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Obama, McCain bury campaign pain, vow cooperation
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Obama, McCain bury sour campaign, vow cooperation
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Saks posts bigger-than-expected 3Q loss
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Obama, McCain pledge to work together for reform
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk marred by lost tool bag
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Astronauts end space walk marred by lost tool bag
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Indian navy sinks suspected pirate mother ship
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Global News Archive for March 2005:
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In Lebanon, Factions Deadlocked in Talks for New Government
Allies of the pro-Syrian government and the opposition said the two sides disagreed on a number of important issues, which raises the possibility that elections may be postponed...
New York Times - March 18, 2005
China's Vice Premier Urges Businesses to Help With AIDS Fight
Vice Premier Wu Yi of China's call today is the latest step in the government's increasingly open and aggressive efforts to combat the deadly virus...
New York Times - March 18, 2005
Russia's Military Chief Downplays Concerns Over War Games With China
Russia's military chief Yuri Baluyevsky this week outlined plans with Chinese officials for the first-ever war games between the two countries...
New York Times - March 18, 2005
Peacekeepers for Somalia approved
East African nations agree to send peacekeepers to Somalia - but they will not come from neighbouring countries...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Beirut blast 'causes casualties'
An explosion outside the Lebanese capital injures several people, Lebanese officials say...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Break-in pair descriptions issued
A male involved in a burglary, during which a woman is raped, could have been as young as 14, police say...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Family's fury at Howard comments
The parents of a toddler who died after being hit with an airgun pellet confront Tory leader Michael Howard...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Pension talks could avert strike
Government talks with unions over civil service pensions could help avert a strike by one million workers...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Judge rules on right-to-die case
A brain-damaged woman's feeding tube is removed despite moves by Republicans in Congress to stop it...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Music mogul Fuller sells company
Pop Idol creator Simon Fuller sells his 19 Entertainment company to a US entrepreneur...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Israel to refrain from offensives
Israel says it will continue to refrain from military offensives following an agreement by Palestinian groups to extend a truce...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
India condemns US visa decision
India's government and opposition criticise the US for refusing a visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Nurse cleared of killing toddler
A children's nurse from Liverpool is cleared of killing a baby after injecting him with the wrong drug...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Woman raped in 'abhorrent' attack
The rape of a woman during a burglary in north Belfast is described as cowardly and abhorrent by the police...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Lawyer found guilty of bomb scare
Dr Raj Jandoo is fined £2,500 after being convicted of endangering a flight to Stornoway...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
City braced for Grand Slam crowd
It could be busier than New Year's Eve, as Cardiff plays host to around 150,000 rugby fans for Saturday's big match...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
UK bribery loopholes criticised
An OECD report points to serious loopholes in efforts to combat bribery of foreign officials by UK firms...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Tour row MP loses Tory party whip
Jonathan Sayeed is expelled from the Tory party in the Commons after a second Standards Committee report...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
School bans girl with hair braids
A school is accused of racism by a girl banned from class because of her new braided hairstyle...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
North Sea crater shows its scars
What is thought to be the UK's only space impact crater has been mapped in detail in 3D for the first time...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Congress seeks right-to-die delay
The US Congress intervenes to try to stop a brain-damaged woman's life support being removed...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Racing: Kicking King wins
Kicking King storms to an impressive victory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Athletics: Greek duo cleared
Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou are cleared of doping offences by an independent tribunal...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Uganda rebels take more children
Ugandan rebels attack a village and abduct 49 people, a security official at the scene says...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Cruise missile row rocks Ukraine
Ukraine says 18 of its nuclear-capable cruise missiles were smuggled to Iran and China...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Charles' wedding blessing on TV
The church blessing of the Prince of Wales' marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles is to be televised live...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Tsunami aid shortfall over $4bn
Governments are urged to bridge a $4bn shortfall in pledges to the countries hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Blair presses £35bn 'cuts' claim
Tony Blair steps up his attack on alleged Tory spending cuts despite claims the figures are misleading...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Skydiver spoke of 'plane suicide'
Skydiver Stephen Hilder believed that jumping from a plane would be the best way to commit suicide, an inquest hears...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Four guilty of New Year shootings
Four men are found guilty of the murders of two teenage girls shot dead outside a party in Birmingham...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
China Frees Muslim Woman Days Ahead of Rice's Visit
The release of the prisoner, Rebiya Kadeer, was praised in Washington by officials who also listed several recent "improvements" in China's human rights record...
New York Times - March 18, 2005
Web to have 'terror watch' team
A hi-tech team that will monitor terrorist and criminal use of the net is being created by five European nations...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Victoria Cross soldier: Your tributes
A British soldier has been awarded the Victoria Cross for twice saving the lives of colleagues in Iraq. Send us your tributes...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Solomons rebel jailed for murder
Harold Keke, a notorious Solomon Islands warlord, is jailed for life for the 2002 murder of a Catholic priest...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
CIA agents 'do not use torture'
CIA chief Porter Goss tells US senators his agents do not use torture on captives, saying it is "not productive"...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Italy repatriates 180 boatpeople
Italy sends 180 illegal migrants back to Libya after about 1,000 arrived at Lampedusa island...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
US denies Indian politician entry
The US embassy revokes the visa of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for alleged violation of religious freedom...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Arrests after three bodies found
Police make arrests after the bodies of three people are found in a fire at a restaurant and flats in Kent...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Woman raped and beaten in attack
A 36-year-old woman is traumatised after she was raped and beaten during a burglary in north Belfast...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
City prepares for 150,000 crowd
It could be busier than New Year's Eve, as Cardiff expects a crowd of 150,000 for Saturday's big match...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Oil prices dip amid profit taking
Oil prices fell back slightly in Friday trading amid profit taking after hitting new record levels in the US and UK on Thursday...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Voters 'don't trust politicians'
A BBC poll shows 80% of voters do not trust politicians as Jack Straw says trust will be a key poll issue...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Directory reform 'cost consumers'
A watchdog says opening up directory enquiries to competition has led to higher prices and public confusion...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
UK games industry 'needs help'
The video games industry in the UK is healthy but needs more government support, says an industry report...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Racing: Gold Cup preview
Favourite Beef or Salmon looks to steal Best Mate's crown in the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Football: Chelsea draw Bayern
Liverpool meet Juventus and Chelsea will play Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of the Champions League...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Zimbabwe expats lose vote battle
Zimbabwe's Supreme Court throws out a request by a group of expatriates to vote in elections, official media report...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Blair sticks by Tory 'cuts' claim
Tony Blair is to renew his attack on £35bn Tory spending 'cuts' amid accusations it is misleading...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Man charged over Iraq genocide
A court charges a Dutch businessman with a part in genocide for selling chemicals to the former Iraqi regime...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
'No way' skydiver killed himself
The former girlfriend of Stephen Hilder tells an inquest that there is "no way" he killed himself in July 2003...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Questions Left by C.I.A. Chief on Torture Use
Porter J. Goss came close to admitting that some of the C.I.A.'s interrogation practices since 9/11 may have crossed the legal limits...
New York Times - March 18, 2005
Sizable Cut in U.S. Forces in Iraq Called Possible in '06
An Army general said that the number of American troops in Iraq would probably drop to around 105,000 from 150,000...
New York Times - March 18, 2005
Palestinian Factions Agree to Extend Truce With Israel
Although the groups set conditions on Israel, their move bolsters recent efforts to end four-and-a-half years of fighting...
New York Times - March 18, 2005
For Zimbabwe, Peaceful Vote, but Is It Fair?
There is mounting evidence that the raucous campaigning masks an effort by Zimbabwe's ruling party to rig national elections...
New York Times - March 18, 2005
Rice Calls Afghans Inspiring, but Election Is Delayed Again
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made the announcement, apparently inadvertently, during a news conference with the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai...
New York Times - March 18, 2005
Head of Russian Electricity Monopoly Survives Ambush
Anatoly B. Chubais survived a roadside ambush this morning as he was driving to Moscow from his extravagant dacha outside the capital...
New York Times - March 18, 2005
Hip-hop star is guilty of perjury
Rapper Lil' Kim is found guilty of lying under oath about a gunfight by a jury in New York...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Freed China prisoner lands in US
An ethnic Uighur woman imprisoned in China since 1999 arrives in the US after being freed from jail...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Bolivia MPs reject early election
Bolivia's Congress rejects a call by the country's president to hold early elections in a bid to end a political crisis...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Honours for Black Watch soldiers
Twelve soldiers from the Black Watch are decorated for their outstanding service during the conflict in Iraq...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Few pubs apply for late licences
Only a handful of pubs apply to extend their opening hours ahead of law changes...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Dutchman in Iraq genocide trial
A Dutchman accused of selling chemicals to make poison gas to Saddam Hussein's regime is to go on trial...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Tennis: Henman dumped out
Tim Henman goes down in straight sets to Guillermo Canas in the Indian Wells quarter-finals...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
UN action over DR Congo abuse
One UN employee is sacked and six others suspended over allegations of sexual misconduct in DR Congo...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
'No talks' until IRA row settled
There is no hope of political progress until IRA criminality is dealt with, the Northern Ireland secretary says...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Nepal 'near humanitarian abyss'
Civil conflict and the suspension of freedoms are edging Nepal towards crisis, international donors warn...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
Troops 'face helicopter shortage'
The armed forces face an "alarming" shortage of battlefield helicopters, a committee of MPs warns...
BBC News - March 18, 2005
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