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Global News Archive for November 2006:
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U.N. Reports Deadliest Month in Iraq
According to the report, 3,709 Iraqis were killed in October, up slightly from the previous all-time high in July...
New York Times - November 22, 2006
How damaged eggs are weeded out
Scientists identify a protein that helps detect DNA damage in developing eggs...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Stop 'tough guy' act - Cameron
Tory leader David Cameron accuses Gordon Brown and John Reid of "posturing" over national security...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Kerkorian set to cut stake in GM
Investor Kirk Kerkorian says he is to cut his stake in troubled General Motors sending shares in the carmaker lower...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Shopping centre store hit by fire
Wales' largest shopping centre is evacuated as eight fire crews tackle a blaze in one of the stores...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Executive 'to raise smoking age'
The Scottish Executive is backing plans to raise the legal age for buying cigarettes from 16 to 18...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Man escapes gas explosion at home
An elderly man is taken to hospial after his County Armagh home is destroyed in a gas explosion...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Dutch on course for split result
Early results from the Dutch elections show the Christian Democrats ahead but short of a parliamentary majority...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Somalia flood waters still rising
Flood waters in southern Somalia continue to rise and cholera has broken out, an aid worker tells the BBC...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Football: Chelsea qualify in defeat
Chelsea reach the Champions League knockout phase despite defeat against Werder Bremen in Germany...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Minister in Iraq air 'incident'
Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells was involved in an incident as his helicopter left Basra at the weekend...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Hewitt quizzed in honours probe
Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt has been questioned as a witness by police in the cash-for-honours inquiry...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Vioxx class action claim refused
A US judge refuses a request to combine thousands of lawsuits involving the painkiller Vioxx into a class action...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
British hostage killed in Nigeria
A British oil worker is killed and an Italian is wounded during an attempt to free those seized by Nigerian militants...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Memo From Australia: Where Politics and Personal Lives Seem Not to Intersect
While polls say Australians are divided on “values” issues, political debates there on the topics do not degenerate into personal attacks...
New York Times - November 22, 2006
Brazil Promises Planes Will Run on Time
Brazil’s air traffic control system has been thrown into chaos this month by controllers staging work slowdowns over pay and staffing levels...
New York Times - November 22, 2006
Catch Draws a Crowd
A 23-foot basking shark that weighed nearly three tons was caught already dead by fishing nets 10 miles off the coast of Portugal Tuesday...
New York Times - November 22, 2006
Thousands Mourn Slain Minister in Lebanon
The first day of mourning for Pierre Gemayel, 34, was Lebanon’s Independence Day, but celebrations were canceled...
New York Times - November 22, 2006
Tomb find reveals pre-Inca city
Spectacular archaeological find on Peru's coast yields secrets of the 1,000-year-old "Lords of Sican"...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Database details 'harm children'
The growth of government databases on children can split families, says a report for the Information Commissioner...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Bullied pupils 'being sent home'
Some bullying victims are being excluded because teachers cannot protect them, MPs have been told...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Experts call for smoking age rise
The Smoking Prevention Working Group calls for the legal age for smoking to be raised to 18...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
B'desh poll chief 'to step aside'
Bangladesh's chief election commissioner agrees to step aside after weeks of protests, officials say...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
'Merchants of death' gang jailed
A gang described by a judge as 'merchants of death' is jailed for one of the biggest gun import rackets ever seen in the UK...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Households face £300 water bills
Northern Ireland householders will face an average water bill of £300, according to the government...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Canada police make 'Mafia' sweep
Canadian police arrest about 90 people suspected of involvement in Mafia-style organised crime, in Montreal...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Iraqi death toll hits record high
The number of Iraqi civilians meeting violent deaths rose to a new high in October, according to the UN...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
England ready for Ashes challenge
England begin the defence of the Ashes on Thursday looking to upset the odds and a resurgent Australia...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Hostage killed in Nigeria battle
One foreign oil worker is killed and another wounded during an attempt to free those seized by Nigerian militants...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Girl, three, mauled by dog
A three-year-old is in hospital with neck, throat and face injuries after being attacked by a dog...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Footballer charged with assault
Premiership footballer Anton Ferdinand is charged with assault and violent disorder...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Jail term for digger damage man
A man who admitted destroying a house with a digger after "losing it" in a row over money is jailed...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Bush pledges to stand by Lebanon
President Bush pledges US support for Lebanon after the killing of minister Pierre Gemayel heightens tensions...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Russia denies poisoning claim
Russia's foreign intelligence service has denied poisoning a former spy, the Interfax news agency says...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
More schools 'inadequate'
One in eight secondary schools in England inspected last year was "inadequate", Ofsted says...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
UK may transfer Basra 'in spring'
The UK may transfer control of Basra to Iraqi forces next spring, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett says...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Mills: Split worse than limb loss
Heather Mills tells a TV show she would rather lose other limbs than repeat the traumas of her marriage breakdown...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
'Increasing pool' of UK HIV cases
An "increasing pool" of people in the UK are living with HIV and Aids, official statistics show...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Toynbee not Churchill, Tory says
Journalist Polly Toynbee - not Churchill - should be the Tories' poverty guide, says a key Cameron adviser...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Man dies in collision with lorry
A man dies following a road collision between a car and a lorry in County Tyrone, according to police...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
West coast rail upgrade warning
Trains on one of the UK's key railway lines may fill up within 10 years despite an £8.6bn upgrade, a watchdog warns...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Minister to fight for Alcoa jobs
The enterprise minister says he will fight the closure of Swansea's Alcoa aluminium plant with the loss of 300 jobs...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
One killed in fresh Gaza clashes
Israeli troops kill a Palestinian militant in Gaza, as the cabinet meets to consider stepping up offensives...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Northern sheds cakes and pastry
Northern Foods is to sell its bread, pastry, cakes and flour businesses to Vision Capital for £160m...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Bemba condemns DR Congo violence
The party of the man who officially lost DR Congo's
election condemns violence by his supporters on Tuesday...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
China's HIV/Aids cases jump 30%
China's reported cases of HIV/Aids jump 30% in a year, authorities say, partly due to better testing...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Federline denies Britney sex tape
Britney Spears' estranged husband says a rumoured video of the couple having sex does not exist...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Fears for trapped Polish miners
Hope fades as a rescue operation continues in Poland to try to reach 15 miners trapped after a gas blast...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
House prices 'set for slowdown'
The UK's rampant house price inflation is likely to slow down dramatically in the next year or two, a report says...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Police to fingerprint on the streets
Police start taking fingerprints using mobile electronic devices to identify suspects while out on patrol...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Prescribe heroin to addicts - officer
Addicts should be prescribed heroin as a way of curbing crime including murder, a senior police officer suggests...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Mayor denies Olympic cost 'mess'
London Mayor Ken Livingstone denies the finances of the 2012 London Olympics are in a state of chaos...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Crowds mourn Lebanon politician
Large crowds greet the body of murdered Lebanese cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel in his home village...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Maoists Sign Peace Deal in Nepal
The accord promises to bring the rebels, who control vast swaths of the countryside, into the political mainstream...
New York Times - November 22, 2006
Exact Cause of Ex-K.G.B. Agent’s Illness Eludes Poison Experts
Scotland Yard is investigating the case as a probable poisoning, and doctors are trying to learn how the substance was delivered...
New York Times - November 22, 2006
U.N. Official Touring Israel Is Near Area Hit by Rocket
This week the U.N.’s top human rights official has been touring the front lines of the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians...
New York Times - November 22, 2006
Lebanon Official Critical of Syria Is Assassinated
The assassination jolted a nation already paralyzed by political conflict that threatens to topple the government...
New York Times - November 22, 2006
Perfect Killing Method, but Clear Targets Are Few
Sniping is proving a less successful method in counterinsurgency in Iraq than had been hoped...
New York Times - November 22, 2006
Bomb Blasts Speaker’s Car in Green Zone
A bomb intended to kill the contentious speaker of the Iraqi Parliament exploded inside one of his armored cars...
New York Times - November 22, 2006
Prejudice-driven bullies targeted
A drive to tackle prejudice-driven bullying in schools is launched as a government inquiry into bullying begins...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
First minister marks five years
Jack McConnell marks the fifth anniversary of becoming first minister while his opponents attack his leadership...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
More schools judged 'inadequate'
One in 10 secondary schools in England were judged "inadequate" by school inspectors, a report is to say...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Jubilation over Nepal peace pact
Jubilation across Nepal marks the landmark peace pact between the government and Maoist rebels...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Bush to meet Iraqi PM in Jordan
President Bush is to discuss the situation in Iraq with its Prime Minister Nouri Maliki in Jordan next week...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Russia police 'regularly torture'
Russian officials frequently beat, rape and torture detainees, a report by Amnesty International says...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Settlements 'violate Israeli law'
A report says that 40% of settlements are built on private Palestinian land, in violation of Israeli law...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Chinese HIV/Aids cases up by 30%
The latest figures on HIV/Aids in China show a 30% jump in reported cases, health officials say...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
West Coast rail upgrade warning
The West Coast Main Line may fill up with passengers within 10 years despite massive investment, a watchdog warns...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Cricket: Bell hands England boost
England batsman Ian Bell is set to play in the first Ashes Test after practising following his wrist injury...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Woman in final embryo appeal
A woman left infertile is making a final court appeal to be allowed to use embryos fertilised by an ex-partner...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Met police payroll details stolen
Burglars snatch laptop computers containing Metropolitan police payroll details in a raid...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Close contest as Dutch cast votes
Dutch voters go to the polls with the governing Christian Democrats tipped to be the largest party...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Police to fingerprint on the streets
Police start taking fingerprints using mobile electronic devices to identify suspects while out on patrol...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
Race to save Polish mine workers
Rescuers in Poland try to reach 15 miners trapped after a gas blast that killed eight colleagues...
BBC News - November 22, 2006
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