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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 May 2005:
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Chirac and Socialists Reel After a Debate on Europe
Whatever the outcome of the French referendum on the European constitution, the debate leading up to it has profoundly changed France's political landscape...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Saudi King Is 'Improving'
King Fahd was reported in stable condition and improving on Saturday, a day after he was hospitalized for unspecified medical tests...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Lebanon Set to Start Voting for New Parliament on Sunday
The election will continue over four successive Sundays in various parts of the country to select a 128-member legislature...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Hostages held during Boots raid
Two employees are forced to take money from a Belfast store while their families are held hostage...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Police vow over marching season
Police in Glasgow say they will crack down on unruly elements during this summer's marching season...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Scientists 'unlock ME genetics'
Scientists have identified genes which appear to play a role in chronic fatigue syndrome, offering hope of tests and treatments...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Football: O'Neill goes as Celtic win
Celtic ensure manager Martin O'Neill bows out with a seventh trophy to his name with a win over Dundee United...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Ethiopian ruling bloc 'wins poll'
Ethiopia's ruling coalition wins an overall majority in parliament, provisional results released by the election board show...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Bulgaria leader meets HIV Libyans
Bulgarian's president visits Libyan HIV children, as he tries to save Bulgarian nurses accused of infecting them...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Iran reformist to run in election
Iran's leading reformist, Mostafa Moin, vows to run for president after a ban on his candidacy is overturned...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Saudi king 'stable' in hospital
Saudi King Fahd is in stable condition in hospital after "reassuring" medical tests, the foreign minister says...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Football: England edge past USA
Kieran Richardson's two-goal debut gives England victory against the USA...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Annan upset by Darfur devastation
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan calls for rapid action in Darfur, after he makes a "heart-wrenching" visit there...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
France braced for crunch EU vote
France prepares to vote in a key referendum on whether to back the European Union constitution...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Across Iran, Nuclear Power Is a Matter of Pride
A widespread sense of national pride complicates any attempt to persuade Iran's leaders to give up parts of the nuclear program...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Violence Surges Across Iraq With 30 New Deaths Reported
The surge of violence that has swept Iraq since its first elected government took office nearly a month ago continued on Saturday...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Annan Hears Refugees Tell of Sudan War
Tens of thousands of chanting refugees lined the muddy streets of Darfur's largest refugee camp on Saturday to greet the Secretary General Kofi Annan of the United Nations...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Labour members' expulsions anger
Labour members have 14 days to appeal after being thrown out of the party for supporting independent MP Peter Law...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Bulgarian nurses deal 'possible'
Libya says a settlement could be reached in the case of five Bulgarian nurses facing the death sentence...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Internet probe over Jeshma murder
The possibility that an A-Level student, who was found murdered, met her killer online is being investigated by police...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Thousands stolen in chemist raid
Robbers force staff in a Boots store in Belfast city centre to hand over a six figure sum of money...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
F1: Heidfeld charges to pole
Williams driver Nick Heidfeld claims his first career pole position at the European Grand Prix...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Tennis: Safin holds off Ferrero
Marat Safin impresses in a four-set win over Juan Carlos Ferrero at the French Open...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Open access rambling expanded
Ramblers enjoy the "right to roam" across thousands of hectares in northern England...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
O'Neill bows out with Celtic win
Celtic ensure Martin O'Neill bows out as manager with a seventh trophy to his name with a win over Dundee United...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
French territories begin EU vote
Voting in France's referendum on the EU constitution has begun in the French overseas territories...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Pupils' early exam after mix-up
More than 100 pupils are asked to sit an exam two weeks earlier than expected after a 'clerical error'...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Dead man believed to be gunman
A man found dead in Somerset is believed to have shot two others then turned the gun on himself...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Iraqi Shias 'tortured and shot'
The mutilated bodies of 10 Iraqi Shia Muslim pilgrims are found near the Syrian border, Iraq police say...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
McCain Urging Accord on Bolton and Secret Documents
Senator John McCain is supporting a compromise allowing access to documents on John Bolton's conduct in return for a final vote on his nomination as U.N. ambassador...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
New BBC weather map gets facelift
The BBC reveals its revised TV weather map after complaints it distorted Scotland and the north of England...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Death inquiries to probe NHS 24
A joint inquiry is ordered into the deaths of two people which had been blamed on delays in the NHS 24 helpline...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Mix-up leads to last-minute exam
More than 100 pupils are asked to sit an exam two weeks earlier than they expected after a 'clerical error'...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Is all rosy in higher education?
The BBC's Mike Baker finds that higher education funding problems are not specific to the UK...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Pakistan tries to identify bomber
Police in Pakistan release a photo of the man they say bombed a shrine and offer a reward for information...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Bomb scare for WI coach at port
Members of the Women's Institute are held up at a French port by police searching their coach for explosives...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
UUP leadership race 'irrelevant'
It does not matter who the new UUP leader is because "politics has moved on", Peter Robinson insists...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
England complete massive victory
Bangladesh show some fight but England complete victory by an innings and 261 runs...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Rwanda refugees face aid shortage
The UN warns that the situation of refugees in Rwanda is rapidly deteriorating due to a funding crisis...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Japanese hostage confirmed dead
A Japanese man confirms that his older brother is the dead man pictured on an Iraqi militant group's website...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Jewellers hit again in '£1m raid'
A branch of London jewellers Graff is raided by armed robbers, with a reported £1m of items stolen...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Alcohol licence plea is rejected
The government has rejected calls to extend a deadline for retailers to re-apply for licences to sell alcohol...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Teenager quizzed over shootings
A 19-year-old is questioned by police after a man dies and two others are injured in linked shootings...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
UN chief visits Darfur refugees
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is in Sudan's Darfur region to witness the humanitarian crisis there...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Internet Site Says Zarqawi Is Healthy and in Charge
A posting on the Internet site of the group led by the Islamic militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi reversed two days of dire warnings about his condition...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Indonesia Sentences Australian to 20 Years on Marijuana Count
A 27-year-old Australian woman was given a 20-year prison term for trying to bring nine pounds of marijuana into Bali...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Month of Talks Fails to Bolster Nuclear Treaty
The disagreements ran so deep at the U.N. conference that no real negotiations over how to stem proliferation ever took place...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Saudi King Hospitalized; Condition Is Called Serious
King Fahd, the ailing ruler of Saudi Arabia, was hospitalized in the Saudi capital of Riyadh and said to be in stable but serious condition...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Blast Kills 19 at Pakistani Shrine During Muslim Festival
The blast came on the final day of an annual religious festival that brings together Shiite and Sunni followers of Islam...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Reports of Mishandling Koran Bring Protest Worldwide
Thousands of Muslims protested the alleged desecration of the Koran by military personnel at the prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
EU ups pressure on China textiles
The European Union asks for formal talks with Beijing over Chinese textile imports, which could see the EU impose sanctions...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Roaming rights access widens
Ramblers prepare to enjoy the "right to roam" across thousands of hectares in northern England...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Football: Crouch injury scare
England's Peter Crouch suffers an injury scare ahead of Saturday's match against the USA...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Pubs 'facing chaos over licences'
Only 3% of pubs and clubs have re-applied for alcohol licences ahead of a summer deadline, the Tories warn...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
One dead, two hurt in shootings
A suspect is arrested by police after a man dies and two others are injured in linked shootings...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Breast cancer scans 'inaccurate'
More than 2,000 women in Greater Manchester may have received inaccurate breast cancer scans, it emerges...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
UN head to see Darfur situation
UN chief Kofi Annan is heading to Sudan's Darfur region to witness the humanitarian crisis there...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Blasts strike Indonesian market
Twin bombs explode in a market on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, killing at least 19 people, police say...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
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