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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 August 2004:
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India-Pakistan travel talks start
Officials from the rival nations begin two days of talks to promote tourism and meetings between people...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Southern Gaza blast kills three
Three Palestinians militants are killed in an explosion in the southern Gaza Strip...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Australian teens 'admit murder'
Two teenagers confessed to murdering two Thai prostitutes by dumping them in a river, a court hears...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Manila arrests Muslim militants
Two men linked to militant group JI are held in the Philippines and accused of bomb attacks which killed 22...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Kenyan anger over hostage 'hoax'
Newspaper demand the resignation of the foreign minister who said hostages seized in Iraq had been freed...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
US woman faces Iraq charges
Private Lynndie England, who featured in some of the most notorious Iraqi prisoner abuse photos, is due to face a military hearing...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Russia welfare bill sparks anger
The Russian parliament is to debate a bill to dismantle automatic benefits - amid a rash of protests...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Darfur security force to double
Sudanese forces are being boosted in a bid to tackle insecurity in the troubled Darfur region...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
US terror plot intelligence 'old'
Much of the information behind the raised security levels in the US was compiled years ago, reports say...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Tunnel collapse at India dam site
At least nine people die after a tunnel collapse at the site of the controversial Tehri dam in north India...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Refugee row sinks Korea talks
North Korea boycotts talks with Seoul, a week after the South welcomed hundreds of refugees from the North...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Statue of Liberty opening again
The famous New York landmark is to reopen for the first time since the 11 September 2001 attacks...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Southern Gaza blast 'kills three'
Three Palestinians are reported killed in an explosion at the Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Opec 'unable to pump more oil'
Opec's president says the cartel cannot pump more oil to bring oil prices after crude oil closes at a record high in the US...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Hope growing for Sudan refugees
The UN says security is improving in Darfur's camps and refugees are no longer being forcibly repatriated...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Space probe blasts off to Mercury
The Messenger probe launches successfully on its journey to investigate the planet closest to the Sun...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Inferno witnesses: Doors were locked
Several survivors of a fire in the Paraguayan capital that killed at least 318 people say locked doors slowed their exit from the burning supermarket...
CNN - August 2, 2004
Tennis: Rusedski through in three
Greg Rusedski beats Thomas Enqvist 3-6 6-3 6-2 at the Cincinnati Masters...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Iraq property disputes 'critical'
Human Rights Watch warns that unresolved property ownership in northern Iraq could lead to violence...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
US raps Israel over settler plan
Washington criticises Israel's plans to build 600 new homes in the largest Jewish settlement in the West Bank...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Paraguay witnesses: Doors were locked
Some witnesses to the Paraguay market inferno that killed 300 people have said victims were not able to escape the flames because exits had been locked...
CNN - August 2, 2004
Russia deepens Yukos tax probe
Russian tax officials begin an audit of oil giant Yukos' 2002 accounts, raising fears that it could face yet another tax demand...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Court halts Pinochet assets probe
A court in Chile suspends a criminal inquiry into the financial affairs of former leader Augusto Pinochet...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Football: Tiago to miss Olympics
Chelsea's Tiago Mendes is left out of Portugal's Olympic team because of a groin injury...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Boxing:Tyson undergoes surgery
Mike Tyson will undergo surgery on the knee injury suffered against Danny Williams...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Bush warns of 'nation in danger'
The US president says America is not yet secure, as details emerge of plans for a new al-Qaeda offensive...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Death toll in Paraguay market inferno tops 300
Investigators picked through the remains of a supermarket in Paraguay's capital Monday, a day after an inferno that killed more than 300 shoppers...
CNN - August 2, 2004
Court clears Yukos of $223m fine
Yukos wins a small reprieve as a Russian court lifts a $223m(£122m) fine for its delayed tax payments, reports say...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Poll boost for Mexico opposition
The PRI claim two narrow wins in regional elections but the governing PAN challenge the results...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Mass graves found in Ivory Coast
The UN mission says three graves containing at least 99 bodies have been found in rebel-held territory...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Pakistan politician survives raid
The chief minister of Balochistan province escapes unhurt after gunmen attack his motorcade...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Jailed Palestinians killed
Three men accused of aiding Israel are killed in a series of attacks on a jail and hospital in Gaza City...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
300 killed in Paraguay fire
More than 300 people have died after a weekend fire in a crowded supermarket in Paraguay's capital Asuncion, Interior Ministry officials say. Another 106 people were injured, 15 of whom are in critical condition...
CNN - August 2, 2004
Bosnian Croat general is released
Tihomir Blaskic arrives in Croatia days after his sentence was reduced from 45 years to nine by the international war crimes court...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Guantanamo Moroccans go home
Five Moroccans held at the US prison camp are handed over to authorities in their home country...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Paraguay mourns fire victims
Paraguay begins three days of mourning for 300 victims of a huge blaze in a shopping centre in Asuncion...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Arrest 'led to US terror warning'
Pakistan says its arrest of an al-Qaeda suspect prompted security alerts now in effect in New York and Washington...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Sherpa freed after Maoist probe
A Nepalese Sherpa who has climbed Everest 10 times is released after questioning for possible links to rebels...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Fugitive Indian minister remanded
Former minister Shibu Soren appears in court to face charges that he incited a mob which killed 11 people in 1975...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Saudi man quizzed over sex attack
A man arrested on suspicion of indecently assaulting an 11-year-old girl is released after claiming diplomatic immunity...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Danish agent faces torture claim
Military authorities in Denmark launch an investigation into claims that an army officer working in Iraq mistreated prisoners...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Palestinian shot in hospital bed
Gunmen in Gaza kill a Palestinian they suspected of collaborating with Israel as he was being treated in hospital...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
SA MPs face travel scam arrests
A report is set to reveal the extent of a travel expenses scam involving as many as 100 South African MPs...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Iraq hostage talks 'continuing'
India says negotiations are still going on to secure the release of seven foreign lorry drivers being held in Iraq...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Uribe denies drugs cartel links
Colombia's government dismisses allegations that President Uribe was once linked to traffickers...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Tiago to miss Olympic event
Chelsea's Tiago Mendes is left out of Portugal's Olympic team because of a recurring groin injury...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Cricket: Sri Lanka trio fined
Three Sri Lanka players are fined after using obscene or abusive language in the Asia Cup final...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Sudan army anger over UN 'war'
Sudan's army says the UN resolution on the conflict in Darfur is "a declaration of war" and promises to fight...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Chess great seeks Japan asylum
Former chess champion Bobby Fischer, on the run from the US, asks for political asylum in Japan...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Israel plans to expand settlement
Ariel Sharon gives the go-ahead for 600 new homes in the largest Jewish settlement in the West Bank...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
Turkish hostage's 'killing' shown
Footage showing what appears to be the shooting of a Turk in Iraq is posted on the internet...
BBC News - August 2, 2004
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