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Global News Archive for September 2006:
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Indonesia Executes Three Christians
Three Christians convicted in connection with anti-Muslim communal violence in 2000 were executed in spite of protests from the European Union...
New York Times - September 21, 2006
'Pack-a-day crisp habit' warning
Half of UK children 'drink' almost five litres of cooking oil a year as a result of their passion for crisps, experts say...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
More than 40 given 'stolen bones'
English hospitals say at least 40 patients have received tissue from body parts allegedly stolen in the US...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
High winds lead to power failures
Some householders in Northern Ireland are without electricity after damage caused by high winds...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Polish governing coalition ends
Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski dismisses his deputy, bringing an end to the governing coalition...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Maldives opposition leader freed
Senior Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed is freed from house arrest...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
UN calls for African aid rethink
Africa suffers from chaotic aid delivery and should have foreign aid streamlined, a UN agency says...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Criminal age 'should be raised'
A new report calls for the age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales to be raised to 14...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Concern over UK troop casualties
Evidence emerges of growing concern over the scale of UK troop casualties in Afghanistan...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
US 'threatened to bomb' Pakistan
The US threatened to bomb Pakistan unless it joined the fight against al-Qaeda, says President Pervez Musharraf...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
NHS staff out in national strike
Hundreds of NHS staff are on strike as the first national walkout in the health service for 18 years begins...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Stabbings 'are on the increase'
Serious knife injuries have been increasing, say UK trauma experts after a hospital survey...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
US deal struck on terror suspects
President Bush and rebel senators reach a deal on a bill setting rules for interrogating terror suspects...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Europe Urges Indonesia to Put Executions On Hold
Three Christians are scheduled to be executed by firing squad on Friday in connection with communal violence...
New York Times - September 21, 2006
NHS staff 'hoping for reprieve'
Health workers are hoping their strike will prompt a last minute U-turn over the sell off of the NHS supply agency...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Man jailed under new grooming law
A 57-year-old man is jailed for three years after he admits grooming teenage girls on the internet...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Race abuse conviction 'landmark'
An anti-racism body praises the conviction of a man for racial abuse despite the victim not coming forward...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Aim for power, says Lib Dem chief
Sir Menzies Campbell uses his first conference speech as leader to say the Lib Dems can aim for government...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
India plans huge anti-polio push
India announces a major drive to contain polio after an outbreak of the virus in its most populous state...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Cleaner 'blackmailed' two judges
A Brazilian woman stole intimate videos of a judge and threatened to expose another for employing her illegally, it is alleged...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
High risk sex offender restricted
A man living in County Antrim who is considered a high risk sex offender has restrictions imposed on his movements...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Boeing secures US border contract
Boeing wins a government contract to monitor the 7,500 miles of borders the US has with Mexico and Canada...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Golf: Monty faces Woods
Colin Montgomerie and Padraig Harrington will play Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk in Friday's Ryder Cup match...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
S Africa unions seek Zuma return
South Africa's trade union federation calls for Jacob Zuma to be reinstated as deputy president...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Red Caps 'link to abused Iraqis'
Nine Iraqis allegedly abused by British soldiers were thought to be linked to the killings of six Military Police, a court hears...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Hurricane remnants set to hit UK
Heavy rain and gale force winds are expected as the remnants of Hurricane Gordon reach parts of the UK...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
William joining Harry's regiment
Prince William is to follow his brother into the Household Cavalry's Blues and Royals, says Clarence House...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Pompey boss hits out at Panorama
Harry Redknapp says allegations made against him by BBC's Panorama programme are 'farcical'...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Fifa ready to act on compensation
Fifa hints it could give way on the thorny issue of recompense for football stars injured on international duty...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
TV presenter has serious brain injury
Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond has a "significant brain injury" following a car crash, doctors say...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Iraq torture 'worse after Saddam'
Torture may be worse now in Iraq than under Saddam Hussein, the UN's chief anti-torture expert says...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Branson makes $3bn green pledge
Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson pledges to invest $3bn (£1.6bn) to help fight global warming...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
PlayStation 3 tackles home crowd
Sony is pushing the PlayStation 3 at the Tokyo Games Show ahead of the console's release in November...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
More primary age pupils truanting
More primary school pupils have been playing truant from England's schools, latest official figures reveal...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Homebuyers 'face growing worries'
Growing numbers of people are being squeezed out of the housing market, a study says...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Tonge attacked for Israel remark
Senior Lib Dems are "deeply disturbed" after peer Jenny Tonge says the party is "probably in the grip" of the pro-Israel lobby...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Car park murder victim strangled
A young woman whose body was found in a County Antrim car park had been strangled, police confirm...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Benefits of relocation 'unclear'
A watchdog says ministers have failed to make the case for spreading government jobs around the country...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Man arrested over widow's murder
A man is arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice over the murder of 90-year-old Elsie Hughes...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Failed Amman hotel bomber to hang
A Jordanian court sentences a failed Iraqi suicide bomber to death for her role in attacks on hotels in Amman...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Sons arrested in sati death probe
Police in India arrest four sons of a woman they believe committed suicide by jumping onto her husband's pyre...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Labour security plans stolen
Security for the Labour Party conference is revised after a laptop containing top secret plans is stolen...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Sulawesi militants face execution
Three Indonesian Christians to be executed for attacks on Muslims are seen by relatives for probably the last time...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Anti-injection man executed in US
Killer Clarence Hill dies by lethal injection in Florida after losing an appeal challenging the procedure...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Top novelist acquitted in Turkey
An Istanbul court acquits Turkish novelist Elif Shafak, who was accused of insulting "Turkishness"...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Football: Carver's Leeds role
John Carver is appointed Leeds United caretaker manager following the departure of Kevin Blackwell...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Golf: Mickelson positive
Phil Mickelson says his poor recent form will count for nothing when the Ryder Cup action gets under way...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Sudan welcomes Darfur extension
Sudanese officials welcome the African Union's decision to extend its Darfur mandate until the end of the year...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Aim for power, says Sir Menzies
Sir Menzies Campbell is using his first conference speech as leader to say the Lib Dems can aim for government...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Ferry worker held over deaths
A 61-year-old P&O employee is arrested in connection with the deaths of three sailors in the English Channel...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Atlantis shuttle returns to Earth
Nasa's Atlantis shuttle touches down safely in Florida, ending a twelve-day mission to the space station...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Pearce shrugs off pressure
Man City boss Stuart Pearce says he will have to work harder after the Carling Cup exit to Chesterfield...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Goldsmith backs tapping evidence
Attorney General Lord Goldsmith says he now favours allowing intercept evidence to be used in court...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Biotech boss quizzed on honours
Biotech boss Sir Christopher Evans is the third man arrested by police probing the cash-for-honours allegations...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Airbus confirms A380 delays
The parent firm of European planemaker Airbus confirms further delivery delays for its flagship A380 super-jumbo...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
TV presenter 'stable' after crash
Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond is improving in hospital after he crashed a jet-speed car during filming...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Thai leaders ban political action
The leaders of Thailand's coup ban all meetings and other activities by political parties, two days after taking power...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Hand luggage rules to be relaxed
Hand baggage restrictions imposed on flights from UK airports are to be eased from Friday...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
For 4th Time, Pope Clarifies Islam Remark
Many non-Muslims, though, said they were glad the pope spoke out about violence and Islam...
New York Times - September 21, 2006
In Reversal, Germany Will Join Lebanon Force
Germany approved sending 2,400 troops to patrol the waters off Lebanon on Wednesday, the country’s first deployment to the Middle East since World War II...
New York Times - September 21, 2006
Set to Lead, Japan’s Next Premier Reconsiders Postwar Era
Shinzo Abe will become Japan’s first prime minister born after World War II, with a clear eye toward re-examining the postwar era...
New York Times - September 21, 2006
Iran’s Leader Relishes 2nd Chance to Make Waves
Iran’s president sparred with the Council on Foreign Relations, exasperating his questioners and angering the Bush administration and Jewish groups...
New York Times - September 21, 2006
Little Girl, 3 Million Years Old, Offers New Hints on Evolution
Scientists said the fossils should give new insights into a little-known period of early human origins...
New York Times - September 21, 2006
U.N. Finds Baghdad Toll Far Higher Than Cited
A U.N. report says 5,106 people in Baghdad died violent deaths during July and August, far higher than figures from the city’s morgue...
New York Times - September 21, 2006
New truancy strategy in spotlight
The state of the anti-truancy strategy in England will be under review as latest figures are published...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Much lung disease 'undiagnosed'
Four out of five adults with long-term lung disease do not know they have it, research suggests...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Report attacks child care system
The state is failing children in care as most leave without any qualifications, a report by a think tank has said...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Brazil's Lula sacks campaign boss
Brazil's President Lula sacks his re-election campaign manager amid ongoing allegations of dirty tricks...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Pakistan criticises Afghan action
Pakistan's president criticises Afghanistan for not doing enough to fight Taleban militants on their border...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
China 'failed human rights vow'
Amnesty International says China has failed to meet its promise to improve human rights ahead of the 2008 Olympics...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
'We're back', says Lib Dem chief
Sir Menzies Campbell will use his conference speech to say his party is back in business after this year's turmoil...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Americans condemn Thai coup
The US condemns the coup in Thailand and calls for the return of democracy as quickly as possible...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
NHS national strike set to start
NHS Logistics staff are set to stage the first national strike in the health service for 18 years...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Third night of Hungarian protests
Thousands of people gather outside the Hungarian parliament in a third night of anti-government protests...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Speculation over 'honours' arrest
Speculation continues about the identity of a third man arrested over Labour "cash for honours" allegations...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
Homebuyers 'face growing woes'
Growing numbers of people are being squeezed out of the housing market, researchers have concluded...
BBC News - September 21, 2006
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