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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
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Global News Archive for July 2008:
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Cambodian, Thai wait for other to redeploy first
An agreement to end a tense border standoff between Cambodian and Thai troops near an ancient temple stalled Tuesday as both sides waited for the other to make the first move and redeploy their forces...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Pope vacations in northern Italy
Hundreds of admirers greeted Pope Benedict XVI on Monday at the start of his vacation in a hamlet in German-speaking northern Italy where he often spent holidays when he was a cardinal...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Strong quake rattles buildings, nerves in S. Calif
The strongest earthquake to strike a populated area of Southern California in more than a decade rattled windows and chandeliers, made buildings sway and sent people running into the streets on Tuesday. But there were no immediate reports of serious injuries or major damage...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Authorities LaBeouf not at fault for wreck
Shia LaBeouf was not to blame for an early-morning car wreck in Los Angeles, authorities said Tuesday, pinning fault on the other driver for apparently running a red light...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Moderate quake shakes buildings, nerves in Calif.
The strongest earthquake to strike a populated area of Southern California in more than a decade rattled windows and chandeliers, made buildings sway and sent people running into the streets on Tuesday. But there were no immediate reports of serious injuries or major damage...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Monkey from Mars a Ga. crime labs museum oddity
Other museums might have more or flashier items to display. But only the mini-museum of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation can boast of possessing such an other-world oddity as the monkey from Mars...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Lee, Cubs beat Brewers to increase NL Central lead
Derrek Lee doubled with one out in the ninth to score Alfonso Soriano and the Chicago Cubs rallied to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-4 on Monday night to take a two-game lead in the NL Central...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Giants Correia beats Dodgers 1st win since April
Jose Castillo hit a pair of RBI singles, Fred Lewis also drove in two runs and the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 Monday night to end a three-game skid...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Americans remain gloomy about the economy in July
A private research group says that Americans remain the most pessimistic about the economy since the tail end of the last prolonged recession 16 years ago...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
McCain, Obama focus on finding running mates
As speculation swirls, Barack Obama and John McCain are knuckling down to the work of choosing running mates with their nominating conventions just weeks away...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
McCain tries to show independence and conservatism
Republican presidential candidate John McCain tried to strike a balance at a town hall meeting here Tuesday between the independence he boasts of and his avowed conservatism...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Campaign memorabilia goes from torches to T-shirts
Have you ever thought about bringing an 8-foot-tall burning torch to a Barack Obama political rally? What about drinking John McCain-brand juice?...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Sharpton defends Jackson despite Obama comments
The Rev. Al Sharpton on Tuesday defended the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has come under fire for his recent crude off-air criticism of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Candidates focus on finding running mates
As speculation swirls, Barack Obama and John McCain are knuckling down to the work of choosing running mates with their nominating conventions just weeks away...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
McCain promotes drilling for oil of US coast
Republican John McCain said Monday that drilling for oil off the U.S. coast is an essential part of any plan to lower gas prices and reduce dependence on foreign sources, and he criticized Democrat Barack Obama for opposing it...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Obama seeks to overcome doubts among women
After Hillary Rodham Clinton lost the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, one of her delegates wanted to send a message. So Mary Beth Pyle wore a Clinton T-shirt to a unity dinner meant to build support for Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Trade talks failure deals blow to global economy
After coming tantalizingly close to a historic trade deal, World Trade Organization talks collapsed Tuesday in a dismaying blow to seven years of efforts to open up the global economy...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Air Force officer in Alaska dies in likely suicide
The officer who commands an air force wing in Alaska has died of a gunshot wound that likely was self-inflicted, authorities said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
S&P Home prices drop by record 15.8 pct. in May
A closely watched housing index shows home prices fell by the steepest rate ever in May, as the housing slump continued to deepen nationwide...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Quake shakes S. Calif. minor injuries reported
Scattered minor damage and a few minor injuries have been reported in the aftermath of an earthquake that was strongly felt across Southern California...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
SKoreas PM visits disputed islets
South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-soo visited a set of islets Tuesday at the center of a territorial dispute with Japan as the highest-level official ever to travel there...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
US, Iraqi military offensive under way in Diyala
U.S. and Iraqi forces fanned out in the volatile Diyala province Tuesday in a new operation aimed at clearing al-Qaida in Iraq from safe havens in an area considered the last major insurgent belt around the capital...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
McCain promotes drilling for oil of US coast
Republican John McCain said Monday that drilling for oil off the U.S. coast is an essential part of any plan to lower gas prices and reduce dependence on foreign sources, and he criticized Democrat Barack Obama for opposing it...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Obama seeks to overcome doubts among women
After Hillary Rodham Clinton lost the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, one of her delegates wanted to send a message. So Mary Beth Pyle wore a Clinton T-shirt to a unity dinner meant to build support for Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
India, Pakistan continue trading fire at Kashmir
Indian and Pakistani soldiers traded fire across the heavily armed Kashmir frontier for more than 12 hours overnight and into Tuesday in what the Indian army called the worst violation of a 2003 cease-fire agreement between the nuclear-armed neighbors...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
US, Iraqi forces launch new operation in Diyala
U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a new operation Tuesday aimed at clearing al-Qaida in Iraq from the volatile Diyala province, considered the last major insurgent safe haven near the capital...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Internet sites still blocked for Olympic reporters
Olympic organizers are backtracking on another promise about coverage of the Beijing Games, keeping in place blocks on Internet sites in the Main Press Center and venues where reporters will work...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Indonesia Asian militants sought al-Qaida funds
Two alleged Indonesian terror leaders were headed to Iraq to seek help from al-Qaida, according to a seized laptop that indicates regional militants are cash-strapped but determined to rebuild international links, security officials say...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Beijing air improves with wind and rain
Environmental officials say their efforts are starting to clear the haze above Beijing, while strong wind and some rain have also raised hopes of blue skies when the Olympic Games start in just over a week...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Police defuse 18 bombs near another Indian market
Police defused 18 bombs found Tuesday near the main diamond markets in the city of Surat and issued a sketch of a young man believed to be linked to one of two explosives-filled cars discovered there...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
7 Bosnian Serbs guilty of genocide in Srebrenica
A court has convicted seven Bosnian Serbs of genocide committed in Srebrenica in 1995. Another four were acquitted...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
US-Iraq forces begin new offensive in Diyala
U.S.-backed Iraqi troops sealed off Baqouba and staged house-to-house searches Tuesday as they began a new offensive in Diyala province in the latest bid to clear al-Qaida in Iraq from its last major belt near the capital...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Olympic panel ends ban, says Iraq can go to games
The International Olympic Committee ruled Tuesday that Iraq could participate in the Beijing games, reversing itself after the government pledged to ensure the independence of its national Olympics panel...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
IOC reverses ban, says Iraq can go to Olympics
The International Olympic Committee says Iraq can take part in Beijing Games, lifting previous ban...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Medic Boy killed by Israeli fire in West Bank
Israeli gunfire killed a 10-year-old Palestinian boy Tuesday during a confrontation between troops and stone-throwers in a West Bank village, medics and witnesses said...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Iraq new offensive starts in Diyala
U.S.-backed Iraqi troops sealed off Baqouba and staged house-to-house searches Tuesday as they began a new offensive in Diyala province in the latest bid to clear al-Qaida in Iraq from its last major belt near the capital...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
7-square-mile ice sheet breaks loose in Canada
Scientists say a chunk of ice spreading across seven square miles has broken off a Canadian ice shelf in the Arctic...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
8 Darfur rebels sentenced to death by Sudan court
Eight Darfur rebels were found guilty and sentenced to death Tuesday for their roles in a bold assault on government soldiers near the Sudanese capital that killed more than 200 people, including dozens of civilians...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Roadside bomb wounds Fatah commander in Lebanon
A roadside bomb critically wounded a military commander of the Fatah movement Tuesday, setting off gunbattles at a Palestinian refugee camp that has been torn by factional fighting, Lebanese and Palestinian security officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Venezuela rejects raising OPEC output
Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez is rejecting an increase in OPEC production quotas...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Nicaraguan police recover poets sword
A police captain says authorities have recovered a stolen sword that once belonged to Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Extremists, police clash at pro-Karadzic rally
Dozens of extremists are clashing with police on the sidelines of a rally in support of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Ex-official of Cuban group killed in Puerto Rico
Authorities say a former official with a Cuban-American group that was once the foremost voice representing the exile cause in Washington was shot dead in a Puerto Rican suburb...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Court convicts Austrian right-wing party leader
A court ruled Tuesday that a right-wing party leader lied in testimony about a pub brawl between his ex-bodyguard and the former spokesman of a party defector...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Blast rockets Hamas training camp in Gaza, 5 hurt
A huge blast rocked a training base run by the Islamic militant Hamas in southern Gaza late Tuesday, injuring at least five members of the group, witnesses and a health official said...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Moffat promises new Who monsters
Doctor Who chief scriptwriter Steven Moffat tells fans not to expect too many old characters when he takes over the show...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
HP, Intel, Yahoo in cloud tie-up
Three high profile tech firms put their weight behind the cloud computing phenomenon...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
BA and Iberia hold merger talks
British Airways and Spain's Iberia are in talks over a merger as the airlines attempt to weather economic turbulence...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Miliband in Labour rallying call
Foreign Secretary David Miliband calls on the Labour Party to avoid a summer of introspection if it is go on to win the next election...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
CCTV footage shows murdered woman
Police release CCTV footage showing a murdered Londonderry woman just hours before her death...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Dead soldier in Afghanistan named
A soldier killed in Afghanistan is named by the Ministry of Defence as Sgt Jonathan Mathews from Edinburgh...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Federer overcomes Ginepri scare
Roger Federer comes back from the brink of another shock defeat to beat Robby Ginepri at the Cincinnati Masters...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Isinbayeva soars to new pole vault record
Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva breaks her own pole vault world record as she clears 5.04m at the Super Grand Prix meeting in Monaco...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Scrabulous shut down in North America
The developers of the popular Facebook game Scrabulous withdraw the application for some users because of legal action...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Harry Potter and the big night out - movie to get Royal Film showing
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince has been chosen for this year's Royal Film performance...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Violence mars pro-Karadzic rally
A rally attended by at least 10,000 supporters of ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in Belgrade ends in violence...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Former minister Varley dies at 75
Former Cabinet minister Lord Eric Varley has died at the age of 75, the Labour Party announces...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Iraq get green light for Beijing
The International Olympic Committee clears the way for Iraq to compete in the Olympics after lifting its previous ban...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Alzheimer's drug 'halts' decline
UK scientists have developed a drug which may halt the progression of early-stage Alzheimer's disease...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
World trade talks end in collapse
Talks to help liberalise global trade collapse after failure by the US, China and India to agree on changes to farm trading rules...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Quake rocks southern California
An earthquake measuring 5.4 is felt across southern California, causing buildings to sway but no injuries or damage, officials say...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Police say dad may flee NY with girl on yacht
A divorced father with a murky background snatched his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised weekend visit and may be trying to flee the country on a 72-foot yacht, police say...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Amy Winehouse is released from London hospital
Troubled singer Amy Winehouse was released from a London hospital Tuesday after an overnight stay to treat what her spokesman said was an adverse reaction to medication...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Batman star skirts assault questions in Japan
Christian Bale skirted questions about the assault allegations against him Tuesday at the Japanese premiere of "The Dark Night."...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
GOP Senator accused of making false statements
Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator and a figure in Alaska politics since before statehood, has been indicted on seven counts of falsely reporting hundreds of thousands of dollars in services he received from a company that helped renovate his home...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Sen. Stevens indicted 7 false statements counts
Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator and a figure in Alaska politics since before statehood, has been indicted on seven counts of making false statements...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Tenn. church shooting victims improving
Three people wounded in a fatal shotgun rampage at a Unitarian church were in serious condition Tuesday, a day after a candlelight vigil tried to comfort congregation members and others attempting to "make sense of the senseless."...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
People wounded in Tenn. church shooting improving
Three people wounded in a fatal shotgun rampage at a Unitarian church were in serious condition Tuesday, a day after a candlelight vigil tried to comfort congregation members and others attempting to "make sense of the senseless."...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Lee, Cubs beat Brewers to increase NL Central lead
Derrek Lee doubled with one out in the ninth to score Alfonso Soriano and the Chicago Cubs rallied to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-4 on Monday night to take a two-game lead in the NL Central...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Giants Correia beats Dodgers 1st win since April
Jose Castillo hit a pair of RBI singles, Fred Lewis also drove in two runs and the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 Monday night to end a three-game skid...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Holy hooligans! Phony Joker arrested in Michigan
Police in Michigan have arrested a man who they say tried to steal posters and other items related to the new Batman movie from a cinema lobby while dressed up as the Joker...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Stock futures signal rebound after sell-off
U.S. stocks headed for a moderately higher open Tuesday, a day after a sharp tumble on worries about financials and after Merrill Lynch & Co. announced plans to write down another $5.7 billion tied to soured mortgage debt...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Obama to meet with prime minister of Pakistan
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is planning to meet with the prime minister of Pakistan amid sessions with economic officials dealing with the troubled US economy...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Obama discussing economy with Fed, Treasury chiefs
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is set to meet with the chairman of the Federal Reserve as part of a day of private talks devoted to the troubled economy...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
McCain promotes drilling for oil of US coast
Republican John McCain said Monday that drilling for oil off the U.S. coast is an essential part of any plan to lower gas prices and reduce dependence on foreign sources, and he criticized Democrat Barack Obama for opposing it...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Americans remain gloomy about the economy in July
A private research group says that Americans remain the most pessimistic about the economy since the tail end of the last prolonged recession 16 years ago...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Air Force officer in Alaska dies in likely suicide
The officer who commands an air force wing in Alaska has died of a gunshot wound that likely was self-inflicted, authorities said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
S&P Home prices drop by record 15.8 pct. in May
A closely watched housing index shows home prices fell by the steepest rate ever in May, as the housing slump continued to deepen nationwide...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Obama seeks to overcome doubts among women
After Hillary Rodham Clinton lost the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, one of her delegates wanted to send a message. So Mary Beth Pyle wore a Clinton T-shirt to a unity dinner meant to build support for Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Body found in debris from N.M. flash flooding
Rescuers used pulleys Monday to help stranded residents and campers cross a rushing river where the body of a man reported missing in flash flooding was found near a bridge in a thicket of debris...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Shiite pilgrimage in Baghdad reaches climax
Hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims gathered around a golden-domed shrine in a massive religious assembly in Baghdad on Tuesday, a day after three female suicide bombers struck their procession and killed 32 people...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Military offensive under way in Iraqs Diyala
An Iraqi military commander says a new U.S.-backed operation has begun in the volatile Diyala province northeast of Baghdad...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Cambodian, Thai wait for other to redeploy first
An agreement to end a tense border standoff between Cambodian and Thai troops near an ancient temple stalled Tuesday as both sides waited for the other to make the first move and redeploy their forces...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
McCain promotes drilling for oil of US coast
Republican John McCain said Monday that drilling for oil off the U.S. coast is an essential part of any plan to lower gas prices and reduce dependence on foreign sources, and he criticized Democrat Barack Obama for opposing it...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Obama seeks to overcome doubts among women
After Hillary Rodham Clinton lost the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, one of her delegates wanted to send a message. So Mary Beth Pyle wore a Clinton T-shirt to a unity dinner meant to build support for Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
US, Iraqi military offensive under way in Diyala
U.S. and Iraqi forces fanned out in the volatile Diyala province Tuesday in a new operation aimed at clearing al-Qaida in Iraq from safe havens in an area considered the last major insurgent belt around the capital...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Taiwan mops up after typhoon
Soldiers and Buddhist volunteers helped Taiwanese villagers clean up their homes Tuesday after a powerful typhoon churned through, killing at least two people and leaving a trail of flooded buildings, damaged orchards and caved-in roads...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Taiwan cleans up after powerful typhoon
Soldiers and Buddhist volunteers helped Taiwanese villagers clean up their homes Tuesday after a powerful typhoon churned through, killing at least two people and leaving a trail of flooded buildings, damaged orchards and caved-in roads...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
India, Pakistan continue trading fire at Kashmir
Indian and Pakistani soldiers traded fire across the heavily armed Kashmir frontier for more than 12 hours overnight and into Tuesday in what the Indian army called the worst violation of a 2003 cease-fire agreement between the nuclear-armed neighbors...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
US, Iraqi forces launch new operation in Diyala
U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a new operation Tuesday aimed at clearing al-Qaida in Iraq from the volatile Diyala province, considered the last major insurgent safe haven near the capital...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
SKoreas PM visits disputed islets
South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-soo visited a set of islets Tuesday at the center of a territorial dispute with Japan as the highest-level official ever to travel there...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
US troop deaths down in July
U.S. military has reported nine U.S. troop deaths so far in July, a reflection of overall drop in violence around Iraq...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Internet sites still blocked for Olympic reporters
Olympic organizers are backtracking on another promise about coverage of the Beijing Games, keeping in place blocks on Internet sites in the Main Press Center and venues where reporters will work...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Indonesia Asian militants sought al-Qaida funds
Two alleged Indonesian terror leaders were headed to Iraq to seek help from al-Qaida, according to a seized laptop that indicates regional militants are cash-strapped but determined to rebuild international links, security officials say...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Beijing air improves with wind and rain
Environmental officials say their efforts are starting to clear the haze above Beijing, while strong wind and some rain have also raised hopes of blue skies when the Olympic Games start in just over a week...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Police defuse 18 bombs near another Indian market
Police defused 18 bombs found Tuesday near the main diamond markets in the city of Surat and issued a sketch of a young man believed to be linked to one of two explosives-filled cars discovered there...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Italian court OKs expansion of US military base
A top Italian administrative court on Tuesday approved the expansion of a U.S. military base in northeast Italy, local media reported. The expansion has caused angry protests by residents and leftist politicians...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Shark stolen from British aquatics shop
British police were searching for a shark stolen from an aquatics shop over the weekend in southern England...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
7 Bosnian Serbs guilty of genocide in Srebrenica
A court has convicted seven Bosnian Serbs of genocide committed in Srebrenica in 1995. Another four were acquitted...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Chronology of major bombings in India
A list of of bombing that Indian authorities have blamed on Islamic militants since 2005:...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Boy killed by Israeli fire in West Bank
A 10-year-old Palestinian boy was killed by Israeli gunfire Tuesday during a confrontation between troops and stone-throwers in a West Bank village, medics and witnesses said...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Royal screening for Harry Potter
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince is chosen for this year's Royal Film Performance...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Facebook shuts down Scrabulous
The social networking site bows to pressure to block access to the popular online game...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Harman denies planning leader bid
Harriet Harman denies preparing for a leadership bid as media speculation continues over Gordon Brown's future...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Schools 'should have own police'
All schools should have a dedicated police officer, an English education minister argues...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Bosnian Serbs jailed for genocide
Seven Bosnian Serbs are jailed for genocide over the massacre of more than 1,000 Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Rivals trade blame over Kashmir
India and Pakistan accuse each other of breaching a ceasefire after troops clash along the dividing line in disputed Kashmir...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Government has UDA weapons talks
The government has held secret talks with the UDA leadership about the decommissioning of its weapons...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Zimbabwe crisis talks 'adjourned'
Talks to solve Zimbabwe's crisis are to adjourn but will resume in a few days, South African President Thabo Mbeki says...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
US consumer outlook remains shaky
US consumer confidence improves slightly in July, a survey suggests, but still represents a bleak view of the economy...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Family blasts 'Darwin tour' move
The aunt of canoe fraudster John Darwin criticises a holiday firm's planned tour of places he visited in Panama...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Jamieson launches leadership bid
Cathy Jamieson launches her Scottish Labour leadership, as the race for deputy also gets under way...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Killers filmed victim as he died
Two men have admitted attacking a man before filming him as he lay dying, a court has heard...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
US time bomb
Even the wealthy hand back negative equity homes...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Pre-Gorillaz
'Tank Girl meets Snoopy' - the unseen cartoon...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Stumped
Why can't people with dyslexia do multiple choice?...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Tiny tree-shrew is a heavyweight boozer, scientists discover
A tiny tree-shrew that lives on alcoholic nectar could - pound for pound - drink the average human under the table...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Rovers and Spurs in Bentley talks
Blackburn Rovers confirm they are talking to Tottenham over the potential sale of England winger David Bentley...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Child pleads 'stop mummy driving'
A woman is caught drink-driving after a distressed child was seen shouting and banging on the windows of a car...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Warrant issued for Lib Dem donor
A judge has issued an arrest warrant for a businessman whose company donated more than £2m to the Lib Dems...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Eight arrested in trading probe
The Financial Services Authority arrests eight people as part of an investigation into alleged insider dealing...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
World trade talks reportedly fail
Talks to help liberalise global trade have reportedly collapsed after failure to agree on changes to farm trading rules...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Husband shot on honeymoon worsens
The condition deteriorates of the husband who was shot when his wife was killed on their Caribbean honeymoon...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Tension ahead of Karadzic rally
Serbian nationalists gather in Belgrade in a show of support for captured ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Pope vacations in northern Italy
Hundreds of admirers greeted Pope Benedict XVI on Monday at the start of his vacation in a hamlet in German-speaking northern Italy where he often spent holidays when he was a cardinal...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Thai-Cambodian border talks bog down
Cambodia and Thailand struggled Monday to settle a standoff over disputed border territory near an ancient Hindu temple that prompted both countries to deploy thousands of troops to the area...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
India police carry out raids after blasts kill 45
Anti-terror squads have carried out raids in the search for leads into the deadly synchronized bombings that killed at least 45 people in western India over the weekend, police said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Amy Winehouse released from London hospital
Troubled singer Amy Winehouse was released from a London hospital Tuesday after an overnight stay to treat what her spokesman said was an adverse reaction to medication...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Singer Amy Winehouse released from London hospital
A spokesman for troubled singer Amy Winehouse says she has been released from a London hospital after suffering a reaction to medication...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Christian Bale skirts assault questions in Japan
Christian Bale skirted questions about the assault allegations against him Tuesday at the Japanese premiere of "The Dark Night."...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Wildfire threatens homes and vacations in Yosemite
Visitors to Yosemite National Park weighed whether to cut their vacations short Tuesday as a destructive wildfire raging miles from the famed wilderness threatened thousands of homes and left evacuees stranded...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Fire destroys 25 homes near Yosemite National Park
Smoke had turned the sun a deep glowing red by the time Dutch tourist Trees Duipmans and her three teenage children reached a campground outside Yosemite National Park on Sunday. By Monday, they decided it was time to go...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Lee, Cubs beat Brewers to increase NL Central lead
Derrek Lee doubled with one out in the ninth to score Alfonso Soriano and the Chicago Cubs rallied to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-4 on Monday night to take a two-game lead in the NL Central...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Giants Correia beats Dodgers 1st win since April
Jose Castillo hit a pair of RBI singles, Fred Lewis also drove in two runs and the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 Monday night to end a three-game skid...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Winehouse released from London hospital
Troubled singer Amy Winehouse was released from a London hospital Tuesday after an overnight stay to treat what her spokesman said was an adverse reaction to medication...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Sony profit plunges $327 million from year earlier
Sony Corp. said Tuesday its April-June profit plunged to $327 million (34.98 billion yen) _ about half that recorded a year ago _ as a strong yen, the absence of "Spider-Man 3" revenue and faltering results at its cell phone operations battered earnings...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Toshiba posts net loss in first quarter
Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday it swung to a net loss of $107.91 million (11.6 billion yen) in the April-June quarter due to a slump in semiconductor sales...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
McCain backs off his no-new-tax pledge
Republican presidential candidate John McCain drew a sharp rebuke Monday from conservatives after he signaled an openness to a higher payroll tax for Social Security, contrary to previous vows not to raise taxes of any kind...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
McCain promotes drilling for oil off US coast
Republican John McCain said Monday that drilling for oil off the U.S. coast is an essential part of any plan to lower gas prices and reduce dependence on foreign sources, and he criticized Democrat Barack Obama for opposing it...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
McCain promotes drilling for oil of US coast
Republican John McCain said Monday that drilling for oil off the U.S. coast is an essential part of any plan to lower gas prices and reduce dependence on foreign sources, and he criticized Democrat Barack Obama for opposing it...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Guillen, Gordon hit two-run homers for Royals
Jose Guillen hit his first home run in more than a month and Alex Gordon also had a two-run homer to help Zack Greinke to his first win in July and the Kansas City Royals beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2 on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Sony profit plunges 50 pct from year ago
Sony Corp. said Tuesday its April-June profit plunged to 34.98 billion yen ($326.9 million) _ about half that recorded a year ago _ as a strong yen, the absence of "Spider-Man 3" revenue and faltering results at its cell phone operations battered earnings...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Air Force officer in Alaska dies in likely suicide
The officer who commands an air force wing in Alaska has died of a gunshot wound that likely was self-inflicted, authorities said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Oil prices above $125 on Nigeria attacks
Oil prices rose above $125 a barrel Tuesday on supply concerns sparked by the sabotage of two oil pipelines by militants in Nigeria...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Obama seeks to overcome doubts among women
After Hillary Rodham Clinton lost the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, one of her delegates wanted to send a message. So Mary Beth Pyle wore a Clinton T-shirt to a unity dinner meant to build support for Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Joker accused of stealing Batman movie items
Three Rivers police have arrested a man who they say tried to steal posters and other items related to the new Batman movie from a cinema lobby while dressed up as the Joker...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Al-Qaida man reported killed in missile strike
Missiles hit a building in a Pakistani village on the border with Afghanistan on Monday, and intelligence officials said they were investigating reports that a senior al-Qaida figure was among six people killed...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Belgrade fears violence from pro-Karadzic rally
Right-wing Serbs called an anti-government rally for Tuesday night to protest the extradition of Radovan Karadzic, as authorities raced to whisk the former Bosnian Serb leader to a U.N. war crimes tribunal amid fears the demonstration could be violent...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
McCain promotes drilling for oil of US coast
Republican John McCain said Monday that drilling for oil off the U.S. coast is an essential part of any plan to lower gas prices and reduce dependence on foreign sources, and he criticized Democrat Barack Obama for opposing it...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Obama says hes becoming competitive in red states
With 100 days remaining in the race for the White House, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama says he has succeeded in expanding the electoral map in his race against John McCain, principally in southern and southwestern states but also in Montana and North Dakota...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Female suicide attackers kill 57 in Iraq
Suicide bombers, including at least three women, struck Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad and Kurdish protesters in the northern city of Kirkuk on Monday, killing at least 57 people _ a brutal reminder that mass gatherings remain vulnerable despite vast improvements in security...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
In the iconic pubs of Britain, ale sales ail
Raise a pint to the old British pub: Dark-paneled, fixed on the English landscape _ and, more than ever these days, empty...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
French president not ruffled by wifes nude shots
French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says her husband was not upset when he learned of all the nude photos she did during her modeling days...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
US-produced Al-Qaida movie played at Gitmo trial
A Pentagon-produced movie about al-Qaida had its premiere Monday at the first Guantanamo war crimes trial _ shown to an audience of military jurors hearing evidence against a former driver for Osama bin Laden...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Taiwan cleans up after powerful typhoon
Soldiers and Buddhist volunteers helped Taiwanese villagers clean up their homes Tuesday after a powerful typhoon churned through, killing at least two people and leaving a trail of flooded buildings, damaged orchards and caved-in roads...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Shiite pilgrimage in Baghdad reaches climax
Hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims gathered around a golden-domed shrine in a massive religious assembly in Baghdad on Tuesday, a day after three female suicide bombers struck their procession and killed 32 people...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Military offensive under way in Iraqs Diyala
An Iraqi military commander says a new U.S.-backed operation has begun in the volatile Diyala province northeast of Baghdad...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Cambodian, Thai wait for other to redeploy first
An agreement to end a tense border standoff between Cambodian and Thai troops near an ancient temple stalled Tuesday as both sides waited for the other to make the first move and redeploy their forces...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Al-Qaida figure reported killed in missile strike
Missiles hit a building in a Pakistani village on the border with Afghanistan on Monday, and intelligence officials said they were investigating reports that a senior al-Qaida figure was among six people killed...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
SKoreas PM visits disputed islets
South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-soo visited a set of islets Tuesday at the center of a territorial dispute with Japan as the highest-level official ever to travel there...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
US, Iraqi military offensive under way in Diyala
U.S. and Iraqi forces fanned out in the volatile Diyala province Tuesday in a new operation aimed at clearing al-Qaida in Iraq from safe havens in an area considered the last major insurgent belt around the capital...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Taiwan mops up after typhoon
Soldiers and Buddhist volunteers helped Taiwanese villagers clean up their homes Tuesday after a powerful typhoon churned through, killing at least two people and leaving a trail of flooded buildings, damaged orchards and caved-in roads...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Oprah school trial set to begin in South Africa
A former dormitory matron is going on trial Tuesday accused of abusing pupils at a school Oprah Winfrey established for disadvantaged girls in South Africa...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Militants killed in Afghan clashes
U.S.-led coalition troops killed several militants during a raid in central Afghanistan, while a suspected bomb maker and his family died in an accidental blast in the east, officials said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Russian subs reach bottom of worlds deepest lake
Two small, manned submarines touched the bottom of Lake Baikal on Tuesday, setting a world record for the deepest freshwater dive, Russian news reports said...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Pupils 'confused' by exams maze
Teenagers in England are being left bewildered by a confusing array of qualifications, teachers are warning...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Cavers recover ancient bear bones
The remains of a bear which may have died 11,000 years ago are retrieved from a cave in Scotland...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Kelsey Grammer back in hospital
Frasier star Kelsey Grammer is admitted to hospital because he felt faint after a heart attack last month, his publicist says...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
EU envoys consider Serbia's bid
EU ambassadors meet to discuss Serbia's EU ambitions after the arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Kashmir clashes 'come to an end'
Clashes between India and Pakistan along the Line of Control that divides Kashmir have ended, Indian officials say...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
UK mulls mortgage market options
The government may have to guarantee billions of pounds of mortgage bonds in order to revive the market, a report says...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Tories tackle 'huge social gulf'
The Conservatives will set out their ideas for tackling the social divide between rich and poor in the UK's cities...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Branson unveils space tourism jet
Virgin Galactic boss Richard Branson unveils a key piece of his space tourism programme in California...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Iraqis attack al-Qaeda stronghold
Iraqi forces backed by American troops launch a major operation against insurgents in the Iraqi province of Diyala...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Jamieson to launch leadership bid
Cathy Jamieson MSP is expected to officially launch her campaign to become Scottish Labour leader...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Patient's sex attack carer jailed
A care worker who sexually assaulted a 77-year-old female dementia patient at a care home is sentenced to nine years...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Motorcyclist dies after accident
A 28-year-old motorcyclist dies after a crash outside Larne, County Antrim, the Police Service of Northern Ieland says...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
UN split over Darfur peace force
South Africa and Libya link war crimes allegations against Sudan's president to the renewal of a Darfur peacekeeping mandate...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Fuel harvest
In spite of global fears, Brazil hails its ethanol revolution...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Heaven or hell?
Has the latest Big Brother lived up to its early promise?...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Woman held after fire at hostel
A homeless woman is arrested on suspicion of starting a fire at a hostel and church in west London...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
No time to think?
Five ways to beat the office grind and think more clearly...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
World domination
Pussycat Dolls singer reveals the band's plans...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
The secret to women losing weight - and keeping it off
Women who want to lose weight - and keep it off - need to be exercising for almost an hour, five days a week, research suggests...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Harmison left out of England team
England leave out Steve Harmison and Stuart Broad for the third Test against South Africa, but Paul Collingwood is recalled...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Keane delight at Liverpool switch
Robbie Keane says he has fulfilled a lifelong dream by joining Liverpool from Spurs...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
China defends human rights record
Beijing rejects a report by Amnesty International saying that human rights have deteriorated in the run-up to the Olympics...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Disabled 'face suffering in NHS'
People with learning disabilities are suffering and even dying as laws to protect them are ignored by the NHS in England, says a report...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Russia claims world-record dive
Russian scientists claim to have reached the bottom of the world's deepest body of fresh water - Lake Baikal in Siberia...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Singer Amy Winehouse returns home
Singer Amy Winehouse is sent home from hospital after a reaction to medication, her spokesman confirms...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Sikh girl wins bangle law battle
A Sikh teenager wins her legal battle against a school which excluded her for wearing a religious bangle...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
BA and Iberia hold merger talks
British Airways and Spain's Iberia are in talks over a potential merger that should help the airlines weather economic turbulence...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Six held over honeymoon killing
Police in Antigua are questioning six people over the murder of a British doctor and the shooting of her husband on honeymoon...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Mortgage loans reach 'record low'
The number of new mortgages approved in June hit the lowest level since records began in 1993, the Bank of England says...
BBC News - July 29, 2008
Report says 1 in 4 US bridges needs upgrading
At least $140 billion is needed to make major repairs or upgrades to one of every four U.S. bridges, transportation officials from states across the country said in a report released Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Qantas probe focuses on oxygen tank
Qantas airlines rushed to inspect oxygen cylinders on its entire fleet Monday as investigators focused on a missing tank as the suspected cause of a mid-air blast that tore a hole in a jumbo jet carrying more than 350 people, forcing an emergency landing in the Philippines...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Spokesman Winehouse to ER for reaction to meds
Amy Winehouse was hospitalized Monday night for a reaction to medication and was expected to be released in the morning, representatives for the Grammy-winning singer said...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Winehouse taken to London emergency room
A spokesman for Amy Winehouse says the Grammy-winning singer has gone to the emergency room at a London hospital...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Kelsey Grammer hospitalized after feeling faint
Kelsey Grammer, who had a heart attack last month, was hospitalized in New York after feeling faint...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Columnist Robert Novak diagnosed with brain tumor
Syndicated columnist and former "Crossfire" host Robert Novak has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and is suspending his journalistic work...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Body found in debris from N.M. flash flooding
Rescuers used pulleys Monday to help stranded residents and campers cross a rushing river where the body of a man reported missing in flash flooding was found near a bridge in a thicket of debris...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Lees RBI double in 9th leads Cubs past Brewers
Derrek Lee doubled with one out in the ninth to score Alfonso Soriano and the Chicago Cubs rallied to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-4 on Monday night to take a two-game lead in the NL Central...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Lee doubles in go-ahead run in ninth in Cubs win
Derrek Lee doubled with one out in the ninth to score Alfonso Soriano and the Chicago Cubs rallied to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-4 on Monday night to take a two-game lead in the NL Central...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Mario Lopez replaces McGrath, Devon on Extra
Mario Lopez may be doing a happy dance after being picked as the new solo host of "Extra."...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
McCain backs off his no-new-tax pledge
Republican presidential candidate John McCain drew a sharp rebuke Monday from conservatives after he signaled an openness to a higher payroll tax for Social Security, contrary to previous vows not to raise taxes of any kind...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
McCain promotes drilling for oil off US coast
Republican John McCain said Monday that drilling for oil off the U.S. coast is an essential part of any plan to lower gas prices and reduce dependence on foreign sources, and he criticized Democrat Barack Obama for opposing it...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
McCain promotes drilling for oil of US coast
Republican John McCain said Monday that drilling for oil off the U.S. coast is an essential part of any plan to lower gas prices and reduce dependence on foreign sources, and he criticized Democrat Barack Obama for opposing it...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Study proposes revamping US security system
In a report aimed at the next president, security specialists are proposing a vast overhaul of the U.S. security system, declaring it problem-plagued...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Vietnams foreign investment hits record
Foreign direct investment pledged for Vietnam in the first seven months of the year has hit a record $45.3 billion, up 373 percent from the same period a year ago and surpassing the record of $21.3 billion for all of 2007, the government said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Air Force officer in Alaska dies in likely suicide
The officer who commands an air force wing in Alaska has died of a gunshot wound that likely was self-inflicted, authorities said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Guillen, Gordon hit two-run homers for Royals
Jose Guillen hit his first home run in more than a month and Alex Gordon also had a two-run homer to help Zack Greinke to his first win in July and the Kansas City Royals beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2 on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Beltres 2 homers lead Mariners past Rangers 7-5
Adrian Beltre homered twice, including the go-ahead shot in the eighth inning, to lead the Seattle Mariners past the short-handed Texas Rangers 7-5 Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Oil prices above $125 on Nigeria attacks
Oil prices rose above $125 a barrel Tuesday on supply concerns sparked by the sabotage of two oil pipelines by militants in Nigeria...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Suicide Bombings kill 43 in Baghdad, Kirkuk
Explosions tore through a Shiite pilgrimage in Baghdad and a Kurdish rally in northern Iraq on Monday, killing at least 43 people and wounding scores more, police said...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
McCain promotes drilling for oil of US coast
Republican John McCain said Monday that drilling for oil off the U.S. coast is an essential part of any plan to lower gas prices and reduce dependence on foreign sources, and he criticized Democrat Barack Obama for opposing it...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Obama says hes becoming competitive in red states
With 100 days remaining in the race for the White House, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama says he has succeeded in expanding the electoral map in his race against John McCain, principally in southern and southwestern states but also in Montana and North Dakota...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Thailand, Cambodia agree to pull back some troops
Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to pull back 1,200 troops stationed near a historic temple...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
4 female bombers strike in Iraq, killing 57
Female suicide bombers struck a Shiite pilgrimage in Baghdad and a Kurdish protest rally in northern Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and wounding nearly 300, police said...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Suicide attacks kill 57 in Baghdad, Kirkuk
Suicide bombers struck a Shiite pilgrimage in Baghdad and a Kurdish protest rally in northern Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and wounding nearly 300, police said...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Al-Qaida man reported killed in missile strike
Missiles hit a building in a Pakistani village on the border with Afghanistan on Monday, and intelligence officials said they were investigating reports that a senior al-Qaida figure was among six people killed...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Belgrade fears violence from pro-Karadzic rally
Right-wing Serbs called an anti-government rally for Tuesday night to protest the extradition of Radovan Karadzic, as authorities raced to whisk the former Bosnian Serb leader to a U.N. war crimes tribunal amid fears the demonstration could be violent...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Pope vacations in northern Italy
Hundreds of admirers greeted Pope Benedict XVI on Monday at the start of his vacation in a hamlet in German-speaking northern Italy where he often spent holidays when he was a cardinal...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Female suicide attackers kill 57 in Iraq
Suicide bombers, including at least three women, struck Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad and Kurdish protesters in the northern city of Kirkuk on Monday, killing at least 57 people _ a brutal reminder that mass gatherings remain vulnerable despite vast improvements in security...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
In the iconic pubs of Britain, ale sales ail
Raise a pint to the old British pub: Dark-paneled, fixed on the English landscape _ and, more than ever these days, empty...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
French president not ruffled by wifes nude shots
French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says her husband was not upset when he learned of all the nude photos she did during her modeling days...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
US-produced Al-Qaida movie played at Gitmo trial
A Pentagon-produced movie about al-Qaida had its premiere Monday at the first Guantanamo war crimes trial _ shown to an audience of military jurors hearing evidence against a former driver for Osama bin Laden...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
Woman arrested after stabbing 7 in Japan
A Japanese woman went on a stabbing rampage at a crowded train station, wounding seven men after failing to slash her own wrist, police said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 29, 2008
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