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Global News Archive for August 2007:
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Welsh rockers win Kerrang! honour
Rock act Lostprophets win best British band at the Kerrang! awards for the second year running...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Out-of-body experience recreated
UK and Swiss scientists find a way to trigger an out-of-body experience in healthy volunteers...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Mystery of human skull discovery
Workmen discover a human skull on the site of a former British army base in west Belfast...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Nepal nationalises royal palaces
Nepal's government says major royal properties inherited by King Gyanendra are to be nationalised...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
'Israeli raid' kills Hamas member
At least one Hamas militant dies in what the group says was an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
New US doubts on Iraq government
A US intelligence study expresses serious doubts about Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki's ability to unite Iraq...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Football: Heinze & Robben to Real
Real Madrid complete the signings of Premier League duo Gabriel Heinze and Arjen Robben...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Five GCSEs 'net £2,200 more'
Research suggests employers would pay an extra £2,261 a year to staff with five good GCSEs...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Stroke care 'is failing patients'
The UK needs to boost stroke services quickly - or remain the worst in western Europe, says a leading doctor...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Fidel Castro is doing 'very well'
Cuban leader Fidel Castro is doing well and determined to fully recover his health, a top Cuban official says...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Top Republican urges Iraq pullout
An influential Republican senator calls for some 5,000 US troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by the year's end...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Shot boy's parents speak of loss
The parents of an 11-year-old boy who was shot dead on his way home from playing football speak of their loss...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Armored Trucks? Delivery Delayed
Less than half the number of blast-resistant trucks will be delivered to Iraq by year?s end than planned because of the time it takes to equip them with radios and armaments and then deliver them by sea...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
Grim Details Emerge in Trial of Hussein Aides
The court heard testimony from the family of victims on the third day of the trial aides to Saddam Hussein for charges of crimes against humanity...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
Pakistan High Court Allows Return of Exiled Leader
The ruling by Pakistan?s Supreme Court on Nawaz Sharif, a former prime minister, is a direct challenge to the president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
Report Cites Grave Concerns on Iraq?s Government
A sober new report by U.S. intelligence agencies to be made public today expresses deep doubts about the government of the Iraqi prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
Row over fall in language studies
Head teachers say British industry fails to stress the value of language study - but directors disagree...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Brown pledges crackdown on gangs
Gordon Brown promises "intensive" action to tackle gang violence involving guns and knives...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Charges over US tourist stabbing
US police charge a man over the death of a well known Cardiff fitness instructor stabbed while on holiday...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Wall Street shares decline again
US stocks trade lower, despite the Federal Reserve injecting yet more funds into the financial system...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Sex pest male nurse is struck off
A nurse at an east Belfast hospital is struck off the register for touching female students inappropriately...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Terror trial hears threat claims
A court hears claims that a student accused of terrorism threatened to blow up Glasgow...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Curfew re-imposed in Bangladesh
A curfew imposed in Bangladesh after days of student-led unrest resumes after being temporarily lifted...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Breastfeeding mayor wins claim
A former mayor wins a discrimination case after officials stopped her feeding her baby in a limousine...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Security tight at Italy funerals
The funerals of two of six Italians killed in Germany in an alleged Mafia attack are held amid tight security...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
'Arson' at Tel Aviv crematorium
A commercial crematorium in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv is seriously damaged in a suspected arson attack...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
'No hope' for 181 Chinese miners
A senior provincial official in China admits there is "no hope" for 181 coal miners trapped for nearly a week...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Brazilian prisoners die in blaze
At least 25 prisoners in a Brazilian jail die after fellow inmates set fire to mattresses in a cell, police say...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Football: Chelsea to sign Belletti
Chelsea complete the signing of Barcelona's Brazilian defender Juliano Belletti for an undisclosed fee...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Man escapes jail for sex attacks
A Jehovah's Witness gets a community sentence for a series of sex assaults on children and adults...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Exiled Pakistani PM 'to go home'
Pakistan's exiled former PM Nawaz Sharif vows to go home soon, after a top court rules in his favour...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
US doubts on Iraq government
A new US intelligence study will express serious doubts about Iraq's leadership, according to media reports...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Man 'shot in face' in the street
Six arrests are made after a shooting in Hertfordshire which left two people seriously injured...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Henman to retire after GB Cup tie
Tim Henman confirms he will retire from tennis after Great Britain's Davis Cup tie against Croatia next month...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Militias Seizing Control of Iraqi Electricity Grid
Armed groups increasingly control the switching stations that channel electricity around Iraq, an official said...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
Winehouse leads Mobo nominations
Singer Amy Winehouse leads the nominations for this year's Music of Black Origin (Mobo) Awards...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Bar staff 'highest alcohol risk'
Bar staff are the mostly likely workers to die of alcohol-related problems, figures show...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
'Raise bar for GPs' says report
The performance bar for GPs in Wales needs to be raised to ensure patients continue to get better services, an Auditor General's report says...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
BA in US court over price-fixing
British Airways will appear in a US court on Thursday over charges that it fixed the prices of its fuel surcharges...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Man remanded over bin body murder
A man is remanded in custody charged with the murder of a man whose remains were found in a Belfast bin...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Private prison project scrapped
Plans for a private sector-run £100m prison to replace Low Moss are scrapped by Scotland's SNP government...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Search goes on at hotel fire site
Police in Cornwall are continuing to search the site of a hotel destroyed by fire for potential evidence...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Bangladesh given curfew respite
A curfew imposed in Bangladesh after days of clashes between police and students is temporarily lifted...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Iraq Sunni battle leaves 22 dead
At least 22 people are killed in a raid by suspected al-Qaeda militants on fellow Sunnis near Baghdad, police say...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
European stocks echo upward trend
European stocks rise, following stocks in Asia and the US as shares recover from recent losses...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
S Africa row over 'missing' funds
Relations are strained between political allies of South Africa's ruling ANC over a missing $70,000 donation...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Japan activist posts finger to PM
A Japanese man posts his cut off finger to the ruling party in protest at the PM's failure to visit a controversial shrine...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
James backs Robinson
David James urges the critics of under-fire goalkeeper Paul Robinson not to be too hard on his England team-mate...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Car death baby family devastated
The parents of a two-month-old boy who died when a car hit his pushchair speak about their "senseless loss"...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Old age 'no barrier' to sex life
A US study shed lights on the sex life of older people and finds people in their 80s are having sex regularly...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
EU to end British meat export ban
EU vets agree to lift the ban on UK meat and animal product exports, imposed after the foot-and-mouth outbreak...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Fourth arrest in M40 murder hunt
Police investigating the killing of biker Gerry Tobin who was shot dead on the M40 arrest a fourth man...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
New drive to tackle bad behaviour
Gordon Brown promises to tackle gang culture and anti-social behaviour in an effort to reduce violent crime...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Britain enjoying 'digital boom'
The net, MP3 players and mobile phones are radically changing what people do with their time, says a report...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Two held in hunt for boy's killer
Police probing the murder of an 11-year-old boy shot dead in a pub car park arrest two youths, aged 14 and 18...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
GCSE top-grade pass rate rises
Almost one in five GCSEs is awarded the top grades of A* or A, although there is a small drop in the overall pass rate...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Austrian Interns Run Into U.S. Visa Problems
A program that allows Austrians to volunteer in Holocaust institutions in the United States in lieu of serving in the Austrian military has been disrupted because of difficulties in obtaining visas...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Japan: Emergency Step to Meet Power Demand
Japan?s largest power company, Tokyo Electric Power, took emergency measures for the first time in 17 years to address an imminent power shortage as electric demand hit a record high...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Price Crackdown Eased
The government has slightly eased its two-month rollback of prices, allowing retailers to mark up the prices of some basic commodities and farm goods by 20 percent...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Whither the L.L. Bean Catalog?
A 60-year-old postman has been arrested on suspicion of stealing mail addressed to Queen Elizabeth II, The Sun reported...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Mount Everest: Off-Peak Deals
Nepal will cut climbing fees for Mount Everest in the off-season to lure more mountaineers and increase tourism...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: South Africa: Study Challenges Garlic Claim
The Academy of Sciences of South Africa said its studies had found no scientific basis for the use of nutritional supplements as a first-line defense against H.I.V...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
World Briefing | Middle East: Abbas Criticizes Israeli Strikes in Gaza
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, condemned Israel for what he termed an escalation of violence against Palestinians...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
Hurricane Dean Fades, Leaving Behind Less Damage and Havoc Than Expected
The weakened storm that swept ashore on Mexico?s gulf coast on Wednesday wreaked far less havoc than many anticipated it would...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
Tehran Says It Has Designed a ?Smart Bomb?
Iran has developed a 2,000-pound ?smart bomb? that could be dropped from F-4 and F-5 jets, official news outlets reported...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
News Analysis: Historians Question Bush?s Reading of Lessons of Vietnam War for Iraq
Many historians disagree with President Bush?s reference to the Vietnam war as a predictor of what might happen in Iraq should the United States withdraw...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
Jinan Journal: Ah, the Tonic of Ginseng! Especially a $65,000 Sprig!
In South Korea and elsewhere in Asia, wild ginseng?s roots have traditionally been prized for their supposed preternatural healing powers...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
Black Hawk Fails and Crashes, Killing 14 U.S. Soldiers
Military officials said mechanical failure appeared to have brought down the helicopter, a UH-60 Black Hawk, which crashed overnight while traveling on an operation...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
Bangladesh Imposes Curfew to Stifle Protests
Violent clashes between students and the police led the government to impose an indefinite curfew on Wednesday night in six of the country?s largest cities...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
Estonia Accuses Ex-Official of Genocide
A cousin of a former president was charged with genocide in connection with his role as a Communist bureaucrat involved in the deportation of civilians to Siberia in 1949...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
Steep Rise in Fuel Costs Prompts Rare Public Protest in Myanmar
In a rare public demonstration in Myanmar, hundreds of people marched Wednesday in the country?s largest city to protest steep increases in fuel costs...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
News Analysis: A Bump in India-U.S. Rapport: Defining ?Ally?
Deepening relations between New Delhi and Washington have stirred fierce political anxiety in India, posing a challenge for the government of Manmohan Singh...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
Militias Seizing Control of Grid, Starving Baghdad of Electricity
Armed groups increasingly control the antiquated switching stations that channel electricity around Iraq, the electricity minister said Wednesday...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
Bush Declares That ?Free Iraq? Is Within Reach
President Bush warned that if Americans succumbed to ?the allure of retreat,? they will witness death and suffering of the sort not seen since the Vietnam War...
New York Times - August 23, 2007
Food labels 'hoodwink' shoppers
The salt content of many foods is falling, a survey says, but warns customers may still be being misled...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Cash 'fails' to curb youth crime
A review of Scotland's youth crime system finds investment has failed to show evidence of improvement...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Curfew in six Bangladesh cities
An indefinite curfew is in force in Dhaka and five other cities, to try to stop clashes between police and students...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Estonian man on genocide charge
A former Soviet official is charged with genocide for allegedly organising deportations to Siberia...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Texas carries out 400th execution
The US state of Texas executes its 400th prisoner since the reintroduction of the death penalty in 1976...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Tennis: Tough US Henman draw
Tim Henman will face Russian Dmitry Tursunov in the opening round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Security tight for Italy funerals
Police are on alert ahead of the funerals of five Italians killed in Germany in an alleged Mafia attack...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
UK 'may fail 2020 CO2 target'
Think tank Cambridge Econometrics warns government greenhouse gas targets for 2020 look likely to be missed...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
EU to review UK meat export ban
EU vets consider giving initial approval for resuming UK meat and animal product exports...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Democrats condemn Bush on Iraq
Leading Democrats criticise the US president's speech in which he compared the Iraq war to Vietnam...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Brown rejects union EU vote call
Gordon Brown rejects calls from two trade unions for a referendum on the new European Union treaty...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
WHO warns of global epidemic risk
Infectious diseases are spreading faster than ever, the World Health Organization annual report says...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
Rise in GCSE results expected
A further rise in GCSE results is being forecast when around 600,000 students get their grades on Thursday...
BBC News - August 23, 2007
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