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Global News Archive for May 2007:
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Fighting in Lebanon Dashes Cease-Fire Hopes
The Lebanese Army continued battling militants holed up in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Tripoli...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Remploy to shut five Welsh plants
Five factories in Wales will be closed and a further two merged as part of Remploy's UK-wide shake-up...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
BG seeking Middle-East gas deal
UK energy firm BG confirms it is hoping to agree a deal with Israel to supply it with Palestinian gas...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Pair cleared of air base damage
Peace protesters who tried to sabotage B-52 bombers destined for Iraq are cleared of all charges...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Vicky police to search Tobin home
Police investigating Vicky Hamilton's disappearance in 1991 are to search the house where Peter Tobin lived...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
US urges China to speed up reform
The US urges China to step up economic reforms as high level talks between the two begin in Washington...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Football: Sidwell to join Chelsea
Chelsea confirm midfielder Steve Sidwell has agreed to join the
club on a free transfer...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Marriage to earl 'was a curse'
The widow of the Earl of Shaftesbury, who is accused of paying her brother to murder him, tells a court his death was an accident...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Duke visits Cutty Sark wreckage
The Duke of Edinburgh is shown the charred remains of the clipper as forensic experts try to determine the cause of the fire...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Poverty target 'will be missed'
The government will fail to halve child poverty in Britain by 2010 unless it spends an extra £3.8bn, a charity says...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Plaid suspends Welsh Labour talks
Plaid Cymru suspends negotiations with Welsh Labour but continues talks with the Tories and Lib Dems...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Thousands flee Lebanon violence
Thousands of refugees are fleeing heavy fighting between troops and militants at a refugee camp in Lebanon...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Litvinenko suspect denies charges
The Russian accused in the UK of murdering Alexander Litvinenko says the charges are "politically motivated"...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Attacks in Sunni Areas in Baghdad Kill at Least 29
Today?s attacks, a car bomb and mortar shells in Sunni neighborhoods in Baghdad, also wounded 85 people...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Rio de Janeiro Journal: For Pan-Am Games, the Big Race Is to the Starting Line
Rio?s high hopes for the Pan-American Games are tempered by huge cost overruns, construction delays, strikes, court battles and internal bickering...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Ceasefire Sought in Battle at Lebanon Refugee Camp
U.N. officials today sought to bring relief supplies to the Palestinian refugee camp where the Lebanese Army has been battling Islamist militants...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Spammers plunder Plusnet e-mail
Customers of UK net provider Plusnet are changing their passwords after hackers steal a list of e-mail addresses...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Cannes cheers Tarantino's return
Quentin Tarantino is cheered by journalists at the Cannes Film Festival for his new movie Death Proof...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Hepatitis C drugs provide 'cure'
People infected with hepatitis C can be cured with existing treatments, researchers have discovered...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Labour deal document with Plaid
Welsh Labour send a proposal for forming a government as Plaid Cymru set a deadline over talks...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Probe after cancer woman's death
Police investigate allegations a women died after accidentally being given the wrong blood type in hospital...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Arrest in 1994 Orkney murder case
An arrest is made in connection with the murder of an Orkney waiter 13 years ago, BBC Scotland learns...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Bomb devastates market in Baghdad
At least 25 people die and about 60 are wounded as a car bomb hits a market in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Musharraf rules out mosque raid
Pakistan's President Musharraf rules out military action against a radical mosque in the heart of Islamabad...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Boeing assembles first 787 plane
Boeing starts final assembly of its first 787 Dreamliner jet, with test flights due to follow in August...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
EU axes wood and package rules
The European Union decides to scrap regulations for timber quality and food packaging sizes...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Beheadings spark Kenyan sect hunt
Kenyan police hunt for followers of the outlawed Mungiki religious sect after six headless corpses are found...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Shock England call for Sidebottom
England call up bowler Ryan Sidebottom for the second Test against West Indies, and include Michael Vaughan and Andrew Flintoff...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Tennis: Murray to miss Open
Andy Murray admits defeat in his battle to be fit for Roland Garros and raises doubts about playing at Wimbledon...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Judges fail to back new ministry
Senior judges fail to reach a deal with the Lord Chancellor over the creation of a new Ministry of Justice...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
We'll go anywhere, say McCanns
The parents of Madeleine McCann say they will "go wherever necessary" in their bid to find their daughter...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Scientists begin Cutty Sark probe
Forensic scientists begin examining the remains of the Cutty Sark after it was ravaged by fire...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Google bans essay writing ads
After complaints about students buying essays over the internet, Google is to ban essay adverts...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Brother-in-law denies earl murder
A man accused of murdering the Earl of Shaftesbury protests his innocence at a trial in France...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Aid convoy under fire in Lebanon
A UN aid convoy that entered Lebanon's Nahr al-Bared camp is forced to leave after shells explode nearby...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Home info packs delayed to August
The introduction of Home Information Packs is to be delayed until August, Ruth Kelly tells MPs...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Explosion rocks Turkish capital
Four people are killed and at least 20 hurt in an explosion in a commercial district of the Turkish capital, Ankara...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Supporters Urge Pakistan Leader to Shift Course
Gen. Pervez Musharraf is being advised to seek conciliation with opponents or risk losing power...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Japanese debut for Potter movie
The fifth Harry Potter film, The Order of the Phoenix, will open in Tokyo next month, Warner Bros confirms...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Science team lands on Ice Island
Researchers plant a tracking beacon on a two-billion-tonne block of ice floating off the Canadian coast in the High Arctic...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Teachers want bullying answers
Teachers have shown the schools minister evidence that cyberbullying is still continuing...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Overpayment of tax credit nears £6bn
Claimants of tax credits have been overpaid nearly £6bn since their 2003 launch, Revenue & Customs says...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Hodge plan illegal - Livingstone
London Mayor Ken Livingstone says giving UK citizens council homes ahead of immigrants would be illegal...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
M&S to charge for shopping bags
Shoppers will soon have to pay for plastic carrier bags in Marks and Spencer's 14 Northern Ireland stores...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Canal death crash driver jailed
A drunk-driver who crashed a stolen car into a canal causing the death of a 15-year-old passenger is jailed...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Job exodus abroad 'will continue'
The loss of manufacturing jobs from Wales to countries abroad is set to continue, a BBC Wales investigation finds...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Mumbai blasts policeman gets life
An Indian policemen is sentenced to life in jail for abetting bombers who killed 250 in Mumbai in 1993...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Reward offered to find woman's killer
Police offer a £10,000 reward to help find the killer of a 71-year-old bludgeoned to death in her Nottinghamshire home...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Iran formally charges US scholar
Iran has charged a US-Iranian academic with trying to overthrow its Islamic system of government...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
US and China to hold trade talks
The US and China hold talks on trade amid growing tensions on the issue between the two countries...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Hague court probes CAR 'crimes'
The International Criminal Court is to probe war crimes allegedly committed in the Central African Republic...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Football: Robson new Blades boss
Bryan Robson is confirmed as the new manager of Sheffield United...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Rugby: Three new England caps
England give debuts to Mike Brown, Nick Wood and Dean Schofield in their side to face South Africa on Saturday...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Viagra could aid jetlag recovery
Viagra could be used to help people flying eastwards recover from jetlag, research suggests...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Cameron says schools key test
David Cameron says the issue of grammar schools is a key test of whether the Tories are fit for power...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Eastern Europe UK workers grow
Almost 8,000 Romanians and Bulgarians registered to work in the UK since their countries joined the EU...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
M&S in recovery as profits soar
High Street retailer Marks & Spencer posts a 28.5% rise in annual profits, its largest for 10 years...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Bomb strikes Baghdad market
At least 25 people die and dozens are wounded as a car bomb hits a market in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Push towards pay-as-you-go roads
Ministers push ahead with controversial plans to allow local authorities to set up road pricing trials...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Battle rages on in Lebanese camp
Lebanese troops and Islamic militants in a Palestinian refugee camp fight for a third day despite calls for a truce...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Russian faces Litvinenko charge
An ex-KGB man should be charged with the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, UK prosecutors say...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Harsh Birth Control Steps Fuel Violence in China
An intensive campaign to enforce population-control measures prompted violent clashes between the police and local residents in southwestern China in recent days...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Israel and Palestinian Militants Carry Out Deadly Attacks
The Israeli Air Force continued its airstrikes in Gaza, killing four members of Islamic Jihad and one member of Hamas...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Lebanese Army and Islamists Battle for 2nd Day
Fatah al Islam fired antiaircraft guns and had night vision goggles and other sophisticated equipment...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Cocaine Wars Make Port Colombia?s Deadliest City
As larger cities have calmed, Buenaventura has emerged as the deadliest urban center in Colombia?s internal war...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Supporters Urge Pakistan Leader to Alter Course
Pakistan?s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, is being advised to make a change of course or risk losing power...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Baghdad District Is a Model, but Only for Shiites
In the Baghdad district of Kadhimiya, religious Shiite leaders and their militias have consolidated control...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Success for Everest mobile effort
A British climber has set a world record by making a mobile phone call from the top of Mount Everest...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Cancer 'raises travel premiums'
People who have recovered from cancer are often refused travel insurance or charged more, a study says...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
House price surge 'could be last'
A surge in Scottish house prices could be the last before a slowdown, an economist predicts...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Senate extends immigration debate
The US Senate decides to delay voting on controversial immigration reform to allow more time for debate...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Italy row over Church abuse film
An Italian politician urges state TV Rai not to air a BBC documentary on child sex abuse and the Church...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Robson 'to be named Blades manager'
Sheffield United will name Bryan Robson as their new manager, according to BBC Five Live...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
BA linked to Iberia takeover bid
BA is reportedly set to join a consortium seeking to buy Spanish airline Iberia, Europe's fourth largest carrier...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Duke to visit Cutty Sark remains
The Duke of Edinburgh is to visit the charred remains of the fire-ravaged Cutty Sark at Greenwich...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
NHS staff 'escape crime checks'
Criminal record checks are not carried out on tens of thousands of NHS staff, the BBC learns...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Road pricing bill before Commons
Controversial plans for road pricing schemes are due to be put before parliament for the first time...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Lebanon fighting enters third day
Fighting between Lebanese troops and Islamic militants continues into a third day, despite talk of a ceasefire...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Litvinenko charges decision due
Prosecutors are to make an announcement on charges over the poisoning of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
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