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Global News Archive for December 2006:
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British Police Arrest 2nd Suspect in Serial Killings
A police spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity under police rules, described the man?s arrest as ?significant.?...
New York Times - December 19, 2006
China Tightens Adoption Rules, U.S. Agencies Say
The new regulations seem certain to slow the rapid rise in applications by foreign parents to adopt Chinese babies...
New York Times - December 19, 2006
Safer laptop batteries produced
Matsushita boosts production of heatproof batteries for laptops following worries about overheating...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Web watch on private health care
A website aims to allow patients to see how private and voluntary hospitals and health providers are performing...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Work experience 'boosts earnings'
School leavers could earn an extra £1,050 a year if they have the right work experience, a survey suggests...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Discovery space shuttle undocks
The space shuttle Discovery undocks after eight days at the International Space Station...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Dow Jones at record on oil rises
The Dow Jones index hits a record closing high of 12,471, prompted by rising oil prices...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Nepal rebels threaten new strikes
Nepal's Maoist rebels threaten more strikes in protest at key government appointments...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
CCTV clue in Jessie murder hunt
Police hunting the killers of teenager Jessie James make a television appeal with new CCTV footage...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
£2.4m deal 'behind mother murder'
A man killed his mother because she was blocking a £2.4m property development, it is alleged in court...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Glasgow 'boosts' Scots job market
More people are working and wages are rising, Bank of Scotland economists claim...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Bush considers US force expansion
US President Bush is weighing an increase in the size of the military to deal with the long-term fight against terrorism...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Kuwait not to pay citizens' debts
Kuwait's parliament rejects a bill that would have seen the government write off its citizens' private debts...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Wycombe stun Charlton
League Two side Wycombe Wanderers shock Premiership strugglers Charlton to reach the Carling Cup semi-finals...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Blair pressed on BAE bribe probe
Pressure mounts on ministers to justify dropping the corruption inquiry into a BAE arms deal with Saudi Arabia...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Freedom Tower's first column laid
The first steel column is put in place for the Freedom Tower that will replace the World Trade Center in New York...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Football bung probe findings due
The findings of an investigation into corruption in football are due to be published...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Blair warns of 'global struggle'
The world is engaged in a "struggle" between forces of moderation and extremism, the PM says...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Cheney to testify over CIA leak
Vice-President Dick Cheney will be called to testify in the CIA leak case involving his ex-chief of staff, lawyers say...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Palestinian groups call new truce
The Palestinian president says Fatah and Hamas have agreed a new ceasefire after a week of violence in Gaza...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
2nd Suspect Arrested in British Serial Stranglings
A police official called the arrest of the second suspect ?significant.?? Neither man was immediately charged with the crimes...
New York Times - December 19, 2006
Six Foreigners Face Death Sentence in Libyan H.I.V. Case
Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor infected hundreds of children with H.I.V., the court said...
New York Times - December 19, 2006
Pirates sequel tops 2006 UK chart
Johnny Depp's drama Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is 2006's top-grossing film in the UK and Ireland...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Giant ID computer plan scrapped
Ministers decide to use existing databases for the ID card scheme - scrapping plans for a standalone system...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
'Sadistic' trio of killers jailed
Three men found guilty of killing father-of-four Dean Jamieson on the outskirts of Aberdeen are sent to prison...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Couple guilty of years of cruelty
A man and woman are found guilty of inflicting years of cruelty and humiliation on seven children...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Compulsory HIV tests for couples
Officials in India's Andhra Pradesh state say an HIV test will soon be compulsory before marriage...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Girl gives birth at school
A 15-year-old girl gives birth at her school before a medical team can arrive to help with the delivery...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Saddam trial sees graphic footage
Graphic footage of dead Kurdish civilians allegedly killed in chemical attacks is shown at Saddam Hussein's trial...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Colombia fighter gives testimony
Colombian right-wing paramilitary commander Salvatore Mancuso testifies before a special tribunal...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Nigeria leader denies corruption
Nigeria's president denies claims by his deputy that he awarded contracts to his favourite aides and ministers...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
US beauty queen to keep her title
Donald Trump allows Miss USA to keep her title despite a series of accusations about her private life...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Ponting defends England hierarchy
Australia captain Ricky Ponting says the criticism aimed at Duncan Fletcher and Andrew Flintoff is unjustified...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Paedophile report urges changes
A report on a paedophile's abduction and sexual assault of a girl recommends widespread change...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Fish deal put forward in Brussels
EU officials table a compromise to cut cod catches by 25% but allow boats to spend longer at sea...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Libya firm on HIV sentences
Libya rejects criticism over death sentences passed on a group of foreign medics for infecting children with HIV...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Three test positive for polonium
Three more people test positive for the substance thought to have killed ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Palestinian PM urges calm in Gaza
Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya calls for an end to in-fighting after days of clashes between Hamas and Fatah factions...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Blair stands by US relationship
Tony Blair defends his close relationship with the US, following a scathing report from a Chatham House expert...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Pc shooting death jury discharged
The Pc Sharon Beshenivsky death trial jury is discharged after failing to reach a verdict on a robbery charge...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Nasa and Google form cosmic union
Search giant Google and US Space agency Nasa sign an agreement to make space data available on the web...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Oxford dons reject finance reform
Oxford university academics reject reforms which could have handed financial control to outsiders...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Stax label returns after 30 years
Legendary Memphis soul label Stax, home to Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes, is to be resurrected after 30 years...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
ITV rattled as ad revenues fall
Broadcaster ITV is hit by a further drop in advertising revenues for the year...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Experts investigate 'DNA diets'
Scientists are warning would-be slimmers to be careful about using 'DNA-diets' on the internet...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Father-of-four's killers jailed
Three men found guilty of killing a Dean Jamieson on the outskirts of Aberdeen are sent to prison...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Fears over 600 bakery firm jobs
South Wales-based bakery Ferrari's, which employs about 600 people, goes into administration...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Tamil Tigers kidnap 21 children
Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka admit kidnapping at least 21 students in the east of the country...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Stone's attack 'performance art'
Loyalist Michael Stone claims his incursion on Stormont was performance art and his weapons were not viable...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
French bird flu scare evaporates
French experts say 4,000 chickens found dead at a farm in north-eastern France did not die of bird flu...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Iraq attacks reach record levels
Attacks against troops and civilians in Iraq are at their highest level since 2004, a Pentagon report says...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Rugby U: Wales eye Woodward
The Welsh Rugby Union want former England coach Sir Clive Woodward as their director of elite performance...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
US and N Korea discuss sanctions
US and North Korean officials meet face-to-face to discuss financial sanctions, on the sidelines of nuclear talks...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Everton submit Mourinho complaint
Everton will make a formal complaint to the FA about Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho's criticism of Andrew Johnson...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Cricket: Fletcher ponders future
Duncan Fletcher says he will review his position as England coach before the start of the next domestic season...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Kidnap girl grapples with freedom
The Austrian teenager kidnapped and held captive for eight years says she is struggling to adjust to her new life...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
'Safe rooms' for abused women
Ministers are to announce plans for 'safe rooms' in houses to help protect victims of domestic violence...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Bishop scorns drunkenness claims
The Bishop of Southwark says it would have been "entirely out of character" if he had been drunk after a drinks reception...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Fresh clashes erupt in Gaza Strip
New clashes in Gaza between Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah put more pressure on a fragile truce...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Ministers haggle over fish quotas
Politicians and fishing leaders embark on the latest round of annual talks over catch limits...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Libya sentences medics to death
Six foreign medics are sentenced to death in Libya for deliberately infecting hundreds of children with HIV...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Second man held in murders probe
Detectives investigating the murders of five prostitutes in the Ipswich area arrest a second man...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Man Arrested in British Serial Stranglings
Tom Stephens, a 37-year-old supermarket worker and part-time taxi driver, was arrested on suspicion of all five murders...
New York Times - December 19, 2006
North Koreans and U.S. Take Hard Lines as Talks Open
Assistant Secretary of State Christopher R. Hill warned North Korea that it faced an extended period of sanctions if it refused to abandon its nuclear-weapons program...
New York Times - December 19, 2006
Iraq Insurgents Starve Capital of Electricity
Baghdad has been all but isolated electrically, and attempts to repair power lines are falling behind attacks on the grid...
New York Times - December 19, 2006
Ex-Minister of Electricity Escapes Jail in Green Zone
Aiham Alsammarae, the most senior Iraqi official arrested on corruption charges, made a brazen escape Sunday in Baghdad...
New York Times - December 19, 2006
Attacks in Iraq at Record High, Pentagon Says
A report found an average of almost 960 attacks on U.S. and Iraqi targets every week from early August to early November...
New York Times - December 19, 2006
Most physio graduates out of work
Most physiotherapy graduates have struggled to get a job this year as NHS chiefs cut spending...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Rural colleges 'needing support'
Rural colleges need a fairer funding deal to prevent the closure of courses, ministers are told...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Fishing leaders prepare for talks
Scottish fishing leaders and politicians voice fears about the latest round of quota negotiations...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
New Gaza clash outside hospital
Hamas and Fatah exchange shots outside a Gaza hospital, with at least one dead in the latest factional violence...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Nepal rebels oppose appointments
Nepal's Maoist rebels call a general strike in the capital, Kathmandu, in protest at key government appointments...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Nigeria opposition pick candidate
Nigeria's main opposition party selects its candidate to challenge the ruling party's Umaru Yar'Adua in April's polls...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Talks stall over N Korea demands
There was no progress on the first day of talks on North Korea's nuclear programme, the US chief negotiator says...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
ISS crew fix jammed solar panel
The crew of Discovery fix a solar panel on a fourth spacewalk outside the international space station...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Fishermen set for EU quota talks
Politicians and fishing leaders prepare to embark on the latest round of annual talks over catch limits...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Blair 'failed to influence Bush'
Tony Blair has failed to influence US policy, despite UK sacrifices, a report into foreign policy suggests...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Prostitute murders suspect held
Police continue to question a 37-year-old man about the murders of five prostitutes near Ipswich...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
UK hooked on 'essential' gadgets
Britons will buy 30 million electrical 'essentials' such as juicers and cordless phones in the next six months...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
Trident 'demands skilled workers'
Ministers must ensure there are enough skilled workers in the UK to build the next generation of nuclear submarines, MPs say...
BBC News - December 19, 2006
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