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Global News Archive for January 2005:
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Israel to Resume Limited Security Contacts With Palestinians
The move suggests the sides were seeking to pull back from a potential showdown in the Gaza Strip, at least for now...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
Pilgrims pray during Hajj zenith
More than two million Muslims stand and pray on Mount Arafat during the high point of the annual Hajj pilgrimage...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Mass exodus from Indian islands
Thousands of settlers on India's Andaman Islands are returning to the mainland after the tsunami...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Commissioner calls for law change
Scotland's Children's tsar calls for teachers accused of offences against pupils to remain anonymous...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Alcohol-free beer 'stops cancer'
Drinking non-alcoholic beer may ward off cancer, research on lab mice shows...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Amazing hominid haul in Ethiopia
Fossil hunters working in Ethiopia unearth the remains of at least nine primitive hominids...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Kilroy to reveal UKIP quit plan
Ex-chat show host Robert Kilroy-Silk is to announce whether he is quitting the UK Independence Party ...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Shipman hospital deaths probed
The Shipman Inquiry investigated the deaths in the early 1970s of 137 hospital patients, it has been revealed...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Nazis 'gassed Hitler's relative'
A member of Adolf Hitler's own family was killed in the Nazi campaign to wipe out the mentally ill, historians say...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Football: Blackburn beat Cardiff
Blackburn manage to fend off battling Cardiff in their FA Cup third round replay...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Guinea leader 'survives coup bid'
Shots fired at a convoy carrying Guinea's president were an attempt to kill him, the security minister says...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Thailand scraps death-row webcast
The Thai prisons director shelves plans to broadcast the lives of condemned prisoners after criticism...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Stone sister pledges to fight on
Michael Stone's sister vows to clear his name after he loses an appeal against a conviction for the Russell murders...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Asia's tsunami death toll soars
Nearly 220,000 people are confirmed dead in the Asian tsunami after Indonesia raises its toll dramatically...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Rice Endorsed by Senate Panel to Be Next Secretary of State
The 16-to-2 vote by the panel cleared the way for Condoleezza Rice to be confirmed by the full Senate...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
5 Car Bombs Rock Baghdad in Effort to Disrupt Elections
Suicide bombers hit targets that included the Australian Embassy, the latest attacks in an intensified campaign of violence...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
Ivorian dispute 'bad for region'
Ghana's leader urges rival factions in Ivory Coast to overcome their differences or risk destroying the nation...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Beijing monitors Zhao mourning
Chinese citizens pay their respects to ousted Party leader Zhao Ziyang, under tight police surveillance...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Cigar nation faces smoking curbs
Cigar-producing Cuba says a ban on smoking in some public places will come into force in February...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
French strikers praise turnout
French trade unions say the second day of a series of public sector strikes has seen a big jump in support...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Pilgrims gather for Hajj zenith
More than two million Muslims stand on Mount Arafat for the high point of the annual Hajj pilgrimage...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Health manager sold human bones
A manager is jailed for 10 months for selling bones from a hospital bone bank to private clinics...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
New appeal in £26m bank robbery
CCTV footage is released by police investigating a £26m bank raid in Belfast, as they issue a fresh appeal...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Welsh-speaker wins education job
Carmarthenshire's new education director is a Welsh speaker after a long running language row...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Iraq pictures 'shocking', PM says
Photos allegedly showing UK troops abusing Iraqi civilians are shocking and appalling, Tony Blair says...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Student access inequality exposed
There are big variations in how many children from different areas go to university, a report says...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Cuttlefish wimps 'dress as girls'
Small cuttlefish males are mimicking females to trick their larger rivals, US scientists have reported...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Web photo storage market hots up
An increasing number of firms are offering web storage for people with digital photo collections...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Bashir bid to avoid Jackson trial
British TV journalist Martin Bashir asks not to give evidence at pop star Michael Jackson's child abuse trial...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Indonesia's tsunami deaths soar
Indonesia's health ministry puts the number of people killed by the tsunami at more than 166,000...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Rice endorsed by US Senate
A US Senate committee approves Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state after two days of tough questioning...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
UK firm employees killed in Iraq
Two workers for a British security firm are killed in an attack in central Iraq, the US military says...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Israel allows Palestinian talks
Israel lifts a ban on contacts with the new Palestinian leader, opening the way for security talks...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
F1: Ferrari abandon breakaway
Bernie Ecclestone tells BBC Sport he is delighted by Ferrari's decision to commit to Formula One until 2012...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Football: Blackburn signs Savage
Birmingham midfielder Robbie Savage signs a three-and-a-half-year deal at Ewood Park...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Abuse photos soldier 'followed orders'
A UK soldier accused of abusing Iraqi civilians had been following orders, a court martial is told...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Judges uphold Stone conviction
Michael Stone loses his appeal against his convictions for the murders of Lin Russell and her daughter Megan...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
U.S. Intelligence Says Iraqis Will Press for Withdrawal
The Iraqi government that emerges from elections on Jan. 30 will almost certainly ask the U.S. to set a specific timetable for withdrawing its troops...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
'World's oldest mum': Your reaction
A Romanian woman, thought to be the world's oldest mother, has defended her decision to give birth at the age of 66. Tell us what you think...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Team has recovered body of doctor
A New Zealand police rescue team recovers the body of a Belfast doctor killed trying to save his girlfriend...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
'Ignore emotion' Jodi jurors told
The defence lawyer in the Jodi Jones murder trial tells jurors that they must look at the case "coldly"...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
'Lack of confidence' in Welsh NHS
Managers in the Welsh NHS lack confidence in the system, according to new research...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
WH Smith shares rise on recovery
High Street retailer WH Smith says its profitability has improved "substantially" despite a slip in sales over the Christmas period...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Cronyism rules 'need tightening'
Urgent reforms are needed to the way senior public appointments are made, the standards watchdog says...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Speak easy plan for media players
Music and film fans will be able to control their digital media players just by speaking to them...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Elvis 'set for chart hat-trick'
Elvis Presley is likely to score his third UK number one single in a row on Sunday, according to sales figures...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Schwarzenegger allows execution
California executes a murderer in the first death sentence carried out under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Music downloads 'take off'
Sales of legally downloaded songs shot up more than tenfold in 2004, a music industry report says...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Football: Fergie-Wenger warning
The police call for Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger to end their feud...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Most Eritreans 'need food aid'
Some two-thirds of Eritreans will require food assistance this year, United Nations officials say...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Indonesia plans Aceh rebel talks
Indonesia says it hopes for formal peace talks with Aceh's rebels after the tsunami created a lull in clashes...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Rail workers join French strikes
Rail workers join France's rolling campaign of strikes in the public sector, causing widespread disruption...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Palestinians to guard Gaza border
The top Palestinian security commander promises swift action to stop militant attacks against Israel...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
India unveils $628m tsunami aid
India unveils a 27bn rupee ($628m) reconstruction package for mainland areas hit by December's tsunami...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Police anger at 'sexist' advert
A provocative street hoarding promoting a Wearside law firm is removed after police say it is sexist and offensive...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Suicide car bombs hit Baghdad
A string of blasts hit Baghdad killing at least 26 people, the US says, as violence continues ahead of Iraq's poll...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
'World's oldest mum' raps critics
A 66-year-old Romanian, said to be the world's oldest mother, defends her decision to give birth...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Rice names 'outposts of tyranny'
Condoleezza Rice identifies six countries where she says the US must help bring freedom...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Fears of 'abuse' photos backlash
Politicians fear UK soldiers could suffer a backlash after photos of troops allegedly abusing Iraqis are released...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Businessman Pleads Guilty to Trying to Help Saddam Hussein
An Iraqi-American businessman who profited from the U.N. oil-for-food aid program with Iraq pleaded guilty to four criminal counts...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
Rice Sees Iraq Training Progress but Offers No Schedule for Exit
Condoleezza Rice's confirmation as secretary of state is nearly certain, but she faced tough questions on Iraq and terrorism...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
Israel Banks Called Lax on the Return of Holocaust Funds
Banks holding assets from Jews killed in the Holocaust failed to make an effort to return the holdings to their heirs, a report says...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
Archbishop Freed in Iraq, but 8 Chinese Are Captives
Also, the Iraqi interior minister said that unless enough people vote in the elections on Jan. 30, the country would tear itself apart...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
Suicide Bomber Kills an Israeli Security Officer in Gaza
The bombing further complicated a difficult mission for Mahmoud Abbas, who had just arrived in Gaza seeking to halt such attacks...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
Iran, Calling Bush's Words 'Threats,' Says It Is Not Intimidated
The reaction came a day after President Bush refused to rule out military action against Iran if it continues to pursue nuclear weapons...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
New race strategy to be unveiled
Schemes which do not try to treat all ethnic minority groups in the same way are in Labour's new strategy on race...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Folic acid 'cuts blood pressure'
Taking folic acid may help keep blood pressure low, researchers in the US believe...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Global poll slams Bush leadership
A survey of people in 21 nations finds most believe the world is less safe with the re-election of US President Bush...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
UK plan to deport terror suspects
Deals are being sought to allow the UK to deport terror suspects to their home countries...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Abbas takes truce case to Hamas
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas holds talks with Hamas militants, as part of his efforts to stop attacks on Israelis...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Students face 'stark inequalities'
There are big variations in how many children from different neighbourhoods go to university...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
GM crop 'can benefit environment'
Genetically-modified sugar beet can be grown in a way that helps wildlife, UK researchers say...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Peruvian PM survives censure vote
The Peruvian prime minister survives a censure vote in parliament over his handling of a failed uprising...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Suicide car bombs rock Baghdad
Two suicide car bombs hit Baghdad, killing at least one person and injuring several others...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
NHS choice target 'may be missed'
Patients may not be given a choice of hospitals by the end of the year as ministers promised, a report says...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
'Abuse' pictures backlash fear
UK soldiers in Iraq could suffer as images of troops allegedly abusing Iraqis are beamed around the world, it is feared...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
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