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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 September 2006:
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More pupils do not speak English
One in eight pupils at primary schools in England speaks English as a second language, official statistics show...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Where old aeroplanes go to die
Our reporter Chris Ledgard visits Chateauroux in France where old planes are sent to be cut up and recycled...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Threat to 250 car part plant jobs
A plant making car window and door seals plans to close next year transferring work abroad, says Bridgend Council...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
VW workers agree to work longer
Volkswagen strikes a deal with unions to extend the working week at six German plants without any increase in pay...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Breast cancer cases have soared
Breast cancer cases have soared in the last three decades in England - but death rates are reducing...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Life for sex attack on woman, 101
A man is jailed for life for attempting to rape a 101-year-old woman in her home in the West Midlands...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Resort plans for island RAF base
Plans to turn a former RAF station on Shetland into a holiday resort and whisky distillery are outlined...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
US nurtures ties with Kazakhstan
US President George W Bush holds talks with the Kazakh president, boosting ties with the oil-producing nation...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Search police find body in church
Police probing the disappearance of a Polish student in Glasgow find a body in the church where she was last seen...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
7 July survivor sues government
A survivor of the 7 July bombings is suing the government saying she has been "betrayed and let down"...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
School place church test proposed
Fortnightly church attendance could be required for children to get into popular faith schools, a Church figure suggests...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Fines for violent crime ruled out
Home Secretary John Reid insists violent criminals will not be allowed to escape with on-the-spot fines...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Total curfew declared in Baghdad
The Iraqi government declares an immediate curfew in the capital, affecting both vehicles and people...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Majority 'oppose Afghan fight'
The majority of people in the UK are against British military presence in Afghanistan, a BBC poll suggests...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Agencies 'should share details'
Information about potentially dangerous people should be shared among those who protect the public, Acpo says...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Al-Qaeda brands Bush 'a failure'
Al-Qaeda's number two calls George W Bush a "liar" who has failed in his war against the group...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
In India, Water Crisis Means Foul Sludge
A crisis decades in the making has reduced middle-class people in New Delhi to foraging for water...
New York Times - September 29, 2006
New challenge over school science
Parents are encouraged to challenge their children's science teachers over the origins of life...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Iran mulled nuclear bomb in 1988
A 1988 letter revealing Iranian commanders were eyeing acquiring a nuclear bomb is uncovered in Tehran...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Nato chief defends Afghan plans
Nato's leader backs the move to expand into all of Afghanistan despite not having all the troops needed...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Scientist had porn images
A physicist pleads guilty to possessing 500,000 indecent images of children, many filmed in Trafalgar Square...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Tennis: Comeback stuns Henman
Tim Henman loses a deciding-set tie-break against Paradorn Srichaphan in the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Zambians await election results
Zambians are waiting for general election results after a delay because voting was extended in some areas...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Judge's sympathy for slap mother
A Barnsley mother appears in court for slapping three teenagers who were terrorising her family...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Football: Parker back for England
Newcastle midfielder Scott Parker is named in the England squad to face Macedonia and Croatia in October...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
UK majority 'oppose Afghan fight'
The majority of people in the UK are against the British military's presence in Afghanistan, a BBC poll suggests...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Wrong-way driver banned
A "nervous" motorist who drove the wrong way down the M4 is banned and given a two year suspended jail term...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Internet control 'nears autonomy'
The US government says it will maintain oversight of the internet but with far less hands-on involvement...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Saddam judge relative shot dead
The brother-in-law of the new chief judge in the genocide trial of Saddam Hussein is shot dead in the Iraqi capital...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Apprentice winner quits prize job
Michelle Dewberry leaves the job she secured after winning TV show The Apprentice...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Microsoft announces Zune pricing
Microsoft says its Zune music player will cost $249.99 in the US when it goes on sale on 14 November...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
BA pension deficit to hit £2.1bn
British Airways' pension deficit is set to double to £2.1bn - despite a recent recovery in the stock market...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Sea life fears follow oil spill
Work starts to clean up a beach after 300 gallons of heating oil leaks from a tanker, leaving two people needing medical help...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Governor attacks prison service
A retiring governor launches a scathing attack on the way the prison service is run...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Loyalist is cleared of murder bid
A leading north Belfast loyalist is cleared of attempting to murder a pub doorman but guilty of assaulting him...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Israeli strike kills two in Gaza
Two people are killed in an Israeli missile strike in northern Gaza, Palestinian security officials say...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
UN 'must drop' Darfur peace force
Top UN officials say the world body should stop trying to persuade Sudan to accept UN peacekeepers in Darfur...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Japan PM seeks better Asian ties
Japan's new PM Shinzo Abe uses his first speech to say he wants to repair relations with China and South Korea...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Umpire 'guessed about ball'
TV analyst Simon Hughes says Darrell Hair was "guessing" when he penalised Pakistan for ball-tampering...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
F1: Rivals level in China
Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher set almost identical times in practice at the Chinese Grand Prix...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Football: Premiership picks
Mark Lawrenson's verdict on the weekend's Premiership matches...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Russian officers on spying charge
Four Russian officers held in Georgia are charged with spying, as tensions between the two nations escalate...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Hammond fund hit by hoax gift
A £50,000 gift to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance was a hoax, an investigation by appeal organisers reveals...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Space tourist in Earth touchdown
The first female space tourist lands in northern Kazakhstan after a 10-day visit to the International Space Station...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
One dead in blast near Tel Aviv
At least one person is killed and several injured in a blast in an Israeli town south of Tel Aviv, rescue workers say...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Brain surgery for Russell Watson
Opera singer Russell Watson is recovering after an emergency operation to remove a brain tumour...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Donor police quiz top Blair aide
Police question a senior Downing Street adviser as they probe whether Labour donors were offered honours...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Scottish and Southern ups prices
Energy firm Scottish and Southern says domestic gas and electricity bills will rise in January 2007...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Saddam judge relative 'shot dead'
The brother-in-law of the new chief judge in the genocide trial of Saddam Hussein has been killed, Iraqi police say...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
South Korean Favored to Win Top Job at U.N.
Ban Ki-moon, South Korea’s foreign minister, is closer to becoming the United Nations’ next leader after a Security Council poll...
New York Times - September 29, 2006
Strong Challenge to Zambia’s President
Turnout was heavy as voters chose between the incumbent, Levy Mwanawasa, and a populist challenger, Michael Sata...
New York Times - September 29, 2006
In Britain, Musharraf Is Questioned on Terror Ties
President Pervez Musharraf faced accusations that Pakistan’s intelligence service had indirect ties to Al Qaeda...
New York Times - September 29, 2006
In Teeming India, Water Crisis Means Dry Pipes and Foul Sludge
A crisis decades in the making has reduced middle-class people in New Delhi, India’s richest city, to foraging for water...
New York Times - September 29, 2006
Iraqi Journalists Add Laws to List of Dangers
Roughly a dozen Iraqi journalists have been charged under a new set of laws criminalizing speech against the government...
New York Times - September 29, 2006
'Lingering pregnancy fat' danger
Women who put on or fail to shift excess weight after having a baby risk problems in future pregnancies, doctors warn...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Further £9m for international aid
The Scottish Executive pledges a further £9m to help some of the world's poorest people, it is announced...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Falconer defends human rights law
The government is "unashamed" of the Human Rights Act, Lord Falconer is set to say...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
'£1m a week' cost in terror probe
The probe into the alleged airliner bomb plot is costing the Metropolitan Police £1m a week, chief Sir Ian Blair says...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Russia urges UN to rebuke Georgia
Russia calls on the UN Security Council to censure Georgia as the spying row escalates...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Spurs struggle against Slavia
Spurs make hard work of qualifying for the Uefa Cup group stages after beating Slavia Prague on aggregate...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
US Senate backs terror trial bill
The US Senate endorses President Bush's plans to interrogate and prosecute foreign terror suspects...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Canada 'sorry' over deportation
Canada's national police chief publicly apologises to a man who was deported on false terrorism charges...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Tougher rules for estate agents
House buyers and sellers will be given clearer information by estate agents as a firmer code of conduct is introduced...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
'Rainforest wood in Commons'
An investigation is under way into claims that non-sustainable timber from rainforests is being used in the refurbishment of the House of Commons...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Cameron call over ministers' code
Inquiries into breaches of the ministerial code should be independent, Tory leader David Cameron is to suggest...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Age law threat to UK minimum wage
The minimum wage system could be imperilled by a law banning age discrimination, a business group warns...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
Pakistan rapped over detentions
Pakistan is accused of detaining hundreds of alleged terror suspects without legal process...
BBC News - September 29, 2006
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