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Global News Archive for January 2008:
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Immune therapy 'cuts heart risk'
Some people with heart failure might benefit from a therapy which helps dampen their overactive immune systems...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Blears wins seat selection battle
Minister Hazel Blears wins a selection battle after boundary changes forced a contest with another MP...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Man arrested over shooting death
A 29-year-old man is arrested over the death of Andrew Devlin after he was shot in Paisley in August...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Iraqi Shia pilgrims mark holy day
Up to two million pilgrims march in Karbala, Iraq, amid tight security for the Shia Muslim marking of Ashura...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Canada FM regrets 'torture list'
Canada apologises for listing the US and Israel as countries where prisoners are at risk of being tortured...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Angolan plane disaster 'kills 11'
At least 11 people die as a twin-engine aircraft crashes in the mountains of central Angola...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Keegan's return ends goalless
Kevin Keegan's return as Newcastle boss fizzles out with a tame goalless draw against Bolton at St James' Park...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Football: Man Utd stay on top
Late goals from Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo deny spirited Reading a point...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Fires out aboard stricken trawler
Irish naval staff extinguish two fires on board a stricken trawler near Arranmore off the coast of Donegal...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Paper shows Madeleine 'suspect'
A photo fit of a man said to be the abductor of Madeleine McCann has been revealed by the News of the World...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Five refugees die in Kenya attack
Five people are killed in apparent ethnic violence in western Kenya linked to last month's disputed elections...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Car body family are 'devastated'
A woman whose body was found in a car in Aberdeen is formerly identified by detectives...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Smith admits London street fear
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith admits to a newspaper she would not feel safe walking in London after dark...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Clinton wins tight Nevada caucus
Hillary Clinton wins close contest in state of Nevada, projections show. Republicans focus on South Carolina...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Vera's Corrie exit seen by 12.5m
Coronation Street's Vera Duckworth makes her final appearance in the ITV soap, seen by 12.5 million people...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Pakistan foils 'Ashura attacks'
Police in Pakistan arrest five men accused of plotting terror attacks on Shia Muslims during a religious festival...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Live - Premier League
Kevin Keegan starts his second spell in charge of Newcastle against Bolton after wins for Man Utd, Arsenal and Chelsea...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Football: Reds face new offer
Dubai International Capital will launch a £350m bid to buy Liverpool if owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks agree to conditions in the offer...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Turks remember slain journalist
Thousands gather in Istanbul, Turkey, to mark one year since the murder of ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Fishing boat ablaze off Donegal
An operation is under way to rescue the crew of a burning fishing boat off the coast of Donegal...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Crashed plane to be moved
A passenger jet which crash landed at Heathrow Airport will be removed from the runway on Sunday morning...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
PM confirms Northern Rock talks
Discussions are taking place to secure a private sale of Northern Rock, Gordon Brown confirms...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Key vote for Nevada's Democrats
The US presidential race switches focus to Nevada and South Carolina, with leading candidates evenly placed...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Brown sees 'green' sites in China
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has arrived in Shanghai on the second day of his trip to China...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Patient's anger at cancer retests
A woman waiting for three biopsy tests to be re-examined says she is appalled at what has happened...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Children killed in road accident
A young brother and sister die along with an 18-year-old man in an accident near Strabane, police say...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Man charged over body inside car
A man is charged in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found in a car in Aberdeen...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Shipwreck timber washing ashore
People are wading into water along the south coast to grab timber from a cargo ship that sank off Dorset...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
UN chief warns on Gaza violence
The UN Secretary General calls for efforts to end escalating violence in the Gaza Strip...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Fujimori accused of kidnap plot
Peruvian Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo accuses former President Alberto Fujimori of ordering his kidnapping...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Turks to remember murdered Dink
A ceremony is to be held in Istanbul one year after the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Thaksin allies unveil coalition
A party linked to former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra unveils a coalition with five smaller parties after elections...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Cricket: India foil record bid
India deny Australia a record 17th straight victory by dismissing them for 340 to win the third Test by 72 runs...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Tennis: Federer pushed hard
Roger Federer beats Janko Tipsarevic in a dramatic encounter to reach the last 16 at the Australian Open...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Liverpool set for new buy-out bid
Dubai International Capital will launch a £500m bid to buy out Liverpool owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Thousands remain on flood alert
Homeowners in parts of England and Wales are on flood standby as more heavy rain continues to fall...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
US presidential votes wide open
US presidential hopefuls gear up for votes in South Carolina and Nevada, with no clear frontrunner in either race...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Hezbollah has Israel 'body parts'
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says his group has body parts of Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon in 2006...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
MoD to be quizzed over lost data
A watchdog is to quiz defence officials after a laptop with personal details of 600,000 people is stolen...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Investigators work on crash jet
Investigators try to determine why engines did not respond on the plane that crash-landed at Heathrow...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Spain arrests 14 terror suspects
Spanish authorities in Barcelona arrest 14 people suspected of having links to Islamist terror groups...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Bladder surgery 'not necessary'
Radiotherapy can be a better option than surgery for people with bladder cancer, say experts...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Tennis: Kuznetsova shock exit
Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska beats second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova at the Australian Open...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Free-range pork labels 'mislead'
Consumers are being misled by pork that is labelled free range, animal welfare groups say...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Medical plants 'face extinction'
Hundreds of medicinal plants are at risk of extinction, threatening the discovery of future cures for disease, experts warn...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Miliband urges Labour enthusiasm
Foreign Secretary David Miliband warns Labour it needs to show it is excited by winning the next election...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Private jails 'worse than public'
Privately-run prisons perform worse than those run by the public sector, a document leaked to the BBC suggests...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
Iraq on alert for Shia festival
Security is high in Iraq for the Muslim festival Ashura, after dozens die as a Shia cult clashes with police...
BBC News - January 19, 2008
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