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Global News Archive for March 2006:
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Israel Arrests 10 Palestinians with Bomb Hidden in Van
Acting on an intelligence tip, Israeli police chased down a van as it raced along a main highway toward Tel Aviv today...
New York Times - March 21, 2006
Bush Pushes His Defense of Iraq War, Saying It Can Be Won
The president acknowledged that the war was cutting into the "political capital" that he claimed after his re-election...
New York Times - March 21, 2006
Insurgents Storm Iraqi Jail, Killing 18 and Freeing Prisoners
The battle raged for nearly an hour and demonstrated that the antigovernment insurgency is hardly over...
New York Times - March 21, 2006
Fearing More Unrest, French Leader Weighs Weakening Law
Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin today discussed watering down his new labor law to make it more palatable to opponents...
New York Times - March 21, 2006
Vista launch delay for consumers
Microsoft plans to delay the consumer launch of its new Vista operating system until January 2007...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Lords to rule on education rights
Law Lords are due to rule on two appeals over the rights of children not to be denied an education...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Mayor in fresh Jewish controversy
Ken Livingstone suggests two property developers involved in building an Olympic facility should "go back" to Iran...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Live: Commonwealth Games
Kelly Sotherton goes for gold on the seventh day of action in Melbourne...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Estrada set to testify in trial
Philippine ex-President Joseph Estrada is set to take the witness stand for the first time in his plunder trial...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Chilean judge indicts ex-officers
A Chilean judge orders the arrest of 13 ex-army officers for their alleged role in killing opponents of Gen Pinochet...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Belarus poll rallies 'must go on'
Belarus' opposition leader urges his supporters to keep up daily rallies against the election result...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Liverpool rout sorry Blues in FA Cup
Liverpool thrash Birmingham to reach the last four of the FA Cup...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Improving probation 'top priority'
The home secretary says improving the supervision of offenders on probation is his "number one priority", following the Mary-Ann Leneghan case...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Politicians Court a Not-So-Silent Minority: Israeli Arabs
Almost 20 percent of Israel's 6.8 million citizens are Arabs, a bloc split over its future...
New York Times - March 21, 2006
Consensus Still Eludes U.N. on Iran Compliance
Drafters of a Security Council statement on Iran's nuclear program decided to revise it today after a lengthy meeting...
New York Times - March 21, 2006
Dozens Arrested for Protesting Belarus Election Outcome
The arrests appeared to be an attempt to reduce the numbers of those protesting Sunday's election and to weaken the leaders...
New York Times - March 21, 2006
Insurgents Storm Jail in Iraq's Sunni Heartland
Insurgents returned to old tactics today, killing 18 police officers and freeing all the prisoners inside the jail...
New York Times - March 21, 2006
French MPs vote to open up iTunes
The French parliament has backed plans to give consumers more choice over music downloads...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
BBC vows to reinvent web services
The BBC's head of new media says the corporation is preparing for a world of on-demand TV and radio...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Angina 'may be missed in women'
Women with chest pains may be dying unnecessarily because doctors under-estimate their condition, research suggests...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Blair to go in 2008, says Clarke
Tony Blair is likely to stay at Number 10 for at least two more years, Home Secretary Charles Clarke has said...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
NI housing body facing shake-up
The NI Housing Executive could be abolished in five years under government plans to reduce bureaucracy...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
SNP veteran Margaret Ewing dies
Nationalist MSP Margaret Ewing dies at the age of 60 after a long battle with breast cancer...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Cricket: England aim for victory
England are aiming for victory in Mumbai to tie the series after setting India a target of 313 in the third Test...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Commonwealth: Gold for Macey
England's Dean Macey wins gold in the Commonwealth Games decathlon...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Nigeria shuts down for key census
The streets of Nigeria's cities are quiet, as people stay at home to be counted in the first census for 15 years...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Bird flu toll rises past 100-mark
The death of five people in Azerbaijan brings the world's bird flu human toll to 103 since 2003, the WHO says...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Red Cap father's anger in court
The father of one of six Red Caps killed by a mob of Iraqis confronts his son's commanding officer at an inquest...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Parents jailed over fire deaths
The parents of two toddlers who died in a house fire are sent to prison for cruelty...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Bush denies Iraq is in civil war
President Bush says Iraq is not in a state of civil war but urges its leaders to confront sectarian violence...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Salt poisoning 'caused naturally'
Jurors who convicted a couple of killing their foster son were unable to consider if he died of natural causes, a court hears...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Blair 'takes on' Iraq war critics
The prime minister defends Britain's involvement in Iraq, in the first of a series of speeches on foreign policy...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Seven 'planned terror campaign'
Seven men had "most of the components" to launch a bomb campaign in the UK, the Old Bailey hears...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Clarke targets Labour treasurer
Charles Clarke says "serious questions" over Jack Dromey's capacity as Labour treasurer are raised by the loans row...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Computer games help convicts cope
Prisoners in Oregon are getting access to game gadgets to help them adjust to life outside jail...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Doubt over pesticide cancer link
Experts have said people should not be alarmed by a study suggesting a link between pesticides in food and cancer...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Fears over teaching creationism
The Archbishop of Canterbury says he does not believe that creationism should be taught in schools...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
French push to free digital tunes
French MPs are set to vote on a law that could lead to big changes in the way digital music is sold online...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
DNA evidence hope in attack case
Police seeking a man who stabbed an Edinburgh accountant have new DNA evidence from the attacker...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Wales' Davies claims gold in pool
Wales' David Davies powered to the Commonwealth gold medal in the final of the men's 1500m...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Sharp UK downturn hits Kingfisher
B&Q owner Kingfisher says annual profits have halved as UK spending on home improvements slows sharply...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Grieving schoolgirl is critical
A 15-year-old is fighting for her life after she was hit by a car while paying tribute to two boys killed by a train...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Housing body axed in quango cull
The NI Housing Executive could be abolished in five years under government plans to reduce bureaucracy...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Many dead in Iraqi prison break
Iraqi insurgents attack a police station north of Baghdad, leaving 28 dead and freeing dozens of prisoners...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Fresh Nepal clashes 'kill many'
At least 36 policemen and Maoist rebels are killed in clashes across Nepal, the authorities say...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Belarus police detain protesters
The Belarus opposition says four of its top activists were arrested during a protest against the election result...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
China, Russia ink major gas deal
Russia agrees to build two major gas pipelines to energy-hungry China in the next five years...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Commonwealth Games: day six
Dean Macey wins decathlon gold for England on the sixth day of action in Melbourne...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Calm urged for key Nigeria census
Nigeria's president stresses that this week's census is not political and urges people to remain calm...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Bird flu virus 'now in two forms'
The virus responsible for bird flu has evolved into two separate strains, US scientists confirm...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Diana fountain 'poorly managed'
A report into the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain project criticises it for being poorly managed...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Prince urges respect among faiths
Prince Charles calls for greater understanding between religions in a speech while touring the Middle East...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
US military probes Iraq killings
The US military is investigating allegations that its marines killed 15 Iraqi civilians last November...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Man jailed for Ripper deception
The man who hoodwinked Yorkshire Ripper murder investigators with a bogus tape is jailed for eight years...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Labour bosses debate secret loans
Labour's governing body is discussing an inquiry into £14m in secret loans, after the party named its backers...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Palestinians Try to Flee Iraq, but Are Stopped by Jordan
The Palestinians have been attempting to flee the violence in Iraq, compelling the Jordanian government to close the border...
New York Times - March 21, 2006
Bush Defends His Iraq Record, but Concedes Some Setbacks
"I understand how some Americans have had their confidence shaken," the president said in a grim but optimistic speech...
New York Times - March 21, 2006
U.S. Calls Belarus Vote for Leader Invalid
The U.S. called for a new race, but President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko declared himself the winner of a third term...
New York Times - March 21, 2006
New Business Blooms in Iraq: Terror Insurance
Iraqis have begun to purchase what insurance experts say is the first off-the-shelf terrorism policy in the world...
New York Times - March 21, 2006
Opponents of New French Labor Law Step Up Protests
French students and unions called for more demonstrations culminating in strikes next week to fight a contested new labor law...
New York Times - March 21, 2006
Israel Briefly Reopens a Gaza Crossing to Send in Food
Israel has kept the Karni crossing on Gaza's eastern border shut for most of the past two months...
New York Times - March 21, 2006
UK young women 'out-drinking men'
Young women are drinking more alcohol than men in the UK and putting their health at risk, experts warn...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
'Several killed' in Nepal clashes
At least 16 people, including 14 policemen, die in clashes with Maoist rebels in eastern Nepal, officials say...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Clashes prior to Nigeria census
Several people are killed in violence ahead of Nigeria's controversial census, which starts on Tuesday...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Bangkok shrine attacker is killed
A man is beaten to death after he attacks a popular Hindu shrine in the Thai capital, Bangkok...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
FBI agent 'warned of hijack risk'
An FBI agent tells the sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui that his bosses dismissed hijack warnings...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Church recalls 'Prophet' magazine
The Church in Wales recalls its magazine after printing a cartoon satirising the Prophet Muhammad...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
NHS hospitals ranked for over 50s
The best hospitals for the treatment of the over 50s are ranked in a survey of the NHS...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Australia begins cyclone clean-up
A clean-up operation is under way in Australia's Queensland region after the fiercest tropical storm in decades...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Labour secret loans to be debated
Labour's governing body is to discuss an inquiry into £14m in secret loans, after the party named its backers...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Blair to 'take on' Iraq critics
The prime minister is to defend Britain's involvement in Iraq, in the first of a series of speeches on foreign policy...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
US probes Iraqi civilian deaths
The United States military investigates allegations that its marines killed 15 Iraqi civilians last November...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
Charles urges religious tolerance
Prince Charles says he first tried to warn of growing problems between Islam and the West a decade ago...
BBC News - March 21, 2006
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