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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 August 2004:
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Chirac Takes a Practical Approach to U.S.-Franco Partnership
President Jacques Chirac praised the U.N. for restoring sovereignty to Iraq and portrayed France as a participant in the process...
New York Times - August 27, 2004
Thatcher facing interview request
Equatorial Guinea officials have asked South Africa for permission to interview Mark Thatcher about an alleged coup plot...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Price hike for business broadband
Small net firms warn they could be hit hard by BT's decision to raise prices for business broadband...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
BBC's Humphrys slates reality TV
The BBC's John Humphrys attacks reality TV at Edinburgh TV festival's prestigious McTaggart lecure...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
More agony for Radcliffe
Paula Radcliffe drops out of the 10,000m final with eight laps to go, days after quitting the marathon in tears...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Shop petrol-bomb suspect bailed
A teenager is bailed by police after a six-year-old girl is hurt in a petrol bomb attack at a Birmingham store...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
March against Powell Games visit
Hundreds of people march in Athens to protest against a Olympics visit by Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Body recovered after river rescue
Police recover a body after a man jumped into the River Clyde in Glasgow to save a woman...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Khan keeps gold dream alive
Britain's Amir Khan reaches the lightweight boxing final with a points victory over Kazakh Serik Yeleuov...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
China win historic golds
Liu Xiang is the first Chinese man to win track gold, while Marion Jones leaves the Games without a medal...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Bush gives CIA chief new powers
President Bush gives the CIA director new powers, including control over other intelligence agencies...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Italy-Iraq match marred by death
Italy beats Iraq 1-0 to take the Olympic football bronze, a day after an Italian journalist's death in Iraq...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Palestinians 'end hunger strike'
Some Palestinian prisoners suspend a hunger strike now in its thirteenth day at other jails in Israel, reports say...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Murder manhunt costs reach £1.5m
The final cost of tracking down two murder suspects may exceed £1.5m...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Road victims' names released
An Armagh community is trying to come to terms with the deaths of three teenagers in a road crash...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Baby shake woman avoids jail term
A woman who left a four-month-old boy with "life-threatening" injuries is likely to escape prison...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Oil prices cease five-day slide
The weeklong slide in the price of oil from a record of almost $50 ends with a slight rise in New York and London...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Militants Leave Shrine as Cease-Fire Deal Appears to Hold
Guerrillas loyal to an insurgent cleric ceded control of the Shiite holy site today to Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani...
New York Times - August 27, 2004
Traces of Explosives Found in Wreckage of Russian Jet
An Islamic extremist group claimed its fighters had hijacked the planes to avenge the deaths of Muslims in Chechnya...
New York Times - August 27, 2004
Najaf militants surrender shrine
Shia militants in Najaf hand over weapons and US forces withdraw as a peace deal takes hold...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
'Mercenary leader' found guilty
Former British SAS officer Simon Mann is convicted of attempting to buy arms for an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Radcliffe eyes redemption
Paula Radcliffe nears what could be a career-defining moment in the Olympic 10,000m in Athens...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Washout fuels farmers' fears
Poor harvests due to bad weather could hurt farmers more than the foot-and-mouth outbreak, it is warned...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
E-fit issued in hunt for killer
The Met offers a £15,000 reward and issues an e-fit in the case of a BBC employee who was stabbed to death in the street...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Live: Latest action from Olympics day 14
Britain's Georgina Harland takes bronze in the modern pentathlon...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Football: Rooney wants transfer
Everton's Wayne Rooney hands in an official transfer request...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Militias 'still active' in Darfur
Pro-government militia remain active in Sudan's Darfur region, despite a commitment to end the violence, it is alleged...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Bush to give CIA chief new powers
President Bush will give the CIA chief new powers, including control over other agencies, officials say...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Eritreans in plane hijack drama
Hijackers force a plane carrying at least 70 Eritreans to land in the Sudanese capital, the UN says...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Musharraf ally chosen as new PM
Pakistan MPs elect former finance minister Shaukat Aziz and a close ally of President Musharraf as prime minister...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Child hurt in petrol bomb attack
A child is injured in a suspected petrol bomb attack inside a store at a Birmingham shopping centre...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Boys burned on unmanned sunbeds
Two schoolboys require hospital treatment for severe burns after using sunbeds without supervision...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Jaguar confirms cut in production
The Ford-owned carmaker is to cut production at its three UK plants by 11% because of poor sales in the US...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Cleaner bins rubbish bag artwork
A bag of rubbish that was part of a Tate Britain work of art is accidentally thrown away by a cleaner...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Could peace be possible in Iraq?
An agreement to bring peace to the Iraqi city of Najaf appears to be taking effect, after three weeks of heavy fighting. Will this peace last?...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Explosives Said to Be Found in Wreckage of Russian Jet
The Federal Security Service said Friday that traces of explosives have been found in the wreckage of one of two airliners that crashed nearly simultaneously...
New York Times - August 27, 2004
Iraq rebels start to hand in arms
Militants in Najaf's shrine begin handing over weapons as a deal to end weeks of fighting appears to take hold...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
'Distressed' Thatcher flies home
Baroness Thatcher returns home as it emerges her son Sir Mark could face extradition proceedings...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Radcliffe to run 10,000m
Paula Radcliffe confirms she will definitely run in the Olympic 10,000m...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Russia finds air crash explosive
Russian officials say traces of explosive have been found in the debris of one of two crashed airliners...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
New rules on playing field sales
The government is to tighten the rules on the sale of England's school playing fields...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Millions starting holiday getaway
Travellers will brave road and rail delays as they head for the coast this Bank Holiday weekend...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Live: Olympics day 14
Paula Radcliffe confirms she will run in the 10,000m on Friday night...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Boxing: Khan goes for gold
Britain's Amir Khan faces the biggest fight of his young career against Serik Yeleuov on Friday...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Football: Clubs await Uefa fate
Five British clubs are in the hat for the Uefa Cup first round draw...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Sudan criticised over Janjaweed
The Khartoum government is accused of allowing armed pro-government groups to operate camps in Darfur...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Rescue work continues in Taiwan
Hundreds of rescuers are sent to a remote Taiwanese village destroyed by a mudslide triggered by Typhoon Aere...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Al-Qaeda sanctions 'ineffective'
The United Nations says that sanctions against al-Qaeda and the former Taleban have had little effect...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Italy deplores Iraq hostage death
Italy voices outrage at the killing of Italian journalist and aid worker Enzo Baldoni by kidnappers in Iraq...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Kuwait kidnap firm to leave Iraq
A Kuwaiti company bows to demands of kidnappers in Iraq holding seven of its employees, saying it will halt operations there...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Miners march for killed colleague
Miners from across the UK are paying their respects to a former NUM activist found dead outside his home...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Teenagers die in road crash
Three young men are killed in a road accident involving a car and a lorry in County Down...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Asthma problem 'levelling off'
Asthma among children appears to have stabilised but allergies are still rising, according to research...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Dairy firm loses Tesco contract
Shares in the UK's biggest dairy company Dairy Crest tumble on the news that it has lost its £60m contract to supply Tesco with milk...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Man deported to India in error
A failed asylum seeker mistakenly deported to India is ordered to fly straight back to the UK...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
North Korea's environment crisis
North Korea and the UN publish a report which lays bare the country's environmental degradation...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
US gamers dump TVs for consoles
Gamers are moving away from the TV and towards gaming on mobile devices and consoles, a US study shows...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Darkness bask in Kerrang! success
The Darkness triumph at the Kerrang! Awards, beating the likes of Muse and Ash to the best British band title...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Are you planning a Bank Holiday get-away?
Millions of holidaymakers are expected to be on the move this weekend, taking advantage of the Bank Holiday break. What are you planning?...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Tentative Accord Reached in Najaf to End Fighting
The deal calls for the withdrawal of Moktada al-Sadr's fighters from the Imam Ali Shrine and a pullback of U.S. forces...
New York Times - August 27, 2004
Army's Report Faults General in Prison Abuse
Classified parts of the report say Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez approved the use in Iraq of some severe interrogation practices...
New York Times - August 27, 2004
Flight Recorders Little Aid in Russia Crash
The flight recorders of two Russian airliners were damaged and could provide little help in determining the cause of the twin disasters...
New York Times - August 27, 2004
Chile's Top Court Strips Pinochet of Immunity
The ruling raised hopes of victims that the former dictator may finally face trial for abuses during his 17-year rule...
New York Times - August 27, 2004
Iraqis flock to shrine after deal
Thousands of Iraqis walk through Najaf to the city's great shrine as a peace deal takes effect...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Italian hostage 'killed' in Iraq
Italy is checking reports that militants in Iraq have killed abducted reporter Enzo Baldoni...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Watchdog rejects all-postal votes
The Electoral Commission rejects the idea of all-postal ballots in the UK after a review of this summer's trials...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Adviser voices crop damage fears
Poor harvests caused by bad weather could hurt farmers more than the foot-and-mouth outbreak, the government's rural adviser warns...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Amelie's final footsteps retraced
Detectives have staged a reconstruction of the final steps of murdered French student Amelie Delagrange...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Cleric in custody for second day
Radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri remains in police custody after being arrested under UK anti-terrorism laws...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
New jaw grown on patient's back
A man has eaten his first solid meal in nine years after his face was rebuilt using a pioneering jaw-bone graft...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Athletics: Radcliffe to reveal plans
Paula Radcliffe will decide on Friday - the day of the race - whether to run the 10,000m...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Football: Chelsea poser for Uefa
Uefa wants to look at Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich's links to CSKA Moscow...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Cuba cuts relations with Panama
Cuba severs ties with Panama after it pardons four Cuban exiles accused of plotting to kill Fidel Castro...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Russia works to decode crash data
Russian investigators need more time to decode the damaged black boxes from the mystery double air crash...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Yemeni request halts terror trial
The Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunal is adjourned after a Yemeni prisoner asks to defend himself...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Vote for Pakistan prime minister
Pakistan's parliament is expected on Friday to vote for outgoing Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz as prime minister...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
Breast scans 'fail' in some women
Some women with breast cancer are less likely to have their tumours picked up by scans, say experts...
BBC News - August 27, 2004
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