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Global News Archive for Octomber 2006:
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General May Call for Increase in U.S. Troop Levels in Baghdad
The top U.S. military commander in Iraq and the U.S. ambassador laid out a timetable for progress that they said has been agreed to by the Iraqi government...
New York Times - October 24, 2006
Overhead Costs Consume Budget for Iraq Reconstruction
A federal oversight agency said administrative and overhead costs have claimed as much as 55 percent of the budget for reconstruction projects...
New York Times - October 24, 2006
US rapper Brown put on probation
US rapper Foxy Brown is sentenced to three years' probation for assaulting two nail salon workers...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Twin ovary transplant successes
Scientists carry out ovarian transplants on women with an early menopause by using tissue from identical twins...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
High Street growth for 3 mobile
Mobile phone firm 3 is taking over 95 five retail outlets from The Link and O2, boosting its High Street presence...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
European ministers discuss terror
International terrorism and organised crime are on the agenda when Home Secretary John Reid hosts six EU counterparts...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Fresh call for English Parliament
The architect of Scottish devolution says the English have a "sovereign right" to their own Parliament...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Six men arrested over 'abduction'
Police arrest six men in connection with the alleged abduction of a Glasgow businessman three weeks ago...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Olmert faces bribery allegations
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faces accusations of corruption when he was acting finance minister in 2005...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Chesterfield 2-1 West Ham
Chesterfield's Caleb Folan dumps West Ham out of the Carling Cup with a late winner at Saltergate...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Football: Villa scrape through
Gabriel Agbonlahor scores in the final moments of extra time to send Aston Villa into the fourth round of the Carling Cup...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
MPs overturn extradition change
MPs overturn a change made by the Lords that would have blocked "fast-track" extraditions to the US...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
General May Increase U.S. Troop Levels in Baghdad
America’s top military and civilian officials in Iraq also said today that the Baghdad government has agreed to ambitious aims within 12 to 18 months...
New York Times - October 24, 2006
Castaway to shoot in New Zealand
BBC reality TV show Castaway is shunning the Scottish isles for a more far-flung location...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Amazon river 'switched direction'
The world's largest river, the Amazon, once flowed from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific - the opposite of its present direction...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Heavy mobile use 'damages sperm'
Heavy use of mobile phones may damage men's fertility, a study has suggested...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Help for schools with EU pupils
The government earmarks £400,000 to support schools teaching foreign pupils as a result of EU expansion...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Bishop attacks faith schools plan
Plans for faith schools to admit up to 25% of pupils from other religions must be resisted, an archbishop says...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Six held after abducted man freed
Police in Manchester detain six men as they trace a Glasgow businessman abducted from his home...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Man, 49, charged with girl kidnap
Police investigating the abduction of a 15-year-old girl in north Wales, charge a man with four offences...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
645 jobs going at aerospace firm
More than 600 jobs are lost at Belfast aerospace company Shorts, Canadian parent company Bombardier says...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
City schools 'should ban veils'
Bradford Council draws up guidelines advising schools to ban the wearing of veils in their classrooms...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
India gets new foreign minister
Veteran politician Pranab Mukherjee becomes India's new foreign minister in a cabinet reshuffle...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
North warns against Ortega vote
Ex-White House aide Oliver North tells Nicaragua not to return to the past by voting for Daniel Ortega...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Army alert to counter Chad rebels
Security is tightened in the Chad capital, N'Djamena, amid reports that rebels are moving towards the city...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Football: Back Wise plea
Ex-boss Eddie Gray urges Leeds fans to back potential new manager Dennis Wise, rather than berating him before his arrival...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Knox-Johnston forced back to port
Veteran British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston rolls his boat 360 degrees during the Velux 5 Oceans race...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Black women 'also cause splits'
Black women - not just black men - are "hugely responsible" for the family breakdown that fuels crime, MPs are told...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Mills to sue two newspapers
Heather Mills McCartney is to sue two newspapers over claims surrounding her divorce from Sir Paul McCartney...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Thousands attend Jessie funeral
Thousands of mourners pay tribute to murdered teenager Jessie James at his funeral in Manchester...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Iraq 'success' possible, US says
US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad says success is possible in Iraq in a realistic time-frame despite ongoing violence...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Google offers personal searches
A tool that allows users to create a customised search engine is the latest offering from search giant Google...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
No 10 criticises media over Iraq
Downing St says the media is not giving the full picture of Iraq, after polls suggest public backing has fallen...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
London 'losing India and China'
London's City needs closer links with China and India to avoid losing out to rival financial hubs, a report warns...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Man, 49, held in abduction case
Officers investigating the abduction of a 15-year-old girl in Wrexham, north Wales, arrest a man...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Man, 22, denies town rape charge
A 22-year-old man denies charges of attacking and raping a woman when he appeared at a County Tyrone court...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Move to devolve asylum decisions
Asylum applications made in Scotland could be dealt with north of the border, a UK minister indicates...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Spanish journalist seized in Gaza
A Spanish photographer working for the AP news agency is kidnapped by gunmen in the Gaza Strip...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
India to get new foreign minister
Defence minister Pranab Mukherjee is tipped to take over as the new foreign minister, reports say...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Police killer challenges verdict
A former US Marine jailed for life for the murder of a police officer in Leeds seeks permission to appeal against his conviction...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Chad rebels strike eastern towns
Rebels in Chad launch a series of attacks in the east, but the government denies claims they have seized a town...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
China cracks down on corruption
China says it has punished 17,500 officials so far this year for corruption, as the Shanghai scandal mounts...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Football: Fury at Defoe let-off
Javier Mascherano cannot believe Spurs' Jermain Defoe was not sent off after appearing to bite the West Ham midfielder...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Asset sales help boost BP profits
BP reports a 58% jump in third-quarter profits, buoyed by the sale of a number of assets...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Flu jabs for pregnant women call
Pregnant women in the UK should be vaccinated against seasonal flu, government advisers say...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Firefox browser for web 2.0 age
A new version of the popular Firefox web browser makes its debut, going head to head with Internet Explorer 7...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
US seeks to steady Iraq nerves
The US military chief and Baghdad ambassador are due to speak publicly as questions grow over US Iraq strategy...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Humberside 'worst police force'
The worst performing police forces in England and Wales are Humberside and
Northamptonshire, says the Home Office...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Global ecosystems 'face collapse'
Global consumption levels could lead to an ecosystem collapse by the middle of the century, a report warns...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Reid outlines new EU work curbs
Plans to restrict Bulgarian and Romanian workers in the UK when the countries join the EU are unveiled...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Italy?s Top Spy Is Expected to Be Indicted in Abduction Case
The charges are connected to the abduction of a militant Egyptian cleric in Milan by American intelligence agents in 2003...
New York Times - October 24, 2006
Israeli Premier Reaches Out to Far Right
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reached a deal to broaden his shaky coalition by adding a far-right party that seeks to eventually reduce Israel’s Arab population...
New York Times - October 24, 2006
Clashes Disrupt Hungary’s Celebration of Anti-Soviet Revolt
The rally was one of several held over the past month calling for the resignation of the Socialist prime minister, Ferenc Gyurcsany...
New York Times - October 24, 2006
U.N. Official Says Iran Is Testing New Enrichment Device
The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said the new uranium enrichment equipment could double Iran’s capacity...
New York Times - October 24, 2006
War in Sudan? Not Where the Oil Wealth Flows
Despite the image of Sudan as a land of cracked earth and starving people, the economy is booming, with little help from the West...
New York Times - October 24, 2006
Bush, Facing Dissent on Iraq, Jettisons ‘Stay the Course’
The White House is emphasizing flexibility in the face of some of the bloodiest violence in Iraq since the 2003 invasion...
New York Times - October 24, 2006
Gromit film up for Bafta awards
The latest Wallace and Gromit film could score a Bafta double after earning children's award nominations...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Schools sent teen emotion packs
Every secondary school in the UK is to get a Samaritans pack to help pupils deal with life's emotional knocks...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Social workers warn of funds gap
Children's services are facing a £160m funding shortfall, according to social work directors...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Cyprus talks 'may be last chance'
An EU commissioner warns that a new bid to re-unite Cyprus could be the last chance of progress for years...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Yacht race hit by gale conditions
Three of eight yachts in the Velux 5 Oceans solo round-the-world race return to port after bad weather...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Auditors attack EU spending again
European Union auditors will highlight irregularities in EU spending for the 12th year running...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Royals to celebrate UK scientists
Members of the Royal Family, including the Queen, are to celebrate UK scientists at Buckingham Palace...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Hungary foes clash over protests
Hungary's PM and opposition dispute the motives for violence on the anniversary of the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Youth justice system 'in crisis'
The number of youngsters held in custody reaches a record high, prompting warnings of "meltdown"...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
Reid to set new EU migrant rules
Plans to restrict Bulgarian and Romanian workers in the UK when the countries join the EU are set to be unveiled...
BBC News - October 24, 2006
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