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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 May 2007:
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Essay: Seeking Signs of Literary Life in Iran
Forget reading ?Lolita? in Iran. In the officially vetted edition of ?Madame Bovary,? even adultery is off limits...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Algeria?s Women Quietly Advance in Careers and Society
In a tradition-bound nation, women are emerging as an economic and political force unheard of in the rest of the Arab world...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Why admission by lottery seems unfair
MIke Baker discusses the rights and wrongs of school admission by lottery...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Morgan makes promise to 'listen'
Returning first minister Rhodri Morgan admits leading a minority Welsh assembly government 'won't be easy'...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Bank apology for charges letter
The Alliance & Leicester bank has apologised for a letter sent to customers reclaiming overdraft charges...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Swarm of bees grounds aircraft
Holidaymakers are forced to return to Bournemouth Airport after their plane flies into a swarm of bees...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Pakistan rape victim quits in row
Pakistani gang rape victim Mukhtar Mai resigns as head of a women's crisis centre before she is replaced against her will...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Colombia 'to release' Farc rebels
Colombia's government will release a group of jailed left-wing guerrillas, says President Alvaro Uribe...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
EU marks Missing Children's Day
Parents of children who have disappeared, including those of Madeleine McCann, are marking International Missing Children's Day...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Golf: Rose, Cabrera share lead
Angel Cabrera joins Justin Rose at the top of the leaderboard at the PGA Championship at Wentworth...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Spurs complete Bale transfer
Tottenham sign Southampton defender Gareth Bale for a transfer fee of up to £10m...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Cricket: Vaughan joy at century
Michael Vaughan believes he was destined to return with a century against West Indies at Headingley...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Sadr calls for Sunni co-operation
Radical Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr pledges to work with Sunni groups against the US-led occupation...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Four test positive for bird flu
Four people test positive for a mild strain of bird flu which was first found at a north Wales smallholding...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
US fears grow over China military
The US voices concern over China's growing military might and calls for greater transparency...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Widow guilty of murdering earl
The widow of the Earl of Shaftesbury and her brother are jailed for 25 years for the aristocrat's murder...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Ahern moves ahead in Irish polls
Bertie Ahern looks set for a third term as taoiseach, as election counting continues in the Irish Republic...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Madeleine police seek suspect man
Police hunting for Madeleine McCann describe a man seen near her apartment on the night she disappeared...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Israeli Strike Hits Near Palestinian Leader?s Home
Israel called the strike today near the home of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya of Hamas a mistake...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Shiite Cleric Appears in Iraq After Stay in Iran
After a four-month sojourn, Moktada al- Sadr today delivered a sermon calling for U.S. forces to leave Iraq...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Tarrant cautioned over curry row
TV presenter Chris Tarrant is given an official police caution for common assault following an incident in a restaurant...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Wi-fi and RFID used for tracking
Wireless tracking systems could be used to protect people and assets, backers of the technology say...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Sport-based class results 'mixed'
Children on the Playing for Success sports venue learning scheme show mixed long-term results, a study says...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
215 jobs under threat at factory
An electrical equipment factory in the south Wales valleys could close with the loss of 215 jobs...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
UK database theft hurts customers
A database of internet service provider Bulldog was used to defraud many customers, the BBC learns...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Priest 'aided child sex crime'
A Fermanagh priest is convicted of facilitating a child sex offence after giving cash to a paedophile...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Musharraf 'seeks Karachi peace'
President Musharraf praises peace efforts in Karachi, two weeks after 41 people died in ethnic violence...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Boy charged with killing teenager
A 15-year-old boy is charged with the murder of Sam Brown, who was stabbed to death in Blackpool...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
US military aid lands in Beirut
Several transport planes carrying US military aid for the Lebanese army arrive in Beirut...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Turkey president vetoes vote plan
Turkey's president vetoes a constitutional change which would have let the public elect the head of state...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Football: Glazers deny Man U sale
A spokesman for the Glazer family denies reports that they are considering selling Manchester United...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Thousands march for SA pay rise
Tens of thousands of South African public sector workers take to the streets to demand pay rises...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Morgan is Welsh first minister
Nominated first minister Rhodri Morgan admits leading a minority Welsh assembly government 'won't be easy'...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Ukraine leaders spar over troops
Ukraine's PM denounces a bid by the president to seize control of 40,000 troops, in a deepening crisis...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
'Hero' shot in security van raid
A man shot by armed robbers in Essex had been trying to stop a security guard from being attacked, police believe...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Burma extends Suu Kyi detention
Burma's military junta extends the house arrest of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi by one year...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Race hate cleric Faisal deported
Race hate preacher Abdullah al-Faisal has been deported from Britain, the home secretary says...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
'Nightmare' of Madeleine parents
The parents of Madeleine McCann say they feel guilt about not being with her when she was abducted...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Stars out for Ocean's 13 debut
George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon attend the world premiere of Ocean's Thirteen in Cannes...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Phone firm 'pressures patients'
A firm providing phone and TV services to hospital patients has been accused of pressurising vulnerable people...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Hodge attacked for 'BNP language'
Education Secretary Alan Johnson accuses Margaret Hodge of using 'the language of the BNP' on housing...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Man admits grandmother's murder
A man admits killing a Glasgow grandmother whose body was found four years after she went missing...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Results due from bird flu tests
Tests are expected back on a couple at a smallholding where a mild form of bird flu has been confirmed...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Passer-by shot during armed raid
A bystander is seriously injured in hospital after being shot during a robbery on a security van in Essex...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
'Safety failures' closed airport
A "systematic failure of safety management" was the reason the Civil Aviation Authority closed City of Derry airport...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
US military aid 'lands in Beirut'
Two military transport planes said to be carrying US military aid for the Lebanese army reportedly arrive in Beirut...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Indian soldier sentenced to death
An Indian soldier is sentenced to death for killing his superior in Indian-administered Kashmir last year...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Thai king warns over court ruling
Thailand's revered king voices concern over a court ruling on whether the two main parties should be disbanded...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Ukraine leader takes over troops
Ukraine's president claims command of 40,000 interior ministry troops, as a political crisis deepens...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Football: Beckham speculation
England coach Steve McClaren refuses to play down growing speculation David Beckham will win an international recall...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Pakistan dismisses DR Congo claim
Pakistan dismisses allegations that its troops sold weapons in DR Congo while serving as UN peacekeepers...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
US 'sex addict' sues over firing
An American man is suing IBM for wrongful dismissal after he was fired for visiting adult internet chat rooms at work...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Live - England v West Indies
Andrew Strauss departs for 15 as England bat first against West Indies...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Archbishop pledges abuse review
The Archbishop of Canterbury says the Church of England will launch a review into recent cases of child abuse...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Morgan set for Wales top job
Labour's Rhodri Morgan is likely to be re-elected as first minister heading a minority Welsh Assembly Government...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Irish PM's party 'leading vote'
The coalition led by Irish PM Bertie Ahern is ahead in the general election, exit polls indicate...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Manchester's congestion fee plans
Transport officials meet in Manchester to unveil proposals for the city's congestion charge...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
North Korea test-fires missiles
North Korea test-fires several missiles towards the Sea of Japan, apparently as part of a military exercise...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Australian Big Brother under fire
Australia's Big Brother is criticised for deciding not to tell a contestant that her father had died...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Iraqi cleric back in public eye
Moqtada Sadr, the radical Iraqi Shia cleric, appears in public for the first time since a US troop surge in Baghdad...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Brown calls for better GP cover
Gordon Brown says the NHS needs to improve out of hours GP cover after a critical report into the death of a woman...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Durban Journal: Where the Road to Renaming Does Not Run Smooth
The renaming of Durban?s landmarks has become a political brouhaha of the first order, and an object lesson in the pitfalls of building South African democracy...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Iraqi Shiite Cleric Reportedly Ends a Sojourn in Iran
Moktada al-Sadr has quietly returned to Iraq after four months in Iran, according to U.S. intelligence reports...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
U.S. Opens a Sheltered Path to Asylum for Some Iraqis
An obscure program grants speedy asylum to a small number of Iraqis who face retribution because of their ties to Americans...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Israel Seizes 33 Palestinians in Crackdown
In a statement, the Israeli Army described those arrested as ?senior members of the Hamas terror organization.?...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Iraqi Tribal Leader Is Killed, and Mourners Are Attacked
A suicide bomber drove into a crowd gathering for a funeral procession in the volatile city of Falluja, killing at least 27 people and wounding dozens of others...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Congress Passes War Funds Bill, Ending Impasse
The measure does not set a date to withdraw troops but sets benchmarks for the Iraqi government to meet...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Warm spring 'affecting wildlife'
A warm spring has brought about the early arrival of some UK wildlife, the first results of this year's Springwatch survey suggest...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Australian Big Brother under fire
Australia's Big Brother is criticised for deciding not to tell a contestant that her father has died...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Sunny holidays 'hit sperm count'
Going abroad for a sunshine break before trying for a baby may not be a good idea, fertility experts says...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
School vocational gulf 'persists'
Vocational courses are not just for underachievers, Ofsted warns as it urges schools to offer more choices...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Carousel fraud 'out of control'
A committee of the House of Lords has claimed that Value Added Tax (VAT) carousel fraud is out of control...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Scientists' bid to stop bird flu
A group of Scottish scientists to create a centre of excellence in a bid to stop the threat of avian flu...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Honduras TV gets government order
The president of Honduras tells all TV and radio channels to carry two hours of official programming each day...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
F1: Hamilton in Monaco crash
Lewis Hamilton crashes in practice for the Monaco Grand Prix...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Football: Owen to lead England B
Fit-again striker Michael Owen will captain England B when they take on Albania at Turf Moor on Friday...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
'No alcohol in pregnancy' advised
Pregnant women and those trying for a baby should avoid alcohol completely, the government advises...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Brown pledge to tackle bullies
Gordon Brown is to unveil a series of proposals for tougher action to tackle bullying in schools...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Blair: US may back carbon deal
The US may be willing to back an agreement on cutting carbon dioxide emissions, the prime minister says...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Court report ban 'could be eased'
Research should examine whether juries are prejudiced by media reports, the Attorney General says...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Death inquiry slams stand-in care
The government's shake-up of GP out-of-hours care has been criticised by an inquiry into a death of woman...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Congress backs Iraq funding bill
Both houses of the US Congress approve a new bill funding the war in Iraq without calls for withdrawal...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
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