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Global News Archive for March 2007:
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Razorlight lead Reading line-up
Razorlight, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Smashing Pumpkins will play the Reading and Leeds festivals...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Hospital car parks make millions
Campaigners say the money made by NHS trusts from car parking charges is shameful as some trusts' income tops £2m a year...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Academic credits for volunteering
Students might be offered academic credits in exchange for volunteering, under government plans...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
GM mosquito 'could fight malaria'
A genetically-engineered mosquito resistant to malaria is better able to survive than disease-carrying insects...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Push for 'personal' public services
Tony Blair says schools and hospitals should become more "personalised" as he unveils the first of his policy reviews...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
BP facing US criticism over blast
BP is expected to be heavily criticised by US safety officials over a refinery blast that killed 15 workers...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Fire protest asylum seeker dies
A failed asylum seeker from Nepal who set himself on fire before an appeal in Glasgow dies in hospital...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Mob attacks air crash ambulance
An ambulance taking a casualty from an Army helicopter crash in County Armagh is attacked...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Saddam aide 'to hang on Tuesday'
Former Iraq Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan is due to be hanged early on Tuesday, his lawyer says...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Siberia mine blast deaths hit 78
Rescuers are trying to reach trapped miners in Siberia after a methane blast killed at least 78, Russian officials say...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Football: Man U beat Boro
Cristiano Ronaldo's second-half penalty is enough to send Manchester United through to the FA Cup semi-finals...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Eurovision gaffe 'not technical'
The BBC says Sir Terry Wogan was relayed the right name and the Eurovision mix-up was not a technical error...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Football: Chelsea win Cup replay
Chelsea will meet Blackburn in the FA Cup semi-finals after beating Spurs at White Hart Lane...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Barclays in exclusive ABN talks
Barclays is in exclusive talks with Dutch rival ABN Amro about an estimated £80bn merger, the BBC has learnt...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Gay adoption rules 'rail-roaded'
Ministers are accused of "rail-roading" through gay equality laws at the centre of a row with the Catholic Church...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Terry Lloyd death: troops named
The names of 16 US marines who were present when a British reporter was unlawfully killed are named by ITN...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Brazil?s Top TV Preachers Land in Hot Water in Miami
Estevam and Sônia Hernandes were charged with illegally smuggling cash into the U.S., including $9,000 concealed in a Bible...
New York Times - March 19, 2007
248-dimension maths puzzle solved
Mathematicians describe a vast multi-dimensional numerical "structure" first proposed a century ago...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Blair backs individual learning
There should be more specialist lessons and more school choice, says Tony Blair's policy review...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Parties 'face greater scrutiny'
Political parties will face more fines of up to £5,000 if they are late declaring donations and loans, a watchdog says...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Father and son die in Cyprus fire
A father and two of his children are believed to have died in a house fire at a Royal Air Force base in Cyprus...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Inquiry demand over 34 fractures
The family of a woman demand an investigation into how she sustained 34 broken bones after dying in hospital...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Siberian mine explosion kills 61
Rescuers are trying to reach trapped miners in Siberia after a methane blast killed at least 61, Russian officials say...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Deadly bomb blasts hit Iraqi city
At least 14 people are killed after a series of bombings in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, police say...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Police defend Zimbabwe travel ban
Zimbabwe police say opposition officials were stopped from going abroad as they may still be charged with inciting violence...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Huw Edwards' Iraq diary
To mark the fourth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq, the BBC's Huw Edwards is spending a week with British troops in Basra, and will be noting his experiences here...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Pilot was 'six times over limit'
An airline pilot turned up for work almost six-and-a-half times over the limit to fly a plane, a court hears...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
21/7 plan 'was Iraq war protest'
Plans for the alleged 21/7 terror attacks were prompted by the Iraq war, a defendant tells a court...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
More tests on Sally Clark's body
More tests are to be carried out on the body of Sally Clark, who was wrongly convicted of killing her two sons...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
USS Cole suspect 'admits guilt'
A suspect in the bombing of the USS Cole warship in Yemen has confessed to the attack, the Pentagon says...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Father's appeal for BBC reporter
The father of missing BBC reporter Alan Johnston appeals for help, a week after he disappeared in Gaza...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Reid steps up knife crime fight
Home Secretary John Reid announces steps to improve the recording of knife crime following a series of a fatal stabbings...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Wogan plays down Eurovision gaffe
Broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan plays down the gaffe which marred Scooch's Eurovision win on Saturday...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
'Surge' in hijacked PC networks
The number of computers hijacked by malicious hackers grows almost 30% in the last year, according to a survey...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Supermarkets to host GP practices
Supermarkets and other private firms are invited to bid to run GP surgeries in a drive to improve access to care in deprived areas...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
A380 to make its maiden US trip
The Airbus A380 is set to land on US soil for the first time on Monday after its maiden transatlantic flight...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Fears raised on council job cuts
Hundreds of council workers in Gwynedd could lose their jobs over the next three years, a trade union claims...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Row over wheelchair funding
Wheelchair service managers threaten to pull out of talks over its future unless there is more funding...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Army to examine helicopter crash
The military is to carry out an investigation into why an army helicopter crashed in south Armagh...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Sex slavery widespread in England
Slavery goes on in England, 200 years after legislation to abolish the slave trade, a BBC investigation finds...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Kabul suicide attacker targets US
A suicide car bomber attacks a US convoy in the Afghan capital, the first such attack in Kabul this year...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Blast rips through Russian mine
A gas blast rips through a coal mine in Siberia where 168 are said to be working, Russian officials say...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Mugabe 'responsible' for attacks
The US says it holds Zimbabwe's President Mugabe "personally responsible" for attacks on opposition figures...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Cricket: Woolmer mourned
Tributes from the cricketing world pour in following the death of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
My Iraq: Ali Abbas
Ali Abbas was just 12 when he lost both his arms in a coalition missile attack in Baghdad in March 2003. Now he is being educated in London...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Life in Iraq: Clickable guide
A statistical guide to conditions in post-Saddam Iraq...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Parish struggles over vicar death
Parishioners say they are still struggling to come to terms with the murder of a priest in Trecynon, south Wales...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Growing concern for BBC reporter
The BBC says it is increasingly concerned about Gaza reporter Alan Johnston, a week after he disappeared...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Travel giants to join forces
Holiday firm First Choice is bought by Thomson-owner TUI in a deal that will create Britain's biggest tour operator...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Hunt over teenager stabbing
Police seek two young men over the murder of a 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to death on a London street...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
'Personalised' services push
Tony Blair announces a drive towards "personalised" schools and hospitals, as part of his long-awaited policy review...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Iwo Jima Journal: Renewed Interest in Japanese Who Died in Epic Battle
A sudden surge of interest in the Battle of Iwo Jima is forcing Japan to remember a war that it lost, and those who died in it...
New York Times - March 19, 2007
Iraq Says Raid on Sunni Lawmaker?s Home Yielded Arms Cache and Cars With TNT Traces
Iraqi officials gave no explanation of what led to the raid, the most significant one against a Parliament member in months...
New York Times - March 19, 2007
U.S. and North Korea End Frozen-Funds Impasse
The agreement on frozen funds clears the way for talks to focus on implementing a nuclear disarmament accord...
New York Times - March 19, 2007
U.S. and Israel Disagree on Palestinian Contacts
Israel voted to boycott the new unity government while the U.S. refused to rule out contacts with some moderates...
New York Times - March 19, 2007
For Many Iraqis, Hunt for Missing Is Never-Ending
Searching for missing relatives has become an obsession for Iraqis caught in an endless loop of inquiry and disappointment...
New York Times - March 19, 2007
A New Sorrow for Afghanistan: AIDS Joins List
In the deeply conservative country, H.I.V. and AIDS remain underground, shrouded in ignorance and stigma...
New York Times - March 19, 2007
Adult students 'should get loans'
Adults improving their skills in FE colleges should get university-style loans, a think tank argues...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Warning over hidden salt in foods
Too many people still forget to check for hidden salt in our foods, say health campaigners...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Scots 'back smoke ban exemptions'
Three quarters of people in Scotland think there should be exemptions to the smoking ban, a poll suggests...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
LatAm migrants' money exceeds aid
Latin America migrant workers send home more money than investment and aid combined, a report says...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Howard returns from Iraq mission
Australian PM John Howard returns home from Iraq and Afghanistan, where he pledged support for troops...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Beetle re-emerges after 60 years
The oil beetle, thought to be extinct in the UK since the 1940s, is rediscovered in south Devon...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Al Fayed in new Diana legal fight
Mohammed Al Fayed is taking legal action against a former police chief over the French inquiry into Diana's death...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
US 'resolves N Korea funds row'
The US says it has resolved a financial dispute with North Korea as talks on nuclear issues resume...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Waits for scan results 'too long'
Doctors, nurses and patients often face delays in getting x-ray and scan results, a report finds...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Lawyers to protest over legal aid
Some 1,000 lawyers are expected to gather in Parliament Square to protest against legal aid reforms...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
Budget 'to hit gas guzzlers hard'
The chancellor is expected to significantly raise road tax on the least fuel efficient cars in this week's budget...
BBC News - March 19, 2007
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