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Global News Archive for December 2006:
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U.S. General in North Iraq Outlines Troop Shift
After handing over security responsibilities, troops will focus on hunting Al Qaeda and training Iraqi soldiers...
New York Times - December 1, 2006
Protesters Seek Leader’s Ouster in Lebanon
Hundreds of thousands of Hezbollah supporters today poured into the center of Beirut, where they demanded an end to Fouad Siniora’s Western-backed government...
New York Times - December 1, 2006
Mexico Swears In New Leader, Quickly
After fisticuffs and much protest from leftist lawmakers, the ceremony for Felipe Calderón lasted four minutes...
New York Times - December 1, 2006
Double nominations for new Maria
Sound of Music star Connie Fisher, who won a BBC talent show, is nominated for two theatre awards...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Toddler abuser's indefinite jail
A paedophile who photographed himself abusing an 18 month-old girl is jailed indefinitely...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Airbus A350 jet gets green light
The owner of Airbus approves the building of the A350 jet and says it will fund most of the $13bn project itself...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Bush and top Iraqi Shia to meet
President George W Bush is to meet Iraq's most powerful Shia politician in Washington on Monday, officials say...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Police witness on perjury charge
An expert witness in dozens of cases related to child pornography is charged with committing perjury...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Matt crowned 'King of the Jungle'
Former Busted member Matt Willis wins the final of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! after a public vote...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
SA launches plan to combat Aids
South Africa announces a five-year plan to try to fight Aids and halve infection rates, on World Aids Day...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
LA diocese settles abuse claims
The diocese of Los Angeles agrees to pay $60m to settle dozens of lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by priests...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Men plotted online to rape girl
Three men who had never met are convicted of plotting to rape a girl via an internet chat room...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Pair test positive for polonium
An Italian contact and the wife of dead ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko test positive for polonium-210...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
News Analysis: Idea of Rapid Withdrawal From Iraq Seems to Fade
While debate in Washington has turned away from President Bush’s call to stay, even Democrats have dropped talk of an immediate departure...
New York Times - December 1, 2006
Meteorite yields life origin clue
Hollow spheres found in a primordial meteorite could yield clues to the origin of life on Earth...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Jungle trio in Celebrity finale
Myleene Klass, Matt Willis and Jason Donovan face off in the final of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Wii console makes Japanese debut
The Japanese launch of Nintendo's Wii console takes place on 2 December...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Cut Trident by 50%, say Lib Dems
Britain's nuclear weapons system should be retained but cut by half, with only 100 warheads, the Lib Dems say...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Fears over special needs funding
Money to support pupils who have special educational needs could be mis-spent, campaigners say...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Cyclists inquest delay criticised
A coroner is 'dismayed' by a delay to an inquest into the deaths of four cyclists nearly a year ago...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Paris 'threatens' BAE Saudi deal
Dassault reveals that the French government is trying to undo a £6bn UK defence deal with Saudi Arabia...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Chess girl rape claim 'strategic'
A father accused of raping his chess prodigy daughter claims her accusations were premeditated...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Heroin GP was 'slumped over desk'
A County Antrim GP is convicted of illegal possession of heroin, otherwise known as diamorphine, a court hears...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Fracas mars Mexico inauguration
Rowdy scenes of protest break out in Mexico's Congress, as Felipe Calderon is sworn in as president...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Dutch court convicts Islamists
Three men and a woman are found guilty in Amsterdam of planning terror attacks on Dutch politicians...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Two Palestinians killed in W Bank
Israeli soldiers shoot and kill two Palestinians, one a 16-year-old, in separate incidents in the West Bank...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Many feared dead in Philippines
Hundreds are feared dead in the Philippines after mudslides triggered by typhoon rains swamp several villages...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Web discount frenzy at Threshers
An off-licence chain is braced for an onslaught of drinkers as an online discount voucher is downloaded by millions...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Dutch child dies in school attack
Police arrest a man after a young boy is stabbed to death at a primary school in the Netherlands...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Bath girl rapist jailed for life
A man who abducted a six-year-old girl from her bathtub and raped her is given three life sentences...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Britain fails fake passport test
A journalist manages to enter the UK twice after obtaining 20 fake and stolen passports in a BBC investigation...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Huge Beirut rally demands change
Hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters call on the Lebanese government to quit, at a mass rally in Beirut...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Contact tests positive for polonium
Italian Mario Scaramella, a contact of dead ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, tests positive for polonium-210...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
'Hidden' Rockwell sold for £7.9m
A Norman Rockwell painting found behind a fake wall sells for a record $15.4m (£7.9m) at auction...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Abortion pill could fight cancer
A chemical used to abort pregnancy could fight breast and ovarian cancer, say scientists...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Strong pound worry for exporters
The pound draws closer to the $2 barrier, hitting a new 14-year high of $1.9748 before retreating slightly...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Island's small schools may close
Schools on Anglesey with fewer than 50 pupils may face closure as plans are considered to deal with falling numbers...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Teaching scheme to be scrutinised
Scotland's education minister, Hugh Henry, orders a review of the new chartered teaching scheme...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
'Not enough' sex infection funds
Not enough resources are being allocated to deal with the rise in sex infections a specialist says...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Bath girl rapist faces life term
A man is due to be sentenced over the abduction and rape of a six-year-old girl who was snatched from her bath...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Hezbollah to lead Lebanon protest
Security is tight in Beirut amid fears that anti-government protests led by the Hezbollah militia may turn violent...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Clinton warns India over HIV/Aids
Former US President Bill Clinton tells the BBC that India is now the epicentre of the global HIV/Aids epidemic...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Mexico's new leader takes charge
Felipe Calderon takes over as Mexico's president at a midnight ceremony, ahead of planned opposition protests...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Key ministers sacked in Ukraine
Ukraine's parliament sacks the foreign and interior ministers - key allies of the pro-Western president...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Japan war orphans win legal fight
Japanese war orphans abandoned in China in 1945 are entitled to compensation, a court rules...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Collingwood leads England revival
Paul Collingwood nears a century and Kevin Pietersen adds a bright fifty as England post 266-3 on day one of the second Ashes Test...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Islamists deny Somali bomb claims
Somalia's Islamists reject accusations that they were behind the car bomb on the government base...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
HIV 'afflicting global workforce'
HIV/Aids is crippling global workforces, the International Labour Organization says on World Aids Day...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Mills' fear over 'death threats'
Heather Mills McCartney tells the BBC she has received 'death threats' since splitting with Sir Paul McCartney...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Man Utd capture Larsson on loan
Man Utd will sign Henrik Larsson on loan from Swedish club Helsingborg in January...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Misbah refuses to leave Pakistan
Schoolgirl Misbah Rana vows to stay in Pakistan despite a court ruling that she must return to the UK...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
GM potato trials given go-ahead
A plan to grow GM potatoes on two trial sites in England is approved by the government...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Philippine storm toll set to rise
At least 146 people die in mudslides and the death toll may rise after Typhoon Durian hits the Philippines...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Footballer hurt in bar stabbing
West Brom midfielder Ronnie Wallwork is stabbed several times in an incident at a bar in Manchester...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Having Pinned Little Hope on Talks, Many Iraqis Appear to Be Beyond Disappointment
For many Iraqis, the talks reaffirmed a widespread loss of faith in the elected government’s ability to turn things around...
New York Times - December 1, 2006
Sex Abuse of Girls Is Stubborn Scourge in Africa
In much of Africa, the traditionally low status of girls puts many of them in danger and protects attackers...
New York Times - December 1, 2006
Radioactive Trail Is Found in Case of Poisoned Spy
British officials said radiation was detected in 12 locations around London, and that it was likely to be found in more...
New York Times - December 1, 2006
Bush, in Meeting on Iraq, Rejects a Quick Pullout
The announcement came even as Iraq’s prime minister said his country’s forces can take charge of security by next June...
New York Times - December 1, 2006
Abbas Says Palestinian Unity Talks Have Reached an Impasse
The grim assessment by Mahmoud Abbas ensured that the U.S. plan to push for a Middle East peace initiative will stay in a deep freeze...
New York Times - December 1, 2006
HIV 'condemning many to poverty'
Rising numbers of people with HIV are living in extreme poverty in the UK, a report says...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Murdered woman's care criticised
The family of a mentally ill woman murdered by a man and a boy,14, say her death could have been prevented...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
US unveils new citizenship test
The US government reveals a new set of citizenship questions to test immigrants' "passion" for the country...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Iraqi forces 'ready by mid-2007'
Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki says Iraq's forces will be ready to assume security control of the country in June 2007...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Blast hits in Sri Lankan capital
A loud explosion rocks Sri Lankan capital, Colombo - and one report says the defence secretary has been hurt...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
US in al-Qaeda cyber warning
The US government warns of a possible al-Qaeda call to attack US financial online services...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
China activist's sentence upheld
A China court upholds a four-year prison sentence for activist Chen Guangcheng, after a third hearing...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
UN to discuss child abuse claims
The UN says it will discuss the issue of child abuse by UN troops, following allegations uncovered by the BBC...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Lie-test plan for sex offenders
The Home Office is to start consultation on plans for compulsory lie detector tests for sex offenders...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Typhoon kills 146 in Philippines
At least 146 people die in the Philippines after rains from Typhoon Durian trigger mudslides...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Britain 'planned to cut off Nile'
Britain drew up plans to cut off the Nile to Egypt to force a return of the Suez Canal, files from 1956 reveal...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Motorists 'must pay for road use'
Motorists should pay charges to drive on the road network, a key government-backed report is to recommend...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
Doctors set for spy post-mortem
A London hospital prepares for a post-mortem examination of the body of poisoned ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko...
BBC News - December 1, 2006
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