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Global News Archive for July 2005:
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Efforts to Delay Gaza Withdrawal Are Easily Defeated
Israel's Parliament easily voted down three bills today aimed at delaying the withdrawal of Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip...
New York Times - July 20, 2005
Britain Takes Step Toward Deporting Radical Clerics
Britain struck a preliminary agreement with Jordan that could lead to the expulsion of a suspected close ally of Osama bin Laden...
New York Times - July 20, 2005
Planet's impact forms dust disc
Wreckage from a planetary impact 1,000 years ago is seen around another star...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Warning on Chunnel Rail link cost
UK taxpayers may end up paying more than forecast for the Channel Tunnel Rail link, a spending watchdog warns...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Benign breast lumps cancer link
Women who have certain types of benign breast disease have a higher risk for breast cancer, say US researchers...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Fears for future of radar station
Opposition MPs demand a full Commons statement amid fears for the future of defence jobs across Scotland...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Father guilty of killing baby son
A father who became irritable if his computer game was interrupted is convicted of killing his four-month-old son...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Cricket: Vaughan upbeat
England captain Michael Vaughan believes his side have shown Australia they will be a threat at Lord's...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Niger's president in famine zone
President Mamadou Tanja visits Niger's famine-hit south as the UN criticises world response to the crisis...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
PM meets police and intelligence
Tony Blair is set to reopen the issue of using phone tap evidence in combatting the threat of terrorism...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Violent offences top million mark
Recorded incidents of violent crime in England and Wales have reached record levels despite a drop in other offences...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
How can unruly children be tackled?
Tony Blair has suggested parents should be forced to stay at home to supervise their children if they are suspended from school. Send us your comments...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Web shows high costs of hi-tech
An investigation finds that fans of hi-tech toys could be paying more than they need to...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Polanski case hears of 'flirting'
Roman Polanski engaged in "vulgar" flirting just days after his wife was murdered, his libel case hears...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Robotics show Lucy walked upright
Australopithecus afarensis, the early human who lived about 3.2 million years ago, walked upright according to an "evolutionary robotics" model...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
UK to buy bird flu vaccine stocks
The UK government is to stockpile two million doses of vaccine to combat bird flu amid warnings of a global pandemic...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
PUP 'being pushed from politics'
The government is trying to push the Progressive Unionist Party out of politics, leader David Ervine says...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Tuition fees rise for non-Scots
University tuition fees for students from outside Scotland are to rise from 2006, say ministers...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Iraq constitution 'on schedule'
Iraqi officials promise the new constitution will be ready on time, despite the killing of politicians drafting it...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Bush judge comes under spotlight
US Democrats vow rigorous scrutiny of President George Bush's choice for the Supreme Court, John Roberts...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
UN forces flush out Rwanda rebels
UN forces burn down the main Rwandan rebel base in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Star Trek's Scotty dies aged 85
Actor James Doohan, who played the chief engineer Montgomery Scott in Star Trek, dies at the age of 85...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Athletics: Holmes out injured
Dame Kelly Holmes will miss the World Championships in Helsinki because of injury...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Football: Rooney denies club rift
Wayne Rooney dismisses reports that he has upset Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Blood donors warned over vCJD
About 100 people are to receive letters warning them they may have vCJD...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Tories MPs back new leader rules
Conservative MPs endorse plans to alter how the party elects its leader paving the way to a constitution change...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Pakistan police raids detain 200
About 200 suspected Islamist extremists are detained in Pakistan in raids on religious schools and other properties...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
UK plans global extremists list
The UK is to draw up a worldwide list of extremists who may be refused entry, the home secretary says...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Regiment 'regrets Iraqi's death'
A British Army regiment says it "bitterly regrets" the death of an Iraqi after three soldiers are charged with war crimes...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
3 British Soldiers Face Abuse Trials
Three British soldiers will be tried on war crimes charges for the abuse of Iraqi detainees, one of whom died...
New York Times - July 20, 2005
Europe moving in 'R&D slow lane'
Sluggish investment in science and technology puts at risk the EU's goal of being a leading global knowledge-based economy, new statistics show...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Farrell granted restraining order
A judge orders that a tape of actor Colin Farrell having sex with an ex-girlfriend is not seen or distributed...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Can extremism task force succeed?
UK Muslim leaders have agreed to tackle terrorism head on at a meeting in Downing Street. But have the talks been successful?...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Budget woes deepen for Chancellor
Government borrowing in the UK has rises to its highest ever in the month of June, the ONS says...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
'No rush for university' claim
Education ministers say the new fee regime for English universities is not the cause of a rise in applicants...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Hamas gunmen 'breach ceasefire'
Hamas militants fire on a Palestinian police chief's home despite a ceasefire deal, security sources say...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Four killed in Kashmir bomb blast
At least four people, three of them soldiers, are killed in a bomb blast in Indian-held Kashmir, police say...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Man remanded over car park death
A man is remanded in custody over the murder of Sean Mimnagh in a hotel car park in County Tyrone...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Curtain up on Valleywood studios
Lord Attenborough launches construction on £330m studios dubbed Valleywood set to make south Wales a centre of the UK film industry...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Bush names Supreme Court choice
George Bush nominates a conservative judge to fill the first US Supreme Court vacancy in many years...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
WTO probes EU-US air trade battle
The world's most complex trade row formally begins, as the World Trade Organization probes rival planemakers Airbus and Boeing...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Animal neglect cases 'up by 78%'
The RSPCA calls for tougher cruelty laws after recording a rise in neglect cases in the past year...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
England confirm team for Lord's
England omit Chris Tremlett as they name their expected 11 for the first Ashes Test starting on Thursday...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Tennis: Murray still on form
Andy Murray and Greg Rusedski win their opening matches at the RCA Championships in Indianapolis...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Further protests planned in Kenya
More protests are planned in front of Kenya's parliament in defiance of a ban, as a draft constitution is debated...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Bank vote points to UK rate cut
Prospects of a UK interest rate cut next month rise after minutes show the Bank of England only voted 5-4 to freeze rates in June...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Experts debate bird flu strategy
The best way to combat a major outbreak of bird flu in humans will be discussed by experts in London...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
World 'ignores' Niger food crisis
The UN's top aid official accuses the international community of neglecting the food crisis in Niger...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Boy, 15, wins curfew legal battle
A 15-year-old wins a High Court challenge to the legality of child curfew zones used to tackle anti-social behaviour...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Mayor blames Middle East policy
London's mayor says decades of oil-based UK and US Middle East policy motivated the men who bombed the city...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Scores detained in Pakistan raids
About 150 suspected Islamist extremists are detained in Pakistan in raids on religious schools and other properties...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Seeking Moderate Support, Blair Meets Muslim Leaders
Prime Minister Tony Blair met with moderate Muslim leaders, seeking to discount the war in Iraq as the main cause for the London bombings this month...
New York Times - July 20, 2005
U.S. Allies and Congress 'Positive' About India Nuclear Deal
The deal would give India help for its civilian nuclear program while allowing it to retain nuclear weapons...
New York Times - July 20, 2005
China's Military Geared to Deterring Taiwan, Report Says
China is modernizing its military and emphasizing preparations to fight over Taiwan, the Pentagon said in a report...
New York Times - July 20, 2005
German Opposition Leader Stirs Up Politics in France
The leader of Germany's conservative opposition allied herself with France's interior minister, declaring the need for a reassessment of the Franco-German relationship...
New York Times - July 20, 2005
Bomb Near a Police Vehicle Kills 13 in North Chechnya
At least 13 people were killed and more than 20 wounded Tuesday when a bomb exploded near a police vehicle in northern Chechnya...
New York Times - July 20, 2005
2 Sunni Arabs on Iraqi Panel Are Shot Dead
In a setback to the country's democratic process, two Sunni Arabs involved in drafting Iraq's constitution were killed...
New York Times - July 20, 2005
Testicular cancer fertility boost
The vast majority of testicular cancer patients are able to go on to have children, research shows...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Thai editors' alarm over new law
Editors say the Thai media faces its greatest threat in modern history from a new emergency law for the south...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
MPs face cleaners' picket lines
MPs and peers face picket lines as cleaners in the Houses of Parliament stage their first ever strike...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Tory leader rules vote set to end
Tory MPs are to finish giving their views on how the successor to Michael Howard should be elected...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
US reports China missile build-up
China has deployed up to 730 short-range ballistic missiles opposite Taiwan, the US defence department says...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Small stations 'worry passengers'
Travellers feel unsafe and are put off taking the train by small stations with poor facilities, a report says...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Bombed train lifted from tracks
The Tube train bombed at Edgware Road during the London attacks on 7 July is removed from the line...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Hospital care 'fails the elderly'
Elderly people are being failed by hospital care, a BBC Panorama report is set to reveal...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
Supreme Court judge nominated
US President George Bush names conservative judge John Roberts to fill the Supreme Court vacancy...
BBC News - July 20, 2005
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