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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 December 2005:
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Tamil Rebels in Sri Lanka Rule Out Talks in Asia
The Tamil Tiger rebels insisted that any meeting should be run by Norway, which brokered previous peace talks...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
More Saudi Students in U.S.
Saudi Arabia is promoting a scholarship program that has already more than doubled the number of new Saudi enrollments at American colleges since last year...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Elite French Schools Block The Poor's Path to Power
France's rigid educational system has reinforced the segregation of disadvantaged second-generation immigrant youths...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Reese photographer faces arrest
An arrest warrant is issued for a man who allegedly hurt a child while photographing actress Reese Witherspoon...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Shayne, Gough win talent shows
Shayne Ward wins The X Factor while cricketer Darren Gough wins rival BBC show Strictly Come Dancing...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Football: Man City crush B'ham
A whirlwind start sets up Man City for a convincing win that piles the pressure on Birmingham boss Steve Bruce...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Powell raps Europe on CIA flights
The ex-US secretary of state criticises European countries which deny knowledge of rendition of terror suspects...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Remote and Poked, Anthropology's Dream Tribe
Members of Kenya's Ariaal tribe, of interest to scientists for decades because of their isolation, are now being analyzed for straddling modern life...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
More Saudi Students in U.S.
Saudi Arabia has been promoting a scholarship program that has more than doubled the number of Saudi enrollments at American colleges since last year...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Rival TV talent shows facing off
Rival TV talent shows Strictly Come Dancing and The X Factor are hours away from their climax...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Backing for Monckton case inquiry
The probation officers' union backs calls for an inquiry into the murder of a banker by a recently-released prisoner...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Priest charged over girl's rape
A County Fermanagh priest appears in court charged with indecent assault and facilitating a child's rape...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
EU leaders hail new budget deal
European leaders say they are satisfied with the deal reached on the EU budget, after two days of tense talks...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Sunni leader praises Iraq ballot
A leading Sunni politician vows to work towards a government that will protect the rights of all Iraqis...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Retailers brace for shopping rush
Millions of shoppers blitz shops and malls across the UK on one of the busiest shopping days of the year...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Football: Owen hits hat-trick
Michael Owen nets three and Alan Shearer moves within one goal of Jackie Milburn's all-time scoring record as the Magpies win...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Tense stand-off at trade summit
Nine hundred anti-WTO protesters are "rounded up" in Hong Kong after the worst unrest there for 16 years...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
£3m Henry Moore sculpture stolen
A huge Henry Moore sculpture of a reclining figure worth £3m is stolen from a museum in Hertfordshire...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Family of five dies in house fire
Two adults and three children from the same family die in a fire overnight in west London...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Bush admits he authorised spying
President George W Bush confirms he authorised spying within the US in the wake of the 9/11 attacks...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Blast depot 'must not be rebuilt'
Deputy prime minister John Prescott faces pleas for financial help from people hit by the Buncefield explosions...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Critics condemn EU deal 'failure'
Opponents attack the deal reached by Tony Blair on the EU budget plans as a "spectacular failure"...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Tamil Tigers 'violated ceasefire'
Monitors accuse the Tamil Tigers of a "gross violation" of Sri Lanka's ceasefire as the rebels reject the government's latest talks offer...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Priest charged with child abuse
A 63-year-old County Fermanagh priest is charged with sex offences against children...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Shell cuts North Sea exploration
An oil giant blames proposed tax increases for its decision to scale back North Sea exploration...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Football: Premiership picks
Mark Lawrenson gives his verdict on the weekend's Premiership games...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Treason charges filed in Ethiopia
Ethiopia's jailed opposition leaders are charged with treason, as a UK minister visits to encourage dialogue...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Three killed in motorway pile-up
The M4 motorway in Berkshire is closed after three people die in a crash involving nine vehicles...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Sydney police patrol beach areas
More than 1,500 Australian police patrol beaches around Sydney to try to avert more racial violence...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Cricket: Aussies hit back
South Africa are dismissed for 296 before Australia end day two of the first Test in Perth on 38-1...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Prescott returns to blast depot
John Prescott is visiting the devastated Buncefield oil depot again, as the local MP calls for aid for needy families...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
WTO deadlocked over agriculture
World trade talks fail to reach a deal on a firm date for ending farm subsidies, as protesters clash with police...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Deal moves EU forward, says Blair
Prime Minister Tony Blair defends the deal on the EU budget, which sees the UK's rebate reduced by £7bn...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Chinese Pressing to Keep Village Silent on Clash
Residents of Dongzhou say that security forces have tried to prevent accounts of a violent crackdown from emerging...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
South Korean Scientist Says He'll Prove Cloning Method
A South Korean scientist lashed out at his critics, saying he would prove the validity of his stem cell cloning technique within two weeks...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Hamas Surges in West Bank; Blow to Fatah
The Islamic militant group Hamas won local elections in some of the West Bank's largest cities, according to preliminary results...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Bush, on TV, Says Iraq Vote Won't End Violence
President Bush acknowledged that the elections in Iraq were "not going to stop violence" there, and that "we're behind" on the training of capable Iraqi police forces...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Turks Defer Trial of Novelist Who Cited Armenian Deaths
A Turkish court has given the government until Feb. 7 to decide whether to go ahead with criminal proceedings against Orhan Pamuk...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
2 Top Americans in Baghdad Urge Unity After Vote
Gen. George W. Casey Jr. and Zalmay Khalilzad called for Iraq's main political groups to come together quickly to form a broad-based government once election results are known...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Lessons learnt from languages
The BBC's Mike Baker looks at the government's change of heart over language-learning...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Year 'one of warmest on record'
The year 2005 is likely to be one of Scotland's five warmest years on record since 1914, according to WWF Scotland...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Police anger at merger 'shambles'
Plans to merge many of the forces across England and Wales are "verging on a shambles", a senior police officer says...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Pressure mounts on Fazio to quit
Bank of Italy governor Antonio Fazio faces increasing pressure to quit over a banking takeover scandal...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Radiation 'key to cancer therapy'
The breast cancer survival rate rises if a patient has radiotherapy after having a lump removed, a study says...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Colombia ELN rebels begin talks
Colombian rebel and government officials begin talks in Cuba hosted by Gabriel Garcia Marquez...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
PFI hospital 'faces £100m debt'
A flagship London hospital has debts of £20m which could grow to £100m in four years, an Audit Commission report finds...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
US migrant bill heads for Senate
Mexico criticises the US over a tough bill on immigration passed by the US House of Representatives...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Final whistle for sports weekly
One of the UK's oldest sports papers is published for the final time...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
UN stages rare Burma discussion
The UN Security Council holds a rare debate on the situation in Burma, in a move prompted by the US...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Unionist fury at Stormont spy row
Unionist politicians in Northern Ireland urge a public inquiry after a Sinn Fein official admits spying for Britain...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Prescott to return to fuel depot
John Prescott is to visit the devastated Buncefield oil depot again, as the local MP calls for aid for needy families...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Final push for world trade talks
Delegates to world trade talks in Hong Kong are battling to reach some kind of deal, amid EU pessimism...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Grief over hit-and-run death girl
The family of a five-year-old girl killed in a hit-and-run incident tell of their devastation at her death...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
EU leaders agree new budget plan
The UK agrees a bigger cut in its rebate to close the deal on the EU's next budget at the Brussels summit...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
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