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Global News Archive for November 2007:
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Chad's President: Free French Reporters
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) -- Chad's president called Thursday to free journalists and an air crew detained in connection with a French charity that was trying to fly children it claimed were orphans from Darfur to Europe...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
African Orphans Weren?t, U.N. Says
Virtually all of the children a French aid group tried to fly out of Chad last week had been living with family members and were not orphans of the Darfur conflict, as the group claimed...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Israel Destroys 7 Gaza Tunnels
The Israeli military said on Thursday that its forces had discovered and destroyed tunnels used by Hamas to smuggle arms into Gaza from Egypt...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
London Police Faulted in 2005 Killing on Subway
Jurors cleared individual officers but blamed the force as a whole in the killing of a man misidentified as a terrorist...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
UK 'needs to be in space'
The UK was misguided to shun human spaceflight, says Europe's space station chief...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Lavigne takes MTV awards double
Pop star Avril Lavigne and band Muse each win two honours at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Germany...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
School admissions 'must be fair'
Bolder strategies are needed to make school admissions fairer, the chief watchdog says...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Tribute comfort for 'Grav' family
Welsh rugby icon Ray Gravell's wife and daughters say they are overwhelmed by tributes after his death at 56...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Farm fire 'seen for miles around'
Fire fighters are called to tackle a major blaze reported spreading across a farm near Lundin Links in Fife...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Assault pensioner critically ill
A 70-year-old man assaulted in Portadown in County Armagh is in a critical condition in hospital...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Gulf states 'offer Iran uranium'
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister reportedly says Gulf states could offer to provide enriched uranium to Iran...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Mexico flooding affects '700,000'
As many as 700,000 people are affected by heavy rains and severe flooding in the state of Tabasco in Mexico, authorities say...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Football: CIS semi-finals mix-up
The CIS Cup semi-final ties have been changed following a mistake at Thursday's draw...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Uganda rebels release peace dove
A Uganda rebel representative releases a dove on the group's first visit to the capital as a symbol of peace...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Hingis admits positive drug test
Martina Hingis reveals she tested positive for cocaine at this year's Wimbledon but claims she is "100% innocent"...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Tribute paid to drowning victims
Relatives of the British holidaymakers who drowned in Portugal speak of life after the tragedy...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Lyons says BBC 'London-centric'
The BBC must be less London-centric and deliver to all licence fee payers, chairman Sir Michael Lyons says...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Markets tumble on credit concern
World markets tumble amid renewed fears about the credit crisis, with finance firms especially hard hit...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Princess coroner in witness push
The coroner in the Princess Diana inquest vows to leave "no stone unturned" in his efforts to have the paparazzi give evidence...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Papworth halts heart transplants
A Cambridgeshire heart transplant hospital suspends procedures over a rise in the early death of patients...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Man charged over Pc killing
A 27-year-old man is charged with the murder two years ago of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
London Police Faulted in Shooting
LONDON (AP) -- A jury on Thursday found London's police force guilty of violating health and safety laws in a high-stakes anti-terrorist operation that led to the shooting death of a Brazilian man mistaken for a suicide bomber...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Charity's 'Darfur Orphans' Have Parents
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) -- Most of the 103 African children described as orphans from Sudan's Darfur region by a French charity that tried to fly them to Europe appear to have at least one living parent, U.N. agencies said Thursday...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Blackwater Mounts a Defense With Top Talent
The security company, its reputation in tatters, has begun a political and public relations counterstrike...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Japan Ends Afghan Naval Mission
The refueling mission, while largely symbolic, provided important diplomatic support for Washington...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Bhutto Heads to Dubai; Suicide Blast Kills 8
The Pakistani opposition leader, Benazir Bhutto, left Pakistan today for what she said was a visit to Dubai...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
'Stressed' Meat Loaf abandons gig
US singer Meat Loaf is forced to cut short a concert in Newcastle due to "exhaustion and stress"...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Cat joins exclusive genome club
A pedigree cat called Cinnamon makes scientific history by becoming the first feline to have its DNA decoded...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
'Friends matter' in school moves
Children who go to new secondary schools without their friends can struggle to settle, a study suggests...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Union ire at Royal Mail boss pay
The main postal union has attacked the latest pay rise for Royal Mail's chief executive Adam Crozier...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Kerelaw abuse inquiry announced
An independent inquiry will be held into abuse at a residential school in Ayrshire...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Farmer admits playground shooting
A farmer admits he shot a five-year-old boy in the head at a school playground in April 2005...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Pair 'found Marsha lying wounded'
A couple recall the moment they found murder victim Marsha McDonnell moments after she was attacked...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Deaths in Iraq 'continue to fall'
The number of violent civilian and military deaths in Iraq is continuing to drop, statistics for October suggest...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Bosnian PM resigns over reforms
Bosnian PM Nikola Spiric quits over an international envoy's introduction of EU-backed reforms...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Football: Richards injury worry
Man City defender Micah Richards could be fit for England's crucial Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia despite being stretchered off at Bolton...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Uganda rebels on historic visit
Representatives of the LRA rebels arrive for their first offical visit to Uganda's capital without fear of arrest...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Tennis: Murray through in Paris
Andy Murray keeps his hopes of claiming a Masters Cup place alive by beating Fabrice Santoro in Paris...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Australian killed in hosepipe row
An Australian man is charged with murder after allegedly attacking an elderly man in a dispute over water restrictions...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Probe into housing and migrants
The "widespread perception" migrants jump housing queues is to be the subject of an equality commission inquiry...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Pc murder suspect extradited
A man wanted over the murder of West Yorkshire Pc Sharon Beshenivsky is extradited from Somalia...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Northern Rock loans about £23bn
Northern Rock has borrowed almost £23bn in emergency funding from the Bank of England, figures indicate...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Rail crash was caused by suicide
Six people were unlawfully killed when a driver parked on a level crossing in Berkshire in 2004, an inquest finds...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Hiroshima bomb pilot dies aged 92
The commander of the B-29 plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Paul Tibbets, dies aged 92...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Police guilty over Menezes shooting
London's police are convicted of breaking safety laws over the fatal shooting of a man mistaken for a suicide bomber...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Japan Halts Afghanistan Support Role
Japan?s defense minister ordered ships supporting U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan to return home after opposition lawmakers refused to support an extension of the mission, saying it violated the country?s pacifist Constitution...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Suicide Bomber Kills 8 in Pakistan
A suicide bomber struck a Pakistan Air Force bus in the central city of Sargodha, officials said...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Blackwater Mounts a Defense With Top Washington Talent
The security company, its reputation in tatters and its government contracts in jeopardy, has begun a legal, political and public relations counterstrike...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Support for ad-tracking opt out
Privacy advocates seek the creation of an opt-out list for net users who do not want to be tracked by advertisers...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Parrotfish to aid reef repair
A vividly coloured tropical fish could be the key to saving coral reefs from terminal decline, scientists claim...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
House price falls 'don't matter'
Most people say house price falls will not change their spending patterns, a BBC survey suggests...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Tributes to rugby legend Gravell
Welsh rugby icon Ray Gravell dies on holiday in Spain of a suspected heart attack at the age of 56...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Shortages 'undermine' baby units
Action is needed to tackle a shortage of nurses dealing with sick and premature babies, a charity says...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Man quizzed over missing Nicola
A 37-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of murdering an 18-year-old woman who went missing in 1991...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Second death after road accident
A second person dies following a road traffic accident in Newbuildings, County Londonderry, police say...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Suicide bomb hits Pakistani bus
A suicide bomber rams a motorcycle into a bus carrying air force staff in Pakistan, killing eight officials...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Pressure increases on PKK rebels
Turkey, Iraq and the US take steps to combat the threat of Kurdish fighters based in northern Iraq...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Floodwaters swamp Mexican state
Floods set off by days of heavy rain cover much of Mexico's Tabasco state, forcing thousands from their homes...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
China raises fuel prices by 10%
China increases fuel prices by almost 10% in an effort to ease the country's worsening supply crisis...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Chad case children 'not orphans'
Aid agencies reject the "war orphan" label given to 103 children at the centre of a Chad abduction scandal...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Richards injury worry for England
Manchester City defender Micah Richards is to have a scan on a knee injury on Thursday...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Media responds to Mills outburst
The British media hits back at accusations that their coverage has pushed Heather Mills "over the edge"...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Adams apologises to boy's family
Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams says sorry to the parents of a boy killed when the IRA bombed Warrington...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
100,000 extra rail seats pledged
Network Rail promises to provide more than 100,000 extra seats a day under its five-year business plan...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
NHS superbug figures 'offer hope'
Hospitals in England may be beginning to win the battle against infections, latest figures suggest...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Councils seek more migrant funds
A £250m-a-year fund is needed to help regions cope with immigration rises, a new report suggests...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Spain: Fascist Past Condemned
The 40-year dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco was formally condemned by Parliament, 32 years after his death ended his dictatorship...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
World Briefing | Middle East: Lebanon: Claim Hezbollah Has Rearmed
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed ?great concern? over information supplied him by Israel that Hezbollah had rearmed to a level higher than before the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah war in Lebanon...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Ireland: Another Metric System Fault
A judge in Ireland reduced a speeding charge after concluding that 180 kilometers an hour did not look as bad when converted into miles: 112 m.p.h...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
World Briefing | The Americas: Mexico: Floods Batter Tabasco State
Four days of steady rain in the Gulf Coast state of Tabasco has caused rivers to overflow their banks, leaving vast areas of the state capital, Villahermosa, underwater...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Greece: Claims of Refugee Abuse
Greece?s merchant marine minister ordered an investigation into accusations that the country?s coast guard had ?systematically? mistreated people trying to enter the country illegally...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Germany: Old Church Rolls to New Home
A 700-year-old stone church completed a weeklong journey from Heuersdorf, near Leipzig, to its new home in Borna...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
World Briefing | The Americas: Brazil: Aviation Chief Quits
Brazil?s head of the National Civil Aviation Agency resigned under fire from the new defense minister, who blames him for the country?s months-long aviation crisis...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Veteran Bush Aide Resigns as Envoy to Return to Texas
Karen Hughes, one of the last members of President Bush?s original inner circle, has worked to improve America?s image in the Muslim world...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Washoe, a Chimp of Many Words, Dies at 42
Washoe captured the world?s attention and set off a debate over nonhuman primates? ability to learn human language that continues to this day...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
News Analysis: Economic Balancing Act for Argentina?s Next Leader
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner inherits double-digit inflation and a lurking energy crisis, two issues difficult to address without alienating the poor that elected her...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Panel Faults Army?s Wartime Contracting
An independent panel has sharply criticized the Army for failing to train enough experienced contracting officers and deploy them quickly to war zones...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Bomb Kills 8 on Bus in a Central Russian City
A bomb exploded on a bus in a central Russian city on Wednesday morning, killing at least 8 people and wounding about 50 in what may have been a terrorist attack...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Burmese Monks March Again Ahead of Visit by U.N. Envoy
The first march since troops crushed a pro-democracy uprising a month ago suggests that the crackdown merely managed to stifle, not eradicate, widespread unrest...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Russia Sets Limits on Foreign Vote Monitors
The system of international monitoring intended to ensure clean elections in the states of the former Soviet Union appeared near collapse on Wednesday...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Suicide Bomber Kills 5 in Pakistan
A suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying Pakistan Air Force employees Thursday, killing at least five people and wounding about 40...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Afghan Force and NATO Battle Taliban in South
According to Afghan officials, no civilian deaths were reported in two days of fighting between the Taliban and NATO forces, made up of Canadian and American troops...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Foreign Service Officers Resist Mandatory Iraq Postings
Only officers who can cite compelling reasons, like medical problems or extreme personal hardship, will be exempt from disciplinary action if they turn down posts...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Memo From Egypt: An Unanswered Question: Who Follows Mubarak?
The issue of succession is so delicate that Egypt?s government threatened to imprison an editor after his newspaper ran stories that the Egyptian president was ill...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Iraq Asks for Iran?s Help in Calming Kurdish Crisis
Tensions between Iraq and Turkey over Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq threaten to overshadow other topics at a regional meeting that starts Thursday in Istanbul...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Saudi Arabia?s King Hits a Few Bumps in His Visit to Britain
Talks between King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and the British government centered on terrorism, Middle East peace issues, health and education, but not human rights...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Blackwater Mounts a Defense With Top Talent From Capital
Blackwater Worldwide, its reputation in tatters and its lucrative government contracts in jeopardy, is mounting an aggressive legal, political and public relations counterstrike...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
In Rape Case, a French Youth Takes on Dubai
When it comes to the protection of foreigners, Dubai?s criminal legal system remains perilous...
New York Times - November 1, 2007
Alzheimer's cold sore virus link
More evidence has been found to link the cold sore virus to Alzheimer's disease, an expert says...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Bouncers checks come into force
Regulations for bouncers and security industry staff dealing with the public are coming into force across Scotland...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Inquiry into refinery fire begins
Safety experts will start an investigation into the cause of a blaze at a major oil refinery in Essex...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Rugby U: Ray Gravell dies
Wales rugby great and BBC presenter Ray Gravell dies at the age of 56...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Major bird survey gets under way
More than 50,000 birdwatchers are to take part in one of Britain's biggest bird surveys...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Talks fail to end Hollywood row
Talks between Hollywood writers and studios fail to resolve a dispute that could lead to a writers' strike...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
'Serious flaws' in UK health care
People face longer waits for non-emergency surgery and struggle to see GPs out-of-hours compared to other western countries, a survey suggests...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Biofuel rush harmful says Oxfam
The rush to cash in on EU biofuel demands could destroy the livelihoods of farmers in developing countries, the charity says...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
US anti-gay church to pay £5.5m
A US church which cheered the death of a soldier as retribution for America's sins, must pay $10.9m in damages...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
UK energy savings 'miscalculated'
Energy savings in UK homes could be 30% lower than previously thought, threatening CO2 targets...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Lords consider Lotto rapist case
The Law Lords are to decide whether a victim of millionaire Lotto rapist Iorworth Hoare can sue her attacker...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Ex-MI6 boss attacks Iraq policy
Government policy was too dependent on intelligence in the run up to war with Iraq, Sir Richard Dearlove says...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Police ordered to delete records
Four police forces are ordered to delete criminal records dating back decades because they are "no longer relevant"...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
Councils seek more migrant funds
A £250m-a-year fund is needed to help regions cope with immigration rises, a new report suggests...
BBC News - November 1, 2007
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