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Global News Archive for August 2007:
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Relatives of Missing China Miners Upset Over Lack of News
XINTAI, China (AP) -- Distressed family members shouted and scuffled with guards after a third day without word on 172 miners trapped in a flooded mine in eastern China, where rescue crews began pumping water Sunday...
New York Times - August 19, 2007
French Foreign Minister Visits Baghdad
It was the highest-level visit by a French official to Iraq since the 2003 invasion...
New York Times - August 19, 2007
New Thai Constitution Paves Way for Vote
Voters in Thailand approved a new constitution in a referendum on Sunday, taking a step toward ending nearly a year of military rule...
New York Times - August 19, 2007
Israel Deports African Migrants
The deportation of a group of 50 migrants, said to include Sudanese refugees from war-torn Darfur, was condemned by Israeli human rights advocates...
New York Times - August 19, 2007
Warning over fake drugs websites
Most online pharmacies are unlicensed and may be putting patients health at risk, research suggests...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Staff doused in petrol by robbers
Police believe two separate robberies in Belfast in which a flammable liquid was poured over staff may be linked...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Second rail strike over sacking
Train guards in Essex are due to walk out for a second day over the sacking of a colleague...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
UK troops 'winning Afghan fight'
British troops are "stretched" but are winning the tactical battle in Afghanistan, General Sir Richard Dannatt says...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Quake survivors berate president
Peruvian President Alan Garcia faces protests by quake survivors as he tours one of the worst-hit areas...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Baghdad mortar attack kills seven
At least seven people are killed in a mortar attack on a mainly Shia eastern suburb of Baghdad, officials say...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Clan elder shot dead in Somalia
Unidentified gunmen shoot dead a leading clan elder in the Somalian capital Mogadishu...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Gaza hit by power shut down
The Gaza Strip's main power plant shuts down operations, after the EU halts financing of fuel deliveries...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Kanye claims first UK number one
Rapper Kanye West scores his first UK number one single, while Elvis Presley tops the album chart...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Crisis court cells 'inadequate'
The first report into the use of court cells during the prison overcrowding emergency raises serious concerns...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Man charged with teen's stabbing
A 21-year-old man is charged with the murder of a teenager who died after being stabbed in the neck...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Kidnapped German freed in Kabul
A German woman kidnapped at gunpoint in the Afghan capital Kabul is released after a day in captivity...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Jamaicans start to feel hurricane
Hurricane Dean starts to dump heavy rain on Jamaica, continuing its devastating path across the Caribbean...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Israel to Turn Away Darfur Refugees
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel said Sunday it would no longer accept refugees from Sudan's Darfur region, touching off debate over whether the Jewish state, founded after the Nazi genocide, has a duty to take in people fleeing persecution...
New York Times - August 19, 2007
Browne denies 'failing' UK troops
Defence Secretary Des Browne denies claims the government is failing in its duty to UK troops...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Market turmoil 'set to continue'
Global stock market turmoil will continue, analysts say, with pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
New slaughter call after Shambo
Officials promise swift action if TB results are positive in other animals at the temple which housed a "sacred" bullock...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Vigil held for litter row victim
Friends and relatives gather for a vigil for a man who died after being attacked in a dispute over throwing litter...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Cricket: Durham win FP Trophy
Durham wrap up the Friends Provident Trophy with a 125-run success over Hampshire at Lord's...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Football: Reds draw with Chelsea
Frank Lampard salvages a point for Chelsea after Fernando Torres scores his first goal for Liverpool in a tempestuous battle at Anfield...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Champions lose Manchester derby
Manchester City make it three wins out of three games this season with a shock victory over rivals United...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
X Factor debut gets 9.5m viewers
The fourth series of The X Factor on ITV1 attracts 9.5m viewers with its opening episode...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
French foreign minister in Iraq
French FM Bernard Kouchner is in Iraq, the first ministerial visit since France opposed the 2003 US-led invasion...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Kidnapped German in video
Afghan TV stations broadcast a video appearing to show a German woman who was kidnapped in Kabul...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
'Urgency needed' on knife crime
A senior government minister admits more needs to be done to beat knife crime and street violence...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Minor scuffles in airport protest
Climate campaigners are involved in minor scuffles with police outside the offices of Heathrow operator BAA...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Hurricane bears down on Jamaica
Jamaica braces as Hurricane Dean approaches, bringing 145mph winds and a forecast 20in (50cm) of rain...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Investigators wait to probe hotel fire
Emergency teams probing the fatal hotel blaze in Cornwall are unlikely to gain access to the site until Tuesday...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Observers Say Kazakhstan Election Fails Standards
ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's parliamentary election failed to meet international standards because of a lack of transparency during the vote count and a high threshold for entering parliament, international observers said on Sunday...
New York Times - August 19, 2007
Israel Says It Will Turn Away Darfur Refugees
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel said Sunday it would turn away refugees from the wartorn Darfur region of Sudan in an effort to stop the flow of Africans across Israel's southern border with Egypt...
New York Times - August 19, 2007
Attack in Baghdad Kills at Least 10, Police Say
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A mortar attack killed 10 people and wounded 28 more in the Shi'ite eastern Baghdad district of al-Obeidi on Sunday, police said...
New York Times - August 19, 2007
A U.S.-Backed Plan for Sunni Neighborhood Guards Is Tested
Critics worry that the plan could intensify the already intense sectarian warfare in Iraq, but U.S. commanders, pointing to success in Anbar Province, hope it will increase security...
New York Times - August 19, 2007
Bergman buried in quiet ceremony
Film-maker Ingmar Bergman is laid to rest in a private ceremony on his home island of Faro in the Baltic Sea...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Man's body discovered in river
Firefighters discover a man's body in the river behind Pembrokeshire Council's HQ...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Paisley welcomes US farming move
First Minister Ian Paisley welcomes the lifting of US restrictions on NI meat and dairy products...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Stores 'warned over food hygiene'
Two stores linked to a fatal E.coli outbreak had previously been warned about food safety rules...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Maldives leader heads for victory
A referendum in the Maldives seems to have backed a new presidential system supported by the islands' president...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Boy, 16, killed in stabbing named
A 16-year-old boy who died after a stabbing in Greater Manchester is named by police...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Thai voters 'back new charter'
Thailand's military-backed government easily wins a referendum on a new constitution, exit polls show...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Cricket: Durham eye first trophy
The Friends Provident Trophy final between Durham and Hampshire at Lord's is set to resume after rain...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Football: Beckham 'fit for England'
David Beckham hands England a fitness boost as he plays his first full 90 minutes since joining LA Galaxy...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Ashton allays Vickery injury fear
England coach Brian Ashton expects skipper Phil Vickery to be fit for the World Cup despite being injured in the defeat by France...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Walker falls to death on mountain
A man slips and falls 200ft to his death while walking with two other people on a mountain in Inverness-shire...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Lethal blaze at Twin Towers site
Two New York fire-fighters die in a blaze at an abandoned skyscraper near the site of the Twin Towers...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Mob lays siege to police station
A hundred people attack a police station in Great Yarmouth hurling beer and wine bottles at the building...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Safety work at fire-ravaged hotel
Builders are making safe a hotel destroyed in a fatal fire, as two of four people thought missing report to police...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Jamaica alert as Dean threatens
Curfews are imposed and airports closed as Jamaica prepares for a battering from the season's first major storm...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
No Longer Lost, a Refugee Accepts Call to Leadership
A world away from their homeland, Sudanese in America have turned to the Episcopal Church, with some in the priesthood...
New York Times - August 19, 2007
Notes on Prison Camp
A collection of (Pentagon-approved) poetry from detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba...
New York Times - August 19, 2007
A Separate Peace: Divided They Stand, but on Graves
The Bosnia partition ?worked.? But what a price. One Iraq hasn?t yet paid...
New York Times - August 19, 2007
The World: Elegies From an Iraqi Notebook
An Iraqi reporter chronicles life, love and death in Diyala Province...
New York Times - August 19, 2007
The Politics of God
After centuries of strife, the West has learned to separate religion and politics ? to establish the legitimacy of its leaders without referring to divine command. There is little reason to expect that the rest of the world ? the Islamic world in particular ? will follow...
New York Times - August 19, 2007
German woman kidnapped in Kabul
A German aid worker is seized at gunpoint from a restaurant in the Afghan capital, Kabul...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Thailand holds first referendum
The people of Thailand are voting on a new constitution, in what is in effect a plebiscite on last year's coup...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Florida student mauled by shark
A US student is left needing more than 100 stitches after being attacked by a shark off Florida...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Search for boy missing in river
Coastguards and a helicopter search for a missing teenage boy seen entering a river in Ayrshire...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
UK troops 'stretched but winning'
British troops are "stretched" but are winning the tactical battle in Afghanistan, army head General Sir Richard Dannatt says...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Hamleys pulls toys over lead fear
Hamleys removes two child jewellery products found to contain dangerous levels of lead from its shelves...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Airport demo 'action day' begins
Climate change campaigners at Heathrow Airport say their protest will climax with 24 hours of direct action...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
Search continues at blaze hotel
Builders are making safe a hotel destroyed in a fatal fire as rescuers continue their hunt for four missing guests...
BBC News - August 19, 2007
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