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Global News Archive for May 2007:
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Genes shed light on fish fingers
A genetic study has shed light on the mystery of how fish made the move from water to land millions of years ago...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
A-level examinees 'given answers'
There are claims some schools told students the answers in a flawed A-level practical exam...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Hewitt survives confidence vote
The health secretary survives a no-confidence vote over problems with the junior doctors online job system...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
BP pulls out of green power plant
Energy giant BP pulls out of the planned £500m UK carbon capture power plant at Peterhead...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Some progress at US-China talks
The US and China agree a number of deals at trade talks, but fail to make headway on currency issues...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Man jailed for Pc death robbery
A man is jailed for taking part in the robbery which led to the death of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
India bar wall collapse kills 27
At least 27 people are killed when a wall collapses on a crowded bar in southern India...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Bush details Bin Laden Iraq plot
US President Bush says Osama Bin Laden was seeking in 2005 to set up an al-Qaeda cell in Iraq to hit US targets...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Cricket: Flintoff ruled out of Test
Andrew Flintoff has been ruled out of the second Test after failing a fitness test on his troublesome ankle...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
UN probing DRC smuggling claims
The UN says it will seek to discipline any peacekeeper involved in smuggling gold or guns in DR Congo...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
AC Milan 2-1 Liverpool
Pippo Inzaghi scores twice as AC Milan beat Liverpool in the Champions League final in Athens...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Cutty Sark fire a mystery
An investigation into the cause of the fire that ravaged the Cutty Sark has failed to establish how it happened...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Rail chaos continues after fire
Thousands of commuters faced severe disruption when a fire halted services in and out of London Bridge station...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Levy steps down as Mid East envoy
Tony Blair's Middle East envoy Lord Levy announces he is to step down when the PM leaves office in June...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Three on control orders abscond
Scotland Yard say three men have absconded from control orders imposed on them under terrorism laws...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Refugees Flee During Lull in Lebanon Fighting
Residents fled from a refugee camp during a ceasefire today between the Lebanese Army and a militant group...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
U.S. Trying to Identify Body Found in Iraq
Iraqi police believe the body may be one of three U.S. soldiers who were seized in an ambush on May 12...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
NHS urged to reject homoeopathy
A group of leading scientists are stepping up their campaign get the NHS to turn its back on homoeopathy...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Grammar link with weaker schools
Grammar schools should twin with failing comprehensives to improve standards, a government adviser says...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Hips forced a 'bunker mentality'
A mortgage industry figure claims that the government had a "bunker mentality" on Home Information Packs...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Father welcomes Tobin home search
The father of missing schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton welcomes plans to search the former home of Peter Tobin...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Would-be first ministers fight on
Plaid Cymru faces internal dissent as it tries to form a coalition without Labour, but Rhodri Morgan remains bullish...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Row over playground 'peace wall'
A new peace wall is to be erected in the playground of north Belfast's only integrated primary school...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Shoe fetish rapist wins term cut
A serial rapist who dragged women off the streets and stole their stiletto shoes has his minimum jail term reduced...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Lebanese minister warns militants
Lebanon's government says militants entrenched in a refugee camp must surrender or face more military action...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Turkey bomb was suicide attack
Turkish officials say that a blast which killed six and injured more than 90 was the work of a suicide bomber...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Football: Newcastle buyout offer
Retail magnate Mike Ashley launches a £133m takeover offer for Newcastle United football club...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Football: Fans stranded by flight
About 150 Liverpool fans are stranded at home after an airline cancels its flight to Athens...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Blair 'hanging Hewitt out to dry'
David Cameron accuses Tony Blair of abandoning Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt over junior doctors...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Teenagers cleared of fight death
Two men accused of murdering a father-of-two outside a takeaway are acquitted...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
UN reports ongoing Iran defiance
Iran is still defying United Nations' demands to stop enriching uranium, the UN nuclear watchdog says...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Junior doctors lose court fight
Junior doctors have lost their High Court battle to invalidate their NHS job application process...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Nuclear power 'must be on agenda'
Tony Blair says new nuclear power plants are needed to cut carbon emissions and provide secure supplies...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Scorsese to rescue lost film gems
Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese launches a new body to salvage neglected films from around the world...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Sony handheld to offer net calls
BT and Sony announce plans to allow PlayStation Portable owners to make calls using the handheld console...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Plaid accuses Labour of arrogance
Plaid Cymru's leader accuses Welsh Labour of arrogance as he forges ahead with talks with the Tories and Lib Dems...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
UK rate rise decision 'unanimous'
The Bank of England's decision to raise rates by a quarter of a point in May was unanimous, minutes of the meeting show...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Footpath rapist's jail term cut
A rapist caught by passers-by after attacking a woman in County Durham is granted a reduced sentence...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Charles and Camilla on NI visit
Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall are in Northern Ireland for a series of engagements...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Missing US soldier 'found dead'
Iraqi police say they have found the body of one of three US soldiers missing in Iraq since 12 May...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Pakistan fatwa minister to stay
Pakistan's tourism minister, who is under pressure from hard-liners, has her offer to resign rejected by the PM...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
WHO reaches bird flu vaccine deal
The WHO says a framework deal will ensure states share H5N1 virus samples and that vaccines are fairly priced...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Cricket: Grass-roots failings
BBC Sport looks at the failings of the grass-roots game...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Crouch & Kuyt pairing backed
Former Liverpool star Jan Molby is backing Peter Crouch to start with Dirk Kuyt in attack against AC Milan...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Football: Countdown to final
All the build-up to the Champions League final in Athens between AC Milan and Liverpool...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Chagos families win legal battle
The Court of Appeal has ruled that Chagos Islanders can be allowed to return to their homeland on Diego Garcia...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
EastEnders kidnap plot scrapped
EastEnders rewrites a storyline about a missing baby because of similarities with the Madeleine McCann case...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
'No problem' over Litvinenko case
Russia says relations with the UK have not been damaged by the Alexander Litvinenko case...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Madeleine parents visiting shrine
The parents of missing Madeleine McCann pray for her safe return on a visit to Portugal's holiest site...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Sham marriage rules 'unlawful'
The Court of Appeal declares immigration rules aimed at stopping sham marriages are unlawful...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Twelve guilty of Djindjic murder
Twelve men are found guilty of the 2003 murder of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic in Belgrade...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
EU caps roaming mobile phone fees
The cost of making mobile phone calls in Europe is set to fall after lawmakers backed plans to cap roaming fees...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Bombing Kills Six in Turkish Capital?s Shopping District
Eight Pakistani officials were among the more than 70 injured in the Ankara attack...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Iran Isolates Jailed U.S. Scholar Charged With Revolution Plot
Swiss diplomats seeking to visit Haleh Esfandiari, a leading Iranian-American academic jailed in Iran, have not been given access to her...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Democrats Pull Troop Deadline From Iraq Bill
The decision was a wrenching reversal for leading Democrats, who saw their election triumph as a call to end the war...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Russian Is Accused of Poisoning Ex-K.G.B. Agent
The British authorities accused a Russian businessman, Andrei K. Lugovoi, of murdering the agent six months ago...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
As Comrades Search, Fatal Bomb Wreaks Havoc
American soldiers lost one of their own on Saturday in an effort to follow a creed: no soldier left behind...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Seoul Journal: Tracking an Online Trend, and a Route to Suicide
There?s a disturbing trend in South Korea: people using the Web to trade tips about suicide and, in some cases, to form suicide pacts...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Captive shark had 'virgin birth'
A hammerhead shark kept at a US zoo produced a pup without having had sex, scientists confirm...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
High-salt diet link to ulcer risk
The bug that causes stomach ulcers may become more virulent when exposed to high levels of salt...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Salmond plans to end bridge tolls
First Minister Alex Salmond will today set out plans to scrap tolls on the Tay and Forth road bridges...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
UK firm seeks Mid-East gas deal
British energy firm BG confirms it is hoping to agree a deal with Israel to supply it with Palestinian gas...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Polls to open in Irish Republic
PM Bertie Ahern rules out a coalition with Sinn Fein as the country's voters prepare to go to the polls...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Unicef appeal for Iraqi children
Iraqi children are caught up in a growing humanitarian tragedy amid continuing violence, Unicef warns...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Djindjic murder trial verdict due
Verdicts in the murder trial of assassinated former Serbian PM Zoran Djindic are to be announced...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Brazilian energy minister resigns
Brazil's energy minister, Silas Rondeau, tenders his resignation as he is investigated for alleged fraud...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
UN troops 'traded gold for guns'
DR Congo peacekeepers smuggled gold and sold arms back to disarmed militias, the BBC learns...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Doctor training court ruling due
Junior doctors are awaiting a court decision on their challenge to the system of allocating training places...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Fish oil urged for heart patients
Heart attacks victims are to be given lifestyle advice under new guidelines for primary care trusts...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Democrats drop Iraq pull-out plan
Democrat leaders abandon plans to tie support for $100bn in war funding to troop withdrawals from Iraq...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Gang label 'risks glamourisation'
Groups of youths who commit low-level crime should not all be described as gangs, a report suggests...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Litvinenko suspect talks continue
The UK continues talks with Russia over its attempts to extradite a businessman over Alexander Litvinenko's murder...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Energy plan set to back nuclear
Tony Blair reiterates his support for nuclear power as the government prepares to unveil its energy strategy...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
UK 'must face security challenge'
The UK is unable to meet the challenges posed by the threats it is facing, a new security commission warns...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
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