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Global News Archive for March 2005:
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Arms and security data recovered
The police uncover substantial arms and a notebook containing information about security forces...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Store out of soccer stadium plan
Clothing and homeware firm Matalan says it will not join the development around Cardiff City FC's new stadium...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
T. rex fossil has 'soft tissues'
Dinosaur experts extract samples of what appear to be soft tissues from a Tyrannosaurus rex leg fossil...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Football: Transfer deadline day
All the news from the Football League's transfer deadline day...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
UN agency set for Aceh withdrawal
The UNHCR pulls out of tsunami-hit Aceh on Friday, ahead of new restrictions on foreign agencies...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
UN attacks Lebanon Hariri inquiry
Lebanon's investigation into the killing of former Prime Minisater Rafik Hariri is heavily criticised by the UN...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Further blow for Schiavo parents
The Florida governor loses his bid to become legal guardian to a severely brain-damaged US woman...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Deserter denied Canada asylum
A former US soldier loses his fight to claim refugee status in Canada after quitting the army over the Iraq war...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Police defend royal visit arrests
Thirteen people are arrested during the Queen's visit to Wakefield for the annual Maundy service...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Tulip revolution turns ugly
The president of the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan flees the capital as looters cause chaos...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Tory deputy chair resigns
Conservative MP Howard Flight resigns as deputy chairman of the party in a row over spending cuts...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Pope to sit out Easter services
Pope John Paul II is expected to miss Easter ceremonies for the first time in his 26-year papacy, after throat surgery...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Joanne police find concealed body
Officers searching for missing Hull woman Joanne Nelson discover a concealed body in North Yorkshire woodland...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Protesters in Kyrgyzstan Seize Presidential Compound
The leader of the Central Asian country fled, a former aide said, after protesters stormed his main headquarters...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Bobby Fischer Leaves Tokyo Cell for Iceland
The American chess legend lambasted U.S. and Japanese leaders as he started a journey to self-exile in Iceland...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Glimpse of World Shatters North Koreans' Illusions
An estimated 200,000 North Koreans have crossed into China and live on the lam...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Legal threat after M74 decision
Campaigners are furious after ministers overrule a public inquiry and give the go-ahead to an extension of the M74...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Drugs found in Pontin's chalet
A police inquiry is under way after ecstasy tablets are found in a holiday camp chalet by parents arriving for a children's disco competition...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Pru shares rise as chief removed
Shares in the UK's second largest insurer, Prudential, climb after it says chief executive Jonathan Bloomer is to be replaced...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Road charging gets MPs' backing
Gridlocked roads or paying by the mile is the stark choice facing British motorists, say MPs...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
More nurses to perform surgery
More nurses and other health workers are to be given the opportunity to carry out simple surgical procedures...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Most school dinners 'underfunded'
Three out of four councils in England spend less than 50p on a primary school meal...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Sony PSP handheld console hits US
The latest handheld gaming gadget, Sony's PlayStation Portable, goes on sale in the US on Thursday...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Ali G producer to be BBC One boss
Peter Fincham, who was executive producer for programmes including Da Ali G Show, is to run BBC One...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Putin 'halts' privatisation probe
Russian President Vladimir Putin promises business chiefs there will be no more reviews of the privatisations of the 1990s...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
US presses Lebanon over election
The US calls on Lebanon to hold general elections on time in the presence of international monitors...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Balochistan talks 'breakthrough'
A Pakistani delegation sent to reduce tense in Balochistan says that a "breakthrough" has been achieved...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Asbo family banned from borough
A family of five who made neighbours "live in fear" are ordered to leave Wirral for between four and seven years...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Trust approves new hospitals plan
Plans for two new hospitals in Fermanagh and Tyrone are announced despite being disrupted for a second time...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
CSA head finally steps down
The chief executive of the Child Support Agency is to leave in May, six months after his departure was announced...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Court blocks Pinochet case
Augusto Pinochet cannot be tried over the murder of his predecessor as Chile's army chief, a court rules...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Britons head overseas for Easter
A record Easter getaway could see over 18m vehicles on the roads during the holiday weekend...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Doctor Who leak suspect sacked
The person who allegedly leaked the first episode of Doctor Who onto the internet loses their job...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Football: Sven wins break row
The FA confirms England will get a four-week break before the 2006 World Cup...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Rugby: Farrell switch agony
England coach Andy Robinson lavishes praise on Andy Farrell after he completes his move to rugby union...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Ethiopia army 'killed and raped'
The Ethiopian army has been killing, raping and torturing people in Gambella, Human Rights Watch says...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Bobby Fischer arrives in Denmark
Chess icon Bobby Fischer stops over in Denmark en route to Iceland after being freed by Japan...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Protesters oust Kyrgyz government
The opposition in the central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan says it has taken control of the capital...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Top court rejects Schiavo plea
The US Supreme Court rejects an appeal by the parents of Terri Schiavo to reinsert her feeding tube...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Straw hits back in Iraq law row
The foreign secretary defends the attorney general and his legal advice on the Iraq war amid mounting pressure...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Sharon Maneuvering Budget Through a Balky Parliament
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon seems likely to survive a vote on the national budget and press ahead with his plan to dismantle all 21 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Cash 'not just to renew schools'
Money to renew England's primary schools is also meant to cover other initiatives, officials say...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
How to sell your self for a song
A survey finds that people will give up personal details for a very small reward...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Should parents select their baby's sex?
Parents undergoing fertility treatment could be allowed to choose the sex of their baby under new proposals. What do you think? Send us your views...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
EU urged to keep China arms ban
Chinese human rights activists urge the EU not to lift its arms embargo on China which Brussels says is unfair...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Macedonian ex-minister surrenders
Ex-Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski heads for The Hague to face war crimes charges...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Naga rebel groups in fierce clash
At least seven rebels are killed in the Indian state of Nagaland in fighting between two separatist factions...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Oil prices rise following blast
Crude oil prices are rising on Thursday, following the deadly explosion at a BP refinery in Texas...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Witness protection teams planned
Plans to improve witness protection in criminal trials are considered by police and ministers...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Jungle botanist 'safe and well'
A British botanist who went missing for five days in a jungle reveals he survived by finding plants he knew were edible...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
BBC playing down biting incident
The BBC dismisses an incident where Director General Mark Thompson bit a journalist on the arm as "horseplay"...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Football: Chelsea hit back
Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon denies Uefa's charges and says it has made an "unprecedented attack"...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Cricket: Pakistan in control
Inzamam-ul-Haq makes an unbeaten 184 in his 100th Test as India struggle on the opening day in Bangalore...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Kyrgyz president's palace overrun
Protesters break into the main government office in the troubled central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Inquiry into Texas oil plant fire
US investigators seek the cause of a huge blast at an oil refinery that killed 14 people and injured more than 100...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Two Iraq abuse soldiers to appeal
Two soldiers jailed for abusing Iraqi civilians are to appeal against their convictions, the BBC learns...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Straw to face war advice critics
The foreign secretary is to answer claims the attorney general changed his mind about the Iraq war's legality...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
U.S.-Backed Iraqis Raid Camp and Report Killing 80 Insurgents
Iraqi and U.S. forces raided what appeared to be the largest guerrilla training camp to be discovered in the war...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
India Alters Law on Drug Patents
India, a major source of inexpensive AIDS drugs, passed a new law that activists fear will choke off their supply to poor countries...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Bush Cites Political Hurdles in Plan for 'Guest Workers'
President Bush sought to lower expectations that a guest-worker program would gain momentum on Capitol Hill...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Conference of Arab Leaders Yields Little of Significance
Only 13 of 22 leaders attended the Arab League summit, and the resolutions passed were of comparatively little significance...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
France Asking U.N. to Refer Darfur to International Court
The move presented the U.S. with the choice of validating a tribunal it strongly opposes or casting a politically awkward veto...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Nuclear Accord Eludes Iran and Europeans
Iran and Europe struggled without success to break an impasse on reaching a long-term agreement on nuclear, economic and security cooperation...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
'Drugs link' man's assets frozen
Nearly £5m of assets, including dozens of properties, belonging to a man with alleged links to loyalist gangs are frozen...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Ron Davies 'scandal' man jailed
A man whose meeting with Ron Davies on Clapham Common led to the MP's resignation is jailed for life...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
NHS mental health choice demanded
Mental health patients should be given more choice about their treatment, a leading think-tank says...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
School diploma 'still possible'
A single school diploma taking in GCSEs and A-levels could still happen in England, MPs say...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
France presses for Sudan trials
France calls for alleged war crimes in Sudan to be tried by the International Criminal Court in The Hague...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Kyrgyz capital sees first protest
Police break up a small rally in the Kyrgyz capital, as protests against President Akayev continue in the south...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Final phase in Afghan disarmament
A UN programme to disarm tens of thousands of militiamen in Afghanisatn reaches its final stage...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Schiavo parents turn to top court
Relatives of brain-damaged Terri Schiavo appeal to the US Supreme Court as they fight to restore her feed tube...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Jackson judge blocks 'porn pics'
The judge in Michael Jackson's trial rejects a prosecution request to mention erotic pictures found on a computer...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Fischer leaves Japan for Iceland
Chess icon Bobby Fischer flies to Iceland after being freed by Japan, avoiding extradition to his native US...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Europe and Africa warned on TB
TB has reached alarming proportions in Africa, while in Europe resistant strains are emerging, experts warn...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Parents 'could pick babies' sex'
Parents undergoing IVF could be allowed to select the sex of their baby under proposals made by a group of MPs...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
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