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Big Issue Energy crisis hitting home
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Scientists Virginia sharks pup a virgin birth
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Bodies, perhaps of migrants, wash ashore in Yemen
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Oil, soy, copper all go bust in Latin America
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Swedish couple hacked to death in Tobago 1 arrest
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Carter, peacemakers see Cyprus peace deal near
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Global News Archive for January 2008:
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China Allows American Warship to Visit Hong Kong
China the port call in Hong Kong, two months after it turned away an American aircraft carrier battle group and set off a diplomatic dispute between the two countries...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Zhang Hanzhi, Mao?s English Tutor, Dies at 72
Zhang Hanzhi, a former Chinese diplomat who once served as Mao?s English tutor and also interpreted for President Nixon during his trip to China in 1972, died after a long illness...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Greek Orthodox Leader Dies at 69
Archbishop Christodoulos, the charismatic head of the Greek Orthodox Church, worked to heal grievances with the Roman Catholic Church but stirred controversy with political statements...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Gorbachev Criticizes Russia Elections
Mikhail S. Gorbachev remarks were the most vocal criticism to date by a prominent Russian political figure...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Egypt Presses Abbas to Control Border
Egypt said that it preferred that the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, take control of the breached border, seeming to exclude Hamas...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
5 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq
The second major attack on American forces this month underscored the grim situation in a militant stronghold...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Infamous Anniversary Has Germany Confronting Holocaust Legacy Anew
Wednesday is the 75th anniversary of the day Hitler and the Nazi Party took power in Germany, and the occasion has prompted yet a new round of soul-searching...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
MPs back Lisbon Treaty timetable
Ministers win a vote to keep the Commons debate on ratifying the Lisbon Treaty to 12 days...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Boy, 14, charged with murder
A 14-year-old boy is charged with the murder of a teenager in Bishopbriggs at the weekend...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
MLAs vote to back spending plans
A majority of almost three-quarters of MLAs vote in favour of the executive's first programme for government...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Darfur force 'may take all year'
The planned peacekeeping force for Sudan's Darfur region will take most of 2008 to deploy fully, the UN says...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Football: Spurs snap up Woodgate
Tottenham have won the race to sign Middlesbrough defender Jonathan Woodgate...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Arctic Monkeys lead NME shortlist
Arctic Monkeys have scored a record seven nominations for this year's NME Awards, including best British band...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Dog kills owner in horror attack
A man dies in hospital hours after being mauled by his rottweiler dog in a London street...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Man killed 'in row over football'
Police investigate whether the killing of a father in a front garden was linked to a row over a football...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Bush seeks to ease economy fears
President Bush's final State of the Union address will tell Americans to be confident about their economic future...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Winter Storms Paralyze China
Severe snowstorms over broad swaths of eastern and central China have wreaked havoc on traffic throughout the country...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Suharto Dies at 86; Indonesian Dictator Brought Order and Bloodshed
Suharto?s 32-year dictatorship was one of the most brutal and corrupt of the 20th century...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
5 U.S. Soldiers Killed in North Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Five American soldiers were killed Monday in a complex attack in the northern city of Mosul, described as one of al-Qaida in Iraq's last strongholds, just days after a house explosion and suicide attack killed as many as 60 people there...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Beijing Confirms Some Olympic Worker Deaths
Officials said that six workers had died and four others had suffered injuries at Olympic venues since construction for the 2008 games began five years ago...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Greek Orthodox Leader Dies at 69
Archbishop Christodoulos, who helped heal centuries-old grievances with the Roman Catholic Church but also but stirred controversy, was 69...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Thailand Selects New Prime Minister
With the selection of Samak Sundaravej as prime minister, Thailand has completed a transition back to democracy, but the bumpy ride may not be over...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Hostage Takers Surrender in Pakistan
Gunmen seized control of a school in northwestern Pakistan, taking more than 200 schoolchildren hostage before surrendering to local elders...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Rioters Tear Through Kenyan City
Kisumu, Kenya?s third largest city, was on fire again on Monday as the police and military struggled to stop a wave of revenge killings...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Suharto Is Mourned in Indonesia
Indonesia?s former strongman was buried with an overlay of the Javanese mysticism that, for some people, had given him the aura of a king...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Labels deny deals on file sharing
Three major record labels deny signing deals allowing their music to feature on a free file-sharing website...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Hope over jab for lethal NHS bug
UK scientists are developing a vaccine to combat the life-threatening Clostridium difficile hospital bug...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Secondary empty places increasing
A rise in empty secondary school places in England has pushed the overall total to 792,000...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
MPs protest over EU treaty debate
The government faces protests as MPs debate the timetable for ratifying the Lisbon Treaty...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Shop's barrier fastened by 'twig'
There is criticism of an Aldi store's barrier fastener, days after Asda is fined following a customer death...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Developer loses government case
A Belfast businessman loses a case against the goverment involving a prime city centre site...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
US troops killed in northern Iraq
Five US soldiers are killed when their patrol is hit by a roadside bomb in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Pakistan poll 'must be credible'
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown tells Pakistan's President Musharraf "credible elections" are "essential"...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Bush to focus on economy and Iraq
The economy and Iraq are expected to dominate the US president's final State of the Union address...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Man Utd to face Arsenal in FA Cup
Manchester United will host Arsenal in the stand-out FA Cup fifth-round tie...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Wise quits Leeds for Magpies role
Leeds United agree to let manager Dennis Wise join Newcastle in an as yet unspecified role...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Shares volatile on economy fears
US shares made cautious gains, while in Europe trading was mixed as fears remain about the US economy...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Tory MP Conway says 'I'm sorry'
Derek Conway apologises to MPs after a report says he made "improper" use of allowances in paying his son...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Diana 'feared Al Fayed bugging'
Princess Diana thought Mohamed Al Fayed was spying on her on his luxury yacht, an inquest hears...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
French trader under investigation
The trader behind billions of euros of losses at Societe Generale is under a formal investigation...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Kennedy backs Barack Obama
Barack Obama's White House campaign receives a boost with the backing of Senator Edward Kennedy...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Five found guilty of £53m robbery
Five men are convicted of kidnap, robbery and firearms charges over the £53m raid at a Securitas depot in Kent...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Gangs on rampage in Kenya
Police struggle to impose order in Kenya as riots and stand-offs continue in Naivasha and other towns...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
North Korea Frees Detained Canadian
A Canadian aid worker detained in North Korea has been freed, a Canadian diplomat said Monday, after the man reportedly spent three months in captivity accused of trying to start a church...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
2007's best selling game revealed
First-person-shooter Call of Duty 4 was last year's biggest selling game, according to sales figures...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Spartans spoof tops US box office
Spoof film Meet the Spartans narrowly beats the new Rambo film to top the North American box office...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
PM wants one in five apprenticed
Gordon Brown says he wants one in five young people on apprenticeships within 10 years...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
'Action needed' on home emissions
European governments and the EU are urged to hasten introduction of housing that contributes nothing to global warming...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Suicide training call for schools
School nurses or teachers should be trained to recognise suicidal tendencies, says a mental health charity...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
UK economy 'at risk of recession'
The UK economy will see its weakest period of growth in 15 years and risks a recession, a report warns...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Man, 35, arrested in murder probe
A 35-year-old man is arrested in connection with the murder of Martin Joseph Martin in Antrim last July...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Life for tea break row murderer
A bakery worker who stabbed his colleague through the heart in a row over tea breaks is jailed for life...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Fare strikers target rail service
A fares strike has been taking place in protest at prices, overcrowding and unreliability on First Great Western trains...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
'Kidney racket' exposed in India
Police in India seek a Delhi doctor who is alleged to be involved in the illegal trade of human organs...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
EU launches Chad protection force
EU foreign ministers approve a peacekeeping force for Chad and the Central African Republic...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Fresh efforts to seal Gaza border
Egypt cuts off supplies to its border zone with Gaza to discourage Palestinians from pouring into the area...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Clubs await fifth-round Cup draw
The clubs left in this year's FA Cup will find out their next opponents when the fifth-round draw is made at 1325 GMT on Monday...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Aid workers die in Somali blast
Four people including two foreign aid workers have been killed in a blast in southern Somalia, reports say...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Newcastle 'to offer role to Wise'
Leeds United boss Dennis Wise will be offered a role in Newcastle's coaching set-up, BBC Leeds understands...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Pressures 'driving UK troops out'
The huge strains on Britain's armed forces are driving away personnel and damaging morale, MPs warn...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
CCTV of victim 'in suspect's car'
Jurors view CCTV footage believed to show one of five murdered women getting into the murder suspect's car...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Shares fall on economy fears
European and Asian shares decline as concerns remain about the state of the US and global economies...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Tory MP faces suspension
Derek Conway faces a 10-day Commons suspension for "improper" use of allowances in paying his son...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
French trader 'concealed deals'
French trader Jerome Kerviel has admitted to hiding deals that lost his bank billions, prosecutors say...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Pakistani pupils 'held hostage'
Islamist militants take children and teachers hostage in a school near the Pakistani district of North Waziristan, officials say...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Police face riots in west Kenya
Police are struggling to restore order in western Kenya, amid a fresh wave of deadly violence...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
McDonald's serves up 'Diplomas'
Gordon Brown has defended plans to allow firms like McDonald's the chance to offer staff new qualifications...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Jail for Tesco blackmail plotter
A former tax inspector is jailed for six years after admitting a £1m blackmail plot against supermarket chain Tesco...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
21 Killed in Darfur
Militias backed by Sudan?s government recently killed 21 people in a West Darfur village, Sudanese rebels said Sunday...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Tuna Sales Halt Urged
A global conservation group urged retailers on Monday to stop selling Mediterranean bluefin tuna as part of a move by several European supermarket chains meant to help the fish?s stocks recover...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
China Now Pays Troops Involved in Nuclear Tests
As part of its effort to improve benefits for veterans, the government has started offering subsidies to veterans of nuclear tests last year...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
No Survivors After Night Attack at Home of Baghdad Ex-Official
Attackers broke into the home of a man who was a senior Baghdad city official under Saddam Hussein?s government and shot and stabbed him and his family, killing everyone in the home...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Russia Bars Opposition Candidate From March 2 Ballot
The Central Election Commission denied the registration of the opposition leader, former Prime Minister Mikhail M. Kasyanov, saying signatures he had collected in support of his candidacy were invalid...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Merkel Party?s Edge Is Tiny in Crucial State
Depending on the outcome of coalitions negotiations, for the first time in nine years Chancellor Angela Merkel?s Christian Democrats could lose control of the state of Hesse...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Briton Opposed by Afghans Won?t Take U.N. Post
The British politician Paddy Ashdown withdrew his name from consideration for the post of United Nations special envoy to Afghanistan, after being rejected by President Hamid Karzai...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Lyon Journal: Smitten by Lyon, a Visitor Tries to Recreate the Magic
A 40-year-old entrepreneur was so overcome with love after a visit to Lyon, France, he decided to capture the magical moment by building a little Lyon ? back home in Dubai...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
A French Style of Capitalism Is Now Stained
Société Générale, the French bank that earned the respect of it rivals, is now embarrassed by a rogue trader...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
13 Arrested in Push to Stifle Turkish Ultranationalists Suspected in Political Killings
In one of the biggest operations against Turkish ultranationalists in decades, authorities arrested 13 people including three retired military officers...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
In Death, Ex-Dictator Elicits Grief and Tributes
Surging, shouting crowds mobbed the ambulance that drove former President Suharto?s body from a hospital to his home in central Jakarta...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Israel Vows Not to Block Supplies to Gaza
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel promised that Israel would no longer disrupt the supply of food, medicine and necessary energy into the Gaza Strip and intended to prevent a ?humanitarian disaster? there...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
19 Burned to Death in Violence in Kenya
Ethnically driven violence intensified in Kenya on Sunday, and police officials said at least 19 people, including 11 children, were burned to death in a house by a mob...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Beirut Violence Kills 7 and Wounds Dozens
Deadly clashes erupted Sunday in Beirut, leaving at least seven people dead and escalating Lebanon?s most serious political crisis since its civil war ended in 1990...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Yemen?s Deals With Jihadists Unsettle the U.S.
A dispute with the United States over a convicted terrorist underscored a much broader disagreement over how to fight terrorism in Yemen...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
With a Whisper, Cuba?s Housing Market Booms
Virtually every square foot of this capital city is owned by the socialist state, but the people of Havana are as obsessed with real estate as, say, condo-crazy New Yorkers...
New York Times - January 28, 2008
Scouting for Girls hold top spot
Indie band Scouting for Girls hold on to the number one spot in the UK album chart for a second week...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Government warns budget critics
Voting against the Scottish budget will jeopardise the economy and public services, ministers tell MSPs...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
India bird flu disease 'alarming'
The bird flu epidemic spreads further in the Indian state of West Bengal with 13 of 19 districts affected...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Man 'badly mauled by his own dog'
A man is left in a critical condition when a Rottweiler-type dog, thought to be his own, attacks him...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Election blow for German premier
Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats suffer a dramatic setback in regional elections in the German state of Hesse...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Chavez calls for anti-US alliance
Venezuela's President Chavez invites regional countries to form a military alliance against the United States...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
New South Korean leader names PM
South Korea's President-elect Lee Myung-bak picks political veteran Han Seung-soo to be his prime minister...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Kenyan riot town counts its dead
Aid workers wait to count the dead from violence in western Kenya's newest tribal flash-point, Naivasha...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
British pair score SAG successes
Daniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie win Screen Actors Guild awards, with No Country for Old Men taking best film...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Brown hosts talks with Musharraf
Gordon Brown is set to hold talks with Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
New bluetongue outbreak concern
Suspected new cases of the bluetongue virus are investigated in livestock in north-west England...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Fare strikes target rail services
Rail commuters are going on "fares strike" to protest about prices, overcrowding and unreliability...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Share prices fall on Asia markets
Share prices in Tokyo and Hong Kong fall sharply as anxiety continues over world economic prospects...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
Suharto buried in state funeral
Former Indonesian President Suharto, who died on Sunday at the age of 86, is buried in a state funeral...
BBC News - January 28, 2008
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