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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 May 2007:
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Turkish Prime Minister Calls for Early Elections
Meanwhile, his party began to press for constitutional changes that would bring it advantages in the election...
New York Times - May 2, 2007
Union decries student 'cramming'
An academic union complains that the ratio of students to staff in the UK's universities has increased...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
School science changes 'rushed'
Changes to England's science curriculum are too hurried to succeed, leading organisations say...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Gene clue to longevity uncovered
The mystery of why eating less means living longer is a step closer to being solved, scientists report...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Art gallery busiest tourist spot
The refurbished Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is named Scotland's most visited tourist attraction...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Powers gather for Iraq meeting
International diplomats gather in Egypt ahead of a key meeting on bringing stability to Iraq...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Bush and Democrats locked on Iraq
President Bush and Congress leaders say they seek common ground on Iraq, but an impasse on war funding remains...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Snooker: O'Sullivan crashes out
John Higgins beats Ronnie O'Sullivan 13-9 in their world championship quarter-final...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
AC Milan shatter Man Utd's hopes
AC Milan will face Liverpool in the Champions League final after shattering Man Utd's hopes...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
French rivals clash in TV debate
The two candidates vying to be the next French president face off in a highly anticipated televised debate...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
'Up to half' of Mars may have ice
Scientists in the US using new data say that up to half of the surface of Mars may contain ice...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Tycoon and son die in crash
A millionaire football fan and his teenage son are among four people killed in a helicopter crash...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Charges over animal extremism
Nine people held after an inquiry into animal rights extremism have been charged, police say...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Online TV viewing 'on the rise'
Almost half of European broadband users are using their computers to watch television online, a survey claims...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Youth charged over girl shooting
A 16-year-old boy is charged with the murder of a 12-year-old schoolgirl shot dead in Greater Manchester...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Voters ready for 'super Thursday'
Millions of voters are due go to the polls later in Scotland, Wales and English local authority elections...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Hong Kong Journal: And to My Loyal Feng Shui Adviser, I Leave $3 Billion
A will purportedly written by one of the world?s wealthiest women leaves an estate estimated at more than $3 billion to a feng shui consultant...
New York Times - May 2, 2007
Gladiators' graveyard discovered
Scientists believe they have for the first time identified an ancient graveyard for gladiators...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Blair attacked over Iraq 'errors'
Tony Blair defends his Iraq policy after former defence secretary Geoff Hoon says mistakes have been made...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Maggots help cure MRSA patients
Maggots are being used to help successfully treat MRSA patients in record time, according to a new study...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Photographer unaware son had died
A photographer pictured a sea search, unaware rescuers were looking for his son, an inquest hears...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
'Perjury' threat for ex-BP boss
Lord Browne may face perjury charges after the ex-BP boss admitted lying to a court about his private life...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Final speeches at Angelika trial
The defence and Crown lawyers start to sum up evidence as the Angelika Kluk trial nears its conclusion...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Tributes paid to tragic student
A student from NI who died in an accident in Russia is described as a wonderful person...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Man jailed for breast op kidnap
A man is jailed for 20 months for kidnapping his wife to stop her having a breast enlargement...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Karzai anger over civilian deaths
The Afghan president hits out at foreign troop tactics after officials say 50 civilians were killed in the west...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Iran sends Afghans home
The UN refugee agency says more than 36,000 Afghans have been deported from Iran in the past 10 days...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Turkey PM condemns court ruling
Turkey's PM calls for early elections and criticises a key court ruling annulling a vote on the presidency...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Bush to meet Congress over Iraq
The US president is to meet Congress leaders, after vetoing a bill linking Iraq funding to troop withdrawal...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Warmest April on record
April was the hottest since records began, the UK Met Office says, with some areas receiving virtually no rain...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Ferguson fired up for epic battle
Sir Alex Ferguson says Man Utd need a huge performance against AC Milan tonight if they are to reach the Champions League final...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Blair pledge for missing BBC man
Tony Blair says the UK government is doing all it can to secure the release of abducted BBC journalist Alan Johnston...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Support team 'aided terror plot'
A 28-year-old man was a vital member of a gang plotting explosions in the UK and US, a court hears...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Asbo OAP jail term reduced
An 81-year-old woman jailed for harassing a neighbour has her prison sentence cut by two months...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Olmert should go, Israeli FM says
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni says PM Ehud Olmert should resign after a damning report on the Lebanon war...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Blair rejects 7/7 inquiry calls
The prime minister rejects calls for an independent inquiry into the 7/7 attacks...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Business chief and son feared dead
A millionaire football fan and his teenage son are believed to be among four people killed in a helicopter crash...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
DVD DRM row sparks user rebellion
Attempts to suppress the spread of a DVD crack have led to a user-generated revolt in the blogosphere...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Pop star Spears stages comeback
Singer Britney Spears makes her first appearance on stage since her spell in a rehabilitation clinic...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Global alliance 'to educate all'
Private sector firms link with governments and groups to try to meet pledges on education...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Final push for votes on last lap
The parties use the final day's campaigning in the Welsh assembly election to hammer home their messages...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Turkish shares up on court ruling
Turkish shares rise after the Constitutional Court annuls the first round of presidential elections...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Point-by-point: Question time
The key points from prime minister's questions in the House of Commons, from 1200 GMT...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Workman killed in road accident
A man dies following a road accident in Coleraine, the Police Service of Northern Ireland says...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Minister defends post vote system
More than 20,000 postal voters drop off the register in Birmingham wards at the centre of fraud allegations...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Israel cabinet in emergency talks
Israel's cabinet discusses the highly critical Lebanon war report as pressure on Ehud Olmert to resign grows...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Troops 'kill five in Afghanistan'
US-led troops and Afghan police kill five militants in a clash in the south, coalition forces say...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Russia accused of 'attack on EU'
Estonia's foreign minister says Russia's response to the row over a Soviet war memorial is an "attack" on the EU...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Tennis: McEnroe praises Murray
Andy Murray can carry his superb forminto the clay-court season, says John McEnroe...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
ICC issues Darfur arrest warrants
The International Criminal Court orders the arrest of a Sudanese minister and a militia leader accused of war crimes...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Bryson to head litter campaign
Bestselling US author Bill Bryson is nominated as the new president of a rural protection group...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Reds chief mocks beaten Chelsea
Liverpool chief Rick Parry belittles Chelsea's achievements following their Champions League exit at the hands of the Reds...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Turkey party calls for early poll
Turkey's ruling party asks parliament to approve an early general election, amid deadlock over the presidency...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Rescuers tackle fire at care home
Dozens of people are rescued from a burning Lanarkshire care home after an early morning fire breaks out...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
MI5 row sparks 7/7 inquiry calls
Pressure for an inquiry into the 7/7 bombings grows after it emerged MPs did not see some surveillance material...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
'Lack of vehicles' in Afghanistan
British Army commanders in Afghanistan tell the BBC a serious shortage of patrol vehicles is hampering their operations...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Wreckage found in helicopter hunt
Police searching for a helicopter carrying a wealthy Chelsea football fan and others find a crash site...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
OK! wins Zeta Jones photo appeal
Law Lords rule in favour of OK! magazine in a battle over Catherine Zeta Jones's wedding photos...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
BP boss 'may face perjury case'
Ex-BP chief Lord Browne may face perjury charges amid claims he lied to a court about his private life, reports say...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
As Funding Increases, Afghan Forces Range From Ragtag to Ready
Efforts to create a capable Afghan Army and a police force have been accompanied by a mix of achievements and frustrations...
New York Times - May 2, 2007
U.S. Seeks Closing of Visa Loophole for Britons
American officials have opened talks on how to restrict the access of British citizens of Pakistani origin to the United States...
New York Times - May 2, 2007
No Sign of Fidel Castro on Cuban Holiday
The throngs were on the streets of Havana as they always are on May Day, but Fidel Castro was notably absent...
New York Times - May 2, 2007
Chávez Takes Over Foreign-Controlled Oil Projects in Venezuela
The move by President Hugo Chávez is the centerpiece of recent actions aimed at consolidating his government?s control over the economy...
New York Times - May 2, 2007
Bush Vetoes Bill Tying Iraq Funds to Exit
The president called the bill a ?prescription for chaos and confusion,? setting up a further battle with Congressional Democrats...
New York Times - May 2, 2007
Turkish Court Blocks Islamic Candidate
Supporters of Abdullah Gul said the decision was simply an attempt to hold on to power by Turkey?s secular elite...
New York Times - May 2, 2007
Survey to pinpoint moths' decline
A national recording scheme of UK moths aims to highlight what species are at greatest risk from habitat loss...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Teenagers split on learning to 18
Only half of teenagers back raising the education age to 18, compared with 71% of parents, a poll suggests...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Caesarean link to placenta risk
Women who have caesareans are more likely to have placenta-related problems later, research shows...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Boy aged three rescued from blaze
A three-year old boy and his family are rescued when fire breaks out at their home in East Yorkshire...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
US and India discuss nuclear deal
A top US State Department official will visit India in a push to conclude a landmark deal on nuclear fuel...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
AU peacekeepers patrol Mogadishu
African Union peacekeepers mount their first patrols of Somalia's war-torn capital, Mogadishu...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Colombia cuts drugs haul figure
Colombia says that a seizure of cocaine, announced as the biggest ever, weighed only 13 tonnes, not 25...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Football: Maldini out
AC Milan's Paolo Maldini is out of Wednesday's Champions League showdown, while Man Utd's Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand are fit...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Snooker: Stevens pulls ahead
Matthew Stevens surges to an 11-5 lead over Shaun Murphy after dominating the second session of their quarter-final...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Spacecraft returns Jupiter images
Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft has returned stunning views of the Jupiter system, taken on a recent flyby...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
New phone rules for TV quizzes
Tough new rules for TV quiz shows and channels are introduced by the premium rate phones watchdog...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Maternity care failings debated
MPs will debate concerns over NHS maternity services as BBC's Panorama claims wards face a midwife shortage.
reveals findings...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
Post votes down after fraud probe
More than 20,000 postal voters drop off the register in Birmingham wards at centre of 2004 fraud allegations...
BBC News - May 2, 2007
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