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Global News Archive for February 2007:
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Venezuela Spending on Arms Soars to World?s Top Ranks
Venezuelan officials say the arms acquisitions are needed to circumvent a ban on sales of American weapons to the country and to counter potential military aggression from the United States...
New York Times - February 24, 2007
Post-Putin
Who will be ruling Russia next year? And what of the democracy that will decide that?...
New York Times - February 24, 2007
Rule by Law: Rivals on Legal Tightrope Seek to Widen Freedoms in China
Two prominent Chinese advocates of expanding the rule of law are at odds over whether to work for change within the system, or seek an end to Communist rule...
New York Times - February 24, 2007
Two Lives Entwined by War Enter a Long, Arduous Chapter Called Recovery
Petty Officer Third Class Dustin E. Kirby and Marine Lance Cpl. Colin Smith were thrown together on a battlefield in Iraq's Anbar Province...
New York Times - February 24, 2007
Iraq Rebel Cleric Reins In Militia; Motives at Issue
Moktada al-Sadr, the founder of the Mahdi Army, seems to be cooperating with the latest effort to pacify Baghdad, but why he is doing so remains unclear...
New York Times - February 24, 2007
Truck Bomb Kills 36 at Iraqi Mosque
The blast in a Sunni area was unusual because such bombings are normally directed at Iraqi police or Shiite areas...
New York Times - February 24, 2007
Spanish protest over Eta prisoner
Thousands protest in Madrid at the decision to cut the jail term of a Basque separatist jailed for 25 killings...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Rugby: Wales see lead slip
France march confidently towards a Six Nations Grand Slam by coming from behind to win a thriller in Paris...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Hammond in Woman's Hour bid
Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond is competing for a role on Radio 4's Woman's Hour for Comic Relief...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Rampant Irish crush England
Ireland get their Six Nations campaign back on track by demolishing England in their historic first encounter at Croke Park...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Deaths blast Iraq PM's hopes
At least 42 people are killed in a blast near a mosque, as Iraq's PM hails a reduction in sectarian killings...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Kelly death not suicide, says MP
MP Norman Baker tells a BBC Two documentary he believes the weapons scientist was killed by others...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Call for Olympic spending checks
Opposition politicians call for tighter control on spending for the 2012 Olympics after the BBC revealed spiralling costs...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Le Pen launching election plans
France's Jean-Marie Le Pen is to unveil his presidential platform as the far-right National Front gathers in Lille...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Checks on 700 sets of rail points
Hundreds of sets of points are to be checked after the Cumbria rail crash, Network Rail says...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
5 Palestinians Die in Gaza Feud
Though clashes in the town of Khan Younis were being portrayed in the Palestinian news media as a feud between families, they also took on a factional hue...
New York Times - February 24, 2007
Prodi Gets a Second Chance to Lead Italy
Allies and enemies worried that the premier?s coalition would remain divided and vulnerable to another collapse...
New York Times - February 24, 2007
Spears suicide watch claim denied
Britney Spears' manager denies claims that the pop star is on suicide watch while in a rehabilitation centre...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Morgan's 'Tory nightmare' warning
Rhodri Morgan says a Conservative-led alliance could run Wales if Labour voters stay at home for the assembly elections...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Double murder pair granted appeal
Two brothers jailed for the brutal murders of a Cornish couple are granted an appeal against their conviction...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Train victim's family distraught
The granddaughter of the woman who died after a rail crash in Cumbria said her family was "devastated"...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Four killed in new Gaza clashes
At least four Palestinians die in the Gaza Strip in fresh clashes between rival Hamas and Fatah factions...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
SA offers Mozambique assistance
South Africa is to help Mozambique cope with the aftermath of a cyclone which hit the country on Thursday...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Aid arrives in flood-hit Bolivia
International aid starts to arrive in flooded Bolivia, which the UN says is suffering its worst ever disaster...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Rugby: Italy stun Scotland
A suicidal first seven minutes from Scotland helps Italy to their first ever away win in the Six Nations...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Football: Charlton 4-0 West Ham
Charlton lift their survival hopes and leave West Ham deep in trouble with a crushing win at The Valley...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Peace demos held in two cities
Protesters in London and Glasgow urge the return of troops from Iraq and the rejection of a replacement for Trident...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Live - Ireland 23-3 England
Ireland take on England at Croke Park in a crucial Six Nations match...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Deaths as Maliki hails crackdown
At least 35 people are reported killed in a blast near a mosque, as Iraq's PM hails a reduction in sectarian killings...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Gun gesture youth on drug charge
A teenager seen making a gun gesture towards David Cameron is charged with possession of cannabis...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Mobile talk moves to Web 2.0
BBC Click reports on the internet phase, Web 2.0, which is reaching mobile handsets...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Morgan warns Labour about apathy
Rhodri Morgan will stress the difference between his government and Tony Blair's ahead of the assembly elections...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Teenager injured in knife attack
A teenager suffers serious injuries after he is attacked in west Belfast in the early hours of Saturday...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Protesters make Bin the Bomb plea
Thousands of people are expected to march through Glasgow in opposition to the Trident nuclear deterrent...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Mass funeral for India train dead
Twenty-three people killed in India's train bombing last Sunday have been buried without being identified...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
MoD names dead Marine
A Royal Marine who died from injuries sustained in a road accident remained 'selfless to the end', the MoD says...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
EU probes Royal Mail funds
Royal Mail faces an EU probe into whether funding received was illegal under laws governing state aid...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Iraq Shias protest against arrest
Thousands of Iraqi Shias protest about the detention of the son of a powerful Shia politician by US forces...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Wilkinson passed fit for England
Jonny Wilkinson is in England's starting line-up for their Six Nations match against Ireland in Dublin...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Anti-war protests in two cities
Protesters in London and Glasgow are to urge the return of all troops from Iraq and an end to the Trident nuclear missile system...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Le Pen to unveil electoral plans
Jean-Marie Le Pen is to unveil his presidential platform as the far-right leader trails in the opinion polls...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Blears launches deputy leader bid
Labour chairman Hazel Blears has joined the contest to succeed John Prescott as the party's deputy leader...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Three killed in new Gaza clashes
At least three Palestinians die in the Gaza Strip in fresh clashes between rival Hamas and Fatah factions...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Crash inquiry to focus on points
The inquiry into the Cumbria rail crash in which one person died will focus on a set of points, investigators say...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Italian PM asked to resume duties
Italy's PM Romano Prodi, who resigned last week after losing a key vote, is asked by the president to stay in office...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
U.S. in Talks With Britain on Installing Missile Defense System
Britain and the United States are discussing the possibility of stationing an American antiballistic missile defense system on British soil...
New York Times - February 24, 2007
French Join U.S. Résistance Over London Traffic Charge
Diplomats from several countries are refusing to pay the congestion charge, calling it a tax from which they should be exempt...
New York Times - February 24, 2007
U.S. Seizes Son of a Top Shiite, Stirring Uproar
The detention of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim's eldest son agitated one of Iraq?s most formidable political movements...
New York Times - February 24, 2007
Congressional Democrats Wrestle Over How to Force Bush to Alter Iraq Policy
Democrats seem headed for a confrontation among themselves as they try to map out a strategy that will appease the left without alienating moderates...
New York Times - February 24, 2007
Blast That Killed U.S. Diplomat Tied to Qaeda
Pakistan presented evidence that the bombing last March was masterminded by an operative of Al Qaeda...
New York Times - February 24, 2007
Canadian Court Limits Detention in Terror Cases
The decision reflected striking differences from the current legal climate in the United States...
New York Times - February 24, 2007
Was Muslim guidance reasonable?
BBC education correspondent Mike Baker considers the Muslim Council of Britain's advice for schools...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Job burn-out 'ups diabetes risk'
People who suffer from job burn-out may be prone to developing type 2 diabetes, research suggests...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Actress calls for worker rights
Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson calls on Tesco to ensure its fruit suppliers abroad follow working laws...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Explosion kills two in Pakistan
Police in Pakistan's Punjab province say two men died when a bomb they were carrying went off accidentally...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Colombia head 'ready for talks'
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe says he is willing to reopen "direct contact" with left-wing Farc rebels...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Italy awaits leadership decision
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is due to announce how he plans to resolve the country's political crisis...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
US vice-president pledge on Hicks
The US is working to speed up the judicial process for Australia's sole Guantanamo detainee, Dick Cheney says...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Pledge to seek cluster bomb ban
Forty-six nations agree to work towards a treaty banning cluster bombs, but the US rejects any ban...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Smoking alters brain 'like drugs'
Smoking cigarettes causes the same changes to the brain as using drugs like cocaine, a study suggests...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
More homes 'face inheritance tax'
More than 2m homes are now worth more than the level at which inheritance tax is levied, a report says...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
Iraq mothers camp outside No 10
The mothers of soldiers killed in Iraq set up camp outside No 10 to call for UK troop withdrawals...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
One dead in Cumbria train crash
One passenger is killed and dozens more are injured, some seriously, as a train derails in Cumbria...
BBC News - February 24, 2007
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