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Review Just say I dont to Bride Wars
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Audiovox to expand availability of TV on the road
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How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground
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Congo rebel faction denounces Nkunda as leader
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Arabs put Hamas in UN draft, West offers own text
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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New US-led naval force to battle Somali pirates
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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How many scorpions? London Zoo does critter count
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Pope Benedict jokes about hoarse voice
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Handlers on phone ordered Mumbai gunmen to kill
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Global News Archive for November 2007:
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Clashes at Funeral of Man Killed in West Bank Protest
Palestinian Authority security forces opened fire in Hebron to disperse a funeral procession that had turned into a pro-Islamic rally, marking a second day of violence in this West Bank city...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
Saudi Arabia Arrests 208 in Antiterrorism Sweep
By Rasheed Abou-Alsamh...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
Briton Charged With Insulting Islam in Sudan
A British teacher faces 6 months in jail and 40 lashes after letting her students name a teddy bear Muhammad...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
U.S. Military Announces Final Plans on Sunni Patrols
The U.S. military expects to add roughly 10,000 Iraqis to its roster of 77,000 paid security guards, the vast majority of them Sunnis, many members of so-called awakening councils...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
Putin Dominates Russia?s Election for Parliament
Thousands of candidates are vying on Sunday for seats in Russia?s Parliament, but the election is really about only one politician, President Vladimir V. Putin...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
Labour checks Alexander donation
The row over Labour Party funding draws in the party's Scottish leader Wendy Alexander...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Woman charged with murdering girl
A 31-year-old woman is due to appear in court charged with murdering a girl aged four...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Meeting is held for murdered man
More than 200 people attend a public meeting in support of the family of murdered south Armagh man Paul Quinn...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Inmate cut penis off with razor
An inmate at HMP Bristol is treated for deep laceration wounds after cutting off his penis with a razor blade...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Bush launches new Mid-East talks
US President George Bush pledges to back Israelis and Palestinians in peace talks, and appoints a new envoy...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Chavez vows no ties with Colombia
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez vows to have "no type" of relationship with Colombia while Alvaro Uribe is president...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Football: Late winner for Celtic
Celtic's Champions League fate is in their own hands after Massimo Donati's last-gasp winner over Shakhtar Donetsk...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Football: Chelsea secure progress
Chelsea reach the Champions League knockout stage as they thrash Rosenborg in Norway...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Reds beat Porto to keep hopes alive
Liverpool keep their Champions League hopes alive after beating Porto at Anfield...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Press 'held back' at Diana scene
A French policeman had to hold back the press from the crash that killed Princess Diana, an inquest hears...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
NatWest Three offer guilty plea
Three British bankers extradited to the US on fraud charges plead guilty to one charge of wire fraud...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Open verdict in Woolmer inquest
A Jamaican inquest into the death of Bob Woolmer fails to determine what killed the Pakistan cricket coach...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Resigns Ahead of Vote
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev resigned on Wednesday just weeks before a snap parliamentary election in the volatile Central Asian country...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
Ex-Commander of NATO Named Mideast Liaison
James L. Jones will report to Condoleezza Rice as part of what the White House hopes will be an intensified negotiating track following the Annapolis conference...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
U.S. Takes Steps to Simplify Voting From Abroad
Two bills have been introduced aiming at simplifying voter registration, expanding voter education, and ensuring that expatriates? ballots are counted...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
Bomb Kills 16 Near Sri Lankan Capital
A bomb exploded Wednesday evening near the entrance to a popular department store in a busy Colombo suburb, killing 16 people and wounding more than 20...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
Saudis: 208 Arrested in Different Plots
More than 200 al-Qaeda-linked suspects involved in different plots against the kingdom have been arrested in recent months in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi interior ministry said Wednesday...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
Calls for Philippine Officials to Step Down Over Killings
A U.N. report, released on Monday, says that ?the armed forces have followed a deliberate strategy of systematically hunting down the leaders of leftist organizations.?...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
As Violence Ebbs, Sarkozy Calls Riots Unacceptable
After a quieter night in France?s troubled suburbs, Nicolas Sarkozy pledged to bring rioters to justice...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
NATO Airstrike Kills 14 Afghans
The strike hit laborers working for a road construction company that had been contracted by the U.S...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
Kylie announces European tour
Pop star Kylie Minogue reveals plans for an "exhilarating and innovative" tour, kicking off in France next May...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
England falls in reading league
The reading performance of children in England has fallen from third to 19th in the world in a major assessment...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Nasa outlines manned Mars vision
Nasa has released details of its strategy for sending a human crew to Mars within the next few decades...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Discs 'worth £1.5bn' to criminals
Two missing discs containing personal data of 25 million people could be worth £1.5bn to criminals, say the Lib Dems...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Strangler had history of violence
A car worker who had previously put women in a stranglehold is jailed for life for his girlfriend's murder...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Coroner is calling Arlene suspect
The man cleared of killing a Tyrone schoolgirl will be called to give evidence at her inquest...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Station's fumes leak into houses
An investigation into how fumes leaked from a petrol station into homes in East Lothian is launched...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Iron rod fault on M25 ruins tyres
A steel rod embedded in the M25 structure comes loose and shreds car tyres, causing major delays...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Saudi police arrest 208 militants
Saudi Arabia holds 208 suspected militants allegedly planning a series of attacks, officials say...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
India promises to protect writer
India vows to protect controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen after violent protests by Muslims...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
CNN regrets Chavez caption gaffe
CNN is forced to explain a caption which the Venezuelan leader claimed could incite attempts to kill him...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Arrests in Slovak 'nuclear plot'
Police in Slovakia and Hungary arrest three men for allegedly trying to sell 1kg of radioactive matter...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Scores charged over Hindu rally
At least 80 ethnic Indians are charged with illegal assembly for taking part in street protests in Malaysia...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Ethiopia assures no Ogaden famine
The UN is assured that food aid will be allowed into Ethiopia's Ogaden region and there will be no famine...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Video statements for rape trials
Recordings of statements made to police by rape victims can now be used as their main court evidence in court...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Football: Derby bring in Jewell
Former Wigan boss Paul Jewell is the new manager of Premier League strugglers Derby County...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Deadly bomb attacks in Sri Lanka
A bomb kills 16 people in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, hours after a suicide attack left one dead, the army says...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Teacher charged over teddy row
A British teacher is charged in Sudan with insulting religion and inciting hatred, the Foreign Office confirms...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Redknapp held in football inquiry
Five men, including Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp, are arrested over alleged corruption in football...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Man charged with Nickell murder
Police charge a man with the 1992 murder of Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Kosovo Talks End Without Accord
A desperate attempt by mediators to negotiate a settlement on Kosovo?s future status ended in a stalemate...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
News Analysis: Iran Casts Big Shadow on Mideast Talks
Anxieties among Sunni Arab countries over Iran?s growing influence in the region hover over the Annapolis peace talks...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
Musharraf Quits Pakistani Army Post
Pervez Musharraf remains president and will be sworn in to a new five-year term on Thursday, but as a civilian leader his power will be diminished...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
Europeans hang up on fixed lines
Almost one-fifth of Europeans now use a mobile as their only phone, reveals research...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Satellite tie-up for fast Galileo
The UK firm that built the test satellite for the Galileo sat-nav system joins forces with a German company to bid together to build more spacecraft...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
NHS care 'favours middle classes'
The NHS is a "divisive influence" which favours the middle classes over the poorer people, a study says...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Price-fixing glass makers fined
Four big makers of flat glass are fined by the EU Commission for illegally co-ordinating price rises...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Prudential jobs deal with Capita
Hundreds of workers at the Scottish base of Prudential are told their jobs will be transferred to Capita...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
MP's shock at police chief attack
A Labour MP complains about "untrue personal attacks" on him by chief constable Richard Brunstrom...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Villa accused 'justice fugitive'
A man accused of running a Turkish property scam is 'a fugitive from justice', the High Court is told...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Woman's photo of train attacker
A woman assaulted by a man on a train in a random attack takes a picture of the suspect on her phone...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Sarkozy holds riot crisis talks
French President Sarkozy is meeting ministers to discuss urban rioting that broke out after two teenagers died...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Somalia offensive after attacks
Ethiopian-backed Somali forces launch an offensive against insurgents after simultaneous attacks...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Football: Blues unveil McLeish
Alex McLeish reveals the lure of the Premier League was too strong to turn down as he is named Birmingham's new boss...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
'Supermouse' bred to beat cancer
Mice carrying a gene which appears to make them invulnerable to cancer may hold the key to safer and more effective treatments...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Pupil defends Sudan row teacher
A Sudanese pupil of a British woman arrested for alleged blasphemy says it was his idea to call a teddy Muhammad...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
France holds man over 18 killings
A 68-year-old man is arrested in France on suspicion of murdering 18 people between 1980 and 2002, officials say...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Madeleine police to meet in UK
Portuguese detectives are to meet police in the UK to exchange forensic information on Madeleine McCann...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Passengers face train fare rises
Train companies announce above-inflation increases to fares, starting in the New Year...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Kercher body cleared for burial
A second post-mortem will not be carried out on the body of murdered British student Meredith Kercher...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Arrests over football corruption
Four men are arrested in connection with alleged corruption in football, police have confirmed...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Brown under fire over donations
The Tories say people are asking if Gordon Brown is "up to the job" during heated Commons exchanges...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: South Africa: Rare Tiger Born
A male South China tiger was born at the Laohu Valley wildlife reserve. Conservationists said it was the first birth on a reserve outside China. Only about 60 of the tigers exist in captivity, and fewer than 30 are believed to survive in the wild...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Japan: Chinese Warship Visits
A warship from China dropped anchor off Tokyo today for the first port call in Japan by a Chinese military vessel since World War II, a highly symbolic display of improving ties. The missile destroyer Shenzhen will stay for four days and be opened for tours. As part of a mutual exchange, a Japanese ship will visit China later...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
World Briefing | The Americas: Venezuela Recalls Colombia Envoy
Venezuela called home its ambassador to Colombia for consultations after an exchange of insults over the weekend between President Hugo Chávez and the Colombian president, Álvaro Uribe...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
World Briefing | The Americas: Nazi Hunt in South America
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is extending a campaign to search for aged Nazis to South America, where investigators say they believe Aribert Heim, left, in an undated photo, one of the most wanted suspected war criminals, is hiding. The center is offering a $460,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Dr. Heim, known as ?Dr. Death? for allegedly performing gruesome medical experiments on concentration camp inmates. If alive, he would be 93. His daughter lives in Chile, and he continues to maintain a bank account in Germany containing more than $1 million, said Efraim Zuroff, the center?s chief Nazi hunter. Mr. Zuroff said ?dozens, if not hundreds? of Nazi war criminals were hiding in South America. The countries involved in what the center calls Operation Last Chance are Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Sri Lanka: Mine Blast Kills Children
Thirteen civilians, including 11 children, were killed by a remote-control government military mine in rebel-held Killinochchi, the Tamil Tigers said. The military denied the attack, but said the air force had hit the radio station there. The Tigers said the air raid killed nine people, including a 14-year-old girl...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Kosovo: Stalemate Continues
With the latest talks on the future of Kosovo between Serbian authorities and leaders of the province?s ethnic Albanian majority set to end in Austria today, there were no signs of a compromise. ?I am afraid nothing spectacular will happen,? said Skender Hyseni, a spokesman for Kosovo?s Albanian leadership, which insists on full independence...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
World Briefing | Middle East: Iran: New Long-Range Missile
The defense minister, Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, said Iran had built a new long-range missile. In comments reported by the Fars news agency, he said the missile had range of 1,200 miles. He did not say how the missile, called Ashoura, differed from the Shahab-3, also with a range of 1,200 miles, or if it had been test fired...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Malaysia: Warning on Protests
Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi threatened to use a tough colonial-era security law that allows for years of detention without trial to stop a wave of street protests that have rocked Malaysia in recent weeks. More than 10,000 ethnic Indians staged a protest in Kuala Lumpur, the capital, over the weekend to complain of discrimination. Two weeks earlier, another crowd of about 10,000 people rallied there to demand election reforms. The Internal Security Act ?will be there,? the official Bernama News Agency quoted Mr. Abdullah as saying. ?When it is appropriate to use it, it will be used.?...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
World Briefing | The Americas: Bolivia: Opposition Calls Strike
Opposition leaders in six of Bolivia?s nine provinces, including Santa Cruz, the country?s economic powerhouse, called a 48-hour general strike to begin today to protest the rushed approval of a draft constitution that would give more power to President Evo Morales. Protests in the city of Sucre, where Congress is based, over the weekend led to at least three deaths and hundreds of injuries after clashes with the police...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
Fugitive From U.S. Justice Leads Panama?s Assembly
Pedro Miguel González Pinzón was indicted by a United States grand jury for the killing of an American soldier after the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
One-Year Term for Oilman Convicted in Iraq Kickbacks
Oscar S. Wyatt Jr., the self-made Texas oilman who pleaded guilty in October to violating the rules of the United Nations oil-for-food program, was sentenced yesterday to a year and a day in prison...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
China Says Three Gorges Dam Is Not Responsible for Landslides
Chinese officials overseeing the Three Gorges Dam defended the project?s environmental record on Tuesday...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
China?s Denial of Port Calls by U.S. Ships Worries Navy
Two senior American admirals expressed concern over China?s refusal to allow access to the port of Hong Kong for three American warships...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
Car Bomb Attack Kills 2 in Afghan Capital
A massive car bomb exploded in a residential district of the Kabul that is used by foreign diplomats and international organizations...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
Mbeki?s Support Erodes in Party Vote in South Africa
President Thabo Mbeki?s control of South Africa?s ruling party has shifted to his former vice president and bitter rival, the populist politician Jacob Zuma...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
Mugabe Says He Will Attend Meeting With Europeans
Robert Mugabe?s decision to attend a summit meeting next week is guaranteed to provoke divisions over human rights and a boycott by the British prime minister...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Resigns Ahead of Vote
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev resigned on Wednesday just weeks before a snap parliamentary election in the volatile Central Asian country...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
U.N. Official Criticizes Sudan for Resisting Peace Force in Darfur
The United Nations? top peacekeeping official said Tuesday that obstacles created by the Sudanese government were jeopardizing the deployment of the joint African Union-United Nations force in Darfur...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
U.N. Warns of Climate-Related Setbacks
The report warns that progress toward prosperity in the world?s poorest regions will be reversed unless rich countries promptly begin curbing emissions linked to global warming...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
United Nations Journal: After 10 Years and 3 Plans, U.N. Renovation Is in Sight
A five-year, $1.876 billion renovation of the iconic United Nations complex is set to be approved by the General Assembly soon...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
Iran Reopens Investigation Into Killing of Journalist
The Iranian Supreme Court has ordered a new investigation into the death of an Iranian-Canadian photojournalist who was killed in Tehran in 2003 while in custody...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
35 Are Killed in Iraq, 5 by U.S. Troops
American troops in Iraq killed at least five people, including a child, when they fired on vehicles trying to drive through roadblocks in two separate episodes over the past two days...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
News Analysis: A Large Shadow Cast by an Absent Country
There is enormous relief among the many Sunni Arab countries that the U.S. has re-engaged in what they see as the larger battle for Muslim hearts and minds...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
In French Suburbs, Same Rage, but New Tactics
A chilling new factor makes the recent violence in France more menacing: the rioters have taken up hunting shotguns and turned them on the police...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
Palestinian Is Killed in Hebron as Police Disperse Protest Over Mideast Peace Talks
In Gaza, which is controlled by the Islamic group Hamas, crowds estimated at more than 100,000 came out to protest the Annapolis meeting...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
Israel and Palestinians Set Goal of a Treaty in 2008
The agreement to negotiate a peace treaty by the end of 2008 revived a peace process that the United States had left dormant for seven years...
New York Times - November 28, 2007
Suicide bomb attack hits Colombo
A female suicide bomber blows herself up near a ministerial office in the Sri Lanka capital, Colombo, killing one...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Turkmenistan gas price rises 50%
Russia agrees to pay up to 50% more for Turkmenistan's gas, raising fears of price rises in Ukraine...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Japan opposition wins Iraq vote
The upper house in Japan votes to end the air mission to Iraq, but the lower house looks set to halt the move...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Sudan 'blocking' Darfur mission
The UN's head of peacekeeping says that Sudan's demands could make a Darfur mission "impossible"...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Mel B second in US dance final
Spice Girl Mel B finishes second in US TV show Dancing with the Stars following a close-fought final...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
UK firms 'optimistic on economy'
US businesses are optimistic about the British economy, despite global pressures, a report finds...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
New summit on Mid-East process
President Bush will host White House talks with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders as a new peace drive begins...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
One in eight 'work 48-hour weeks'
People are spending longer at work, with one in eight people working 48 hours a week, a report suggests...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
French leader plans crisis talks
President Sarkozy will meet ministers to discuss urban rioting which broke out after two teenagers died...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Rape trial change to help victims
The government is to put forward proposals aimed at increasing the number of successful rape convictions...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Musharraf gives up army uniform
President Musharraf hands over military command to Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kiani in a ceremony in Rawalpindi...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
Donor was 'unaware of illegality'
David Abrahams, embroiled in the Labour donor row, tells BBC's Newsnight he had not known he had broken the law...
BBC News - November 28, 2007
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