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Global News Archive for Octomber 2007:
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Israeli Court Rules on 7th-Year Law
The case centered on a loophole in religious law used to allow farms to grow and sell kosher produce every seventh year, when the Bible says that Jewish land in Israel should be left fallow...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Kremlin Wins Price Controls on Food
A tersely worded statement posted on the Web site of Russia?s agriculture ministry said the producers had signed the price stabilization agreement ?at their own initiative.?...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Shanghai Memo: The Sound, not of Music, but of Control
Marx once referred to religion as the opium of the masses, but in today?s China it is the music promoted on state-monopolized radio that increasingly claims that role...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Russia Working to Limit Election Observers
Russia has begun an effort to curtail the activities of election observers in the states of the former Soviet Union...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Israeli seeks role for Hamas
An Israeli minister calls for Hamas to be invited to an upcoming peace conference in the US...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Official quits over Iraq security
A senior US state department official resigns after criticism of how private security firms in Iraq are supervised...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
DR Congo general to surrender men
A renegade general in DR Congo says he will integrate 500 of his fighters into the army as a gesture of goodwill...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Football: Celtic lose in Lisbon
Celtic's poor record away in the Champions League continues after a late goal floored the Scottish champions...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Football: Chelsea beat Schalke
Florent Malouda and Didier Drogba secure Chelsea a comfortable 2-0 win over injury-hit Schalke...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Turkish misery for Liverpool
Liverpool face an uphill task to qualify for the latter stages of the Champions League after falling to defeat at Turkish side Besiktas...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Insurance bosses jailed for fraud
Three former executives of collapsed firm Independent Insurance are jailed after defrauding investors...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Fall girl's mother dead in cave
The body of woman whose daughter fell from a hotel balcony in a Majorcan holiday resort is found in a cave...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Securitas judge breaks up fight
The judge steps in as one of the £53m Securitas raid trial defendants clashes in court with a crucial witness...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
54 Trapped Miners in Australia Freed
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Fifty-four miners who spent nearly eight hours trapped underground by a fire in an Australian gold mine Wednesday were rescued, the mining company said...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
State Department Use of Contractors Leaps in 4 Years
The amount of money the department pays to private contractors has soared, but it has added few officials to oversee the contracts...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Russian Convicted as Killer of 48
Aleksandr Y. Pichushkin, dubbed the ?Bittsa Maniac? in Russian media, was found guilty today of murdering 48 people...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Spain Arrests 6 for Promoting Jihad
Spanish authorities have arrested six suspected Islamists who allegedly belong to an international network that promotes holy war on the Internet...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
China Launches First Lunar Probe
With the launch of the Chang?e-1 satellite, China moved a step closer to fulfilling its ambitions of reaching the moon...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Congo?s Army Clashing With Militias
Battles between rival militias are driving thousands of beleaguered villagers from their homes and complicating the government?s efforts to strike a truce...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Turkish Warplanes Attack Kurds Near Iraqi Border
The attacks are the first time that Turkish warplanes have been employed in assaults against the Kurdish rebels...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Anti file-sharing laws considered
A senior member of the UK government warns that it may legislate if net service providers fail to curb file-sharing...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Pop group Simply Red to split up
Simply Red are to split up in 2009, a quarter of a century after they formed, singer Mick Hucknall announces...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Commons row over school surpluses
Tory leader David Cameron challenges a move to have councils redistribute school surpluses in England...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Gulf in rich-poor life expectancy
The gap in life expectancies between rich and poor persists, with professionals enjoying longer lives...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Ex jailed for 'vicious' attack'
A nurse is jailed for 11 years for setting out to murder his ex-girlfriend after she broke up with him...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Wealthy 'moving to hedge funds'
The world's wealthiest investors will put more money into alternative investments, a report finds...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Mother murder accused given bail
A man accused along with his wife of murdering his 75-year-old mother is released on High Court bail...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Jogger 'buried in shallow grave'
A Harrods employee was killed and buried in a shallow grave in the park where she jogged, a court hears...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Turkish raids along Iraqi border
Turkish fighter jets bomb Kurdish PKK rebel positions on the border with Iraq, Anatolia news agency reports...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Sharp decline in US housing sales
Sales of existing US homes fell by 8% in September, the biggest decline in 16 years, a report shows...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Rallies held for detained Suu Kyi
Global protests mark the 12th year in detention for Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Darfur peace talks under threat
The African Union admits that another rebel boycott is a blow to planned talks on Sudan's Darfur region...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Football: Megson in Bolton talks
Gary Megson is set to hold talks with Bolton about their vacant managerial position after parting company with Leicester...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Brown warned on Cameron attack
Gordon Brown is told to use "temperate language" after accusing David Cameron of "misleading" people...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Hard shoulder scheme rolled out
A scheme which allows motorists to drive along the hard shoulder of the M42 is to be rolled out to other areas...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Diana's car 'impeded in tunnel'
A vehicle attempted to slow down Princess Diana's car just before it crashed, the inquest into her death is told...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
First UK birth from lab-grown egg
In a UK first, a mother has given birth to twins using her own eggs matured in a laboratory...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Russia 'chessboard killer' guilty
Russian shop assistant Alexander Pichushkin is found guilty of 48 murders which he recorded on a chessboard...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Fall girl's mother is found dead
The body of the mother of a British girl who fell from a hotel balcony in Majorca is found...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Bush declares major fire disaster
George Bush declares a major disaster in California as fires spark the biggest US evacuation since Katrina...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Bins charges decision 'delayed'
Plans to bring in controversial "pay as you throw" charges for waste have been delayed, the BBC understands...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
54 Miners Trapped by Fire in Australia
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Officials are confident of rescuing 54 miners who were trapped underground Wednesday by a fire in an Australian gold mine, a mining company said...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Korean Panel Reports on Kidnapping
A former president of South Korea gave a tacit nod to a 1973 secret operation to kidnap Kim Dae-jung, then a dissident leader, a government panel said...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Bombs Strike Iraqi Commuters
Bombs struck workers in a predominantly Shiite area on the southeastern edge of Baghdad, killing at least eight people and wounding two dozen...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
North Korean Nuclear Shutdown Said to Be Close
North Korea will likely begin disabling its main nuclear facilities around the middle of next month, a South Korean official said...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Verdict in First of 49 Murder Charges
A Moscow court found Alexander Pichushkin guilty of the first of 49 murder charges against him...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Pakistani Troops in Militant Hotbed
A police official also said that security agencies investigating an attack on former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto have held at least 15 people for questioning...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Turkey Masses More Troops
Turkish warplanes and troops have attacked Kurdish rebels inside Iraq, but Ankara was holding back from any major strike for now, military sources said...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
China launches first Moon orbiter
China's first lunar probe takes off, a key step towards Beijing's aim of putting a man on the Moon by 2020...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Glastonbury gigs seek new stars
Glastonbury Festival organisers launch a regular gig night to find new bands to play at next year's event...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Balls seeks reading 'revolution'
Ed Balls urges parents to read to their children every night as part of a drive to raise literacy standards...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Row brews over Russian beer pact
Carlsberg denies claims from bid target Scottish & Newcastle that it has breached the terms of their joint venture...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
'Largest' Alzheimer's gene study
Alzheimer disease experts at Cardiff University lead a study involving the analysis of 14,000 DNA...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Alexander makes election apology
Former Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander apologises for his role in the Scottish elections fiasco...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Kerb crawling soon to be outlawed
It is to become an offence in Northern Ireland to cruise town and city streets looking for prostitutes...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Doherty freed of court drug order
A judge removes a drug treatment order for Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
'Eight Lankan planes' destroyed
Sri Lanka's prime minister admits that a Tamil Tiger attack on an air force base caused far more damage than previously acknowledged...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Worldwide Suu Kyi rallies begin
Protests begin marking the 12th year in detention for Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Talks for Darfur 'must go ahead'
Sudan says Darfur peace talks at the weekend must not be held to ransom by rebel boycotts...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Wenger backs Walcott for England
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes Theo Walcott deserves an England recall after scoring twice in the 7-0 thrashing of Slavia Prague...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Scots close in on England ranking
Scotland rise to 13th place in Fifa's world rankings - and are now only two places behind England, who have dropped down two positions...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Bluetongue zones extended
Five new bluetongue cases prompt the extension of control zones in East Sussex and East Anglia...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Minister defends abortion limit
There is insufficient evidence to justify lowering the 24-week abortion limit, health minister Dawn Primarolo says...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Two bodies found in burning car
Police say identifying two people found inside a burning car will take some time due to the force of the fire...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Climate threat to biodiversity
Global temperatures predicted for the coming centuries could trigger a mass extinction, warn scientists...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Poppy appeal focuses on hardship
The Royal British Legion launches its annual poppy drive with a hard-hitting campaign for funds to support troops and their families...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Drug threat prompts lamb recall
Supermarkets withdraw batches of lamb - distributed by an Anglesey company - because of a health scare...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Wildfires force California exodus
More than 500,000 people in southern California are ordered to leave their homes to escape raging wildfires...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Two jails for foreign inmates
The Prison Service has converted two jails so that they hold only foreign national prisoners, it has emerged...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Feedback for the Chairman of Joint Chiefs
Adm. Mike Mullen is meeting with troops across the country and underscoring his attention to the effect of combat deployments on soldiers and marines...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Theater Review | 'Black Watch': To Tell These War Stories, Words Aren?t Enough
It?s not until the first body pushes itself out of the pool table, a few minutes into the show, that you begin to grasp just how thrilling ? and how disturbing ? ?Black Watch? is going to be...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
World Briefing | The Americas: Venezuela: Thousands Protest Constitutional Changes
The police dispersed protests near the National Assembly in downtown Caracas by firing tear gas into crowds of students...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Effort to Censure Lawmaker for a Comment Falls Short
Representative Pete Stark, Democrat of California, escaped a censure Tuesday for incendiary remarks he made last week about President Bush and the war in Iraq...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: The Philippines: Manila Blast an Accident, Not a Bomb
Leaking gas most likely caused the blast that killed 11 people on Friday and injured more than 100 others in a Manila shopping mall...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
World Briefing | The Americas: Brazil: Judge Confirms 27-Year Sentence for Nun?s Killer
In a retrial, a judge in Belém sentenced Rayfran das Neves Sales to 27 years in prison for the shooting death of Dorothy Stang, an American nun and rain forest defender...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Italy: 5 Arrested for Letter Bombs in Europe
The police arrested five people near Perugia whom they described as members of an anarchist group that claimed responsibility for a series of letter bombs sent to European Union officials since 2003...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: Somalia: U.N. Food Chief Released
The government freed the chief of World Food Program operations in the chaotic capital, Mogadishu, after holding him for nearly a week in detention...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Germany: Flamingos Decapitated at Frankfurt Zoo
Three flamingos have been found decapitated in their pen at Frankfurt Zoo, the police said. A fourth flamingo was strangled. ?We cannot explain why someone would want to murder flamingos," a zoo spokeswoman said...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: France: Parliament Approves DNA Immigration Bill
Both houses of Parliament approved an immigration bill that has brought angry debate for introducing possible DNA testing of foreigners who want to join relatives in France...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Afghanistan: Battle Kills Militants and Civilians, Officials Say
NATO and Afghan troops called in airstrikes during a battle against insurgents on Monday that left 20 suspected militants and several civilians dead...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Hungarian Extremists Reflect Discontent, and Add to It
Tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets of Budapest on Tuesday to vent their anger at Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Bhutto Receives New Death Threat, Aide Says
Adding to concerns about the security of the opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, a close aide said Tuesday that she had received a new death threat, in the form of a letter...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Helicopter Fire Kills Iraqis, Days After Sadr City Battle
Soldiers in an American helicopter killed 11 people, the second time this week in which multiple Iraqi deaths resulted from a United States combat action...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
U.S. Officials Upbraid Kurds for Failing to Halt Guerrillas
United States officials on Tuesday upbraided Kurdish leaders in northern Iraq for failing to curb guerrillas who operate unchecked in the autonomous region...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Iran Has New Nuclear Negotiator, but Similar Stance
Saeed Jalili, Iran?s new chief nuclear negotiator, made his international debut in Rome on Tuesday, meeting with the European Union foreign policy chief, Javier Solana...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Bush Stands by Plan for Missile Defenses
President Bush defended his plans for missile defenses, arguing that Iran posed a threat to some NATO allies...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Use of Contractors by State Dept. Has Soared
While the amount of money the State Department pays to private contractors has soared, the department conceded that it has added few new officials to oversee contracts...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Bush to Warn Cuba on Plan for Transition
President Bush will warn Wednesday that the U.S. will not accept a political transition in Cuba in which power changes from one Castro brother to another...
New York Times - October 24, 2007
Wii Sports dominates Bafta awards
Nintendos' Wii Sports sweeps the board at the 2007 British Academy Video Games Awards in London...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Prison 'default' for mentally ill
Too many people with mental health problems end up in prison when they need specialist care, a report says...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Health body 'omitted' key facts
NHS Lothian is criticised for failing to reveal details of the contract for the new Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Bodies found inside burning car
Police say the deaths of two people whose bodies were found inside a burning car are suspicious...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Feud 'hurting Palestinian rights'
Fighting between Hamas and Fatah is fuelling human rights abuses, Amnesty International says in a report...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Nato ministers face tough talks
Afghan burden-sharing and tension on Turkey's Iraq border are likely to dominate Nato talks in the Netherlands...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Taiwan torch relay for UN entry
Taiwan's president kicks off a nationwide torch relay to highlight the island's bid to join the United Nations...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Nigeria eyes review of oil deals
Nigeria's top energy adviser says oil extraction partnerships with foreign firms should be reviewed...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Staunton axed as Republic manager
Steve Staunton is axed as Republic of Ireland manager following an emergency meeting of the FA!...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Too much cannabis 'worsens pain'
Smoking large amounts of cannabis for therapeutic reasons may increase rather than reduce pain, a US study suggests...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Fall girl's mother still missing
Police continue searching for a British woman whose seven-year-old daughter fell from a Majorca hotel balcony...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Suu Kyi rallies planned worldwide
Rallies in 12 cities around the world to mark Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's 12th year in jail...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
US reins in Iraq security firms
Washington clamps down on foreign private security firms in Iraq after deadly incidents involving civilians...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
MPs to quiz minister on abortions
A health minister is to face a panel of MPs investigating whether the abortion time limit should be reduced...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
Two jails for foreign inmates only
The Prison Service has converted two jails so that they hold only foreign national prisoners, it has emerged...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
US wild fires force mass exodus
California evacuates 500,000 people as wild fires engulf the south of the state from Mexico up to Santa Barbara...
BBC News - October 24, 2007
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