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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Shuttle gives space station a mile-high boost
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Laura Bush visits Peruvian hospital
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Blast kills 8 mourners at Pakistani funeral
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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China 19,000 victims identified from May quake
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Obama keeps low profile in auto rescue talks
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Tobey Maguire, Jennifer Meyer expecting baby No. 2
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Spears makes unexpected appearance in court
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Kanye Wests new album to debut on MySpace Music
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Global News Archive for August 2004:
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Outside Panel Faults Leaders of Pentagon for Prisoner Abuse
The photographs were unauthorized, the report said, but other abuses were widespread and indirect responsibility goes up the chain...
New York Times - August 24, 2004
Swimmer hopes medal will inspire
Olympic bronze winner David Davies hopes his success will encourage others in Wales to take the sporting plunge...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Kanye West dominates Mobos list
Singer and producer Kayne West is nominated for seven awards at this year's Music of Black Origin (Mobo) Awards...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Do we over hype our sport stars?
Kelly Holmes plans to pretend she never won gold when she is at the start line for the 1500m. Do we put too much pressure on our sport stars?...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Abu Ghraib report attacks 'chaos'
A US commission looking into the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal in Iraq says "there was chaos" at the jail...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Murdered woman's items found
Items belonging to a French teenager, murdered as she walked across a park, are found in the Thames...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Holmes on course for double
Britain's Kelly Holmes stays on track for a medal double as she qualifies for the 1500m semi-finals...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Paraguay knock out Iraq
Paraguay bring Iraq's fairytale Olympic football run to an end with a 3-1 semi-final win...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
New Czech PM wins confidence vote
The new Czech government of Stanislav Gross passes its first major test - just winning a vote of confidence...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
UK tourists recover from stampede
Eleven Britons are recovering in Norwegian hospitals after they were injured in a horse stampede...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
American Forces Press Into the Inner Ring of Najaf's Old City
The insurgents loyal to Moktada al-Sadr were overwhelmed by U.S. tanks, attack helicopters and AC-130 gunships...
New York Times - August 24, 2004
Straw demands action in Darfur
The UK foreign secretary touring a refugee camp urges Sudan to do more to make the Darfur region safe...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
British Gas puts up energy prices
British Gas is increasing the cost of gas by 12.4% and electricity by 9.4% from 20 September, it announces...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Guantanamo hearings open
The first of four detainees of Guantanamo Bay in Cuba appears before a military trial on war crimes charges...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Abu Ghraib report set for release
A US government commission looking into the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal in Iraq is set to publish its findings...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
US forces 'tighten Najaf noose'
US tanks and Iraqi soldiers are said to be moving into position closer to the Imam Ali shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
BA boss says sorry for 'misery'
British Airways apologises to passengers after a further 31 flights were cancelled because of staff shortages...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
New leads in park murder inquiry
Detectives hunting the killer of a French student on a green in London say they have some new 'key information'...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Vanessa Mae stalker walks free
A man who stalked violinist Vanessa Mae walks free from court, despite being jailed for breaking a restraining order...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Football: Rooney £30m tag
Newcastle boss Sir Bobby Robson insists his pursuit of Wayne Rooney is "not over"...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Africa 'faces new polio threat'
Africa could be on the verge of a major polio outbreak, the World Health Organization warns...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
US tops league of e-mail spammers
The US is responsible for most of the spam e-mails that fill up computer inboxes, says a report...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Consider Geneva pact, Israel told
Israel should consider applying the Geneva Convention to the West Bank and Gaza, the justice ministry says...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Rebels to lift Kathmandu blockade
Maoist rebels in Nepal say they are suspending a week-old blockade of the capital, Kathmandu...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Jobs lost as brewery closes
A west Belfast brewery is to close with the loss of 85 jobs, marking an end to 107 years of brewing on the site...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
New blood tests in Renee mystery
Police investigating the Renee MacRae mystery conduct new tests on blood found in the boot of her burnt-out car 28 years ago...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Lift-off for private plane strip
Despite neighbours' objections, a businessman is told he can fly his plane from his farm 200 days a year...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Price cut fuels broadband battle
Internet service provider Wanadoo has launched the latest salvo in the broadband price wars in the UK...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Primary school results improve
Test results for English primary school pupils improve in English and maths, but fall in science...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Beagle team probes loss
The UK-led Beagle 2 team maintains its Mars lander was probably lost because of unexpected atmospheric conditions during entry...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Holmes hunts golden double
Newly-crowned Olympic 800m champion Kelly Holmes sets her sights on a historic Olympic double...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Live: Olympics day 11 action
Britain's Darren Campbell struggles in 200m qualifying, while Dean Macey lies fourth in the decathlon...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Football: Rooney bid may rise
Newcastle may increase their Wayne Rooney offer after Everton rejected a £20m bid...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
SLeone 'child-smuggler' arrests
Three people are charged with smuggling 29 children to the United States for adoption, say police in Sierra Leone...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Militant cleared of Bali bombings
Indonesian militant Idris is jailed for a bombing in Jakarta, but cleared of the Bali attacks because of a new law...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Bush praises Kerry's war record
US President George W Bush hails John Kerry's military record and calls for a halt to unofficial negative advertising...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Tough test for new Czech leader
The new Czech Prime Minister, Stanislav Gross, faces a knife-edge confidence vote in parliament...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Bangladesh paralysed by stoppage
Bangladesh is brought to a standstill by a strike called in protest at a bloody attack on an opposition rally...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Couple's 'lucky' blaze escape
A couple narrowly escape injury after a fire in a block of flats in north Belfast, the Fire Service says...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Whisky distiller goes on market
The company that makes the UK's best-selling malt whisky is being put up for sale by its family owners...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Yorath given community service
Former Leeds United and Wales footballer Terry Yorath avoids a jail sentence for knocking over a pedestrian while over the drink-drive limit...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Persimmon shrugs off house fears
UK housebuilder Persimmon reports a 47% jump in first-half profits and says it is well placed to ride out any property market slowdown...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
UKIP donations soar for election
Donations to the UK Independence Party rose five-fold rise in the run-up to the European elections...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
GCSE grades improve slightly
NI students receive the first batch of GCSE grades which show a slight improvement from last year...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
'Marathon' mouse keeps on running
A "marathon" mouse which can run twice as far as a normal mouse has been bred by a US-South Korean team of scientists...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
UK gamers aim to take Korea
Members of the leading British Four-Kings clan are moving to Korea to live the life of pro gamers...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Jackson evidence to be discounted
The judge in Michael Jackson's child abuse case intends to prevent 70 items being used in evidence...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Should patients pay for missed appointments?
A survey has found that the majority of doctors are in favour of fining non-attending patients. Would you pay for a missed GP appointment?...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Asylum applications 'down by 13%'
Asylum applications dropped by 13% in the second quarter of the year, according to new Home Office figures...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Straw visits Darfur refugee camp
The UK foreign secretary is in Sudan's Darfur region, where a million have fled attacks by pro-government militias...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
US forces 'tighten Najaf noose'
US tanks and Iraqi soldiers are said to be moving into position closer to the Imam Ali shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Iraqi ministers escape attacks
Blasts hit two Iraqi ministerial convoys as they travel through Baghdad, killing at least five bodyguards...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Israel Adds to Plans for More Housing Units in Settlements
Israel plans to rezone land within existing settlements to allow for the construction of another 533 housing units...
New York Times - August 24, 2004
Defense Leaders Faulted by Panel in Prison Abuse
Leadership failures at the highest levels contributed to an environment in which detainees were abused, a panel concluded...
New York Times - August 24, 2004
Overwhelming Militiamen, Troops Push Closer to Shrine
U.S. forces attacked rebels loyal to Moktada al-Sadr and pressed into the inner ring of Najaf's Old City for the first time...
New York Times - August 24, 2004
Pakistan Vows to Stop Taliban; Westerners Just Scoff
Gen. Pervez Musharraf promised that Pakistan would not allow Islamic militants to disrupt the Afghan election...
New York Times - August 24, 2004
Fall in asylum figures expected
Figures to be released by the Home Office show the number of asylum claims is still falling...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Young smokers' heart attack risk
People under 40 are five times more likely to have a heart attack if they smoke, a study shows...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
'Marathon mouse' doubles stamina
Scientists find genetically-modified mice can run twice as far, in a development that could help human stamina...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Macey surges into fourth
Britain's Dean Macey lies in fourth place after five events of the decathlon...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Taiwan braced for Typhoon Aere
The tropical typhoon Aere approaches Taiwan's capital, Taipei, with four fishermen already reported dead...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Rights groups 'get Darfur access'
Sudan will allow human rights groups to visit refugee camps in Darfur, UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Millions missing GP appointments
Almost nine million people miss GP appointments each year, according to a survey of UK surgeries...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Railway crime rates 'on the rise'
Violent crime and vandalism have risen sharply on the railways, a report by transport police says...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Flights cancelled by BA shortage
Hundreds of British Airways passengers face delays at Heathrow due to a lack of staff and technical problems...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Britons recover from stampede
Six Britons are recovering in Norwegian hospitals after they were injured in a horse stampede...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Guantanamo hearings to begin
Military court proceedings for terror suspects are due to start at the US base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
Bush hails Kerry's military past
US President George W Bush praises John Kerry's military record and calls for a halt to unofficial negative advertising...
BBC News - August 24, 2004
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