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Global News Archive for May 2008:
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Looming Dangers for Orphaned Burmese
While the death toll in Myanmar continues to climb, international aid agencies are warning of a new kind of threat to the most vulnerable survivors, children...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
Dominicans Expected to Reelect President
President Leonel Fernández appeared headed for a third term largely as a result of a campaign gift to the populace that dwarfed those of his opponents ? a shiny new subway system...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
Food Crisis Meets Chaos in Horn of Africa
A collision of troubles throughout the region, including skimpy rainfall, soaring food prices and escalating violence, has pushed many people here to the brink of famine...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
Rescued Tourists Tell of Survival at Panda Reserve
Foreign tourists evacuated to Chengdu described a dangerous escape made possible by the heroism of panda keepers and other workers who helped save them, as well as 13 panda cubs...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
Lebanese leaders gather in Qatar
Lebanon's rival leaders start talks in Qatar aimed at pulling the country back from the brink of civil war...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
US resumes North Korea food aid
The US announces a resumption of food aid to North Korea, thought to be facing famine this summer...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Zimbabwe attacks 'out of control'
The US ambassador to Zimbabwe warns post-poll violence is "out of control" as a date is set for a run-off...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Dead babies 'possibly twins'
The remains of two babies at a house in Greater Manchester may have been twins, a post mortem examination finds...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
FA ask Grant to explain comments
The FA ask Avram Grant to explain his remarks which claimed that Premier League referees favour Manchester United...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
US sprinter jailed for bank fraud
Disgraced sprinter Tim Montgomery is jailed for 46 months for his part in a multi-million dollar bank fraud...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Sidebottom puts England in charge
Ryan Sidebottom takes 4-55 on day two of the second Test as England take control against New Zealand at Lord's...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Make-up artist's husband charged
The husband of TV make-up artist Diane Chenery-Wickens is charged with her murder, four months after she went missing...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Carey makes new Iraq hostage plea
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey urges those holding five British men in Iraq to free them...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Zimbabwe Election Runoff Set for June 27
The second round of voting would come nearly three months after the first rather than the three weeks stipulated by Zimbabwean law...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
Hundreds watch New Kids comeback
Reunited US boy band New Kids on the Block perform together for the first time in 15 years, in New York...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
'$100 laptop' platform moves on
An independent effort to develop the software originally designed for the $100 laptop is launched...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
New rail ticket system to start
Rail passengers will see the first phase of changes to the ticketing system introduced on 18 May...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Pledge over Sats results deadline
The man in charge of the marking of this year's Sats says the results will go out on time, despite problems...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Ancestors had leg-up to trees
A new study explains how the tiny ancestors of humans, apes and monkeys may have taken to the trees...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Italy pledges to bolster security
Italy's interior minister says firm measures are needed to meet the country's 'security emergency'...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Man United parade off after riots
Man United's parade after the Champions League final is cancelled following violence in the city on Wednesday...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Rangers chief 'deplores' violence
Rangers chairman Sir David Murray condemns fans involved in violent clashes with police in Manchester...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Young deaths coverage questioned
The press watchdog hosts a debate on how a number of young deaths in Bridgend were covered...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Nelson inquiry disc goes missing
A disc containing personal and protectively marked material relating to the Rosemary Nelson Inquiry is lost...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
'Blade-runner' wins Olympics bid
South African double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius wins an appeal to compete for a place in the Beijing Olympics...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Inside Shatila
Explore life in a Palestinian refugee camp...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
No, I'm greatest
Why the British had to learn how to boast...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Chambers starts Beijing challenge
Controversial sprinter Dwain Chambers announces his intention to secure a place in the British team at the Olympics...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Nailed down
An expert analyses what your hands say about you...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Soldiers' flights home 'delayed'
More than a quarter of RAF aircraft bringing troops back from Afghanistan are routinely out of action, the BBC learns...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Naked Ugg boot ram-raider jailed
A man who ram-raided a supermarket dressed only in his girlfriend's Ugg boots and a sheet is jailed...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Does GB love the Bee Gees? Brown stays tight-lipped about his music choice
Does GB love the Bee Gees? Brown stays tight-lipped about his music choice...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Burma death toll jumps to 78,000
The official death toll for Burma's cyclone disaster jumps to nearly 78,000 with 56,000 missing, state TV says...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
'Five million' homeless in quake
Almost five million people have been left homeless by Monday's earthquake in China's Sichuan Province, officials say...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Woman jailed for smuggling baby
A Nigerian woman is jailed for 26 months for bringing a child illegally into the UK so she could qualify for a council flat...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
U.N. Official Raises Alarms Over Killings in Afghanistan
A special investigator for the United Nations on Thursday accused foreign intelligence agencies of conducting nighttime raids and killing civilians in Afghanistan with impunity...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
Al Green to scoop lifetime gong
US soul singer Al Green will be honoured with a lifetime achievement prize at the BET awards in June...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Suicide bomb in Sri Lanka capital
At least 10 people are killed in a suicide attack in the heart of Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, the army says...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Phones4U facing mis-selling probe
Regulator Ofcom says it will spend six months investigating Phones4U over alleged mis-selling...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
MPs bid to block 42 day detention
Rebel Labour MPs bid to block Gordon Brown's plan to extend the time terror suspects can be held to 42 days...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Children killed in Nigeria blast
At least 100 people are killed in an oil pipeline explosion by a school in Nigeria's city of Lagos, the Red Cross says...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
US marine guilty of Japan assault
A US marine is convicted of assaulting a 14-year-old girl on the Japanese island of Okinawa...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Musical comedy
Wacky offerings head the challenge for Eurovision glory...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Bamber told he will die in prison
A man convicted of killing five members of his family is told by a judge he must remain in prison for the rest of his life...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Mitchell loses Jodi murder appeal
Luke Mitchell fails to overturn his conviction for murdering his teenage girlfriend Jodi Jones...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Fraud detection scheme nets £4.5m
A two-yearly exercise to tackle fraud across the public sector uncovers £4.5m in bogus claims...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Dunlop killed in road race crash
One of Northern Ireland's best known motorcyclists is killed in a high speed crash at the North West 200...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Hated celebrities
Of the most vilified stars, why are so many women?...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Russia with love
How Moscow is pushing the boat out for English fans...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Live - England v New Zealand
Ryan Sidebottom removes New Zealand's Jacob Oram as England make inroads on day two of the first Test...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Chambers set to decide on appeal
Dwain Chambers will announce a decision on whether he is going to challenge his lifetime Olympics ban later on Friday...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Commons loses MPs' expenses fight
The Commons loses its High Court battle over a watchdog's decision to force disclosure of MPs' expenses...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Maps chart noise in urban areas
Interactive maps showing noise levels across parts of England are published on a government website...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Police defend race-fixing inquiry
The City of London Police defends the race-fixing inquiry which ended with the collapse of a £10m trial but said procedures could be tightened...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Zimbabwe names date for run-off
The second round of Zimbabwe's disputed presidential election will be held on 27 June, the government says...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Pc describes attack by football mob
A police officer says he was lucky to escape serious injury after being set upon by a mob of Rangers fans in Manchester...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
British Airways profits soar 45%
British Airways reports a sharp jump in annual profits to £883m but its boss says he will not accept a bonus...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: China: Dalai Lama Speaks of Peace and Autonomy
The Dalai Lama criticized China?s suppression of unrest in Tibet and insisted that the region wanted to live in peace with China under genuine autonomy...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Sudan: Echoes of Past Civil War in Oil Town Clashes
Thousands of civilians fled when former opponents in Sudan?s civil war between north and south clashed in the oil-rich central town of Abyei, officials said...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
Kandahar Journal: Hunger and Food Prices Push Afghanistan to Brink
While there have been no riots yet in Afghanistan over spiraling food prices, the economic pain and hunger are hitting the poor and unemployed, aid agency officials are warning...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Opposition Protests Delay in Runoff
Tendai Biti, the secretary general of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, protested the government?s decision to delay the presidential runoff up to 90 days. By law, the election ? pitting Morgan Tsvangirai, of the opposition, against President Robert Mugabe ? was supposed to take place by May 23, or 21 days after results were announced for the first round of voting. The delay, he said, allows the government to continue a campaign of violence that the opposition says has claimed at least 32 lives, including, on Tuesday, two founding members of the party?s youth assembly...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Prison Terms in Market Bombing
A Moscow court sentenced eight members of a nationalist group who took part in the bombing of a Moscow produce market intending to kill immigrant workers to prison terms of from two years to life...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: France: Caesar Was Ambitious, and Perhaps Worried
An excavation near Arles has found what is thought to be the only surviving bust made of Julius Caesar during his lifetime, the newspaper Le Monde reported...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Sharif Cleared to Run for Parliament
An election tribunal in Lahore accepted the nomination papers of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, paving the way for him to run in legislative elections on June 18...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: China: CNN Apologizes Over Tibet Comments
CNN apologized to China after the government strongly complained about remarks made on April 9 by the CNN commentator Jack Cafferty...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
?Stagnation? Made Brazil?s Environment Chief Resign
Marina Silva, the environmental minister who resigned this week, acknowledged that governors in Amazon states were pressing the president to rescind measures intended to check deforestation...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
Bernardin Gantin, Cardinal, 86, Is Dead
Cardinal Gantin, the son of a railway worker, worked closely with Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
In Manhattan?s Dominican Areas, a Different Political Campaign Holds the Stage
New York?s Dominican?s, eligible to participate in elections back home, are being courted for their votes...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
World Briefing | Americas: Chile: New Disaster Hits Patagonian Town
Chaitén, the town in the Patagonia region abandoned by residents after a volcano erupted, has been almost entirely flooded by a rain- and mud-swollen river...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
Files Tying Venezuela to Rebels Not Altered, Report Says
Venezuela had claimed that the files, which referred to efforts by Venezuelan intelligence agents to secure arms for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, were fabrications...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
Feuding Political Camps in Lebanon Agree to Talk to End Impasse
The deal was a victory for the Hezbollah-led opposition, which won concessions from the governing coalition on how to end the 18-month political stalemate here...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
100 Feared Dead in Nigerian Pipeline Fire
A construction vehicle struck an oil pipeline on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria?s biggest city, setting off an oil-fed inferno that spread to surrounding homes and a school...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
Italy Arrests Hundreds of Immigrants
The widely publicized raids were a strong signal from Italy?s new right-wing government, led by Silvio Berlusconi, that it will pursue tougher policies toward immigrants...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
Western Experts Monitor China?s Nuclear Sites for Signs of Earthquake Damage
China?s main centers for making and storing nuclear arms lie in the earthquake zone, leading Western experts to look for signs of any damage that might allow radioactivity to escape...
New York Times - May 16, 2008
Exams system faces health check
A new body set up to boost confidence in the exams system is to stage a public debate about standards...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Water sector competition proposed
Watchdog Ofwat is recommending that the water and sewerage sector be opened to competition...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Tory donations 'cover up' claim
Senior Tory MPs have tried to cover up "potential conflicts of interests", says Labour's Hazel Blears...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Lebanon leaders to meet in Qatar
Lebanon's rival leaders are to meet in Qatar for talks aimed at pulling the country back from the brink of civil war...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Vietnam drugs haul 'largest ever'
Police in Vietnam say they have found nearly nine tons of cannabis in a shipment of blue jeans from Pakistan...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
By-election watch
Can the Tories or Lib Dems derail Labour in Crewe?...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Luke Mitchell appeal ruling due
Convicted killer Luke Mitchell is to learn whether an appeal lodged in a bid to clear his name has been successful...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Failing the people
Natalia Antelava meets angry survivors in Burma...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Hillary's endgame
Who could tell Clinton if and when the party's over?...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Gun smuggling
How British army weapons are falling into criminal hands...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
7 days quiz
Whose music improves cabernet sauvignon?...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Dambusters remembered 65 years on
A service and fly-past are being held to mark the 65th anniversary of the famous Dambusters mission...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
How the 'world's worst poet' could be having the last laugh
The "world's worst poet" could be about to outsell JK Rowling, Ian Fleming and Roald Dahl at auction...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Wildlife populations 'plummeting'
Between a quarter and a third of the world’s wildlife has been lost since 1970, says the Living Planet Index...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
'1m more' on housing waiting list
Five million people in England could be on the waiting list for social housing within two years, councils warn...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Ruling due in MPs' expenses fight
The High Court is set to decide whether 14 MPs must disclose details of claims made for their second homes...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Website to trace Brits in crises
The Foreign Office launches a service to help track down Britons caught up in emergencies abroad...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Chinese leader visits quake area
Hu Jintao flies to Sichuan Province, where it is feared up to 50,000 people may have died in Monday's earthquake...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
Burma storm aid frustrations grow
Top aid officials ramp up pressure on Burma, as the military government insists it has cyclone aid under control...
BBC News - May 16, 2008
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