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Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Hungary 4 dead, 26 injured in train collision
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Iraqi lawmaker urges resolution of minority issue
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Curfew in Indian Kashmir to prevent protest rally
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Kashmir police threaten to shoot curfew violators
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Supreme Court to open new term with heavy workload
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Congress hears Lehman sought millions for execs
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Designers play it safe as economy sours
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Jimmy Kimmel returns as American Music Awards host
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Global News Archive for March 2008:
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Coma attack doctor suspended
A doctor who beat a paramedic into a coma is suspended by the General Medical Council for 12 months...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Bush calls Hu to urge Tibet talks
US President George W Bush calls his Chinese counterpart to urge him to begin talks with Tibet's Dalai Lama...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Bush and Putin to meet next week
President Bush accepts a Russian invitation to meet for talks on the planned US missile defence system...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Actor Richard Widmark dies at 93
Hollywood actor Richard Widmark dies after a long illness at the age of 93, his wife announces...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Spain dig yields ancient European
A jawbone and teeth found in Spain are from one of the oldest known humans in Europe, scientists say...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Poor England pay penalty
Franck Ribery scores a penalty for France as England suffer their first defeat under coach Fabio Capello...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Football: Wales in 2-0 win
Freddy Eastwood scores twice as Wales stroll to a comfortable win over Luxembourg...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Football: Scotland earn draw
Barry Ferguson, Lee McCulloch, Christian Dailly and Allan McGregor withdraw from the Scotland squad to face Croatia...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Heathrow fingerprint plan on hold
Plans to fingerprint passengers at Heathrow's new Terminal 5 are suspended, less than 24 hours before it is due to open...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Katona 'fine' after health scare
Kerry Katona, who was admitted to hospital with suspected pre-eclampsia, is not as ill as initially feared...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Legal battle over Warcraft 'bot'
Blizzard is in a legal fight with the creator of a tool that automates actions in the virtual world...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
'Boy racer' headteacher is sacked
A head teacher jailed for dangerous driving after a high speed crash is dismissed from his job...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Indian baby girl freed from well
Army engineers in northern India rescue a two-year-old girl who had fallen down a deep well...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Yemeni wanted over student death
Officers urge a Yemeni man to return to the UK to answer questions about the murder of a Norwegian student...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Attack victim 'kicked 15 times'
A Donegal man killed in Londonderry last year was kicked about the head up to 15 times, a court hears...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Minister's apology to Foye victim
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill apologises to a schoolgirl raped by a prisoner on the run...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
McCain urges closer foreign ties
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain calls for the US to work more closely with other nations...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
France pledges more Afghan troops
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he will send more troops to Afghanistan to support Nato's mission...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Egypt to snub Syria's Arab summit
Egypt says its president, Hosni Mubarak, will not attend this weekend's Arab summit in Damascus...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Actor Richard Widmark dies at 93
Hollywood actor Richard Widmark dies after a long illness at the age of 93, his wife announces...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Adult goads boys into web fight
Police investigate "appalling" footage on the internet showing two young boys being forced to fight each other...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Football: FA charges Mascherano
Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano is charged with improper conduct after his sending off against Man Utd...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Cricket: Vaughan warns team
Michael Vaughan says England have a lot of improving to do despite their 2-1 Test series win over New Zealand...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Pair were 'pushed' over balcony
A witness tells an inquest in the UK she saw a man "push" two children from a hotel balcony in Greece...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Approval for mobiles on aircraft
One of the regulatory hurdles to using mobile phones on planes flying in European airspace is removed...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Tata buys Jaguar in £1.15bn deal
Ford sells its luxury UK-based car brands Jaguar and Land Rover to India's Tata in a deal worth £1.15bn...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
British soldier killed in Iraq
A British soldier has been killed after a firefight in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence says...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Sarkozy: We are stronger together
President Sarkozy says France and Britain have "never been so close", as he addresses the UK Parliament...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Iraq PM gives militants ultimatum
Iraq's prime minister gives militants in Basra 72 hours to disarm, as clashes continue for a second day...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Long-term risk of premature birth
Premature babies may suffer health consequences all the way through to adulthood, research suggests...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Changes ahead for excluded pupils
The government intends to transform the handling of children excluded from school in England...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
'Biggest UK space impact found'
Evidence for the largest meteorite ever to strike the British Isles has been found by a team of scientists...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Pregnant Katona sent to hospital
Kerry Katona is admitted to hospital suffering from suspected pre-eclampsia, her publicist says...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
450 Housing Executive jobs to go
The Housing Executive says 450 jobs will go over the next three years in a bid to save money...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Adoption offer for Sumani orphans
The children of a woman who of died of cancer after being removed from the UK are offered adoption in Wales...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
King pledges more market help
Bank of England governor Mervyn King warns that the credit crunch could last longer than previously thought...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Seoul 'to criticise North Korea'
South Korea intends to vote for a UN resolution criticising Pyongyang's rights record, reports say...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Argentine farm taxes row deepens
Argentine farmers vow to continue road blockades in protest at rising export taxes, as shops report shortages...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Japan suspends mozzarella imports
Japan suspends imports of Italian buffalo mozzarella, after reports that high levels of dioxins have been found...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
US admits to Suez canal killing
US officials say an Egyptian was killed in a shooting incident involving small boats in the Suez Canal on Monday...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Football: Capello ready for French
England boss Fabio Capello says Wednesday's match against Euro 2008 hopefuls France will be the toughest of his side's summer friendlies...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Rugby: Ashton faces England fate
England head coach Brian Ashton is poised to discover where his future lies on Wednesday when Rob Andrew presents his review of the Six Nations campaign...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Somalia fighting prompts warning
Humanitarian agencies warn of an impending catastrophe in Somalia, as Islamists free prisoners in a daring raid...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
UK push for big nuclear expansion
Business secretary John Hutton calls for a "significant expansion" in nuclear power to replace North Sea oil...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
BBC defends soap burial storyline
The BBC defends controversial scenes in EastEnders which featured a leading character being buried alive...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Clock is ticking for £7m winner
The Devon winner of a lottery prize of almost £7m only has a matter of hours to claim the cash...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Sarkozy seeks better ties with UK
The French president urges Britain and France to work "hand in glove", ahead of his first UK state visit...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Fresh clashes break out in Basra
Fighting erupts for a second day in Basra and elsewhere, as Iraqi soldiers confront Shia militants...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
India's Tata buying Jaguar
Ford is to sell UK-based Jaguar and Land Rover to Indian firm Tata in a £1bn deal to be announced later...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Watchdog admits failure over Rock
Financial watchdog the FSA admits in a review that it failed to adequately regulate troubled bank Northern Rock...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Vale quits Xstrata takeover talks
Brazilian mining giant Vale do Rio Doce abandons talks to buy rival Xstrata...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Breast MRI scans 'commonly wrong'
MRI scans on women with a high risk of breast cancer falsely spot tumours in most positive cases, a study says...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
'Leave Taleban to Afghans' call
A Karzai ally says Afghans should take over the fight against the Taleban as unrest claims six more lives...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Fresh evidence at child inquest
An inquest into the death of a six-year-old boy in a plunge from a hotel balcony will hear from new witnesses...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Salmond in independence test call
Alex Salmond challenges opponents to test their devolution reform plans in a referendum...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Obama presses Clinton on finances
Barack Obama publishes seven years of tax returns and calls on his rival Hillary Clinton to do the same...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Rescuers find bodies in HK wreck
Divers recover two bodies from a ship that sank off Hong Kong after colliding with a Chinese vessel...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Scholar denounces Muslim baptism
A Jordanian Muslim scholar denounces the Pope's baptism on Saturday of a prominent Italian Muslim convert...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Cyber bully pledge for teachers
Schools Secretary Ed Balls is pledging more protection for school staff bullied online by students...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Aid agencies warning on Somalia
Forty humanitarian agencies have warned of an impending catastrophe in Somalia unless urgent action is taken...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Panesar seals England series win
Monty Panesar takes career-best figures of 6-126 to inspire England to victory on day five in Napier and seal a series win over New Zealand...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Building collapses in west Norway
An apartment block collapses in the west Norwegian town of Alesund leaving many injured, reports say...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Sarkozy due in UK for state visit
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is due in the UK for a state visit, which will include talks with Gordon Brown...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Unrest spreads around Shia Iraq
Fighting between Iraqi security forces and Shia militants spreads out from Basra to other Shia areas...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
FSA releasing Rock crisis review
The FSA is publishing a review of how Northern Rock was being monitored before its crisis unfolded last year...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Pregnancy alcohol ban advised
Women should not drink any alcohol during pregnancy, NHS advisers say in new tougher guidelines...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
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