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Global News Archive for June 2005:
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White House Escalates Its Campaign to Isolate Syria
Bush administration officials asserted today that it was now "certain" that Syrian agents were operating on Lebanese territory...
New York Times - June 23, 2005
Blair Challenges His European Foes to Face the Future
The E.U. can emerge from its crisis by embracing new members and modernizing its economies, Prime Minister Tony Blair said...
New York Times - June 23, 2005
Student debt increases sevenfold
Students still had £13bn in unpaid debts in the year 2003/04, the government reveals...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Fears over fall in student nurses
The number of places for student nurses in Scotland looks set to be cut by more than 10% next year...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Diesel 'could breach £1 a litre'
Low refinery capacity and rising crude prices could push diesel prices above £1 a litre, the Petrol Retailers Association warns...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Train passengers in heat ordeal
Passengers trapped on a broken down train break windows to escape temperatures of over 37C...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Cricket: England collapse
Australia finally win their first match of the NatWest Series, beating a misfiring England by 57 runs...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
China 'is more popular' than US
A survey of 17,000 people in 16 countries finds that Communist-ruled China is more popular than the US...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Voting ends in last election seat
Polling ends in the final undecided contest of the 2005 UK General Election in Staffordshire South...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Tennis: Murray marches on
British teenager Andy Murray destroys 14th seed Radek Stepanek after compatriot Tim Henman crashes out...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
G8 calls for Zimbabwe action
The G8 urges African leaders to speak out over Zimbabwe after two children die in forced evictions...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Oil price hits $60 a barrel level
Crude oil briefly breaches the $60 a barrel level on the US market, amid strong demand, before dipping back slightly...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Flight 15 to Basra: Few Perks, but No Bombs.
The Iraqi Airways flight may be the most significant in-country transportation development since the war...
New York Times - June 23, 2005
Scooting Here, Scooting There, Gosh, They're Everywhere
The math of moving in congested Paris: two is more than four...
New York Times - June 23, 2005
Timeline for Iraq Pullout Would Aid Insurgents, Rumsfeld Says
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said today that setting a timeline for withdrawal of American troops from Iraq would give a "lifeline for terrorists."...
New York Times - June 23, 2005
Second Wave of Bombs in Baghdad Kills at Least 17
The second near-simultaneous bombings in the Iraqi capital in about 12 hours brought the death toll in that period to 35...
New York Times - June 23, 2005
Glastonbury over for Ryan Adams
Singer Ryan Adams pulls out of appearing at the Glastonbury festival due to an ear infection...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
BT ducks break-up with price cuts
Telecoms giant BT is to cut wholesale prices and offer rivals equal access to its network, in a deal aimed at avoiding break-up...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Galloway fires G8 march warning
The MP George Galloway says G8 protesters "won't be denied" their right to march past the summit in Gleneagles...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
School run crash dad spared jail
A father is given a suspended prison term after he crashed his car while nearly five times over the limit on the way to collect his child...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Anger over health workers attacks
Staff working in the front line of health care in NI were attacked nearly 5,500 times last year, figures show...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Lebanese president urged to quit
Lebanon's new anti-Syrian leaders say only President Lahoud's resignation will help end the cycle of violence...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Taleban commanders 'surrounded'
Officials say US and Afghan forces have surrounded two senior Taleban commanders in southern Afghanistan...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Witness 'heard Caroline call mum'
A woman breaks down while telling a court she heard Caroline Dickinson call out "mum" the night she died...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Terror arrest 'link' to killing
A man wanted on suspicion of terrorist offences is alleged to have links to a group accused of killing film-maker Theo Van Gogh in the Netherlands...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Africa urged to act over Zimbabwe
The US calls on African leaders to speak out against alleged human rights abuses after two children die in forced evictions...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Spies implicated in Munir death
Investigators find indications Indonesia's spy agency was involved in a rights activist's poisoning...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Henman crashes out at Wimbledon
Tim Henman's Wimbledon dream ends for another year with a five-set defeat to Russia's Dmitry Tursunov...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
US 'stalling UN Guantanamo visit'
UN investigators accuse the US of foot dragging over human rights checks at Guantanamo Bay...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Rumsfeld: US not losing Iraq war
Donald Rumsfeld tells senators the US is not "losing the war" and refuses to set a timetable for withdrawing troops...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Alam 'lying' over FA sex claims
Two ex-FA workers fail to back up sex scandal secretary Faria Alam's harassment claim against her boss...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Preacher jailed over KKK killings
Ex-Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen is jailed for 60 years for masterminding the murders of three civil rights workers...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Fake spy guilty of kidnapping con
A former barman who posed as a spy is found guilty of a remarkable kidnap con over a 10-year period...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Second Wave of Bombs in Baghdad Kills at Least 15
Four car bombs exploded within minutes of each other this morning in the Iraqi capital in the second near-simultaneous bombings in about 12 hours...
New York Times - June 23, 2005
U.S. Plans to Renew Its Offer of Food Aid to North Korea
The food aid comes even as other American officials press ahead with plans to deprive the North of hard currency...
New York Times - June 23, 2005
Websites alienate Firefox users
A tenth of UK websites are causing problems for people using the open source Firefox web browser, a study shows...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Jail term for Mel Gibson stalker
A man convicted of stalking actor Mel Gibson is jailed for a maximum three years in Los Angeles...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
How should the EU change?
Prime Minister Tony Blair has told MEPs that the EU is facing a "crisis in political leadership" and must change to win back public support. What do you think?...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
UKIP hails Blair's Europe speech
If Tony Blair can reform the EU then the UK Independence Party might back British membership, an MEP says...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Hewitt outlines radical GP plans
The health secretary sets out plans to shake up primary care, including the possibility of special GPs for teenagers...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Healthy school meal plan outlined
Children should receive a third of their weekly fibre and protein from school meals, new guidelines say...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Fear over Met Office closure plan
The Met Office weather centre in Aberdeen close and its work be transferred to the south of England...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Experts examine hospital safety
Ways to reduce medical errors and protect patients from hospital super bugs are discussed by health chiefs...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Animal-rights blow for drugs firm
Canaccord Capital quits as broker to UK drugs firm Phytopharm after one of the financial services group's bosses is attacked by animal-rights militants...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Illegal dumping 'costing public'
Criminals make millions through illegal dumping whilst tax payers could face huge bills, a report says...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
'New militant threat' from Iraq
The Iraqi insurgency is creating a new type of militant who could destabilise other countries, a CIA report says...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Rafsanjani in Iran prosperity vow
Iran's Rafsanjani promises economic prosperity and better ties with the West as he faces hardliner in Friday's election...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
'Over 100' Taleban rebels killed
Afghan officials now say that more than 100 Taleban fighters have been killed in southern Afghanistan...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Football: Fixtures announced
Champions Chelsea face new boys Wigan on the Premiership's opening day, plus news of other fixtures...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Nigeria 'attacks' anger Cameroon
Cameroon accuses Nigeria of launching a series of attacks in the disputed oil-rich Bakassi peninsula...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Queen watches William graduate
The Queen and Prince Charles have witnessed Prince William's graduation from St Andrews University...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Solar sail probe 'probably lost'
Sponsors of an experimental spacecraft designed to use light from the Sun to power space travel concede the mission is probably lost...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Software piracy 'seen as normal'
Campaigns to persuade people to stop downloading pirated games from the net are not working, a report suggests...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
More children are being expelled
The number of children permanently excluded from schools in England has increased by more than 6%...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Male infertility 'is increasing'
Infertility may be becoming more of a man's than a woman's problem, new figures suggest...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Baghdad reels from multiple bombs
More than 30 people have been killed in a string of car bombings in the Iraqi capital within just 12 hours...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Blair tells EU to change or fail
The EU faces a "crisis in political leadership" and must change to win public support, Tony Blair tells Euro MPs...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Upstart in Iran Election Campaigns as Champion of Poor
The mayor of Tehran has attracted a following by presenting himself as a sort of Islamic Robin Hood...
New York Times - June 23, 2005
U-2 Spy Pilot Dies in Crash in the Mideast
It was the first crash of a U-2 flying reconnaissance missions in support of the military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq...
New York Times - June 23, 2005
International Donors Pledge to Step Up Their Efforts to Provide Financial Aid for Iraq
The donors also urged Iraqi leaders to make more efforts to reach out politically to disaffected minorities supporting the insurgency...
New York Times - June 23, 2005
3 Car Bombs Leave 18 Dead and 46 Hurt in a Suburb of Baghdad
The killings occurred on another day of violence, with at least 24 people killed in seven car bombings and several shootings...
New York Times - June 23, 2005
New Colombia Law Grants Concessions to Paramilitaries
The new law grants benefits to paramilitary commanders accused of atrocities and cocaine trafficking...
New York Times - June 23, 2005
European Leaders Intensify Criticism of Blair's Priorities
The president of the European Commission said the E.U. could not ignore "the signal that was sent by the electorate regarding Turkey."...
New York Times - June 23, 2005
Body's own 'cannabis' helps pain
A cannabis like chemical produced naturally in the brain aids pain relief, researchers suggest...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
NHS trust sees biggest MRSA rise
The largest rise in MRSA cases among England's general hospitals is recorded in Bradford, official figures show...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
BBC delay on sensitive live news
Live coverage of sensitive news events such as the Beslan school siege will be broadcast on the BBC in future with a time delay...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Football: Spurs issue ultimatum
Spurs give Chelsea until 1200 BST on Friday to reach an agreement over the Blues approach to Frank Arnesen...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
US pledges North Korean food aid
The US promises impoverished North Korea 50,000 metric tonnes of food aid but denies any link to nuclear talks...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Twin Towers report urges change
A report into the 9/11 collapse of the World Trade Center calls for all new skyscrapers to have better emergency exits...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Indian call centre 'fraud' probe
Police investigate reports that an Indian call centre worker sold bank details of UK customers to a reporter...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Burmese army accused of killings
A report alleging murder and rape by Burma's army will form the basis of an appeal for legal action against its rulers...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Straw hosts G8 foreign ministers
Foreign ministers of the G8 group are meeting in London to discuss matters including Iran and the Middle East...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Graduation day for William
The Queen and Prince Charles will be present at Prince William's graduation from St Andrews University...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
Blair to warn EU of 'challenges'
It is time for the EU to face up to the challenges of globalisation, Tony Blair is expected to tell MEPs...
BBC News - June 23, 2005
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