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Gustav stalls offshore in Haiti after killing 23
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Indian security forces kill 3 in Kashmir
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Indian security forces kill 5 in Kashmir
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Kashmir police and suspected rebels in shootout
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Swiss exonerate Europes last executed witch
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Combat flares in 3rd area of Pakistan border belt
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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At least 5 dead in Kashmir battle over hostages
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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9 killed in bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Garth, Doherty make nice while filming new 90210
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Global News Archive for April 2008:
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'Weeks' to re-start strike plant
The Grangemouth refinery could take three weeks to restart, after a strike set for Sunday, bosses say...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Many die in Morocco factory fire
Fifty-five people die and 12 more are injured in a fire at a mattress factory in the Moroccan city of Casablanca...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Rally over NYC police acquittals
Hundreds of people protest in New York over the clearing of three police officers for the killing Sean Bell...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Hundreds of print staff lose jobs
Nearly 300 workers at a Somerset printers are told they have been made redundant...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Colossal squid out of the freezer
Scientists in New Zealand begin to thaw the colossal squid caught last year, before dissecting it live on the web...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Europe launches sat-nav tester
A spacecraft for Europe's proposed Galileo sat-nav system is launched from Kazakhstan...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
'Ten hurt' in motorcycle accident
Up to 10 people are injured when a motorcyclist strikes pedestrians in the centre of Aberdeen, say police...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Seven killed in Iraq bomb attacks
Insurgents in Iraq carry out four bomb attacks in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least seven people...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Dutch bill to ban magic mushrooms
The Dutch cabinet proposes a bill to ban the sale of hallucinogenic mushrooms...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Fuel to be shipped into Scotland
Extra imports of fuel from across Europe will be shipped into Scotland to help bolster supplies during the Grangemouth strike...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Levy attacks Brown's leadership
Lord Levy, who was Tony Blair's chief fundraiser, attacks a "lack of strong leadership" in the Labour Party...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Chelsea win keeps title bid alive
Michael Ballack's late penalty gives Chelsea a 2-1 win over Man United to draw level with the Premier League leaders...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Raikkonen denies Alonso home pole
Kimi Raikkonen produces a blistering final lap to qualify in pole position for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Mourners attend Minghella service
Hundreds of people attend a thanksgiving service for the late director Anthony Minghella...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Lithuania raises Russia concerns
Lithuania wants the EU to delay partnership talks with Russia because of energy security worries...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Drivers urged against fuel rush
Ministers tell motorists not to panic-buy fuel, as some petrol stations in Scotland report shortages...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
House blaze treated as suspicious
Gardaí are treating as suspicious the deaths of a family of four in a house fire in County Wexford...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Uganda journalists held in raid
Three Ugandan journalists including a well-known editor are arrested for publishing seditious material...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
French train robbers make off with Playboy cushions
French robbers stop a goods train and make off with cushions bearing the Playboy logo...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
In pictures
The life of veteran jazz musician Humphrey Lyttelton...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Windsor welcome
Coldstream Guards return after a tour in Afghanistan...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Widening net
San Francisco meeting sets tone for internet future...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
German apology for Afghan spying
Germany apologises to Afghanistan for a spying incident which targeted an Afghan minister...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Man sought in double death probe
Police investigating the deaths of a disabled man and his mother want to trace a young man seen pushing an empty wheelchair...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Pirates free crew of Spanish boat
Pirates release the crew of a Spanish fishing boat captured off the coast of Somalia, the government says...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Industry plea to prevent strike
The oil and gas industry urges the government to intervene in the dispute at the Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Opposition 'holds Zimbabwe seats'
President Robert Mugabe's party fails to regain its majority in Zimbabwe's parliament after a partial recount...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Social worker bitten by rabid dog
A social worker is one of three people treated for rabies exposure after being bitten by an infected puppy in quarantine...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Live - Premier League
Chelsea host Manchester United needing at least a point to keep the Premier League title race alive...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Family holds Minghella memorial
The family of the late film-maker Anthony Minghella holds a thanksgiving service on the Isle of Wight...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Iran hardliners strengthen hold
Iran's conservatives appear to have consolidated their election win, taking more seats in a run-off...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
E Timor rebel 'ready to give up'
An East Timor rebel wanted over an assassination attempt on Jose Ramos-Horta is negotiating his surrender, reports say...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Protests against military academy
Demonstrators voice their opposition to a new military training academy being built in Wales...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Family of four die in house blaze
A family of four, including two young children, die in a house fire in County Wexford in the Irish Republic...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Everest diary
Following the Olympic torch to the world's rooftop...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Flying solo
Battle to keep eerie calm of iconic Berlin airport...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Gambling firms 'fail to donate'
Two-thirds of gambling companies have contributed nothing to a fund for problem gamblers, the BBC learns...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Indian cricket cheerleaders warned over 'obscenity'
Police in the Indian city of Mumbai warn action against 'obscene' cheerleaders at a cricket competition...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Girl killed in fresh Gaza clashes
A 14-year-old girl dies during clashes between Israeli forces and militants in Gaza, hours after a truce offer...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Zimbabwe opposition retains gains
A recount confirms seven results in Zimbabwe's polls, making it hard for the ruling party to regain a majority...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Winehouse cautioned over assault
Troubled pop singer Amy Winehouse is cautioned by the police for common assault...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Major oil pipeline to close overnight
A pipeline delivering 30% of the UK's daily oil output will shut down overnight ahead of a strike at Grangemouth refinery...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
School pay strikes then and now
Mike Baker compares this week's teachers' pay strike with the last one, in February 1985...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Oil firms in Nigeria cut output
The two biggest oil companies in Nigeria cut production in response to strikes and attacks by militant groups...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Plans to control access to Amazon
Brazil is to consider a law that could require foreign visitors and workers in the Amazon to have a permit...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Body of missing man found in case
The body of a 22-year-old missing disabled man was found concealed in a suitcase in the garden of his family home, police confirm...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Bid to reduce jury numbers
The number of people serving on a jury could be reduced as part of a review by the Scottish Government...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
No sex please
Have US teen abstinence programmes failed?...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Week in pictures
Striking images in the news over the past seven days...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Winehouse spends night in cells
Singer Amy Winehouse spends the night at a police station in London over an alleged assault on Wednesday...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Scarlett mother returns to India
The mother of murdered Scarlett Keeling is returning to India to press the authorities over her daughter's death...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
A police force carries out a risk assessment - of its staff winning the lottery
A police force carries out a risk assessment in case a syndicate of its workers wins the National Lottery...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Pipeline set to shut over strike
A key North Sea oil pipeline is expected to shut later, because of a planned strike by refinery workers...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
Scuffles in Japan at torch relay
There are minor scuffles during the latest leg of the Olympic torch relay in the Japanese city of Nagano...
BBC News - April 26, 2008
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