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Spacecraft flies by remote asteroid, camera stops
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Official Egypt rock slide toll rises to 31
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Philly school rekindles same-sex education debate
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Muslim separatist strike shuts down Indian Kashmir
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Troops, protesters clash in Indian Kashmir 1 dead
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Catholics assert themselves in Hanoi land dispute
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Myanmar says no sign of Suu Kyi hunger strike
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Landslides leave 27 dead or missing in Philippines
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Returning lawmakers make Capitol a campaign stage
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Global News Archive for January 2008:
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Diploma warning from universities
Almost four out of 10 universities might not take students applying with the new Diploma, a survey finds...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Games 'may need non-EU workers'
A ban on unskilled non-EU workers may be lifted if Olympic preparations are running late, peers are told...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Labels 'key to obesity battle'
Ministers are committed to enforcing a "single, simple" food labelling system as part of plans to tackle obesity...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Police warn over suicide numbers
A task force is set up to tackle suicide numbers around a south Wales town after the death of a seventh young person...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Bug outbreak linked to 16 deaths
Sixteen hospital deaths in the Northern Trust area are linked to an outbreak of the superbug C. difficile...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Bush supports anti-abortion rally
President Bush restates his opposition to abortion on the 35th anniversary of its legalisation in the US...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Football: Tottenham victory
A pulsating Tottenham performance sees them beat Arsenal to book a place in the Carling Cup final...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Football: Burley for Scotland job
Southampton's George Burley emerges as the Scottish FA's preferred candidate for the job of national manager...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Pre-teens report problem drinking
Nearly half of disadvantaged youngsters started drinking before the age of 13, a survey finds...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Police to join in pay row rally
About 17,000 police officers are expected in London for a mass march and rally in a protest over pay...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Thompson quits White House race
Republican Fred Thompson withdraws from the US presidential race, after poor results in early ballots...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Actor Heath Ledger found dead
Actor Heath Ledger is found dead at a downtown Manhattan residence, police in New York say...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Britons' ID cards 'to be delayed'
Plans for a wider rollout of identity cards to British nationals appear to have been delayed for two years...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Detailed gene map 'within grasp'
One thousand people around the world are to have their genomes mapped in an effort to understand how genes influence disease...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Ill Emmerdale actor takes a break
Emmerdale star Clive Hornby, who plays Jack Sugden, is taking a break from the soap because of ill health...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Stocks rebound on Fed's rate cut
Global shares rebound as the US Federal Reserve slashes rates to boost growth and stave off a recession...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
MP hits out at charity 'sob-in'
Many pressure groups are guilty of "bloated empire-building" says an MP, as he attacks a housing charity...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Housing and health cash bonanza
Housing and health are the big winners in Peter Robinson's first budget as NI Finance Minister...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Paedophile banned from camera use
A paedophile who took pictures of a boy being abused has been banned from owning anything capable of taking photographs...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Bus passengers trapped in floods
A bus becomes trapped by rising floodwaters as the fear of serious flooding in the Hull area subsides...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Kuwaiti woman minister survives
Kuwait's only female cabinet minister, Nouria Sbeih, survives a no-confidence vote in parliament...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Padilla given long jail sentence
US citizen Jose Padilla is sentenced to more than 17 years in jail on charges of conspiring to kill abroad...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
China crackdown on work accidents
Dozens are to be punished over workplace deaths in China, as claims persist 10 Olympic workers died...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Football: Man Utd to hold silence
Manchester United say they intend to stick with their plans to hold a minute's silence to mark the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Kenya sued over police 'crimes'
Kenya's opposition files a complaint with the ICC, accusing the government of crimes against humanity...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Winehouse 'filmed smoking crack'
A video of Amy Winehouse apparently smoking a crack pipe is posted on The Sun newspaper's website...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Child protection plans 'failing'
Five years after the report into Victoria Climbie's death, its author says child protection is still failing...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Coen film leads Oscar list
No Country For Old Men is nominated for eight Academy Awards, with British film Atonement up for seven...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Boy murdered disabled man
A teenager is found guilty of murdering a disabled man who was brutally attacked by a gang in Sunderland...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Gunfire at Egypt's Gaza crossing
Egyptian guards fire into the air to disperse Palestinians at the Gaza border as the UN meets to discuss the crisis...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Fed slashes rates in shock move
The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates to 3.5%, as it tries to avoid recession in the world's biggest economy...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Suffolk victim 'hid prostitution'
The mother of a woman murdered in Suffolk tells a court she did not know her daughter was a prostitute...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Oscar nominations to be announced
The Academy Awards shortlist is to be revealed, with stars uncertain whether there will be a ceremony to attend...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Lib Dems oppose referendum vote
MPs hoping to force an EU treaty referendum suffer a blow as the Lib Dems say they will vote against such a move...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Clegg sets out elderly care plan
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg proposes a £2bn "care guarantee" for the elderly, as part of his NHS reform plan...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Morrisons enjoys strong Christmas
Supermarket chain Morrisons reports strong festive trading, with same-store sales increasing by 9.5%...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Post Office to close 29 branches
The Post Office is to close branches in Cardiff, Bridgend, Vale of Glamorgan and the south Wales valleys...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Licence costs 'could close pubs'
Small bars and rural pubs face closure under a new licensing scheme which will quadruple fees, it is warned...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Thugs 'left grandfather for dead'
A man is left for dead by a gang who attacked him just 200 yards from a Belfast police station...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Girl stabbed in 'frenzied' attack
A 14-year-old girl is critically ill after what police say was a "frenzied" knife attack in a park in Lancashire...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Indian shares hit by global fall
Share prices fall sharply on India's main indices amid fears that a US recession could herald a global slowdown...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Putin opponent to be investigated
Russian prosecutors accuse opposition candidate Mikhail Kasyanov's campaign of forging signatures...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Congolese await 'historic' deal
A peace deal for eastern DR Congo is to be signed on Tuesday, as rebels and the government reach agreement...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Tennis: Sharapova beats Henin
Maria Sharapova produces a magnificent display of clean hitting to knock world number one Justine Henin out in the Australian Open quarter-finals...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Currys stops selling analogue TVs
Electrical retailers Currys, Dixons and PC World will now promote digital TV sets with built-in Freeview tuners...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Football: Gerrard hits out
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard says speculation over the club's ownership and the future of boss Rafa Benitez is not helping the players...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Biggest British jail to be formed
The merger of three prisons in the West Midlands will create Britain's biggest jail, the Prison Service has announced...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Israel eases restrictions on Gaza
Lorries carrying fuel pass into Gaza as Israel eases its blockade following international pressure...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Officer tells trial of vice fight
A police officer tells the Steve Wright murder trial about efforts to curb prostitution in Ipswich...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Murder inquiry after hotel arson
Police say they are treating the deaths of three people in a blaze which destroyed a Cornwall hotel as murder...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Men 'drink far more than women'
Alcohol consumption in the UK is highest among men and the middle classes, according to new figures...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Recession fears weigh on markets
Many of Asia's and Europe's top share indexes fall amid fears of a US recession will lead to a global slowdown...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Funding for 60,000 more students
The government funds 60,000 more first time student places in England by 2011, but there are critics of its approach...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Refugee link to wildlife decline
The hunting of wild animals by hungry refugees in East Africa threatens wildlife populations, say conservationists...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
'Safe Ebola' created for research
Scientists have made the lethal virus Ebola harmless in the lab, aiding research into a vaccine or cure...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Busy year for lifeboat volunteers
Scottish lifeboat crews rescued nearly 900 people in their third busiest year since records began...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Rising sea 'a threat to Causeway'
Rising sea levels are threatening parts of the Giant's Causeway and other coastal areas of Northern Ireland...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Three held over street stab death
Three teenagers are held over the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old and the injuring of another youth in London...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Iran sanctions on table in Berlin
The UN Security Council's five permanent members and Germany will discuss further UN sanctions against Iran...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Militants attack Pakistani fort
Militants attack a Pakistani security force fort in the troubled South Waziristan region, killing five soldiers...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Prodi to speak on cabinet crisis
Italy's Romano Prodi is to address MPs on Tuesday as the departure of an ally threatens his ruling coalition...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Clinton and Obama clash in debate
US Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama trade insults in South Carolina...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Severe snow hits central China
Heavy snow leaves at least 16 people dead and causes transport chaos in central and eastern China...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Jankovic sees off champion Serena
Third seed Jelena Jankovic beats defending champion Serena Williams 6-3 6-4 to reach the Australian Open semi-finals...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Football: Liverpool 2-2 Villa
Liverpool move up to fifth in the Premier League as they are held at Anfield by Aston Villa...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Four in 10 bikers dodge road tax
The DVLA risks being "a laughing stock" as it emerges nearly one in four motorcycles are untaxed, MPs warned...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Flooding travel chaos set to ease
Flooding chaos which forced the closure of key rail and road routes in northern England is set to ease...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
S Arabia eases laws on women
Saudi authorities decide to end a ban on unaccompanied women staying in hotels...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Cookery classes to be compulsory
Cookery lessons are to be compulsory in England's secondary schools for the first time, ministers decide...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Asian markets see further losses
Share prices in Asia continue to fall a day after global stocks tumbled amid fears of a global recession...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
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