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Global News Archive for January 2005:
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British Major Denies Abuse of Iraqis
The alleged abuse of Iraqi civilians arose out of an effort to stop looting, the commanding officer of the accused soldiers said...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Mobiles get set for visual radio
Mobile phones offering visual radio technology will be released into the UK market soon...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Fuel protests in Bolivia swell
Thousands take to the streets of Bolivia's second-largest city, as protests spread over rising fuel prices...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Russian MPs launch hunger strike
A group of Russian deputies go on hunger strike to protest against a controversial benefits reform...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Murder conspiracy charge for seer
Sri Jayendra Saraswathi , one of India's leading Hindu priests, is charged with conspiracy to murder...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Sally's life 'cruelly cut short'
About 200 mourners attend the private funeral and cremation of the murdered student Sally Geeson...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Boy arrested after body is found
A teenage boy is arrested after police hunting for a missing 16-year-old girl find a body...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
First-time buyers face price woe
First-time buyers cannot afford to buy a home in 92% of UK towns, a survey from the Halifax bank says...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
US policy shift on Aids drugs use
New US government guidelines say rape victims and others exposed to the Aids virus should get Aids drugs...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Double eviction from Big Brother
Model Caprice and actor Jeremy Edwards are evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother house on Friday...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Rugby: Bath squeeze past Sale
An injury-time kick from replacement Chris Malone sees Bath squeeze past Sale and into the Powergen Cup semis...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Bombers wreak carnage in Iraq
Blasts apparently targeting Iraq's Shias kill at least 20 in two attacks days before historic elections are due...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
14 Iraqis Killed, 40 Wounded in Blast at Baghdad Mosque
The attack raised the prospect of continuing sectarian violence ahead of the Jan. 30 national elections...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Palestinian Security Forces Move to Stop Attacks in Gaza
The action was the most visible sign that Mahmoud Abbas will try to control militants and demilitarize the intifada...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Brits admit error in awards list
Organisers of the Brit Awards have to add extra songs to the best single category after a mistake...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Danish troops charged with abuse
A Danish army officer and four military policemen are charged with abuse of Iraqi prisoners...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Israel welcomes Gaza deployment
Israel praises the Palestinian Authority for deploying its forces to stop rocket attacks in Gaza...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Woman admits hiding baby's body
An NI woman is given two years probation for trying to conceal the birth of a baby by setting fire to its body...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Few signs of hope for UK finances
Gordon Brown's golden rule of balancing public finances may still be broken after the latest borrowing figures proved contradictory, analysts say...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Minister's concern over Belmarsh
Minister Chris Mullin says any decent democrat would be concerned over detention without trial in the UK...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Norway to kill 25% of its wolves
A quarter of Norway's tiny population of wolves are to be shot to protect farm animals...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Tsunami fund 'hacking' inquiry
An attempt to hack into the website of the Disaster and Emergency Committee is investigated by Met police...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Football: Arsenal pair sign
Arsenal defenders Sol Campbell and Lauren sign new deals at Highbury...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Cricket: Wash-out delays England
Rain prevents any play at all on day one of the fifth Test at Centurion, South Africa...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
New doubts over Sudan peace force
Sudan's southern rebels are unhappy that too many Muslim countries have been asked to send peacekeepers, a UN source says...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Democrats defiant over Bush term
Opposition Democrats in the US say they will refuse to be sidelined as President Bush begins his second term...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Problem pubs to get 'yellow card'
Ministers unveil proposals to deal with drink-fuelled disorder when pubs move to 24 hour opening...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Officer's orders 'led to abuse'
Unapproved orders to "work hard" Iraqi looters led to three UK soldiers facing charges, a court martial hears...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Cheney Says Israel Might 'Act First' on Iran
The vice president appeared to use the danger of Israeli military action as another reason the Iranians should agree to disarm...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Ukraine's Leader Looks Back in Melancholy
President Leonid Kuchma said his pride over Ukraine's advances since declaring independence is tinged with regret over the nation's divisions...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Iraqi Refugee's Tale of Abuse Dissolves Upon Later Scrutiny
An Iraqi woman's story of horrific torture at the hands of Saddam Hussein's regime was cited by U.S. officials...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Format wars could 'confuse users'
The world's biggest electronics firms are working on systems to stop digital content being pirated...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Redford opens Sundance festival
Robert Redford encourages film-makers to "speak their minds" at the opening of this year's Sundance Film Festival...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Should pubs pay to police 24-hour drinking?
The drinks industry will be forced to pay towards policing when 24-hour drinking is introduced, the government is likely to announce. What is your reaction?...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Ukraine loser bows out grudgingly
Viktor Yanukovych accepts defeat in Ukraine's presidential poll, telling his supporters to pack up their tents...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Palestinian forces deploy in Gaza
Palestinian forces begin taking up positions in Gaza to prevent rocket attacks against Israel...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Pakistan denies new Kashmir raid
Pakistan rejects Indian claims that its forces have shelled Indian-administered Kashmir for a second time this week...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Britons treated after Basra blast
Four British soldiers are receiving hospital treatment after an explosion at a base near Basra, in southern Iraq...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Priest pays out over abuse claim
A priest in the Londonderry area pays out a five figure sum to settle out of court allegations of sexual abuse...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Officers probing suspicious death
Fife Police launch an investigation into what they describe as a suspicious death in Tayport...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Iraq 'abuse' woman comes forward
The woman who claims she saw photos of Iraqi prisoner abuse contacts the police...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Head scraps homework 'dinosaur'
A Wiltshire school head teacher is scrapping homework for 12-year-olds...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Danielle killer loses appeal bid
The uncle of Essex schoolgirl Danielle Jones has lost his challenge against conviction for her kidnap and murder...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Christmas sales worst since 1981
Retail sales fall by 1% in December, confounding hopes of a rise and making it the worst Christmas for more than two decades...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Passengers leave troubled liner
Hundreds of passengers who spent 11 days on the problem-hit luxury liner Aurora disembark...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Bates completes takeover of Leeds
Former Chelsea supremo Ken Bates is the new chairman of Leeds United...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Cricket: Rain delays England
Rain holds up England in the fifth Test against South Africa in Centurion...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Football: Spurs set to land Mido
Roma's Egyptian striker Mido pledges to sign a deal with Tottenham...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Arrests follow Guinean coup bid
Security forces in Guinea make several arrests after the attempt to kill President Lansana Conte...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Yudhoyono pledge to rebuild Aceh
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono vists Banda Aceh for the festival of Eid and promises to rebuild...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Major 'approved of looter photos'
The commanding officer of three UK soldiers accused of abusing Iraqis admits allowing pictures of detainees...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Boyfriend guilty of Jodi's murder
The former boyfriend of schoolgirl Jodi Jones is found guilty of her murder at the High Court in Edinburgh...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Problem pubs face 'yellow card'
Ministers unveil new moves to deal with drink-fuelled disorder when pubs move to 24 hour opening...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Methane rain feeds Titan's rivers
Liquid methane rain feeds river channels, lakes, streams, and springs on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Fatal attack on Baghdad mosque
At least 14 people die in a car bombing at a Shia mosque in Iraq's capital, amid threats of a long war from a key militant...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Omagh bomb conviction overturned
The only man jailed over the Omagh bombing faces a retrial after winning his appeal against the conviction...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Top Rebel in Iraq Says War With U.S. May Last for Years
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi also acknowledged in an audio message that a top guerrilla leader had died in fighting in Falluja...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Relenting a Bit, Beijing Plans Funeral for an Ousted Leader
The Chinese authorities will hold a low-key funeral service for Zhao Ziyang, the purged Communist Party chief...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Yushchenko Set for Oath This Sunday
Nearly three months after the first votes were cast, Viktor Yushchenko will take the oath of office as Ukraine's next president...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
6 Employees of Mexican Prison Are Found Slain
The killing of the men came six days after the military and federal agents seized control of another maximum-security prison just west of Mexico City...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Britain Tries to Tone Down Debate Over Prisoner Abuse
Authorities sought to limit debate about accusations that British soldiers abused Iraqi prisoners in 2003...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
U.S. Vows to Attain Global Warning System
The United States pledged "to do whatever it takes" to expand an emergency tsunami warning system to cover the globe...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
British women close business gap
New figures show that more women in the UK are setting up their own businesses than ever...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Intellect linked to suicide risk
Intelligent young men are less likely to take their own lives than others, researchers have found...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Funding 'crisis' in medical units
The future of specialist medicine is at risk due to the way university research is funded, a doctors' leader says...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
President prays at Aceh mosque
Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visits Banda Aceh on the Muslim festival of Eid...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Second Kashmir 'ceasefire breach'
India says troops in Kashmir have come under small arms fire in breach of a ceasefire for the second time this week...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Ruling due in Omagh bomb appeal
A court is due to rule in an appeal by the only person convicted in connection with the Omagh bombing...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Prisoner behaviour plan queried
A funding watchdog says there is no evidence to suggest that the £30m spent changing prisoners' behaviour is working...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Tsunami concert's final countdown
Final preparations are under way for Tsunami Relief Cardiff, the UK's biggest charity gig since Live Aid...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Police probe fate of UK missing
UK police are to investigate the fate of Britons feared to have been killed in the Asian tsunami...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Rural healthcare need 'neglected'
The healthcare needs of people in rural areas are being ignored, says a report by the British Medical Association...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
More Titan secrets to be unveiled
Scientists are set to release new details of data sent back by the Huygens probe from Saturn's moon Titan...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Court martial case to resume
The commanding officer of three British soldiers accused of abusing Iraqi civilians is to resume his testimony...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Zarqawi warns of long Iraq fight
Militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi reportedly warns that unrest in Iraq could last for years...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Liner returns after cruise axed
The luxury liner Aurora docks back in Southampton after P&O cancels its ill-fated world cruise...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Baltacha run ends in heavy defeat
Britain's Elena Baltacha is beaten 6-1 6-0 by Silvia Farina Elia at the Australian Open...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Drinks firms 'to pay for police'
The drinks industry will have to pay towards policing when 24-hour drinking starts, ministers are to announce...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Bush prepares to get down to work
George W Bush attends a string of lavish inauguration balls in Washington, as he begins his second term...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
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