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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 June 2005:
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U.S. Says It Has Captured Al Qaeda Leader for Mosul Area
The military described Muhammad Khalaf Shakar as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's most trusted operations agent in Iraq...
New York Times - June 16, 2005
Word of European Contacts With Hamas Draws Israeli Anger
Israel said such contacts send the wrong message at a time when efforts are being made to strengthen moderates in the Palestinian Authority...
New York Times - June 16, 2005
'Shaken' baby son murder charge
An electrician is remanded in custody charged with shaking his 14-week-old son to death...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Oil price rises to two-month high
US crude oil hits a two-month high, fuelled by strong demand for petrol as the key US summer driving season arrives...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Cameron ponders Tory leadership
Conservative education spokesman David Cameron is "contemplating" standing to be party leader...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
G8 'must stop medic brain-drain'
Medics' leaders are calling on the UK to tackle the "poaching" of overseas health staff, at the G8 summit...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Oprah heads celebrity power list
Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is named the world's most powerful celebrity by Forbes magazine...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Official confirms Chechen horror
There are more than 50 mass graves in Chechnya, says an official in the pro-Moscow government...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Father jailed for abusing family
An east Belfast man found guilty of abusing his daughter and three nieces is jailed for 20 years...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
'Fantastic' Live 8 line-up grows
The Corrs, Beverly Knight and jazz star Jamie Cullum are the latest acts confirmed to play the Edinburgh event...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Wrong way M-way driver jailed
A man from West Yorkshire is jailed for 14 months after driving the wrong way along two motorways at more than 110mph...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Pension reforms 'spark job fears'
One in five firms will cut jobs if they are forced to pay into pensions for their employees, a British Chambers of Commerce survey suggests...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
US probe into Iraq war memo
US Democrats investigate a UK memo suggesting President Bush decided on the Iraq war eight months in advance...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
EU heads bid to save constitution
EU leaders agree to extend a deadline to ratify the struggling constitution, but still face a budget row...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Sunnis Reach Accord With Shiites on Makeup of Charter Panel
The agreement represented a significant development in the weeks-long political deadlock in Iraq...
New York Times - June 16, 2005
'Quick fix' row at £50m wind farm
Rural campaigners criticise wind farms as the UK's most powerful opens near Aberystwyth...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Man Utd fans say battle continues
Man Utd fans accept that Malcolm Glazer will control the club, but plan to sell their own merchandise and build on their £2m fund to fight on...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
UK ready to use veto over rebate
Britain's £3bn rebate is under pressure at a conference attended by EU leaders...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Tory backs 'basics' for schools
Likely Conservative leadership contender David Cameron calls for a "back to basics" approach to education...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Bush criticises Iran's election
US President George W Bush says the presidential election taking place in Iran on Friday is unfair...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
'Pakistan trained us,' rebel says
A leader of Kashmir's first militant group says Pakistan's intelligence services played a key role in its training...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
BNP leaders on race hate charges
The leader and founding chairman of the BNP appear before Leeds magistrates charged with race hate offences...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Judge makes safety 'sack' appeal
A judge has called on the construction industry to sack employees who do not follow safety regulations...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Inspectors to look at death case
A report into the case of a teenager killed by a high-risk sex offender is to be scrutinised by official inspectors...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
France jails shoe-bomber contact
A French court passes a five-year jail on a Pakistani man accused of having links with shoe-bomber Richard Reid...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Freed hostage 'in good spirits'
The family of freed Australian hostage Douglas Wood say he wanted football news after his ordeal in Iraq...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Bush snubbed on 'terror book' law
US legislators vote to end the right to inspect library and bookshop records, in a blow to President Bush's anti-terror laws...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
£300 price tag on ID cards 'mad'
Suggestions the proposed ID cards could cost £300 are dismissed as "mad" by Home Secretary Charles Clarke...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
No charges over Sylvester death
There is insufficient evidence to bring a prosecution over the death of a mentally ill man, the Crown Prosecution Service concludes...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Three more Live 8 gigs revealed
Bob Geldof says three more Live 8 concerts will be held in Johannesburg, Tokyo and Toronto...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Trescothick hits ton in easy win
Marcus Trescothick hits 100 not out in his 100th match as England blaze to a 10-wicket win over Bangladesh...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Palace and Sun at odds over Harry
Film taken by a reporter who infiltrated Sandhurst military academy is not of Prince Harry, Clarence House says...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Lineker libel jury is discharged
The jury in the Gary Lineker and Harry Kewell libel trial is discharged after failing to reach a verdict...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Child dies in Cambodia siege
A two-year-old Canadian boy is killed at a school in Cambodia, after gunmen take dozens of children hostage...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
'Shaken baby' cases challenged
Four people begin a challenge at the Appeal Court to convictions for killing or injuring infants by shaking them...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
EU summit opens amid budget row
Germany demands all sides give ground as a summit overshadowed by the bloc's budget woes begins...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
UK firms get fresh hacker warning
More than 1,000 important UK government departments and firms are given fresh advice about malicious net threats...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Jackson 'at peace' after verdict
Michael Jackson is "at peace" as he
recovers after being acquitted from his child abuse trial, his brother says...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
How should EU budget be reformed?
What do you think of the row over the EU budget? How should it be reformed? Send us your views...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Universities 'suffer fees limbo'
A body representing Welsh universities says delays in a decision on student funding in Wales are causing problems...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
New signs of UK retail slowdown
UK High Street sales remain in the doldrums with their weakest annual increase in six years, adding to fears of a consumer slowdown...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
GPs' warnings over private care
GPs have hit out at proposals to use the private sector to provide primary care...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Should Britain fund astronauts?
British astronomers are seeking your views on the merits of sending humans to visit the Moon or Mars...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Iran leader warns of dirty tricks
Outgoing President Mohammad Khatami says an organised campaign has tried disrupt Friday's presidential election...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Police in hunt for fan with flare
Police investigating an incident when a flare was thrown onto a pitch release a photo of a football fan they want to trace...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
McWilliams new human rights chief
Former Women's Coalition leader Monica McWilliams is appointed head of the NI Human Rights Commission...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
ID cards database controls urged
Access to the database holding information for an ID card scheme should be restricted, the Scottish Greens say...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Boys 'used for human sacrifice'
A leaked police report claims African boys are being trafficked into the UK for human sacrifice...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Burma prison system condemned
Burma is holding hundreds of political prisoners in harsh jail conditions, Amnesty International says...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Scream theft museum set to reopen
The Munch Museum is set to reopen, 10 months after Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream was stolen...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
'Mummy issues' key says Tory May
Potential Tory leadership hopeful Theresa May says the big political debates have shifted to "mummy issues"...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Huge UK onshore windfarm opens
The most powerful onshore wind farm in the UK officially opens in mid Wales on Thursday...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Tennis: Henman to face Nieminen
Tim Henman will face Jarkko Nieminen in the first round at Wimbledon, while Roger Federer takes on Paul-Henri Mathieu...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
G8 'to back' child abuse database
A database of paedophiles around the world is set to move a step closer at a G8 summit of interior ministers...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Child dies as Cambodia siege ends
A child is killed at an international school in Cambodia, after gunmen take dozens of children hostage...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Iraqi Forces Stage a Raid and Rescue 2 Hostages
Iraqi troops rescued a 64-year-old Australian hostage from nearly seven weeks of insurgent captivity, and freed an Iraqi...
New York Times - June 16, 2005
Europe's Next Problem Is All About Money
At a summit meeting, the 25 European Union leaders are supposed to approve the bloc's next six-year budget...
New York Times - June 16, 2005
White House Tries to Halt G.O.P. Effort to Withhold U.N. Dues
In a separate development, the administration signaled a shift in its opposition to a broad expansion of the U.N. Security Council...
New York Times - June 16, 2005
Pakistan Lifts Travel Restrictions on Rape Victim
Mukhtar Mai's gang-rape and its aftermath set off worldwide outrage at the treatment of women in Pakistan...
New York Times - June 16, 2005
'Exit Strategy' Is More Than a Whisper in Washington, With Lawmakers Speaking Out
With opinion polls showing a drop in support for the war, the words "exit strategy" are being uttered by both Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill...
New York Times - June 16, 2005
Iran Said to Admit Tests on Path to Atom Arms
Iran has admitted that it conducted small-scale experiments to create plutonium, one of the pathways to building nuclear weapons...
New York Times - June 16, 2005
Friends 'help people live longer'
Good friends promise to be there for you, and their presence can help you live longer, researchers say...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
'Plane bomber' extradition sought
Venezuela makes a formal request for the extradition from the US of a Cuban exile wanted over a plane bombing...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Serb beheading picture published
A Serb nationalist newspaper publishes a wartime picture of a Bosnian Muslim soldier beheading a Serb prisoner...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Riot police contain G8 protests
Police in riot gear are involved in disturbances with protestors near a G8 summit meeting in Sheffield...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Executive denies meeting Annan
An executive who suggested he had won Kofi Annan's backing for a contract says he did not meet the UN chief...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Mississippi defendant was in KKK
The lawyer of a man accused of the murders of three US civil rights activists admits his client was a Ku Klux Klansman...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Cricket: Ponting fury after defeat
Australia captain Ricky Ponting is "angry" and "embarrassed" by his side's one-day loss to Somerset...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Sun stunt sparks Sandhurst review
A security review at Sandhurst military college is launched after a journalist enters with a fake bomb...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Appeals over 'shaken baby' cases
Four people are to challenge their convictions for killing or injuring infants by shaking them at the Court of Appeal...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Tories 'need poll battle A-team'
The Tories should choose an A-list of candidates - half of them women - to fight top target seats, says Theresa May...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
Yellow buses 'would save pupils'
US-style yellow school buses in England would improve pupil safety and cut congestion, a report says...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
EU leaders head to crisis summit
European leaders gather for a summit in Brussels amid a major disagreement over the bloc's budget...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
G8 'to back' child abuser database
A database of paedophiles around the world is likely to be given the go-ahead by G8 justice ministers...
BBC News - June 16, 2005
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