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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 November 2005:
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U.S.-Led Troops Begin Sweep in Heartland of Iraq Insurgency
The U.S. military said today that thousands of troops had begun a sweep near the town of Hit in the volatile province of Anbar...
New York Times - November 30, 2005
Panel Urges Britain to Raise Retirement Age
The panel urged today that the retirement age should be raised to 67 years old as part of a major pension overhaul...
New York Times - November 30, 2005
Merkel Makes First Major Speech as Germany's Chancellor
Angela Merkel condemned the kidnapping of a German citizen in Iraq and vowed to make Germany "one of the three top countries in Europe in 10 years."...
New York Times - November 30, 2005
Peres Voices Support for Sharon in Israeli Elections
Elder statesman Shimon Peres announced today that he was leaving the Labor Party and would back Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's centrist movement...
New York Times - November 30, 2005
Court blow for Blackberry maker
The maker of the Blackberry mobile device is hit by a court ruling which could affect its operations in the US...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Schools aide quits over reforms
Labour MP Martin Salter has resigned as parliamentary aide to a schools minister...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Prevention 'focus of HIV fight'
Politicians and campaigners pledge to focus on HIV prevention to stop the spread of the virus...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Fears over unisex PE changing
Separate changing rooms for boys and girls are not offered by up to one in five primary schools, research suggests...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Priest hurt in homophobic beating
A priest is beaten with a metal baseball bat in what police say was an unprovoked homophobic attack...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Four freed in 1972 bomb inquiry
Four people are released without charge by police re-examining the 1972 Claudy bombings...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
House 'blast' man severely burnt
An investigation begins into a serious fire at a house after neighbours report a gas explosion...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Football: Liverpool climb table
Liverpool jump three places in the Premiership table to go fourth after beating Sunderland...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Football: Emotional Best tribute
Old Trafford paid tribute to Man Utd legend George Best on Wednesday...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
UN court acquits top Kosovo rebel
The UN war crimes tribunal acquits a Kosovo Albanian rebel leader of charges related to the 1998-9 conflict...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Ocean changes to cool Europe
Changes to ocean currents in the Atlantic may bring colder weather to Europe within a few decades, scientists say...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
UN launches biggest appeal
The United Nations is seeking $4.7bn in its largest annual appeal for humanitarian assistance...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Twice as many men paying for sex
The number of British men paying women for sex has nearly doubled in a decade, research shows...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Letter From Ukraine: Modest River, Wide Chasm, With Europe 'Over There'
A city once as European as the Austro-Hungarian Empire wishes to be part of Europe once again...
New York Times - November 30, 2005
German Leader Refuses Iraq Kidnappers' Demand
An aid group whose workers were also taken hostage recently said the U.S. and Britain were ultimately to blame...
New York Times - November 30, 2005
Iraq Is Struck by New Wave of Abductions
Captors have threatened to kill a German archaeologist unless Germany withdraws its support for the Iraqi government...
New York Times - November 30, 2005
Bush Again Rejects Calls for a Withdrawal Timetable in Iraq
President Bush's address at the Naval Academy today broadly repeated the aims of the Iraq war as set out in 2003...
New York Times - November 30, 2005
Watchdog pulls plug on water cost
Scottish Water is told to cut the cost of major projects by £1bn and keep price rises down...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Top UK election spenders revealed
New figures show which political party spent the most per vote at this year's general election...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
£10m bird flu research announced
A research programme into bird flu is to be set up aimed at sharing medical information, it has been revealed...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Teaching course deadline extended
The deadline to apply for primary PGCEs is extended after technical difficulties processing applications...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Radar sees ice deep below Mars
Mars Express has become the first spacecraft to detect reserves of water ice beneath the surface of the Red Planet, experts have announced...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Peres quits Labour to back Sharon
Veteran Israeli politician Shimon Peres quits his Labour Party to support Prime Minister Ariel Sharon...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Fears over India rural HIV rate
Indian authorities are growing alarmed at the spread of HIV to the countryside where health care is poor...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Appointments made to parades body
A former trade unionist from England is appointed as the new chairman of the Parades Commission...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Malaysia police minister 'sorry'
A Malaysian minister who said foreigners could leave if they disliked police methods says sorry, in a row over a video...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
UN tribunal jails Kosovo Albanian
The UN court in the Hague jails its first Kosovo Albanian indictee for war crimes committed in the late 1990s...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Straw quizzes US on 'CIA flights'
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says he has written to the US over claims CIA "torture" flights landed in the UK...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Bhutto cleared in corruption case
A court in Pakistan acquits former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and four others of corruption...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Football: Pompey cleared for talks
Sheff Utd give Portsmouth permission to speak to manager Neil Warnock about moving to Fratton Park...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Cricket: Honours even in Lahore
Pakistan reach 185-4 at the close, replying to England's 288 in the final Test in Lahore...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Black student's killers face life
A 17-year-old is found guilty of the murder of black student Anthony Walker, who was attacked with an ice axe...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Woman has first face transplant
Surgeons in France have carried out the first face transplant, it has been revealed...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Bush outlines Iraq 'victory plan'
President Bush says he will not accept "anything less than complete victory" in Iraq in a key speech on US strategy...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
First black Archbishop enthroned
The Church of England's first black archbishop, the Rt Rev John Sentamu, is enthroned at York Minster...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Roberts earning power 'still top'
Julia Roberts remains the highest paid actress in Hollywood despite taking a career break, a poll suggests...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Plans to erase college prejudice
The names of students applying to university should be withheld to avoid racial discrimination, a report says...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
UK shortages of Xbox 360 expected
Gamers hoping to buy the Xbox 360 when it goes on sale in the UK on Friday may be disappointed, warn retailers...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Boil water 'into January' warning
Up to 70,000 households are told they may have to boil their water until into the new year...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
B&Q profit slump hits Kingfisher
B&Q-owner Kingfisher says profits at the DIY chain more than halved in autumn as it cut prices to shift stock...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Howard facing final Blair clash
Conservative leader Michael Howard is taking part in his last prime minister's questions clash with Tony Blair...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Killer Hobson loses tariff appeal
A man who murdered twin sisters and an elderly couple loses an appeal against his "whole life" prison sentence...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Huge bill for Waterfront repairs
Belfast's Waterfront Hall will have to close for up to three months so repairs can be carried out...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Village covered by dispersal zone
An entire village in West Lothian is set to become a dispersal zone to tackle problems caused by gangs...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Merkel stands firm on kidnapping
Chancellor Merkel says she will not be "blackmailed" over the abduction of a German in Iraq in her first key address...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Nine dead in Iraq minibus attack
Nine Iraqis are killed and two wounded by gunmen in an attack on a minibus near Baquba...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
BJP suspends firebrand politician
Uma Bharti, a senior member of India's main opposition party, is suspended for disagreeing with its leaders...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Ugandans welcome rebel overture
Uganda's interior minister welcomes a call for peace talks by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Chavez denounces poll 'sabotage'
Venezuela's Chavez says the opposition are trying to derail Sunday's election after they quit the congressional poll...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Football: Wenger dismisses Real
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger makes light of reported interest from Spanish giants Real Madrid...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
BA to axe one-third of managers
British Airways says it will get rid of more than a third of its 1,715 managerial posts by March 2008...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Falconio accused 'like CCTV man'
The man accused of killing backpacker Peter Falconio says his father thought he resembled CCTV images...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
British hostage 'a man of peace'
The family of Iraq hostage Norman Kember stress the 74-year-old is a "man of peace", in a statement...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Call for 'torture' flights probe
A human rights group threatens the police with legal action over claims CIA "torture" flights landed in the UK...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Archbishop enthroned at Minster
The Rt Rev John Sentamu is being enthroned at York Minster, becoming the city's 97th archbishop...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Pc murder accused remanded
A man is remanded in custody charged with the murder of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky, who was shot in Bradford...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
State pension age 'to rise to 68'
A gradual rise in the state pension age to 68 is part of a major proposed shake-up to the UK pensions system...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Youth guilty of Walker axe murder
A 17-year-old is found guilty of murdering Anthony Walker, who was attacked with an ice axe in a Liverpool park...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Bush to outline Iraq exit plans
George W Bush is set to give a major speech seeking to persuade Americans he has a plan to get out of Iraq...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Bush to Outline Broad Iraq Plan; Push on Training
American military officials in Iraq said they have requested $3.9 billion for next year to help train and equip Iraqi troops...
New York Times - November 30, 2005
U.S. to Respond to Inquiries Over Detentions in Europe
Responding to alarm over allegations of secret detention camps of terror suspects, the Bush administration insisted that American actions complied with international law...
New York Times - November 30, 2005
Investigation Says Russians Acted Ineptly in School Raid
An investigation of the terrorist attack on a school in Beslan in 2004 criticized law enforcement agencies for an uncoordinated rescue effort...
New York Times - November 30, 2005
British Review of Energy to Include Atomic Power
Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that Britain may reverse its current reluctance to build new nuclear power plants...
New York Times - November 30, 2005
Vatican Officially Releases Document on Banning New Gay Priests
The Vatican reinforced its ban on ordaining homosexuals as priests, while a cardinal rejected the contention that the decree was discriminatory...
New York Times - November 30, 2005
Official Says American Delay of U.N. Budget Would Cause Crisis
The chief budget officer of the United Nations said that delaying the institution's budget approval in order to push through reforms would cause a crisis...
New York Times - November 30, 2005
Brixton faces drugs policy U-turn
An area that piloted relaxed drug laws faces a clampdown on cannabis because of the problem of dealers...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Two still held over £26m robbery
Two Northern Bank employees are still being held by police investigating the £26.5m robbery in Belfast...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Culture calls for St Andrew's Day
Hundreds of writers use St Andrew's Day to call for Scottish literature, history and language to be given a greater role...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Football: Wenger Madrid links
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger makes light of reported interest from Real Madrid...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Malaysia minister defends police
A Malaysian minister says foreigners who think the country's police are brutal should leave the country...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Fears for Iraq hostages on video
There are concerns for the fate of five Westerners held captive in Iraq after they appear on militant videos...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Legal threat over CIA jail claims
A human rights group threatens the police with legal action over claims CIA 'torture' flights landed in the UK...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Regiments launch petition battle
Campaigners battling against the government's decision to amalgamate the six Scottish army regiments are gathering in London...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
Science faces 'dangerous times'
Fundamentalism is hampering efforts to tackle climate change, according to Britain's leading scientist...
BBC News - November 30, 2005
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