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Global News Archive for March 2006:
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Congolese Warlord is First to Face World Criminal Court
Thomas Lubanga has been accused of kidnapping children as young as 7 and turning them into soldiers, messengers, cooks and sex slaves...
New York Times - March 20, 2006
Palestinians Try to Flee Iraq, but Are Stopped by Jordan
The Palestinians have been attempting to flee the violence in Iraq, compelling the Jordanian government to close the border...
New York Times - March 20, 2006
French Protesters Set Strike Date
French students and unions called for more demonstrations culminating in strikes next week to fight a hotly contested new labor law...
New York Times - March 20, 2006
Bush Bluntly Defends Iraq Strategy, but Admits Missteps
"I understand how some Americans have had their confidence shaken," the president said today in a grim but optimistic speech...
New York Times - March 20, 2006
Tories will not name key backers
The Tories say they will not disclose the identity of supporters who lent the party large sums of money...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Working class students 'to fall'
Population trends mean the decline in young people might not hit universities too hard, analysis suggests...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Jenkins 'vilified' over Billie-Jo
In a television interview Sion Jenkins calls for "justice" for his murdered foster daughter Billie-Jo...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Chancellor warned of 'fuel poor'
The Chancellor is urged to protect people from increasing fuel bills, ahead of his Budget announcement...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Strike call over French job law
French unions and students call a day of strikes on 28 March against a new controversial labour law...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Europe hands over Palestinian aid
The EU gives 60m euros to help poor Palestinians, but warns Hamas to change or face a loss of funds...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Football: Hammers into last four
Dean Ashton scores twice to lead West Ham into the semi-finals of the FA Cup...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Live: Commonwealth Games
Decathlon and heptathlon are under way on the track - while swimming gears up for seven golds in the pool...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Inheritance tax 'dismays' Britons
Many Britons would prefer to pay more in income tax if it means inheritance tax could be abolished, a BBC News survey suggests...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Arrest as six mourners are hurt
A man is arrested after a car ploughs into six people looking at floral tributes for two boys killed by a train...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
US and EU reject Belarus results
The US joins poll monitors in condemning Belarus election results, as fresh protests are held in the capital...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Man charged with killing girl, 13
A man is charged with murdering his partner's 13-year-old daughter at their home in Hull...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Bush focuses on Iraq improvements
President Bush stresses the positives in a speech on the third anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Hamas, Failing to Find Partners, Proposes Cabinet
Hamas is expected to control the most important ministries after talks failed to persuade other Palestinian parties to join...
New York Times - March 20, 2006
On the Brink: Polio | A Fragile Immunity: Rumor, Fear and Fatigue Hinder Final Push to End Polio
The drive against polio threatens to become a display of all that can conspire against efforts to eliminate a disease...
New York Times - March 20, 2006
Biden Urges Bush to Take Steps to Head Off Iraqi Civil War
A leading Democrat said a government of national unity must be formed in Iraq to prevent a full-scale civil war...
New York Times - March 20, 2006
Election in Belarus Did Not Meet Standards, Observers Say
European Union said it will likely impose limited sanctions, but Russia thought the vote was fair...
New York Times - March 20, 2006
Authors wait on Da Vinci ruling
Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown's evidence should be viewed with "deep suspicion", a court hears...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
European phishing gangs targeted
Phishing gangs in Europe, the Middle East and Africa are being targeted by software giant Microsoft...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Aviva rules out hostile Pru offer
Insurer Aviva rules out making a hostile bid for rival Prudential after the group rejected a proposed £17bn takeover offer...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Tories demand ban on party loans
There should be a £50,000 limit on donations from individuals, companies and trade unions, say the Tories...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Life's diversity 'being depleted'
Virtually all indicators of biodiversity are heading in the wrong direction, a major new report says...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Board votes against school cuts
The Belfast Education and Library Board opposes cutting services to make up a £6.5m budget shortfall...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Wales bid for UK military academy
More than 5,000 jobs could be created in south Wales if a bid for a pan-forces academy at RAF St Athan succeeds...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Afghan on trial for Christianity
An Afghan man being tried in Kabul could face the death penalty unless he reconverts from Christianity to Islam...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Seven hurt laying flowers to boys
Five students and two adults are injured when a car ploughs into a group of people laying flowers for two boys hit by a train...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Commonwealth Games day five
Scotland win their sixth gold in the pool on the fifth day of action in Melbourne...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
DR Congo rebel in landmark trial
A DR Congo militia leader becomes the first war crimes suspect to appear at the International Criminal Court...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
US rejects Belarus poll results
The US says it does not accept the results of elections in Belarus, already condemned by poll monitors...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Police forces 'to be cut to 24'
The number of police forces in England and Wales will be cut from 43 to 24 under plans, the home secretary says...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Labour reveals secret loans list
Labour publishes the names of the wealthy businessmen who secretly lent the party a total of nearly £14m...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Unlawful killing in barrier death
An inquest jury reaches an unlawful killing verdict into the death of a man struck by a supermarket car park barrier...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Man admits 'Ripper' hoax charges
A man who admitted being the Yorkshire Ripper hoaxer pleads guilty to perverting the course of justice...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Sixth man guilty of Mary-Ann murder
A sixth gang member behind the kidnap and stabbing of Mary-Ann Leneghan is found guilty of murder...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
V for Vendetta tops US box office
V for Vendetta, a political thriller starring Natalie Portman, tops the US box office in its opening week...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Flash memory price 'to drop 25%'
South Korean chipmaker Hynix warns of a slump in the price of memory chips used in small devices such as music players...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Aviva sets out Pru offer details
Aviva sets out the terms of its £17bn bid for Prudential, but will not go ahead without backing from the board...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Total Welsh NHS debt 'tops £70m'
The National Health Service in Wales will end this financial year £71m in debt, opposition parties say...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Drug tests for parents discussed
Social workers discuss testing parents for drugs to help make child protection decisions...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Police shoot attacking pit bulls
Police shoot two pit bull terriers after they attack a woman and her dog in west Belfast...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Seven hurt in fresh Gaza unrest
At least seven people are hurt in a fresh wave of violence in Gaza between gunmen and Palestinian police...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Amitabh Bachchan back to work
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan returns to work after a four-month break to recover from surgery...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Colombia scouts die in mudslide
Eight Colombian scouts and one of their guides are killed after their expedition is swept away by a mudslide...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Cricket: England take command
England close 31-2, a lead of 152, on day three of the third Test against India in Mumbai...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
DR Congo rebel due in Hague court
A DR Congo militia leader is to become the first war crimes suspect charged by the International Criminal Court...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
New hope for eczema sufferers
A medical breakthrough by scientists in Dundee could offer new treatments for millions of people with eczema...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Girl detained after party murder
An 18-year-old is sentenced for stabbing a schoolgirl to death at a 16th birthday party in east London...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Wembley cleared after beam slips
About 3,500 members of staff are forced to leave Wembley Stadium after a piece of steel welding on the roof fails...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
EU condemns election in Belarus
A "climate of intimidation" marred the re-election of President Lukashenko in Belarus, the EU says...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Sixth man guilty of girl's murder
A sixth gang member behind the kidnap and stabbing of Mary-Ann Leneghan has been found guilty of murder...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Violence marks Iraq anniversary
Roadside bombs and sectarian tension herald the third anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
French Unions Threaten to Strike
Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin of France faced an ultimatum from union leaders to withdraw the youth employment law or face a strike...
New York Times - March 20, 2006
Hamas, Failing to Find Partners, Proposes Cabinet
Hamas is expected to control the most important government ministries after negotiations failed to persuade other Palestinian parties to join its government...
New York Times - March 20, 2006
Top Iraqi Leaders Agree to Form a Policy Council
Iraqi officials announced that they had agreed to form a council of the country's top politicians to make policy on security and economic issues in the new government...
New York Times - March 20, 2006
Protesters Charge Fraud in Belarus Presidential Vote
Demonstrators ignored official threats of arrest to denounce Sunday's election as a clumsily orchestrated sham...
New York Times - March 20, 2006
On Anniversary, Bush and Cheney See Iraq Success
President Bush and senior officials argued their strategy was working even as a former Iraqi prime minister spoke of civil war...
New York Times - March 20, 2006
Cut MPs to fund parties - Tories
Reducing the number of MPs by 10% could help fund political parties, the Conservative Party says...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
India landmine blast 'kills two'
Two policemen are killed and at least 10 injured in a landmine blast in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, officials say...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Baby monkeys stolen in zoo raid
Thieves have stolen a variety of exotic animals, including two baby monkeys, from a Devon zoo...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Meeting over Tesco depot closure
Dundee City Council is to meet with Tesco following the decision to close its distribution depot in the city...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Indonesia mine shut after attack
The world's largest gold producer suspends operations at a mine in Indonesia, after an exploration camp is razed...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Rabbi calls for 'UN of religions'
Israel's chief rabbi uses a Jewish-Islamic meeting in Spain to call for a world body of religious groups...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
First car-share lane to be built
The UK's first car-share lane on a motorway gets the go-ahead at a congested junction in West Yorkshire...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Live: Commonwealth Games
Forty gold medals are up for grabs on the fifth day of action in Melbourne...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Blaze evacuees return home
Up to 100 people forced to flee their houses as fire spread across 200 hectares of heathland return home...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
French PM stands firm on job law
The French prime minister defends his controversial youth labour law, despite a strike ultimatum by unions...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Teaching of reading to be revised
Ministers are to change the national curriculum to alter the way children in England's schools are taught to read...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Landslide win for Belarus leader
President Lukashenko of Belarus is re-elected by a huge margin, sparking protests from the opposition...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
Secret party loans to be banned
The Lord Chancellor is planning to make it illegal for political parties to keep loans undisclosed, the BBC learns...
BBC News - March 20, 2006
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