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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 November 2006:
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Second Trial for Chinese Rights Advocate Ends in Acrimony
A Chinese legal expert who exposed abuses in the country’s population control policies got a rare second trial today, but his lawyers accused local authorities of preventing them from mounting a vigorous defense...
New York Times - November 27, 2006
Australian Panel Says Firm Paid Hussein Bribes
major Australian wheat company paid more than $224 million in kickbacks and bribes to Saddam Hussein’s government, according to a high-level commission investigating allegations of corruption in the United Nations oil-for-food program...
New York Times - November 27, 2006
Snow leopard fitted with GPS tag
The secretive snow leopard is fitted with a Global Positioning System (GPS) collar to track its movements...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Nato allies 'need to pull weight'
Tory defence spokesman Liam Fox criticises Germany, Italy and Spain's efforts in Afghanistan...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
School quality 'varies too much'
Variations in the performance of Scotland's schools are "too great", according to a major study...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Family hope 'life will mean life'
The family of a woman raped and murdered in Thailand say they want the life sentence for her killers to mean life...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Water penalty 'after seven weeks'
Some householders will face legal action for unpaid water charges within seven weeks, the BBC learns...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Saddam trial hears Kurd witness
A Kurd tells how he survived a firing squad by Iraqi forces as the genocide trial of Saddam Hussein resumes...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Kabila confirmed as Congo leader
DR Congo's Supreme Court confirms Joseph Kabila as the winner of the country's presidential elections...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Iraqi president seeks Iran's help
Visiting Iraqi President Jalal Talabani calls on Iran to give "comprehensive help" to improve Iraq's security...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
DJ 'Fluff' Freeman dies aged 79
Veteran DJ Alan "Fluff" Freeman, whose "Not 'arf" catchphrase made him famous, dies aged 79...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
More radiation found in spy case
Two more London addresses are found to have traces of radiation in the wake of Alexander Litvinenko's death...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Carbon emissions show sharp rise
The growth in global carbon dioxide emissions accelerated sharply around the year 2000, a new analysis shows...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
BBC chairman Grade moves to ITV
BBC chairman Michael Grade will leave the public service broadcaster and move to its biggest terrestrial rival ITV...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Official warning on Mac code bug
The top US computer security watchdog issues a warning about a flaw in Apple's OS X software...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Let us test Darwin, teacher says
Alan Johnson is urged to allow "intelligent design" materials in class, to foster debate on Darwinism...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
UN warning on e-waste 'mountain'
The UN meets to discuss how to tackle the growing problem of dumping of electronic waste in Africa...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Hollywood star wins theatre award
Hollywood actress Kathleen Turner is named best actress at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Sperm-blocking contraceptive hope
Scientists are working on a contraceptive treatment which would stop men ejaculating sperm...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
'No limits' to UK's race debate
The UK's debate over ethnic segregation should have no limits, the chief of Britain's race watchdog has said...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Mortgage 'U-turn' at Nationwide
The Nationwide building society has stopped offering the same mortgage deals to new and current borrowers...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Trump unveils £1bn golfing plans
US billionaire Donald Trump officially lodges plans for what he claims will be the world's finest golf course...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Search for boat boy scaled down
Rescue teams scale down the sea and air search for a boy missing since he and a friend capsized in a rowing boat...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Tamil statehood 'is only option'
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have "no option" but to push for an independent state, their leader says...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Turkey's EU bid risks paralysis
Turkey's EU accession talks are set to slow down further as a row over trade with Cyprus blocks progress...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Iraq president begins Iran trip
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani begins a key trip to Iran delayed by last week's bomb attacks in Baghdad...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Burma 'closes' Red Cross offices
The Red Cross says Burma has ordered it to close five local offices, severely impeding its humanitarian work...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Ecuador leftist Correa leads vote
Leftist Rafael Correa claims victory in Ecuador's presidential election as early results put him in the lead...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Flintoff promises Ashes fightback
England captain Andrew Flintoff vows his side will fight back after being thumped by Australia in the first Ashes Test...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
UN repels dissidents in DR Congo
UN troops backed by helicopters push back troops loyal to a dissident general in eastern DR Congo...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Girl stabbed while holding baby
A 17-year-old girl stabbed to death at a museum in Liverpool was holding her baby when she was attacked...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Two men guilty of lawyer's murder
Two men are found guilty at the Old Bailey of the murder of City lawyer Tom ap Rhys Pryce...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Police 'backed' over NY shooting
New York's mayor says he will support the city's police chief, after officers shot dead an unarmed black man...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Trio in clinic after spy's death
Three people are sent for radiological tests following the death of the Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Israeli PM offers 'hand of peace'
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert seeks to revive peace efforts with the Palestinians, as a ceasefire takes hold in Gaza...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Tuna quotas cut as stocks decline
Cuts are agreed in Atlantic and Mediterranean tuna catches, but conservation groups say they are weak...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
web censorship 'bypass' unveiled
A tool is created that can circumvent government censorship of the web, researchers report...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Cameron visits UK troops in Iraq
Conservative leader David Cameron has arrived in Iraq, where he is visiting British troops based in Basra...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
'Cot locator' to save sick babies
A tool to help doctors find the nearest hospital cot for critically ill newborn babies is launched...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Building skills academy starts
Nine construction workers are to start courses at the first of the government's employer-led skills academies...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Men escape death for Thai murder
Two Thai men who murdered tourist Katherine Horton have their death sentences commuted to life in jail...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Tories claim pro-business stance
The Tory Shadow Chancellor has rejected the notion that his party is anti-business, during the CBI's two day annual conference...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
'Unlawful' nuclear upgrade claims
Protesters gather at an atomic research base claiming any plans to update the UK's nuclear defences are unlawful...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Border move over sex offenders
New measures to track the movements of sex offenders across borders are to be introduced...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Wal-Mart to enter Indian market
Wal-Mart is to enter India's retail market after announcing a joint agreement with Indian firm Bharti Enterprises...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Government cleared in AWB inquiry
An Australian inquiry clears the government of bribing Iraqi officials for contracts under the UN oil-for-food scheme...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Cyprus row halts EU-Turkey talks
Last-ditch EU-Turkey talks collapse over the Cyprus dispute, threatening Ankara's troubled EU bid...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Robinson to quit as England coach
Andy Robinson will resign as England head coach on Monday, BBC Sport understands...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
UN battles DR Congo dissidents
UN helicopters fire on troops loyal to a dissident general near the eastern DR Congo city of Goma...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
NY rally deplores police shooting
Members of New York's black community protest at the killing of an unarmed man by police, on his wedding day...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Web video 'eroding TV viewing'
Almost half of people who regularly watch online video spend less time watching TV, a survey suggests...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Freed death row man speaks out
A Leeds man released from a Pakistani jail after 18 years on death row speaks out about his experiences...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Eurotunnel wins debt plan support
Eurotunnel's creditors vote in favour of its debt restructuring plan, averting the danger of the firm going into liquidation...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Date set for Litvinenko inquest
The inquest into the death of the Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko is to be held on Thursday in London...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
UK troop levels in Iraq to fall
The number of UK troops in Iraq by the end of 2007 is expected to be lower "by thousands", the defence secretary says...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Mixed response to slave 'sorrow'
Tony Blair's expression of "deep sorrow" over the UK's role in the slave trade receives a mixed response...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Israel PM outlines peace vision
Israeli leader Ehud Olmert says he hopes to revive long-stalled peace efforts with the Palestinians...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
'Failings' behind death of marine
The death of a Royal Marine killed by "friendly fire" in Iraq was caused by serious military failings, a coroner rules...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Bad Neuenahr-ahrweiler Journal: In Vineyards, a German ‘Dr. Strangelove’ Secret
The German government broke ground on a project to turn a secret nuclear war bunker into a museum...
New York Times - November 27, 2006
Suicide Bomber Kills 15 People in Afghanistan
The attack, after a few weeks of relative quiet, raised fears that insurgents were resuming their campaign of suicide bombings...
New York Times - November 27, 2006
Iraqi Premier Blames Politicians for Violence
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki said Iraq’s politicians were largely responsible for the surge in violence over the past week...
New York Times - November 27, 2006
Israel Withdraws From Gaza as Truce Begins, Unsteadily
A cease-fire appeared to be holding after Palestinian factions stopped firing rockets in exchange for an Israeli troop withdrawal...
New York Times - November 27, 2006
Panel to Weigh Overture by U.S. to Iran and Syria
A draft report on strategies for Iraq urges an aggressive regional diplomatic initiative that includes direct talks with Iran and Syria...
New York Times - November 27, 2006
News Analysis: Chilling Echo for Lebanon, Mirror of Regional Tension
Lebanon’s seeming slide toward civil conflict is a flashpoint for tensions in the Middle East...
New York Times - November 27, 2006
RSPB warning over EU bird numbers
The RSPB says newer EU states must learn from the UK's mistake of endangering birds with intensive farming...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Overseas dentists 'cannot work'
Dentists trained outside the EU claim they cannot get permission to work in the UK, despite demand from the NHS...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
CBI attacks Britain's tax regime
The CBI says the UK's complex corporate tax regime hurts its reputation as a business location...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Chinese activist's retrial begins
A Chinese court begins the retrial of Ghen Guangcheng, a blind activist who highlighted forced abortions...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Serb nationalist's trial to begin
Ultra-nationalist Serbian politician Vojislav Seselj goes on trial at The Hague accused of war crimes...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Aussies complete emphatic victory
Australia go 1-0 up in the Ashes series after beating England by 277 runs in the first Test at Brisbane...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Tory plan for business carbon tax
The Conservatives plan to introduce a carbon tax on British businesses to encourage fewer emissions...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
No copyright extension for songs
The copyright on sound recordings will not be extended after an independent review commissioned by the Treasury...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Military plane crashes in Tehran
An Iranian military plane crashes while taking off from Tehran airport, with 38 people reported dead...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Jordan's king warns of civil wars
King Abdullah of Jordan says the Middle East risks three civil wars if the international community does not act...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Charging 'could fund new roads'
A substantial number of new roads could be funded by "pay as you drive" charges, research suggests...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Inquest due into ex-spy's death
An inquest is due to be opened into the death of the former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Network Rail makes first profit
Network Rail, which runs Britain's railways, is to announce profits for the first time of £747m...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
Browne to give Iraq troop pledge
The defence secretary is to stress his determination that British troops remain in Iraq no longer than necessary...
BBC News - November 27, 2006
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