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Global News Archive for Octomber 2005:
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For Iraqis, Image of Ex-President Stirs Reverence and Hatred
Millions spent hours today gazing at the stern visage of the leader they had once feared, loathed and lionized...
New York Times - October 19, 2005
Spain Seeks Arrest of 3 G.I.'s in Death of Spanish Journalist in Iraq
An international arrest order was issued today for three soldiers in connection with the death of a journalist killed in 2003...
New York Times - October 19, 2005
A Defiant Hussein Pleads Not Guilty on War Crimes Charges
The trial marked the beginning of a long process of public reckoning for years of brutal repression in Iraq...
New York Times - October 19, 2005
Africa May Face Risk for Bird Flu, Officials Fear
Officials are concerned that the virus was on its way to East Africa, where the disease could be nearly impossible to control...
New York Times - October 19, 2005
Before Senate Panel, Rice Defends White House on Iraq
The secretary of state declined to predict when U.S. forces could withdraw or to rule out widening the war to Syria...
New York Times - October 19, 2005
Implant may help deaf hear music
Scientists are developing a cochlear implant which could allow deaf people to hear music...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Peregrine swoops to photo prize
A swirling image of a peregrine falcon attacking starlings in Rome wins the 2005 Wildlife Photographer of the Year award...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Bird flu fear grips Europe, Asia
Several nations report new cases of bird flu in poultry, sparking new fears that humans may be at risk...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Annan 'to receive Hariri report'
UN chief Kofi Annan will receive a report into the killing of Lebanese ex-PM Rafik Hariri on Thursday, an official says...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Drug halves breast cancer returns
The drug Herceptin halves the risk of tumours returning in women with early stage breast cancer, a study has shown...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Football: Chelsea thrash Spanish
Chelsea are in ruthless mood as they thrash Real Betis in the Champions League...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Warrant for DeLay arrest issued
A warrant is issued for the arrest of leading US Republican Tom DeLay on money laundering charges...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Hurricane Wilma forces evacuation
Officials order evacuations in Mexico, Cuba and Florida as the strongest hurricane ever recorded threatens to hit...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Basics focus shakes up schools
A new stress on teenagers' English and maths GCSEs transforms many schools' league table positions...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Cameron moves into pole position
David Cameron continues to build support as the three Tory leadership contenders battle for backing from MPs...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Rumsfeld Urges Young Leaders of China to Join Global Economy
The defense secretary also criticized Beijing's military expansion, saying it had prompted "questions whether China will make the right choices."...
New York Times - October 19, 2005
Hussein Goes on Trial for Crimes Against Humanity
Saddam Hussein defiantly faced a panel of judges as the long process of public reckoning began...
New York Times - October 19, 2005
Report Finds U.N. Isn't Moving to End Sex Abuse by Peacekeepers
A 'boys will be boys' attitude breeds tolerance for exploiting and abusing local women, an independent review reported...
New York Times - October 19, 2005
Study lists top five tech trends
Robots, gaming, and advances in television are all named as areas to watch in the coming year...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Byers to face rail 'lies' inquiry
Ex-Transport Secretary Stephen Byers will be investigated over claims he lied to MPs about Railtrack...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Catch-up lessons 'huge priority'
The Ofsted schools report presents a positive picture - but promises tougher action against "mediocrity"...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Riyadh welcomes return of cinema
A cinema in Saudi Arabia will show films for the first time in 20 years, but only to women and children...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Two-year term for Aimee bullies
Three teenagers who caused the death of schoolgirl Aimee Wellock are given custodial sentences...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
IRA progress signs 'encouraging'
The IRA move away from its armed campaign is showing encouraging signs, the paramilitary watchdog says...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Boy 'improving' after flat ordeal
A three-year-old boy who survived alone for a fortnight alongside the body of his dead mother is "improving every day"...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Pensioner fatally stabbed in shop
A 75-year-old woman is stabbed to death in broad daylight as she shopped in Cardiff city centre...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Football: Owen doubt for derby
Newcastle's Michael Owen could miss the Tyne-Wear derby after straining a hamstring in a practice match...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Tennis: Battling Henman loses
Tim Henman loses to Radek Stepanek in three sets at the Madrid Masters...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Bird flu set to hit Africa soon
East Africa needs help to combat the bird flu virus which could soon spread there, the United Nation's food agency warns...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Fresh bird flu outbreak in China
China announces a fresh outbreak of bird flu, saying 2,600 birds have died from the disease in Inner Mongolia...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Court strips Pinochet of immunity
Chile's Supreme Court says former military ruler Augusto Pinochet can be prosecuted over embezzlement charges...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Spain orders arrest of US troops
A Spanish judge issues an arrest order for three US soldiers over the shelling of a Baghdad hotel that killed one...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Man Utd's Ronaldo in rape arrest
Manchester United footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is arrested by police investigating an allegation of rape...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Guardian reporter missing in Iraq
An Irish journalist working for the Guardian newspaper is thought to have been kidnapped in Iraq...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
'Tory leader possible by Friday'
Some Tory officials are told to prepare for the possibility of a new party leader being in place by Friday...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Hurricane Wilma strengthens
Hurricane Wilma grows into the strongest storm on record, threatening Central America and the US...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Ripper hoax police search house
A house in Sunderland is searched as part of a police probe into a hoax tape sent during the Ripper inquiry...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Lees 'positive' she picked killer
The girlfriend of missing UK backpacker Peter Falconio tells a court she is "very positive" about having correctly identified his killer...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Defiant Saddam pleads not guilty
Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein attacks the court but pleads not guilty as his trial opens in Baghdad...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Bird flu jabs for all plan
Plans to buy enough vaccine to cover the whole population in the event of a flu pandemic are revealed...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Better Planning Is Needed for Flu Drugs, Experts Say
Experts are warning that too little planning has gone into how to use the accumulating arsenal of medicines against a possible avian flu pandemic...
New York Times - October 19, 2005
Saddam Hussein trial: Your views
Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has gone on trial in Baghdad. Send us your comments...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
IVF defects higher than expected
Many eggs used for IVF carry genetic errors that can cause miscarriage, even those from young women, experts say...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Broadband net goes stratospheric
Researchers have successfully tested a system using a high altitude balloon to offer wireless broadband...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Bond composer stands up for Craig
Daniel Craig will be a hit as James Bond, 007 composer David Arnold tells the BBC News website...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Bird flu drug sales boost Roche
Roche sees third quarter revenues rise 17% helped by strong sales of antiviral drug Tamiflu, which is seen as the best treatment for bird flu...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Point-by-point: Question time
All the key points from the half-hour prime minister's question time are appearing here from 1200 BST...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Police alert prison about escapee
A prison only finds out about a violent inmate's escape when police call the jail about an assault...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Aviation firms to create 300 jobs
Two aerospace firms plan to move to an aviation park on an RAF base in south Wales, bringing up to 300 jobs...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Hurricane Wilma strengthens again
Hurricane Wilma strengthens into a dangerous Category Five storm, threatening Central America and the US...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Quake-hit Kashmir linked by phone
India restores phone links between Indian and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir as aftershocks cause panic...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Timeline: Iraq
Key events since the fall of Saddam Hussein...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Football: Henry delight at record
Thierry Henry is "over the moon" after break Ian Wright's Arsenal club scoring record...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
UN demands Morocco camps access
The UN says Morocco is breaking international law by denying them full access to immigration camps...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
S Korea snubs Japan over shrine
South Korea's foreign minister drops plans to visit Japan, as a row about a controversial shrine goes on...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Saddam's defence
Main players and the case they will argue...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Trial in spotlight
Saddam Hussein's trial will be a test of the new Iraq...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Paid leave plans for new fathers
Fathers of young babies could get the right to take up to three months' paid leave under new government plans...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Man quizzed over Ripper hoax case
A man is being questioned over hoax letters and a tape which misled police hunting the Yorkshire Ripper...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
UK soldier killed by Basra bomb
A British soldier has been killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence confirms...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Saddam defiant at start of trial
Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein attacks the judicial process as his trial for crimes against humanity begins in a courtroom in Baghdad...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Hussein Goes on Trial Wednesday, and Iraqis See a First Accounting
What should be a moment of triumph for the victims is stirring concern about the fairness and competence of the court...
New York Times - October 19, 2005
Rumsfeld Warns Young Chinese on Isolationism
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld urged the next generation of China's Communist leadership to become "a major player" in the global economy...
New York Times - October 19, 2005
Iraqis Begin Audit of Heavy 'Yes' Vote; May Take 3 Days
Electoral officials are looking into unusually one-sided tallies in 12 provinces, where early returns showed more than 90 percent approval...
New York Times - October 19, 2005
Many Liberian Women See the Ballot Box as a Step Up
As Liberia emerges from war, women have emerged as a key voting bloc in what may be the nation's first truly free and fair elections...
New York Times - October 19, 2005
U.S. Is Pressing Palestinians to Bar Extremist Candidates
The White House is pressing Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader, to require that election candidates renounce violence...
New York Times - October 19, 2005
Mubarak Foe, Bravado Gone, Feels Smeared
Egypt's most prominent political opposition leader says he is the target of a campaign to discredit and marginalize him...
New York Times - October 19, 2005
One in five misses student place
More than 400,000 people have started university this year, but an increasing number missed out...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Big sales triple Motorola profit
Motorola sees its quarterly profits more than triple thanks to record sales of its mobile phones...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Websites bolster chronically ill
Interactive website can give vital support to people with long-term conditions, a study finds...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Report due on NI paramilitaries
An Independent Monitoring Commission report on paramilitary activity over the summer is to be published...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Rumsfeld urges Chinese openness
The US defence secretary says in Beijing that China must be more open about military spending...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Fleeing trawler in Russian waters
A Russian trawler which sped off with two Norwegian officials aboard after an inspection reaches home waters...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Football: Fulham star Haynes dies
Fulham and England legend Johnny Haynes dies, aged 71, after a car crash in Edinburgh...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
'I felt no heat from gun' - Lees
The girlfriend of Peter Falconio felt no heat from a gun put to her head by her attacker, a court hears...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Paid leave plans for new fathers
Fathers of new babies could get up to three months paid leave under new government plans...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
British flu pandemic plan updated
Updated guidance on how to prepare for a possible flu pandemic is to be published by the government...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Iraq set for Saddam Hussein trial
Saddam Hussein is going on trial in Baghdad with seven associates, charged with crimes against humanity...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
Tory hopefuls woo Clarke backers
Supporters of Ken Clarke's failed bid to lead the Tories have a day left to decide who they back in the next poll...
BBC News - October 19, 2005
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