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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 April 2005:
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Anticipating Report on Baghdad Shooting, U.S.-Italy Tension Rises
Italian politicians and citizens reacted furiously to leaked reports that an investigation into the death of an Italian agent would absolve U.S. soldiers of guilt...
New York Times - April 26, 2005
Iraqis Extend Negotiations Over Makeup of New Government
Iraq's political leaders said they expected to submit a full cabinet to the national assembly on Wednesday...
New York Times - April 26, 2005
Petal artwork wins Beck's award
A sculpture and video installation by Christina Mackie wins the £26,666 Beck's Futures contemporary arts prize...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Putin kicks-off Middle East tour
Russia's president begins a four-day visit to Egypt and Israel that is set to focus on the Mid-East peace process...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Tory leader Howard hits Scotland
Conservative leader Michael Howard is coming to Scotland to urge Scottish voters to help his party win power...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Jackson boy 'faced Brazil exile'
Pop star's trial hears how a travel agent booked one-way tickets to Brazil for alleged victim's family...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Japan rail crash death toll rises
The number of people confirmed dead in a train crash in western Japan rises to 89...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Mother and baby killed in home
Police hunt a man after a mother and her baby are murdered in a house in a Cornwall village...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Football: Milan on course for final
AC Milan snatch a vital two-goal advantage in the Champions League semi-final against PSV Eindhoven...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Snooker: Hendry pulls level
Matthew Stevens and Stephen Hendry are tied at 8-8 in their World Snooker Championship quarter-final...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
UN examines Syria pullout claims
UN chief Kofi Annan says it is too early to say whether Syria has completely pulled its troops out of Lebanon...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Parties turn spotlight on schools
Labour and the Lib Dems focus on education as Tony Blair brushes off Tory claims he is a liar...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Syrian Troops Leave Lebanon After 29-Year Occupation
The two sides appeared to try to portray the occasion as less of an end to their relationship than a chance to start a new one...
New York Times - April 26, 2005
Toll Rises to 73 in Japan Crash; Riders Blame Train's Speed
The commuter train that crashed into an apartment building on Monday may have been speeding to make up for a brief delay...
New York Times - April 26, 2005
Taiwan Opposition Leader Arrives in China for High-Level Talks
One of Taiwan's two main opposition leaders arrived in China today as Beijing begins to step up a campaign to isolate the island's independence movement...
New York Times - April 26, 2005
School meals 'must be made free'
Healthy school meals should be made free for all pupils, says the school caterers' professional body...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Post vote applications quadruple
The number of people intending to vote by post has nearly quadrupled since the last general election, BBC research suggests...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Nurses say reform prostitute law
UK nurses have voted in favour of decriminalising prostitution to improve the health of men and women working in the industry...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Prescott roof activists arrested
Environmental protesters who climbed onto John Prescott's roof are led away in handcuffs by police...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Auctioneer 'stole £1m milk money'
A County Down auctioneer is charged with stealing more than £1m from over 50 Northern Ireland farmers...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Fishermen net £3.4m in catch scam
The skipper and mate of the UK's largest trawler face legal action over "black fish" landings worth £3.4m...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Instructor fined over rock fall
A newly-qualified instructor is fined after a woman was paralysed when she fell from rocks as a result of an ambiguous "let go of the rope" order...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Israel probes West Bank killings
The Israeli army investigates a deadly incident near Hebron in which a Palestinian ran over an Israeli before being shot...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Air India to buy 50 Boeing planes
Air India is to buy 50 Boeing planes in what has been billed as the largest deal in Indian aviation history...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Opposition fury at Togo poll loss
Angry opposition supporters erect burning barricades in Togo's capital as the son of the former leader wins the presidential poll...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Police smash £20m cheque fraud
Officers arrest 35 people over a multi-million pound fraud involving cheque books stolen in the post...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Beckhams to launch legal action
David Beckham and his wife Victoria are to sue their former nanny after she made allegations about their private life...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Italian hostage blasts US report
An Italian held hostage in Iraq attacks a US report that clears troops of killing the agent who helped free her...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Knife held against Abigail's son
Abigail Witchalls' attacker held a knife to her son's throat before stabbing her once, she has told police...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Arms Move to Syria 'Unlikely,' Report Says
The Bush administration's senior weapons inspector said in a report that it was "unlikely" that Saddam Hussein's forces moved weapons to Syria...
New York Times - April 26, 2005
Rising oil prices boost BP profit
Higher oil prices help BP lift quarterly profit by 29% to almost £3bn...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
More money for higher education
Income for the higher education sector increased by £1.2bn last year, according to official figures...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
PSP European launch in September
Sony says its PSP handheld console will be released in Europe on 1 September, nine months after it hit Japanese stores...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Franco-German plea for Yes vote
The German chancellor backs President Chirac to encourage a French Yes vote on the EU constitution...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Seven guilty of US centre attack
A court in India finds seven guilty of an attack on the American centre in Calcutta in which five policemen died...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Prescott criticises roof protest
John Prescott says environmental protesters who staged a protest on the roof of his home "terrorised" his wife...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Pupils show support for shot boy
Classmates of a boy shot in a Fermanagh playground make him get well cards on their return to school...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Jail's education plan criticised
Management at Kilmarnock Prison should take "urgent steps" to provide better basic learning courses, a report says...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Plaid renews PM impeachment bid
Nationalist parties in Wales and Scotland join forces renewing the call for Tony Blair to be impeached over the Iraq war...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Togo election deal 'not agreed'
Togo's main opposition leader denies reaching a post-election deal on a unity government after talks in Nigeria...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Taiwan opposition leader in China
Nationalist Party leader Lien Chan arrives in China for an historic meeting with President Hu Jintao...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
US clears troops over Italy death
US investigators clear soldiers of wrongdoing over the killing of an Italian agent in Baghdad, an official says...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
People 'spend £1.5m' during lives
The average person spends £1,537,380 on essentials, leisure and taxes during their lifetime, insurer Prudential says...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Star Wars to become TV series
Two Star Wars TV series will follow the latest movie in the hit film franchise, director George Lucas says...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Golf: Michelle Wie gets Open shot
American teenager Michelle Wie could become the first woman to play in The Open later this year...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Broadband reveals digital divide
Figures on broadband users by constituency show how they relate to broader social divisions say researchers...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
New appeal over Abigail stabbing
Information given over five hours by stab victim Abigail Witchalls from her hospital bed leads to a fresh police appeal...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Syrian troops leave Lebanese soil
The last Syrian soldiers have left Lebanon after 29 years, following a farewell parade in the Bekaa Valley...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Bush and Saudi Prince Discuss High Oil Prices in Ranch Meeting
President Bush said he wanted to discuss the capacity of the Saudis to pump more oil to help offset a surge in prices...
New York Times - April 26, 2005
Protest in a Urals Region Seeks the Ouster of a Putin Ally
An uprising against a regional government in Russia is posing one of the most significant challenges yet to President Vladimir Putin...
New York Times - April 26, 2005
Afghan Arrested in New York Said to Be a Heroin Kingpin
An Afghan tribal leader designated by the Bush administration as one of the world's most-wanted narcotics dealers was arrested in New York...
New York Times - April 26, 2005
Ex-Officials Say Bolton Inflated Syrian Danger
John Bolton clashed repeatedly with intelligence officials over warnings about Syrian efforts to acquire unconventional weapons...
New York Times - April 26, 2005
Pope Benedict Reaches Out to Muslims
Benedict XVI reached out for the first time to Muslims, saying he hoped for a "growth of dialogue between Muslims and Christians."...
New York Times - April 26, 2005
Toll Rises to 71 in Japan Crash; Riders Blame Train's Speed
The train, which crashed into an apartment building, may have been speeding to make up for a brief delay, survivors said...
New York Times - April 26, 2005
Star Wars day sold out in minutes
Tickets for a marathon screening of all six Star Wars films sell out in five minutes on Monday...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
GM recalls two million vehicles
General Motors recalls more than two million vehicles - the latest setback faced by the world's largest car maker...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Labour shift focus to education
Labour will try to shift the election focus to education and investment in pupils, after a day of vitriol over Iraq...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
More fuel protests being planned
Campaigners continue to demonstrate outside an oil refinery as more protests about high fuel costs are planned...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Taiwanese leader heads for China
Nationalist Party leader Lien Chan travels to China ahead of historic talks with President Hu Jintao...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
National police memorial unveiled
The first national memorial to police officers killed on duty is to be unveiled by the Queen close to Buckingham Palace...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
Jackson's ex-wife 'can testify'
The judge in Michael Jackson's sex trial rules the prosecution can call the singer's ex-wife, Debbie Rowe...
BBC News - April 26, 2005
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