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Global News Archive for February 2008:
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Israel Rejects Arab League Criticism on Talks
Israeli officials on Friday rejected Arab complaints that they are not committed to a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Castro Does Not Go Gentle Into Retirement
If anyone thought Fidel Castro was going to slip into quiet retirement, he dispelled that notion on Friday when he published a broadside against American politicians...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Agency Confronts Iran With Evidence on Weapons
Iran dismissed evidence presented by the International Atomic Energy Agency suggesting that Iran had experimented with technology to make a nuclear weapon...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Cocaine Floodgates Open Into Argentina and Brazil, Consuming Lives
A highly addictive form of crack cocaine, known as paco, has destroyed thousands of lives in Argentina and caused a cycle of drug-induced street violence...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Diplomats Warn Serbia Over Embassy Attacks
Further talks on ties with the European Union cannot take place unless violence subsides, diplomats said...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Heart-check beds to be developed
A bed packed with sensors could keep a close watch on the health of heart failure patients, it is claimed...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Mitchell lawyers given deadline
Luke Mitchell's lawyers are given one month to present any further evidence to support their case...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Troubles group meets MI5's chief
The group looking at how best to deal with the past holds talks with the security services in London...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Israel to vanish, says Hezbollah
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah tells thousands at a Lebanon rally that Israel "will disappear"...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Cricket: NZ-England preview
England hope to tie their one-day series in New Zealand by winning the final match in Christchurch...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Rugby U: England seek Paris win
England aim to keep their RBS Six Nations title hopes alive when they take on unbeaten France this weekend...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Wales aim to extend winning run
Wales aim to keep their RBS Six Nations title drive going when they take on Italy this weekend...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Iran 'nuclear questions remain'
New data on Iran's nuclear programme does not prove the country is not making a bomb, UN inspectors say...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
'Dozens dead' in Turkish assault
Turkey says five of its soldiers and dozens of Kurdish rebels have been killed in its ground assault in northern Iraq...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Gail Sheridan suspended from job
The wife of former SSP leader Tommy Sheridan is suspended over theft allegations, BBC Scotland understands...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Turkish Military Tells of Incursion Into Iraq
It was unclear how many troops were sent to Iraq for an operation aimed at weakening Kurdish militants...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Sadr Extends His Militia?s Cease-Fire
Moktada al-Sadr, the anti-American Shiite cleric, renewed Friday a cease-fire declared last summer...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Serbia Warned Over Embassy Attacks
European diplomats warned that further talks on ties between Belgrade and the European Union cannot take place unless violence subsides...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Brucie enjoys birthday in style
Veteran entertainer Bruce Forsyth says he has no plans to retire as he celebrates his 80th birthday in London...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Bluetongue risk 'starts in April'
UK livestock farms will again be at risk from bluetongue from the second half of April, predict scientists...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Thousands excused training to 18
The new requirement in England to be educated to age 18 will not apply to youngsters in difficult circumstances...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Daytime dozing 'stroke warning'
Regular daytime dozing may be an early warning sign of stroke in elderly people, say US researchers...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
UK orders broadband review
The government will review the future of broadband amid calls that it should help firms pay for new infrastructure...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Jail for extradited sex attacker
A man who had been wanted by police for six years is jailed for raping a teenage girl and arson...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Huntley victim in rooftop protest
A woman who was one of Ian Huntley's victims stages a rooftop protest over the police treatment of her case...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Tap bills 'higher after blunder'
Water bills could be £30 a year more than expected due to an NI Water "blunder", it is claimed...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Turkish student headscarf ban ends
Turkey's leader signs into law constitutional amendments allowing Islamic headscarves in universities...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
US to evacuate staff from Serbia
The US embassy in Belgrade orders non-essential staff evacuated a day after Serb protesters storm the building...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
New breakthrough in Uganda talks
Uganda signs a new agreement with the Lord's Resistance Army, a day after talks collapsed...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Football: Bolton's police complaint
Bolton meet with police and Uefa officials in Spain to discuss the treatment of their fans at the Uefa Cup game against Atletico Madrid...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Keegan supports Gazza sectioning
Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan says Paul Gascoigne's sectioning under the Mental Health Act is a good thing for the ex-footballer...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
'NatWest Three' head for prison
Three British bankers are sentenced to 37 months in prison for their role in an Enron-related fraud...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Measles cases at record high
The number of measles cases in England and Wales jumped more than 30% last year to the highest level since records began...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Apology call for Auschwitz note
A political row has blown up over a government pledge to give free educational visits to Auschwitz...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Police issue CCTV of missing girl
Detectives release CCTV images of a nine-year-old girl who has been missing for three days...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Burrell recalled to Diana inquest
Paul Burrell is recalled to the Diana inquest over discrepancies between his evidence and press reports...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Man gets life for model's murder
A man who murdered 18-year-old Sally Anne Bowman outside her home is sentenced to life in prison...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Plane Carrying 46 Missing in Venezuela
Residents reported hearing a thunderous noise in the mountains in southwestern Venezuela, the area where the twin-engine plane went missing on Thursday...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Turkish Military Says It Is in Iraq
Turkish troops launched an incursion across the border into Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels, the military said...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Spears' ex-manager must stay away
Troubled pop star Britney Spears' former manager is served with a restraining order by a Los Angeles court...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
PC beats doctor in scan tests
A computer does better than a doctor at diagnosing degenerative brain diseases, research has found...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Cancer patient 'denied funding'
A leukaemia patient is told doctors cannot have funding for a bone marrow transplant from Australia...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Young women top unpaid work list
Single women in their thirties are most likely to do unpaid overtime, a report from the TUC says...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
On-the-run rapist absconded twice
A man who absconded from an open prison and then raped a schoolgirl had previously gone on the run...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Stars show support for Gascoigne
Former team-mates and friends of detained Paul Gascoigne say he will get over "this major obstacle"...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Suspicious blaze at auction house
Police are investigating a fire at a house auctioned hours before by the Assets Recovery Agency...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Sadr declares new Iraq ceasefire
Powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr orders the renewal of the ceasefire his militia has been observing...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Bhutto party meeting to pick PM
The party of Pakistan's late former PM, Benazir Bhutto, meets to pick the next PM after its win in Monday's polls...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Prison term in VW corruption case
The former head of Volkswagen's employee council is sentenced to two years nine months in prison...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Chinese trial over fake receipts
Five men go on trial in southwest China accused of forging more than one million fake receipts...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Kenya talks resume on crucial day
Kenya's government and opposition resume talks aimed at ending post-election violence...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Football: Bolton's police complaint
Bolton Wanderers make an official complaint to Uefa about the treatment of their supporters by Spanish police...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Football family 'must help Gazza'
Former Tottenham captain Gary Mabbutt calls on the world of football to come to the aid of Paul Gascoigne...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Christie will not carry Olympic torch
Controversial former sprinter Linford Christie will not carry the Olympic torch when it arrives in London...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
ISPs could face piracy sanctions
The government is considering imposing legal sanctions on ISPs that do not take steps to prevent internet piracy...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Rock now in public hands
The nationalisation of Northern Rock becomes law, after just three days of parliamentary debate...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Claim UK troops 'executed' Iraqis
Lawyers say they have evidence that will prove Iraqi prisoners were executed by British troops...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Protect embassies, EU tells Serbs
The European Union calls on Serbia to do all it can to protect foreign missions after a day of violence in Belgrade...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Third night of searches for girl
Police and neighbours spend a third night scouring a town's streets for a missing schoolgirl...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Prisons full with record numbers
Prisons in England and Wales have hit a record population, exceeding maximum capacity for the first time, officials say...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Double murder police criticised
An inquiry into the murder of a couple by a criminal gang criticises the police's offer of protection to them...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Turkish troops enter north Iraq
Turkish ground forces roll into northern Iraq to target Kurdish rebels said to be sheltering there...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Suffolk killer will die in prison
Serial killer Steve Wright is to spend the rest of his life in jail for the murders of five women in Suffolk in 2006...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Sam Bith, Tied to Cambodia Tourist Deaths, Dies at 74
A former Khmer Rouge guerrilla commander, Mr. Bith had been being convicted to life in prison in 2002 for the 1994 abduction and death of three Western tourists in Cambodia...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Italy: Calabria Mob on the Rise
The anti-Mafia commission in the Italian parliament said the mob in the southern region of Calabria had eclipsed the Sicilian Mafia in power and international reach...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Spain: Alert Raised Ahead of Elections
Authorities said they expected the militant Basque separatist group ETA to try an attack ahead of the March 9 elections...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
World Briefing | The Americas: Mexico: Singer Found Killed in Tijuana
Jesús Rey David Alfaro, a popular local singer known as the Rooster, and two members of his staff have been found tortured and killed in Tijuana...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: East Timor: President Out of Coma
President José Ramos-Horta was slowly being returned to consciousness by doctors who have kept him sedated since he was shot in an assassination attempt last week...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Uganda: Rebels Walk Out of Talks
The rebels stormed out of the talks after the government refused their demands for cash and cabinet jobs...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Luring Doctors and Nurses ?A Crime?
Rich countries are actively poaching so many African health workers that the practice should be viewed as a crime, a team of international disease experts said...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Prostitute Killer Guilty
A former forklift truck operator, Steven Wright, was convicted of murdering five prostitutes in Ipswich, in eastern England, in 2006. He is to be sentenced on Friday...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
NATO Chief Warns of Threats to Afghan Mission
NATO?s secretary general said that suicide bombings aimed to influence public opinion in Afghanistan as well as in the alliance?s member countries to turn it against the Afghan mission...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Security Council Weighs New Sanctions on Iran
The backers of the new measure, Britain and France, said the draft would be open for comment, ahead of a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog to be released on Friday...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Fraud Unit Seeks Europe Report
An internal report of the European Parliament is said to have revealed large-scale abuse in the use of funding by some deputies...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Struggling but Grateful, Liberia Welcomes Bush
It was the first time in 30 years a sitting president of the United States stepped onto Liberian soil...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Italy Follows Trail of Secret South American Abductions
Italian authorities are seeking to prosecute former top officials in seven South American countries for their roles in a secret operation in the 1970s and 1980s that aimed to crush left-wing political dissent...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
C.I.A. Used a British Island to Transport Terrorism Suspects
The acknowledgment of two flights contradicted previous assurances given by the United States to Britain?s Labor government...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Arab Leaders Say the Two-State Proposal Is in Peril
The peace plan, dating back to 2002, included an offer to restore full diplomatic relations with Israel and may be taken off the table if Israel doesn?t respond to the initiative...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Beirut Journal: Another Round of Explosions, but This Time It?s Fake
Shooting a movie in Beirut was a reality check for a foreign film crew...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Deal to Share Power in Kenya Appears in Reach
The government has agreed to create a prime minister position, one of the opposition?s key demands, but not all details have been worked out...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Pakistanis Strike Political Accord
The leaders of the two main opposition parties announced Thursday that they would form a government, but they were unclear on the future of President Pervez Musharraf...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Pakistan Shift Could Curtail Drone Strikes
American officials are worried a recent agreement with Pakistani authorities to relax operating rules for U.S. armed surveillance aircraft might be curtailed by political changes in Pakistan...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Gaming's future 'on the network'
The future of the games industry lies with the net, a panel of gaming luminaries predicts...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Some exams 'harder than others'
England's exams watchdog finds some subjects are harder than others in a comparison of exams...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Many workers 'asbestos ignorant'
Most tradespeople are unaware of the health risks linked to asbestos, a survey suggests...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Proposal for arts apprenticeships
Plans for 5,000 apprenticeships in arts and media organisations will be unveiled by Culture Secretary Andy Burnham...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Venezuelan plane missing
The authorities in Venezuela say they fear a missing commercial plane with 46 people aboard has crashed...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Twenty dead in Philippine floods
Relief work is under way in the Philippines after bad weather kills 20 and displaces tens of thousands more...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Wildlife challenge to development
A charity makes a High Court challenge to plans to build a Royal Mail delivery warehouse on an important wildlife site...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
China defends Sudan arms sales
China defends its sale of weapons to Sudan, amid growing criticism of Beijing's support for Khartoum...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Clinton and Obama spar in Texas
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton accuses Barack Obama of plagiarising during a live TV debate in Texas...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Straw talks up non-prison terms
Justice Secretary Jack Straw asks magistrates to consider non-custodial sentences to ease prison overcrowding...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
PM faces agency work rebellion
Gordon Brown could face his biggest backbench rebellion since becoming prime minister over a bill to give agency workers more rights...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Double murder police criticised
An inquiry into the murder of a couple by a criminal gang criticises the police's offer of protection to them...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Storm over Serbia embassy attacks
Attacks by Serbian protesters against the US and other embassies in Belgrade draw international condemnation...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Killer Wright due to be sentenced
Serial killer Steve Wright is to be sentenced later for the murders of five women in Suffolk in 2006...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
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