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Global News Archive for November 2007:
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Guard and 20 Others Arrested After Shooting in Baghdad
A security guard along with 20 other people who had been riding in a truck were arrested Monday after the guard shot a teenage girl in central Baghdad...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Israel, Palestinians Fail to Bridge Gaps
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Israeli and Palestinian leaders made little progress Monday in a last effort to narrow gaps ahead of next week's U.S.-hosted Mideast peace conference, dimming hopes for a joint declaration of principles in time for the gathering...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Surprise Pressure From Myanmar?s Neighbors
The Philippine president suggested that her country might not ratify a new regional charter unless Myanmar committed to democratic reforms and released Aung San Suu Kyi...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Politicus: Spring Will Be Crucial on Iran
The way things are set up now, if new sanctions are enacted against Iran, the U.S., France and Britain will evaluate their options sometime in the spring of 2008...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
New Haven for Human Cousin in Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo has announced the establishment of a rain forest preserve intended to protect the bonobo, one of human beings? two closest ape relations...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Allies Shun Berlusconi?s New Party
Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is forming a new political party to propel him back to power, vowing Monday to go forward without his allies on the center-right...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Olmert and Abbas Try for Joint Text
The hoped-for statement would touch on the core issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Popping bubbles to treat cancer
University of Oxford scientists are trying to harness the energy released when bubbles burst to kill off cancer cells...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Migraine brains 'are different'
Scientists discover differences in the sensory areas of the brains of people who develop migraine headaches...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Private equity 'face tough rules'
Private equity firms will face tougher standards demanding 'more openness', a review on Tuesday is expected to say...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Tories plan more academy places
The Conservatives aim to create at least 220,000 "good school places" over nine years in new academies...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Decision due on Trump golf plan
Plans for a £1bn golf course and housing development in Aberdeenshire will go before councillors on Tuesday...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Palestinian schemes unveiled
Middle East envoy Tony Blair announces a series of new projects to help boost the Palestinian economy...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
'No chance' for Ukrainian miners
Rescue efforts continue in Ukraine, but hope fades of finding survivors after a deadly mine explosion...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Football: Bruce leaves Blues
Steve Bruce leaves Birmingham to become Wigan manager for the second time...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Former GB skipper Gregory dies
Former Great Britain captain Mike Gregory dies after a four-year battle with a neurological disease...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Foreigners held for Iraq shooting
Iraq detains at least 32 foreigners, including two US private security guards, over a shooting incident...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Pc killer captured after 13 years
A man who killed an off-duty police officer and then escaped from prison is caught in The Netherlands...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Israel Approves Release of 441 Prisoners
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel on Monday approved the release of 441 Palestinian prisoners and pledged not to build any new settlements in the West Bank, but it stopped short of American demands to halt construction in existing settlements before a crucial U.S.-hosted Mideast conference...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Suicide Attack Kills 6 but Spares Afghan Governor
A provincial governor in southwestern Afghanistan narrowly escaped a suicide attack today, but his 25-year-old son and five of his bodyguards were killed in the blast...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Court Upholds Musharraf Election
Pakistan?s Supreme Court, which was appointed after emergency rule was imposed, today dismissed the main challenges to Gen. Pervez Musharraf?s election...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Bangladesh Toll at More Than 3,000
The number of people left dead following the powerful cyclone that swept through Bangladesh last Thursday rose to more than 3,000 on Monday, the government said...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Khmer Rouge Leader Is Arrested
The former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan is the last of five top leaders targeted by prosecutors...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
U.S. Hopes to Use Pakistani Tribes Against Al Qaeda
The new proposal is modeled in part on a similar effort by American forces in Iraq?s Anbar Province that has been hailed as a success...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Amazon debuts digital book reader
Online retailer Amazon has unveiled an own-brand digital book reader called Kindle...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Parkinson unveils final line-up
Michael Parkinson will interview two sirs, two dames and David Beckham on his last-but-one chat show...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Childhood is 'happy not toxic'
Schools Secretary Ed Balls rejects the "toxic childhood" warning, saying children have more opportunities than ever...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Football fans thrown off flight
More than 60 Northern Ireland fans are thrown off a flight from Madrid to the Spanish island of Gran Canaria...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Daughter saw gang kill her father
A daughter tells a court how she watched as a gang of teenagers punched and kicked her father to death...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Aid battle for Bangladesh victims
Relief teams reach areas of Bangladesh devastated by a huge storm, but survivors are still short of food and water...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Top Khmer Rouge leader charged
Ex-Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan is charged with war crimes at a genocide tribunal in Cambodia...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Ethiopia 'bombs' Ogaden villages
Ogaden rebels say Ethiopian helicopter gunships have bombed civilian settlements, leaving many dead...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Football: Crouch ready to deliver
Peter Crouch says he will shoulder the goalscoring burden for England against Croatia in the absence of Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Bruce leaves Blues for Wigan
Steve Bruce leaves Birmingham City to become Wigan manager for the second time...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Imran Khan begins hunger strike
Imprisoned Pakistani opposition politician Imran Khan begins a hunger strike, calling for a return to democracy...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Tougher test for incapacity benefit
A new test to be introduced next year will see fewer sick and disabled people qualify for benefits, ministers say...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Heart hospital gets the all-clear
A leading heart transplant hospital is cleared to resume operations following an inspection into raised death rates...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Death house father visits scene
The father of one of the teenagers found dead in the garden of a house in Kent makes a visit to the property...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Police chief retires amid inquiry
The chief constable of Dyfed-Powys Police retires following claims of alleged financial irregularities...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Fourth Meredith suspect is named
Italian police have confirmed the name of a fourth suspect they want to speak to over the murder of UK student Meredith Kercher...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Day in jail for Tyson over drugs
Former boxing heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is sentenced to 24 hours in prison for drugs offences...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
PM outlines climate action plan
The PM outlines plans for a "green hotline" and an end to one-use plastic bags, in his first major climate speech...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Darling in Commons row over Rock
The chancellor says he still hopes for a sale of Northern Rock, as he is accused of wasting taxpayers' money...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
69 Killed in Ukraine Mine Explosion
A raging fire hampered efforts to find trapped miners as the death toll from a methane blast deep underground reached 69...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Ex-Khmer Rouge Head of State Arrested
The U.N.-backed genocide tribunal in Cambodia arrested the former Khmer Rouge head of state following his release from a hospital in the capital...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Myanmar's Detained Suu Kyi Taken to State Guesthouse
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was taken from the Yangon villa where she has been held for the past four years to a state guesthouse, diplomatic sources said...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Olmert to Remove Unauthorized Outposts
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday told his Cabinet that Israel would not build any new settlements in the West Bank, but stopped short of American demands to freeze construction in existing communities...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Bangladesh Cyclone Toll at 2, 400
The death toll from Bangladesh?s most devastating storm in a decade climbed to at least 2,400 on Monday...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Court Clears Rule by Musharraf
Pakistan?s Supreme Court dismissed legal challenges to Gen. Pervez Musharraf?s continued rule, opening the way for him to quit as army chief and restore civilian rule...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Olmert Agrees to Release 450 Prisoners
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sought wide Arab support for a U.S.-led peace conference by agreeing to release some 450 Palestinian prisoners...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Amazon to show e-book device
Online retailer Amazon is close to unveiling its own-brand digital book reader called Kindle...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Clot patients 'die unnecessarily'
Failure to implement patient checks for blood clots is costing thousands of lives, warn MPs...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Lib Dems consider Clegg complaint
The Lib Dems consider a complaint against Chris Huhne, accused of calling rival Nick Clegg a "calamity"...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Oil prices rise after Opec summit
Oil prices rise in Monday trading, after producers' cartel Opec decides not to boost production...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
MPs' adverts broke election rules
Plaid Cymru's three MPs are found guilty of spending taxpayers' money improperly after taking out 'campaigning' adverts...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Eight hurt in snow motorway crash
Eight people are treated for injuries following a crash on a motorway during heavy falls of snow...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Girl removed from McElhill care
Police removed a teenage girl from the care of Arthur McElhill before the fire which killed him and his family...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Afghan suicide attack kills seven
A suicide attack targeting an Afghan provincial governor kills his son and six of his bodyguards, officials say...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Fears grow for Ukrainian miners
A rescue operation continues after a coal mine explosion in Ukraine, with 70 dead and dozens missing...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Israel to release 450 prisoners
Israel's prime minister obtains cabinet approval for the release of up to 450 Palestinian detainees...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Dollar continues near record lows
The dollar remains weak against both the euro and the yen as worries over the state of the US economy continue...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
South Sudan fears return to war
South Sudan's ex-rebels strongly criticise President al-Bashir, after he threatens to rearm northern militias...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Football: McLeish contract plan
The SFA wants to extend Alex McLeish's contract beyond the 2010 World Cup campaign...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
No excuses for failure - McClaren
Coach Steve McClaren says England must make the most of the lifeline provided by the weekend's Euro 2008 qualifiers...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Church condemns lesbian IVF use
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales condemns plans to help lesbians become parents of test-tube babies...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Heroin clinic 'reduces drug use'
Early results of a programme of supervised injecting for heroin addicts suggest it reduces drug use...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Challenges to Musharraf rejected
Pakistan's reshaped top court rejects the main challenges to Pervez Musharraf's re-election as president...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
No Farepak payouts by Christmas
People owed money after the collapse of Farepak will not see any cash before Christmas, the BBC learns...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Rock offers 'undervalue' bank
Northern Rock says proposals received from potential investors are "materially below" the firm's share price...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Front garden searched for bodies
Police searching a house where the bodies of two girls were found begin digging up the front garden...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Queen celebrates diamond wedding
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary at Westminster Abbey...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Gen. Sergio del Valle, a Cuban Doctor and Soldier
General del Valle was a doctor in Fidel Castro?s rebel army in the late 1950s and the army chief of staff during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Democrats Say They Won?t Back Down on War
Democratic lawmakers said even if Republican support for President Bush?s strategy held firm, voters would reward Democrats for their efforts at the polls next November...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Names of the Dead
The Department of Defense has identified 3,859 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war. It confirmed the deaths of the following Americans yesterday:...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Blast Kills at Least 63 Ukraine Miners
A methane blast ripped through a coal mine in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 19 miners, authorities said...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Cambodia Police Arrest Khmer Rouge President
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Rifle-toting Cambodian police arrested ex-Khmer Rouge President Khieu Samphan on Monday, the fifth member of Pol Pot's inner circle to be detained by the U.N.-backed "Killing Fields" tribunal...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Bangladesh Cyclone Deaths Climb to 2, 300
The death toll from a cyclone that devastated Bangladesh has surpassed 2,300, officials said, while rescuers struggled to reach hundreds of thousands of survivors...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Child Matadors Draw Olés in Mexico?s Bullrings
Mexico?s mini-matadors are drawing ever larger crowds as well criticism from those who say they should find a safer extracurricular activity...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Brezovica Journal: Where Schusses Overcome Kosovo?s Ethnic Schisms
At a ski resort, 5,600 feet high on a mountain blanketed with snow during winter, Kosovo?s Albanians and Serbs try, however uneasily, to get along...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Pakistani Group, Suspected by West of Jihadist Ties, Holds Conclave Despite Ban
The annual convention of the Pakistan-based group Tabligh Jamaat, the largest gathering of Muslims outside Mecca, occurred without incident, despite a ban on large gatherings...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Greece and Turkey Open Gas Pipeline
Greece and Turkey opened a $300 million pipeline on Sunday, creating an energy corridor that connects the natural gas fields in the Caspian Sea region to Europe...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
U.S. Says Attacks in Iraq Fell to the Level of Feb. 2006
New U.S. military data showed that attacks had declined to the lowest level since January 2006. It is the third week in a row that attacks have been at this reduced level...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
News Analysis: U.S. Pushes for Turnout at Middle East Conference
The meeting in Annapolis, Md., is meant to begin negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian leaders on a final peace agreement, ostensibly to be completed by the end of the Bush presidency...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
U.S. Hopes to Arm Pakistani Tribes Against Al Qaeda
The new proposal is modeled in part on a similar effort by American forces in Iraq?s Anbar Province that has been hailed as a success in fighting foreign insurgents...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Chinese Dam Projects Criticized for Their Human Costs
A year after the completion of the Three Gorges Dam, water pollution, landslides and mass resettlement have led to questions about hydropower as a solution to China?s energy conundrum...
New York Times - November 19, 2007
Hearing tests for over 55s call
A UK screening programme for hearing loss in the over 55s is to be considered after a large NHS trial found "substantial benefits"...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Brown to outline climate targets
Gordon Brown is set to give his first major speech on the environment and will urge action on climate change...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Poll shows freedom act awareness
A report reveals that public awareness of freedom of information is generally high but low among key groups...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Sea search turns to theft probe
A search of the North Sea prompted by reports of two water bikers in difficulty is now a theft investigation, police say...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Pakistan ease to consolation win
Shoaib Malik stars with bat and ball to help his side to victory over India as Pakistan salvage some pride...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Top Khmer Rouge leader detained
Police in Cambodia detain Khieu Samphan, ex-Khmer Rouge head of state, to appear at a genocide tribunal...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Football: McLeish's ponders future
Alex McLeish says he is committed to Scotland but adds "you never know in football what can happen"...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
YouTube tackles bullying online
A new anti-bullying channel is set up on YouTube to encourage young people to denounce bullying...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Bent drafted in for Croatia clash
England coach Steve McClaren calls striker Darren Bent into his squad for the Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
UK patients get newest HIV drug
UK patients are eligible to receive the first new oral class of HIV/Aids treatment in more than a decade...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Tougher work tests for disabled
A new test to be introduced next year will see fewer sick and disabled people qualify for disability benefits...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Roads cleared after snow flurry
Snowfall across central England leads to efforts to ensure roads are clear for the morning rush hour...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Death house search reaches attic
Police searching a house where the bodies of two girls were found focus on the upper floors...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Police chief makes terror warning
The new chief constable of Scotland's largest police force says the country will face another terror attack...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Queen and Duke set for landmark
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are to mark their 60th wedding anniversary with a Westminster Abbey service...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Lib Dems hear Clegg complaint
The Liberal Democrats consider a complaint against leadership contender Chris Huhne, accused of calling rival Nick Clegg a "calamity"...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Darling to outline Northern Rock options
Chancellor Alistair Darling is to outline the government's stance on the possible sale of Northern Rock bank...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
Aid reaches Bangladesh victims
Rescue teams reach victims of a Bangladesh storm that has killed 2,300 and been called a "national calamity"...
BBC News - November 19, 2007
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