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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 February 2006:
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Bosnian film triumphs in Berlin
A Bosnian film about women raped during the Balkans war wins the Golden Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Boys 'face double the burns risk'
Young boys are twice as likely to burn themselves as girls, a study suggests...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Football: Magpies squeak through
Kieron Dyer scores on his first start since August as Newcastle beat Southampton in the FA Cup...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Curling: Blow for GB women
Great Britain's women curlers lose to Norway, follows the morning win over Italy...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Nigeria cartoon protests kill 16
At least 16 people die as violence breaks out during protests over the Muhammad cartoons in northern Nigeria...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Deadly bird flu widens its reach
The lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu continues to spread, with France becoming the latest country to confirm a case...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Drugs raid on Olympic camp
Italian police stage a drugs raid on the Austrian biathlon team's Winter Olympics accommodation...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Gardener hoping for Bafta glory
Actors and film-makers wait to hear whether they have won at the Orange Bafta film awards...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Man charged over shooting of Pc
Detectives charge a 24-year-old man with the attempted murder of Pc Rachael Bown in Nottingham...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
U.S. Soldier and 3 Iraqi Policemen Are Killed in Bomb Attacks
Also, Iraqi and American forces in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan searched for a missing plane that was carrying five German businessmen...
New York Times - February 18, 2006
Few Found Alive After Mud Buries Town in Philippines
A torrent of thick mud swept through a southern Philippines town, apparently killing almost all of its 1,800 residents...
New York Times - February 18, 2006
Italian Official Quits in Strife Over Cartoons
A day after at least 11 people were killed in Libya over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, an Italian official resigned for wearing a T-shirt printed with the cartoons...
New York Times - February 18, 2006
Hamas and Abbas Clash Over Path for Palestinians
President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas lawmakers set out on a collision course over the need to honor agreements with Israel and to achieve Palestinian statehood...
New York Times - February 18, 2006
Berlin gets set for Golden Bear
Films by Michael Winterbottom and Robert Altman are in the running for the Berlin Film Festival's Golden Bear award...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
McConnell call over heroin girl
Carers involved in the case of a child who took heroin should be held accountable, the first minister says...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Doctor must defend groping claims
The General Medical Council tells a consultant he must defend allegations he groped female patients...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Italy cartoon row minister quits
The Italian minister who sparked rioting in Libya after wearing a T-shirt of the Muhammad cartoons resigns...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
India finds deadly bird flu virus
India detects its first cases of the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain in western Maharashtra state, officials say...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Libya suspends minister over riot
The Libyan interior minister is suspended after 10 die in protests against Prophet Muhammad cartoons...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Blast at US Philippines army base
An explosion near an army base in the Philippines used by US troops injures about 20 people, reports say...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Liverpool put Man Utd out of Cup
Peter Crouch's header gives Liverpool a FA Cup fifth round win against Man Utd...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Baby found just before womb op
A woman tells of her joy at finding she was pregnant, minutes before having a hysterectomy...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Third giraffe dies after zoo fire
Paddy the giraffe, injured in a fire which claimed the lives of his mate and a calf at Paignton Zoo, dies...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Muslims march in cartoons protest
Muslim protesters are marching in London in protest against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
French bird flu results awaited
French officials are due to release the results of tests on a duck believed to have died from deadly H5N1 bird flu...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Hamas takes power vowing no talks
A new Palestinian parliament dominated by Hamas is sworn in, as the group rejects calls for talks with Israel...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
No success in Philippines rescue
Relief teams find no more survivors at a Philippines village where 1,800 people are feared dead after a mudslide...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Drunken man stole Church's discs
A court hears of a burglar's "moment of madness" when he stole Charlotte Church's gold discs from her parents' hotel...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Five people die in border crash
Three women and two men are killed in a two-car collision just across the Irish border in County Donegal...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Officers probe gun attack on man
Police continue their inquiry into the shooting of a Glasgow businessman outside his home...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Man 'attacked six in 24 hours'
A man is jailed indefinitely after he carries out unprovoked attacks on six strangers in the space of 24 hours...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Gas hike sparks poverty warning
A 22% price rise by British Gas could lead to 200,000 people moving into "fuel poverty," the industry watchdog warns...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Police criticised over child DNA
A "postcode lottery" exists over whether police keep innocent children's DNA on file, a Tory MP says...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Egypt finds deadly bird flu virus
The first cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu are found in Egypt, mostly around the capital, Cairo...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
India-Pakistan rail link reopens
A second rail link between India and Pakistan reopens 40 years after it was suspended because of hostilities...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Live: Liverpool v Man Utd
Premiership rivals Liverpool and Man Utd meet in the fifth round of the FA Cup...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Cricket: Solid start for England
Michael Vaughan, Andrew Strauss and Ian Bell all pass 50 but England are bowled out for 299 in their India tour-opener...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Live: Winter Olympics day eight
Britain's women's curlers win 9-5 against Italy - while heavy snow halts the men's super-G skiing...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Japan sends satellite into orbit
Japan launches a new satellite into orbit, boosting its space programme after a series of disappointments...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria
Nine foreign workers are seized in the latest attack by militants on oil installations in Nigeria...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Ten die in Libya cartoon clash
At least 10 people are killed in Libya during an anti-Italian protest over the Muhammad cartoons, police say...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Rio ready for Rolling Stones gig
Rio de Janeiro is gearing up to welcome almost two million people for a free Rolling Stones gig...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Hopes fade for Philippine victims
Rescue work continues on a Philippines island where 1,800 people are feared dead following a huge landslide...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Elected Hamas takes centre stage
A new Palestinian parliament, dominated by Hamas, is sworn in at a ceremony in the West Bank and Gaza...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Rural recovery policies 'failed'
Measures to boost the rural economy after the foot-and-mouth crisis five years ago failed, a report says...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Iraq Power Shift Widens a Gulf Between Sects
Iraqi families are increasingly identifying with their own sect and turning to their clans and tribes for protection...
New York Times - February 18, 2006
1,800 Feared Killed by Landslide in Philippine Village
A mudslide 30 feet deep hit three farming villages on Leyte, leveling homes and an elementary school...
New York Times - February 18, 2006
U.S. Criticized for Actions in U.N. Council
Developing nations expressed anger at what they viewed as an effort to wrest power from them and give authority for bringing major change to the 15-member Security Council...
New York Times - February 18, 2006
New Cartoon Showing Muhammad Prompts the Closing of a Russian Paper
Authorities ordered the closing of a Volgograd newspaper that published a cartoon of Muhammad, Jesus Christ, Moses and Buddha...
New York Times - February 18, 2006
Hamas Leader Faults Israeli Sanction Plan
The man many expect to become the new Palestinian prime minister criticized proposals to restrict movement in Palestinian areas...
New York Times - February 18, 2006
Bush Sees Need to Expand Role of NATO in Sudan
President Bush also said he favored doubling the number of peacekeepers operating in Darfur under U.N. control...
New York Times - February 18, 2006
NHS 'target effect' fears raised
Extra controls are needed to make sure health bosses are not manipulating
services to meet targets, a study says...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Man questioned over Pc shooting
Detectives investigating the shooting of a woman police officer question a man arrested at Heathrow...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
US helicopters crash off Djibouti
Two US military helicopters crash off the coast of Djibouti in East Africa and 10 crew members missing...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
'Thousands' due at cartoons demo
Thousands are expected to join a protest in London against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Kidnap boy rescued in armed raid
Police rescue a 10-year-old boy after he is taken from his family home and held captive for 35 hours...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Portugal makes 'record' drug haul
Portuguese police say they have seized eight tonnes of cocaine in the largest operation of its kind in Europe...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Retirement age 'will rise to 85'
The age of retirement should rise to 85 by 2050, to cope with longer life expectancy, a US scientist says...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
'Ten die' in Libya cartoon clash
At least 10 people are reported killed in Libya during an anti-Italian protest over the Muhammad cartoons...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
Hopes fade for Philippines victims
Rescue work resumes on a Philippines island where 1,800 people are feared dead following a huge landslide...
BBC News - February 18, 2006
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