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Global News Archive for December 2006:
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Europe's 'biggest dinosaur' found
Scientists issue a detailed description of what appears to have been Europe's biggest dinosaur...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Aberdeen has top house price rise
Aberdeen is Scotland's property hotspot, with the average prices rising by 27%, a survey reveals...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Court halves Exxon spill damages
A US court cuts the level of damages Exxon Mobil must pay out for a 1989 oil spill off Alaska to $2.5bn...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Turkmen leader pledges stability
Turkmenistan's interim leader says the country will remain stable after the death of its authoritarian president...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
New clashes threaten Gaza truce
Fresh clashes flare in Gaza and the West Bank, putting new pressure on a truce between Hamas and Fatah...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Rugby: Leicester go top
Leicester run in six tries to beat Bristol and replace them at the top of the Premiership table...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Ethiopia warns Somali Islamists
Ethiopia warns Islamist militias who control most of southern Somalia that its patience is running out...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Israel barrier saddens Archbishop
The barrier around Bethlehem is a symbol of what was "deeply wrong in the human heart", the Archbishop of Canterbury says...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Space shuttle returns to Florida
The space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew land safely at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
UK army raids 'rogue' Iraq police
British troops seize seven Iraqi officers suspected of corruption and leading a death squad in Basra...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Sangdong Journal: On His Ancestors? Wings, a Korean Soars to the U.N.
In his hometown, stories and accounts of Ban Ki-moon?s birth and childhood make him sound like a sagacious Confucian scholar out of Korea?s dynastic past...
New York Times - December 22, 2006
Separated by War, Reunited Through DNA
A genetic database that helps match children adopted from war zones with their biological families is helping children who were adopted during El Salvador?s civil war...
New York Times - December 22, 2006
Gates Says Iraqi Officials in ?Broad? Agreement on Shift
In Iraq, the defense secretary said that U.S. and Iraqi officials are in ?broad strategic agreement? about how to proceed...
New York Times - December 22, 2006
Watson pulls out of talent show
Singer Russell Watson pulls out of BBC talent show Just the Two of Us, three months after having brain surgery...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Arrest warrant for Asbo woman, 81
A warrant is issued for the arrest of a pensioner charged with harassment and six counts of breaching an Asbo...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Man and child killed in accident
A man and a girl are killed and two children are injured in a road traffic accident in County Antrim...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
UK 'terror plot' suspect in court
A British man held in connection with an alleged plot to blow up airliners appears in court in Pakistan...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Bitter row over sweet shop boss
The manager of a chocolate shop is forced to leave town after making derogatory comments about its residents...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Georgia 'agrees Russia gas bill'
Georgia agrees to pay twice as much for gas from Russia, ending a bitter dispute between the two...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Castro misses Cuba assembly opening
Cuban lawmakers meet for their first session since ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro was taken ill in July...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Nigeria party bars vice-president
Nigeria's vice-president is expelled from the ruling party for joining the opposition as a presidential contender...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Irving criticises 'Stalinist law'
British historian David Irving says he is the victim of a "world-wide attempt to silence" him...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Shuttle cleared for Earth return
Space shuttle Discovery is cleared to return to Earth, but poor weather in Florida may force it to an alternative landing site...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Met chief's terror plot warning
Sir Ian Blair says the UK is facing an unparalleled and growing threat of a terrorist attack...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
'Pressure will mount' on N Korea
Japan's PM says international pressure will increase on N Korea as talks on its nuclear programme break up...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Pc murderers must serve 35 years
Two men are given life terms for the murder of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky and must serve at least 35 years in jail...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Iraqi police arrested in UK raid
British soldiers have arrested Iraqi police officers suspected of corruption and running death squads...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Christmas travel chaos continues
Christmas travellers are enduring a third day of misery as fog leads to more flight cancellations and delays...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Robotic baby seal wins top award
A therapeutic robotic seal wins one of the top prizes at the Japanese government sponsored Robot Awards 2006...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Academics seek right to offend
A group of academics says it is now "harder than ever" for scholars to defend open debate...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
UK farms superbug 'link' probed
A superbug that has killed 60 people in recent years could be linked to meat from British farms, warn experts...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Browne considers increase in Army
The Army is too small to cope with long-running commitments overseas, the defence secretary says...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Flights cancelled for third day
Disruption to flights continue at Scotland's airports as fog causes huge backlogs at Heathrow Airport...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Forecasters warn of travel misery
Forecasters say poor conditions are likely to cause more travel problems in Wales right up to Christmas...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Vodafone confirms Indian ambition
Vodafone is considering a bid for the Indian mobile phone arm of Hutchison Whampoa but faces stiff competition...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Blair 'confident' about Menezes
Sir Ian Blair says he is "confident" of being cleared over the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Airports in NI return to normal
Flights leaving Northern Ireland return to normal after the delays and cancellations of the last two days...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
NGOs criticise tsunami shelters
NGOs attack the Indian government for not involving Andaman tsunami victims in the rebuilding process...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
US cancels Philippine exercises
The US cancels a joint military exercise with the Philippines after a row over a rape case, officials say...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Lula seeks end to aviation crisis
Brazil's president demands action from the aviation authorities as thousands of passengers suffer delays again...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Football: Sonko fears revenge
Reading's Ibrahima Sonko admits he fears revenge from fans after his clash with Chelsea keeper Carlo Cudicini...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Somali fighters in fresh battles
Artillery exchanges take place in Somalia between Islamist militia and government fighters for a third day...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Cricket: Three vye for captaincy
Michael Vaughan says he, Andrew Flintoff or Andrew Strauss could captain England in the New Year...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Three dead in shipping container
The bodies of three men are found inside a shipping container on a building site in Berkshire...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Babies infected in neonatal unit
Six babies on a neonatal unit in Norfolk develop a bacterial infection usually seen in the community...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Rice backs 'worthwhile' war
The US secretary of state defends the war in Iraq, as charges are laid against marines for killing 24 civilians...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
N Korea talks end 'without deal'
The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme end after five days without agreement, reports say...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Man remanded over Suffolk murders
A 48-year-old man appears in court charged with murdering five women found dead near Ipswich...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Fog travel chaos enters third day
Christmas travellers face a third day of misery as thick fog leads to more flight cancellations and delays...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
As Fighting Rages in Somalia, Government Claims a Victory
U.N. officials said dozens of Islamist fighters were mowed down by transitional government soldiers in the first major confrontation between the sides...
New York Times - December 22, 2006
Results of Elections Reflect Poorly on Ahmadinejad
Nationwide, allies of Iran?s President won fewer than 20 percent of the city council seats contested in last Friday?s elections...
New York Times - December 22, 2006
Iraqi Factions Try to Undercut a Plan to Isolate Extremists
The U.S.-backed initiative would create a multisectarian bloc intended to isolate extremists like the Shiite cleric and militia leader Moktada al-Sadr...
New York Times - December 22, 2006
Intrigue Follows Death of a President for Life
The death of Turkmenistan?s president raised questions about stability in a vital energy supplier to Europe...
New York Times - December 22, 2006
Italian Poet Dies With Help From a Doctor
Piergiorgio Welby died after a doctor sedated him and removed the respirator that had for the last nine years kept him alive...
New York Times - December 22, 2006
Marines Charge 4 With Murder of Iraq Civilians
The criminal charges are an unusually aggressive judicial reaction to a massacre that has damaged the military?s credibility with Iraqis...
New York Times - December 22, 2006
Flu 'could wipe out 62 million'
A global flu pandemic in 2007 could kill more people than in the 1918 outbreak, experts warn...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Hopes for Alzheimer's treatment
A possible treatment for Alzheimer's disease is developed by researchers at Cardiff University...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
India and China in warming study
India and China agree to send an expedition to the Himalayas to study the impact of global warming...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Security steps see car theft fall
The number of car thefts decreased by 16% between 2004 and 2005, figures from the Home Office reveal...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Taiwan's first lady misses trial
The Taiwanese president's wife fails to attend the second session of her embezzlement trial...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Putin ready for visit to Ukraine
Russia's President Putin will visit Ukraine for the first time since pro-Russian PM Viktor Yanukovych took over...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Queen will focus on generations
The Queen's Christmas Day message will focus on the relationship between different generations...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Holocaust denier back in Britain
Historian David Irving, jailed in Austria for denying the Holocaust, returns to the UK after an early release...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
French PM testifies over scandal
Judges question French PM Dominique de Villepin over the so-called Clearstream dirty tricks scandal...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Recycling 'cutting CO2 emissions'
Recycling is helping cutting UK carbon emissions, but the industry has major problems, a report says...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Scientists hail 'vCJD technique'
Scientists hope a new technique may help them remove from blood the infection causing BSE in humans...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Man in court over Suffolk murders
A 48-year-old man is due to appear in court charged with murdering five women found dead in Ipswich...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
Air travel chaos enters third day
Thousands of air passengers face a third day of travel misery as dense fog leads to flight cancellations...
BBC News - December 22, 2006
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