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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 December 2007:
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Toll at Least 80 in Indonesian Mudslides
Rescue workers struggled on Thursday to move emergency equipment into the remote villages in Central Java...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
U.S. Troops Kill 11 in Mahdi Army
American soldiers raided a neighborhood in the southern Iraqi city of Kut, killing 11 members of the militia loyal to hardline Shiite cleric Moktada Sadr...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Berlin debut for Madonna's movie
Madonna's debut movie as a director will have its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in February...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Drug target to stop cancer spread
UK scientists uncover a vital clue to stopping cancers spreading around the body, according to research...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Keep Christmas gadgets 'at home'
Parents are urged to ensure their children keep their Christmas gadgets out of class...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
No agreement over airport dispute
Talks between unions and airport operator BAA aimed at avoiding a series of strikes end without agreement...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Rise in teacher compensation cash
Scotland's schools and colleges spent more than £250,000 on compensation to teachers last year...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Barton arrested in assault probe
Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton is arrested by police investigating an alleged assault...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Russia jails troops over Chechnya
Two Russian interior ministry troops are convicted of the killing of three civilians in Chechnya...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Football: Man City drop points
Roque Santa Cruz scores twice as Blackburn draw at Man City to ruin the hosts' 100% home record in the Premier League...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Vitamin D for pregnant women
Pregnant women must boost their vitamin D intake during winter to ward off rickets, says the government...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Troubled road
Focus falls on Musharraf and fate of January elections...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Benazir Bhutto assassinated
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is killed in a suicide attack at an election rally in the garrison city of Rawalpindi...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Delay on North Korean Nuclear Plan
North Korea warned that it would slow work to disable its main nuclear complex at Yongbyon, north of Pyongyang, because of delays in deliveries of aid...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
U.S. Troops Kill 11 in Mahdi Army
American soldiers raided a neighborhood in the southern Iraqi city of Kut, killing 11 members of the militia loyal to hardline Shiite cleric Moktada Sadr...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Kenyans Vote in Test of Democracy
The presidential election is predicted to be the tightest race in the country?s history...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Bhutto Assassinated in Attack on Rally
An attack on a political rally killed the Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto near the capital, Islamabad, Thursday. Witnesses said Ms. Bhutto was fired upon at close range and further injured by the explosion...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Benazir Bhutto, 54, Lived in Eye of Pakistan Storm
Charismatic, striking and a sly political operator, Ms. Bhutto, was reared in the turbulence of Pakistani politics and became the Muslim world?s first female leader...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Albarn condemns celebrity culture
Singer Damon Albarn says celebrity culture "sends out all the wrong messages", and attacks shows like X Factor...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Rich life emerges from nature's freezer
Tiny channels in the Arctic ice support creatures that play a crucial role in climate-affected ecosystems...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Bhutto killers cowards says Brown
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown condemns the killers of Benazir Bhutto as "cowards afraid of democracy"...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
AM 'had warned on Bhutto safety'
A Welsh politician with Benazir Bhutto the previous time she was attacked says he told her advisers she needed proper protection...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Markets wary after Bhutto killing
Gold, oil and bond prices rise, while Pakistani stocks are seen falling after the death of Benazir Bhutto...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Disabled woman trapped by vandals
A disabled woman is freed after being trapped for seven hours when vandals crash a car into her gates...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
NHS staff 'must wash hands more'
An audit of NHS staff suggests they wash their hands between 70% and 80% of the time...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Colombia set for hostage releases
Preparations are under way in Colombia as diplomats say rebels could be ready to free three hostages on Friday...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Football: Cole and Knight appeal
Chelsea and Aston Villa appeal against the red cards shown to Ashley Cole and Zat Knight during the 4-4 draw on Boxing Day...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Teenager dies in street stabbing
A teenager dies from stab wounds after an attack in the street in Islington and a second youth is also stabbed...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Bank mortgage approvals weak
The number of mortgage approvals at UK banks is now steady, but remains near a record low, bankers say...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Kenyans count cliff-hanger vote
Election officials start counting the votes in what is seen as the closest election in Kenyan history...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Growth in legal form of GHB drug
More than half of the doses being sold as the illegal drug GHB in nightclubs are actually made from a legal compound...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Arrest Pc died from heart disease
A policeman who collapsed after making an arrest in north London died from natural causes, tests show...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Life in pictures
The life of Benazir Bhutto, part of a Pakistani political dynasty...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Airport strike talks 'under way'
Strike talks begin between unions and airport firm BAA, to avoid action that could hit thousands of travellers...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Obituary
Benazir Bhutto was feted as a symbol of modernity...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Risk of implosion
Bhutto killing is a blow to international hopes of stability in Pakistan...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Benazir Bhutto killed in attack
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is killed in a suicide attack at an election rally...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
G. P. Sippy, Indian Filmmaker Whose ?Sholay? Was a Bollywood Hit, Dies at 93
Mr. Sippy was an Indian filmmaker whose 1975 blockbuster ?Sholay? (?Embers?) remains the most famous Hindi movie and the biggest commercial success for Bollywood...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Bodies Pulled From Indonesian Landslides
Rescuers pulled dozens of bodies from villages devastated by landslides in Indonesia, many digging through mud with their bare hands as they were lashed by more rain...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Venezuela to Pick Up Hostages
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez prepared to send helicopters into neighboring Colombia to pick up three hostages who have been held for years by leftist rebels...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Former Thai Leader Faces Possible Arrest
Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose supporters triumphed in a general election, faces arrest on corruption charges if he returns, a prosecutor said...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Kenyans Vote Amid Corruption Fears
President Mwai Kibaki tried to fend off a fiery opposition leader in an election that was shaping up to be the closest in Kenya?s history...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
4 Die in Pakistani Political Violence
Pro-government supporters waged a gunbattle with backers of the opposition politician Nawaz Sharif at a rally outside the capital, killing four people, police said...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
U.S. Troops Kill 11 in Mahdi Army
U.S. military forces killed 11 members of a Mahdi Army splinter group, American officials said, in the largest such operation against the powerful militia in months...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Despite Aid, Malnutrition in Darfur Rises
A new report showed a sharp increase in child malnutrition rates, despite the efforts of more than 13,000 relief workers...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
The technology with impact 2007
The BBC News technology team looks back at personal technology favourites of 2007...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Oscar voters name their nominees
The countdown to February's Oscars begins as ballot papers are posted to the Academy Awards' 5,829 voters...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Drug reactions 'kill thousands'
Almost 3,000 people have died in the past three years after suffering serious side-effects or allergies to their medicines, official figures show...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Iraq soldier family's new tragedy
The family of one of the first UK soldiers killed in the Iraq war lose another son in a car crash...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Shoppers power on in sales spree
Retailers expect the day after Boxing Day to be busier as bargain hunters continue the chase for cut-price items...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Scots blood donors at record low
Concern is voiced after the number of people giving blood in Scotland dropped by 10,000...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Labour peer in M-way death crash
Labour peer Lord Ahmed speaks of his shock after he was involved in a fatal crash on the M1 motorway...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Pedestrian dies in road accident
A pedestrian dies after being struck by a vehicle as he walked along a road in Greysteel near Londonderry...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Olmert, Abbas try to revive talks
Israeli and Palestinian leaders prepare for talks to try to defuse a row over Jewish settlement activity...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Diplomats expelled by Afghanistan
Two diplomats accused by Afghan officials of contacting the Taleban leave after talks to stop their expulsions fail...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
France to seek Chad staff return
France says it will ask the Chadian authorities to allow six French aid workers home to serve a jail sentence...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Southerners to take Sudan posts
Former rebels are to be sworn in as Sudanese ministers, after clashes reportedly leave 100 dead...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Football: Wenger stays unfazed
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says losing the lead at the top of the Premier League is no "big deal"...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
£500m Longbridge revamp plan
Up to 10,000 jobs could be created and 1,400 homes and a shopping centre built to renovate part of Birmingham...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Radiohead to webcast latest gig
Radiohead are to broadcast a performance of their album In Rainbows on TV and the internet on New Year's Eve...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Dead couple 'let down by system'
The family of a woman believed to have been murdered by her mentally ill husband say the pair were "let down"...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Girl, 7, in fatal quad bike crash
A seven-year-old girl dies after her quad bike is involved in a head-on collision with a Range Rover in Essex...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Thousands of teachers 'leave job'
More than 250,000 qualified teachers no longer work in schools, according to research by the Tories...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Kenyans vote amid fears of fraud
Turnout seems to be high in a tight Kenyan election, marred by allegations of fraud and delays in a Nairobi slum...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Airport strike talks set to begin
Talks to avert strike action that would disrupt some of Britain's busiest airports are set to begin this afternoon...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Blast hits Benazir Bhutto rally
Reports from Pakistan say there has been a blast at an election rally that former PM Benazir Bhutto had attended...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
An Iranian in India, Encouraging Dialogue
Out of jail, but with charges still pending, Ramin Jahanbegloo, an Iranian philosopher returned to New Dehli to finish his latest book, ?India Revisited: Conversations on Contemporary India.?...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: Kenya: Policemen Killed Ahead of Vote
Three policemen were killed by a mob after opposition claims that the government was planning to rig the election set for Thursday, which is being described as the closest in the nation?s history...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Nepal: 50 Missing in Icy River
Policemen, soldiers and villagers searched the icy Bheri River for more than 50 people believed missing after a steel footbridge collapsed on Tuesday...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Indonesia: Landslides Bury Dozens
Landslides from heavy downpours across the island of Java left at least 78 people dead or missing, a rescue official said...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: North Korea: Hint at Slowing Disabling
North Korea indicated it would slow down the dismantling of its nuclear weapons program because of what it said was a delay in the delivery of energy aid it was promised as a reward under an international deal...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
World Briefing | Middle East: Egypt and Israel Meet Over Arms Smuggling
Israel?s defense minister, Ehud Barak, met President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt in Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, amid tension over weapons smuggling from Egypt into Gaza...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: Nigeria: Fire Kills 45 Fuel Thieves
At least 45 people were burned to death on the outskirts of Lagos when fuel they were siphoning from a buried pipeline caught fire...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Another Candidate Exits
Boris Y. Nemtsov, a leader of a mainstream liberal party, pulled out of the March presidential election, asserting that improper pressure by the Kremlin had turned the campaign into a farce...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Attacks in Sri Lanka
The Sri Lankan Navy sank nine rebel vessels on Wednesday, the military said...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: India: Curfew After Churches Are Attacked
Officials in Orissa State imposed a curfew in the Kandhamal district and appealed for calm after clashes between Christians and Hindus...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Fujimori Denies Rights Abuses
Peru?s former president, Alberto Fujimori, on trial over army massacres during his term, said Wednesday that he had never ordered a ?dirty war? against subversives...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Promising Dystrophy Drug Clears Early Test
Researchers in the Netherlands have developed a drug that may eventually be used to treat children with a severe and fatal type of muscular dystrophy...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Serb Lawmakers Pass Resolution Opposing Kosovo Independence
Serbian lawmakers overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution on Wednesday underlining their opposition to Kosovo?s independence and warning of repercussions for the Serbian province?s integration into Europe...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Human Rights Activist, Jailed in Iran, Is Transferred to Hospital
Emadedin Baghi, a reformist journalist who has been jailed since October, was transferred to a hospital Wednesday...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
New Air Defense System for Iran
Russia is preparing to equip Iran with a powerful new air defense system that would significantly increase its ability to repel an attack...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Photographs, Art and Lessons, Taken From a Life Cut Short
In 17 scrapbooks Dan Eldon had created meticulous collages of the adventures and passions of his teenage and young adult years growing into a man who saw his camera work as a quest for justice...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Border Crossings: A Global Trek to Poor Nations, From Poorer Ones
Across the developing world, migrants move to other poor countries nearly as often as they move to rich ones...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Liver damage 'could be reversed'
Some liver damage caused by heavy drinking or hepatitis could be halted or even reversed, claim researchers...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Return tickets 'leading nowhere'
A doctor cannot get back to London after discovering his Boxing Day train tickets are for a non-existent service...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Japanese PM to boost China ties
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda is due in China, on a visit aimed at improving ties between the two countries...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Failing schools 'need teamwork'
Head teachers say twinning failing schools with good ones is the best way to turn them around...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Serbians issue Kosovo warning
Serbian MPs vote to condemn any attempt by its troubled province of Kosovo to declare independence...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Six found shot dead near Seattle
Six people, believed to be from the same family, are shot dead at an isolated home near Seattle in the United States...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Diplomats fly out of Afghanistan
Two diplomats accused of dealing with the Taleban are kicked out of Afghanistan after the failure of talks...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
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