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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 Octomber 2006:
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Palestinian Brings $2 Million in Cash to Gaza
The interior minister brought home $2 million in cash from Muslim countries when he returned to the Gaza Strip this week...
New York Times - October 26, 2006
U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Rises to 96 This Month
Many of the recent deaths have come in Anbar province, the bastion of the Sunni Arab-led insurgency...
New York Times - October 26, 2006
Warning as City toasts Big Bang
City leaders issue warning as the London Stock Exchange celebrates 20 years since the 'Big Bang' reforms of 1986...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Poor evidence for winter flu jabs
There is not enough evidence to support the policy of immunising people against seasonal flu, an expert warns...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Travel warning as storms strike
Motorists are urged not to make any journeys in parts of the Highlands and Grampian due to extreme weather...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
DR Congo leader's ally 'trapped'
An ally of DR Congo's leader is caught in an armed stand-off ahead of Sunday's poll, reports say...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Cricket: Windies win KOs England
West Indies hang on for a nail-biting win over India to book their semi-final place and knock England out of the Champions Trophy...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Microsoft profits beat estimates
Microsoft, the world's largest computer software company, sees quarterly earnings top analysts' forecasts...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Faith schools quota plan scrapped
Plans to force new faith schools to accept more pupils from other religions are abandoned by ministers...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
UN initiates arms trade agreement
A UN committee votes to begin work on a new treaty to regulate the international arms trade...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Libya Sends Children With AIDS to Hospitals in Europe
In the last month, Libya has quietly paid for nearly 400 Libyan children with AIDS to be treated at some of Europe’s premier pediatric hospitals...
New York Times - October 26, 2006
China’s Corruption Inquiry Targets Beijing
The effort is a sign that President Hu Jintao intends to keep removing officials he considers insufficiently loyal...
New York Times - October 26, 2006
With Beheadings and Attacks, Drug Gangs Terrorize Mexico
With 1,700 killed this year, the brutality is unprecedented, even in a country accustomed to high levels of drug violence...
New York Times - October 26, 2006
Clarkson gives Hammond all-clear
Jeremy Clarkson says his Top Gear co-star Richard Hammond is "completely fixed" after his high speed crash...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
World of Warcraft game 'delayed'
The long-awaited expansion of role-playing game World of Warcraft is delayed until January 2007...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Nasa to decide Hubble's fate
Nasa is to debate whether to send the space shuttle on a mission to save the Hubble Space Telescope...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Virgin defers A380 by four years
Virgin Atlantic says it will put back its order for six Airbus A380 superjumbos by four years to 2013...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Longer sentences for jobless call
Unemployed offenders should be given longer community sentences, says former minister John Denham...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Hopes for 5,000 jobs at RAF base
RAF St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan is in the running to win a military academy, creating up to 5,000 jobs, sources tell BBC Wales...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Dissidents 'preparing to attack'
Republican dissidents are preparing to launch a major attack to try to derail NI's political talks, the BBC learns...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Imam accused of 'gay death' slur
A gay campaigner accuses an Imam of saying the execution of gay Muslims is "for the common good"...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Russia queries EU draft on Iran
Moscow says a draft UN Security Council resolution on Iran seems not to match positions agreed earlier...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Bush signs Mexico fence into law
President Bush signs into law a new fence on the US-Mexico border, in a move to curb illegal immigration...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
ISS supply ship fails to lock on
A cargo ship fails to dock properly with the International Space Station but the crew are said to be safe...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Somalia's Islamists take key town
Fighters loyal to Somalia's Islamic courts take Sakow from the interim government without bloodshed...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Queen cancels visit due to injury
The Queen cancels a trip to see the Gunners' new stadium after straining a muscle in her back...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Anti-terror plan targets internet
Ministers from the six largest EU countries agree to work to make the internet a "more hostile" place for terrorists...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Straw backs BBC Taleban piece
Commons leader Jack Straw defends the BBC's decision to broadcast an interview with a Taleban spokesman...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
RAF man 'saw abuse of Iraqis'
An RAF serviceman saw Iraqis with bags over their heads being abused by British soldiers, a court martial hears...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Corrupt officers jailed for leaks
Two former police officers are jailed for a total of eight years for passing information to suspected criminals...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
UK children found dead in Corfu
Police investigate the possibility two British children found dead in a Greek hotel room may have been poisoned...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Father now backs Madonna adoption
The father of a Malawian baby adopted by Madonna urges activists to end their challenges to the adoption...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
'Tower of Babel' translator made
A "Tower of Babel" translation device that gives users the illusion of being bilingual has been developed in the US...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Infertility link to child autism
Couples with fertility problems are three times more likely to have a child with autism, research suggests...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Floods declared a major incident
Emergency services are responding to serious flooding affecting many parts of the Highlands...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Burberry fight taken to assembly
Workers demonstrate at the Welsh assembly as part of a campaign to keep an under-threat Burberry factory open...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Shell's earnings beat forecasts
Energy giant Shell reports better-than-expected quarterly earnings, helping to lift its shares...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
India tackles domestic violence
A new law seeking to protect women from physical, sexual or emotional abuse comes into effect in India...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
TV star's eyes help others to see
The corneas of the late Countdown host Richard Whiteley give two people their eyesight back, it is revealed...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Vandals 'cause damage over £1m'
More than £1m is spent repairing criminal damage, often caused by children, in the Newtownabbey area...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Youths torch two buses near Paris
Masked youths set two buses ablaze in Paris suburbs, one year after a wave of rioting swept French cities...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Football: Sven denies W Ham link
Sven-Goran Eriksson's agent dismisses rumours the former England coach is being lined up as West Ham boss...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
S Korea lists steps against North
South Korea reveals the sanctions it will take against the North, despite a recent threat from Pyongyang...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Bus deregulation 'is not working'
Bus passenger levels are falling and the current system "cannot be made to work", MPs warn...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Guitarist splits from Duran Duran
Andy Taylor leaves Duran Duran after other members said the relationship was "unworkable"...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
'Civilians killed' in Nato raids
Scores of civilians have been killed in Nato raids against the Taleban in southern Afghanistan, officials say...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Expert witness ruling overturned
The Appeal Court overturns a ruling that expert witnesses should be exempt from disciplinary action...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Man jailed for toddler's murder
A man found guilty of murdering his former partner's three-year-old child in 1982 is jailed for life...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Australian cleric in dress furore
Australia's top Muslim cleric apologises after comparing women who do not wear the hijab to "uncovered meat"...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
UK children found dead in Corfu
Two British children are found dead in a hotel room on the Greek island of Corfu, police there say...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Councils to get fresh law powers
English councils will get new powers to set local bylaws under shake-up plans unveiled by ministers...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
As Anniversary of Riots Nears, Suburban Youths March on Paris
Hundreds of youths from suburbs that erupted in rioting last year marched through Paris on Wednesday to present complaints to lawmakers...
New York Times - October 26, 2006
Pavón Journal: Eulogy for an Outlaw Prison (It Was a Jungle in There)
A Guatemalan prison known as the Independent Republic of Pavón, taken over by its inmates a decade ago, is back under government control...
New York Times - October 26, 2006
With Beheadings, Drug Gangs Terrorize Mexico
A war between drug gangs is raging in Mexico. The violence has claimed more than 1,700 lives this year...
New York Times - October 26, 2006
Putin Promises to Remain Influential
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said his influence would continue after 2008 but that he would not run for president again...
New York Times - October 26, 2006
After 41 U.N. Ballots, Venezuela-Guatemala Logjam Persists
Venezuela and Guatemala were unable to break the stalemate over which Latin American country should join the Security Council next year...
New York Times - October 26, 2006
Conceding Missteps, Bush Urges Patience on Iraq
President Bush urged Americans to avoid disillusionment over a war he said was still winnable...
New York Times - October 26, 2006
Scientists attack homeopathy move
Britain's leading scientific institutions condemn changes to the regulation of homeopathic medicines...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Parents 'want safer school trips'
Eight out of 10 parents think trips should comply with a safety standard, a BSI British Standards survey finds...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Bee fossil, DNA generate a buzz
Scientists have identified the oldest known bee, a 100 million-year-old specimen preserved in amber...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Asylum minister to meet McConnell
The UK immigration minister Liam Byrne is due in Scotland for talks with Jack McConnell on asylum issues...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Sentencing due on child killer
A man who murdered his former partner's three-year-old daughter in Leics 24 years ago is to be sentenced later...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Bush accuses North Korean leader
The US president says North Korea is "testing the will" of the nations negotiating with it over its nuclear programme...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Prize offered to Africa's leaders
A businessman is to offer a $5m prize to Africa's most effective head of state, in an effort to combat poor leadership...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Football: Reds hold off Reading
Liverpool survive a late Reading rally to secure their place in the fourth round of the Carling Cup...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Brazil 'serial killer' convicted
A man believed to be one of Brazil's worst ever serial killers is convicted of murder...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Spacecraft go to film Sun in 3D
Nasa launches two spacecraft that are expected to make the first three-dimensional movies of the Sun...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
MPs query Brown schools pledge
MPs question Gordon Brown's pledge to raise state school funding to the levels enjoyed by the independent sector...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Local government shake-up planned
Changes to local authorities in England, aimed at giving local people more power, are to be outlined in a White Paper...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
Warning over crushed pills
Crushing pills to make them easier to swallow can cause potentially fatal side-effects, experts warn...
BBC News - October 26, 2006
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