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Global News Archive for March 2008:
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Singer Estelle tops singles chart
Estelle goes straight to number one with her single American Boy, ending Duffy's five-week reign...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Three dead in head-on road crash
Two adults and a child are killed and a woman is injured after a head-on crash on a road in Moray...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Cloning treats mouse Parkinson's
Therapeutic cloning has been successfully used to treat Parkinson's disease in mice, research shows...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
WWII bomb found on beach
A beach is cordoned off after a suspected unexploded World War II bomb is discovered in Kent...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Football: Drogba sinks Arsenal
Didier Drogba's double keeps Chelsea's title hopes alive while damaging Arsenal's as they come from behind for a vital win...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Football: Liverpool outclassed
Manchester United outclass 10-man Liverpool to strengthen their position at the top of the Premier League table...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Several die in Alaskan shipwreck
At least four crew members of a fishing boat die after the vessel sinks off the coast of Alaska, US coast guards say...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Sarkozy's ex-wife due to marry
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ex-wife Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz is due to remarry in New York...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Live - New Zealand v England
England lose Kevin Pietersen after Andrew Strauss makes 50 on day three of the third Test in Napier...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
MPs urged to support embryo bill
A coalition of more than 200 charities is urging MPs to back a bill allowing the creation of human-animal embryos...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Archbishop warns 'greedy' nations
The Archbishop of Canterbury warns in his Easter sermon against nations' greed for oil, power and territory...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Bailey Rae husband 'found dead'
The body of soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae's husband is found in a flat in Leeds, police confirm...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Motorists warned as snow arrives
People are warned not to drive as Easter snow showers sweep across England and Scotland...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Man questioned about town murder
Police investigating why a man was beaten to death on his way home from the pub continue to question a 21-year-old...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Two killed in head-on road smash
Two people are killed in a head-on road crash on the A98 between Buckie and Cullen in Moray...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Zimbabwe ballot papers spark row
Zimbabwe's MDC says there are millions of extra ballot papers, but officials reject claims they may be misused...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Two die in Turkey Kurdish clashes
New clashes between Turkish police and Kurdish protesters marking the Newroz spring festival kill two...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Egypt releases detained Hamas men
Egypt frees 33 Palestinian detainees from the militant group Hamas who were held after crossing from Gaza...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Dutch Islam film website 'shut'
A website expected to be used for the publication of a controversial Dutch film critical of Islam is suspended...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Store manager killed cashing up
A shop manager is stabbed to death during a suspected robbery in an east London shopping centre...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Anger at EastEnders coffin scene
A scene in BBC One soap EastEnders which showed a character being buried alive prompts 167 complaints...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Live - Premier League
Arsenal visit Chelsea after Man Utd beat arch-rivals Liverpool on a compelling day of Premier League action...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Solution sought over embryo vote
MPs opposed to parts of a controversial embryo bill will be "accommodated", the government says...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Trafficking link to abandoned boy
Police say they are inquiring whether a nine-year-old boy left at a London bus stop could be a victim of "child trafficking"...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Dozens die in attacks across Iraq
Many people have died in a day of suicide attacks, shootings and rocket strikes across Iraq...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Class sizes 'a national scandal'
Teachers say that excessive class sizes entrench social inequality and warn they may strike over the issue...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Pope calls for Easter Day peace
Thousands hear Pope Benedict call for peaceful solutions to the world's problems on Easter Day...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Scarlett's mother fears for her safety
The mother of a 15-year-old British girl killed in Goa says she fears for her own safety after speaking out...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Cheney meets Palestinian leaders
US Vice-President Dick Cheney says peace in the Middle East will require painful concessions on both sides...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Mambo creator 'Cachao' dies at 89
Cuban-born jazz musician Israel "Cachao" Lopez, credited with inventing the mambo, dies in Miami at the age of 89...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Endeavour astronauts stash pole
Astronauts from the shuttle Endeavour store an inspection pole at the International Space Station...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Man dies after 'vicious assault'
Police launch a murder investigation after a man's body is found in an entry in Dungannon...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Seaside hotel hit by serious fire
Firefighters spend the night trying to control a blaze at a disused seaside hotel...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Mother receives Scarlett report
The mother of British teenager Scarlett Keeling receives a report saying she was forcibly drowned in shallow water...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Madeleine suspect items returned
Madeleine McCann suspect Robert Murat says Portuguese police have returned computers and other possessions to him...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Raikkonen eases to Malaysia win
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen dominates the Malaysian Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton's McLaren down in fifth...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Football: Big four in showdown
The Premier League title race gears up as Manchester United take on Liverpool and Chelsea face Arsenal...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Weather warning as snow sweeps in
Snow and freezing temperatures across much of England and Scotland triggers severe weather warnings...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Musharraf vows to back coalition
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf pledges full support to the incoming coalition government of his opponents...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Shoppers shot dead in Baghdad
At least six people die in a drive-by shooting in Baghdad, while 10 Iraqi soldiers are killed by a bomb in Mosul...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
PM set for embryo bill compromise
Gordon Brown is set to allow his MPs to vote against parts of a controversial embryo bill - if it means it is not defeated...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
'Killer' marrow transplant hope
Bone marrow transplants can attack cancer in patients unresponsive to conventional treatment...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
PPP names choice for Pakistani PM
Benazir Bhutto's party puts forward the candidate it expects to become PM after last month's poll win...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Murder police arrest fifth person
Police investigating the murder of a young woman in Staffordshire have arrested a fifth person...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Labour 'must show radical change'
Scottish Labour Leader Wendy Alexander launches her plan to win power back from the SNP...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Taiwan victor promises China ties
Taiwan's newly-elected president says he wants to work for better political and commercial ties with China...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Hearst gang woman back in jail
A former US radical freed on parole is returned to jail after the authorities say they miscalculated her sentence...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Sidebottom puts England in charge
Ryan Sidebottom takes 7-47 to put England in command on day two of the third Test decider against New Zealand in Napier...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Heathrow fingerprint plan probed
Plans to fingerprint passengers at Heathrow's new Terminal 5 are probed by the data protection watchdog...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Hawker family flying to Japan
The parents of murdered teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker are flying to Japan to help renew the hunt for her killer...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Catholic leader urges free vote
Catholic leader Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor calls for a free vote on the controversial embryo bill...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Teachers 'find drugs and weapons'
More teachers are finding drugs and weapons on pupils on a weekly basis in schools, a study suggests...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Cheney backs Israel over security
US Vice-President Dick Cheney backs Israel on security issues ahead of talks with Palestinian leaders...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
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