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Global News Archive for Octomber 2006:
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Scissors don't feel like moving
Pop group the Scissor Sisters have the UK's number one single and album for the second week in a row...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Security measures for mobiles
A new system which will emit an alarm and wipe information from stolen mobile phones is being made available...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Tories accused over 'secret cash'
The Tories are in the firing line over a 'secret' £1m call centre amid fresh claims about their property dealings...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Anti-nuclear protest at US base
Peace campaigners rally outside a Suffolk airbase to protest at US military facilities...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Zambia vote count sparks violence
Police clash with protesters in Zambia after the authorities announce interim results in the presidential elections...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Bishops condemn abuse claim
The Catholic Church accuses the BBC of a prejudiced attack on the Pope over claims of a cover-up of child sex abuse...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Six killed in Vietnam typhoon
Six people are killed and thousands left homeless as Typhoon Xangsane lashes central Vietnam...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Cameron places focus on optimism
David Cameron urges the Conservatives to be the party of optimism as he opens its annual conference...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Lula leading in Brazil polls
Incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva takes an early lead after polls close in Brazil's presidential race...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Tory fury over factory job losses
A plant making car window and door seals will close with 246 job losses as the work is transferred abroad...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Sheridan rubbishes video claims
MSP Tommy Sheridan condemns a tabloid paper's claim it taped him admitting to visiting a sex club...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Hungary votes amid PM lies anger
Hungarians vote in local polls two weeks after protests over the prime minister's admission that he lied...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
UN hails Israel's Lebanon pullout
The UN says Israeli troops are out of Lebanon, except for a small contingent in a divided border town...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Zambia vote count sparks protests
Riot police take to the streets in Zambia after the authorities announce interim results in the presidential elections...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Football: Spurs beat Pompey
Jermain Defoe's controversial penalty earns Tottenham a narrow victory over Portsmouth...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Solskjaer sends Man Utd top
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scores twice to send Man Utd to the top of the Premiership table on goal difference...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Arrest over Iraq death soldiers
British and Danish troops arrest one person suspected of being involved in shootings and bombings in southern Iraq...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Student murder 'horrific and violent'
A murder inquiry is launched into the "violent" death of a Polish student whose body was found inside a church...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Putin fury at Georgia 'terrorism'
Russian leader Vladimir Putin says Georgia's arrest of four Russian officers for spying is "state terror"...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Trust confirms 49 superbug deaths
At least 49 people have died in Leicester hospitals over the last eight months from a superbug, it is revealed...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Hungarian Is Faced With Evidence of Role in ’42 Atrocity
Documents show a 92-year-old former police officer was found guilty of taking part in the Novi Sad massacre in Serbia, ending his 60 years of anonymity...
New York Times - October 1, 2006
Delving deep into Britain's past
Scientists are to begin work on the second phase of a project aimed at piecing together the history of human colonisation in Britain...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Grantham admits suicide attempts
Leslie Grantham, who was "Dirty" Den Watts in EastEnders, says he tried to kill himself after a sex scandal...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
New ageism law comes into force
New laws outlawing ageism at work have come into effect throughout the UK...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Family plea over gunpoint kidnap
The son of a 58-year-old man who was abducted by three armed men in Glasgow makes an emotional appeal...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
'No reprieve' for death row man
Pakistan's President says he cannot intervene in the death sentence on a Leeds man by an Islamic court...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Burn boy may be scarred for life
A 15-year-old boy is treated in hospital for burns to his legs after a firework placed in his pocket explodes...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Austria votes in general election
Austrians go to the polls for what is expected to be one of the country's closest-run election in decades...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Man dies in Palestinian gunfight
One Palestinian is killed and several are injured in clashes between unpaid police and forces loyal to Hamas...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Schumacher on top after China win
Ferrari's Michael Schumacher takes the world championship lead after beating Renault's Fernando Alonso in Shanghai...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Football: Blades grab first win
Phil Jagielka's injury-time winner earns Sheffield United their first Premiership victory...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
UK flights sidestep security row
Transatlantic flights from the UK will avoid potential landing bans after moves to sidestep an EU-US row over security...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Tesco moves into software
Tesco is to sell own-brand PC software, pitching the supermarket giant against the likes of Microsoft...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Thailand prime minister sworn in
General Surayud Chulanont is sworn in as Thailand's interim prime minister, vowing to focus on "people's happiness"...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Brazil votes in presidential poll
Brazilians are voting in presidential elections with Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva seeking a second term in office...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Cameron rules out tax cut pledge
Tory leader David Cameron delivers a sharp rebuke to those in his party calling for tax cuts...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Tornado seen off Sussex coast
Coastguards put out a warning to shipping as a tornado hits Telscombe Cliffs in East Sussex...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Thousands take part in Great Run
The 26th Great North Run is under way as 50,000 people take on the course from Newcastle to South Shields...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Body in church is missing woman
Police confirm a body found inside a Glasgow church is that of missing Polish student Angelika Kluk, as a 60-year-old man is arrested...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Brazil Heads to Polls in Shadow of Yet Another Scandal
Political analysts are uncertain if Brazils president, made vulnerable by another corruption scandal, will obtain the majority he needs to avoid a runoff...
New York Times - October 1, 2006
Israel Completes Pullout From Southern Lebanon
The withdrawal completes a transfer to the Lebanese Army and international peacekeepers under a U.N. resolution to end the war...
New York Times - October 1, 2006
Minimum wage increases to £5.35
The minimum wage rate has increased, but many people in the UK do not get the right amount for their work...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Reid welcomes extradition move
The Home Secretary welcomes the US Senate's move to ratify an extradition treaty with the UK...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Early Alzheimer's signs detected
A new analysis may help detect the earliest signs of cell damage caused by Alzheimer's disease...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Total curfew in force in Baghdad
The Iraqi government declares a curfew in the capital, Baghdad, affecting both vehicles and people...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Thai army announces constitution
Thailand's new military rulers unveil an interim constitution under which the army retains substantial powers...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Typhoon Xangsane hits Vietnam
Strong winds and rain lash the city of Danang in central Vietnam, as Typhoon Xangsane hits...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Brazil mourns air crash victims
Brazil declares three days of national mourning after a plane crash in the Amazon in which 155 are feared dead...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Many die in Nigeria dam collapse
Some 40 people are feared dead in northern Nigeria after a dam collapsed following torrential rain...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Letwin in NHS privatisation row
Dispute breaks out over whether Oliver Letwin told the Sunday Times there will be "no limit" to NHS privatisation...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Last Israeli troops leave Lebanon
Israeli troops complete their withdrawal from Lebanon, more than two months after the war with Hezbollah began...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Cameron to avoid tax giveaway
In his first conference speech as Tory leader, David Cameron is expected to resist calls for more detailed policies...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
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