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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 March 2006:
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American Reporter Kidnapped in Baghdad Is Released
Jill Carroll said she had been mostly confined to a small room during her captivity but had been treated well by her captors...
New York Times - March 30, 2006
Liberia's Ex-President May Be Tried in the Netherlands
Sierra Leone asked the International Criminal Court to provide a venue for the trial of Charles G. Taylor...
New York Times - March 30, 2006
China and Russia Wary of Call for Iran Sanctions
The two nations were responding to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who was urging U.N. sanctions on Iran...
New York Times - March 30, 2006
As France Approves Labor Law, Students Block Roads and Rails
President Jacques Chirac is expected to make the law effective by signing it as early as Friday and will address the nation...
New York Times - March 30, 2006
Hamas Criticizes Aid Cuts as It Assumes Power
In addition, the new interior minister said Palestinian militants would not face arrest from the Palestinian police...
New York Times - March 30, 2006
Russia Says Belarus Must Now Pay Market Price for Gas
The announcement was seen as a move by Russia's state-controlled gas monopoly to gain control of Belarus's gas transit system...
New York Times - March 30, 2006
Unexpected warming in Antarctica
Dramatic increases in air temperature over Antarctica question the reliability of climate models to predict the future...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Doors shut on drugs advisory body
The publicly-funded advisory group Scotland Against Drugs is to close its doors on Friday...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Bomber strikes Israeli settlement
A Palestinian bomber has killed himself and three Israelis outside a settlement in the West Bank, officials say...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Sunk ship 'had 25 Britons aboard'
Up to 25 British nationals are on a ship that has sunk off the coast of Bahrain in the Gulf, reports say...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Addicts get life for man's murder
Two drug addicts who beat a man to death as they searched for money he had inherited are jailed for life...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Football: Boro slip to defeat
Middlesbrough face an uphill task to make the semi-finals of the Uefa Cup after losing at Basle...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Tories prepare to reveal lenders
The Conservatives are preparing to publish a list of people who secretly lent them money, the BBC learns...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Sanctions against Iran 'bad idea'
Iran is not an imminent threat and sanctions would be a bad idea, the UN nuclear watchdog chief warns...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Model Campbell charged in US
Naomi Campbell is charged with assault in New York after allegedly hitting her assistant, police say...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Condoleezza arrives in Liverpool
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives for the start of a two-day visit to Britain...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Many die in Bahrain ship disaster
At least 48 people die after a passenger ship sinks off the coast of Bahrain in the Gulf, officials and witnesses say...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
MI5 taken off July bomber's trail
Officers tracking the lead bomber in the 7 July attacks were diverted to another operation, the BBC learns...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Wembley will not open before 2007
Wembley Stadium, which was six months behind schedule, will now not open until 2007, BBC News has learned...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Gas Deal Roils Ukraine and May Have Cut Leader's Vote
How a company was selected to control Ukraine's supply of natural gas, and who its owners are, remain mysteries...
New York Times - March 30, 2006
Violent Youths Threaten to Hijack Demonstrations in Paris
Scenes of mayhem at protests over a new jobs law give the impression of a Paris under siege...
New York Times - March 30, 2006
Chirac May Step In to Try to Resolve Crisis Over Jobs Law
President Jacques Chirac said he would address France "in the coming days," in a deepening political crisis over a new jobs law...
New York Times - March 30, 2006
American Reporter Kidnapped in Baghdad Is Released
Jill Carroll said she was treated well during her three months captivity...
New York Times - March 30, 2006
UK carbon emissions rise again
Britain's carbon dioxide emissions rose between 2004 and 2005, provisional government figures show...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Viewers to get say on licence fee
The government will survey viewers on the licence fee before setting its cost for the next 10 years...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Microsoft defends against EU fine
Microsoft and Brussels begin a two-day hearing that gives the firm its last chance to defend against daily fines...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Murder suspects offer no defence
Two young men and a youth accused of murdering a sixth-former all decline to give evidence in their defence...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
New council strike days announced
Council workers are to hold a series of regional strikes after they failed to reach a deal over pensions...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Assembly members set for recall
The deadline for efforts to restore the Northern Ireland Assembly has been set for 24 November, sources say...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Row over NHS consultant targets
A target to recruit an extra 600 NHS consultants in Scotland by September may be dropped, it emerges...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Kurd unrest escalates in Turkey
Hundreds of Kurds clash with police as street violence spreads in south-eastern Turkey...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Quartet warns Hamas over funding
Mediators tell the Hamas-led Palestinian government that aid could be affected if it does not recognise Israel...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Wembley gigs off due to delays
Four concerts planned for the new Wembley Stadium are scrapped because the venue will not be ready on time...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Coe welcomes Olympic Bill
London 2012 chief Sebastian Coe hails the Olympic Bill becoming law, just nine months after the Games were awarded...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Model Naomi Campbell arrested
Supermodel Naomi Campbell is arrested in New York on suspicion of assaulting her assistant...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
French job law 'constitutional'
A youth employment law that has sparked protests across France is legal, says the top constitutional body...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
US journalist is set free in Iraq
A US reporter held hostage in Iraq is freed more than two months after being seized in Baghdad...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Iran given stark nuclear choice
Iran has 30 days to return to the negotiations or face isolation, foreign ministers from six major powers warn...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Death plots 'targeted Musharraf'
A witness in the case of an alleged bombing campaign in the UK says he plotted to kill the president of Pakistan...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Brown keeps public pay rises down
The Treasury unveils a public sector pay rise averaging 2.25%, but consultants are angered by their deal...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Belarus Plans to Charge Defeated Candidate Who Led Protest
Prosecutors continued the crackdown on the opposition to President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko in a snub to the West...
New York Times - March 30, 2006
Vitamins 'may up pregnancy risk'
High vitamin doses may raise the risk of pre-eclampsia rather than protecting against it, research suggests...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Students' costs and incomes rise
Student expenditure has gone up 44% under Labour - but income has kept pace, a survey shows...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Rare Shakespeare folio to be sold
A complete first folio of William Shakespeare's plays, dating from 1623, is to be auctioned in London...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Government sites fail web tests
Some 60% of government websites have HTML errors on their home pages, research shows...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Ferry service making waves
A decision to run a Sunday ferry between parts of the Western Isles triggers a major row...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Woman dies after fire at hospital
A police investigation is under way after a patient died following a suspicious fire in a hospital ward...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Nuclear clean-up 'to cost £70bn'
The cost of cleaning up the UK's nuclear power plants could be more than £70bn, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority says...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Compulsory identity cards planned
Identity cards will be made compulsory if Labour wins the next election, Home Secretary Charles Clarke says...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
France braced for job law ruling
France awaits a ruling by a top constitutional body on a youth employment law which has sparked huge protests...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
India 'cuts HIV infection rate'
HIV infection rates have fallen by a third in the worst-hit regions of southern India, research suggests...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Man in custody over double shooting
Armed police arrest a 41-year-old man in connection with a pub shooting in which two men died...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Jobs boost for engineering firm
More than 150 jobs are being created by the County Antrim engineering firm FG Wilson in a £47m investment...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Taylor trial 'may move to Hague'
Sierra Leone asks The Hague to host the trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor, Dutch officials say...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Cyclone Glenda lashes Australia
Cyclone Glenda is crossing Australia's north-west coast where thousands of residents are riding it out...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Migration looms over Cancun talks
George W Bush is in Cancun for a summit with Mexico and Canada likely to focus on immigration and trade...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Dentists 'snub new NHS contract'
One in 10 dentists may reject the new NHS contract - with many more remaining in dispute, a survey suggests...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Racist incidents increase by 12%
Recorded racist incidents rose by 12% to 59,257 in 2004/2005 with stop and searches up 14%, the Home Office says...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
George Michael gets drug caution
Singer George Michael is given a police caution for possessing cannabis after being found asleep in his car...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Football: Parker could miss out
Glandular fever looks set to rule out Scott Parker for the rest of the season - and wreck his World Cup hopes...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Rugby: Dallaglio Wasps deal
Wasps skipper Lawrence Dallaglio signs a new two-year deal with the club...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Rice mosque visit cancelled
A visit to a Blackburn mosque by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is cancelled due to protest fears...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Rise in Asbos prompts criticism
Last year saw a huge rise in the number of Asbos issued, sparking criticism from children's charities...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Boy held over superstore rape
A teenager is arrested in connection with the rape of an 11-year-old girl in a supermarket toilet...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
US journalist released in Iraq
A US reporter held hostage in Iraq has been freed more than two months after she was seized in Baghdad...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Medics slam 'vindictive' pay rise
Senior doctors say they have been "singled out" by the government for a "vindictive" staged pay rise...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
U.N. Council Urges Iran to Halt Atom Activity
A nonbinding declaration resulted in three weeks of bruising negotiations that produced a markedly weakened final version...
New York Times - March 30, 2006
Italy Grants Asylum to Afghan Christian Convert
Abdul Rahman, who faced the death penalty in Afghanistan for converting to Christianity, was secretly flown to Italy...
New York Times - March 30, 2006
Not With a Bang but a Pop
Israeli voters gave Ehud Olmert's Kadima Party a mandate, but it proved less than overwhelming...
New York Times - March 30, 2006
Hamas Cabinet Is Sworn In, Widening Break With the Israelis
RAMALLAH, West Bank, March 29 — The new Palestinian prime minister, Ismail Haniya, and his cabinet were sworn in Wednesday, formally putting the Islamic movement Hamas in charge of the Palestinian Authority and marking an almost total break in the government's contact with Israel...
New York Times - March 30, 2006
Beleaguered Premier Warns U.S. to Stop Interfering in Iraq's Politics
Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari of Iraq defended his recent political alliance with the radical Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr...
New York Times - March 30, 2006
Liberian Seized to Stand Trial on War Crimes
Charles G. Taylor was brought to Freetown to face war crimes charges for his role in a brutal decade-long civil war in Sierra Leone...
New York Times - March 30, 2006
'Good' food provided in childcare
The majority of nurseries and childcare providers serve a healthy diet to children, inspectors say...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
First Brazilian goes into space
Marcos Pontes becomes the first Brazilian in space after a successful launch aboard a Russian rocket...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Man, 80, charged with OAP murder
A man aged 80 is due to appear in court charged with the murder of an 84-year-old woman...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Ottakar's deal gets green light
The Competition Commission gives provisional backing to the takeover of bookshop chain Ottakar's by HMV...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Sri Lanka votes in local polls
Polling begins in local elections in Sri Lanka observers say will have a bearing on the peace process...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Terrorism Act arrests at hospital
Four men are arrested at Stafford District General Hospital under the Terrorism Act...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Girl, 4, frees mother in robbery
A four-year-old girl helps her mother after she is tied up by robbers inside her home in County Antrim...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Australia set for Cyclone Glenda
Australia braces for its second major storm in two weeks as Cyclone Glenda heads for its north-west coast...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Call for Brazil corruption action
More than 100, including MPs and former ministers, should be charged over corruption in Brazil, an inquiry says...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Crunch talks on Iran nuclear plan
Condoleezza Rice will join five other key foreign ministers in Berlin to discuss a strategy on Iran's nuclear plans...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Traffic centre aims to cut jams
A new national traffic control centre for England will give motorists better warnings of hold-ups ahead...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Third series for Dr Who and Rose
Doctor Who stars David Tennant and Billie Piper want to make a third series, as the second prepares to launch...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Security 'not at fault on 7 July'
A Parliamentary report on the London bombings does not blame intelligence or security, but does find some faults...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
Tories asking to reveal lenders
The Tories seek permission to publish names of people who have lent them money, amid the secret party loans row...
BBC News - March 30, 2006
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