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Global News Archive for February 2006:
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European Papers Publish Cartoons in Stand for Press Freedom
The cartoons, depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad, were published in support of a Danish newspaper that caused a huge outcry in the Islamic world...
New York Times - February 1, 2006
Former U.S. Official in Iraq to Plead Guilty to Corruption
The scheme used sexual favors, jewelry and millions of dollars to steer reconstruction work to a corrupt contractor...
New York Times - February 1, 2006
Egypt Urges Hamas to End Violence and Recognize Israel
The statement, from Egypt's intelligence chief, was the most forceful to emerge from the Arab world...
New York Times - February 1, 2006
European Resolution Would Refer Iran to the U.N.
Britain, France and Germany introduced a draft resolution asking the U.N. atomic agency board to report Iran to the Security Council...
New York Times - February 1, 2006
Renewable energy close, Bush says
The US president says alternative fuels to compete with petrol could be produced within six years...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Big guns target Dunfermline poll
Political heavyweights are to descend on Dunfermline in a bid to win votes ahead of next week's by-election...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Colombian paramilitaries disarm
Over 20,000 Colombian paramilitaries have now laid their arms following the latest disarmament ceremony...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Serbian army 'helped hide' Mladic
A probe in Serbia concludes that retired military officials have helped hide fugitive Ratko Mladic...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Afghan aid pledges rise to $10.5b
International donors promise nearly $10.5bn in aid to Afghanistan, as a key summit in London concludes...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Lords defeat terror internet plan
Plans for new anti-terrorism controls on websites lead to a government defeat in the House of the Lords...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Football: Blackburn win thriller
David Bentley scores a hat-trick as Blackburn hold on to beat Man Utd...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Tennis: Murray loses to top seed
Andy Murray bows out of the Zagreb Indoors to Ivan Ljubicic while Tim Henman defeats Richard Gasquet...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Enron chiefs 'involved in fraud'
The Enron trial's first witness implicates the chairman and CEO in fraud as the Houston case against them opens...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Distant world tops Pluto for size
New observations confirm an icy, rocky world found last year is wider than Pluto by several hundred km...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
'Scant help' for tsunami victims
A new report says countries worst hit by the Asian tsunami are failing to protect vulnerable communities...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
New body linked to post rampage
Police link an eighth body to a shooting rampage by a former US postal worker in California...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
State of rail stations under fire
A large number of stations are a "poor advertisement for this country", says an influential group of MPs...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Bird Flu Case in Hong Kong Raises Questions About China
A chicken smuggled across the border raises questions about whether China is concealing the extent of the disease...
New York Times - February 1, 2006
With Hussein and Co-Defendants Absent, Trial Resumes
The judge said he would go ahead without the entire defense team and instead use the court-appointed lawyers...
New York Times - February 1, 2006
Putin Juggles 64 Questions in Defense of the Homeland
Russia's president disavowed any desire to use natural gas as an energy weapon...
New York Times - February 1, 2006
Agency Says Iran Work May Link to Weapons
Iran's president said today that any decision taken by the West would have no effect in Iran's decisions...
New York Times - February 1, 2006
Pregnancy 'no depression guard'
A US study has suggested women with major depression risk a recurrence of their condition if they stop taking their drugs during pregnancy...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
No action over Burns' monkey coat
Celebrity Big Brother's Pete Burns will not be prosecuted over his fur coat, the Crown Prosecution Service says...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Byers says 'sorry' for Railtrack
Ex-minister Secretary Stephen Byers apologises for giving an inaccurate statement to MPs about Railtrack...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Thousands cheer on warship launch
A huge crowd witnesses the launch of what has been hailed as the UK's most powerful destroyer...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Drugs gang jailed for 121 years
The final member of a drugs and money laundering ring is jailed for his part in a multi-million pound criminal empire...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Hamas pressured to accept Israel
Regional leaders set tough conditions for election victors Hamas to head a new Palestinian government...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Nepalese king defends royal coup
Nepal's King Gyanendra says Maoist rebels are losing on the first anniversary of his coup, amid heavy new clashes...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Tanker wreck starts leaking oil
A tanker carrying acid which sank which sank in the English Channel is leaking fuel oil, experts say...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Kenyan 'graft' minister resigns
Kenya's finance minister resigns after being linked to a corruption scandal that has shaken the government...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
US Katrina relief effort 'flawed'
A US congressional report blames an inadequate chain of command for a sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Poland hall designer suicide bid
A designer of the Polish trade hall that collapsed killing 63 people tries to commit suicide, local officials say...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Google shares fall on Wall Street
Internet firm Google sees shares drop 9% after profits miss Wall Street targets...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Boy George 'to fight drug charge'
Former pop star Boy George is innocent and will fight charges of drug possession, his lawyer says...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Cricket: Pakistan stun India
Pakistan beat India by 341 runs in Karachi for their first Test series win over their neighbours since 1987...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Muhammad cartoon row intensifies
European papers reprint controversial caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, defying Muslim outrage...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Blair met 100th war death soldier
The 100th British soldier killed in Iraq was photographed with Prime Minister Tony Blair weeks before he died...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
IRA denies it held on to weapons
The IRA denies a security assessment it held on to some arms after decommissioning last year...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Criminal checks 'wasting money'
Criminal records bureau checks on existing teachers are "a waste of public money", the NASUWT says...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
New bid to tackle spyware scourge
Five big security firms band together in a bid to tackle growing problem of spyware...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Stars' delight at Oscar shortlist
Oscar nominees are celebrating after the Academy backed a host of fresh faces to win awards...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Store stabbing suspect begs judge
A schizophrenic who may have missed medication on the day she is accused of murdering a widow in a busy shop, begs to be sent to hospital, a court hears...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Compass finds UN 'irregularity'
Catering group Compass, currently under investigation by US authorities, reveals the findings of a probe into its UN contracts...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Point-by-point: Question time
All the key points from prime minister's question time in the Commons as MPs quiz Tony Blair from 1200 GMT...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Red meat cancer risk clue found
Eating lots of red meat is linked with DNA damage which raises the risk of bowel cancer, researchers suggest...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Iran condemns nuclear 'bullying'
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran will not give in to international pressure over its nuclear activities...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
'Major Maoist attack' in Nepal
Officials say rebels killed at least 19 Nepalese soldiers and police, a year to the day since the king seized power...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Rescued dolphin returns to marina
A dolphin returns to a Cumbrian harbour from where it had to be rescued a few days earlier...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
'IRA link' in Irish money probe
Irish police raid 20 properties as part of an investigation into suspected IRA money laundering...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Liberian ex-ministers travel ban
Liberia's president tells members of the former transitional government to stay in the country pending a financial audit...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Scores saved from Indonesia ferry
Rescuers pull more than 100 people from heavy seas in Indonesia after a ferry sinks, but more are still missing...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
France enters Muslim cartoon row
A French paper reproduces the Danish cartoons of Prophet Muhammad which have sparked Muslim outrage...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Settlers clash with Israel troops
Israeli riot police clash with Jewish settlers resisting the evacuation of an unauthorised outpost...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Football: Roberts cup final lifeline
A rearranged league match will allow Wigan's Jason Roberts to complete a ban before the Carling Cup final...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Football: Eriksson Hiddink hint
Sven-Goran Eriksson reportedly hints Guus Hiddink will succeed him as England boss...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Saddam fails to appear in court
Saddam Hussein's trial in Baghdad resumes with neither the former Iraqi leader nor his defence team present...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
IRA 'is gathering intelligence'
The IRA is still gathering intelligence says a report by a body monitoring NI paramilitary activity...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Greenspan to advise UK Treasury
Alan Greenspan agrees to be an adviser to the UK Treasury the day after stepping down from the US Federal Reserve...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Blair to push ahead with reforms
Tony Blair says he can push through his reform plans despite his surprise defeats on religious hatred laws...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Straw to meet Iranian counterpart
Jack Straw is to tell his Iranian counterpart Tehran has a last chance to show its plans are peaceful...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Bush urges end to oil 'addiction'
The US must break its dependence on oil, President Bush warns in his State of the Union speech...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
New court date for '159mph' Pc
The High Court overturns the acquittal of a police officer who allegedly drove at 159mph in a new patrol car...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
News Analysis: Hamas, a Policy Puzzle for the West
Hamas leads the Palestinian legislature, but is committed to the destruction of Israel and considers Oslo null and void. What is the Western world to do?...
New York Times - February 1, 2006
11 Men's Bodies Are Found in an Insurgent Stronghold in Iraq
The 11 bodies were not immediately identified, and no group stepped forward to either take responsibility for or denounce the killings...
New York Times - February 1, 2006
Atomic Agency Sees Possible Link of Military to Iran Nuclear Work
The International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Iranian research into high explosives, a missile warhead design, and uranium processing were connected...
New York Times - February 1, 2006
60 Nations Set 5-Year Goals to Aid Afghanistan
Along with cementing democracy and spurring economic growth, the Afghanistan Compact aims to eliminate illegal militias by 2007 and build a national army by 2010...
New York Times - February 1, 2006
Saddam lawyers announce boycott
Saddam Hussein's lawyers are refusing to return to court unless a new chief judge is appointed...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Nepal elections 'will go ahead'
King Gyanendra of Nepal says local elections will go ahead next week, speaking a year after he took direct power...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Four children killed in car crash
Four children aged between four and 15 die in a car crash near Tilbury, Essex, police say...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
IMC to report on paramilitaries
The latest report from the Independent Monitoring Commission on paramilitary activity is due to be published...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Launch for cutting edge warship
The biggest ever warship to be built in Glasgow is to be launched into the Clyde on Wednesday...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
MPs in free-to-air cricket plea
All England cricket fans should be able to watch the sport for free on television, MPs say...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Ferry sinks in eastern Indonesia
A ferry carrying at least 100 people sinks in heavy seas in eastern Indonesia, with 97 reported rescued so far...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Prompt tagging 'could save £9m'
Electronically tagging and freeing prisoners as soon as they become eligible could save taxpayers £9.3m every year, spending watchdogs say...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Funeral for shot mother and baby
A funeral is to be held for a British man's American wife and baby daughter shot dead in the US...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Football: Spurs snap up Murphy
Tottenham beat the transfer window deadline to snap up Charlton's Danny Murphy for a fee which could rise to £2m...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Bush vows to face dangers head on
The US president warns of "danger and decline" if the US fails to face down threats, in his State of the Union speech...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Vigils to mark 100th Iraq death
Vigils are being staged to mark the death of the 100th UK soldier to die in Iraq since the 2003 invasion...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
Damaged tanker sinks in Channel
A tanker carrying 10,000 tonnes of phosphoric acid sinks after a collision in the English Channel...
BBC News - February 1, 2006
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