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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 Octomber 2006:
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Africa’s World of Forced Labor, in a 6-Year-Old’s Eyes
A vast traffic in children supports West and Central African fisheries, quarries, cocoa and rice plantations and street markets...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Russia Led Arms Sales to Developing World in ’05
Russia surpassed the U.S. in a market that America has regularly dominated, according to a new study...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Call for legal copying of own CDs
People should be given a "private right to copy'" their own CDs and DVDs, says a think tank...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Gene flaw increases autism risk
A gene mutation which affects brain development increases the risk of autism, scientists have suggested...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Concern over crime scene graffiti
Graffiti showing a woman cowering in front of a man with a gun appears at the scene of a sex attack...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
'No progress' in Sri Lanka talks
Talks between Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels to avert a return to war ends with little progress...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Serbs voting on new constitution
Polls close in Serbia on day one of voting on a constitution declaring Kosovo an integral part of Serbia...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Demand for end to Mexico protest
Mexico's government demands that protesters in Oaxaca end their occupation of parts of the southern city...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Boxing: Ex-champ Berbick killed
Trevor Berbick, the last boxer to fight Muhammad Ali, is killed in Kingston, Jamaica, by an assailant wielding a machete...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Tension ahead of DR Congo run-off
Tension is high in DR Congo ahead of a presidential run-off to conclude its first democratic polls since 1960...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Bangladesh rivals bid to end row
Bangladesh's two main parties work to end a political crisis, after 10 people are killed in street clashes...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Students protest over higher fees
Thousands of students will march in central London on Sunday in protest at higher tuition fees...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Flag-burning could become crime
Police chiefs are urging the government to make flag-burning a crime, the BBC's John Pienaar reveals ...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Search plea by trawlerman's wife
The wife of one of the trawler crew missing in the North Sea calls for the search operation not to be abandoned...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Campaigners call for gas safety
An MP calls for greater public awareness of carbon monoxide poisoning after two children died in a gas leak in Greece...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Assembly inquiry to shop killing
The assembly government says it will look at the case of a woman who randomly killed a widow in a Cardiff store...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Three more arrests in kidnap case
A further three arrests are made in connection with the alleged abduction of a Glasgow businessman...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Iraqi PM 'not America's man'
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the US he is a friend, but not "America's man in Iraq", a key aide says...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Cricket: England bow out with win
Kevin Pietersen smashes an unbeaten 90 as England head home from the Champions Trophy with a consolation three-wicket win over West Indies...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Irish police 'foil Real IRA plot'
Irish police believe they have disrupted a bomb plot aimed at hurting the Northern Ireland political process...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Nato apology over Afghan deaths
A top Nato commander apologises for the deaths of Afghan civilians in an air raid, but blames Taleban fighters...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Rooney hat-trick in Man Utd romp
Wayne Rooney smashes a hat-trick at Bolton to keep Man Utd top of the Premiership...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
UK soldier killed in Iraq named
A British soldier who died after a road accident in southern Iraq is named by the Ministry of Defence...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Missing crewmen search called off
The search for a missing trawler crew is called off as relatives prepare to travel to Norway to identify a body found on Friday...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Nepal bus crash kills at least 42
At least 42 people are killed after a bus carrying more than 100 people plunges into a ravine in west Nepal...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Corfu hotel faces death charges
Four staff at the hotel where two British children were killed by a gas leak are set to face manslaughter charges...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Pope urges action on sexual abuse
The Catholic Church must take all necessary steps to prevent child sex abuse by clergy, the Pope says...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
South Park defends Irwin sketch
The network behind the cartoon South Park defends an episode mocking the death of naturalist Steve Irwin...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Greenock lecturers march over pay
Staff and students at a Greenock college protest over changes to lecturers' conditions of employment...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Renewed violence hits Bangladesh
Fresh street clashes erupt in Bangladesh amid a bitter row over who will run the country pending elections...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Remand over prison officer death
An 18-year-old man is charged with the murder of a 30-year-old prison officer found dead at her home...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Two killed in three car accident
Two men are killed and three people are injured in an accident involving three cars in County Down...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Serbs to vote on new constitution
Serbs cast their ballots in a referendum on a constitution which declares Kosovo an integral part of Serbia...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
UN envoy Pronk to return to Sudan
The UN confirms Jan Pronk in his role as Kofi Annan's envoy to Sudan despite being expelled from the country...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
UN head discusses N Korea tests
The next UN chief Ban Ki-moon has talks in China debating action over North Korea's nuclear tests...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Live - England v West Indies
Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo hit fifties as West Indies look set for a big score against England...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Rugby league: NZ beat GB
Great Britain fall just short against New Zealand in a game which turned on a disputed video replay decision...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Football: Premiership picks
Mark Lawrenson's verdict on this weekend's Premiership games...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Fines for Halloween teenagers
Police are to issue fines to teenagers who cause problems and intimidate people while out trick-or-treating on Halloween...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Search resumes for missing crew
A major air and sea search resumes for the crew of a Scottish trawler missing in the North Sea...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Carbon monoxide killed children
Two British children killed in Corfu were poisoned by carbon monoxide, as police consider negligence charges...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Kidnapping and Turmoil Ahead of Congo Vote
United Nations forces rescued a politician who had been kidnapped in an increasingly edgy prelude to the runoff presidential election...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Using a 2nd Network, Iran Raises Enrichment Ability
Iran has begun to enrich uranium in a second network of centrifuges, an Iranian local news agency reported Friday...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Misery Churns in Eastern Sudan, Away From Spotlight
Few outside organizations are paying attention to eastern Sudan, a scene of desolation and despair in a country with much of both...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Report Says Iraq Contractor Is Hiding Data From U.S.
A Halliburton subsidiary has systematically misused federal rules to withhold information on its practices, an oversight agency said...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Fighting Split, U.S. and Iraq Renew Vow to Work for Peace
The two governments issued a tautly worded statement renewing their commitment to work together for peace and security in Iraq...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Rice?s Counselor Gives Advice Others May Not Want to Hear
Philip D. Zelikow’s confidential memos and proposals often depart sharply from the Bush administration’s current line...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Designing a more accessible web
BBC Click's Katie Ledger investigates how easy it is to access the internet if you have a disability...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Bolivia signs oil and gas deals
Bolivia signs new energy contracts as a deadline for foreign firms to cede majority control of operations looms...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Crucial Sri Lanka peace talks due
Sri Lanka's government and Tamil rebels meet in Geneva on Saturday for talks to avert a slide back to war...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Burglary charge cuts shop theft
A scheme which charges repeat shoplifters with burglary has helped cut offences in Huddersfield...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
TV showdown ahead of Brazil poll
Brazil's two remaining presidential candidates go head-to-head in a final TV debate before Sunday's poll...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Clock change 'would save lives'
Lives would be saved if the practice of putting clocks forward and back changed, say council leaders...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Battle to control California fire
Firefighters in the US state of California battle to control a forest fire that officials say was started deliberately...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Global warming 'threat to growth'
Global warming may cut world annual economic output by as much as 20%, an influential report is expected to say...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Banks facing fines over ID thefts
Some leading banks could face unlimited fines because of allegations customer details were dumped in the street...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Tragedy father to learn of deaths
Police in Corfu are waiting to tell a British father that his two children have died of suspected gas poisoning...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
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