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Global News Archive for November 2006:
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Hospital kitchen hygiene 'poor'
"Shocking" hygiene standards have been found in some UK hospital kitchens, consumer group Which? reports...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Some store money deals 'a swizz'
Supermarkets' financial services sometimes leave customers paying too much, warns watchdog Which?...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Terrorist's Tube work probed
Police check whether the son of jailed cleric Abu Hamza had access to sensitive areas on the Underground...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
DUP doubts over devolution date
DUP MP Nigel Dodds casts doubt on whether Northern Ireland will achieve devolution by next March...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Football: Arsenal 0-0 CSKA
Arsenal squander a whole host of chances in a frustrating Champions League night at the Emirates Stadium...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Somali talks fail amid war fears
Peace talks between Somalia's interim government and Islamists have been placed on indefinite hold, mediators say...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Man on 'terror articles' charges
A 29-year-old is charged with terror offences after trying to take "terrorist articles" onto a flight at Heathrow...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Copenhagen 1-0 Man Utd
Marcus Allback's winner sends Man Utd crashing to a shock Champions League defeat against FC Copenhagen...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
UK youth 'among Europe's worst'
The behaviour of British youngsters is among the worst in Europe, a think-tank's study suggests...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
UK has become 'surveillance society'
The Information Commissioner calls for a debate on the risks as research says Britons are watched more and more...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Hezbollah Says Talks About Release of 2 Israeli Soldiers Have Begun
Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said that “serious negotiations” were under way over the release of two soldiers whose capture sparked Israel’s 34-day war in Lebanon...
New York Times - November 1, 2006
Memo From Hungary: From Velvet to Fringe in Post-Soviet Central Europe
Many of Europe’s newest democracies are struggling with weak governments and polarized societies — and worrying their Western neighbors...
New York Times - November 1, 2006
Quatermass creator dies, aged 84
Pioneering screenwriter Nigel Kneale, best known for the Quatermass TV serials and films, dies aged 84...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Wine 'allows guilt-free gluttony'
A molecule found in red wine could make guilt-free gluttony a reality, research suggests...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
RAF jets scrambled in six scares
RAF fighter jets have been scrambled six times in the past year to intercept passenger planes in UK airspace...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Call for methadone death inquiry
The family of a teenager killed by an addict who gave her alcohol and methadone seek an inquiry into her death...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
MPs attack police chief 'gimmicks'
North Wales MPs launch a scathing attack on chief constable Richard Brunstrom voicing concern over money-wasting on "gimmicks"...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Search for new Royal Mail chief
The government appointments head hunters to find a successor to Allan Leighton as chairman of Royal Mail...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Pair not to face 'air plot' trial
Two brothers accused of failing to disclose information on an alleged airliner bomb plot walk free from court...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Probe urged into Pakistan raid
Human Rights Watch urges Pakistan to allow an inquiry into Monday's Islamic school bombing in which 80 died...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Cricket: Aussies reach final
Australia secured a first appearance in a Champions Trophy final with a 34-run victory over New Zealand...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Ugandan LRA rebels sign new truce
Uganda's northern rebels and the government agree a new truce in an effort to revive stalled talks...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Moss singled out in drug drive
Colombia's vice president is "baffled" by Kate Moss's success following cocaine allegations...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Pakistan pair hit by doping bans
Shoaib Akhtar is banned for two years and Mohammad Asif for one year after testing positive for a banned steroid...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Queen cancels Palace event
The Queen withdraws from a medals ceremony at Buckingham Palace because of a bad back...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
NHS rally told of cuts 'disgrace'
Health workers descend on Parliament to protest against the government's handling of the NHS...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Tories tackle Speaker over ruling
David Cameron seeks clarification after a Commons ban on asking Tony Blair about the Labour leadership...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Embattled Kerry seeks low profile
Senator John Kerry cancels plans to help fellow Democrats amid a growing row over remarks about US troops...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
US issues Lebanon 'plot' warning
The White House says it has "mounting evidence" of a plan to try to bring down the Lebanese government...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Detective fired over murder case
A detective is fired and five other officers disciplined over their handling of inquiries leading up to a brutal murder...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Mother and girls killed in arson
A fire that killed a mother and her four daughters at a house in Lancashire was started deliberately, police say...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Man jailed for four fire murders
A man is found guilty of murdering three children and a man in a house fire in Staffordshire...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Schools 'ignored' languages edict
Schools ignored a ministerial edict aimed at getting more pupils doing GCSE languages, a survey suggests...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Astronauts reunite for Hubble flight
Nasa will be sending Hubble veterans to service the space telescope one last time...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Troops bailed over barracks death
Two soldiers arrested on suspicion of the manslaughter of a private at a barracks are freed on bail...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Prisons 'bursting at the seams'
Scotland's chief inspector of prisons voices his frustration at continued overcrowding in jails...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Petrol bombs are thrown at police
A group of youths throw petrol bombs at police during trouble in Warrenpoint, County Down...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
NHS staff rally over health cuts
Health workers are to descend on Parliament to protest against the government's handling of the NHS...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Blast 'hits Nato Afghan convoy'
An explosion hits a convoy of foreign troops near a base outside the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, reports say...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Italy considers Mafia crackdown
Italy's prime minister says troops could be sent to Naples to deal with a rash of Mafia-linked crimes...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
China overturns activist sentence
A Chinese court quashes the conviction of a blind activist who highlighted forced abortions, in a surprise ruling...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Jail sentence for Somali pirates
Ten Somalis pirates are sentenced to seven years in prison by a Kenya court for hijacking an Indian ship...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Microsoft considers China policy
A senior executive at Microsoft says the firm could "look again" at doing business in China over concerns about the regime...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Mandaric confirms Leicester bid
Former Portsmouth owner Milan Mandaric confirms he has made a bid for Championship club Leicester...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
DNA pioneer's civil rights fears
A DNA testing pioneer says the use of his invention to crack crime may have gone too far and is discriminatory...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
New probe into judge's fire death
A new inquest is ordered into the death of a judge, who died in a fireball in his shed in Somerset...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Dissidents 'behind bomb attacks'
Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain blames dissident republicans for three firebomb attacks in Belfast...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Israel launches major Gaza raid
Israeli forces kill at least six Palestinians in Gaza, in a major raid into the north of the territory...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Five-times-salary mortgage offer
Abbey, one of the UK's biggest lenders, hugely increases the amount it is prepared to lend homebuyers...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Mandela tribute to apartheid icon
Nelson Mandela pays tribute to a "symbol of apartheid", ex-South African leader PW Botha, who has died aged 90...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Mother and daughters die in fire
Five members of the same family - a mother and her four daughters - are killed in a fire at a house in Lancashire...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Pakistan?s Leader Defends Airstrike on School
Faced with protests across the country, President Pervez Musharraf insisted that the dead were militants undergoing terrorist training...
New York Times - November 1, 2006
P. W. Botha, Defender of Apartheid, Is Dead at 90
The hard-nosed South African leader struggled vainly to preserve apartheid rule in a tide of global condemnation...
New York Times - November 1, 2006
Egypt Sends Sadat?s Nephew to Prison for Defaming Military
Talaat el-Sadat was sentenced to one year in prison on charges that he defamed the military by essentially blaming it for having a hand in his uncle’s death...
New York Times - November 1, 2006
China Acts to Reduce High Rate of Executions
China has faced mounting criticism for what critics say is the widespread and arbitrary use of the death penalty...
New York Times - November 1, 2006
North Korea Will Resume Nuclear Talks
The move was a first sign of easing tensions since the country’s nuclear test, but the chances for success in negotiations remained uncertain...
New York Times - November 1, 2006
Iraqi Demands Pullback; U.S. Lifts Baghdad Cordon
The Iraqi prime minister’s move appeared to be his boldest gambit in a tense struggle for more independence from his American protectors...
New York Times - November 1, 2006
Female directors 'earn £14k less'
UK's women directors earn on average £14,028 a year less than men, despite longer hours, a report says...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Reid in Nazi terror comparison
Home Secretary John Reid compares today's fight against terror to the battle against the Nazis in World War II...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Mayor U-turn on Tube 'terrorist'
London's mayor backs down over comments made about the employment on the Tube of a convicted terrorist...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Congo urges vote results caution
The head of DR Congo's election commission warns against publishing unofficial results amid tensions...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Fears of Fiji military coup grow
The US and Australia voice fears of a coup in Fiji, as tensions mount between the military and the government...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Madonna's Malawi 'support offer'
Madonna offered to support the baby she hopes to adopt and leave him in Malawi but his father declined, she tells the BBC...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Abbey relaxes mortgage pay limit
Britain's second largest mortgage lender dramatically increases the amount it is prepared to lend homebuyers...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Japan keeps pressure on N Korea
Japan says it will maintain sanctions on North Korea despite its decision to resume talks on its nuclear activities...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Blair to face Iraq probe queries
Tony Blair is expected to face Commons questions later over whether there will be an Iraq war inquiry...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Police shoot man dead over 'raid'
A man is shot dead by police during an operation to prevent a suspected armed robbery attempt...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Hezbollah confirms Israel talks
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Nasrallah says "serious" talks on a prisoner exchange with Israel are under way...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
Crime warning on new EU countries
The UK faces the threat of increased crime when Romania and Bulgaria join the EU, ministers are warned...
BBC News - November 1, 2006
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