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Global News Archive for February 2007:
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Big Brother ruined my life - Jo
Singer Jo O'Meara, accused of racist bullying in the Celebrity Big Brother house, says the show has shattered her life...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Dual maths GCSEs trouble experts
Proposed new maths GCSEs could leave students unprepared for A-level study, experts say...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Investment dents Amazon profits
Online retailer Amazon sees quarterly profits halve, after higher taxes and investment over the holiday period...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Fatah storms Gaza 'Hamas campus'
Forces close to Fatah storm a Gaza university seen as linked to rivals Hamas, after six died in earlier violence...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Football: Cole injures ligaments
Scans confirm Chelsea's Ashley Cole has sustained knee ligament damage - but skipper John Terry will return on Saturday...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Kosovo 'should split from Serbia'
The UN's Kosovo envoy is set to recommend the province be allowed to separate from Serbia, the BBC learns...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Tiny engine boosts nanotech hopes
Scientists create a tiny engine that could become a power source for future nano-scale devices...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Vista has speech recognition hole
Microsoft says that speech recognition features in Vista could be hijacked so that a PC tells itself to delete files...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Reid to revisit terror detentions
John Reid wants to re-examine at extending the 28-day limit on holding terrorism suspects without charge...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Job cuts boss attacks McConnell
The founder of a firm which shut two factories and cut 420 jobs attacks critics, including the first minister...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Men sentenced for sex trafficking
Two Albanian men are jailed for more than 12 years for trafficking Lithuanian women to work as prostitutes...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
'Three killed' in Nepal violence
At least three protesters are shot dead by police as unrest spreads in southern Nepal, reports say...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
999 crew sacked in meal break row
A North Yorkshire ambulance crew is sacked for not responding to a 999 call while on a meal break...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Teen rape accused denies attack
A County Down teenager denies raping a woman and sexually molesting her daughter, a court hears...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Exxon Mobil sets US profit record
High energy prices help US oil giant Exxon Mobil report the highest ever annual profit by a US company - $39.5bn...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Congo sect in deadly poll clashes
At least 36 people are killed in clashes between a religious sect and DR Congo police in an election dispute...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Protester guilty of race hatred
A 31-year-old man is found guilty of stirring up race hate during a protest against cartoons of the prophet Mohammed...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Rowling unveils last Potter date
The publication date for the last instalment of the Harry Potter saga has been announced...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Football: Pearce is U21 boss
Man City boss Stuart Pearce will take charge of England U21s against Spain next week and for this summer's European Championship...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Increase in troops to Afghanistan
More troops will be sent to southern Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Des Browne announces...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
'Great damage' of BAE deal ruling
The government is accused of "glaring" double standards over a decision to end the BAE fraud probe...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Warming 'likely' human-made
Climatic change is "very likely" down to human activities, the global body on climate science will say...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Dozens die in Iraq suicide blasts
At least 45 people have been killed and 150 hurt in a double suicide bombing in the Iraqi town of Hilla, police say...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Coroner slams MoD on Iraq tape
A coroner criticises the MoD for refusing to release a video of the moment a US aircraft fired on British troops in Iraq...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Terror police granted more time
Police are given more time to question nine men held over an alleged plot to kidnap a Muslim soldier...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Tagging 'takes off for web users'
Tagging or labelling online content is becoming the new search tool of choice among web users, shows research...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Air pollution link to heart risk
A study on women suggests air pollution might significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular disease...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Attacks on teachers 'every day'
Government figures suggest a teacher suffers a violent attack almost every school day in England...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Ambulance trust's £55m radio deal
A total of £55m is to be spent on new radio systems for the ambulance service over the next 10 years...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Shell reports record $25bn profit
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell reports record annual profits of $25.36bn, despite some setbacks in 2006...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
'No Blair pressure' on arms deal
The attorney general denies reports a fraud probe into a Saudi arms deal was dropped due to Downing St pressure...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Man is charged over fire killings
The father of four men badly burned on the same night as a fatal arson attack appears in court...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Ten people killed in Iraq attacks
At least 10 people are killed in bomb and mortar attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Iraqi officials say...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Jessica Lal witnesses quizzed
The Delhi High Court demands explanations from witnesses who retracted statements in the 1999 Jessica Lal murder case...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Napoli 'not in break-up danger'
The stricken container ship MSC Napoli is not in immediate danger of breaking up, salvors say, as some of its containers are ferried to land...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Poultry ban enforced in Jakarta
New rules take effect in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, banning people from keeping domestic birds...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Probe into Boston ad stunt chaos
US police investigate a media company after its advertising campaign causes a major security scare in Boston...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Putin hits back at energy critics
Russia's President Putin denies claims that Russia is using its energy exports as a foreign policy tool...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Cricket: Anderson coming home
England's James Anderson is returning home because of a back injury...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
South Africa funeral of historian
The funeral takes place of historian David Rattray, renowned for leading tours of 19th Century Zulu battlefields...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
'Anti-Aids gel' trial is stopped
Clinical trials of a new microbicide gel designed to help prevent women contracting HIV are stopped...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Football: Mourinho's Cole fear
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is worried by the seriousness of Ashley Cole's knee injury...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Army units merge to form Rifles
Four regiments and battalions merge to become the largest infantry unit in the British Army...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Police probe new Brother claims
Police receive new information following allegations of racist abuse in Channel 4's Celebrity Big Brother...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Kidnapping plot search continues
Police continue to search 12 properties in connection with an alleged plot to kidnap a Muslim soldier...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Russian shock at 'gagged' babies
Prosecutors look into allegations babies in a Yekaterinburg hospital had their mouths taped shut...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Blair interviewed again by police
Prime Minister Tony Blair has been questioned for a second time by police probing cash-for-honours allegations...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
U.S. Agency Finds New Waste and Fraud in Iraqi Rebuilding Projects
A federal oversight agency reported that despite nearly $108 billion that had been budgeted for reconstruction, Iraq?s electrical output and oil production were still below prewar levels...
New York Times - February 1, 2007
Rome Journal: Berlusconi Flirts. Wife?s Fed Up. Read All About It.
The wife of Italy?s former prime minister asked her husband to apologize ? in a front-page letter to the editor...
New York Times - February 1, 2007
Chirac Unfazed by Nuclear Iran, Then Backtracks
France?s president said that if Iran had one or two nuclear weapons, it would not pose a big danger. A day later, he retracted many of his remarks...
New York Times - February 1, 2007
Britain Arrests 9 in Terrorist Kidnapping Plot
A suspected plan to torture and behead a soldier appeared to be a tactical shift from plots to cause mass fatalities...
New York Times - February 1, 2007
Tests of Drug to Block H.I.V. Infection Are Halted Over Safety
Efforts to develop a topical microbicide for use during sex suffered their second failure in a full-scale trial in recent years...
New York Times - February 1, 2007
German Court Challenges C.I.A. Over Abduction
An arrest warrant was issued for 13 people in a case of mistaken arrest that highlights the agency?s policy of secret transfers of terrorism suspects...
New York Times - February 1, 2007
PE shake-up plan in obesity fight
PE lessons in England are to be reviewed to encourage teenagers to exercise and avoid becoming obese...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Taxes 'fail to curb travel CO2'
Current UK tax plans are unlikely to curb the growth in greenhouse gas emissions from travel, a study says...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Safety dominates NHS complaints
Concerns about safety and the care of dying patients dominate complaints to an NHS watchdog...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Child protection services 'weak'
Midlothian Council's deputy leader and social work director resign after a report criticises their child protection services...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Four die in India refinery fire
Four die and 18 are wounded in an oil refinery fire in the western Indian state of Gujarat, officials say...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Glastonbury ticket register opens
A registration system for Glastonbury Festival tickets, designed to frustrate touts, is to open later...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Russia probe into 'gagged' babies
Russian prosecutors look into allegations that babies at a Yekaterinburg hospital had their mouths taped shut...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
HK's Donald Tsang seeks new term
Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang formally announces that he will run for a second term in office...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Branson to launch stem-cell bank
Sir Richard Branson plans to start a company which will let families store stem cells from their child's umbilical cord...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
US ad campaign causes alert
Boston police arrest a man over an advertising campaign that caused a security scare and threw the city into chaos...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
US warns Iran on Iraq insurgents
A senior US official warns Iran against helping Iraqi insurgents with more powerful weapons technology...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
Air tax increase comes into force
Laws doubling the passenger duty people must pay when taking flights from the UK have come into force...
BBC News - February 1, 2007
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