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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 May 2007:
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Zoellick to Be Named to Lead World Bank
Administration officials said that Robert B. Zoellick, a former deputy secretary of state, was the top choice of European governments as well as critics of the bank...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Pesticides 'up Parkinson's risk'
A study produces evidence of a link between exposure to pesticides and a raised risk of Parkinson's disease...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Sea tragedy boyfriend's 'guilt'
A teenager whose girlfriend died when he crashed into her on a water bike in Cyprus speaks of his responsibility...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
BP returns to Libya in $900m deal
Oil giant BP says it has struck a joint venture deal to return to Libya after an absence of more than 30 years...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Inquiry into closure of airport
A full independent inquiry is to be held to investigate the four-day closure of City of Derry Airport...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Ousted judge 'was illegally held'
Pakistan's ousted chief justice says the secret service detained him when he was suspended in March...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Family found hanged in Texas home
Four children and their mother are found hanged in their mobile home in the US - but an eight-month-old survives...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Oil pledge from Nigeria president
Nigeria's newly sworn-in president says the troubled Niger Delta will receive his "urgent attention"...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
US in TB flight infection warning
US officials quarantine a man with a dangerous form of tuberculosis and urge fellow air travellers to be tested...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Tennis: Henman out of Open
Tim Henman suffers a straight-sets defeat to Latvia's Ernests Gulbis in the first round at Roland Garros...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
McCanns arrive for Pope visit
The parents of abducted British four-year-old Madeleine McCann have travelled to Rome to attend an audience with the Pope...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Soldier killed in Helmand named
A British soldier who died in Helmand province in Afghanistan is named by the Ministry of Defence...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Bush chooses new World Bank boss
President Bush chooses former top diplomat Robert Zoellick to replace Paul Wolfowitz at the World Bank, officials say...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Blair hails positive Libya talks
Tony Blair says relations with Libya have been "completely transformed", as BP signs a Libya gas exploration deal...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Maputo Journal: Fears Linger in Mozambique Over Unexploded Weapons
Since a disastrous blast at a munitions depot in Maputo, Mozambique on March 22, some residents fear that the depot will again explode due to government neglect...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Special Operations: High Profile, but in Shadow
Special Operations forces are conducting between 6 and 12 missions every night across Iraq...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Bush Tightens Fiscal Penalties Against Sudan
President Bush announced today that he is imposing stiff economic sanctions against Sudan and that he will press the U.N. for additional action to end the violence in Darfur...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Gunmen Abduct Westerners in Iraq, Officials Say
Gunmen in police uniforms abducted civilians from a government building in Baghdad today, officials said...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Glastonbury fans get green lesson
Music fans going to the Glastonbury Festival will be asked to reduce their carbon footprint...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Move to create less clumsy robots
Researchers in Spain set about creating a man-made version of the part of the brain that controls movement...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Parents accused of exam drug use
Children are being given Ritalin by parents who want to boost exam results, claims a psychologist...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Tougher control orders 'needed'
Courts should allow control orders to be more restrictive, UK terror laws watchdog Lord Carlile says...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Bird flu checks reach hospitals
Patients and staff in two hospitals are offered anti-viral treatment by officials fighting a bird flu outbreak...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Kwik Save to close down 79 shops
Ailing supermarket chain Kwik Save announces it is to close more than a third of its stores immediately...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Town's police station broken into
A County Down police station currently being renovated is broken into overnight but nothing is taken...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Team to tackle NHS waiting lists
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon is to send trouble-shooters to tackle cancer treatment waiting lists in two health board areas...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Riots over Indian tribal quotas
At least seven people die in riots in the Indian state of Rajasthan over affirmative action plans, officials say...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Missing girl met man on internet
Police searching for a teenage girl missing from her home say she may be with a man she met on the internet...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Football: England duo ruled out
Rio Ferdinand and Michael Dawson pull out of England's matches against Brazil and Estonia with groin injuries...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
McCanns leave for Pope visit
The parents of missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann leave Portugal to attend an audience with the Pope in Rome...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Planet hunters spy distant haul
28 new planets orbiting distant stars beyond our solar system are detected by an international team...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Blair in Libya for Gaddafi talks
Tony Blair arrives in Libya as he begins a week-long trip to Africa before he steps down as prime minister...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Tory quits post over grammars row
Graham Brady resigns from the Conservative front bench after the party's row over grammar schools...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Five Britons abducted in Baghdad
Four British bodyguards and their British client are kidnapped from the Iraqi finance ministry...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
China Sentences Former Drug Regulator to Death
The unusually harsh sentence comes at a time of concerns for the quality and safety of China?s food and drug system...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Deutsche Telekom backs VoIP firm
Deutsche Telekom backs net phone startup Jajah - one of the first major phone firms to support such technology...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Record companies win £41m damages
Online retailer CD-Wow is ordered to pay £41m to British record companies over selling cut-price CDs...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Combined academy and university
An "all in one" academy is proposed for Cornwall, which would combine a school and university...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
RBS outlines offer for ABN Amro
A consortium led by RBS outlines its proposed offer for ABN Amro to rival the agreed offer from Barclays Bank...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Odyssey complex 'being sold on'
Part of the Odyssey entertainment complex in Belfast is about to be sold, the BBC learns...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Water bike owner fined over death
A man is fined £523 after hiring a water bike to a teenager who then crashed into and killed his girlfriend...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Former Bangladeshi ministers held
Two former Bangladeshi ministers are arrested in a continuing crackdown on allegedly corrupt politicians...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
More sabotage found at hospital
Police investigate two more cases of sabotage on oxygen cylinders at a Black Country hospital...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Russia tests long-range missile
Russia test-launches an intercontinental ballistic missile which can be armed with multiple warheads...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Israel party votes to oust leader
Results in the Israeli Labour primary put leader Amir Peretz in a distant third, bringing a period of uncertainty...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
New Nigerian president sworn in
Umaru Yar'Adua is sworn in as Nigeria's new president, as opposition activists promise protests...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Cricket: England delight Vaughan
Michael Vaughan pays tribute to England's "ruthless" approach after they thrash West Indies...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Derby chairman seeks Davies talks
Derby chairman Peter Gadsby is to have discussions with Billy Davies to clarify the future of the Rams manager...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Outcry over TV kidney prize
A Dutch television show is criticised for offering a terminally ill woman's kidneys as a prize...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Concert to raise Cutty Sark cash
A concert is to be staged in south-east London to help raise funds for the fire-ravaged Cutty Sark...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Migrants 'want to settle in UK'
A growing number of migrants coming to Britain from Eastern Europe may want to stay, a study suggests...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
New start for Longbridge plant
MG Rover's Longbridge factory in Birmingham reopens after almost two years, under Chinese ownership...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
New video of Madeleine released
Madeleine McCann's parents release the last video clips taken before their daughter went missing in Portugal...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Westerners 'abducted in Baghdad'
Several Westerners, including four Britons, are reportedly kidnapped from a finance ministry building in Baghdad...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Kazakhstan Issues Warrant for President?s Son-in-Law
The warrant for Rakhat Aliyev, one of the country?s most powerful men, is the latest scandal involving violence and corruption to captivate political life in Kazakhstan...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Rise in Violence in North Shows Afghanistan?s Fragility
Supporters of Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum clashed with the police, and a suicide bomber attacked a convoy of foreign security contractors...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
U.S. and Iranian Officials Meet in Baghdad, but Talks Yield No Breakthroughs
The United States and Iran held the first high-profile, face-to-face talks in nearly three decades Monday, adhering to an agenda that focused strictly on Iraq...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Spain Arrests 16 North Africans Accused of Recruiting Militants
The 16 men are suspected of recruiting and sending volunteers to fight in Muslim militant groups based in North Africa and Iraq...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Bush to Tighten Fiscal Penalties Against Sudan
President Bush will also press the United Nations for additional actions to end the violence in Darfur, two senior administration officials said...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Iraqi Refugees Turn to the Sex Trade in Syria
As a group, prostitutes represent one of the most visible symptoms of an Iraqi refugee crisis that has exploded in Syria in recent months...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Reunited Police start world tour
Reunited rock group The Police play to 20,000 fans in Vancouver at the start of a five-month world tour...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Anti-whaling lobby rebuffs Japan
Anti-whaling nations quash Japanese overtures as an annual whaling conference opens in Alaska...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
UK strawberry crop 'under threat'
The UK strawberry crop may be under threat due to a shortage of migrant workers, the farmers' union warns...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Tory reprimanded over grammars
A frontbench Conservative MP is reprimanded after suggesting selective schools can boost overall standards...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Waiting times strategy outlined
The new SNP administration is to set out its approach for tackling NHS waiting times in Scotland...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Second Venezuela TV is under fire
Venezuelan authorities accuse one TV channel of inciting people to kill the president, a day after closing another...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
New Nigeria head to take office
Umaru Yar'Adua will be sworn in as Nigeria's new president, after the outgoing head made a final speech to the nation...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Death penalty for China official
China sentences the former head of its Food and Drug Administration to death for corruption, state media says...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
TV face-off for Labour hopefuls
The six contenders to be Gordon Brown's deputy are to go head-to-head in a televised debate...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Scientists find bird flu antibody
An international team of scientists isolates antibodies that could protect against bird flu in humans...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Blair in Libya on farewell tour
Tony Blair is to visit Libya later, at the start of a week-long trip to Africa before he steps down as prime minister...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Many migrants 'do not mix'
Many Eastern European migrants living in the UK still spend no time with British people, a survey suggests...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Young drink-drivers worry police
Young people are increasingly likely to be involved in drink-driving incidents, police tell the BBC...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
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