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Global News Archive for February 2006:
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Iraqi People Are at a Crossroads and Must Choose Wisely, Bush Says
President Bush said he was sure they will choose the path that leads away from hatred and bloodshed and toward a free and just society...
New York Times - February 24, 2006
As Violence Ebbs, Iraqi Leaders Seek to Contain the Crisis
With the streets largely emptied by a curfew, religious and political leaders called today for an end to the sectarian rioting...
New York Times - February 24, 2006
Iran Has Started Producing Enriched Uranium
International nuclear inspectors are expected to report next week that Iran has started producing enriched uranium on a very small scale...
New York Times - February 24, 2006
Attack on Saudi Oil Facility Thwarted
The attack was the first on Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure, and ends a yearlong lull in violence in the kingdom...
New York Times - February 24, 2006
Indonesian to buy London casino
London Clubs International is to sell its Les Ambassadeurs casino to a firm owned by one of Indonesia's richest men...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Meat firm linked to E.coli closes
A meat firm which closed but later reopened during the south Wales E.coli outbreak shuts permanently...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Philippine mudslide rescue halted
Rescuers in the Philippines abandon the search for survivors of a mudslide that left about 1,000 feared dead...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Tennis: Murray winning run ends
Andy Murray's successful run ends with defeat to Robin Soderling in Memphis...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Rock stars make peace prize list
Irish rockers Bob Geldof and Bono are among 191 nominees in the running for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Money found after Securitas raid
A quantity of money is recovered from a Transit van linked to the Securitas cash depot raid in Kent...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Tense Iraq extends daytime curfew
The Iraqi government extends until late on Saturday a curfew aimed at ending the recent sectarian violence...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
President of Philippines Declares Emergency, Citing Coup Attempt
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo banned rallies marking the fall of Ferdinand Marcos, the former dictator...
New York Times - February 24, 2006
Thai Leader, Facing Outcry, Calls for New Elections
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra asked the country's king to dissolve Parliament today, forcing a snap election...
New York Times - February 24, 2006
Days Before Bush Visit, U.S. Embassy in India Grants Key Visa
Complaints from the three scientists about their applications to visit the United States have stirred a diplomatic tempest...
New York Times - February 24, 2006
As Violence Ebbs, U.S. Envoy Warns of Danger to Iraq's Future
After two days of reprisals over the bombing of a major Shiite mosque, the streets of Iraq were quiet with a daytime curfew...
New York Times - February 24, 2006
Potter movie joins world top five
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire becomes the fifth biggest international film of all time...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
I won't scare off Tories - Hughes
Lib Dem leadership hopeful Simon Hughes says he will not scare off ex-Conservative voters...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
New ruling as Charlotte worsens
A judge rules Charlotte Wyatt 's doctors can decide not to resuscitate her if they feel it would not be in her best interests...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Spending on books dwarfed by ICT
School spending on ICT learning resources and exams is far higher than expenditure on books, figures suggest...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Go-ahead for Europe ice mission
The European Space Agency says it will re-build the lost Cryosat ice-monitoring probe...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Murderer made serial killer boast
A man who bragged about being a serial killer is found guilty of murdering three homeless women...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Six-figure sum stolen from bank
A woman and baby are held hostage during a robbery at an Ulster Bank in north Belfast...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Hitman case husband 'humiliated'
A businessman, whose wife is accused of trying to hire a hitman, tells a trial he was humiliated on the day she left him for another man...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Venezuela cuts US airline flights
Venezuela cuts flights by US airlines as relations between the two states continue to deteriorate...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
France holds human bird flu drill
France plans for a human bird flu emergency as the EU announces a public awareness campaign...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Friday prayer plea for Iraq calm
Shia and Sunni Muslim leaders use Friday prayers to call for calm in Iraq after the bombing of a Shia shrine...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Detectives appeal over abduction
Police investigating the abduction of an accountant call on those responsible to release him unharmed...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Blackberry wins stay of execution
A US judge stops short of issuing an immediate injunction against the Blackberry e-mail device...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Cricket: Reserves on stand-by
England pull Alastair Cook and James Anderson out of a game against West Indies A after an injury crisis in the team in India...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Curling: GB misses out on medal
Great Britain's men's curlers miss out on a bronze medal after losing 8-6 to USA...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
President ahead in Ugandan poll
Ugandan President Museveni has a strong lead with about a third of the results declared from Thursday's poll...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Saudis 'foil oil facility attack'
Saudi security forces foil an apparent suicide car bomb attack on a major oil facility, Saudi officials say...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
35 years jail for crossbow killer
A man who killed his landlord by shooting him repeatedly with a crossbow is sentenced to at least 35 years in jail...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Blair to apppint exclusion minister
A Cabinet minister will be put in charge of tackling social exclusion, Tony Blair tells Scottish Labour activists...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Mayor suspended over Nazi jibe
Ken Livingstone is suspended from office for four weeks for comparing a Jewish reporter to a Nazi guard...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
E-fit released of robbery suspect
A likeness is released of a man police believe was one of the armed robbers involved in the Kent £50m depot raid...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Father murdered baby over jealousy
A father who battered and burnt his son to death because he was jealous is given a life sentence...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Confusion over drug trial rights
Clinical trial patients may wrongly believe they would be compensated for accidental harm, a senior doctor warns...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
UK rapped on data retention law
The net industry has named UK's presidency of the EU as its villain of the year for backing data retention laws...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Cabinet to get exclusion minister
A Cabinet minister will be put in charge of tackling social exclusion, Tony Blair will tell Scottish Labour activists...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Family escape harm in gun attack
A couple and their two-year-old child have escaped injury in a gun attack at their home in Londonderry...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Plaid image change 'a new start'
Plaid Cymru will change its colour and logo and no longer use 'Cymru' in its title as its president says the party has been 'dragging its feet'...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Arab firm to delay US ports deal
A Dubai-based company says it will delay a deal giving it control of six US ports after objections from US lawmakers...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Milosevic medical plea rejected
The UN war crimes tribunal rejects a request from Slobodan Milosevic to get medical treatment in Russia...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Israeli troops kill two in Gaza
Israeli soldeirs shoot dead two Palestinians and wound a third in the southern Gaza Strip, near the border...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Life sentences in India riot case
An Indian court sentences nine people to life for killing 14 people during the 2002 Gujarat riots...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Football: Chelsea slam ref threats
Chelsea will punish any fans who have made death threats to referee Terje Hauge after their defeat by Barcelona...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Ugandan poll results trickle in
The first results from Uganda's landmark presidential elections are declared, with President Museveni ahead...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Thai premier 'to call snap poll'
The Thai PM dissolves parliament, paving the way for early elections, amid mounting calls for him to quit...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Care homes 'not to resuscitate'
Care homes should be able to "opt out" of resuscitating elderly patients, a group of medical experts claim...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Ruling due on shutting Blackberry
The maker of the Blackberry device is awaiting a court decision that could force it to shut down its US service...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Winter Olympics: Live Curling
Britain's men's curlers attempt to cure their semi-final heartbreak when they take on the USA in the bronze-medal match...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
UK to buy bird flu vaccine stock
The government awards multi-million pound contracts to produce a human vaccine against bird flu...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Livingstone guilty over Nazi jibe
Ken Livingstone brought his office into disrepute when he compared a Jewish reporter to a Nazi guard, a panel rules...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Father gets life for baby murder
A father who battered and burnt his son to death is given a life sentence after being convicted of murder...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Annan and Bolton Disagree on Draft for New Rights Group
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan voiced approval of a resolution on a new Human Rights Council, but John R. Bolton, the U.S. ambassador, said the proposal had too many "deficiencies."...
New York Times - February 24, 2006
Violence Strains U.S. Strategy and Imperils Pullout Plans
Following the violence in Iraq this week, the American enterprise seemed beleaguered on two fronts, political and military...
New York Times - February 24, 2006
Moscow Market Roof Collapses Under Snow, Killing 56
Authorities said snow buildup on the roof, negligence by building inspectors or a design flaw could have been factors in the collapse...
New York Times - February 24, 2006
Nigeria Counts 100 Deaths Over Danish Caricatures
The violence linked to anger over cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad has reignited old ethnic and political tensions between Nigeria's Muslims and Christians...
New York Times - February 24, 2006
Europeans Suggest Directing Aid to Abbas
The European Union is considering making direct payments to the Palestinian Authority leader as a way of supporting him while trying to maintain financial pressure on Hamas...
New York Times - February 24, 2006
More Clashes Shake Iraq; Political Talks Are in Ruins
At least 138 people have been killed in Iraq since the bombing of a Shiite shrine, including seven U.S. troops...
New York Times - February 24, 2006
Fresh theory on cause of Crohn's
A weakened immune system may be to blame for the intestinal disorder Crohn's disease, research suggests...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
UK rapped over data retention law
Britain's net industry has named UK's presidency of the EU as its villain of the year for backing data retention laws...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Myles set for Doctor Who spin-off
Welsh actress Eve Myles is to play the lead female role in Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Shot Pc vows to return to streets
A policewoman shot while on duty says she is determined to return to work in Nottingham...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Housing body raises budget fears
Glasgow Housing Association says a huge budget deficit is preventing a move to local community ownership...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Buried Philippines school found
Rescuers plan to reach a school buried by the mudslide in the Philippines, after its roof is spotted in aerial photos...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Bush hints at US port deal delay
The White House says it would accept a slight delay in implementing a deal giving an Arab firm control of six US ports...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Five convicted in India riot case
Five persons are convicted in India of killing 14 people during the 2002 Gujarat riots...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
'Many dead' in Bangladesh blaze
At least 51 people are killed in a fire at a textile mill in south-eastern Bangladesh, officials say...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Uganda opposition alleges fraud
Uganda's opposition complains of fraud as votes are counted after the country's first multi-party polls in 25 years...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Tennis: Murray set to be top Brit
Andy Murray is poised to be confirmed as the new British number one on Monday after beating Rik de Voest in Memphis...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
UN warns world on Africa drought
Rich nations must give now to stop a drought crisis in east Africa becoming a humanitarian crisis, the UN warns...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
State of emergency in Philippines
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo declares a state of emergency after the army said it had foiled a coup plot...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Hosepipe bans call in South East
Hosepipe bans are called for across the South East as the Environment Agency warns of a continuing "serious situation"...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
MI6 payout over secret LSD tests
Three ex-servicemen given LSD without their consent during 1950s experiments are given compensation...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Blair to stress challenges ahead
The prime minister is to tell Scottish Labour activists that he has no intention of leaving office early...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
Police quiz two over '£50m' raid
Detectives prepare to question a man and a woman over the multi-million pound raid at a cash depot in Kent...
BBC News - February 24, 2006
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