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Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Hungary 4 dead, 26 injured in train collision
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Iraqi lawmaker urges resolution of minority issue
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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Supreme Court to open new term with heavy workload
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Congress hears Lehman sought millions for execs
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Designers play it safe as economy sours
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Jimmy Kimmel returns as American Music Awards host
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Global News Archive for April 2008:
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Hopkins ready to outbox Calzaghe
Bernard Hopkins's trainer Freddie Roach says his team have developed the ideal plan to beat Joe Calzaghe...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Benitez keen to stay at Anfield
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez reiterates his desire to stay at Anfield despite the boardroom split between owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
MP charged with criminal damage
A Labour MP is charged with criminal damage after allegations he climbed over a van bonnet...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Breast checks 'benefit over 70s'
Women should be screened for breast cancer up to the age of 75, a study of over 860,000 women has suggested...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Carter in Hamas 'ceasefire call'
Ex-US President Jimmy Carter meets Hamas in Syria, urging it to end rocket fire on Israel, the militants say...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Maoists 'will meet Nepali king'
The head of Nepal's ex-Maoist rebels says he wants to meet King Gyanendra in person to persuade him to step down...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Farm closes over E.coli concerns
About 90 children and staff at three Belfast primary schools who visited an open farm are being tested for E.coli...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Big fight preview
The build-up to Calzaghe v Hopkins...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Mixed blessing
'Stroke gave me time to bond with son'...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
The gold rush
The effects of the rising demand for land in rural Britain...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Nurse sacked after smacking son
A former school nurse is to take legal action after she was arrested then sacked for smacking her son at home...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Bristol police plan second blast
Bomb disposal experts in Bristol are to carry out a second controlled explosion at a terror suspect's home...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Breaking America
Comedian Russell Brand woos US audiences...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Brown stateside
Martha Kearney reflects on PM's trip and trials at home...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Texan sect 'indoctrinated girls'
Underage members of a Texan polygamist sect were vulnerable to abuse because of its culture, a judge hears...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Bank £50bn mortgage rescue plan
Banks will be able to swap their mortgages for £50bn of government bonds, the BBC learns...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Stars defend Tube suicide comedy
The Office actor Mackenzie Crook denies his latest film about deaths on the London Underground is insensitive...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Man Utd trio agree new contracts
Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson confirms Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick and Wes Brown have agreed new contracts...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Ashton 'will take new RFU post'
Brian Ashton will take up a new job as head coach of the National Academy, according to RFU chief Francis Baron...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
More pay for wider-ranging heads
The government agrees to review the pay of head teachers as more take on complex roles...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Carter meets Hamas chief in Syria
Former US President Jimmy Carter meets Hamas's political chief in Syria, as an Israeli minister offers talks...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
EU tightens anti-terrorism laws
European Union justice ministers agree that inciting terrorism through the internet should be a crime...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
IPL launched with exotic ceremony
The Indian Premier League, with its potential to transform world cricket, begins in Bangalore...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Heroin death sister found guilty
The half-sister of a teenager killed by heroin is found guilty of neglect, the day after her mother was convicted of the same offence...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
90 pupils are tested for E.coli
About 90 children and staff at three primary schools are to be tested for E.coli after another case...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Husband murdered wife's RAF lover
A jilted husband from Sardinia is found guilty of murdering his wife's childhood sweetheart in a jealous rage...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Woman raped during 13-hour siege
A sex offender subjected a woman to a sexual attack at knifepoint during a 13-hour siege, a court hears...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Is anyone there?
Soon you could be locked up for contacting the dead...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Talking Shop
Gavin and Stacey's James Corden on being a sex symbol...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Six jailed for supporting terror
Six men convicted of supporting terror via speeches at a London mosque and fundraising are sent to prison...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Police to hold terror suspect
Police in Bristol are given a further seven days to question a 19-year-old man under the Terrorism Act...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Three jailed for father's murder
Two men and a teenager are jailed for life for kicking and stamping a man to death during a burglary attempt...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Something foul in the air? Hundreds report strange pong dubbed 'Euro-whiff'
The Met Office says the whiffy air over parts of England and Wales is likely to be agricultural or industrial smells drifting across the Channel...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Brown urges new US-Europe links
Gordon Brown urges the US to seize the chance for a "new dawn" in cooperation between Europe and America...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Police quiz Shannon mother's ex
The former partner of Shannon Matthews' mother is questioned over the girl's disappearance...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Labour tax revolt gathering pace
Gordon Brown is under pressure as three more ministerial aides protest at the abolition of the 10p tax rate...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Action urged to keep net neutral
US regulators are told to do more to ensure that net firms respect the founding principles of the net...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Grant hails vital Chelsea victory
Chelsea boss Avram Grant says his side are still in contention for the Premier League title after their 1-0 victory over Everton...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Stars born in galactic wilderness
Nasa's Galex satellite sees baby stars spawning in the otherwise barren outskirts of the M83 galaxy...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
'Jester' Ian Wright attacks BBC
Football pundit Ian Wright says he no longer wishes to work at the BBC, claiming he was made "a comedy jester"...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Mixed news for mortgage lending
Gross mortgage lending was up slightly in March but the Council of Mortgage Lenders predicts future falls...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Bomb kills Dutch commander's son
The son of the new Dutch armed forces commander is killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Japan temple rejects torch relay
A Buddhist temple says it will not act as the starting point for the Japanese leg of the Olympic torch relay...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Russia swaps Libya debt for deals
Russia agrees to cancel $4.5bn (£2.3bn) of Libyan debt in exchange for major contracts for Russian firms...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Heavy shelling in Burundi capital
Burundi's army launches a counter-attack after the capital, Bujumbura, was shelled by suspected rebels...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Carter in Damascus to meet Hamas
Former US President Jimmy Carter is due to meet Hamas's political chief in Syria, as an Israeli minister offers talks...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Fears for 290 tinplate plant jobs
Up to 290 jobs could be lost at the Trostre tinplate factory in Llanelli as Corus cuts production...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Murder accused to give evidence
One of two men accused of murdering two teenagers is to testify against his co-accused, a court hears...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Accused teachers' anonymity call
The Commissioner for Children backs calls for teachers accused of abuse to be given anonymity unless convicted...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Distant relatives
Syrian Druze festival unites divided families...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Seventh charged in Rhys inquiry
A 20-year-old man arrested over the Rhys Jones murder investigation is charged with assisting an offender...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Seeing trouble
Inside the churches where worshippers meet the dead...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
7 days quiz
No publicity is bad publicity - but which brand proves it?...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
'I howled in pain'
Zimbabwean tells of assault as violence returns...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Union campaigns on tips 'abuse'
The largest union in the UK, Unite, launches a campaign to stop restaurants abusing the tips paid to staff...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Scientists take over flies' brains so females start singing male 'love songs'
Scientists take control of flies' brains to make females behave just like males...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Mugabe marks independence
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe lambasts the opposition and the UK in his first big speech since disputed elections...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Terror absconder hands himself in
A convicted terrorism fund-raiser who went on the run after absconding from his trial hands himself in to police...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Controlled blast after terror arrest
A controlled explosion takes place in Bristol after a 19-year-old man is arrested under the Terrorism Act...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Citigroup sees second giant loss
Citigroup makes a loss of $5.11bn as the credit crisis continues to take its toll on the US banking sector...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Brown urged to ease 10p tax pain
Gordon Brown steps in to prevent a resignation over the abolition of the 10p tax band amid calls for it to be offset...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
RBS to ask shareholders for cash
Royal Bank of Scotland is set to seek £10bn from its shareholders in a rights issue to strengthen its finances...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Calzaghe Sr warns 'dirty' Hopkins
Joe Calzaghe's father and trainer Enzo says he is confident his charge will come out on top if Bernard Hopkins resorts to dirty tactics in Las Vegas on Saturday...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Diabetes self-tests 'no benefit'
People with type 2 diabetes should not routinely monitor their own blood sugar levels, two studies suggest...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Inquiry into business CO2 output
An inquiry is launched into how to lower carbon dioxide emissions from Britain's offices, shops and factories...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
S Korea 'due to lift US beef ban'
South Korea reportedly agrees to relax US beef import restrictions, as President Lee Myung-bak visits Washington...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Cash to boost further education
Millions of pounds will be spent on widening access to further education, it is announced...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Labour stalwart
Obituary of a principled and independent MP...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
No longer a taboo
Record immigration has led to a new debate...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
'Black widows' murdered tramps
Two elderly women in Los Angeles are convicted over the murders of two homeless men for life insurance pay-outs...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Brown urges US action on economy
Gordon Brown is to urge America to lead the world in tackling global problems...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Six face jail over terror charges
Six men, including a Muslim preacher who heckled the home secretary, face jail for terror offences...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
RBS 'prepares fundraising plan'
Royal Bank of Scotland, owner of NatWest, is reportedly set to seek £12bn in a rights issue to strengthen its finances...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
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