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Even critics give Apple a pass on iPhone 3G woes
Southern Ledger - August 29, 2008
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Dell 2Q profit drops 17 percent and stock plunges
Southern Ledger - August 29, 2008
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South Ossetia Russia intends to absorb region
Southern Ledger - August 29, 2008
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Gustav swamps Jamaica, leaves 59 dead in Haiti
Southern Ledger - August 29, 2008
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Gustav heads to open water after swamping Jamaica
Southern Ledger - August 29, 2008
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Pelosi gets unwanted lesson in Catholic theology
Southern Ledger - August 29, 2008
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Dalai Lama admitted to hospital in India for tests
Southern Ledger - August 29, 2008
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Afghans say deadly US raid based on misleading tip
Southern Ledger - August 29, 2008
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Probe reveals oxygen tank burst on Qantas flight
Southern Ledger - August 29, 2008
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Global News Archive for April 2008:
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Scholes fires Man Utd into final
Paul Scholes' goal beats Barcelona and sends Man Utd into an all-English Champions League final...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Carter hits historic Crucible 147
Ali Carter fires a superb 147 to become the second player in this year's World Championship to claim a maximum break...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Colossal squid goes under knife
Scientists are set to begin dissecting New Zealand's rare, intact colossal squid specimen...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Georgia-Russia tensions ramped up
Georgia denies plans to invade the breakaway region of Abkhazia, while Russia says it would retaliate to any attack...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Supermarkets await final report
After a two-year investigation the Competition Commission is due to release its final report into the UK grocery sector...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
By-election to replace veteran MP
Labour confirms a by-election will be held next month after the death of veteran MP Gwyneth Dunwoody...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Zimbabwe opposition makes UN plea
Zimbabwe's opposition urges the UN to act as the Security Council meets to discuss the post-election crisis...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Obama 'angry' at pastor comments
US presidential hopeful Barack Obama denounces comments made by his former pastor, Rev Jeremiah Wright...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Police in child sex ring inquiry
A BBC investigation leads police in West Yorkshire to tackle a child sex ring which may involve up to 50 girls...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Migration maps
How Eastern European workers spread around UK...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Home comforts
Two Polish workers explain why they returned from UK...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Ronaldo in transvestite scandal
The Brazilian footballer Ronaldo is caught up in a sex scandal involving three cross-dressing prostitutes...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Paris tackles unloved, underground residents
The French capital launches a crack-down on rats as experts say that an estimated eight million of the rodents live beneath the city surface...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Everest diary
No torch to be seen as Jonah Fisher reaches base camp...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
EU migrants 'spread through UK'
Migrants from Eastern Europe have spread more widely around the UK than in previous waves, research suggests...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Man, 68, charged in Jersey probe
Police investigating allegations of abuse in Jersey have charged a 68-year-old man with rape and sexual assault...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
William visits Afghanistan troops
Prince William made a secret visit, approved by the Queen, to meet British troops in Afghanistan, Clarence House says...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Glastonbury picks 'diverse' bill
The Raconteurs, Crowded House and Mark Ronson are among the acts on Glastonbury Festival's line-up...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Live - Champions League build-up
The tension mounts at Old Trafford as Manchester United prepare for a must-win game against Barcelona in Champions League...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Deadline looms for Pakistan talks
Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif is to hold urgent talks with coalition partners on the country's sacked judges...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
US house prices show steep fall
US house prices dropped sharply at the beginning of 2008, a survey suggests...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Police free Zimbabwean activists
More than 180 opposition activists are released without charge in Zimbabwe, as two people are found dead...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Tariq Aziz trial begins in Iraq
Former Iraqi Deputy PM Tariq Aziz is due to go on trial over the deaths of a group of Baghdad merchants...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Serbia and EU sign pact on ties
EU ministers sign a pre-membership deal with Serbia, despite its failure to hand over war crimes suspects...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Cattle trample woman to death
A woman walking her dog in a field dies after being trampled by a herd of stampeding cattle...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Refinery talks solution proposed
A meeting aimed at resolving the row which closed the Grangemouth oil refinery reaches a possible resolution...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Blogger fined for 'menacing' rant
A man who "let off steam" on his blog about police is convicted of posting a menacing message...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Boxing coach sex abuse sentence
A 62-year-old boxing coach is jailed for seven years for a series of sexual assaults against teenage boys...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Top billing?
Shakin' Stevens and Jay-Z to share Glastonbury stage...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Supermarket suit
Thai Tesco critic says £1.6m lawsuit won't 'silence' him...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Sharp elbows
Flexi-time and tax breaks... the perks of parenting...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
More arrests expected in Jersey
Police investigating allegations of abuse in Jersey say they expect more arrests in coming weeks...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
BA raises fuel surcharges again
British Airways says it is increasing fuel surcharges on long and short haul flights from 2 May...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Blushes at web inquiry after MP told his daughter broke Bebo rules
A Tory MP is told his own 12-year-old daughter has broken a website's rules, during an MPs' inquiry into internet safety...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Zero tolerance
How one hospital is getting tough with health tourists...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
More British troops off to Kosovo
Defence Secretary Des Browne announces 600 British troops will be sent to Kosovo, following a Nato request...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Teenager facing terrorism charges
A 19-year-old man from Bristol is charged with offences relating to the possession of explosive substances, police say...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Governor attacks City risk-taking
The Bank of England governor criticises the management and pay structures of leading City banks...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
DNA 'backs Austrian incest claim'
DNA evidence supports an Austrian man's confession that he fathered his daughter's children, police say...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Eriksson to be sacked by Man City
Sven-Goran Eriksson will not be Manchester City's manager next season, BBC Sport understands...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
World Championship scores
Ryan Day takes on Stephen Hendry and Ali Carter faces Peter Ebdon in the quarter-finals in Sheffield...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
More teachers, but vacancies rise
There are more teachers and support staff in England's schools but teacher vacancies have risen...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Full Glastonbury line-up revealed
The Raconteurs and Crowded House are among the acts on Glastonbury Festival's full line-up, it is confirmed...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
GTA game 'to break sales records'
Video game Grand Theft Auto IV goes on sale worldwide with analysts expecting it to smash sales records...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
EU 'to sign Serbia deal' on ties
EU ministers are to sign a pre-membership agreement with Serbia, the Slovenian EU presidency says...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Many dead in Afghan suicide blast
A suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan kills 15 local people and wounds 14 others, the Nato-led force says...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Mortgage approvals hit record low
Figures from the Bank of England reveal that the slowdown in mortgage approvals continued in March...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Cameron 'unable to keep PMQs vow'
David Cameron admits failing to "end Punch and Judy politics", blaming prime minister's questions...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Bishop resigns after speculation
The Bishop of St Davids resigns after speculation following his marriage breakdown...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Alert over 'white powder package'
A security alert is under way following the discovery of a suspicious package in Belfast city centre...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Power-sharing call for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's UN ambassador says a national unity government is needed, whoever wins the presidential election...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Cuba to commute death sentences
Cuba's President Raul Castro says nearly all death sentences are to be commuted to prison terms...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Making babies
French and Spanish solutions to the birth-rate challenge...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Mean streets
Does Grand Theft Auto IV meet the high expectations?...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
First in line
Is it fair that people with children get priority?...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Goth death mother in respect plea
The mother of a woman kicked to death because she was a Goth says young people need to show more respect...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Cyclist dies in truck collision
A male cyclist dies after being involved in a collision with a lorry in Edinburgh city centre, police confirm...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
More pupils do not speak English
Latest figures show there has been another rise in pupils with English as a second language...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Baby's dog death 'was accidental'
A five-month-old girl who was killed by rottweilers died accidentally an inquest finds...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Electoral fraud
How can you make sure your vote is your own?...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Kinky or worse?
Users of 'extreme porn' say new law will criminalise them...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Net under threat?
Will the internet crumble under the video boom strain?...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Sisters lose European tax battle
Two elderly sisters lose their European Court battle to avoid liability for inheritance tax when one of them dies...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Rising prices boost Shell and BP
Record oil prices help Royal Dutch Shell and BP to report strong profits for the first three months of 2008...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Man arrested in Jersey home case
Police investigating allegations of abuse at a former children's home in Jersey arrest a 68-year-old man on the island...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
UK arrests in Tamil Tigers probe
Three men are arrested by anti-terror police investigating the Tamil Tigers, officers have confirmed...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Oil refinery talks as strike ends
Talks are to be held between Grangemouth management and striking workers as staff return to work...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
UN sets up food crisis task force
A United Nations task force is to be set up to tackle the crisis triggered by rising global food prices...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Austria 'sex captor' due in court
An Austrian who admitted imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering her children is to appear before a magistrate...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Osteoporosis drug 'risks heart'
Women who take osteoporosis drug Fosomax may have more risk of developing an irregular heartbeat, a study suggests...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Warming 'affecting poor children'
Climate change is already affecting the prospects for children in the world's poorer nations, says the UN children's agency...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
E Timor rebel leader surrenders
The leader of a group of rebels accused of trying to kill East Timor's president surrenders in Dili...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
'Taleban killed' in fresh clashes
The US military and Afghan government say more than 20 Taleban rebels have been killed in fresh clashes...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Way forward on parades outlined
An independent review will recommend a new way to deal with contentious parades in Northern Ireland later...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
UN chiefs hold food crisis summit
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is due to announce details of new measures to tackle the global food crisis...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Texas sect girls 'mostly mothers'
Most of the teenage girls taken from a Texas polygamist sect are either mothers or pregnant, officials say...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Pandemic alert
Indonesia's trial run for bird flu catastrophe...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Nurses warn over patient care
Pressure to meet hospital waiting targets is putting patient care at risk, warn nurses...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Barbie and co accused of corrupting youth in Iran
A senior Iranian cleric warns that Western toys such as Barbie dolls are harming the country's youth...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Kosovo's future
What roles for the UN and EU after independence?...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Maximum skill
Parrot enjoys O'Sullivan's 147...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Heathrow rapped by US air chief
A senior executive of a major US airline says Heathrow is probably the worst European airport the company uses...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Mozambique police 'kill at will'
Amnesty International accuses police in Mozambique of killing and torturing people with near total impunity...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Old buildings 'lack skilled care'
The future of millions of old buildings in England is threatened by a shortage of specialist workers, a new report warns...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Grangemouth refinery strike ends
Grangemouth oil refinery workers are ending a two-day strike amid warnings of further possible action and rising oil prices...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Austrian police quiz 'sex captor'
Police continue to question a man who confessed to fathering seven children with his captive daughter...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Tariq Aziz due on trial in Iraq
Iraq's former Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz is due on trial over the deaths of a group of Baghdad merchants...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Cargo flight 'a near catastrophe'
A string of failures led to a plane crash-landing at one airport before landing at a second, a report says...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
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