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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 January 2005:
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Rocket Strikes U.S. Embassy as Iraqis Prepare to Vote
The attack, which killed two Americans and wounded five, heightened fears of further strikes by insurgents...
New York Times - January 29, 2005
Under Pressure, Qatar May Sell Jazeera Station
U.S. relations with Qatar are also strained over the country's sponsorship of Al Jazeera, the provocative television station that is a big source of news in the Arab world...
New York Times - January 29, 2005
At Forum, Leaders Confront Annual Enigma of China
At the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, there are many questions, but few answers on the subject of China's prospects...
New York Times - January 29, 2005
OPEC Suggests No Output Change Till Cut in April
Oil ministers suggested they might cut output in April to fend off a seasonal slowdown in demand when winter ends in the Northern Hemisphere...
New York Times - January 29, 2005
China's Fear of Ghosts: Balancing Stability and Dissent
China's top leaders struggled to find the right balance in managing the politically explosive death of Zhao Ziyang, who was memorialized Saturday...
New York Times - January 29, 2005
Europeans 'ignorant' of EU treaty
Nine out of 10 Europeans know little or nothing about the new EU constitution, a study suggests...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Bangladesh strike sparks clashes
Dozens of people are arrested as police fight with protesters during a general strike in Bangladesh...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Group trapped in tower lift freed
Ten people trapped in a lift at the Glasgow Science Tower are rescued by fire crews...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Hague 'given up' his PM ambition
Former Tory leader William Hague has ruled out standing for the leadership again, a newspaper reports...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Football: Man Utd down Boro
Wayne Rooney scores two wonder goals as Man Utd beat Middlesbrough 3-0 in the FA Cup fourth round...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Football: FA ponders spring break
The FA backs Sven-Goran Eriksson's appeal for a four-week break before the 2006 World Cup...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Chelsea makes 'biggest ever' loss
Chelsea's chief executive tells the BBC the club lost £88m last year - the largest ever loss in British football...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Clashes at far-right demo
There are violent clashes in the German city of Kiel as demonstrators oppose a rally by the far-right NPD...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Former minister is HIV-positive
The former Labour culture secretary, Chris Smith, tells a Sunday paper he has been HIV-positive for 17 years...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Winning director set to be named
Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese are among the contenders to win the Director's Guild of America award...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Police liaise on Beachy Head body
Police investigating a murder in Kent are liaising with Sussex Police after a body was found at Beachy Head...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
LVF linked to taxi depot attack
Loyalist sources believe that a gun attack at a taxi depot was carried out by the Loyalist Volunteer Force...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Bid to free people in tower lift
Engineers are trying to free about 10 people trapped in a lift at the Glasgow Science Tower...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Baby boy's body found in garden
Police investigate after the body of a newborn baby is found in the garden of a house in Cardiff...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
US-European plan wins chopper bid
A transatlantic bid from US firm Lockheed Martin wins the contract to supply helicopters for US presidents...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Muted goodbye to China reformer
Ousted Communist leader Zhao Ziyang is cremated, as China makes its first official comment on him for 15 years...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Facts and figures on life in Iraq
Maps, charts, facts and figures about life in post-Saddam Iraq...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Q&A: Iraqi election
The campaign for Iraq's election on 30 January has officially begun. What are the procedures and the problems?...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Football: Redknapp's Reid fears
Harry Redknapp fears Andy Reid will go to Spurs despite Forest accepting a bid for him from Southampton...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Protesters die in Sudan clashes
Up to 17 people are killed in clashes between police and demonstrators in eastern Sudan...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
UAE unveils mega-waterfront plan
The tiny emirate of Dubai announces plans for the largest waterfront development in the world...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Afghan report demands war justice
Afghanistan's human rights commission says those responsible for war crimes must be brought to justice...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Cannabis mental health risk probe
The government is to review all studies linking cannabis use to mental health problems, it has announced...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Killer probed over unsolved cases
Police probe possible links between a convicted killer and five unsolved murders in Scotland...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Watchdog urges Iran patience
The world must show patience over Iran's nuclear programme, the head of the UN's nuclear watchdog tells the BBC...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
UK 'should leave Iraq in a year'
British and American troops should be pulled out of Iraq by January 2005, two former foreign secretaries have said...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Israelis 'shoot dead Palestinian'
Israeli troops shoot dead a Palestinian man reported to have learning difficulties in southern Gaza, medics say...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
UKIP candidate suspended
Eurosceptics UKIP suspend a candidate for allegedly suggesting the criminally insane should be killed...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Violence 'will deter many Iraqis'
Many Iraqis will be too scared to vote, the interim president says, as a rocket strikes the US embassy in Baghdad...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
U.S. Lobbies U.N. on Darfur and International Court
The Bush administration is lobbying the Security Council against assigning the judgment of atrocities in the Darfur region to the International Criminal Court...
New York Times - January 29, 2005
Shiite Faction Ready to Shun Sunday's Election in Iraq
A radical cleric's refusal to endorse the election foreshadowed a less than overwhelming voter turnout in Iraq...
New York Times - January 29, 2005
Israel Cuts Back Military Actions to Answer Abbas
Israel ordered its army to stop offensive operations in the Gaza Strip and scale them back sharply in the West Bank...
New York Times - January 29, 2005
Australian's Long Path in U.S. Antiterrorism Maze
Mamdouh Habib spent more than three years in U.S. custody, during which time Australians pressed American officials to charge him with a crime or release him...
New York Times - January 29, 2005
United States and Europe Differ Over Strategy on Iran
The U.S. seems divided over whether to promote the overthrow of Iran's Islamic Republic or to support the approach of the Europeans, who favor negotiation...
New York Times - January 29, 2005
Flights From Taiwan to Mainland Signal Softer Tone From Beijing
On the eve of the first direct flights between Taiwan and the mainland since 1949, China offered to restart diplomatic talks...
New York Times - January 29, 2005
Tsunami schools try to start over
The BBC's Mike Baker reports from schools that are trying to recover from the tsunami devastation...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Web radio takes Spanish rap global
A US company is bringing rap and hip-hop in Spanish to computer users around the world...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Grammy tribute to honour Charles
A special performance at this year's Grammy awards ceremony is to pay tribute to late singer Ray Charles...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Residents 'should bypass police'
An MP says people plagued by anti-social behaviour should be able to bypass the police and go to the courts...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Several shots fired at taxi depot
Staff in a north Belfast taxi depot escape injury after several shots are fired at the front of the building...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Jodi murder prompts safety review
School policies on knives and drugs are to be reviewed following the Jodi Jones murder trial...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Family consider action over death
Relatives of a 93-year-old woman who died after a mix-up by an ambulance crew consider further action...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Stamp duty rockets as prices rise
The government's income from residential stamp duty has risen nine-fold over the last 10 year, new figures show...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Iraq shuts down borders for poll
Iraqi borders and airport close and normal life grinds to a halt, but attacks continue ahead of Sunday's poll...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Bid to find key to social phobia
Doctors aim to uncover what causes one of the most common mental health problems - social anxiety disorder...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Bird flu 'passed between humans'
Scientists have said a woman who died of bird flu probably contracted the disease from her daughter...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Aceh rebel talks 'constructive'
Talks between Jakarta and Aceh's separatist rebels in Finland are reported to have got off to a good start...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Last-minute stay of US execution
The Connecticut execution of a serial killer who wants to die is halted less than an hour before it is due to happen...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Arctic ozone may drop to new low
Scientists say the coming weeks could see the most severe thinning of the ozone layer over northern Europe since records began...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Tennis: Williams takes Aussie title
Serena Williams overcomes an injury to power past Lindsay Davenport and win the Australian Open...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Direct China-Taiwan flights start
The first direct commercial Chinese flight to Taiwan in 55 years arrives, as a Taiwanese plane heads for Beijing...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
'No demand' for all-day drinking
Most pubs do not want to stay open 24 hours a day and would be happy with one more hour, BBC research suggests...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Zhao buried amid tight security
The funeral of ousted Communist leader Zhao Ziyang goes ahead in Beijing, with mourners strictly vetted...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Charity calls for cannabis study
A mental health charity calls for a government inquiry into the link between cannabis and mental illness...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
Documents show Guantanamo claims
US documents claim the Britons freed from Guantanamo Bay had military training in Afghanistan...
BBC News - January 29, 2005
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