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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 June 2006:
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Tensions Rise After Israeli Is Kidnapped
The Palestinian president ordered his security services today to find the kidnapped soldier as the Israeli prime minister warned of a military action in Gaza...
New York Times - June 26, 2006
GM staff queue up to leave firm
GM says its cost-cutting plans are taking effect faster than planned, with 35,000 staff agreeing to leave the firm...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Doctors issue plea over MMR jab
Leading experts warn that continued doubts about the safety of MMR will cost lives...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
'Real-life' lessons used in maths
Football, fashion and the Olympics go into lesson plans to keep England's teenagers interested in maths...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Staff told 'leave bodies on ward'
Hospital staff are told to leave corpses on wards because there are not enough porters to move them at night...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Assembly failure 'will cost DUP'
Failure to agree a return to devolution will cost the DUP more than £1.5m, a NIO document claims...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Decision due on Lanarkshire A&E
Patients in Lanarkshire are set to find out which of the area's three accident and emergency units will close...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Italy resoundingly rejects reform
Over 60% of Italian voters reject sweeping reforms that would have boosted the PM's powers...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Ukraine beats Swiss on penalties
Ukraine beat Switzerland 3-0 in a penalty shoot-out to go through to a quarter-final against Italy...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Tennis: Wimbledon counts cost
The All England Club will offer refunds costing £1million after the first day's play at Wimbledon is all but wiped out by rain...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Heist extradition to take months
Extradition of a man held in Morocco over the £53m Securitas raid is expected to take "many months"...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Two charged with terror offences
A man held under the Terrorism Act 2000, has been charged with conspiracy to murder, say police...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Israel rules out prisoner release
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says no Palestinian prisoners will be freed to get news of abducted Israeli soldier...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Violence in Iraq leaves 25 dead
Two market blasts in Iraqi towns and several other attacks across the country claim at least 25 lives...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Blair promises new Africa focus
Tony Blair announces a series of initiatives to ensure that pledges on aid and debt relief to Africa are honoured...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Clarke tells of anger at his sacking
Charles Clarke says he was furious to be sacked and attacks John Reid for criticising the Home Office...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Israeli Forces to Raid Gaza for Militants
Plans for a broad military action in Gaza followed a Palestinian militant attack that killed two Israeli soldiers, wounded four and kidnapped one of the four wounded men...
New York Times - June 26, 2006
Iraqi Leader's Offer Said to Spark Interest
Several Sunni-led insurgent groups have approached the Iraqi government to try to start serious negotiations, a senior legislator...
New York Times - June 26, 2006
World Cup panel: Knockout stage
Only two of our original eight panellists from each of the debutant nations have survived the group stages of the World Cup - Ghana and Ukraine - so we have added one more, Australia...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Bombs spark Iraq Land Rover probe
The use of Snatch Land Rovers by British forces in Iraq is to be reviewed, says the defence secretary...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Warning over tetanus jab shortage
Hospitals have been warned that they may run out of a treatment used to
prevent tetanus...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Man jailed for mobile sex texts
A painter and decorator is sentenced for sending thousands of porn mobile messages - many to children...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
One killed in factory explosion
One person dies in an explosion at a defence contractor which produces explosive flares...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Assembly failure 'will cost DUP'
Failure to agree a return to devolution will cost the DUP more than £1.5m, a NIO document claims...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Italy reforms 'rejected' at polls
Italians have rejected sweeping reforms that would have boosted the PM's powers, partial results show...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Russian diplomat deaths confirmed
Russia confirms that four of its diplomats kidnapped in Iraq are dead, a day after a hostage video appeared...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Somali radical seeks Islamic law
The Somali cleric heading a new legislative council says he wants any new government to rule according to Islamic law...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Securitas heist suspect is named
A 26-year-old man held in Morocco over the £53m Securitas robbery is named as kick boxer Lee Murray...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Totti penalty ends Aussie dreams
Ten-man Italy beat Australia in the second round courtesy of an injury-time penalty from Francesco Totti...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Tennis: Rain halts play
Less than an hour of play is possible so far at Wimbledon as rain wrecks the Championships' opening day...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Charles discloses £3.3m tax bill
The Prince of Wales's annual review reveals for the first time how much income tax he paid on his £14m income...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Alarm at Europe cocaine use rise
A UN report says cocaine use in Europe is at record levels, with an estimated 3.5 million people taking the drug...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
BMA leaders 'let down patients'
Doctors condemn their leaders for failing effectively to oppose government NHS reforms...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Parade to mark Falklands war
'Major celebrations' are planned to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Falklands war, a minister says...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Tory Bill of Rights bid slammed
Conservative plans to replace the Human Rights Act with a US-style Bill of Rights are 'muddled and dangerous', says the government...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Demands set for captured Israeli
Palestinian militants tell Israel to free jailed women and children in return for news on an abducted soldier...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Sacked Clarke launches fight back
Charles Clarke launches a fight back setting out his side of events in relation to the foreign prisoner scandal...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Council tax protester is jailed
A pensioner who refused to pay her council tax in protest at the condition of her street is sent to prison...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
First Time Out, Kuwaiti Women Become a Political Force
After winning the rights to vote and to run for office last year, Kuwait's women have quickly gone from political nonentities to the country's most sought-after constituency...
New York Times - June 26, 2006
DJ wins damages over gay claims
DJ Ian Thompson, known as Masterstepz, receives substantial damages after he was wrongly linked to reports of a 'gay romp'...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
PC users 'want greener machines'
Consumers say they are willing to pay extra for computers that contain fewer chemicals, research shows...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
S2 pupil skills 'could be better'
More than half of all 14-year-olds have not reached expected standards in basic numeracy and literacy, it emerges...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Lab tuned to gravity's 'ripples'
The giant GEO 600 gravitational wave detector is put in a continuous observational mode...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Strait oil slick clean up begins
Anti-pollution teams work on a five-mile oil slick which leaked into the Menai Strait from a disused sewage works...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Council tax protester faces jail
A woman who refuses to pay her council tax in protest at the condition of her street could be jailed...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Trolley waits 'abolished by 2008'
Trolley waits in NI hospitals should be eliminated within two years, the health minister announces...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Israeli threat of military action
Israel's PM promises extensive military action to free a soldier presumed to be kidnapped in the Gaza Strip...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
US-led force attacked near Kabul
A suspected suicide attack hits a US-led troop convoy near Kabull and a coalition soldier is killed elsewhere...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Mexico campaign enters final push
Mexico's presidential hopefuls step up their campaigning in the final days ahead of the bitterly contested 2 July poll...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Severstal may sue over steel deal
Steel group Arcelor's merger with Mittal Steel may face legal action from jilted Russian suitor Severstal...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Mauritania set to approve reforms
The "Yes" camp is heading for victory in Mauritania's referendum on a new constitution, officials say...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Embattled East Timor PM resigns
East Timor's president accepts the resignation of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri after weeks of turmoil...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Kalashnikov backs gun control
The inventor of the AK-47 rifle backs stricter controls as a key small arms forum gets under way in New York...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Figo cleared for England showdown
Portugal skipper Luis Figo can face England in Saturday's World Cup quarter-final, despite his headbutt on Holland's Mark van Bommel...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
World Cup: Butcher still critical
Former England captain Terry Butcher stands by his criticism of David Beckham...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Tennis: Rain delays play
The start of this year's Wimbledon Championships has been delayed by rain...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Charles sees income rise to £14m
The Prince of Wales's private income rose 6% to more than £14m last year, Clarence House accounts shows...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Drug firms attacked on marketing
Top European drug firms use unscrupulous marketing to promote products, a report says...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Sacked Clarke launches fightback
Charles Clarke launches a fightback setting out his side of events in relation to the foreign prisoner scandal...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Arrest in Morocco over £53m raid
A Briton is arrested in Morocco in connection with the £53m Securitas robbery in Kent, police say...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Tories want a UK Bill of Rights
A US-style Bill of Rights would replace the Human Rights Act under the Tories, the party's leader David Cameron says...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
New Militant Leader Emerges in Mogadishu
The rise of a Muslim sheik whom the U.S. has linked to terrorism is seen as a setback for Bush policy in Somalia...
New York Times - June 26, 2006
Military: Troops to Stay in West Iraq, General Says
U.S. troops in western Iraq, one of the most dangerous parts of the country, will not be reduced in the U.S.'s latest withdrawal plan...
New York Times - June 26, 2006
Oudomsouk Journal: A Massive Dam, Under Way in Laos, Generates Worries
About 6,000 people will be displaced by the dam and the livelihoods of at least 100,000 more will be affected downstream...
New York Times - June 26, 2006
Militants' Raid on Israel Raises Gaza Tension
Israel threatened a harsh response to a raid by Palestinian militants in which two soldiers were killed and one kidnapped...
New York Times - June 26, 2006
Education: Amid Iraqi Chaos, Schools Fill After Long Decline
Enrollment in Iraqi schools has risen every year since the U.S. invasion, reversing more than a decade of declines...
New York Times - June 26, 2006
The Insurgency: Iraqi Premier Offers 'Reconciliation,' but No New Plans for Amnesty
The plan offered neither a broad amnesty for insurgents nor any new options for Baath Party members, the two most controversial points...
New York Times - June 26, 2006
Tennis: Henman opens first day
Tim Henman will start his Wimbledon campaign on Monday, when he faces Sweden's Robin Soderling on Court One...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Cameron scolded over Ross show
Lord Tebbit rebukes the Tory leader over an "obscene" BBC interview with Jonathan Ross...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Rosneft reveals $11bn share float
Russian oil giant Rosneft sets out its plans to raise $11bn with a market flotation, valuing itself at $60bn-$80bn...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
MSPs to grill print report author
MSPs will hear the Scottish Fingerprint Service was guilty of "professional negligence" in the Shirley McKie case...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Buffett donates $37bn to charity
US investor Warren Buffet is to give most of his personal fortune to the charitable foundation run by Bill Gates...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
England set for new Scolari clash
Sven-Goran Eriksson will pit his wits against Luiz Felipe Scolari for the third time in as many tournaments...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
S Africa robbery ends in carnage
A shoot-out after a Johannesburg robbery leaves eight gang members and four South Africa police dead...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
East Timor's PM 'ready to resign'
East Timor's Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri says he is ready to step down, after mounting pressure for him to go...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Sri Lanka general killed in blast
An explosion near the Sri Lankan capital kills a top army general and three other soldiers, the army says...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Tories 'to introduce' rights bill
A US-style bill of rights would replace the Human Rights Act under Tories, David Cameron will say...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Israel vows to free Gaza soldier
Israel authorises "all necessary measures" to ensure the return of a soldier believed seized in Gaza...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
Panel to track Africa aid pledges
Kofi Annan, Bob Geldof and Bill Gates will monitor global promises to Africa, Tony Blair is to announce...
BBC News - June 26, 2006
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