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Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Curfew in Indian Kashmir to prevent protest rally
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Kashmir police threaten to shoot curfew violators
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Taliban, Afghan officials meet in Saudi Arabia
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Pakistan to deport all Afghans from tribal region
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Lehman sought millions for execs while seeking aid
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Colbert on Colbert Its fun playing a jerk
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Dancing with the Stars contestant injured
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Hopper stars in Starz series Crash
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Global News Archive for December 2007:
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Strong Victory by Hindu Supremacist in India
The re-election of Narendra Modi, arguably India?s most incendiary politician, was a blow to the ruling party...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
Israel Rebuffs Hamas on Cease-Fire
With talks set for Monday, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert?s government sought budget approval for new settlements...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
Festive double for X Factor stars
X Factor winner Leon Jackson is the Christmas number one, and 2006 champion Leona Lewis tops the album chart...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Nepal agrees to abolish monarchy
Nepal's government agrees for the first time to abolish the country's 240-year-old monarchy...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Post Office sends wrong details
The Post Office apologises to thousands of pensioners after 120 card account statements were sent to the wrong customers...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Patient data loss affects 168,000
The government says the loss of patient records by NHS Trusts affects 168,000 people...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
US snowstorm causes nine deaths
A fierce snowstorm claims at least nine lives and leaves tens of thousands without electricity in the US Midwest...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Hindu Nationalists Win State Elections
The battle between India?s two main political parties has been watched as an indication ahead of national elections...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
Where Boys Were Kings, a Shift Toward Baby Girls
A centuries-old South Korean preference for boys is fading...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
Party Backed by Thai Junta Loses, Exit Polls Show
A party that supports the former prime minister appeared to be ahead of one backed by the generals who ousted him...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
Police have highest-grossing tour
The comeback gigs by rock band The Police generated more money than any other tour in North America in 2007...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Christmas deliveries 'on track'
Royal Mail rejects claims that two million mailed items will not reach customers in time for Christmas...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Tug skipper body found by divers
The body of the skipper of the Flying Phantom tug is found by police divers searching the capsized vessel...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Turkey 'in new Iraq air strikes'
Turkish warplanes again bomb Kurdish rebels across the border in northern Iraq, according to local officials...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Olmert rules out truce with Hamas
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert rejects calls to consider a truce with Hamas unless it recognises Israel and renounces violence...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Voting ends in Uzbekistan poll
Polls close in Uzbekistan's election with incumbent president Islam Karimov widely expected to win...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Burundi troops join AU in Somalia
A Burundian army advance guard flies into Mogadishu to join the fledgling African Union peacekeeping force...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Hammond crash car goes for sale
The jet-powered car Richard Hammond was driving when he crashed in North Yorkshire has been put up for sale...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Football: Penalty gives Man U win
Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty two minutes from time earns Manchester United a hard-fought win against Everton...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Threatened cruise could be saved
Holidaymakers who thought they had lost out on a cruise after Travelscope's collapse may have a lifeline...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
'Racist murder' victim is named
A man killed in an attack police believe was racially-motivated is identified as two teenagers are questioned...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Man charged over 'terror plans'
A Birmingham man is to appear in court charged with preparing a terror attack...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Man shot and killed outside pub
A man is shot in the chest and dies in hospital following a disturbance at a pub in Birmingham...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Anger as NHS patient data lost
The government is strongly criticised after nine English NHS trusts admit losing patient records...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Thaksin ally wins Thai election
The party allied to ousted PM Thaksin wins Thailand's election but falls short of a majority, initial results show...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Rare Tiger Skinned in Chinese Zoo
Police were searching for the culprits behind the beheading and skinning of a rare Siberian tiger at a zoo in central China, state media reported Sunday...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
Olmert Rules Out Hamas Cease-Fire
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called Israel?s battle against the militant group that controls Gaza a ?true war.?...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
Hindu Nationalists Set to Win Poll
Hindu nationalists headed toward a sweeping victory in elections in Gujarat after a bitter campaign fought in the shadow of 2002 anti-Muslim riots...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
First Laura Ashley store to close
Staff at the first shop in the fashion and home furnishings chain Laura Ashley are told it is to close next month...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Rescue plan for round-world trip
Holidaymakers who thought they had lost out on a cruise after the collapse of Travelscope may have a lifeline...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Murder probe after man found dead
Two men are arrested by police after a man dies outside a bar in a County Antrim village...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
India's BJP wins Gujarat election
Controversial Hindu nationalist leader Narendra Modi wins a key regional election, near complete results show...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Israel confirms settlement plans
An Israeli minister defends plans to build 740 homes in two disputed settlements in East Jerusalem...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Uzbeks set to re-elect president
People in Uzbekistan vote in a presidential election widely expected to be won by incumbent Islam Karimov...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Blair Catholic service 'moving'
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor describes the service to receive Tony Blair into the Catholic Church as "moving"...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
FA chief realistic about Capello
New England manager Fabio Capello faces a big challenge to win a major tournament, warns FA boss Brian Barwick...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Church prayers for dead tug crew
Special prayers are said in churches for the families affected by the tug boat tragedy on the Clyde...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Brazil unhappy at Menezes ruling
Brazil is unhappy that no senior police officer involved Jean Charles de Menezes's will be disciplined...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Fog delays hit holiday travellers
Fog is causing problems for drivers and air passengers in England, with 23 flights cancelled at Heathrow...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Falconio DNA evidence questioned
Australian civil libertarians call for a review of the case against the man convicted of killing a British backpacker...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Queen launches YouTube channel
The Queen launches her own channel on YouTube, 50 years after her first televised Christmas speech...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Thaksin allies 'lead Thai vote'
Exit polls in Thailand's first election since the military coup suggest a party linked to ousted PM Thaksin is ahead...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Officials Report Mold in a Leonardo Collection
Leonardo da Vinci?s Codex Atlanticus, the largest collection of his drawings and writings from 1278 to 1519, has been infiltrated by mold...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
Turkey Bombs Kurds in Iraq; 2 Sides Differ on Casualties
In its third cross-border attack into Iraq within a week, Turkey that its warplanes had killed hundreds of separatist Kurdish rebels. Iraq says no one had been wounded or killed...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
Belgium Frees 14 Held as Plot Suspects
A judge said there was too little evidence to hold the 14 men accused of plotting to free a supporter of Al Qaeda. Prosecutors said the investigation would continue...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
Despite U.S. Opposition, United Nations Budget Is Approved
The General Assembly approved a two-year budget of $4.17 billion, with the U.S. casting the only vote against the measure because it included financing for a conference the U.S. felt would be prejudicial to Israel...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
Serbia Enlists Some Unlikely Faces in Its Quest to Keep Kosovo
For the past two weeks, billboards carrying the images of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, and Charles de Gaulle have appeared throughout the country above the mantra ?Kosovo is Serbia!?...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
Quebec?s Panel on Immigrant Relations Adds to Din of Discord
The debate among the French-speaking majority about the role of immigrants and religion in Quebec has heightened in recent weeks, specifically relations between Christians, Muslims and Jews...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
What Does $6,500 Buy? A Healthier, Happier Village
Why running water may mean a better education for some Afghan children...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
Phenomenon: The Fuel Fixers
How the scarcity of oil may be making our antibribery laws obsolete...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
Indian Hindu Nationalists Set to Win Key State Poll
India's Hindu nationalists were headed for a strong majority in a key state election on Sunday, a verdict that was expected to influence national politics ahead of parliamentary polls...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
The African Front
Kenya?s remote north has become a battleground for rising Islamism and its pro-American opponents. Have aggressive post-9/11 policies fomented the very sectarianism they were meant to fight?...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
Egyptian Guard Killed in Clash With Smugglers at Israeli Border
An Egyptian border guard was shot dead in a clash in the Sinai Desert with Egyptian smugglers escorting African migrants to the Israeli border...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
Sarkozy Says France Could Add Troops in Afghanistan
In a surprise visit to Afghanistan, President Nicolas Sarkozy said the decision of any increase in troop numbers, of which France currently has 1,900 in the country, would come in the next few weeks...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
Blair, a Regular at Mass, Is Now Catholic
Tony Blair, now a Middle East envoy, was received into the Catholic Church during a Mass held on Friday night at a chapel in the residence of the leading Catholic in Britain...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
10 Years Later, Chiapas Massacre Still Haunts Mexico
Since the Acteal massacre, on Dec. 22, 1997, dozens of people have been arrested and convicted. But the case remains as foggy as the impoverished Indian village in Chiapas State...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
However Vote Goes, Tense Future Looms for Thailand
As promised, the generals who seized power 15 months ago in a coup are holding an election on Sunday to hand Thailand back to a civilian government...
New York Times - December 23, 2007
Clegg to focus party on education
New Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says education is his "biggest enthusiasm" in politics...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Tour firm collapse hits 40,000
Bosses of a holiday firm which has collapsed say 40,000 of their customers will be affected...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
India's BJP 'wins' Gujarat poll
Controversial Hindu nationalist BJP leader Narendra Modi wins a state election in Gujarat, say reports...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Cricket: England 'will be stronger'
Captain Michael Vaughan believes England will be stronger for their forthcoming tour of New Zealand after their defeat in Sri Lanka...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
CIA 'kept' tapes from 9/11 probe
The CIA comes under renewed pressure over why it erased tapes showing interrogations of terror suspects...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Search resumes for skipper body
Divers resume their search for the body of the skipper of a tug boat which capsized on the Clyde...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Vatican hails Blair Church switch
Ex-PM Tony Blair's decision to leave the Anglican Church to become a Catholic has been welcomed by the Vatican...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
FBI planned mass arrests in 1950
Ex-FBI director J Edgar Hoover planned in 1950 to arrest 12,000 Americans, newly declassified papers reveal...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Probation officers strike threat
Court and prison staff are threatening to walk out in the New Year over a pay dispute...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
Nine NHS trusts lose patient data
Nine NHS Trusts admit losing patients' details in the latest missing data crisis to strike the government...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
First post-coup vote in Thailand
People in Thailand take part in the first general election since last year's coup which ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra...
BBC News - December 23, 2007
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