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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
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Global News Archive for May 2008:
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Microsoft to shut down book scanning operations
Microsoft Corp. is abandoning its effort to scan whole libraries and make their contents searchable, a sign it may be getting choosier about the fights it will pick with Google Inc...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Mars spacecraft faces riskiest part of mission
After a nearly 10-month journey, a NASA spacecraft will land softly Sunday on the northern polar region of Mars, if all goes as planned...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Environmental ministers seek deep emissions cuts
European and developing countries urged the United States and Japan on Sunday to commit to deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 _ a step they say is needed to defuse a coming ecological disaster caused by global warming...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Indians protest Brazil hydro dam project
Hundreds of Amazon Indians capped a five-day protest against the construction of a multibillion dollar dam by swimming in the river they say it will destroy...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Soldier-brothers see all sides of war
Mitch Bocik waddles to the putting green, his legs bent and unsteady, his putter doubling as a cane. For balance, his left hand grips the right shoulder of D.J. Engel, his half brother and almost constant companion...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Miracle Marine refused to surrender will to live
The young Marine came back from the war, with his toughest fight ahead of him. Merlin German waged that battle in the quiet of a Texas hospital, far from the dusty road in Iraq where a bomb exploded, leaving him with burns over 97 percent of his body...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Business gets condor experts silence in land deal
Biologist Noel Snyder got an intriguing call from a development-company representative a day after it announced it was moving forward with plans to build nearly 3,500 luxury homes, condos and hotels on land used by the endangered California condor...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Last known WWI veteran honored for Memorial Day
Frank Woodruff Buckles, the last known living American-born veteran of World War I, was honored Sunday at the Liberty Memorial during Memorial Day weekend celebrations...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Preservationists fight to save historic district
The day Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church crumbled into shards of bricks and a pile of rubble, tears filled the eyes of the people who had tried to save the historic structure...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Eastwood, Jolie in running for Cannes prizes
Established Hollywood stars and filmmakers such as Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie were competing against movies from acclaimed international directors for the top honors at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
22 films vie for top honors at Cannes festival
Established Hollywood filmmakers and stars such as Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie were competing against movies from acclaimed international directors for the top honors at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Indiana Jones unearths $126M in box office gold
Indiana Jones unearthed box office gold at domestic theaters with a performance that puts it on track to become the second biggest Memorial Day movie opening ever, according to studio estimates Sunday...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
French classroom drama wins Cannes top prize
The French film "The Class" has won top honors at the Cannes Film Festival...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Lindley beats Jang in playoff at Corning Classic
Leta Lindley stared in disbelief when the putt disappeared into the cup, and who could blame her...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Teammates tangle, Patrick seethes after crash-filled Indy
Teammates Tony Kanaan and Marco Andretti tangled on the track, perhaps costing Kanaan a chance to win. Danica Patrick _ all 100 pounds of her _ went looking for a fight before cooler heads prevailed...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Haas 7-over claims Sr. PGA Championship
Jay Haas overcame a shaky putter during a topsy-turvy final round to hang on Sunday and win his second Senior PGA Championship in three years...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Clinton speaks of faith in face of adversity
Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday offered a spiritual defense for continuing her presidential campaign despite the long odds of overtaking rival Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Pastors pose problems for McCain and Obama
Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, both seeking to use religion to their advantage in the presidential campaign, have learned painful lessons about the risks of getting too close to religious leaders...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
South Africa allows military to help stop attacks
President Thabo Mbeki gave the go-ahead Wednesday for military troops to step in and quell a surge of anti-immigrant violence that has left 42 dead and driven tens of thousands from their homes...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Tornadoes strike western and central Kansas
Forecasters said Saturday that at least a dozen tornadoes spun across western and central Kansas a day earlier, destroying numerous homes, downing trees and injuring several people...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Duchscherer flirts with no-hitter As beat BoSox
Justin Duchscherer carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, Ryan Sweeney homered and the Oakland Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 3-0 on Saturday night for their first series win in their past five...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Teen actor in upcoming Harry Potter film killed
A British teenage actor playing a minor role in the upcoming "Harry Potter" film was stabbed to death during a brawl in London on Saturday, police said...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Aftershock from Sichuan earthquake felt in Beijing
An aftershock that hit Sichuan province on Sunday was felt in Beijing...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Abbas No progress in talks with Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in comments published Sunday that nothing has been achieved in six months of peace talks with Israel and he fears a corruption probe of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will bog things down...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Powerful aftershock kills 1 in China 260 hurt
One of the most powerful aftershocks to hit quake-ravaged central China leveled many more homes and killed a person, leaving dozens more injured Sunday, as soldiers carrying explosives hiked to a blocked-off river to alleviate the threat of floods...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Powerful aftershock hits China, kills 1
One of the most powerful aftershocks to hit quake-ravaged central China leveled many more homes and killed a person, leaving dozens more injured Sunday, as soldiers carrying explosives hiked to a blocked-off river to alleviate the threat of floods...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
China shortens Tibet leg of Olympic torch relay
The controversial Tibetan leg of the Olympic torch relay has been cut to just one day because of the devastating earthquake in Sichuan province, a Beijing Olympics official said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Powerful aftershock hits China 1 killed, 260 hurt
One of the most powerful aftershocks to hit quake-ravaged central China killed one person, left dozens more injured and leveled homes Sunday, as soldiers carrying explosives hiked to a blocked-off river to alleviate the threat of floods...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
US military downplays remarks on al-Qaidas demise
The U.S. military distanced itself Sunday from remarks declaring al-Qaida in Iraq close to defeat, saying the terror network is "off-balance and on the run," but remains a very lethal threat...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Anti-foreigner violence in South Africa kills 50
The death toll in two weeks of anti-foreigner violence in South Africa has reached 50, police said Sunday, as thousands displaced by the violence coped with rain and cool temperatures...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Plight of migrant workers blemishes Dubais image
The 22 men in "trailer 10" work the morning shift at a construction site, then take turns shopping, cooking and cleaning. They pray together. When one returns to India on leave, he carries family presents and cash for the others...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Iraqi military al-Qaida fleeing Mosul
Al-Qaida fighters and other Sunni insurgents have largely scattered from the northern city of Mosul in the face of a U.S.-Iraqi sweep, fleeing to desert areas further south, an Iraqi commander said Sunday. He vowed the forces will not allow them to regroup...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Palestinian officials Israel offers new West Bank proposal
Israel has offered to give up more of the West Bank than it had in a previous proposal but still not enough to meet Palestinian demands, Palestinian officials close to peace talks said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
US coalition soldier killed in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber hit a Canadian military convoy in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, wounding two children, while a U.S.-led coalition soldier was killed in an operation in the west, officials said...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Aftershock in China kills 1, injures 260
A Chinese news agency has reported that an aftershock has killed one person and injured 260 in Sichuan province...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
US military says al-Qaida in Iraq still lethal
The U.S. military distanced itself Sunday from remarks declaring al-Qaida in Iraq close to defeat, saying the terror network is "off-balance and on the run," but remains a very lethal threat...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Iranian-born Israeli charged with spying for Iran
An Iranian-born Israeli was charged Sunday with passing defense information to Tehran, police said...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
School movie wins Cannes honour
Gritty French movie The Class, starring real students in a Paris school, wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Insurer faces 'mis-selling' claim
Life insurance firm Scottish Widows is facing a legal claim over allegedly misleading pension schemes...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Nimrod crew 'quit over safety'
At least 10 Nimrod crew have quit their posts at RAF Kinloss in the past decade because of safety concerns, it is claimed...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Death blow
Leader's loss casts doubts over future of Colombia's Farc...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Panesar haul gives England hope
England require a further 218 for victory after reaching 76-1 at the close in the second Test against New Zealand...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
New rules for consumer protection
A new law aimed at protecting consumers against rogue traders comes into force in the UK on Monday...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Lebanon vote ends leader deadlock
Lebanon's parliament elects army chief Michel Suleiman as president, ending months of political stalemate...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Donors pledge $50m to help Burma
Outside donors pledge nearly $50m for victims of Burma's cyclone but say its rulers must give aid workers full access...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Spanish villagers jump over babies to ward off the Devil
Grown men leap over rows of babies in a Spanish village as it holds an annual rite meant to ward off the Devil...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Jail staff 'fear Muslim inmates'
A review of a
high-security prison raises concerns about problems with the large numbers of Muslim prisoners...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Police given hand-held computers
Details of a £50m scheme to provide police forces with 10,000 hand-held computers are unveiled...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Mars spacecraft faces riskiest part of mission
After a nearly 10-month journey, a NASA spacecraft will land softly Sunday on the northern polar region of Mars, if all goes as planned...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Environmental ministers seek deep emissions cuts
European and developing countries urged the United States and Japan on Sunday to commit to deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 _ a step they say is needed to defuse a coming ecological disaster caused by global warming...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Indians protest Brazil hydro dam project
Hundreds of Amazon Indians capped a five-day protest against the construction of a multibillion dollar dam by swimming in the river they say it will destroy...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Tornadoes rake Oklahoma as Midwest tallies damage
A slow-moving storm packing tornadoes and hail battered rural Oklahoma on Saturday, destroying several buildings, tearing up trees and tossing a mobile home onto a highway. The bodies of two storm victims were found in Kansas...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Tornadoes rake Okla. as Midwest tallies damage
A slow-moving storm packing tornadoes and hail battered rural Oklahoma on Saturday, destroying several buildings, tearing up trees and tossing a mobile home onto a highway. The bodies of two storm victims were found in Kansas...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Weather cooperates in California wildfire fight
Firefighters took advantage of cooler temperatures and calmer winds Saturday as they continued to fight a persistent wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains that has chewed through acres of centuries-old redwoods, destroyed at least 20 homes and displaced hundreds of people...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Miracle Marine refused to surrender will to live
The young Marine came back from the war, with his toughest fight ahead of him. Merlin German waged that battle in the quiet of a Texas hospital, far from the dusty road in Iraq where a bomb exploded, leaving him with burns over 97 percent of his body...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye weds in California
U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, the third most senior member of the Senate, married Irene Hirano in a small private ceremony in Beverly Hills, Calif...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Indiana Jones earns $56 million in first 2 days
He may be older, but Indiana Jones is still finding box office treasure...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Cannes prepares for prizes in festival finale
Established Hollywood stars and filmmakers such as Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie were competing against movies from acclaimed international directors for the top honors at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Eastwood, Jolie in running for Cannes prizes
Established Hollywood stars and filmmakers such as Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie were competing against movies from acclaimed international directors for the top honors at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
All it took was 1 match for US men to improve at French Open
To James Blake, 1-0 sounds a lot better than 0-9...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Djokovic, Ivanovic, Blake advance at French Open
Novak Djokovic survived a rough start to his quest for a second straight Grand Slam title on Sunday, holding off Denis Gremelmayr 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 in the first round of the French Open...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Kuerten loses in French Open farewell
Gustavo Kuerten bid farewell to tennis Sunday in the first round of the French Open, losing 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to Paul-Henri Mathieu at the site of his biggest triumphs...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
New feeling and bigger buzz at old Indy 500
The Indianapolis 500 is new again.Danica Patrick is a proven winner with a legitimate shot at taking the checkered flag, all the top teams and drivers are back for the 92nd running of the Indy 500 and optimism is high for what should, for the first time in 13 years, truly be "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing."...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Pastors pose problems for McCain and Obama
Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, both seeking to use religion to their advantage in the presidential campaign, have learned painful lessons about the risks of getting too close to religious leaders...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Clinton speaks of faith in face of adversity
Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday offered a spiritual defense for continuing her presidential campaign despite the long odds of overtaking rival Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Duchscherer flirts with no-hitter As beat BoSox
Justin Duchscherer carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, Ryan Sweeney homered and the Oakland Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 3-0 on Saturday night for their first series win in their past five...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Existing home sales drop in April by 1 percent
Existing home sales fell for the eighth time in the past nine months, a string of weakness expected to continue as the housing industry, mired in its worst slump in decades, battles falling home prices, tight lending conditions and a weak economy...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Tornadoes strike western and central Kansas
Forecasters said Saturday that at least a dozen tornadoes spun across western and central Kansas a day earlier, destroying numerous homes, downing trees and injuring several people...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Teen actor in upcoming Harry Potter film killed
A British teenage actor playing a minor role in the upcoming "Harry Potter" film was stabbed to death during a brawl in London on Saturday, police said...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
US lifts travel warning on Indonesia
The United States says it has lifted a travel warning placed on Indonesia following a string of terrorist attacks. It cited improved security for the decision...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Nations urge deep emission cuts by US, Japan
European and developing countries urged the United States and Japan on Sunday to commit to deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 _ a step they say is needed to defuse a coming ecological disaster caused by global warming...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Aftershock from Sichuan earthquake felt in Beijing
An aftershock that hit Sichuan province on Sunday was felt in Beijing...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Former warlord Bemba arrested for war crimes
Belgian police arrested a Congolese warlord and ex-presidential candidate in Brussels after he was secretly charged with rape and torture, an international war crimes court said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Abbas No progress in talks with Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in comments published Sunday that nothing has been achieved in six months of peace talks with Israel and he fears a corruption probe of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will bog things down...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Powerful aftershock hits China, kills 1
One of the most powerful aftershocks to hit quake-ravaged central China leveled many more homes and killed a person, leaving dozens more injured Sunday, as soldiers carrying explosives hiked to a blocked-off river to alleviate the threat of floods...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Powerful aftershock kills 1 in China 260 hurt
One of the most powerful aftershocks to hit quake-ravaged central China leveled many more homes and killed a person, leaving dozens more injured Sunday, as soldiers carrying explosives hiked to a blocked-off river to alleviate the threat of floods...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
China shortens Tibet leg of Olympic torch relay
The controversial Tibetan leg of the Olympic torch relay has been cut to just one day because of the devastating earthquake in Sichuan province, a Beijing Olympics official said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Powerful aftershock hits China 1 killed, 260 hurt
One of the most powerful aftershocks to hit quake-ravaged central China killed one person, left dozens more injured and leveled homes Sunday, as soldiers carrying explosives hiked to a blocked-off river to alleviate the threat of floods...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
US military downplays remarks on al-Qaidas demise
The U.S. military distanced itself Sunday from remarks declaring al-Qaida in Iraq close to defeat, saying the terror network is "off-balance and on the run," but remains a very lethal threat...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Anti-foreigner violence in South Africa kills 50
The death toll in two weeks of anti-foreigner violence in South Africa has reached 50, police said Sunday, as thousands displaced by the violence coped with rain and cool temperatures...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Death toll from quake rises to 62,664
A Chinese government spokesman says the death toll has risen to 62,664 from the massive earthquake that hit Sichuan province nearly two weeks ago...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Military US soldier killed in Afghanistan
The U.S.-led coalition says one of its soldiers has been killed during an operation in western Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
US coalition soldier killed in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber hit a Canadian military convoy in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, wounding two children, while a U.S.-led coalition soldier was killed in an operation in the west, officials said...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Aftershock in China kills 1, injures 260
A Chinese news agency has reported that an aftershock has killed one person and injured 260 in Sichuan province...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
US military says al-Qaida in Iraq still lethal
The U.S. military distanced itself Sunday from remarks declaring al-Qaida in Iraq close to defeat, saying the terror network is "off-balance and on the run," but remains a very lethal threat...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Laugh-In comic Martin dies at 86
Comedian Dick Martin, whose Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In series took US TV by storm, dies aged 86...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Mayor to end Venezuelan oil deal
London mayor Boris Johnson will end an oil deal with Venezuela which gave cheap fuel and cut-price travel...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
UK and US union 'to join forces'
The UK's biggest union Unite is on the brink of a formal tie-up with a prominent North American union, reports say...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Israel charges Iran spy suspect
An Iranian-born Israeli is arrested and charged by Israeli authorities with spying for Iran, police say...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Mugabe threat to expel US envoy
President Robert Mugabe threatens to expel the US ambassador for "interfering" in Zimbabwe's affairs...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Three questioned about shooting
Three people are arrested by police investigating a shooting in County Tyrone, which left a man in intensive care...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
MP beaten and robbed near home
Labour MP Anne Moffat is knocked unconscious near her home by a gang of youths she branded "scum"...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Swiss punctuality
Can too much attention to time be healthy?...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Missing woman 'may be sheltered'
Police say they cannot rule out the possibility that a missing woman and her five children are being sheltered...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Hard tasks
Army chief's challenge as next Lebanese president...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Father of the Farc
The Colombian rebel leader now confirmed as dead...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Jimenez secures dramatic PGA win
Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez claims his first PGA Championship title with a play-off victory over Oliver Wilson...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Doncaster win promotion
James Hayter's second-half header secures Doncaster a place in the Championship...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Hamilton wins Monaco after crash
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton survives a collision with the barriers to win the Monaco Grand Prix...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Beavers to be reintroduced into the wild in Scotland
Beavers are to be reintroduced into the wild in Scotland, the Scottish Government announces...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Colombian rebels say leader dead
Colombia's Farc rebels confirm the death of top commander Manuel Marulanda, saying he died of a heart attack...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Plane comes off Brussels runway
A cargo plane slides off the runway at Brussels Airport and splits in two, slightly injuring four people aboard...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Lebanon MPs elect new president
Lebanon's parliament elects army chief Michel Suleiman as president, ending months of political deadlock...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Parents tribute to 'kind' actor
The parents of an actor stabbed to death in London pay tribute to him and call for tough action on knife crime...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Indians protest Brazil hydro dam project
Hundreds of Amazon Indians capped a five-day protest against the construction of a multibillion dollar dam by swimming in the river they say it will destroy...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Tornadoes rake Oklahoma as Midwest tallies damage
A slow-moving storm packing tornadoes and hail battered rural Oklahoma on Saturday, destroying several buildings, tearing up trees and tossing a mobile home onto a highway. The bodies of two storm victims were found in Kansas...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Tornadoes rake Okla. as Midwest tallies damage
A slow-moving storm packing tornadoes and hail battered rural Oklahoma on Saturday, destroying several buildings, tearing up trees and tossing a mobile home onto a highway. The bodies of two storm victims were found in Kansas...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye weds in California
U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, the third most senior member of the Senate, married Irene Hirano in a small private ceremony in Beverly Hills, Calif...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Weather cooperates in California wildfire fight
Firefighters took advantage of cooler temperatures and calmer winds Saturday as they continued to fight a persistent wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains that has chewed through acres of centuries-old redwoods, destroyed at least 20 homes and displaced hundreds of people...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Indiana Jones earns $56 million in first 2 days
He may be older, but Indiana Jones is still finding box office treasure...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Cannes prepares for prizes in festival finale
Established Hollywood stars and filmmakers such as Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie were competing against movies from acclaimed international directors for the top honors at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Lohse shuts down Dodgers, Cardinals win 4-0
Kyle Lohse won for the first time in almost a month, pitching six scoreless innings and leading St. Louis to a 4-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Votto, Arroyo carry Reds past Padres 7-2
Rookie Joey Votto hit his 10th homer, a three-run shot, and finished with four RBIs to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-2 win over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Votto, Arroyo carry Reds over Padres
Rookie Joey Votto hit his 10th homer, a three-run shot, and finished with four RBIs to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-2 win over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Nadal beats Federer on clay again in Hamburg final
Rafael Nadal beat defending champion Roger Federer 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-3 on Sunday to win the Hamburg Masters and add the only major clay-court title missing from his impressive collection...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Ivanovic wins, Vaidisova loses at French Open
Two-time Grand Slam runner-up Ana Ivanovic struggled with her serve Sunday before reaching the second round on the opening day of the French Open by beating Sofia Arvidsson 6-2, 7-5...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Clinton apologizes for RFK assassination remark
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton quickly apologized Friday after citing the June 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in defending her decision to keep running for the Democratic presidential nomination despite increasingly long odds...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Obamas political team out-organized Clinton
Call them Kool-Aid drinkers. Political romantics. Starry-eyed dreamers...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Vallejo, Calif. files for bankruptcy protection
The city of Vallejo filed for bankruptcy protection Friday to deal with a ballooning budget deficit caused by soaring employee costs and declining tax revenue...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Sri Lanka 22 rebels, 2 soldiers killed
Government troops and ethnic Tamil separatists fought gunbattles that killed 22 rebels and two soldiers in war-ravaged northern Sri Lanka, the military said Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Existing home sales drop in April by 1 percent
Existing home sales fell for the eighth time in the past nine months, a string of weakness expected to continue as the housing industry, mired in its worst slump in decades, battles falling home prices, tight lending conditions and a weak economy...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Tornadoes strike western and central Kansas
Forecasters said Saturday that at least a dozen tornadoes spun across western and central Kansas a day earlier, destroying numerous homes, downing trees and injuring several people...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Teen actor in upcoming Harry Potter film killed
A British teenage actor playing a minor role in the upcoming "Harry Potter" film was stabbed to death during a brawl in London on Saturday, police said...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Existing home sales drop in April by 1 percent
Existing home sales fell for the eighth time in the past nine months, a string of weakness expected to continue as the housing industry, mired in its worst slump in decades, battles falling home prices, tight lending conditions and a weak economy...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
British eatery bombing suspect has home searched
British police and intelligence officials searched a house in southwest England on Friday to try to determine what drove a young Muslim convert with a history of mental illness to walk into a busy restaurant with two bombs...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Bemba arrested on charges of war crimes
Former Congolese warlord and ex-presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba has been arrested in Brussels on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
US sets condition for aid unhindered access
A top U.S. official says Myanmar must grant "unhindered access" to cyclone-devasated areas as a condition for receiving more American aid...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
US lifts travel warning on Indonesia
The United States says it has lifted a travel warning placed on Indonesia following a string of terrorist attacks. It cited improved security for the decision...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Nations urge deep emission cuts by US, Japan
European and developing countries urged the United States and Japan on Sunday to commit to deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 _ a step they say is needed to defuse a coming ecological disaster caused by global warming...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Aftershock from Sichuan earthquake felt in Beijing
An aftershock that hit Sichuan province on Sunday was felt in Beijing...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Former warlord Bemba arrested for war crimes
Belgian police arrested a Congolese warlord and ex-presidential candidate in Brussels after he was secretly charged with rape and torture, an international war crimes court said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Abbas No progress in talks with Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in comments published Sunday that nothing has been achieved in six months of peace talks with Israel and he fears a corruption probe of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will bog things down...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Powerful aftershock hits China, kills 1
One of the most powerful aftershocks to hit quake-ravaged central China leveled many more homes and killed a person, leaving dozens more injured Sunday, as soldiers carrying explosives hiked to a blocked-off river to alleviate the threat of floods...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Former Congolese warlord charged with war crimes
Former Congolese warlord and ex-presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba has been arrested in Brussels on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Military US soldier killed in Afghanistan
The U.S.-led coalition says one of its soldiers has been killed during an operation in western Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
US coalition soldier killed in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber hit a Canadian military convoy in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, wounding two children, while a U.S.-led coalition soldier was killed in an operation in the west, officials said...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Death toll from quake rises to 62,664
A Chinese government spokesman says the death toll has risen to 62,664 from the massive earthquake that hit Sichuan province nearly two weeks ago...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Aftershock in China kills 1, injures 260
A Chinese news agency has reported that an aftershock has killed one person and injured 260 in Sichuan province...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Five killed in Gaza incursions
Five Palestinian militants have been killed during Israeli incursions into the Gaza Strip, reports say...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Indian tribal clashes kill dozens
At least 36 people die in two days of clashes between Indian security forces and ethnic Gujjar protesters...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Man dies after cliff sea rescue
A 22-year-old man dies and another is in a serious condition after a sea rescue off the Anglesey coast...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Man wounded in shooting incident
A 28-year-old man is ill but stable following a shooting incident in a County Tyrone town...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
In pictures
Chinese survivors slowly begin to rebuild their lives...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Video-link
How Afghan prisoners get to see loved ones...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Tensions flare
Fighting in Sudan town raises fears of new civil war...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Live - Monaco Grand Prix
Formula One's top drivers battle it out for victory at the sport's most prestigious race...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Restaurant blast suspect 'stable'
A man held after a blast at an Exeter restaurant is in a stable condition in hospital, police say...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Everest record set by 76-year-old Nepalese man
A 76-year-old Nepalese man becomes the oldest person to climb Mount Everest, officials say...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Live - England v New Zealand
England lose five quick wickets on the third morning but scrape past the follow-on in reply to New Zealand's 381 in the second Test...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
China quake zone braced for rain
China's quake-hit south-west prepares for heavy rain which could hamper relief efforts, as a major aftershock hits...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Aid donors turn up heat on Burma
International donors put Burma under renewed pressure to grant access to the areas devastated by Cyclone Nargis...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Lebanon MPs to vote on president
Lebanon's parliament is set to elect army chief Michel Suleiman as president, ending months of political deadlock...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
'No appetite' to replace Brown
Senior Labour figures rally round Gordon Brown who has been under fire since the Crewe and Nantwich by-election defeat...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Indians protest Brazil hydro dam project
Hundreds of Amazon Indians capped a five-day protest against the construction of a multibillion dollar dam by swimming in the river they say it will destroy...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Tornadoes rake Oklahoma as Midwest tallies damage
A slow-moving storm packing tornadoes and hail battered rural Oklahoma on Saturday, destroying several buildings, tearing up trees and tossing a mobile home onto a highway. The bodies of two storm victims were found in Kansas...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Tornadoes rake Okla. as Midwest tallies damage
A slow-moving storm packing tornadoes and hail battered rural Oklahoma on Saturday, destroying several buildings, tearing up trees and tossing a mobile home onto a highway. The bodies of two storm victims were found in Kansas...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Cannes prepares for prizes in festival finale
Established Hollywood stars and filmmakers such as Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie were competing against movies from acclaimed international directors for the top honors at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Weather cooperates in California wildfire fight
Firefighters took advantage of cooler temperatures and calmer winds Saturday as they continued to fight a persistent wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains that has chewed through acres of centuries-old redwoods, destroyed at least 20 homes and displaced hundreds of people...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Indiana Jones earns $56 million in first 2 days
He may be older, but Indiana Jones is still finding box office treasure...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Celtics take 2-1 series lead vs. Pistons
Kevin Garnett led the Boston Celtics to their first win on the road in the playoffs...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Pirates beat Cubs 5-4 in 14
Jason Bay hit a two-run home run and the game-winning single in the 14th inning against a drawn-in outfield to help the Pittsburgh Pirates come back to beat the Chicago Cubs 5-4 Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Clinton apologizes for RFK assassination remark
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton quickly apologized Friday after citing the June 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in defending her decision to keep running for the Democratic presidential nomination despite increasingly long odds...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Lohse shuts down Dodgers, Cardinals win 4-0
Kyle Lohse won for the first time in almost a month, pitching six scoreless innings and leading St. Louis to a 4-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Obamas political team out-organized Clinton
Call them Kool-Aid drinkers. Political romantics. Starry-eyed dreamers...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Vallejo, Calif. files for bankruptcy protection
The city of Vallejo filed for bankruptcy protection Friday to deal with a ballooning budget deficit caused by soaring employee costs and declining tax revenue...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Professor calls Caladesi Island USs best beach
Kaylee Sturm sat in the low surf, the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico lapping around her...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Fact check Obama questions McCain on lobbyists
Democrat Barack Obama had harsh words for Republican John McCain on Wednesday, saying McCain once wanted far tougher lobbying reforms than those he has imposed on his own presidential campaign...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Bays RBI single in 14th helps Pirates beat Cubs
Jason Bay hit a two-run home run before winning it in the 14th inning with a long single against a drawn-in outfield and the Pittsburgh Pirates came back after squandering a two-run lead to beat the Chicago Cubs 5-4 Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Tornadoes strike western and central Kansas
Forecasters said Saturday that at least a dozen tornadoes spun across western and central Kansas a day earlier, destroying numerous homes, downing trees and injuring several people...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Existing home sales drop in April by 1 percent
Existing home sales fell for the eighth time in the past nine months, a string of weakness expected to continue as the housing industry, mired in its worst slump in decades, battles falling home prices, tight lending conditions and a weak economy...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Teen actor in upcoming Harry Potter film killed
A British teenage actor playing a minor role in the upcoming "Harry Potter" film was stabbed to death during a brawl in London on Saturday, police said...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Existing home sales drop in April by 1 percent
Existing home sales fell for the eighth time in the past nine months, a string of weakness expected to continue as the housing industry, mired in its worst slump in decades, battles falling home prices, tight lending conditions and a weak economy...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
British eatery bombing suspect has home searched
British police and intelligence officials searched a house in southwest England on Friday to try to determine what drove a young Muslim convert with a history of mental illness to walk into a busy restaurant with two bombs...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Russian leader Medvedev defends Russia-China ties
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday praised recent close ties between Moscow and Beijing as a key to global stability and said he wants to strengthen their strategic partnership...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Opposition leader Tsvangirai returns to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai returned to his homeland Saturday, arriving at the main airport with little fanfare before speeding off in a three-car convoy...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
British peacekeepers arrive to boost NATO force
NATO says 200 British peacekeepers have arrived in Kosovo to help improve security as the U.N. administration prepares to hand over full control for running Kosovo to its government...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Leaders told battle to stem global warming slowing
The world is losing momentum in the battle against global warming, the U.N. climate chief warned on Saturday, urging environmental ministers from wealthy nations to revive the effort by setting clear targets for reducing greenhouse gases...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
China warns quake death toll could reach 80,000
China warned Saturday that the death toll from a massive earthquake two weeks ago could take a major leap and pass 80,000, suggesting the government may be giving up hope of finding more survivors...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Fighting lays waste to disputed Sudanese town
Smoke still rises from charred huts and the only people left behind in this town of 30,000 in an oil-rich region in Sudan are the looters and the army. The worst fighting in years between Sudanese government forces and former southern rebels has laid waste to Abyei...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Israel, Hamas exchange fire 4 Hamas gunmen hurt
Israeli forces on Saturday attacked two groups of Palestinian militants firing mortar shells in the northern Gaza Strip, wounding four Hamas gunmen, Israeli and Palestinian officials said...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Israel blocks US professor from entering country
Israeli authorities have blocked an American professor known for his harsh criticism of Israel from entering the country, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Shark bites US surfer off Mexico coast
A shark injured a 49-year-old American surfer Saturday off the Pacific coast of Mexico, in the third attack in a month...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Moderate earthquake shakes Colombian capital
A moderate earthquake shook the Colombian capital Saturday afternoon, knocking over furniture in buildings and sending residents running into the streets...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Filipino marines battle Muslim militants
Muslim guerrillas, backed by al-Qaida-linked militants, attacked a military detachment and reinforcement troops in the southern Philippines in a clash that left two rebels dead and 10 marines wounded...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Peru excavates mass grave of villagers
A Peruvian forensics team has begun excavating a mass grave containing the remains of 123 men, women and children killed by the military 24 years ago, a human rights representative said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
5.6-magnitude quake jolts Colombia capital 6 dead
A moderate earthquake shook the Colombian capital Saturday afternoon, killing at least six people and injuring more than 10...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Bemba arrested on charges of war crimes
Former Congolese warlord and ex-presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba has been arrested in Brussels on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity...
Southern Ledger - May 25, 2008
Wogan 'may quit Eurovision role'
UK Eurovision entrant Andy Abraham finishes last as Sir Terry Wogan says he may quit as contest commentator...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Minister to discuss Burma cyclone aid
International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander is taking part in talks on Burma's cyclone aid crisis...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Lebanon MPs to vote in president
Lebanon's parliament is expected to elect a new president, ending months of political deadlock...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Action call on football hooligans
Efforts are made to close a legal loophole which means Uefa Cup hooligans could still attend matches in Scotland...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Night of emotion
Highs and lows as Russia takes Eurovision crown...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Friend's heartbreak as actor dies
A friend tells how it was "heartbreaking" to watch a young actor die following a stabbing outside a bar...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Vet staff shortage risking lives
A BBC investigation has found animals are at risk because of a national shortage of veterinary nurses...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Church to debate convert motion
A traditionalist Anglican says he will continue with a campaign for the Church of England to work to convert Muslims to Christianity...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Burma seeks crucial aid donations
An international aid conference opens in Burma to raise funds to help the 2.4 million cyclone survivors...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
Donor calls on Brown to get tough
Prime Minister Gordon Brown's leadership needs to be "much tougher", billionaire Labour donor Lord Paul says...
BBC News - May 25, 2008
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