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Frozen yogurt war de-thaws, tart new brands hit US
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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25 bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Displaced Georgians look to US for hope, aid
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines peace in tatters after rebel attack
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Global News Archive for February 2008:
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Abroad: No Laughs, No Thrills, and Villains All Too Real
A new textbook shows that the Holocaust has come a long way as a topic to be freshly considered by a new generation of German teenagers...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Belarus Opposition Leader Freed for Wife?s Funeral
Authorities in Belarus temporarily freed Aleksandr V. Kazulin, a jailed opposition politician who threatened to starve himself if not permitted to attend his wife?s funeral...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Judges Uphold Nigeria?s Presidential Election
A panel of judges has upheld the April 2007 election of President Umaru Yar?Adua, ruling that evidence of ballot box stuffing was not enough to overturn the result...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Democrats Mount New Attack on War Policies
Congressional Democrats are focusing on the financial cost of the Iraq war and the implications for the U.S. economy...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
For the Press, a Monitored Tour
North Korean officials gave journalists a scripted tour of Pyongyang?s sites, but there were spontaneous moments...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Drug-Resistant TB at Record Levels
Multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis cases in parts of the former Soviet Union have reached the highest rates ever recorded...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Philharmonic Stirs Emotions in North Korea
Hinting at a wider cultural thaw, the concert was the first permitted by an American orchestra in the country...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Murder jury hear cat 'confession'
Secret police recordings are played to a jury in which a pensioner accused of murder talks to his pet cats...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Loch boat man search to restart
A search for a man missing after a boat capsized on a loch on the Isle of Lewis is due to resume on Wednesday...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Visitors allowed to stroke tiger
The USPCA moves against a man who allowed people to be photographed with a tiger at a dangerous animals pound...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Death jolts Argentine baby trial
A key witness in a trial about babies stolen from prisoners during the 'Dirty War' in Argentina is found dead...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Zimbabwe police licensed to shoot
Zimbabwe's police chief says officers can use firearms to quell any violence around next month's elections...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Premier League delays Fifa visit
The Premier League pulls out of a planned trip to see Fifa president Sepp Blatter over its controversial proposal to play matches abroad...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Report backs limited badger cull
An MPs' report supports a limited cull of badgers to help prevent the spread of TB in cattle across the UK...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Hospitals see rise in dog bites
The number of people with dog bites treated at hospital has increased significantly, figures show...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
'Lax' MP expenses rules slammed
The House of Commons is ordered to provide a more detailed breakdown of MPs expenses...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Democrats set for crucial debate
Democratic candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are to take part in their last debate before key primaries...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Iraq 'hostage Briton' video aired
An Arabic TV channel shows a video claiming to show one of five Britons captured in Iraq eight months ago...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Kofi Annan Suspends Kenya Talks
The former United Nations secretary general seems to be getting increasingly frustrated with the glacial pace of the negotiations, which have ground on for more than a month...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Iraq Demands That Turkey Withdraw
Turkish forces continued to battle Kurdish rebel bases on northern Iraq, prompting a condemnation from Baghdad. In Mosul, a bus bombing killed 9, officials said...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Philharmonic Plays in North Korea
Hinting at a wider cultural thaw, the landmark concert was the first permitted by an American orchestra in the isolated country...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Can Turkey re-interpret Islam?
Turkish scholars are about to publish a new document which dramatically re-interprets Islam. What impact will this have on Turkey?...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Odeon snub hurts Rambo return
The latest Rambo film fails to top the UK box office chart following cinema chain Odeon's refusal to screen it...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
US team wins asteroid competition
A US team wins a $50,000 competition to design a probe that will track a potentially dangerous asteroid...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Bank warns of economic risks
The Bank of England deputy governor warns of uncertain effects of the "largest ever peacetime liquidity crisis"...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Concern over school performance
Wales' education watchdog warns of a widening gap between the best and worst schools...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Milly detectives receive 30 calls
Police investigating the murder of Milly Dowler are "delighted" by the response to a fresh appeal...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
MLA pays wife £5,400 office rent
Another MLA confirms that he pays the rent for his constituency office to a family member...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Pakistan lifts the ban on YouTube
Pakistan's telecoms regulator lifts the restrictions it imposed on video-sharing website YouTube...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Obama wins ex-rival's endorsement
US ex-presidential candidate Christopher Dodd endorses Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Kenya crisis talks suspended
Talks to resolve Kenya's post-election crisis are suspended because of a lack of progress, mediator Kofi Annan says...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Olympics: China pollution drive
China announces measures to cut air pollution in and around Beijing ahead of the Olympic Games in August...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Football: Hicks denies sale claim
Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks is continuing to talk to the Dubai International Capital, BBC Sport understands...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Brothers found guilty of murder
Two brothers who beat a restaurant owner to death during a burglary are found guilty of murder...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Jersey 'abuse cover-up' is denied
The Chief Minister of Jersey says there will be no hiding place on the island for anyone who has abused children...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Iraq denounces Turkish offensive
Baghdad condemns Turkey's incursion into northern Iraq and demands an immediate troop withdrawal...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Missing girl police 'fear worst'
Detectives searching for missing Shannon Matthews say they fear she may have fallen into the "wrong hands"...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Super-casino proposal is ditched
The Las Vegas-style super-casino planned for Manchester is to be scrapped, the government announces...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Lib Dem ordered out of EU debate
Lib Dem frontbencher Edward Davey is ordered out of the Commons in protest at the EU treaty debate...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Iraq minutes 'should be released'
The government is told to release minutes of the cabinet meetings which approved the 2003 Iraq war...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
6 Killed in Afghan Blast
A roadside bomb hit a vehicle carrying five policemen and a child in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing all six, officials said...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Nigerian Tribunal to Rule on Presidential Election
A Nigerian tribunal will uphold or annul the 2007 election of President Umaru Yar?Adua on Tuesday in a ruling that could either legitimize a deeply flawed poll or push Africa?s most populous nation into political limbo...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Oscars suffer lowest TV ratings
This year's Oscars were seen by 32 million US TV viewers - its lowest ratings since 1974, early figures show...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
New search powers lead Firefox 3
The latest version of Firefox will have search at its heart says developer Mozilla...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
First look at vast 'book of life'
The first 30,000 pages are unveiled of a vast encyclopedia to catalogue each of Earth's 1.8 million species...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Super-casino 'due to be scrapped'
The government is expected to scrap plans for a super-casino in Manchester but confirm 16 regional venues...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Average water bill rising by 5.8%
Ofwat says average household water bills in England and Wales will increase by £18...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
£225m Bridgend 'village' planned
Fears are voiced that a new 1,500-home village close to Bridgend could damage nearby communities...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Paisley resigns 'with humility'
The DUP's Ian Paisley Jnr says he has left his executive post with "deep humility" but in good spirits...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Inquiry into opera turbine opens
A public inquiry opens into Glyndebourne Opera House's plans for a wind turbine on the Sussex Downs...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Free speech 'shrinking' in Russia
Free speech is "shrinking alarmingly" in Vladimir Putin's Russia, says a report by Amnesty International...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Khamenei hails Iran 'nuclear win'
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hails the "great victory" achieved by Iran on the nuclear issue...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Gates in India to push US firms
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates visits India to bolster military ties and promote US arms manufacturers...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Thaksin 'to return on Thursday'
Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra will return from exile on Thursday morning, according to his supporters...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Nigeria poll petition dismissed
A Nigerian judge dismisses one of two petitions asking for President Umaru Yar'Adua's election to be re-run...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Striker bailed over wife 'attack'
Burnley striker Andy Cole is questioned by police after an alleged attack on his wife...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Football: Moyes' Europe focus
Everton boss David Moyes salutes his side after they beat Manchester City but urges them to keep their focus in the race for Europe...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Expenses review speeded up
A review of MPs' expenses led by the under-pressure Commons Speaker will report months earlier than planned...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Candle-lit vigil for missing girl
A community will hold a candle-lit vigil later for missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Music to ease US, N Korea ties
The New York Philharmonic performs a groundbreaking concert in secretive and anti-American North Korea...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Truancy 'highest rate since 1997'
The latest figures show truancy rates in England have risen to their highest for a decade...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Jersey chief says 'no cover-up'
Jersey's chief minister says "there is no hiding place" for child abusers on the island...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Bus stop killer gets whole life term
A man who killed two students and tried to kill a third is to spend the rest of his life in prison, a judge orders...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Top terror recruiter found guilty
A man said to be one of the most influential recruiters for Islamist extremism in the UK is found guilty at a major trial...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Belarus: Opposition Prisoner Vows to Starve Himself
Aleksandr V. Kazulin, a former presidential candidate who has been serving a five-and-a-half-year prison sentence since leading anti-government demonstrations in 2006, said that he would refuse all food and fluids beginning Tuesday unless the authorities allowed him to attend the funeral of his wife, Iryna, who died of cancer on Feb. 23. He said he would then die swiftly in prison ? a person on a ?dry? hunger strike can usually live no more than a week ? forcing the authorities to bury him and his wife together. The West has been pressing the Belarussian government for his release. Javier Solana, the European Union?s foreign policy chief, urged Belarus to release Mr. Kazulin ?immediately and unconditionally, so that he can be reunited with his family and attend his wife?s funeral.?...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Vatican City: Pope Appeals for ?Death Leave?
Pope Benedict XVI called for those caring for the dying to be granted ?death leave? similar to maternity leave for couples. ?Similar rights should be accorded to close family members at the moment the illness of their loved ones is at a terminal phase,? he said...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Belgium: Parties Strike a Deal
Belgium?s political parties finally agreed on new reforms, setting aside major differences that have prevented Dutch- and French-speakers from forming a government almost nine months after elections. ?At last there is an agreement,? said the leader of the French-speaking Socialists, Elio Di Rupo, after a ?wise men?s group? from the main parties hammered out an accord on a first raft of reforms, including the transfer of some federal powers to the regions. Dutch-speaking parties also welcomed the deal, although it fell short of the powers they were seeking for the Flanders region. The protracted political crisis had led to concerns that the country might split in two. Barring any last-minute hitch, the agreement also means that the delayed 2008 budget could be drawn up this week. Then, on March 20, Yves Leterme, the leader of the Flemish Christian Democrats, would replace Guy Verhofstadt, who has been leading an interim government...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: The Philippines: Protesters Demand Arroyo?s Ouster
Thousands of protesters ? leftists, labor groups, opposition members, students, teachers and representatives of the powerful Roman Catholic Church ? took to the streets in Manila, the capital, and 14 other cities to demand President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo?s ouster as the country observed the 22nd anniversary of the popular uprising that toppled Ferdinand E. Marcos. In Manila, about 4,000 marched. One group was blocked by the police from approaching the People Power Monument along the main thoroughfare. Mrs. Arroyo, who has survived three impeachment attempts and four attempted coups in her seven years, still holds the support of the powerful military...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: South Africa: Elephant Kills Are Legal Again
The government said it would start killing elephants beginning May 1 to reduce their growing numbers, ending a 13-year moratorium. Environment Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said it was ?a last option? to reduce environmental degradation and rising conflicts with humans. There would be no ?wholesale slaughter,? he added, but did not specify how many elephants might be killed. The announcement follows months of impassioned debate, with some conservationists, including the World Wildlife Fund, cautiously arguing for elephant culling to protect the ecosystem, and other groups outraged. South Africa had just 200 elephants at the beginning of the 20th century and now has 18,000, a number expected to double by 2020. The new regulations say killing must be through ?quick and humane methods,? preferably a single shot to the brain by a marksman in a helicopter...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Pakistan Cuts Access to YouTube Worldwide
YouTube was back up after Pakistan, in an act of information provincialism, inadvertently made the video-sharing site inaccessible on Sunday afternoon...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Obituaries: Janez Drnovsek, Slovenian Leader, Is Dead at 57
As president of Slovenia, Mr. Drnovsek helped lead his country to independence from Yugoslavia...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Mexicans Barely Increased Remittances in ?07
Mexicans working in the United States sent back almost $24 billion to their families at home last year, about a 1 percent increase over 2006...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Pentagon Releases Projections for Forces
The Pentagon is projecting that when the United States troop buildup in Iraq ends in July there will be about 8,000 more troops on the ground than when it began in January 2007...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Porlamar Journal: Free Eye Care From Chávez, All the Better to See Him
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is pressing ahead with a project providing free eye surgery to Latin America?s poor, as well as other efforts aimed at lifting his country?s profile across Latin America...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Europeans Plan Incentives, as Iran Says Sanctions Won?t Halt Nuclear Program
The European plan is the latest part of the West?s so far unsuccessful carrot-and-stick strategy aimed at getting Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Gazans Demonstrate at Border Against Israeli Blockade
Several thousand Palestinians joined peaceful protests in the Gaza Strip along sections of the border with Israel for several hours on Monday...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
South Korean President Pledges Pragmatism
After he was sworn in Monday, President Lee Myung-bak pledged to improve relations with the United States and draw North Korea out of its isolation...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Blast Kills Surgeon General of Pakistani Army
A top Pakistani Army general was killed Monday when a suicide attacker approached his car at a traffic light in Rawalpindi and blew himself up...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Bank crises 'deadly for health'
There could be many more heart attacks if the Northern Rock crisis was repeated at other banks, a study says...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Parents' relief over healthy baby
A couple say they bear no ill-will to medics who told them their "perfect" baby could die within hours of birth...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Ex-bosses convicted of AIG fraud
Five former insurance bosses are convicted of fraud for their part in an accounting scandal at AIG...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Cheap island ferry plan launched
Ferry fares on some sailings to the Western Isles could be slashed by a pilot project to be launched later on Tuesday...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Canada debates Afghanistan troops
A debate begins in the Canadian parliament in Ottawa on the future of the country's troops in Afghanistan...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Iran weapons project 'continued'
The IAEA is told Iran's nuclear weapons work may have gone on after 2003, when a US report suggested it ceased...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Greenspan negative on US economy
Federal Reserve ex-head Alan Greenspan warns that the US economy could see a deep contraction...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Rudd plans summit on 2020 vision
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd reveals plans for a summit to discuss challenges facing Australia...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Objectors unite on Heathrow plan
Politicians. residents and green campaigners object to Heathrow expansion plans...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
100,000 miss first-choice school
Some 100,000 parents did not get their children into their preferred school last year, figures reveal...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Man, 66, held over knife killing
A 66-year-old man is arrested after a man is stabbed in the neck and dies in central Manchester...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Cash plea for die-at-home plan
A key charity says plans to help more terminally ill people die at home are at risk due to a lack of funding...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Jersey 'cover-up faces exposure'
As police continue to search a former Jersey children's home, a former minister says he will expose a 'cover-up culture'...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Regional casino details awaited
The government is expected to confirm plans for 16 regional casinos and scrap the super-casino for Manchester...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Anti-depressants 'of little use'
Anti-depressants have little clinical benefit for the majority of depressed patients, research shows...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Bus stop killer facing life terms
A man who killed two students and tried to kill a third faces life terms in prison when he is sentenced...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
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