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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 November 2006:
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Pope Backs Turkey’s Bid to Join Europe
In a gesture of goodwill, Pope Benedict XVI reversed his position on Turkey’s European Union membership...
New York Times - November 28, 2006
Bush Dismisses Talk of Civil War in Iraq
On the eve of a trip to Jordan to meet Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of Iraq, President Bush blamed Al Qaeda for the latest wave of sectarian violence...
New York Times - November 28, 2006
Sunshine heads Spirit film list
Comedy Little Miss Sunshine leads the nominations for the Independent Spirit film awards...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Bernanke raises inflation concern
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, warns of the continuing pressures of inflation on the world's largest economy...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
'No tabloid laws' on mental care
The government's bid to update the mental health laws are criticised as "rooted in stereotype" by peers...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Test to safeguard special schools
Schools for children with special needs should not close unless provision is improving, the government says...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Water sell-off may begin in 2008
The privatisation or selling off of Northern Ireland's water service could begin in just over 13 months...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Bemba accepts DR Congo poll loss
Former Congolese rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba accepts defeat in run-off presidential elections...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Correa 'wins Ecuador's election'
Leftist Rafael Correa has won Ecuador's run-off presidential election, a top electoral official says...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Football: Crucial win for Sheff Utd
Danny Webber scores against his old club to hand Sheffield United victory over relegation rivals Watford...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Five girls killed in Iraqi clash
Five young girls are killed in Iraq during a clash between US marines and insurgents, the US military says...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
NHS funding 'reaching key areas'
A detailed breakdown of NHS spending shows money is reaching key health priority, the government says...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Luxury hotel tested in spy probe
Police investigating the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko extend their search to a five-star hotel...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Delay in nurse misconduct cases
Patient safety is at risk because of delays in hearing misconduct cases against nurses, the BBC learns...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Bellamy 'slapped' during club row
Footballer Craig Bellamy tells a court he was slapped during a nightclub argument with a 19-year-old woman...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
EMI shares soar on bid approach
EMI shares rise 10% after the record company receives a preliminary takeover approach from an unnamed party...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
TV phone-in quizzes 'a lottery'
TV quiz shows which charge 75p even for unanswered calls are a "lottery" and need regulating, MPs hear...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Loyalist cleared on murder charge
North Belfast loyalist William "Mo" Courtney is acquitted of murdering a former associate of UDA leader Johnny Adair...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Scottish Power takeover 'concern'
Scotland's first minister says Scottish Power customers and employees will be concerned at a takeover deal...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Legless driver in 80mph car chase
A double amputee is jailed after fleeing police in a modified car, controlled by broom handles...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
EU nations 'knew about CIA jails'
Many EU countries were aware of secret CIA jails and transfers of terror suspects, a report by MEPs says...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Ethiopian 'clash' with Islamists
Ethiopian troops fired rockets at a strategic town north of Somalia's capital, Islamist officials tell a rally...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Bush berates hesitant Nato allies
The US president scolds Nato members reluctant to send troops to Afghan hotspots, ahead of a key summit...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Ashes: England 'miss Cooley'
Former captain Tony Greig says England should have fought to keep bowling coach Troy Cooley...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Rugby U: Robinson set to quit
The Rugby Football Union is still unable to make an announcement about whether England head Andy Robinson will be sacked...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
7/7 victim can dispute dismissal
A woman wounded in the 7 July bombings wins the right to claim unfair dismissal against her former employers...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Labour facing cash flow problems
Labour admits to "acute cash flow problems" as new figures reveal the main political parties owe £60m in total...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Officers reprimanded over e-mail
Hertfordshire Police discipline 140 senior officers, other ranks and civilian staff for distributing an offensive e-mail...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Eight tested over radiation alert
Eight people have now been referred for tests after the radiation poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Life for killers of City lawyer
The killers of a City lawyer are jailed for life as his fiancee speaks of having her "heart ripped out" by his murder...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Pope calls for religious exchange
Pope Benedict XVI calls for a dialogue between Muslims and Christians as he starts a four-day visit to Turkey...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
News Analysis: Ecuador Vote: Leader Forges Middle Road Among Leftists
Rafael Correa’s rise in Ecuador points to how varied, and persistent, the leftist groundswell has become in Latin America...
New York Times - November 28, 2006
YouTube moves to the small screen
A deal between US mobile firm Verizon and social networking site YouTube will extend the service to handsets...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Love is on the air at 6 Music
Singer Courtney Love is to choose the music on digital radio station BBC 6 Music for a day in December...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Rich clubs 'good for football'
Arsenal vice-chairman and G-14 chief David Dein looks at the financial issues affecting Europe's top football clubs...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
MPs looking at quiz TV 'rip-offs'
MPs are examining whether quiz shows are ripping off viewers with charges for phone calls...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Scottish Power backs Spanish bid
Scottish Power gives its backing to a £11.6bn takeover offer from Spanish energy company Iberdrola...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Mini 'tornado' wrecks village
Roofs are torn off, caravans upturned and a railway line closed after a small tornado hits a mid Wales village...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Three rescued from burning flats
Fire crews rescue three people after a fire breaks out at a block of flats in east Belfast...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Iran demands US pull out of Iraq
US troops must leave Iraq if security is to be restored, Iran's supreme leader says in talks with Iraq's president...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Star guilty in Mumbai bomb trial
Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt is found guilty in connection with the 1993 bombings in the Indian city of Mumbai...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Sex attacker appeal prompts calls
Detectives follow up new leads in the hunt for a man thought to be responsible for up to 100 attacks on elderly men and women...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Nato bullish on Afghan mission
Nato can succeed in Afghanistan but only if members raise their game, the alliance's head warns...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
N Korea and US in diplomacy push
Top North Korea and US envoys meet to discuss reviving six-party talks on Pyongyang's nuclear plans...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Ashes: Harmison works on form
Steve Harmison has a one-on-one session with bowling coach Kevin Shine ahead of the second Ashes Test...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Pope begins landmark Turkey visit
Pope Benedict XVI begins a four-day visit to Turkey, amid protests against recent comments about Islam...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Mother's eulogy on website
Police hunting the killer of schoolboy Jessie James put clips of his funeral on a video-sharing website...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Grade quits BBC post to join ITV
BBC chairman Michael Grade resigns and is to join rival broadcaster ITV as executive chairman early next year...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Blair in Latvia for Nato summit
Tony Blair is joining other Nato leaders in Latvia for a summit set to be dominated by the alliance's role in Afghanistan...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Train passengers face fare rise
Passengers face above-inflation price increases for rail tickets, train companies announce...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Five sites tested in spy inquiry
Two more London addresses are found to have traces of radiation in the wake of Alexander Litvinenko's death...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Labour and Tory loans total £59m
Labour and the Conservatives owe nearly £59m in loans, new figures from the Electoral Commission reveal...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Church on the Edge of Rome Offers a Solution to Smog
Hailed by some scientists as a breakthrough, a new coating material used on a church in Rome has been found to “eat” surrounding smog...
New York Times - November 28, 2006
St. Petersburg Journal: Russian Window on the West Reaches for the Sky
A plan by Russia’s state energy company for towers along the Neva River has drawn protests from critics who say the project will overshadow the old city...
New York Times - November 28, 2006
Bush Asking Arab Friends for Iraq Help
President Bush and his top diplomats seem intent on talking only to Arab friends, shutting the door to Iran and Syria...
New York Times - November 28, 2006
Panel Says Australian Company Paid Bribes
An investigation into the U.N.’s oil-for-food program found that AWB paid more than $224 million to Saddam Hussein’s government...
New York Times - November 28, 2006
Hezbollah Said to Help Shiite Army in Iraq
Between 1,000 and 2,000 fighters from the Mahdi Army and other Shiite militias have been trained by Hezbollah in Lebanon, a senior U.S. official said...
New York Times - November 28, 2006
Allure of Islam Signals a Shift Within Turkey
Turkey is navigating between the forces pulling it closer to Islam and the institutions that safeguard its secularism...
New York Times - November 28, 2006
Tories fear 'exams apartheid'
State schools must be able to offer the same exams as the private sector to halt a gulf in standards, the Tories say...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Most 'favour right to abortion'
Most people think women have a right to choose an abortion, but the number is falling, a survey says...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Job-move 'threat to UK' - survey
Outsourcing is seen as an increasing problem and UK firms should not move more jobs abroad, a survey finds...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Councils warned over tax rises
The government warns local authorities it will not hesitate to cap "excessive" council tax rises...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Canada backs Quebecer nationhood
Canada's parliament approves a government motion recognising Quebec's people as a nation within Canada...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Europe 'must end domestic abuse'
Spain's prime minister opens a Council of Europe campaign, saying domestic violence has no place in decent society...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Football: Award for Cannavaro
Italy's World Cup captain Fabio Cannavaro is named European Footballer of the Year...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Fiji PM and military head to meet
Fiji PM Laisenia Qarase is to meet military leader Frank Bainimarama, for talks aimed at averting a coup...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Robinson set to quit England role
Andy Robinson will resign as England head coach on Tuesday, BBC Sport understands...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Pope to fly into Turkish protests
Pope Benedict XVI is due to begin a four-day visit to Turkey, amid protests against recent comments about Islam...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Heavy smokers 'must quit totally'
There are no half-measures for heavy smokers wanting to minimise their health risks, research suggests...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
No repeat of Farepak, MPs insist
The collapse of Christmas saving scheme Farepak highlights a "serious lack" of consumer protection, say MPs...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Schools urged to run more trips
Teachers are urged to take pupils on more school trips, as new safety guidelines are unveiled...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
Iraq 'on the brink of civil war'
UN chief Kofi Annan says Iraq is almost in the throes of a civil war, as the country's president visits Iran...
BBC News - November 28, 2006
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