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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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Long Lao Gao Journal: In Laos, Chinese Motorcycles Change Lives
The cheap Chinese products that are flooding Asia are met with appreciation by the region?s poorest people...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Egypt and Israel Discuss Arms Smuggling
The defense minister of Israel, Ehud Barak, met on Wednesday with Egypt?s President Hosni Mubarak in the Sinai resort of Sharm el Sheik...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Liberal Quits Race Against Medvedev
The liberal opposition leader Boris Y. Nemtsov pulled out of the March presidential election in Russia, asserting that improper pressure by the Kremlin had turned the campaign into a farce...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Hunt for Suspects in Mauritania Killing
The three men suspected of killing four French tourists are linked to a North African affiliate of Al Qaeda...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Turkish Jets Strike Kurdish Rebels
The attacks on camps in northern Iraq were the second cross-border strike this week and the third in recent days...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
4 Sunni Allies of U.S. Killed in Iraq
Four members of a local American-backed Awakening group in Diyala Province were killed Wednesday when a house they were raiding exploded, the police said...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
French Aid Workers Get 8 Years Hard Labor
Six workers were sentenced in Chad for trying to bring children they said were Darfur war orphans to Europe...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
NHS target 'worst smoking region'
The region with the highest ratio of smokers in Scotland is targeted for help by health bosses...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Singer Joe Dolan dies in hospital
The Irish singer and entertainer Joe Dolan, 64, dies from a suspected brain haemorrhage...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Chavez hostage plan approved
Colombia approves an offer by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez to send planes to pick up rebel-held hostages...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Lagos pipeline blast kills dozens
At least 40 people die in an oil pipeline explosion in Nigeria's commercial capital, officials say...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Football: Arsenal draw a blank
Arsenal miss the chance to go back to the top of the Premier League after the 0-0 draw with Portsmouth...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Fraud fears ahead of Kenya polls
Kenyans go to the polls on Thursday in an atmosphere of suspicion, with rumours rife of vote-rigging...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
MPs 'back new bank holiday plan'
More than 50% of MPs support the introduction of a new public holiday, a survey suggests...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Charity backs dementia tagging
A key dementia charity backs the electronic tagging of sufferers to stop them wandering too far from home...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Police officer dies after arrest
A man is arrested on suspicion of murder after a policeman dies while on duty in north London...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Japan Textbooks to Restore Reference to War-Time Suicides
Faced with protests, the education ministry said that high school textbooks would acknowledge the military?s ?involvement? in the mass suicides during World War II...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Afghanistan to Expel 2 Officials
Two senior political officers were accused of threatening national security after reportedly talking to the Taliban...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Thai Party Says Coalition Ready
The winning party in Thailand?s general election said Wednesday it had reached agreement with coalition partners to form a government...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Malnutrition Up in Darfur Despite Aid
A new U.N. report showed a sharp increase in child malnutrition rates compared with last year, despite the efforts of more than 12,000 relief workers...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Karzai in Pakistan to Mend Ties
Afghan President Hamid Karzai and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan signaled an improvement in relations after an unusually cordial meeting...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Prosecutor's terror limit warning
Plans to increase the amount of time for which terrorist suspects can be held without charge are criticised...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Parents praise DVT action pledge
The family of a student who died from an undiagnosed deep vein thrombosis welcomes efforts to improve diagnosis...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Reprieve brothers' asylum appeal
Two brothers who won a last- minute reprieve from deportation will learn within two weeks if they can stay...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Police data details found at dump
A floppy disk containing confidential details of Devon and Cornwall Police staff is found on a dump...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Singer Joe Dolan dies in hospital
The well-known Irish singer and entertainer Joe Dolan, 64, dies from a suspected brain haemmorhage...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Karzai, Musharraf 'to co-operate'
The leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan pledge to co-operate in the fight against Islamic militants...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Horse racing: Kauto romps home
Reigning champion Kauto Star wins his second King George VI Chase at Kempton...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Father's pain over Dinah's death
The father of Dinah McNicol, whose body was found in Margate, says he does not want to know how she died...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Villa hold Chelsea in 4-4 thriller
Gareth Barry scores a late penalty as Villa snatch a point in an incredible game which saw eight goals and three red cards...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Iraqi leaders back amnesty law
Iraq's government backs a draft law to release thousands of suspected insurgents held by US and Iraqi forces...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Fox hunters claim strong turnout
Boxing Day hunts take place across the UK on what is traditionally the busiest day of the hunting year...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
US zoo baffled by tiger's escape
A California zoo is shut while investigators try to find out how a tiger escaped to attack three visitors, killing one...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Chad court jails French aid staff
A court in Chad sentences six French aid workers to eight years of hard labour for trying to abduct children...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Hundreds of calls over Madeleine
Almost 350 calls are made with information about missing toddler Madeleine McCann after a TV broadcast...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
High Street sales start with rush
Shoppers hit the High Streets in large numbers as stores slash their prices for post-Christmas sales...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
China Closes Zoo Where Tiger Was Killed
China has closed a zoo where a rare Siberian tiger was found beheaded and skinned last week and where seven tigers died in the last four years, state media reported...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Three Die in Panama Plane Crash
A small plane crash killed a California businessman, his teenage daughter and their Panamanian pilot...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Hindus Attack Churches on Christmas
Hindu extremists attacked Christians celebrating Christmas in eastern India, ransacking and burning at least six village churches, officials said...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Los Angeles Combating Gangs Gone International
Gangs in Los Angeles have bolstered their presence in Mexico and Central America, where they attract new members eager to enter the United States...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Aid Workers Abducted in Somalia
Gunmen kidnapped two Spanish aid workers with the international agency Doctors Without Borders, their driver and a local official said...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Pipeline Fire Kills 28 in Nigeria
People were burned to death in Lagos when a pipeline caught fire as residents were scooping fuel from it, the secretary general of the Nigerian Red Cross Society said...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Rescue Follows Indonesian Landslides
Soldiers, police and volunteers dug for survivors of landslides, including dozens who were celebrating the cleanup of a mud-covered home, a rescue official said...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Bridge Collapses in Nepal, Killing 15
Hundreds of police, soldiers and villagers searched an icy river in western Nepal for more than 100 people feared missing and dead after a steel footbridge collapsed...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Korea to Examine Its President-Elect
South Korea?s cabinet approved a special counsel to look into securities fraud allegations against president-elect Lee Myung-bak...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Online games battle for top spot
The battle for dominance in online gaming looks set to take on a epic scope in 2008, say experts...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Actress Pat Kirkwood dies at 86
British actress Pat Kirkwood, a star of stage and screen, dies at the age of 86...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Pension scheme deficits wiped out
The UK's top 100 firms show a collective £15bn surplus in pension schemes, a complete turnaround in two years...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Work starts on £8.75m A&E unit
Construction work on a state-of-the-art emergency unit at a Pembrokeshire hospital underway...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Hindus protest over cow slaughter
Hundreds of Hindus in Hertfordshire are to protest over allegations the RSPCA killed their sacred cow...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Man in court over father's death
A man appears in court charged in connection with the death of a man killed in a County Antrim village...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Live - Premier League
Chelsea entertain Aston Villa, Tottenham face Fulham and West Ham play Reading in the early Boxing Day games in the Premier League...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
EastEnders tops Christmas ratings
BBC drama EastEnders is watched by more viewers than any other TV show on Christmas Day...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Indonesia landslides bury dozens
Dozens are killed or missing in Indonesian landslides on the third anniversary of the South Asian tsunami...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Turkish jets in fresh Iraq strike
Turkish warplanes again launch strikes at Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq, officials say...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Boxing Day fox hunting expected
The Countryside Alliance says it expects more than a quarter of a million people to take part in Boxing Day hunts...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Record sales discounts predicted
Tight profit margins trigger deep discounts on the high street for the traditional Boxing Day sales...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: South Korea: Ship Vanishes
Rescuers in ships and helicopters began an intensive search for 14 sailors feared drowned after their ship transmitted a distress signal and disappeared in freezing waters about 280 miles south of Seoul...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Ballistic Missile Test-Fired
A Russian submarine in the Barents Sea successfully test-fired a new ballistic missile, hitting a target on the Kamchatka Peninsula on Russia?s Pacific coast minutes later, the Defense Ministry said...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
World Briefing | The Americas: Cuba: Castro?s Re-election Supported
Fidel Castro remains on the mend, gaining weight, exercising twice a day and continuing to help make the Cuban government?s top decisions, said Raśl Castro, his brother and the acting president...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: China: Salvation of an Ancient Mariner
An 800-year-old merchant ship was raised from the bottom of the South China Sea on Saturday, loaded with artifacts that might confirm the existence of an ancient maritime trade route linking China and the West...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Macao Journal: A Gambling-Fueled Boom Adds to a Church?s Bane
For the past 30 years, the number of Roman Catholics and their proportion of Macao?s population have been in steep decline, a stark contrast to the 45 percent increase in the number worldwide...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Spain: Bomb in Party Office in Basque Town
A small bomb damaged the governing party?s office in a Basque town on Monday evening, an hour after authorities received a warning call from the armed separatist group ETA, an official said...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Afghanistan to Expel 2 Envoys, Citing Threats to Its Security
A high-level European Union official and a U.N. staff member were declared unwelcome in the country, apparently after reports said that they had met with Taliban insurgents...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Ousted Thai Leader Says He?ll Return but Forgo Politics
With his backers claiming victory in a parliamentary election, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said that he was prepared to return to Thailand...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 25 Near Refinery in Northern Iraq
The attack killed children, civilians, Iraqi security forces and members of the American-funded armed groups known as the Awakening Council...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Turkey Says Its Raids in Iraq Killed 150 Rebels
Two Turkish airstrikes on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq hit more than 200 targets, the Turkish military said...
New York Times - December 26, 2007
Cash boost for urban regeneration
Three projects in the west of Scotland will share £30m of government cash, it is announced...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Hunt for scores missing in Nepal
Rescuers search for over 100 people missing after a bridge collapsed in Nepal, killing at least 15 people...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Russia tests ballistic missiles
Russia successfully tests two intercontinental missiles amid renewed criticism over US missile defence plans...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Tsunami remembered three years on
Ceremonies have been taking place to mark the third anniversary of the devastating Asian Tsunami...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Football: Scottish league preview
Celtic, Rangers and Motherwell aim to bounce back on Boxing Day after dropping points at the top of the Scottish Premier League...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Online shopping pre-empts sales
Bargain hunters who could not wait till the traditional Boxing Day sales have been busy online during Christmas Day, retailers say...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Girl survives Panama plane crash
A 12-year-old US girl survives a plane crash in Panama which killed a US man, his daughter and the local pilot...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Dozens killed in Java landslides
At least 36 people are reported to have died in landslides in Indonesia, after hours of heavy rain...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Actress Pat Kirkwood dies
British actress Pat Kirkwood, a star of stage and screen in the 1940s and 1950s, dies at the age of 86...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Tiger escapes at California zoo
One person is killed and two are injured after a tiger escapes from its cage at San Francisco Zoo...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
Urgent talks on Afghan expulsions
Foreign officials hold emergency talks with Afghan authorities over two diplomats ordered to leave the country...
BBC News - December 26, 2007
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