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Global News Archive for December 2007:
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Iraq Bomber Aimed at Alcohol Sellers
A car bombing that killed three people in Baghdad did not appear to dampen the celebration of a Muslim holiday...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
Gaza Missiles and Israeli Operations Continue
Five Palestinian fighters were killed and an Israeli soldier badly wounded on Thursday in central Gaza...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
Greenhouse clue to water on Mars
A new hypothesis could explain how the climate of early Mars became warm enough to support oceans...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Tip-off led to Kenya heroin plot
A conspiracy to import heroin was broken when a village bobby was told of suspicious activity, a court hears...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Shields passes lie detector test
Football fan Michael Shields, jailed for attacking a barman in Bulgaria, passes a lie detector test, is is claimed...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
EU sets 2012 for air emissions cap
EU environment ministers agree to include airlines in the emissions trading scheme a year later than MEPs wanted...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
New Orleans approves demolitions
New Orleans City Council votes to demolish 4,500 public housing units despite violent protests against the plan...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Aberdeen reach Uefa Cup last 32
Jamie Smith scores twice as the Dons qualify for the last 32 of the Uefa Cup with a comprehensive win over Copenhagen...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Football: Everton end AZ record
Substitute James Vaughan scores the winner as a below-strength Everton end AZ's unbeaten home record in European competition...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Historic penguin sketches found
Penguin sketches by Captain Scott and Ernest Shackleton are found in a Cambridge University basement...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Diana driver 'drunk before crash'
Princess Diana's driver, Henri Paul, was drunk just hours before their fatal crash, her inquest hears...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Fanfare for bigger border-free EU
Celebrations are taking place to herald the enlargement of the Schengen zone to include nine more EU countries...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Guantanamo detainees on bail
Two UK residents released from Guantanamo Bay are freed on bail pending an extradition hearing...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Iraq 'torture complex' found
US forces discover a "torture complex" in an al-Qaeda safe haven in Iraq's Diyala province, the US military says...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Newly Elected South Korean Forecasts Chill With North
The South Korea president-elect, Lee Myung-bak, declared Thursday that he would not hesitate to criticize North Korea?s authoritarian government...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
Prosecutor Says Zuma Charges Near
South Africa?s chief prosecutor said Thursday there was enough evidence to bring corruption charges against Jacob G. Zuma, who is in line to be the next president...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
India Overturns Law Banning Women Bartenders
The Supreme Court of India?s repeal of a 1914 law gave Indian women access to a most lucrative job...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
Channel 4 is fined £1.5m by Ofcom
Channel Four is fined £1.5m by Ofcom for misconduct involving phone-in competitions...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Government misses education goals
An internal report shows the government has missed many of its education and children's targets since 1998...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Clegg reveals his frontbench team
New Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg unveils his frontbench team - with defeated rival Chris Huhne getting home affairs...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Row breaks out over doctor hours
Doctors and the government are at loggerhead over getting GPs to work in the evenings and weekends...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Teacher in court over boy's death
A retired teacher who killed a six-year-old boy in a car crash is freed on a suspended jail term...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Missing tug men search called off
The search for three crewmen feared dead after a tug capsized in heavy fog on the River Clyde is called off...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Man jailed for delaying 999 ambulance
A man is jailed for drunkenly blocking the path of an ambulance carrying a dying heart patient to hospital...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
US welcomes S Korea's new leader
George W Bush congratulates South Korea's president-elect Lee Myung-bak on his election victory...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
US passes tighter gun checks law
The US Congress approves the first major gun legislation since 1994, a response to April's Virginia Tech shootings...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Deadly explosions rock Freetown
At least 17 people die as huge blasts hit the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown, a top official says...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Football: Collins quits Hibs
John Collins shocks Hibernian by resigning as manager citing his frustration about the lack of transfer funds...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Virgin Atlantic crews to strike
Union members among Virgin Atlantic's cabin crew vote in favour of strike action in the new year...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
'Enough evidence' in Zuma case
South Africa's ANC leader, Jacob Zuma, calls for unity hours after officials said he could face corruption charges...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Diana 'rejected Paris home offer'
Princess Diana ruled out plans for her and Dodi to live in the Paris home of the former Edward VIII her inquest hears...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Royal couple take son home
Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex leave hospital in Surrey with their newborn son...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Guantanamo man freed on bail
A UK resident released from Guantanamo Bay is bailed after appearing in court on a Spanish extradition warrant...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Man not guilty of Omagh murders
A judge criticises police as he clears Sean Hoey of all charges relating to the Omagh bombing, which killed 29...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
New Zealand?s East Coast Shaken by 6.8 Quake
A strong earthquake rattled the east coast of New Zealand's North Island on Thursday, causing some power outages and minor damage but no casualties...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
Suicide Bomber Kills 13 Iraqi Volunteers
A suicide bomber exploded a belt packed with explosives at a recruiting station for neighbourhood patrols in Iraq's restive Diyala province on Thursday, killing 13 volunteers and wounding 10, police said...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
BitTorrent search site loses case
A website which provided links to films, music and TV programmes loses a copyright case in the US...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Whale 'missing link' discovered
The whale is descended from a deer-like animal that lived 48 million years ago, according to fossil evidence...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Smith meets fans at Legend premiere
Will Smith spends an hour greeting fans at the London premiere of his latest film, I Am Legend...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
BSkyB 'should sell shares in ITV'
The Competition Commission recommends that BSkyB should be forced to sell some of its stake in ITV...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Police name three missing tug men
The three missing members of a tug crew that capsized in heavy fog on the River Clyde are named by police...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Sex abuse pair's 32 years in jail
A husband and wife convicted of sex abuse of children more than 20 years ago are jailed for a total of 32 years...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Stab death witness appeal renewed
A detective urges witnesses to the fatal stabbing of a teenager to be brave and speak to the police...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Pair are held over death of man
Two men are arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a man in County Antrim...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
India and China launch war games
India and China begin a joint military exercise, the first of its kind between the two countries' armies...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Georgia crackdown 'went too far'
Georgia is accused by a rights group of "excessive force" in its crackdown on November's opposition protests...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
US passes tighter gun control law
The US Congress approves the first major gun control bill since 1994, a response to April's Virginia Tech shootings...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Football: England 'must have win'
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney says it would be a "disaster" if he did not win a major tournament with the England team...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Cricket: Woeful England collapse
England end day three of the third Test needing 416 to avoid an innings defeat to Sri Lanka...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
UK gamers spend £1.5bn on titles
Sales of video games in the UK are at an all-time high, with more than 78 million titles sold in 2007...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Russia halts London art display
Russian authorities cancel a London exhibition of paintings because Britain failed to guarantee the art would be returned...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
'BNP ballerina' to wed councillor
A ballerina whose support of the far-right BNP sparked protests is to marry one of its councillors...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Ofcom fines Channel Four £1.5m
Channel Four is fined £1.5m by Ofcom for misconduct involving phone-in competitions on Richard and Judy and Deal or No Deal...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
UK 'should outlaw paying for sex'
Commons leader Harriet Harman says she wants the law to be changed to make it illegal to pay for sex...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
'Enough evidence' to charge Zuma
South Africa's top prosecutor says there is enough evidence to charge new ANC leader Jacob Zuma with corruption...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Guantanamo man appears in court
A UK resident freed from Guantanamo Bay appears in court after his arrest under a Spanish warrant...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Denmark: Christmas-Tree Growers Face Cartel Charges
The state prosecutor for serious economic crimes charged the Danish Christmas Tree Growers Association with price fixing...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Japan: U.S. Pushes to Halt Humpback Whale Hunt
The United States is pushing Japan to suspend its hunt of humpback whales, and the American ambassador to Tokyo said an agreement to stop it may have already been reached...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Spain: 47 Sentenced for Links With ETA
The National Court sentenced 47 people to prison on charges that they had links to the armed Basque separatist group ETA...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: France: Le Easier Divorce
Lawyers staged a one-day strike to protest a government proposal to allow couples to divorce at a notary?s office rather than in a judge?s courtroom...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Another Day, Another Dollar Change-Over
The central bank chief, Gideon Gono, announced on television that he was withdrawing the country?s current highest denomination bank note...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Leading Artist Found Strangled
One of Pakistan?s most renowned artists, Ismail Gulgee, was found strangled at his home in Karachi, along with his wife and maid, the police said. No motive was immediately clear...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
Belgium Sets Interim Government
The move brought a respite from a protracted political crisis that has led to speculation that the country might split in two...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
Britain Detains 3 Men Freed by U.S.
The transfer followed lengthy negotiations between the U.S. and Britain, which sought their release on the grounds that all three had British residence status when they were seized...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
France Convicts 5 Former Guantánamo Inmates
The ruling capped proceedings that seemed like a trial of the American prison camp itself, with the prosecutor criticizing the ?Guantánamo system? and accused it of violating international law...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
For Turkey and U.S., a Delicate Issue of Cooperation in Combating Militant Kurds
While the U.S. provided Turkey with the intelligence to attack Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, some in the State Department did not believe everyone was adequately informed...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
Memo From the Poland-Germany Border: Once Volatile, Crossing Is Opening With a Whisper
As of 12:01 a.m. on Friday, the border between Poland and Germany, one of the most violently contested frontiers on earth, will be thrown open...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
Bolivia?s Leader Says States? Dispute Can Be Resolved
President Evo Morales said he expected the Bolivian people to ?mobilize? en masse to react if four provinces of eastern Bolivia declared their independence...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
Survivor Is Poised to Lead South Africa
Jacob Zuma, the new chairman of the African National Congress, will almost certainly succeed Thabo Mbeki as the leader of South Africa?s one-party democracy...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
U.S. Investigating Marine in Iraqi Policeman?s Death
A knife fight between a U.S. Marine and an Iraqi policeman at a base in Anbar Province is problematic since the military has praised Anbar as a model for cooperation between U.S. and Iraqi forces...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
C.I.A. to Cooperate With House on Tapes
The C.I.A. has agreed to make documents related to the destruction of interrogation videotapes available to the House intelligence Committee and to allow the agency?s top lawyer to testify about the matter...
New York Times - December 20, 2007
Gene therapy 'corrects fragile X'
Gene therapy is used to alleviate symptoms of a condition which is a cause of inherited learning difficulties...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
MP slams stop and search comments
The Scottish justice secretary comes under fire from a UK minister over anti-terror searches at train stations...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Teenage murder suspects released
Teenagers arrested following the murder of a 16-year-old boy in north London have all been released on bail...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Iraq government 'failing Falluja'
The mayor of Falluja tells the BBC that Iraq's central authorities are starving the town of vital resources...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
India-China exercise set to begin
India and China are due begin a joint military exercise, the first of its kind between the two armies...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Ethiopia PM attacks UN on Somalia
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi blames the UN for playing a damaging role in the Somali crisis...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Seoul poll winner tough on North
The new president-elect of South Korea says the North must ditch nuclear weapons and boost human rights...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Russian exhibition under threat
A Royal Academy exhibition of French and Russian paintings could be cancelled by Russian authorities...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Marine protection plan unveiled
Public consultation begins on proposals to extend protection for marine life around Britain...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Cameron targets 'green coal' goal
David Cameron says the development of "green coal" will be a priority for a future Conservative government...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Search to resume for tug crew
A search will resume for three crew from a tug which capsized in thick fog on the River Clyde...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Over-30s 'ignore alcohol advice'
Older people are more likely not to know their drinking limits, a government commissioned poll suggests...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Mobile phone drivers face prison
Motorists caught driving dangerously while using a mobile phone face being sent to jail under new guidelines...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Judge to give Omagh verdict
A judge in Belfast is expected to deliver his verdict in the trial of Omagh bomb accused Sean Hoey...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
Guantanamo release man arrested
A third man who returned from Guantanamo Bay camp is arrested on behalf of the Spanish authorities...
BBC News - December 20, 2007
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