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Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Curfew in Indian Kashmir to prevent protest rally
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Kashmir police threaten to shoot curfew violators
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Taliban, Afghan officials meet in Saudi Arabia
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Pakistan to deport all Afghans from tribal region
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Lehman sought millions for execs while seeking aid
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Colbert on Colbert Its fun playing a jerk
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Dancing with the Stars contestant injured
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Hopper stars in Starz series Crash
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Global News Archive for March 2008:
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Man admits Cooke body-snatch
The head of a US body-snatching ring who stole body parts from about 1,000 people pleads guilty...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Visa in record US stock offering
Worldwide payment card group Visa has raised more than $17.9bn (£8.9bn) in the biggest US share issue...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Arctic losing long-term ice cover
Despite colder conditions, the Arctic is losing a lot of its old, stable ice, according to satellite data...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Murder probe as attacked man dies
Police begin a murder inquiry following the death of a man who was beaten at his home in west Belfast...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Jail terms for death crash trio
Three young men are jailed for a total of nearly 20 years in connection with a fatal crash near Dumfries...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Pair jailed for killing woman, 82
Two men are sentenced for the manslaughter of an OAP who died the day after they burgled her home...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Kosovo riots 'were orchestrated'
A senior UN official in Kosovo criticises Serbia over unrest that caused the death of a Ukrainian UN policeman...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Iraq murder charge for US marine
A third US marine is charged over the deaths of unarmed Iraqi detainees in Falluja in 2004...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Inspector 'planned to kill more'
A police inspector who killed his wife and mother-in-law may have planned to kill other relatives, an inquest hears...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Celtic stunned by Aberdeen in Cup
Darren Mackie's strike is enough to stun Celtic and seal a Scottish Cup semi-final place for Aberdeen...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Malaysian PM unveils new cabinet
Malaysian PM Abdullah Badawi unveils a slimmed-down cabinet in response to last week's poor election results...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Federal Reserve slashes US rates
The US central bank announces another deep cut in interest rates to calm nervous markets...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Damages due over McCann stories
Four UK newspapers are expected to pay damages to Madeleine McCann's parents after settling a libel action...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90
British science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke, author of over 100 books, dies in Sri Lanka at the age of 90...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Fayed bid to summon Philip fails
Mohamed Al Fayed's bid to compel the Queen and Prince Philip to give evidence at the inquest into the death of Princess Diana has failed...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Dalai Lama Says He?ll Resign if Violence Escalates
The Dalai Lama denied that he had any role in inciting the latest anti-Chinese violence in Tibet...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Chinese Rights Advocate Tried
One of the most prominent human rights advocates in China stood trial on Tuesday on subversion charges...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Tolkien's Hobbit fetches £60,000
A 1937 first edition of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit is sold at auction for £60,000 - twice its predicted value...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Phorm needs 'better protection'
A system that matches web surfing habits to adverts must black-list sensitive sites, a privacy report says...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
'Light touch' at E.coli abattoir
Vets inspecting an abattoir linked to an E.coli outbreak were told to adopt a light touch, an inquiry hears...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Drug trial safety monitoring fear
More needs to be done to monitor safety during drug trials on children, experts say...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Essay auctions 'harder to catch'
Students who cheat by commissioning work online from other students are worrying academics...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Shooting rocks main Afghan prison
Afghan security forces seal off the country's main high-security prison after days of unrest there...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Tibet protest hits warriors show
Protesters hang pro-Tibet slogans around the Terracotta Warrior exhibits on display at London's British Museum...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Scheme shuts door on home buyers
Northern Ireland's co-ownership housing scheme closes its doors to new applicants...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Dead cadet's parents seek charges
The parents of a teenage Army cadet killed in a boating accident call for criminal charges...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Hair rejoins ICC elite umpires
Umpire Darrell Hair is reinstated to the ICC elite panel of umpires...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Football: Gretna strike considered
Closure-threatened Gretna's players decide against collective action ahead of Sunday's match against Celtic...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Kenya MPs support power-sharing
Kenyan MPs pass a bill paving the way for a coalition government after a deal to end post-election violence...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Cuba lifts farmers' supplies ban
The government says it is allowing farmers to buy their own supplies to boost agricultural production...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Debut A380 flight lands in London
The first European commercial flight of the Airbus A380 "super-jumbo" lands at Heathrow Airport...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Fayed bid to summon Philip fails
Mohamed Al Fayed's bid to force the Queen and Prince Philip to face questions at Princess Diana's inquest, fails...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
US cannot ignore race - Obama
US presidential candidate Barack Obama speaks on race, seeking to defuse a row over his former pastor...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
End Tibet unrest, says Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama calls for violence in Tibet to end and rejects China's claims he masterminded the unrest...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
US admits economy in downturn
US Treasury boss Henry Paulson says the US is in a downturn as the Fed prepares to slash interest rates to 2%...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Mills' evidence 'inaccurate'
Heather Mills' evidence in her divorce case with Sir Paul McCartney was "inaccurate", the judge's ruling states...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Director Anthony Minghella dies
The Oscar-winning British film director Anthony Minghella has died at the age of 54, his agent says...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Officer unlawfully killed family
A police inspector unlawfully killed his wife and mother-in-law before killing himself, a coroner rules...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Tail 'key' for gecko acrobatics
High-speed video shows a gecko's tail is crucial to the creature's acrobatic ability, scientists report...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Cranford leads Bafta nominations
Costume drama Cranford gains four Bafta TV nominations, including one for best actress for Dame Judi Dench...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Valleywood studios worries mount
An administrator is called in to deal with problems at the international film studios dubbed Valleywood...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
UK consumer inflation hits 2.5%
UK consumer inflation hit 2.5% in February, the sharpest rise in nine months, official figures show...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Livingstone opens re-election bid
Ken Livingstone launches his campaign for a third term as nominations open for London's 2008 mayoral election...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
China thanks India for Tibet move
Chinese PM Wen Jiabao says he "appreciated" steps taken by Indian authorities in handling protests by Tibetans...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Samurai gang break hands
A gang of youths, armed with a knife and a sword, attack a teenager in Newry breaking the bones in his hands...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Football: Owen 'can keep us up'
Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan believes striker Michael Owen is the key to his side's Premier League survival hopes...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Ghana to deport naked protesters
Ghana is to deport hundreds of Liberian women refugees arrested for holding naked protests...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Trial of Chinese activist begins
Human rights activist Hu Jia goes on trial in the Chinese capital, Beijing, charged with subversion...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Fed battles to restore confidence
The US central bank is expected to slash interest rates on Tuesday to help boost the US economy...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Ukrainian officer dies in Kosovo
A Ukrainian policeman injured in clashes between Kosovo Serbs and international forces dies of his wounds...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Court orders rogue trader release
A French court orders the release of rogue trader Jerome Kerviel, accused of losing billions of euros...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Mills appeals after £24.3m payout
Heather Mills is appealing against the full publication of the ruling in her divorce deal with Sir Paul McCartney...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
BSkyB gets Champions League
Satellite operator BSkyB wins the right to show most Champions League football matches from 2009 to 2012...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Northern Rock to cut 2,000 jobs
Nationalised bank Northern Rock will cut about 2,000 jobs by 2011 as part of restructuring plans...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Man remanded over Shannon kidnap
A man appears in court charged with the kidnap and false imprisonment of nine-year-old Shannon Matthews...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Stocks rebound from Monday fall
Share prices in Europe rebound as investors await an interest rate decision from the US central bank...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Al Fayed bid for Philip evidence
Mohamed Al Fayed is set to is to seek leave for a judicial review concerning the Diana inquest...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: France: Art Heist Near Paris
Some 30 paintings by such masters as Monet, Cézanne and Corot and a Rodin sculpture were stolen from the home of an antiques dealer near Paris...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: France: Last World War I Veteran Honored
In a solemn ceremony in Paris, France paid tribute to its last World War I veteran, who died last week at 110, and the other 8.4 million Frenchmen who fought in the conflict...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Kenya: Leaders Accused of Fomenting Violence
Kenyan government and opposition leaders helped finance and organize violence that left more than 1,000 dead, a Human Rights Watch report said...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
World Briefing | Americas: Cuba: Farmers to Buy Their Own Supplies
Cuba has lifted a ban on some farmers buying supplies in the latest sign that the new president, Raúl Castro, is turning to individual initiative to stimulate food production...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: Afghanistan: Suicide Bomb Kills Seven
A suicide car bomb killed seven soldiers and civilians in an attack at a bazaar in southern Afghanistan...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Albania: Minister Resigns After Deadly Blasts
Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu resigned after a series of explosions at a weapons depot near Tirana on Saturday and Sunday killed at least 16 people and wounded nearly 300...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: France: Ex-President Selling One of His Chateaus
Former President Valéry Giscard d?Estaing is selling the 23-room, 15th-century La Varvasse chateau he inherited in Chanonat, in the Auvergne region...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Debate Over ?Little People? Intensifies After Recent Island Discovery
Are the bones and a single skull of ?little people? the remains of a separate species of the human family or nothing more than modern humans with unusually small bodies...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
At Stratford Last Man Standing Runs Show
Three artistic directors turns out to be two too many at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Turkish Novelist Up for British Prize
Elif Shafak was put on trial for ?insulting Turkishness? for her novel ?The Bastard of Istanbul,? now longlisted for a prestigious British fiction prize...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Melting Pace of Glaciers Is Accelerating, Report Says
The United Nations report included data from 30 glaciers spread around nine mountainous regions, charting change through 2006...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Anniversary Highlights Iraq War?s Role in Campaign
Sharp exchanges among the candidates illustrated deep divisions and left little doubt that the war would be a major issue this fall...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Beijing Journal: Major League Baseball Arrives in China, but Traditions Don?t Quite Translate
At Major League Baseball?s first game in China, things that seem normal in the United States translated in odd ways...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Progress Slows in Detection of New TB Cases
The World Health Organization said the findings were worrisome, threatening to increase the risks of transmitting drug-resistant strains...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Metropolitan Laurus , Who Healed Rift in Russian Orthodox Church, Is Dead at 80
Metropolitan Laurus?s most historic moment was an exchange of kisses on the cheek last May with the Patriarch of Moscow, Aleksei II...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Tibetans in India Enraged by Details of Crackdown
Dharamsala, the seat of the Tibetan government in exile as well as a popular destination for spiritual tourism, has become the high-energy hub of the Tibetan uprising...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Iran Reformists Question Conservative Gains
Conservatives controlled about three-quarters of the more than 200 races decided so far in the 290-seat Parliament, the Interior Ministry said...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
China Tries to Thwart News Reports From Tibet
For the past few days, several major international news outlets have been blocked or have faced service disruptions in some parts of China...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Bombing Kills 43 in Shiite Holy City in Iraq
The explosion, the deadliest attack in Karbala in nearly a year, overshadowed a Baghdad visit by Vice President Dick Cheney...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Port-Au-Prince Journal: Pumping Iron on Two Sides of Haiti?s Class Divide
While the machines at Gold?s Gym in Haiti?s capital are state-of-the-art, those at the humble Temple of Pain are made of scrap metal...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Chinese Policies Led Slowly to Backlash in Tibet
The only surprising thing about unrest in Tibet may be that Beijing managed to keep things stable for so long...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
U.S. Adapts Cold-War Idea to Fight Terrorists
Officials believe that a combination of efforts could establish something akin to a posture of deterrence adapted to the global jihadi terrorist movement...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Vegan diet 'help' for arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis patients could reduce a high risk of heart attacks with a gluten-free, vegan diet, a study suggests...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Teachers warn over cyber bullying
Parents are warned to be more aware that their children can misuse mobile phones and the internet...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Missing student found murdered
A Norwegian woman found murdered sustained significant injuries to her neck, post-mortem tests reveal...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Drowned cadet in wrong lifejacket
A teenager who drowned after being pinned under a boat was wearing the wrong kind of lifejacket, a probe finds...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Mortgage brokers 'act fast' tip
People who need a new mortgage should act quickly before schemes are withdrawn, brokers warn...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
NZ teen charged over backpacker
A 14-year-old boy is charged with the murder of British backpacker Karen Aim in New Zealand...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Kosovo clashes force UN pullout
UN police leave the Kosovo Serb stronghold in Mitrovica after more than 130 people are injured in clashes...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Minister in soldier inquests plea
Defence Secretary Des Browne asks that strongly-worded criticisms of the MoD be outlawed from inquests on soldiers...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Rising numbers seek debt advice
Figures compiled for the BBC show more people are seeking help with mortgage arrears but credit card debt problems fall...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
A380 to make UK commercial debut
The first commercial flight of the Airbus A380 "super-jumbo" to the UK is due to land at Heathrow later...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Asian markets rally after turmoil
Asian markets steady after Monday's global market turmoil sparked by the emergency sale of Bear Stearns...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Iraqi asylum seeker numbers up
The number of Iraqis applying for asylum in developed countries almost doubled in 2007, a UN report says...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
'Baby Asbo' threat for tearaways
A £218m government initiative will target young children to try to stop them getting into serious crime...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
China premier attacks Dalai Lama
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says exiled Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, organised recent unrest in Lhasa...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Man in court over Shannon kidnap
A man is due to appear in court charged with the kidnap and false imprisonment of Shannon Matthews...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
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