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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 Octomber 2004:
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Disorder measures hit the streets
The most controversial provisions of the new anti-social behaviour act are coming into force...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Britons jailed for cocaine haul
Four Britons are sentenced to 20 years in jail plus hard labour in Ghana for plotting to smuggle cocaine, the Foreign Office says...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
UK praises Gibraltar 'dialogue'
After talks in Madrid, UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says a new forum for dialogue is opening up on Gibraltar...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Euro row is 'hiccup' - Mandelson
Peter Mandelson says the row which led to the proposed EU Commission line-up being withdrawn is a 'hiccup'...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Football fans clash with police
West Ham supporters clash with police after their 1-0 defeat by Chelsea in a Carling Cup tie...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Draw pairs Chelsea and Newcastle
Newcastle will meet Chelsea and Middlesbrough entertain Liverpool in the Carling Cup fourth round...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Obasanjo backs bishops over gays
The Nigerian president praises Africa's Anglican bishops for what he called their principled stand against homosexuality...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Bush hits back on Iraq explosives
George W Bush slams his US presidential rival John Kerry for "wild charges" about missing explosives in Iraq...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Planners swamped by applications
The Planning Service is inundated with a flood of applications for new housing developments...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Yasser Arafat 'very, very sick'
Doctors attend Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at his Ramallah compound as aides confirm he is 'very, very sick'...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
'Hobbit' joins human family tree
The discovery of remains of a tiny species of ancient human is hailed as one of the most sensational finds in decades...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Storms batter Cornish coastline
Flooding causes chaos for homeowners all along Cornwall's south coast as 80mph winds hit land...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
MEPs force EU president to retreat
The incoming EU Commission president admits his choice of commissioners must change after opposition from MEPs...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Guantanamo four plan to sue US
Four British men held at Guantanamo Bay for nearly three years are to sue the US government...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Hassan makes appeal in new video
Kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan is seen in a new video asking for British troops to leave Iraq...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Sharon Rejects Calls for Referendum on Pullout
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon today rejected calls from within his divided cabinet for a referendum on leaving Gaza after winning Parliament's support to uproot settlements...
New York Times - October 27, 2004
Mortgage approvals drop sharply
Figures showing falling mortgage approvals and rising repossessions suggest interest rate rises are being felt...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Blair: 'Casinos will bring jobs'
Allowing dozens of casinos to be built in the UK would bring investment and thousands of jobs, Tony Blair says...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Jail threat for fake degrees man
A businessman has been given a suspended prison sentence for faking degree certificates...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Bush website blocked outside US
People based outside the US have been unable to visit the re-election website of President Bush...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Football: Wenger to stay
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger agrees a new deal until May 2008...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
African clergy to train 'at home'
Africa's Anglican bishops meeting in Nigeria decide to stop training African priests abroad...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Democrat ad presses Iraq attack
John Kerry accuses President George W Bush of incompetence over Iraq in a hard-hitting TV campaign ad...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Putin praises Ukraine's leader
Russian President Vladimir Putin appears on Ukrainian TV days before the election to praise the prime minister...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Veerappan hunter defends killing
The police chief who hunted Indian bandit Veerappan says it was impossible to take him alive...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
MoD criticised over woman's death
The low-flying of aircraft over Lincolnshire is criticised at an inquest into the death of a horse rider...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Tory MP in Omagh claim
A Tory MP uses parliamentary privilege to name a man wanted for questioning over the Omagh bomb...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
City house fire leaves two dead
An elderly woman and a man in his 40s die after a house fire in the west of Edinburgh...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Family killing appeal bid granted
A man serving life for murdering three generations of the same family can appeal against his conviction...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Anger at greenhouse 'climbdown'
A cap on industrial carbon dioxide emissions is to be cut back by the government, angering green groups...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Baby killer's sentence increased
The Court of Appeal increases the jail term of a man who murdered his baby son in a bakery...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Police charged over Beslan siege
Prosecutors in Russia charge three police officials with criminal negligence over the Beslan school siege...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Kilroy quits UKIP group of MEPs
Robert Kilroy-Silk withdraws from the UKIP group of MEPs but says he is not leaving the party...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
England cleared to tour Zimbabwe
English cricket authorities give the national team the go-ahead to tour Zimbabwe...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Cricket: Australia tighten grip
Australia tighten their grip on the third Test after dominating India on day two...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Blair branded 'gutless' on Europe
Michael Howard attacks Tony Blair's decision to sign the European Constitution during a stormy commons clash...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Flood fear as gales batter coast
Parts of the UK could face flooding as severe gales meet this year's highest tides, weather forecasters warn...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Blunkett changes ID card scheme
Plans to combine compulsory ID cards with passports and driving licences are dropped by the government...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Murder laws set to be reviewed
An examination of the murder laws is to begin next year, Home Secretary David Blunkett tells MPs...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Iraq's Prime Minister Faults U.S. Military in Massacre
Prime Minister Ayad Allawi blamed the U.S.-led military forces for the weekend massacre of 49 freshly trained Iraqi soldiers...
New York Times - October 27, 2004
No Check of Bunker, Unit Commander Says
Col. Joseph Anderson said that his troops had not searched the facility where 380 tons of explosives had once been stored...
New York Times - October 27, 2004
Discord on North Korea as Powell Finishes East Asia Trip
The secretary of state rebuffed a suggestion by China and South Korea that they all show greater flexibility with North Korea...
New York Times - October 27, 2004
Lawmakers Back Sharon on Plan for Leaving Gaza
The vote, in an atmosphere of high drama and tension, with thousands of settlers demonstrating outside, was 67 to 45...
New York Times - October 27, 2004
Camera phones are 'must-haves'
Four times more camera phones will have been sold in Europe by the end of 2004 than last year, say analysts...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Glastonbury tribute to John Peel
Glastonbury Festival's new bands tent will be renamed the John Peel Stage to honour the Radio 1 DJ...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Employers 'fail to stop bullying'
Few employers take all the steps they can to stop bullying in work places, according to a new survey...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Minister to defend gambling plans
Culture minister Lord McIntosh meets Labour MPs to explain proposed reforms to gambling laws...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Bid to cut sudden epilepsy deaths
Sudden deaths from epilepsy will be a thing of the past, guidelines aim to ensure...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Aids warning over bushmeat trade
Meat from African wild animals being sold illegally in the UK is spreading a virus similar to HIV, a leading scientist has warned...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Anger at sex attacker neighbour
The family of a 10-year-old girl forced to live yards from her sex attacker call for changes in paedophile laws...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Hate crime attacks revealed
More than five racist or homophobic attacks take place in Belfast every week, according to figures...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Ministers invest in drug services
A major investment in drug rehabilitation services is set to be announced by the Scottish Executive...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Four held as football fans clash
Four supporters are arrested after crowd trouble at the Carling Cup tie between Liverpool and Millwall...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Thailand to probe protest deaths
Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra promises to investigate how 78 people died after a protest in the troubled south...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Pakistan tribal deaths rise to 11
The death toll in a mortar attack on tribesmen in Pakistan's South Waziristan region rises to 11, officials say...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Zimbabwe kicks out SA unionists
Zimbabwe police expel a South African trade union mission despite a court order extending their stay...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Football: WBA in new boss search
West Brom refuse to comment on reports they have moved for Sir Bobby Robson to succeed Gary Megson...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Apple unveils photo-display iPod
Apple introduces an iPod capable of storing and displaying photos in an effort to stay ahead in the market for digital music players...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Tourist death 'probably accident'
Police say the death of a British tourist, found in the Australian outback, was probably the result of a "tragic accident"...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Reward offer over stolen remains
Crimestoppers offers a £5,000 reward for information following the theft of a woman's body from a grave in Staffordshire...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Cassini snaps at Titan's surface
The Cassini spacecraft has sent back images of Saturn's moon Titan with the closest views yet of the satellite...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Sharon resists Gaza referendum
Israel's prime minister confronts a divided cabinet after winning a crucial vote on his Gaza withdrawal plan...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Barroso backs down over EU vote
The incoming EU Commission president postpones a crucial vote on his new team rather than face a veto by MEPs...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
British troops begin move north
The 1st Battalion The Black Watch begins to move north to take over operations from US troops in central Iraq...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Lungs 'best in late afternoon'
Lung function dips and rises on a 24-hour cycle, reaching a peak for most people in late afternoon, researchers have found...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Demand for Thailand deaths probe
Amnesty International urges Thailand to investigate, after 84 Muslims die in protests in the south of the country...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Forced marriage law pondered
Ministers are considering creating a crime of forced marriage to stop people being coerced into relationships...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Nuclear strike 'key terror risk'
The West must realise it cannot prevent all terror attacks and focus on nuclear strikes, a top academic says...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Green taxes 'would hit poor most'
Taxes designed to protect the environment would hit low income families the hardest, new research has found...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Tributes pour in for DJ John Peel
Members of The Smiths, The Undertones, Radiohead, Blur and Joy Division pay tribute to broadcaster John Peel...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
US considers Iraq troop boost
The US is considering sending more troops to Iraq in the run-up to January election, the Pentagon confirms...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Cancer services 'need shake-up'
The way cancer services are provided is a shambles and must be drastically reformed, a report by MPs says...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
Iraq group 'seizes Japan citizen'
Japan's prime minister rejects Iraqi militants' demands for a troop pullout after a Japanese man is seized...
BBC News - October 27, 2004
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