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Global News Archive for May 2006:
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Nepal Rebel Vows Not to Disarm Before Vote on Charter
The chief of Nepal's Maoist guerrillas on Friday rejected the notion that his troops would disarm before elections...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
As New Leaders Seek Unity, Fresh Attacks Deepen Rifts
A bombing that killed 19 people on Saturday underscored the depth of the challenge that the new Iraqi government is facing...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Politician Gore appears at Cannes
Former US vice-president Al Gore tells the Cannes Film Festival global warming is a "planetary emergency"...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Blair welcomes new Iraqi cabinet
The approval of a new Iraqi government of national unity marks a "huge step forward", Tony Blair says...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
UN official meets Burma's Suu Kyi
A UN envoy meet Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the first foreigner to see her since 2004...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Hereford clinch play-off victory
Ryan Green's extra-time winner gives Hereford victory against Halifax in the Conference play-off final...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Football: Young off England list
Luke Young withdraws from England's World Cup standby squad because of an ankle injury...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Afghan asylum seekers 'removed'
Several hunger-striking Afghan asylum seekers are removed from a Dublin cathedral by police...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Thousands 'being denied' benefits
Sick and disabled people are being refused benefits because of sub-standard medical reports, the BBC has learnt...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Official 'targeted asylum seeker'
A Home Office official is suspended over a newspaper report that an immigration officer tried to have a relationship with an asylum seeker...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Israeli strike kills Palestinians
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills a top Islamic Jihad militant and three members of a Palestinian family...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Man charged with charity murder
A 34-year-old man is charged with murder after a mental health worker is found with stab wounds...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Finnish monsters rock Eurovision
Finnish "horror rock" group Lordi pull off a surprise win at the 51st Eurovision Song Contest in Athens...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Lottery show delayed by protest
Fathers' rights protesters invade the BBC's National Lottery show causing a delay to the live draw...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
World leaders back Iraq Cabinet
World leaders welcome the formation of the first full-term Iraqi government since the 2003 US-led invasion...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Palestinian Intelligence Chief Is Badly Wounded in Bombing
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion that wounded the intelligence chief, who is an ally of the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Iraqis Form Government, With Crucial Posts Vacant
The approved full-term government appeared to lack the cohesion needed to quell sectarian and guerrilla violence...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Law and Disorder: Misjudgments Marred U.S. Plans for Iraqi Police
The Iraqi police are a battered and dysfunctional force that has helped bring the country to the brink of civil war...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Cannes director urges CCTV debate
The British director of movie Red Road says the future of 24-hour surveillance needs to be reviewed...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Child protection scheme trialled
Children in the Highlands take part in a pilot scheme designed to tighten the child protection system...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Intelligence boss injured in Gaza
Palestinian intelligence chief Gen Tareq Abu Rajab is seriously injured in a blast in Gaza City, officials say...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Doubts over Taleban chief seizure
New doubts are raised over claims by Afghan officials to have captured Taleban's top commander, Mullah Dadullah...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Bomb exclusion zone extended
Thousands more residents are urged to evacuate their homes after a 500lb World War II bomb is found...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Police search land at retail park
A police search which has been going on for three days is continuing in Bangor, County Down...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
New Orleans votes for new mayor
People in New Orleans are voting in the first mayoral contest since Hurricane Katrina hit the city last year...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Turkish PM criticises army chief
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticises the army chief for encouraging protests against Islamic militancy...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Minister to target poor families
Plans to help less well-off families before they develop social problems are unveiled by a minister...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Stage set for Eurovision showdown
Swedish pop star Carola is favourite to triumph at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Athens...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Rugby: Munster clinch cup
Munster clinch the Heineken Cup with a 23-19 victory over French champions Biarritz in Cardiff...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Roadside bomb targets UK troops
Two British soldiers are injured in a roadside bombing in southern Iraq, the Ministry of Defence says...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Israeli strike kills two in Gaza
Two Palestinians are killed and others injured in an Israeli air strike against a car in Gaza, witnesses say...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Amnesty call over illegal workers
Union official Jack Dromey calls for a debate on a possible amnesty for the estimated 500,000 illegal immigrants working in Britain...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Man held as charity worker killed
A man is arrested on suspicion of murder after a mental health worker is found with stab wounds...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Greece eagerly awaits Eurovision
Countries across Europe are hoping for glory at the 51st Eurovision Song Contest final in Athens on Saturday...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
UK seeks human rights law review
The UK is to ask the European Court of Human Rights to review its ban on deporting people to countries of danger...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Empey plans more assembly moves
The Ulster Unionist leader says "elements" in the government oppose his deal with David Ervine...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Harrison heads for fresh showdown
The manager of Scott Harrison flies to Glasgow for talks with the troubled boxer about his drink problems...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Holiday road closure 'ruin' fear
Small businesses say they could suffer big losses with the closure of a section of a major north Wales road...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
US soldier killed in Afghanistan
One US soldier dies and six others are wounded in fresh fighting with insurgents in southern Afghanistan...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Rooker 'sorry' for subsidy woes
Farming Minister Lord Rooker apologises to farmers in England over the delays in paying subsidies...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Rugby: Heineken Cup final
Paul O'Connell, Marcus Horan and John Kelly are named in Munster's line-up for Saturday's Heineken Cup final against Biarritz...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Three Gorges dam wall completed
China finishes the main wall of its controversial Three Gorges hydro-electric dam, the world's largest...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Stars preparing for Prince's gig
Will Young and Ozzy Osbourne line up to perform at the Prince's Trust 30th birthday gig on Saturday...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Suspect told officers about body
A man held over the death of a woman walked into a police station saying there was a body in his house, police say...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Blast rocks Gaza security office
At least one person dies in a blast at the office of the Palestinian intelligence service in Gaza, officials say...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
A million 'are socially excluded'
A million people in the UK are socially excluded, Hilary Armstrong will say in a speech in her new Cabinet role...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Singer Freddie dies in hospital
Freddie Garrity, lead singer of 1960s pop group Freddie and the Dreamers, dies in north Wales...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Two British troops 'hurt in Iraq'
Two British soldiers have been injured in a roadside bombing in Iraq, according to Iraqi police...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Iraqi parliament approves Cabinet
Iraq swears in its first full-term government since the 2003 US-led invasion, but key ministries remain undecided...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Hamas Spokesman Is Caught Smuggling Cash Into Gaza
Sami Abu Zuhri was caught with euros hidden under his clothes, attempting to circumvent the economic blockade on the Hamas-run Palestinian Authority...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Western Powers Disagree on Elements of Iran Proposal
The Bush administration is resisting a new offer that includes a proposal for a Middle East security "framework" for Iran if it gives up its nuclear activities...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Taliban Leader Is Believed to Be in Afghan Custody
If true, the capture of Mullah Dadullah would be a significant success for the U.S.-led coalition...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
U.S. Should Close Prison in Cuba, U.N. Panel Says
The panel's criticism came as military officials at Guantánamo disclosed the most serious disturbances by prisoners there since the camp opened...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Seeking United Latin America, Venezuela's Chávez Is a Divider
Some of Venezuela's neighbors have expressed rising impatience at what they see as Hugo Chávez's meddling...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Vatican Disciplines Founder of Order Over Abuse Charges
The founder of the Legionaries of Christ was asked to give up his public ministry in favor of a quiet life of "prayer and penitence."...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
User-generated future for gaming
Gamers are creating their own environments in new games such as Spore, created by guru Will Wright...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Blair's legacy for schools
BBC education correspondent Mike Baker examines the impact Tony Blair has made on schools...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Pension reform 'must pass tests'
A government pension reform White Paper must pass a series of tests, the TUC warns...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Shaky calm in shocked Sao Paulo
Calm returns to Sao Paulo state in Brazil after a week of clashes between gangs and police that has left 170 dead...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Nineteen killed in Baghdad bomb
A bomb in Baghdad kills at least 19 people as Iraq's parliament prepares to vote on a new unity government...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Afghans in Dublin suicide drama
Police officers in Dublin enter a cathedral where 41 Afghan asylum seekers are on the sixth day of a hunger strike...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Exclusion minister unveils plans
Social exclusion minister Hilary Armstrong is to make a speech in which she will outline a greater role for voluntary groups...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Many 'oppose police mergers'
Most voters in parts of England and Wales where police force mergers are planned oppose the plans, a poll says...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Boy arrested after fatal stabbing
Police investigating the death of a promising footballer near his school in London arrest a 16-year-old boy...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
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