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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 December 2007:
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Iranian Students Will Be Released Soon, Lawyer Says
Three students who had been sentenced for two to three years for crimes including insulting the nation?s supreme leader are expected to be released this week on bail...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
Israel and Egypt Spar Over Weapons Smuggling
The accusations were traded a day before Israel?s minister of defense, Ehud Barak, is scheduled to meet President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
Letter Writer for Mumbai?s Unlettered
Cellphones made the services of the professional letter writer obsolete, but G. P. Sawant isn?t complaining...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
Turkey Says 150 Killed in Strikes on Rebel Kurds
Two Turkish airstrikes on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq hit more than 200 targets, the Turkish Army said...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
McCall melt links the Arctic eras
Fifty years of study on Alaska's McCall glacier have provided scientists with a timeline of local climatic change...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Doctors fear 'GP privatisation'
Doctors accuse the government of trying to privatise general practice over guidance on new practices...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Scores missing from Nepal bridge
A suspension bridge collapses in western Nepal, killing at least 15 people and leaving scores more missing...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Theft prompts art show rethink
Bangladesh cancels plans to send rare artefacts to a Paris exhibition after ancient Vishnu statues were stolen...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Racing: King George preview
Reigning champion Kauto Star tops the field for the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Mauritania probes 'al-Qaeda link'
Men suspected of killing French tourists in Mauritania belong to an al-Qaeda-linked group, prosecutors say...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Violent deaths of couple probed
Post mortems will be held on a man who died after driving into a tree, and a woman found murdered at his home...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
'Too few armed police' say Tories
The number of armed police have dropped despite a rise in gun crime, the Conservatives say...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Egypt 'to copyright antiquities'
Egypt's MPs are set to pass a law requiring royalties to be paid when copies are made of ancient treasures...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Afghanistan expels top officials
Two high-ranking officials from the EU and the UN - one British, the other Irish - are told to leave Afghanistan...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Castro Set to Run Again, Brother Says
Raul Castro said Monday that Communist Party leaders support his brother Fidel?s re-election to parliament...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
Ousted Thai Leader Promises Return
With his backers claiming victory in a parliamentary election, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Tuesday that he was prepared to return to Thailand...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
Doubts Engulf an American Aid Plan for Pakistan
The ambitious $750 million plan is imperiled by questions about whether the money could fall into the wrong hands...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
Turkey Says 150 Killed in Strikes on Rebel Kurds
Two Turkish airstrikes on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq hit more than 200 targets, the Turkish Army said...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
Tory MP in homeless sleep-out
The Tory housing spokesman spends Christmas Eve sleeping in a London street to highlight homelessness issues...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Youths accused of murder
Police charge two teenagers with the murder of a man who was found dead in Greater Manchester on Friday...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Rescuers hunt for Egypt survivors
Rescuers in Egypt search for survivors trapped in a block of flats that collapsed in Alexandria, killing 10...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Zimbabwe woe as banks stay shut
Zimbabwe's banks stay closed on Christmas Day despite pledges to open for people desperate for cash...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Taxi office blast woman is named
Police have named one of the two women killed in a fire and explosion at a taxi office in Lincolnshire...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Youth 'critical' after shooting
An investigation is launched after a 17-year-old boy is shot in the face on Christmas Eve...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Turk Iraq raids 'killed hundreds'
Turkish forces have killed hundreds of Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq in the past 10 days, Turkey's military says...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Iraq bombs hit US-backed militias
More than 30 people are killed and scores injured as suicide bombs target Iraqi militias opposed to al-Qaeda...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Queen urges caring for the needy
The Queen uses her Christmas speech to call on people to take care of the vulnerable...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Afghanistan expels top officials
Two high-ranking officials from the EU and the UN - one British, the other Irish - are told to leave Afghanistan...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
14 Sailors Missing in S. Korean Waters
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Fourteen sailors aboard a ship carrying toxic chemicals remained missing Tuesday after their vessel disappeared off the southern coast of South Korea, Coast Guard officials said...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
Former Thai Premier Plans Return
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Tuesday he is willing to return to Thailand and act as an adviser to allies leading the political party that won the country's first elections since his ouster in a 2006 military coup...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
At Least 20 Said Killed in Northern Iraq Bombing
A suicide bomber in a pickup truck detonated explosives outside a residential complex in Beiji, Iraq, officials said...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
Touch cube points to future toys
A British artist and engineer is developing a multi-touch cube, which he hopes can get commercial backing...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Tributes paid to Oscar Peterson
Friends and colleagues pay tributes to jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson, who has died aged 82...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Teenager 'critical' after shooting
An investigation is launched by police after a 17-year-old boy is shot in the face on Christmas Eve...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Block of flats collapses in Egypt
A block of flats collapses in Egypt's second city Alexandria killing at least five people, the authorities say...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Modi begins new term in Gujarat
Narendra Modi is sworn in as the chief minister of the western Indian state of Gujarat for a second consecutive term...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Pope calls for end to conflicts
Pope Benedict XVI appeals for just solutions to conflicts around the world in his annual Christmas message...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Football: Premier in key phase
The Premier League enters a key phase with a jam-packed Boxing Day programme...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Heathrow passenger delays ease
The backlog of passengers at Heathrow airport is almost clear with just a few dozen people still stranded...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Buddhist monks march in Cambodia
Monks from across Cambodia march in Phnom Penh in support of upcoming trials of former Khmer Rouge leaders...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Castro 'well enough for election'
Cuba's interim president, Raul Castro, says his brother Fidel is healthy enough to run for parliament in January...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Iraq bombs hit US-backed militia
At least 24 people are killed and more than 100 injured as suicide bombs target an Iraqi militia opposed to al-Qaeda...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Queen due at Christmas service
The Queen is spending Christmas Day at Sandringham and is attending a Christmas service...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Archbishop warns over environment
The Archbishop of Canterbury warns that human greed is threatening the environmental balance of the Earth...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Man Charged Under Terrorism Act
A 38-year-old man appeared in a London court, charged with preparing a terrorist attack...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: China: Two Tigers Found Dead
Two dead Bengal tiger cubs have been found in a refrigerator at a zoo in China, where the animals? body parts are prized as medicine...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: Mauritania: 4 in French Family Are Killed
Four members of a French family, including two children, were killed by gunmen during a robbery in eastern Mauritania, the police said...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
Aloisio Lorscheider, 83, Brazilian Cardinal is Dead
Cardinal Lorscheider served as president of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops, played an influential role in the two conclaves of 1978 and pressed for the election of Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Poland, who became Pope John Paul II...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Turkey: Bomb Plot Thwarted, Officials Say
The Turkish police prevented a bomb attack in Istanbul, arresting a 25-year-old man with explosives in his backpack outside a subway station, the city?s governor said...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
Union Building Is Attacked in Bolivia
Attackers threw dynamite at a trade union building here on Monday, and the government said it suspected a ?terrorist? group intent on destabilizing the impoverished country...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
Italian Cement Maker Spurns Mafia
Italcementi S.p.A., Italy?s biggest cement company, plans to suspend its Sicilian operations as a protest against extortion payments to the Mafia...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
Building Collapse in Egypt Kills at Least 3
A 12-story apartment building collapsed Monday in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, the latest in a string of such disasters in recent years...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
U.S. Doubts Kurds? Claims of New Attack by Turkey
American military officials said there was an understanding that Turkey would notify the American Embassy in Ankara before attacking Kurdish rebels. And in this case, that did not happen...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
South Korea Arrests 2 Captains in Huge Oil Spill
The captains were arrested on suspicion of negligence and violation of pollution laws. They are being detained at the marine police station in Taean County...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
Youths Again Forced to Fight in Congo, Aid Group Says
Fighting in eastern Congo this month has led to a surge in child abductions by armed groups that force children to fight, carry ammunition or become their sex slaves...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
Conserving Cuba, After the Embargo
Environmentalists think ahead to the effect of tourists and investors on a landscape of crucial habitats...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
Rosarito Journal: Surf?s Up, and So Is the Crime Rate on Baja?s Beaches
Baja California?s surfers have been rehashing a series of recent armed attacks on foreigners, many of whom had been frequenting the beaches here just south of Tijuana for years...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
Pilgrims to Bethlehem Are Heartened by Even Relative Calm
Encouraged by renewed peace talks, Christian pilgrims on Monday converged on this city, to celebrate Christmas ? a palpable contrast to the sparse crowds of recent years...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
Pope Makes Appeal on the Environment
In the traditional midnight Christmas Mass, the pope bemoaned an ?ill-treated world? in a homily given to thousands of pilgrims...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
At Christmas, Iraqi Christians Ask for Forgiveness, and for Peace
Despite the improved security across Iraq, which some parishioners cited as cause for hope, the day?s sermon focused on continuing struggles...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
Israel Won?t Prosecute for Use of Cluster Bombs in Lebanon
The announcement came as Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams met in Jerusalem for the second time since the American-sponsored peace conference in Annapolis, Md...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
A New Sensation in Iraq: Motor Scooters
Often imported from China and bearing almost familiar names like ?Yomaha? or ?Mucati Classic,? scooters have taken Baghdad by storm...
New York Times - December 25, 2007
Choreographer Michael Kidd dies
Award-winning US choreographer Michael Kidd, best known for his work on Broadway musicals, dies...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Uzbek president wins third term
Uzbekistan's president wins 88% of the vote in Sunday's election, which monitors have dismissed as a sham...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Football: Blades to sign Speed
Bolton's Gary Speed is to join Sheff Utd, BBC Radio Sheffield reports...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Tory MP in homelessness 'stunt'
The Conservative housing spokesman spends Christmas Eve sleeping in a London street to highlight homelessness...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Two youths charged with murder
Police charge two teenagers with the murder of a man in Greater Manchester on Friday...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Appeal over ex-service homeless
Ex-service personnel are being left homeless because councils do not prioritise them for housing, campaigners say...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Carols and Santa hats for troops
British soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq will be celebrating Christmas with turkey dinners and Santa hats...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Thaksin considers Thailand return
Ousted Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra says he may return home, but insists he will not return to politics...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Snow storms in US claim 22 lives
Fierce snow storms reportedly claim at least 22 lives and leave tens of thousands with no power in the central US...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
Millions celebrate Christmas Day
Masses are held in Bethlehem and Rome as Christians worldwide mark the traditional birthday of Jesus Christ...
BBC News - December 25, 2007
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