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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 August 2004:
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Iraqi Cleric Snubs Delegation Seeking to End Najaf Standoff
The delegation hoped to convince Moktada al- Sadr to disarm his militia, to leave the shrine and to join the political process...
New York Times - August 17, 2004
British Charge 8 Tied to Terror Plot With Murder Conspiracy
Police said the men had reconnaissance information on financial centers in the U.S. that were the subject of a terror alert...
New York Times - August 17, 2004
'Scrap university targets' call
Business leaders say the government should scrap its target for 50% of all young people to go to university...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
British soldier killed in Basra
A British soldier is killed and another injured after attacks in the Iraqi city of Basra, the Ministry of Defence says...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
'Miracle' no fatalities in flood
It is a miracle no-one appears to have been killed when flood waters swept through a Cornish village, police say...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Iraq peace mission visits Najaf
A team of leading Iraqis goes to the holy city but fails to end a stand-off between Shia militiamen and US-led forces...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Aslef deputy sacked over forgery
The deputy leader of the train drivers' union Aslef has been sacked, the BBC has learned...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Swimming bronze for Team GB
Stephen Parry wins Britain's second medal as Michael Phelps gets two more golds...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Greek duo 'looked unhurt'
Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou had few visible injuries, according to reports...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Rugby: Wilkinson back in action
England's Jonny Wilkinson makes his comeback from injury against Connacht...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Chavez lambasts fraud allegations
Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez rounds on opponents for alleging fraud in a referendum he seems to have won...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Nepal braced for rebel 'blockade'
Nepalese forces are on alert ahead of a deadline set by rebels, who have threatened to blockade the capital...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Severe flooding hits city
People are trapped in cars after there is serious flooding in Londonderry following heavy thunderstorms...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Toddler dies after window plunge
A 17-month-old boy dies after falling out of a fifth floor window at a block of flats in Glasgow...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Iraqi Delegation Arrives in Najaf in Mission to End Fighting
The delegation hopes to convince Moktada al- Sadr to disarm his militia, to leave the shrine and to join the political process...
New York Times - August 17, 2004
Treason appeal rejected in Russia
Russia's Supreme Court upholds a 15-year sentence against a weapons expert convicted of spying for the US...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Sharon backs new settlement homes
Israeli PM Ariel Sharon gives the green light to 1,000 new homes in settlements in the occupied West Bank...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Two critical after road crash
Two men are critically ill in hospital and seven others injured after a crash in County Down...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
MSP Ewing treated for pneumonia
Scottish National Party MSP Margaret Ewing, who fought cancer two years ago, faces a new health battle...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Reform needed for A-level best
Universities and businesses need more information to select the best candidates, the government has admitted...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Stars reveal the Milky Way's age
The age of our galaxy, the Milky Way, has been estimated by astronomers as being about 13,600 million years old...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Anti-terror police charge eight
Anti-terror police charge eight men with conspiracy to murder and plotting to use toxic materials or explosives...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Critics slam U.S. troops pullout
Critics say a plan to realign U.S. forces around the world weakens ties to traditional allies such as Germany and South Korea where those connections remain essential...
CNN - August 17, 2004
Delegation Is Delayed Before Reaching Najaf
A delegation of Iraqis was delayed for security reasons today but still intended to visit Najaf to try to convince a rebellious Shiite cleric and his militia to evacuate a shrine in the holy city and end fighting with American and Iraqi government forces...
New York Times - August 17, 2004
Sharon Proposes New Housing in West Bank Settlements
The proposal came a day before Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faces sharp debate about his policies at his own Likud Party convention...
New York Times - August 17, 2004
Eight men face terror charges
Police charge eight men with terror offences, including conspiracy to murder...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Man charged with killing ex-miner
A 42-year-old man is charged with killing a former miner found on his Nottinghamshire doorstep...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
'Fresh BA offer' in pay dispute
British Airways makes a 'significant' new pay offer to unions to avoid a strike over the August bank holiday...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
'Thalidomide slur' flyer to sue
A woman with no limbs who was told she could not fly without a carer says she has borrowed $10,000 to sue the airline in a US court...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Kenteris protests innocence
Greek sprinter Kostas Kenteris insists he is not a drug cheat as he leaves hospital...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Football: Smith gets England start
Man Utd striker Alan Smith will partner Michael Owen up front for England against Ukraine...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
DR Congo army 'massacred Tutsis'
The head of Burundi's army accuses Congolese troops of taking part in the massacre of more than 150 refugees...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Paris air terminal back in action
Flights resume from a Paris airport terminal where a roof collapsed in May, killing four people...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Iraq peace mission in holy city
A delegation of leading Iraqis seeking to end a stand-off between US forces and Shia militiamen arrives in Najaf...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Mourners remember murdered twins
The funerals of twin sisters found dead in a flat in North Yorkshire last month takes place at a church in East Yorkshire...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Man charged with money laundering
An Armagh man is charged with money laundering linked to an alleged £5m fuel smuggling fraud...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Anger over terror suspect cases
A lawyer accuses the police of harassment in the treatment of Algerian men questioned about terrorism...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Valentine attack victim 'improving'
A man, in a coma for two years since a Valentine's Day attack in Cardiff, is showing signs of improvement, police say...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Real in online music price war
RealNetworks halves the price of music downloads in an aggressive attempt to boost its share of the online music market...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Ice yields ancient 'plant matter'
Scientists drilling ice cores in Greenland have recovered what appear to be plant remains from nearly 3km (two miles) below the surface...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Zeta 'stalker' is fit for trial
A psychiatrist finds the woman accused of threatening Catherine Zeta Jones mentally fit for trial...
BBC News - August 17, 2004
Winner Chavez offers olive branch
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has invited opposition leaders to meet with him and called for reconciliation after surviving a weekend recall vote, but said his opponents must learn to "lose with dignity."...
CNN - August 17, 2004
Venezuela Votes by Large Margin to Retain Chávez
An opposition movement refused to accept the results, raising prospects for more turmoil in the world's fifth-largest oil exporter...
New York Times - August 17, 2004
Bush Tells Veterans of Plan to Redeploy G.I.'s Worldwide
President Bush said that the Pentagon would withdraw 60,000 to 70,000 troops over the next decade from Europe and Asia...
New York Times - August 17, 2004
Iraqi Conferees Decide to Send a Delegation to Embattled Holy City
As many as 60 political, religious and social leaders will leave Tuesday for Najaf, where fighting has flared again...
New York Times - August 17, 2004
Three on Trial in Afghanistan Gain Access to F.B.I. Files
Three Americans on trial on charges that they ran a vigilante jail accused the F.B.I. of removing evidence needed for their defense...
New York Times - August 17, 2004
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