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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 2007:
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Bin Laden Discusses Iraq and Israel
In a new audiotape, Osama bin Laden warned Iraq?s Sunni Arabs against fighting Al Qaeda and promised to expand the terror group?s holy war to Israel...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
China Delays Hong Kong Elections
China said that Hong Kong would have to wait at least another decade for democratic elections to select its leader...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
In Bhutto Stronghold, Sharif Seeks a Political Alliance Against Musharraf
Nawaz Sharif needs to forge an alliance with Benazir Bhutto?s political party to challenge the government of President Pervez Musharraf...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
Tornado wreaks havoc in village
A tornado rips off tiles, knocks over trees and spreads debris through a village in Cambridgeshire...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Colombia hostage mission delayed
A Venezuelan operation to collect three hostages due to be freed in Colombia by Farc rebels is delayed...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Croatia minister goes in hunt row
Croatia's interior minister resigns after being pictured on a hunting trip with war crimes suspect Mladen Markac...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Rugby U: Wasps beat Bath
Paul Sackey scores twice as Wasps continue to climb the Premiership table by defeating under-strength Bath...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Arsenal top after Everton drubbing
An Eduardo double helps put
Arsenal top of the Premier League as they come from behind to beat Everton...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Al-Qaeda in Iraq '75% destroyed'
Three-quarters of al-Qaeda in Iraq has been destroyed over 2007, the Interior Ministry in Baghdad says...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Motherwell captain O'Donnell dies
Motherwell midfielder Phil O'Donnell dies after collapsing during a Scottish Premier League game...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Pregnancy targets 'to be missed'
Efforts are to be "redoubled" to tackle teenage pregnancy rates after it was revealed targets are to be missed...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Brown promises 'serious changes'
Prime Minister Gordon Brown uses his New Year message to say there will be "real and serious changes" in 2008...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Riots Erupt Across Kenya as Rivals Declare Victory
Supporters of the leading presidential challenger were protesting what they said was a plot by the government to steal the closely contested election...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
Bhutto?s Rival Seeks Alliance Against Musharraf
Nawaz Sharif said that he hoped Benazir Bhutto?s party would join a boycott of polls in a challenge to the government of President Pervez Musharraf...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
One dead in major motorway crash
One person dies and three are injured in a three-vehicle crash which closes part of the M8...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Motorist dies in crash with coach
A man is killed when his car is involved in a crash with a coach in Denbighshire...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Murdered head's widow threatened
The widow of a London headmaster murdered at his school in 1995 is threatened and burgled...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Saudi Guantanamo inmates freed
Ten Guantanamo Bay inmates have been freed and returned home to Saudi Arabia, US and Saudi officials say...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Taleban sack military commander
Afghan Taleban leader Mullah Omar sacks one of his top military commanders, Mansoor Dadullah...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
South Africa robbers attack envoy
Robbers in South Africa beat the Tanzanian high commissioner unconscious at his farewell dinner...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Football: Spurs in 10-goal thriller
Dimitar Berbatov scores four goals for Spurs in an astonishing match at White Hart Lane...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Live - Everton v Arsenal
Arsenal travel to Everton in the late Premier League game after West Ham beat Manchester United 2-1 and Spurs beat Reading 6-4...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Football: Hammers beat Man U
Cristiano Ronaldo's misses a penalty for Manchester United as they are beaten by West Ham at Upton Park...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Gaza pilgrims stranded in sea
A political dispute leaves 2,000 Palestinians returning from the Hajj stuck in boats off the Egyptian coast...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Scientist dismisses detox diets
Following a so-called detox programme is a waste of time and money, a leading scientists says...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Kenyan count halted amid unrest
Kenya's vote count is halted amid chaotic scenes at the electoral offices, as unrest is reported across the nation...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Police marksmen shoot man dead
An inquiry is under way after a man is shot dead by firearms officers in Kent, police confirm...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Musharraf cracks down on rioters
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf orders firm action to crack down on unrest after Benazir Bhutto's death...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Virgin in rail closure complaint
The rail regulator investigates a complaint from Virgin Trains about service disruption on New Year's Eve...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Joe Dolan, Pop Singer From Ireland?s ?Showband? Era, Dies at 68
Joe Dolan was a longtime pop music star in Ireland who entertained audiences for decades with Las Vegas-style showmanship...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
Pat Kirkwood, Star of British Musical Theater, Dies at 86
Ms. Kirkwood had leading roles in musicals written by Noël Coward and Cole Porter...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
Arrest after city centre murder
Police appeal for witnesses after a man dies following an assault in Newport city centre...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
O'Loan made dame in honours list
Former Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan is made a Dame of the British Empire in the New Year Honours...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Hong Kong to elect leader by 2017
Hong Kong's chief executive says Beijing will allow the region's people to directly elect their leader by 2017...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Warning of New Year rail misery
Rail passengers are facing longer journeys on New Year's Eve on one of the UK's busiest routes...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Kenyan opposition claims victory
Kenya's opposition challenger urges the president to admit defeat in elections, to forestall further violence...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Bhutto's cause of death disputed
Benazir Bhutto's supporters call the Pakistani government's account of her death "dangerous nonsense"...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
World Briefing | The Americas: Cuba: Castro Again Hints at Retirement
In a letter read to Parliament, President Fidel Castro said that as a young man he had hoped to cling to power but had long since outgrown the urge...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Philippines: Just Say No to Firecrackers
Firecrackers known as Goodbye Philippines and bin Laden?s Bomb, said to be as powerful as five grenades, were among those seized in Bocaue, known for its pyrotechnics industry, as Filipinos come up with more explosive ways to greet the new year...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Nepal: Parliament Votes to End Monarchy
Parliament voted overwhelmingly to set in motion the abolishment of the country?s nearly 240-year-old monarchy, which has already been stripped of all but symbolic power...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
World Briefing | Middle East: Iran: Russia Denies Planning Missile System
A Russian government agency disputed reports that it had signed a contract to sell a sophisticated air-defense system to Iran, saying it had no such plans...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Taiwan: Court Keeps Opposition Candidate in Presidential Race
Taiwan?s High Court upheld a lower court?s ruling and cleared Ma Ying-jeou, left, the Nationalist Party candidate for president, of graft charges, securing his place in the March presidential race...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
China Plans Direct Elections in Hong Kong by 2017
Beijing will allow Hong Kong to directly elect its leader by 2017 and all its lawmakers by 2020, the territory?s chief executive said...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
World Briefing | Middle East: Lebanon: Election Delayed Again
The Parliament speaker moved a parliamentary session to elect a president to Jan. 12 from Saturday...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
2 Plead Not Guilty in Miami to Funneling Cash to Argentine Campaign
Two of the four suspects accused of hiding the source of $800,000 in cash for the campaign of Argentina?s president have pleaded not guilty in United States District Court in Miami...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
Convicted Charity Workers Return to France From Chad
They now face an effort by the French courts to adjust their sentences of eight years of hard labor. The court in Chad also ordered them to pay the children?s families about $9.3 million...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
Venezuela Sends Copters on Rescue in Colombia
President Hugo Chávez called the mission ?Operation Emmanuel,? after the captive child who is believed to be the son of a hostage named Clara Rojas and a guerrilla fighter...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
Australian Terrorism Detainee Leaves Prison
David Hicks, the only person sentenced by the military commissions set up by the Bush administration to try suspected terrorists, walked out of prison in Australia...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
Nigeria Reassigns Top Corruption Fighter
Nigeria?s top anticorruption official is being sent to a yearlong course at a remote training institute, provoking criticism from many who described the move as an attempt to sideline him...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
Shame of Imported Labor in Kurdish North of Iraq
Thousands of foreign workers have come to the Kurdish districts in the last three years, making it one of the fastest growing Middle Eastern destinations for the world?s impoverished...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
Pakistan Says Bhutto?s Death Has Qaeda Link
An official said there was a debate within the Bush administration over whether to press for an international investigation...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
The Saturday Profile: A Joker Woos a President, and Keyboards Clatter
She opened both a museum dedicated to tribal culture and what she calls a ?love hotel,? outfitted with opium beds. She?s a perennial gossip-magnet, and sometimes it seems as if all of China either loves her or loves to hate her...
New York Times - December 29, 2007
Home computing pioneer honoured
One of the designers of the classic BBC Micro computer is recognised in the New Year Honours list...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Knighted Sir wins top recognition
A head teacher and a university vice chancellor are knighted in the New Year's Honours...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Minogue tops showbiz honours list
Pop star Kylie Minogue and TV host Michael Parkinson are among showbiz stars in the New Year Honours list...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Brown to 'step up' terror fight
Gordon Brown vows to "step up" efforts to defeat terrorism in Pakistan after Benazir Bhutto's assassination...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Dolly the sheep pioneer knighted
Professor Ian Wilmut, the man who led the team which created the clone known as Dolly the sheep, is knighted...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Marks and Spencer's Rose honoured
Some of the UK's top retail executives, including Marks and Spencer boss Stuart Rose, are recognised...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Honours given to flood rescuers
Volunteers and emergency staff are recognised for their rescue work during the floods across England...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Malaysian row over word for 'God'
Two Malaysia Christian groups sue the government after it banned non-Muslims from using 'Allah' to mean God...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
i-Snake 'will transform surgery'
Experts are developing a flexible surgical robot - the i-Snake - which they say could revolutionise keyhole surgery...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
New Year Honours for sports stars
England rugby coach Brian Ashton and retired former skipper Jason Robinson are among the sport stars featured in the New Year Honours...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Police seize alcohol from teens
Some 6,500 pints of alcohol were confiscated from under-18s during a police crackdown, the Home Office says...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Hong Kong leader poll by 2017
Hong Kong's chief executive says Beijing will allow the region's people directly elect their leader by 2017...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Toy weapons 'help boys to learn'
Ministers say young boys should be allowed to play with weapons, but teachers condemn the advice...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Australia frees Guantanamo man
Former Guantanamo detainee David Hicks is released from prison in Australia after completing his sentence...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Jails 'failing to treat inmates'
Prison doctors say the public is at risk from drug addicts and mentally ill offenders being released from jail without treatment...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
Nawaz Sharif to visit Bhutto tomb
Former rival Nawaz Sharif will pay his respects at the grave of assassinated Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto...
BBC News - December 29, 2007
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