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Global News Archive for November 2005:
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Massage parlour victim is named
A young woman stabbed to death at a south London massage parlour was a live-in caretaker, police say...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Football: Arsenal edge out Wigan
Arsenal grab their first away win of the season and end Wigan's impressive run...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Uganda president to stand again
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni confirms he will stand for re-election in next March's polls...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Bush eyes 'frank' talks in China
Mr Bush is to attend church in Beijing before meeting President Hu for talks on religious freedom and trade...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Gary Glitter arrested in Vietnam
Former glam rock star Gary Glitter is arrested by Vietnamese police who want to question him about alleged child sex offences...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Six held over woman Pc's killing
A sixth person - a man - is arrested over the fatal shooting of a female Pc during a robbery in Bradford...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Best continues his fight for life
Football legend George Best remains on a life-support machine after suffering a lung infection...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Fresh wave of bombs strikes Iraq
Renewed bomb attacks across Iraq kill more than 50 people - including five US soldiers - and injure dozens more...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Bush, in Beijing, Faces a Partner Now on the Rise
Fresh from another strident defense of his war leadership, President Bush arrived in Beijing to defuse a host of tensions with China...
New York Times - November 19, 2005
Sectarian Hatred Pulls Apart Iraq's Mixed Towns
As the hatred between Sunni Arabs and Shiites hardens in Iraq, families are leaving their mixed towns for safer areas...
New York Times - November 19, 2005
Pledges Exceed Goal for Pakistan Quake Aid
Delegates from 75 nations and lending institutions promised to provide $5.8 billion to help rebuild Pakistan after October's devastating earthquake...
New York Times - November 19, 2005
'No tryout' for education reforms
Tony Blair will reject calls for education reforms to be piloted before being introduced across England, No 10 says...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
New S Lanka leader offers talks
Sri Lanka's new president takes office, striking a balance between tough words and an offer to continue peace talks...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Rover 'has cost taxpayer £231m'
The government says an estimated £231m has been allocated over the collapse of the car firm Rover...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Trio charged over cigarettes haul
Three men appear in court charged in connection with a cigarettes seizure put at £2.5m in north Armagh...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Blood service privatisation fears
Parts of the Scottish Blood Transfusion Service could be privatised following a review...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Football: Chelsea back on form
Chelsea end their two-game losing streak with an easy victory over Newcastle United at Stamford Bridge...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
New storm lashes Central America
Tropical Storm Gamma pounds the coast of Central America, leaving at least three people dead...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Thousands in fresh Azeri protest
Azerbaijan's opposition stages its third and biggest rally in two weeks to protest against elections it says were rigged...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Lib Dems abandon high tax policy
The Lib Dems are abandoning calls for higher taxation as leader Charles Kennedy unveils a new approach...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Broadcaster John Timpson dies
Today broadcaster and writer John Timpson has died at a hospital in Norfolk at the age of 77...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Rugby: All Blacks hold off England
The All Blacks stay on course for a 'grand slam' over the four home unions by repelling England at Twickenham...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Five arrested over Pc shootings
Four men and a woman are arrested in London over the shootings of two police officers in Bradford...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
New wave of bombs strikes Iraq
More than 40 people are killed and dozens more injured in three bomb attacks in and north of Baghdad...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Why school reforms were re-sold
The BBC's Mike Baker says the government is in a pickle over its education reforms...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Singer Love to leave drug clinic
Singer Courtney Love will be allowed to leave a live-in rehabilitation centre for an outpatient programme...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Abigail and baby leave hospital
Knife attack victim Abigail Witchalls returns home from hospital with her new baby son, named Dominic...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Appeal for gun murder witnesses
Police investigating the murder of Martin Conlon in County Armagh issue a fresh appeal for witnesses...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Increase in police custody deaths
Statistics show an increase in deaths in police custody and deaths involving police vehicles in Wales...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Kenya braces for final rallies
The "Yes" and "No" camps in Kenya's constitutional vote hold mass rallies in Nairobi on the last day of campaigning...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Sri Lanka swears in new president
Sri Lanka's new hardline president takes office, sparking fears that peace with Tamil rebels is under threat...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
US clears bird flu drug Tamiflu
There is no evidence that the bird flu drug Tamiflu harms children, America's medicines regulator concludes...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Police 'investigate Gary Glitter'
Vietnamese police launch a criminal investigation into British rock star Gary Glitter, according to local reports...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Vaughan passed fit for Faisalabad
England captain Michael Vaughan is declared fit to play in the second Test against Pakistan on Sunday...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Quake pledges exceed aid target
International pledges to the Pakistan earthquake fund now exceed the $5.2bn needed, the prime minister says...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Pc poser tricks way into station
An impostor posing as a constable joins a police briefing after conning his way into a busy London station...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Iraqis to be deported from UK
Failed Iraqi asylum seekers are expected to be sent back this weekend, despite protests that the country is not yet safe...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Baghdad market bomb kills 13
Thirteen people are killed by a car bomb in a crowded market in the south of the Iraqi capital, police say...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Shot woman Pc was mother of five
The policewoman shot dead in Bradford on Friday died on what was her daughter's fourth birthday...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Best put on life-support machine
Former football star George Best is on a life-support machine after suffering a lung infection...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Cautiously, China Honors Leader Linked to Tiananmen Unrest
With a veil of secrecy, China officially rehabilitated a former Communist Party leader whose death in 1989 set off huge student demonstrations...
New York Times - November 19, 2005
Publisher Is Charged With Criticizing Turkey
A Turkish publisher said that the government was suing it for distributing a book that the government charges is critical of the Turkish identity, army and state...
New York Times - November 19, 2005
South Korean Tells Japan's Leader to Stop Visiting Shrine
President Roh Moo Hyun of South Korea urged Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan to stop visiting a nationalistic Japanese war memorial...
New York Times - November 19, 2005
Mosque Attacks Kill 70 in Iraq; Hotel Is Hit, Too
It was the deadliest coordinated bombing in months, and came after bombs exploded near a Baghdad hotel that houses journalists...
New York Times - November 19, 2005
Bush and Putin Want Iran to Treat Uranium in Russia
President Bush and President Vladimir V. Putin said that they would press Iran to accept a compromise allowing it to enrich uranium, but only in Russia...
New York Times - November 19, 2005
A Hawk Narrowly Wins Sri Lanka Presidential Election
Mahinda Rajapakse, the Sri Lankan prime minister who spent his campaign for president honing a hawk's reputation, narrowly won the race...
New York Times - November 19, 2005
S Korea to table Iraq troops cut
South Korea's government is to propose withdrawing a third of its troops in Iraq, reports say, surprising the US...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
New Sri Lanka head to be sworn in
Mahinda Rajapakse, who has pledged a hard line with Tamil Tiger rebels, is to be inaugurated as president...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Inheritance tax to hit 2.1m homes
More than two million properties are now worth more than the threshold for inheritance tax, the Halifax says...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
One in five 'unaware of pension'
Charity Help the Aged publishes research which suggests there is widespread ignorance about pensions...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Quake donor conference starts
Pakistan hosts a major donors conference in a bid to raise $5.2bn needed for its earthquake recovery...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
England take on the All Blacks
England host New Zealand on Saturday hoping to end the All Blacks' quest for a home nations "grand slam"...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Apec urges end to trade stalemate
Pacific Rim leaders end their two-day summit with a call for a breakthrough in global trade talks next month...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Children in Need raises £17.2m
Children in Need raises more than £17m on the night of the telethon, with help from Madonna and Doctor Who...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Police-related road deaths rise
The numbers of people killed in road accidents involving police cars rises, figures show...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Fewer people 'visiting the pub'
The number of people who drink in pubs falls despite increasing fears about binge drinking, a survey suggests...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
George Best remains in hospital
Former football star George Best remains in intensive care after suffering a severe new infection...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
Search continues for Pc's killer
Police say they are pursuing every line of enquiry in the hunt for a gang who shot dead a policewoman...
BBC News - November 19, 2005
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