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Big Issue Energy crisis hitting home
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Scientists Virginia sharks pup a virgin birth
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Bodies, perhaps of migrants, wash ashore in Yemen
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Oil, soy, copper all go bust in Latin America
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Swedish couple hacked to death in Tobago 1 arrest
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Carter, peacemakers see Cyprus peace deal near
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Global News Archive for December 2006:
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Palestinian Leader Renews Call for New Elections
Mahmoud Abbas, speaking with Prime Minister Tony Blair at his side, called again for peace talks with Israel...
New York Times - December 18, 2006
Former Minister in Iraq Escapes Baghdad Prison
Aiham Alsammarae, an American, served as electricity minister before being jailed on corruption charges...
New York Times - December 18, 2006
US cartoonist Joseph Barbera dies
Joseph Barbera, one half of the team that created The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo cartoons, dies, aged 95...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Parties eye 'surprise election'
The Lib Dems and the Tories prepare for a possible snap general election, when Tony Blair's successor takes over...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Two bodies found in Brecon house
Police force their way into a home and find the bodies of a man and woman after worried neighbours raise the alarm...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Rover fund leaves £50m untouched
Up to £50m of government funds set aside to help MG Rover workers has not been used, official figures show...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
House is hit by lorry after crash
An articulated lorry crashes into a house in County Down after a collision with another lorry...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
France testing dead birds for flu
French authorities say they cannot rule out bird flu as they test samples from 4,000 chickens that died on a farm...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
US defence chief warns over Iraq
Robert Gates warns that failure in Iraq would be a "calamity" as he is sworn in as the new US defence chief...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Fears of attack recede in Somalia
Both sides in the Somali conflict play down the significance of a deadline by Islamists for an attack...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Football: Fulham beat M'brough
Heidar Helguson is on the scoresheet as Fulham see off Middlesbrough despite a late scare...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Abbas gets Israeli and UK backing
UK and Israeli leaders reiterated their support for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in his dispute with Hamas...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Astronauts make final spacewalk
The crew of Space Shuttle Discovery are on a fourth spacewalk outside the space station to fix a solar panel...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Ex-Minister in Iraq Escapes Baghdad Jail
An American who served as Iraq?s electricity minister before being jailed on corruption charges...
New York Times - December 18, 2006
Kylie 'too busy' for Glastonbury
Pop star Kylie Minogue will not perform at next year's Glastonbury festival, confirms organiser Emily Eavis...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
School lessons to focus on play
A curriculum shake-up will see children spending more time learning through play at primary school...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Bridge replacement wins backing
A new road crossing is required over the Firth of Forth, according to an interim report received by ministers...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Car check over 'brutal' A&E death
Police speak to motorists a month on from a fatally-wounded Vietnamese man being left in a casualty unit...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Sister to sue over custody death
The sister of a black man who died in police custody is given permission to sue the CPS for racial discrimination...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Dozens feared dead off Senegal
Dozens are feared to have drowned while trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands from Senegal in a boat...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Poll blow for Iran's Ahmadinejad
Partial results from key polls in Iran suggest a setback for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Nigerians choose rival candidates
Nigeria's main opposition party meets to choose its candidate to challenge the PDP's Umara Yar'Adua in April's polls...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
New US defence secretary sworn in
Robert Gates is sworn in as US defence secretary in a private event at the White House...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Social sites top Google search
Social networks Bebo and MySpace are the two most searched for terms of 2006 on Google...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Flintoff hopes to avoid whitewash
Beaten England captain Andrew Flintoff turns his attention to the last two Ashes Tests...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Rugby U: England close on coach
England could have a new head coach as early as Wednesday - and the hot tip appears to be Brian Ashton...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Woman jailed for kidnapping boy
A woman from is sentenced to 15 years for kidnapping a 10-year-old boy in a row over £400,000...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Fallon race-fixing trial date set
Kieran Fallon and two other jockeys are to go on trial next year over allegations of race-fixing...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Man convicted of Pc's gun murder
A man is convicted of murdering Pc Sharon Beshenivsky, while two are found guilty of manslaughter...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Kit delays led to soldier's death
Inexcusable delays in supplying body armour to troops led to the death of a soldier in Iraq, a coroner rules...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Hamas to boycott early elections
The governing Palestinian movement Hamas says it will boycott early elections called by President Mahmoud Abbas...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Castro to Recover but Not Return, Cubans Say
Cuban officials said Fidel Castro did not have cancer or a terminal illness and would eventually return to public life...
New York Times - December 18, 2006
iPod add-on 'fails' privacy test
Researchers expose potential privacy problems with the iPod Nano and Nike running aid...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Solar storm disrupts spacecraft
An energetic Solar storm has caused disruption to satellites and may have caused a glitch on the space station...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Norwegian firms create oil giant
Norwegian energy giants Statoil and Norsk Hydro unveil plans to merge their offshore oil and natural gas operations...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Missing sailor injured but alive
A man believed to have fallen from his boat is found safe, but injured, on board his vessel...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Farepak families loans 'target'
People who lost money in the Farepak savings scheme's collapse are being targeted by loan firms, an MP claims...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Landfill searched for baby's body
Officers cordon off a landfill site following information that a teenager may have concealed a birth...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Orange Order 'prepared to talk'
The Orange Order in Portadown confirms it is prepared to talk to nationalist residents of Garvaghy Road...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Guilty verdict over model murder
The son of a politician from India's governing party is convicted of murder in a case which sparked outrage...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Second stage starts in UAE polls
The second stage of voting begins in the UAE, where less than 1% of the population are allowed to vote...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Russia in gas row with Belarus
Russia and Belarus are no closer to resolving a dispute over demands that the latter pays more for gas imports...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Surprise at Nigerian party's pick
Nigeria's governing party chooses a little known Muslim governor as its candidate for next April's polls...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
N Korea demands end to sanctions
North Korea will not halt its nuclear programme unless UN sanctions are lifted, it tells key six-nation talks...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
No 10 'co-operating' with probe
NO 10 says it is "fully co-operating" with the honours probe - after a report claims the inquiry was being hindered...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Patient veto for e-care records
Ministers agree patients can have the right to veto the sharing of their medical details under the new e-records system...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Offshore wind farms get go-ahead
Plans for two major offshore wind farms in the Thames Estuary are given the government green light...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Man held over prostitute murders
Police investigating the murders of five prostitutes in Suffolk arrest a 37-year-old man near Felixstowe...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Abbas firm on Palestinian polls
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas tells British PM Tony Blair he will push ahead with early elections...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Nigerian Party Selects Its Presidential Candidate
Nigeria?s governing party selected a reclusive northern governor to be its candidate in next year?s presidential election...
New York Times - December 18, 2006
Moscow Journal: Engels Would Gasp, and Locals Gripe, at a Golden Mile
The rise of Ostozhenka as a luxury neighborhood is only one of many morality tales of money, power and real estate playing out across post-Soviet Russia...
New York Times - December 18, 2006
Former U.S. Detainee in Iraq Recalls Torment
An American detainee?s story illuminates the haphazard system of detention and prosecution that has evolved in Iraq...
New York Times - December 18, 2006
After Deadly Clashes in Gaza, Leaders Appeal for Calm
Hamas and Fatah agreed on a cease-fire following a day of rallies and violence, but it may prove shaky...
New York Times - December 18, 2006
Blair Pledges His Support During Surprise Visit to Iraq
During a surprise visit, Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged his support for the Iraqi government and said British troops would remain ?until the job is done.?...
New York Times - December 18, 2006
Indian athlete fails gender test
A top Indian woman athlete who won a silver medal at a recent regional championship fails a gender test...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
North Korea nuclear talks resume
Six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear programme restart after a year's break...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Ebdon beats Hendry to join elite
Peter Ebdon beats Stephen Hendry 10-6 to win the final of the Maplin UK Championship in York...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Approval expected for wind farms
Plans for two major offshore wind farms off the Kent and Essex coasts are expected to be given the green light...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
MRSA strain kills two in hospital
A strain of MRSA that has never previously caused deaths in hospitals claims two lives, an agency reveals...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Tory think-tank attacks Iraq war
A policy group set up by David Cameron is set to brand the military campaign in
Iraq as a "failed" policy...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Ruthless Aussies regain the Ashes
Australia recapture the Ashes after a 206-run win over England in the third Test in Perth...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Plea to release Iraqi aid workers
The International Red Cross calls for the release of 20 aid workers, seized from the Red Crescent's Baghdad offices...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
PM Blair to meet Mid-East leaders
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is in Israel to try to revive the stalled Middle East peace process...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
Reconstruction to aid murder hunt
Police investigating the murder of five prostitutes in Suffolk are to recreate their last known movements...
BBC News - December 18, 2006
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