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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 May 2007:
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Deadly Day of Violence Wracks Much of Iraq
Street battles between militia gunmen and Iraqi security forces erupted in three cities on a day of wide-ranging violence...
New York Times - May 16, 2007
Wolfowitz Said to Be Working on Deal for His Resignation
Paul D. Wolfowitz wants the World Bank to drop or soften a charge of misconduct in exchange for his resignation as president, officials said...
New York Times - May 16, 2007
Palestinian Violence in Gaza Kills at Least 16
Hamas forces continued to hit symbols of Fatah power in Gaza City before declaring a unilateral cease-fire...
New York Times - May 16, 2007
Law film starts Cannes festival
Jude Law's latest film, My Blueberry Nights, is the first to be screened at the 60th Cannes Film Festival...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Antarctic 'treasure trove' found
An extraordinarily rich array of marine life is discovered in the deep, dark waters around Antarctica...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Fresh approach needed to benefits
The government needs to try to get more pensioners to claim benefits, the Public Accounts Committee says...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Spanish fans shown Madeleine film
Video images of missing Madeleine McCann are broadcast to Spanish fans at Glasgow's Uefa cup final...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Colombia's Uribe backs ministers
Colombia's president backs two of his top ministers after a paramilitary leader said he had held meetings with them...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Phillips puts West Brom in final
West Brom play Derby in the Championship play-off final at Wembley after beating Wolves...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Football: Sevilla retain Uefa Cup
Sevilla retain the Uefa Cup with a 3-1 penalty shoot-out victory against Espanyol...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
US sets reward for missing troops
The US military offers rewards for the return of three soldiers believed abducted by al-Qaeda-linked militants in Iraq...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Bank adjourns Wolfowitz talks
The World Bank's board adjourn talks on the fate of its President, Paul Wolfowitz, who vows to fight for his job...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Brown will enter No 10 unopposed
Gordon Brown will be Labour leader and prime minister when Tony Blair goes, as his only rival admits defeat...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Chen Village Journal: In China, It?s Not Always Clear for Whom the Booth Tolls
Drivers in China are trying almost anything to avoid paying fees on a growing number of toll roads...
New York Times - May 16, 2007
Fatah Official?s Home Stormed in Gaza Clashes
Hamas fighters killed six during the raid today as fierce fighting between the Palestinian factions continued...
New York Times - May 16, 2007
Gene find triggers baldness hope
Hair loss in humans might not be irreversible, suggest scientists who have helped create new hair cells on the skin of mice...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Taxpayers 'should build Galileo'
The European Commission says public funds will be needed to build the stumbling Galileo satellite-navigation system...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Cameron hits back over grammars
David Cameron says a row with his own Tory MPs over plans to scrap support for grammar schools is "pointless"...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Priest 'was gambler not abuser'
A priest accused of helping a friend to sexually abuse a girl was more interested in gambling, a court hears...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Parents lied after baby's death
The parents of a baby who died after being shaken are convicted of lying to police about his death...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Trucker jailed over crash deaths
A drunk lorry driver is jailed for killing a family of four when he crashed into their car on the M25 in Kent...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Gaza erupts in renewed violence
At least 17 people are killed as violence worsens in Gaza, with factional fighting and Israeli air strikes...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Clashes at Pakistan refugee camp
Three Afghan refugees die in clashes with Pakistani forces at a camp earmarked for closure, police say...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Wolfowitz faces a final showdown
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz faces a final showdown with the bank's 24 member board...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Estonia opens first new synagogue
The first synagogue since the Holocaust opens in Tallinn to serve Estonia's small Jewish community...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Mourinho cautioned after dog row
A spokesman for Jose Mourinho confirms the Chelsea boss was arrested and cautioned by police over a row about his dog...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Blue Peter editor leaves his job
Blue Peter editor Richard Marson steps down, two months after the show apologised for faking a competition's results...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Tories fail to scrap home packs
The Conservatives have failed to get the Home Information Packs killed off after losing a Commons vote...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Man's 17-year Thai prison 'hell'
The longest-serving British prisoner overseas returns to the UK after serving 17 years in Thai jails...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
EU action urgent, says Sarkozy
French President Nicolas Sarkozy calls for urgent action to get the EU out of its "paralysis", on his first trip...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
EU targeting illegal employment
The European Union proposes tough penalties for employers using illegal workers, including jail terms...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Madeleine suspect defends himself
The British suspect in the case of missing Madeleine McCann protests his innocence to BBC News...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Brown on brink of leadership win
Gordon Brown looks likely to be the sole contender for the Labour leadership once Tony Blair stands down...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Prince Harry will not serve in Iraq
Prince Harry will not be deployed in Iraq because of the security threat, the head of the Army says...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Halo 3 launch date is announced
Halo 3 will go on sale on 25 September in the US and one day later in Europe, says Microsoft...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Music stars 'must keep copyright'
UK copyright laws should be extended to prevent musicians from missing out on royalties in later life, MPs say...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Brown rival in race against time
Gordon Brown's only possible Labour leadership challenger has a day left to get the support of enough MPs to run...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Sainsbury profits jump to £380m
Sainsbury's, the supermarket chain that was the target of takeover speculation, sees its full-year profits surge...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Drugs henchman starts jail term
A Dumfries man is jailed for two years after being caught in a major police drugs operation in the town...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Cocaine gang jailed for 50 years
Nine members of a gang supplying cocaine from Kent to Cardiff are jailed for a total of more than 50 years...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Teacher murder parents' TV plea
The parents of a teacher found buried in a bath of sand in Tokyo appeal for help in tracking down the killer...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Mother and girl's bodies examined
A young mother and her seven-year-old daughter are found dead at a house in County Donegal...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
'Chlorine bomb' hits Iraq village
Twenty people are killed and 50 injured in a suspected chlorine bombing in Iraq's Diyala province, police say...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Indian buys Scotch whisky giant
Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya completes a $1.2bn deal to buy Scottish whisky distiller Whyte & Mackay...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
AU peacekeepers killed in Somalia
Four African Union soldiers are killed after a roadside bomb struck their convoy in Somalia's capital...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
China defends its role in Africa
Chinese PM Wen Jiabao says China is committed to helping Africa, and urges other rich nations to do the same...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Football: Warnock resigns
Neil Warnock leaves Sheffield United three days after relegation from the Premiership...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Barton is arrested over assault
Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton is arrested over an alleged training ground assault on a team-mate...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Multivitamin prostate warning
Taking lots of multivitamins may increase the risk of deadly prostate cancer, say US researchers...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Mourinho 'arrested after dog row'
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is reportedly arrested and cautioned after arguing with police about his pet dog...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Tories call to scrap home packs
The Conservatives are making a House of Commons effort to scrap plans for home information packs...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Uncle jailed for owning death dog
The uncle of a five-year-old girl killed by a pit bull terrier is jailed for eight weeks for owning an illegal dog...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Tories to reject grammar schools
The Conservatives are to abandon support for grammar schools and back Labour's academy system...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Sarkozy pledges new era of change
French President Nicolas Sarkozy urges new initiatives and tolerance as he takes over from Jacques Chirac...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Salmond elected as first minister
SNP leader Alex Salmond makes history after becoming Nationalist first minister of Scotland...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Madeleine family lobby Parliament
Philomena McCann is at the House of Commons to lobby MPs for support in the search for her niece...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
News Analysis: Reality Overtakes the Illusion of Unity in Gaza
Continuing clashes between Hamas and Fatah suggest that the Palestinian unity government is something of a fiction...
New York Times - May 16, 2007
Documents From Vast Nazi Archive to Be Made Available to Scholars
An agreement could speed access to electronic copies of documents about millions of people who were victimized during and after the Nazi period...
New York Times - May 16, 2007
Death-Squad Scandal Circles Closer to Colombia?s President
President Įlvaro Uribe, the Bush administration?s closest ally in Latin America, faces an intensifying scandal...
New York Times - May 16, 2007
Poppy Fields Are Now a Front Line in Afghanistan War
Until recently, U.S. officials admit, fighting drugs was considered a distraction from fighting terrorists...
New York Times - May 16, 2007
Bush Opens Door to Wolfowitz?s Resigning
The White House signaled that Paul D. Wolfowitz might resign voluntarily as World Bank president if the bank board dropped its drive to declare him unfit to remain...
New York Times - May 16, 2007
After Rice and Putin Meet, Russia Agrees to Soften Language
Cordiality seemed to be restored, but the United States and Russia remained at an impasse on the issues of missile defense and the status of Kosovo...
New York Times - May 16, 2007
Extra support for dyslexic pupils
A scheme to help pupils with dyslexia is launched in London, in an attempt to share best practice...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
MPs condemn hearing aid provision
NHS hearing aid services are unacceptable and appallingly patchy, MPs say...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Brown campaign targets mothers
Gordon Brown will continue his leadership campaign with promises of more help for mothers of young children...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Housing shortage concerns public
Eight out of 10 people living in Scotland think affordable rented housing is in short supply, according to a poll...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Nato expects Taleban 'offensive'
The Nato chief in Afghanistan says his troops are braced for a backlash after the killing of a Taleban leader...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Scheme aims to get boys reading
Secondary schools in England are given free books in an attempt to get teenage boys reading again...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Serbian MPs back new coalition
The Serbian parliament approves a coalition government made up of the main pro-democracy parties...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
China urges world to help Africa
China calls on the rich world to do more for Africa as it holds an African Development Bank meeting...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Sarkozy to take office in France
Outgoing French President Jacques Chirac is set to hand over to his elected successor Nicolas Sarkozy...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Hooked smoking ads 'broke rules'
Government adverts showing people with a fish hook through their mouth broke industry rules, a watchdog rules...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Salmond set to be first minister
SNP leader Alex Salmond is set to be elected first minister of Scotland, following his party's election success...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Police Taser expansion planned
More front-line police officers could soon be carrying Taser stun guns under government plans...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Man shot dead by police officers
A man is shot dead by police in west London during an "intelligence-led operation"...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Raid shatters Gaza ceasefire
Gunmen storm the home of a Fatah official in Gaza, killing four as another Palestinian truce breaks down...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
'90% happy' with hospital stays
Nine out of 10 patients treated in NHS hospitals in England are happy with their experiences, a survey says...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
I'm Madeleine scapegoat, man says
A man treated as a suspect in the hunt for missing Madeleine McCann says he is being made a scapegoat and is innocent...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
Tories to reject grammar schools
The Conservatives are to abandon support for grammar schools and back Labour's academy system...
BBC News - May 16, 2007
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