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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 March 2007:
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2 Iraqi Soccer Players Killed in Front of Crowd
Masked gunmen accused the two athletes of collaborating with a Sunni group, while elsewhere in Iraq 18 government employees were abducted...
New York Times - March 2, 2007
Arts college merger gets go-ahead
Dartington Arts College in Totnes is to merge with University College Falmouth governors agree...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Funding row over sight loss drug
Health trusts refuse to fund a vital treatment for some elderly people losing their sight, the BBC learns...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
US army secretary quits over row
US Army Secretary Francis Harvey resigns amid a row over the poor treatment of wounded US soldiers...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Chechen PM confirmed as president
Former Chechen rebel fighter Ramzan Kadyrov is endorsed as president after being nominated by the Kremlin...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Anna Nicole buried in Bahamas
Mourners attend the pink-themed funeral of Anna Nicole Smith in the Bahamian capital, Nassau...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Athletics: Sotherton takes silver
Carolina Kluft takes pentathlon gold ahead of Britain's Kelly Sotherton at the European Indoor Championships...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Voters want Kennedy back - poll
A Newsnight poll suggests voters want Charles Kennedy rather than Sir Menzies Campbell as Lib Dem leader...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Attorney General halts BBC probe
The Attorney General stops the BBC from broadcasting a story about the cash for honours inquiry...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Firms curb supplies in fuel scare
Tesco empties unleaded petrol tanks at 150 filling stations, while Morrisons stops unleaded sales in south-east...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
South Korea?s Main Chinatown Lacks Only the Chinese
A growing number of Chinatowns in South Korea have not progressed very far because of a host of obstacles including a shortage of Chinese residents...
New York Times - March 2, 2007
At Least 14 Iraqi Police Kidnapped
An Al Qaeda-led group claimed responsibility and said it seized the officers to avenge an alleged rape...
New York Times - March 2, 2007
Fast net switchers report success
New rules on broadband switching seem to have speeded up the process of moving net firms...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Eclipse set to be 'best in years'
Skywatchers eagerly awaiting Saturday's total lunar eclipse are hoping that the spectacle will be the "best in years"...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Potter star signs for final films
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe signs up to play the boy wizard in the final two films in the hit series...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Lib Dems 'have all to play for'
Sir Menzies Campbell marks his first year as Lib Dem leader by pledging to move the party into a new phase...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Black pupils 'are treated worse'
Black pupils are three times more likely to be excluded because of "systematic racial discrimination", a report says...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Nation's poverty focus for debate
Poverty campaigners call for increased child benefit as Jack McConnell pledges to roll out more school meals...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Illegal 'vodka' blindness warning
Fake vodka found in an illegal bottling plant which could cause blindness is found on sale in a pub...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Lloyds hangs up on Indian calls
UK bank Lloyds TSB shuts its Mumbai call centre, but more back office work is being outsourced to India...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Four held over brothers' ordeal
Four men are questioned over the armed robbery of two elderly brothers at their County Down home...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
German push for US missile talks
Germany wants the US to include its Nato allies in talks on a missile defence shield in Europe...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Bodies of Iraqi policemen 'found'
The bodies of 14 policemen are found near Baghdad, hours after militants said they seized 18 men in the area...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Somali capital rocked by blasts
Six explosions hit Somalia's capital injuring six civilians, a day after Uganda peacekeepers left for Somalia...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
'Love triangle' astronaut charged
An astronaut who drove from Texas to Florida to confront a supposed love rival is charged with attempted kidnapping...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Football: Hammers hit with charge
West Ham are charged by the Premier League in relation to the signings of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
US clean-up after lethal storms
Rescue efforts are under way in southern US states after a series of tornadoes killed at least 20 people...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Britons missing in Ethiopia
British embassy officials are among a group of foreign tourists missing, feared kidnapped, in north Ethiopia...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Silicon found in petrol samples
Silicon has been detected in petrol samples taken after complaints by drivers of cars breaking down...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Pair cleared of boy's salt death
A couple are found not guilty of using salt to kill a three-year-old boy they planned to adopt...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Walking robot steps up the pace
A humanoid robot is teaching itself to walk and eventually run around a California research lab...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Church condemns 'humiliation TV'
TV shows like Big Brother can humiliate people "for public entertainment", the Church of England warns...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Unions threaten action over pay
The Treasury says its below-inflation public sector pay rises are fair, but unions threaten industrial action...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Jobs protest planned by doctors
Doctors are to protest about a "shambolic" system which may mean 6,000 will be without training jobs...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Rate rises hit property investing
Higher interest rates have knocked investors' confidence in putting their money into property, evidence suggests...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Third of pubs 'not ready for ban'
Many pub landlords say they are unprepared for next month's smoking ban as an awareness campaign begins...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
'I was gunman's target' - victim
A gunman opened fire directly at a 20-year-old woman during an attack on her Belfast home, the victim says...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
McConnell in school meals pledge
Jack McConnell says the number of children entitled to free school meals will more than double if he wins the election...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Pakistani judge injured by bomb
A Pakistani judge is seriously hurt and three policemen killed in a bombing in the city of Multan, police say...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Leukaemia plea child dies
An eight-year-old boy from Sussex who needed a rare bone marrow transplant dies from leukaemia...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
'Progress' in Iran sanction talks
World powers are making progress on new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear activities, US officials say...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Shanghai officials ousted over scandal
China's Communist Party expels nine officials and businessmen over a big Shanghai corruption scandal...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Inquiry into Ocalan 'poisoning'
Turkey orders an investigation into claims that the jailed Kurdish separatist leader was poisoned...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Football: Bellamy explains row
Liverpool's Craig Bellamy reveals how he "lost control" in his row in Portugal with team-mate John Arne Riise...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Tourists 'kidnapped' in Ethiopia
A group of 15 foreign tourists, mostly French, has been kidnapped in a remote part of Ethiopia, sources say...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Shares show recovery signs
European shares rise in early trade on Friday, after the recent three-day fall in markets across the globe...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Consumer body angry at TV row
The National Consumer Council considers making a "super-complaint" about the BSkyB-Virgin Media TV row...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
BBC strikes Google-YouTube deal
The BBC will soon offer trailers, classic clips and news on Google's YouTube video sharing website...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Nail bomber must serve 50 years
London nail bomber David Copeland must serve at least 50 years in jail, a High Court judge rules...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Crime record backlog 'a failure'
The Home Office suffered a "collective failure" over the records of Britons convicted abroad, a report says...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Diana inquest to be heard by jury
Mohamed Al Fayed wins a legal fight for a jury to hear the inquests into the deaths of Princess Diana and his son...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Kingston Journal: Marley?s Ghost to Welcome Fans for Cricket World Cup
Jamaica, where Bob Marley?s old home stands in a rough part of the capital, is one of nine Caribbean nations that have banded together to serve as the hosts for the matches...
New York Times - March 2, 2007
Libya Gingerly Begins Seeking Economic but Not Political Reform
The government hired consultants to assess the economy, but changing the political system that led to the current crisis is not on the agenda...
New York Times - March 2, 2007
7 at a Baghdad Wedding Are Killed by a Car Bomb
The attack appeared to be part of a mounting battle in western Iraq between insurgents with ties to Al Qaeda and other tribal groups...
New York Times - March 2, 2007
Pressed by U.S., Pakistan Seizes a Taliban Chief
Mullah Obaidullah is the most important Taliban member to be captured since the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001...
New York Times - March 2, 2007
Iran and Saudis Plan Summit Talks on Crises
The visit by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will tackle the Middle East?s growing sectarian and political crises...
New York Times - March 2, 2007
Abe Rejects Japan?s Files on War Sex
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe contradicted the government?s longtime official position and denied that the military had forced foreign women into sexual slavery during World War II...
New York Times - March 2, 2007
Tebay rail death appeal bid fails
Two men fail to have their convictions overturned for the manslaughter of four rail workers...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
India wants suspect extradited
India formally requests Argentina to extradite an Italian businessman named in a major bribery case...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
China expels officials for graft
Nine officials and business leaders are expelled from China's Communist Party, over a corruption scandal...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
NHS fertility care is 'a lottery'
A couple's ability to access IVF on the NHS is a complete lottery, according to research made by an MP...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
UN chief warns on climate change
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says global warming poses at least as big a threat to the world as war...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
'Taleban leader held' in Pakistan
Pakistani security forces have arrested a former Taleban defence minister, intelligence officials say...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Criminal records row report due
A report into how the Home Office failed to update police records of Britons convicted abroad is due to be published...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Government defends pay deal
The Treasury says its below-inflation public sector pay rises are fair, but unions threaten industrial action...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Fuel 'contamination' reports due
Test results on fuel which is said to have caused problems for thousands of drivers are due to be released...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
Deadly tornadoes hit Alabama
Several people die in Alabama as tornadoes hit four US states, and the White House offers federal aid...
BBC News - March 2, 2007
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