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Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Hungary 4 dead, 26 injured in train collision
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Iraqi lawmaker urges resolution of minority issue
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Curfew in Indian Kashmir to prevent protest rally
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Kashmir police threaten to shoot curfew violators
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Supreme Court to open new term with heavy workload
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Congress hears Lehman sought millions for execs
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Designers play it safe as economy sours
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Jimmy Kimmel returns as American Music Awards host
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Global News Archive for March 2008:
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Chaos Reigns a Second Day at Heathrow
British Airways again canceled dozens of flights at Heathrow?s new Terminal Five as its staff struggled with new technology meant to hasten check-in procedures...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Cuba Allows More Cellphones
Cuba will now allow ordinary citizens to purchase cellphones, which up until now have been set aside for Communist Party elite or those with connections...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Tibetan Students Enter U.N. Compound
Tibetan high school children scaled a brick wall surrounding the United Nations compound in Katmandu. They were served dumplings on the other side...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Stalemate in New Kenyan Government
Kenya?s president Mwai Kibaki and top opposition leader Raila Odinga remain deadlocked over the formation of a new government...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
In Somalia, a Government on Life Support
Many of the same elements that lined up in the early 1990s to create a famine in Somalia are lining up again ? war, drought, displacement and skyrocketing food prices...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Ten candidates for London mayor
Ten candidates will battle it out to be the next mayor of London in the 1 May election, officials say...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Space truck ready for rehearsals
Europe's ATV freighter lines itself up for practice docking manoeuvres at the space station...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Two arrests over Matalan stabbing
Police arrest two men on suspicion of murdering east London shop manager Jamie Simpson...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Force unveils new chief constable
Ian Arundale is named as the new chief constable of Dyfed-Powys Police, succeeding Terry Grange...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
$100bn Fed move over credit fears
The Fed makes billions of dollars available to banks in an auction hoping to ease credit-crunch concerns...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Argentine farmers halt tax strike
Argentine farmers suspend a protest against tax rises on their products, to hold talks with the government...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Cycling: Second win for Romero
Chris Hoy wins gold in the men's sprint at the World Track Cycling Championships to take Great Britain's gold medal tally to six...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
UN says 'network' killed Hariri
A UN inquiry says a "network of individuals" was behind the 2005 killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Five guilty of 'honey trap' kidnap
Five people are convicted of a £10m plot to kidnap a businessman by seducing him...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Chambers set for Castleford talks
Controversial sprinter Dwain Chambers is to visit Super League club Castleford to discuss a possible career in rugby league...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
T5 bag chaos hits weekend flights
Another 54 British Airways flights in and out of Heathrow are cancelled for Saturday as the recriminations continue...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Trapped woman killed on rail line
A woman is killed by a train when her foot becomes trapped on a level crossing in an Essex...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Iraq faces a 'defining moment'
The US president calls the fight between Iraqi forces and militias in Basra "a defining moment" for Iraq...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Terrorist releases prompt U-turn
Ministers change early release scheme after two terrorism convicts were let out of jail to ease overcrowding...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Japanese Court Rejects Defamation Lawsuit Against Nobel Laureate
The Japanese court agreed with Kenzaburo Oe?s assertion that the Japanese military was deeply involved in the mass suicides of civilians in Okinawa at the end of World War II...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
North Korea Test-Fires Missiles
Experts said Pyongyang was seeking to boost its bargaining leverage by escalating tensions at a time when negotiations with Washington over North Korea?s nuclear program are not proceeding in its favor...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Coalition Forces Drawn Into Basra Fighting
American war planes shelled targets in Basra, joining for the first time an onslaught by Iraqi security forces intended to oust Shiite militias in the southern port city, according to officials...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Assault by Iraq on Shiite Forces Stalls in Basra
Iraqi security forces failed for a third straight day to oust Shiite militias...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Oldest recorded voices sing again
An "ethereal" 10 second clip of a French folk song has been played for the first time in 150 years...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Cameron pledges 'dynamic' economy
Tory leader David Cameron tells senior City figures his party would offer Britain a new "economic dynamism"...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Pesticide 'raises Parkinson's risk'
Evidence that exposure to pesticides significantly raises the risk of Parkinson's disease is strong, say experts...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
NHS staff papers found dumped
Documents containing payroll information on 150 NHS staff members have been found dumped in a street...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
PM says 'we'll stand up to SNP'
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has billed Labour as "the front line of defence" against the Scottish National Party...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
US warns N Korea on missile tests
The US urges North Korea to focus on nuclear disarmament, after Pyongyang test-fires several short range missiles...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Italy recalls tainted mozzarella
The Italian authorities withdraw mozzarella cheese linked to dioxin contamination - satisfying the EU...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
More Arab leaders boycott summit
Two more Arab states say their leaders will not attend the Arab League summit in Damascus...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Zimbabwe forces 'on full alert'
Zimbabwe's security chiefs say forces are on full alert amid fears of violence after Saturday's election...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Monks serve papers on RSPCA
Hindu monks serve legal papers on the RSPCA over the killing of a sacred cow at a Hertfordshire temple...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Football: Liverpool co-owners split
Liverpool co-owner George Gillett reveals his relationship with partner Tom Hicks has become "unworkable"...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Kenya in mobile phone share sale
The Kenyan government launches a share flotation of the country's largest mobile phone network Safaricom...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Iraq extends Shia arms deadline
Iraq extends a deadline for militias in Basra to hand over weapons, as aid agencies fear a humanitarian crisis...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Husband let wife starve to death
A 71-year-old is jailed after letting his mentally ill wife starve to death while he went to the pub and bookmakers...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Downing Street burglar walks free
A career criminal escapes a prison term after his Downing Street break-in set off a major security alert...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
MoD criticised over soldier death
A soldier repairing a tank was crushed to death because his regiment was not given the correct equipment, a coroner rules...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
T5 chaos 'not BA's finest hour'
The disruption on the opening day Heathrow's new terminal affected Britain's reputation, BA chief executive admits...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
UN says 'criminals' killed Hariri
A UN inquiry says a "criminal network" was behind the 2005 killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Wembley loses 2010 final over tax
Wembley loses 2010 Champions League to Real Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium due to high taxes...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Terrorist release prompts u-turn
A convicted terrorist has been freed from jail early because of prison overcrowding, the government says...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Belarus: Journalists? Homes Raided
Security forces raided the apartments of journalists from independent and foreign news media, days after the police broke up an opposition rally in the capital, Minsk...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Hiccups at New Air Terminal
After weeks of advance hoopla trumpeting the opening of London?s Heathrow Airport new, high-tech Terminal 5, the facility opened in something less than glory...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
World Briefing | Middle East: Egypt: African Migrants Killed Trying to Enter Israel Illegally
An Egyptian security official said border guards killed two African migrants who were trying to cross illegally into Israel at the northern Sinai Peninsula...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
World Briefing | Americas: Honduras: Cantaloupe Ban Criticized
Officials are denouncing a Food and Drug Administration decision asking American grocers to stop selling cantaloupe imported from a Honduran company because of links to a salmonella outbreak...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
World Business Briefing: Bolivia: Deadline Set for Energy Nationalization
President Evo Morales, left, has set an April 30 deadline for Bolivian subsidiaries of British Petroleum, Repsol and Ashmore Energy International to return to state control...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Tapes? Destruction Hovers Over Detainee Cases
The C.I.A.?s destruction of interrogation videotapes, a move intended to avoid legal trouble, may instead be adding to it...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Mugabe Hands Out Cars
President Robert Mugabe gave out 450 cars to senior and midlevel doctors at government hospitals in what opponents say is a vote-buying campaign...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Colombia: Jailed Rebels for Hostages
Colombia has offered to suspend the sentences of jailed guerrillas if rebels first free hostages including former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
21 Indonesians Die After Drinking Tonic
Indonesian police say they are investigating the deaths of 21 people who drank a concoction labeled an herbal remedy...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Boat Sinks in Philippines; 13 Are Missing
A passenger boat with 14 people on board capsized in the southern Philippines, leaving only one known survivor, officials said Friday. Most of the missing were children...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
School-gate fast food ban urged
Schools are urged close their gates at lunch to prevent children swapping their school meal for a takeaway...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Oscar-winning writer Mann dies
Abby Mann, the Oscar-winning writer of the 1961 film Judgement in Nuremberg, dies aged 80...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Dead girl's rent 'must be paid'
A County Armagh couple whose daughter died at university are told they must pay her rent...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Josie Russell marks 21st birthday
The girl who survived an attack which killed her mother and sister talks of her recovery as she turns 21...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Report warns of UK recession risk
There is a one in three chance of the UK going into a recession over the next two years, a report says...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Brown to attack SNP over economy
The SNP is a threat to Scotland's prosperity, Gordon Brown is expected to tell the Scottish Labour conference...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Colombia offers Farc hostage deal
Colombia offers to suspend jail terms of Farc rebels if they release Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Migrants killed on Egypt's border
Egyptian border guards shoot dead two African migrants, who were trying to cross the frontier illegally into Israel...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Tibetan children in Nepal protest
Tibetan exile schoolchildren protest against China in the main UN compound in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Boy, 14, dies in street stabbing
A 16-year-old is arrested after the death of a boy who was stabbed in a west London street...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
TV crew denies giving flu to Peru
A British TV production company denies its members spread a fatal flu to an isolated tribe in Peru...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Champion Romero eyes Olympic gold
Former rowing world champion Rebecca Romero sets her sights on the Olympics after winning world gold in cycling...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Tutu wants SA arms deal inquiry
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls for an inquiry into a controversial 1999 arms deal...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
China allows diplomats into Tibet
A group of foreign diplomats will be taken to Tibet, amid criticism of Beijing over its response to protests...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Iraq extends militiamen deadline
Iraq extends by 10 days a deadline for militias fighting troops in the southern city of Basra to hand over weapons...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Shift in house prices prediction
The Nationwide says house prices will continue to fall as annual inflation hits its lowest rate for 12 years...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Final push in Zimbabwe election
A final day of campaigning begins in Zimbabwe's general election, amid fears of widespread vote-rigging...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Second day of baggage chaos at T5
More flights are cancelled and long queues are building on the second day of Heathrow's new terminal...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Putting Faces on 5 Victims of Tibetan Riots
In life, the five young women who burned to death in a Chinese clothing store during rioting in Tibet were not the types who would make headlines...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
China Law Could Impede Microsoft Deal for Yahoo
In August, a Chinese antimonopoly law takes effect that will extend the nation?s economic influence far beyond its borders...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Mexico Is Magical to Its Warlocks and Witches
To the dismay or joy of hard-core practitioners, witchcraft has become a big tourist draw in Mexico...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Santiago Journal: Before ?73 Coup, Chile Tried to Find the Right Software for Socialism
Cybersyn, a project that included a clunky mainframe computer and a network of telex machines, was in the early 1970s a part of an experiment to help manage Chile?s economy...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
French First Lady More Than Tames British Press
After her arrival in London, Carla Bruni supplanted affairs of state with an affaire d?amour among British newspaper reporters wistfully competing for the fondest paean of praise...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
News Analysis: A Chill Ushers in a New Diplomatic Order in Pakistan
The deputy secretary of state bore the brunt of a range of complaints that Pakistanis now feel freer to air with the end of military rule by President Pervez Musharraf...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Finding of Fraud Led to Suspension of Company Supplying Arms to Afghanistan
Investigators found that ammunition sent to Afghan security forces, certified by a major supplier as Hungarian, was actually made in China, according to a memorandum...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Dutch Film Against Islam Is Released on Internet
An anti-Islam Dutch politician?s film matches graphic images of terrorist attacks and death threats against Jews by Muslim extremists with verses of the Muslim holy book...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
An Artist From Russia Disappears in Berlin
A prominent artist who had run-ins with both church and state in her native Russia has disappeared without a trace from her new home in Berlin...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Militias Resist Iraqi Forces in Fight for Basra
American-trained Iraqi security forces failed for a third straight day to oust Shiite militias in Basra, even as President Bush hailed the operation as a sign of the growing strength of Iraq?s government...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Barred From Main Road, Palestinians Fear Two-Tiered System
An Israeli court?s acceptance of separate roads for Palestinians has brought accusations that it is the beginning of legal apartheid in the West Bank...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Caution call on pharmacist drugs
Raising the number of drugs on sale at pharmacies may cut safety and effectiveness, specialists say...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Boy, 14, dies after being stabbed
A 16-year-old is arrested after the death of a boy of 14 who was stabbed on a street in west London...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Alexander makes long-term promise
Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander says she is "in it" for the long haul and not short-term popularity...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Argentine leader warns strikers
Argentina's president says she will not negotiate with farmers striking over rising taxes until they end their protests...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Cameron urges economy rethink
Tory leader David Cameron is due to demand "a new economic strategy" to help companies across the UK...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
School-gate junk food ban urged
Schools and councils are urged to make it harder for children to swap their school meal for a takeaway...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Toll of teenage drinking revealed
Teenagers are drinking an average of 44 bottles of wine or 177 pints of beer a year each, a study suggests...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
North Korea 'test-fires missiles'
North Korea test-fires several short-range missiles off its western coast, the Yonhap news agency says...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Pentagon orders nuclear check
The US orders a full inventory of nuclear arms and materials after missile parts were sent to Taiwan by mistake...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
BA cancels 34 flights from new T5
Passengers will be able to check in hold luggage at Heathrow Terminal 5 but 34 flights are cancelled, BA says...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Treasury eyes whistleblower plan
City workers who expose market manipulation could get immunity from prosecution, under Treasury plans...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
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