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Global News Archive for November 2006:
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Nepal Rebels Sign Peace Accord With Government
The accord promises to bring the rebels, who control vast swaths of the countryside, into the political mainstream...
New York Times - November 21, 2006
Bomb Aimed at Iraqi Speaker Hits Green Zone
A bomb intended to kill the contentious speaker of the Iraqi Parliament exploded inside one of his armored cars...
New York Times - November 21, 2006
Call for improved dementia care
Care for people with dementia must be more co-ordinated with better access to specialist services, a watchdog says...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Nasa fears worst for spacecraft
The US space agency says the veteran Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft is probably lost and unrecoverable...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Travel agents' deals 'misleading'
Cut-price travel firms are "misleading" customers with cheap internet prices, the Trading Standards Institute says...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Polish mine blast 'kills eight'
At least eight miners have been killed and 15 trapped after a gas blast at a coal in south Poland, officials say...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Annan sees US 'trapped' in Iraq
The UN chief says the US is stuck in Iraq, as he urges Syria and Iran to help bring stability to the country...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Abducted BBC journalist released
Kidnapped BBC reporter Dilawar Khan Wazir is released a day after going missing in Pakistan...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Canada detainee 'is Russian spy'
A man arrested trying to leave Canada last week is a Russian spy, Canadian intelligence officials say...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Football: Arsenal 3-1 Hamburg
Emmanuel Eboue and Julio Baptista grab late goals as Arsenal fight back to beat Hamburg at the Emirates...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Celtic qualify for the first time
Celtic beat Man Utd 1-0 to reach the Champions League knockout phase for the first time...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Gunpoint child speaks of ordeal
A boy who had a gun held to his head as he and his mother were carjacked speaks about their ordeal...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Lebanon mourns murdered minister
Lebanon begins three days of mourning for the assassinated Maronite Christian leader Pierre Gemayel...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
London Journal: Book Lovers Seek Lovers, Buttered or Plain
In the London Review of Books personals column, correspondents present themselves as idiosyncratic, even actively repellent...
New York Times - November 21, 2006
U.N. Rights Chief Visits Southern Israel
The United Nations’ top human rights official, Louise Arbour, visited a southern Israeli town on the frontline of the conflict with the Palestinians today, and received a firsthand taste of the region’s turmoil...
New York Times - November 21, 2006
Anti-Syrian Minister Is Assassinated in Lebanon
Pierre Gemayel was the son of an ex-president and a supporter of lawmakers struggling with Hezbollah...
New York Times - November 21, 2006
Bond leaves UK box office shaken
James Bond film Casino Royale storms to the top of the UK box office, taking £13.37m in its opening weekend...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Failing colleges face crackdown
Underperforming colleges face a tough new intervention regime under plans outlined by the education secretary...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Blair denounces Lebanon killing
Tony Blair says he "condemns utterly" the murder of a leading Christian Lebanese minister in Beirut...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
298 jobs to go as factory shuts
Aluminium giant Alcoa is to close its Swansea factory by the end of March, leading to hundreds of job losses...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Dean killers branded 'despicable'
The mother of a man who was beaten and left to die condemns his killers as they are found guilty...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
£1m 'criminal' assets are frozen
More than £1m worth of property belonging to a brother of an alleged IRA leader are frozen...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Pc murder accused 'wants reward'
A man accused of murdering Pc Sharon Beshenivsky tells a court he should get £100,000 for helping police catch her killers...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Peace deal ends Nepal's civil war
Nepal's government signs a historic peace deal with Maoist rebels who have been fighting a 10-year insurgency...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
States sign nuclear energy pact
Governments agree a deal to harness an alternative source of nuclear power which would be clean and abundant...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Pro-reform Mexico cabinet named
The President-elect of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, announces his first cabinet appointments...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Congo court burnt in poll protest
DR Congo's Supreme Court is set on fire during protests over alleged fraud in the presidential run-off...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Rugby U: Goode gets start
Andy Goode will start at fly-half for England when they face South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
England aim for early advantage
Opener Andrew Strauss says it is important England grab the initiative in the Ashes opener in Brisbane...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
NHS deficits my problem - Hewitt
Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt says she will take "personal responsibility" for dragging the NHS out of deficit...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Bombings plot suspect 'tortured'
A British citizen accused of plotting UK bombings only confessed after being tortured in Pakistan, a trial has heard...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
ITV rejects NTL merger move
ITV rejects a merger proposal from the cable firm NTL, saying it undervalues the company...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
2012 Olympics cost 'up £900m'
The expected cost of the 2012 Olympics has risen from £2.4bn to at least £3.3bn, the culture secretary tells MPs...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Film director Robert Altman dies
Robert Altman, the acclaimed director of MASH, Nashville and Gosford Park, dies in a Los Angeles hospital...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Lebanese Christian leader killed
Pierre Gemayel, a leading anti-Syrian Lebanese minister and Maronite Christian leader, is assassinated in Beirut...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Poisoned spy 'had death threats'
A friend of a poisoned Russian dissident said they both received e-mail threats days before he was taken ill...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Israeli Map Says West Bank Posts Sit on Arab Land
An Israeli advocacy group says that 39 percent of the land held by Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank is privately owned by Palestinians...
New York Times - November 21, 2006
U.S. Considers Raising Troop Levels in Iraq
The idea would involve increasing U.S. forces by 20,000 troops or more in the hope of improving security...
New York Times - November 21, 2006
Mobiles hope to be 'smart wallet'
Mobile phones could be used as concert tickets, money and car keys using new wireless technologies...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Life expectancy hits record high
Life expectancy has hit record levels, but there are huge variations in the number of those years spent healthy...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
UK shows sweep world Emmys
Life on Mars, Little Britain and Vincent are among the winners at this year's International Emmy awards...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Big shake-up in public services
'Unprecedented changes' to how public services are delivered in Wales are announced by ministers...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Oil prices rise on Opec cuts talk
Oil prices rise on speculation that producer cartel Opec may unveil cuts in output at its December meeting...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
MPs probe Trident 'middle way'
An MP says they may call for the Trident nuclear weapons system to be overhauled rather than replaced...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Seventy criminals flee open jail
A murderer is among 29 criminals who are still at large after 70 absconded from Ford Open Prison...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
House blaze deaths investigated
Post mortem examinations are to be carried out on three family members who were killed in a house fire...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Homicide level lowest in 15 years
The number of homicides in Scotland falls by a third, bringing the figure to its lowest level since the mid-1990s...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Berlusconi turns back on PM job
Silvio Berlusconi, a veteran of Italian politics, says he will not be prime minister again...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Two Palestinians die in Gaza raid
Israeli troops launch a major raid in Gaza with troops and tanks, killing a Hamas militant and an elderly woman...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
BBC in 'abducted' reporter appeal
The BBC urges the Pakistan government to help find "kidnapped" journalist Dilawar Khan...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
India and China 'to double trade'
India and China's leaders pledge to double trade to $40bn a year during talks in Delhi...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Football: West Ham in takeover
West Ham accept an £85m offer from an Icelandic consortium headed by Eggert Magnusson...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Rwanda fury at call for Kagame trial
Rwanda dismisses a French judge's claims implicating the Rwandan president in the 1994 killing of his predecessor...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Robbers hold gun to child's head
Robbers point a gun at an eight-year-old boy's head before stealing his mother's car at a petrol station...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Iraq and Syria restore relations
Syria and Iraq are to restore diplomatic relations, after a break of more than 20 years, it is announced in Baghdad...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Failed asylum removals decrease
The number of failed asylum seekers removed from the UK falls 26% in the third quarter of the year, figures show...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Jowell grilled on Olympics costs
Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell is being grilled by MPs about fears over the costs of the 2012 Olympics...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Radioactive poison fear over spy
A Russian dissident may have been poisoned in the UK with a radioactive substance, says an expert toxicologist...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
'Super-nannies' to help parents
Parenting experts are to help families in areas beset by anti-social behaviour under a new government scheme...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Bush Ends Trip at Careful Stop in Indonesia
In a six-hour, carefully orchestrated visit to Indonesia, President Bush praised the country’s first directly elected president...
New York Times - November 21, 2006
Yes, He Lost Mexico’s Vote, So He’s Swearing Himself In
Andrés Manuel López Obrador swore himself in as “the legitimate president of Mexico,” ignoring rulings that he lost the election...
New York Times - November 21, 2006
U.S. Considers Large, Temporary Troop Increase in Iraq
The idea would involve increasing American forces by 20,000 troops or more for several months in the hope of improving security...
New York Times - November 21, 2006
Syria and Iraq Restore Ties Severed in the Hussein Era
Iraq agreed to restore an embassy in Baghdad after more than 20 years with no formal avenues of communication...
New York Times - November 21, 2006
Israel Orders Investigation of Bomb Use in Lebanon
The inquiry will look into the use of large numbers of cluster bombs in Lebanon during the war with Hezbollah...
New York Times - November 21, 2006
Scheme to cut 'carbon footprint'
A scheme to help firms measure their products' total carbon emissions has been launched by the Carbon Trust...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
NHS board reviews girl's therapy
Glasgow health officials meet to discuss whether to fund treatment for a child with a rare genetic condition...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Sri Lanka jets 'bomb' rebel area
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels say military aircraft have dropped bombs near a rebel-held area in the north...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Call for break rights for carers
Campaigners are to urge MPs to join their push to get carers of disabled children a right to a break...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Israel to probe cluster bomb use
Israel's military says it will investigate the use of cluster bombs in Lebanon, as a new report criticises its tactics...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
India-China agreements expected
China and India are due to sign a series of deals as Chinese President Hu Jintao continues his visit to Delhi...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Bell injury concern for England
England batsman Ian Bell hurts his left wrist in practice two days ahead of the first Test against Australia...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Swimming: Thorpe to retire
Five-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe quits competitive swimming at the age of 24...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Archbishop attacks BA cross rules
The Archbishop of York condemns British Airways' refusal to let a woman worker openly wear a cross as "nonsense"...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
'I was madly in love' says Mills
Heather Mills McCartney says she was "madly in love" with Sir Paul McCartney but "it just didn't work out"...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Many council estates 'improving'
A series of council estates of the 1980s have "turned the tide" of deprivation, a new report suggests...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Terror police probe spy poisoning
Scotland Yard anti-terror officers are leading the inquiry into the poisoning of a former KGB colonel...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
'Super nannies' to help parents
Plans for "super nannies" to help parents in areas with anti-social behaviour are expected to be unveiled...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
Ministers to sign fusion accord
Governments are to sign a deal committing scientists to work to harness an alternative source of nuclear power...
BBC News - November 21, 2006
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