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Global News Archive for November 2006:
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Take That return to singles chart
Revived boy band Take That make a return to the UK top 10, while George Michael scores the number one album...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Chief defends underage sex remark
Dyfed-Powys' chief constable defends comments about the "grey area" of young men who have sex with girls under 16...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Weather hampers Afghan flood aid
Bad weather in west Afghanistan hinders delivery of aid to survivors of floods that killed at least 52 people...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Indonesia sees anti-Bush rallies
Thousands protest in Indonesia as President Bush prepares to visit the world's most populous Muslim nation...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Water meter plan 'accelerating'
Plans to speed up the water metering in drought-hit areas are expected to be unveiled by the government...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
UK pressures US on Iraq inquests
Britain urges the US to explain why their soldiers do not attend inquests into UK troops killed by friendly fire in Iraq...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Saddam trial verdict 'unsound'
Saddam Hussein's trial was so flawed its verdict was unsound, says campaign group Human Rights Watch...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Goldsmith doubts 90-day detention
The attorney general is not convinced of the need to hold terror suspects without charge for more than 28 days...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Reid quiet on leadership ambition
Home Secretary John Reid refuses to declare his Labour leadership plans, as it would be "disloyal" to Tony Blair...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Fatal colliery blast rembered
An explosion at a south Wales valleys mine the killed 10 is remembered by a service half a century on...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Branson challenges BSkyB over ITV
Sir Richard Branson, NTL's biggest stakeholder, is to challenge BSkyB's move to buy a stake in ITV...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Missing woman found on CCTV
Detectives searching for two missing prostitutes find a CCTV image of one the night she disappeared...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Death of woman treated as murder
The death of a woman in west Belfast at the weekend is now being treated as murder, the police say...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Egypt to ease curbs on parties
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak sets out plans for constitutional changes in a speech before parliament...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Mauritania stages historic poll
Mauritanians vote in the first election since last year's bloodless coup ended 20 years of authoritian rule...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Football: Spurs hold Blackburn
Jermain Defoe's penalty rescues a draw for Spurs against Blackburn as both sides end with 10 men...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Football: Wigan draw with Villa
Wigan record their first ever Premiership goalless draw despite dominating a limited Aston Villa...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Ireland 21-6 Australia
In-form Ireland secure an impressive win over Australia at a blustery Lansdowne Road...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
African flood rescue gathers pace
Aid agencies launch a relief operation to help 1.8 million people affected by floods in the Horn of Africa...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Israeli aircraft strike Hamas car
Israeli missiles hit a car carrying Gaza militants, injuring several people, after Palestinian rockets hit Israel...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Men held after gang kills woman
Three men and a teenager are held in connection with raids during which a woman was kicked to death...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Kidnappers seize Iraqi minister
An Iraqi deputy health minister is believed kidnapped in Baghdad as a suicide bomber kills 22 people in Hilla...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Police boss defends sex remark
A chief constable defends his comments about the "grey area" of young men who have sex with girls under 16...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Probe into ex-KGB agent poisoning
Police investigate after a former Russian KGB colonel living in Britain is poisoned by the toxic chemical thallium...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Buyers line up for Nintendo Wii
Nintendo releases its Wii games console in the US, hoping to fight back against Sony and Microsoft...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Schmeichel voted off Come Dancing
Former footballer Peter Schmeichel loses out in Strictly Come Dancing while Robert Allen leaves X Factor...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Pit explosion deaths remembered
Ten miners killed in a pit explosion in the south Wales valleys 50 years ago are honoured at a service...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Apec heads vow trade talk revival
Asia-Pacific leaders pledge to revive global trade talks and warn of "grave" consequences of not doing so...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Falling road cone injures tourist
An tourist is in a serious condition in hospital after being hit on the head by a traffic cone...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Man arrested in body find probe
A man is arrested by police investigating the discovery of a woman's body at a house in west Belfast...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
India tests medium range missile
India successfully tests a medium range nuclear-capable missile, three days after a test by Pakistan...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Egypt leader to outline changes
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is to set out plans for constitutional changes in a speech before parliament...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
US paves way for Russia WTO entry
Russia and the US sign a trade agreement that allows Russia to join the WTO after 12 years of negotiations...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Rugby U: Vickery backs Robinson
England prop Phil Vickery believes head coach Andy Robinson should lead the side through to the World Cup...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Golf: Harrington beats Woods
Padraig Harrington beats Tiger Woods in a play-off to win the Phoenix Tournament in Japan...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Cruise, Holmes 'on honeymoon'
Actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have left Italy to start their honeymoon, according to officials...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
England attack frustrated in draw
England's bowlers take just two wickets on the final day of their Ashes warm-up match, which ends in a draw...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Banks under fire from MPs
MPs on the Treasury Select Committee accuse banks of
discriminating against people on low incomes...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Hospital tests baby for 'heroin'
Tests are being carried out on a baby girl to discover if she has been suffering from the effects of heroin...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Apec 'concern' at N Korea threat
Asia-Pacific leaders in Vietnam express "strong concern" over North Korea's nuclear weapons test...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Ex-KGB officer 'poisoned in UK'
Police investigate the alleged poisoning of a former Russian security official who was granted asylum in London...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
UK and Pakistan forge terror pact
The British and Pakistani leaders agree to strengthen their ties in the fight against terror, at a meeting in Lahore...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Iraqi workers die in bomb attack
At least 17 people die as a suicide bomber attacks a group of labourers in the Iraqi town of Hilla, officials say...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Panesar ends hosts' opening stand
Monty Panesar takes the first wicket of South Australia's second innings on the last day of England's final Ashes warm-up...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Sex with under-16s 'grey area'
A chief constable says men who have sex with under-16s are not always paedophiles...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
NK dominates final summit talks
Asia-Pacific leaders focus on North Korea's nuclear efforts in a final day of talks at a regional summit...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Human shield deters Israel strike
The Israelis call off a planned air strike on a house in Gaza after Palestinians form a human shield around it...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Blair bid to ban group 'opposed'
Attempts to ban the radical Muslim group Hizb ut-Tahrir are opposed by police and officials, the BBC learns...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Reid and Brown prisons 'split'
John Reid and Gordon Brown are reported to be divided over plans to bring in tougher sentencing...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
Blair set to meet Musharraf
Prime Minister Tony Blair is to meet Pakistan's president for talks expected to focus on counter-terrorism...
BBC News - November 19, 2006
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