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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 August 2007:
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Hwacheon Journal: Peace Dam Still Waits for the Flood That Never Came
South Korea?s Peace Dam is a $429 million monument to the cold war politics on the divided Korean peninsula...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Israeli Says Hamas Is Training Hundreds Abroad
The Israeli Army?s deputy chief of staff says that Hamas has sent hundreds of its fighters abroad for military training, most of them to Iran...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Afghan Opium Crop at Record High
KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 27 ? Opium cultivation in Afghanistan grew by 17 percent in 2007, reaching record levels for the second straight year, according to a United Nations report released today...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Sarkozy Lists Foreign Priorities, With Iran First
?A nuclear-armed Iran is for me unacceptable,? President Nicolas Sarkozy of France said in a speech today...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
A Political Crisis Brews in Greece as Fires Rage
The Greek government, heading for elections next month, is facing a crisis over its handling of deadly forest fires...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Boys 'less keen to be students'
Boys are less keen to go to university than their female counterparts, a survey suggests...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Iraqi mosque bombing kills nine
At least nine people are killed in a suicide attack at a mosque in the Iraqi city of Falluja, officials say...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Tennis: Murray wins in US Open
Britain's Andy Murray opens his US Open campaign with a comprehensive win over qualifier Pablo Cuevas...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
'Junk sleep' damaging teen health
Too many teenagers are getting too little "good" sleep which is harmful to their health, warn researchers...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Two dead in light aircraft crash
A man and a child are killed and a woman is injured in a light aircraft crash near Brentwood in Essex...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Troops still have Iraq role - PM
British troops still have "an important job to do" in Iraq, Prime Minister Gordon Brown says...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Afghan Opium Crop at New Record High, U.N. Says
KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 27 ? Opium cultivation in Afghanistan grew by 17 percent in 2007, reaching record levels for the second straight year, according to a United Nations report released Monday...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Japanese Prime Minister Reshuffles Cabinet
With his approval ratings sinking, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe today formed a new cabinet made up of veterans...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
At Least 63 Dead in Greek Fires
The government had warned that little progress was made on Sunday in putting out the 44 separate fires...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Malawi official to visit Madonna
A Malawian official is given leave to visit London and assess Madonna's suitability to adopt a child...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
US home sales decline yet further
Concern about the US housing market returns as a key survey shows sales have fallen to a near five-year low...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Student assessed factory's pipes
A student on a holiday job carried out risk assessments at a factory which exploded killing nine people, a court hears...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Chip pan warning after fatal fire
A fire service chief urges people to throw away their chip pans after a man dies in a blaze at his home...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Troubles murder probe funding row
The Government is accused of failing to deliver on a pledge to fund a unit reinvestigating Troubles murders...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Floods 'alarm call' to utilities
Severn Trent Water says July's floods in Gloucestershire should be an "alarm call" to the utilities industry...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Pakistan soldier killed on video
Militants in a Pakistan tribal area release a video of kidnapped soldiers, showing one of them being beheaded...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Dog-fighting NFL star faces jail
National Football League star Michael Vick could face five years in jail after admitting a dog-fighting charge...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Turkish army issues new warning
Turkey's army chief warns that the nation's secular system is being threatened by "centres of evil"...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Move to end DR Congo's insecurity
Regional military chiefs meet in Kigali to plan joint operations against militia groups in eastern DR Congo...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Athletics: British duo in 400m final
Britain's Christine Ohuruogu and Nicola Sanders both reach the women's 400m final at the World Championships in Osaka...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
China girl completes 3,500km run
A Chinese girl arrives in Beijing after running more than 3,550km (2,200 miles) from the province of Hainan...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Inspired England take series lead
England produce a superb performance to beat India by 42 runs at Edgbaston and go 2-1 up in their one-day series...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Bush ally Gonzales resigns post
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, embroiled in a row over sacked prosecutors, has resigned...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Afghanistan opium at record high
Opium production in Afghanistan soars by more than a third to record levels, a UN report says...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Greeks step up fire investigation
Greek police hold 32 arson suspects as they step up inquiries into fires that have killed dozens of people...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Carnival crowds take to streets
Hundreds of thousands of people line the streets for the climax of London's two-day Notting Hill Carnival...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Rhys's parents appeal to killer
The parents of 11-year-old Rhys Jones urge the teenager who shot their son to surrender to police...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Fire at Dubai Port
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- A fire broke out early Monday in a warehouse housing industrial chemicals at Dubai's Jebel Ali port, sending plumes of thick black smoke into the sky...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Ugandan Army Says 72 Killed in Truck Crash
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- A truck carrying soldiers and their families overturned in eastern Uganda, killing 72 people, the army spokesman said Monday...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Thailand Premier Says Polls Set for December
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Monday his interim government agrees the next general election should be held on Dec. 23. If carried out, it will be the first vote since last year's coup toppled the government...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Russia Arrests 10 in Reporter?s Killing
MOSCOW (AP) -- Authorities have arrested 10 people in the killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya and they soon will be charged, Russia's chief prosecutor said Monday...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Japanese Premier Reshuffles Cabinet
TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe picked familiar faces for key posts in a sweeping reshuffle of his cabinet on Monday, but analysts doubted whether the changes would do much to revive the Japanese leader's badly sagging popularity...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Lib Dems urge immigrant amnesty
Illegal immigrants should be given "selective amnesty" to allow them to earn British citizenship, the Lib Dems say...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Platform work 'to meet demands'
A platform lengthening project will disrupt train services for two weeks but help operators meet passenger demands, say officials...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Merkel presses China on climate
Germany urges China to address climate change, but China says it should still be allowed to grow economically...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
US retrial for Scot on death row
A Scottish man on death row in the US is to face a retrial after his conviction was overturned a second time...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Pedestrian killed in car accident
A man dies after being hit by a car at the Colin Glen Road, Lisburn, early on Monday morning...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Two dead in light aircraft crash
Two men die when a microlight crashes into a field on the border of Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Strike called after India bombs
A strike in protest at deadly bomb blasts shuts down much of the southern Indian city of Hyderabad...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
France ready to apologise to Iraq
France's foreign minister offers to apologise to Iraq for seeming to meddle in its internal affairs...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Japan premier reshuffles Cabinet
Embattled Japanese PM Shinzo Abe appoints veteran lawmakers to his Cabinet, in a bid to shore up support...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
First $4bn summer for US cinema
US summer box office takings surpass $4bn for the first time as comedy Superbad tops the chart...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Soldiers die in Uganda road crash
More than 70 people, mainly soldiers, are killed in Uganda when a truck overturns in mountains in the east...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Live - World Athletics day three
Britain's Phillips Idowu goes for a triple jump medal in Japan while Kenenisa Bekele targets a third 10,000m title...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Tennis: Murray fit for US Open
Andy Murray says is ready to go out and hit the ball as hard as ever at the US Open having got over his wrist injury...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Live - England v India
England lose their openers and Kevin Pietersen after a bright start in the third one-dayer against India...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Half a million to attend Carnival
Police say at least half a million people are expected to attend the main day of the 43rd Notting Hill Carnival...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Call for new 'hero' bank holiday
Gordon Brown is urged by a think tank to create a new bank holiday to celebrate community heroes...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Man dies in tractor competition
A 58-year-old Belgian dies in an accident during a tractor pulling competition in Lancashire...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Trio remanded over street killing
A man and two teenagers are remanded in custody accused of the murder of a 23-year-old man with learning difficulties...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Arrests over Russia writer murder
Ten people are arrested over the murder of Russian reporter Anna Politkovskaya in Moscow in 2006...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
John Prescott to stand down as MP
Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott announces he is to stand down as an MP at the next general election...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Everton players in tribute to Rhys
Players from Everton Football Club pay tribute to Rhys Jones during a visit to the scene where he was murdered...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Foreigners help fight Greek fires
Firefighting aircraft from several countries help Greece tackle devastating forest fires that have killed 60 people...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Names of the Dead
The Department of Defense has identified 3,720 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war. It confirmed the deaths of the following Americans yesterday:...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
13 Killed in Congo Crash
A plane carrying tin ore crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff in eastern Congo on Sunday, killing 13 people on board...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
White House Memo: A Familiar Strategy to Help Stay the Course
President Bush is confronting the American public?s crisis of faith in the Iraq strategy with a relentless campaign to persuade people to see things his way...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
First Lady Cancels Trip to Australia
Laura Bush has canceled plans to accompany the president on a trip next month to Australia, citing a pinched nerve...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Norman Cohn, Historian, Dies at 92
Mr. Cohn helped show how totalitarian ideologies of the 20th century were propelled by mythologies associated with medieval apocalyptic movements...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Julius Wess, 72, Theoretical Physicist, Is Dead
Dr. Wess, along with Bruno Zumino, introduced the idea of supersymmetry among fundamental particles, which may help explain the universe?s missing dark matter...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Raymond Barre, 83, Former French Premier
Mr. Barre was a prominent economist and served as prime minister of France from 1976 to 1981...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
India Blames Islamic Militants for Blasts
Indian officials said that extremists are trying to foment tensions between the country?s Hindu and Muslim communities...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Governor of Iran?s Central Bank Resigns
This month, three key economic figures from the cabinet of Iran?s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Afghan Elders and U.S. Differ on Who Killed 12 Civilians
Afghan elders say that NATO airstrikes killed 12 civilians on Saturday night, but American military officials blame Taliban militants...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Kibbutz Yasur Journal: The Kibbutz Sheds Socialism and Gains Popularity
Israel?s kibbutzim are once again thriving, attracting new members with a mellower version of collective living...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Close Aides to Musharraf Meet With His Opposition
The meetings with Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif come at a time when government officials say they are starting a dialogue seeking ?national reconciliation.?...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Tourist in Russia Stumbles Into a Legal Predicament
Roxana Contreras is stuck in Russia accused of trying to smuggle cultural treasures out of the country after she purchased souvenirs worth $20 from a street vendor...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
W.H.O. Urges Effort to Fight Fast-Spreading New Diseases
A report from the W.H.O. warns that new infectious diseases are emerging at an ?unprecedented rate.?...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Iraqi Prime Minister Assails Democratic Critics
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki said that Hillary Rodham Clinton and Carl Levin had spoken ?as if Iraq is one of their cities.?...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Greek Fires Kill 12 More and Threaten Antiquities
The fire continued to consume homes and to advance on the ruins where the Olympic games were first played...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
Liberian Ex-Leader?s War Crimes Trial Is Stalled
Delays in the trial of Charles Taylor have caused much finger-pointing at the U.N.-backed special court...
New York Times - August 27, 2007
'Campus cops' cutting youth crime
A Scottish council claims it is bucking the national trend of rising youth disorder by having police in schools...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Shutdown to protest India bombs
India's opposition BJP party calls a shutdown in Hyderabad to protest against Saturday's twin blasts...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Fraud fear for Ukraine elections
Ukraine's opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko says she fears September's elections will be rigged...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Merkel to tackle trade in China
Trade and climate issues will top the agenda as German Chancellor Angela Merkel begins a visit to China...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Report to show Afghan opium rise
The amount of opium produced in Afghanistan has broken records again, official figures are due to reveal...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Vienna meeting on climate plan
Delegates from 150 countries meet in Vienna to discuss progress on steps to tackle climate change...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Safety fears over child database
Social workers have raised concerns that paedophiles may exploit a database containing children's details, The Times says...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Greek forest fires reward offered
A 1m euro reward is offered to help catch those suspected of starting Greek forest fires, which have killed 60 people...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
Six released in Rhys murder case
Detectives looking for the killer of 11-year-old Rhys Jones in Liverpool release six people they were holding...
BBC News - August 27, 2007
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