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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 May 2006:
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New Security Force Widens Palestinian Rift
The Hamas-led Palestinian government's new force is a direct challenge to President Mahmoud Abbas...
New York Times - May 17, 2006
Bird Flu Deaths in Indonesia Worry Health Officials
A cluster of avian flu deaths in an Indonesian extended family has raised the possibility that the virus had passed between people there...
New York Times - May 17, 2006
Big Brother set to open its doors
This year's Big Brother hopefuls are getting ready for their entrance to the 'inside out' house...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Consultants review bridge tolls
Independent consultants are called in to review the tolls on the Tay and Forth road bridges...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Dock lecturers' wages says Tory
Tory spokesman Boris Johnson urges universities not to pay academics not marking students' work...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
GP surgeries 'bursting at seams'
Three-quarters of GP practices are "bursting at the seams" and will soon be unsuitable for care, a survey says...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
River agency fined for pollution
Rivers watchdog, the Environment Agency is fined £7,500 for polluting the River Exe in Somerset...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Man denies 'drug dealer' murder
A man appears in court charged with murdering alleged drug dealer Patrick Fleming at the weekend...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Gunners fans drown their sorrows
Arsenal fans are left crushed by their team's dramatic defeat by Barcelona in the Champions' League final in Paris...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Worst cholera outbreak in Angola
A cholera epidemic in Angola has killed more than 1,200 people in the past three months, many in the capital...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Wiretap briefings for US Congress
The US government agrees to brief congressional committees on a controversial surveillance programme...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Shares slump in Europe and US
US and European shares fall sharply again as fears of higher interest rates continue to beset investors...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Stars gather for Da Vinci debut
Stars Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou attend the world premiere of The Da Vinci Code in Cannes...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Royal Mail gets £1.75bn package
A government rescue package is hatched with Royal Mail to plug its pension deficit and fund modernisation...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Barcelona break Arsenal's hearts
Barcelona come from behind to beat 10-man Arsenal in the Champions' League final in Paris...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Brazil toll up as police hit back
Brazilian police shoot and kill at least 22 suspected gang members amid continuing violence in Sao Paulo...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Blair sparks new deportation row
The vast bulk of foreign prisoners should be deported whatever the fears for their safety, says Tony Blair...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Iraqi Parliament Session Is Called for Cabinet
Iraq's Prime Minister-designate called today for Parliament to meet on Saturday to ratify his Cabinet...
New York Times - May 17, 2006
Weimar Journal: Recovering From Devastation, One Rare Book at a Time
Helmut Seemann has a vision of a new future for Weimar, after all the years when it was held in isolation by the East German government...
New York Times - May 17, 2006
Web attacks end anti-spam effort
Net attacks by spammers have forced an Israeli firm to abandon its campaign to curb the growth of junk mail...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Doubt cast over drug trial safety
Experts argue more safeguards may have reduced the risk of drug trial that hospitalised healthy volunteers...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Counter-claims dog university row
Both sides in the deadlocked higher education pay dispute put their cases to a committee of MPs...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Hooke manuscript is returned home
The long-lost manuscript belonging to pioneering scientist Robert Hooke is returned to the Royal Society...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Enron jury deliberates on verdict
After 15 weeks of testimony, the jury in the Enron fraud trial begins deliberating verdicts for former bosses Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Blair sticks by nuclear options
Nuclear energy is not the "sole answer" to meeting UK energy needs but must be considered, Tony Blair says...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Infection warnings to nurseries
Hygiene warnings are issued to nine nurseries run by a firm at the centre of an E.coli O157 outbreak in Fife...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Death ride 'not given go signal'
An inquest into the death of a teenager who fell from a theme park ride hears the rollercoaster started without a 'go' signal...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Boy murdered 'in sectarian hate'
More than 1,000 people attend the funeral of a 15-year-old boy killed by a gang in County Antrim...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Sri Lanka 'must probe' killings
Amnesty International urges Sri Lanka's government to investigate fully a spate of killings of civilians...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Iran shuns EU 'reactor incentive'
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismisses a possible European offer of a light-water nuclear reactor...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Anger in Mali over Sarkozy visit
A group of Malians deported from France protests at the visit of hardline Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Thousands flee from China typhoon
More than 600,000 people flee their homes in southern Chinese provinces as Typhoon Chanchu closes in...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Tennis: Murray defeated by Blake
Andy Murray loses 6-3 6-3 to world number seven James Blake at the Hamburg Masters...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Islamist raid breaks Somali truce
At least five people are killed in the Somali capital, when Islamist gunmen break a three-day truce...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Da Vinci Code opens Cannes
Director Ron Howard defends The Da Vinci Code at the opening of the Cannes film festival...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
MPs back French immigration bill
French MPs strongly support a controversial immigration bill making settlement harder for unskilled workers...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Judge dies in Turkey court attack
A gunman opens fire inside Turkey's highest court, killing one judge and wounding a number of others...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Blair 'rattled' over immigration
Tony Blair is accused by Tory leader David Cameron of being "rattled" by the row over illegal immigration...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Apple moves all laptops to Intel
Apple has moved closer to completing its shift to Intel chips with the launch of new consumer Macbook models...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Comedian Langham's case adjourned
Comic Chris Langham, who faces charges of making indecent images of a child, has his case adjourned...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Doctors 'will report colleagues'
Half of doctors have been concerned about a colleague's abilities, a General Medical Council survey has found...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Hundreds to lose jobs at Vauxhall
Many Welsh car workers are to lose their jobs as Vauxhall confirms it is cutting a shift at Ellesmere Port...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Sainsbury's fightback continues
Supermarket chain Sainsbury's reports a 12% rise in annual profits, driven by a 3.7% rise in like-for-like sales...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Point-by-point: Question time
All the key points from prime minister's question time in the House of Commons as MPs quiz Tony Blair...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Security guard shot in bank raid
Police describe as "horrendous" the shooting of a security guard in an attempted robbery in Ayrshire...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Teen climbers take Everest record
Two teenagers climb into the record books, becoming the youngest Britons to scale Mount Everest...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Funeral service for murdered boy
The funeral of murdered 15-year-old Michael McIlveen takes place in his home town of Ballymena...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
India vets Da Vinci amid protests
The Indian government is to hold a special screening of The Da Vinci Code after protests by Christians...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Prodi names new Italy government
Italy's incoming Prime Minister Romano Prodi names his new government after giving a list of ministers to the president...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Saddam in court as trial resumes
More defence witnesses are due to testify at the trial of the ex-Iraqi leader and his seven co-defendants...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Athletics: Gatlin denied record
Justin Gatlin has been sensationally denied the world 100 metres record he had claimed last Friday in Qatar...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Democracy 'triumphs' in Nigeria
Nigeria's vice-president says the defeat of a bill allowing the president to seek re-election will strengthen democracy...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Countdown to Barcelona v Arsenal
The atmosphere is building in Paris ahead of the Champions League final between Barcelona and Arsenal...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Unemployment at four-year high
The UK jobless total rises to 1.6m, putting the unemployment rate at 5.2%, the highest level since November 2002...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Gunman shoots Turkey judges
A gunman opens fire inside Turkey's highest court, leaving a number of judges seriously injured...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Action urged to boost rural homes
A report calls for a big rise in subsidised housing to stop low-earners being priced out of rural areas...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Ex-minister hits out at nuclear
A former environment minister rejects the case for new nuclear plants as Tony Blair focuses on the idea...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
McCartney and Mills to separate
Ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and his wife Heather Mills are to separate after four years of marriage...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Five Indonesians die of bird flu
Five more people have died from bird flu in Indonesia, the World Health Organization confirms...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Silence to mark 7/7 anniversary
A national two-minute silence is to be held on the first anniversary of the 7 July London bombings...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Reid under fire in immigrants row
Home Secretary John Reid is criticised for blaming a failure to keep track of illegal immigrants on the Tories...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Vauxhall confirms 900 job losses
Carmaker Vauxhall confirms that 900 jobs are to go at its Ellesmere Port factory, saying it must improve productivity...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Help With Reactor Included in European Offer to Iran
The offer to help with a light-water reactor is part of a new package of incentives intended to salvage negotiations with Iran...
New York Times - May 17, 2006
Judge Says Chechen Took Part in Killings at Russian School
The judge's statement was short of a formal verdict, but a conviction in the emotionally intense trial seems likely...
New York Times - May 17, 2006
Europe Presses Romania and Bulgaria on Reform
The European Commission gave a qualified yes to Romania and Bulgaria joining the E.U., but pressured the countries to make greater inroads on corruption and judicial reform...
New York Times - May 17, 2006
Obstacles Test African Force in Grim Darfur
The African Union force in Darfur has been hamstrung by inadequate equipment, too few troops and a limited mandate...
New York Times - May 17, 2006
5 Days of Violence by Gangs in São Paulo Leaves 115 Dead Before Subsiding
The scale of the fighting has prompted many to question an already shaky faith in Brazil's public security forces...
New York Times - May 17, 2006
A Peruvian Woman Warrior of A.D. 450
Military gear found with a mummified Peruvian woman suggests that she was a chieftain of the Moche people...
New York Times - May 17, 2006
Immigrant official has 'no idea'
A senior immigration official says he did not "have the faintest idea" how many illegal immigrants were in the UK...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Da Vinci Code premieres in Cannes
The world premiere of The Da Vinci Code, starring Tom Hanks, opens the Cannes film festival on Wednesday...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Scams uncovered in public sector
An anti-fraud drive uncovers £15m worth of scams and errors in the public sector, it emerges...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Arsenal fans ready for big game
Thousands of Arsenal fans travel to Paris to see them take on Barcelona in the Champions' League Final...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Fight crime, street cleaners told
Street cleaners and window fitters should observe signs of illegal activity in neighbourhoods a report says...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
Pacific states hold tsunami test
More than 30 countries around the Pacific rim test their tsunami warning system by holding mock alerts...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
1,000 Vauxhall jobs face the axe
Around 1,000 workers at Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire are expected to lose their jobs...
BBC News - May 17, 2006
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