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Global News Archive for Octomber 2006:
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Attack on Iraqi City Shows Militia’s Power
In an act of defiance against the central government, militiamen linked to the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr battled local police in Amara today...
New York Times - October 20, 2006
Iran’s President Warns Israel’s Allies
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that Western countries will be hurt by their support of Israel...
New York Times - October 20, 2006
MPs want cash-for-peerages update
MPs press Scotland Yard for an update on its inquiry into whether Labour donors were offered peerages...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Chrysler to cut car prices in US
Chrysler reveals plans to cut the price of every car it sells in the US by $1,000, as it aims to revive sales...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Black Watch honoured for bravery
The Black Watch battalion is to be honoured for its bravery abroad by receiving the Freedom of Fife...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Damilola father in knife appeal
The father of fatally wounded Damilola Taylor makes an impassioned plea to teenagers not to carry knives...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Putin confident on EU energy pact
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he thinks Russia and the EU will find a common approach on energy...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Colombian leader ends Farc talks
Colombia's President, Alvaro Uribe, breaks off talks on a prisoner exchange with left-wing guerrilla group Farc...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Super Tweddle wins landmark gold
Beth Tweddle claims Britain's first ever gold at gymnastics' world championships by winning on the uneven bars...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Play fair, Blair tells Russians
Tony Blair calls on Russia to play by the rules with Europe over the trade of oil and gas supplies...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Toddler dies in hit-and-run crash
Two youths are arrested after 19-month-old boy dies when a Jeep crashes into his pushchair and the occupants run off...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Review into bath rape man's case
An inquiry is ordered after a man under supervision for a sex offence is convicted of abducting a girl from her bath...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
U.S. and China Seek to Resume North Korea Talks
The countries urged a return to six-party talks, emphasizing hopes for a diplomatic solution...
New York Times - October 20, 2006
Shiite Militia Seizes Control of Iraqi City
The takeover of Amara by the Mahdi Army, which is led by Moktada al-Sadr, was a broad act of defiance against the authority of the central government. At least 15 people have been killed, health officials said...
New York Times - October 20, 2006
Apprenticeship scheme praised
An apprenticeship scheme for 14 to 16-year-olds is proving a success, inspectors say...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Gun victim 'had received threats'
A man shot dead in Belfast in May 2001 had been threatened by both republicans and loyalists...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Afghanistan bombing marine named
An Arbroath-based marine killed in a suicide bombing attack in Afghanistan is named as Gary Wright from Stirlingshire...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Corus assurances over Welsh jobs
Corus acts to reassure 7,900 steelworkers in Wales after unveiling a £4.3bn takeover deal...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
S Lankan navy 'sinks rebel boats'
Sri Lanka's navy says it has destroyed two Tamil Tiger boats and killed 20 rebels in a sea battle...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Social worker stabbed at school
A social worker is stabbed during a visit to a special school in County Durham, say police...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
N Korea 'not planning more tests'
Japan has unconfirmed information that North Korea is not planning more nuclear tests, reports say...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Cricket: Sri Lanka victory
Muttiah Muralitharan takes 4-23 to help Sri Lanka to a seven-wicket Champions Trophy win over New Zealand...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
EU anger over Ethiopia expulsions
The EU attacks the expulsion of two EU diplomats from Ethiopia, as relations worsen after election violence...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
EU to press Putin for energy deal
European leaders are to press the Russian president for a deal guaranteeing energy security for the EU...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Football: West Ham stadium talks
West Ham are in "very serious negotiations" with Olympic authorities about moving into the 2012 stadium, says the sports minister...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Muslim staff in Paris airport row
Muslim baggage handlers at Charles de Gaulle airport appeal against a security ban on their employment...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Watchdog rejects cancer drug
Bone marrow cancer patients in England and Wales are denied a life-prolonging drug, which is available in Scotland...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Clare Short resigns as Labour MP
Clare Short quits as a Labour MP and will sit as an independent, her office confirms...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Judge blackmail cleaner is jailed
A cleaner who blackmailed a judge and stole sex videos from another is jailed for 33 months...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
UK may return to Iraq crisis city
British soldiers are getting ready to move into Amara in southern Iraq following serious violence there...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Man convicted of bath girl rape
A 35-year-old sex offender is found guilty of abducting a six-year-old girl from her bath and raping her...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Anger as new 9/11 remains found
Relatives of 9/11 victims demand a new search of Ground Zero after more human remains are found...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Police cells used for new inmates
Police cells are being used to hold new prisoners as jails approach full capacity, the Home Office says...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
The Green Room
Consumer choice is not going to deliver the changes needed to combat climate change, says this week's Green Room...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Sony unveils net service for PS3
Sony has shown off the online network for the PlayStation 3 plus the line-up of launch games...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Tarrant treated after heart scare
Television presenter Chris Tarrant is treated in hospital after concern over a suspected heart flutter...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
NHS pay rise plans spark anger
Doctors' leaders voice anger over proposals for below-inflation pay rises for NHS staff...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Hain seeks Corus job assurances
Welsh Secretary Peter Hain says the 7,900 Corus workers in Wales must have reassurances over their jobs in light of a takeover deal...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Partygaming dealt $250m US bill
Partygaming says restructuring its business after pulling out of the US will cost it about $250m...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Legal aid reform 'harmed justice'
Miscarriages of justice are more likely after reforms carried out to the legal aid system, it is claimed...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
'Militants' kill Afghan workers
Eight Afghans working at a US base in eastern Afghanistan die in a suspected Taleban attack, police say...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Thief snatches £265,000 rucksack
A rucksack containing £265,000 worth of jewellery is stolen from a businessman at a train station...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Man dies following road accident
A man killed after his car crashed near Bangor in County Down was the 100th killed on NI's roads this year...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Putin's 'rape joke' played down
Russia's president is overheard joking about the virility of his Israeli counterpart, who is accused of multiple rape...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Iran 'blocks Israel soldier deal'
An Israeli diplomat accuses Iran of blocking a deal to free a soldier captured by Palestinian militants...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Solomon Islands PM offices raided
Australian forces raid the office of the Solomons prime minister as tensions rise over a controversial sex case...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Football: Villa seek sponsor
Aston Villa are planning to find a sponsor for their stadium to generate millions of pounds of extra revenue...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
EU pair face Ethiopia expulsion
Two EU officials are given 24 hours to leave Ethiopia, as relations worsen following last year's poll violence...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Tarbuck pulls out of dance show
Entertainer Jimmy Tarbuck pulls out of the hit BBC One series Strictly Come Dancing for health reasons...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Hughes demands action over racism
Blackburn boss Mark Hughes asks Uefa to take action over claims striker Benni McCarthy was racially abused in Poland...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Bath rape case jury is sent out
A jury continues to consider its verdict in the trial of a man accused of abducting and raping a young girl...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Iran warns of revenge over Israel
Muslims around the world will take revenge against states that supported Israel, Iran's president says...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Corus accepts £4.3bn Tata offer
Anglo-Dutch steel firm Corus confirms it is accepting a £4.3bn ($8.1bn) takeover offer from rival Tata Steel...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
GDP growth faster than expected
The UK economy is growing at 2.8% annually raising the prospect of an interest rate rise...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
'No plan' for more N Korea tests
Kim Jong-il told a Chinese envoy North Korea will not conduct a second nuclear test, reports say...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
MP tells veil woman 'let it go'
A teaching assistant suspended for wearing a veil is urged by her MP, Shahid Malik, to give up her fight...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
St. Andrews Journal: As Smoke Clears, Scots Breathe Easy Behind the Bar
Though smokers complain about Scotland’s smoking ban, research shows that bartenders are healthier now that they can breathe clean air...
New York Times - October 20, 2006
Seeking Quality, German Universities Scrap Equality
Germany, whose universities have been in decline for decades, is increasing funding to select school so they can rejoin the academic elite...
New York Times - October 20, 2006
Pentagon Audit Clears Propaganda Effort
While the audit found that while the Lincoln Group’s contract to plant favorable news in the Iraqi press did not violate laws, it was not properly supervised...
New York Times - October 20, 2006
Kremlin Puts Foreign NGO’s on Notice
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International were among the 73 organizations suspended on Thursday...
New York Times - October 20, 2006
China May Press North Koreans
China is prepared to reduce oil shipments if the country refuses to return to talks or conducts more nuclear tests...
New York Times - October 20, 2006
U.S. Says Violence in Baghdad Rises, Foiling Campaign
The American military’s new security plan for Baghdad has failed to reduce the violence and a new approach is needed, said Gen. William Caldwell, a spokesman...
New York Times - October 20, 2006
Government urged to back NICE
The government is told it should give vocal support to the NHS drugs watchdog by a leading medical journal...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Teachers strike in row over pay
Teachers at a Merseyside school go on strike in a dispute over new management allowances...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Blair urges climate change action
Tony Blair warns the world is close to a "catastrophic tipping point" on climate change, ahead of a summit...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Scots house price rate beating UK
House prices in Scotland are rising at nearly twice the UK national rate, new research says...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
India bus plunge kills 56 people
Fifty six people are killed after a passenger bus plunges into a lake in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police say...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Rice presses Beijing on N Korea
The US secretary of state holds talks with the Chinese foreign minister as diplomacy over North Korea intensifies...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Climate water threat to millions
Climate change is jeopardising water supplies for millions of the world's poor, a Tearfund report warns...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Ex-Pakistani PMs urge free polls
Former leaders Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto call for the restoration of democracy in Pakistan...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Sickle cell test for England babies
All newborn babies in England are to be screened for sickle cell blood disorders...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Teens 'not engaged' by school
Many young people in England and Wales are turned off by targets and assessment, a review argues...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
US challenge on Guantanamo
A senior US official challenges foreign governments to help resettle Guantanamo Bay detainees...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
Cameron voices veils debate fear
David Cameron says politicians should consider the effects before "piling" into the row on women wearing full-face veils...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
EU to discuss energy with Putin
European Union leaders are to meet in Finland to debate energy issues, before meeting the Russian president...
BBC News - October 20, 2006
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