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Frozen yogurt war de-thaws, tart new brands hit US
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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25 bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Displaced Georgians look to US for hope, aid
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines peace in tatters after rebel attack
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Global News Archive for May 2008:
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Artists Absorb Israel?s Six Decades, and Move On
?Real Time: Art in Israel, 1998-2008,? at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, is an ambitious, sometimes macabre and often witty show...
New York Times - May 18, 2008
HSBC to Buy Majority of Indian Firm
The British banking company said it planned to buy 73.2 percent of IL&FS Investsmart, an Indian brokerage firm, for 10.03 billion rupees ($235 million)...
New York Times - May 18, 2008
Suicide Blasts Kill 6 in Southern Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a police convoy in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing four civilians and wounding eight other people, an official said...
New York Times - May 18, 2008
Surveyors warn of home sales fall
Property sales may fall by 40% this year because of the credit crunch restricting access to loans, surveyors warn...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Clegg concern over 'old' army kit
The Lib Dem leader expresses concern over the 'old' kit being used by British soldiers fighting in Afghanistan...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
'Fewer hurricanes' as world warms
Tropical storms will become less frequent by the end of the century as the world warms, US researchers suggest...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Bush's 'Israel bias' angers Abbas
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accuses President Bush of bias towards Israel...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Teachers throng Paris over cuts
Thousands of people march in the French capital protesting against President Sarkozy's education reforms...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Vaughan hands England narrow lead
Michael Vaughan returns to form with 106 as England finish day four of the first Test with a two-run lead...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Cipriani suffers serious injury
Wasps fly-half Dan Cipriani is set to miss England's tour of New Zealand after suffering a suspected dislocated ankle against Bath...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Microsoft mulls fresh Yahoo deal
Microsoft says it is considering an alternative deal with Yahoo, after an earlier offer was turned down...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Branching out: Milton's mulberry makes a move to Hay Festival
Cambridge University allows a sapling from Milton's Mulberry tree to be planted near Hay literary festival...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Violence spreads in Johannesburg
At least 12 people are killed in Johannesburg since Friday in a wave of violence against immigrants, police say...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Mobs Kill 6 in South Africa in Anti-Foreigner Violence
Mobs killed at least six people and injured 50 in anti-foreigner violence that has spread through poor suburbs of Johannesburg, police said Sunday...
New York Times - May 18, 2008
Chinese Soldiers Work to Restore a Winding Lifeline
Thousands of soldiers have been working day and night to restore a highway that links a dozen devastated towns at the epicenter of China?s deadly earthquake...
New York Times - May 18, 2008
Trinian's girls to return in 2009
A sequel to the successful British comedy St Trinian's will start shooting next year, it is announced in Cannes...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Deadly blast hits Pakistani town
At least 10 people are killed in a bomb attack in the north-western Pakistani town of Mardan, police say...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Bush urges Middle East democracy
President Bush urges Middle Eastern leaders to work hard to advance democracy and isolate sponsors of terrorism...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Race ace Dunlop was 'inspiration'
Mourners at the funeral of race ace Robert Dunlop hear him described as an "inspiration"...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Deadly clashes in Johannesburg
At least five people are killed and 50 injured in overnight violence against immigrants in Johannesburg...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Woman dies after flat fall
Two girls are arrested after a woman falls to her death from the third floor window of a south-east London flat...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Big Questions
How the Commons is set to grapple with moral issues...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
The fedora's back
The new Indiana Jones film is 'an adrenalin rush'...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Life of bread
Yugoslavia's history rolled out by its master bakers...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Pride and joy
Thousands cheer Portsmouth's FA Cup winners...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Jersey 'bone' find now questioned
Police in Jersey confirm that a fragment of what they believed was skull could turn out to be wood...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Spielberg eyes more Indiana films
Steven Spielberg says he is happy to make another Indiana Jones movie if fans enjoy the new fourth film...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
An Orangutan escapes its pen at LA zoo, but is quickly captured
A male orangutan escapes from his enclosure at Los Angeles Zoo after making a hole in the fence, but is quickly sedated...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Burma leader meets storm victims
The leader of Burma's military junta meets victims of the country's devastating cyclone for the first time...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Thousands cheer Pompey cup parade
Tens of thousands of Portsmouth football fans line the streets as their triumphant FA Cup-winning team parade through the city...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
BAE bosses held at US airport
Two senior BAE executives, including boss Mike Turner, are briefly detained by the US Department of Justice...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
US sniper shot at Koran in Iraq
An American sniper is sent home from Iraq for using a copy of the Koran for target practice, the US military says...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
China declares national mourning
China announces three days of mourning for the victims of the quake and the Olympic torch relay will be suspended...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
U.S. Military Says Soldier Shot at Quran
A soldier used a Quran, the Islamic holy book, for target practice in a predominantly Sunni area west of Baghdad, prompting an apology from the military, a spokesman said Sunday...
New York Times - May 18, 2008
Israeli police to question Olmert again
An Israeli police spokesman says investigators are summoning Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for a second round of questioning about money he accepted from an American businessman...
New York Times - May 18, 2008
Afghans free foreign contractors
Afghan security forces free two foreign workers kidnapped last month, while Pakistan's envoy describes his release...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Abortion result 'unpredictable'
Health minister Dawn Primarolo says she cannot predict the result of votes which could see the abortion limit cut...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Bush holds further talks in Egypt
US President George Bush is holding further talks with Arab leaders in Egypt on the last day of his Middle East tour...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Plea to villagers over fire death
Police investigating a fatal garage fire in East Yorkshire urge villagers to help them find out what happened...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Defeated Cardiff team return home
Thousands are expected to welcome home Cardiff City FC after they lost the FA Cup final...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Funeral of racing legend Dunlop
The funeral of motorcycle legend Robert Dunlop is due to take place in his home town of Ballymoney...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Ad breakdown
IT gremlins displace chef Gordon Ramsay for BT...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Live - England v New Zealand
Andrew Strauss records his 12th Test 50 on day four of the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Survival beats Cup win - Redknapp
Harry Redknapp says rescuing Portsmouth from relegation two seasons ago was a bigger feat than winning the FA Cup...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Car crash fire kills three people
A man and two women die as the car they are travelling in is in collision with another vehicle and bursts into flames...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Cannes set for Indiana's return
The long-awaited Indiana Jones movie will receive its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival later...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Burma aid situation 'improving'
UK minister Lord Malloch-Brown, in Rangoon, says cyclone aid is now moving, but relief agencies say much more must be done...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Brown urges embryo bill support
Gordon Brown calls on MPs to back research using human-animal embryos, ahead of a Commons vote on Monday...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Tories target 'extraordinary' win
David Davis says the Tories are "pulling out all the stops" to win Thursday's Crewe and Nantwich by-election...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Venezuela Says Colombians Crossed In
Venezuela accused 60 Colombian soldiers of illegally entering its territory, further stirring up tensions between the countries...
New York Times - May 18, 2008
Georgia condemns Russian actions
Georgia says it has evidence that Russia is deploying heavy military hardware in the breakaway region of Abkhazia...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Women 'face raised whiplash risk'
Women drivers are three times more likely than men to suffer whiplash injuries in a crash, Swedish researchers say...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Hispanic hopes
How 43 million Latinos are changing the US...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Hundreds gather for Jimmy tribute
Hundreds attend a memorial service for a 16-year-old who was killed in a bakery in south-east London...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Theatre awards shortlist revealed
Dundee Rep heads the field with 13 nominations in the 2008 Critics' Awards for Theatre In Scotland...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Modern wedding
How the royal couple ditched the traditional pomp...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Art therapy
Vying for the first contemporary Afghan art prize...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Pompey parade to mark cup triumph
Thousands of football fans are set to join a victory parade to celebrate Portsmouth's first FA Cup win since 1939...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Kanu leads Pompey to FA Cup glory
Portsmouth win the FA Cup as Kanu's 37th-minute strike gives them a 1-0 win over Cardiff at Wembley...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
New drug 'can kill MRSA superbug'
British scientists are working on a drug which they say can destroy the most virulent strains of superbug MRSA...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Lebanese factions at Qatar talks
Lebanon's rival leaders hold talks in Qatar aimed at pulling the country back from the brink of civil war...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Problem debt 'hitting affluent'
A national debt advice organisation says its offices in some of the most affluent parts of the UK are being overwhelmed by demands for help...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
New rail ticket system launched
The first phase of changes to the rail ticketing system
comes into force...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
Holyrood 'should not run ballots'
Future Scottish elections should not be run by the Scottish Government, a committee of MPs says...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
UN to press Burma on aid access
A UN envoy is due in Burma to ask the ruling junta to grant more access to aid workers to help cyclone survivors...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
PM urges support of embryo bill
Gordon Brown calls on MPs to back research using human-animal embryos, ahead of a Commons vote on Monday...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
China praises world's quake aid
Chinese President Hu Jintao voices his gratitude for the international aid after Monday's deadly earthquake...
BBC News - May 18, 2008
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