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Global News Archive for March 2005:
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At Least 80 Killed in Raid on Insurgent Camp in Iraq
Iraqi and U.S. forces raided what appeared to be the biggest guerrilla camp yet discovered, Iraqi officials said today...
New York Times - March 23, 2005
Bush Unveils New Pact With Mexico and Canada
President Bush and the leaders of Mexico and Canada pledged today to work toward more secure borders and easier trade...
New York Times - March 23, 2005
Sharon Seems Likely to Survive Crucial Vote on State Budget
The Israeli prime minister can now press ahead with his plan to dismantle all Jewish settlements in Gaza and the West Bank...
New York Times - March 23, 2005
Parents get school truancy texts
Parents of children who miss school may soon be alerted by text messages to their mobile phones...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Elephants learn by sound mimicry
Elephants learn some of their calls through imitation, scientists report in this week's Nature magazine...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Chelsea and Cole hit with charges
Chelsea, their manager Jose Mourinho and Arsenal's Ashley Cole are charged over their meeting in January...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
UN rights expert praises Israel
A UN human rights expert welcomes moves by Israel to improve life for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Debate over Jackson's 'porn'
Prosecutors at Michael Jackson's abuse trial argue the jury should hear about porn images on his computers...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
UK 'lacked post-war Iraq plans'
Coalition planning for post-conflict Iraq was "marred by a series of mistakes and misjudgements", MPs say...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Iraqi troops blitz insurgent camp
Iraqi special forces seize control of a training camp, killing 84 insurgents and seizing weapons, officials say...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
New legal blow to Schiavo parents
The parents of a brain-damaged US woman fail in their latest legal bid to keep their daughter alive...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Huge blast rocks Texas oil plant
An explosion hits a BP oil refinery in Texas, killing at least four people, local TV reports say...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Iraq action 'crime of aggression'
The Iraq war amounted to a "crime of aggression", the former deputy legal adviser to the Foreign Office said...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Blair Is Trying for New Spark Among Voters
Some Britons have begun to question Tony Blair's leadership, entertaining the prospect of life without him...
New York Times - March 23, 2005
Pakistan Is Booming Since 9/11, at Least for the Well-Off
The success is prompted by government policy and global tides brought on by the U.S. campaign against terrorism...
New York Times - March 23, 2005
Even Chechnya's Dream Street Is a Dead End
The loveliest street in Chechnya, which runs for only one block, neatly symbolizes the dead end in which the country finds itself...
New York Times - March 23, 2005
Iraqi and U.S. Forces Raid Insurgent Camp, Killing Dozens
Eighty insurgents were said to be killed in a raid on what appeared to be the largest rebel training camp to be found in the war...
New York Times - March 23, 2005
Lib Dem hits out at green lobby
Green campaigners have become too close to government, Lib Dem spokesman Norman Baker says...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Breast screening challenge issued
Breast cancer patients have challenged the next government to end long waits and extend screening services...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Kelly defends academies programme
The education secretary rejects calls to halt the increase in city academies in England...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Call to demolish polluting homes
Eighty-thousand houses need to be demolished yearly if the UK is to meet its climate change targets, a report says...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Strictly dance show waltzes to US
US TV network ABC buys the rights to a create a US version of hit BBC show Strictly Come Dancing...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Fresh Lebanon bombing kills three
A blast near the Lebanese port of Jounieh - a mainly Christian area - kills three people and injures others...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Gervais account fraudsters jailed
Two fraudsters are found guilty of stealing about £200,000 from TV comic Ricky Gervais' account...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
More resign over education cuts
More protest resignations take place over cutbacks in Northern Ireland's education and library services...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Fury at killer driver's sentence
The family of a little girl killed by a drink driver condemn the eight-year jail sentence handed down to him...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Re-opened death ride 'is safe'
Personal safety assurances are given as a rollercoaster re-opens a year after a teenager fell off and died...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Football: Beckham backs Rooney
David Beckham believes a police probe will not stop Wayne Rooney performing...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Kenya 'tortured terror suspects'
A human rights group accuses Kenya of torturing suspects while investigating the 2002 Mombasa hotel bombing...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
EU talks end after services deal
The EU leaders' summit ends after deals to rework service sector reform and the stability pact governing the euro...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Retrial over father murder charge
A man accused of murdering his terminally ill son will face a retrial, the CPS announces...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
UK rebate unjustified - Chirac
France's Jacques Chirac says Britain's £3bn EU rebate must go - but the UK says it will veto any move to axe it...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Unions give BBC deadline
Three unions demand the BBC holds back on its plans to sack 2,050 staff, or face a strike ballot...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Rugby: Saracens sign Farrell
Saracens swoop for Great Britain and Wigan rugby league captain Andy Farrell...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Iraqi troops 'kill 80 insurgents'
Iraqi special forces seize control of a training camp, killing at least 80 insurgents, officials say...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Schiavo parents 'will fight on'
The parents of a brain-damaged woman seek to overturn a court decision not to keep their daughter alive...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Open verdict on skydiver's death
An open verdict is recorded on the death of Stephen Hilder, who fell 13,000ft after his parachute was sabotaged...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Iraq dossier prompts rule changes
Stricter rules to prevent a repeat of intelligence failings in the run up to the Iraq war are unveiled in the UK...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
U.S. Seeks Israeli Clarification on Settlement Expansion Plans
The Bush administration expressed muted concern about Israeli plans to build new housing outside Jerusalem...
New York Times - March 23, 2005
Nuclear Power Is Good: U.S. and Iran Have No Argument There
Although the United States and Iran are both passionate cheerleaders for nuclear power, they disagree on Iran's uranium enrichment programs...
New York Times - March 23, 2005
Kelly set to test teachers' mood
The education secretary will address teachers, following her recent frosty reception by a heads' union...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Study will debate monkey future
A major study will examine what limits should be put on the continued use of non-human primates in UK experiments...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
E-mail is under-used in politics
Only 1% of voters have e-mailed their MP and half don't even know who their MP is, a survey finds...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Can Anglican rift be resolved?
The Scottish Episcopal Church has said that being a practising homosexual is not a bar to becoming a priest. Send us your comments...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Airgun plea after toddler's death
The death of a toddler prompts a call to airgun owners to hand in their weapons to the authorities...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Police appeal to baby's mother
Detectives urge the mother of a baby, whose body was found in an attic, to contact them as post mortem tests prove inconclusive...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Morrisons' finance chief to quit
The finance chief at UK supermarket chain Morrisons is forced out as the group reveals a drop in full-year profits...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Oxfam calls for EU subsidy reform
The EU farm subsidy system needs reform because it is "skewed in favour of rich landowners", Oxfam says...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Nigeria sacks 'corrupt' minister
Nigeria's president sacks his education minister in response to serious corruption allegations...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Kyrgyz president sacks ministers
The Kyrgyz president Askar Akayev sacks his interior minister and prosecutor general, as protests continue...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
EU is 'concerned' about Wolfowitz
European finance ministers express "concerns" about Paul Wolfowitz, who is poised to head the World Bank...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Iraqis take over insurgent camp
Iraqi special forces seize an insurgent training camp after heavy fighting, Iraqi and US officials say...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Musharraf urges Kashmir solution
Pakistan's leader says peace talks with India could fail if no progress is made on the dispute over Kashmir...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Man shot by police was 'caring'
A man who was shot dead as he brandished a sword at police was a caring charity worker, his family say...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Gun attack was 'attempted murder'
A County Armagh family escapes injury in a gun attack which police are investigating as attempted murder...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Japan 'set to free' Bobby Fischer
Japan will let former chess champion Bobby Fischer, wanted in the US, travel to Iceland, reports say...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
EU seeks to revive bid for growth
European Union leaders are continuing talks in Brussels on how to re-energise Europe's sluggish economy...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Football: Mourinho under fire
Barcelona's Frank Rijkaard says Jose Mourinho and not Chelsea should be punished...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Racing: Ford bid dismissed
Ginger McCain says Carrie Ford cannot win the Grand National because she is a woman...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Sons to be royal witnesses
Prince William and Tom Parker Bowles will be witnesses to the royal marriage, Clarence House says...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Pair lose protest damages claim
Two people caught up in a May Day protest lose a High Court damages action against the Metropolitan Police...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Schiavo parents' appeal rejected
A US federal appeals court rejects a request to resume artificial feeding of a brain-damaged Florida woman...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Pakistan Is Booming Since 9/11, at Least for the Well-Off
The success has been prompted by a mix of government policy, serendipity and changing global tides brought on by the American campaign against terrorism...
New York Times - March 23, 2005
Blair Is Trying for New Spark Among Disenchanted Voters
Some Britons have begun to question Tony Blair's leadership, entertaining the once unthinkable prospect of life without him...
New York Times - March 23, 2005
Europe's Shift on Embargo Places Taiwan at Center Stage
Reports that Europe may delay lifting an arms embargo on China have sent a sobering message to Beijing about its policies toward Taiwan...
New York Times - March 23, 2005
Iraqi Civilians Fight Back Against Insurgents
Ordinary Iraqis rarely strike back at the insurgents, but private citizens retaliated successfully in Baghdad Tuesday...
New York Times - March 23, 2005
Canada May Be a Close Neighbor, but It Proudly Keeps Its Distance
With the possible exception of France, no traditional ally has been more consistently at odds with the United States than has Canada...
New York Times - March 23, 2005
Egypt Candidate Is Accused of Forgery
The only man challenging President Hosni Mubarak in the coming election was charged Tuesday with forging signatures to win approval for his party...
New York Times - March 23, 2005
Call to reform mental health plan
MPs and peers voice fears the draft Mental Health Bill will lead to people with mild conditions being locked up...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
EU is 'concerned' over Wolfowitz
European finance ministers say they have "concerns" about Paul Wolfowitz, the new head of the World Bank...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Yukos drops US bankruptcy appeal
Russian oil giant Yukos says it is dropping its efforts to secure US court protection against the Russian state...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
EU agrees to reform services plan
EU leaders agree to rewrite plans to open up Europe's services sector, after French and other opposition...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Unions to meet over BBC job cuts
Union bosses are to decide their response to massive job cuts at the BBC amid threats of industrial unrest...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Lebanese port explosion kills two
An explosion near the Lebanese Christian port of Jounieh kills two foreigners, and injures three...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Rethink urged on asylum reforms
A rethink on plans to limit legal aid for asylum seekers is urged by an all-party committee of MPs...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Experts fear soaring cancer rate
Annual rates of deadly skin cancers could treble in the UK in the next 30 years, experts warn...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Scottish Church backs gay priests
The Scottish Episcopal Church declares that being a homosexual is no bar to becoming a priest...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
Australia to deport UK paedophile
A man who has served 37 years in jail for sex attacks on boys is to be deported to Britain from Australia...
BBC News - March 23, 2005
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