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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 September 2006:
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Opera With Muhammad Role Gains Support
A gathering of German goverment and Muslim leaders would like to see reinstated a production of an opera that was canceled for fear of offending Muslims...
New York Times - September 27, 2006
Israel Releases High-Ranking Hamas Official
Nasser al-Shaer was one of more than 30 Hamas officials detained by Israel over the past three months...
New York Times - September 27, 2006
Director Jackson signs Xbox deal
King Kong director Peter Jackson agrees a deal with Microsoft to create a new form of interactive entertainment...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
'Very good progress' for Hammond
Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond is continuing to make good progress in his recovery from a car crash...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Jail branded 'Scotland's worst'
Concerns about rehabilitation and conditions at Peterhead Prison are revealed in an official report...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
'Dirty War' witness hunt launched
Argentina launches a nationwide search after an elderly man testifying in a "Dirty War" trial disappears...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Chelsea ease to win in Sofia
Didier Drogba's hat-trick gives Chelsea a comfortable Champions League win against Levski Sofia...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
US House passes terror trial bill
The US House of Representatives passes a bill allowing military tribunals for foreign terrorism suspects...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Second teen charged with murder
A second teenager is charged with the murder of a young father who was shot dead near his home...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Ministers lose health plan vote
The government is defeated over its plans for the pace of reform of the NHS at the Labour Party conference...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Organ sales 'thriving' in China
The sale of organs taken from executed prisoners appears to be thriving in China, a BBC investigation has found...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
UK military claim Taleban defeat
The commander of British forces in Afghanistan says Nato troops have won a tactical victory in Helmand...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Iraq war 'recruiting extremists'
The war in Iraq has acted as a "recruiting sergeant" for extremists, an MoD research paper says...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
US school siege ends in bloodshed
A gunman dies and a teenage girl is critically injured as police storm a high school in the US state of Colorado...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Irwin death film 'will never air'
Footage of naturalist Steve Irwin's death will never be broadcast, his widow Terri vows in a US TV interview...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Zero-gravity surgery 'a success'
Doctors operate successfully on a human in "weightless" conditions, on a flight by a specially adapted plane...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Painkillers safety to be probed
The safety of common painkillers like ibuprofen is to be investigated,
European regulators say...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
William Hill halts US gaming bets
UK bookmaker William Hill says it has stopped taking casino and poker bets online from US customers...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Clinton warns Labour of dangers
Bill Clinton calls Tony Blair a "stunning success" but warns people may take Labour's achievements for granted...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Judge told of murder 'nightmare'
A murder victim's mother tells a crown court judge how her daughter's death destroyed her life...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
DUP to probe ex-mayor vote fraud
A former DUP mayor of Coleraine admits six charges of electoral fraud at the last general and local elections...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Sister appeal over missing Pole
Fears grow for a 23-year-old Polish woman who went missing in Glasgow at the weekend...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Kashmir protests over execution
Police in Indian-administered Kashmir break up violent protests against a court order to hang a Kashmiri man...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Woman faces jail over dog attack
A woman in charge of a dog which savaged a young boy is warned she could face a lengthy jail term...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Germany opens major Islam summit
Germany holds an Islam conference to tackle integration problems amid a row about self-censorship...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Japan seeks imminent China talks
Japan's new leader Shinzo Abe wants talks with China as early as next month, his foreign minister says...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Transatlantic liquids ban to stay
A ban on liquids in hand luggage on US-bound flights from the UK will remain despite Americans easing restrictions...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Mona Lisa pregnancy theory
A 3D laser survey of the Mona Lisa reveals she could be wearing the equivalent of a maternity dress...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Inzamam waits on hearing verdict
The first day of Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq's disciplinary hearing takes place at The Oval...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Woman wins demolition fight
A 60-year-old grandmother wins her High Court fight to overturn a massive homes demolition plan...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Maths GCSE coursework axed
Coursework for GCSE maths will be axed and all other coursework supervised, the education secretary says...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Bush aides back Iraq report move
The Bush administration rejects calls for the release in full of a report linking the Iraq conflict to terrorism...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Cleaner guilty of blackmailing judge
The conduct of two judges could be investigated after a cleaner was convicted of blackmail and theft...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Bosnia Serb jailed for war crimes
Senior Bosnian Serb leader Momcilo Krajisnik gets 27 years in prison for war crimes, but is cleared of genocide...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Labour defeated over health plans
The government has been defeated over its plans for the NHS at the Labour Party conference...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Crane deaths building site closed
Construction workers gather to pay their respects at the site of a fatal crane crash in south London...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Shakira leads Latin Grammys list
Colombian pop star Shakira leads the field for the 7th Latin Grammy Awards, with five nominations...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Microsoft patches bad browser bug
A fix for a serious flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer is released early to combat escalating attacks...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
New trees to reclaim Amazon lands
The government of one of Brazil's Amazonian states plans to reforest areas of land cleared for pasture...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Branson call for greener airlines
The global aviation industry must work together to tackle climate change, Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson says...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Syringe dispensing machine debate
Controversial plans for a machine to dispense needles to drug addicts in Colwyn Bay divide opinion...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Bail refused to cocaine accused
A 40-year-old woman accused of cocaine dealing at her home in west Belfast is refused bail in the High Court...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Centre to sell human stem cells
A centre in Edinburgh is to develop human stem cell lines to help find treatments for diseases like diabetes...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Karzai meets Bush amid tensions
President Bush meets Afghan President Karzai, dismissing reported tensions between him and Pakistan's leader...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Serviceman killed during exercise
A serviceman is killed in Herefordshire during an exercise involving a helicopter, the MoD says...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
First zero-gravity human surgery
French doctors prepare to carry out the first operation on a human in "weightless" conditions aboard an aircraft...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Israelis 'free Hamas deputy PM'
An Israeli military court orders the release of Palestinian deputy PM Nasser al-Shaer, his lawyer says...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
S Africa is losing its way - Tutu
Archbishop Desmond Tutu accuses South Africans of losing moral direction and not showing each other respect...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Police accused of Aborigine death
An Australian coroner berates police for an Aboriginal man's death which prompted riots on Palm Island in 2004...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Pesticides 'in a third of UK foods'
Nearly a third of UK food and drink contains pesticide, a government advisory body says...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Inzamam discipline hearing starts
The hearing of Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, charged with ball-tampering and disrepute, begins at The Oval...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Tennis: Henman beats Murray
Tim Henman beats Andy Murray for the first time with a 6-4 6-2 win in the first round of the Thailand Open...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Football: Fergie hails Saha
Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson praises Louis Saha after his Champions League winner against Benfica...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
British launch Iraq police purge
Iraqi and British troops begin an operation to purge Shia militias from the police force in Basra city...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Bosnia Serb faces genocide ruling
One of the most senior Bosnian Serb leaders is to hear whether he is guilty of genocide...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Democrats seek full terror report
US Democrats urge the Bush administration to release in full a report linking the Iraq conflict and global terrorism...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
No police probe for Prescott
John Prescott has not broken anti-corruption laws following his stay with a US tycoon, Scotland Yard says...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Further progress for Hammond
Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond is continuing to make good progress in his recovery from a crash in a jet-powered car...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Blair may stay until next summer
Tony Blair is likely to stay as prime minister longer than some had expected, suggests Alan Johnson...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
UK debt 'double Europe average'
People in the UK are borrowing almost twice that of citizens in other western European countries, a report says...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Church Excommunicates Zambian Archbishop Who Married
Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, 76, had installed four married men as bishops in a breakaway Catholic sect...
New York Times - September 27, 2006
Attacks in Afghanistan Grow More Frequent and Lethal
Bombs in Helmand and Kabul killed 20 people Tuesday, and more than 150 civilians have been killed by suicide bombings this year...
New York Times - September 27, 2006
Judge Postpones Hussein Trial as Lawyers Continue Boycott
After throwing Saddam Hussein out of court again on Tuesday, the judge postponed the deposed dictator’s genocide trial until Oct. 9...
New York Times - September 27, 2006
Backing Policy, President Issues Terror Estimate
Excerpts released Tuesday show that intelligence agencies found that the “Iraq conflict has become the ‘cause célèbre’ for jihadists.”...
New York Times - September 27, 2006
Opera Canceled Over a Depiction of Muhammad
A German opera house canceled performances of Mozart’s “Idomeneo” after a scene that depicts the severed head of the Prophet Muhammad prompted an anonymous threat...
New York Times - September 27, 2006
New Premier Seeks a Japan With Muscle and a Voice
Shinzo Abe, who has vowed to make Japan more assertive, named a cabinet packed with conservatives...
New York Times - September 27, 2006
Children facing 'discrimination'
A leading children's charity calls for action to stamp out age
discrimination against young people...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
FSA arranging avian flu exercise
The FSA is to hold a six-week exercise to test the resilience of the UK's financial sector to a bird flu pandemic...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
N Korea hits out at US sanctions
North Korea blames US financial sanctions for deadlock in multilateral talks on its nuclear programme...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Inquiry over fatal crane collapse
An investigation is under way after two people died when a 165ft (50m) high crane collapsed on to flats in London...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Case could limit speed cameras
European judges are being asked to rule in a case that could limit the use of speed cameras in the UK...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Murder inquiry after teen killed
A teenager dies after an attack in an inner city area of Nottingham...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
Blair 'won't be back-seat driver'
Tony Blair will not be a "back-seat driver" when he leaves No 10, says former spin doctor Alastair Campbell...
BBC News - September 27, 2006
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