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Global News Archive for November 2005:
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Iran Approves Bill to Bar U.N. From Nuclear Sites
Iran approved the outline of a bill that would bar United Nations inspectors if the agency referred Iran to the Security Council...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Dispute Over Division of Authority at the U.N. Grows
The dispute has prompted a warning from John R. Bolton, the American ambassador, that the U.S. may look elsewhere to settle international problems...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
A Day of Tense Encounters Between China and Washington
President Hu Jintao told President Bush that he was willing to move more quickly to ease economic tensions but gave no ground on increasing political freedoms...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Widespread Violence Kills Dozens Across Iraq
The civilian and troop deaths capped one of the deadliest three-day periods since the American invasion...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Rumsfeld Says Iraq Troop Levels Must Be Maintained
The secretary of defense addressed the renewed debate over American troops today, saying that any paring down of forces will depend on security conditions...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Staff shortage 'risk to physics'
Physics will die out in schools unless ministers act to deal with a shortage of specialist teachers, a report warns...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Madonna in chart double success
Madonna adds to her singles chart success by also seeing her Confessions On A Dance floor top the album chart...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Mugabe reveals uranium power plan
Zimbabwe has found uranium deposits and will use them for power production, says President Robert Mugabe...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Rumsfeld rejects Iraq withdrawal
The US defence secretary says an immediate pullout of troops from Iraq would be a "terrible thing"...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Iran MPs back nuclear snub plans
Iranian MPs vote to end UN checks and begin enriching uranium if Tehran is referred to the Security Council...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Sharon 'set to quit Likud party'
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is set to quit the Likud party he helped found and start a new party, reports say...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Israel's Labor Party to Pull Out of Ruling Coalition
Israel's Labor Party agreed to pull its eight ministers out of the ruling coalition with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, hastening the prospect of early elections...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Evans and Piper reunite for TV
Presenter Chris Evans' first guest on his new TV show will be his estranged wife, Doctor Who star Billie Piper...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Talabani offers insurgents talks
Iraq's President Jalal Talabani says he would be willing to talk to insurgents if they want to speak to him...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
UN warns of quake 'toxic waste'
The UN warns that if waste from the South Asia quake is not managed it could seriously endanger health...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Saboteurs blamed for hunt attack
Hunt saboteurs are accused of releasing hounds and horses before starting a fire...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Police college to cost extra £50m
Northern Ireland's new police training college is to cost £50m more
than first expected...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Urgent meeting on new drink laws
Ministers say they will discuss controversial new licensing laws with the drinks trade...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Homelessness more than doubles
The number of homeless people in Wales has more than doubled in the past five years, official figures reveal...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Japan's asteroid touchdown fails
An unmanned Japanese space probe sent to collect the first samples from an asteroid fails to reach its target...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Football: Boro beat Fulham
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink scores the winner as Boro twice come from behind to beat Fulham...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Aborigine leader warns on welfare
An Aboriginal lawyer says Australia's benefits system needs reform to help Aborigines out of poverty...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
'Critical 24 hours' for ill Best
Football legend George Best faces a critical 24 hours as he remains in intensive care with an infection...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Labour agrees to end Sharon deal
Israel's Labour Party backs its new leader and agrees to leave PM Ariel Sharon's coalition government...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Tory hopefuls clash over tactics
Conservative leadership rivals David Davis and David Cameron accuse each other of opportunism...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Iraq asylum seekers sent home
A group of 15 failed Iraqi asylum seekers have been repatriated, the Home Office says...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
British officials visit Glitter
British consular officials in Vietnam visit former glam rock star Gary Glitter after his arrest for child sex offences...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Husband pays tribute to slain Pc
The husband of murdered Bradford policewoman Sharon Beshenivsky pays tribute to his "wonderful" wife...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Man trapped after bus collision
A man is injured in an accident with a bus in Cardiff, just a week after a fatal collision there involving another bus...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Boeing inks China and Dubai deals
Boeing signs massive deals to sell planes to China and Dubai, worth nearly $14bn (£8.15bn) between them...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Dalai Lama to visit peace centre
The Dalai Lama, exiled leader of Tibetan Buddhists, is to visit a Northern Ireland reconciliation centre...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Boy racers targeted in crackdown
Tougher sanctions are being used in Scotland to stamp out anti-social behaviour, figures will suggest...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Football: Hitzfeld in Man Utd 'offer'
Former Bayern Munich boss Ottmar Hitzfeld says Manchester United have offered him a position...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Rugby: Corry remains optimistic
England captain Martin Corry says defeat to New Zealand could be the key to a successful World Cup defence in 2007...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Chavez renews trade pact attack
President Hugo Chavez leads a protest in the Venezuelan capital Caracas against a US-backed trade plan...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Ovation 'led to anti-Mo campaign'
An ovation given to Mo Mowlam during a key speech by Tony Blair led to a campaign against her, her husband says...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Germany marks Nuremberg trials
Germany holds a series of events to mark the 60th anniversary of the ground-breaking Nuremberg trials...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
England hit by Pakistan run spree
Pakistan hit 300-4 on day one of the second Test against England as the bowlers suffer in the final session...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
UK soldier killed by Iraq blast
An attack on a British patrol using a roadside bomb in Basra, southern Iraq, kills a soldier and injures four others...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Climate target a 'bit optimistic'
Targets to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 20% by 2010 are perhaps a "bit optimistic", says chief scientific advisor...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
China Wages Classroom Struggle to Win Friends in Africa
The classes are one element in a campaign by Beijing to win friends around the world and pry developing nations out of the United States' sphere of influence...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
24th Tropical Storm Kills 9
A tropical storm called Gamma lashed Central America with heavy rain, killing at least nine people and cutting off part of the Honduran coast on an erratic course toward Cuba...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Brazil Weighs Costs and Benefits of Alliance With China
To satisfy the appetite of a rapidly growing industrial base, state-owned Chinese companies have begun seeking Brazilian resources, including hydroelectric power...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Gene controlling fear discovered
Scientists pinpoint a gene controlling fear which may help others find treatments for anxiety-related conditions...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Live: England v Pakistan
Latest news from the first day of the second Test at Faisalabad...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Putin visits Japan to boost ties
Russia's President Putin arrives in Japan for trade talks but a territorial dispute is unlikely to be resolved...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Lord linked to TB vaccine concern
A BBC investigation has uncovered concerns about the quality of TB vaccines produced by a firm linked to Lord Drayson...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Meyer should quit PCC - Prescott
John Prescott tells former diplomat Sir Christopher Meyer to resign from the Press Complaints Commission...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Rape review says service 'patchy'
Police in England and Wales provide a "patchy" service when they investigate rapes, a review suggests...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Advice over abuse-claim teachers
Teachers accused of abuse should not be automatically suspended, the government is expected to say...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Spanish Mass marks Franco death
Thousands in Spain attend a Mass and hold marches on the eve of the 30th anniversary of Gen Franco's death...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Anti-malaria traits 'cancel out'
Two genetic traits that give Africans natural protection against malaria appear to cancel each other out when they occur together...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Six quizzed over woman Pc murder
Six people arrested in London over the fatal shooting of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky are to be questioned in Bradford...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Bush urges greater China freedoms
President Bush calls on China to expand its political and religious freedoms in talks with President Hu Jintao...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Bedside vigil for 'critical' Best
Football legend George Best's family are maintaining a bedside vigil as he fights for life in intensive care...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
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