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Obama, McCain bury campaign pain, vow cooperation
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Obama, McCain bury sour campaign, vow cooperation
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Saks posts bigger-than-expected 3Q loss
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Obama, McCain pledge to work together for reform
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk marred by lost tool bag
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Astronauts end space walk marred by lost tool bag
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Indian navy sinks suspected pirate mother ship
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Global News Archive for November 2004:
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New Nuclear Weapon to Surpass Others, Putin Says
Reiterating previous statements, though providing no new details, President Vladimir V. Putin said Russia would continue to emphasize its nuclear deterrent...
New York Times - November 17, 2004
At Least 10 Iraqis Die as Bomber Hits U.S. Convoy
At least 10 Iraqis were killed and three United States soldiers were wounded north of Baghdad today in a convoy attack...
New York Times - November 17, 2004
Final Step for Kyoto Pact to Take Place at U.N.
United Nations officials said that the final step leading to the enactment of the Kyoto Protocol, the first treaty restricting heat-trapping pollution linked to global warming, is scheduled to take place Thursday, when Russian officials deliver ratification papers signed by President Vladimir V. Putin to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan. The handoff will take place at a special meeting of the United Nations Security Council in Nairobi exploring the conflict in Sudan. After President Bush rejected the climate treaty in 2001, the only way for it to gain sufficient support to take force was with Russian participation. Only four industrialized countries have not ratified it: the United States, Australia, Liechtenstein and Monaco...
New York Times - November 17, 2004
Howard warning on EU 'superpower'
Tory leader Michael Howard warns against ambition among some EU leaders over being a rival superpower to the US...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Suicide pact mother talks of pain
A woman who survived a suicide pact with her husband in Tenerife says the pair were "soulmates"...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
NI parties given deal plans
The DUP and Sinn Fein begin studying the governments' proposals aimed at breaking NI's political stalemate...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Warning on struck-off patients
A complaining patient removed from a medical practice's list has prompted concerns about new doctors' contracts...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
India PM rejects Kashmir proposal
Indian PM Manmohan Singh says he will not accept any redrawing of Kashmir's borders...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Clashes across 'Sunni triangle'
A suicide bomb targeting a US military convoy in Baiji kills 14 as violence erupts in Iraq's Sunni Muslim heartland...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Deadly disease fight 'underfunded'
African leaders call for more funds to fight the world's deadliest diseases - Aids, tuberculosis and malaria...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
F1: Honda poised for BAR move
Honda is set to go into Formula One team ownership with BAR, BBC Sport learns...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Football: England lose to Spain
Asier del Horno's early goal gives Spain victory in an ill-tempered friendly...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Lords reject ban on fox hunting
Peers reject a fox hunting ban, making it near certain law will be pushed through using the Parliament Act...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Gamers get playing Half-Life 2
The global launch of the long-awaited Half-Life 2 game has been marred by online registration problems...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Polanski takes appeal to Lords
Lawyers for director Roman Polanski say he should be allowed to fight a libel case in the UK from France...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Sainsbury's makes first ever loss
Supermarket group Sainsbury's reports what is believed to be its first ever loss, as it struggles to turn around its ailing fortunes...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Peers warned over gay rights plan
Plans to offer civil partnerships for gay couples risk being "held to ransom" by peers, warns the government...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Legal challenge to human cloning
Opponents of human therapeutic cloning begin a legal challenge to the granting of the first UK licence...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
NI parties hear plans for deal
Proposals aimed at breaking the political stalemate are being handed to the DUP and Sinn Fein...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Highland torture case two jailed
A couple who tortured a man they had befriended are each been jailed for four-and-a-half years...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
'No fault' with vaccine - Hutt
The health minister says there are no grounds for suspecting a fault with a vaccine used at a mid Wales school...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Trio to testify against Thatcher
Three South Africans admit charges over a planned coup and agree to testify against Sir Mark Thatcher...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Japan may let women take throne
Japan's ruling party considers proposing constitutional changes to let women take the throne, reports say...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Explosions rock Argentine banks
A series of blasts rocks bank branches in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, killing a security guard...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Russian army off-duty deaths rise
The Russian government says more servicemen died from suicide or in accidents than in the line of duty this year...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Saudi policeman dies in shoot-out
A Saudi security officer is killed during a shootout with suspected al Qaeda militants north of Riyadh...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Telegraph defends Galloway story
The public needed to hear claims George Galloway took money from Iraq, the Daily Telegraph tells a libel trial...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Results fiasco test chief quits
The head of England's assessment agency resigns after a damning report on this year's English tests...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Britain's unluckiest punter dies
A pensioner dubbed Britain's unluckiest punter dies hours before being presented with a goodwill gesture of £15,000...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Football: Farewell to Hughes
Hundreds of fans attend the funeral of former England and Liverpool legend Emlyn Hughes...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Arsenal player on rape charge
Premiership footballer Graham Stack is charged with raping a woman at his south-east London flat...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Iraq police 'kidnap' questioned
There is confusion over reports that at least 30 Iraqi policemen have been kidnapped on their return from Jordan...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Mourners honour Iraq aid worker
A service is held in Ireland for Margaret Hassan, while the EU warns of implications for relief workers in Iraq...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Red Cap deaths 'not preventable'
An Army inquiry finds "no evidence" the deaths of six military policemen in Iraq could have been prevented...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Businessman sues singer Jackson
A businessman is suing Michael Jackson for $3m alleging he is owed for unpaid loans and producing fees...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Camera phones threat to privacy
A watchdog group has suggested a mandatory flash on camera mobiles to avoid illicit photographs...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
UK unemployment total falls again
UK unemployment fell by 67,000 in the three months to September to 1.38 million, official figures show...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Blair stole our clothes - Howard
Tory leader Michael Howard has spoken of his frustration at Tony Blair's ability to steal his party's policies...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Test process 'was badly flawed'
England's qualifications watchdog says "a myriad of issues and errors" plagued this year's English tests...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Science counts species on brink
A list of 15,000 species threatened with extinction - many of them by human activity - is published...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Vaccine scare boy 'improving'
A 13-year-old boy is 'improving' in intensive care following a severe adverse reaction to a vaccination at school...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Jail inspectors find overcrowding
A prison inspection discovers "startling" levels of inmates crowded into Aberdeen prison...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
NI parties hear plans for deal
Proposals aimed at breaking the political stalemate are expected to be handed to the DUP and Sinn Fein...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
'Afghan robbers' holding UN staff
Three UN workers kidnapped in Kabul are probably not being held by Islamic militants, the Afghan authorities say...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Red Caps' deaths report released
The families of the men killed by a mob in Iraq travel to London to hear the findings of a report into their deaths...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Mortars pound Falluja resistance
US artillery bombards southern districts of Falluja in an attempt to remove remaining pockets of rebels...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Czechs remember Velvet Revolution
The 15th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution that toppled the Communist Party is marked by Czechs...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Australia train broke speed limit
A train that crashed in Australia on Tuesday was travelling at almost twice the speed limit, officials say...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Football: FA's racism complaint
The FA will write to Uefa and Fifa after racist abuse is aimed at England's U21 players in Spain...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Gbagbo vows not to 'hinder' peace
Ivory Coast's leader vows not to block peace moves in the divided nation as the UN imposes an arms embargo...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
India pulls back Kashmir troops
India starts to pull some troops out of Kashmir as PM Manmohan Singh begins a key visit to the disputed region...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Chirac questions US-led Iraq war
Jacques Chirac tells the BBC the world has become more dangerous since Saddam Hussein's removal from power...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Inquiry backs Gulf War syndrome
Gulf War syndrome probably does exist and veterans should receive compensation, an independent inquiry says...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
CSA chief resigns amid criticism
The Child Support Agency's chief resigns amid criticism of its delays in getting money to single parents...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Sainsbury's reports first loss
Supermarket Sainsbury's reports what is believed to be its first loss, as it struggles to turn around its ailing fortunes...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Nasa jet pushes Mach 10
The US space agency flies an unmanned experimental jet at just short of 10 times the speed of sound - a record...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
U.S. Troops Move to Rein in Rebels in North of Iraq
The U.S. military raced into the streets of Mosul to root out bands of rebels. Also, a kidnapped aid worker is feared dead...
New York Times - November 17, 2004
U.S. Suggests AIDS Fund Delay Grants
The Bush administration says lagging donations to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria put grants in doubt...
New York Times - November 17, 2004
Group Says Iran Has Secret Nuclear Arms Program
An opposition group says enriched uranium is being produced at a covert facility that has not been disclosed to U.N. inspectors...
New York Times - November 17, 2004
U.S. and 13 Other States Agree on Push to Gather Methane Gas
The U.S. is underwriting the cost of the methane agreement, which includes developing countries like India and China...
New York Times - November 17, 2004
Where Kim's Portrait Hung in Pyongyang, a Baffling Blankness
Portraits of North Korea's leader have been quietly taken down this fall in important institutions...
New York Times - November 17, 2004
Nuclear Deal With Iranians Has Angered Hard-Liners
Iran's hard-line Parliament reacted angrily to a complex deal reached with Germany, France and Britain...
New York Times - November 17, 2004
Minister facing MPs on CSA delays
The Work and Pensions Secretary is to be questioned by MPs about a computer crisis at the CSA...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Ozone 'link' to premature deaths
High levels of may be killing off people living in cities around the world, experts suspect...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Pupils taught to be enterprising
A strategy is launched to encourage teenagers in England to develop an enterprise culture...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Argentina gets China investment
China is to invest nearly $20bn (£11bn) in Argentina over the next 10 years, Argentine officials say...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Witness identifies riot accused
One of the key witnesses in an Indian riot case identifies 11 Hindus accused of killing 12 Muslims two years ago...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Red Caps' deaths report released
The families of the men killed by a mob in Iraq travel to London to hear the findings of a report into their deaths...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Tennis: Roddick beats Henman
Andy Roddick beats Tim Henman 7-5 7-6 at the Masters Cup in Houston...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Rugby: Robinson boycotts media
England captain Jason Robinson boycotts interviews because of "unwarranted media intrusion"...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Thatcher on new 'coup plot' list
Sir Mark Thatcher's name is added to a list of eight people accused of involvement in financing an alleged plot in Equatorial Guinea...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Gun battle erupts in Kashmir city
Militants attack a stadium in Srinagar hours before the Indian prime minister is due to address a rally...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Climate change 'ruining' Everest
The world's highest peak should be put on a UN danger list to force action on global warming, campaigners say...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
UK deal targets human traffickers
The UK and Nigerian governments agree a series of measures aimed at reducing human trafficking...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
CBI urges minimum wage freeze
The UK's minimum wage should be frozen at £4.85 an hour until 2006, the Confederation of British Industry says...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
Leaders condemn 'Hassan murder'
UK and Irish leaders condemn the apparent murder of aid worker Margaret Hassan by her kidnappers in Iraq...
BBC News - November 17, 2004
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