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Global News Archive for December 2006:
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8 Marines Charged in Killings of Iraqi Civilians
A Marine Corps squad leader and three other marines were charged with murder today. Another four marines who were not at the scene received lesser charges...
New York Times - December 21, 2006
Maths solution tops science class
A solution to one of the most difficult problems in mathematics was the most important advance of 2006, Science magazine says...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Hammond tells of 'lost two weeks'
Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond tells Jonathan Ross the two weeks after his crash are a blank...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
RIM boosted by Blackberry demand
Demand for Blackberry handheld devices helps maker RIM unveil a strong rise in third quarter profits...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Medic training gets major boost
New investment will see almost four times as many doctors being given specialist training...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Minister quits after Trident vote
Malcolm Chisholm is to leave the Scottish government after voting with the SNP on Trident...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Mayor's fresh attack on Phillips
London mayor Ken Livingstone attacks racial equality chief Trevor Phillips, saying he could not have carried out his job if he was white...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Gaza's residents rally for peace
Crowds gather in Gaza, urging political rivals Hamas and Fatah to urge the resumption of talks on a unity cabinet...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Former Peruvian president charged
A Peruvian judge charges former President Alejandro Toledo with document forgery at the 2000 elections...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
US marines face Iraq murder trial
Eight US marines are charged, four with murder, over the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha last year...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Ministers agree TV licence deal
Gordon Brown and Tessa Jowell agree to raise the TV licence fee by less than the current inflation rate...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Man charged with Suffolk murders
A 48-year-old man from Ipswich is charged with murdering five women who worked as prostitutes in the town...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Euthanasia Advocate in Italy Dies
Piergiorgio Welby died after a doctor sedated him and removed the respirator that had kept him alive for the last nine years...
New York Times - December 21, 2006
Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmen Leader, Dies at 66
The sudden death raised questions about succession and stability for an essential supplier of energy to Europe...
New York Times - December 21, 2006
Robots could demand legal rights
Intelligent robots could one day be granted the same rights as humans says a report commissioned by the government...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Houses damaged in gas explosion
Part of a bungalow is blown apart by a gas explosion and several neighbouring properties are damaged...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Gazprom grabs Sakhalin gas stake
Russia's state-owned energy giant Gazprom wrests control of a massive gas field from Anglo-Dutch rival Shell...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Scissors attack girl is sentenced
A teenager who stabbed a fellow pupil in the eye with scissors gets three-and-a-half years in youth custody...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Travellers hit by airport delays
Flights at Northern Ireland's main airport slowly return to normal after disruption caused by bad weather in England...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Tamil Tigers free abducted boys
Seven boys abducted by the Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers on Monday are finally reunited with their families...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Nigeria VP's jet grounded in spat
Nigeria's president orders Lagos airport to prevent his vice-president taking off in his official plane on holiday...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Cricket: Harmison Test focus
Steve Harmison is confident his decision to retire from one-day cricket will help prolong his Test career...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Cricket: Australia 'Warne void'
Australia coach John Buchanan speaks of the "huge void" Shane Warne will leave when he retires...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Title of Harry Potter 7 revealed
Author JK Rowling reveals the title of the seventh and final Harry Potter book...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Murder team continue to quiz men
Police continue to question two suspects in the deaths of five women who worked as prostitutes in Suffolk...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Stone to serve at least 25 years
The man who murdered Lin and Megan Russell in Kent in 1996 is told he must serve at least 25 years in prison...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Somalis 'at war' with Ethiopia
The leader of Somalia's Islamists says his movement is at war with Ethiopia as clashes intensify...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Air travel fog ordeal continues
Dense fog continues to disrupt holiday air travel and cause chaos for thousands of people at airports...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Record firms sue Russian MP3 site
US record labels start legal action in New York against Russian music download site Allofmp3.com...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Michael stages concert for nurses
Singer George Michael pays tribute to nurses at a special free concert in north London...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
US to discuss UK Trident lifespan
President Bush agrees to discuss a fresh lifespan extension of Trident nuclear missiles "for UK purposes"...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Triplets for woman with two wombs
A 23-year-old woman with two wombs is believed to be the first in the world with the condition to give birth to triplets...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Two held over farmhouse stand-off
Two men are arrested after police negotiators bring a day-long stand-off at a remote farmhouse to an end...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Yell price controls to be eased
Directories firm Yell will be allowed to raise prices in line with inflation from 2008, the competition watchdog rules...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
More delays expected at airports
Further disruption is expected at NI's airports on Thursday as flights are cancelled in England due to bad weather...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Flight delays 'could last days'
Thousands of air passengers travelling south are warned to expect days of delays after fog halts flights to London...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
'New leads' in Jessie murder hunt
Police investigate new leads following a Crimewatch appeal on the shooting of schoolboy Jessie James...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Clashes in Bangladeshi capital
Troops and riot police clash with protestors in the Bangladeshi capital demanding electoral reform...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Baghdad suicide bomber kills 10
A suicide bomber kills at least 10 people and injures a dozen others at a police recruitment centre in the Iraqi capital...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Turkmenistan's 'iron ruler' dies
President Saparmurat Niyazov, who created a personality cult in the gas-rich Central Asian country, dies suddenly...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Truce fails to halt Somali clashes
Fighting resumes with the ink hardly dry on a truce agreed by Somalia's weak government and Islamic courts...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Broadband mis-selling 'targeted'
Telecoms regulator Ofcom says it will fine phone and broadband providers guilty of mis-selling...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Harmison quits one-dayers
England bowler Steve Harmison announces his retirement from one-day internationals, three months before the World Cup...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Murder police granted more time
Police are allowed to question a suspect in the deaths of five women in Suffolk for a further 24 hours...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Ryanair still hunting Aer Lingus
Ryanair says it is still "confident" of buying Aer Lingus despite a probe being launched into its bid...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Millions start Christmas getaway
Fog causes problems for air passengers and motorists as the great Christmas getaway begins...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Fishing quota deal 'good for UK'
The EU's fish quota deal - which includes cuts to the UK's cod catches - represents "a good deal", ministers say...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
British soldier accused of spying
A soldier accused of passing information to "the enemy" is an interpreter for a senior general in Afghanistan...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Radio 4's Jenni Murray has cancer
Jenni Murray, presenter of Radio 4's Woman's Hour programme, reveals she has breast cancer...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Teens guilty of christening death
A jury finds four youths guilty of shooting dead a woman who was holding a baby at a christening...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
As Europe Tries to Make Peace, Somalis Fight
While European diplomats shuttled between rival leaders, new clashes erupted near the headquarters of Somalia?s transitional government...
New York Times - December 21, 2006
Austria Frees Holocaust Denier From Jail
A court ruled that the British historian David Irving could serve the rest of his sentence at home on probation...
New York Times - December 21, 2006
Bush Asserts That Victory in Iraq Is Still ?Achievable?
President Bush warned Americans that the war in Iraq would require ?difficult choices and additional sacrifices? in the coming year...
New York Times - December 21, 2006
U.S. Negotiator Notes an Improved Tone in Talks on North Korea
The chief American negotiator said while an agreement is possible this week, prospects for a breakthrough remain uncertain...
New York Times - December 21, 2006
Iran President Facing Revival of Students? Ire
The Iranian student movement is reawakening and may be spearheading a widespread resistance against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
New York Times - December 21, 2006
U.S. and Britain to Add Ships to Persian Gulf in Signal to Iran
Officials said they hope to make it clear that Iraq has not made it impossible for the U.S. and its allies to maintain a military watch on Iran...
New York Times - December 21, 2006
Degrees hierarchy 'might change'
A trend to study near home may lead to the breakdown of the hierarchy of universities, a think-tank says...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Doubt on Gulf War chemical claim
Gulf War veterans hit by illnesses after the conflict were probably not poisoned by pesticides, say experts...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Fog causes flight cancellations
Thousands of air passengers travelling south are warned to expect delays after fog halts flights to London...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
VP chosen by Nigerian opposition
An opposition party selects Nigeria's vice-president as its candidate to stand in April 2007's elections...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Turkmen president 'dies aged 66'
Turkmenistan's President Saparmurat Niyazov dies aged 66, government sources say...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Chavez demands US 'drug apology'
Venezuela's President Chavez calls on the US ambassador to retract claims that drug trafficking is on the rise...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Junk food ad crackdown 'flawed'
A crackdown on junk food advertising aimed at children will not be effective, campaigners say...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Legend Warne to quit after Ashes
Australia's Shane Warne announces he will retire from international cricket after the final Ashes Test...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Anger over egg donation licence
The UK's fertility regulator has amended a licence to allow stem cell researchers to recruit egg donors not already having medical treatment...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Ryanair in EU probe on Aer Lingus
The European Commission is launching an investigation into Ryanair's bid for Ireland's national airline Aer Lingus...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
EU fish quota deal hammered out
EU ministers reach a deal to set quotas for 2007 after a revised proposal from the European Commission...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Police quizzing pair over deaths
Police are still questioning two men being held over the deaths of five women killed in Suffolk...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
US charges over Haditha killings
The US military is to announce charges against a group of marines accused of killing Iraqi civilians in Haditha a year ago...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
Fog causes more UK flight delays
Severe fog forces British Airways to cancel all UK domestic services from Heathrow on Thursday...
BBC News - December 21, 2006
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