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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Shuttle gives space station a mile-high boost
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Laura Bush visits Peruvian hospital
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Blast kills 8 mourners at Pakistani funeral
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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China 19,000 victims identified from May quake
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Obama keeps low profile in auto rescue talks
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Tobey Maguire, Jennifer Meyer expecting baby No. 2
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Spears makes unexpected appearance in court
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Kanye Wests new album to debut on MySpace Music
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Global News Archive for May 2007:
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Whale sanctuary proposal defeated
A proposal for a South Atlantic whale sanctuary is defeated at the International Whaling Commission's meeting...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Blair attacks Africa trip critics
Tony Blair dismisses critics of his week-long Africa tour as "cynics", while pointing to progress in Sierra Leone...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Food chemical 'may boost memory'
A chemical found in chocolate, tea and grapes can improve the memory of mice, research suggests...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Premiership wages 'to top £1bn'
Top English football club wages are set to break the £1bn barrier for the first time in the Premier League's history, a report says...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Big Brother has all women house
Eleven women - and no men - enter the house as the eighth series of Channel 4's Big Brother begins...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Smoking drug approved on NHS
A non-nicotine drug specifically designed to help smokers quit is approved for use on the NHS...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Helicopter crashes in Afghanistan
A Nato Chinook military helicopter crashes in southern Afghanistan killing seven crew and two passengers...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
UN approves Hariri murder court
The UN votes in favour of setting up a court to try the suspected killers of ex-Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Memo From London: Should British Academics, or Rock Bands, Boycott Israel?
British college teachers will debate whether they should punish their Israeli colleagues, in solidarity with Palestinians calling for boycotts, and whether it would be anti-Semitic to do so...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Interrogation Methods Are Criticized
A set of experts is calling harsh techniques used since the 2001 terrorist attacks outmoded, amateurish and unreliable...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Raids in Baghdad Follow Kidnapping of Britons
American and Iraqi troops conducted raids in Baghdad?s Sadr City neighborhood today, a day after five British citizens were abducted from a nearby government building, according to a military spokesman...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Tiscali e-mail 'hit' by spammers
Spammers have knocked out the e-mail service for many of Tiscali's customers, the net service provider says...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Street's Les Battersby to leave
Coronation Street's Bruce Jones, who plays Les Battersby, will not return to the soap after his suspension...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Dons to consider Israeli boycott
Academics have backed calls for a wide-ranging debate on a boycott of Israeli universities...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Child killed in city hit-and-run
A young girl is killed and a woman seriously injured in a hit-and-run collision in Edinburgh...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
India alarm over HIV in new areas
India health officials are alarmed by growing HIV/Aids infection rates in two key northern states...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Playing field killer 'a coward'
A judge brands a teenager a coward as he sentences him for killing a 16-year-old boy on playing fields in Kent...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Row over 'repulsive gays' comment
Executive minister Ian Paisley Jnr is criticised for allegedly saying he was "repulsed" by homosexuals...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Turkish court condemns PM Erdogan
Turkey's top court asks prosecutors to consider charging PM Tayyip Recep Erdogan over critical comments...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Iran links Iraq and nuclear issue
An Iranian official says that Iran-US talks on Iraq cannot be separated from the dispute over Iran's nuclear program...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
US nominates new World Bank chief
President Bush chooses former top US diplomat Robert Zoellick to replace Paul Wolfowitz at the World Bank...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
NZ police probe power cut death
A New Zealand woman on an oxygen machine died after her electricity was cut over an unpaid bill, relatives say...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Five die in Somalia convoy attack
Ethiopian troops kill five civilians after a mine attack on their convoy in central Somalia, witnesses say...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Flintoff to have ankle operation
Andrew Flintoff will have ankle surgery this weekend and faces a battle to play for England this summer...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Football: Man City bid withdrawn
Ray Ranson withdraws his bid to buy Manchester City...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Thai ex-PM banned from politics
Thailand's ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra is banned from politics for five years after his party is found guilty of fraud...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
21/7 suspect shocked by arrests
One of the suspects in the 21 July terror trial says he felt 'sick' when he heard a friend had been arrested...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Sadr aide denies Britons kidnap
A top aide of radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr says the Mehdi Army did not abduct five Britons in Baghdad...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Gunmen in Police Uniforms Kidnap 5 British Civilians
Gunmen wearing police commando uniforms abducted five British civilians from a Finance Ministry complex in Iraq, British officials said...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Design win for Alzheimer's tool
A screensaver and social network for people with Alzheimer's wins a Microsoft-led software design prize...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Actress Lohan checks into rehab
Actress Lindsay Lohan admits herself to a rehab facility following her arrest at the weekend...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Campus extremism request rejected
Lecturers have voted unanimously to boycott government plans to tackle extremism on college campuses...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Music site Last.fm bought by CBS
Online social music site Last.fm is acquired by US media giant CBS Corporation for $280m (£140m)...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Tories 'to carry on Blair reform'
The Tories, not Gordon Brown, are best placed to carry on Tony Blair's public service reform, George Osborne says...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Skull of missing accountant found
The skull of missing Andrew Ramsay is found in the Firth of Clyde more than a year after he was abducted...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
'Fastest ever' ambulance service
The Welsh Ambulance Service says its delivering its fastest response times, hitting targets for the second month...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Landfill site closed over breach
A controversial landfill site near Lisburn is closed by the Environment and Heritage Service...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Hamster bite puts man in hospital
A man is taken to hospital after suffering a severe allergic reaction when he is bitten by a hamster...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Ministers in talks for G8 summit
G8 foreign ministers meet in Germany to discuss issues including climate change before next week's summit...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Iran defiant on eve of EU talks
Iran reiterates that it will not give up uranium enrichment on the eve of talks with the European Union...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Key Thai party cleared of fraud
Thailand's Democrat Party is acquitted of charges of electoral fraud, which had threatened its dissolution...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Nigerian ex-governors on the run
Four former Nigerian governors accused of corruption disappear, after their terms of office expired on Tuesday...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Football: Giggs to exit Wales team
Wales captain Ryan Giggs is to announce his retirement from international football on Wednesday...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Cricket: Flintoff injury setback
Andrew Flintoff's hopes of returning for England soon are in tatters as he is booked in for surgery...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Microsoft unveils table computer
Microsoft debuts a new touch-sensitive coffee table-shaped computer called "Surface"...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Hundreds facing axe at Kwik Save
Ailing supermarket chain Kwik Save closes 79 stores across the country, leading to as many as 700 job losses...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Blair set for Sierra Leone visit
Tony Blair is continuing his tour of Africa with a visit to Sierra Leone, where he sent British troops in 2000...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Thais await key political ruling
Security is tight in Thailand ahead of a court ruling that could see the two main political parties disbanded...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Pope meets parents of Madeleine
The parents of abducted Madeleine McCann meet the Pope at a general audience in Rome...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Stansted expansion inquiry starts
Plans to increase passenger numbers at Stansted Airport by 10 million a year go before a public inquiry...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Militia suspected on Iraq kidnap
A Shia militia group is thought to be behind the kidnapping of five Britons in the Iraqi capital Baghdad...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Russia Hails Test of a New Missile It Says Can Pierce Defense Shields
Russia held a test launching of a new intercontinental ballistic missile and said it had successfully fired the weapon almost entirely across its northern airspace...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Palestinian and Israeli Leaders to Meet Next Week, as Tensions Remain High
Mahmoud Abbas and Ehud Olmert will continue a Washington-sponsored dialogue that will likely focus on another round of Israeli-Palestinian warfare...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Strife in North Iraq as Sunni Arabs Drive Out Kurds
Conflict between Arabs and Kurds is intensifying in Mosul, adding another dimension to the civil war...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Advisers Fault Harsh Methods in Interrogation
Experts argue that harsh techniques used since the 9/11 attacks are outmoded, amateurish and unreliable...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Cheating cheetahs caught by DNA
The promiscuous habits of female cheetahs are uncovered by scientists studying the species...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
WI member set for new Big Brother
Channel 4 reveals the new series of the show includes a Women's Institute member and a former lap dancer...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Doubts over obesity pill claims
Some of the health benefits claimed for a new weight loss drug may not be justified, say experts...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Pay plea for classroom assistants
Scotland's classroom assistants receive 'scandalously low wages', a report claims...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Army deployed after India riots
The army is deployed in India's Rajasthan state after 14 people died in clashes over government quotas...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Israelis seize Fatah legislator
Israeli troops detain a Palestinian parliamentarian linked to Fatah, and overnight raids kill two militants in Gaza...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Venezuela head in new TV warning
Venezuela's president attacks "plots" against his government and threatens action against a second TV channel...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Deadlock at Greenland whale plan
Greenland's plan to expand its whale hunt causes deadlock at an annual whaling conference in Alaska...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Inquiry into Stansted runway plan
Plans to allow more passengers at Stansted Airport in Essex are due to go before a public inquiry...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Campus extremism plea debated
Higher education staff are being urged to oppose government plans to tackle campus extremism...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
McCanns to attend papal audience
The parents of abducted Madeleine McCann are set to attend an audience with the Pope in Rome...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Blair pledges help on Iraq kidnap
Britain will do all it can to help free five UK citizens kidnapped in Baghdad, Prime Minister Tony Blair says...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
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