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Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Hungary 4 dead, 26 injured in train collision
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Iraqi lawmaker urges resolution of minority issue
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Curfew in Indian Kashmir to prevent protest rally
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Kashmir police threaten to shoot curfew violators
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Supreme Court to open new term with heavy workload
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Congress hears Lehman sought millions for execs
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Designers play it safe as economy sours
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Jimmy Kimmel returns as American Music Awards host
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Global News Archive for April 2008:
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Ronaldo named player of the year
Cristiano Ronaldo is named as the Professional Footballers' Association player of the year for the second successive season...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
MPs urge cut in dementia drug use
A group of MPs says care homes should significantly cut their use of antipsychotic drugs...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Monkeys star hits chart hat-trick
Arctic Monkeys star Alex Turner is celebrating his third number one album, with The Last Shadow Puppets...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Treasures returned to Iraq museum
Iraqi's national museum welcomes the return of 700 artefacts seized by Syria from traffickers...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Vote fails to save Berlin airport
Berliners fail to back attempts to keep open the historic Tempelhof airport, early referendum results show...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Oil refinery strikers hold rally
Striking workers from the Grangemouth oil refinery hold a rally outside the central Scotland plant...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Death of woman treated as murder
Police in Paisley launch a murder hunt after a woman's body is found in her own home...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Doctor Who's Bafta Cymru triumph
Doctor Who scoops six awards at the Bafta Cymru awards while fellow BBC Wales's Coal House also wins...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Quiet defiance
On the picket line with Grangemouth oil workers...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Gene therapy 'aids youth's sight'
A 17-year-old whose sight was failing has his vision improved in a pioneering operation using gene therapy...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Gang fixers 'picked over police'
"Fixers" who deal out underworld justice, are being used instead of police, a chief constable says...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Austrian detectives study cellar
Police in Austria see the cellar rooms where a woman was allegedly held and abused for 24 years by her father...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Ships bring extra oil amid strike
Additional fuel is arriving in Scotland to cope with any shortages caused by the Grangemouth oil refinery strike...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Raikkonen cruises to Spanish win
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen dominates the Spanish Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton struggles to third place...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Celtic win keeps SPL title race alive
Celtic win a thrilling Old Firm derby 3-2 to extend their lead over Rangers at the top of the Scottish Premier League...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Lib Dems 'should be doing better'
The Lib Dems should be doing better in the opinion polls, says deputy leader Vince Cable...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Squid thaw set for a fresh start
Technicians in New Zealand are to begin defrosting a rare colossal squid, following a day's postponement...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
US business airline Eos goes bust
New York-based business class airline Eos ceases operating and files for bankruptcy protection...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Arrest after bike hits crowd
A teenager is arrested following an incident involving a motor bike in which nine people were injured...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Teenage girl raped in city park
An 18-year-old girl walking alone late at night in a south Belfast park is dragged into bushes and raped...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
US moots UN sanctions on Harare
The US's top Africa envoy says UN sanctions should be considered over the post-election crisis in Zimbabwe...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
In pictures
Orthodox Christians around the world celebrate Easter...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Sacked printers fight redundancy
Nearly 300 workers sacked by a print company in Somerset are to mount a legal challenge to their redundancies...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Cameron 'would stand up for poor'
David Cameron vows to "stand up" for the low-paid who he says feel "desperately let down" by Labour...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Actor Blake loses US court appeal
A Los Angeles court upholds a verdict finding actor Robert Blake liable for his wife's death...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
George W Bush tells a few jokes about his potential successors
US President George W Bush tells a few jokes about his potential successors at a press dinner...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Islam on the table
New laws may spell Turkish pork industry's demise...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Ministers back under-fire Brown
Labour ministers rally behind Gordon Brown following criticism of his leadership style by Tony Blair's ex-fundraiser Lord Levy...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
OFT in new supermarket crackdown
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) targets supermarkets as part of an investigation into price fixing...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Austrian 'hid daughter in cellar'
Austrian police arrest a man on suspicion of hiding his daughter for 24 years and fathering seven children with her...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
FA looks into Stamford Bridge row
The FA is to ask for CCTV footage of a scuffle involving Manchester United players and Chelsea staff on Saturday...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Live - Celtic v Rangers
Celtic look to extend their lead at the top of the SPL with victory over rivals Rangers...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Prince thrills US festival fans
Pop star Prince delights 60,000 US fans with a blistering performance at California's Coachella festival...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Tamil Tiger air strikes on bases
Tamil Tiger rebels have bombed military targets in the north-east of Sri Lanka using light aircraft...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Arrest in election fraud inquiry
A woman is arrested and bailed over allegations relating to election offences in the forthcoming local council poll...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Sex assault on woman in city park
Police appeal for information after an 18-year-old woman is sexually assaulted in a park in Belfast...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Rights groups urge Sudan arrests
An international coalition of 29 human rights groups urges the arrest of two Sudanese war crimes suspects...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Spy law 'used in dog fouling war'
A survey of councils finds some spy on litter louts and owners of dogs who foul public places, using laws designed to track criminals and terrorists...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Arrest after park gun incident
A man is arrested in connection with a firearms incident at a holiday park in the south of Scotland...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Man held over 'banker's son con'
A man accused of claiming to be from a famous banking family is held over claims a woman was conned out of £600,000...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Poisoned dream
India's Green Revolution brings bitter harvest...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Karzai unhurt after parade attack
Afghan President Hamid Karzai escapes unharmed as gunfire breaks out at a military ceremony in Kabul...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Scuffles at South Korea torch leg
Pro- and anti-Chinese demonstrators clash in Seoul during the latest leg of the Olympic torch relay...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Oil refinery strikers stage rally
Striking workers from the Grangemouth oil refinery hold a rally at the plant as their 48-hour strike gets under way...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Miliband defends Brown leadership
Foreign Secretary David Miliband urges Labour to 'defend the leader' after Gordon Brown comes under fire from Lord Levy...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Tamil Tigers 'launch air strike'
Tamil Tiger rebels have bombed military targets in the north-east of Sri Lanka using light aircraft, officials say...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Labour always listens, says Brown
The prime minister urges voters to opt for Labour at the local elections, as he bids to end the 10p tax row...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Mugabe parliament loss confirmed
President Mugabe's Zanu-PF fails to regain its majority in Zimbabwe's parlliament after a partial recount...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Bush pokes fun at his successors
US President George W Bush tells a few jokes about his potential successors at an annual press dinner...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Lawless region
Chechnya may be at peace, but chaos is near the surface...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Nurses raise 'dignity' concerns
Eight out of 10 nurses say they suffer distress at being unable to treat patients with dignity...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
New Zealand squid thaw put on ice
Technicians postpone the delicate process of defrosting a colossal squid caught in Antarctic waters last year...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Taste and decency
The complicated business of rating games in the UK...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Ten hurt in motorcycle accident
Ten people are injured when a motorcyclist strikes pedestrians in the centre of Aberdeen, say police...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Archbishop leads Zimbabwe protest
A day of prayer led by the Archbishop of York is designed to show support to the people of Zimbabwe...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Superbug c.diff deaths 'rising sharply'
The equivalent of one person an hour dies in hospital from clostridium difficile, figures suggest...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Torch relay begins in South Korea
More than 8,000 police in South Korea are braced for protests during the latest leg of the Olympic torch relay...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
Strike at oil refinery under way
Staff at the Grangemouth oil refinery start their strike, with extra fuel being shipped to Scotland to try to fill any gaps...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
UK's super-rich 'getting richer'
The UK's 1,000 richest people are now collectively worth £400bn - up £53bn on last year, says the Sunday Times Rich List...
BBC News - April 27, 2008
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