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Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Hungary 4 dead, 26 injured in train collision
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Iraqi lawmaker urges resolution of minority issue
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Curfew in Indian Kashmir to prevent protest rally
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Kashmir police threaten to shoot curfew violators
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Supreme Court to open new term with heavy workload
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Congress hears Lehman sought millions for execs
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Designers play it safe as economy sours
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Jimmy Kimmel returns as American Music Awards host
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Global News Archive for March 2008:
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$48.6 Million McCartney Divorce Deal
LONDON (AP) -- Paul McCartney's divorce from Heather Mills was settled Monday for $48.6 million -- an enormous sum, but a fraction of what she had sought and a sliver of the former Beatle's $800 million fortune...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
Kosovar Serbs Clash With the Police
Serbs in the northern Kosovo city of Mitrovica fired weapons and threw grenades at international peacekeepers, wounding dozens of police officers and NATO troops...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
Bush Sends Putin Missile Defense Offer
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said he had received ?a very serious document? from President Bush that proposed an agenda for reaching agreements on a range of issues...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
Suicide Blast in Iraq Eclipses Cheney?s Visit
A female bomber killed at least 42 people near a mosque in Karbala on the day the vice president made a visit...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
China Takes Steps to Thwart Reporting on Tibet Protests
The Chinese government is restricting foreign journalists from entering Tibet, and blocking some news, video and Internet reports about the protests...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
Leakey backing for elephant cull
Richard Leakey, the eminent African conservationist, gives qualifed backing to South Africa's elephant cull...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Woman dies in traffic accident
A woman has died in a traffic collision on the main Kesh to Enniskillen road in County Fermanagh...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Florida ditches new primary plan
Democrats in Florida decide not to hold a fresh primary by postal vote after party leaders express concern...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
EU farmers to produce more milk
Europe's dairy farmers are told they can increase the amount of milk the produce to tackle an increase in demand...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Call to close offenders' centre
A controversial secure children's training centre should temporarily close, according to a watchdog...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Football: Magpies draw with Blues
Michael Owen's opportunistic strike earns Newcastle a vital point against fellow strugglers Birmingham and ends his side's four-game losing streak...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Dozens killed near Iraqi shrine
A female suicide bomber kills at least 42 people in the Iraqi city of Karbala, home to Shia Muslim shrines...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
UN calls for restraint in Tibet
UN chief Ban Ki-moon urges both Chinese troops and protesters in Tibet to show restraint after days of rioting...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
France honours last WWI veteran
President Sarkozy leads a national ceremony to honour France's last WWI veteran, who died last week...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Man charged with Shannon kidnap
A 39-year-old man is charged with kidnapping and false imprisonment after the rescue of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Markets rattled by bank worries
Stock markets across the globe slump after the emergency rescue of one of Wall Street's biggest banks...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Suicide Attack on NATO Convoy in Afghanistan Kills 7
A suicide car bomb struck a NATO convoy in volatile Helmand Province on Monday, killing two Danish soldiers, a Czech soldier, one interpreter and three civilians...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
Cheney on Unannounced Visit to Iraq
Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Baghdad on an unannounced trip to meet with Iraqi officials...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
China Defends Response in Tibet
China said security forces had avoided using lethal force in the violent anti-Chinese protests in Tibet last week...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
Phorm 'illegal' says policy group
Controversial online advert system Phorm is illegal in the UK, a digital rights group argues...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
UK will fight turbulence - Brown
Gordon Brown promises that the UK and EU will "lead the way" in fighting global financial turbulence...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Leaky gut autism theory doubted
Study finds no evidence to back a theory linking autism to the leaking of damaging proteins from the gut...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
£10.4bn skills agency scrapped
The Learning and Skills Council is to be abolished, as local authorities take charge of training places up to 18...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Space planes 'to meet big demand'
Rocket planes for space tourism will one day be turned out much like airliners are today, says EADS Astrium...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Abba drummer found dead
A former session drummer for Abba, Ola Brunkert, is found dead at his home in Spain with cuts to his throat...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Gas death parents 'want justice'
A family says it is pleased a holiday firm's employees will stand trial over their children's deaths in Corfu...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Vehicle is rammed by armed police
Police were forced to ram a van containing four BBC journalists after the driver allegedly failed to stop in Donegal...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Killer ordered 'hit' from prison
A teenage killer who ordered a "hit" from prison then listened to the attack is jailed for almost four years...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
E.coli abattoir 'was UK's worst'
A slaughterhouse connected to the E.coli outbreak had the worst hygiene record in Britain, an inquiry hears...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Tibet protester deadline passes
The deadline set by China for Tibetan protesters to surrender has passed, after a quiet day in the city of Lhasa...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
New York's new governor sworn in
David Paterson is sworn in as New York state's governor, replacing Eliot Spitzer, who quit amid a sex scandal...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Albania minister quits over blast
Albania Defence Minister Fatmir Mediu resigns following a series of fatal explosions at an arms dump near Tirana...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Egypt army to tackle bread crisis
President Mubarak orders Egypt's army to bake more bread to cope with serious shortages...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Tibet violence 'concerns' India
Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee says that he is distressed by reports of violence from Tibet...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Arrests after child 'drug' death
Two men are arrested after a two-year-old boy died from a suspected overdose of the heroin substitute methadone...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Cricket: Young bowlers praised
Michael Vaughan says the decision to drop Matthew Hoggard and Steve Harmison paid off as England beat New Zealand in Wellington...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Ugandan rebel leader leaves base
Rebel leader Joseph Kony has gone to Central African Republic, jeopardising a peace deal, says a Ugandan minister...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Mills awarded £24.3m settlement
Heather Mills says she is "very pleased" after she is awarded £24.3m in her divorce battle with Sir Paul McCartney...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
World is watching China - Brown
Gordon Brown urges China to show restraint in Tibet, where dozens of people are feared dead after rioting...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Police chief backs Shannon probe
West Yorkshire's chief constable praises the work of his officers during the search for Shannon Matthews...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Burrell 'removed ring from Diana'
Former royal butler Paul Burrell removed an engagement ring from Princess Diana's body, her inquest is told...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Bomb kills dozens in Iraqi city
A female suicide bomber kills at least 32 people in the Iraqi city of Karbala, home to Shia Muslim shrines...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Pakistan?s New Parliament Holds 1st Session
Pakistan's new parliament on Monday began its first session since Feb. 18 elections produced a landslide for parties opposed to U.S.-allied President Pervez Musharraf...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
Cheney Visits Iraq in Push for Unity
Vice President Dick Cheney opened a new U.S. push for political unity in Iraq on an unannounced visit Monday, just ahead of the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
Blair 'wanted secret IRA talks'
Tony Blair offered to meet masked leaders of the IRA to try to save the NI peace process, an ex-aide says...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Dollar slides to fresh euro low
The dollar hits another record low against the euro amid continued fears over the state of the US economy...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Tories plan waste deals for firms
Major firms should be asked to sign up to voluntary "responsibility deals" to cut waste, the Tories say...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Cheney in Baghdad for key talks
US Vice-President Dick Cheney visits Iraq ahead of the fifth anniversary of the US-led invasion...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
New parliament opens in Pakistan
Pakistan's new parliament meets a month after President Musharraf suffered a huge election blow...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Private funeral for Carol Barnes
The funeral of former ITV newsreader Carol Barnes is due to take place in Sussex later, her agent says...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Mother's plea after party chaos
The mother of a girl whose 18th birthday was invaded by 2,000 revellers urges the BBC to review its "shout out" policy...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Football: Magpies' 'biggest' game
Newcastle's Premier League match with fellow strugglers Birmingham is the biggest in the club's recent history, says keeper Steve Harper...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Kenya poll violence 'was planned'
Kenya's post-election violence was meticulously planned by local leaders, says Human Rights Watch...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Arms suspect's arrest 'unlawful'
A lawyer for Viktor Bout complains that his client has not been charged and says he is innocent of any crime...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Arrests after child's drug death
Two men are arrested after a two-year-old boy died from an overdose of the heroin substitute methadone...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Shannon relative still being held
Police investigating how a schoolgirl went missing for three weeks continue to question a distant relative...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
China 'holds Tibetan dissidents'
Security forces in Tibet are rounding up dissidents, exiled Tibetans say, as Beijing steps up its rhetoric...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Markets slump on banking worries
European and Asian stock markets slump in reaction to the emergency sale of one of Wall Street's biggest banks...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Poll suggests Iraqis 'optimistic'
A majority of Iraqis think their lives are good, more than at any time in the last three years, a survey indicates...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
UN police hurt in Kosovo blast
UN police withdraw from a Serb stronghold in Kosovo after violent clashes with protesters...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
4 Freed in Guatemala
Four Belgian tourists held hostage for 40 hours by peasant farmers in the Guatemalan jungle were released unharmed, the Belgian Embassy said Sunday...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
Airstrikes Kill 9 in Pakistan Region That Harbors Militants
The strike is the third American attack on suspected terrorists in Pakistan?s tribal area in less than three months...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
After Elections Setback, a Chastened Sarkozy Presses On
The opposition Socialist Party kept Paris, the capital, in the final round of municipal elections and took several hotly contested urban cities...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
China Blocks YouTube After Videos of Tibet Protests Are Posted
Internet users in China were blocked from seeing YouTube.com on Sunday after dozens of videos about protests in Tibet appeared on the Web site...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
Arts, Briefly: Iran Bans Pictures of Foreign Film Stars
Nine cinema and lifestyle magazines have been banned in Iran for publishing images of ?corrupt? foreign artists...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
Telemundo Is Said to Have Struck Deal in Mexico
Executives involved in the deal said that Televisa had agreed to include multiple hours of Telemundo programs on one of its Mexico-based broadcast television stations...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
Families Sue Chiquita in Deaths of 5 Men
The suit says Chiquita Brands International Inc. contributed to the killings by financing the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
In Northern Iraq, Kurds Mourn Victims of Gas Attacks 20 Years Ago
The chemical bombings in the town of Halabja, part of Saddam Hussein?s campaign against the Kurds, killed as many as 5,000...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
Bitter Protest in Jerusalem Over Attack at Seminary
Far-right Israeli nationalists were demanding revenge for the eight Jewish seminary students, killed by a Palestinian gunman from Jerusalem on March 6...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
To Placate Moscow, U.S. Would Keep Missile-Defense System Off for Now
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said elements of the proposed missile-defense system in Europe would not be turned on until Iran had demonstrated it had a missile capable of reaching Europe...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
World Banker and His Cash Return Home
Dilip Ratha, who has gone from a small village in India to the World Bank, has firsthand knowledge of his area of interest ? the economics of migration...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
Iraqis See a Candidate?s Agenda in McCain?s Visit
Senator John McCain?s trip bolstered the belief of some Iraqi politicians that if he wins the presidency, the military would have a presence in Iraq for a long time...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
Major Stock Markets in Asia Tumble
Stocks in Japan and Hong Kong were down more than 4 percent in early trading on Monday, as pessimism continued to spread...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
Riyadh Journal: Camels Go Easily Through the Eyes of Admirers
In Saudi Arabia, camels are no longer crucial to life but are still being raised as a touchpoint to history, sometimes for milk and meat, for racing and, yes, for their beauty...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
Five Years In: Fateful Choice on Iraq Army Bypassed Debate
The decision by L. Paul Bremer III to dissolve Iraq?s Army was a reversal from a plan the White House had approved...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
Curbs on Protest in Tibet Lashed by Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama accused China of waging ?cultural genocide? against his followers in Tibet...
New York Times - March 17, 2008
Male fertility 'set in the womb'
Male fertility problems are determined in the womb, research from the University of Edinburgh suggests...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Police release arrested BBC staff
The BBC journalists arrested by gardai in County Donegal, who were investigating paramilitary activity, are released...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Scots 'in dark over energy rates'
Eight out of 10 Scots do not know what they are paying for their gas and electricity, new research suggests...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Son loses bid for Prescott's seat
The son of former deputy prime minister John Prescott fails to be selected for the safe Labour seat of Hull East...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
First coca find in Brazil Amazon
Coca plantations and a cocaine lab are found for the first time in a Brazilian part of the Amazon rainforest...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Sarkozy's UMP suffers poll rebuke
Voters in France's local polls hand key power bases to the left, in a punishing blow to President Sarkozy...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Pakistan parliament set to meet
Pakistan's new parliament is to be sworn in, with parties opposed to the president dominating...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Police defend Shannon hunt
Police in West Yorkshire defend the length of time it took to rescue missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Web creator rejects net tracking
The creator of the web says consumers need to be protected against internet tracking systems...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
McCartneys to learn divorce deal
Sir Paul McCartney is due to learn how much of his fortune will go to his estranged
wife in their divorce settlement...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Ill health 'costs economy £100bn'
Ill health costs the economy over £100bn a year - the same as the cost of running the NHS, a report is to say...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Troops 'did not shoot Tibetans'
A top Chinese official denies troops used lethal force on Tibetans, as a deadline for protesters to surrender nears...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
UK drug crime strategy criticised
The government strategy for cutting drug-related crime is criticised in a report by the UK Drug Policy Commission...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Jersey warden to appear in court
A man who served as a warden at a former Jersey care home is to face assault charges...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
JPMorgan to buy Bear Stearns
JPMorgan Chase is to acquire ailing US bank Bear Stearns for $2 a share, a fraction of its previous value...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Bleak picture of Iraq conditions
Millions of Iraqis lack clean water and healthcare, five years after the US-led invasion, the Red Cross says...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
Toddler dies after drug overdose
A two-year-old boy dies and his two young brothers are treated in hospital after consuming methadone...
BBC News - March 17, 2008
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