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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Shuttle gives space station a mile-high boost
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Congo refugees suffer shooting, rape, looting
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Italian premiers political party OKs merger plan
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Iraqi Shiites burn Bush effigy in anti-US protest
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Iraq Shiites burn Bush effigy in anti-US protest
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Blast kills 8 mourners at Pakistani funeral
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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China 19,000 victims identified from May quake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Obama keeps low profile in auto rescue talks
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Global News Archive for August 2007:
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Hamas Breaks Up Fatah Protest in Gaza
Today?s anti-Hamas demonstration was the largest since the Islamic militant group seized control of Gaza after a week of factional fighting in June...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Number of Iraqis Held by U.S. Is Swelling
The number of detainees held by the American-led military coalition in Iraq has grown by 50 percent under the troop increase ordered by President Bush, military officers say...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Ruling Paves Way for Noriega to Be Sent to France
A federal judge in Miami cleared the way for the former Panamanian leader to face money laundering charges...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Stop harking back to the past
Mike Baker questions the obsession with comparing exam results with those of yesteryear when there are other issues at stake...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Drug watchdog 'must get tougher'
The body assessing new drugs and therapies for the NHS should be rejecting more treatments, say economists...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Pensioner jailed for child rape
A pensioner is jailed for eight years after admitting raping a child, who fell pregnant to him when she was a teenager...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Georgia fires at 'Russian plane'
Georgia opens fire on an aircraft believed to be Russian after it violates its airspace, officials say...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Noriega fails to stop extradition
A US judge refuses to block the extradition of Panama's ex-leader to France, where he faces a jail term...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
UN warns of DRC refugee increase
Violent unrest in eastern DR Congo may spark a mass exodus of refugees, the United Nations warns...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Football: No Man U Berbatov bid
Manchester United deny claims they have contacted Spurs about signing striker Dimitar Berbatov...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Cricket: Indians level series
India beat England by nine runs in the second one-day international at Bristol to level the series at 1-1...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Fires kill 15 in southern Greece
At least 15 people are killed in southern Greece, on the deadliest day of wildfires this year...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Three charged over shootings
Three men are accused of violent disorder following the shooting of two men who were left in a serious condition...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Disease protection zones lifted
The protection zones put in place around two farms infected with foot-and-mouth disease are lifted...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Paxman fears for Newsnight
Jeremy Paxman wonders if Newsnight will survive budget cuts and criticises TV executives over recent scandals...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Arrests Thwart New Myanmar Protest
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's military junta moved swiftly Friday to crush the latest in a series of protests against fuel price hikes, arresting more than 10 activists in front of Yangon City Hall before they could launch any action, witnesses said...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Families Evacuating Lebanon Camp
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Relatives of Islamic fighters holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon began leaving the besieged area Friday, according to a Muslim clergyman mediating between the militants and the army...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Fatah Protest in Gaza Against Hamas Turns Violent
GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas security men opened fire after protesters hurled rocks at them in the Gaza Strip on Friday in the biggest demonstration against the Islamist group since it seized control of the territory in June...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Outward Bound, Looking In
A time-tested self-discovery course takes combat veterans into the Colorado mountains to help heal emotional scars...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
U.S. Forces Battle Iraqi Shiite Militia
At least eight Iraqis were killed in the fighting in northwest Baghdad early this morning, the military said...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Clashes Break Out in the Caucasus
Two police officers were killed today in the Chechen capital of Grozny as they pursued a rebel, who was also killed, the Chechen Interior Ministry said...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
U.S. Bomb Kills 3 British Soldiers in Afghanistan
Three British soldiers died on Thursday in an apparent friendly-fire incident involving a bomb dropped by an American plane, British officials said today...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Less is more for online marking
Online marking comes under scrutiny as one exam board advises students to write answers to length...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
India's Tata eyes UK car legends
The chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata confirms he is interested in bidding for Jaguar and Land Rover...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Jobs blow for healthcare company
More than 260 people could lose their jobs at a medical equipment firm in Ballymoney, County Antrim...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Tribute to victim of park attack
The parents of a 20-year-old woman who died after being attacked in a park speak of the "tragedy"...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Musharraf seeks 'reconciliation'
President Musharraf says he wants reconciliation after his bitterest rival is allowed to return to Pakistan...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Turkish vote again inconclusive
Turkey's Abdullah Gul wins the latest presidential poll - but not by enough votes to prevent a third round...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Truce as women flee Lebanon camp
The families of Islamist militants are evacuated from a refugee camp besieged by Lebanese troops...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Bank holiday rush gets under way
Traffic starts to build on roads which are expected to be as busy as last summer's bank holiday, with 18 million drivers setting out...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Olympics: Dope cheats to get ban
International Olympic Association president Jacques Rogge says any athlete caught doping will be barred from the next Olympics...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Woman dies following gang attack
A 20-year-old woman who was attacked in a park in Lancashire dies in hospital...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Madeleine 'may never be found'
A Portuguese detective brings an official voice to conflicting reports over the hunt for Madeleine McCann...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Motorist admits driving at 172mph
A motorist admits driving at 172mph, in what is thought to be the UK's fastest recorded speeding offence...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Woman carer dies after stabbing
A man is arrested after a carer who was stabbed at the nursing home where she worked dies...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Teenager arrested over Rhys death
A 16-year-old boy is arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of 11-year-old Rhys Jones...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Bomb Wounds 2 Police in Spain?s Basque Region
MADRID (Reuters) - Two Spanish police were slightly wounded by a bomb in the Basque region early on Friday in what police called the first bombing by ETA separatist guerrillas since they ended a ceasefire in June...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Report Offers Grim View of Iraqi Leaders
A stark U.S. intelligence assessment gives a dim prognosis on the likelihood that Iraqi politicians can heal deep sectarian rifts before next spring...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
More Iraqis Are Said to Flee Since Troop Increase
Sectarian violence and new fighting brought by U.S.-led operations are accelerating the partition of the country into sectarian enclaves...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Hasselhoff awarded libel damages
Actor David Hasselhoff wins libel damages from OK! magazine for alleging he was drunk and abusive...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Millions hit by Monster site hack
Job portal Monster.com has released details of how cyber thieves stole confidential information...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Public can stop gangs - Cameron
The public must take more responsibility for defeating gang culture, Tory leader David Cameron says...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Johnson backs maternity closures
Plans to close maternity units at four Greater Manchester hospitals are backed by the health secretary...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Tourist stabbing inquest opened
An inquest is opened after a man is charged with stabbing a Cardiff fitness instructor on holiday in the US...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Northern Rock ups sub-prime rates
Northern Rock is to lift the rates on its range of fixed-term mortgages to borrowers with patchy credit histories...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
'No burials' at skull shock site
A councillor says it was never suspected that anyone was buried where a human skull has been found...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Student 'wanted to be a bomber'
A court hears claims that a student accused of terrorism wanted to be a suicide bomber...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Bangladesh moves to quell unrest
The Bangladeshi authorities detain four senior academics as a curfew is relaxed after student riots...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Legionella discovered at prison
Part of a prison in Kent is evacuated after evidence of Legionella bacteria is detected in the water system...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
US forces battle Baghdad militia
At least 10 people are killed in fighting in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, between US forces and suspected Shia militants...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Turkey votes again on president
Turkey's Abdullah Gul is again expected to win the latest presidential vote - but not by enough votes...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Tennis: Murray praises Henman
British number one Andy Murray leads the tributes after predecessor Tim Henman's announcement that he will retire next month...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Football: Beckham travel fears
LA Galaxy will consider pulling David Beckham from some England friendlies if he is unable to keep up his punishing schedule...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
M5 shut after police car shot at
Shots are fired at a police car from a BMW which then sped off southbound along the M5 in Gloucestershire...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Hull floods 'swamped drains'
Hull's drainage system was overwhelmed when severe flooding affected the area in June, a key report says...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Celebrity Big Brother 2008 axed
Next year's series of Celebrity Big Brother is being scrapped in the wake of the show's race controversy...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
'Friendly fire' kills UK soldiers
Three British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan by suspected friendly fire, the Ministry of Defence has said...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: The Hague: Prosecutor?s New Post
The chief prosecutor at the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Carla Del Ponte, has been appointed ambassador to Argentina by her native Switzerland...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
World Briefing | The Americas: Mexico: Weakened Storm Kills 8
Hurricane Dean, weakened to a tropical depression, is no more, but its remnants continued to hit Mexico...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Meat Exports to Resume
British farmers will be able to export meat and live animals beginning tomorrow...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: China: ?No Hope? for 181 Miners
There is ?no hope? of finding survivors from a flood in a Shandong Province coal mine that trapped 181 miners underground a week ago, a provincial official said...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Afghanistan: German Hostage in TV Plea
A private Afghan television station broadcast a video of a kidnapped German aid worker in which he warns that his health is deteriorating...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Progress in Journalist?s Killing
The chief of the federal prosecution service?s investigations committee said that the killing of Anna Politkovskaya, the journalist who was fatally shot in Moscow last year, might soon be solved...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
World Briefing | Middle East: Israel: Party Seeks to Ban Cremation
Leaders of Shas, the ultra-Orthodox party, proposed legislation to outlaw cremation, a day after the country?s only crematory was heavily damaged in a suspected arson fire...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Bombers Grounded After Crash
The air force grounded its fleet of hundreds of Su-24 attack planes after one of the jets crashed during a training flight in Russia?s Far East...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Woman Sets Ex-Husband on Fire
A Moscow woman set fire to her ex-husband?s penis as he sat naked watching television and drinking vodka...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: China: Bishop Arrested
Bishop Jia Zhiguo, the underground Roman Catholic bishop of the Zheng Ding Diocese in Hebei Province, was arrested...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
U.S. Pilots Reject Return to Brazil
Two American pilots facing criminal charges after their executive jet collided with a commercial airliner last year are willing to testify but will not return to Brazil to do so...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Portrait of President, Craving Power, Enthralls France
A book about Nicolas Sarkozy?s pursuit of the presidency, told through the eyes of France?s most celebrated playwright, is caught up in a media frenzy...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Inquiry Urges End to Charges Against Marine
A military investigator has recommended dismissing all charges against a Marine Corps infantryman accused of killing Iraqi civilians in Haditha in late 2005...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
25 Inmates Killed in Brazil Jail Fire
Rioting inmates rounded up rivals in a Brazilian jail cell and set it on fire on Thursday, killing 25 prisoners in the latest episode of gang violence in Brazil?s lockups...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Papunya Journal: Far-Reaching Policy for Aborigines Draws Their Fury
In addressing social problems amongst Aboriginal people, critics say the conservative government of John Howard has adopted a paternalistic tone not seen for decades...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Aid Groups Urge U.S. to Revise Plan to Screen Their Workers
A Bush administration proposal to screen foreign aid workers and recipients for possible ties to terrorists has drawn criticism from private and religious aid groups...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Myanmar Junta Forces Pro-Democracy Marchers to Stop
Plainclothes officers and some civilian supporters of Myanmar?s military government broke up a peaceful march for a second straight day on Thursday...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
3 Attacks in Tense Caucasus Kill 2 Policemen and Soldier
The attacks underscored the degree to which the insurgency, weakened since 2004, has managed to survive and conduct operations...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Sorrowful Tale at Trial of Hussein Aides Linked to 1991 Crackdown
On the third day of the trial of Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as Chemical Ali, testimony revealed that two brothers were thrown to their deaths from a helicopter...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Japanese Leader Hails Indians Who Backed Tokyo in ?40s
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan expressed admiration on Thursday for two Indians who voiced support for Japan in the World War II era...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
More Iraqis Said to Flee Since Troop Rise
As Iraqis flee their homes, the partition of the country into sectarian enclaves is accelerating...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Report Raises Strong Doubt About Iraqi Government
A stark assessment released Thursday gives a dim prognosis on the likelihood that Iraqi politicians can heal deep sectarian rifts before next spring...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Pakistan Court Lets Exile Back to Run Again
The ruling by Pakistan?s Supreme Court on Nawaz Sharif, a former prime minister, is a direct challenge to the president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Another rise in top GCSE grades
Almost one in five GCSEs has been awarded the top grades of A* or A, although the overall pass rate fell slightly...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Salmond marks 100 days in office
The SNP marks its first 100 days in power by issuing a 20-page report card on its progress so far...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Farm disease zones to be lifted
Protection zones in place at two farms infected with foot-and-mouth are to be lifted, the government says...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Israelis deny killing Hamas man
Israel says it was not responsible for the death of a Palestinian militant in a reported strike on Gaza...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Bangladesh bids to quell clashes
The Bangladeshi authorities arrest two senior academics in Dhaka after disturbances on campuses across the country...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Seoul increases N Korea flood aid
South Korea promises almost $40m more aid to North Korea to help it recover from devastating floods...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Khartoum 'defying Darfur embargo'
Sudan's government is accused of deploying weapons to Darfur in defiance of a UN arms embargo...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Cuban leader Castro 'very well'
President Fidel Castro is doing well and determined to fully recover his health, a top Cuban official says...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Assaults on rail staff 'increase'
A rising number of railway staff are being assaulted as they go about their jobs, crime figures show...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Judge calls halt to bank charges
A judge stops Barclays taking any more penalty charges from a customer who sued for their return...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Child removal complaints soaring
The number of parents claiming their children have been removed wrongly are at record levels, the BBC learns...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
NHS chief pay-outs 'exceed £80m'
The NHS has paid out over £80m in redundancy costs, closing down strategic health authorities, the BBC learns...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Rhys police hunt teenage killer
Police release more details about the killer of an 11-year-old boy shot dead in Liverpool...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
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