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Global News Archive for March 2007:
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Aid to Palestinians Rose Despite an Embargo
The U.S. and the Europe have led a boycott, but they provided more aid to the Palestinians in 2006 than 2005...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Starbucks label unveils McCartney
Former Beatle Paul McCartney is named as the first signing to the music label of coffee house chain Starbucks...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
More held in double murder probe
Detectives investigating a double murder linked to dissident republicans arrest two more people...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Pakistan rebel clash 'kills 100'
At least 100 people die in clashes between local and foreign militants in Pakistan, the government says...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Iran 'willing to act illegally'
Iran's supreme leader says nuclear activities could be pursued illegally, as the UN discusses new sanctions...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Basque leader acquitted in court
Basque separatist leader Arnaldo Otegi
is cleared of praising terrorism, after being arrested at his home...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Heavy fighting in Somali capital
Fifteen people are killed in clashes in Somalia's capital where angry crowds dragged soldiers' bodies in the streets...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Four arrested over Adam stabbing
Four people are arrested in connection with the murder of schoolboy Adam Regis...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Belgians in anti-racism weddings
Nearly 700 couples symbolically wed in a town where three couples refused to be married by a black man...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Two sailors killed on submarine
Two British sailors are killed and a third is injured in an accident on board a nuclear submarine in the Arctic...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Lords support gay equality laws
Peers back the government on contentious gay equality laws at the centre of a row with the Catholic Church...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Iraq 'talking to militant groups'
Talks are taking place between the Iraqi government and some insurgent groups, a senior Iraqi official says...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
French President Backs Rival in Election
After years of bitter political rivalry, President Jacques Chirac endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy for president today...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Laptops set to out sell desktops
Portable PCs will become the dominant type of computer by 2011, according to an industry report...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
First Apprentice winner quits job
The first winner of The Apprentice leaves his £100,000-a-year job working for Sir Alan Sugar...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Education spending to reach £74bn
Government spending on education in England is to continue rising, by 2.5% - less than it has been doing...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Lib Dems slam Budget tax changes
Gordon Brown has "asked the poor to subsidise the rich" by cutting the basic rate of income tax, the Lib Dems say...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Anti-smoking aids VAT cut welcome
Campaigners have welcomed the move to cut VAT on nicotine patches and gum announced in the Budget...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Security alert at murder appeal
A security alert is sparked at the appeal court as the father of murdered student Ben Bellamy ran to the dock to confront his killers...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Brown accused of Budget 'tax con'
Opposition parties in Scotland claim the chancellor's Budget will lead to tax rises rather than cuts...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Businesses unhappy with tax cut
The government is considering a commission to examine the case for cutting corporation tax in Northern Ireland...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Two jailed over cocaine smuggling
Two men from the North West are jailed for their part in an international drugs smuggling operation worth £166m...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Maoists in south Nepal gun battle
At least 25 people are killed as Maoists and activists seeking more rights clash in southern Nepal, police say...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Iraq militants 'die in clashes'
Eight al-Qaeda-linked militants are killed by US and Iraqi forces, reports say, as Iraq's vice-president urges talks...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Bush advisers ordered to testify
US lawmakers authorise legal orders forcing White House aides to testify over the firing of eight federal prosecutors...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Nigeria leader indicted for graft
A Nigerian Senate committee indicts the president and his deputy for corruption over an oil fund...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Cars bear brunt of green taxation
Gordon Brown boosts tax on the most polluting cars, in a Budget which focuses more on carrots than sticks...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
The Budget: Your reaction
Gordon Brown cuts 2p off the basic rate of income tax as he delivers what is expected to be his final Budget. How will you be affected?...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
More help for pension victims
The Chancellor unveils more help for people who lost their pensions when employers went bust before 2005...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Cameron says Brown in 'hole'
David Cameron accuses the chancellor of cutting tax because he is in a "deep hole" over the Labour leadership...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Brown cuts basic tax rate by 2p
Gordon Brown cuts the basic tax rate but critics say other changes mean few people will be better off...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Britain Proposes Allowing Schools to Forbid Full-Face Muslim Veils
The recommendation was the latest episode in a saga of rancorous discussion of the full-face veil, known as the niqab...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
58 Militants and Tribespeople Die in Fighting in Northern Pakistan
The fighting could signal a breakdown in relations between local tribal leaders and the militants who had sought shelter after the Taliban were ousted from Afghanistan...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Britney's 'successful' rehab ends
Pop star Britney Spears leaves a rehab clinic in California after finishing a one-month treatment course...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Sony offers emulation reassurance
Sony issues a list of all older games that will work on its new PS3 console, which launches in Europe on Friday...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
M&S 'should offer qualifications'
Training offered by household names like M&S and BA should be nationally recognised, an exam watchdog says...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Bank voted 8-1 to freeze UK rates
The Bank of England's rate-setting body voted 8-1 to hold interest rates at 5.25% in March, minutes show...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Gay adoption vote due for Lords
New rules requiring religious adoption agencies to accept gay couples are due to be debated in the Lords...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Blood sugar 'boosts cancer risk'
Women with high blood sugar levels are at an increased risk of developing cancer, a major European study finds...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
O'Loan rejects report criticism
Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan rejects allegations that her report into collusion was "error riddled"...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Police hunt Faberge eggs raiders
The search continues for robbers who grabbed Faberge eggs among a £250,000 haul in jeweller's raid...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Fierce fghting in east Sri Lanka
At least 12 people are killed in fighting between troops and rebels in eastern Sri Lanka, the military says...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Murdered toddler's funeral held
The funeral of a two-year-old girl who was found dead at her home in Leeds is due to take place...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Russian mourns disasters' victims
Russia is holding a day of mourning for at least 176 people who died in three disasters over four days...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Probe of Darfur 'slavery' starts
Lawyers in Sudan's war-torn Darfur have begun probing reports of slavery during the conflict, the BBC learns...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Indonesians jailed for beheadings
Three Indonesian Muslim militants are jailed for the beheading of three Christian schoolgirls in 2005...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
New doubts over Iraq intelligence
A senior Whitehall figure tells the BBC he regrets not challenging how intelligence on Iraq was used before the war...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Football: Young England call-up
Charlton defender Luke Young is called up for England's Euro 2008 qualifiers against Israel and Andorra...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Barclays accused over 'failings'
A BBC undercover investigation exposes serious customer service failings at a major UK High Street bank...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
National school tests 'could end'
Nationwide assessments of England's pupils could be replaced by sample testing, the exams watchdog says...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Heavy fighting erupts in Somalia
Seven people die in the heaviest fighting in Somalia's capital since the fall of the Islamists in December...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Israel gripped by general strike
Israel's main union starts a general strike which threatens to bring public services across the country to a halt...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Council tax report urges reform
People living in the most valuable houses in England should pay more council tax, a government review says...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
San Fernando de Apure Journal: In Venezuela, Rodents Can Be a Delicacy
Before Easter, eating the meat of capybara, reputed to be the world?s largest rodent, has a status in Venezuela similar to that of turkey during Thanksgiving...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Iraq Bombers Blow Up 2 Children Used as Decoys
Insurgents detonated a bomb in a car with two children in it after using them as decoys to get past a checkpoint...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
World Bank Revises Loan Strategy
The new strategy would combat corruption in the World Bank?s loan program but not to cut off financing to poorly or dishonestly governed countries without consulting the bank?s board...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Ex-Captive in Guantánamo Makes Run for Office in Australia
Mamdouh Habib, who was seized in Pakistan and eventually shipped to Guantánamo, is running for the parliament with a coalition that includes the Greens, the Socialist Alliance and the Communist Party...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Aid to Palestinians Rose in ?06 Despite an Embargo
The U.S. and the European Union have led a boycott of the Palestinian Authority, but they provided more aid in 2006 than 2005...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Deadly Fire in Russia Highlights Negligence
In a country seemingly inured to deaths in accidents and attacks, a nursing home fire that killed 62 was jarring...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Dinosaur den diggers discovered
The fossil remains of small dinosaurs that burrowed into the ground have been found by scientists in Montana, US...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Fatty diet link to breast cancer
A major study appears to provide hard evidence that a high-fat diet increases breast cancer risk, a study suggests...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Jowell issues TV phone-in warning
The government is considering new curbs on premium-rate TV phone-ins, the culture secretary says...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Call for 'clarity' on airgun ban
The SNP are calling for the first minister to "clarify" whether he will seek a Scottish ban on airguns...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
US, Palestinian officials 'meet'
A Palestinian minister says he met a top US diplomat, in what would be the first US contact with the government...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Barclays planning Dutch HQ move
Barclays says it will move its HQ to Amsterdam to help smooth its £80bn takeover of Dutch rival ABN Amro...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Zimbabwe reaching 'turning point'
The US envoy to Zimbabwe says people are more willing to defy President Mugabe despite a crackdown...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Iraq 'should talk to militants'
Iraqi Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi calls for talks with the country's insurgents in an attempt to bring peace...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Woolmer's death 'is suspicious'
Jamaican police say they are treating the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer as suspicious...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Three more held over boy's death
Three more people are arrested in connection with the murder of 15-year-old schoolboy Adam Regis in east London...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
'Phase out' national school tests
National tests at the ages of seven, 11 and 14 could be ended, England's school exams watchdog suggests...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Brown set to deliver 11th Budget
Gordon Brown prepares to deliver his 11th Budget - expected to be his last as chancellor...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
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