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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 April 2005:
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Sharon Hints at Possible Delay in Gaza Withdrawal
Israel's prime minister hinted that he might delay the evacuation of Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip for three weeks...
New York Times - April 18, 2005
Black Smoke Emerges, Signaling No New Pope Today
The smoke indicated that the cardinals had voted inconclusively in their first attempt to elect a successor to Pope John Paul II...
New York Times - April 18, 2005
Berlusconi, Under Pressure, Tries to Hold On to Power
The turmoil besieging the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi took a new twist when he did not do what everyone expected him to do: resign...
New York Times - April 18, 2005
Faulty drugs 'put health at risk'
Researchers warn that substandard medications are available in countries across the world...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Heads attack Tory closure plan
A head teachers' leader has written to the Conservatives to stop their threat to close the "Sandhurst for schools"...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Moore's Law on chips marks 40th
Moore's Law, the guiding principle that has driven the digital revolution, celebrates its 40th birthday...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Fire chief arrested for DIY theft
A chief fire officer, who earns more than £100,000 a year, is cautioned for stealing doorstops worth £4.60...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Protesters target Irish minister
Anti-racism protesters in Belfast try to shout down the Republic's justice minister, Michael McDowell...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Scottish Greens' manifesto launch
The Scottish Greens are to unveil their election manifesto and pledge to combat climate change...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Cycling: Olympic champ banned
Olympic champion Tyler Hamilton is banned for two years after positive tests for blood doping...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Venezuela detains Colombia troops
At least eight Colombian soldiers are detained by Venezuelan authorities at a border post...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Fury as Serbs boo Bosnian anthem
A group of Bosnian Serb army recruits is condemned after booing the Bosnian national anthem during a swearing-in...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Italy political crisis unresolved
Silvio Berlusconi says he has not resigned in order to form a new government, leaving Italy's political crisis unresolved...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Armstrong to bow out after Tour
Six-times Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong will retire from cycling after this year's race...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Smoke signals no pope agreement
Black smoke billows from the Sistine Chapel, signifying that Roman Catholic cardinals have failed to elect a pope...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Top Cardinal Extols Catholic Doctrine as Conclave Begins
The conclave began after Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger issued a stern denunciation of those who would stray from traditional doctrine...
New York Times - April 18, 2005
Cardinals Gather Today in Secret to Elect the Next Pope
The papal conclave, which dates back nearly a millennium, is a balloting exercise even a big city ward heeler might recognize...
New York Times - April 18, 2005
Piste pressure on alpine plants
The way ski pistes are currently managed is changing the number and type of plant species in the Alps, a study finds...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Intel reveals Wimax wireless chip
Intel unveils a computer chip which gives access to wide-range wireless technology...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Blues fans campaign for plaques
Blues music enthusiasts are launching a campaign to put plaques at key places in the 1960s British boom...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
GP and undertaker harassed vicar
A doctor and his undertaker girlfriend admit carrying out an eight-month hate campaign against a clergyman...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Rebel AM will stand for election
Ex-Labour AM Peter Law is to stand as an independent in the general election despite his brain tumour surgery...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Patients want control over care
Patients wish they could see a doctor whenever they need and be more involved in their own care, a report reveals...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Snooker: Hunter knocked out
Fourth seed Paul Hunter loses 10-8 to Michael Holt in the first round at The Crucible...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Italian PM to form new government
Italy's Silvio Berlusconi will resign his position in order to form a new government, ending a political crisis...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Jackson witness to face grilling
The mother of Michael Jackson's accuser faces a fourth day of questions at the star's California trial...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Four charged over Calvi killing
Four people are charged over the 1982 killing of Roberto Calvi, known as God's banker, Italian media say...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Death row Scot has ruling upheld
A Scot on death row in the US hears an Appeal Court decision to quash his conviction cannot be set aside...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Man pleads guilty to four murders
A man pleads guilty to the murders of twin sisters and an elderly couple in North Yorkshire last year...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
MG Rover task force awards cash
A task force set up after the collapse of MG Rover gives £300,000 to suppliers hit by the carmaker's demise...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Cardinals begin electing new pope
Roman Catholic cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to start the secret poll for a new pope...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
In Vast Secrecy, Cardinals Meet Today to Elect Pope
The first vote - which could occur as early as tonight - is likely to be showdown time, according to Vatican analysts...
New York Times - April 18, 2005
No Apology From China for Japan Protests
China's foreign minister said he saw no need to apologize, as a dispute over history and territory showed few signs of easing...
New York Times - April 18, 2005
Who should be the new pope?
The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church have gathered to begin the process of choosing a new pope. Send us your comments...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Lib Dems plan to cut crime fears
The Lib Dems renew their pledge for an extra 10,000 police to help stamp out the fear of crime as they focus law and order...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
'Playing better than lessons'
Young children can learn more from playing in school than in formal lessons, suggests research...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Glitch ends Dart mission early
An experimental robotic spacecraft mission for the US space agency is aborted due to a fuel problem...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Supercomputing power made real
Supercomputing is becoming more powerful and cheaper as it gets out of labs into the "real world"...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Rivals say peace 'irreversible'
Indian and Pakistani leaders say peace moves are "irreversible" and promise more links across divided Kashmir...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
McDonald's murder charge remand
A 20-year-old man is remanded in custody charged with the murder of a woman at a McDonald's restaurant...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
'New line' in backpacker murder
Police say they are following a positive line of inquiry into the murder of a German tourist 17 years ago...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Failings in toddler rape bid case
An inquiry identifies "systemic weaknesses" in the handling of a sex offender who tried to rape a toddler on release from jail...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Call for law on fire crew attacks
Fire union leaders call new laws for attacks on emergency workers, after incidents in south Wales...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Philips hit by flat-screen fall
Philips Electronics reported a steep plunge in first-quarter profits after a loss at its flat-screen unit...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Ecuador's Congress sacks judges
Ecuador's Congress votes to dismiss the Supreme Court, in an attempt to resolve a deepening political crisis...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Germany's new 'great depression'
Depression and mental illness reach record levels in Germany, an increase blamed on a long-term economic slump...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
'No hostages found' in Iraqi town
Iraqi forces say they can find no hostages in the town where Sunnis had reportedly taken scores of Shia captive...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Labour challenged over pensions
The Tories challenge Labour to reveal how it plans to defuse the UK's pensions "time bomb"...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Football: Chelsea deny Rio report
Chelsea dismiss more reports linking them with a move for Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Togo voters 'need' peacekeepers
Peacekeeping troops should be sent to Togo after a weekend of violent clashes, an opposition official says ahead of Sunday's poll...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
China-Japan ties at '30-year low'
A Chinese official says ties with Japan are at an historical low, amid protests over new history books...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Pitcairn islanders launch appeal
Six men convicted of sex crimes on the UK's South Pacific territory of Pitcairn appeal their convictions...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Plaid pledges a 'fairer society'
Plaid Cymru promises to campaign for improvements in the NHS and pensions as it launches its manifesto...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Respect action over postal vote
George Galloway's Respect party is planning legal action to suspend postal voting, as it launches its manifesto...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
MG Rover task force set to meet
A task force set up after the collapse of MG Rover is due to meet to discuss help for redundant workers...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Shot BBC reporter returns
BBC correspondent Frank Gardner returns to work 10 months after being injured in a gun attack...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Shares fall sharply across Europe
European stocks are widely lower on Monday, hit by a number of negative factors and the after-effects of Wall Street's Friday falls...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Mass begins new pontiff election
Mass is celebrated at the Vatican at the beginning of the process to elect a new pope to lead Roman Catholics...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Hobson pleads guilty to murders
Former binman Mark Hobson pleads guilty to two double murders in North Yorkshire last year...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Campaigns focus on health clash
Health will be the flashpoint between Labour and the Tories as the election campaign continues...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Ecuador's President Vows to Ride Out Crisis Over Judges
A day after President Lucio Gutiérrez revoked a state of emergency, Ecuador's Congress convened Sunday in a special session...
New York Times - April 18, 2005
Steps at Reactor in North Korea Worry the U.S.
The suspected shutdown of a reactor at a nuclear weapons complex has raised concerns that North Korea could be preparing to harvest a new load of nuclear fuel...
New York Times - April 18, 2005
Israel to Release 9 Prisoners to Improve Ties With Jordan
Israel has been holding about 20 Jordanian prisoners, but those who have been convicted of involvement in killing Israelis will not be released at this time, officials said...
New York Times - April 18, 2005
Cricket Match Ends With Hope for South Asia
Talk of trade, peace and a gas pipeline dominated the weekend as the Pakistani leader met his Indian counterpart...
New York Times - April 18, 2005
In Vast Secrecy, Conclave of Cardinals Is Set to Elect Pope
The first vote - which could occur as early as Monday night - is likely to be showdown time, Vatican analysts said...
New York Times - April 18, 2005
Iraqi Kidnapping Tale Combines Perilous Mix of Fact and Rumor
The three Iraqi Army battalions sent to the town of Madaen found no armed Sunni mobs and no cowering Shiite victims...
New York Times - April 18, 2005
Six writers vie for Orange prize
The shortlist of six female writers competing for the 10th Orange Prize for Fiction is announced...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Man charged with student's murder
A 29-year-old man is charged with the murder of a 16-year-old girl found stabbed to death in Hartlepool...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Older Scots suicide concern grows
Not enough is being done to prevent suicide among older Scots, a leading charity has said...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
NHS star-ratings 'to be ignored'
This year's health ratings will be ignored by hospitals and other NHS trusts, senior officials says...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Rugby: Saracens 19-17 Leicester
Martin Corry is sent off as Leicester lose a third consecutive away league game at Saracens...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
UN urges action on Nepal refugees
A senior United Nations official warns that the deteriorating situation in Nepal could lead to a humanitarian crisis...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Japan dismayed by Beijing rebuff
Japan expresses disappointment at China's refusal to apologise over anti-Japanese protests...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Reburial for Nelson's sailors
The bodies of 30 Britons who died fighting Nelson's Nile campaign are to be reburied with full military honours...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Law used as 'political football'
One of Britain's most respected barristers criticises the government for playing "fast and loose" with the law...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
MG Rover task force set to meet
A task force set up after the collapse of MG Rover is due to meet to discuss help for redundant workers...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Safety urged for child web users
A group of charities from around the world call for greater protection of children using the internet...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Firefighters' plea to stop abuse
Firefighters are calling on the government to stop the rising number of attacks on fire crews...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Iraq militias 'could beat rebels'
Iraq's new president tells the BBC that existing Kurdish and Shia militias could quickly put down the insurgency...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Reid to make breast cancer pledge
Women with suspected breast cancer will be seen within two weeks if Labour wins the election, John Reid will say...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
Cardinals gather to choose pope
The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are due to begin choosing one of their number to become pope...
BBC News - April 18, 2005
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