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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 Octomber 2007:
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Putin Mourns Victims at Stalin-Era Killing Field
The Russian president visited a memorial at a site where thousands were executed, as Russia marked the 70th anniversary of Joseph Stalin?s Great Terror...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Israeli Druse in Rare Clash With Police
A tiny and usually peaceful minority, who practice a secret religion, are suspected in an attack on a cellphone tower, prompted by fears that it emits cancer-causing radiation...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
French Charity in Dispute Over African Children
A French charity?s thwarted attempt to fly 103 African children from Chad to France is escalating into a diplomatic dispute, even after the French president called the attempt ?illegal and unacceptable.?...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Russian Envoy Derides Iran Sanctions
Sergey V. Lavrov, Russia?s foreign minister made a surprise visit to Iran on Tuesday to meet with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and discuss Iran?s nuclear program...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Iraq Preparing Law Lifting Protection for Security Contractors
The Iraqi Cabinet approved draft legislation today that lifts immunity for foreign private security companies and sent the measure to Parliament for approval...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Call for national pet blood bank
Leading UK vets say a national blood bank is needed to save the lives of injured dogs and cats...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Sports Direct builds Umbro stake
Sports Direct swoops on Umbro's shares, tackling Nike's plans to buy the England football kit maker...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Parties' funding talks suspended
Talks on funding of political parties have broken down after 18 months of negotiations, it has emerged...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
No agreement in classroom talks
Trade unions and employers fail to come to an agreement over the classroom assistants' dispute...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Pakistan premier 'broke the law'
Pakistan's top judge accuses Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz of violating a Supreme Court judgement...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Torrential rains lash east Cuba
Torrential rains lash Cuba, felling trees and forcing evacuations as Tropical Storm Noel heads for the Bahamas...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Football: McClaren 'should stay'
Terry Venables says Steve McClaren deserves to stay on as England coach even if the team fail to reach Euro 2008...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Nasa studies ripped solar panel
The US space agency assesses damage to a newly unfurled solar wing at the International Space Station...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Prince quizzed over bird shooting
Police interview Prince Harry about the shooting of protected birds...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Supermarkets 'good for shoppers'
A watchdog is set to say supermarkets should open new stores where choice is limited, the BBC learns...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Cartoon protesters' jail term cut
A court reduces the jail terms of three Muslim men convicted for their part in protests against cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Queen welcomes Saudi king
The Queen says Britain and Saudi Arabia must work together against terrorists "who threaten the way of life of our citizens."...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
UK welcomes Basra handover date
The UK foreign secretary welcomes news that Iraqi forces will be taking control of Basra province in December...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Indonesian Court Upholds Death Penalty
The Constitutional Court of Indonesia upheld the death penalty for serious drug offenses today, dimming hopes of a reprieve for three Australians facing execution...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Turkish Helicopters Attack Rebel Kurds
Cobra attack helicopters blasted suspected Kurdish rebel targets today near the southeastern border with Iraq in a second day of fighting...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Iraq Bill Would Lift Contractor Immunity
The Iraqi government approved draft legislation lifting immunity for foreign private security companies, sending the measure to parliament, a spokesman said...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Khun Sa, Drug King, Dies at 73
Khun Sa was the publicity-loving Golden Triangle drug lord who thrived in the region?s kill-or-be-killed cauldron of ethnic rivalries and heroin-financed private armies...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Russian Envoy on Surprise Visit to Iran
Russian?s foreign minister will meet with Iran?s president and discuss Iran?s nuclear program, news agencies said...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Suicide Bomber Strikes Within a Mile of Musharraf
A man blew himself up close to the offices of Pakistan?s president, killing seven people including himself...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Warning over net address limits
ISPs urgently need to roll out the next generation of net addresses, says internet pioneer Vint Cerf...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Merrill Lynch chief leaves firm
Merrill Lynch parts company with its chief executive Stan O'Neal, saying the 56-year-old has retired...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Half of new jobs go to migrants
More than half the new jobs created by Labour have gone to foreign workers, government figures reveal...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Fifth arrest over da Vinci case
A fifth man is arrested after the recovery of the da Vinci masterpiece the Madonna with the Yarnwinder...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Police chief faces speeding case
A chief constable in charge of road policing for a police body, is facing prosecution for speeding...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Life for cellar murder paedophile
A man is jailed for life for murdering his girlfriend and burying her in a cellar in Greater Manchester...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
EU treaty 'same as constitution'
The EU reform treaty is much the same as the rejected constitution, an architect of the constitution says...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Demand hampers Olympic ticketing
The official Olympic website and phone line are both down, as 8m Chinese try to buy tickets for the 2008 Games...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Nigeria speaker goes in graft row
Nigeria's parliamentary speaker resigns after weeks of stalemate over a report into alleged corruption...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Football: Ramos in Spurs pledge
Juande Ramos says his aim is to take Spurs to "where they deserve to be", though he says fans must be patient...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Brazil will stage 2014 World Cup
Fifa names Brazil as the host nation for the 2014 World Cup...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Astronauts begin key spacewalk
Nasa assesses damage to a newly unfurled solar panel at the International Space Station (ISS)...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Folic acid fortification warning
Fortifying flour with folic acid to cut birth defects may lead to a range of health problems, warn scientists...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Stop and search race gap grows
Figures show black people were seven times more likely to be stopped and searched last year than white people...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Bluetongue 'brought by midges'
The first official epidemiology report on the UK bluetongue outbreak is published, as a new case is found in Cambridgeshire...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Iraqi dam 'at risk of collapse'
Iraq's largest dam is at risk of a major collapse that could devastate the city of Mosul, the US warns...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Pound hits 26-year US dollar high
Interest rate speculation drives the UK pound to its highest level against the US dollar in 26 years...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Photo 'offered from Diana tunnel'
A paparazzo called a newspaper from the scene of the crash that killed Princess Diana, her inquest is told...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Royal welcome for Saudi king
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia receives a ceremonial welcome from the Queen in central London...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Russia?s Lavrov to Meet Ahmadinejad
Russia?s foreign minister is due to hold talks with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran on Tuesday...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Bombing Kills 5 in Pakistani Capital
A suicide attacker blew himself up at a police checkpoint in the city of Rawalpindi on Tuesday, killing at least five people and injuring several others, police said...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Nigerian Kidnappers Release Foreign Hostages
Nigerian kidnappers have released six hostages seized on Friday from an offshore oil production facility operated by Saipem, the Italian firm?s parent company Eni said...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Johannesburg Journal: The Road to a South African Driver?s License
To secure a driver?s license, South Africans must navigate a bureaucratic process so daunting that it has set off riots...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Foreign Fighters of Harsher Bent Bolster Taliban
The growing numbers of foreign fighters in Afghanistan are more violent and extreme than their local allies...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Author Lee to receive US honour
Author Harper Lee is to be awarded with America's highest civilian honour by President George W Bush...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
U-turn on school surplus clawback
The government has abandoned plans to have local authorities redistribute 5% of school budget surpluses...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
US astronauts begin key spacewalk
Two astronauts begin a seven-hour spacewalk to fit a solar power tower on the ISS...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Law may bring 'car breathalysers'
Convicted drink drivers could get breathalysers in their cars in a range of new road laws to be brought in...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Patients at risk at night - study
Nearly a quarter of all NHS patient accidents happen at night, a survey has concluded...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Oil prices fall back from highs
Oil prices fall back from record highs as Mexico is due to resume full output and hopes of a rise in US stockpiles...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Scots say no to Olympic football
The Scottish FA reiterates its opposition to taking part in a British football team at the London Olympics...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Public plea over post office cuts
An AM says be believes it may not be too late for some of the 31 post offices earmarked for closure in south Wales...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
New bluetongue case confirmed
Movement restrictions are imposed as a new case of bluetongue is confirmed on a Cambridgeshire farm...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Lab investment creates '293 jobs'
Norbrook Laboratories in Newry announcs an £83m investment which could create almost 300 jobs...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Gaza electricity cuts suspended
Israel's attorney general has intervened to suspend plans to restrict electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Russian FM in surprise Iran trip
Russia's foreign minister is to make an unannounced visit to Iran, amid rising tension over its nuclear programme...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Caribbean storm kills 20 people
Floods kill at least 20 in the Dominican Republic, hit by a tropical storm now heading to Cuba and the Bahamas...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Bali trio lose execution dispute
A challenge to Indonesia's death penalty by lawyers for an Australian drugs gang is thrown out of court...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Brazil set to host 2014 World Cup
Fifa will unveil Brazil as the host nation for the 2014 World Cup on Tuesday...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Olympics: 2012 action urged
The International Olympic Committee wants the organisers of the 2012 Games in London to press on with their preparations...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Psychiatrist Anthony Clare dies
The psychiatrist and broadcaster Professor Anthony Clare has died suddenly at the age of 64...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Owen joins Palmer in EastEnders
Actor Sid Owen is returning to EastEnders to play Ricky Butcher alongside his former on-screen wife Patsy Palmer...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Queen to welcome Saudi king
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is to receive a ceremonial welcome from the Queen later...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Fatal blast near Musharraf's HQ
At least seven people are killed in a suicide attack near an army base containing President Musharraf's office...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
McCanns used fund to pay mortgage
Madeleine McCann's parents used her "fighting fund" to pay their mortgage, but stopped when they became suspects...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Smith 'sorry' for migrants error
The home secretary says sorry after it emerges 300,000 more immigrants work in the UK than previously stated...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: China: Fourth Space Launch Center
More than 6,000 people will be forced from their homes to make way for the country?s fourth space launching center, the Xinhua news agency reported...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
World Briefing | The Americas: Dominican Republic: Heavy Rains Kill 20
A slow-moving tropical storm brought heavy rain and flooding to the Dominican Republic...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: Sudan: Mediators Seek Rebels
United Nations and African Union officials said they were sending diplomats to the Darfur region to recruit more rebels to join peace talks being held in Libya...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
World Briefing | Middle East: Egypt: Mubarak Revives Nuclear Program
President Hosni Mubarak announced plans to build several nuclear reactor, following Iran?s lead...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Germany: Train of the Living Dead
Train passengers in the northern town of Bad Segeberg mistook a Halloween reveler dressed as a blood-covered zombie for a murder victim and called the police...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: Nigeria: Fire Engulfs Buses and Cars; 30 Dead
At least 30 people were burned to death when a full fuel truck overturned and caught fire on a busy highway in Ogun State...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
World Briefing | Middle East: Yemen: U.S. Reconsiders Some Aid
The United States is reconsidering some aid to its Mideast ally Yemen after the release of a convicted leader of the destroyer Cole in 2000...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: India: Land Reform Panel After Big Protest
The government said it was setting up a panel to create land policies, guide states and resolve disputes over land distribution and acquisition...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Azerbaijan: U.S. Embassy Shuts Over Threat
A group of militant Islamists planned to attack the American Embassy and other government buildings in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Looking at Dutch and Swiss Health Systems
The Swiss and Dutch health care systems are suddenly all the rage, and next month the United States? top health official will visit Switzerland and the Netherlands to kick the tires...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
18 Face Charges in Chad
Chadian authorities will charge nine French citizens with abducting children and fraud...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Indonesia: President Cuts an Album
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has released his first music album, a collection of love ballads and religious songs he wrote...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Purge Victims Remembered in Moscow Rite
The ceremony is one of a series this year marking the 70th anniversary of a period known as the Great Terror, when executions became a daily event...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
774 Arrests in China Over Safety
Regulators hailed the arrests, made during a nationwide crackdown on tainted food, drugs and agricultural products, as a major step forward for consumer safety...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Somalia Premier Quits as Colleagues Cheer
The resignation came after a long feud with the country?s president that was imperiling Somalia?s beleaguered transitional government...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Venezuela?s Gas Prices Remain Low, but the Political Costs May Be Rising
Thanks to a decades-old subsidy that has proven devilishly complex to undo, gasoline in Venezuela costs about 7 cents a gallon...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
News Analysis: Bhutto?s Return Brings Pakistani Politics to a Boil
Home for just over a week, Benazir Bhutto is rallying supporters and courting the news media, remaining a polarizing figure...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Immunity Deals Offered to Blackwater Guards
Officials said State Department investigators lacked the authority to offer the deals and that they could complicate efforts to prosecute the firm?s employees...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Suicide Bomber on Bike Kills 29 Iraqi Policemen
The bomber also wounded 19 people, including seven policemen who were severely injured and a woman and her baby, the authorities said...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Foreign Fighters of Violent Bent Bolster Taliban
The growing numbers of foreign fighters in Afghanistan are more violent, uncontrollable and extreme than even their locally bred allies in the Taliban...
New York Times - October 30, 2007
Cameron targets immigration
David Cameron says he wants "substantially lower" net immigration and promises a proper population policy...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Light activated cancer drug hope
Scientists say they may be able to make cancer drugs target tumours by using ultra-violet light to activate them...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Crime experts debate soil science
The role soil plays in solving global crime is due to be discussed by international forensic experts in Edinburgh...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Ferry man 'ignored yachtsmen'
Three men may have survived if a ferry's officer had not ignored the possibility their boat had sunk, a court hears...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Rice seeks progress on India deal
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says US wants to move forward on the nuclear deal with India...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Tiny spider 'digitally dissected'
A 53-million-year-old spider is revealed in exquisite detail by scientists from the UK and Belgium...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Dome leak leaves 29 hurt
A chemical leak at the 02 Dome in London leaves 29 people in need of hospital treatment...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Shoplifters cost retailers £205m
The value of goods stolen from shops has hit a 10-year high, a survey of retailers suggests...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Charges in Chad child row
A judge charges 18, mainly French and Spanish, over an alleged attempt to smuggle 103 children out of Chad...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Rhys case witness comes forward
A second appeal on the BBC Crimewatch programme prompts a potential witness in the Rhys Jones murder case to come forward...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Rubbish charging given go-ahead
Councils in England are to be given powers to introduce controversial "pay-as-you-throw" charges...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Key Aids strain 'came from Haiti'
Scientists say a strain of the HIV virus which predominates in the US and Europe came from Haiti in about 1969...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
Blackwater men 'given immunity'
US officials investigating Iraqi deaths offered Blackwater guards at the centre of the case immunity, say reports...
BBC News - October 30, 2007
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