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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 March 2006:
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Belarus Arrests Dozens Days Before Disputed Election
President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko's administration has intensified the atmosphere of fear and tension in the days before a presidential election...
New York Times - March 16, 2006
Stones Kill 4 Indonesian Officials in U.S. Mine Protest
Demonstrators demanded that Freeport, which owns a huge gold and copper mine in the province of Papua, close its operations...
New York Times - March 16, 2006
French Protests Against Labor Law Heat Up
Once again, there is high anxiety in France. Not revolution. Not 1968 revisited. But a great deal of political drama...
New York Times - March 16, 2006
Small Group of Loyalists, Mostly Old, Mourn Milosevic
Whatever fears there were that Slobodan Milosevic, in death, would provoke a nationalist outpouring did not come true...
New York Times - March 16, 2006
Doubt cast on Venus catastrophe
British scientists call into question accepted views of how the planet Venus evolved...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
MPs in twin stand-off with Lords
MPs are locked in a double stalemate with the House of Lords over identity cards and anti-terrorism laws...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Violence flares at French rallies
Protests turn violent as at least 250,000 people rally across France against a new employment law...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Axing will not affect me - Lewsey
Josh Lewsey vows to bounce back from being dropped by England and insists it will not affect his confidence...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Football: 'Racist' club ban threat
Fifa could ban clubs from competitions as punishment against acts of racism...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Farm hen death tests negative
Preliminary tests taken after dozens of dead chickens were discovered on a farm in Orkney have proved negative for bird flu, it is confirmed...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
US launches major Iraq offensive
The US says it has begun its biggest airborne operation in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, targeting insurgents...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Iraqi Parliament Convenes as U.S. Air Assault Begins
The military said that more than 50 aircraft were involved in attacks on suspected insurgents northeast of Samarra...
New York Times - March 16, 2006
U.S. and Australia Take Different Tones on China's Rising Power
Condoleezza Rice criticized its military expansion and Australia warned against trying to "contain" Chinese ambitions...
New York Times - March 16, 2006
Israel and Palestinians Trade Angry Barbs on Prison Raid
Mahmoud Abbas called the raid "an ugly crime." Ehud Olmert said six men seized during the raid would face trial in Israel...
New York Times - March 16, 2006
Sites selling child porn targeted
A coalition of net giants and finance firms aims to stop the trade in child porn on the net...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
'Memory robber' Alzheimer's sign
Clusters of "memory-robbing" proteins could be one of the earliest signs of Alzheimer's disease, scientists suggest...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Pupil progress targets 'perverse'
Secondary schools would have better results by not helping local primaries, a leading head teacher says...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Marley musician court case opens
Bob Marley's former bassist takes his claim for a £60m share of the late singer's estate to court...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Officer spared after child's plea
A policeman who faked the theft of his own car and burned it for insurance money escapes a jail sentence...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Witness 'saw fatal beach attack'
A man tells a jury how he saw a teenager beaten and dragged out to sea by his alleged killers...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Thousands march in French law row
Tens of thousands of French students take to the streets to protest against a controversial new labour law...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Hamas 'days away' from government
Hamas says it is in the final stages of putting together a new Palestinian government after weeks of talks...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Hospital to cut up to 1,000 jobs
A Staffordshire hospital facing debts of £17m tells staff it needs to cut the workforce by 1,000 people...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Cricket: Harmison out of Test
England paceman Steve Harmison is ruled out of the third Test against India because of a shin injury...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Football: Fifa sticks to deadline
Fifa refuses to allow more time for World Cup teams to submit their 23-man squads...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Kenya church makes Aids apology
Kenya's Anglican Church issues a public apology for previously shunning those with HIV/Aids...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Papua protest leaves four dead
Protesters against a gold mine in Indonesia's Papua province beat to death three police and a soldier...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
US backs first-strike attack plan
The US will stick to its policy of pre-emptive attacks on states it considers hostile, the White House says...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Milosevic coffin goes on display
Supporters of former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic pay their respects at his coffin in Belgrade...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
US and Iran agree to Iraq talks
Iran and the US say they are prepared to hold talks on Iraq - in what would be their first public dialogue since 1979...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Tests carried out on dead birds
A farm on Orkney is sealed off and tests are under way after about 100 hens were found dead...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Special service to remember Best
Friends of Manchester United legend George Best pay their tributes at a special service at Manchester Cathedral...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
US launches major Iraq air attack
The US military says it has begun its biggest air offensive in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, targeting insurgents...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Drugs volunteer's 'living hell'
A volunteer in the drugs trial which left six men seriously ill has said the study was like "Russian roulette"...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Serial killer convicted of murder
A man who stabbed four people to death in three days to gain infamy as a serial killer is convicted of murder...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Labour 'to name future lenders'
Labour plans to name people who loan it money in a bid to end the 'cash for honours' row...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
On Australia Visit, Rice Critical of China's Military Expansion
The U.S. Secretary of State and the foreign minister of Australia struck markedly different tones Thursday over the rising power of China...
New York Times - March 16, 2006
Europe Mars shot looks to upgrade
Europe's Mars rover mission faces a review to decide if the vehicle will be joined by an orbiting spacecraft...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Tough start to year for retailers
UK retail sales saw a further slowdown in growth over the three months to February, official figures show...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Clarke denies Labour loans rift
The home secretary denies any rift between Downing Street and the Labour party over secret loans...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Crackdown on rural house building
The government moves to halt new house building in rural Northern Ireland, in an overhaul of planning policy...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Fire alert on North Sea platform
Almost 130 workers are taken off a North Sea oil platform as a precaution following a fire on board...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Gruesome jail death inquiry call
There are calls for a public inquiry into events leading up to a Hannibal Lecter-style killing of a prison cellmate...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
France braced for student protest
Tens of thousands of French students are to protest against a controversial new labour law...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Israeli soldier killed in Jenin
An Israeli soldier is killed in a fierce gun battle with Palestinian militants in Jenin, in the West Bank...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Bird flu confirmed in Afghanistan
Tests in Afghanistan confirm the first lethal strain of H5N1 bird flu in the capital Kabul and Jalalabad...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Glitter to appeal over sentence
Ex-UK singer Gary Glitter will appeal against his conviction for child abuse in Vietnam, his lawyer says...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Service's tribute to legend Best
Friends of Manchester United legend George Best pay their tributes at a special service at Manchester Cathedral...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Liberian leader wows US congress
Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's speech to the US congress is frequently interrupted by standing ovations...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Police killed in Papua protest
Protesters demanding the closure of a gold mine in Indonesia's Papua province beat to death three police...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Ecuador president calls for calm
Ecuador's president calls for calm as nationwide anti-free trade protests threaten to destabilise the country...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Blair defends key schools plans
Tony Blair is defending his school reform plans, after relying on Tory votes to get a controversial bill through...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Patient's healthy kidney removed
A man in his 60s from Ayrshire has a healthy kidney removed by mistake during an operation...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Man guilty over Tebay rail deaths
A man is found guilty of the manslaughter of four rail workers who died after they were hit by a trailer...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Iraqi PM 'prepared to step down'
Iraq's Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari says he will not lead the new government if Iraqis do not want him to...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Harman gives up Lords reform role
Constitutional Affairs Minister,
Harriet Harman gives up her electoral and Lords reform responsibilities...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Drug trial families given apology
A drugs company says it has apologised to the families of six men left seriously ill after a clinical drugs trial...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Charity Delays Tsunami Work as Audit Finds Irregularities
Oxfam International suspended operations after finding estimated losses in the tens of thousands of dollars out of a 2005 budget of about $48 million...
New York Times - March 16, 2006
Hussein Urges Iraqis to Unify in War on U.S.
Saddam Hussein delivered a diatribe that urged Iraqis to cease sectarian bloodshed and to continue fighting the U.S...
New York Times - March 16, 2006
Report Backs Iraq Strike and Cites Iran Peril
A new version of the Bush administration's national security strategy identifies Iran as the U.S.'s greatest challenge...
New York Times - March 16, 2006
As U.S. Dissents, U.N. Approves a New Council on Rights Abuse
The vote in the General Assembly was 170 to 4 with 3 abstentions. Joining the U.S. were Israel, the Marshall Islands and Palau...
New York Times - March 16, 2006
Some Doctors Say Milosevic Did Not Get Adequate Care
They said frustration and skepticism kept the tribunal at The Hague from adequately investigating his medical complaints...
New York Times - March 16, 2006
Thai Leader Ponders Leaving Post Awhile
The prime minister said he might step aside temporarily, but kept open the option of instead declaring a state of emergency...
New York Times - March 16, 2006
MPs to vote on asylum vouchers
Ministers are planning to extend vouchers for some asylum seekers, four years after scrapping them as unworkable...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Social care funds face shortfall
English councils face a deficit of £1.77 billion in their social care budgets for 2005/06, a survey of social services departments has found...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Students admit they copied essays
A significant minority of students admit to cheating in their university essays, according to a survey...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
India begins mass poultry killing
Authorities in India's Maharashtra state begin slaughtering chickens after finding new cases of bird flu...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Hearing tests for all new-borns
All parents in England will be offered the chance of a hearing test for their new-born baby...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
China leader to hold Nepal talks
A top Chinese leader is due to hold talks with Nepal's King Gyanendra and the opposition during a visit to the country...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Ecuador demos prompt resignation
Ecuador's interior minister resigns following protests over the prospect of a free trade deal with the US...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
ID cards Bill returns to Commons
The Identity Cards Bill is going back to the Commons, after a third defeat in the House of Lords...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Jackson to pay staff back wages
Michael Jackson will pay overdue wages to staff at his Neverland ranch, California state officials say...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Live: Commonwealth Games
The action is under way on day one in Melbourne, with 11 gold medals up for grabs...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Met chief in new Menezes query
Met Police chief Sir Ian Blair faces new questions over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes on the Tube...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Oil workers evacuated after fire
More than 130 workers are being removed from a North Sea oil platform after a fire, coastguards say...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
First meeting for Iraq parliament
The Iraqi parliament's first session opens on Thursday after long delays, but is likely to see discord...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Inquiry into drug trial continues
Investigations continue into a clinical drugs trial that left two men critically ill and four others in a serious condition...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Public to view Milosevic coffin
The coffin of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic goes on display in Belgrade on Thursday...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
Blair to defend key school reforms plan
Tony Blair is set to defend his school reform plans, after relying on Tory votes to get a controversial Bill through...
BBC News - March 16, 2006
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