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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 Octomber 2004:
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5 Traveling With Election Overseers Are Killed
Five people traveling in an election commission jeep were killed in a roadside explosion today in the southeastern province of Paktika close to the Pakistani border, the election commission spokesman in Kabul said...
New York Times - October 18, 2004
Iraqi Premier Plans Expansion of Arms Handover Program
Prime Minister Ayad Allawi of Iraq said today that a weapons-for-cash program in Baghdad would be expanded nationwide...
New York Times - October 18, 2004
Britain Considers Spreading Forces Throughout Iraq
The move would be meant to help bolster the American antiterrorist offensive, the British defense secretary, Geoff Hoon, said today...
New York Times - October 18, 2004
Printers betray document secrets
US scientists have found a way to indentify exactly which desktop printer produced which document...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Indian bandit 'killed by police'
Indian police say they have shot dead one of the country's most wanted men, the bandit Veerappan...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
NI breakthrough 'weeks away'
A breakthrough in the NI political process may be just weeks away, the secretary of state says...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Blair: We will tackle EU red tape
Tony Blair says the UK will use next year's presidency of the EU to try to tackle red tape...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Blair defends new exam proposals
Tony Blair talks to business leaders about new proposals for a major shake-up of the English exam system...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Top chefs quizzed over Eta 'tax'
Two of Spain's top chefs appear in court to answer allegations of financing a terrorist organisation...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Iceman discoverer missing
The German man who found the remains of a 5,300-year-old frozen mummy in 1991 has gone missing in the Alps...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Football: Portsmouth triumph
Yakubu's second-half goal gives Portsmouth a deserved 1-0 win over Spurs...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Football: Glazer ups Man U stake
US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer pays £17m to increase his stake in Manchester Utd for the second time in four days...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Darfur villagers 'facing famine'
The Darfur conflict in Sudan has unleashed a crisis on the scale of the African famines of the 1980s, the International Red Cross says...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Bush and Kerry renew terror focus
The US presidential rivals focus again on Iraq and the war on terror, as early voting begins in Florida...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
U.S. Episcopal Church Criticized for Consecrating Gay Bishop
The U.S. Episcopal Church was asked to apologize and refrain from promoting any other clergy living in a same-sex union...
New York Times - October 18, 2004
Dreyfuss pulls out of Producers
Actor Richard Dreyfuss withdraws from the UK run of Broadway hit The Producers because of injuries...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Beer gadget boost to water plants
Technology used to check for diluted beer in kegs returned to breweries could soon be used to monitor water quality in treatment plants...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Oil costs 'pose risk to business'
The manufacturing recovery is under threat because of the rising price of oil and other commodities, according to CBI boss Digby Jones...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
North East ballot gets underway
People across the North East of England are voting on whether they should have a regional assembly...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
War syndrome 'will not be solved'
Experts say the causes of "Gulf war syndrome" will probably never be known...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Tory plan to 'restore' exams
Conservatives outline plans to limit A-level top grades, undermining proposals announced by Mike Tomlinson...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
City centre blaze 'was arson'
A major fire which caused millions of pounds of damage was started deliberately, say police...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Sex murderer jailed for 20 years
A man is jailed for a minimum of 20 years after pleading guilty to the murder of a boy in Glasgow...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Cameras to foil fire crew attacks
Cameras are fitted to fire engines in south Wales to deter hooligans who start blazes and then attack crews...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
India opposition leader resigns
The president of India's main opposition BJP quits after its latest electoral defeat, to be replaced by LK Advani...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Letters sent over missing remains
The family of a woman whose body was removed from a grave in Staffordshire are sent threatening letters...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Iraq PM extends weapons amnesty
Iraq's prime minister says an arms-for-cash scheme that started in Baghdad will be extended to other areas...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Fuel worries keep oil prices high
Oil prices remain near record highs in New York and London, amid concerns over winter fuel shortages...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
C4 rebuked for Big Brother brawl
TV watchdog Ofcom upholds 55 complaints against a live broadcast of a fight on Channel 4 show Big Brother...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Games stars parade through London
Crowds gather in London to cheer GB's Olympic and Paralympic stars...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Cricket: Wagg drug test ban
Warwickshire's Graham Wagg is banned from cricket until 1 January 2006 for taking cocaine...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Belgium rounds on former colony
Belgium's foreign minister criticises politicians in the DR Congo over the country's slow transition to democracy...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Bush pushes anti-terror message
US President George W Bush highlights homeland security as polls suggest he and challenger John Kerry are neck-and-neck...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Observers deplore Belarus vote
Monitors say a referendum on extending the rule of Belarus' authoritarian leader fell short of democratic standards...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
OAP accused of anti-social breach
An 88-year-old man appears in court accused of breaching an anti-social behaviour order seven times...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
US bishop 'regret' over gay split
The head of the US Episcopal Church expresses 'regret' over the appointment of a gay Anglican bishop...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Passive smoking 'is a real threat'
Breathing in secondhand smoke massively increases the risk of lung cancer and heart disease, an official report shows...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Sudan's Darfur 'safer than Iraq'
Sudan's government tells the BBC it is handling the crisis in Darfur better than the US is dealing with Iraq...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Man charged over double murders
A man is charged with the murder of a police officer and a doorman in 1993...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
UK 'has duty to redeploy troops'
Geoff Hoon says Britain will "have failed in its duty as an ally" if it doesn't agree to send UK soldiers to fill in behind US troops...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Radical reform for school exams
A-levels and GCSEs would be replaced with a new diploma under plans to overhaul the exam system in England...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Brown 'could break golden rule'
Chancellor Gordon Brown is in danger of breaking his economic "golden rule" because forecasts for tax revenues are too optimistic, a report says...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Kilroy steps up party leader bid
MEP Robert Kilroy-Silk has stepped up his campaign to be leader of the UK Independence Party...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Whitehall shifts digital priorities
The UK government's new head of all things electronic sets out what he hopes to achieve...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Sir Norman takes final stage bow
Veteran comedian Sir Norman Wisdom bids farewell to the theatre after a career spanning seven decades...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Should GSCEs and A-levels be replaced?
GCSEs and A-levels should be replaced by a single diploma, according to a report. Do you agree?...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Deadlock remains after India poll
The winning parties in the poll in India's Maharashtra state are still deadlocked over who to appoint as chief minister...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Mother in High Court abortion bid
A mother calls on the government to allow parents to be told if their young daughters are pregnant and want an abortion...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Pair injured in pub shooting
A man and woman are recovering after being shot while drinking in a bar in County Down...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Army deployments 'not political'
The armed forces minister says UK troops are not "political playthings" who will be deployed to the advantage of the US...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Welsh Iraqi reveals kidnap ordeal
An Iraqi doctor living in Wales tells how his family was targeted and his nephew kidnapped in Baghdad...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Court to rule on Milosevic plea
Judges at the war crimes trial of the ex-Yugoslav leader may issue subpoenas to defence witnesses unwilling to testify...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Israel kills four Gaza militants
Israeli troops kill four Palestinian militants in Gaza, two of whom slipped across a security fence into Israel...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Football: Mutu agent's shock
Adrian Mutu's agent says the player is "absolutely shocked" by reports that the Chelsea star failed a drugs test...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
N Korea envoy visits China
A top North Korean leader is in China for talks expected to focus on the North's nuclear ambitions...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Split fears over world Anglicans
Fears have been raised that divisions over homosexuality in the global Anglican Church may widen after a new report...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Darfur power share considered
Sudan suggests that allowing Darfur to run its own affairs may be the best way to solve the region's crisis...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Two-hour wait for dying teenager
A mother says her critically-ill son had to wait two hours for an ambulance to be transferred to intensive care...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Hoon faces MPs over Iraq troops
Geoff Hoon is to make a Commons statement on proposals to put some troops under US command in Iraq...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Singer Almond critically injured
Soft Cell singer Marc Almond is in intensive care in hospital after a motorcycle crash in central London...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Shake-up for secondary schooling
A major report advocates new diplomas for England's secondary schools, but reaction is mixed...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Iraqi Officials Plan to Extend Buying of Arms
A plan to disarm militia has raised hope that Moktada al-Sadr will continue his turn toward entering the democratic process...
New York Times - October 18, 2004
Settlers Say Israel Leader Rejects Vote on Pullout
The prime minister says he sees no future for Jews in Gaza and intends to remove all 8,000 settlers next year...
New York Times - October 18, 2004
Boss of Belarus Seems to Win Referendum, as Expected
Belarussians voted on a constitutional referendum that would allow Aleksandr G. Lukashenko to seek unlimited terms in office...
New York Times - October 18, 2004
Russian Official Says Beslan Rebels Were Addicts
Officials have said that those who plan attacks use hard drugs to coerce suicide bombers or to induce a semi-alert state...
New York Times - October 18, 2004
Indian allies haggle after poll
Haggling between election allies delays the formation of a new government in the Indian state of Maharashtra...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Woman arrested over flats death
A woman is arrested after three men are found dead in a Glasgow flat...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Economic crime 'costs UK £40bn'
UK businesses lost more than £40bn last year, about £100m a day, as a result of economic crime, a report finds...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
UN 'must ignore cloning ban call'
UK scientists are calling for the UN to ignore a call by President Bush to ban all forms of cloning...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Zimbabwe cricket in the clear
An ICC investigation finds no evidence of racism by the Zimbabwe Cricket Union...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Splits feared in Anglican Church
A new report which aims to heal divisions over homosexuality in the Anglican Church is due out on Monday...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Warning on internet health advice
People with chronic disease should think twice before relying on the internet for health advice, research suggests...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Union expects winter power crisis
Britain is facing winter blackouts because of a "looming crisis" in electricity generating capacity, a union warns...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Depp at Neverland premiere
Actors Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet attend the premiere of Finding Neverland in London...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
London set to salute Games stars
Team GB's Olympic and Paralympic athletes will parade through central London on Monday...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Sudan hints at Darfur power share
Sudan says it is ready to consider giving Darfur federal statehood after talks with African leaders in Tripoli...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
N Korean envoy on visit to China
A top North Korean official is visiting China for talks expected to focus on nuclear arms, as well as the North's economy...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Mbeki blamed over Haitian unrest
Haiti accuses South Africa of illegally allowing exile Jean-Bertrand Aristide to foment unrest in his homeland...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Plan to scrap GCSEs and A-levels
England's secondary schools should drop GCSEs and A-levels for a diploma, a report says, but reaction is mixed...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
Belarusian poll 'win' under cloud
Vote-rigging allegations cloud a referendum in Belarus which President Lukashenko is said to have won easily...
BBC News - October 18, 2004
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