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Global News Archive for May 2005:
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BBC Cancels Most Live Shows Amid Strike Over Planned Job Cuts
Thousands of employees, including technicians, news correspondents and anchors, stayed away from work at the British Broadcasting Corporation today...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Palestinian Election May Have to Be Delayed, Agency Warns
The Palestinian Election Commission said today that Palestinian legislative elections scheduled for July 17 might have to be delayed unless they are held under an old law dating from 1995...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Rebels Kill at Least 33 Shiites as Violence Surges in Iraq
The mayhem shattered a relative lull, and seemed aimed at exploiting the sectarian divisions that have wracked Iraq...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Kylie engagement reports denied
Kylie Minogue's spokesman denies reports that she and her boyfriend Olivier Martinez are to marry...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Lions snatch lacklustre draw
Jonny Wilkinson's last-gasp kick gives the British and Irish Lions a draw with Argentina...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Cricket: Strauss honoured
England's Andrew Strauss caps his first 12 months in Test cricket by being named Vodafone player of the year...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Madonna joins stars at premiere
Madonna makes a surprise appearance at the UK premiere of Sin City - leaving one of the stars speechless...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Sex abuse charges for former DJ
A former Radio 1 DJ is charged with child sex offences after being deported from Austria...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Stem cell hope for liver disease
Researchers begin a pioneering trial using patients' own stem cells to treat their chronic liver disease...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Tories agree leader election plan
Senior Conservatives unanimously agree proposals that would change the way the party's leader is chosen...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Car bomb blasts rock Iraqi town
A day of heavy bloodshed in Iraq ends with car bombs killing at least 20 in the northern town of Tal Afar...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Five girls killed in bus crash
Five teenage girls are killed as a school bus with almost 50 children on board crashes in County Meath...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Toe Tags Offer Clues to Uzbeks' Uprising
Interviews with survivors of violence in Uzbekistan indicate that what happened was not as the official version would have it...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Insurgent Attacks in Iraq Kill at Least 11 and Wound Over 100
A popular Baghdad restaurant was the scene of most of today's casualties, while at least seven others, including an adviser to the prime minister, were killed elsewhere...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Chinese Vice Premier Skips Meeting With Japanese Leader
The clear snub in protocol-conscious Japan appeared to underline the recent refrain about relations between Asia's two giants: economics hot, politics cold...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Kinks edge Beatles in song vote
The Kinks beat the Beatles in a vote to find the greatest songs of the past five decades...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Investors braced for M&S bad news
Marks & Spencer will reveal a sharp fall in annual profits on Tuesday and must convince investors that trading at its stores is set to improve...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Blair to visit Bush ahead of G8
Prime Minister Tony Blair plans talks with George Bush and Vladimir Putin as part of a tour ahead of the G8 summit...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Safety pledge on medical records
The government pledges patients' personal medical records will be secure when a £6bn electronic database goes live...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Policeman in court over rape bid
A 47-year-old Surrey Police officer appears in court charged with attempting to rape a girl under the age of 16...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Woman sexually assaulted in home
A woman is forced to the ground and sexually assaulted by an intruder in her home in County Armagh...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Police go big with victim picture
A picture of a murdered prostitute is to be projected onto a derelict block of flats in Glasgow...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Tennis: Henman eases through
Tim Henman eases past Juan Pablo Brzezicki in round one of the French Open...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Major Zimbabwe police crackdown
Police arrest almost 10,000 people in five days in an operation against street traders in Zimbabwe's capital...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Schroeder plans confidence vote
The German Chancellor plans to call a confidence vote to force a general election, party officials say...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Iran to reconsider reformist ban
Ayatollah Khamenei indicates that two leading reformists should be allowed to stand in the presidential election...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
'Builder disguise' for hunt demo
Pro-hunting protesters posed as builders before storming their way into the House of Commons, a court hears...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Photos issued in football inquiry
West Yorkshire police publish photographs of 28 people following trouble at two matches involving Leeds United...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Football: Glazer makes final offer
Shareholders of Manchester United are told they have until 13 June to sell up to majority owner Malcolm Glazer...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
High Court blocks web porn sales
Adult-only porn videos and DVDs cannot be sold in the UK by mail order, the web or phone, the High Court rules...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Bush rules out Karzai demand
President George W Bush rules out handing over command of US troops in Afghanistan to the government there...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
BBC calls for talks amid strike
The BBC calls on unions to return to talks as a day of strike action disrupts TV and radio networks...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Five killed in school bus crash
At least five children have been killed in the school bus crash in County Meath, police say...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Xbox 360 aspires to break Japan
The fortunes of Microsoft's new console, the Xbox 360, in Japan rest largely with the creator of Final Fantasy...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Should BBC staff strike over cuts?
Journalists and technicians at the BBC are staging a 24-hour. What is your reaction to the strike? Will it make a difference? Send us your comments...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Vicar faces ashes perjury charge
A vicar appears in court accused of committing perjury in an earlier trial...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Serious crime incidents on rise
Serious notifiable crime in Northern Ireland goes up by 4%, according to a new report...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
BBC staff strike over job cuts
Broadcasting unions at BBC Scotland take part in a UK-wide 24-hour strike over job cuts, disrupting programmes...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
BBC staff strike at jobs cut plan
Staff at BBC Wales hold a 24-hour strike at proposals to axe around 200 jobs as part of UK-wide cut backs...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Wormhole 'no use' for time travel
Physicists deal a blow to the theory that wormholes could be used for time travel...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Football: O'Neill may resign
Celtic manager Martin O'Neill looks certain to announce he is leaving Parkhead...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
China envoy cancels Koizumi talks
China's Vice-Premier Wu Yi cancels significant talks with Japan's PM Junichiro Koizumi, citing "domestic duties"...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Newsweek tightens reporting rules
US magazine Newsweek brings in new rules on using unnamed sources after retracting a report blamed for riots...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Iran reformist angry at poll ban
Iranian reformists react angrily to the disqualification of their favoured presidential candidate...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Delhi police hunt cinema bombers
Indian police are on alert after two bombings at Delhi cinemas showing a film some Sikhs consider offensive...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Pubs to scrap Happy Hour drinks
Thousands of pubs are to impose a ban on Happy Hours as part of a campaign to curb binge drinking...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Commons hunt protest trial begins
Eight pro-hunting protesters who stormed the House of Commons begin their trial on public order offences...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Abigail to see suspect's picture
Young mother Abigail Witchalls is to be shown a picture in hospital of a man found dead days after she was stabbed...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Sisters give birth at 12, 14, 16
Three schoolgirl sisters - one as young as 12 - who have all had babies are to feature in a BBC3 documentary...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Iraqi rebels kill security chief
The commander of a unit set up to fight insurgents in Iraq is shot dead, as bombings continue across the country...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
BBC shows hit by one-day strike
TV, radio and internet services are disrupted as almost half of BBC staff go on strike over job cuts...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Protesters, Both Jewish and Arab, Rail at the First Lady
Laura Bush found herself immersed in the passions of the Middle East, as her trip to places holy to both Muslims and Jews attracted small numbers of vocal protesters...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Andes Deaths Are Another Black Eye for Chile's Military
The loss of 21 soldiers in an Andean blizzard has turned into a political crisis that threatens the tenure of the leader of the army...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
German Leader, Losing a State, Calls for Early Election by Fall
In a surprise move, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder called Sunday for national elections to be held a year earlier than scheduled...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
U.N. Forces Using Tougher Tactics to Secure Peace
"Robust peacekeeping" is most obvious in Congo, which commands the largest deployment of U.N. troops in the world...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Rebel Shiite Cleric Hints He'll Shift to Politics, Not War
Moktada al-Sadr suggested that he would forgo military efforts and work to ease rising sectarian tensions throughout Iraq...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
On Visit to U.S., Afghan Leader Defends Opium Fight
President Hamid Karzai rejected criticism of his efforts against opium poppy growers, saying that the government had worked hard to eradicate poppy fields...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Sun warnings confuse the majority
Many people are confused by weather warnings designed to help them reduce their risk of developing skin cancer, research shows...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
New Star Wars film breaks records
Revenge of the Sith, the final Star Wars film, breaks almost every box office record to net $158.5m in five days...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
China rushes in bird flu vaccine
China sends bird flu vaccine to the western province where migrating wild geese have died of the virus...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Chavez considers breaking US ties
Venezuela's president says he will review ties with the US if it fails to extradite a Cuban-born terror suspect...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Bulgaria head to plead for nurses
Bulgaria's president will visit Libya to discuss the fate of five nurses on death row over an Aids outbreak...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Tories debate leadership changes
Senior Conservatives are to consider proposals to give Tory MPs the final say on who should lead the party...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
UK holds out on EU rebate
The UK's controversial EU rebate is set to overshadow budget discussions in Brussels for a second day...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Football: Rangers boss overjoyed
Rangers manager Alex McLeish says his team's SPL title win is a dream come true...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Fresh blast rocks Indian capital
One person is injured in a blast in Delhi - just hours after attacks on cinemas showing a controversial film...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Camilla on first solo engagement
The Duchess of Cornwall is set to carry out her first official engagement without the Prince of Wales...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Smokers 'ignore risk to children'
Many parents continue to smoke near their children despite knowing the dangers, research suggests...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Appeal for calm after gangs clash
North Belfast does not want a return to sectarian conflict, a senior officer says after clashes injure 18 people...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Schroeder plans early German poll
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder says he wants an early general election, after losing a key state poll...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
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