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Big Issue Energy crisis hitting home
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Scientists Virginia sharks pup a virgin birth
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Bodies, perhaps of migrants, wash ashore in Yemen
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Oil, soy, copper all go bust in Latin America
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Swedish couple hacked to death in Tobago 1 arrest
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Carter, peacemakers see Cyprus peace deal near
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Global News Archive for January 2008:
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Islander murdered in New Zealand
A young woman from Orkney dies following an attack while on a working holiday in New Zealand...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Czech anger at caged beds report
A Czech minister says a BBC report on caged beds in children's care homes is "journalistic distortion"...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Under-fire US chief hails allies
US defence chief Robert Gates praises Nato allies in Afghanistan, a day after being quoted as questioning them...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Rwanda 'still teaching genocide'
Rwanda's education minister is under strong pressure, after MPs say "genocide ideology" is present in some schools...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Bail for killer teenager defended
The decision to release a teenager on bail just hours before he kicked a man to death is defended...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Leukaemia cell culprit discovered
A study of four-year-old twin girls has identified a rogue cell which is the root cause of childhood leukaemia...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Missing paedophile is arrested
A wanted paedophile who was mistakenly released by a police force is arrested in Sussex...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
PM arrives for first China visit
Gordon Brown arrives for his first visit to China since becoming UK prime minister seven months ago...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Weakest Link replaces Neighbours
Quiz show The Weakest Link will replace Neighbours on BBC One when the soap opera moves to Five next month...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Poisoned websites attack visitors
Many small web shops have become unwitting hosts for malicious code that attacks Windows PCs that visit...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
US team makes embryo clone of men
US scientists say they have produced embryos that are clones of two men, in a step towards producing patient-specific stem cells...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Respect agenda 'ditched' - Tories
The government has "given up" on a policy intended to cut youth crime, Tory leader David Cameron claims...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Fed boss backs economy kickstart
Federal Reserve boss Ben Bernanke backs emergency measures to help the US economy avoid recession...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Cancer retesting shock for mother
A woman twice told she was in the clear after cancer tests is among hundreds of cases under review...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Boat raised after Clyde tragedy
The Flying Phantom, which sank with the loss of three crewmen, is being lifted from the River Clyde...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
£5m homes seized from ex-RUC man
An ex-policeman who had property worth £5m confiscated is allowed to keep his Porsche...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Yachstman thanks pub 'rescuers'
A yachtsman who had a bad fall while crossing the Atlantic thanks people in his pub who helped rescue him...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Bomber hits Pakistan Shia mosque
A suicide attack at a Shia mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar kills 10 people, say officials...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Shia worshippers killed in Iraq
A bomber attacks an Iraqi mosque as Shias mark the festival of Ashura, killing at least eight people, police say...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Disease risk to mozzarella output
An infection sweeping through herds of Italian water buffalo is threatening mozzarella production...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Kenya 'turned into killing field'
Opposition leader Raila Odinga says police have turned Kenya into "killing fields of the innocent"...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Whaling pair 'leave Japan ship'
Two anti-whaling activists who boarded a Japanese ship are handed to an Australian vessel, Tokyo officials say...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Birmingham agree McFadden fee
Birmingham City agree a fee with Everton over Scotland striker James McFadden...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Killings accused was 'suicidal'
A man who denies murdering two women and attempting to murder two others tells a jury he was depressed and suicidal...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
'Seven dead' in Kenyan protests
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga says police have shot dead seven people in protests in Nairobi...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Accused had sex with four victims
A man admits having sex with four of five women he is accused of murdering in Suffolk, a court hears...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Russia actions 'stain reputation'
UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband says Russia's actions against the British Council are a "stain" on her reputation...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Airliner crash-lands at Heathrow
A BA passenger jet from China crash-lands short of a Heathrow runway after reportedly losing power...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Stones sign one-album record deal
The Rolling Stones sign a one-album deal with Universal as they consider options at the end of their EMI contract...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Brown's web bid to boost English
Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces a new internet-based drive to expand the teaching of English...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Merrill Lynch posts $7.8bn loss
Merrill Lynch reports a net loss for 2007 after it is caught up in problems from a slump in the US housing market...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Deaths after missed cancer cases
Two patients given inaccurate test results have died after a hospital failed to diagnose cancer in three other people...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Officer faces child porn charges
A police officer with a family protection unit is refused bail after he is charged with child pornography offences...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Airport boss is removed from post
An investigation leads to the manager of City of Derry Airport being removed from his position...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Militants 'abandon' Pakistan fort
Pakistan's army says pro-Taleban militants have abandoned a fort they overran in the north-west...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Russia row offices work suspended
The British Council suspends work at two of its Russian offices, amid tensions between London and Moscow...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Yangtze hit by drought in China
Severe drought has left water levels in the Yangtze river at a 142-year low, Chinese media reports...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Deportations from Libya 'illegal'
Libya will be violating local and international and law if it deports 1m illegal immigrants, a rights group says...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Prince thrilled to be flying solo
Prince William describes the excitement of his first solo flight just eight days into his RAF secondment...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Keegan urges patience
Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan says he will need time to turn the club's fortunes around but is eager to fulfil the fans' dreams...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Fans fight for Scrabulous future
Facebook members are mounting a fight to save the Scrabulous game on Facebook...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Green light for hybrid research
Regulators have given scientists the green light to create human-animal embryos for research...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Australia to act on whaling row
Australia says it will send a ship to collect two activists from a whaling vessel, in a bid to end a two-day stand-off...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Clashes as Kenya marches go on
Kenya's police fire into the air to disperse opposition supporters on the second day of poll protests...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Police 'begged to protect Diana'
Princess Diana would still be alive if she had had police protection at her time of death, her inquest hears...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Alleged killer's DNA 'on victims'
The DNA of a man accused of murdering five women was found on the bodies of three of the victims, a court hears...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Call for probe into bailed killer
An MP calls for an inquiry into why a teenager who kicked a father-of-three to death was freed on bail days earlier...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Short babies 'face suicide risk'
Boys who are short at birth have double the risk of suicide as adults, according to a study...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Independent sector 'lacks vision'
Every independent school should be setting up an academy or joining a trust, says leading head teacher...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Hain backed by constituency party
Welsh Secretary Peter Hain is given unanimous backing from his Neath constituency party amid the donations row...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Fresh Gaza air strike kills three
Israeli forces carry out further raids on the Gaza Strip, killing three Palestinian civilians in an air strike...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Colombian clergy 'contact' Farc
Colombia's Roman Catholic clergy say they are in contact with Farc rebels in a bid to free more hostages...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Russia warns Kosovo faces limbo
Moscow says Kosovo will never be accepted as a state by the UN if it declares independence...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Australia 'could end whaling row'
Australia could act to end an Antarctic stand-off by collecting activists currently on board a Japanese whaler...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Kenyan protest enters second day
Supporters of Kenya's opposition say they will defy a ban on public rallies and hold a second day of protests...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Geography 'needs more focus'
England's school inspectors warn that geography is in decline and needs to be made more relevant...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Agencies see good year for Iraq
The IMF and UN paint a bright picture of economic growth and political stabilisation in Iraq for the near future...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
PFI work-charges gap exposed
A watchdog finds major differences in the amounts PFI schools and hospitals are charged for minor work...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Fall in Christmas drink-driving
The number of motorists caught drink driving in last December's campaign fell by nearly a fifth, figures show...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Russia row offices 'to stay shut'
Two disputed offices of the British Council are likely to remain closed amid ongoing UK-Russia tensions...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Call to curb rising NHS drug bill
More must be done to curb soaring NHS spending on prescription drugs, currently £8.2bn a year, MPs say...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Porton Down vets offered £3m
The MoD is ready to pay £3m compensation to veterans of Porton Down nerve gas tests, the BBC learns...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Smith targets internet extremism
The home secretary is to set out plans to crack down on those who "groom" people on the internet for extremism...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
Schools 'breaking admission laws'
Evidence suggests some schools in England are breaking the law on pupil admissions, ministers say...
BBC News - January 17, 2008
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