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Global News Archive for March 2006:
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Thousands in Belarus Protest President's Expected Re-election
Demonstrators ignored official threats of arrest to denounce today's election as a clumsily orchestrated sham...
New York Times - March 19, 2006
French Union Threatens Strike Over Labor Law
Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin of France faced an ultimatum from union leaders today to withdraw the youth employment law or face a strike...
New York Times - March 19, 2006
Hamas Gives Palestinian Leader Its Proposed Cabinet List
Hamas is expected to control the most important government ministries after negotiations failed to persuade other Palestinian parties to join its government...
New York Times - March 19, 2006
White House Disputes Iraq Is Sinking Into Civil War
Bush administration officials today reiterated their upbeat assessment of the American military effort and political progress in Iraq...
New York Times - March 19, 2006
Uneven breasts linked to cancer
Women with asymmetrical breasts may be more likely to develop breast cancer, research suggests...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Probe yields Earth defence clues
Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft is providing an unprecedented insight into one of the many asteroids that cross into Earth's neighbourhood...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Britain needs fewer MPs - Tories
Cutting the number of MPs by 10% could help fund political parties, the Conservative Party says...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Cyclone batters Australian coast
Thousands of residents flee as Queensland's most powerful tropical storms for decades makes landfall...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Bush upbeat on Iraq anniversary
President Bush gives an positive assessment of Iraq on the third anniversary of the US-led invasion...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
France general strike threatened
Trade unions say there will be a general strike unless new job laws, which triggered riots in Paris, are withdrawn...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Games: Day four review
Scotland grab pool and cycling golds, English shooters shine, while Wales and the Isle of Man win gold...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Homes evacuated as heath blazes
Up to 100 people are forced to leave their homes as a fire rages on heathland in Dorset...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Talabani hopeful on US-Iran talks
Iraq's President Jalal Talabani welcomes the prospect of talks between the US and Iran over the situation in Iraq...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Hamas submits names for cabinet
Hamas submits its list of nominees for the new cabinet to the Palestinian Authority president for approval...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Opposition seeks new Belarus poll
Belarus' chief opposition leader demands a new presidential election amid claims of vote rigging...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Task Force 6-26: In Secret Unit's 'Black Room,' a Grim Portrait of U.S. Abuse
At a secret detention center, the military's most highly trained counterterrorism unit committed serious abuses of Iraqi prisoners...
New York Times - March 19, 2006
Three arrests over school blaze
Police investigating a fire which gutted the main teaching block at a Swansea school question three youths...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Tories call for new nuclear subs
Britain should replace its Trident nuclear submarines, according to Shadow Defence Secretary Liam Fox...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Hundreds of Holyrood faults found
Almost 900 faults were found in the Scottish Parliament building during final inspections to identify snags, it emerges...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Belarus votes amid rigging claims
Belarussians are voting in presidential elections, amid opposition claims that the ballot has been rigged...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Egypt has 'second bird flu case'
Egypt reports a second suspected human case of bird flu, a day after it said that a woman died from the virus...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Football: Dunfermline 0-3 Celtic
Goals from Maciej Zurawski, Shaun Maloney and Dion Dublin win the CIS Insurance Cup final for Celtic...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Football: Hearts 1-1 Rangers
Hearts maintain their six point lead in the race for second spot in the SPL after a bruising draw with Rangers...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Footballl: Newcastle 1-3 Liverpool
Liverpool coast to a comfortable away win over 10-man Newcastle...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
US captures 13 Somali 'pirates'
Thirteen suspected pirates are captured by the US Navy, their spokesman says, after clashes off the Somali coast...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Michelangelo show breaks record
A Michelangelo exhibition breaks the British Museum's advance bookings record with 10,868 tickets sold...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Football: Fulham 1-0 Chelsea
Fulham ease their relegation worries with a shock victory over Chelsea...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Tunnel collapse on Moscow metro
A section of tunnel collapses on a Moscow metro train, reportedly causing a fire to break out...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Talks to avert Gaza hunger crisis
The US calls crisis talks between Israel and the Palestinians as the UN warns of growing hunger in Gaza...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Prescott in the dark about loans
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott did not know about millions secretly loaned to the Labour Party...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
As Voters Head to Polls, Belarus Is Braced for Aftermath
Hoping to replicate the 2004 uprising in Ukraine, opposition candidates are calling for protests of Sunday's presidential vote...
New York Times - March 19, 2006
In Serbian Capital, Rites for Milosevic Draw Throng
More than 50,000 Serbs massed on the central square of Belgrade on Saturday in a public wake for Slobodan Milosevic...
New York Times - March 19, 2006
Rural pupils 'miss out on funds'
Pupils living in rural areas miss out because government cash is targeted at inner city schools, heads warn...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Italians leave Pitt Jolie no-show
The Italian town where Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were reportedly to wed is disappointed they failed to show...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Virus used to make nanoparticles
UK scientists from Norwich use a plant virus to create nanotechnology building blocks...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Woman seriously assaulted in car
A woman is seriously assaulted after accepting a lift from a man near Edendork in County Tyrone...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Hopes fading in North Sea search
Fishing boats continue the search for a man who fell overboard from a trawler in the North Sea, as a helicopter search is stood down...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
School arson probe plea to youths
Police ask youths seen in a fire-hit school grounds to come forward as officials try to plan for its 1,000 pupils...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Prudential rejects Aviva takeover
Prudential, Britain's second largest insurer, rejects a takeover bid from rival Aviva, reported to have been worth about £17bn...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Abbas set to back Hamas cabinet
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is expected to approve a new Hamas-led cabinet...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Seven killed in Pakistani blast
At least seven people, including six security officers, are killed in a roadside blast in Pakistan, police say...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Murder suspect's injuries treated
A man arrested on suspicion of murdering a 13-year-old girl in Hull undergoes surgery for injuries...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
F1: Fisichella wins Malaysia GP
Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella beats team-mate Fernando Alonso into second in Malaysia, with Jenson Button third...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Benin votes in election run-off
Voting begins in the second round of Benin's presidential elections, heralding a new era in the state's history...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Taiwan stages new anti-Chen rally
Opponents accusing Taiwan's president of stoking tensions with China stage their second protest in a week...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
US warns against early Iraq exit
The US defence secretary says withdrawing troops prematurely from Iraq would be a serious mistake...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Google ordered to hand over data
A judge tells Google to turn over search data, including 50,000 web addresses, to the US government...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Cricket: India under pressure
India close day two in Mumbai on a shaky 89-3 after England make 400...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Boys killed on railway crossing
An inquiry is under way into the deaths of two teenagers who were hit by a train on a crossing in London...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Man watches as dog bites woman
A woman suffers serious leg injuries when a dog attacks her in the street while its owner watches...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Five North Koreans defect by boat
Five North Koreans flee to South Korea in a small boat across one of the world's most heavily fortified borders...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Hamas Completes Lineup for Palestinian Ministries
The cabinet must now be approved by the president, Mahmoud Abbas, who an aide said is likely to accept the appointments...
New York Times - March 19, 2006
Iranian Writer Released After Serving 6-Year Prison Term
Akbar Ganji, 46, was imprisoned for writing a book that accused government officials of playing a role in the killing of intellectuals...
New York Times - March 19, 2006
French Protests Over Youth Labor Law Spread to 150 Cities and Towns
The protesters want the abolition of a new law that allows employees under the age of 26 to be fired without cause until they have held their job for two years...
New York Times - March 19, 2006
Woman savaged by bull terrier
Police try to trace the owner of a dog that attacked a woman in the street, leaving her with serious leg injuries...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Bid to lift town and city centres
The first US-style business districts are to be established in six areas of Scotland, it is announced...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Drug safety tests 'insufficient'
Changes to the procedure for testing the type of drug that left six volunteers ill may be needed, a consultant says...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Poll mistrust clouds Belarus vote
Voting begins in Belarus' presidential elections, amid opposition claims that the ballot has been rigged...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Rugby: Ireland clinch Crown
Shane Horgan's last-gasp try seals Ireland's second Triple Crown in three years at Twickenham...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Priory boss to face MPs over loan
A businessman who lent the Labour Party £1.5m says he is happy to appear at a Commons inquiry...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Police chief backed over Menezes
Met Police chief Sir Ian Blair's account of the aftermath of the shooting of an innocent Brazilian man is backed by a senior officer...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Man held after girl's body found
A man is arrested after the body of a 13-year-old girl is found in a bedroom of a house in Hull...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Home care 'to cut NHS deficits'
Hospital cash deficits could be reduced by treating people with chronic illnesses like heart disease at home...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Riots erupt after French protests
More than 160 people are arrested and 24 injured after rallies against a new French labour law turn violent...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
Iraq in civil war, says former PM
The problems facing Iraq should not be underplayed, the country's ex-leader Iyad Allawi tells the BBC...
BBC News - March 19, 2006
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