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Global News Archive for May 2006:
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Afghan Leader Orders Inquiry Into U.S. Bombing
The bombardment by American planes of an Afghan village killed at least 16 civilians...
New York Times - May 23, 2006
Three Mojo nominations for Cash
Country legend Johnny Cash has received three posthumous nominations for this year's Mojo awards...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Deaths probe timescale 'unlikely'
A specialist team reviewing unsolved murders of the NI Troubles say their task may be almost impossible...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Fears raised over Dounreay jobs
Workers at the Dounreay nuclear plant are said to be worried about what happens when decommissioning ends...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Mosque bomb kills 11 in Baghdad
An explosion outside a Shia mosque in Baghdad kills at least 11, raising the death toll on a bloody Baghdad day...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
City taken aback by criticism
The people of Nottingham are shocked by claims they live in "England's most dangerous city"...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
US warns against Chinese build-up
China's has extended its military reach and could prose a threat across Asia, the Pentagon warns in a report...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Bush urges Israel on peace talks
US President George W Bush urges visiting Israeli PM Ehud Olmert to resume direct talks with the Palestinian leader...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Greece, Turkey defuse crash row
Greece and Turkey move to defuse tensions following a mid-air collision involving two of their fighter jets...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
ITV attacks BBC licence fee bid
The BBC is using "back-of-a-fag-packet" figures to ask for too much licence fee in its current bid, says rival ITV...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
'Bin Laden' denies Moussaoui role
A man claiming to be Osama Bin Laden says Zacarias Moussaoui was not involved in the 11 September attacks...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Rebels defeated on schools veto
MPs reject a bid to allow parents a veto on secondary schools opting out of local authority control...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Israel Says It Arrested a Hamas Militant
The Israeli military said he orchestrated several of the deadliest suicide bombings in recent years...
New York Times - May 23, 2006
Rights Group Faults U.S. for 'War Outsourcing'
Amnesty International said the behavior of some contractors in Iraq had diminished U.S. moral standing...
New York Times - May 23, 2006
Quotas to Aid India's Poor vs. Push for Meritocracy
Protests have spread across the country after the government announced a plan to extend college admission quotas to certain "backward" castes...
New York Times - May 23, 2006
Manila Journal: Eking Out a Living, of Sorts, From a Mountain of Muck
Teresa Janoras is one of 150,000 people who scavenge or recycle the garbage in Manila. On her best days she can earn a bit more than $3...
New York Times - May 23, 2006
Psychologists watch TV housemate
Big Brother 7 contestant Shahbaz is monitored by psychologists after threatening to kill himself...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Web inventor warns of 'dark' net
The inventor of the web, Tim Berners-Lee, has warned of the dangers of introducing a two-tier internet...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Pill 'reverses' vegetative state
A sleeping pill can temporarily revive people in a permanent vegetative state, a study finds...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
EU student fee dodgers targeted
The government outlines steps to ensure EU students do not attend English universities without paying...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Fishing 'major threat' to turtles
Ocean longline fishing is a greater threat to turtles than previously believed, according to a study...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Family arrests over widow murder
Police investigating the killing of grandmother Joyce Sutton in her home question her son and daughter-in-law...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Euronext balks at NYSE bid terms
Euronext shareholders indicate that rival merger bids unveiled by Deutsche Boerse and NYSE are too low...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Amnesty attacks UK over torture
The UK has damaged human rights by trying to undermine the ban on torture, says Amnesty International...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Karzai anger at civilian deaths
The Afghan president will summon the head of US-led coalition to explain civilian deaths in a raid on Monday...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Solicitor admits money laundering
A solicitor from County Armagh pleads guilty to involvement in a red diesel money laundering scam...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Iraq arms 'leaking to insurgents'
The UN agency responsible for decommissioning weapons in Bosnia criticises arms exports to Iraq...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Senegal 'seizes 1,500 migrants'
Senegal's navy stopped more than 1,500 people trying to sail to Spain's Canary Islands over the weekend, it says...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Finucane killer freed from jail
The man convicted of the 1989 murder of solicitor Pat Finucane is released from prison...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Debate begins on school reforms
MPs are debating Tony Blair's controversial education reforms, which face another Labour backbench rebellion...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Football: Arsenal sign Rosicky
Arsenal sign Czech Republic midfielder Tomas Rosicky from Borussia Dortmund for an undisclosed fee...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Greek and Turkish planes collide
Fighter jets from Greece and Turkey collide over the Aegean Sea, killing the Greek pilot, Turkish officials say...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Serbia accepts Montenegro result
Serbia's president accepts the result of a referendum in which Montenegrins narrowly backed breaking with Serbia...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Train ad paedophile gang jailed
Four men who used an advert scrawled on a train toilet door to find young girls for sex, are given lengthy jail terms...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Female gambling addicts 'on rise'
Increasing numbers of women are becoming addicted to gambling, figures from advice charity GamCare suggest...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Immigration system unfit - Reid
John Reid says the immigration system is "not fit for purpose" with "inadequate" leadership, as he is grilled by MPs...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Behaviour adviser's rap warning
A government discipline adviser says children might learn the wrong values from violent rap lyrics...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Monkeys bassist to miss US tour
Arctic Monkeys bassist Andy Nicholson pulls out of the band's North American tour because of fatigue...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Deutsche Boerse bids for Euronext
Deutsche Boerse unveils its merger bid for Euronext, a day after a rival offer from the New York Stock Exchange...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
School reforms facing rocky ride
Tony Blair may have to rely on Tory votes to get his school reforms approved by MPs, says the education secretary...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Physical clues to Alzheimer's
Walking and balance problems may be the first sign of Alzheimer's disease, US researcher suggests...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Peer set free after eight months
Shamed peer Mike Watson is released from prison after serving half of his 16-month sentence for fire-raising...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Two arrested over widow's murder
Police are questioning a man and a woman in connection with the murder of a grandmother at her home in January...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
More die in fresh Afghan attacks
At least seven people are killed in two attacks in Afghanistan a day after a US bombing raid kills dozens...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Peugeot workers in Paris protest
Peugeot workers travel to Paris to protest against plans to close a car factory near Coventry...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Hain to fight march body ruling
A court ruling that the appointment of two Orangemen to the Parades Commission was unlawful is to be challenged...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Montenegro vote result confirmed
A completed count of ballots in Montenegro's referendum confirms a victory for pro-independence supporters...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Israel's PM set for key US talks
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert is set to meet President Bush in Washington, with the West Bank high on the agenda...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Football: Walcott fears dismissed
England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson dismisses Sir Bobby Charlton's fears over Theo Walcott's inexperience...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
UN envoy pushes Sudan peace force
A top UN envoy goes to Sudan, as a report condemns the government for the suffering in Darfur...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Suharto condition 'deteriorating'
Doctors treating former Indonesian President Suharto say he is suffering fresh internal bleeding...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Colombia 'friendly fire' kills 11
Ten undercover Colombian drugs police and a civilian have been accidentally shot dead by troops, officials say...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
West's 'terror deceptions' rapped
Western governments are using the cover of a 'war on terror' to erode human rights, says Amnesty International...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Brazil hero tips England to shine
England can win the World Cup even if Wayne Rooney fails to recover, Brazil legend Carlos Alberto tells BBC Sport...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Israel captures Hamas leader
Israeli forces arrest the leader of Islamic group Hamas' military wing in the West Bank in a raid in Ramallah...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Greek and Turkish jets 'collide'
Fighter jets belonging to Greece and Turkey have collided over the Aegean sea, Greek officials say...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
M&S unveils sharp rise in profits
Annual profits at High Street retailer M&S jump to £745m, but chief Stuart Rose warns there is still much to be done...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Baby in river 'had head injuries'
Detectives say a newborn girl found dead in a Warwickshire river had been unlawfully killed...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Global warming risk 'much higher'
Global temperatures will rise more in the future than previously predicted, according to new research...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Reid attacks 'unfit' Home Office
John Reid says the Home Office is "not fit for purpose" with "inadequate" leadership, as he is grilled by MPs...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Blair, in Iraq, Discusses Future of Troops
Only 48 hours after Iraq's new government took office, Britain's prime minister flew to Baghdad to discuss when British and American troops can start to withdraw...
New York Times - May 23, 2006
In Israel, New Reflections on Holocaust
Israel is sending students on trips to former concentration camps in Poland and bringing them together with survivors, whose numbers are dwindling...
New York Times - May 23, 2006
Slim Margin Seems to Signal Montenegro's Independence
Voters decided to separate from Serbia by a mere four-tenths of a percentage point more than was necessary...
New York Times - May 23, 2006
Now in Attack Mode, a Rightist Surges in Mexico
Felipe Calderón has taken the lead in the presidential race with a stream of attack ads against the front-runner...
New York Times - May 23, 2006
U.S. Airstrike at Taliban Kills Civilians, Afghans Say
A bombing that killed at least 20 Taliban fighters also left 16 villagers dead, an official and residents said...
New York Times - May 23, 2006
Iraqi Charities Plant Seed of Civil Society
Even as violence tears Iraq's mixed cities apart, thousands of groups are trying to bring them together...
New York Times - May 23, 2006
Invitation for 'silver surfers'
Older people across the UK are being given the chance to try out the internet as part of Silver Surfer Week...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Legal bid over junk food ad ban
The TV regulator Ofcom could be taken to court to force it to consider a pre-watershed ban on junk food advertising...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Lecturers call off all-out strike
Northumbria University lecturers call off a strike, as national pay talks are set to be resumed...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
School reforms set for rocky ride
Tony Blair may have to rely on Tory votes to get his school reforms approved by MPs, the education secretary says...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
'Zarqawi aide' captured in Jordan
Jordanian security services say they have arrested a senior member of al-Qaeda in Iraq, but release no details...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Football: Ruud hints at departure
Ruud van Nistelrooy says it might be better if he leaves Man Utd after falling out with Sir Alex Ferguson...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Burma report for Security Council
The UN Security Council is to be briefed on the situation in Burma, for only the second time in its history...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Ten Colombian drugs police killed
Ten undercover anti-drugs police officers are accidentally shot dead by soldiers in southern Colombia...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Plan to extend cancer drug use
A breast cancer drug used once the disease has spread should be given in the early stages, NHS advisers say...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Call to target UK software piracy
More than a quarter of all the PC software used in the UK is pirated, reveals a report...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Inquiry into salt-water plant plan
An inquiry into Thames Water's plans to build the UK's first plant which would make salt-water fit for consumption begins...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Reid faces MPs over prisoner hunt
John Reid will tell MPs what progress has been made in hunting down more than 1,000 released foreign prisoners...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Israel's PM starts key US talks
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert begins talks with US leaders, with the West Bank high on the agenda...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Probe for Sao Paulo deaths
Brazilian prosecutors begin an investigation into the shooting of over 100 suspects by police in Sao Paulo...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Panel backs drug-injecting rooms
A panel of experts urges the government to set up rooms in the UK where heroin users could legally inject drugs...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Crime 'hotspot' study angers city
Officials in Nottingham condemn a report labelling it the most crime-ridden place in England and Wales...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
Doctors attack 'bogus' therapies
A group of leading doctors urges NHS trusts to abandon the use of "unproven" alternative medicines...
BBC News - May 23, 2006
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