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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 Octomber 2004:
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Arafat in Hospital Near Paris for Treatment of Mystery Illness
A mysterious ailment has weakened Yasir Arafat and raised concerns that Palestinian politics could be plunged into turmoil...
New York Times - October 29, 2004
Argonaut founder rebuilds empire
The founder of Argonaut games which went into administration a week ago buys back most of the group...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Bin Laden tape: Your reaction
The al-Jazeera TV network has broadcast a videotape by al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in which he threatens a new attack on the US. Send us your reaction...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Petrol bombs thrown at police
The security forces come under petrol bomb attack during an operation at Lurgan in County Armagh...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Greens "reaching out" to voters
Scottish Greens can deliver a radical political agenda for all Scots, the party conference will be told this weekend...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Wrexham chairman quits amid crisis
The chairman of Wrexham FC resigns after a boardroom row the same day the club's bank account is frozen...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Times in tabloid transformation
The Times is to scrap its broadsheet edition after more than 200 years of publication and go tabloid from Monday...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Tennis: Henman loses to Novak
Tim Henman loses 7-6 7-5 to Jiri Novak in the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors in Basle...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Thai inquiry over Muslim deaths
The Thai prime minister pledges to set up an independent inquiry into the deaths of 78 Muslim protesters in police custody...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Bin Laden threatens new attacks
Osama Bin Laden threatens new attacks on America, days before the US presidential election...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Black Watch soldier dies in crash
A soldier dies and three are hurt when their armoured vehicle overturns en route to the Black Watch's new base...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
'Frail' Arafat in Paris hospital
Ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is undergoing urgent medical treatment in France for a mystery illness...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Black 'to resign from Hollinger'
Lord Black will resign as chairman and chief executive of Hollinger Inc, enabling the board to consider his buy-out offer...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Arafat in Hospital Near Paris for Treatment of Mystery Illness
A mysterious ailment has weakened Yasir Arafat and raised concerns that Palestinian politics could be plunged into turmoil...
New York Times - October 29, 2004
Indonesia Brings New Case Against Cleric Tied to Terror
Indonesian prosecutors charged the Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir in connection with bombings in Jakarta and Bali...
New York Times - October 29, 2004
New mortgages hit four-year low
September saw the lowest number of new mortgage approvals in the UK since August 2000, official figures show...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Children's teeth 'best for years'
Tooth decay among children is at its lowest recorded level since 1983, figures show...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Oxford pair suspended for hacking
Two students from Oxford University have been suspended after admitting infiltrating the university's computer systems...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Tidal wave threat 'over-hyped'
Geologists say the risk of a landslide in the Canary Islands causing a tidal wave able to cross the Atlantic is vastly overstated...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Joke e-mail virus tricks users
A new version of the Bagle computer virus is spreading rapidly around the internet...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Chelsea sack Mutu over drug test
Adrian Mutu's agent accuses Chelsea of failing to offer support to the striker...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Cricket: Aussies seal historic win
Australia saunter to their first series win in India for 35 years with a crushing 342-run win in the third Test in Nagpur...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Fierce clashes in Somali regions
Fighting erupts between forces of the self-declared Somaliland republic and those of Puntland, an autonomous region of Somalia...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Observers to monitor US election
Hundreds of observers will monitor next week's US election to ensure voters face no discrimination...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Russian Duma backs reform package
Russian deputies back a bill giving the Kremlin more control over the regions, in order to improve security...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Iraq death toll 'soared post-war'
Poor planning and coalition air strikes have led to more than 100,000 extra civilian deaths in Iraq, scientists find...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Fathers arrested at law seminar
Fifteen men from the Fathers 4 Justice campaign are arrested outside a child law seminar...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Design duo's cat hailed fire hero
The cat belonging to Scottish design duo Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan is hailed a fire safety hero...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Football club bank account frozen
Players at troubled Wrexham are waiting for their wages after the football club's bank account is frozen...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
'Frail' Arafat arrives in Paris
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in France for urgent medical tests over a blood disorder...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Legal Aid scam boss convicted
A law firm boss and 21 former staff are convicted over a multi-million pound legal aid fraud spanning over 10 years...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Black Watch arrive at Iraq base
The 850-strong battle group led by the Black Watch arrive at their new base, south of Baghdad...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Bombers 'ready to target Russia'
Russia's security chief says more than 80 suicide attackers have been trained abroad to strike at Russia...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Jordan bus crash 'freak accident'
The bus crash which killed nine British tourists in Jordan was a 'freak accident', the tour company director says...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Unarmed man unlawfully killed
Two Met Police officers are suspended after an inquest returns an unlawful killing verdict on the death of an unarmed man they shot...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Attacker 'bit off woman's tongue'
Detectives across the UK are hunting a man who attacked three woman, biting off one woman's tongue...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
US sues student 'song swappers'
The US music industry sues 750 computer users believed to be distributing music illegally over the internet...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Vaccine against cervical cancer
A vaccine that prevents infections known to cause cervical cancer could be available to women within three years, UK experts believe...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Dali aide convicted of 'touch-up'
A former British assistant to Salvador Dali is convicted of doctoring one of the surrealist's paintings...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Will EU constitution make a difference?
UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says a referendum on the EU constitution will take place in 2006 if Labour wins a third term. What impact will the constitution have?...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Damilola killers 'will be caught'
The inquiry into the murder of 10-year-old Damilola Taylor moves forward after a search of several homes, police say...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Efforts to free NI hostage
Efforts are continuing to secure the release of a County Armagh woman kidnapped in Afghanistan...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Minister angry over son's care
An out-of-hours doctor service is criticised by Carwyn Jones AM after his two-year-old son had to wait for treatment...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Jessops sees shares dip on debut
Shares in Jessops, the UK's largest photographic goods retailer, slide by 8p to 147p after the group was forced to slash its offer price...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Europe vote 'early 2006' - Straw
Jack Straw says the UK may hold a vote on the EU constitution early in 2006, as Tony Blair signs up to it...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Walkouts at three VW German sites
Staff at three VW factories start a series of warning strikes, as the carmaker continues talks over cost-cutting plans...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Troops hunt Afghan kidnap victims
Afghan forces and international peacekeepers hunt for three foreign poll workers abducted in Kabul...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Bomb attacks rock S Thailand
Two bombs injure 18 people in southern Thailand, still in shock at the deaths in custody of Muslim protesters...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Jordan crash injured moved
Five survivors of a bus crash which killed nine Britons in Jordan are airlifted to another hospital...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Iraq deaths claim 'to be studied'
The government will examine claims 100,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed since the US-led invasion, Jack Straw says...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Fears for Japan hostage in Iraq
Fears grow for a Japanese hostage after a key deadline passes but Baghdad says his body has not been found...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Chelsea sack Mutu
Chelsea terminate Adrian Mutu's contract after he fails a drugs test...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
EU leaders sign new constitution
European leaders in Rome sign the EU constitution amid a row over the new commission...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Arafat heads to Paris with medics
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is flying to France for urgent medical tests over a blood disorder...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Video Shows G.I.'s at Weapon Cache
A videotape shows a huge supply of explosives still at Al Qaqaa munitions complex nine days after the fall of Baghdad...
New York Times - October 29, 2004
Ailing Arafat Going to Paris; Mideast Is Uneasy
The Palestinian leader's mysterious ailment has seriously weakened him and plunged Palestinian politics into turmoil...
New York Times - October 29, 2004
Militants Report Killing 11 Captive Iraq Officers and Seizing Woman
The relentless and highly successful attacks on Iraqi security forces have underscored their profound weakness...
New York Times - October 29, 2004
Gunmen Abduct 3 Foreign Election Aides in Afghanistan
The abductions raised fears that militant groups in Afghanistan might have borrowed a favored tactic of insurgents in Iraq...
New York Times - October 29, 2004
Pupils 'happy at boarding school'
Most children at boarding schools are please with the way they are treated, a report suggests...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Robots learn 'robotiquette' rules
Researchers are working out the rules for a future code of social behaviour in human-robot interaction...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Molecule offers Alzheimer's hope
Scientists say they have engineered a molecule which could lead to new treatments for Alzheimer's disease...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Blair set to sign EU constitution
Tony Blair is joining fellow European leaders in Rome to sign the EU's controversial new constitution...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
China raises rates to cool growth
China increases its interest rates for the first time since 1995, a move widely seen as a further attempt to prevent its economy from over-heating...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Aristide 'wants free elections'
Ex-Haiti President Jean-Bertrand Aristide reportedly calls for free and fair elections in his country...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Ivorian rebels give war warning
Former rebels in Ivory Coast warn of a return to war, and recall their ministers from government...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Smaller pill packs 'cut suicides'
Selling paracetamol and other painkillers in smaller packets has drastically cut suicide rates, research suggests...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Minimum rate for foster parents
Foster carers are to be guaranteed a minimum allowance to meet their expenses and attract more volunteers...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Japan fears hostage's body found
There are reports that a body reportedly found in Iraq may belong to a young Japanese hostage...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Dual bomb attack rocks Thailand
Two bombs injure at least 13 people in southern Thailand, where tensions with Muslims are very high...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
EU leaders to sign constitution
Heads of state gather in Rome to sign the EU constitution, as a row over the new Commission continues...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Rumsfeld joins Iraq explosive row
The US Defence Secretary enters the row over large amounts of explosives allegedly looted in Iraq...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Arafat prepares for French flight
Yasser Arafat will be flown to Paris on Friday morning for urgent medical attention for a blood disorder...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
Four jailed in Pitcairn sex trial
Four men are given prison sentences for sex offences on the remote Pacific island of Pitcairn, a UK colony...
BBC News - October 29, 2004
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