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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 March 2006:
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Opposition Candidate in Belarus Is Arrested and Beaten
Aleksandr V. Kazulin, who is challenging President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, was released more than eight hours after his arrest...
New York Times - March 2, 2006
American Diplomat Is Killed in Blast Outside Karachi Consulate
A car packed with explosives was rammed into a vehicle carrying a U.S. diplomat in Karachi, killing four people...
New York Times - March 2, 2006
Lack of Food Not Main Cause of Child Malnutrition, Study Says
Efforts should concentrate on the brief window of opportunity between gestation and age 2, a new World Bank report says...
New York Times - March 2, 2006
Iraqi Parties Ask Shiites to Drop Jaafari as Prime Minister
Leaders of Iraq's Kurdish, secular and Sunni Arab parties asked the main Shiite alliance today to withdraw its support for Ibrahim al-Jaafari...
New York Times - March 2, 2006
Antarctica losing ice to oceans
Using space-based measurements of gravity, scientists show Antarctica is losing ice into the oceans...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Arrests made in city bar search
A number of people are arrested following a police operation at a bar in a loyalist area of north Belfast...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Former rebel set to lead Kosovo
Former rebel leader Agim Ceku is nominated as Kosovo's new PM - which could further strain ties with Serbia...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Vehicle ban to combat Iraq unrest
The Iraqi authorities bring in a daytime vehicle ban in the Iraqi capital Baghdad in an effort to stem violence...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Atomic agency hails US-India deal
The UN atomic watchdog welcomes a US-Indian nuclear deal, but there are mixed reactions from US lawmakers...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Car park ban for 'prolific thief'
A rampant car thief is banned from all car parks in England and Wales due to action by Tyneside police...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Cold snap closes schools
Icy northerly winds bring some of the coldest weather so far this year to parts of the UK...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Cricket: England hunt early strike
England will aim for early wickets on day three of the first Test as India resume on 136-1 in reply to 393...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Fourth person charged after heist
Police charge a fourth person in connection with last week's raid on a Securitas depot in Kent...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Masked Officers Raid TV Station and Newspaper Plant in Kenya
The crackdown on the country's second-largest media company came after the government jailed three of its journalists this week...
New York Times - March 2, 2006
Nearly a Dozen Killed in Latest Violence in Iraq
About 22 were wounded in three bomb blasts and in a drive-by shooting that involved the guards of a Sunni member of Parliament...
New York Times - March 2, 2006
Spot-check boost for care homes
There are to be more spot-checks on care homes in England to ensure the safety of those who live in them...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Telescopes 'worthless' by 2050
Ground-based astronomy could be impossible within 40 years, because of pollution from aircraft exhaust trails and climate change, an expert says...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Holyrood business halted by beam
Proceedings at Holyrood are abandoned after a ceiling beam in the debating chamber comes loose...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Wife cleared in hitman case
A woman accused of asking lovers to murder her millionaire husband is found not guilty...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
High Court clears P&O's takeover
Port and shipping group P&O's £3.9bn takeover by rival Dubai Ports World is approved by a High Court judge...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Iraq government talks in disarray
Iraqi PM Ibrahim Jaafari cancels a meeting with political leaders because of a campaign to oust him...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Cash boost for Olympic facilities
The government is to spend £50m on "elite" sporting facilities for NI ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Rugby: Dallaglio keen to shine
Wasps' Lawrence Dallaglio faces Leicester and England rival Martin Corry in the Powergen Cup on Saturday...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Armed Kenya media raid condemned
Diplomats and Kenya's opposition and press condemn the raid by armed, masked police on a media group...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Colombia rebels in election truce
Colombia's second-biggest rebel group, the ELN, declares a ceasefire for the legislative elections on 12 March...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Man guilty of knife rampage
A paranoid schizophrenic is committed to a special hospital indefinitely for attempting to murder five people...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Judge 'bias' retrial clears man
A man is cleared of rape after his original trial collapsed when the judge was accused of partiality...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Cricket: Vaughan out for tour
Injured England captain Michael Vaughan looks certain to miss the remainder of the current tour to India...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Blair clears Jowell of wrongdoing
Tony Blair rules his culture secretary did not break the ministerial code over her husband's financial affairs...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Teenager quizzed over boy, 11
A teenager is arrested on suspicion of murder after a search for missing 11-year-old Joe Geeling...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Man facing Amelie murder charge
Police charge a man with the murder of French student Amelie Delagrange in August 2004...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Sir Menzies wins Lib Dem contest
Sir Menzies Campbell is crowned Liberal Democrat leader, vowing to be more than a "safe pair of hands"...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Soviets 'ordered Pope shooting'
An Italian parliamentary commission blames former Soviet leaders for the 1981 shooting of Pope John Paul II...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Online amateurs crack Nazi codes
Three German ciphers unsolved since World War II are being cracked by a grid of home PCs linked online...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
UK's Blunt tops US singles chart
British pop star James Blunt becomes the first UK artist to top the US singles chart for nine years...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Gang's 60 years for sword murder
Three men involved in stabbing to death a "good citizen" after he stood up to their bullying, are sentenced to life in jail...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
High Court set to rule on P&O bid
A High Court judge in London is due to rule on whether a controversial £3.9bn bid for P&O can go ahead as planned...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Student target 'not attainable'
Higher education funding in England rises but 50% participation looks unlikely, the funding body says...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Iraq government talks in disarray
Iraqi PM Ibrahim Jaafari cancels a meeting with political leaders because of a campaign to oust him...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Top Bangladesh militant captured
An Islamic militant leader blamed for a wave of deadly bombings surrenders to Bangladesh police...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Body-in-suitcase killer gets life
An airline worker is told he will spend at least 15 years in jail for strangling his wife and dumping her body...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Woman rescued from fire at flat
A woman is rescued after becoming trapped by a fire in a sixth floor flat in a north Belfast estate...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Four treated after factory blast
Emergency services say four people have been taken to hospital following an explosion at a factory in Irvine...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Cricket: India back on top
India respond to Paul Collingwood-inspired England by reaching 136-1 at stumps on day two in Nagpur...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
'Police' raids close Kenya paper
Masked gunmen believed to be police storm Kenyan media offices, burning papers and shutting a TV station...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Korean cloning expert questioned
South Korean prosecutors question disgraced cloning expert Hwang Woo-suk and three of his researchers...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Video shows Bush Katrina warning
President Bush was warned of dangers posed by Hurricane Katrina on the eve of the disaster, a video shows...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
'Coup' charge for Russian tycoon
Russian prosecutors urge the UK to extradite tycoon Boris Berezovsky, accusing him of a coup plot...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Oliver! star Jack Wild dies at 53
Actor Jack Wild, who starred in 1968 film Oliver! and US TV series HR Pufnstuf, dies after a battle with mouth cancer...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Cold snap shuts schools
Icy northerly winds brings some of the coldest weather so far this year to parts of the UK...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Kenyan boy in treatment bid dies
A disabled Kenyan boy whose parents campaigned to have him treated in the UK dies...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
US and India seal nuclear accord
The US and India finalise a landmark nuclear power deal during President George W Bush's visit to Delhi...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Giant wind farm plan thrown out
Plans to create England's largest wind farm in Cumbria are rejected by the government...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Pakistan bomb kills US diplomat
A bomb kills a US diplomat and at least three other people in Karachi two days before President Bush visits Pakistan...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Three in court over £53m robbery
Two men and a woman are remanded in custody after last week's raid on a Securitas depot in Kent...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Lib Dems await leadership result
The new leader of the Liberal Democrats is to be announced on Thursday, with the likely winner still unclear...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Iraqi Parties Want Jaafari Out of Prime Minister Race
If the Shiites refuse, Kurdish, Sunni and secular parties plan to form a bloc in parliament and put forth their own candidate...
New York Times - March 2, 2006
Spurt of Violence in Iraq Mutes Talk of U.S. Troop Cuts, but Decisions Loom
In the aftermath of a burst of sectarian violence, Pentagon officials are hesitant to say when they will start pulling troops from Iraq...
New York Times - March 2, 2006
Brazil Opposition Eager to Pick a Presidential Candidate
With President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva weakened by scandal, the opposition has a problem: two strong candidates, but only one nomination...
New York Times - March 2, 2006
Man on Trial in Attack on Children's Tennis Rivals
A father of two young French tennis players is accused of drugging their opponents, inadvertently causing one of his son's rivals to die...
New York Times - March 2, 2006
Bush Makes Surprise Stop in Afghanistan on Way to India
President Bush met with President Hamid Karzai and U.S. troops and said that Osama bin Laden will be caught...
New York Times - March 2, 2006
Berlin File Says Germany's Spies Aided U.S. in Iraq
Despite its denials, Germany provided continuing and systematic support to the war effort, according to a German review...
New York Times - March 2, 2006
Acupuncture 'like migraine pill'
Acupuncture - real or sham - is as good a medication for preventing migraine, a study has suggested...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Missing hiker's body discovered
Police find the body of a Kent woman who went missing while hiking in one of New Zealand's national parks...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Pressure builds over water move
MSPs are to press the environment minister Ross Finnie over the resignation of Scottish Water's chairman...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Blasts near US Karachi consulate
At least two people are killed in two blasts near the US consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Two Koreas resume military talks
Officials from the two Koreas are meeting for the first time in almost two years to discuss easing border tensions...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Benefit assessment changes call
Plans to improve incapacity benefits will fail, unless changes are made to the way people are assessed, a charity says...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
England council taxes 'up by 4%'
Council taxes in England will rise by an average of 4.5% this year, according to a new survey...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Gary Glitter abuse trial begins
Gary Glitter arrives at court for a trial where he will face charges of committing obscene acts with two girls...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Billions 'lost to tax avoidance'
The government is losing £10bn a year due to tax avoidance schemes, HM Revenue & Customs says...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Bush Katrina warning on video
President Bush was warned of the Hurricane Katrina danger on the eve of the disaster, a video recording shows...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Jowell 'expected to be cleared'
Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell is expected to be found not to have broken the ministerial code...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Three in court over £53m robbery
Two men and a woman are facing magistrates after the multi-million pound Securitas depot raid...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
Bush begins talks with Indian PM
US President Bush receives a ceremonial welcome in India ahead of key talks on a possible nuclear deal...
BBC News - March 2, 2006
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