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Global News Archive for January 2005:
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Georgia Leader Details Plan for Autonomy of Breakaway Region
President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia today released details of a proposal offering autonomy to a breakaway region...
New York Times - January 24, 2005
Iraqis Arrest Man They Say Is Zarqawi's Top Bomb Maker
Iraqi forces captured a top bomb maker for the country's most wanted insurgent, an Iraqi government spokesman said...
New York Times - January 24, 2005
Israel Approved Plan to Seize East Jerusalem Land
The government approved a measure last summer that says the state may seize land owned by Palestinians who live elsewhere...
New York Times - January 24, 2005
Beijing's Planning of Zhao's Funeral Is Slowed by Disputes
Chinese authorities and the family of Zhao Ziyang, the former Communist Party chief who died last week, were deadlocked over his funeral arrangements today...
New York Times - January 24, 2005
Iraqi prisoner abuse 'systematic'
Iraq's own security forces abuse prisoners systematically, a leading human rights group reports...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
SNP set to court pensioner power
Leader Alex Salmond is to launch the Scottish National Party's campaign for the forthcoming election...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Fuel prices under the spotlight
MPs will on Tuesday grill energy bosses over rising gas and electricity prices...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
MPs attack cancer care 'lottery'
The government has a long way to go before the cancer care "postcode lottery" is eradicated, MPs say...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Scramble to win student millions
The BBC's Mike Baker looks at universities' race to recruit students from Thailand...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Football: Blackburn 0 Bolton 1
El-Hadji Diouf scores a controversial penalty as Bolton snatch victory at Blackburn...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
US 'committed to Iran diplomacy'
Jack Straw says the US is committed to a diplomatic approach to the question of Iran and nuclear weapons concerns...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
World 'must learn from Holocaust'
The UN chief says the world must act against genocide, 60 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Civilians Bear Brunt of the Continuing Violence in Darfur
The ethnic violence that has devastated villages in Sudan's western region of Darfur continues unchecked...
New York Times - January 24, 2005
Daring Young 'Monks' Sell Trinkets With Greatest of Ease
In remote Chinese towns, the traveling show is a tradition, much like the freak shows at county fairs in the U.S...
New York Times - January 24, 2005
Blast Near Iraqi Leader's Party Headquarters Wounds 10
The Iraqi government also said that an insurgent responsible for 75 percent of car bombings in Baghdad was captured...
New York Times - January 24, 2005
Israelis and Palestinians Look to a Quiet Gaza and a Cease-Fire
Israelis and Palestinians welcomed a period of quiet in Gaza and spoke hopefully of a cease-fire that would last at least a month...
New York Times - January 24, 2005
Security review follows bank raid
A major review of security is under way at the Northern Bank to ensure there can be no repeat of a £26.5m raid...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Kidney blunder doctor struck off
A doctor who removed a patient's healthy kidney by mistake is struck off for lying about being suspended...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Microsoft backs down in EU tussle
Computer giant Microsoft will not appeal against an EU order forcing it to provide a stripped-down version of its Windows operating system...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Clark's doctor denies misconduct
A doctor who gave evidence in the case of Sally Clark, wrongfully convicted of murdering her two baby sons, denies misconduct...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Climate crisis near 'in 10 years'
The time for limiting greenhouse gas emissions to prevent runaway climate change is very short, a taskforce says...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Baby daughter for Potter author
Harry Potter author JK Rowling celebrates the arrival of her third child, a girl born on Sunday...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
SA lions den murder trial begins
The trial of three South Africans accused of feeding a farm worker to lions is adjourned as one admits involvement...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Yushchenko woos sceptical Russia
Ukraine's Viktor Yushchenko pays a fence-mending visit to Russia - but his choice of PM is controversial...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
US 'terminates' Iranian website
Iran accuses the US of ordering an internet service provider to stop hosting one of its online news agencies...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
India accused of Kashmir firing
Pakistan accuses India of violating a 14-month ceasefire in Kashmir - India denies the charge...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Becks waxwork vandal discharged
A man who destroyed a nativity scene featuring waxworks of David and Victoria Beckham is conditionally discharged by a court...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Iraq captures 'top Zarqawi ally'
Iraq says it has arrested the "most lethal" ally of militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, days before the election...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Ministers plan for flu pandemic
Football matches and concerts may be banned if there is a flu pandemic, under plans being considered by ministers...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Annan addresses UN on Holocaust
The UN Secretary General opens a special session on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Cricket: SA in big trouble
Andrew Flintoff gives England a chance of victory over South Africa in the final Test...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Football: Bellamy angers Magpies
Newcastle will take disciplinary action against Craig Bellamy after he accuses Graeme Souness of lying...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Iraq 'beasting' order denied
A British major tells the court martial of three soldiers he did not order his men "to beast" Iraqi looters...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Landlady not guilty of pub blaze
A landlady accused of starting a fire at her pub in which her two sons died is cleared by a jury at the Old Bailey...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Games firms 'face tough future'
UK game firms face a testing time as they prepare for the next round of games consoles, the industry warns...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Howard's asylum plans: Your views
The Tory leader Michael Howard will outline his plans on Monday for an overhaul of the immigration system. Send us your views...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Maldives reforms 'within a year'
President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom says he believes the Maldives will be a multi-party democracy in a year...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Priest's appeal over abuse case
A Catholic bishop is asked to explain his decision to keep a priest in his parish after a sex abuse allegation...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
'More public say': parades review
Ordinary people should have a greater say in the planning of contentious marches in Scotland, a review says...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Hopes as concert brings in £1.25m
Organisers of the Millennium Stadium tsunami concert say a recording of the concert could raise even more money...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Tax rises 'to follow election'
Forecasting group the Item Club predicts a hole in UK public finances which can be plugged only by tax rises...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Lib Dems target first time mums
Working mothers would get extra maternity pay after the birth of their first child, under new Lib Dem plans...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Students get £100 bonus payment
Some 200,000 teenagers are to get £100 bonuses as part of a scheme to keep them in education...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Crisis talks after Somali killing
Somalia's exiled cabinet is discusses the security situation in Mogadishu after the assassination of the police chief...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
US TV legend Johnny Carson dies
Legendary TV star Johnny Carson dies at the age of 79, after battling the respiratory disease emphysema...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Hunt resumes after Alps avalanche
Austrian rescuers look for a missing snowboarder after at least four people died in avalanches...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Militants 'offer Israel truce'
A Palestinian official says militant groups have agreed to stop attacks on Israel, if it will halt military operations...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Man jailed over tsunami e-mails
A man who told people their loved ones had been killed on holiday is jailed for six months...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Tributes paid to TV legend Carson
Hollywood stars pay tribute to legendary US TV host Johnny Carson, who has died at the age of 79...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Sailing: MacArthur slips off pace
Ellen MacArthur slips behind record pace in her attempt to beat Francis Joyon's solo round-the-world mark of 72 days...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Large blast rocks Iraqi capital
A big explosion hits central Baghdad injuring 10 people, six days before elections are due to take place...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Wetherspoon pubs to ban smoking
Pubs group JD Wetherspoon says it is the "right time" to ban smoking in all of its pubs and bars from May 2006...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Help offer for first-time buyers
First-time buyers will be offered new help to afford a house under plans being unveiled by John Prescott...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Straw set for US talks with Rice
UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is in Washington for talks with Condoleezza Rice...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Howard unveils Tory asylum plans
Conservative leader Michael Howard explains his plans for an overhaul of Britain's 'unfair' asylum system...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Tape in Name of Leading Insurgent Declares 'All-Out War' on Iraq Elections and Democracy
An Internet audiotape posted by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi warned that insurgents plan a violent attempt to wreck the elections...
New York Times - January 24, 2005
Shiites in Iraq Say Government Will Be Secular
The decision appears to formalize the growing dominance of secular leaders among the Shiite political leadership...
New York Times - January 24, 2005
Pentagon Sends Its Spies to Join Fight on Terror
The teams work with Special Operations forces on counterterrorism missions, which had been the province of the C.I.A...
New York Times - January 24, 2005
Ukraine President Sworn In, Promising to Promote Unity
Viktor A. Yushchenko vowed to unite a poor and deeply divided Ukraine and lead it into the mainstream of Europe...
New York Times - January 24, 2005
Nations Ranked as Protectors of the Environment
Countries from Europe and South America dominated the top spots in the 2005 index of environmental sustainability...
New York Times - January 24, 2005
Germans Arrest 2 on Suspicion of Planning Suicide Blast
The police arrested two men in Mainz, Germany, on Sunday who are suspected of being members of Al Qaeda...
New York Times - January 24, 2005
'Where we'd be without hormones'
JFK would not have lived and diabetes would still be fatal if hormones had not been discovered 100 years ago...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Workload agreement 'vexes heads'
Senior school staff are most worried about changes to working arrangements, a survey says...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Holocaust memorial opens in Paris
A wall with the names of 76,000 Jews deported from France to Nazi death camps is unveiled in Paris...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Arsenal star's drink drive charge
Premiership footballer Jermaine Pennant is arrested after a Mercedes is driven into a lamppost in Buckinghamshire...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Parades report to be made public
The man reviewing contentious marches and parades in Scotland is thought to be in favour of more powers for councils...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Government 'fails on skills gap'
Government education policies are failing to remedy the shortage of skilled workers, a business chief is to say...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Law Society criticises terror law
Lawyers attack the government's anti-terror laws as nine men remain in prison without charge...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Clark doctor faces GMC hearing
A doctor who gave evidence in the Sally Clark case faces allegations of serious professional misconduct...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Drive for 200 tsunami volunteers
Development charity VSO appeals for professionals to volunteer in communities devastated by the tsunami...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Golf: Woods ends title drought
Tiger Woods fires a final-round 68 to win the Buick Invitational...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Help offer for first time buyers
First time buyers will be offered new help to afford a plan under plans being unveiled by John Prescott...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Yushchenko set for Moscow talks
Ukraine's Viktor Yushchenko goes to Moscow on his first foreign trip, a day after his inauguration...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
Cosmetic surgery surges in UK
There has been a big increase in the number of people undergoing cosmetic plastic surgery...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
US snow triggers emergencies
Several states in the north-eastern US declare emergencies because of continuing fierce blizzards...
BBC News - January 24, 2005
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