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Global News Archive for April 2007:
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Clinton sets fundraising record
US Senator Hillary Clinton raises a record $26m for her presidential bid in the first quarter of 2007, aides say...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
West Indies crash to third defeat
Hosts West Indies are thrashed by Sri Lanka as their World Cup ambitions suffer a major blow...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
UK gives £36m to aid Nepal peace
Britain is to give £36.5m to Nepal to boost the country's peace process, the development minister says...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Israel offers Arabs peace talks
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he is ready for talks with Arab leaders at a regional peace conference...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Soldier dies after Iraq shooting
A British soldier has died after being wounded in southern Iraq, the Ministry of Defence has said...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Iran TV shows captured UK crew
Iranian state television airs new footage of two of the 15 Royal Navy personnel captured nine days ago...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Tsunami ravages Solomon Islands
A tsunami sweeps ashore in the Solomon Islands after a strong earthquake at sea, causing some damage...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Beatles and iTunes talk growing
EMI and Apple arrange a media event, prompting speculation that Beatles songs will finally go online...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Tesco prepares probe fightback
Tesco is to argue it does not have too much of a stranglehold over consumer choice in UK grocery market...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Alexander 'would welcome' contest
Douglas Alexander says he would welcome a contest to succeed Tony Blair - if it is "positive and constructive"...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
SNP 'favours' executive coalition
SNP leader Alex Salmond says he would prefer to form a coalition government after May's election...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Football: Spurs beat Reading
Tottenham move up to sixth as they keep up their challenge for a Uefa Cup place with a win over rivals Reading...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Fighting rages in Somali capital
Mortar rounds hit central Mogadishu as Ethiopian troops and rebels clash in Somalia's capital...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Glastonbury tickets sell out
Tickets for the Glastonbury Festival sell out in under two hours, thought to be the fastest time ever...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Iraqi civilian deaths up in March
Iraqi civilian deaths rose by 13% in March according to government figures, despite a security crackdown...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
British soldier wounded in Iraq
A British soldier has been wounded in southern Iraq, the Ministry of Defence says...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
UK 'regret' over Falklands dead
Britain expresses "regret" over deaths on both sides in the Falklands war, 25 years after the Argentine invasion...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Protests at UK's Tehran embassy
Iranians protest at the British embassy in Tehran against the "illegal entry" into their waters of UK navy personnel...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Musician Klass confirms pregnancy
TV presenter and classical musician Myleene Klass is expecting her first child, it is announced...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Tiny files set for a big future
BBC Click's Ian Hardy looks at the latest developments in digital compression...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Junk food ad ban comes into force
A ban on adverts for unhealthy food and drinks during young children's TV shows is introduced...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
SNP continue to top opinion polls
An opinion poll shows the highest levels of support yet for the Scottish National Party...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
DUP and Sinn Fein in joint letter
Ian Paisley and his 'old foe', Martin McGuinness send their first joint letter as acting leaders of a new NI assembly...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Nepal swears Maoists into cabinet
Maoist ex-rebels are sworn in as ministers in Nepal's interim government in a major step
for the peace process...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Gay man takes bishop to tribunal
The Bishop of Hereford is taken to an industrial tribunal by a man who says he was refused a job for being gay...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Rugby: NZ shatter England hopes
Samoa beat Fiji 27-22 in a thrilling climax to the Hong Kong Sevens...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Indonesia crash pilots 'argued'
The pilots of an Indonesian jet were arguing before it crashed, killing 21 people, a senior investigator says...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Glastonbury fans in ticket rush
Tickets for the Glastonbury Festival have sold out in under two hours, thought to be the fastest time ever...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
I refuse to walk away - McClaren
England manager Steve McClaren says he never considered resigning because of the abuse received from disgruntled fans...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Swimming: Thorpe denies doping
Australian Ian Thorpe vows to clear his name against allegations made against him in a newspaper...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Pakistan holds Woolmer tribute
Pakistani cricket officials hold a memorial service in Lahore for murdered coach Bob Woolmer...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Trading ban targets non-Russians
Russia bans all foreigners from working as retailers in its shops and markets under a new law...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Scots oil worker held in Nigeria
An oil worker from Perthshire is still missing after being kidnapped in Nigeria, the Foreign Office has said...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
UK man released from Guantanamo
A British resident is released from US detention camp Guantanamo Bay after being held for almost five years...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Father appeals to Japanese public
The father of a British teacher murdered in Japan appeals to the public for help in catching his daughter's killer...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Iraq Says Truck Bomb in North Killed 152
The death toll in the truck bombing Tuesday in the northern city of Tal Afar doubled that of early reports...
New York Times - April 1, 2007
'Lottery' of bowel disorder care
There are wide variations in the care provided for people with bowel disease, a national audit has found...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Police broaden city murder probe
Police quiz motorists about the murder of 27-year-old Susan Shivers in Glasgow city centre...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Prayers for Navy captives in Iran
Prayers for the safety of 15 sailors and marines held in Iran will be said at the home church of Faye Turney...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Nepalese hope to settle cabinet
Attempts continue to resolve a last-minute hitch so Nepal's new cabinet can be sworn in, Maoists included...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Somalis cower as fighting rages
The Red Cross fears for civilians trapped in Mogadishu, amid major fighting between troops and rebels...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Watchdog denies 'IVF cut' claims
The fertility regulator denies reports that it is introducing new rules to ration IVF treatment...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Welsh prescription charges end
Charges for patients in Wales are scrapped from today, as they go up for people in the rest of the UK...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Iraq's Shia militia 'stood down'
Iraq's president says the Mehdi Army Shia militia has stopped activities on orders from leader Moqtada Sadr...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Teachers' rights law takes effect
New legal powers for teachers and schools to restrain and discipline unruly pupils come into force...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
Credit card interest 'confusion'
The top 20 card providers charge interest in 12 different ways, says the consumer organisation Which?...
BBC News - April 1, 2007
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