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Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Hungary 4 dead, 26 injured in train collision
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Iraqi lawmaker urges resolution of minority issue
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Curfew in Indian Kashmir to prevent protest rally
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Kashmir police threaten to shoot curfew violators
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Supreme Court to open new term with heavy workload
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Congress hears Lehman sought millions for execs
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Designers play it safe as economy sours
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Jimmy Kimmel returns as American Music Awards host
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Global News Archive for December 2007:
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Among Iraqi Street-Cleaners, Hope for Less Work
Baghdad street-sweepers receive bonus pay for cleaning up after bombings, but they do not relish the grisly job...
New York Times - December 30, 2007
Tribal Rivalry Boils Over After Kenyan Election
The dubious conclusion of the most fiercely fought election in Kenya?s history has pitched the country into chaos...
New York Times - December 30, 2007
Thousands to try to quit smoking
As many as 1.2 million smokers in England could try to quit smoking in the New Year, figures suggest...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Police slam women drink drivers
Police chiefs voice fears over the number of women caught drink-driving during the festive season...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Winehouse and Lewis top charts
Amy Winehouse's album Back to Black is confirmed as the biggest selling album in the UK this year...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Clegg promises 'momentous' year
New Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg uses his New Year message to promise his party a "momentous" 2008...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Ex-Radio 1 DJ Greening dies
Former BBC Radio 1 breakfast DJ Kevin Greening has died at the age of 44, his agent confirms...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
The World: A Marine?s Order: Feed the Hand That Bit You
Soldiers are now doing what they once couldn?t fathom, working beside Iraqis who may have tried to kill them...
New York Times - December 30, 2007
Bhutto?s Son and Husband to Lead Party
Benazir Bhutto?s son, 19, said that his mother?s party, the biggest and most potent in Pakistan, will contest the coming election...
New York Times - December 30, 2007
Children challenge soul star will
Five of James Brown's children are challenging their late father's will, according to court documents...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Drug firms probed over Iraq cash
GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca are co-operating with a probe into breaches of Iraq's oil-for-food programme...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
One dead in light aircraft crash
One person has been killed after a light aircraft crashed in the Scottish Borders, police confirm...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Maoists rejoin Nepal government
Former Maoist rebels in Nepal rejoin the government, after parliament votes to abolish the monarchy...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
France to halt links with Syria
France to suspend diplomatic contacts with Syria until progress is made on choosing a new Lebanese president...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Chad 'launches attack in Darfur'
Chadian troops and Darfur rebels launch an attack in Sudan's western region, diplomatic sources say...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Football: Blackburn beat Derby
David Bentley gets the winner as Blackburn come from behind to beat struggling Derby...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Luxury liner hit by sickness bug
Nearly 80 people onboard the luxury liner the Queen Victoria are hit by a sickness bug on her second voyage...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Man City hold Liverpool to draw
Manchester City survive a second-half onslaught to draw 0-0 with Liverpool...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Victim's body unnoticed for a day
The body of a man shot in the head and found on a London estate had been there for over 24 hours...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Shot man 'wielded Uzi-style' gun
A man shot dead by police reportedly threatened someone with a sub-machine gun, a police watchdog says...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Talks to avert air worker strike
Talks are to be held in an attempt to avert a strike by workers at some of the UK's busiest airports...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Kibaki wins Kenya election
Kenya's electoral body says President Mwai Kibaki has won the presidential poll, despite claims of fraud...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Call for UK help in Bhutto probe
Benazir Bhutto's political party has called for the UK government to help the investigation into her death...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Player's father speaks of shock
The father of Motherwell captain Phil O'Donnell speaks of the family's shock following the star's sudden death...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Dog death baby was 'little angel'
The mother of a one-year-old boy mauled to death by a family dog pays tribute to him, calling him her "little angel"...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Bhutto's son named as successor
Benazir Bhutto's 19-year-old son Bilawal is to take over her party with his father as co-chairman, as elections loom...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Hugh Massingberd, Laureate for the Departed, Dies
Mr. Massingberd, a celebrated former obituaries editor of The Telegraph of London who made a once-dreary page required reading, died on Christmas Day...
New York Times - December 30, 2007
Blairite offers PM olive branch
Blairites are urged to bury the hatchet with Gordon Brown by a prominent supporter of the former PM...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Warning over New Year drinking
A hospital consultant fears more drink-related casualties over the New Year after a busy Christmas...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Tourists beaten in gang robbery
Two Canadian tourists are attacked and robbed by a gang as they walk through west Belfast early on Sunday...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Football: Ferguson warns players
Sir Alex Ferguson warns players they face the axe if they step out of line again following the club Christmas party...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Football: O'Donnell mourned
Former colleagues remember Motherwell midfielder Phil O'Donnell, who died after collapsing during their match with Dundee United...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
JK Rowling hints at eighth Potter
JK Rowling has not ruled out an eighth Harry Potter novel but is unlikely to consider writing it for 10 years...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Mother's tribute to dog death boy
The mother of a one-year-old boy mauled to death by a family dog leads dozens of internet tributes to him...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Kenya's Kibaki told to concede
Kenya's opposition calls on President Kibaki to admit defeat in national elections, amid claims of vote rigging...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Tories 'resonating' admits Straw
Tory policies are proving popular with the public and the government must adapt to survive, Jack Straw warns...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Tributes pour in for footballer
Scotland's first minister leads tributes to Motherwell captain Phil O'Donnell, who died after collapsing during a match...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Pakistan 'likely' to delay vote
Pakistan's election is "likely" to be delayed for some weeks after Benazir Bhutto's death, a ruling party official says...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
China Detains Dissident, Citing Subversion
The authorities have detained a prominent Chinese human rights advocate on suspicion of subversion, escalating a crackdown on dissent...
New York Times - December 30, 2007
In New Tape, Bin Laden Discusses Iraq and Israel
In a new audiotape, Osama bin Laden warned Iraq?s Sunni Arabs against fighting Al Qaeda and promised to expand the terror group?s holy war to Israel...
New York Times - December 30, 2007
Land Mine Kills Spokesman to Mayor of Somalia?s Capital
The spokesman, Mohamed Muhuyidin Ali, was headed to his car when the mine exploded, said Abdirashid Ahmed, a regional officer...
New York Times - December 30, 2007
Lives: David Halberstam | B. 1934: The Combatant
An uncompromising approach, and not just to reporting in Vietnam...
New York Times - December 30, 2007
Kate Webb | b. 1943: She Was Supposed to Be Dead
A Vietnam war correspondent disappears for 23 days...
New York Times - December 30, 2007
Omar Mora | b. 1979 Yance Tell Gray | b. 1981: The Guardians
Two soldiers who fought for their own freedom of speech...
New York Times - December 30, 2007
Arif Khan | b. 1949 Kathleen Khan | 1946: The Believers
A missionary couple, a murder and a mystery...
New York Times - December 30, 2007
Andrée De Jongh | b. 1916: The Escape Artist
She helped downed pilots elude the Nazis...
New York Times - December 30, 2007
The World: A Tall Order for a Marine: Feeding the Hand That Bit You
Divining how to treat the ally who tried to kill you in Anbar Province...
New York Times - December 30, 2007
Young Swedes Flock to Newly Rich Norway for Work
Norway has surpassed Sweden to become one of the richest countries in the world. The number of Swedes living and working in Norway has almost doubled between 1990 and 2007...
New York Times - December 30, 2007
Iraq Attacks Fall 60 Percent, Petraeus Says
Although violent attacks have fallen, the commander, Gen. David H. Petraeus cautioned that security gains were ?tenuous? and ?fragile,? requiring more political and economic progress...
New York Times - December 30, 2007
One Test and 600,000 Destinies in South Africa
South Africa released the results of its annual matric examinations, which measures not only whether the nation?s 12th graders will graduate, but where they will go in society...
New York Times - December 30, 2007
Tapes by C.I.A. Lived and Died to Save Image
Decisions about interrogation videotapes were prompted by fear about what the public might think, officials say...
New York Times - December 30, 2007
Universities warn of higher fees
Some students face increased tuition fees of more than £7,000 because of funding cuts, universities warn...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Salmond says 'waiting days' over
The first minister gives his views on the past year in his New Year message to the public...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Japan PM urges China co-operation
Japan's prime minister calls for increased co-operation with China, at the end of a four-day trip to the country...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Call for UK ban on fake-nail glue
An MP calls for nail bar regulation and a ban on a potentially harmful chemical used in some outlets...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Waits for hearing aids 'too long'
Some people in England are facing waits of nearly two-and-a-half years for a hearing aid, the RNID says...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Inquiry after officers shoot man
The police watchdog investigates the shooting of a man by firearms officers at a village in Kent...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Iraq on Saddam anniversary alert
Security forces in Iraq are on alert for possible violence, a year after the execution of Saddam Hussein...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Web tributes to boy killed by dog
Dozens of internet tributes are made to a one-year-old boy who was mauled to death by a family dog...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Drug firms probed over Iraq cash
GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca are co-operating with a probe into breaches of Iraq's oil-for-food programme...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
Bhutto party to discuss successor
The party of Benazir Bhutto will meet to discuss her successor and whether to contest Pakistan's election...
BBC News - December 30, 2007
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