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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 2006:
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Iraqi Leader Meets With 2 Key Shiites
In a bid to shore up his government, the prime minister met with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and Moktada al-Sadr. Also, the U.S. announced the deaths of 11 soldiers...
New York Times - October 18, 2006
Doubt cast on lunar ice deposits
Astronauts may struggle to find significant deposits of water-ice on the Moon, a study suggests...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Police attacked during operation
Police come under attack with missiles during an operation in the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
UN envoys work on Iran resolution
UN diplomats work on a draft resolution proposing sanctions against Iran for its refusal to halt its nuclear activities...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Moves begin on Iceland's whaling
Iceland's ambassador to Britain is summoned to explain his country's return to commercial whaling...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Ethiopian protesters 'massacred'
A report into 2005 election violence says 193 protesters were shot, beaten and strangled by police...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
US undertakers admit corpse scam
Seven undertakers in the New York area admit roles in a scheme to steal body parts for transplants...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Drogba strike sees off Barcelona
Didier Drogba's spectacular goal gives Chelsea a Champions League win against Barcelona at Stamford Bridge...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Football: Crouch heads winner
Liverpool move a step closer to the knock-out stages of the Champions League by beating Bordeaux in France...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Court martial in Iraq rape case
Four US soldiers are to face court martial over the alleged rape of an Iraqi girl and murder of her and her family...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
US adopts tough new space policy
The US adopts a new policy to protect its interests in space and deny "adversaries" access for hostile purposes...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
'Millions wasted' on court cases
Police and prosecutors waste £55m a year by mishandling court cases, a report by a Commons watchdog says...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Sir Paul to contest abuse claim
Sir Paul McCartney will "vigorously" defend claims that he violently abused Heather Mills in their marriage...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
U.S. Military Announces Deaths of 10 Soldiers
Four were killed by a roadside bomb west of Baghdad, and three others died in an area northeast of the capital where sectarian violence has run high...
New York Times - October 18, 2006
Japan Tells Rice It Will Not Seek Nuclear Weapons
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice vowed to uphold the full range of American military commitments to Japan...
New York Times - October 18, 2006
Bully game banned from UK shops
Currys and PC World have decided not to stock a controversial videogame which depicts playground violence...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Doherty's drug progress 'mixed'
Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty's solicitor describes his battle to come off drugs as a "mixed bag"...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
World's pollution hotspots mapped
An US-based environmental charity has mapped what it calls the 10 most polluted places on the planet...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Blair defiant over Iraq strategy
Tony Blair tells MPs he will not change his strategy on Iraq after it was put to him that it had failed...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
One embryo call for routine IVF
Single embryo transfer should become routine in IVF, an expert group has recommended...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Dow Jones breaks through 12,000
The Dow Jones index of major US shares passes the 12,000 level for the first time ever in early trading in New York...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Holiday bail youth admits killing
A teenager who went on holiday while facing a murder charge is one of four youths who admit killing a man...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Security guard killed in Baghdad
A 26-year-old bodyguard and former soldier from the Rhondda is killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Blair pledge over execution case
Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks to Pakistan's president about the case of a Leeds man on death row...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
IRA 'killed man during ceasefire'
Police blame the IRA for murdering a suspected drug-dealer during their ceasefire five years ago...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Ecuador's Noboa regains poll lead
Conservative candidate Alvaro Noboa regains the lead in the presidential race, the latest partial count shows...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Sudan denies directing Janjaweed
Sudan's government denies claims that ministers gave direct orders for a Janjaweed unit's activities in Darfur...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Tennis: Murray stuns Ljubicic
Andy Murray battles past world number three Ivan Ljubicic to reach the third round of the Madrid Masters...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Dying Kiyan 'called for mother'
Teenage footballer Kiyan Prince cried out for his mother as he lay dying from a stab wound, a court hears...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Iraq attacks kill 10 US soldiers
The US military says a marine and nine soldiers have been killed in Iraq, including four in a roadside bombing...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
US backs allies against NK threat
Japan and the US have pledged to work together on imposing sanctions on North Korea, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
PM challenged over post offices
Conservative leader David Cameron challenges Tony Blair as a rally calls for rural post offices to be saved...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Tory group urges £21bn tax cuts
The commission set up to advise the Conservatives on tax will recommend cuts worth £21bn, the BBC learns...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Mills silent over divorce reports
Heather Mills is silent over allegations that Sir Paul McCartney violently abused her during their marriage...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Shot Pc colleague tells of pain
An officer fights back tears as she describes to a jury the moment she and a colleague were shot during a raid...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Japanese Leaders Assure Rice That They Will Not Seek Nuclear Weapons
In Tokyo, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice vowed to uphold the full range of American military commitments to Japan...
New York Times - October 18, 2006
Scientists urge ban on cod catch
The leading advisory body on north Atlantic fisheries says cod stocks are still too low to allow any fishing...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Pythons attend Spamalot premiere
Stars of the Monty Python series attend the London premiere of their hit musical Spamalot...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Broadband UK needs 'more speed'
Three-quarters of UK online households will use broadband by December 2006, analysts predict...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Sex change therapy 'rushed' claim
A medical tribunal hears that a psychiatrist rushed the assessment of patients for sex change surgery...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Fall in university applicants
The number of students accepted on to UK university courses falls, figures from the admissions service show...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Legal action after abuse error
A couple wrongly accused of child abuse plan to sue the council after their children were put into care for two years...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Schools 'key to defusing tension'
Faith schools must go further to help prevent social division, the education secretary is expected to say...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Briton to hang during royal visit
The scheduled execution of a Leeds man on death row in Pakistan will coincide with a visit by Prince Charles...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Water charges law delay forced
The government is forced to delay legislation to introduce water charges in Northern Ireland...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Jordan convicts militant plotters
A military court in Jordan finds
eight militants guilty of a plot to kill US troops in Iraq and foreigners in Jordan...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Sri Lanka tourist city port hit
Tamil rebels carry out a suicide attack on a naval base in the Sri Lankan tourist city of Galle, the military says...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Shanghai F1 boss 'in graft probe'
The head of Shanghai's F1 motor racing circuit is questioned over a corruption scandal, state media reports...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
NGOs face suspension in Russia
Dozens of NGOs operating in Russia are required to suspend operations after a deadline to register passes...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Breast screening 'may harm'
Breast screening may do more harm than good, according to a report...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Orange fixes broadband service
Mobile firm Orange says it has restored "full service" to its broadband customers following a national outage...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Football: Chelsea Euro preview
Team news ahead of Wednesday's Champions League match...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
UK unemployment contines to rise
UK unemployment is rising again across all measures, but wage growth stays moderate...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Nine US soldiers killed in Iraq
The US military says nine soldiers and marines have been killed in Iraq, including four in one roadside bomb...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
TVR moves car production abroad
Sports car company TVR says it is to cease production in the UK, with the loss of 250 jobs in Blackpool, Lancashire...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Shot Pc colleague gives evidence
A court hears from a policewoman shot at the time Pc Sharon Beshenivsky was killed outside a travel agents...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Rice launches Korea crisis tour
Japan and the US pledge to work together on imposing sanctions on North Korea, Condoleezza Rice says...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Abbas Threatens to Dismiss Hamas Government
The president of the Palestinian Authority suggested he would dismiss the Hamas-led government if the rival factions could not agree soon on a national unity government...
New York Times - October 18, 2006
War Slows Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka
Several international agencies say they have had to abandon reconstruction projects because of the recent fighting...
New York Times - October 18, 2006
Rotherham Journal: Glorious Food? English Schoolchildren Think Not
British schools are learning that you can lead a child to a healthy lunch, but you can’t make him eat...
New York Times - October 18, 2006
Iraq Removes Leaders of Special Police
The two most senior police commanders were removed in a bid to purge Iraq’s security forces of militias and death squads...
New York Times - October 18, 2006
Blair Criticizes Veils as ‘Mark of Separation’
The British prime minister joined the increasingly corrosive debate over the use of the Islamic veil...
New York Times - October 18, 2006
Rice to Urge Radiation Inspections to Thwart North Korea
The U.S. will ask the countries of northeast Asia to focus their efforts on conducting inspections in their own territories...
New York Times - October 18, 2006
Clue to fatal child heart disease
A study of a heart muscle condition in children points to heart inflammation as the most common cause...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Music education 'still a lottery'
Music education is a "postcode lottery" and brilliance is needed on a national basis, a report says...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Gay police advert breached rules
A Gay Police Association advert linking homophobic attacks to religious belief breaches advertising rules...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Nigeria row over sacked governor
Several high-ranking Nigerian officials condemn the impeachment of a state governor for corruption...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Mistakes 'cost farmers £22.5m'
Government mistakes while bringing in a system of agricultural payments cost UK farmers up to £22.5m, an audit report says...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Sudan 'backs' Janjaweed fighters
A former militia member tells the BBC Sudanese ministers gave direct orders for his unit's activities in Darfur...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Benefits of fish 'outweigh risks'
Researchers say the benefits of eating fish outweigh any potential risks from pollutants...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Call to save rural post offices
Postmasters are set to call for urgent government action to save rural post offices at a rally in London...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Rice to rally Asians on N Korea
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads to Japan to discuss the new sanctions on North Korea...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Elderly home care 'needs change'
Inspectors criticise the standard of home care for elderly people in England and call for a rethink of services...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
Sri Lanka tourist port 'attacked'
A naval base in the Sri Lankan tourist city of Galle is attacked by suspected Tamil Tigers, the military says...
BBC News - October 18, 2006
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