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Global News Archive for March 2005:
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Ordinary Iraqis Wage a Successful Battle Against Insurgents
Ordinary Iraqis rarely strike back at the insurgents, but private citizens retaliated successfully in Baghdad today...
New York Times - March 22, 2005
India in effort to save vultures
The veterinary drug blamed for killing South Asia's vultures is banned by the Indian government...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Comic testifies at Jackson trial
Louise Palanker tells the court about a "disturbing" call from the mother of Michael Jackson's teenage accuser...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Police to probe Rooney 'assault'
Manchester United footballer Wayne Rooney could face a police probe after an allegation of assault is made against him...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
MPs to urge Scots nuclear option
Ministers are to urged to give an enhanced role to nuclear and coal power to help secure Scotland's energy needs...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Police defend shooting man dead
Humberside Police defend their decision to shoot a man brandishing a sword at them on a main road...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
US town reels from teen killing
A US town is rocked after nine are killed in the deadliest school shooting since the Columbine massacre...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Schiavo's parents plead in appeal
The parents of a brain-damaged Florida woman file an emergency appeal to keep her alive...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
EU approves spending increases
EU leaders approve changes to the rules that govern the euro, giving governments greater freedom to boost spending in time of economic downturn...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Angolans die from Ebola-like bug
More than 90 people in northern Angola have died from Marburg disease over the past five months...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
£60m fraud case collapse probed
An inquiry is announced after six men on fraud charges walk free after one of Britain's longest trials collapses at the Old Bailey...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Iceland Granting Citizenship to Bobby Fischer, Held in Japan
Icelandic citizenship and a passport may allow the chess star to be freed from jail in Japan and avoid deportation to the U.S...
New York Times - March 22, 2005
Banner Days for the Lebanese (Ask the Flag Makers)
The Lebanese flag has emerged as an improbable symbol from the country's popular demonstrations...
New York Times - March 22, 2005
Board cuts lead to resignations
Seven people on separate education boards resign in the wake of huge cutbacks including a school closure...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Private prison blame over suicide
A sheriff says a suicide at a private jail might have been avoided if staff had carried out their duties properly...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Fuel surcharges increased by BA
British Airways increases its fuel surcharge on all tickets to offset the impact of record oil prices...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Drive to boost workers' skills
The government sets out how it will extend schemes aimed at raising the skills of England's workforce...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
UK 'world's biggest music buyer'
British music fans are the world's top CD buyers, though global music sales in 2004 are slightly down...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Kyrgyz leader blasts 'coup bid'
The Kyrgyz president says post-election protests across the south are part of a foreign-backed coup attempt...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Gang seizes Brazil star's mother
Gunmen abduct the mother of Brazilian football star Rogerio in the fourth such kidnapping in recent months...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Czech Roma triumphs in race case
A Czech firm is told to compensate a Roma woman after refusing to consider her job application...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Pakistan tribal chief stands firm
A tribal chief rules out compromise in a tense standoff between Pakistani troops and Baloch tribesmen...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Train hits van on mainline route
A train ploughs into a van believed to have crashed down an embankment onto the main London-bound line...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Blair prepares to name poll date
The prime minister is set to name the date of the election on 4 April, the BBC learns...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Camilla 'has no wish to be Queen'
Camilla Parker Bowles is happy not to be known as Queen when Prince Charles becomes King, Clarence House says...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
EU leaders to prioritise growth
EU leaders gather in Brussels for a summit on economic growth as the European Commission president says it is "ready for a fresh start"...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Pair jailed after fatal shop raid
Two men are each jailed for 13 years for their role in the raid that left a jeweller dead...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Ex-terror detainee in drug scare
A terror suspect who is under a control order after release from detention is treated for an overdose of pills...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Football: Man Utd Europe call
Man Utd want the Champions League changed to help more big clubs progress to the quarter-finals...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Mystery illness kills Angola kids
More than 90 people have died from an Ebola-like fever in northern Angola in the past five months...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Jubilee Line fraud case collapses
Six men walk free after a fraud case costing £60m collapses after an 18 month trial...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
'Sword' man shot dead by police
A van driver is killed by police near Hull after reports he ran across a main road with a sword...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Teenage gunman kills nine in US
A US schoolboy shoots dead nine people - seven of them at a school - before apparently taking his own life...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Should Camilla be called queen?
The government has confirmed that Camilla Parker Bowles will automatically become queen when Prince Charles succeeds to the throne. Send us your views...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Blair seeks to court Christians
Tony Blair will seek to woo religious voters in a speech to a Christian group which hopes faith will be an election issue...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
NHS staff 'facing abuse threat'
NHS staff regularly face abuse and violence, and work unpaid overtime to keep services running, a survey shows...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Pupils on horse drugs at weekends
Drug abuse and bad behaviour among pupils puts teachers on the "front line" they say...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
UK emissions rise 'within target'
Britain's emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, rose by 2.2% in the year 2002-2003, keeping it within its Kyoto commitments - just...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Rise of zombie PCs 'threatens UK'
The UK leads the world in home computers that have been hijacked by malicious hackers, warns a report...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Nepal begins corruption inquiry
Former ministers are being questioned by a powerful new anti-corruption panel set up by King Gyanendra...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
'Big cat' attacks man in garden
Police mount extra patrols after a London man is allegedly attacked by a cat-like animal in his garden...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Reform to increase council powers
Streamlining NI's public administration will deliver strong local government, NIO Minister Ian Pearson says...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
GNER pays £1bn for new rail deal
Train operator GNER will pay the government more than £1bn to run rail services from London to Edinburgh over the next decade...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Baby's body found in house attic
An investigation is under way after the remains of a baby is discovered in the attic of a home on a south Wales estate...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Bank of Ireland to cut 2,100 jobs
Bank of Ireland says it will cut 2,100 jobs over the next four years as it faces tougher competition in its home market...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Kyrgyz protests branded a coup
Protests sweeping southern Kyrgyzstan are part of a coup attempt, President Akayev's spokesman says...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
EU's China arms move faces delay
The European Union may have to delay plans to lift its arms embargo on China, European diplomats say...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Manchester United's profits halve
Manchester United's profits are cut by falling television income and the cost of buying players...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
EU ministers to focus on growth
EU ministers gather in Brussels for a summit on economic growth as the European Commission president says it is "ready for a fresh start"...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Football: Man Utd face Carroll exit
Man Utd prepare to find a replacement for goalkeeper Roy Carroll...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Athletics: Dame Tanni honoured
Tanni Grey Thompson will receive her insignia as a Dame from the Queen on Tuesday...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
DR Congo militia chief arrested
DR Congo authorities arrest several leaders of militias active in the troubled north-eastern Ituri region...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Superbug kills newborn baby
An investigation is under way into the source of an MRSA bug which led to the death of a baby boy...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Man shot dead by police on road
A man is killed by police near Hull after reports a van was driven the wrong way along a major road...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Judge denies feed-tube request
A US judge refuses to order doctors to resume feeding a severely brain-damaged woman, Terri Schiavo...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
European Union Said to Keep Embargo on Arms to China
Yielding to pressure from President Bush, the European Union has put off plans to lift its arms embargo on China this spring...
New York Times - March 22, 2005
Top Shiite Cleric Urges Iraqis to Form Coalition
The most powerful Shiite cleric in Iraq called for quick agreement on a new government, expressing displeasure with the weeks of drawn-out haggling...
New York Times - March 22, 2005
Israel to Expand Largest West Bank Settlement
Critics called the expansion a violation of Israel's pledge under the Middle East peace plan, which calls for a freeze of all settlement activity...
New York Times - March 22, 2005
Dispute Over Islets Frays Ties Between Tokyo and Seoul
Japanese claims over two disputed remote islets have recently worsened relations between Japan and South Korea, America's two most important Asian allies...
New York Times - March 22, 2005
Arab Leaders to Show Solidarity With Syria at Summit Meeting
Despite rejecting the international pressure on Syria, the Arab League encouraged President Bashar al-Assad to continue with the planned withdrawal from Lebanon...
New York Times - March 22, 2005
Rights Group Reports Thousands of Disappearances in Chechnya
A prominent human rights organization said that kidnappings and extrajudicial detentions had become so rampant in Chechnya that they amounted to crimes against humanity...
New York Times - March 22, 2005
Pushy parents 'harm child health'
'Pushy parents' who demand results from doctors can unwittingly be harming their child's health, researchers warn...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Teachers criticise 'sexist heads'
Head teachers' attitudes to female staff have been attacked by a teachers' leader...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
New charges for Chile cult head
Former Nazi and cult leader Paul Schaefer faces new charges over disappearances and child abuse in Chile...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Warsaw's Dudayev move irks Moscow
Russia criticises Warsaw for naming a roundabout after the late Chechen rebel leader Djokhar Dudayev...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Arab summit to renew Israel offer
Arab leaders are expected to renew an offer of land for peace with Israel, but shy away from bolder gestures...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Blair to canvass religious vote
The prime minister is expected to discuss the role of religion in politics at a lecture to a Christian group...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Cricket: Rain saves New Zealand
The second Test between Australia and New Zealand in Wellington ends in a draw...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Malaysians condemn 'state spying'
Campaigners in Malaysia protest against what they call "state snooping" into people's private lives...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Drive renewed to increase skills
The government is setting out how it will extend schemes aimed at raising the skills of England's workforce...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Camilla 'happy' not to be Queen
Aides to Prince Charles say Camilla Parker Bowles is happy not to be known as Queen if he becomes King...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
EU leaders fight to boost economy
European leaders meet to try to revive the bloc's economy as dreams of overtaking the US lie in the dust...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Lib Dems promoting '10 pledges'
The Liberal Democrats take out a series of adverts in national newspapers in a bid to raise their profile...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Jeweller's family condemns police
The widower of Marian Bates condemns his local police chief's record, as a teenager is jailed for her murder...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
Ten killed in US school shooting
Ten people are killed in Minnesota in the deadliest US school shooting since the Columbine killings...
BBC News - March 22, 2005
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