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Global News Archive for May 2007:
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Qaeda Leader May Have Been Killed, Official Says
Iraqi authorities are investigating reports that the alleged leader of Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, has been killed in a struggle within his own group, the interior ministry said Tuesday...
New York Times - May 1, 2007
Citing ?Rigid? Deadline, Bush Vetoes Iraq Bill
The president called the bill, which set a timetable for troop withdrawal, a blueprint for failure and defeat, intensifying a showdown with the Democratic Congress...
New York Times - May 1, 2007
Israeli Leader Resists Calls to Resign
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert?s aides say the coalition is holding together in the wake of a damning report...
New York Times - May 1, 2007
Take That to play Diana concert
Take That confirm they will play at the Diana memorial concert at Wembley Stadium on 1 July...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Deaths from heart attack 'halved'
Deaths from severe heart attacks after hospital admission have nearly halved in six years, a study shows...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
TB tests offered at city schools
Pupils are offered a TB test after a teacher and her three children are diagnosed with the infection...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
YouTube fights Viacom legal bid
Google says a $1bn copyright action from MTV-owner Viacom against YouTube "threatens" internet use...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Election campaigns reach climax
Campaigning for Thursday's Scottish, Welsh and English local elections enters its final stages...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Boy dies in dinghy sea accident
A teenage boy dies after he and a friend got into trouble in a dinghy off the County Londonderry coast...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Final push as election day looms
Scotland's political leaders gear up for final push for support before Thursday's election...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Iraq militants deny leader death
Iraqi insurgents deny reports that the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq has been killed in an "internal battle"...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
US to give North Korea more time
The US says it will give N Korea more time to act on its nuclear disarmament pledge following talks with Japan...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Liverpool reach final on penalties
Dirk Kuyt grabs the crucial goal as Liverpool see off Chelsea on penalties to book their place in the Champions League final...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Football: Man City ban Barton
Man City suspend Joey Barton for the rest of the season after the midfielder hits Ousmane Dabo in training...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Bush vetoes troop withdrawal bill
US President Bush vetoes a Congressional bill linking Iraq war funding to a timetable for troop withdrawal...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Turkey PM to ask for early poll
Turkey's PM says he will ask parliament to approve an early general election amid a row over who will be president...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
MI5 row sparks 7/7 inquiry calls
Pressure for an inquiry into the 7/7 bombings grows after it emerged MPs did not see some surveillance material...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Teenager held as shot girl dies
A teenager is questioned by police after a 12-year-old girl is shot in the head and later dies...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
5 Britons Guilty; Tied to 2005 London Bombers
Evidence revealed during a trial showed links between the five men and two of the attackers who blew themselves up on London?s transit system...
New York Times - May 1, 2007
Turkish Court Blocks Islamist Candidate
The court upheld an appeal by a secular political party to stop Abdullah Gul from becoming president, objecting to what it says are his Islamic credentials...
New York Times - May 1, 2007
Personal touch to Google homepage
Search giant recognises users desire to create own content and dismisses Viacom's claims against YouTube...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Channel 4 profits slump by 70%
Channel 4 blames falling advertising revenues and higher digital TV costs for a 70% slump in profits...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Blair not a good PM, says Cameron
David Cameron says Tony Blair will be remembered as "a successful party leader but not as a good prime minister"...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Hewitt attacked over jobs website
Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt is criticised over "deplorable" security lapses on a junior doctors' job website...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Angelika 'flirted' with accused
A jury at the High Court in Edinburgh hears that Angelika Kluk flirted with the man accused of her murder...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
News Corp tables shock Dow offer
Dow Jones shares surge after Rupert Murdoch's News Corp made a takeover bid for the newspaper firm...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Key US-India nuclear talks due
Indian and US officials meet to try to settle differences over a historic nuclear technology deal...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Man denies prostitute murders
A 49-year-old appears in court to deny the murder of five women who worked as prostitutes in Ipswich...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Teenage boy rescued off NI coast
A teenage boy who was missing off the Northern Ireland coast is airlifted to hospital after being rescued...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Russian officials lambast Estonia
Russian MPs visit the controversial monument of a Soviet soldier - now at a new location in Estonia's capital...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Abductions in Nigerian oil states
Six foreign oil workers are snatched in Nigeria's oil-rich south, as a governor's mother is also kidnapped...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Castro fails to appear on May Day
Cuba's leader Fidel Castro does not appear at the annual May Day parade, fuelling speculation over his health...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
BBC scoops three Webby awards
BBC News Interactive and BBC Radio 1 are among the winners of the annual Webby awards...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Dell reveals Linux PC partner
Computer maker Dell selects Ubuntu as operating system for its Linux-range of computers...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
'Civilians dead' in Nato assault
At least 30 civilians are killed during the latest Nato-led offensive in the west of Afghanistan, police and officials say...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Inmate sent mother suicide note
A 14-year-old boy found hanging in his prison room wrote a suicide letter to his mother before he died, an inquest hears...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Brown to be PM 'in weeks' - Blair
Tony Blair is to reveal his future plans within days, and expects Gordon Brown to take over "in the next few weeks"...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Gene therapy first for poor sight
A team at London's Moorfields Eye Hospital has made the world's first attempt to treat a sight disorder using gene therapy...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Turkey's presidency vote annulled
Turkey's constitutional court annuls a presidential election but the government vows to hold a new vote...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
BP chief executive Browne resigns
The chief executive of oil giant BP, Lord Browne, resigns after admitting lying to a court about his private life...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Boy quizzed as shot sister dies
A teenager is questioned by police after his 12-year-old sister is shot in the head and later dies...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Officer Testifies Against U.S. Military Jailer in Iraq
A commander in the U.S. military?s main detention center in Baghdad said Lt. Col. William H. Steele gave gifts to the daughter of a high-value detainee...
New York Times - May 1, 2007
Schools are now 'exam factories'
Schools have been reduced to "exam factories" by ministers' obsession with targets, teachers hear...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Classic FM tops Sony Radio Awards
Classic FM wins UK station of the year at the Sony Radio Academy Awards, while the late John Peel is honoured...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Info chief demands reforms
The information commissioner asks for greater powers to counteract "excessive surveillance"...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Aspirin may increase stroke risk
Older people who take aspirin to reduce their risk of stroke may be doing more harm than good, a UK study suggests...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Trial hears of priest's 'anxiety'
The Angelika Kluk murder trial hears that a priest behaved strangely in the days after she disappeared...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Hospital cash 'cynical ploy' row
Rivals accuse Labour of electioneering as it emerges that it has given an extra £2m to the children's hospital...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Home information packs under fire
A House of Lords committee describes opposition to the introduction of Home Information packs (HIPs) as "striking" and "widespread"...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Lost passport delays captive duty
One of the sailors due to return to duty after being held hostage by Iran is delayed after he lost his passport...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
No McGuinness handshake - Paisley
Ian Paisley won't shake hands with Martin McGuinness as they are sworn in as first and deputy first ministers...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Israeli minister quits over war
A minister resigns in protest against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's handling of Israel's war against Lebanon...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Blasts rock Bangladesh stations
There have been simultaneous bomb attacks at three railway stations in Bangladesh, say officials...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Hundreds detained in Turkey rally
Nearly 600 people are arrested during a May Day rally in Turkey, where political tensions are running high...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Venezuela to take over refineries
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will take over four refineries in the Orinoco Belt as part of renationalisation...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Chinese object to climate draft
China leads objections to a major report on climate economics being discussed by the IPCC in Bangkok...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Football: Liverpool v Chelsea
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez and Chelsea's Jose Mourinho go head to head in Tuesday's Champions League semi-final, second leg...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Police deploy for Nigeria protest
Nigeria's opposition to join May Day rallies to protest against recent polls despite police warnings...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Trial puts system under strain
Did the Operation Crevice trial undermine or confirm the value of the jury system?...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
UN calls for Johnston's release
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon repeats his call for the release of missing BBC reporter Alan Johnston...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Blair doubts on fortnightly bins
Tony Blair says there must be "better ways" to boost recycling than cutting bin collections to every fortnight...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
30 held over animal extremism
Police arrest 30 people over animal rights extremism in a series of raids across the UK and Europe...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Teenager held after sister shot
The brother of a 12-year-old girl who was shot in the head in Manchester is held on suspicion of attempted murder...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Blair quit plans due 'next week'
Tony Blair will say "something definitive" next week about his plans to step down as prime minister...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader 'killed'
The interior ministry in Iraq says it has intelligence that the head of al-Qaeda in Iraq has been killed...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Pressure grows for a 7/7 inquiry
Survivors and relatives of victims of the 7 July attacks are calling for an inquiry into MI5's handling of intelligence...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Bush Steps Up Effort to Persuade Putin on Missile Defense Plan
Under pressure from European allies, President Bush said Monday he was intensifying his efforts to convince Russia to work with the U.S. on missile defense...
New York Times - May 1, 2007
Sunni Ministers Threaten to Quit Cabinet in Iraq
The largest bloc of Sunni Arabs in the Iraqi Parliament threatened to withdraw its ministers from the Shiite-dominated cabinet on Monday...
New York Times - May 1, 2007
Puerto Ayora Journal: War in the Pacific: It?s Hell, Especially if You?re a Goat
This archipelago, which inspired Charles Darwin?s theory of evolution, has been for many decades the scene of a war between man and goat...
New York Times - May 1, 2007
Olmert Rebuked by Israeli Panel on Lebanon War
An Israeli government commission accused Minister Ehud Olmert of having decided hastily to go to war and neglecting to ask for a detailed military plan...
New York Times - May 1, 2007
5 Britons Guilty in Bomb Plot; Tied to 2005 London Attackers
Evidence revealed during the trial showed links between the five men and two of the attackers who blew themselves up on London?s transit system...
New York Times - May 1, 2007
Children palliative care 'poor'
Too few seriously ill children are receiving palliative care in their final weeks, a study suggests...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Girl critically hurt in shooting
A 12-year-old girl is critically ill in hospital in Greater Manchester after being shot in the head...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Venezuela 'to withdraw from IMF'
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he will leave the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
'DC Madam' vows to name clients
A woman accused of running a prostitution ring in Washington says she will call prominent clients to testify in court...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Information chief urges reforms
The information commissioner asks for greater powers to counteract "excessive surveillance"...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Terror attacks increase, says US
The number of people killed in terror attacks in 2006 rises by 40%, says the US State Department...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
HIV men 'having unsafe gay sex'
More than one in three gay men with HIV admit having had unprotected sex, a survey finds...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
MPs to probe MI5 handling of 7/7
A group of MPs is to re-examine the way MI5 handled intelligence about two of the 7 July suicide bombers...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
Friendly fire progress 'too slow'
The government has failed to protect
UK troops from "devastating" friendly-fire incidents, MPs say...
BBC News - May 1, 2007
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