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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 February 2006:
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Car Bombs Kill 16 in Baghdad; 5 Soldiers Killed in Attacks
The bombings came on a day of mayhem across Iraq, with fires raging on an oil pipeline in the north after an insurgent mortar attack...
New York Times - February 2, 2006
Iran Vows to End Cooperation if Nuclear Case Goes Forward
The threat means that the International Atomic Energy Agency would lose access to key sites and installations...
New York Times - February 2, 2006
Democrats and Bush Aides Spar in Senate Over U.S. Spying
An annual hearing on national security threats was overtaken by partisan debate about the domestic surveillance program...
New York Times - February 2, 2006
Met Sending Vase to Italy, Ending 30-Year Dispute
Italy claimed that the 2,500-year-old Greek vase, one of the finest in the world, was stolen and smuggled from the country...
New York Times - February 2, 2006
Court bans India airport protests
An Indian court bans striking airport workers from coming within 500 metres of any airport in the country...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Council chief in house row quits
The chief executive of Swansea Council resigns three weeks after he is suspended over a planning issue...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Two killed in south Russia blasts
Two people are killed and several injured in three explosions in the Russian city of Vladikavkaz, officials say...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
US official admits Iraq aid theft
A US official in charge of administering reconstruction aid in central Iraq admits stealing millions of dollars...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Liberian finance officials fired
Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf sacks finance ministry officials as part of her anti-corruption drive...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
US House Republicans pick leader
US House of Representatives Republicans elect a new leader, after their ex-chief had to stand down...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Venezuela expels US naval 'spy'
Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez says he is expelling a US official accused of spying with Venezuelan officers...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Oil tanker runs aground in Alaska
A fully laden oil tanker runs aground on silt at a port in Alaska, according to the US Coast Guard...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Invasion 'decided before Iraq war'
Tony Blair and George Bush had already decided to invade Iraq in January 2003, a human rights lawyer claims...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Danish plea for calm on cartoons
Denmark's PM calls for calm as many countries see violent protests over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Dutch to enlarge Afghan mission
The Dutch parliament approves a plan to send an extra 1,400 troops to Afghanistan...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
BNP duo to face race hate retrial
BNP leader Nick Griffin and activist Mark Collett will face a retrial after being cleared of race hate charges...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Hopeful Signs Appear in Solving a Post-Soviet Impasse
Negotiations for a settlement in a contested region in Azerbaijan have gained ground...
New York Times - February 2, 2006
Nations Meeting on Referring Iran to U.N.
The I.A.E.A. is discussing a draft resolution introduced that seeks to refer Iran's nuclear case to the U.N. Security Council...
New York Times - February 2, 2006
Absent of Defendants, Hussein Trial Is Postponed
Also today, the military announced that five members of the American forces had been killed on Wednesday...
New York Times - February 2, 2006
Gunmen Storm E.U. Post in Gaza to Protest Cartoons on Muhammad
Meanwhile, the furor continued to spread in Europe, as the French-Egyptian owner of a French newspaper apologized to Muslims...
New York Times - February 2, 2006
Wide Plot Seen in Guilty Plea in Iraq Project
Court papers indicate Robert J. Stein Jr. will plead guilty today to conspiracy, bribery and other charges...
New York Times - February 2, 2006
Head-to-head: Africa's food crisis
An African academic and WFP official debate the issues concerning the continent's deepening food crisis...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Huhne denies breaking poll deal
Liberal Democrat leadership contender Chris Huhne denies pulling out of a deal not to run against Sir Menzies Campbell...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Trusts 'can deliver black power'
The Schools White Paper proposals could help black pupils, the chair of the Commission for Racial Equality says...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Lawyer's arrest 'breach of trust'
The Law Society demands a meeting with Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde over the arrest of a Limavady solicitor...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
MSPs reject organ donor opt-out
A plan to introduce a scheme of presumed consent for organ donation is rejected by politicians...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Harrods shutting pension scheme
London department store Harrods tells staff it is closing its final salary pension plan to new and existing employees...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Liberia ministry sacked for graft
Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf sacks the entire staff of the finance ministry in her anti-corruption drive...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Al-Qaeda 'still main US threat'
The US intelligence chief says al-Qaeda continues to plot terror attacks against American targets...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Greek government's phones tapped
Greek PM Costas Karamanlis and other ministers had their mobile phones tapped, the government confirms...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
India launches anti-poverty deal
India's government begins the first phase of an ambitious rural job scheme aimed at alleviating poverty for millions...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Baby rapists' sentences 'lenient'
The sentences given to a couple who were jailed for raping a baby were "too lenient", the Attorney General says...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Football: Campbell out of squad
Arsenal defender Sol Campbell will not play in Saturday's match against Birmingham...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Anger grows over Muhammad cartoon
Protests spread over the publication by European papers of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Iran nuclear row 'not a crisis'
The UN's nuclear body says the row over Iran's nuclear research is reaching a critical phase but is not a crisis...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
MPs offered schools compromise
Ministers are to offer compromises on school reform plans in England as they try to win over rebel Labour MPs...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
BNP pair not guilty of race hate
BNP leader Nick Griffin and activist Mark Collett are cleared of race hate charges...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Wogan's listenership close to 8m
BBC Radio 2 breakfast host Sir Terry Wogan adds 300,000 listeners to his show, new figures reveal...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Oaten 'wants to continue as MP'
Mark Oaten wants to continue as an MP despite involvement in a sex scandal, he tells his local paper...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Nasty Nyxem virus set to strike
A nasty Windows virus is set to unleash its payload and start deleting files at midnight on 3 February...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Teenagers arrested over gun alert
Armed officers stop and arrest two youths after they spark an alert with an imitation firearm...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Strike 'will not delay exam post'
Royal Mail staff on strike in Belfast say they will deliver the results of the 11-plus transfer test on Saturday...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Study to follow Scotland's health
The effects of genetics and lifestyle on health are to be examined as part of a multi-million pound 20-year study...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Breast cancer protest continues
A woman says she will stay in the assembly lobby indefinitely until the drug Herceptin is available to all in the early stages of breast cancer...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Saddam trial faces fresh delays
The trial of Saddam Hussein and seven others is adjourned for 11 days after no defendants appear in court...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
India launches anti-poverty plan
India's government begins the first phase of an ambitious job programme to help the rural poor...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Football: Campbell early exit
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger refuses to condemn Sol Campbell's decision to leave Highbury after being substituted at half-time...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Tanzania cuts power after drought
Water shortages at Tanzania's main hydroelectric dam prompt electricity cuts during daylight hours...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Aceh rejects Tsunami criticism
The head of reconstruction in Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh disputes a report which says victims were let down...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Gaza gunmen surround EU offices
Gunmen briefly surround the EU's offices in Gaza, demanding an apology over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Monty in £15m divorce settlement
Colin Montgomerie agrees to make a one-off payment to his former wife, according to reports...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Flat turned into Baroque replica
A retired cabinet maker turns his seaside flat into a copy of French king Louis XIV's Palace of Versailles...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Newcastle dismiss manager Souness
Newcastle boss Graeme Souness is sacked and temporarily replaced by Glenn Roeder and Alan Shearer...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
UK warned of more suicide bombs
The UK should expect more suicide bombings, the independent reviewer of the terrorism laws warns...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
ID theft 'costs UK £1.7bn a year'
Identity fraud is costing the UK an estimated £1.7bn every year, Home Office Minister Andy Burnham says...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Four held over Beshenivsky death
Police investigating the murder of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky arrest four men in London and Leicestershire...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Too many drugs 'not child tested'
Too many children's drugs have not been properly tested, a report says...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Shell reports record UK profits
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell announces record profits for a UK-listed company of £13.12bn...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Twins get nine years for killing
Twins who killed their 74-year-old step grandmother after robbing her are detained for nine years...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Nuclear watchdog debates Iran
The UN's nuclear body is deciding on the key step of reporting Iran to the Security Council...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Bird Flu Kills Chicken Smuggled From Mainland to Hong Kong
An infected chicken smuggled across the border raises questions about whether China is concealing the extent of the disease...
New York Times - February 2, 2006
Egypt Insists That Hamas Stop Violence
The statement, from Egypt's intelligence chief, is the most forceful demand to emerge from the Arab world since Hamas won the Palestinian elections...
New York Times - February 2, 2006
Guilty Plea and Wider Scheme Are Seen in Rebuilding of Iraq
Robert J. Stein Jr. gave millions of rebuilding money to another businessman and took millions more for himself...
New York Times - February 2, 2006
Settlers in West Bank Outpost Battle Police Who Came to Raze Houses
The confrontation was more violent than similar clashes last summer when Israel evicted settlers from the Gaza Strip...
New York Times - February 2, 2006
World Nuclear Panel Meets Today to Consider Motion to Take Iran to Security Council
Britain, France and Germany introduced a draft resolution asking the U.N. atomic agency board to report Iran to the Security Council...
New York Times - February 2, 2006
ID theft 'contained' says study
Identity theft is a "contained" problem that cannot be blamed on the net, finds research...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
ID theft figures to be unveiled
The latest estimation of how much identity fraud costs the UK each year is to be published by the Home Office...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Chlamydia texts 'speed up help'
Texting people the results of their chlamydia tests leads to a speeding up of diagnosis and treatment, doctors say...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
India to launch rural job scheme
India's government begins the first phase on Thursday of an ambitious job programme to help the rural poor...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Transplant plans 'can be altered'
People can be registered, or deregistered as organ donors without even knowing about it, the BBC learns...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Indonesia hunts for ferry missing
The search continues for dozens of people thought missing after a stricken Indonesian ferry sank...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Internet firms 'bowed to Beijing'
US congressmen condemn IT firms including Microsoft and Google for helping China censor the internet...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Free vote on total pub smoke ban
A total ban on smoking in pubs and clubs in England will be one of three options put to MPs in a free vote...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Muhammad cartoon editor sacked
The editor of a French newspaper is sacked for printing a cartoon featuring the Prophet Muhammad...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Blair 'optimistic' over EU future
There has never been a better time for Britain to play a role in Europe, Tony Blair is expected to tell an audience...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Saddam's trial set to resume
Saddam Hussein's trial is set to resume, but it is not known whether the he will repeat Wednesday's boycott...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Children 'can access mobile porn'
Children can gain access to internet porn via their mobile phones, a consumer
group warns...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
Nuclear watchdog to vote on Iran
The UN's nuclear watchdog is set to hold emergency talks on Iran, with referral to the Security Council possible...
BBC News - February 2, 2006
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