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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 August 2004:
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Vietnam monkey faces extinction
The Delacour's langur monkey, which lives exclusively in Vietnam, is fighting for its existence, conservationists warn...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Greece bids Games farewell
The 2004 Olympics come to an end with a spectacular closing ceremony in Athens...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Stand collapses at religious show
Three people trapped after seating collapsed at a Christian festival near Lincoln are freed by rescuers...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Crowds oppose Bush in New York
Opponents of President Bush take to the streets of New York for a protest march ahead of the Republican convention...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
France responds to hostage crisis
The French foreign minister is going to the Middle East to try to secure the release of two journalists seized in Iraq...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Kremlin's man 'wins Chechen poll'
Moscow-backed candidate Alu Alkhanov wins Chechen presidential elections, preliminary results show...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Man dies in M1 coach crash
One man dies and seven other people are injured in a coach crash on the M1, near Daventry...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Protester ruins marathon
Stefano Baldini's victory in the men's marathon is overshadowed after Vanderlei de Lima is attacked by a spectator...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Golf: Monty, Donald in Ryder
European Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer names Colin Montgomerie and Luke Donald as his wildcard picks...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Darfur rebels resume peace talks
Darfur's rebels restart peace talks with Sudan after a 24-hour walkout over alleged attacks on civilians...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Blast rocks Kabul foreign quarter
At least seven people die in a powerful explosion in front of a US security firm in Kabul, Afghan officials say...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Number 10 rebuffs Dyke attack
Downing Street dismisses an attack by former BBC boss Greg Dyke over Tony Blair's handling of the war in Iraq...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Kindelan ends Khan dream
British lightweight boxer Amir Khan takes silver after losing 30-22 to triple Olympic champion Mario Kindelan...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Crisis talks on French hostages
The French prime minister says Paris will step up efforts to secure the release of two journalists being held in Iraq...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Pilot for court TV cameras
Television cameras are to be allowed into courts for the first time from November in a pilot scheme, it is announced...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Value pledge from BBC boss
BBC director general Mark Thompson says he will make sure reality and lifestyle shows provide public value...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
US youngster 'shoots father dead'
The 10-year-old son of a divorced couple shot his father dead during a custody visit, Texas police say...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Greece set for Games farewell
Greece will bid farewell to the 2004 Olympic Games at Sunday's closing ceremony...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
F1: Schumacher cruises to title
Kimi Raikkonen wins the Belgian Grand Prix as Michael Schumacher clinches the title...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Somalia forms central government
After years of anarchy, Somalia is poised to set up a new parliament which will elect a president...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Iraqi PM vows to disarm militants
Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi pledges a clampdown on private armies, following an outbreak of fresh violence...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Peaceful start for 40th carnival
Police say this year's Notting Hill Carnival, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary, got off to a peaceful start on Sunday...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Massacre memorial vandalised
A memorial to victims of an IRA bomb attack in County Down is vandalised, just two days after it was unveiled...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Church condems sex education plan
The leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland vows to fight plans to give sex education to young children...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Girl treated after ravine rescue
A six-year-old girl is treated in hospital after being winched to safety following a fall at a waterfall in the Brecon Beacons...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
BA staff to get cut-price flights
British Airways says it is rewarding ground staff with cheap flights after a chaotic week of cancelled flights...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
UN backs drive for free software
The UN has helped promote events in Asia to encourage the region to adopt free and open source software...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Film queen Mirren gets royal role
Dame Helen Mirren is to play The Queen in a film about the aftermath of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Blunkett to vet immigration book
The Home Office wants to vet a book by a sacked civil servant that attacks immigration policy...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Siberian cubs get radio collars
A third generation of Siberian tigers are the youngest to be tracked with transmitters by conservationists...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Emergency talks on Iraq hostages
The French prime minister calls a crisis meeting to discuss the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Fighting erupts in Baghdad suburb
Fighters loyal to the radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr clash with US troops in a district of Baghdad...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Bush says Kerry was 'heroic'
George W Bush says his rival for the presidency, John Kerry, was the "more heroic" for having served in Vietnam...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Notting Hill Carnival's 40th year
About a million people are expected to take to the streets of west London to enjoy the 40th Notting Hill Carnival...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Khan sets sights on gold
British boxer Amir Khan goes for gold on the final day of the Athens Olympics...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
F1: Trulli grabs Belgian pole
Renault's Jarno Trulli sets pole position in the rain at the Belgian Grand Prix...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Football: Rooney 'time to leave'
Wayne Rooney is "gutted" over Everton's handling of his transfer request...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
French road pile-up kills eight
A crash involving a Spanish coach and 10 cars in south-western France claims at least eight lives...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Gay couples stage mass 'wedding'
Manchester stages what claims to be the UK's largest ever mass blessing of gay and lesbian couples...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Bodies found in city alleyways
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding two separate body finds in south Belfast...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Helicopter rescue from waterfall
A girl and her father are winched to safety after falling into a river below a waterfall in the Swansea Valley...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Holmes given Olympic honour
Double gold medallist Kelly Holmes is chosen to carry the Great Britain flag at the Olympics closing ceremony...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Israel Denies Spying Against U.S.
Israeli officials are rushing to assure the U.S. of its friendship a day after news of a suspected Israeli spy in the Pentagon...
New York Times - August 29, 2004
Chechens Look to Election With Fear and Resignation
The date of Chechnya's elections has assumed a local significance the Kremlin would no doubt prefer to avoid: a masquerade of democracy, and a dangerous one...
New York Times - August 29, 2004
Political Bid to Quell Unrest in Afghanistan
The Afghan government is seeking to capitalize on a recent attack against an entrenched governor by removing him before presidential elections...
New York Times - August 29, 2004
In Western Iraq, Fundamentalists Hold U.S. at Bay
Falluja and Ramadi, and much of Anbar Province, are now controlled by militias, with U.S. troops confined to outside bases...
New York Times - August 29, 2004
Dyke accuses Blair over Iraq war
Former BBC boss Greg Dyke attacks the prime minister over the Iraq war and his treatment of the BBC...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Zimbabwe 'tortured coup suspects'
Two South Africans cleared of charges of plotting a coup say they were stripped and beaten in a Zimbabwe jail...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Blunkett 'seeks asylum book ban'
A paper says the Home Office may take legal action to block the release of an asylum whistleblower's book...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Tight security for Chechnya poll
Polls open in an election for a new Chechen president, three months after the last one was killed by a bomb...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Australians to vote on 9 October
Australian leader John Howard calls a general election for 9 October, seeking a fourth term...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
China acts to tackle Aids spread
China for the first time introduces laws specifically targeting the spread of Aids, state media says...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
French motorway pile-up kills 13
At least 13 died and 20 are injured after a crash involving a Spanish coach and 10 cars in southern France...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Flu 'becoming resistant to drugs'
The flu virus is becoming resistant to key drugs used to treat it, a study suggests...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
Award hails 'unknown' comedy star
Will Adamsdale, who was unknown on the comedy scene until weeks ago, scoops the Perrier Comedy Award...
BBC News - August 29, 2004
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