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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 April 2007:
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Gates Says Iraq Shake-Up Could Be ?Positive?
The defense secretary said that the replacement of six cabinet ministers could help to reduce sectarian tensions...
New York Times - April 17, 2007
No Spitting on the Road to Olympic Glory, Beijing Says
Citywide campaigns are trying to improve the public awareness of manners ahead of the 2008 Summer Olympics...
New York Times - April 17, 2007
Sudan Defying Security Council on Darfur, U.N. Says
An unpublished report says the government of Sudan is flying arms and military equipment into Darfur...
New York Times - April 17, 2007
Greens eye record council seats
The Green Party expects to reach a "huge milestone" in the local elections predicting a record result...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Court told of Angelika's injuries
A pathologist details the horrific injuries suffered by Angelika Kluk in a "sexually motivated" attack...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Rape accused 'phoned girl's mum'
An 18-year-old Belfast man raped and robbed a girl, then rang her mother to tell her, a jury is told...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Three guilty of Somali mob murder
Three people are found guilty at the Old Bailey of beating to death a teenager during a large gang attack...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
US drops marine's Haditha charges
The US Marine Corps drops charges against a marine over the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
US doubts N Korea reactor reports
The US says it has no official confirmation that North Korea is starting to shut down its main nuclear reactor...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Football: Man Utd 2-0 Sheff Utd
Michael Carrick and Wayne Rooney are on target as Man Utd go six points clear in the Premiership by beating Sheff Utd...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
England's exit over-by-over
England crash out of the World Cup after slumping to a dismal nine-wicket defeat by South Africa in Barbados...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Dismal England out of World Cup
England crash out of the World Cup after slumping to a feeble nine-wicket defeat by South Africa in Barbados...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Nagasaki city mayor is shot dead
The mayor of the Japanese city of Nagasaki dies hours after being shot, police say...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
British plant to make new Astra
GM's new Astra car will be built in Poland, Germany, Sweden, and at the UK's Ellesmere Port factory...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Win for Brown in confidence vote
Chancellor Gordon Brown sees off a no-confidence motion put forward in the Commons by the Tories...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Madonna visits adoption orphanage
Pop star Madonna returns to the Malawian orphanage where the boy she is adopting used to live...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
'Fewer leaves' behind frog demise
A decline in leaf-litter in forests, not a fungal infection, could be behind the demise of frogs, a study suggests...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Record successes for FE colleges
Record numbers of students in England's further education colleges are completing their courses...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Nurses ready for action over pay
Nurse leaders threaten industrial action unless ministers make a U-turn on their "miserly" pay offer...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Railway death girl rape 'trigger'
An inquest hears how a teenager with mental health problems died a month after she was raped...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Say sorry on pensions, Brown told
Chancellor Gordon Brown must "say sorry" for his 1997 decision to scrap tax relief on pensions, the Tories say...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Call for sunken boat to be raised
The Norwegian government is asked to help raise the boat which capsized off Shetland with the loss of eight lives...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Teenager on trial for girl's rape
An 18-year-old youth goes on trial at Belfast Crown Court charged with raping and robbing a 15-year-old girl...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
China border casino crackdown
More than 100 casinos along China's borders close due to a major crackdown, Chinese media reports...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Islamists attack Nigeria police
An armed Nigerian Islamist group storms a police station in the northern city of Kano, killing at least 13 people...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Live - England v South Africa
England face a World Cup exit after being bowled out for 154 against South Africa...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Archbishop prays for BBC man
The UK's Archbishop of York holds a prayer vigil for abducted BBC Gaza reporter Alan Johnston...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Miliband 'won't run for leader'
David Miliband will not run for the Labour leadership, once Tony Blair stands down, the BBC understands...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Man jailed in £500m scam
A travel centre owner is the 11th person to be jailed in connection with a money laundering scam worth £500m...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Blood safety warnings 'ignored'
Evidence suggests UK scientists ignored warnings which could have prevented haemophilia patients being given contaminated blood...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Angelika 'alive' when concealed
The Angelika Kluk murder trial hears that she might have been alive when she was dumped under a church floor...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
21/7 suspect 'saved tower block'
One of the 21 July suspects potentially saved a tower block by dismantling a booby-trapped bomb, a court hears...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Virginia massacre gunman is named
Police name a student who shot dead at least 30 people at a US university as Cho Seung-hui, from South Korea...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
'Fatal' blow to web broadcasters
Sharp rises in royalty fees could be "fatal" to the nascent web radio industry, broadcasters warn...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Shetty defends Richard Gere kiss
Shilpa Shetty defends Richard Gere after the star sparks protests by kissing her at an Aids awareness rally in India...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Kilimanjaro's ice set to linger
A fresh assessment suggests the iconic ice fields on Africa's tallest mountain will be around for decades yet...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Holocaust 'ban' e-mail confusion
Chain letters are falsely claiming the UK has banned Holocaust teaching in schools...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Tesco unveils profits of £2.55bn
Tesco reports profits of £2.55bn following a strong year of international expansion...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Family's tribute to crash soldier
A family of a soldier from south Wales killed in a helicopter collision in Iraq, speak of their "devastation"...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Condolences sent after sinking
Condolences are sent to the Norwegian home town of some victims of the Bourbon Dolphin capsize tragedy...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Trimble's long-term Tory ambition
A move to the Conservative Party was part of a long-term goal, says the former Ulster Unionist leader, Lord Trimble...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Student caught up in US shootings
The mother of a Midlands man who was on campus during the Virginia killings tells of her joy that he was unharmed...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Bangladesh ex-PM 'in exile deal'
Bangladeshi police release one of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's sons as signs grow she will go into exile...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
UN urges help for Iraqi refugees
The UN calls on Iraq's neighbours not to close their borders to refugees, and other states to do more...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
US soldier's murder trial begins
A US soldier is tried in a Rome court over the killing of an Italian intelligence agent in Baghdad in 2005...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Mexico drugs cartels feud erupts
Mexican police investigate an outbreak of drug-related killings which have left at least 20 dead...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
N Korea 'may be shutting reactor'
North Korea may be preparing to shut down its main nuclear reactor, media reports from South Korea say...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Abubakar to contest Nigeria poll
Nigerian Vice-President Atiku Abubakar can stand in Saturday's presidential poll, the election commission says...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Tennis: Injured Murray out
Andy Murray withdraws from the Monte Carlo Masters after picking up a back injury on Monday...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Cricket: Must-win for England
England face South Africa on Tuesday knowing defeat will mean World Cup elimination while victory could put them in the last four...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
'New' Tolkien novel on sale
A book by the late Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien goes on sale after being completed by his son...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Fresh hope for 'Essex Boys' pair
A fresh bid is launched to free two men convicted of a notorious murder...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
US ambassador invited to inquest
A coroner hearing the inquest of the first UK casualties of the Iraq war invites the US ambassador to attend...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
'Neighbour from hell' OAP jailed
An 81-year-old woman who made her neighbours' lives "a misery" is jailed for six months for harassment...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Pound goes through $2 barrier
A surge in the rate of UK inflation sends the pound through the $2 mark for the first time since 1992...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Rate hike fear as inflation jumps
The UK looks set for a further rise in interest rates after inflation increases to 3.1% in March...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Bush Allies in Congress Block Bill That Would Require Intelligence Disclosures
The vote was a blow to Senate Democrats who had hoped to extract more from the White House on intelligence programs begun after the Sept. 11 attacks...
New York Times - April 17, 2007
Westcombe Journal: Paint Drying? Sorry, Wrong Link. This Is Cheddarvision.
An aging round of cheddar has become a media sensation in England as the star of Cheddarvision TV, a Web site that carries live images of its life on a shelf...
New York Times - April 17, 2007
Sudan Drops Objections to U.N. Aid in Darfur
The announcement sets the stage for the possible assignment of United Nations peacekeepers in Darfur...
New York Times - April 17, 2007
Bombing Kills 9 Police Officers in Northern Afghanistan
A suicide bomber struck a group of police officers in the normally peaceful north of Afghanistan, killing nine and wounding 25...
New York Times - April 17, 2007
Shiite Cleric Has Six Quit Cabinet in Iraq Shake-Up
It was the first time Moktada al-Sadr had followed through with a threat to cut some of his ties with the government...
New York Times - April 17, 2007
Nigerian Court Faults Exclusion of Candidate
The ruling throws the already chaotic election season in Africa?s most populous nation into deeper turmoil...
New York Times - April 17, 2007
'Action needed' on NHS computers
MPs raise concerns over delays and spiralling costs of the multi-billion pound NHS IT upgrade...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
SNP 'U-turn' on private funding
The Scottish National Party is accused of watering down its commitment to replacing private finance schemes...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
US soldier in Italy murder trial
A US soldier is to be tried in a Rome court over the killing of an Italian intelligence agent in Baghdad in 2005...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Tennis: Murray retires hurt
Andy Murray is forced to pull out of his doubles match alongside brother Jamie at the Monte Carlo Masters...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
EU 'unfair to UK fishing crews'
Europe fails to punish France for overfishing tuna but penalises Britain for catching mackerel, UK officials say...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Nurses threaten action over pay
Nurses consider national industrial action in protest at the government's offer of a 1.9% pay rise...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Beckett chairs UN climate debate
Climate change may lead to more instability and world conflict, the UK's Margaret Beckett will tell the UN...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
UN hails Sudan's UN troops move
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomes Sudan's decision to allow 3,000 UN troops in Darfur...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Online child abuse complaints up
Reports of websites that contain images of severe child abuse continue to climb, a report shows...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Anger over US shooting warnings
Survivors of campus shootings in Virginia that left 33 dead criticise the university's handling of the situation...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
Brown facing no-confidence debate
The Tories are calling for a vote of no confidence in Gordon Brown over scrapping tax relief on pension funds...
BBC News - April 17, 2007
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