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Global News Archive for June 2006:
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North Korea Appears Set to Launch Missile
North Korea appears to have completed fueling of a missile capable of reaching the U.S., and diplomats worked furiously to try to forestall a launch...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
U.S. Widens Search for 2 Soldiers Missing in Iraq
The expanded search effort came as U.S. troops made a new push to break the insurgents' grip on Ramadi...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
Golf: Ogilvy captures US Open
Last-hole collapses by Colin Montgomerie and Phil Mickelson hand the US Open to Australia's Geoff Ogilvy on a remarkable day at Winged Foot...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Tennis: Hewitt Queen's champion
Lleyton Hewitt beats James Blake to win a fourth Stella Artois title at Queen's Club...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Award made from blast victim fund
The first Helen Jones award is made in memory of the Scottish accountant killed in the London bombings...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Rare nerve disease gene found
US and UK researchers have identified a gene behind a group of rare genetic childhood neurological disorders...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Egypt tourist attack trial opens
Fourteen Egyptians go on trial in Cairo in connection with bomb attacks last year which killed three and wounded 19...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Six killed in head-on car crash
Police investigate after six people are killed in a head-on car crash on the A6 near Penrith in Cumbria...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Brazil beat Australia to qualify
Goals from Adriano and Fred help Brazil into the last 16 with a win over a plucky Australia in Munich...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Catalonia endorses autonomy plan
Catalan voters in Spain approve plans to make their region one of the most independent in Europe...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Palestinian rivals 'nearing deal'
Rival factions are close to a deal on a plan that would implicitly recognise Israel, Palestinian officials say...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Japan gains first whaling victory
Pro-whaling nations win support for a motion criticising a global whaling
ban, for the first time in two decades...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Woman makes Anglican history
The US Episcopal Church elects a woman leader - the first Church in the Anglican denomination to do so...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
The Who recreate 1970 Leeds gig
Rock band The Who recreate their legendary Live At Leeds concert from 1970 to launch their latest world tour...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Sweeney victim mother speaks out
A woman whose daughter was kidnapped and sexually abused calls for longer jail terms for paedophiles...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Union warns job agencies on Asda
The GMB union warns job agencies not to provide Asda with temporary staff during a possible strike by its members...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
'Angry' Yorke song on Kelly death
Radiohead's Thom Yorke says a new song about the death of scientist Dr David Kelly is his angriest ever track...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Pupils turned away from World Cup
Hundreds of UK children are turned away from a World Cup match after falling foul of a ticket scam...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Fast food boss in gunpoint threat
Two armed and masked robbers put a gun to the head of a fast food outlet manager in County Antrim...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Scotland is 'losing' war on drugs
A top official says he believes Scotland has to accept it will never be free of illegal drugs...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Al-Qaeda 'planned US cyanide hit'
Al-Qaeda was within 45 days of using cyanide on New York's subway 2003, new revelations suggest...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Hamas gives aid guarded welcome
Hamas gives a guarded welcome to plans to resume aid to Palestinian areas but criticises being bypassed...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Rooney set to face Sweden
England are set to start with Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen up front in their final World Cup group match against Sweden...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Burundi rebels agree truce plan
Burundi's government and the last active rebel group agree the outlines of a deal to end hostilities...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Face transplant decision expected
The ethical committee of a top London hospital are to decide whether to allow face transplants...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Live: Brazil 1-0 Australia
Adriano scores for Brazil to break the deadlock against Australia in Group F...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Race law update needed, Phillips
Commission for Racial Equality chief Trevor Phillips says race laws need updating to help fight the terrorism threat...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Two quizzed over teen's death
Two teenagers are held on suspicion of murder after a 16-year-old boy's death in a "violent assault"...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
US bid to curb Ramadi militants
US and Iraqi forces set up extra checkpoints in the town of Ramadi in a bid to curb militants' movements...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
'Resolve Blair affair' says Davis
Shadow home secretary David Davis says the future of Met chief Sir Ian Blair must be resolved quickly...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Raid protesters demand apology
Campaigners demonstrate against recent terror raids in London, calling for an apology from police...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Minister examines 'Megan's Law'
A government minister is being sent to examine a US system for dealing with child sex offenders...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
VW denies report of more job cuts
VW denies a report that the firm may cut 10,000 extra jobs but admits the situation at the carmaker is "serious"...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Man missing after trawler sinks
An search operation is under way for a man missing after his boat sank off the west Wales coast...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Youth arrested over town stabbing
A 17-year-old youth has been arrested in connection with a stabbing in Armagh, police say...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Three dead in Sri Lanka 'ambush'
Three police officers are killed in a suspected ambush by Tamil Tiger rebels, Sri Lankan officials say...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Boy murdered in 'violent assault'
A 16-year-old boy died in playing fields in north Kent after suffering "an unprovoked, violent" attack...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Slovak election puts left ahead
The leftist opposition wins the largest share of the vote in Slovakia's election but is short of an outright majority...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
UN fears new conflict in Somalia
The prospect of a new conflict in Somalia is growing as illegal arms flow in, a senior UN official tells the BBC...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Indonesia allows aid into E Timor
Indonesia's president opens the border with East Timor to allow assistance to those hit by recent violence...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Japan faces whale 'cruelty' claim
Australia will present what it says is proof that Japan's whaling programme is cruel...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Straw backs party spend cap
Jack Straw says a cap on party spending should apply all the time and not just during election campaigns...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Cup fans 'paying inflated prices'
World Cup officials defend ticketing policies after complaints that England fans are paying inflated prices to touts...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
North Korea warned about missile
Japan is to lodge a "fierce" protest if North Korea test-fires a missile said to be capable of hitting the US...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Tories plan to build more prisons
The Conservatives unveil plans to build more prisons for the country's nearly-full prison system...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
US troops set up Ramadi outposts
US and Iraqi forces set up outposts near Ramadi, in central Iraq, in an effort to isolate insurgents in the city...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Court Still Weighing Genocide Case From Milosevic Era
The death of Slobodan Milosevic brought a sudden end to his trial at the United Nations war crimes tribunal, but the genocide issue may be decided by another United Nations court based in The Hague...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
Golf: Ferrie in two-way tie
Kenneth Ferrie and Phil Mickelson lead the chasing pack...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Rugby: Pumas maul Wales
A mighty performance by the Pumas sees them to a record win over woeful Wales and a first Test series victory...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Australia's socceroos' technical edge
The technical adviser to Australia's World Cup team explains how a computer is helping his squad win games...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Veg 'prevents artery hardening'
Eating your five portions of fruit and vegetables a day may prevent hardening of the arteries, research suggests...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Sri Lankan forces 'hit church'
Government forces are accused of targeting a church in Mannar district in an attack which killed one woman...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Prisoner flees in chef hat lorry
A convicted burglar makes his escape from a Nottinghamshire prison in a lorry full of chef hats...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Slovakia votes for new parliament
Slovaks vote in the first elections since joining the EU in 2004 with Prime Minister Dzurinda trailing...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Catalans set to vote on autonomy
Catalonia in Spain is poised to hold a referendum which could make it one of Europe's most independent regions...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Japan defeated in new whaling bid
Japan fails to win a vote to allow some of its coastal communities to hunt minke whales for local use...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Powers agree on Palestinian aid
The "Quartet" of Middle East peace brokers back a plan to resume aid to Palestinians by bypassing the government...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Judges break sentences silence
A senior judge says sustained criticism of sentencing has left his colleagues feeling "pretty low"...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Abusers moved from near schools
Home Secretary John Reid orders an end to the housing of paedophiles in hostels close to schools...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
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