|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
A-Rod in Mexico City on same weekend as Madonna
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
|
Madonna, Alex Rodriguez in Mexico City
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
|
Space shuttle Endeavour lands in California
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
|
Space shuttle lands in Calif. after 16-day mission
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
|
Space shuttle Endeavour finishes 16-day mission
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
|
Space shuttle glides to safe landing in California
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
|
Orphan of slain rabbi in Mumbai lands in Israel
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
|
Raul Castro attends first beatification in Cuba
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
|
Refugees from Bhutan settle in Pittsburgh
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Global News Archive for Octomber 2007:
|
 |
Famed Scientist Apologizes for Quoted Racial Remarks
James D. Watson, who helped decipher the double-helix of DNA, apologized ?unreservedly? today for comments reported this week suggesting that black people, over all, are not as intelligent as whites...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
Q&A With Putin Ranges From Iraq to Food Costs
Russia?s president spent three hours on live television answering questions from the public and called the Iraq war ?absolutely pointless.?...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
Taiwan Leader Dismisses Hu Overture
President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan denounced a peace overture from President Hu Jintao of China that has received a cautious welcome from both of the candidates to succeed him...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
More Than 100 Dead in Pakistan Blasts
Two explosions went off near a truck carrying Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan?s former prime minister, who returned from exile to her home city today. Ms. Bhutto was not injured in the blasts...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
Most back opt-out organ donation
Public support is growing for a system of presumed consent for organ donation, survey findings suggest...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Ministers clash in heated debate
Sinn Fein and SDLP ministers clash after a tense and heated executive meeting at Stormont Castle...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Iraq urges Kurdish rebels to go
Iraq urges Kurdish rebels to leave the north of the country to avoid cross-border raids by Turkey...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Burma junta in constitution move
Military leaders in Burma set up a committee to draft a constitution, after 14 years of talks, state media says...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Rugby U: Wilkinson 'is key'
Former England coach Sir Clive Woodward says Jonny Wilkinson can be the difference between victory and defeat in Saturday's World Cup final...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Tennis: Nadal holds off Murray
Andy Murray tests world number two Rafael Nadal but loses 7-6 6-4 in the third round of the Madrid Masters...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Menezes chief explains decisions
The officer in charge of police who shot dead Jean Charles de Menezes says officers told her he was a bomb plotter...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Fast food salt levels 'shocking'
A treat at a fast food chain could expose children to "staggeringly" high levels of salt, a survey suggests...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Shot boy 'was too young to die'
The uncle of a 16-year-old shot in the head in a South Yorkshire playground says his nephew was much loved...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Clegg due to join Lib Dem race
Home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg is expected to say he will stand for the leadership of the Lib Dems...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
EU leaders 'close to treaty deal'
EU leaders meeting in Lisbon say they are very close to a deal on a treaty to reform the 27-member bloc...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Bhutto convoy blasts kill scores
Returning Pakistan ex-PM Benazir Bhutto survives bomb attacks on her convoy that kill more than 100 people...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Sarkozy Faces Labor and Marital Crises
As strikes hit France, a spokesman announced that President Nicolas Sarkozy?s marriage had come to an end...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
Bhutto Back in Pakistan After 8-Year Exile
The return of Benazir Bhutto, the opposition leader and former prime minister, is expected to reconfigure the country?s political landscape...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
Kurds Protest Turkish Vote on Iraq Raids
Kurds in northern Iraq marched today to protest a Turkish measure authorizing troops to cross into Iraq...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
Elephants remember danger colours
Researchers say elephants can tell whether a human is a friend or foe by their scent and colour of clothing...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Clegg picking up Lib Dem backers
Nick Clegg's campaign to be Lib Dem leader appears to be gathering pace, with senior figures giving support...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Woman cleared of partner's murder
A woman who suffered "years of fearsome physical abuse" is cleared of murdering her long-term partner...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Bid interest for kitmaker Umbro
Shares in sportswear firm Umbro rise 28% after it received a bid approach from an unidentified suitor...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Pursuit police 'may cross border'
Police could pursue suspects across the Irish border under plans being proposed by the DUP...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
BBC Scotland announces job cuts
A total of 210 posts are to be axed at BBC Scotland as part of 2,500 cuts across the UK, it is announced...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Man jailed for attack on Sir Alex
A man is sentenced for assaulting Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson at a railway station...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
French president and wife divorce
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Cecilia have divorced "by mutual consent", it is announced...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Dollar plunges to fresh Euro low
The US dollar is dragged down further to a new low against the euro after US economic data...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Football: FA backs McClaren
FA chief executive Brian Barwick is behind under-fire England boss Steve McClaren, despite the Euro 2008 qualifying defeat in Russia...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Congo warlord flown to The Hague
A DR Congo militia leader is flown to The Hague where he is to face charges of war crimes...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
British actress Kerr dies at 86
Deborah Kerr, star of The King And I and From Here To Eternity, dies at the age of 86...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Drogba 'wants to leave Chelsea'
Didier Drogba is unhappy at Chelsea and wants to leave the club, according to an interview he has given to France Football magazine...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Menezes control room 'not noisy'
The commander in charge of operations on the day Jean Charles de Menezes was shot denies the control room was "chaotic"...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Tennis coach guilty of sex abuse
A tennis coach is found guilty of sexually abusing a 13-year-old schoolgirl she was teaching...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Make-up woman names suspects
A make-up artist helped make disguises for a number of men accused of carrying out a £53m raid, a jury hears...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Dodi purchased 'engagement ring'
The Princess Diana inquest jury views a receipt for an "engagement ring" Dodi Al Fayed bought hours before the couple died...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Unions threaten BBC strike ballot
Broadcasting unions vote to ballot for strike action if planned BBC job cuts go ahead...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Teenager shot in head identified
A teenager found dead in a playground in South Yorkshire is named as 16-year-old Jonathan Matondo...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
EU leaders hold key treaty talks
EU leaders are beginning talks in Portugal to try to agree on a landmark treaty to reform the 27-member bloc...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
2 Americans Among 23 New Cardinals
Eighteen of the 23 new cardinals appointed by Pope Benedict XVI are under 80 years of age, which qualifies them to take part in an election for a new pope...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
Putin Calls War in Iraq ?Pointless?
President Vladimir Putin of Russia said the United States? effort was a ?pointless? battle against the Iraqi people...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
Iraqi Contracts With Iran and China Concern U.S.
American officials fear that commercial investments in Iraqi power plants could mask military activities by Iran...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
Turkey Resolves to Give Go-Ahead for Raids in Iraq
Turkey, a member of NATO, made it clear that it would not immediately carry out the resolution...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
Bhutto Returns to Pakistan After 8-Year Exile
Benazir Bhutto, the opposition leader and former prime minister, arrived in Karachi today. ?The most important step ? to be back on Pakistani soil,? she said after praying...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
Star Trek film names Kirk actor
Little-known actor Chris Pine is chosen to play the young Captain Kirk in the new Star Trek movie...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
MySpace opens door to developers
Social network MySpace is to allow third-party developers to build applications for the site...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
GCSE results 'slight improvement'
This year's exam results in England showed 46.5% of students achieved five or more good GCSEs...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Short people rate worse on health
Short people complain of poorer mental and physical health than those of average height, a study reveals...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Webb will not run for Lib Dem job
Steve Webb tells the BBC he will not run for the Lib Dem leadership - backing home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Oil rises on Middle East worries
Oil prices rise again as traders weigh up supply issues and the geopolitical tensions building in the Middle East...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Soldier killer in NI prison move
A Belfast man who has served 25 years in jail for murdering three Irish Army colleagues is to transfer to an NI jail...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Museum drops race row scientist
The Science Museum cancels a talk by a DNA pioneer who claims black people are less intelligent than white people...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Volatility sweeps Indian markets
Indian stock markets suffer fresh volatility amid concerns about plans to curb foreign investment in shares...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Four die as Gaza factions clash
Fighting in Gaza City between militant group Hamas and a rival Palestinian clan leaves at least four dead...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Child among dead in Rio drug raid
Twelve people, including a young boy, are killed as Brazilian police mount an anti-drugs raid on a Rio slum...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
France hit by transport strike
A one-day nationwide strike by public transport workers leaves France with almost no train, bus or metro services...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
US Dalai Lama award angers China
China says it has summoned the US ambassador in Beijing to protest against the honouring of the Dalai Lama...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Football: Gerrard's England fears
Stand-in captain Steven Gerrard concedes that England are unlikely to qualify for the Euro 2008 finals after the 2-1 defeat by Russia...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Sudan rivals try to resolve split
South Sudan's leader is meeting the president to seek to resolve a crisis threatening to tear the country apart...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
South Africa unchanged for final
South Africa name an unchanged team to face champions England in the final of the World Cup on Saturday...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Football hooligan arrests on rise
Arrests for football hooliganism rose last season for the first time in four years, figures show...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Mobile use backed on planes
Passengers could soon be using their mobile phones on planes flying through European airspace...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Drug crime up, violence down
Drug offences in England and Wales rose 14% between April and June, going against an overall fall in crime...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Huge crowds greet Bhutto return
Massive crowds take to Karachi's streets to see ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto make an emotional return...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
BBC staff learn of future plans
BBC bosses tell staff about plans that will have wide-reaching impact on programming and jobs...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
ITV 'misled viewers on phone-ins'
A review of ITV phone-ins finds a string of "serious editorial issues", with £7.8m made from uncounted votes...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Teenage gun victim 'shot in head'
A murder inquiry is under way after a boy is found shot dead in a South Yorkshire recreation area...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Andrée de Jongh, 90, Legend of Belgian Resistance, Dies
Ms. de Jongh became a World War II legend ushering many downed Allied airmen on a treacherous, 1,000-mile path from occupied Belgium to safety...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
Key Human Traits Tied to Shellfish Remains
An international team of scientists have found evidence that suggests that Homo sapiens developed a taste for shellfish much earlier than previously thought...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Any Last Requests? You Bet
Being buried with a pet?s ashes was the most common funeral request, according to a new poll...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: India, Brazil and South Africa Summit Meeting
The leaders of India, South Africa and Brazil ended a meeting in Pretoria with a demand to restructure the relationship between rich and developing nations...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
World Briefing | The Americas: Canada: Harper Reels in Liberals and Avoids Election
Stéphane Dion, the leader of the opposition Liberal Party, pledged not to bring down the Conservative government over its policy agenda...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: New Claim for Sovereignty in Antarctica
Britain plans to submit a claim to the United Nations to extend its Antarctic territory by 386,000 square miles...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
World Briefing | Middle East: Gaza: Israeli Soldier and Hamas Fighter Killed
An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian gunman were killed during an army operation east of Khan Yunis in the south, Israeli military officials said. Hamas said that the dead militant was one of its fighters...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Japan: Scaled-Back Afghan Mission Proposed
The government submitted a bill that would continue a naval refueling mission in the Indian Ocean as part of Japan?s assistance in the war in Afghanistan...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
World Briefing | The Americas: Bolivia: Angry Residents Attack Bars
Hundreds of residents fed up with under-age drinking in El Alto, outside La Paz, stormed a district of bars and brothels...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
New Malaria Vaccine Is Shown to Work in Infants Under 1 Year Old, a Study Finds
The world?s most promising malaria vaccine has been shown to work in infants less than a year old, the most vulnerable group...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
House Speaker Now Unsure if Armenian Genocide Motion Will Reach a Vote
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that she was reconsidering her pledge to force a vote on a resolution condemning as genocide the mass killing of Armenians starting in 1915...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
San Basilio De Palenque Journal: A Language, Not Quite Spanish, With African Echoes
Palenquero, still spoken in the jungle of northern Colombia, may be the last remnant of a Spanish-based lingua franca once used widely by slaves throughout Latin America...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
A German Rail Union on Strike Again
German commuters faced major disruptions for the second time in a week as train drivers began a new strike early on Thursday to support pay demands...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
U.S. Widens Net on Pricing of Food Supplies for G.I.?s
Federal agents are investigating whether several large food companies overcharged the Army?s principal food supplier for American troops in Iraq and Kuwait...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
Bush and Congress Honor Dalai Lama
Over China?s protests, the Dalai Lama received the Congressional Gold Medal and was praised by President Bush and Congress as a Tibetan hero...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
Mastermind of ?80s Gas Attacks on Kurds Is Taken to a Gallows Site in Baghdad
The man known as Chemical Ali for ordering poison gas attacks against the Kurds in the 1980s has been flown to a site near a prison gallows in Baghdad, suggesting that his execution was imminent...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
Putin Is Said to Offer Idea on Standoff Over Iran
Russia?s president, Vladimir V. Putin, proposed a new way to help resolve the standoff over Iran?s nuclear program during an extraordinary meeting with Iran?s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
Nuclear-Armed Iran Risks World War, Bush Says
President Bush suggested that if Iran obtained nuclear arms, it could lead to ?World War III.?...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
Overhaul of Afghan Police Is New Priority
The latest attempt to bolster Afghanistan?s feeble police force involves retraining the country?s entire 72,000-member force...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
Iraq Awards Contracts to Iran and China
The contracts, awarded to build a pair of power plants, prompted concerns among American military officials...
New York Times - October 18, 2007
Cliff celebrates 60th Wembley gig
Pop legend Sir Cliff Richard is to play his 60th concert at London's Wembley Arena during his forthcoming tour...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
MPs warning about 'worker vacuum'
Britain should not rely on migrant workers to fill gaps in its labour markets, a committee of MPs warn...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Three die as Gaza factions clash
Fighting in Gaza City between militant group Hamas and a rival Palestinian clan leaves at least three dead...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Togo ruling party wins election
Togo's governing RPT party wins a majority of seats in parliamentary elections, the electoral commission says...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
France wakes to transport misery
A one-day nationwide strike by public transport workers leaves France with almost no train, bus or metro services...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Former Soviet spy to be honoured
A former Soviet spy who defected to Britain is being honoured by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on Thursday...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Property viewed 'safer than cash'
A majority of British people believe buying property is now a safer place to put their money than saving it, BBC research discovers...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
ITV phone-in probe set to report
The findings of a six-month investigation into ITV's premium rate services are to be published by auditors...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Dispersal orders 'displace crime'
Police dispersal powers which aim to tackle anti-social behaviour merely displace crime, a report says...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Crowds gather for Bhutto return
Supporters of Pakistan ex-PM Benazir Bhutto gather in Karachi ahead of her planned historic return...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
BBC staff await job announcement
BBC staff wait to hear how many will lose their jobs after plans for the corporation's future were approved...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Brown heads to EU treaty summit
Gordon Brown is to attend his first EU summit as PM as leaders seek to thrash out the final draft of the new treaty...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
Drug 'rewards' given to addicts
Heroin and cocaine addicts on a government scheme who stay "clean" are given drugs as a reward, the BBC learns...
BBC News - October 18, 2007
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
 |
| Keep up with Steve, join our G-Mail List to receive Gill Show updates and Steve's weekly column... |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
