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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Shuttle gives space station a mile-high boost
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Congo refugees suffer shooting, rape, looting
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Italian premiers political party OKs merger plan
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Iraqi Shiites burn Bush effigy in anti-US protest
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Iraq Shiites burn Bush effigy in anti-US protest
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Blast kills 8 mourners at Pakistani funeral
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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China 19,000 victims identified from May quake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Obama keeps low profile in auto rescue talks
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Global News Archive for May 2006:
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A Pope From Germany Prays at Auschwitz
Pope Benedict XVI called the visit "particularly difficult and troubling for a Christian, for a pope from Germany."...
New York Times - May 28, 2006
Aid Pours Into Indonesia After Big Quake
The death toll had exceeded 4,000, according to news agencies, and was expected to rise as more bodies were found...
New York Times - May 28, 2006
Israel and Militants Trade Fire at Lebanese Border
The clashes appeared to be one of the more intense encounters since Israel withdrew troops from southern Lebanon...
New York Times - May 28, 2006
Senate Panel to Examine Deadly Military Raid in Iraq
The chairman of the Armed Services Committee said the panel would hold hearings on the role of U.S. marines in a November incident...
New York Times - May 28, 2006
Tumours 'sabotage immune system'
Scientists have shown how tumours can manipulate the immune system to stop it attacking cancer cells...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Nine weeks on top for Crazy hit
Gnarls Barkley's track Crazy extends its stay at number one in the UK singles chart to nine weeks...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Uribe in Colombia landslide win
President Alvaro Uribe is re-elected by a landslide after one of Colombia's most peaceful elections in years...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Ireland could see £11bn windfall
Over a million people in Ireland could benefit from a £11bn windfall, as a government saving scheme begins to mature...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Rain compounds Java quake misery
Survivors of a major quake that killed 4,600 people in Indonesia spend a second night outdoors in heavy rain...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
'Inflammable' Basra action call
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani calls for action over the deteriorating security situation in the city of Basra...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Loach film wins top Cannes prize
Ken Loach's The Wind That Shakes The Barley wins the Palme d'Or, the top prize at the Cannes film festival...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Convictions too few - Goldsmith
Conviction rates for serious offences are too low, Attorney General Lord Goldsmith admits...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Man charged with murder on train
A man is charged with the murder of a 19-year-old student who was stabbed to death on a train in Cumbria...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Mars robots to get smart upgrade
Nasa's rovers are getting a software upgrade that will allow them to search "intelligently" for clouds and dust devils on Mars...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Pitt and Jolie have baby daughter
Actress Angelina Jolie gives birth to a girl in Namibia, southern Africa, a spokeswoman confirms...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Israel in Lebanon border 'truce'
Israel and Lebanon have agreed a new ceasefire after fighting broke out along their border, the UN says...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Sri Lankan landmine kills seven
Seven die when a jeep carrying Sri Lankan tourists is blown up by a landmine in the Wilpattu national park...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Boy aged two dies after flat fire
A two-year-old boy dies and his father is seriously ill in hospital after a fire at their home...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Murder probe after city attack
Police launch a murder inquiry after a 23-year-old man dies following an attack in Glasgow city centre...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Tsvangirai warns of bleak future
Zimbabwe's opposition leader says his country is at the precipice, as it struggles with economic crisis...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
'Vigilantes' fence Arizona border
A group of US volunteers starts building a fence along the Mexican border to stop illegal immigration...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Colombia votes for new president
Colombians vote in a presidential election surrounded - and dominated - by tight security...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Cricket: England polish off Test
England beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the second Test at Edgbaston to take a 1-0 lead in the series...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
F1: First Monaco win for Alonso
Renault's Fernando Alonso wins the Monaco Grand Prix for the first time after an action-packed race...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Uneasy calm settles on E Timor
East Timor returns to a semblance of normality as foreign peacekeepers arrive to quell mob violence...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Train stab victim's name released
A man is being questioned after a 19-year-old student is stabbed to death on a Virgin train in Cumbria...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
German stab victims get HIV drug
People stabbed at Berlin's new railway station get protective treament as it emerges one victim is HIV positive...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Pope at Auschwitz death camp
Pope Benedict XVI visits the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz as he ends his tour of Poland...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Prescott faces further pressure
Labour politicians question the deputy prime minister's position but reports of a backbench plot are dismissed...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Hollywood copes with digital age
The big US film studios are being forced to re-think their approach as they face up to challenges of a digital age...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
323 jobs set to go at sofa plant
A furniture factory in south Wales is to close with a loss of more than 300 jobs, in the wake of changes at retailers MFI...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Man hurt in 'neighbours fall-out'
A 46-year-old man sustains extensive injuries including a broken leg in an assault in Antrim...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Two drown in Blackpool incident
Two members of a Scottish stag party drown after posing for photographs in the sea at Blackpool...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Bangalore sees education protest
Students and software engineers march in India's technology capital to protest against education quotas...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Israel jets bomb bases in Lebanon
Israeli jets hit Palestinian militant positions in Lebanon, hours after rockets injure a soldier at north Israel army base...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Man throws sons off hotel balcony
A 43-year-old man kills his two sons by throwing them 15 floors off a Miami balcony, then jumps to his own death...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Amnesty to target net repression
Amnesty International has launched a new campaign calling for an end to the repressive use of the net...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Man quizzed over train stabbing
A 21-year-old man is being questioned after another man is stabbed to death on a Virgin train in Cumbria...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Sharon moved for long-term care
Israel's former prime minister, Ariel Sharon, is moved to Tel Aviv for long-term medical care, after months in a coma...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Man shot by police in Glasgow
A man is in a serious condition in hospital after being shot by police in the south of Glasgow...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Pope Mass ahead of Auschwitz trip
Pope Benedict XVI leads Mass for almost one million Poles before a symbolic visit to the Nazi death camp, Auschwitz...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Indonesia Hit by Big Quake Near Volcano
The death toll in central Java had risen to nearly 3,500, according to officials, and aftershocks rattled the area...
New York Times - May 28, 2006
Cannes jury to decide best film
The 59th Cannes Film Festival is to close with the presentation of honours including the Palme d'Or...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Primary school truancy crackdown
Ministers order a crackdown on truancy in primary schools as figures show more young children are missing classes...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Train passenger stabbed to death
A 21-year-old man is arrested after another man is stabbed to death on a Virgin train in Cumbria...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Man shot by police firearms unit
Armed police shoot a man in a Glasgow street leaving him seriously injured after reports he was carrying a gun...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Tight security for Colombia vote
Colombians prepare to vote in a presidential election surrounded - and dominated - by security...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Australia beefs up E Timor force
Australia is sending hundreds more troops and 50 police to East Timor to try to contain mob violence...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Man charged with widow's murder
A 23-year-old man has been charged with the rape and murder of an 89-year-old woman...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Winner shuns 'toilet-cleaner OBE'
Film director Michael Winner says he turned down an OBE in the Queen's 80th birthday honours' list...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
MP attacks Labour's Blair critics
Labour MP Ann Clwyd attacks those within her party who "continually snipe" at the leadership...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Angelina Jolie has baby daughter
Actress Angelina Jolie gives birth to a girl by Brad Pitt in Namibia, Africa, the actor's publicist says...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Pope Benedict to visit Auschwitz
Pope Benedict XVI is to visit the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz in a symbolic end to his tour of Poland...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
Property 'no alternative pension'
Homeowners believing their property will suffiiciently fund their retirement could be in for a shock, economists warn...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
More than 1,000 desert UK forces
Over 1,000 members of the British military have deserted since the start of the war in Iraq, the BBC learns...
BBC News - May 28, 2006
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