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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 March 2005:
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Report Criticizes Annan but Finds No Evidence of Corruption
The commission investigating the U.N. oil-for-food program found no evidence that Kofi Annan influenced decisions about a company that employed his son...
New York Times - March 29, 2005
Iraqi Wrangling May Delay New Constitution and Next Vote
Political leaders said that the delay in forming a new government would probably force them to postpone by half a year the writing of a permanent constitution...
New York Times - March 29, 2005
Sharon Wins Budget Vote Crucial to Gaza Pullout
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel won an extraordinary victory today over his own party and the settler movement...
New York Times - March 29, 2005
Data Indicate Quake's Depth Helped Prevent Major Tsunami
Reports emerged today that tsunamis up to several yards high may have raked some coastlines on Sumatra and small nearby islands...
New York Times - March 29, 2005
Man charged over stabbing death
A man is charged with the murder of Ciaran Irvine who was stabbed to death on the outskirts of Belfast...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Councils criticised over spending
Scotland's councils are criticised over how they handle taxpayers' money in an official report...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
HP appoints new chief executive
Hewlett-Packard appoints NCR's Mark Hurd as its new chief executive, the computer giant confirms...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
MPS warn over 'pressure on A&E'
Pressure on hospital casualty departments is not being eased by government initiatives, MPs say...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Science closures 'harm students'
The Royal Society says students' welfare has suffered in some university department closures...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Canada seal hunt gets under way
Fishermen in Canada begin what is expected to be one of the biggest seal-hunting seasons in decades...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Golf: Monty out of Masters
Colin Montgomerie is not one of five players to receive last-minute invites to the Masters...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Ousted Kyrgyz leader 'would quit'
Ousted Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev says he is prepared to give up his post if given certain guarantees...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Lebanon's PM plans to quit again
Pro-Syrian Lebanese Prime Minister Omar Karami says he is to stand down for the second time in a month...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Women's jail 'still has problems'
The UK's largest women's prison, Holloway, still has fundamental problems, prison inspectors say...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Indonesia quake victims await aid
Emergency aid is heading for the Indonesian island of Nias, which was devastated by Monday's massive earthquake...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Farm sea lice plague wild salmon
The spread of parasitic sea lice from salmon farms to wild salmon is a bigger problem than thought, a study shows...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Sharon wins vital vote on budget
Israel's Knesset passes the 2005 budget - the last political obstacle to a planned Gaza pullout...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Jury told how star met accuser
The comedy club owner who introduced Michael Jackson to his teenage accuser gives evidence at the star's trial...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
2nd Iraqi Assembly Meeting Breaks Down Amid Accusations
The meeting turned into a shouting match as some members accused others of betraying Iraqis by failing to form a government...
New York Times - March 29, 2005
Damage From Powerful Quake Appears to Be Confined
The damage seems concentrated on Nias, a tiny island off the Indonesian coast, and its neighbor, Simeulue...
New York Times - March 29, 2005
Kyrgyzstan's Ousted President Says He Will Not Resign
Askar A. Akayev said today that he would not resign, despite calls from the country's new government for him to do so...
New York Times - March 29, 2005
Parental choice 'is an illusion'
The NUT leader says the government seems "obsessed" with the concepts of parent power and choice...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
New quake makes only small waves
Scientists say the latest Indonesian quake did not disturb the sea floor in a way that could trigger a big tsunami...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Ousted Kyrgyz president defiant
Speaking from Russia, Askar Akayev insists he is the "sole legitimate president" of Kyrgyzstan...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Ashdown sacks top Bosnian Croat
The top administrator in Bosnia, Lord Ashdown, sacks the Croat member of Bosnia's joint presidency...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
India moves for used Mirage jets
India looks to buy 12 used Mirage jet fighters from Qatar following the US move to sell F-16s to Pakistan...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Criticised chief 'has no regrets'
Humberside's retiring chief constable says he has no regrets about his handling of criticism by the Soham inquiry...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
'Help find our father's killer'
A family appeals for people to come forward after a man is found with fatal injuries behind a pub in Cumbernauld...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Child rape suspect sketch issued
An artist's impression of a suspected attacker is issued by police investigating the rape of a child...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
British tsunami policeman killed
A British policeman sent to help in the aftermath of the tsunami disaster dies in a road crash in Thailand...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Schiavo rivals 'agree to autopsy'
Terri Schiavo's husband and parents seek to discover the extent of her brain-damage after her death...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Jonathan King told to 'shut up'
Sex offender Jonathan King is told to "shut up" after he protests his innocence as he is released from jail...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Football: Owen tipped for record
Ex-England captain Alan Shearer backs Michael Owen to become the country's all-time leading scorer...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Rugby: Wilkinson setback
Newcastle's Jonny Wilkinson is set to miss Saturday's Heineken Cup clash with Stade Francais...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Annan cleared over oil-for-food
A UN report clears Kofi Annan of wrongdoing over an Iraq oil deal involving his son but queries his handling of the affair...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Indonesia quake death toll rises
Rescue workers in Indonesia fear more than 1,000 people are dead after Monday's massive earthquake...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Sacked Tory claims legal backing
Sacked MP Howard Flight says his lawyers argue that Michael Howard cannot oust him as a Tory candidate...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Indonesia quake: Your experiences
A major earthquake in the Indian Ocean has hit the coast of the Indonesian tsunami-hit island of Sumatra. Send us your experiences...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Reeves dropped from insurance ads
Comedian Vic Reeves is dropped from car insurance ads after being charged with drink driving...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Union angered by new law 'delay'
Plans to set up an expert group to consult on a new "corporate killing" law are criticised by an oil union...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Appeal to man in attic baby case
Police urge a man who contacted them about the body of a baby found in an attic to speak to them again...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Competition probe into LSE bids
Shares in the London Stock Exchange (LSE) fall on news of a probe into recent takeover approaches for the trading platform...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Reid focus on 'entrepreneur' GPs
Health Secretary John Reid says he wants to give entrepreneurial GPs the chance to broaden patient services...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Call for a ban on violent pupils
Violence and disruption in class is making some teachers' lives impossible, a union conference has heard...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Net fingerprints combat attacks
Eighty large net firms are banding together to create a system that will spot and stop net attacks...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Football: England stay unchanged
Sven-Goran Eriksson will name the same England team that beat Northern Ireland for the game against Azerbaijan...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Golf: Donald rues losing lead
Luke Donald is disappointed to throw away a winning position at the Players Championship...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Libya's Bulgarian medics appeal
Six medics appeal against the death sentence imposed in Libya for deliberately infecting children with HIV...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Kyrgyz assembly resolves deadlock
The upper house of the old Kyrgyz parliament dissolves, ending the crisis sparked by last week's uprising...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Ex-US diplomats round on Bolton
Dozens of former US diplomats urge Congress to block the appointment of John Bolton as UN ambassador...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Three Romanians missing in Iraq
Three journalists from Romania are missing, feared kidnapped, in Iraq...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
South Asia cancels tsunami alerts
India and Sri Lanka withdraw the tsunami alerts issued after an earthquake hit the coast of Indonesia...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Tories plan border police force
A new police force charged only with securing Britain's borders would be created under Tory plans...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Pellet gun teacher sent to prison
A teacher who fired a pellet gun at youths after alleged vandalism is jailed for six months...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Jonathan King freed from prison
Pop mogul Jonathan King is released from prison after serving three-and-a-half years for abusing boys...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
'Soldier's name' suspect held
A terror suspect allegedly found with a soldier's name and address is remanded in custody...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
GP out-of-hours targets 'missed'
The NHS is not meeting targets to see patients who need emergency GP care outside normal office hours, a BBC investigation shows...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Hundreds die in Indonesia quake
Hundreds are believed to have died in Indonesia after a strong earthquake which sparked fears of a tsunami...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Splits paralyse Iraqi parliament
Iraq's parliament reconvenes, but remains deadlocked over the formation of a new government...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Panel's Report Assails C.I.A. for Failure on Iraq Weapons
The C.I.A. and other intelligence bodies were criticized by a panel studying U.S. intelligence failures regarding illicit weapons...
New York Times - March 29, 2005
Sunni Leader Vows Support for Insurgents
Sheik Harith al-Darimade said he would continue to view the armed resistance in Iraq as legitimate until the U.S. military offered a timetable for its withdrawal...
New York Times - March 29, 2005
Kyrgyz in Political Compromise
Politicians and lawmakers resolved a brewing parliamentary crisis in the wake of the unexpected coup last week in Kyrgyzstan...
New York Times - March 29, 2005
Israel Rejects Referendum on Gaza Plan
Parliament rejected a referendum that could have delayed or blocked the prime minister's efforts to evacuate Jewish settlers...
New York Times - March 29, 2005
Oil Report to Say Aide to Annan Shed Files
The former head of Secretary General Kofi Annan's staff will be criticized in a report of the commission investigating the oil-for-food program for having thrown away documents...
New York Times - March 29, 2005
Powerful Quake Jolts the Seabed Off the West Coast of Indonesia
The earthquake sent a ripple of panic across a region still traumatized by the destruction from a deadly tsunami three months earlier...
New York Times - March 29, 2005
Man is injured in racist assault
An Asian man is punched, kicked and attacked with a broken bottle at a house in south Belfast...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
'Corporate killing' law delayed
Plans to consult on making "corporate killing" a new offence in Scotland are put on hold...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Call for review on pupil claims
A chief constable says more should be done to challenge allegations made against teachers by pupils...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Chief of scandal-hit AIG retires
Hank Greenberg retires from the chairmanship of AIG, the world's biggest insurer, amid continuing investigation of its activities...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Iraq parliament in second session
Iraq's national assembly meets for only the second time to choose a speaker and two deputies...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Golf: Funk wins Players title
Fred Funk's final round 70 gives him victory in the lucrative Players Championship at Sawgrass...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
Flight supporters demand meeting
Supporters of sacked MP Howard Flight say they have enough signatures to hold a meeting over his fate...
BBC News - March 29, 2005
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