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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 February 2008:
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After China Ships Out iPhones, Smugglers Make It a Return Trip
The popularity of the iPhone is defying Apple?s attempt to slowly introduce it in new markets...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Many Women Barred From Polls in Peshawar
Threats from hardline Pakistani militants appear to have prevented thousands of Pakistani women from casting their ballots...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
In Asian Reaction to Kosovo Declaration, Fears of Secession
Kosovo?s declaration appeared a litmus test of attitudes in Asia toward secession, with China opposing the move and Taiwan approving of it...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
China Expresses Concern on U.S. Plan to Shoot Down Satellite
China warned against threats to security in outer space, without mentioning its own successful anti-satellite missile test last year...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Plea for Aid as Winter Grips Tajikistan
United Nations officials issued an urgent plea for some $25 million in emergency aid to the Central Asian country hardest hit by an unusually harsh winter...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
French Police Round Up Suspects in November Unrest
The French police arrested dozens of people suspected of shooting at the police and setting fires during three days of unrest...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
In Turkey, Is Tension About Religion? Class Rivalry? Or Both?
As Turkey lurches toward a repeal of a ban on head scarves at universities, the country?s secular upper middle class is feeling increasingly threatened...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
5 Iraqis Killed as Rockets Hit U.S. Base in Baghdad
At least 2 American soldiers and 14 Iraqi civilians, including 6 children, were also wounded in the attack on Monday...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Diana Inquest Hears Fayed?s Accusations
The father of Princess Diana?s lover laid out sensational allegations before a court investigating her death...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Serbs in Kosovo Vow to Remain Part of Serbia
Thousands of Serbs took to the streets of the divided city of Mitrovica, waving Serbian flags and chanting ?Kosovo is Serbia!?...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Kosovo Is Recognized by Some, Rebuked by Others
Kosovo won the recognition of the United States and its biggest Western European allies, but was rejected by other states facing their own separatist movements...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Winners Uncertain as Clashes Mar Pakistan Vote
Violence was reported in an election that may fail to produce clear winners, resulting in protracted political skirmishing...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
'Frog from hell' fossil unearthed
A 70-million-year-old fossil of a giant frog has been unearthed in Madagascar by a team of UK and US scientists...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Soldiers in court over explosives
Three soldiers appear in court on charges which include the illegal possession of explosives or firearms...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
One killed, two injured in crash
A woman is killed and two other people are injured in a road accident in County Down...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
French writer Robbe-Grillet dies
Alain Robbe-Grillet, the French
writer who pioneered the so-called new novel genre, dies at the age of 85...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Barnsley face Chelsea in FA Cup
Barnsley take on Chelsea, Bristol Rovers host West Brom and Man Utd meet Portsmouth in the FA Cup quarter-finals...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Cabbie to face drug rape charges
A London taxi driver is charged with a series of sex attacks on drugged female passengers...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Opposition confident in Pakistan
Opposition supporters in Pakistan are claiming an election triumph - but results will not be clear for hours...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Serbia recalls US ambassador
Belgrade withdraws its ambassador from Washington in protest at US recognition of Kosovo's independence...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Rice Brings Incentives to End Kenya Violence
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Kenya promising help if the crisis can be resolved...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Suicide Attack Kills 36 in Afghanistan
The second serious attack in southern Afghanistan in two days struck near a convoy of Canadian troops...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Turnout Low as Violence Mars Pakistan Vote
A number of clashes were reported in an election that might fail to produce a clear winner and could result in protracted post-election political skirmishing...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Kosovo Is Recognized by U.S., France and Britain
?We congratulate the people of Kosovo on this historic occasion,? Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a statement...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Gayle joins Eurovision contenders
Singer Michelle Gayle is among six acts competing to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Whistle-blower site taken offline
A website that allows whistle-blowers to post sensitive documents is taken offline in the US...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Pilot test rogue results revealed
The government explains some of the "unusual" results in a pilot of tests that might replace England's Sats...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Darling called 'dead man walking'
The Conservatives say Alistair Darling is "politically a dead man walking", but he accuses them of "cynical opportunism"...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Cashier's £88,000 theft from OAPs
A building society worker's thefts are uncovered when a 92-year-old woman tries to take out cash, a court hears...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Teenager killed sisters in blaze
A teenager is found guilty of manslaughter after starting a fire which killed his two younger sisters...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Paisley Jnr resigns as minister
Ian Paisley Jnr resigns from his position as a junior minister in the Northern Ireland Assembly...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Election count begins in Pakistan
Ballot counting is under way in Pakistan after a key election which it is hoped will help end the country's crisis...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Rice urges Kenyans to share power
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Kenya's rival leaders should share power to end the crisis...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Athletics: No appeal by Chambers
Dwain Chambers will not be able to compete at the Beijing Olympics after missing the deadline to appeal against his lifetime ban...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Barnsley face Chelsea in FA Cup
Barnsley take on Chelsea, Bristol Rovers host West Brom and Man Utd meet Portsmouth in the FA Cup quarter-finals...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
No deal in McCartney divorce
Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills fail to reach agreement over a financial settlement in their High Court divorce case...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Woman 'was killed on first date'
A successful businesswoman was murdered on a first date with a man she had met in a nightclub, a court hears...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Accused 'unaware model dead'
A pub chef accused of killing a teenage model says he did not realise she was dead until after he had sex with her...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
No engine defect on crash plane
The engines of a jet that crash-landed at Heathrow Airport had no mechanical defects, investigators say...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Council pays damages over baby
A council agrees to pay a teenage mother damages after social workers took away her newborn baby...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Soldier kidnap plotter given life
A man who planned to kidnap and decapitate a Muslim soldier serving in the British Army is jailed for life...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Recognition for new Kosovo grows
Recognition of Kosovan independence gains momentum with the US and EU nations pledging support...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Diana murdered, Al Fayed claims
Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed were murdered, Mohamed Al Fayed tells the inquest into their deaths...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Rock's rescue plans 'carry risk'
The new boss of Northern Rock says all of the plans to save the bank carry risks and cannot guarantee success...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
French Police Raid Housing Projects
More than 1,000 police raided housing projects outside Paris early Monday, detaining over 30 people in a bid to find rioters who led an outburst of violence last year, police said...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Guyana Gunmen Kill Police, Civilians
Gunmen killed at least three police officers and several civilians in an assault Sunday night on a small town in Guyana, authorities and local media said, in the second such attack in recent weeks...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Game creators look to the future
Developers and game makers are gathering in San Francisco to debate the industry's future...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Stars to replace Ledger in movie
Jude Law, Johnny Depp and Colin Farrell will play Heath Ledger's role in his unfinished film Doctor Parnassus...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Language oral 'not being ditched'
A minister denies that oral assessments are to be scrapped from modern language GCSEs...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Planet-hunters set for big bounty
Earth-like planets with conditions suitable for life may be more common in our galaxy than previously thought, a study finds...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Brown rejects competence attack
Gordon Brown defends his actions on Northern Rock and denies losing his reputation for economic competence...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Stem cell hope for bone fractures
UK scientists hope to mend shattered bones and damaged cartilage using a patient's own stem cells...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Baccalaureate students to double
The number of students able to study the Welsh Baccalaureate will rise to 18,000 from September...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Bosses defend City bonuses
Business figures defend the paying of bonuses to City executives after an attack by the chancellor...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Treatment test for broken bones
Scientists are working on a technique to repair fractures using a patient's own stem cells...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Taxi driver 'may have raped 35'
Police investigating five rapes by a black-cab driver say 30 more women have come forward following an appeal...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
More cows culled over bluetongue
More cattle are to be culled on a County Antrim farm following confirmation of blue tongue disease...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Dozens die in new Afghan bombing
A bomb in Afghanistan reportedly kills 35 civilians and injures many people, three of them Nato troops...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
French police target riot leaders
French police arrest more than 30 people in raids near Paris, targeting the instigators of November's riots...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
E Timor arrests Reinado 'lawyer'
An adviser for slain rebel Reinado is arrested in E Timor as police hunt for those behind the attack on the PM...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Rice in Nairobi to push for deal
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice holds talks in Kenya in an attempt to end the political crisis...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Athletics: Call for long bans
Tanni Grey Thompson, leading an anti-doping review for UK Athletics, wants eight-year bans for drugs cheats...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Liverpool form worries Carragher
Liverpool are suffering from something more serious than a "bad spell", according to defender Jamie Carragher...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Toshiba climbs on 'HD DVD exit'
Toshiba shares gain more than 5% on speculation the firm is about to shelve its high definition DVD format...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Soldiers charged over explosives
Two Scottish soldiers based in Kent are charged with possessing explosives for an unlawful purpose...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Action plan targets knife crime
Police are to be issued with airport style metal detectors in a crime crackdown being launched by Jacqui Smith...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Split EU meets to debate Kosovo
EU ministers consider Kosovo's declaration of independence, with members split on how to respond...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Early WMD dossier draft released
Foreign Secretary David Miliband says he has published an early draft of the infamous Iraq weapons dossier...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
UK soldier killed in Afghanistan
A British soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Diana 'told Al Fayed of pregnancy'
Princess Diana told Mohamed Al Fayed she was pregnant, the Harrods owner says in his evidence at her inquest...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Rock nationalisation 'right move'
Prime Minister Gordon Brown defends the government's decision to nationalise Northern Rock...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Soldier kidnap plotter faces jail
A man who planned to kidnap and kill a Muslim soldier in the British is warned he faces a long sentence...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Arts, Briefly: Dutch Protest 104-Year-Old Singer
A 104-year-old Dutch-born singer who once performed for Hitler touched off a protest when he took the stage in the Netherlands for the first time in four decades...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Arts, Briefly: London Underground Vetoes Poster of Nude
A painting by the German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder, is a bit too much for Transport for London, operator of the London subway system...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Iran Hangs 2 on Murder and Rape Charges
The number of executions has sharply increased in Iran in the past year. Last year 298 people were executed, and 36 have been executed so far in 2008...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Cypriot President Loses in First Round
The surprise defeat of President Tassos Papadopoulos could signal a renewed drive to end the island?s decades-old division...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
President-Elect of South Korea Is Questioned in Stock Scam
President-elect Lee Myung-bak, who will be inaugurated on Feb. 25, was elected in part on promises that he would improve the country?s economy...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Chávez Backs Off Threats to Halt Oil Exports to U.S.
The Venezuelan president and other officials had recently said that the Bush administration and the oil company Exxon Mobil were conspiring to wreak economic havoc in Venezuela...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Suicide Bomber Is Spotted and Shot, but Kills 3 in Baghdad
A soldier and a shop owner noticed wires protruding from a woman?s clothing and shot her, but she still managed to detonate her suicide bomb...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Smugglers Return iPhones to China
The strange journey of Apple?s popular iPhone is another sign of its extraordinary popularity and a blow to the company?s business model...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Tanzania Welcomes Bush, but Obama Is Topic No. 1 on the Streets
President Bush is on a six-day, five-country tour to spotlight American efforts to fight poverty and disease in Africa. But halfway around the world, he cannot escape the race to succeed him...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Luxborough Journal: Tally Ho! A Determined Crew Hunts for Fox Hunters
Catching the hunters who use dogs to hunt foxes, a practice banned in 2004, is the mission of the League Against Cruel Sports in Britain...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
Vote Is Expected to Further Weaken Musharraf
Pakistanis began voting in parliamentary elections on Monday amid anxiety over further political turmoil and violence...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
At Least 80 Are Killed in Afghan Suicide Bombing
The attack at a dogfighting festival outside Kandahar was Afghanistan?s worst single bombing since 2001...
New York Times - February 18, 2008
MPs criticise military healthcare
The Scottish Government comes under fire for failing to give priority to the healthcare needs of military personnel...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Cypriot president ousted in poll
Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos is knocked out of the presidential race in the first round of voting...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Israel detains dozens of Gazans
Israeli forces carry out an incursion into the Gaza Strip, seizing more than 80 Palestinians and killing four...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
NZ hosts meeting on cluster bombs
Officials from 120 nations meet in New Zealand to try to agree a text for a proposed ban on cluster bombs...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Snooker: Selby makes comeback
Mark Selby stages a remarkable recovery to win the Welsh Open final against Ronnie O'Sullivan...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Action plan targets violent crime
A raft of new measures to tackle violent crime is to be announced by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Veterans 'need more mental care'
There is too little support for the long-term mental health needs of veterans, a committee of MPs finds...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Pakistanis vote in tense election
People in Pakistan take part in a crucial parliamentary election overshadowed by violence and fears of fraud...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Divided EU meets to debate Kosovo
EU ministers are to consider Kosovo's declaration of independence, with members split on how to respond...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Al Fayed to attend Diana inquest
Mohamed Al Fayed is to give evidence at the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and his son Dodi...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
Crisis measures for Northern Rock
Emergency legislation is to be introduced to temporarily nationalise the stricken Northern Rock bank...
BBC News - February 18, 2008
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