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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 January 2007:
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Python musical leads theatre list
Monty Python musical Spamalot collects seven nominations for the Laurence Olivier theatre awards...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Military base brings 5,000 jobs
The government confirms a pan-forces training academy will be based at RAF St Athan bringing 5,000 jobs...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Apple profits surge on iPod sales
Apple reports a 78% jump in quarterly profits thanks to strong Christmas sales of its iPod digital music player...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Company to bring city jobs boost
A leading European medical sciences company is set to announce the creation of 75 new jobs in Dundee...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Football: Blues stun Magpies
Newcastle crash out of the FA Cup with a humiliating home defeat by Birmingham in their third round replay...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Digital music sees sales double
A strong rise in digital sales has not solved the music industry's problems, according to a report...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Hain says Bush 'most right-wing'
Cabinet minister Peter Hain has described the US government as the "most right wing" in living memory...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Channel 4 denies BB 'racism'
Channel 4 denies claims that actress Shilpa Shetty has suffered racist bullying in the Celebrity Big Brother house...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Crystal meth made class A drug
The highly-addictive club drug crystal meth is reclassified from class B to class A to avert widespread UK use...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Second arrest over office murder
A 38-year-old man is arrested in connection with the murder of a woman found dead in her office block...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Senators oppose Iraq troop boost
Three top US senators agree on a resolution to oppose President Bush's plan to increase Iraq troop numbers...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
3 Bombs Kill at Least 70 at University in Baghdad
As one of the most deadly attacks on Shiites since the summer, it suggested that Sunni insurgents remain unfazed, even brash...
New York Times - January 17, 2007
Senator Clinton Calls Bush Plan ?a Losing Strategy?
Fresh from a weekend trip to Iraq, the senator proposed new limits and conditions on the overall war effort...
New York Times - January 17, 2007
Open source gets European boost
A European Commission report says that organisations who switch to open source software could make considerable savings...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Climate resets 'Doomsday Clock'
Climate change is as great a threat to humankind as nuclear annihilation, global security experts conclude...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Street-Porter denies race claims
Broadcaster Janet Street-Porter denies racially abusing a neighbour after being arrested over the claims...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Switch off Big Brother - Cameron
Viewers unhappy at alleged racism on Big Brother should switch off, Tory leader David Cameron says...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Widow and her lover deny murder
A County Armagh woman and her lover go on trial, charged with murdering her husband in June 2004...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Final farewell to TV's Magnusson
The funeral service takes place of broadcaster and writer Magnus Magnusson, who died last week...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
500 jobs created at Ford and Cosi
A makeup factory firms 300 jobs in Maesteg and 200 new posts are announced by Ford in nearby Bridgend...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
India accuses Pakistan at border
India is to protest to Pakistan after two of its border guards are injured in a shooting incident in Kashmir...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Rosie May report slams officers
Police and prosecutors in the case of a murdered schoolgirl are criticised in an independent report...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
US still gripped by extreme cold
Severe weather continues across a huge swathe of the US, leaving at least 50 dead and thousands without power...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Israeli PM faces calls to resign
Israeli opposition figures call on the PM to quit after the country's military chief resigns over the Lebanon conflict...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Baby girl for athlete Radcliffe
Paula Radcliffe gives birth to a baby girl in Monaco...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Congo general 'agrees to peace'
The Democratic Republic of Congo's military announces a peace deal with dissident army general Laurent Nkunda...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Ex-railway worker guilty of arson
A man who caused disruption to the rail system is convicted of risking lives during an arson attack...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Flintoff back as England skipper
Andrew Flintoff takes over from the injured Michael Vaughan as England captain...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
5,000 jobs for Wales academy
A new defence training academy will be based in South Wales, creating 5,000 jobs, the government says...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Britain 'braced for heavy storms'
Britain is bracing itself as heavy rain, gales and snow storms are expected to hit large areas of the country...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Politicians enter Big Brother row
Gordon Brown gets involved in the row over alleged racism on Celebrity Big Brother during a visit to India...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Police monitored 'bomb plotters'
The trial of six men accused of suicide bombing attempts in London has been hearing from the first witnesses...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Top Iraqi condemns US over Iran
One of Iraq's most powerful Shia politicians accuses the US of undermining Iraqi sovereignty...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
'Super-asbos' to target gangsters
The UK's "Mr Bigs" of crime could be given asbo-style orders under the proposed Serious Crime Bill...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Mullah Omar 'hiding in Pakistan'
Taleban leader Mullah Omar lives in Pakistan protected by its spy agency, a captured Taleban spokesman says...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
News Analysis: Hangings Fuel Sectarian Split Across Mideast
A pan-Muslim unity from the war between Israel and Hezbollah is waning and Sunni-Shiite tension is rising after the executions of Saddam Hussein and two lieutenants in Iraq...
New York Times - January 17, 2007
Big Brother boosted amid race row
Celebrity Big Brother gains a million viewers in 24 hours as a row over alleged racist bullying continues...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Campaign to stop Ashley case
A UK disability charity is trying to gather support to prevent a case like that of Ashley X happening to a British child...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Businesses 'need training bribes'
Former CBI boss, Sir Digby Jones says urgent action must be taken to improve UK workers' skill levels...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Dwarf planet 'becoming a comet'
An unusual dwarf planet discovered in the outer Solar System could be en route to becoming the brightest comet ever known...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
D-day for military training base
The government is expected to announce a defence training academy will be based at St Athan with 5,000 jobs...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Further fall in UK unemployment
UK unemployment fell by 29,000 between September and November to 1.67 million, official figures show...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Brown begins landmark India visit
UK chancellor Gordon Brown begins his first official visit to India in the southern technology hub of Bangalore...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Six rescued from blaze in flats
Six people are rescued after being trapped in a flat fire in Belfast, which is being treated as suspicious...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Court begins Misbah case hearing
A court in Pakistan begins considering the future of 12-year-old runaway schoolgirl Misbah Ranah...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Nepal Maoists lock their weapons
Nepal's Maoists begin locking up their weapons in a key part of the country's peace process...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Philippines militant 'shot dead'
Abu Sulaiman, a key member of Philippine militant group Abu Sayyaf, has been killed in a gun battle, the army says...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Castro 'opted for risky surgery'
Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro's health worsened after he chose risky surgery, a Spanish media report says...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Vaughan out of Brisbane one-dayer
Injured Michael Vaughan will miss Friday's match against Australia, so Ravi Bopara will make his debut...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Parliament sacks Somali speaker
Somalia's transitional parliament votes to sack its speaker, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Sick Winner treated in hospital
Veteran film director Michael Winner is being treated in hospital after falling ill while on holiday in Barbados...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
US doctors plan womb transplant
A team of doctors in New York say they are planning to perform the first uterus transplant in the US...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Boy mauled by three rottweilers
A nine-year-old is being treated in hospital after three dogs chased him into his home...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
A&E success 'not sustainable'
A&E departments are struggling to sustain improvements to waiting times, doctors warn...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Constitution 'key for EU success'
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warns Europe it faces an "historic failure" if it fails to revive the EU constitution...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Street-Porter facing race claims
Broadcaster Janet Street-Porter is arrested and bailed over claims she racially abused a neighbour...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Troops' rescue bid for marine
A Royal Marine killed in action in Afghanistan was the subject of a dramatic rescue bid, the MoD says...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Airbus sales eclipsed by Boeing
Troubled planemaker Airbus says it secured fewer orders for new planes last year than its rival Boeing...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Israeli General Who Led War Against Hezbollah Resigns
The Israeli public has widely blamed the general for mismanaging the 34 days of fighting with Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon...
New York Times - January 17, 2007
Gulf Allies Support Goals of New U.S. Strategy in Iraq
However, Saudi Arabia indicated deep concerns about whether Iraq?s Shiite-led government could halt sectarian violence and protect Sunni Arabs...
New York Times - January 17, 2007
French Visit to Tehran, Seen as Diplomatic Faux Pas, Is Aborted
French officials concluded that the trip would send the wrong signal just weeks after the approval of U.N. sanctions intended to curb Iran?s nuclear program...
New York Times - January 17, 2007
Iraqi Death Toll Exceeded 34,000 in '06, U.N. Says
The figure represents a vivid measure of the failure of the Iraqi government and U.S. military to provide security...
New York Times - January 17, 2007
News Analysis: Botched Hangings in Iraq Speed Sectarianism
There are worries that Sunni-Shiite tensions in Iraq could start to balkanize the Middle East...
New York Times - January 17, 2007
Bush Widens Iraq Criticism Over Handling of Executions
His remarks pointed up the continued tensions between the president and Iraq?s prime minister as they try to forge a joint plan to calm the violence plaguing Iraq...
New York Times - January 17, 2007
Learning disability care slammed
A health trust has been criticised for "institutional abuse" of people with learning disabilities, prompting a national investigation...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Court expecting Misbah settlement
The mother and father of schoolgirl Misbah Rana are due to outline proposals for access to a court in Pakistan...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
German leader to outline EU plans
Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to outline her plans for Germany's presidency of the EU...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Nepal Maoists to lock up weapons
Nepal's Maoists are set to start locking up their weapons in a key part of the country's peace process...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Australian fires threaten homes
Bush fires destroy eight homes in the Australian state of Victoria, a day after they cut a key power line...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Vaughan out with torn hamstring
England captain Michael Vaughan will miss Friday's one-dayer against Australia with a hamstring injury...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Tennis: Federer powers through
Roger Federer continues his serene progress at the Australian Open with victory over Jonas Bjorkman...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Bush defiant after Baghdad blasts
George Bush defends his decision to send more US troops to Iraq, after 70 people die in twin blasts in Baghdad...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Colgate warned over '80%' boast
The makers of Colgate toothpaste
are warned against claiming it is recommended by "more than 80% of dentists...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
4m changed energy supplier in 2006
More than four million people switched their gas or electricity supplier last year, says regulator Ofgem...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
Call to improve UK working skills
Former CBI boss, Sir Digby Jones says urgent action must be taken to improve UK workers' skill levels...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
New bill targets organised crime
New powers cracking down on gangsters and fraudsters are to be included in a Serious Crime Bill...
BBC News - January 17, 2007
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