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Big Issue Energy crisis hitting home
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Scientists Virginia sharks pup a virgin birth
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Bodies, perhaps of migrants, wash ashore in Yemen
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Oil, soy, copper all go bust in Latin America
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Swedish couple hacked to death in Tobago 1 arrest
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Carter, peacemakers see Cyprus peace deal near
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Global News Archive for April 2008:
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Mugabe Loses Parliament in Zimbabwe
President Robert G. Mugabe and his ruling party have lost control of the nation?s Parliament, election returns showed on Wednesday. Will the presidency itself be next?...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Pakistan?s Disgraced A-Bomb Creator Hopes to be Freed
Abdul Qadeer Khan, who confessed four years ago to having run an illicit global nuclear proliferation network, expressed hope that the new government would end his house arrest...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
NATO Allies Oppose Bush on Georgia and Ukraine
President Bush?s position on what NATO?s relationship with Ukraine and Georgia should be contradicts the German and French government positions...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
France Tries to Aid Woman Held by Colombian Rebels
Details of the effort to treat and possibly free the 46-year-old woman, Ingrid Betancourt, who holds dual French and Colombian citizenship, were vague...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Fenerbahce 2-1 Chelsea
Fenerbahce mount a stunning comeback to shock Chelsea in their Champions League quarter-final, first leg...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Stones on show at film premiere
The Rolling Stones attend the premiere of their "rockumentary", Shine A Light, in London's West End...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Liverpool clinch draw at Arsenal
Liverpool hold Arsenal 1-1 in their Champions League quarter-final...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Three 'eco-town' sites rejected
Ministers have rejected plans for three "eco-towns" in Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Derbyshire, the BBC learns...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Space truck's big moment arrives
Europe's sophisticated new space freighter, the ATV, is set to dock with the International Space Station...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Call to reject Burma constitution
Burma's National League for Democracy urges voters to reject the army-backed constitution in a referendum...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Alitalia boss quits as talks end
Alitalia boss Maurizio Prato resigns as talks about a takeover by Air France-KLM are abandoned...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Revenue tactics 'more effective'
HMRC has become more effective at tackling tax evasion in the hidden economy, says the NAO...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Church rejects women bishops bill
Leaders of the Church in Wales vote against a bill to allow women priests to be ordained as bishops...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Bank urges 'new deal' on hunger
World Bank President Robert Zoellick calls for a 'new deal' to fight hunger, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Living with autism
What is life like for the people with the condition?...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Afghan assistance
Could Nato's summit be the key to Afghanistan?...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Site safety
Parents strive to protect children on social networks...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Al-Qaeda deputy defends attacks
Al-Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman Zawahiri defends attacks on UN offices, describing the body as an enemy to Muslims...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
New French force for Afghanistan
France has agreed to send an extra battalion of troops to Afghanistan, a Nato spokesman has said...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Stepfather on child porn charges
The stepfather of former missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews is charged with possessing indecent images of children...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
UK cruise ship is held in Madeira
Efforts have begun to secure the release of a UK cruise ship being detained by police in Madeira...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Irish Premier to Step Down
Denying that he received corrupt payments, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, announced that he would resign next month...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Advice of Iraqi, Now in Beirut Cell, Finally Heeded
Before the invasion, Mudher al-Kharbit pleaded with the C.I.A. to unite Iraq?s tribes against Saddam Hussein...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Opposition Claims It Won Majority in Zimbabwe Vote
The party of the challenger Morgan Tsvangirai urged President Robert G. Mugabe to concede, but a state-run newspaper said that it expected a run-off vote...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Bush Urges Patience in Afghanistan
President Bush opened a meeting of NATO leaders here on Wednesday by urging the alliance to ?maintain its resolve and finish the fight? in Afghanistan...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Chambers to meet anti-doping boss
Dwain Chambers will meet UK Sport's John Scott this month to pass on inside knowledge to help the fight against drugs cheats, BBC Sport learns...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Soap comeback attracts 9.7m
Ricky Butcher and Bianca Jackson's return to EastEnders is seen by 9.7 million viewers...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Why a Chilean protester stormed the set of the latest Bond film
A local politician in Chile is arrested after driving onto the set of the latest Bond movie to protest against the filming...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Ronaldo 'is best player in world'
Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster says Man Utd star Cristiano Ronaldo has replaced Kaka as the best player in the world...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
UK 'will stand with Zimbabweans'
Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said the UK "stands with" the people of Zimbabwe...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Lots of water 'is little benefit'
A scientific review casts doubt on the health benefits of drinking large amounts of water all day long...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Astronomers see 'youngest planet'
Scientists find a distant embryonic planet outside the Solar System that could be less than 2,000 years old...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Iraqi army shows force in Basra
An Iraqi commander leads a convoy through the stronghold of the radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr in Basra...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Bush praises Nato Afghan pledges
US President George W Bush urges Nato allies to send more troops to Afghanistan...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Mortgage approvals drop further
Bank of England figures show a fall in new mortgage approvals and a record rise in other loans...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Beach head had 'distinctive' scar
Police release a description of the woman whose head was found by children playing on a beach in Angus...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Radical reformation plans for NHS
Plans are unveiled to cut the number of health boards in Wales, only five years after they were created...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Toddler hit by train at rail halt
A two-year-old boy is taken to hospital after he is hit by a train near Bangor in County Down...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Bush urging Nato expansion east
US President George Bush repeats his call for Nato expansion, ahead of the alliance's summit in Romania...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Fashion faux pas
Harman and Hague turn into Trinny and Susannah...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Back from brink
Woman who nearly died from eating disorder has baby...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
'Honour death' police face action
Officers face disciplinary action for their handling of the case of a woman murdered in a so-called honour killing...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Schools breaching admissions code
The government says 96 schools out of 570 that it checked have been found to be breaking the code on admissions...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Royal Mint unveils coin designs
The Royal Mint has unveiled new designs for seven coins following a public competition...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
PM Brown to welcome Olympic torch
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will greet the 2008 Olympic torch outside No 10 Downing Street on Sunday...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Q&A: Safe net use
What parents can do to help to keep their children safe...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
In pictures
Service remembers Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Genetic link to smoking addiction
Scientists pinpoint genetic variations that raise smokers' risk of lung cancer - possibly by getting them hooked...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
More mortgage deals are withdrawn
Mortgage deals continue to be withdrawn following First Direct's decision to suspend its entire range...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Hercules safety change not made
A Safety modification to RAF Hercules planes which may have prevented the deaths of 10 servicemen in Iraq was not conducted, their inquest hears...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Mugabe's Zanu-PF loses majority
President Robert Mugabe's party loses its majority in Zimbabwe's parliament, official results show...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Zimbabwe State-Run Paper Predicts a Runoff
The report is likely to be perceived as a decision by President Robert Mugabe to continue his fight to hold on to office rather than yield it to the challenger Morgan Tsvangirai...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Little more love
Why the US is gaining ground in the world's view...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Obsessed by eggs
Why would anyone climb cliffs to steal rare birds' eggs?...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
The ice has it
Why the igloo is a classic of house design...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Major blaze tackled at meat plant
More than 70 firefighters have been tackling a major blaze at a meat plant in an Aberdeenshire town...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
First footage of 'tsunami' hurtling through the Sun's atmosphere
The first footage of a "tsunami" hurtling through the Sun's atmosphere at millions kilometres an hour, is captured by astronomers...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Long eyelashes and big curves - camels compete for beauty prize
Thousands of camels will enter a beauty contest in the United Arab Emirates, with huge prizes up for grabs...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Semis within grasp says Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson is confident his Man Utd side can secure a Champions League semi-final spot after their win at Roma...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Foster through to fifth Olympics
Veteran Mark Foster qualifies for his fifth Olympic Games after winning the 50m freestyle final in Sheffield...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Computers to merge with humans
People will become ever more reliant on machines says a report on the future of human-computer interaction...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Sally Anne's killer in appeal bid
A man sentenced to life for the murder of Sally Anne Bowman is appealing against his conviction...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Turkey 'kills 16 Kurdish rebels'
Turkey says its troops have killed seven more members of the Kurdish guerrilla group the PKK...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Top police urged to probe Scarlett case
Federal detectives in India have been urged to take on the investigation of Scarlett Keeling's murder...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Point-by-point: Question time
The key points from prime minister's questions - with Harriet Harman standing in for Gordon Brown...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Home birth to ward increases risk
Home birth babies which transfer to hospital are at a greater risk, a study finds...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Prescription costs frozen in NI
The cost of prescriptions is being frozen at £6.85, but Northern Ireland lags behind Wales and Scotland...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Mortgage approvals at 13 year low
The number of new mortgages approved for house purchase fell slightly in February to just 73,000...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
EU launches probe of Rock bailout
The EU says it will launch a full investigation of the state bailout plan of mortgage firm Northern Rock...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Diana jury deliberates verdicts
The jury in the Princess Diana inquest retires to begin considering its verdicts...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Autograph fraudsters found guilty
Two business partners accused of cheating their customers by forging and selling sports stars' signatures are found guilty...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Ahern to resign as Irish premier
Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern announces he is stepping down from the post in May...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Zimbabwe run-off poll predicted
A state-run newspaper in Zimbabwe predicts a presidential run-off, as the wait for election results continues...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Shannon stepfather in porn arrest
Detectives in the Shannon Matthews case arrest her stepfather on suspicion of possessing child porn...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Police find second hand on beach
Police reveal that a second hand was found on a beach where a woman's head was discovered...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Bush calls for more Afghan troops
US President George W Bush urges Nato allies to send more troops to Afghanistan, ahead of the summit in Romania...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Chad: Army Battles Rebels Near Sudan
Chad?s Defense Ministry blamed Sudan and said the rebel attack violated a peace agreement signed by the two nations on March 13 intended to halt cross-border attacks...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
World Briefing | Middle East: Yemen: Tanks Sent to Quell Riots
The government responded to several days of demonstrations and riots in southern Yemen by sending tanks into the streets...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Nigeria: Wedding Party Drowns
A dugout boat carrying a wedding party capsized in northwestern Kano State. At least 40 people, mostly women and children, drowned, including the bride...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
World Briefing | Americas: Brazil: Alligators, All You Can Eat
Environmental officials found the skinned and salted corpses of some 740 alligators in a nature reserve in the Amazon jungle, apparently destined for lunch in regional restaurants...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Saudi Ruling Assailed
More than 100 Arab rights groups and intellectuals on Tuesday condemned a religious edict calling for the death of two writers for apostasy...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Somalia: Aid Workers Kidnapped
Two foreign aid workers connected to a United Nations project were kidnapped in southern Somalia...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
World Briefing | Middle East: Gaza: 2 Killed as Violence Declines
Two Hamas gunmen were killed in a clash with Israeli forces in the central Gaza Strip...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: Sri Lanka: Police Blamed for Massacre
Twenty months ago, 17 aid workers were executed in the eastern town of Muttur. It was one of the worst attacks on aid workers anywhere in years, and no one was ever charged...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
World Briefing | Americas: Argentina: Huge March for Kirchner
Tens of thousands of Argentines marched in downtown Buenos Aires in support of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as she confronted a 20-day farm strike...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Iraqi Deaths Are on the Rise Again During Clashes With Militias
The toll of civilian deaths in the Iraqi capital last month reached its highest point since September 2007...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
In Baghdad, Iraqis Take Their Humor Extra Dark
Doah Mohammed played a trick on her mother-in law on Tuesday. She called her and told her that her son, Ms. Mohammed?s husband, had been arrested...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Army Chief in Pakistan Wins Honor From U.S.
The top military honor comes at a time when the U.S. has urged Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Islamabad to wage an aggressive campaign against militants in the country?s restive tribal areas...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Nikolai K. Baibakov, a Top Soviet Economic Official, Dies at 97
Mr. Baibakov oversaw Russian oil production during World War II and went on to become one of the Soviet Union?s top economic officials...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
U.S. and Britain at Odds Over Guantánamo Inmate
Over objections from the British government, the Pentagon plans to file terrorism-related charges against the British detainee, against whom they say they have a strong case...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Jerusalem Journal: For Some, a Bridge Too Close for Comfort
A striking new bridge being built in Jerusalem has become an object of contention, with detractors complaining that it is in the wrong place...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
An Asian Art Moment: Indonesia?s Contemporary Painters Ride a Market Bubble
With Chinese art being hot now and commanding huge prices, demand has trickled down and collectors are looking to Indonesia as the next Asian tiger...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Pelosi Wants Bush to Weigh Skipping Olympic Ceremony
Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House, said a high-profile boycott of the opening festivities could send a strong message without interfering with the Olympic Games themselves...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
China?s Leader Orders Police to Ensure Olympic Security
The Chinese president, Hu Jintao, said the country?s international reputation was at stake...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
U.S. Alarmed as Some Exports Veer Off Course
Officials said the United Arab Emirates were failing to prevent goods that have a potential military use from slipping into the wrong hands...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Britain Puts Troop Drawdown on Hold
Plans to withdraw about 1,500 soldiers were frozen pending a review of Iraq?s security situation...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
From a Beirut Cell, an Iraqi Watches as the U.S. Finally Takes His Advice
Working for the C.I.A. more than a decade before the invasion of Iraq, Mudher al-Kharbit was advocating efforts to unite Iraq?s tribes against Saddam Hussein...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Before Greeting NATO, Romanians Confront Canines
Special squads of dogcatchers have been stationed in key locations in Bucharest, to prevent the city?s infamous stray dogs from harassing delegates attending the NATO meeting this week...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Talks May End Mugabe?s Rule in Zimbabwe
Opposition members contended that negotiations were under way for President Robert G. Mugabe to step down...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Identity crisis
Palestinians struggle for survival in Lebanon...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
The long goodbye
Cold War ghosts haunt Putin's talks with Nato...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
RAF at 90
With fighting on two fronts, what next for air force?...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Kaplinsky expecting first child
Natasha Kaplinsky is three months pregnant, according to a spokesman for the television channel Five...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Police chief to retire
The UK's longest serving police chief still on active duty announces his intention to retire...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Tests after head found on beach
A forensic examination of the human head and hand found on the beach in Arbroath is to continue...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Who's that man? The Doctor returns to kick off fourth season
Doctor Who stars David Tennant and Catherine Tate attend the launch of the BBC show's fourth series...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Anti-HIV drug 'heart attack risk'
A popular anti-HIV drug nearly doubles the risk of heart attack, a study says...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Teachers vote to hold pay strike
A ballot of NUT members has backed a one-day pay strike by a margin of three to one...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Concern over 'zero carbon' homes
People are not prepared for the changes needed for the UK's target of "zero carbon" homes, a report says...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Uzbek traders mount rare protest
Uzbek traders take to the streets in the first demo since troops opened fire on crowds three years ago...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
France sets out Afghan deployment
France could send a "few hundred" extra troops to Afghanistan, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon says...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
GM seeds can 'last for 10 years'
Seeds of genetically modified oilseed rape can endure in soil for at least 10 years, researchers discover...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Children flock to social networks
More than a quarter of eight to 11-year-olds in the UK have a profile on a social network, research shows...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Riots prompt Ivory Coast tax cuts
The Ivorian president cancels custom duties after a second day of violent protests against rising food costs...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
T5 baggage backlog sent to Milan
Thousands of suitcases are being sent to Milan by British Airways to help sort out the 19,000-bag backlog at T5...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Olympics 'worsening China rights'
China's human rights record is getting worse, not better, because of the Olympics, Amnesty International says...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Bush in Romania for Nato summit
US President George W Bush is expected to push for Nato's eastward expansion at a key summit in Romania later...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Sight-saving injection approved
Thousands of patients in England and Wales are to get the sight-saving drug Lucentis on the NHS...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Zimbabwe election pressure mounts
Four days after elections in Zimbabwe, pressure grows on the country's electoral commission to issue results...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
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