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Global News Archive for August 2007:
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Floods Postpone Summit Between Koreas
The first top-level meeting between North and South Korea in seven years has been rescheduled for early October, as the North recovers from devastating floods...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
Chinese Officials Pessimistic About Rescuing 180 Miners
The miners in Shandong Province were trapped after a rain-swollen river burst a levee and flooded nearby coal mines...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
News Analysis: Iraqi Premier Stirs Discontent, Yet Hangs On
Despite a continuous string of setbacks, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki remains in power, largely, it seems, due to a lack of plausible alternatives...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
Palestinian Leader Fires Dozens of Hamas Civil Servants
The Hamas-affiliated senior civil servants had been hired last spring under a now-defunct power-sharing agreement between Hamas and Fatah...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
With End of Term in Sight, South Africa?s Leader Faces Challenges From Allies
Thabo Mbeki?s hopes to remain head of the ruling A.N.C. even after his presidency ends are being jeopardized by growing dissent from within his party and from coalition partners...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
Passengers Escape as Hijacking in Turkey Goes Awry
Two men tried to hijack a Turkish passenger plane with 142 people aboard but failed after pilots arranged an emergency landing...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
15 Afghans Are Killed By Car Bomb
A German aid worker was kidnapped from a restaurant in Kabul Saturday afternoon, while a morning suicide bombing in Kandahar was amongst the deadliest attacks in Afghanistan this year...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
U.S. Is Testing Plan for Neighborhood Sunni Arab Guards in Iraq
Critics worry that the plan could intensify the already intense sectarian warfare in Iraq, but U.S. commanders, pointing to success in Anbar, hope it will increase security...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
Ireland Learns to Adapt to a Population Growth Spurt
An influx of immigrants is helping Ireland?s population grow rapidly and escape the ?graying? fate of the rest of Europe...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
Peru?s Troops Try to Restore Order in Areas Hit by Quake
600 troops are being sent to stop looting in Peru?s southern region which was devastated by Wednesday?s earthquake, while aftershocks continue and relief efforts increase...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
Falluja?s Calm Is Seen as Fragile if U.S. Leaves
The improved security in Falluja, touted as a success story in Iraq, could be undermined as the Marines leave, officials say...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
Hurricane fears shorten spacewalk
Nasa shortens a spacewalk by Endeavour's crew so the shuttle can return early to avoid Hurricane Dean...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Nurses to consider new pay offer
The Royal College of Nursing is asking its members if they are happy to accept the government's final pay offer...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Pair to face house arson charges
Two men are to appear in court charged in connection with an arson attack in Londonderry...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Rugby: France beat England
England's dismal away form continues as they lose in Marseille in their final warm-up game before the World Cup...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Cricket: Rain holds up Durham
Rain forces the FP Trophy final into a second day with Hampshire 158-5, chasing 313 against Durham...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Wigan top of Premier League
Wigan move top of the Premier League table after consigning Roy Keane's Sunderland to their first defeat of the season...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Supermarkets in e-mail probe
The competition watchdog orders Tesco and Asda to hand over millions of e-mails and letters...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Boy killed in stabbing named
A 16-year-old boy who died after a stabbing in Greater Manchester has been named by police...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
More troops for Peru quake zone
Extra Peruvian troops are sent to areas devastated by Wednesday's earthquake to stop looting and unrest...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Fears grow for four hotel missing
Fears grow for the safety of four guests missing after a hotel fire in Cornwall which left one dead...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Attacks Kill at Least 7 in Northern Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Mortar shells slammed into a Shiite enclave north of Baghdad, killing at least seven people on Saturday, police said, while officials in Kirkuk warned that a string of deadly bombings showed that insurgents were finding new ways to thwart security measures...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
Hijackers of Turkish Plane Surrender
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Two men hijacked a Turkish passenger plane bound for Istanbul on Saturday, holding several people hostage for more than four hours before surrendering, officials said...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
New Power in Africa: Entrepreneurs From China Flourish in Africa
Hundreds of thousands of Chinese migrants are doing business on a continent that until five years or so ago had been terra incognita...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
Lohan's parents end divorce row
Actress Lindsay Lohan's parents reach agreement in their long-running divorce and custody battle...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
E.coli case numbers remain stable
The number of confirmed cases of E.coli related to an outbreak in Paisley remains at nine, say health officials...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
No charge for baby abduction pair
Two people arrested over the attempted abduction of a four-month-old baby are released without charge...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Shot amputee disability pay snub
A teenager who had a leg amputated after a paramilitary-style shooting is denied disability benefit...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Israel allows Gaza fuel delivery
The Israeli military says it will open a border crossing to allow fuel deliveries to the blackout-hit Gaza Strip...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Sarkozy reveals US holiday hosts
France's Nicolas Sarkozy reveals he was the guest of two wealthy families on his holiday in the US...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Rugby U: Wales beat Argentina
Wales hang on for a morale-boosting win over Argentina to get their World Cup preparations back on track...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Ethiopia opposition members freed
At least 31 members of the Ethiopian opposition charged with post-election violence in 2005 are pardoned...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Live - Premier League
Newcastle face Aston Villa in the late game after Wigan beat Sunderland to go top of the Premier League and Spurs thrash Derby 4-0...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
March against flood-plain housing
Residents of one of the towns hit in last month's flooding protest against plans to build on flood plains...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Film director Bergman buried
Legendary film-maker Ingmar Bergman is laid to rest in a private ceremony on his home island of Faro in the Baltic Sea...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
German woman seized in Kabul
A German woman is seized at gunpoint from a restaurant in the heart of the Afghan capital, Kabul...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Grim quake toll from Peru church
Rescuers pull 127 bodies from a church destroyed by Peru's quake, amid reports of looting and fighting for food...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Demolition begins at blaze hotel
Demolition is under way at a Cornwall hotel after a fire which has left a man dead and four people missing...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Typhoon Sepat Lashes Taiwan
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Typhoon Sepat lashed Taiwan with strong winds and torrential rain on Saturday, cutting power supplies to nearly 95,000 homes, injuring five people and forcing more than a thousand others to evacuate...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
Warrant Seeks Saddam Hussein?s Wife and Daughter
Iraqi officials would not discuss the specific charges against Raghad Saddam Hussein and her mother, Sajida Khairalla Tulfa...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
Scores of Miners Said Trapped in China Flood
BEIJING (AP) -- Floodwaters from heavy rains poured into two coal mines in a town in eastern China, leaving 181 miners trapped and feared dead, government officials and state media said Saturday...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
Hijacking Ends in Turkey; None Hurt
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Two men who hijacked a Turkish passenger plane in an apparent protest against the U.S. surrendered to authorities Saturday after holding some crew members and passengers hostage for more than four hours. No one was hurt...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
'Elvis' crowned as tributes end
The first official Elvis tribute artist is chosen as 30th anniversary celebrations of Presley's death draw to a close...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Girl's mother traps sex offender
A mother tells how she helped police trap a man who was trying to groom her young daughter via the web...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Woman and child flee arson attack
A woman, her son and their pet dog are rescued after an arson attack at their Londonderry home...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Suicide attack on Afghan US firm
At least 15 people die in a suicide attack on a US security firm in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Snow to leave White House early
White House press secretary Tony Snow announces that he will leave the job before President Bush's end of term...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Korea summit delayed over floods
North Korea asks for a much anticipated summit with the South to be postponed because of severe flooding...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Hurricane churns up Caribbean
Haiti and the Dominican Republic fear flooding as Hurricane Dean roars in after lashing islands to the east...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Pilots call for climate meeting
Airline pilots ask climate change protesters at Heathrow Airport to take part in "peace talks"...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Boy, 16, dies after stabbing
A 16-year-old boy dies and another is in a serious condition following a stabbing in Greater Manchester...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Parents 'ignoring child drinking'
The head of Cheshire Police says parents should be forced to take action on children's underage drinking...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Turkish hijacking ends peacefully
Two men who tried to hijack a Turkish plane surrender after all passengers and crew escaped unharmed...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Man dies in fire at resort hotel
A man has died and six people are missing after a fire at a Cornwall hotel causes part of the building to collapse...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Afghanistan: Official and Family Killed
A suicide bomber killed a district chief and three of his children in southern Kandahar Province...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: China: Cars Banned in Olympics Test
Beijing city officials began four days of driving restrictions to determine the impact on air quality and traffic flow...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
World Briefing | Americas: Brazil: Free Sex-Change Operations
Brazil?s public health system will begin providing free gender-reassignment operations in compliance with a court order...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Germany: Ex-Red Army Member Freed
A former member of the Baader-Meinhof gang is being released from prison after 21 years...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Maldives: Leader Faces Test of Power
A popular referendum is being framed as a vote on the 29-year rule of President Maumoon Gayoom...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
Thais to Vote on a Constitution That Would Restore Civilian Rule in Diluted Form
Analysts say the new constitution is likely to weaken democratic processes and return power to traditional centers of authority...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
Saddam Hussein?s Wife and Daughter Sought by Law
Iraqi officials would not discuss the specific charges against Raghad Saddam Hussein, and her mother, Sajida Khairalla Tulfa...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
Progress on Closing of North Korean Nuclear Sites
The International Atomic Energy Agency said North Korea was cooperating with experts overseeing the mothballing of important nuclear installations...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
5 Former Officials Are Sentenced for Apartheid-Era Crime
A Pretoria court gave suspended sentences to five security officials who confessed to the attempted murder of a black activist under South Africa?s apartheid government...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
At German Base, Troops and Kin Gird for New Iraq Tour
With multiple deployments lasting longer than in previous wars, the Army has been forced to re-examine the way it prepares families to deal with long absences...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
U.S. May Add Eritrea to List of Nations Backing Terrorists
The Bush administration is say Eritrea has been trying to destabilize Somalia?s fragile government, running arms to Islamic insurgents there...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
The Saturday Profile: How the Vast Desert Teaches a Man Introspection
For more than three decades, Amr Shannon has been introducing tourists to the thrill of Egypt?s unique and sprawling deserts...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
Recalling Cold War, Russia Resumes Long-Range Sorties
The Russian Air Force is resuming regular, long-range patrols by nuclear-capable bombers over the world?s oceans for the first time in 15 years...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
Cemetery Is Grimmest Site in Grim Peruvian City
Two days after an earthquake killed 510 people, dust rose around the gravediggers making way for more bodies...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
White House to Offer Gradual Cuts as Iraq Plan
The plan falls far short of the drawdown demanded by Congressional opponents of the war, officials said...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
Chinese Entrepreneurs Flourish in Africa
Hundreds of thousands of Chinese migrants are doing business on a continent that had been terra incognita...
New York Times - August 18, 2007
E-care records safety fear raised
More proof is needed that electronic personal health records are safe and effective, some doctors say...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Locals back under-fire festival
T in the Park has "a huge level of support" from people living near Kinross, according to organisers...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
March against flood-plain housing
Residents of a town badly affected by the floods are to protest against plans to build further homes on flood plains...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Scores trapped in China coal mine
Rescue teams are battling to reach 172 workers trapped after a Chinese coal mine is flooded...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Rwanda's former king eyes return
King Kigeli Ndahindurwa V, who ruled Rwanda until his overthrow in 1959, says he wants to return home...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Summit fails to pressure Mugabe
Southern African leaders put no public pressure on President Mugabe to solve Zimbabwe's problems...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Egypt wedding boat sinks in Nile
An Egyptian boat carrying hundreds of wedding guests sinks, but police say they think all are safe...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Campaigners 'draw up target list'
Climate campaigners protesting at Heathrow Airport say they have drawn up a list of targets for "direct action"...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Calm urged for Peru victims
Peru's president calls for calm amid reports of looting and shortages after Wednesday's deadly earthquake...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
Foot-and-mouth restrictions eased
Restrictions on animal movements brought in after the Surrey outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease are eased...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
One dies in fire at resort hotel
One person has died and six are missing after a fire at a hotel in Cornwall causes the building to collapse...
BBC News - August 18, 2007
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