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Global News Archive for January 2007:
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U.S. Questioned Iraq on the Rush to Hang Hussein
American officials are said to have questioned the political wisdom of expediting the execution of Saddam Hussein...
New York Times - January 1, 2007
NHS 'facing make or break year'
The future of the NHS in England is under threat due to failure to invest or tackle costs, a report warns...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Engineers tackle power disruption
Engineers continue their efforts to restore power to 11,000 homes after supplies were lost on Hogmanay...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Hamas and Fatah in kidnap clashes
Rival Palestinian militants seize gunmen from each other's group as tensions flare in the Gaza Strip...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Holidaymaker found dead in India
A 40-year-old English holidaymaker is found hanged in India, the Foreign Office confirms...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Bush pays Ford his last respects
President Bush pays his respects to former President Gerald Ford, as he lies in state in Washington...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Somalia targets Islamists' escape
Somalia's interim government appeals to Kenya to seal its border to stop fleeing Islamists from crossing...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Train fare rises exceed inflation
Above-inflation price increases for rail tickets come into effect for train passengers across the UK...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Union plans tax day strike chaos
Britain's largest civil service union plans to cause chaos with strike action on tax return deadline day...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Hogmanay storm call-offs defended
Organisers of Scotland's biggest celebrations say they were right to cancel them amid safety concerns...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Man dies after storm hits cable
A man is killed after he is believed to have come into contact with a fallen electricity cable in Devon...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Hajj pilgrimage draws to a close
Millions of Muslims are concluding the Hajj pilgrimage with no major security incidents reported...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Ashes: England upbeat for finale
Captain Andrew Flintoff says England have a serious point to prove in the final Ashes Test...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Football: Reading crush West Ham
Reading put struggling West Ham to the sword as Kevin Doyle grabs a brace as the Royals run rampant...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Tennis: Murray in Open victory
Britain's Andy Murray fights back to begin 2007 with a first-round win over Filippo Volandri at the Qatar Open...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Live: Newcastle v Man Utd
Man Utd aim to extend their lead at the top of the Premiership against Newcastle...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Tobacco-buying age rise backed
Health groups broadly welcome a move to raise the legal age for buying tobacco in England and Wales to 18...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Woman killed when cliff collapses
A woman dies when a cliff face collapses onto a Cumbrian beach, burying her under the debris...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Parade and party mark New Year
Thousands of people attend a London parade and a Brighton beach party to celebrate the New Year...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Saddam supporters vow revenge
Hundreds of Sunni Iraqis protest against Saddam Hussein's hanging, many of them vowing revenge...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
EU greets Romania and Bulgaria
Romanians and Bulgarians mark their first day as EU citizens, 17 years after the fall of communism...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Indonesia hunts for missing plane
Indonesia pinpoints two possible locations for a plane that may have crashed near Sulawesi, with 102 aboard...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Web users driving change in 2007
The web will be at the heart of the big changes that loom in 2007, say a trio of hi-tech veterans...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
New EU citizens 'will benefit UK'
Britain will benefit from Romanian and Bulgarian membership of the EU, says the UK's foreign secretary...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Woman disappears from club
Concern is rising for a woman who was last seen leaving a Cardiff nightclub early on Saturday, say police...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Crowd protests at Delhi murders
Angry crowds, protesting against the disappearance and killing of several children, fight with police in a Delhi suburb...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Storms leave homes without power
Several hundred homes across Northern Ireland remain without power following the recent storms, NIE says...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Race to save Java ferry survivors
Rescuers keep up the search for about 400 people missing after an Indonesian ferry sank off the Java coast...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Thousands pay Ford last respects
Thousands of Americans pay their last respects to former President Gerald Ford as he lies in state in Washington...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Football: Benitez attacks Bolton
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez claims Bolton are shown too much leniency by referees ahead of their meeting...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Football: Lawro's predictions
Mark Lawrenson's verdict on the New Year's Day & Tuesday Premiership games...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
New Year celebrations continue
Thousands of revellers are expected to gather in London and Brighton for New Year's Day parties...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Boxer Hamed stripped of MBE
Former world boxing champion Naseem Hamed is stripped of his MBE after being jailed for dangerous driving...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Somali Islamic stronghold falls
Somali Islamists flee their last major stronghold as Ethiopian-backed government troops claim the port of Kismayo...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Hunting ban tops 'unpopular' poll
A pro-hunting group admits encouraging activists to back a repeal of the Hunting Act, in a Radio 4 poll...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Thai PM blames rivals for blasts
Thai PM Surayud Chulanont blames ousted politicians for blasts in Bangkok that killed three and injured 38...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Nurse tells of 'gardener' Saddam
Saddam Hussein watered weeds and saved bread for birds during his captivity, a US army nurse says...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Girl killed by pit bull terrier
A pit bull terrier mauls a five-year-old girl to death and injures the child's grandmother at their Merseyside home...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
With Renovations Set for Official Residence, U.N. Chief Can?t Unpack Yet
Ban Ki-moon will have to wait to enjoy one of the more glamorous trappings of his new post: the official residence on Sutton Place, the exclusive Manhattan enclave off the East River...
New York Times - January 1, 2007
News Analysis: For Sunnis, Dictator?s Degrading End Signals Ominous Dawn for the New Iraq
As the Iraqi government becomes ever more set on protecting its Shiite constituency, the goal of stopping the sectarian war seems to be slipping out of reach...
New York Times - January 1, 2007
Bombs in Bangkok Kill 2 and Wound More Than 30
Bangkok, which remains under martial law following a coup three months ago, canceled New Year?s celebrations...
New York Times - January 1, 2007
Somali Clan Elders Urge Islamists to Leave Stronghold
Elders within Kismayo, the final redoubt for Somalia?s Islamic movement, demanded that the Islamists leave...
New York Times - January 1, 2007
Hamas Reports Progress on Freeing Israeli Soldier
A prisoner exchange would release Cpl. Gilad Shalit, captured by Hamas and two other groups in late June...
New York Times - January 1, 2007
Rush to Hang Hussein Was Questioned
American officials are said to have questioned the political wisdom ? and justice ? of expediting the death of Saddam Hussein...
New York Times - January 1, 2007
Tories say Labour missing targets
The Conservatives have accused the Government of failing to fulfil promises as it will miss 136 targets...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Bangkok blasts leave three dead
A series of New Year's Eve blasts in the Thai capital kills three people and injures about 30, including foreigners...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Langer to quit after Sydney Test
Batsman Justin Langer becomes the latest Australian to announce his retirement from Test cricket...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Somali militia abandon stronghold
Somali Islamists flee their last major stronghold as Ethiopian and Somali government troops close in Kismayo...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Train strike runs into second day
A walkout by conductors on Central Trains continues to cause disruption to travel for thousands of passengers...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
'New EU citizens benefit for UK'
Britain will benefit from Romanian and Bulgarian membership of the EU, says the foreign secretary...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
Amicus backs world 'super-union'
Trade union Amicus signs agreements with three international unions in a move to create a global body...
BBC News - January 1, 2007
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