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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 June 2006:
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Putin Puts Out 'Kill' Order on Iraqi Kidnappers
The order reflected the deep shock and anger that has unfolded since the killing of five Russians in Iraq...
New York Times - June 28, 2006
Ruling Thwarts British Antiterror Tactic
Control orders — a form of house arrest without trial — violate European human rights laws, a judge ruled today...
New York Times - June 28, 2006
Israel Threatens to Widen Conflict Over Captured Soldier
Israeli tanks hunkered down inside Gaza today and warplanes flew over the house of Syrian president Bashar Assad...
New York Times - June 28, 2006
Doctors review euthanasia stance
Doctors vote to drop opposition to changes to the law which would allow terminally ill patients to be helped to die...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Scientists 'too busy' for pupils
Pressure to publish research means many scientists do not have time to visit schools, a survey suggests...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Shuttle launch countdown begins
The US space agency has begun a three-day countdown to the launch of its next space shuttle mission...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Top loyalist faces terror charges
A leading north Belfast loyalist is charged with terrorist offences and will appear in court on Thursday...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
£50m haul for Scots drugs agency
The Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency reveals the amount of drugs seized over the last year...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Lamy warns trade talks could fail
World Trade Organization boss Pascal Lamy warns that
any more delays could wreak hopes for a new trade deal...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Serbia's PM vows to keep Kosovo
Serb PM Vojislav Kostunica says Kosovo will always be part of Serbia, on a visit to the ethnically-split province...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Iraq PM positive on amnesty plan
Iraq PM Nouri Maliki says a number of insurgents have responded positively to his national reconciliation plan...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
River siphon to 'ease' droughts
Engineers want the government to consider a pipeline from the River Severn to ease water shortages...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Cricket: Fourth defeat for England
Sri Lanka beat England by 33 runs to win the one-day international at Old Trafford for a 4-0 lead in the series...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Tsunami warning system ready
A tsunami warning system covering the Indian Ocean region is "up and running", Unesco says...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
UK top of inward investment table
The UK received more inward investment than any other country last year, according to the latest global figures...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Schools used as visa scam front
Some UK language schools are being used as a front to help immigrants falsely obtain student visas, the BBC finds...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Murdoch flirts with Conservatives
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is flirting with the idea of backing David Cameron's Conservatives...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Shrine Blast Suspect Is Held, Iraqi Official Says
The bombing that set off waves of sectarian killing was allegedly the brainchild of an Iraqi member of Al Qaeda...
New York Times - June 28, 2006
Israeli Forces Appear to Increase Pressure in Gaza
Witnesses said Israeli troops took over an old airport and moved toward Rafah. Also, Israeli missiles hit a Hamas training camp...
New York Times - June 28, 2006
Germany sets 'lax' carbon quotas
The German government sets quotas for industrial carbon dioxide emissions which dismay environmentalists...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Musician 'willing to face prison'
Musician Aki Nawaz says he is ready to go to jail for an album about suicide bombers and Osama Bin Laden...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Fatal crash driver 'over limit'
A woman who drove the wrong way down a motorway killing a father-of-three, was drink-driving, an inquest hears...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Barclays to cut 1,200 positions
The UK's third largest bank, Barclays, is to cut 1,200 jobs and rebrand its Woolwich branches...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Prescott costs £2m a year, Tories
The Conservatives claim Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott costs taxpayers £2m a year...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
New advice on blood-pressure drug
Beta-blockers should not be used as routine to treat high blood pressure, says the NHS drugs watchdog...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
No review of Megan killer's case
The jail term given to a man for murdering a Belfast teenager will not be referred to the Court of Appeal...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Motorway court action abandoned
Two environmental groups drop their court case against the decision to extend the M74 in Glasgow...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Brussels in push for new powers
The European Commission is hoping to increase its powers over crime, policing and the treatment of criminals...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Man held over Iraq shrine bomb
Iraqi officials say a leading al-Qaeda member has been arrested for the bombing of a key Shia shrine...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
World Cup: Ref Poll sent home
Graham Poll is one of 14 referees who have been sent home from the World Cup...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Disbelief at LRA war crime denial
Pleas of innocence by Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebel leader Joseph Kony are greeted with surprise...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Mexico set for final poll rallies
Candidates make final bids for votes as campaigning comes to an official end ahead of the 2 July presidential poll...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Teacher jailed for sex with boy
A 49-year-old Liverpool teacher is jailed for more than four years for having sex with a 14-year-old pupil...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Peerless Federer humbles Henman
Roger Federer destroys Tim Henman's Wimbledon dream for another year with a crushing win...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Tennis: Lee in win for GB
Britain's Martin Lee beats Dick Norman in straight sets to reach the second round at Wimbledon...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Royals 'cost the taxpayer £37.4m'
The Queen's public financial accounts show a rise in the cost of the Royal Family over the last year...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Israel warns of 'extreme' action
Israel's PM warns of "extreme action" to free a captured soldier as troops enter Gaza and air strikes are launched...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Belgian police find girls' bodies
The bodies of two girls who disappeared almost three weeks ago have been found, Belgian police confirm...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Accused girl 'sorry for attack'
A 13-year-old schoolgirl accused of slashing a classmate's face with a razor blade has apologised in court...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Judge quashes anti-terror orders
A key plank of the government's policy to combat terrorism is thrown out by the High Court...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Israeli Troops Enter Gaza; Bridges Are Hit
Israel sent troops into Gaza and its planes attacked three bridges and a power station early Wednesday in an operation to rescue a soldier abducted by militants...
New York Times - June 28, 2006
Ultrasound to treat war wounds
The US military is developing a portable device that uses sound waves to treat injured soldiers on the battlefield...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Jackson faces new court challenge
A new court case involving Michael Jackson is due to start after he was sued by a former business associate...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Industry vows fight on child porn
A coalition of technology companies has joined together to help fight child pornography on the web...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
A-levels and GCSEs 'need review'
An independent school head calls for an urgent review of GCSEs and A-levels...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Man held in HSBC India scam probe
Police in India arrest a worker in connection with a financial scam at HSBC's Indian call centre in Bangalore...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Loyalist is questioned over crime
A leading north Belfast loyalist has been arrested and is being questioned about serious crime by the police...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Nine years for £1m-plus drug haul
A man is sentenced to nine years in prison with enough heroin to give all of Glasgow's addicts five fixes each...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Auditor to head ambulance inquiry
Wales auditor general Jeremy Colman is likely to head the inquiry into Wales' ambulance service, BBC Wales learns...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
US panel backs India nuclear deal
A US Congressional committee backs a controversial plan to share civilian nuclear technology with India...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Man arrested over model's murder
A 35-year-old man is arrested in connection with the murder of model Sally Anne Bowman, Scotland Yard says...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Kidnapped S Korean meets family
A South Korean believed to have been kidnapped by N Korea meets his mother for the first time in 28 years...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Jackal sues agent over 'kidnap'
Carlos the Jackal files a kidnapping and illegal restraint claim against the French agent who captured him...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Hedge fund 'UK's biggest donor'
A hedge fund, TCI, has emerged as one of the most generous philanthropists in the UK...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Delays in openness laws attacked
Freedom of information requests are being delayed for months by government and other public bodies, say MPs...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Neville set for Portugal comeback
England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson says he expects Gary Neville to be fit to play against Portugal in the World Cup quarter-final...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Ethiopia says Somalia 'a threat'
The new Islamist leader controlling southern Somalia is a threat to Ethiopia, says Prime Minister Meles Zenawi...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Men cleared in QPR threats case
Several men are acquitted of threatening football director Gianni Paladini at gunpoint at a match...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Afghan 'enemies will be beaten'
The US will not give up the fight against militants in Afghanistan, says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Ex-minister warns on immigration
Politicians are "living on borrowed time" by not dealing with the immigration issue, Labour MP Frank Field warns...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Murder manual girl jailed for life
A teenager who wrote a murder manual before killing an elderly woman is jailed for at least 20 years...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Belgium police find child's body
Police investigating the disappearance of two young girls in the Belgian city of Liege discover a child's body...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Israeli soldiers push into Gaza
Israeli troops stop near the Gaza town of Rafah after an overnight incursion aimed at freeing a captured soldier...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Damage Study Urged on Surveillance Reports
A senator wants to know the effects of the revelation of programs to monitor phone calls and bank transactions...
New York Times - June 28, 2006
Iraqi Says Attacks on U.S. Won't Be Pardoned
The Iraqi prime minister sought to allay concerns that an amnesty would essentially allow attacks on U.S. soldiers...
New York Times - June 28, 2006
Many Algerians Are Not Reconciled by Amnesty Law
Algeria's policies after civil war have been offered as a pattern for Iraq, but Algeria's plan is unpopular, and has not ended the killing there...
New York Times - June 28, 2006
Iran Won't Give Up Right to Use Atomic Technology, Leader Says
The United States has offered to enter talks if Tehran agrees to halt uranium enrichment activities...
New York Times - June 28, 2006
Israeli Troops Move Into Gaza; Bridges Are Hit
Israel sent troops into Gaza and its planes attacked three bridges and a power station early Wednesday in an operation to rescue a soldier abducted by militants. Earlier, Palestinian political factions completed a draft agreement aimed at a national unity government. At right, Israeli Army vehicles advanced toward Gaza...
New York Times - June 28, 2006
Push for New Tactics as War on Malaria Falters
After years of failed efforts to fight malaria, major donors are increasing funding and pushing for a new approach...
New York Times - June 28, 2006
Peers face vote for Lords speaker
Peers are to vote on who should be chosen as the first House of Lords speaker, earning more than £100,000...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Chronic lung care 'will improve'
The government pledges to improve care for chronic lung conditions, as a new report criticises current efforts...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Rice in Kabul for Afghan talks
Condoleezza Rice arrives in Kabul to hold talks with President Karzai amid growing security concerns...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Mob torches homes in East Timor
Rioters in East Timor set fire to more than 20 homes - a sign the PM's resignation has not ended the violence...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Blood pressure guidance offered
Beta-blockers should not be used to treat high blood pressure, the NHS drugs watchdog advises doctors...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
US 'railroad killer' put to death
A Mexican who became known as the "railroad killer" for a spate of US murders is executed in Texas...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Israeli army launches Gaza assault
The Israeli army begins a ground offensive into the southern Gaza Strip to try to gain the release of an Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian militants...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
Man arrested over model's murder
A 35-year-old man is arrested in connection with the murder of model Sally Anne Bowman, Scotland Yard says...
BBC News - June 28, 2006
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