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Global News Archive for May 2008:
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Expert says txt is gr8 4 language
A linguistics professor rejects claims that phone texting harms literacy, and says it enhances language skills...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Iceland minister warns on whaling
As Iceland's whale hunt begins, its foreign minister warns of damage to the country's long term interests...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Fire at Berlin orchestra's home
The home of one of the world's greatest orchestras, the Berlin Philharmonic, is damaged by a fire...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
MPs reject need for father in IVF
MPs scrap laws forcing clinics to require a "father and mother" before allowing women to seek IVF treatment...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
George Bush set for June NI visit
George W Bush is to visit Northern Ireland next month to put his seal of approval on devolution...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
S Africa 'will protect migrants'
South African ministers say they will protect foreigners threatened by attacks that have left at least 23 dead...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Search for bodies at Manson ranch
Police carry out new excavations at a US ranch to search for possible victims of murderer Charles Manson...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Mixed result on class sizes probe
MSPs are due to hear that evidence on the benefits of smaller class sizes is inconclusive...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Warning shot
Are police set to walk out, after right-to-strike vote?...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Football quiz
Test your big match knowledge...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
The deep divide
Feelings running high in Abkhazia and Georgia...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Day in pictures
The most striking images from around the world...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
The man who breathed new life into Dr Who quits the show
Russell T Davies is to step down as executive producer of the popular Doctor Who series, the BBC announces...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Chelsea and Man Utd set for final
Chelsea and Manchester United prepare to meet in the first all-English Champions League final...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
R Kelly 'taped under-age sex acts'
Opening arguments are made in the child pornography trial involving R&B star R Kelly at a Chicago court...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Flying fish caught on camera in Japan
Some remarkable footage of a flying fish is captured by an NHK TV crew off the southern tip of Japan...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Clinton 'wins Kentucky primary'
Hillary Clinton wins Kentucky's Democratic primary, US networks project, but Barack Obama looks set to take Oregon...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Gay Iranian granted asylum in UK
A gay Iranian teenager who claimed he would be executed in Iran wins a fight against deportation...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
MPs back 24-week abortion limit
Attempts to cut the 24-week upper limit for abortions are rejected by MPs...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
The Lede: The Lede: Defusing a Koran Shooting in Iraq
The U.S. military quickly apologized over a soldier shooting at the Koran, but was it the right response?...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
New President Takes Office in Taiwan
A Nationalist, Ma Ying-jeou, took office as Taiwan?s new president on Tuesday and used his inaugural speech to repeat campaign promises to seek closer economic relations with mainland China and an eventual peace accord...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Dalai Lama Arrives in London
European governments are trying to balance China?s hostility toward the Dalai Lama against their support for human rights in Tibet...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Poison Moonshine Kills Scores in India
The vast majority of the dead came from slums in Bangalaore, but several dozen deaths were also reported in nearby rural areas and across the state border in neighboring Tamil Nadu...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Criticism for 'UK database' plan
Plans for a centralised database of all e-mail and phone calls in the UK are criticised by the IT industry...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Call to keep father role in IVF
Ex-Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith says it is "nonsense" not to consider the need for a father in IVF treatment...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
'Asbestos warning' on nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes could trigger diseases similar to those caused by asbestos, a study suggests...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Private bids for behaviour units
Private companies and charities will be asked to educate pupils excluded from schools in England...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Fuel crops 'pose invasion risk'
Nations should avoid biofuel crops that have a high risk of becoming an invasive species, a report warns...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Blue Peter's Zoe Salmon to quit
Blue Peter presenter Zoe Salmon is to leave the BBC One children's show after three-and-a-half years...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Tough penalty urged in Aziz trial
The prosecutor at the trial of Tariq Aziz calls for a punishment which would 'ease the hearts of widows'...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
UN to fly aid to Burmese victims
Burma allows UN helicopters to deliver aid to remote cyclone-hit areas, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon prepares to visit...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Blaze at Berlin orchestra's home
The Berlin Philharmonic's concert hall is evacuated as scores of German firefighters tackle a blaze in its roof...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Urgent action on maternity units
Maternity services in Gwent are put into "special measures" after an official review finds them unacceptable...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Water chief to leave job in weeks
The chief executive of Northern Ireland Water is to leave her post at the end of this month...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Bush apology for Koran shooting
US President George W Bush apologises over the shooting of a Koran by a US soldier, the White House confirms...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Alzheimer's fight
How one mother's cheerfulness inspires her child...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Police probe feeding tube death
Police investigate the death of a hospital patient whose feeding tube was wrongly inserted into her lung...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Witness 'met gunman in toilets'
A man tells a murder trial how he met a gunman in a public toilet on the night a waiter was shot dead...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Chelsea's finest
Meet flower show's winning garden designers...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Nice... NICE?!
Is niceness really something we should strive for?...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Gay wedding for Star Trek's Takei after California lifts ban
US actor George Takei is to wed his long-term partner after California lifted its ban on same-sex marriage...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Joey Barton is jailed for assault
Newcastle United footballer Joey Barton is jailed for six months after admitting committing assault and affray in Liverpool...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Man Utd inspired by past failures
Sir Alex Ferguson says Man Utd are desperate to improve their relatively modest European record in Wednesday's Champions League final...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Thousands bid farewell to Burns
Thousands of mourners gather to pay their last respects as Celtic legend Tommy Burns is laid to rest...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Doctor Who guru Russell T Davies steps down as executive producer
Russell T Davies is to step down as executive producer of the popular series, the BBC announces...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
EU shake-up on farming subsidies
The EU announces plans to reform its hugely expensive rural payments system, the Common Agricultural Policy...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
7/7 accused had Afghan training
A man accused of assisting the 7 July suicide bombers has admitted undergoing training for jihad in Afghanistan...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Arrests follow police car death
Police make several arrests after trouble flares when a 16-year-old girl is killed by a police patrol car in Newcastle...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Police vote for right to strike
Police officers in England and Wales vote by a big majority to lobby the government for the right to strike...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Police Gunman wounds 3 outside SoCal church
A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Police Gunman wounds 3 outside California church
A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Explosion damages San Diego building site 14 hurt
An apparently accidental explosion rocked a Hilton hotel under construction Monday, injuring 14 workers, five of them critically, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
14 hurt in blast at San Diego construction site
A mechanical failure or gas likely triggered an explosion that rocked a waterfront hotel under construction, damaging four floors and injuring 14 workers, five critically, a fire official said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Plea deal in Alejandro Sanz blackmail case
A husband and wife who once worked for Latin music star Alejandro Sanz took a plea deal Monday just as their blackmail trial was about to start...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Katie Holmes headed to Broadway
Katie Holmes is looking to bounce back from a box-office flop with her Broadway debut...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Evan Longorias homer in 13th leads Rays past As
Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays overcame a pair of home runs by Frank Thomas to beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 Monday night...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Longorias homer leads Rays to 7-6 win in 13
Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays overcame a pair of home runs by Frank Thomas to beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 Monday night...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Spurs beat Hornets 91-82, advance to West finals
A title defense endures for the playoff-savvy San Antonio Spurs. Manu Ginobili scored 26 points, hitting four free throws in the final minute, sending the Spurs to the Western Conference finals with a 91-82 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Monday night in Game 7 of their second-round series...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Obama to reach delegate milestone today
Barack Obama will reach a significant milestone Tuesday as he marches toward the Democratic nomination for president _ a majority of pledged delegates at stake in all the primaries and caucuses...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Records shed light on candidates ancestors
They were a sailor, a bookkeeper and a factory worker, men of humble roots and distant times whose kin would run for president in 2008...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Obama seeks delegate majority in Ore., Ky. primaries
Barack Obama will reach for a symbolic tipping point in the Oregon and Kentucky primaries Tuesday _ a majority of pledged delegates offered in the Democratic presidential contest...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Oregon, Kentucky primaries latest to shape race
Barack Obama is reaching for a symbolic tipping point in the Oregon and Kentucky primaries Tuesday _ a majority of pledged delegates offered in the Democratic presidential contest...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Large crowds at rallies an Obama trademark
Barack Obama is well known for his ability to draw large crowds, but 75,000 in Portland, Ore.?...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Oil steady in Asia after record close
Oil prices held steady Tuesday in Asia after closing overnight above $127 for the first time on news that OPEC will not increase its output before its next meeting in September...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Dancing success plays 3 different ways
CRISTIAN DE LA FUENTELOS ANGELES (AP) _ Cristian de la Fuente overcame a serious injury to learn an important life lesson on "Dancing With the Stars."...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
DeGeneres, de Rossi plan to marry, AP is told
Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage into action _ she and Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
12 die in South Africa anti-foreigner violence
Emmerson Ziso fled hunger and repression in neighboring Zimbabwe, but now he wants to go back. Even his violent, chaotic homeland seems a haven compared to Johannesburg, where weekend attacks on foreigners left at least 12 dead...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Gore wins $1 million prize from Israeli group
Al Gore received a $1 million prize on Monday for his environmental work from an Israeli fund...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
TV forecast of big aftershock prompts panic
A government warning of a major aftershock sent thousands of panicked survivors running into the darkened streets Monday night following an unprecedented display of mourning for more than 34,000 people killed in a powerful earthquake one week ago...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
11 Iraqi police recruits killed, police say
Suspected Sunni insurgents ambushed a minibus carrying Iraqi police recruits near the Syrian border Monday, killing all 11 passengers, Iraqi officials said _ the first deadly attack since Iraqi forces launched a major sweep against al-Qaida fighters in the region...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Kansas group helps get relief to China quake zone
Donated vans came from another Chinese province. American students arranged extra warehouse space for donated food, water and medicine. A Canadian couple offered free medical expertise...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Warning of major aftershock sparks panic in China
A government warning of a major aftershock sent thousands of panicked survivors running into the darkened streets Monday night following an unprecedented display of mourning for more than 34,000 people killed in a powerful earthquake one week ago...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Israeli premier undergoes exam to monitor cancer
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert underwent a medical imaging exam at Hadassah University Hospital late Monday to check development of his prostate cancer, the hospital said in a statement...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Smugglers try to mail geckos to Europe
Wildlife smugglers tried to mail 15 Australian geckos to Europe in hollowed-out books and photo frames, the Customs Service said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Myanmar begins 3-day mourning period
Myanmar began three days of mourning for some 78,000 cyclone victims Tuesday, after its ruling junta appeared to relent to foreign pressure to allow more outside help for its storm survivors...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Myanmar mourns for 78,000 cyclone victims
Myanmar began three days of mourning for some 78,000 cyclone victims Tuesday, after its ruling junta appeared to relent to foreign pressure to allow more outside help for its storm survivors...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Iraqi court resumes trial of Saddam lieutenant
An Iraqi court has resumed hearing the case against Tariq Aziz and seven other former regime officials who face charges in the 1992 execution of dozens of merchants...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Doctors 2 Palestinians killed in Gaza airstrikes
Israeli aircraft launched at least two strikes on Palestinians Tuesday, killing a 13-year-old boy and an unidentified man in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian doctors said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
5 nomads die in roadside blast in Afghanitan
A provincial governor says a roadside blast has killed five nomads and dozens of sheep in southwestern Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Taiwan investigating ex-President Chen Shui-bian
Taiwanese prosecutors launched a corruption probe against outgoing President Chen Shui-bian on Tuesday, hours after he completed eight combative years in office...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
5 nomads die in roadside blast in Afghanistan
A provincial governor says a roadside blast has killed five nomads and dozens of sheep in southwestern Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Police Gunman wounds 3 outside California church
A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Police Gunman wounds 3 outside SoCal church
A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Explosion damages San Diego building site 14 hurt
An apparently accidental explosion rocked a Hilton hotel under construction Monday, injuring 14 workers, five of them critically, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Plea deal in Alejandro Sanz blackmail case
A husband and wife who once worked for Latin music star Alejandro Sanz took a plea deal Monday just as their blackmail trial was about to start...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
14 hurt in blast at San Diego construction site
A mechanical failure or gas likely triggered an explosion that rocked a waterfront hotel under construction, damaging four floors and injuring 14 workers, five critically, a fire official said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Katie Holmes headed to Broadway
Katie Holmes is looking to bounce back from a box-office flop with her Broadway debut...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Longorias homer leads Rays to 7-6 win in 13
Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays overcame a pair of home runs by Frank Thomas to beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 Monday night...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Evan Longorias homer in 13th leads Rays past As
Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays overcame a pair of home runs by Frank Thomas to beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 Monday night...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Spurs beat Hornets 91-82, advance to West finals
A title defense endures for the playoff-savvy San Antonio Spurs. Manu Ginobili scored 26 points, hitting four free throws in the final minute, sending the Spurs to the Western Conference finals with a 91-82 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Monday night in Game 7 of their second-round series...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Records shed light on candidates ancestors
They were a sailor, a bookkeeper and a factory worker, men of humble roots and distant times whose kin would run for president in 2008...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Obama to reach delegate milestone today
Barack Obama will reach a significant milestone Tuesday as he marches toward the Democratic nomination for president _ a majority of pledged delegates at stake in all the primaries and caucuses...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Large crowds at rallies an Obama trademark
Barack Obama is well known for his ability to draw large crowds, but 75,000 in Portland, Ore.?...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Obama seeks delegate majority in Ore., Ky. primaries
Barack Obama will reach for a symbolic tipping point in the Oregon and Kentucky primaries Tuesday _ a majority of pledged delegates offered in the Democratic presidential contest...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Oregon, Kentucky primaries latest to shape race
Barack Obama is reaching for a symbolic tipping point in the Oregon and Kentucky primaries Tuesday _ a majority of pledged delegates offered in the Democratic presidential contest...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Oil steady in Asia after record close
Oil prices held steady Tuesday in Asia after closing overnight above $127 for the first time on news that OPEC will not increase its output before its next meeting in September...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Dancing success plays 3 different ways
CRISTIAN DE LA FUENTELOS ANGELES (AP) _ Cristian de la Fuente overcame a serious injury to learn an important life lesson on "Dancing With the Stars."...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
DeGeneres, de Rossi plan to marry, AP is told
Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage into action _ she and Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
12 die in South Africa anti-foreigner violence
Emmerson Ziso fled hunger and repression in neighboring Zimbabwe, but now he wants to go back. Even his violent, chaotic homeland seems a haven compared to Johannesburg, where weekend attacks on foreigners left at least 12 dead...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Gore wins $1 million prize from Israeli group
Al Gore received a $1 million prize on Monday for his environmental work from an Israeli fund...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
TV forecast of big aftershock prompts panic
A government warning of a major aftershock sent thousands of panicked survivors running into the darkened streets Monday night following an unprecedented display of mourning for more than 34,000 people killed in a powerful earthquake one week ago...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
11 Iraqi police recruits killed, police say
Suspected Sunni insurgents ambushed a minibus carrying Iraqi police recruits near the Syrian border Monday, killing all 11 passengers, Iraqi officials said _ the first deadly attack since Iraqi forces launched a major sweep against al-Qaida fighters in the region...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Warning of major aftershock sparks panic in China
A government warning of a major aftershock sent thousands of panicked survivors running into the darkened streets Monday night following an unprecedented display of mourning for more than 34,000 people killed in a powerful earthquake one week ago...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Kansas group helps get relief to China quake zone
Donated vans came from another Chinese province. American students arranged extra warehouse space for donated food, water and medicine. A Canadian couple offered free medical expertise...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Israeli premier undergoes exam to monitor cancer
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert underwent a medical imaging exam at Hadassah University Hospital late Monday to check development of his prostate cancer, the hospital said in a statement...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Smugglers try to mail geckos to Europe
Wildlife smugglers tried to mail 15 Australian geckos to Europe in hollowed-out books and photo frames, the Customs Service said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Myanmar begins 3-day mourning period
Myanmar began three days of mourning for some 78,000 cyclone victims Tuesday, after its ruling junta appeared to relent to foreign pressure to allow more outside help for its storm survivors...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Myanmar mourns for 78,000 cyclone victims
Myanmar began three days of mourning for some 78,000 cyclone victims Tuesday, after its ruling junta appeared to relent to foreign pressure to allow more outside help for its storm survivors...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Iraqi court resumes trial of Saddam lieutenant
An Iraqi court has resumed hearing the case against Tariq Aziz and seven other former regime officials who face charges in the 1992 execution of dozens of merchants...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Doctors 2 Palestinians killed in Gaza airstrikes
Israeli aircraft launched at least two strikes on Palestinians Tuesday, killing a 13-year-old boy and an unidentified man in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian doctors said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Taiwan investigating ex-President Chen Shui-bian
Taiwanese prosecutors launched a corruption probe against outgoing President Chen Shui-bian on Tuesday, hours after he completed eight combative years in office...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
5 nomads die in roadside blast in Afghanitan
A provincial governor says a roadside blast has killed five nomads and dozens of sheep in southwestern Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
5 nomads die in roadside blast in Afghanistan
A provincial governor says a roadside blast has killed five nomads and dozens of sheep in southwestern Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Lebanese Rivals Running Out of Time to Reach Deal
DOHA (Reuters) - Mediators made a last-ditch proposal to rival leaders on Tuesday aimed at salvaging negotiations to end Lebanon's 18-month-old political crisis, hours before the Qatari host was due to leave the talks...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Yemen: Judge Orders Suspect Held
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New York Times - May 20, 2008
World Brief | Americas: Colombia: Rebel Commander Surrenders
A woman who was a senior commander in the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia has surrendered after almost two decades of guerrilla activity...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Nigeria: Senator Faces Graft Charge
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New York Times - May 20, 2008
Man Jailed for Copying Army Secrets
A man whose true identity remained unknown was sentenced to prison for copying military secrets while working as an translator, federal prosecutors said...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
New President Takes Office in Taiwan
Taiwan?s new president took office and set the tone for his administration?s policy on China: better economic and political ties but no plans for unification...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Spain?s Defense Minister Becomes a Mother
Spain?s first female defense minister, whose pregnancy became a symbol of Spain?s new commitment to sexual equality, began maternity leave after giving birth to a boy...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Games consoles 'not green enough'
Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are not producing 'green' enough consoles, says Greenpeace...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Sweden tipped to win Eurovision
Sweden's song contest entry by Charlotte Perrelli emerges as the favourite to triumph in a Europe-wide BBC vote...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Clegg sets out tax-cutting plans
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg signals a policy shift with plans to cut tax for low and middle income families...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Firms scoop £4bn carrier contract
The Ministry of Defence is set to sign a £4bn deal to build two aircraft carriers with BAE Systems and VT Group...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
India and Pakistan resume talks
Top Indian and Pakistani officials hold talks in Islamabad to review the two countries' peace process...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Taiwan ex-leader faces graft case
Taiwanese prosecutors launch a corruption investigation into ex-President Chen Shui-bian, just after he leaves office...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
EU looks to cut farming subsidies
The EU is to announce plans to reform its hugely expensive rural payments system, the Common Agricultural Policy...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Tariq Aziz trial resumes in Iraq
The trial of former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz resumes without the new lawyers he demanded...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Army could stop S Africa attacks
South African ministers discuss using the army to stop attacks on foreigners, which has left 22 dead...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Man arrested over Nairac killing
A 57-year-old man is being questioned about the murder of British Army Captain Robert Nairac 31 years ago...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
New public funding plan unveiled
A new way to fund the building of schools, hospitals and similar projects is outlined by Scottish ministers...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Failed asylum seekers' free NHS
Wales' health minister says it is right to give free NHS care to failed asylum seekers, but Tories sound a warning...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Flood victims still in caravans
More than 5,500 families hit by last summer's floods are still not in their homes and 1,400 are living in caravans...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Football fever
Best police shirts and many taxis for Moscow decider...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Eurovision stars?
Songs tipped for greatness by BBC voters...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Hundreds bid farewell to Burns
Hundreds of mourners attend the funeral of Celtic legend Tommy Burns in Glasgow's east end...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Ronaldo will not leave - Man Utd
Manchester United chief executive David Gill says they have "no intention" of letting Cristiano Ronaldo leave...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Fragment of DNA from Tasmanian tiger is brought back to life
A fragment of DNA from the extinct Tasmanian tiger is put into a mouse to study how the genetic material works...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Sir Michael Parkinson to be a "dignity ambassador" for elderly
Broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson is appointed a "dignity ambassador" for older people in care...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Presenter Speight hanged himself
Children's TV presenter Mark Speight committed suicide by hanging himself, a coroner rules...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
7/7 accused denies bomb plotting
A man accused of a reconnaissance trip for the 7 July suicide bombers tells a jury he had nothing to do with the attacks...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Agency staff to get equal rights
Agency workers will be given the same employment rights as permanent staff after 12 weeks under new plans...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Woman killed as bus crashes into tree
A woman dies when a double decker bus crashes into a tree in central London...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Girl hit and killed by police car
A 16-year-old girl is hit and killed by a police officer driving a marked car in the West End of Newcastle...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Obama seeks to extend poll lead
Barack Obama hopes to move towards clinching the US Democratic nomination as the latest primary polls are held...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
China earthquake toll tops 40,000
The death toll from last week's devastating earthquake in south-west China rises to 40,075, officials say...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
World Brief | Europe: Germany: Dalai Lama Ends 5-Day Visit
The spiritual leader of Tibet ended a five-day visit to Germany during which only one government minister agreed to meet with him...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
World Brief | Europe: Britain: Hybrid Embryo Ban Is Defeated
The House of Commons has defeated a bill that would have banned the creation of so-called hybrid embryos ? part human and part animal ? for medical research...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
The Lede: China Disaster Relief: How to Contribute
A list of contact information and links for some agencies that plan to provide relief to the victims of the earthquake in China...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Call in France to Lengthen Workweek Falls Flat
The confusion was an embarrassment for President Nicolas Sarkozy, who had pledged during his election campaign last year to get rid of the 35-hour week...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Iraqi Forces Find Weapons Cache in Baghdad Mosque
The arms ? including roadside bombs, mortar rounds, and grenades ? were further evidence that Shiite militants had stepped up their attacks outside Sadr City...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Argentine Farms to End Strike
Farm leaders announced that they planned to resume negotiations with the Argentine government to resolve a dispute over a tax increase on exports...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
American and 3 Others Found Dead in Mexico
The area where the bodies were found is one of many along the border that gangs use to smuggle marijuana and cocaine into the United States...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
U.S. Says It Is Holding 500 Youths in Iraq
A total of 2,500 people under the age of 18, almost all in Iraq, have been detained for periods of up to a year or more since 2002, the United States reported...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Memo From Tehran: Iranian Clerics Tell the President to Leave the Theology to Them
President Ahmadinejad was stung by the religious leaders? contention that he is using religion to distract attention from his political failures...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
India-Pakistan in new peace talks
India and Pakistan are due to hold fresh peace talks, a day after Delhi accused Islamabad of firing in Kashmir...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Clegg to outline tax policy shift
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg is to signal a policy shift with plans to cut tax for low and middle income families...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Ethiopian millions 'risk hunger'
Millions of Ethiopian children face acute malnutrition after the failure of rains for crops, says Unicef...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Farc captive calls for surrender
A top commander in Colombia's Farc urges other rebels to follow her example and surrender...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Taiwan's new leader takes office
The Nationalist Party's Ma Ying-jeou is sworn in as Taiwan's new president for a four-year term...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Veil drama
Row in Denmark over judges' headscarf ban...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Balancing act
Delicate backdrop of the Dalai Lama's UK visit...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Cheating Britain
Mercedes man among the big benefit 'thieves'...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Lost dignity?
'My mother should not have been on a ward with men'...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Final straight
Can Kentucky and Oregon wrap up Democratic race?...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Dalai Lama starts tour in London
The Dalai Lama is due to arrive for a visit to the UK in which he is scheduled to meet Gordon Brown...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Firms may educate excluded pupils
Private companies and charities could be asked to educate pupils who have been excluded from schools in England...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Record level of benefits 'stolen'
Record levels of benefits and other public money are "stolen" or overpaid but authorities don't do enough about it, says a report...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
MPs to vote on abortion limit cut
MPs are set to vote on the issue of whether to reduce the abortion time limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks or less...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Mixed-sex NHS 'still a problem'
Two thirds of NHS trusts are failing to meet government guidelines on single-sex wards, figures show...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Plans for phone calls database
Ministers are to consider plans for a database of every phone call made in the UK, as well as every e-mail sent, it emerges...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Cyclone mourning begins in Burma
Burma begins official mourning for victims of Cyclone Nargis, as the regime starts to accept limited help...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
BA crash inquiry reveals heroics
A British Airways inquiry into January's crash at Heathrow reveals the crew prevented a far worse accident...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
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