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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 December 2005:
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Inquiry Urged on Charge of a British Role in Torture
A British politician called today for an inquiry into allegations that British agents abducted Pakistanis in Greece...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Pay 'attracts foreign teachers'
Pay and conditions are enticing record numbers of teachers to Scotland from overseas, the education minister claims...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Tiny biosensor to detect cancer
Scientists develop a tiny biosensor that can detect cancer proteins and potentially the bug that causes MRSA...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Aceh withdrawal prompts optimism
Indonesia's final withdrawal of troops from Aceh is welcomed as a step towards lasting peace...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Death threats cut Iraq oil flow
Iraq's largest oil refinery is shut down at a cost of $20m a day after death threats to tanker drivers...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Error hits Greenpeace donations
A computer error leaves about 10,000 UK supporters of environmental group Greenpeace out of pocket...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Bosnia lab to test Katrina bodies
DNA experts who identified victims in Bosnia's mass graves are helping identify the dead of Hurricane Katrina...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Football: Reds to swap Josemi
Liverpool agree to exchange Josemi for Jan Kromkamp in a swap deal with Villarreal...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Concern for captured Gaza Britons
The family of a British human rights worker kidnapped with her parents in Gaza express their deep concern...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Muslim Women in Europe Claim Rights and Keep Faith
Young European Muslim women are claiming the same rights as Western women, but upholding Islamic values...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Anti-Drug Forces Follow Traffickers to Sea
The U.S. is conducting joint exercises with navies from across Central America to respond to organized crime...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Accused of Kidnapping, 10 Agents Face Lawsuit
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 28 Pakistanis in Greece who say they were tortured by British and Greek agents...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Suicide Bomber Kills 3 at West Bank Checkpoint
Two Palestinian civilians and an Israeli Army officer were killed today when a bomber blew himself up near Tulkarm...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Police plea over teenager's death
Detectives try to work out events leading to the death of an 18-year-old after a family night out at a rugby club...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Hilton hotels businesses reunited
The Hilton hotels brand is reunited as UK-based Hilton Group sells its outlets to US firm Hilton Hotels Corporation...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Tories 'to rethink' immigration
Conservative chairman Francis Maude promises a "wide-ranging review" of the party's immigration policy...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Nicotine therapy for teen smokers
Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is to be made widely available to teenagers who are trying to quit smoking...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Blogs offer taste of war in Iraq
The wars in Afghanistan and now in Iraq will be known as the first wars to be blogged...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
W Bank suicide blast kills three
A suicide bomber kills two Palestinians and an Israeli soldier at a checkpoint in the West Bank...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Vajpayee to retire from politics
Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Behar Vajpayee announces he will not fight the next general election...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Vigil to remember hostage Kember
Christian and Muslim organisations hold a vigil over a month after Norman Kember was kidnapped...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Communities get broadband access
A project which aimed to give every Scottish community access to broadband services is completed...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Football: Row over festive games
The Premier League stands by its festive programme after complaints from clubs and fans over late postponements...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Aceh marks final troop withdrawal
Indonesia withdraws a final batch of troops from Aceh province in a step toward a major peace deal...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Yemen landslide kills 30 people
At least 30 people are dead and dozens are missing after a landslide hits a village in Yemen...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Iraqi Shias abducted and killed
About 12 Shia Muslims are killed after insurgents break into their homes south of Baghdad, officials say...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Sites exploit Windows image flaw
Computer users are being alerted to a flaw in Microsoft Windows which can use image files to attack a PC...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Cruise 'irritates most' say fans
Film fans name Tom Cruise the biggest movie star of all time but also the most irritating, in a new poll...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Call for MI6 'abduction' inquiry
Claims an MI6 officer helped in the abduction and torture of Pakistani terror suspects in Greece must be investigated, Lib Dems say...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Galileo satellite phones home
British space engineers receive signals from the pioneer spacecraft for Europe's sat-nav system...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Anti-junk food push 'a success'
A scheme providing free fruit for young primary pupils has improved eating habits, ministers say...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Nikkei looks towards 20-year best
Japan's Nikkei share index touches 16,400 for the first time in five years amid further signs of economic recovery...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Italy chooses successor to Fazio
Mario Draghi is chosen as the new governor of the Bank of Italy replacing Antonio Fazio who resigned this month...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Suicide bomb kills Iraqi police
A suicide bomber kills four police officers at a checkpoint near the interior ministry in Baghdad...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Massive hunt for India attacker
Police in the southern Indian city of Bangalore hunt a gunman who shot and killed a college professor...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Hopes fade for Tube strike talks
Talks aimed at averting a 24-hour strike on London Underground are unlikely to take place, say union officials...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Elderly pair 'terrorised in home'
An elderly brother and sister are tied up and terrorised during a robbery at their home near Belfast...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Cricket: Aussies close in on win
South Africa crash to 99-6 on day four of the second Test, chasing 366 to beat Australia...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Ethiopia threatened with aid cuts
Western donors review millions of dollars of aid to Ethiopia with many opposition leaders in jail...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Fresh blow for S Korea clone work
South Korea's disgraced cloning expert did not make stem cells tailored to individuals, a panel concludes...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Five die in wildfires sweeping US
At least five people die in the US as wildfires sweep across parts of the states of Texas and Oklahoma...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Calls for new sex equality laws
Britain's sex equality laws need to be modernised, the Equal Opportunities Commission says...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Football: Fixtures defended
The Premier League says it is difficult to avoid games that involve long-distance travel by fans over the festive season...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Manhunt as girl taken from bath
A manhunt continues on Tyneside after a six-year-old girl is abducted while having a bath in her own home...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Cancer drug 'helps most at risk'
A new generation of breast cancer drug may give women a better chance of beating the disease, research says...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Britain braced for more snow
The UK looks forward to more freezing weather with snow expected to return on Thursday night...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
German Family Is Kidnapped by Yemeni Tribe
Members of a tribe hoping to press the Yemeni government into meeting certain demands kidnapped a former high-ranking German official and his family...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Delivers Thanks to the Troops
The weeklong trip is Gen. Peter Pace's first extended overseas trip since taking over in October as the nation's senior ranking officer...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
New Twist in Iran on Plan for Nuclear Fuel
An official said Iran would study a proposal aimed at breaking the deadlock on efforts to block Iran from enriching nuclear fuel...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
After Attacks, Israel Declares Part of Gaza to Be Off Limits
Israel declared the northernmost part of the Gaza Strip a "no-go" zone for Palestinians...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
U.N. Observer in Baghdad Calls the Voting Valid
The assertion brought bitter denunciations from some Sunni Arab political leaders who swore to continue pressing their claims of fraud...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Report on Russia Massacre Faults Officials
The chief of a parliamentary commission said the siege could have been prevented if the local police had done their jobs...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
The fear of 'hippies' at the BBC
Newly released papers show how Harold Wilson discussed "hippie influences" at the BBC in the 1970s with the corporation's chairman...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Report details schools 'payouts'
More than £180,000 is paid out to education workers in compensation for attacks or industrial accidents...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Spy claim over diplomat's suicide
A Japanese diplomat who committed suicide last year was being blackmailed by China, media reports say...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
US to deport alleged Nazi guard
A US court orders a man accused of having been a Nazi guard to be deported to his native Ukraine...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Many killed in Moscow clinic fire
At least seven people die and 12 are injured in a fire at a Russian home for the mentally ill, reports say...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Iraq 'incapable of running jails'
A top Iraqi official says his country cannot take control of prisons from the US, after an apparent escape bid...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Fresh talks to avert Tube strike
Union officials are to resume talks with Tube bosses in an attempt to avert a strike on New Year's Eve...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Texts warn offenders to pay fines
Text messages could be used in England and Wales to get offenders to settle unpaid court fines...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Nuclear secrets of 1975 revealed
Details of official plans in the event of nuclear war are among newly released secret papers from 1975...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Aceh troops withdrawal complete
Indonesia prepares to withdraw a final batch of troops from Aceh province in a step toward a peace deal...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Bid to find captured Gaza Britons
Diplomats try to contact the gunmen who kidnapped a British human rights worker and her parents in Gaza...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
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