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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 March 2007:
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Ulster?s ?Dr. No? Says ?Yes,? and His Flock Follows
In the town that launched the career of Ian Paisley, residents voiced approval of a deal with Sinn Fein...
New York Times - March 27, 2007
Blair Toughens Stance on Seized Britons
Prime Minster Tony Blair warned today that Britain?s campaign to free 15 captured British naval personnel would move into a ?different phase? if Iran did not release them...
New York Times - March 27, 2007
Accused husband had 'memory loss'
A husband says he can not remember texts he exchanged with his wife's killer on the night of her death...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
NI bill rushed through Parliament
An emergency bill has been rushed through Parliament to give effect to Northern Ireland's power-sharing deal...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Airport security to be upgraded
BAA Scotland is to invest £12m on security measures at Scotland's main airports...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Truck blasts kill 50 in Iraq town
Insurgents blow up two trucks in the northern Iraqi town of Talafar, killing 50 people and injuring 125, police say...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Tennis: Murray wins in Miami
British number one Andy Murray survives two match points before beating Paul-Henri Mathieu in the fourth round of the Miami Masters...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Sewage flood causes Gaza deaths
At least five people die as a sewage treatment pool collapses and floods a village in the Gaza Strip...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Hayden shines before rain strikes
Matthew Hayden helps Australia post 322-6 in their Super 8 game against the West Indies before rain forces play into a second day...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Rumsfeld torture suit dismissed
Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld cannot be sued over prisoner abuse, a US court rules...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Prodi backed in key Afghan vote
Romano Prodi's Italian government wins a vote in the Senate to keep Italy's troops in Afghanistan...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
US Senate votes for Iraq deadline
The US Senate endorses a deadline of March next year for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Blair Strengthens Message to Iran Over Soldiers
Prime Minister Tony Blair said today that Britain is prepared to move into a ?different phase? if diplomacy fails...
New York Times - March 27, 2007
YouTube names best video winners
Website YouTube announces the winners of its first annual awards for the best user-generated videos...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Bassey confirmed for Glastonbury
Singer Dame Shirley Bassey is to play at this year's Glastonbury, confirms festival organiser Michael Eavis...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Allister quits power-sharing DUP
DUP MEP Jim Allister resigns from the party in protest over its decision to enter power-sharing with Sinn Fein...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Campaigners call for Forth tunnel
Campaigners calling for a tunnel under the Forth Estuary lobby councillors in West Lothian to back their plan...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Pakistan 'secret agents killed'
Gunmen kill four Pakistani secret agents in a tribal region near Afghanistan, officials say...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Man found guilty of killing baby
A 21-year-old man is found guilty of abducting and killing a six-month-old boy in the West Midlands...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
French railways win WWII appeal
A French court rules state railways do not have to compensate the family of WWII Jewish deportees...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
'Up to 600 dead' in Congo clashes
Up to 600 people may have been killed in last week's clashes in DR Congo's capital, Kinshasa, EU diplomats say...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Football: Terry backs McClaren
England captain John Terry says that the squad are "100% behind" under-pressure coach Steve McClaren...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Pakistan cricketers heading home
Pakistan's cricketers are returning home after the murder of coach Bob Woolmer and shock World Cup exit...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Protest disrupts slavery service
A service in London to mark the bicentenary of the act abolishing the slave trade is interrupted by a lone protester...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Teenager guilty of man's murder
Teenager Bradley Tucker is convicted of murdering a 22-year-old man outside his home in front of his young son...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Girl quizzed over sister's murder
A 14-year-old girl is arrested by police investigating the murder of her teenage sister, 16...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
UK in 'discreet talks' with Iran
The government is trying to "discreetly talk" to Iran about the seizure of 15 British navy personnel, Number 10 says...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
More UK children live in poverty
The number of children below the official poverty line rose by 100,000 last year, official figures reveal...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Mideast Leaders Agree to Meet Biweekly
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel balked at the request from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that the negotiations encompass the entrenched three ?final status? issues...
New York Times - March 27, 2007
Iraqis Announce New Steps Aimed at Reconciling Sunnis and Shiites
Officials plan to introduce modifications to a law that restricts former Baathists from holding government jobs...
New York Times - March 27, 2007
Eminem agrees truce with ex-wife
Rap star Eminem and his ex-wife Kim reach a court agreement to stop insulting each other in public...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Blog death threats spark debate
A prominent female blogger calls on the blogosphere to combat abuse online after receiving death threats...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Pit brings hopes of coal's return
Up to 250 jobs will be created under plans to open the first deep mines in south Wales for three decades...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Children's details taken in theft
A health trust issues a warning after a laptop with details of 11,000 children is stolen from a hospital...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Top loyalist given eight years
Top loyalist William 'Mo' Courtney is jailed for eight years for his part in the killing of Alan McCullough...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Divisive Egypt reforms approved
Controversial changes to Egypt's constitution are approved in a vote boycotted by opposition groups...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Italian PM faces new Afghan vote
Romano Prodi's government faces another crucial vote on the nation's peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Burma's new capital city unveiled
Foreign journalists are allowed into Burma for an Armed Forces Day parade and to see the new capital, Naypyidaw...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Purge amid Chile transport chaos
Chile's President sacks four ministers, as protests over a new transport system continue to grip the capital...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Rebel leader 'is new Ivorian PM'
The leader of Ivory Coast's New Forces rebels, Guillaume Soro, is named prime minister, his group claims...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Football: Lampard joins training
Frank Lampard trains with his England team-mates ahead of the match with Andorra, despite a wrist injury...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Cricket: Pair earn Wisden honour
Monty Panesar and Paul Collingwood are named among Wisden's five players of the year...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Hundreds join slave trade service
A service of commemoration to mark the bicentenary of Britain's abolition of the slave trade is under way...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Football: McClaren reports denied
The Football Association denies summoning manager Steve McClaren to explain England's poor results...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Snoop and Diddy cancel shows
US rappers Snoop Dogg and P Diddy are forced to cancel a joint UK tour after Snoop Dogg was denied a visa...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Reach out to Israel, Arabs urged
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls on Arab nations to reach out in peace to Israel...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Schoolgirl held over girl's death
A 14-year-old girl is arrested by police investigating the murder of another teenage girl...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Briton's body found in Japan bath
A woman found buried in sand in a bathtub in Japan has been named by police as teacher Lindsey Ann Hawker...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Semi-identical twins discovered
Scientists in the US have revealed the world's only known case of "semi-identical", twins...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Blair targets 'career criminals'
Tony Blair outlines plans to curb the freedoms of "prolific criminals" after they are released from prison...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
PM warns Iran over Navy captives
Efforts to free 15 Britons will enter a new phase if diplomatic moves fail, Tony Blair warns Iran...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Chongqing Journal: Homeowner Stares Down Wreckers, at Least for a While
One woman?s ability to hold out against the forces of large-scale development has drawn attention across China...
New York Times - March 27, 2007
Thousands of Settlers Return to Vacated West Bank Town
A group of right-wing activists is temporarily reoccupying a destroyed Jewish settlement in the West Bank in the hopes of signaling an official return...
New York Times - March 27, 2007
From Ashes of Yukos, New Russian Oil Giant Emerges
On Tuesday, the remaining assets of what was once Russia?s richest company will be auctioned, signaling the final stage for Yukos...
New York Times - March 27, 2007
Foregone Conclusion Appears to Keep Egyptian Voters Home
By government reports, the turnout in a referendum on 34 constitutional amendments was high, but in reality many polling stations were largely empty...
New York Times - March 27, 2007
U.S. Long Worried Iran Supplied Weapons in Iraq
Before going public, the U.S. directly accused Iran of supplying explosive devices to Shiite extremists in Iraq...
New York Times - March 27, 2007
Ulster Factions Agree to a Plan for Joint Rule
Sinn Fein?s Gerry Adams and the Protestant leader, the Rev. Ian Paisley, held their first face-to-face talks on Monday...
New York Times - March 27, 2007
Tories must be more open - Clarke
Ex-chancellor Ken Clarke says a future Tory government must be more open than Tony Blair's administration...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
'Suicide attack' on S Lanka army
Two die in a suicide attack on a Sri Lankan army camp, a day after the Tamil Tiger rebels' first air raid...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Chinese plant rolls out first MG
The first Chinese-built MG cars roll off the production line in the eastern city of Nanjing...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Heavy loss for Quebec separatists
Quebec's nationalists suffer a heavy defeat in polls, as prospects of an independence vote recede...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
UN highlights human trafficking
The UN launches a campaign to highlight human trafficking, which it says has reached epidemic proportions...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Elephant kills British tourists
Two British tourists were killed in an attack by an elephant in Zimbabwe on Saturday, the Foreign Office says...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Guantanamo suspect pleads guilty
Australian David Hicks, the first Guantanamo terror suspect to face a new trial system, pleads guilty...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Child poverty strategy off target
The government will probably miss its goal of halving child poverty by 2010, official figures are set to reveal...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
Emergency bill on NI devolution
An emergency bill is to be rushed through Parliament to give effect to Northern Ireland's power-sharing deal...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
'No quick result' in Woolmer case
Police investigating the murder of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer dismiss reports suspects have been identified...
BBC News - March 27, 2007
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