate closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Briton to deny US family murders
A Briton extradited to the US will plead not guilty to shooting dead his wife and daughter, his lawyer says...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Europe Takes Action as Bird Flu Spreads
Health officials across Europe, surprised at how quickly migratory birds are spreading avian flu, enacted poultry restrictions...
New York Times - February 16, 2006
Blair Wins Parliament Vote Criminalizing 'Glorification' of Terror
After other attempts by Prime Minister Tony Blair to strengthen terrorism laws suffered setbacks, "glorification" of terrorism has become a crime...
New York Times - February 16, 2006
Pakistan's Violent Protests Over Cartoons Take a Political Turn
Groups opposed to the Pakistani president are working to direct anger at Muhammad cartoons into denunciation of Pakistan's alliance with the West...
New York Times - February 16, 2006
Some Yemenis Back Fugitive Terror Figures
23 escaped prisoners are emerging as unlikely folk heroes in Yemen: the men who thumbed their noses at the government, and at America...
New York Times - February 16, 2006
A Deal Is Reached to Name a Victor in Haiti's Election
René Préval will be declared the winner in last week's presidential election, an official of the Organization of American States said...
New York Times - February 16, 2006
Rice Is Seeking Millions to Prod Changes in Iran
The Bush administration proposed to spend $85 million to promote political change inside Iran by subsidizing dissident groups...
New York Times - February 16, 2006
MPs urge college funding shake-up
Funding should be taken away from underperforming colleges and given to better performing institutions, MPs say...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Drop in NHS waiting times praised
NHS waiting times have fallen but further improvements will present a major challenge, a watchdog says...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Newmont to make Indonesia payment
US mining giant Newmont agrees to pay Indonesia $30m to settle a civil case over alleged pollution...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
UN urges Haiti poll 'fraud' probe
The UN calls on Haiti's interim government fully to investigate allegations of fraud in last week's election...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Hamas win prompts US aid cut vote
The US House of Representatives votes to cut aid to the Palestinians after Hamas' election victory...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Briton's six day mountain ordeal
A British charity worker describes how he was left trapped for six days on a snowy ledge in Spain...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Australia changes abortion rules
Australia's parliament votes to take control of a controversial abortion pill, RU-486, away from the health minister...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Peers plan for Terror Bill fight
Tory and Lib Dem peers plan a response to the proposed offence of "glorifying" terror after MPs back it...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
MEPs to vote on new services law
The European Parliament looks set to approve a compromise law on cross-border services within the EU...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Alzheimer's 'faster in educated'
Alzheimer's disease progresses more rapidly in highly educated people, research suggests...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
Briton in court over US shootings
A Briton accused of killing his wife and daughter in the US is due in court in Massachusetts after being extradited...
BBC News - February 16, 2006
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