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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 January 2005:
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Attacks in Baghdad and Elsewhere Reportedly Kill Several Dozen
A top election official said as many as 8 million people turned out to vote, or at least 55 percent of those registered...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
Bush Hails Iraq Vote as 'a Resounding Success'
President Bush declared that the balloting had been "a resounding success" whose effects would be felt throughout the Middle East and indeed the world...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
Israel Prepares to Pull Out of Some Palestinian Areas
A statement by Israel's defense minister today was the latest sign of increasing cooperation between the two sides...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
Ephraim Kishon, 80, Holocaust Survivor Who Became Satirist
Ephraim Kishon became one of Israel's best-known humorists with his satiric books and movies popular here and in Europe...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
Basra: Early Calm, Then a Festive Stream of Voters
It looked at first as if the election experiment might be a failure. But then something changed...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
Non-sex genes link to 'gay trait'
Multiple genes and not just the sex chromosomes are important in sexual orientation, scientists suggest...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Scientists assess climate dangers
Averting the worst impacts of a warming world is the theme of a high-level UK scientific conference starting on 1 February...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Football: Anelka quits Man City
Fenerbahce say they have signed Nicolas Anelka from Manchester City...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Malaysia immigrants face round-up
A deadline for thousands of illegal workers to leave Malaysia or face arrest expires on Monday...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Abbas prepares for Moscow talks
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas visits Russia for talks with a key player in Middle East peace efforts...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
New push for Afghan disarmament
Afghan authorities launch a new push to get people to hand over Stinger missiles from the 1980s war...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Israelis rally against Gaza plan
More than 130,000 people rally outside the Israeli parliament against plans to withdraw from the Gaza Strip...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Spanish hotel rocked by explosion
A bomb explodes at a hotel in Denia in south-east Spain, injuring one person and damaging the building...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
PM to apologise to Conlon family
Tony Blair will publicly apologise to one of the Guildford Four families, the Secretary of State says...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Fears grow for missing Essex boy
Police appeal for help in finding a
nine-year-old boy, who has been missing since Saturday...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
'Blair' doodles amuse Number 10
Downing Street reveals that page of doodles found on Tony Blair's desk at a summit were not by the prime minister...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Blair hails Iraq poll
Tony Blair says the Iraqi general election has "struck a blow to the heart of global terrorism"...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Nine UK troops die in Iraq crash
At least nine British soldiers are killed as a RAF Hercules transport plane crashes north of Baghdad...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Venezuela Land Reform Looks to Seize Idle Farmland
The government President Hugo Chávez says the only lands to be seized are those that were illegally obtained...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
China's Fear of Ghosts: Balancing Stability and Dissent
China's top leaders struggled to find the right balance in managing the politically explosive death of Zhao Ziyang, who was memorialized Saturday...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
Amid Attacks, a Party Atmosphere on Baghdad's Closed Streets
U.S. officials were showing confidence that today was going to be a big success, despite attacks that took at least two dozen lives...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
Eastwood wins top director award
Clint Eastwood beats stiff competition from Martin Scorsese to win Directors Guild of America award...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Fatal gun battle in Kuwait City
At least four people are killed when police raid a suspected militant hideout, state television reports...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Police seek man over teenage rape
Police want to question a man in connection with the rape of an 18-year-old girl in County Tyrone...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Inquiry into tower lift's failure
An inquiry is launched into what caused a lift to jam at the Glasgow Science Tower, trapping 10 people...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
New UKIP defection to 'Veritas'
UKIP London Assembly member Damian Hockney defects to join Robert Kilroy-Silk's new party, due to launch this week...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Cricket: England draw first blood
England draw first blood in the one-day series against South Africa with a rain-affected 26-run win in Johannesburg...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Football: Bolton battle through
Ricardo Vaz Te's first-ever goal for Bolton sends his side into the FA Cup fifth round...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
African heads tackle key problems
More than 25 heads of state meet in Nigeria to try to resolve some of the Africa's most pressing problems...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Iraqis clash at Manchester poll
Iraqis clash with demonstrators against the election in their homeland outside a Manchester polling station...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
UK expats cast their vote
UK Iraqis turn out in celebratory dress to vote in their homeland's first free election in 50 years...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Football: Chelsea through in Cup
Robert Huth and John Terry get the goals as Chelsea book their place in the FA Cup fifth round...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
UK military plane crashes in Iraq
A British RAF Hercules transport plane has crashed north-west of Baghdad, the British Army confirms...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Jackson plea on eve of abuse case
Pop icon Michael Jackson protests his innocence the day before his child abuse trial is set to start in California...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Iraq election declared 'success'
Iraq's first open election in decades is hailed by Iraqi officials and the US, but marred by a spate of attacks...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Suicide Bombers Strike Several Polling Places in Baghdad
Iraqis began voting this morning, and attacks began soon after. Explosions were reported in Baghdad other cities across the country...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
Gates says security is priority
Microsoft boss Bill Gates tells the BBC that better security is the top priority for the company...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Iraq elections: Your views
Iraqis have begun voting in their first multi-party elections for decades, but violence has continued. Send us your comments...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Man dies in suspected dock prank
A 23-year-old dies after jumping into a dock during a night out...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Bishop speaks out on abuse case
A Catholic bishop praises parishioners for their response to a priest at the centre of a sex abuse allegation...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Police hunt for dead baby mother
Police investigate after the body of a newborn baby is found in the garden of a house in Cardiff...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Late tax filers face hefty fines
Taxpayers have just a day left to pay any outstanding tax and file their returns or face hefty fines...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Olympics: Coe denies bid claim
Sebastian Coe laughs off reports that his London bid team expect to lose out to Paris for the 2012 Olympics...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Israel set for West Bank pullback
Israel says its ready to transfer security control of several West Bank towns to the Palestinians...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Reporters' log: Iraqi elections
The BBC's correspondents report from across the Middle East as Iraqis go to the polls to elect a transitional Iraqi assembly...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Iraq election: Who is running?
Key players and parties who figure prominently in Iraq's first national election since the fall of Saddam Hussein...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Tennis: Safin Open triumph
Marat Safin battles back to beat Lleyton Hewitt and win the Australian Open...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Yushchenko to 'tackle corruption'
Ukraine's new president tells business leaders his country is "deeply corrupt" and promises a crack-down...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Former minister is HIV positive
The former Labour culture secretary, Chris Smith, reveals that he has been HIV positive for 17 years...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Terror plans are not 'internment'
The lord chancellor says he thinks plans to put terror suspects under house arrest do not equal a police state...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Iraqis vote amid mounting attacks
Attacks and explosions mount as Iraqis go to the polls in the first multi-party elections for half a century...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Sharon and Abbas to Meet Within 2 Weeks
The meeting will also coincide with a planned visit to the region by the new U.S. secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
Rocket Attack on U.S. Embassy Killed 2 on Saturday
Tensions surrounding today's elections were ratcheted up by a deadly strike on the American Embassy in Baghdad on Saturday...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
Under Pressure, Qatar May Sell Jazeera Station
U.S. relations with Qatar are strained over the country's sponsorship of Al Jazeera, the provocative television station that is a big source of news in the Arab world...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
At Forum, Leaders Confront Annual Enigma of China
At the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, there are many questions, but few answers on the subject of China's prospects...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
C.I.A. Said to Rebuff Congress on Nazi Files
The C.I.A. and Congress are heading for a showdown over the agency's refusal to provide all of the documents it has on the relationship between American intelligence and Nazi war criminals...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
Talks plan key Middle East summit
Senior Israelis and Palestinians pave the way for the summit between Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Iraq 'will not be Shia-run state'
Iraq's national security adviser says Sunday's election will create a coalition government with religion taking a back seat...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Eurotunnel explosives charge
A man aged 54 is charged over possessing explosives at the Channel Tunnel...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Father's murder case call
The father of a murdered British tourist is flying to Kenya to call for a new inquiry into his daughter's 1988 death...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
US oil companies return to Libya
Occidental is the major winner of oil and gas licences in Libya, returning to the country after two decades...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Tsunami warning system row
Regional countries and organisations clash over the location of an Indian Ocean tsunami early warning system...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
'Rage' at 18-year death row stay
A Briton whose US murder conviction was quashed after 18 years on death row has spoken of his anger...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Climate change 'disaster by 2026'
A rise in global temperatures could result in devastating effects in just over 20 years time, a study warns...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
President launches Iraq election
Iraq's interim president is one of the first to vote in the country's first multi-party elections for half a century...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Housing plans criticised by MPs
"Irreversible environmental damage" will be caused by plans to build more one million homes in the South East, MPs say...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
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