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Global News Archive for June 2006:
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Abbas and Olmert Embrace at Informal First Meeting
The Palestinian president and Israeli prime minister promised to accelerate preparations for a substantive summit meeting...
New York Times - June 22, 2006
Senate Rejects Democratic Efforts on Iraq
The votes, 86 to 13 on one measure and 60 to 39 on the second, reflected not only deep divisions between Republicans and Democrats but within the Democratic ranks as well...
New York Times - June 22, 2006
Cricket: Muralitharan quits tour
Muttiah Muralitharan pulls out of Sri Lanka's tour of England for family reasons...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Kennedy not ruling out his return
Charles Kennedy refuses to rule out returning as Liberal Democrat leader at some point in the future...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Inspection changes upset heads
The English schools inspectorate says it will tailor inspection visits more to schools' risk of underachieving...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Study reveals 'oldest jewellery'
The earliest known pieces of jewellery made by modern humans have been identified by scientists...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Commissioner quits Orange Order
A controversial Parades Commission member resigns as a member of the Orange Order, the commission says...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Bill price hike by Scottish Power
Scottish Power reveals it will be putting up gas bills by 17% and electricity bills by 10% from next month...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Wife's grief for fishing brothers
The widow of one of two brothers killed as they fished on rocks speaks of her family's "devastation"...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Hungary inspires Iraq, Bush says
US President George W Bush, on a visit to Budapest, cites Hungary's thirst for freedom as an inspiration to Iraq...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Chechnya habitat 'hit by war'
River, forests and other natural habitats in Chechnya have been badly polluted by more than a decade of war, officials say...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Cheney downplays N Korea threat
The US vice-president rebuffs calls for military action against North Korea, saying its capabilities are "rudimentary"...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Plane goes off runway
An investigation is under way after an aircraft with 19 people on board overshot the end of Aberdeen Airport runway by hundreds of yards...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Australia through after thriller
Harry Kewell's equaliser sends Australia through to the last 16 in Stuttgart...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Ronaldo equals World Cup record
Ronaldo scores twice to become joint-highest scorer in World Cup finals history as Brazil thrash Japan...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Top Italian clubs face trial
Italian clubs Juventus, AC Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio are to face a sports court over allegations of match-fixing...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Iraqi Police Free Some Factory Workers
Thirty-four hostages were unaccounted for after an abduction involving 40 to 50 gunmen...
New York Times - June 22, 2006
Botched Israeli Strike Kills Palestinian in Gaza
It was the latest in a series of botched air strikes that have killed a dozen Palestinian civilians in the last eight days...
New York Times - June 22, 2006
Senate Votes Against Iraq Deadline
The 87-to-13 vote reflected not only deep divisions between Republicans and Democrats but within the Democratic ranks as well...
New York Times - June 22, 2006
Tennis: Frustrated Murray loses
Andy Murray goes out of the Nottingham Open in the quarter-finals after a 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 1-6 defeat to Andreas Seppi...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Football: Liverpool sign Bellamy
Striker Craig Bellamy joins Liverpool from Blackburn on a four-year contract...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Pupils 'don't mind' teacher's sex
Most young boys do not care whether they are taught by a man or a woman, a study indicates...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Quake fears for south California
The southern part of the San Andreas fault, near Los Angeles, is overdue for a large earthquake, according to a report in the journal Nature...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Seal loses court payment battle
Singer Seal is ordered by a judge to pay his ex-manager commission on his earnings from his first two albums...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
McConnell quizzed on missile plan
The first minister is tackled on the issue of a new nuclear deterrent after Gordon Brown backs the plan...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Five-day strike by Asda workers
Thousands of Asda distribution workers will stage a five-day strike in protest over pay and bargaining rights...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Defra to pay interest to farmers
The government says it will pay interest to farmers yet to receive subsidies under its new rural payments scheme...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Fresh probe into patient deaths
Police say they are to continue investigating the deaths of patients of a former County Durham GP...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Murderer 'may spend life in jail'
The killer of County Tyrone woman Attracta Harron is told he may spend the rest of his life in prison...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
SA prisoners win Aids drug case
South African prisoners with HIV win a court action forcing the government to give them free anti-retroviral drugs...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
US Senate rejects Iraq withdrawal
The US Senate votes overwhelmingly against a Democratic call for troops to begin leaving Iraq this year...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Italian chosen as Pope's deputy
Pope Benedict XVI appoints an Italian cardinal and former departmental colleague as his secretary of state...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Bush visit marks Hungary uprising
US President George W Bush visits Hungary to mark 50 years since the country's anti-Soviet uprising...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
UK police 'to tackle corruption'
The UK is to put together a police task force to tackle allegations of international bribery and corruption...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Ghana win through to last 16
Goals from Haminu Dramani and Stephen Appiah send Ghana into the last 16 of the World Cup...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Eriksson defends squad selection
Sven-Goran Eriksson says he has no regrets over his squad picks despite Michael Owen's return home...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Short warns Brown on Trident row
Downing Street says it will hold a full debate on Trident after Gordon Brown signalled support for renewal...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Rivals agree Somalia peace deal
Somalia's government and the Islamic group that controls the capital agree to end military campaigns...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
'Bomb plot' jurors shown footage
The jury in the trial of seven men accused of plotting bombings in the UK watch footage said to be of one of the accused...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Web paedophile given nine years
A man who was the first to be caught through a police anti-paedophile website is sent to prison for nine years...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Football: Fixtures unveiled
Choose your team to see all the 2006/07 fixtures...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Rugby L: Fielden shock move
Great Britain and Bradford prop Stuart Fielden joins struggling Wigan...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Nude worm tempts World Cup fans
Internet security firms warn soccer fans to be wary of e-mails that claim to contain World Cup images...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Minogue announces Australian tour
Kylie Minogue is to begin her postponed Australian tour in November following her recovery from cancer surgery...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Medical data errors 'risk lives'
Patient care is being risked by hospital bosses sending medical notes abroad to be typed up, a union says...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Security in Basra 'has improved'
The increased number of Iraqis patrolling Basra has improved security, says Defence Secretary Des Browne...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
New child protection law planned
The Scottish Executive is to shelve reforms to the justice system to make way for a new law to protect vulnerable children...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Four dead in Welsh sea accidents
Four die in separate incidents overnight bringing the total number of water-related deaths around Wales to seven in just over a week...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
French government in EADS talks
France's finance minister is meeting the co-chairman of EADS to discuss the crisis at Airbus...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Huge Indian airlines merger off
Jet Airways' deal to buy rival Indian firm Air Sahara in a deal worth $500m, falls through after a deadline expires...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Shot loyalist 'to return to jail'
An alleged leading loyalist shot six times will be returned to prison when he is released from hospital, a judge rules...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Red Cross votes to admit Israel
The Red Cross movement votes overwhelmingly to admit Israel, ending decades of isolation...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Ukraine coalition deal confirmed
Ukraine's Orange Revolution allies formally announce they are reuniting in a ruling coalition...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
E Timor's Gusmao threatens to quit
East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao threatens to resign unless PM Mari Alkatiri quits, reports say...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
US seeks Somali Islamists' help
The US asks the Islamic group which controls the Somali capital to hand over three foreign terror suspects...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Owen vows to return for medal
Michael Owen says England will win the World Cup and he will be in Germany to collect his medal on 9 July...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Next generation DVD war hots up
The launch of the first Blu-ray DVD player steps up the fight to establish the next generation DVD format...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Brown criticised over deterrent
Gordon Brown comes under fire after signalling he wants to renew Britain's independent nuclear deterrent...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Interest rate policymaker dies
David Walton, a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, dies after a short illness...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Karzai criticises foreign tactics
The Afghan president calls for a rethink on the fight against the Taleban as four more US troops are killed in the country...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Parking policy 'mess' criticised
Parking enforcement is inconsistent and "absurd", while ticket targets are "misguided", MPs say...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
BA investigated on fuel surcharge
BA and other airlines face an investigation by UK and US regulators into ticket pricing and fuel surcharges...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Almaty Journal: Up, Up and Away: New Towers, and Ambitions to Match
A new tower in Almaty, Kazakhstan, has become a symbol of the city's coal-hot potential, an iconic structure that reflects Almaty's potential economic might...
New York Times - June 22, 2006
Video of Uzbek Rising Provides Complex View
The video provides an extensive account of the deadly crackdown on an anti-government uprising last spring...
New York Times - June 22, 2006
Rallied by Bush, Skittish G.O.P. Now Embraces War as Issue
The party is trying to turn a liability into an advantage by portraying Democrats as advocates of an overly hasty withdrawal...
New York Times - June 22, 2006
Senators Begin Debate on Iraq, Visions in Sharp Contrast
Democrats insisted that the war had cost too much and that the United States must begin pulling troops out, while Republicans equated any withdrawal with retreat...
New York Times - June 22, 2006
Rioting in China Over Label on College Diplomas
China's college students must grapple with petty fraud, substandard instruction and an intensely competitive job market...
New York Times - June 22, 2006
Baghdad Trial: Hussein Lawyer Seized and Slain in Baghdad Raid
The defense lawyer was the the 10th person associated with the court trying Saddam Hussein to be killed in the last 18 months...
New York Times - June 22, 2006
Tighter checks on GP appointments
The government is introducing a system of random checks to ensure GPs are not fiddling appointment times...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Mega Indian airlines merger off
Jet Airways deal to buy rival carrier Air Sahara in a deal worth $500m, falls through after a deadline expires...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Fees worry poor students - survey
Tuition fees discourage many clever state school students from applying to universities, a survey suggests...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
US Senate debates Iraq timetable
Democrats in the US Senate propose timetables for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
Bush begins Hungary state visit
US President George W Bush begins a visit to Hungary marking the 50th anniversary of the anti-Soviet uprising...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
'Extreme debt' levels get worse
Levels of 'extreme debt' - where more than £100,000 is owed - are worsening, a charity finds...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
US confirms UK hijacking plot
A US report confirms al-Qaeda planned to hijack flights from London and fly planes into the airport...
BBC News - June 22, 2006
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