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Global News Archive for Octomber 2005:
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U.S. Envoy Criticizes Israel on Gaza Restrictions
A special Mideast envoy criticized Israel for not allowing greater Palestinian movement in and out of the Gaza Strip...
New York Times - October 24, 2005
Poland Takes a Turn to the Right in Electing New President
WARSAW, Oct. 24 - Election officials today affirmed that the mayor of Warsaw, Lech Kaczynski, had defeated Donald Tusk in the battle to become Poland's next president. Mr. Tusk had already conceded defeat, after news media surveys of voters leaving the polls on Sunday showed Mr. Kaczynski the clear favorite...
New York Times - October 24, 2005
Three Blasts Shake Hotels Used by Foreigners in Baghdad
Two hotels popular with journalists and contractors were hit by rebels today, killing at least six people, authorities said...
New York Times - October 24, 2005
Man is dead after three-car crash
A man is killed and two others are injured in an accident involving three vehicles in County Down...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Bronx school inspires McConnell
The first minister considers a "contract" for teachers, pupils and parents after he visits a school in New York...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
World trade deal on 'knife edge'
Talks to agree a new world trade pact are on a "knife edge", EU trade chief Peter Mandelson warns...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Ministers attacked over Railtrack
Ministers' handling of the collapse of Railtrack has been described as "an absolute scandal" by the Tories...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Smoking ban plans 'in disarray'
Plans for a smoking ban in England appear to be in disarray after Cabinet disagreements, the BBC has learned...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Kyrgyzstan protests pressure PM
Hundreds of protesters rally for a third day in the Kyrgyz capital to call for the resignation of the PM...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Wilma breaches Havana's defences
Hundreds are rescued in Cuba's capital, Havana, as sea defences bow to flooding brought by Hurricane Wilma...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Gaza rockets launched at Israel
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fire rockets at Israel to avenge the killing of one of their top commanders...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Best 'battling' against infection
Football legend George Best remains in intensive care two weeks after being admitted to hospital...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Genette police file for charges
Prosecutors are to consider whether to charge a man with the murder of Devon schoolgirl Genette Tate in 1978...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Rugby: Wilko selection 'wrong'
Matt Dawson says Lions coach Clive Woodward should not have picked Jonny Wilkinson against New Zealand...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Football: Hearts drop Robson hint
The chief executive of Hearts says he wants to meet Sir Bobby Robson over the managerial vacancy...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Deadly blasts rock Baghdad hotels
Suicide bombers kill 17 people in blasts outside hotels used by foreign media and contractors in Baghdad...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
EU mulls wild bird import freeze
Live wild bird imports to any EU state may be banned when ministers meet to discuss bird flu on Tuesday...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
In the Twilight, the Gentle Strumming of a Bygone Iraq
Even in the din of war, some traces of the old salon life survive...
New York Times - October 24, 2005
11 Reported Killed in Bombings Near Baghdad Hotels
Three explosions, at least one of which was a car bomb, struck near two hotels popular with foreign journalists and contractors...
New York Times - October 24, 2005
Big cats prowled London's tower
Two lion skulls from the Tower of London are dated to Medieval times, shedding light on the lost institution of the "Royal Menagerie"...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Lords warn over ID cards scheme
ID card plans "fundamentally alter the relationship between citizens and state", an all-party group of peers warns...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
UK urged to step up flu measures
A leading flu expert urges the UK government to boost measures to protect domestic poultry from bird flu...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
What will be in the White Paper?
A wider range of school places, more independence for schools and more personalised lessons are promised...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Jailbreak from Guatemalan prison
The Guatemalan government launches an investigation after 19 inmates escape from a high-security prison...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Mittal wins Ukraine steel auction
Mittal Steel buys the Ukraine's biggest steel mill after an earlier sale was reversed amid allegations of corruption...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Fate of Iraqi charter in balance
The fate of Iraq's constitution hangs on the result in a single Sunni province after two others reject it...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
India prepares Kashmir hospitals
India says it has set up two camps to treat quake victims from the Pakistani side of Kashmir's de facto border...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Sunderland fans ruled out of riot
Sunderland fans were not involved in drink-fuelled clashes following the Newcastle Derby match, police reveal...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Quarantine review over bird flu
Quarantine measures in the UK are to be reviewed after a parrot died from a potentially deadly strain of bird flu...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Lunch-hour killer jailed for life
A drug addict is jailed for life for stabbing a man to death in a failed mugging...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Tennis: Henman takes on Murray
Tim Henman will play Andy Murray in the first round of the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tournament on Wednesday...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Rugby: Henson talks 'helpful'
Gavin Henson says clear-the-air talks with the Welsh Rugby Union were "helpful"...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Obote buried in Ugandan home town
At least 20,000 people pay their respects to Uganda's former President Milton Obote, as he is buried in his home in the north...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Blair's 'pivotal' school reforms
Tony Blair outlines plans to give secondary schools across England more freedom from local authorities...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Knife mob killed city riot victim
A man stabbed to death during riots in Birmingham was set upon by a gang of men, police say...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Bernanke named as Fed chief
President Bush nominates Ben Bernanke as the replacement for US Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan ...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Hurricane sweeps across Florida
Hurricane Wilma strikes Florida with winds of up to 125mph (200km/h) then weakens to a Category Two storm...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
MoD to consider 'coward's' pardon
The MoD is to consider new evidence that a WWI soldier should not have been shot for cowardice...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Man jailed for murdering family
A man who murdered his fiancée with a cricket bat and then suffocated their baby daughter is jailed for life...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Blasts shake Baghdad hotel area
Three powerful explosions near Baghdad hotels used by foreign media and contractors kill at least 17...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Spector lawyers deny 'admission'
Lawyers for Phil Spector say statements he made to police after an actress died should not be used in his murder trial...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Has Hurricane Wilma affected you?
Hurricane Wilma has hit western Cuba and is approaching Florida. Are you affected?...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Apple faces iPod Nano litigation
Apple is facing legal action from an aggrieved US consumer over the iPod Nano digital music player...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Ministers to decide on smoke ban
Ministers meet to decide whether to propose a ban on smoking in enclosed public places in England...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Menu prices track fishing impact
Seafood prices on restaurant menus as far back as the 1860s help experts track the impact of over-fishing...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
'Scandal' of OAP winter deaths
Twelve pensioners will die each day this winter in Wales as a result of the cold, a charity claims...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Football TV rights deadline looms
The battle between the EU and the Premier League over live TV rights is about to reach full-time...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Ill Saddam witness gives evidence
A former Iraqi security officer who is seriously ill becomes the first witness to testify in the trial of Saddam Hussein...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Red Fort attack - seven convicted
A court in India convicts seven people of a bloody 2000 attack on an army barracks at Delhi's Red Fort...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Pensioner ordeal as floods hit NI
An elderly woman is rescued after a river near her County Antrim home bursts its banks and floods her home...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Sex offender alert system planned
Tougher police powers to combat the risk posed by sex offenders are proposed by the Scottish Executive...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Football: Hearts Robson hint
The chief executive of Hearts says Sir Bobby Robson is high on his wish list as the club looks for a new boss...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Rugby: Henson faces WRU talks
Gavin Henson is called before the Welsh Rugby Union for clear-the-air talks...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Nigeria mourns air crash victims
Nigeria declares three days of mourning for the 117 people killed when a commercial airliner crashed on Saturday...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Brazilians reject gun sales ban
A government proposal to ban the sale of guns in Brazil is defeated by a clear majority in a referendum...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Israeli army kills top militant
A militant leader linked to recent bomb attacks is killed in an Israeli army raid in the West Bank...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Arrests as rival supporters clash
Up to 20 arrests are made as violence involving more than 300 people erupts following the Newcastle-Sunderland game...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Falconio 'seen' at roadside cafe
A cafe owner saw backpacker Peter Falconio and his girlfriend the day before he was allegedly killed, a court is told...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Fight for WWI soldier's pardon
A woman seeking a pardon for a soldier shot for cowardice in WWI takes her battle to the High Court...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Two in court over Jody murder
Two men accused of beating to death Jody Dobrowski in south London, appear before magistrates...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Hurricane hits Florida coastline
Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in the US with winds of up to 125mph (200km/h), after leaving the Caribbean...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Calls to ban UK live bird imports
There are renewed calls for a ban on the import of live birds after the bird flu strain H5N1 was found in the UK...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Man shot dead close to riot scene
Two people are arrested after a man is shot dead near the scene of riots in Birmingham over the weekend...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Quake Strains 58-Year-Old Fault Line
The latest face-off between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the Oct. 8 earthquake centers on the question of how to deliver aid across the Line of Control that divides Kashmir...
New York Times - October 24, 2005
U.S. Widens Campaign on North Korea
The Bush administration is urging nations to deny overflight rights to aircraft the United States says are carrying weapons technology...
New York Times - October 24, 2005
Son of Slain Lebanese Seeks Special Tribunal
Saad Hariri's call came as the U.S. and Britain stepped up a campaign to place international sanctions on Syria...
New York Times - October 24, 2005
Plane Crashes in Nigeria; All 117 Aboard Are Probably Dead
No survivors were found in the flaming wreckage of the 737 Boeing aircraft, the Nigerian Red Cross told Reuters...
New York Times - October 24, 2005
At Least 17 Iraqis Killed in a Day of Scattered Bombings and Gunfire
A bomb exploded in a residential neighborhood in Tikrit, killing an Iraqi police colonel and four children on their way to school...
New York Times - October 24, 2005
Israel Retreats From Objection to Hamas Role in Elections
Israel began to back away from its opposition to participation of the armed Islamic group Hamas in Palestinian elections...
New York Times - October 24, 2005
Two men are injured in stabbings
Two men in their 20s are injured in separate early morning stabbings in counties Armagh and Tyrone...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Sex offender crackdown launched
Tough new powers are to be given to the police in a bid to combat the risk posed by sex offenders...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
BP workers strike over pensions
Some tanker drivers at BP plan to stage a five-day strike in protest over pensions, their union announces...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Indonesia steps up Aceh pullout
Indonesia withdraws a further 2,500 troops from Aceh province as part of a peace deal with rebels...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Brazil rejects ban on gun sales
Partial results in Brazil's referendum show a clear majority reject a ban on gun sales to the general public...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Kaczynski to be next Polish head
With almost all the votes counted, it is clear that Lech Kaczynski will be the next Polish president...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Age discrimination 'still common'
A survey finds 22% of managers and personnel officers discriminate against workers on age grounds...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
NI victims' commissioner named
The widow of a murdered RUC reservist is made Northern Ireland's new victims' commissioner...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Shelter urges action on housing
A housing charity calls for more affordable family-sized housing after survey on overcrowding in England...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Golf: Rose's Funai hopes dashed
Lucas Glover wins the Funai Classic in Orlando as Britain's Justin Rose finishes in a tie for third place...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Man fatally shot near riot scene
A police complaints team will examine a teenager's death near the area of Birmingham's weekend riots...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Wilma hits Cuba as Florida braces
Hurricane Wilma lashes Cuba on its way towards Florida, as it strengthens and becomes a Category Three storm...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
Blair to face debate over schools
The prime minister faces a row within government over plans to encourage schools to opt out of council control...
BBC News - October 24, 2005
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