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Global News Archive for September 2006:
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Israel’s Defense Chief Supports War Inquiry
Defense Minister Amir Peretz called today for a full independent inquiry into the war in Lebanon, putting him at odds with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert...
New York Times - September 1, 2006
Mexico tense ahead of key speech
Mexico's outgoing president prepares to address parliament amid tight security after contested elections...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Murray destroys Di Mauro
Andy Murray thrashes Alessio Di Mauro in straight sets to reach the third round of the US Open...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Tennis: Federer beats Henman
Tim Henman is once again blown away by defending champion Roger Federer in the second round of the US Open...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Terror police 'monitor thousands'
UK police keep tabs on thousands of people who may be involved in terrorism, a senior officer says...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Hotel hostage is freed by police
Police free a man at a hotel in Milton Keynes after he was taken hostage in the Limehouse area of London...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Hollywood films 'worshipping war'
Director Oliver Stone accuses the Hollywood film industry of promoting the idea of America at war...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Net browser promises private surf
A free web browser that promises users total privacy whilst surfing on the web has been released...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Customs officers foil VAT fraud
Combined teams of UK and German customs officers have swooped on a cross-border VAT fraud worth £116m...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Rape victim 'was to be sex slave'
A woman from Lithuania was raped by seven men who tried to sell her as a sex slave, a court hears...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Pregnant woman death inquiry
A full investigation is to be held into the death of a pregnant woman a week after her release from hospital...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Top Welsh artist Sir Kyffin dies
Sir Kyffin Williams, Wales' foremost artist, dies aged 88 following a long battle with cancer...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Munch paintings 'can be repaired'
Two recovered Edvard Munch paintings have been returned to a museum with "hardly any damage", police say...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Stabbing inquiry 'unacceptable'
A senior police officer says he is deeply concerned about the inquiry into the stabbing of a man shot dead months later...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Football: Hammers takeover talks
West Ham are having "exploratory discussions" over a possible takeover...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Hurricane nears Mexico peninsula
Thousands of people flee the path of a strengthened Hurricane John as it takes aim at north-west Mexico...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Dozens killed in Iran plane fire
A passenger plane catches fire on landing in north-eastern Iran killing 29 people on board...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
UK soldier killed in Afghanistan
A British soldier has been killed by insurgents in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence announces...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Fall man 'tried to kill himself'
The lawyer for a man charged with killing his son says he has tried to kill himself while in prison...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Palestinians promised $500m
Donors promise $500m in aid for the Palestinian territories but the UN warns there must be a new peace process too...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Blair 'must heed Thatcher lesson'
Tony Blair is warned by a union leader not to repeat Margaret Thatcher's mistake and stay too long in office...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Israelis Arrest a Palestinian Seeking Asylum
The Palestinian man had scaled a wall into the parking lot of the British Embassy in Tel Aviv and demanded political asylum...
New York Times - September 1, 2006
Newcomers scoop MTV award glory
US band Panic! at the Disco beat the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Madonna to the top prize at the MTV Video Awards...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Regulation fears over homeopathy
Patients will be put at risk by a new regulatory system for homeopathic medicine, experts say...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Assembly man "forced out" claim
The assembly presiding officer is accused by his deputy of "forcing" its top official to quit just months before it gets new powers...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Women charged over Drax protest
Police charge two women in connection with a protest at Britain's largest coal-fired power station...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
PSNI fear bomb attacks may spiral
Police in Ballymena say they fear a spiral of tit-for-tat sectarian attacks after a spate of petrol bombings...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Lonely burial for Baloch leader
Pakistani officials say tribal chief Akbar Bugti is buried without family present after his death in a military raid...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Nigeria police to get arms boost
Nigeria's police are planning to buy 80,000 new firearms ahead of next year's elections, a spokesman says...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Japan's Abe announces candidacy
Shinzo Abe, the front-runner in the race to be Japan's next leader, formally announces his bid for the job...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Ernesto lashes coast of Carolinas
Coastal parts of North and South Carolina are lashed by rain and winds as Tropical Storm Ernesto makes landfall...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
England: Rooney to be sued
Everton manager David Moyes takes legal action over comments in Wayne Rooney's book...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Football: Ferdinand to miss match
Rio Ferdinand is out of England's Euro 2008 qualifier against Andorra because of a toe injury...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Syria 'to enforce arms embargo'
UN chief Kofi Annan says he has won a pledge from Syria to increase security on the Lebanese border...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Gene therapy frees men of cancer
Two men are cleared of deadly skin cancer by genetically modifying their immune cells...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
'Missing girl' wanted to leave UK
Western Isles schoolgirl Molly Campbell says she wanted to go to Pakistan with her father, and wants to stay...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Father held over family murders
A 36-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of the murders of his wife and their three children...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
UN warns of Gaza aid 'time bomb'
The UN's humanitarian chief describes Gaza as a "ticking time bomb", ahead of a key foreign aid donors' meeting...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Blair under fire over exit plans
Tony Blair faces a backlash from Labour MPs after refusing to name a date for his departure...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Car Bomb and Rockets Kill 43 in Baghdad’s Shiite Strongholds
The attack appeared to be a well-organized strike on areas controlled by the Mahdi Army, a powerful Shiite militia...
New York Times - September 1, 2006
Highly Enriched Uranium Found at Iranian Plant
The origin of the uranium was unclear, but the finding raises questions about whether Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons...
New York Times - September 1, 2006
U.N. Council Votes to Send Troops to Darfur; Sudan Objects
The resolution calls for the consent of the Sudanese government before troops can be deployed. Sudanese officials rejected it...
New York Times - September 1, 2006
Villagers See Violations of a Cease-Fire That Israel Says Doesn’t Exist
To local people in Aita al Shaab, Lebanon, what the Israelis call self-defense is a flagrant breach of the cease-fire...
New York Times - September 1, 2006
Where’s Mao? Chinese Revise History Books
China is abandoning the Marxist template that has dominated the nation’s history textbooks since the 1950’s...
New York Times - September 1, 2006
In Latest Push, Bush Cites Risk in Quitting Iraq
President Bush cast the struggle against Islamic extremists as the successor to the battles against Nazism and Communism...
New York Times - September 1, 2006
Panic! wins MTV video of the year
Newcomers Panic! At The Disco win video of the year at the MTV Video Awards in New York...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
School uniform 'a money struggle'
Charities say families struggle to afford school uniforms because of expensive suppliers...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Top scientist's fears for climate
A leading US scientist tells the BBC that the world has already entered a state of dangerous climate change...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
New act gives police more powers
Legislation gives police greater powers to clamp down on knife crime, sex offending and football hooliganism in Scotland...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Tennis: Agassi wins thriller
Andre Agassi delays his retirement by beating eighth seed Marcos Baghdatis at the US Open...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
S Thailand hit by wave of bombs
A series of small bombs explode near commercial banks in southern Thailand, killing two people...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Blues beat deadline to sign Cole
Chelsea end a long-running saga by signing Ashley Cole from Arsenal, with William Gallas heading the other way...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Lockheed awarded Nasa contract
Nasa awards a multi-billion pound contract to build the next spaceship to take humans to the Moon...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Donors turn to Palestinian crisis
Following a successful appeal for aid to rebuild Lebanon, donors turn their attention to the Palestinian crisis...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Cameron calls for emissions law
Conservative leader David Cameron will join environmental campaigners to press the government for a climate change bill...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
Church backs gay snub firemen
The Archbishop of Glasgow gives his support to nine firefighters disciplined for refusing to hand out leaflets during a gay rights march...
BBC News - September 1, 2006
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