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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 November 2005:
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Bombers Kill at Least 70 Inside Two Shiite Mosques in Iraq
It was the deadliest coordinated bombing in months, and came after bombs exploded near a Baghdad hotel that houses journalists...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Publisher Sued Over Book Critical of Turkish State
A Turkish book publisher said the government was suing it for distributing a translated book critical of the country...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Reeve wife's tumour 'shrinking'
Dana Reeve, the widow of the actor Christopher, says she is responding well to treatment for lung cancer...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Bluestone plan clears last hurdle
A £60m holiday village scheme is given the go-ahead after a long legal battle ends in the House of Lords...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
'Fragile skin gene' killed baby
Scientists discover the lethal genes that caused a baby boy to die because his skin fell off...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Family wins £5m plane crash claim
The family of a man who died in a plane crash at RAF St Mawgan wins £5m from the Ministry of Defence...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Meat coldstore probed by agency
The Food Standards Agency is leading an investigation into a meat and poultry coldstore in County Fermanagh...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Breastfeeding cuts gut disorder
Breastfeeding may protect children against gluten intolerance, research suggests...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Crowe admits phone assault
Actor Russell Crowe pleads guilty to assaulting a hotel clerk by throwing a telephone at him in New York...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Football: Keane quits Man Utd
Roy Keane has left Manchester United, bringing to a sudden end his 12-year career at Old Trafford...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Ugandan judge's fury at military
A Ugandan judge launches a scathing attack on the army after commandos turned up at a court hearing for opposition activists...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
New group replaces al-Muhajiroun
A new radical Islamic group is formed to replace self-styled Omar Bakri Mohammed's al-Muhajiroun group...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Stars throng to Children in Need
Madonna and other stars are taking part in BBC Children in Need, with more than £12m raised so far...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Manhunt underway for Pc's killer
A police manhunt is underway after a policewoman was shot dead and a female colleague seriously injured...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Battered by War, Sri Lankans Elect Hawkish President
The outcome raises new questions about how this island nation, beset by more than 20 years of civil war, would achieve peace...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
China Commemorates Leader Whose Death Set Off Demonstrations
China today officially restored the reputation of a ex-Communist Party leader whose death in 1989 set off student demonstrations...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Fast Withdrawal of G.I.'s Is Urged by Key Democrat
Representative John P. Murtha, a Vietnam combat veteran, said U.S. forces had united a disparate array of insurgents...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Bombers Kill at Least 65 Inside Two Shiite Mosques in Iraq
The attacks in the Eastern town of Khanaqin occurred during Friday prayers when the mosques were full of worshippers...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Bush Backs Plan to Move Iran's Uranium Enrichment to Russia
President Bush told President Vladimir V. Putin the U.S. was willing to accept a compromise rejected by Iran in recent days...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Met boss may face Menezes inquiry
The home secretary may allow an inquiry into London's police chief over the death of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Placenta clues to heart disease
Women who have placental problems in pregnancy are at increased risk of early heart disease, experts warn...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Ridings School 'inadequate' again
A school once labelled the worst in Britain has been judged inadequate by government inspectors...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Controversy blights UN net summit
A crucial UN internet summit ends in Tunis marred by controversy over censorship and who runs the net...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Madonna in plagiarism case defeat
A Belgian songwriter wins a plagiarism case against singer Madonna over her 1998 hit single Frozen...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Iran given 'nuclear weapon' data
Iran surrenders documents it says it received from Pakistani scientist AQ Khan on nuclear bomb technology...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Estate is 'worst new development'
A housing estate in County Durham is labelled the North's worst by a buildings watchdog...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Mother's baby conviction quashed
A woman wins her bid to overturn a conviction for allowing her boyfriend to murder her baby...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Trichet: 'interest rates to rise'
European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet hints at a readiness to "take a decision on interest rates"...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Football: Chelsea in media ban
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho cancels a Friday news conference after the club rubbishes press reports...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Ugandans taken to military court
Treason suspects arrested with Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye are moved to a military court on terrorism and weapons charges...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Migrants die on coast of Sicily
Italy finds nine dead migrants washed up on the Sicilian coast and picks up about 160 survivors...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
First prosecution by NHS security
The company set up to protect NHS staff and patients successfully prosecutes a man who hit two hospital members of staff...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Rugby: All Blacks lose key player
All Blacks flanker Richie McCaw misses the match against England to rest a head injury...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Female officer shot dead in city
One female police officer is killed and another seriously injured during a shooting in Bradford...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Prince to sue over China diaries
Prince Charles launches legal action against Associated Newspapers over the publication of his diaries...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Sri Lanka Votes, Torn by War and Tsunami
The front-runners for president could not have offered voters two more starkly different road maps for peace and prosperity...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
'Thousands' miss school choices
Thousands of children have not got into their first-choice school this year, a survey suggests...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Butterfly wings work like LEDs
When scientists developed an efficient device for emitting light, they hadn't realised that butterflies have used the same method for 30 million years...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Senegal calls for digital funds
Senegal urges the richer nations to provide funds to help developing countries narrow the technology gap...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
9.5m watch Little Britain debut
The first episode of the third series of BBC comedy sketch show Little Britain is watched by 9.5m viewers...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Storm tragedy boy's funeral held
The funeral is held for one of two boys who drowned when they were swept out to sea by a wave...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Top magistrate fined for speeding
A leading Belfast magistrate caught speeding while on his way to court is fined £60 and given penalty points...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Cameron backs longer pub opening
Tory leadership contender David Cameron endorses longer pub opening hours in England and Wales...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
UN rejects Guantanamo visit offer
The UN formally rejects an invitation to visit the Guantanamo prison camp because of US restrictions...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Irving faces week in Austria cell
Austria may hold UK historian David Irving for a week as it weighs a case against him for Holocaust denial...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
US to discuss Iran with Europeans
A senior US official is to meet EU officials involved in talks with Iran over its nuclear programme...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
UN chief tours quake-hit Pakistan
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan tours quake-hit areas of Pakistan, calling for a "gigantic" aid effort...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Keane in shock exit from Man Utd
Roy Keane has left Man Utd by mutual consent, it is confirmed...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Cricket: Trescothick stays on tour
England opener Marcus Trescothick decides to stay with the squad in Pakistan despite family concerns...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Uganda raid over political poster
Ugandan police raid newspaper offices, looking for the source of fundraising posters for jailed opposition leader Kizza Besigye...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Protests hit Pacific Rim summit
Police fire water cannon at protesters as leaders meet in South Korea to seek a breakthrough on trade talks...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Best 'poorly' with new infection
Former football star George Best is back in intensive care after suffering a severe new infection...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Europe seeks more organised sky
Europe sets out a 20bn-euro plan to overhaul the technologies used to control its congested airspace...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Hardliner wins Sri Lanka election
Mahinda Rajapakse, who has pledged a hard line with Tamil rebels, wins Sri Lanka's presidential poll...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Iraq suicide attacks kill dozens
A series of suicide bombings kills dozens in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and at two mosques near the Iranian border...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Blair defends education reforms
Tony Blair has launched a robust defence of plans to shake-up England's education system...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
England considers World Cup bid
The government takes the first step towards bidding for the 2018 World Cup by launching a feasibility study...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Iran Is Reported to Continue Nuclear Activity
The resumption comes despite European requests that Iran abstain from such activities pending a new round of negotiations...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
From Tapes, a Chilling Voice of Islamic Radicalism in Europe
A police report dramatically depicts the radicalization of an Egyptian in Milan who may have ties to the Madrid attack...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Issuing Contracts, Ex-Convict Took Bribes in Iraq, U.S. Says
Robert J. Stein was alleged to have steered lucrative construction contracts to companies run by another American...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Rapid Pullout From Iraq Urged by Key Democrat
Representative John P. Murtha, a Vietnam combat veteran who is influential on military matters, cited "flawed policy."...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Zimbabwe Said to Permit U.N. to Build New Homes
The move should aid people left homeless by the government's campaign to demolish urban slums last spring...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
U.N. Envoys See Loss of Steam for Expanding Security Council
Diplomats now hold out little hope that the 15-member panel will change any time soon...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Annan issues fresh quake appeal
The UN secretary general arrives in Pakistan with a new plea for donors to give generously to quake victims...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
China breaks silence on late Hu
Hu Yaobang, whose death sparked the Tiananmen protests, has his birthday marked for the first time...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Baghdad rocked by two huge blasts
Two car bombs explode by an Iraqi interior ministry building at the centre of a detainee abuse scandal...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Benefit system is 'open to fraud'
The UK benefits system is open to fraud and overly complex, says a National Audit Office report...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Castro mocks Parkinson's report
Cuban leader Fidel Castro says it's "wishful thinking" for the CIA to say he is suffering from Parkinson's disease...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Children in Need enlist Madonna
Madonna will join a host of stars to help raise money for BBC Children in Need on Friday night...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Rajapakse leads Sri Lanka poll
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse leads the presidential elections after counting of votes ends...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Trescothick to stay in Pakistan
England opener Marcus Trescothick decides to stay with the squad for the three-Test tour of Pakistan...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Football: Turkey violence probe
Fifa announces an inquiry into violence at the Switzerland-Turkey World Cup play-off tie...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
First step taken to World Cup bid
A study is being launched by the government to test whether England is capable of hosting the 2018 World Cup...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Blair to defend education reforms
Tony Blair is to launch a robust defence of plans to shake-up the education system...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Conrad Black denies fraud
Media tycoon Conrad Black, a member of the UK House of Lords, denies charges of fraud in the US...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Nurses sell services back to NHS
Seven hundred nurses and other health workers plan to form their own company and sell their services to the NHS...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Trade issues top Pacific summit
Leaders from 21 Asia-Pacific nations meeting in South Korea are to call for new global trade talks...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
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