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Global News Archive for Octomber 2006:
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Putin’s Asides on Israeli Sex Scandal Overheard
A microphone captured the Russian president’s views on a sex scandal involving Israel’s president...
New York Times - October 19, 2006
Russia Suspends Scores of Foreign Groups
Among the suspended organizations were Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International...
New York Times - October 19, 2006
U.S. to Review Baghdad Plan, General Says
The American military’s new security plan for Baghdad has failed to reduce the violence and a new approach is needed, said Gen. William Caldwell, a spokesman...
New York Times - October 19, 2006
Google sees profits almost double
Google confirms its domination of the internet by announcing that its third quarter profits have almost doubled...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Murderer 'on bail during attack'
A man jailed for murdering an elderly couple was on bail for robbery at the time of the killing, police say...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Police find missing sex offender
A high risk sex offender who breached his bail conditions in Northern Ireland is found in the Irish Republic...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Lebanon mines 'continue to kill'
Cluster bombs are killing or injuring civilians in Lebanon months after war ended, a campaign group says...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Guatemala 'may' abandon UN race
Guatemala says it may withdraw its candidacy for a UN Security Council seat amid a row with Venezuela...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Football: Spurs win at Besiktas
Spurs secure a fine away win over Besiktas with goals from Hossam Ghaly and Dimitar Berbatov...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Large numbers head home in Uganda
UN agencies in Uganda say an unprecedented number of people displaced by the war are making their way home...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Football: Blackburn net late win
David Bentley's late goal earns Blackburn victory in their opening Uefa Cup group game in Poland against Wisla Krakow...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Rangers power to victory in Italy
Rangers produce their best performance of the season to power past the Italians in the Uefa Cup...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Corus accepts Tata's takeover bid
Anglo-Dutch steel firm Corus has accepted a £4.1bn takeover offer from Indian rival Tata, the BBC learns...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Baghdad security plan 'failing'
The US military says a major operation to pacify Baghdad has not met expectations, and will be reviewed...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Top judge's human rights fear
Reduced support for human rights laws will foster support for terrorism, the Lord Chief Justice says...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
South Korea Says It Will Continue Projects in North
An official told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that an industrial zone and a tourist resort had “positive aspects.”...
New York Times - October 19, 2006
General Urges New Strategy for Baghdad
The U.S.-led crackdown on violence in Baghdad has not succeeded, Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV said today in Baghdad...
New York Times - October 19, 2006
Gabriel passes on Genesis reunion
Former Genesis singer Peter Gabriel tells the BBC he will not be joining his bandmates for a reunion tour...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Experts create invisibility cloak
A team of scientists in the United States successfully tests a cloak of invisibility in the laboratory...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Thieves spend £15,000 on sweets
Thieves who swindled almost £20,000 out of a Belfast pensioner's bank account spend it on chocolates...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Couple's killer jailed for life
A 22-year-old man is jailed for life for murdering a "small and frail" elderly couple at their Kent home...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Many killed in Iraq bomb blasts
At least 41 people are killed and scores more wounded in a series of bombings across Iraq, police say...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Portuguese to hold abortion vote
MPs in Portugal decide that the country should hold a new referendum on whether to legalise abortion...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Uzbekistan plane crash kills 15
An aircraft crashes in Uzbekistan, killing 15 people, mostly soldiers, officials say...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Microsoft's browser gets upgraded
Web users can now download version 7 of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Football: Wembley deal sealed
The Football Association says the new £800m Wembley stadium will open in 2007...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Airbus raises A380 ambitions
Airbus sharply raises the number of A380 superjumbos it must sell to break even on the problem-hit project...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
'No discrimination' in veil row
A Muslim woman suspended for wearing a veil in class loses a discrimination case but wins a victimisation claim...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Hundreds gather at Hunter funeral
Hundreds of mourners, including top players, gather for snooker star Paul Hunter's funeral in Leeds...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Marine dies in Afghan bombing
Two children and a British soldier die after a suicide attack on a Nato vehicle in Afghanistan, officials say...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
An American in North Korea, Pledging Allegiance to the Great Leader
Daniel Gordon's documentary "Crossing the Line" tells the stories of American defectors who crossed the demilitarized zone to live in North Korea...
New York Times - October 19, 2006
Israel Warriors Find Machismo Is Way of Past
The womanizing that used to be considered part of Israeli leaders’ mystique is now a crime...
New York Times - October 19, 2006
McCartney to contest abuse claim
Sir Paul McCartney will "vigorously" contest claims he violently abused Heather Mills in their marriage...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Telecoms open up for deaf people
Two new products developed in the UK will give deaf people better access to meetings and phone calls...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
UK retail sales show surprise dip
UK retail sales show a shock fall in September, with experts blaming higher interest rates and less discounting...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Party funding options published
A range of options for changes to the way political parties in the UK are funded have been published...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
'Five good GCSEs' obtained by 59%
GCSE attainment rises again but more than half do not have good English and maths grades...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Abstinence groups win funding
The Scottish Executive announces £1.7m funding for drug treatment projects across the country...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Aberfan mourns dead 40 years on
Services remember 144 people who died when a coal tip engulfed part of a village in south Wales 40 years ago...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Assisted suicide man walks free
A man who admitted helping his seriously ill wife to commit suicide is given a nine-month suspended jail term...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Man freed over pensioner killing
A man arrested by police investigating the death of a pensioner in County Down is freed without charge...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Bush accepts Iraq-Vietnam echoes
President Bush says there are comparisons between rising violence in Iraq and in the Vietnam War...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Finnair strike paralyses flights
Cabin staff at Finland's national airline Finnair begin a strike, grounding most of the fleet...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Football: Barthez move ruled out
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says they will not be signing former France goalkeeper Fabien Barthez...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Emergency order in Nigerian state
Nigeria's President Obasanjo declares a state of emergency in Ekiti State, following the governor's impeachment...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Top statistician in China scandal
The head of China's National Bureau of Statistics is sacked over the widening Shanghai pension fund scandal...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
O2 cuts European roaming charge
UK mobile firm O2 is cutting the cost of receiving incoming calls overseas, in a new salvo in the roaming price war...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Father angry at Madonna's critics
The father of the boy Madonna is hoping to adopt hits back at rights groups who want to challenge her plans...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Robbery continues upward trend
Robbery in England and Wales rose 5% between April and June but overall crime fell slightly, statistics show...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Tories 'to be responsible on tax'
The Tories say maintaining economic stability will be put ahead of a policy group's £21bn package of tax cuts...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Mayor wins appeal over Nazi jibe
Ken Livingstone's likening of a Jewish journalist to a Nazi guard did not bring his office into disrepute, a court finds...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Radiation overdose teenager dies
A teenage girl who received at least 17 overdoses during her treatment for a brain tumour passes away...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Two children die in Afghan attack
A suicide bomber targets a patrol of troops in Afghanistan, killing two children and injuring a number of British troops...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
China pressures N Korean leader
A Chinese envoy meets North Korea's reclusive leader amid international efforts to stop another nuclear test...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Death row man's execution delayed
A British man on death row in Pakistan for 18 years has been given a two-month stay of execution...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
UK 'number one al-Qaeda target'
Britain is now the top target of a better-organised al-Qaeda, security sources have told the BBC...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Suicide Boats Explode in Sri Lanka Port, Killing 16
The Sri Lankan navy said 15 rebels were killed in the explosion of the two boats, along with one sailor...
New York Times - October 19, 2006
Japan Assures Rice That It Has No Nuclear Intentions
North Korea’s nuclear test raised fears that several of the more advanced powers in Asia might seek a nuclear deterrent, setting off a new arms race...
New York Times - October 19, 2006
Memo From Dubai: Beyond Skimpy Skirts, a Rare Debate on Identity
After decades of selling dreams to foreigners, the United Arab Emirates has begun debating the limits of multiculturalism...
New York Times - October 19, 2006
Premier of Iraq Seeks Assistance of Shiite Clerics
The visit with the clerics was a sign of the crisis surrounding the Iraqi government as it tries to quell sectarian violence...
New York Times - October 19, 2006
With Cash, Defectors Find North Korea?s Cracks
The increase in defections suggests that the state’s ability to control its citizens is diminishing...
New York Times - October 19, 2006
Israel Sex Cases Defy Machismo of the Warrior
The womanizing that used to be considered part of Israeli leaders' mystique is now a crime...
New York Times - October 19, 2006
Beast in sediment is photo winner
A walrus feeding in a whirl of sediment wins the 2006 Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year award...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Children 'need sex advice sooner'
A report says children should be given adult information earlier because they are reaching puberty earlier...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Parents 'shunning bedtime story'
One in 10 parents of primary school pupils never read to their children, a survey suggests...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Party funding options report due
An interim report into political funding, commissioned in the wake of "cash for honours" claims, is to be published...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Aberfan remembered 40 years on
As the 40th anniversary nears, services will remember the 144 who died when a coal tip engulfed a school and houses...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Funds for abstinence drug groups
The Scottish Executive announces £1.7m funding for five drug treatment projects...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Delhi raid plotter wants clemency
A man facing execution for his role in the 2001 attack on India's parliament will appeal to the president, his lawyer says...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Charles Darwin's works go online
The complete works of one of history's greatest scientists, Charles Darwin, are being made available online...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
'Nutrient pollution' harming UK
Harmful levels of phosphorous and nitrogen in the environment could have an impact on wildlife, the RSPB says...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Autopsy quality concerns raised
A quarter of autopsies performed for coroners are poor or unacceptable, a report has warned...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
One-third support 'some torture'
Almost a third of people worldwide say some torture is acceptable to fight terrorism, a BBC World Service poll finds...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Rice N Korea tour heads to Seoul
Condoleezza Rice meets Japan's PM then heads to Seoul on a tour to bolster sanctions on North Korea...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
Tory tax reform plans dismissed
The government says most taxpayers will not benefit from proposals by a Tory policy group for £21bn a year cuts...
BBC News - October 19, 2006
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