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Gustav stalls offshore in Haiti after killing 23
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Indian security forces kill 3 in Kashmir
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Indian security forces kill 5 in Kashmir
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Kashmir police and suspected rebels in shootout
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Swiss exonerate Europes last executed witch
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Combat flares in 3rd area of Pakistan border belt
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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At least 5 dead in Kashmir battle over hostages
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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9 killed in bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Garth, Doherty make nice while filming new 90210
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Global News Archive for March 2008:
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French Architect Wins Pritzker Prize
Jean Nouvel, known for diverse but distinctive projects, has won architecture?s top honor...
New York Times - March 30, 2008
Sadr Offers Deal for Truce as Fighting Persists in Iraq
The Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr took a step toward ending six days of combat between his militia allies and Iraqi and U.S. forces in Basra and Baghdad...
New York Times - March 30, 2008
Opposition Claims Win in Zimbabwe on Unofficial Tally
Zimbabawe?s main opposition party said that unofficial results showed a landslide victory over Robert Mugabe, who has led this nation for 28 years...
New York Times - March 30, 2008
Israel Agrees to Ease Access for Palestinians
With Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the region, Israel agreed to remove about 50 West Bank roadblocks...
New York Times - March 30, 2008
Estelle and Duffy top the charts
Estelle and Duffy both maintain their places at the top of the UK single and album charts...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
New bank code comes into effect
The new Banking Code comes into force, requiring banks to do more to help customers with debt woes...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Worry over 'patchy career advice'
Careers advice is patchy and needs to be urgently improved, according to new research...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Football: Magpies trounce Spurs
Newcastle fight back from a goal down to record their first back-to-back victories since December...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Monitors warn on Zimbabwe 'delay'
Election observers warn that 'delays' in announcing official presidential poll results risk fuelling tension...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
China seeks India Tibet backing
A top Chinese official urges India to "understand and support" Beijing's policy towards Tibet...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Five killed in Kent plane crash
Five people are killed as a plane crashes in Farnborough in Kent severely damaging a house and garage...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Tibet Protesters Try to Disrupt Olympic Ceremony
Greek officials handed over the Olympic flame to organizers of the Beijing Summer Games on Sunday, but demonstrators sought to disrupt the ceremony...
New York Times - March 30, 2008
Dith Pran, ?Killing Fields? Photographer, Dies at 65
Mr. Dith was a photojournalist for The New York Times whose gruesome ordeal in the killing fields of Cambodia was re-created in a 1984 movie...
New York Times - March 30, 2008
Armed robber threatens pensioner
An 83-year-old man is left badly shaken after being threatened with a screwdriver during a robbery...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Man hunted after wife's car crash
A man at the centre of an investigation into his wife's death 14 years ago, is hunted by police in New Zealand...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
S&N shareholders in takeover vote
Shareholders of Scottish & Newcastle are due to meet on Monday to call time on the UK's largest brewer...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Plane on stand-by for Betancourt
France readies a plane in French Guiana in case Ingrid Betancourt, held hostage by Colombian rebels, is freed...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Israel to cut W Bank roadblocks
Israel and the Palestinians agree to a series of "concrete steps" to ease lives in the West Bank, the US says...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Nepal police halt Tibet protest
Nepalese police arrest more than 100 Tibetan exiles and Buddhist monks near the Chinese embassy...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Mother's 'contempt' for killers
The mother of Sophie Lancaster says she feels "nothing but contempt" for her daughter's killers...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Liverpool edge Merseyside derby
Liverpool strengthen their grip on fourth place after Fernando Torres' 28th goal of the season wins the Merseyside derby...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Cycling: Pendleton claims silver
Victoria Pendleton misses out on her third gold medal, in the women's keirin at the Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Tanzanian gem miners feared dead
About 65 miners are feared dead after heavy rainfall triggers the collapse of gem mines in Tanzania...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
'Killing Fields' journalist dies
The Cambodian journalist whose 1970s ordeal was the subject of the film, The Killing Fields, dies...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Olympic torch handed to China
The Olympic flame is passed to Chinese officials at an Athens ceremony, amid protests over Tibet...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Plane crash destroys Kent homes
A plane carrying five people has crashed in Farnborough, Kent, setting two houses on fire...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Iraqi cleric calls off militias
Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr orders his fighters off the streets of several cities after five days of fighting...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
T5 baggage system 'working' - BA
BA's chief executive Willie Walsh says efforts are being made to clear the backlog at Heathrow's Terminal 5...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Hugo Claus, 78, Belgian Novelist and Poet, Is Dead
Mr. Claus was one of Belgium?s most renowned authors despite his often caustic portrayals of his nation, particularly its ambiguous role in World War II...
New York Times - March 30, 2008
Man dies after house fire rescue
A man caught in a house fire in County Londonderry dies shortly after being rescued by fire crews...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
More Scottish flights cancelled
Flights to and from Scotland through the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow are cancelled for the fourth day...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Head-on crash kills two girls, 17
Two 17-year-old girls died when the car they were in lost control on a wet road, say police...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Rice calls for Mid-East progess
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asks Israel to take "meaningful" steps to ease Palestinian lives...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Football: Call for Reds resolution
Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry calls on the club's co-owners to quickly resolve the Reds' ownership saga...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Cities dim lights for environment
Cities around the world, starting with Sydney, switch off the lights for an hour to highlight climate change...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Tycoon calls for Scottish vote
Scotland's richest man calls for an immediate independence referendum to allow the country to move on...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Woman dies after police pursuit
A woman dies after her car collides with a Mercedes which was fleeing from police in east London...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Row over 'sale' of school fields
The government distances itself from claims that the education secretary and his predecessor agreed the sale of 19 school playing fields...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Government is in touch says Smith
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has dismissed claims by a fellow minister that the government is out of touch...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
High alert for Olympic handover
Police are on alert as 20,000 gather in Athens for the handover of the Olympic torch to Chinese officials...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
New curfew to curb Iraqi unrest
Baghdad extends its round-the-clock curfew as clashes continue between the Iraqi army and Shia militiamen...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Warning on Zimbabwe victory claim
Zimbabwe's main opposition party is warned against declaring an early victory in the presidential poll...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
In Mideast, Rice Urges Cooperation on Security
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is hoping security improvements will reinvigorate talks between Israelis and Palestinians that suffered a setback after a recent outbreak of violence...
New York Times - March 30, 2008
France 'could take Farc rebels'
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe says France could take Farc rebels if they agree to free their hostages...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Mark Thatcher 'weds in Gibraltar'
Sir Mark Thatcher, the son of the former Prime Minister Lady Thatcher, is reported to have remarried in Gibraltar...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Open skies deal comes into effect
The "open skies" deal between the US and Europe comes into effec, aiming to open up air travel...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Anger at 'missed TB opportunity'
England's TB rate is rising because measures to prevent the disease are not being used, health campaigners say...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Clinton rejects call to quit race
Hillary Clinton dismisses calls from a senior Democrat to end her bid for the party's presidential nomination...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
UK 'must adopt disability treaty'
The government is urged by a charity to ratify fully an international treaty on disability...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Faithful 'crammed into churches'
Evangelical and Pentecostal churches say planning regulations have left worshippers crammed into small buildings...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Vote count begins in Zimbabwe
Vote counting starts in Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe faces a strong challenge from the opposition...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
Personal NHS budgets considered
Patients with long-term conditions could get control of their own NHS budgets, the government says...
BBC News - March 30, 2008
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