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Global News Archive for December 2005:
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Sunnis Challenge Early Iraqi Election Results
Sunni Arab leaders said the vote had been fixed in favor of Iranian-backed religious Shiites and called for an investigation...
New York Times - December 20, 2005
Britain Arrests 6th Man in London Bombings That Failed
Police arrested a new suspect today after months of investigations into an attempt on July 21 to mimic the July 7 bombings...
New York Times - December 20, 2005
Afghans Demonstrate Two Different Styles of Democracy
The upper house of Afghan's parliament ignored the rules of procedure and the lower house got bogged down in debate...
New York Times - December 20, 2005
Militants Briefly Take Over Bethlehem Building
Members of the Fatah movement's militant faction demanded financial assistance and jobs in the Palestinian security forces...
New York Times - December 20, 2005
M8 'missing link' detail set out
Thousands of brochures are sent out showing proposals to complete the final section of motorway on the M8...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Wales' worst E.coli outbreak over
Health officials declare that Wales' worst-ever outbreak of E.coli is finally over after 101 days...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
DR Congo 'backs new constitution'
Early results from a referendum in DR Congo show a large majority back a new constitution...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Federal death sentence for woman
A federal judge in the United States sentences a woman to death for the first time in more than 50 years...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Brighton set to make gay history
Three same-sex couples from Brighton are preparing to make history by forming civil partnerships...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Google invests $1bn stake in AOL
Online search engine Google confirms it will invest $1bn to take a 5% stake in AOL as part of a major strategic alliance...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
NY strike union fined $1m a day
New York's biggest transport union is fined $1m by a judge after calling a transport strike that left millions stranded...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Veto likely for Hong Kong reforms
Pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmakers look set to block leader Donald Tsang's plans for limited electoral reforms...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Postman admits £20m fraud
A postman faces a lengthy jail sentence for his part in a suspected £20m stolen cheque fraud...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Football: Man Utd top Birmingham
Louis Saha scores twice as Man Utd coast to victory over Birmingham in the Carling Cup...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Football: Wigan score double
Jason Roberts' double sends Wigan through to the last four of the Carling Cup...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Inmates 'slop out over wardens'
A bucket of excrement was thrown over prison officers during an inspector's visit, a report reveals...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Fatally Exposed: A Mission That Ended in Inferno for 3 Women
An ambush in Falluja made June 23 one of the worst days in the history of women in the U.S. military...
New York Times - December 20, 2005
Korla Journal: A Remote Boomtown Where Mainly Newcomers Benefit
In a once sleepy oasis town in far western China, a remarkable oil boom is under way...
New York Times - December 20, 2005
Germany Frees Hijacker Who Killed U.S. Sailor
A parole board has released a Lebanese man convicted of killing a Navy diver during the 1985 hijacking of a T.W.A. jetliner...
New York Times - December 20, 2005
Uzbekistan Accuses Opposition Figure of Financial Crimes
The accusation suggests that the opposition figure now faces a long incarceration in the repressive state...
New York Times - December 20, 2005
Fall in heart disease death rate
Death rates for heart disease and stroke in England and Wales have fallen, figures show...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
University caution on school plan
Universities are adopting a wait and see approach to calls for them to sponsor secondary schools...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Refunds over Crazy Frog ringtone
Thousands aggrieved at the big bills they received after signing up for the Crazy Frog ringtone could receive refunds...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Jenkins 'shocked' to find Billie
Sion Jenkins tells the Old Bailey he was shocked and horrified to find the lifeless body of his foster daughter...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Sinn Fein rejects on-the-run bill
Sinn Fein rejects new legislation which is supposed to give so-called "on-the-run" republicans an amnesty...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Four accused of court blaze bid
Four people are charged with conspiring to set fire to Fort William Sheriff Court in an attempt to stop a trial...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Cameron urges devolution clarity
The Westminster-Holyrood relationship needs spelled out more formally, according to UK Tory leader David Cameron...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Deadly attack on Nigeria pipeline
Unidentified gunmen blow up a pipeline in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta region, officials say...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Several hurt in Italy train crash
Two trains collide south of Rome, injuring between 20 and 30 people, the Italian railway service and police say...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
First post-tsunami birth op baby
An Indian woman who lost her children in the tsunami is the first to give birth after surgery to reverse a tubectomy...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Al-Qaeda terror suspect jailed
An Algerian is jailed for six years by a Belfast court for downloading information on how to blow up a plane...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Hundreds laid off as Unwins folds
Off-licence chain Unwins ceases trading with 1,400 job losses a day after calling in the administrators...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Asbo powers target 'enviro-crime'
Anti-social behaviour orders are to be used to tackle environmental crime such as fly-tipping and graffiti...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Spears sues over 'sex film' claim
Britney Spears sues a magazine for $10m (£5.6m), after it claimed she and her husband made a sex video...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Gel battery boost for radio tags
A lightweight, flexible battery from NEC could open up new applications for Radio Frequency Identification tags...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Motorola bets on curvaceous Pebl
Motorola is hoping its new curvaceous Pebl mobile can replicate the success of the catwalk-thin Razr...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Capital celebrates golden jubilee
Cardiff celebrates its 50th anniversary as capital of Wales, in the same year as its centenary as a city...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Last festive push at online shops
Online stores prepare for a final push from online shoppers hoping to get their Christmas presents ahead of postal deadlines...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Tory leader in Scotland for talks
David Cameron is to hold talks on how a Tory Westminster administration would work with the Scottish Parliament...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
'Spy papers collapsed assembly'
Police searches at Stormont did not bring the NI executive down, Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde says...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Major planning reforms unveiled
The biggest changes to planning laws in Scotland in 50 years are unveiled by the executive...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Sunni bloc rejects Baghdad vote
Iraq's main Sunni Arab alliance rejects the partial results of last week's election in Baghdad province...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Quake road bus plunge 'kills 20'
Police say at least 20 people have died after a bus plunged off a road in quake-hit Pakistan-controlled Kashmir...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Pupils will get nicotine patches
Children as young as 12 are to be given nicotine patches in a drive to reduce the number of young people who smoke...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Kikwete fears for Zanzibar future
Tanzania's President-elect Jakaya Kikwete tells the BBC that calming tensions in Zanzibar is his "biggest concern" after recent poll violence...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Venezuela gives Exxon ultimatum
The world's largest oil firm, ExxonMobil, is told to agree a joint venture with Venezuela or risk losing oil concessions...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Europe's fish quota battle begins
EU ministers are meeting to set fisheries quotas for 2006, with scientists advising suspension of cod fishing...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
First 'gay weddings' for Scots
Seven same-sex couples participate in the first civil partnership ceremonies to take place in Scotland...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Threat to Jackson's Beatles stake
Michael Jackson's stake in The Beatles' back catalogue is under threat unless he repays a $200m (£113m) loan...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Football: 'Snub' upsets Mourinho
Jose Mourinho's latest bust-up with Arsene Wenger was apparently caused by the latter not acknowledging a Christmas card...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Cricket: Aussies denied
Jacques Rudolph hits an unbeaten 102 as South Africa hold out for a draw in the first Test against Australia...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Safety experts probe oil depot
Prohibition notices are issued against two operators at the Buncefield oil depot site, following blasts last week...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Serbs tried over Srebrenica video
Five ex-policemen go on trial in Serbia after allegedly appearing in a video showing Bosnian Muslims being shot...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Man arrested over 21 July attacks
A London man is arrested at Gatwick Airport while getting off a flight, over the 21 July failed attacks in London...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Israeli PM Sharon leaves hospital
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon leaves hospital in Jerusalem two days after suffering a minor stroke...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
US-style murder 'grades' proposed
The government's legal advisers call for a new system of first and second degree murder, and manslaughter...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Blair clash over EU budget deal
Tony Blair tells Eurosceptic MEPs it "is 2005, not 1945" after he is accused of being "outclassed" in EU talks...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Bolivia's Newly Elected Leader Maps His Socialist Agenda
President Evo Morales pledged to increase state control over the energy industry and reverse an American-backed crusade against coca...
New York Times - December 20, 2005
Cheney and Afghan Milestone
Afghanistan's first democratically elected Parliament in more than 30 years convened on Monday with Vice President Dick Cheney in attendance...
New York Times - December 20, 2005
Religious Groups Take Early Lead in Iraqi Ballots
Early voting results indicated that religious groups, particularly the main Shiite coalition, had taken a commanding lead...
New York Times - December 20, 2005
Sharon, Health an Issue, to Face Netanyahu
How much damage Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke has done to his chances for re-election is the subject of much speculation...
New York Times - December 20, 2005
Iranian's Oratory Reflects Devotion to '79 Revolution
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has worked aggressively to roll the clock back to the early days of the revolution...
New York Times - December 20, 2005
24 Ex-Hussein Officials Freed From U.S. Custody
The group of former officials included four leading figures in Saddam Hussein's program to develop weapons of mass destruction...
New York Times - December 20, 2005
Passive smoking 'blindness risk'
Passive smoking increases the risk of sight problems in later life, a study suggests...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Empire history 'key to UK life'
School history lessons should focus more on the British Empire to explain modern UK life, a think tank says...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Indonesia pilot jailed for murder
An Indonesian court sentences an airline pilot to 14 years in jail for the murder of human rights activist Munir Thalib...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
UN warns of fresh Darfur threat
The UN's humanitarian chief says killings and rapes are threatening the humanitarian effort in Sudan's Darfur...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Museveni's rival denies treason
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye pleads not guilty as his treason and rape trials are postponed...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
US-style murder law proposed
Proposals to reform murder law in England and Wales may include introducing different categories of homicide...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Police surveyed on carrying guns
140,000 police officers in England and Wales are to be asked if they would prefer to carry firearms...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Jobs 'return to tsunami region'
Up to two-thirds of the people who lost their jobs because of the Asian tsunami are earning a living again, a report says...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Blair 'to defend EU presidency'
Tony Blair is to lay out his vision for Europe as Britain's six-month EU presidency draws to a close...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Netanyahu wins Likud leader poll
Former PM Binyamin Netanyahu is named as the new leader of Israel's right-wing Likud party...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
Beagle 2 probe 'spotted' on Mars
New images of Mars may show the British-built probe Beagle 2, the scientist behind the project says...
BBC News - December 20, 2005
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