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Global News Archive for January 2007:
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2 Car Bombs Kill Scores at Packed Market in Baghdad
The powerful blasts killed at least 88 people and wounded 160 in one of the worst scenes of carnage since the war began...
New York Times - January 22, 2007
British Scavenge From Stricken Vessel
Ignoring health warnings and threats of prosecution, hundreds of people foraged among containers washed from a cargo vessel on the southern English coast...
New York Times - January 22, 2007
Flying dinos had bi-plane design
The first flying dinosaurs took to the air using two wings, just like a World War I bi-plane, a study shows...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Film world awaits Oscar shortlist
The nominees for the 79th Academy Awards are due to be announced by actress Salma Hayek in Beverley Hills...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
School drop-outs regret quitting
Half of young adults who drop out of school aged 16 regret their decision, a survey suggests...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Benefits leaflets 'too complex'
Vulnerable people are missing out on benefits because government leaflets are hard to understand, MPs warn...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Alzheimer's vaccine 'in a patch'
A patch to deliver a vaccine against Alzheimer's disease has been shown to be safe, a study has shown...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
NHS head admits contract mistakes
The head of NHS Scotland admits significant mistakes were made in new consultants contracts...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Haw wins latest legal battle
Anti-war campaigner Brian Haw wins his latest legal battle to maintain his protest outside Parliament...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Party chooses successor to Ervine
The Progressive Unionist Party choses the successor to leader David Ervine who died suddenly earlier this month...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Israel names new military chief
Maj Gen Gabi Ashkenazi is named Israel's new military chief, after the resignation last week of Gen Dan Halutz...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Blair to sign trafficking treaty
Britain is to sign up to a European convention to tackle human trafficking, Tony Blair announces...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Football: Plymouth 3-2 Coventry
Barry Hayles is on the scoresheet and in inspiring form as Plymouth beat Coventry...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Stores face competition probe
The control of land by Britain's supermarkets is set to be highlighted in a Competition Commission report...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
C4 bosses seek Big Brother review
Channel 4 chiefs order a review of Big Brother following the racism row, but say the current show will stay on air...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Afghan poppies 'could help NHS'
Afghanistan's opium-poppy harvest should be used to tackle an NHS shortage of diamorphine say doctors...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Al-Qaeda deputy 'mocks Bush plan'
Al-Qaeda's deputy mocks President Bush's plan to increase Iraq troop numbers, a US website says...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Scores killed in Iraq bloodshed
More than 130 people die on Iraq's bloodiest day this year, with bomb attacks in Baghdad and Baquba...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Leader of Somali Islamists Surrenders
Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed was described as a moderate Muslim and potential peacemaker...
New York Times - January 22, 2007
Grasse Journal: For Sale: Hussein?s Riviera Villa
In the hills outside this small southern French town sits a peaceful stone villa once acquired for the family of Saddam Hussein...
New York Times - January 22, 2007
New Somali Government Faces Old Problem: Clans
Clans have been the bedrock of Somali identity since the first bands of nomads fought over water holes...
New York Times - January 22, 2007
Twin Bombing Kills Scores at Packed Market in Baghdad
A pair of bombs killed at least 75 people in a crowded Baghdad marketplace, capping a weekend in which at least 27 U.S. service members died...
New York Times - January 22, 2007
Indian capsule returns from space
India says an orbiting space capsule has returned to Earth, paving the way for an unmanned Moon mission...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Fears over new NHS role for firms
Doctors warn plans to allow private centres to carry out diagnostics and minor treatment could put hospitals under threat...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Kidnap fugitives back in custody
Two men who went on the run after admitting the kidnap of dissident republican Bobby Tohill are arrested...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Scotland 'ignored' in Euro talks
A leaked official report claims Scotland is being shut out of crucial European negotiations...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Reporter has 'gun' aimed at her
A BBC reporter has what appears to be a gun aimed at her while covering a story about anti-social behaviour...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
'Friendly fire' death in Pakistan
Pakistan says US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan have mistakenly killed one of its border soldiers...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Serbian coalition struggle begins
Serbia's main political parties prepare to hold coalition talks after none gained a clear majority in elections...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
China welcomes Vatican initiative
China's state-approved church says the Vatican's call to resolve their differences is a "step forward"...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Pfizer cuts jobs as profits soar
Pfizer is to cut 10,000 jobs as the US drugs giant seeks to slash annual costs by up to $2bn...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Guinea police clash with strikers
At least 17 die as security forces in Guinea clash with demonstrators, calling on President Conte to resign...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
'Multiple attempts' on Litvinenko
BBC's Panorama finds that multiple poisoning attempts may have been made on former spy Alexander Litvinenko's life...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Valiant Murray succumbs to Nadal
World number two Rafael Nadal holds off a lion-hearted display from Scotland's Andy Murray to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Football: Saints get Bale approach
BBC Sport understands Southampton have been sounded out to sell Gareth Bale for £10m...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Drivers face new phone penalties
Motorists caught using hand-held mobile phones while driving are to have penalty points added to their licence...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Legal win for Parliament protester
Anti-war campaigner Brian Haw wins his latest legal battle to maintain his long-running protest outside Parliament...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Friend 'helped bomb plot accused'
A friend of the bomb plot suspects tells a jury how he helped to collect the key ingredient for their alleged rucksack bombs...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Late Pope 'thought of retiring'
Pope John Paul II seriously considered resigning in 2000 due to ill health, his private secretary claims...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Scores die in Iraq bomb attacks
At least 100 people die in attacks on Baghdad and Baquba in one of Iraq's bloodiest days this year...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Scavengers take washed-up goods
Police patrol beaches in Devon as scavengers take goods washed ashore from stricken container ship MSC Napoli...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Big Brother to stay on air - C4
Channel 4 says Celebrity Big Brother will stay on air, but launches a review in the wake of the racism row...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Knightley sues over illness claim
Actress Keira Knightley begins legal action over suggestions she lied about having an eating disorder...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Vista copy protection is defended
Microsoft defends the digital rights management systems integrated into its new Vista operating system...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Early warning test for dyslexia
A 10-minute test offers an early warning for dyslexia and language problems in pre-school children...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
'US probe' knocks gaming shares
Shares in online gaming firms tumble on reports the US government is stepping up its probe into the industry...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Young women shunning smear tests
Thousands of young women are failing to have cervical smear tests, figures for England have revealed...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
River search for boy to resume
Rescue teams resume their search for a 15-year-old boy who fell off his bike into a river on Sunday...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Man dies following road accident
A man dies and a boy is injured following a car accident on the Randalstown Road in Antrim...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Tributes to children's 'champion'
Tributes are being made to Wales' first children's commissioner who has died from cancer at the age of 58...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Warnings of Iraq refugee crisis
Aid workers warn of a crisis for Iraqis living in increasingly harsh conditions after fleeing the violence in their country...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Pakistan troops killed in blast
At least three Pakistan security personnel die in an apparent suicide attack in North Waziristan...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Canada acts to protect rainforest
Canada announces a cash injection to help preserve a vast swathe of temperate rainforest on its western coast...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Baby-smuggling case begins
Fifty-six people stand trial in Paris accused of being part of a Bulgarian baby-trafficking network...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
TV bosses' Big Brother summit
Channel 4 bosses meet for the first time since the racism row on Celebrity Big Brother, amid growing calls to axe the show...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Top Somali Islamist 'surrenders'
One of Somalia's Islamist leaders gives himself up to the Kenyan authorities, a police source tells the BBC...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Lenders face debt insurance fines
As many as 10 banks and other lenders are going to be fined for mis-selling payment protection insurance (PPI)...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
BA seeks talks to avert walk-out
British Airways calls in conciliation service Acas in a bid to avert strikes by cabin crew next week...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Scores die in Iraq market attack
Seventy-five people are killed and 160 injured in a double bombing at a market in Baghdad, police say...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Australian anger at flag controls
A request for fans not to bring the national flag to a major rock concert in Australia provokes outrage...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
NI police colluded with killers
Police colluded with loyalists behind several murders in north Belfast, a Police Ombudsman report says...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Boot Camps Gaining Popularity With Korean Parents, Not Kids
Thousands of Korean schoolchildren passed through a program designed to instill the values of perseverance, confidence and teamwork...
New York Times - January 22, 2007
Damaged Ship Off Britain Spills Fuel and Cargo
A damaged and listing cargo ship spilled fuel and cargo off the southwest coast of England Sunday...
New York Times - January 22, 2007
In Somalia, New Government Faces Old Problem: Clans
Whether Somalia pulls itself together now or explodes into bloodshed again will depend on the government?s ability to address clan factionalism...
New York Times - January 22, 2007
U.S. Officials Try to Interpret China?s Silence Over Satellite
The Bush administration said it has been unable to get even a basic diplomatic response from China after the detection of a successful test to destroy a satellite...
New York Times - January 22, 2007
Vision of Rebuilding Lebanon Wanes
With Lebanon?s government enmeshed in crisis, rebuilding has not lived up to promises made after the war with Israel...
New York Times - January 22, 2007
U.S. Toll in Iraq Is 27 for Deadly Weekend
The deaths of two marines on Sunday followed 25 deaths on Saturday, the third deadliest day for U.S. forces since the war began...
New York Times - January 22, 2007
UK economy 'to see strong growth'
The UK economy is set to see strong growth of 2.9% over the coming year, a report from Ernst & Young predicts...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Nepal parties move to stem unrest
Nepal's ruling coalition and the Maoists call an emergency meeting to discuss unrest in the south-east...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Teenager river search called off
Rescue teams searching a river after a 15-year-old boy falls into the water call of the search and will resume it on Monday...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Sudanese planes 'bombing Darfur'
Darfur rebels say Sudanese aircraft have bombed northern areas of the province, in breach of a ceasefire...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Filipinos to stay out of Nigeria
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo bars workers from going to Nigeria until abducted Filipino seamen are freed...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Ministers to name 'respect zones'
The government will today name 40 'respect zones' which will be given funding to combat anti-social behaviour...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Tuna conservation talks in Japan
A major effort to reverse the dramatic decline in global tuna stocks gets underway in Japan...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Passengers in rush-hour protest
Rail passengers in the South West are refusing to pay their fares in a protest at the state of services...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Serbia nationalists claim victory
Serbia's nationalist Radical Party has a commanding lead in the country's election, early results suggest...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Council tax 'will rise by 3.5%'
Council tax bills in England are to rise by 3.5%, a survey by the Local Government Association suggests...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Talks to end BA cabin crew strike
A fresh round of talks is expected in efforts to avert a three-day strike next week by British Airways cabin crew...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
NI police collusion 'confirmed'
Police colluded with loyalists behind several murders in north Belfast, a police ombudsman report is to say...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Oil to be moved from beached ship
Officials hope to start pumping oil from the stricken ship MSC Napoli, to prevent it polluting the Devon coast...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
Australia flag 'ban' sparks anger
A reported decision to bar the Australian flag from a pop concert because of fears of race riots causes outrage...
BBC News - January 22, 2007
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