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Spacecraft flies by remote asteroid, camera stops
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Official Egypt rock slide toll rises to 31
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Philly school rekindles same-sex education debate
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Muslim separatist strike shuts down Indian Kashmir
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Troops, protesters clash in Indian Kashmir 1 dead
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Catholics assert themselves in Hanoi land dispute
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Myanmar says no sign of Suu Kyi hunger strike
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Landslides leave 27 dead or missing in Philippines
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Returning lawmakers make Capitol a campaign stage
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Global News Archive for December 2005:
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Sunni Protestors Claim Fraud in Iraq's Elections
Several thousand Sunni Arabs gathered in central Baghdad today to protest what they said was broad-based fraud in elections held last week...
New York Times - December 23, 2005
Indian Parliament Expels 11 for Taking Bribes
The Parliament, no stranger to accusations of graft, today expelled members over a televised exposé of corruption...
New York Times - December 23, 2005
Scientists find 'mass dodo grave'
Digs in Mauritius unearth a huge haul of well-preserved dodo bones, raising hopes of understanding the extinct bird...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Families allowed home after blaze
People moved from their houses due to a blaze at a car yard in County Antrim are allowed back home...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Football: Saints unveil Burley
Southampton appoint George Burley as team boss alongside new director of football Sir Clive Woodward...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Football: Di Canio 'is fascist'
Lazio striker Paolo Di Canio defends his raised-arm salute and insists he is not a racist...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Abandoned baby named Angel
Nurses give a name to a newborn baby girl found abandoned in Somerset...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Beckham says England deserve luck
England captain David Beckham is confident Sven-Goran Eriksson's side can win the 2006 World Cup...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Kember family's new appeal
The family of Iraq hostage Norman Kember are to make a new plea for his release in radio and newspaper adverts...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Nigeria to offer free Aids drugs
Nigeria will provide all HIV drugs free of charge within two weeks, a government health official says...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Azerbaijan plane crash 'kills 23'
An Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes shortly after take-off, killing all 23 people on board, officials say...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Another School Barrier for African Girls: No Toilet
A lack of girls-only latrines in sub-Saharan Africa causes one in 10 girls to skip school during puberty...
New York Times - December 23, 2005
British Agent Tells (a Bit) of Years Undercover in Ulster
For decades, Denis Donaldson was an insider in the Irish Republican movement in Belfast...
New York Times - December 23, 2005
China Moves to Put Jailed Times Researcher on Trial
Zhao Yan, a researcher for The New York Times, was indicted today for revealing state secrets to the newspaper, his lawyer said...
New York Times - December 23, 2005
U.S. Plans Slight Force Cut in Iraq, Rumsfeld Says
The decision signals a cautious realignment has begun, one intended to bring troop levels to their lowest point since mid-2004...
New York Times - December 23, 2005
Korean Scientist Quits After Charges He Faked Cloning Data
A paper on cloning that propelled Hwang Woo Suk to stardom was an "intentional fabrication," a panel charged today...
New York Times - December 23, 2005
Israel Is Trying to Enforce Buffer Zone in Northern Gaza
Frustrated by rocket fire from Gaza, Israel is intensifying air and artillery strikes, a deputy defense minister said today...
New York Times - December 23, 2005
Attacks near Baquba leave 12 dead
Twelve Iraqis are killed in two separate attacks by insurgents near the city of Baquba...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
West End rapist in fourth attack
Police hunting a rapist targeting women in London's West End say he has struck for a fourth time...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Evacuated houses 'still unsafe'
People moved from their homes due to a blaze at a car yard in County Antrim are not allowed home yet...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Drugs hauls 'worth more than £1m'
Police and anti-drugs officers seize drugs estimated to be worth more than £1m in the Edinburgh area...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Chad in 'state of war' with Sudan
Chad's government accuses Sudan of being the enemy of the people after a rebel attack on its eastern border...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
EU-wide warrant over 'CIA kidnap'
Italy issues European arrest warrants for 22 suspected CIA agents for the alleged kidnap of a Muslim cleric...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Extra Christmas traffic eases off
Christmas traffic begins to ease off after thousands of travellers made their journeys earlier than usual...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Doherty 'will love Moss forever'
Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty talks about his relationship with model Kate Moss and his fight with drugs...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Henson ban hits Six Nations hopes
Gavin Henson will miss the first three games of the Six Nations, while Ospreys team-mate Ian Evans is banned until 19 February...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Olympics: London 'voting error'
A senior Olympic figure tells the BBC that London only won the 2012 Olympic Games because of a misplaced vote...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Tube strike talks break down
Union bosses fail to reach a deal with London Underground meaning workers will strike on New Year's Eve...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Lebanon deal on terror suspects
Terror suspects face deportation to Lebanon under a deal announced by the Foreign Office...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Ford bails out Jaguar with £1.2bn
US carmaker Ford pumps £1.2bn into its UK subsidiary Jaguar in an effort to keep the luxury car firm afloat...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Postman jailed for £20m fraud
A postman is jailed for more than six years for masterminding a cheque fraud thought to have netted £20m...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Killing of Iraq Kurds 'genocide'
A Dutch court rules that the killing of thousands of Kurds in Iraq in the 1980s was an act of genocide...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
ET crowned 'greatest family film'
Steven Spielberg's 1982 hit ET: The Extra-Terrestrial tops a Channel 4 list of the 100 best family movies...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
'No evidence' hangover cures work
As the Christmas party season continues, researchers reveal what many suspect - hangover cures do not work...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Evolution takes science honours
Research into how evolution works is the top science achievement of 2005, according to Science journal...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Judge blocks law on violent games
A US judge has blocked a law that made it illegal to sell or rent violent games to children...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Inquiry into nuclear debris alert
An investigation is under way after debris caused an alert at the Torness nuclear power station on Thursday night...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Threshers buys 200 Unwins stores
Off-licence chain Threshers is buying 200 sites from collapsed rival Unwins, administrators confirm...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Cherie rules out political career
Cherie Blair rules out launching a career in politics in an interview with American television...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Clashes kill eight Iraqi soldiers
Eight Iraqi soldiers die after their checkpoint near the city of Baquba is attacked by militants...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Indian MPs expelled for 'bribes'
India's parliament throws out 11 of its MPs over a cash-for-questions scandal after an unprecedented vote...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
CPS to rule on fatal shots probe
The Crown Prosecution Service is to decide if an officer who shot dead a man during a police operation should be charged...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Families moved amid blast concern
An overnight blaze at a car repair yard in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, is still causing disruption in the area...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Football: Man Utd's mettle queried
Sir Bobby Charlton believes the players need to question their motivation after Man Utd's Champions League exit...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Nigeria hits back at US warning
Nigeria tells the USA to mind its own business over speculation the president may stand for a third term...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Russian MPs approve NGO controls
Russian MPs pass a controversial bill to tighten state control over non-governmental organisations...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Tories back wealth redistribution
The Conservatives should try to narrow the gap between rich and poor, policy chief Oliver Letwin says...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Holiday traffic set to be busiest
The UK prepares for the busiest day so far on the roads as the Christmas getaway nears its climax...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Football: Burley to coach Saints
Caretaker boss Dave Bassett will be out at Southampton when George Burley takes over as head coach...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
CBI ends maternity leave support
The CBI ends support for longer paid maternity leave, saying Labour has gone back on a pledge to assist firms...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Most forces 'against merger plan'
Fewer than a third of the 43 forces in England and Wales back government plans for mergers, it is claimed...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Faked Research on Stem Cells Is Confirmed by Korean Panel
The South Korean researcher Hwang Woo Suk faked results of at least 9 of 11 stem cell lines he had claimed to have created, his university said it found...
New York Times - December 23, 2005
U.S. Plans Slight Force Cut, Up to 5,000 Troops, in Iraq
In the first reduction of troops in Iraq approved since elections there, President Bush has ordered the core force of 17 combat brigades be trimmed to 15 early next year...
New York Times - December 23, 2005
Iraqis Take Stock of a Trial Where the Accused Holds Court
The court trying Saddam Hussein on charges of crimes against humanity adjourned on Thursday for a month, leaving Iraqis to ponder what it has achieved so far...
New York Times - December 23, 2005
Sri Lankan Navy and Rebels Clash, Threatening Cease-Fire
Tamil separatists attacked two Sri Lankan Navy ships early Thursday morning, abducting three sailors, the military said...
New York Times - December 23, 2005
Israelis and Palestinians Trade Fire, Killing Four
Israeli forces and Palestinian militants traded fire in the West Bank and across the border of the Gaza Strip on Thursday...
New York Times - December 23, 2005
Foreign Minister Says Japan Sees Military Threat in China Buildup
With diplomatic relations between Japan and China already chilled by a succession of events this year, the Japanese foreign minister described China's military buildup as a threat...
New York Times - December 23, 2005
Tsunami school links are growing
Links between schools which followed the Indian Ocean tsunami are growing into longer term partnerships...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Schools' failure on daily prayers
More than half the secondary schools in Wales inspected in the past four years break the law by failing to pray every day, a BBC survey reveals...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Renewed warning of malaria risks
Health experts have renewed calls for people travelling to malaria-affected areas to ensure they take medication...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
US to make Iraq troop level cuts
The US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, says that US combat troop levels in Iraq will fall next year...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
India and US hold nuclear talks
India's foreign minister meets US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for talks dominated by the nuclear issue...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Homes evacuated after yard blaze
People are moved out of their homes in County Antrim as fire sweeps through a nearby scrapyard...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
'Voting error' gave London Games
A senior Olympic figure tells the BBC that London only won the 2012 Olympic Games because of a mis-placed vote...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
China toxic slick stopped by dam
Chinese officials say a toxic spill has been stopped by a dam, ensuring clean water downstream...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Bolivia winner prepares for power
Evo Morales, Bolivia's socialist president-elect, is planning to be inaugurated on 22 January in La Paz...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
S Korea cloning work was fake
Research by South Korean cloning expert Hwang Woo-suk was "fabricated", says an academic panel...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Kember family still awaiting news
The family of Norman Kember, held hostage in Iraq, awaits news two weeks after his captors' deadline passed...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Talks bid to avert strike on Tube
Talks are being held to try and avert a New Year's Eve strike by Tube station workers...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Ambassador to Vatican takes post
The first Roman Catholic UK ambassador to the Vatican since the Reformation takes his post...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Queen reflects on year of tragedy
The Queen's Christmas message will focus on 2005's natural disasters and terrorist acts, it is revealed...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Bush suffers Patriot Act defeat
The US Congress only extends anti-terror legislation for one month, in a setback for President Bush...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Hangover cures 'don't work'
As the Christmas party season ends, researchers reveal what many may have suspected - hangover cures do not work...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
Police 'miss merge plan deadline'
None of England and Wales' police forces will meet a deadline on responding to merger plans, it is claimed...
BBC News - December 23, 2005
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