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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 March 2006:
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Russia Freezes Assets of Jailed Oil Tycoon's Rights Group
The move strongly suggests the foundation, Open Russia, is about to be shut down by the Russian government...
New York Times - March 17, 2006
Liberia's Leader Asks Nigeria to Extradite Warlord
The president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, wants Charles Taylor to face war crimes charges in Sierra Leone...
New York Times - March 17, 2006
Blair Under Attack in Britain as Party Admits Big Loans
The Labor Party acknowledged it received more than three times the amount it had previously acknowledged in campaign loans...
New York Times - March 17, 2006
China Withdraws at Least Part of Case Against Times Researcher
The surprise legal maneuver left unclear whether a Chinese researcher for The New York Times would soon be released...
New York Times - March 17, 2006
Sunnis Denounce Plan by U.S. and Iran to Hold Talks on Iraq
Sunni leaders today said the talks would amount to "unjustified interference" by foreign nations in Iraq's domestic affairs...
New York Times - March 17, 2006
Iraqi troop control 'to spread'
Iraqi security forces will soon control as much as 75% of the country, a senior US general says...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Police petrol bombed at fire site
Police and fire crews come under attack at the scene of a large blaze in County Armagh...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
E Timor sacks hundreds of troops
East Timor dismisses more than a third of its army after a month-long strike over poor conditions...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
New Moussaoui testimony allowed
The US judge in the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui rules that new witnesses may testify, after barring "tainted" ones...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Belarus head warns against 'coup'
Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko warns against "coup" attempts, ahead of Sunday's elections...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Thousands due at anti-war rally
Anti-war protesters are due to march in London to mark three years since the start of the Iraq conflict...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Reid denies troops hate Iraq war
Defence Secretary John Reid denies UK troops do not want to serve in Iraq because they disagree with the war...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
US warns over Iran talks tactic
Washington says an offer by Iran to discuss Iraq could be a "device" to divert attention from its nuclear plans...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Jobcentre service level 'failed'
The UK's Jobcentre Plus system suffered a "catastrophic failure" last summer, a report says...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Autopsy Defuses Speculation on Cause of Milosevic's Death
The autopsy did not detect traces of unprescribed medicine, but it deepened the mystery of what led to his heart attack...
New York Times - March 17, 2006
U.S.-Led Forces Continue Sweep for Insurgent Bases in Iraq
A large-scale assault that included helicopters and ground forces outside Samarra entered its second day...
New York Times - March 17, 2006
Iraqi Sunnis Denounce Plan for Talks Between U.S. and Iran
A wave of criticism followed the agreement between Iran and the U.S. to hold direct talks on Iraq...
New York Times - March 17, 2006
Da Vinci copy claim 'in tatters'
A lawyer for author Dan Brown tells the High Court that claims he stole ideas have been left "in tatters"...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Hackers get Mac running Windows
Hackers have managed to get Windows XP running on an Apple Mac computer...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
250 jobs to go at car audio plant
Panasonic Electronic Devices plans to close its car speakers plant in Port Talbot with the loss of 250 jobs...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
FTSE 100 makes it back to 6,000
London's leading share index, the FTSE 100, moves above 6,000 for the first time in five years - before closing just shy of that level...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
'Rendition flights' landed in UK
Six US planes linked by campaigners to "extraordinary rendition" used UK airports, the government confirms...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Schools to get parent advisers
Schools in England are to get parent support advisers to help tackle poor pupil behaviour and attendance...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Woman dies in Alps avalanche
A 35-year-old women dies after she is thrown 150 metres down a French mountain in an avalanche...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Crash inquiry after police chase
The Police Ombudsman investigates a fatal crash following a police chase in County Londonderry...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Ecuador protesters end blockades
Indigenous groups in Ecuador end protests against a planned free trade deal, but pledge more rallies...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Belarus blocks more poll monitors
The authorities in Belarus expel more foreign observers ahead of Sunday's presidential election...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Fatah stays out of Hamas cabinet
The Fatah movement of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas refuses to join a Hamas-led government...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
UK heads world digital TV take-up
The UK has the world's highest level of digital TV viewers at nearly 70%, says a report by Ofcom...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
C'wealth Games: Day two review
Swimmers Matthew Clay and Ross Davenport win gold and England get the rugby sevens silver in Melbourne...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Racing: Attrition claims Gold Cup
War of Attrition wins the Cheltenham Gold Cup in spectacular fashion...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Liberia seeks end to Taylor exile
Liberia formally asks Nigeria to extradite exiled former Liberian leader Charles Taylor to face war crimes charges...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Chirac urges dialogue after riots
The French president calls for talks on a controversial labour law, after student protests end in unrest...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
No traces of Milosevic poisoning
There is no evidence that Slobodan Milosevic was poisoned, an independent Dutch inquiry finds...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Pair jailed for Tebay rail deaths
Two men are jailed for the manslaughter of four railway workers who were hit by a runaway wagon...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Drug trial four 'are conscious'
Doctors treating six men left seriously ill by a drug trial say all are making some progress...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Menezes claim sparks libel talks
A senior police officer holds talks with libel lawyers over a Scotland Yard statement on the shooting of a man on the Tube...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Five convicted of Mary-Ann's murder
Five men are found guilty of murdering a Reading teenager who was kidnapped, raped, and tortured...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
China Withdraws Case Against Times Researcher
The surprise decision comes a month before President Hu Jintao is scheduled to visit the United States...
New York Times - March 17, 2006
Disabled users to test websites
Firms keen to find out how easily disabled people can navigate their website can now call on a testing service...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Low carb diet health risk fears
Following a low carb diet could cause serious health conditions, doctors have warned...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Ice layers record comet creation
The Deep Impact mission is casting new light on how comets formed and how they shed their ice in space...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Jackson shuts down Neverland home
Michael Jackson closes the house at Neverland to slim down his workforce and cut costs...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Fife men walk free after appeal
Two Dunfermline men who have spent 10 years in prison are released after their appeals are upheld...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Hitman case 'wasted money' claim
A man complains about the decision to prosecute his girlfriend cleared of soliciting her wealthy husband's murder...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Body Shop agrees L'Oreal takeover
Retailer Body Shop agrees to be taken over by French cosmetics giant L'Oreal in a £652m deal...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
India and Russia in energy talks
Indian PM Manmohan Singh says he is confident of greater nuclear power cooperation with Russia...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Police trailed car in fatal crash
Two men killed in a road collision in County Londonderry were being followed by police...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
DR Congo rebel faces Hague trial
A DR Congo militia leader is to be sent to the world court over the killing of UN troops, a human rights group says...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Day two of US-led Iraq offensive
A major operation targeting suspected Iraqi insurgents is continuing into a second day, the US military says...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Drug trial staff 'acted properly'
A medical research firm says staff on the drug trial that left six men seriously ill followed correct procedures...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Serial killer gets six life terms
A man who stabbed four people to death in three days to gain infamy as a serial killer is told "life means life"...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
NHS cash crisis 'won't hit patients'
Patricia Hewitt rejects claims patients will suffer as a result of the NHS cash crisis after 1,000 hospital jobs are cut...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
FTSE breaks 6,000 barrier
The FTSE 100, London's leading share index, rises above 6,000 for the first time in five years...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
US Iraq campaign 'to last days'
The US says a huge operation to tackle Iraqi insurgents in the town of Samarra could last several days...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Worker guilty over Tebay crash
A second man is found guilty of the deaths of four rail workers who were hit by a runaway wagon...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Labour was secretly loaned £14m
Labour was secretly loaned nearly £14m ahead of last year's general election, the party confirms...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Prince faces diary trial setback
Prince Charles wins a legal battle stopping publication of diary extracts, but faces a trial on further journals...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
'No sign' of Milosevic poisoning
There is no evidence that Slobodan Milosevic was poisoned, the international war crimes tribunal says...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
U.S. Forces in Big Assault Near Samarra
The military said that more than 50 aircraft were involved in attacks on suspected insurgents northeast of Samarra...
New York Times - March 17, 2006
Diplomatic Memo: Democracy Push by Bush Attracts Doubters in Party
Some Republicans say that the emphasis on promoting democracy has come at the expense of protecting other U.S. interests...
New York Times - March 17, 2006
Not '68, but French Youths Hear Similar Cry to Rise Up
Once again, there is high anxiety in France. Not revolution. Not 1968 revisited. But a great deal of political drama...
New York Times - March 17, 2006
Sane Chinese Put in Asylum, Doctors Find
Psychiatrists have determined that a dissident who spent 13 years in a police-run institution did not have mental problems...
New York Times - March 17, 2006
Days Before Vote, Belarus Cracks Down on Opposition
President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko's administration has intensified the atmosphere of fear and tension in the days before a presidential election...
New York Times - March 17, 2006
U.S. and Iranians Agree to Discuss Violence in Iraq
The talks would be the first face-to-face between the two sides after months of confrontation over Iran's nuclear program...
New York Times - March 17, 2006
Surgery option for obese children
Obese children could get stomach surgery under guidelines being proposed by the NHS watchdog...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
India and Russia in fuel talks
Russian PM Mikhail Fradkov begins a visit to India, during which a nuclear fuel deal is expected to be signed...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Drug-related HIV rates 'soaring'
The number of HIV-positive drugs users who inject has reached its highest level for more than a decade...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Football: Boro await Uefa draw
Middlesbrough will discover who stands between them and the Uefa Cup final on Friday...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Call for calm after Papua protest
Armed police patrol Indonesia's Papua province after bloody protests against a US-run gold mine...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Charles diary case ruling awaited
Judgement is due in Prince Charles' High Court bid to stop a newspaper publishing more extracts from his private journals...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Call for crop regulation changes
Scientists say all new farming techniques should be checked for any environmental impact before being introduced...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
UK 'missing out on foreign study'
British students are missing out studying part of their university course in another European country, the EC says...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Final farewell for Celtic legend
Friends, family and thousands of fans are preparing to pay their respects to football legend Jimmy Johnstone...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Scientist defends clinical trials
A leading scientist defends Britain's system of drugs trials as six men who fell ill during tests remain in intensive care...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Fear for jobs in NHS cash crisis
The Royal College of Nursing fears a financial crisis in parts of the NHS may lead to further job losses...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Syria 'crucial' to Hariri inquiry
The head of the UN inquiry into the killing of Rafik Hariri says improved co-operation from Syria is vital...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
Tories planning party cash reform
The Tories prepare to announce new proposals on political party funding after a row over Labour loans...
BBC News - March 17, 2006
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