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Global News Archive for February 2006:
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Annan Backs Plan for Human Rights Council, Despite Flaws
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said that a resolution on a new Human Rights Council provided the best option for replacing the discredited Human Rights Commission...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Arctic Monkeys hottest act at NME
The Arctic Monkeys take three honours at the NME Awards in London...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Trial witness snatched in street
Detectives are searching for a 51-year-old trial witness who was bundled into a car in Glasgow...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Unpaid overtime falls again in UK
The number of people in the UK who work unpaid overtime has fallen for the fourth year in a row...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Iraq curfew aims to curb violence
Baghdad and nearby provinces are put under curfew, amid sectarian unrest sparked by an attack on a Shia shrine...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Sri Lanka foes to 'curb violence'
Sri Lankan officials and Tamil rebels agree in Geneva to curb violence and resume ceasefire talks in April...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Football: Bolton out of Europe
Tal Ben Haim's own goal brings Bolton's European adventure to an end as they lose to Marseille...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Chirac leads Jewish youth service
French President Jacques Chirac attends a memorial for a Jewish man whose killing shocked the nation...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Senior managers top overtime list
Senior managers overtake teachers at the top of the unpaid overtime league table, the TUC says...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Arakawa wins figure skating gold
Japan's Shizuka Arakawa stuns the favourites Sasha Cohen and Irina Slutskaya to claim Olympic victory...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Winter Olympics: Day 13 review
Japan's Shizuka Arakawa wins the ladies figure skating gold, relegating Sasha Cohen to silver and Irina Slutskaya to bronze...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Football: Middlesbrough through
Middlesbrough reach the last 16 of the Uefa Cup, winning on the away-goals ruling...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Parents paying 'postcode price'
Almost 40% of parents are planning to move to get their child into a better school, a survey suggests...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Four charged over US bones theft
A US gang is charged with stealing body parts for profit, including from late BBC broadcaster Alistair Cooke...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Two arrested in Securitas robbery
A man and a woman are arrested in south London by police investigating the multi-million raid in Kent...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Mladic 'may be seeking surrender'
War crimes suspect Ratko Mladic might be ill and seeking to surrender, the Dutch foreign minister tells MPs...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
In Surprise Stop in Lebanon, Rice Snubs Pro-Syrian President
"I've already met him," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said of Emile Lahoud, the pro-Syrian president of Lebanon...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
45 Killed in Roof Collapse in Moscow
Authorities said there could be a dozen or so others in a heap of concrete, broken glass and snow...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Pope Picks 15 Cardinals, One a China Critic
Bishop Joseph Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong is a critic of China, but has also led efforts to open diplomacy between Beijing and the Vatican...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Bond villain defends actor Craig
Former Bond villain Toby Stephens defends 007 star Daniel Craig in the wake of fans' criticism...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Blair says Charles' views helpful
Tony Blair says Prince Charles is "perfectly entitled" to voice his views, and says he often found them helpful...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Blair: We'll end two-tier schools
Prime Minister Tony Blair has insisted his plans to reform schools in England will "get rid" of a two-tier system...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Europe ice mission decision due
The UK scientist behind the lost Cryosat probe will learn on Friday whether his ice-monitoring mission will be re-built...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Knife-obsessed son killed parents
A bank worker obsessed with knives is convicted of stabbing his parents to death at the family home...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Sides hopeful after post meeting
Enough progress may have been made at talks to avoid a ballot on strike action by postal wrokers, a union says...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Ugandans counting landmark vote
Ugandan election officials start counting the votes after the first multi-party elections for 25 years...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
White House admits Katrina flaws
A White House report criticises the US response to Hurricane Katrina highlighting "significant flaws"...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Suspected bird flu on French farm
France finds a suspected farm case of the deadly strain of bird flu, as a German test on a domestic duck proves negative...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
BBC leads TV journalism awards
The BBC takes top honours in six categories at the Royal Television Society's (RTS) journalism awards...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Live: Winter Olympics day 13
Sweden take a 4-2 lead over the Swiss in the women's curling decider, while the ladies' free skating final starts at the Palavela rink...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Cricket: Vaughan injury fear
Captain Michael Vaughan and batsman Kevin Pietersen suffer injuries a week before England's first Test in India...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Plane flies too low into airport
Aviation experts are looking into reports that a plane flew too low as it tried to land at Birmingham International Airport...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Man raped his dying stepdaughter
A man who raped his 14-year-old stepdaughter as she was dying from a head injury is jailed for nine years...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
£2m reward for raid information
A reward is offered after armed robbers escape with as much as £50m from a Securitas depot in Kent...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Scores die amid Iraqi shrine fury
More than 100 people are killed in the aftermath of a bomb attack on a key Shia Muslim shrine in Iraq...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Moscow roof collapse kills dozens
At least 49 people are killed and nearly 30 injured as a market roof collapses in Moscow, officials say...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Police unit targets film piracy
A police unit dedicated to combating film piracy will pursue those profiting from the sale of fake DVDs...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Raids close file-sharing server
A server at the heart of pirated files on the file-sharing Edonkey network has been shut down...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Fall in teenage conception rate
The conception rate among teenagers in England and Wales fell between 2003 and 2004, official figures show...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
MPs urge 'terror flights' probe
Ministers must do more to investigate claims the US is secretly flying terror suspects through Britain, say MPs...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Flats cleared after terror arrest
A block of flats in Swansea is evacuated after a man is arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Postal workers to vote on strike
Postal workers are to hold a ballot on whether to take official strike action, their union announces...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
ID scheme to bolster child safety
Every pupil at a Scottish state school is to be given an identity number as part of a safety drive...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Rice makes surprise Beirut visit
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice makes a surprise visit to Lebanon on her tour of the Middle East...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
India bird flu tests 'negative'
Indian health officials say 94 people tested for bird flu in Maharashtra state do not have the disease...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Council's Lowry will go on sale
An LS Lowry painting owned by a local council is to be sold to balance the books, it is decided...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Ugandans vote in landmark polls
Ugandans are voting in the first multi-party presidential and parliamentary elections for 26 years...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Tiananmen activist 'mentally ill'
A Chinese man jailed over the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests is freed from jail but is mentally ill, relatives say...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
US state takes aim at abortions
South Dakota passes a bill to ban most abortions, aimed at forcing the Supreme Court to reconsider a key ruling...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
France finds second bird flu case
France reports another case of bird flu in a wild duck, as Germany fears the virus has infected chickens...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
MRSA deaths up by 22%
The number of deaths linked to hospital superbug MRSA has risen by nearly a quarter, statistics show...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Google rapped over adult photos
Google has been found to be breaching copyright by showing thumbnail images from an adult magazine...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Football: Mourinho 'cheat' fury
Jose Mourinho accuses Lionel Messi of acting to get Asier del Horno sent off in Chelsea's defeat against Barcelona...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Football: Smith ambulance stoned
Man Utd and Liverpool condemn the people who attacked the ambulance which took Alan Smith to hospital...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Guantanamo 'hurts terror fight'
The war against terror is being damaged by America's Guantanamo Bay centre, says an influential MPs' committee...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Profits up at British Gas owner
British Gas owner Centrica reports a jump in operating profit to £1.5bn, just days after raising gas prices 22%...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
'Dangerous' £25m raid gang hunted
Police hunting an armed gang who stole at least £25m warn that they are "armed and dangerous"...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Shrine fury sparks Iraq killings
Baghdad police find the bodies of 50 people as Sunni mosques are attacked amid sectarian tensions in Iraq...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Man admits being Ripper hoaxer
A man admits being Wearside Jack - the hoaxer who misled police hunting the Yorkshire Ripper in the 1970s...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Roof collapses on Moscow market
At least 35 people are killed and nearly 30 injured in a market roof collapse in Moscow, officials say...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Iran Pledges Financial Aid to Hamas-Led Palestinians
European Union and United Nations officials are talking about seeing the Hamas government's program before cutting off money...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Bush Urges India to Split Civilian-Military Nuclear Plants
President Bush is trying to win Congress's approval for a faltering nuclear agreement between the United States and India...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
China Unveils Plan to Aid Farmers, but Avoids Land Issue
Faced with rural unrest, China announced plans to expand health, education and welfare benefits for farmers. But can they own their land?...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Haiti's Leader Says Aristide Can End Exile
In his first news conference as president-elect of Haiti, René Préval said the Constitution permits former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to return if he so chooses...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Saudis Reject U.S. Request to Cut Off Aid to Hamas
The United States and Israel are virtually alone in insisting that all money to the Hamas-lead Palestinian government be withheld...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Blast at Shiite Shrine Sets Off Sectarian Fury in Iraq
The blast ignited a nationwide outpouring of rage and panic that seemed to bring Iraq closer than ever to open civil conflict...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Ugandans take part in key ballot
Ugandans go to the polls in the country's first multi-party presidential and parliamentary elections for 26 years...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Japanese Red Army leader jailed
The woman who co-founded Japan's Red Army guerrilla group, Fusako Shigenobu, is jailed for 20 years...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
UK terrorism laws 'cause abuses'
British anti-terrorism laws have led to serious human rights abuses, says Amnesty International...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
One in 10 charter flights delayed
Despite new EU compensation rules, 10% of holiday charters using UK airports were an hour late or more last summer...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Saudis rebuff Rice on Hamas aid
The Saudi Arabian foreign minister tells Condoleezza Rice that it will not deny Hamas aid...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Wembley firm reports a loss
Wembley Stadium builder Multiplex says its losses on the project hit £106m in the first half of its financial year...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Moscow roof collapse 'kills four'
The roof on a market in eastern Moscow collapses, killing as many as four people, Russian reports say...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Met chief quizzed on bomb policy
Metropolitan police chief Sir Ian Blair is to be questioned about his force's procedures for dealing with suicide bombers...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Demand for brain tumour drugs
Doctors call on the Health Secretary to ensure patients can get access to new brain tumour treatments...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Families to get voice at trials
Relatives of homicide victims will have the right to be represented in court as part of a pilot project...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Police search for £25m raid gang
Detectives hunt the armed gang who stole at least £25m after tying up cash depot staff and abducting the manager and his family...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
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