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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 May 2006:
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As Calm Returns to Kabul, 8 Die in Afghan North
The attacks follow at least two other fatal attacks on aid workers in northern Afghanistan in recent weeks...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
3 Days After Quake, Aid Is Slow to Reach Villages
Villagers rooting through rubble in central Java today said no relief agencies had made contact with them...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Indonesian quake
Aid starts to reach survivors of the Indonesian earthquake, as the official death toll continues to rise. Send us your comments...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Record £14.9bn loss at Vodafone
Vodafone reports a £14.9bn loss - a UK record - after it admits some of its assets were worth less than it thought...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Parents in tribute to stab victim
The parents of a student stabbed to death on a train in Cumbria pay tribute to their "A-grade son"...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Mother's tribute to Iraq soldier
A Welsh Cavalry soldier killed with a colleague in Iraq "was taken from us too young and too soon," says his mother...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
FBI fails to find Hoffa's remains
A two-week FBI search of a Michigan farm for the body of union boss Jimmy Hoffa ends without result...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Daewoo boss gets 10 years in jail
Kim Woo-choong, the founder of South Korea's Daewoo Group, is sentenced to 10 years in jail for fraud...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Crouch goal caps England victory
Steven Gerrard, John Terry and Peter Crouch score as England beat Hungary 3-1...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Plane passenger 'had ammunition'
Italian police quiz a man taken off an Easyjet flight to Stansted after cabin crew find ammunition in his hand luggage...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
EU court annuls data deal with US
Europe's highest court annuls an EU-US deal that requires airline passenger data to be transferred to the US...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Iraq to probe US massacre claims
Iraq says it will investigate allegations of a US massacre in Haditha as questions mount in Washington...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
US sniper guilty of six killings
Washington sniper John Allen Muhammad is found guilty of six more murders during the 2002 sniper scare...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Youths Clash With Police in Paris Suburb
About 150 masked youths wielding sticks and baseball bats fought with police in the worst violence since the unrest in November...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Journalist Wounded in Iraq Arrives in Germany
Kimberly Dozier's condition was described as stable and responsive during the flight from Iraq...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Police Are Criticized in Wave of Gang Violence in Brazil
Recriminations against the police and the way they handled attacks with street gangs are intensifying, fed by indications that irate officers may have sought revenge...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
US court backs online reporters
Digital rights groups have welcomed a US court ruling giving online news sites the same rights as offline media...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Beach reopens after 'bomb' scare
A beach reopens after what was thought to be a WWII explosive turns out to be a steel mooring buoy...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Standard Life float decision due
Standard Life members are set to decide whether to approve its plans to demutualise and to list on the stock market...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
India 'has most people with HIV'
India now has more people living with HIV than any other country, a UNAIDS report has revealed...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Spy claims 'are nonsense'
Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness rubbishes a claim in a Sunday tabloid that he was a British spy...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Print experts stand by McKie ID
Fingerprint experts at the centre of the Shirley McKie case tell MSPs they still believe the print belonged to the former detective...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Witness: Saddam 'victims' alive
A witness in the trial of Saddam Hussein says 23 people said to have been executed are in fact alive...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Tennis: Injured Murray beaten
A back injury hampers Andy Murray as he loses to Gael Monfils on his French Open debut...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Football: Row over Dowie
Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan says new Charlton boss Iain Dowie made "fraudulent statements" about his reasons for leaving Selhurst Park...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Somali gunmen seize key hospital
Secular gunmen invade a key hospital in Somalia's capital in violation of humanitarian law, the ICRC says...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Duke in threat to village water
An aristocrat who provides 130 homes in a Somerset village with water announces he is cutting off their supply...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Big Brother's George quits house
Big Brother contestant George leaves the show, saying he could not deal with the prospect of fame...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Owen likely to start for England
Michael Owen is expected to start England's World Cup warm-up against Hungary despite fears over his thigh...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
HIV infections 'may have peaked'
The rate at which people are infected with HIV may have peaked in the late 1990s, according to a UNAIDS report...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Leading loyalist shot in attack
Leading loyalist paramilitary Mark Haddock is taken to hospital following a gun attack in County Antrim...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
MoD names troops killed in Iraq
Two UK soldiers killed by a bomb in Basra are named as parents pay tribute to their "beautiful son"...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Emergency rule for E Timor leader
East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao takes control of the army and police to try to defuse mounting unrest...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
U.S. Is Sending Reserve Troops to Iraq's West
The movement of a brigade to help quell attacks in the volatile Anbar Province comes as officials have raised doubts about possible troop reductions...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Loach rebuts 'anti-British' claim
Director Ken Loach dismisses claims his Palme d'Or-winning film is overly critical of Britain's role in Ireland...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
'Beautiful' Tory list under fire
David Cameron's A-List of election hopefuls comes under attack for putting "celebrities" ahead of local activists...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Child jab wait 'threatens lives'
Failure to introduce a jab for pneumococcal disease this summer puts children's lives at risk, say campaigners...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Lecturers call for Israel boycott
A lecturers' union is urging members to consider boycotting Israeli academics and universities...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Fuel depot blaze is under control
A blaze at a fuel depot near north Belfast is brought under control after fire crews work during the night...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Sheridan and Fox agree to talks
The former SSP leader meets with his successor for the first time since criticising the party's top ranks...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Nightclub shooting youth bailed
An 18-year-old man arrested after a shooting in a nightclub in Cardiff is released on bail while police investigations continue...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
BAA rejects higher Ferrovial bid
Spain's Grupo Ferrovial says that UK airport group BAA has rejected a "significantly improved" cash offer...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
French 'poison pen' man quizzed
French police question a businessman at the centre of an alleged smear campaign targeting politicians...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
One killed in Iraq ministry hit
An attack on the interior ministry kills at least one as the government meets to discuss key ministerial posts...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Tributes to train stabbing victim
Teachers and friends of a 19-year-old student stabbed to death on a train pay tribute to a "genuine guy"...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Football: Owen handling criticised
Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd is unhappy with England officials over Michael Owen's latest injury scare...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
US warning on Iraq deaths probe
A top US military official says an inquiry into the killing of a group of Iraqi civilians must not be prejudged...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Charlton unveil Dowie as new boss
Charlton unveil former Crystal Palace boss Iain Dowie as their new manager...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Vodafone suffers record losses
Troubled mobile phone giant Vodafone reports a £14.9bn loss - the biggest in UK corporate history...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Prescott and PM's future 'linked'
John Prescott will only step down when Tony Blair sets a date for his own retirement, his biographer says...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Too many in jail, says top judge
There are too many people being sent to prison in England and Wales, the country's top judge says...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
EU court blocks data deal with US
Europe's highest court blocks an EU-US deal that requires airline passenger data to be transferred to the US...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
On a Marine Base, Disbelief Over Charges
In Camp Pendleton, Calif., denial and utter disbelief are the overwhelming reaction to reports of the killings in Iraq involving marines based here...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Aid Reaches Indonesian Quake Area, but Volcano's Activity Increases
A volcano destabilized by Saturday's earthquake could pose a new risk to residents trying to recover...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
British Teachers Favor Call to Boycott Israelis
Britain's biggest association of higher education instructors voted in favor of a resolution to encourage individual academics to sever contact with their counterparts in Israel...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
China Urged to Reassess Tiananmen
A group of 126 people whose relatives died in the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square issued an appeal to reassess the episode and compensate victims...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Anti-U.S. Rioting Erupts in Kabul; at Least 14 Dead
A deadly accident caused by a U.S. military convoy quickly touched off a full-blown anti-American riot...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
2 at CBS News Die in Baghdad on Bloody Day
The police said at least 31 other people were killed in one of the worst days of bloodshed in the Iraqi capital in weeks...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Daniels out of celebrity X Factor
Magician Paul Daniels is the first to be voted off as celebrities face Simon Cowell in their own version of X Factor...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Fingerprint officers to face MSPs
The four officers at the heart of the Shirley McKie case are set to appear before a Holyrood inquiry...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Spain to get migrant patrol help
Nine EU nations pledge to send boats and planes to help stem migrant flows from Africa to Spain...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Saddam witnesses say Dujail fair
Defence witnesses at the trial of Saddam Hussein say death sentences given to 148 Dujail men were fair...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Sri Lanka rebels 'shoot dead 12'
Sri Lanka's army says suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed 12 construction workers in the east of the country...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
East Timor hit by fresh looting
Fresh looting is reported in East Timor's capital, Dili, five days after the deployment of Australian-led peacekeepers...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Plea for free Africa healthcare
A UK-based charity urges donors to give specific long-term support to Africa in providing free healthcare...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Owen given all-clear after scare
Striker Michael Owen is set to play in England's friendly against Hungary, despite an injury scare...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Boomers 'want to work after 65'
Baby boomers want to continue working past pension age but on their own terms, according to a new group...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Tributes to Iraq bomb journalists
Tributes are paid to two British TV journalists who were killed by a car bomb in Iraq...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Dose cut may help breast cancer
Fewer but larger doses of radiotherapy may be a better way to treat breast cancer, research suggests...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Aid flow begins for Java victims
Aid starts to reach survivors of the Indonesian earthquake, as the official death toll reaches almost 5,500...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
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