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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 Octomber 2007:
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Saudi King Hits a Few Bumps in Visit to Britain
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia?s visit to Britain is the first by a Saudi ruler in 20 years...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Aleksandr Feklisov, Spy Tied to Rosenbergs, Dies at 93
Col. Aleksandr Feklisov directed Julius Rosenberg?s spying for the K.G.B. and acted as an intermediary between the White House and the Kremlin during the Cuban missile crisis...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Tension With Turkey Shaking Iraq
Tensions in northern Iraq between Kurdish guerrillas and neighboring countries are threatening to dominate Iraq?s diplomatic agenda, despite the country?s far broader needs...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Victim of a Grim Crime, French Youth Takes on Dubai
Dubai?s criminal legal system remains a perilous gauntlet when it comes to the protection of foreigners...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Pound powers past weaker dollar
Both sterling and the euro continue to rise against the dollar, on a cut in US interest rates...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Detectives launch murder inquiry
A murder inquiry is launched after a woman's body is found on the outskirts of west Belfast...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Anger after abuse case collapses
A mother reacts angrily after the trial of a man accused of abusing her daughter and four other girls collapses...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Fed delivers second US rate cut
The US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates from 4.75% to 4.5% to help kickstart housing and credit markets...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Football: Chelsea survive scare
Holders Chelsea reach the Carling Cup quarter-finals after being given a major scare by Leicester...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
TV awards honouring stars
Entertainers Ant and Dec take three prizes at the National Television Awards, which have been held in London...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Lib Dem two go head-to-head
The two men hoping to become Lib Dem leader have clashed over the retention of Britain's nuclear deterrent...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
US diplomats refuse Iraq postings
Hundreds of US diplomats condemn a move to force them to fill vacancies at the Iraq embassy in Baghdad...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Straw urged to help Diana inquest
Justice Secretary Jack Straw is urged to intervene over the calling of witnesses to the Princess Diana inquest...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Lawrence killer wins bid to stay
The killer of head teacher Philip Lawrence will not be deported to Italy, a court reaffirms...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Madrid victims fury at 'leniency'
Victims of the Madrid train bombs are angry at what they see as the court's lenient treatment of some accused...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Bomb on Russian Bus Kills at Least 8
One news agency reported that a terrorist attack was the main theory, but the town where the attack occurred is also known as a bastion of organized crime...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Russia Proposes Curbs on Monitors
The system for deploying international observers to monitor elections in the states of the former Soviet Union appeared near collapse...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
7 Are Acquitted in Madrid Bombings
Three men were found guilty of murder and 18 others were convicted of lesser charges, but none of the accused ringleaders of the attack were convicted...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Intel backs wireless Africa plan
Africa should embrace wireless broadband as a potential solution to the digital divide, says Intel's chairman...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Awesome beasts roved ancient site
A Spanish team investigates a site where giant hyenas, giraffes, zebras and sabretoothed cats lived side by side 1.8 million years ago...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Watson discharged from hospital
Singer Russell Watson leaves hospital after undergoing emergency surgery on a brain tumour last week...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Lager-swigging driver killed woman
A drunk driver swigging from a can before crashing into a motorbike and killing a woman, is jailed for seven years...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Royal Mail hit by pension costs
The Royal Mail profits fell by a third in its 2006-07 financial year, hurt by a sharp rise in pension fund costs...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Motorway open after major crash
The M8 reopens after a series of crashes involving eight vehicles, in which one man died...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Liverpool star's payslip on web
Liverpool Football Club launch an investigation afters the payslip of one of its players appears on the internet...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
UDA-linked fund scheme is halted
The DSD serves notice on the withdrawal of £1.2m from a UDA-linked conflict transformation scheme...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
UK PM in talks with Saudi king
PM Gordon Brown meets King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia in Downing Street as protests over his visit continue...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
US economy sees surprise growth
The US economy grew at its fastest rate in one and a half years in the summer, a government report says...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Russia 'curbing poll observers'
Russia wants "unprecedented" curbs on observers at its parliamentary elections, the OSCE watchdog says...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
England to bid for 2018 World Cup
The Football Association confirms it will bid for the right to stage the 2018 World Cup...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Lib Dem two vie to be leader
Nominations for the Lib Dem leadership race have closed with Nick Clegg and Chris Huhne the only contenders...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
French U-turn over Diana inquest
The coroner in Princess Diana's inquest indicates that a decision has been taken in France not to force paparazzi to give evidence...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Baby hurt by firework lit in shop
A baby is taken to hospital after a large firework is deliberately set off inside a shop in Greater Manchester...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Fire crews tackle refinery blaze
Firefighters tackling a major blaze following an explosion at an Essex oil refinery say it is now under control...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Guilty verdicts over Madrid bombs
A Spanish court sentences 21 men to jail, some for thousands of years, over the 2004 Madrid train bombings...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Brown threatens failing schools
Gordon Brown pledges to eradicate failure from England's schools, saying poor schools could face closure...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Bomb Kills 8 in Russia, Officials Say
A bomb exploded in a passenger bus in central Russia, killing eight people and injuring 48, officials said...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Myanmar Monks Said to March Again
More than 100 Buddhist monks marched and chanted for nearly an hour, the first public demonstration since the government?s deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, several monks said...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
U.S. Military Will Supervise Security Firms in Iraq
A measure affecting State Department convoys aims to bring armed contractors under tighter supervision...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Google opens up social networking
The search giant develops a system to allow social networking widgets to be distributed among many sites...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Mills hits out at media coverage
Heather Mills accuses the media of "pushing her to the edge" in an emotional live TV interview...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Brown pledges jobs for UK workers
Gordon Brown pledges more jobs for British people as he seeks to draw a line under a row over migrant workers...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
UK house price growth 'picks up'
UK house prices rose at their fastest rate in four months during October, lender Nationwide says...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Men arrested under sex worker law
Six men are arrested in Edinburgh under the new law on securing the services of prostitutes...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Web use 'may leave some behind'
A consumer study finds technology use is 'booming' in Wales but warns it may leave some disadvantaged...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Strike talks follow deal failure
Nispa will consult with members on resuming strike action after rejecting a pay offer for classroom assistants...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
New witness over gangland murders
A solicitor is to present evidence which he says could overturn two convictions for the "Essex Boys" killings...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Israeli strike kills four in Gaza
Four people are killed in an Israeli strike on a police station in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinians say...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Pakistan militants firm on Sharia
Pro-Taleban militants in Pakistan's Swat valley tell the BBC they will fight until Islamic law is enforced...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Eight killed in Russia bus blast
Eight people are killed and more than 50 hurt by a suspected bomb on a bus in Togliatti, southern Russia...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Monks return to streets of Burma
Scores of monks march in Burma for the first time since the government's brutal crackdown on protests...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Protest over Chad child scandal
Women in the Chadian town of Abeche protest about last week's alleged attempt to smuggle children to France...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
F1: Hamilton 'may be negative'
Motorsport boss Max Mosley says Lewis Hamilton could have a similarly negative effect on Formula One to Michael Schumacher if his success continues...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Major crash closes M8 both ways
An accident involving eight vehicles, in which one person died, closes the M8 motorway in both directions...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
GPs' pay rises to £110,000
Average family doctor pay has risen by 10% to £110,000 in the last year, figures show...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Harry quizzed over bird shooting
Prince Harry has been interviewed by police about the shooting of protected birds, it has emerged...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Brown outlines education vision
Gordon Brown aims to raise aspiration and achievement among children and eradicate failure from England's schools...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Lords want control order rethink
The Law Lords order the government to reconsider control orders imposed on eight terrorism suspects...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Be thin to cut cancer, study says
Shed weight, avoid bacon and cut alcohol consumption if you want to reduce your cancer risk, a major report urges...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
More supermarkets 'should be allowed'
There could be more supermarkets if changes suggested by the Competition Commission are adopted...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Madrid train bombs verdict begins
Security forces are on alert in Spain as a court delivers its verdict on the March 2004 Madrid train blasts...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Arts, Briefly : Iran Hides Western Masterworks
Paintings by van Gogh, Picasso, Renoir, Monet and Gauguin are among an estimated $5 billion worth of Western art locked in a basement beneath the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Seeking Hidden Accounts of Atrocity
On Staten Island, a woman?s effort to gather narratives from ex-soldiers and victims of Liberia?s civil wars has proven elusive...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: France: Sarkozy Gets Big Pay Raise
Lawmakers in the National Assembly approved a budget amendment that more than doubled the annual salary of President Nicolas Sarkozy...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Students? Family Members Are Deported
The parents and grandmother of two college students in Miami whose fight for legal immigration status came to symbolize the hopes of illegal immigrant students were deported to Colombia on Tuesday...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Italy: New Family for Long-Imprisoned Don
One of Italy?s most infamous mobsters, Raffaele Cutolo, behind bars for the last 43 years, has fathered a daughter through artificial insemination, local reports said...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
World Briefing | Middle East: Gaza: Israeli Strike Kills 4
Israeli aircraft hit a Hamas-run police station in Khan Yunis, killing at least four people, Palestinian security and hospital officials said...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Cambodia: Leader Severs Ties With Gay Daughter
Prime Minister Hun Sen said he planned to legally disown his adopted daughter, who is a lesbian, so she cannot claim any inheritance...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
World Briefing | The Americas: Cuba: U.N. Vote Reaffirms Opposition to U.S. Embargo
For the 16th straight year, the United Nations General Assembly voted to lift the 46-year-old American trade embargo of Cuba...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Aleksandr Feklisov, Spy Tied to Rosenbergs, Dies at 94
Mr. Feklisov was an intelligence officer for the Committee for State Security, best known by its Russian abbreviation, K.G.B...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Khun Sa, Golden Triangle Drug King , Dies at 73
Khun Sa was a publicity-loving Golden Triangle drug lord who thrived in the region?s kill-or-be-killed cauldron of ethnic rivalries and heroin-financed private armies...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Indonesia Upholds Death in Drug Cases
The Constitutional Court of Indonesia upheld the death penalty for serious drug offenses on Tuesday, dimming hopes of a reprieve for three Australians facing execution...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Israel Airstrike Hits Hamas Police Post
Israeli aircraft hit a Hamas-run police station in the Gaza Strip late Tuesday, killing at least four people, Palestinian security and hospital officials said...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Securing Russian Nuclear Missiles? U.S. Is Set to Say ?Done?
With a final inspection planned for Wednesday, the program to improve security at 25 classified sites on 12 Russian bases will be finished two years ahead of schedule...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
In Report to Congress, Oversight Officials Say Iraqi Rebuilding Falls Short of Goals
More than $100 billion has been devoted to rebuilding Iraq, but output in critical areas like water and electricity remain below U.S. goals...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
A Nigerian Leader Plunges From Milestone to Scandal
The first woman to lead a branch of Nigeria?s legislature has faced calls for resignation after a series of scandals, including charges of abuse of office...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Damascus Journal: A Fierce Sport From Britain Finds a Foothold in Syria
Renowned for its exhausting nonstop play and rough, often bloody, full contact, rugby has tapped into a deep well of Syrian Arab pride over the past three years...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Report Says Army Buys Boy Soldiers in Myanmar
The military in Myanmar, struggling to meet recruiting quotas, is buying, kidnapping and terrorizing boys as young as 10 to fill its ranks...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Wait, Don?t Eat That: Candy Scandal Stuns Japan
Scandals involving the freshness of products by two popular confectioners have shaken Japanese consumers...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Taliban Fighters Move in Near Kandahar for First Time Since 2001
Whether the Taliban were looking to establish permanent control over the area or were simply carrying out raids was unclear on Tuesday night...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Iraqi Cabinet Votes to End Security Firms? Immunity
Draft legislation that lifts immunity for foreign private security companies gained the consent of the Iraqi cabinet on Tuesday...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
U.S. Military Will Oversee Contractors
All State Department security convoys in Iraq will now fall under military control, in a move to bring armed contractors under tighter supervision...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Rebel Unity Is Scarce at the Darfur Talks in Libya
After years of fragmentation and isolation, Darfur?s resistance movements have broken down into a fractious bunch of men...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
Chinese Chemicals Flow Unchecked to Market
Pharmaceutical ingredients exported from China are often made by companies that are neither certified nor inspected by Chinese drug regulators...
New York Times - October 31, 2007
School creativity 'needs support'
Creativity in schools needs to be taken "far more seriously" by the government, says a report from MPs...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Therapy may cut lung cancer risk
Treatment with a derivative of vitamin A called retinoic acid may help to cut former smokers' risk of lung cancer...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Government to scrap right to buy
The right of council housing tenants to buy their homes is to end, BBC Scotland learns...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Verdict due on Madrid train bombs
Security forces are on alert in Spain before a court delivers its verdict on the March 2004 Madrid train blasts...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Judges delay death in Mississippi
The US Supreme Court halts a Mississippi execution as the lethal injection method comes under scrutiny...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Olympics ticket sales suspended
Organisers of the Beijing Olympics suspend ticket sales until Monday as vast demand crashes their systems...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Blears targets Islamic extremism
The government is to expand efforts to tackle extremism among young British Muslims...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Targeted cleaning 'key to MRSA'
Targeted cleaning to tackle MRSA hotspots is key to reducing hospital infections, an experts says...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Ruling expected on control orders
The Law Lords are set to rule on whether controversial counter-terrorism control orders breach human rights...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Brown grant for new apprentices
Every 18-year-old finding an apprenticeship will be entitled to a grant of up to £15,000, Gordon Brown will say...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
Burma army 'recruiting children'
A human rights charity claims children are being forcibly recruited into Burma's army due to a lack of adult recruits...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
MPs call for abortion law reforms
Women seeking an abortion should not need approval from two doctors, a Commons committee says...
BBC News - October 31, 2007
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