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Global News Archive for June 2006:
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Smoke ban to cover private clubs
An attempt to exempt private members' clubs from the smoking ban in England fails in the House of Lords...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Dissident raids 'foil arms plan'
Part of an operation targeting dissident republicans was aimed at foiling a plan to procure arms, the police say...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
US Church vote highlights tension
Tensions within the Anglican Communion increase with the election of a liberal woman as head of its US branch...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Bush warns Iran on nuclear deal
US President George W Bush warns Iran it will face tougher sanctions if it rejects an offer to rejoin nuclear talks...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Afghan press 'curbs' spark anger
Afghan media express anger at what they see as government restrictions on their reporting...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Rooney start 'will scare Swedes'
Sven-Goran Eriksson says he announced Wayne Rooney's return to scare Sweden before England meet them...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Klinsmann not thinking of England
Germany have no preference over
their second round World Cup opponents says coach Jurgen Klinsmann...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Spain fight back to beat Tunisia
Fernando Torres scores twice as Spain fight back from a goal down to beat Tunisia and qualify for the last 16 of the World Cup...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Army to police New Orleans again
US soldiers are to return to keep order in New Orleans for the first time since the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
US warns N Korea off missile test
International pressure mounts against North Korea amid speculation it might test-launch a long-range missile...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
US troops face Iraq death charges
The US military charges three soldiers over the deaths of three male Iraqi prisoners last month...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Media 'dictates paedophile plans'
A top police officer says a tabloid's campaign is setting the strategy for dealing with sex offenders...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Qaeda Group Claims It Has 2 U.S. Troops
Since the weekend, two American soldiers have been the focus of a sweeping manhunt in at least 12 villages southwest of Baghdad...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
3 Neighbors of North Korea Back U.S. Warning
Japan, Australia and New Zealand joined Washington in warning North Korea not test a missile that experts say could reach the U.S...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Cricket: England patience plea
Coach Duncan Fletcher asks for understanding for injury-hit England ahead of the second one-day game against Sri Lanka...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Fans cheer World Cup video clips
Football fans are turning to the internet to watch clips of the action at the World Cup, figures show...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Tennis: Davenport injury blow
Lindsay Davenport pulls out of Wimbledon because of a back injury...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Critics wowed by Superman return
The first Superman movie for almost 20 years is a "gorgeously crafted epic" with "artistic elegance", critics say...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Hope for future of giant panda
There could be as many as 3,000 giant pandas in the wild, more than twice as many as previously thought...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Man's 32,000 sex mobile messages
A man randomly sent around 32,000 sexually explicit mobile phone messages - many to children, a court hears...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Baird apology for judge comments
Minister Vera Baird apologises to her boss for her criticism of the judge in the Craig Sweeney case...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Egg freezing boosts baby chances
An egg-freezing technique could give women a better chance of having a baby later in life, say scientists...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Murder case police get more time
Police get another 33 hours to question two teenagers arrested in the hunt for Michael Chapman's killers...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Order gets city parade go ahead
A limited Order Order parade is permitted to walk along a controversial area of west Belfast on Saturday...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
U-turn on Glasgow pub glass ban
Plans to ban glass in all Glasgow's pubs by January 2007 are abandoned by the city's licensing board...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Iraqi rebels 'holding US troops'
A group of insurgents linked to al-Qaeda in Iraq says it is holding two US soldiers missing since last week...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Italian bid to indict US soldier
Italian prosecutors call for a US soldier to stand trial for the 2005 shooting of an Italian secret agent in Iraq...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Live: Saudi Arabia 0-3 Ukraine
Andriy Shevchenko scores his first World Cup goal to put Ukraine three up against Saudi Arabia...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Togo 0-2 Switzerland
Goals from Alex Frei and Tranquillo Barnetta send Switzerland top of Group G and eliminate Togo...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Somali peace force moves closer
African Union and western diplomats agree to send a team to Somalia ahead of possible peacekeepers...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Way paved for Iraq handovers
The transfer of security to Iraqi troops in one area paves the way for others, the defence secretary says...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Six killed in head-on car crash
Tributes are paid to five members of the same family, who were among six people killed in a head-on car crash...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Work begins on Arctic seed vault
Norway starts construction on a "doomsday" vault in the Arctic designed to house all known varieties of the
world's crops...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Woman jailed for giving lover HIV
A woman who admitted recklessly infecting a man with HIV is jailed for more than two years...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Terror adviser's customs warning
Customs officers are so thinly spread that they are little "discouragement to terrorists", a senior UK adviser warns...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
The Military: Search for G.I.'s Expands; Troops Surround Ramadi
The search for two missing U.S. soldiers intensified as U.S. troops made a new push to break the grip insurgents hold on Ramadi...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Football: Magpies get approach
Newcastle's majority shareholder Sir John Hall receives an approach to sell his stake in the club...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
'Record price' for Klimt portrait
A portrait by Gustav Klimt that was looted by Nazis during World War II reportedly sells for a record $135m...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Crisis talks over Airbus troubles
The board of troubled aviation firm EADS is meeting for the first time since announcing delays to Airbus production...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Homes crisis 'down to immigration'
The UK housing shortage is mainly down to single households not immigration, says the government...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Boy babies boost miscarriage risk
Giving birth to a boy can increase the risk some woman will have recurrent miscarriages, researchers find...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Murdered GCSE pupil 'well liked'
A headmaster pays tribute to a 16-year-old student murdered on playing fields near his home...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Footage trawled in murder inquiry
Police investigating the murder of a pensioner trawl CCTV footage and conduct doorstep inquiries...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
English 'unhappy' with devolution
Growing evidence suggests devolution is causing an English backlash, a Westminster committee claims...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Post-mortems on Guantanamo duo
Saudi authorities conduct post-mortems on two men said to have died in a suicide pact at Guantanamo Bay...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
'Thirty' killed in Taleban attack
At least 30 people die in an attack by suspected Taleban militants in southern Afghanistan, an MP says...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
France coach defiant despite draw
Raymond Domenech targets a win against Togo after a draw with South Korea leaves France struggling to progress in Germany...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
AU discusses Somalia peace force
The African Union and western diplomats discuss moves to deploy peacekeepers to Somalia following Islamist advances...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Kewell charged for insulting ref
Harry Kewell could miss Australia's crucial Group F game against Croatia after being charged by Fifa for insulting a referee...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Owen excited over Rooney return
England's Michael Owen says he will "look as good as ever" if partnered by Wayne Rooney against Sweden...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Pupils back from World Cup fiasco
Hundreds of children return home after being turned away from a World Cup match after falling foul of a ticket mix-up...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Jobs go at Royal & Sun Alliance
Insurance firm Royal & Sun Alliance says it is cutting 1,550 jobs including 1,000 in the UK...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
US-led forces push into Iraq city
US-led troops push further into the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, as four people die in a Baghdad car bombing...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Phone firms in £17bn merger
Nokia and Siemens agree to merge their mobile and fixed-line phone network equipment businesses...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Execute Saddam say prosecutors
The prosecution in Saddam Hussein's trial calls for the "heaviest penalty" as it delivers closing arguments...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Reid's Megan's Law warning
The home secretary is warned against rushing in a US-style system for dealing with child sex offenders...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
In Somalia, Islamic Militias Fight Culture Wars
Flush from a military victory, Islamic militiamen have begun waging cultural battles in and around Mogadishu...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
U.S. Competes With China for Vietnam's Allegiance
The U.S., concerned about Beijing's influence in Asia, is using military cooperation and foreign investment to woo Vietnam...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
North Koreans Are Reported Closer to a Missile Test
A long-range ballistic missile launch would be the North's first important missile test in eight years, and could unsettle the Pacific Rim...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
The Environment: Waste Oil Dumps Threaten Towns in Northern Iraq
Iraq's government dumped millions of barrels of an oil refinery byproduct and set it on fire, threatening the Tigris River...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Net students 'think copying OK'
The "Google generation" of students often see nothing wrong with copying work, says a plagiarism expert...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
CBI sees economy gathering pace
The UK economy should grow more quickly than expected this year, despite high energy costs, says the CBI...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Russell murders report ruling due
Michael Stone, who murdered Lin and Megan Russell, asks for details in a mental health report not to be made public...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Bollywood star in poaching case
Bollywood star Salman Khan is charged with killing a protected antelope species in the Indian state of Rajasthan...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
AU to mull deployment to Somalia
African Union leaders are to discuss moves to deploy peacekeepers to Somalia to prevent further conflict...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Pressure builds against N Korea
International pressure mounts against North Korea amid speculation it might test-launch a long-range missile...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Two quizzed over 'girl-in-boot'
Police begin questioning two men arrested after reports of a girl being put into the boot of a car...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Search for missing Britons ends
Coastguards call off the search for three Britons and an American missing off Nova Scotia...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Breast cancer delays 'too long'
A charity says some women are choosing to have breasts removed rather than wait for breast cancer test results...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Japan gains key whaling victory
Pro-whaling nations win a vote to move towards a return to commercial whaling, for the first time in 20 years...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
EU envoy in Palestinian aid trip
An EU envoy is due to visit Israel to brief leaders on an aid plan for Palestinians which bypasses their government...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Embryo test 'offers parents hope'
UK scientists develop a new test making it quicker to identify genetically inherited diseases in embryos...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
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