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Global News Archive for April 2007:
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Drawing a Line From Movie to Murder
Did violent Asian movies reflect or inspire a mass killer?s mental world?...
New York Times - April 22, 2007
Israeli Minister Steps Aside Pending Inquiry
The investigation involves suspicions that Israel?s finance minister embezzled funds before he joined the government, the police said...
New York Times - April 22, 2007
France Picks 2 Candidates for Election Runoff
A record turnout produced an affirmation of France?s traditional left-right divide, with Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal garnering the most votes...
New York Times - April 22, 2007
Iraqi Leader Orders Halt to Wall in Baghdad
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki said he was ordering a halt to construction of a wall that would blockade a Sunni Arab neighborhood in Baghdad...
New York Times - April 22, 2007
Beyonce and Shakira top UK chart
Beyonce and Shakira top the UK singles chart, while Avril Lavigne enters the albums chart at one...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Nigerian candidates reject poll
Two opposition candidates in Nigeria's presidential election say said they will not accept the results...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Crucible day two frame scores
Shaun Murphy starts his first round match on Monday against teenager Judd Trump...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Ronaldo secures awards double
Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo is named Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year by his peers...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Call to license cigarette sales
Doctors are calling for cigarettes to be licensed in the same manner as alcohol currently is...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Iraqi PM speaks out against wall
Iraq's prime minister urges US forces to stop building a controversial wall around a Sunni enclave in Baghdad...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Apology for 'catastrophic' spill
Scottish Water apologises for pouring millions of litres of sewage into the Firth of Forth as it tries to stem the spill...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
France opts for left-right battle
Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Segolene Royal win through to the run-off of France's presidential poll...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
3 Suspects Talk After Iraqi Soldiers Do Dirty Work
Beatings of suspects by Iraqi soldiers, which appear to be widespread, are a largely undiscussed dilemma for American troops...
New York Times - April 22, 2007
Baldwin apology over phone rant
Actor Alec Baldwin apologises for ranting at his 11-year-old daughter in a phone message later published online...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Miliband promises to back Brown
Environment Secretary David Miliband confirms he will vote for Gordon Brown as Labour leader...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Man charged with woman's murder
A 28-year-old man from the Neath area is charged with the murder of a 21-year-old woman found near a car...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Bomb scare burglaries 'planned'
Burglars who targeted houses during a bomb alert in east Belfast planned the break-ins, police say...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Bangladesh ex-PM's return blocked
Bangladesh's ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is stopped from boarding a flight home from London...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Take-away gunmen hunted by police
Police carry out door-to-door inquiries to find the gunmen who killed a father-of-six in Leeds...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Israeli Arab resigns from Knesset
Israeli Arab MP Azmi Bishara resigns, weeks after leaving the country amid a police investigation...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Football: Chelsea fail to close gap
Chelsea fail to close the gap on leaders Man Utd after a poor performance at Newcastle...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Snooker: Rocket takes big lead
Ronnie O'Sullivan makes a mockery of the pre-match hype surrounding his tie with Ding Junhui by taking an 8-1 lead over the Chinese star...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Resold Glastonbury tickets gone
Thousands of returned tickets to this year's Glastonbury Festival sell out in about two-and-a-half hours...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Celtic grab title with late goal
Celtic wrap up the Premier League title thanks to a stunning linjury time free-kick from Shunsuke Nakamura...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Minister heckled over NHS
A government minister has been heckled by healthcare workers while defending the government's NHS record...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Runners brave marathon heatwave
A record number of runners complete the London Marathon after sweltering in unseasonal heat...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Iraq minority group targeted
Gunmen kill 23 members of a religious minority group in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, police say...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Teams hunting boy find body
Police searching for a missing 10-year-old boy in Fife say they have found a body in a local river...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Urgent work to stem sewage spill
Millions of litres of sewage is still flowing into the Firth of Forth, as engineers battle to stem the spill...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Turnout soars in key French vote
French voters flock to the polls in high numbers for the most unpredictable presidential poll in decades...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Chaos and Bombing Attempt Sully the Election in Nigeria
The problems raised the possibility that the presidential election might not produce a credible winner...
New York Times - April 22, 2007
Salmon campaigner lands top award
An Icelander's campaign to save Atlantic salmon from extinction has won a top environmental prize...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Immigration must be fair - Reid
Voters are worried about illegal immigrants who undermine UK workers, John Reid says...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Boy, nine, dies in road collision
A nine-year-old boy has died in a road traffic accident in the south Wales valleys, say police...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Barclays 'about to bid' for ABN
Barclays is expected to place a bid for ABN Amro on Monday at 36 euros a share, but RBS may still make an offer...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Butlins camp death man released
A man arrested in connection with the death of a teenage woman at Butlins in Somerset is released without charge...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Alert and robberies may be linked
Police investigate if a hoax security alert was created by burglars to rob several houses in east Belfast...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Labour attack Salmond's ability
Labour leader Jack McConnell accuses Alex Salmond of being unfit to carry out the office of first minister...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Double bombings rock Afghan town
At least five people are killed and several wounded after two explosions hit the Afghan town of Khost...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Bombs hit Baghdad police station
Two suicide car bombs explode at a police station in the Iraqi capital, killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Live - Snooker day two updates
Peter Ebdon continues against Nigel Bond and Barry Hawkins starts his match against Fergal O'Brien...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Navy rejects criticism of captive
The Royal Navy is playing down reports that freed Iranian hostage Arthur Batchelor from Plymouth has been making light of his experiences...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Lel wins London Marathon thriller
Martin Lel out sprints his rivals to win the London Marathon for the second time...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Call for Nigeria election re-run
Nigeria's biggest election monitoring group says Saturday's poll was so flawed it should be re-run...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Deadly fire in Bosnia orphanage
Five babies die and 17 are injured as a fire sweeps through a Bosnian orphanage in the capital, Sarajevo...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Honours probe talk 'not helpful'
It is "worth looking" at who has briefed the media over the cash-for-honours probe, the attorney general says...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Warning over 'major' sewage spill
The public is warned to avoid contact with water in the Firth of Forth after a "major" spill of more than 100 million litres of sewage...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Record weather for marathon
A record 36,500 runners are taking part in the London Marathon in temperatures set to pass 20 degrees...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Voting begins in French election
Polls open in France as the country votes in the most unpredictable presidential election in decades...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Certifying Coffee Aids Farmers and Forests in Chiapas
The rush to certify Mexican coffee is drawing an expanding list of players, including giant plantations and multinational traders...
New York Times - April 22, 2007
A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves
Migrant workers from the Philippines send billions back to their country. But the Comodas family?s multigenerational experience with working abroad shows that the human cost is harder to calculate...
New York Times - April 22, 2007
Appeal after take-away shooting
The community in Leeds where a man was shot dead in a take-away restaurant is asked to help police...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
French paedophilia appeals heard
A French appeal court upholds the conviction of 11 people in an infamous paedophilia case but acquits one...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Seoul to resume N Korea food aid
South Korea agrees to send 400,000 tonnes of food aid to North Korea after five days of intense bargaining...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Glastonbury tickets up for resale
Music fans get a second chance to attend Glastonbury Festival, when cancelled tickets go back on sale...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Marathon weather to equal record
A record 36,500 runners are expected to take part in Sunday's London Marathon in temperatures well above 20 degrees...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Miliband backing for Gordon Brown
Environment Secretary David Miliband confirms he will vote for Gordon Brown as Labour Party leader...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
Health union gives strike warning
The UK's biggest union says health workers will strike over pay unless ministers make an improved offer...
BBC News - April 22, 2007
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