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Global News Archive for Octomber 2005:
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Journalist Convicted of Blasphemy in Afghanistan
Ruling reveals differences between conservative judges and more liberal government officials. Writer faces two years in prison...
New York Times - October 23, 2005
Kaczynski Defeats Rival in Poland's Presidential Election
Lech Kaczynski of the conservative Law and Justice Party defeated his rightist rival, Donald Tusk, according to surveys of voters leaving the polls...
New York Times - October 23, 2005
Israel Says it Won't Oppose Hamas Role in Palestinian Vote
"It is not in Israel's interest" to try to intervene in the election, the Israeli justice minister said...
New York Times - October 23, 2005
NHS pension talks set to restart
NHS employers and trade union representatives are restarting talks over NHS pensions this week...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Kaczynski 'wins' Polish election
Conservative Lech Kaczynski appears on course to become Poland's next president, exit polls suggest...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
South Sudan gets new government
A new government is announced in southern Sudan as part of the county's complex peace agreement...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Brazil set to keep weapons sales
Early results in Brazil's referendum show a clear majority reject a ban on gun sales to the general public...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
More time to quiz terror suspects
Police are given more time to question three men being held under terror laws after raids on London and Kent...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Davis 'would make Cameron deputy'
Tory leadership contender David Davis says that if he won he would make his rival David Cameron his deputy...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Further disturbances after riot
New disturbances are reported on the streets of Birmingham a night after riots during which a man was murdered...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
All killed in Nigeria plane crash
All the passengers and crew of a Nigerian plane that crashed on Saturday were killed, the government says...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
UK parrot 'had deadly bird flu'
A parrot that died in UK quarantine had the deadly H5N1 bird flu that has killed 60 people in Asia, officials say...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Light show ends Trafalgar events
A dramatic sound and light show ends celebrations for the 200th anniversary of Battle of Trafalgar...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Council housing stock 'concerns'
Most Welsh councils cannot afford to meet assembly government housing stock targets, a council leader warns...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Judge delays Malawi impeachment
Malawi's High Court delays the latest move by opposition MPs to impeach President Mutharika...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
India ready to open Kashmir camps
India says it could open relief camps for earthquake survivors from Pakistani-run Kashmir as early as Tuesday...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Victims' commissioner to be named
The widow of a murdered RUC reservist is expected be made Northern Ireland's new victims' commissioner...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Prince honours Nelson at service
The Duke of York lays a wreath at Nelson's Column as part of Battle of Trafalgar celebrations...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Bird flu strain test results due
Scientists are set to reveal whether the parrot that died in UK quarantine had the most dangerous strain of bird flu...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Search powers 'may erode trust'
The use of stop and search powers may erode public confidence in police is they are used too widely, the Lib Dems warn...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Everton hold leaders Chelsea
Everton end Chelsea's 100% start to the season with a dogged display at Goodison Park...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Football: Newcastle win derby
Emre scores a superb free-kick to give Newcastle a north-east derby victory over Sunderland...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
'80 crimes' in night of violence
More than 30 people are still in hospital as police appeal for witnesses to the Birmingham clashes that killed one man...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Man arrested over 7 July attacks
Anti-terror police arrest a man in connection with the 7 July bombing attacks in London after a newspaper tip-off...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Confusion over Nigeria crash
There is confusion over the fate of a plane which crashed in Nigeria with at least 114 people aboard...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Relief in Mexico as Wilma leaves
Hurricane Wilma leaves Mexico after pounding its Gulf coast for more than 48 hours - claiming at least six lives...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Getting connected in rural India
The Indian government is trying to bring technology to rural areas, but there are many challenges involved...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Woman is rescued from flat fire
Firefighters rescue a woman after a fire breaks out at her flat in Belfast while she watched television...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Boy was alone 'up to six weeks'
Fears grow that a toddler trapped in a flat with his mother's body was alone for four weeks longer than thought...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Kelly plays down rift on schools
Education Secretary Ruth Kelly tries to play down reports of a Cabinet revolt over new schools plans...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Baseball: White Sox tame Astros
Chicago White Sox beat Houston Astros 5-3 in the opening game of the World Series...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Brazil votes on banning weapons
Brazilians are voting in a referendum on outlawing the sale of guns, linked to 36,000 deaths every year...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Two charged with barman's murder
Two men are accused of beating Jody Dobrowski to death on Clapham Common a week ago...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Major hails right wing's downfall
Right-wing ideology is losing its grip on the Tories, says Sir John Major as the leadership campaigns continue...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
RAF Chinook distributes quake aid
An RAF Chinook begins handing out emergency supplies to victims of the earthquake in Pakistan...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Robson drops hint over Hearts job
Sir Bobby Robson admits the position of Hearts manager is "an attractive job" after George Burley's departure...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Football: Wenger defends Pires
Arsene Wenger believes Robert Pires' insecurity, not disrespect, led to his bizarre penalty...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Plea for calm after violent clashes
Police and community leaders in Birmingham appeal for calm after a man was killed and others injured in disturbances...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Many survive Nigeria plane crash
A passenger plane with at least 114 people aboard crashes in Nigeria - but dozens of people survive...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Police stop and search 'rising'
A BBC survey shows police are stopping and searching more people since the suicide bombings in July...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Coast of Mexico Takes Thrashing as Storm Stalls
Hurricane Wilma is expected to hit Florida early Monday after pounding the Mexican cities of Cancún and Playa del Carmen...
New York Times - October 23, 2005
Abba wins 'Eurovision 50th' vote
Swedish pop group Abba wins a vote for the best tune in the Eurovision Song Contest's 50-year history...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Poland votes to choose new leader
Poland votes a second time to choose a new president, after an inconclusive first round of polling a fortnight ago...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Lebanon arrest after Hariri probe
Lebanon is said to have made its first arrest following a UN report into the murder of ex-PM Rafik Hariri...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
'Damage' smoke ad launched
The British Heart Foundation is launching its latest advert warning of the unseen damage caused by smoking...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
New community courts proposed
Trained local volunteers could be given the power to deal with minor criminal offences under new plans...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Nigerian passenger plane missing
A passenger plane with 114 on board goes missing shortly after taking off from the Nigerian city of Lagos...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Bird flu experts fly to SE Asia
A team of British scientists is to study how bird flu has spread throughout South East Asia...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Full day of events mark Trafalgar
A number of events take place across the country, marking the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
Three dead as Wilma hits Mexico
At least three people are known to have died as Hurricane Wilma continues to pound Mexico's resorts...
BBC News - October 23, 2005
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