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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 December 2005:
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Gunmen Take Over Palestinian Office in Gaza, Seeking Jobs
About 50 armed men in masks occupied a Palestinian government office in Gaza until officials agreed to discuss their demands...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Putin Offers 3-Month Extension of Ukraine's Gas Subsidy
Russia's natural gas monopoly was directed to continue selling subsidized gas to Ukraine until the end of March if Ukraine agreed to pay market prices beginning in April...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Syrian Critic Is Accused of Treason
The Syrian Parliament called on the government to indict former Vice President Abdel-Halim Khaddam on treason and corruption charges over his televised criticism of President Bashar al-Assad...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Guatemala Bleeds in Vise of Gangs and Vengeance
Nearly a decade after the end of a civil war that left 200,000 people dead or missing, a new wave of violence has hit Guatemala and it looks a lot like the old one - some say worse...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Two Palestinians killed in Gaza
Two Palestinians die in an Israeli strike in a newly declared buffer zone in Gaza, Palestinian officials say...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Snow leaves passengers stranded
Budget airline Easyjet apologises to its customers after severe weather left British holidaymakers stranded abroad...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Thousands on streets for Hogmanay
Tens of thousands of revellers are taking part in Edinburgh's world-famous street party on Saturday night...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Rugby: Ellis death stuns league
Former Castleford and Great Britain winger St John Ellis dies at the age of 41...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Archbishop reflects on disasters
The disasters of 2005 underline the fact that human suffering affects everyone, Dr Rowan Williams says...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Kidnapped Sudanese 'free' in Iraq
Five members of staff at Sudan's embassy in Iraq are freed by kidnappers, al-Jazeera television reports...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Revellers welcome 2006 across UK
Millions in the UK prepare to see in the New Year, while in London a Tube strike appears not to have caused chaos...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Russia set to cut off Ukraine gas
Russian gas supplies to Ukraine will be cut as planned on Sunday, state-owned Gazprom says after talks fail...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Death Toll for the American Military in Iraq in 2005 Is 844
The toll nearly matches the 2004 total of 848, while the number of Americans wounded in 2005 was significantly higher than the previous year...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
No Buses Roll From Gaza to West Bank, Despite Deal
The deadline for an agreement brokered by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on safe passage for Gazans has come and gone, and Israel is not rushing to continue discussions...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Officials at U.N. Seek Fast Action on Rights Panel
Having struggled through scandal, United Nations officials have decided they must produce an alternative to the Human Rights Commission...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Poor Nigerian Villages Become Oil Battleground
A battle is being fought to control what lies beneath Nigerian villages: a potentially vast field of crude oil...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Football: Chelsea ease to win
First-half goals from Hernan Crespo and Arjen Robben give Chelsea a routine win over Birmingham at Stamford Bridge...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Tennis: Murray faces qualifier
Andy Murray will begin his 2006 campaign against a qualifier at the Adelaide International...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Egypt 'must probe Cairo violence'
Egypt is urged to set up an independent inquiry after more than 20 Sudanese die as police storm a protest camp...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Cambodia arrests rights activist
A Cambodian human rights activist is arrested and charged with defamation, in a move which worries diplomats...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Yemen captors free German family
A German ex-minister and his family are freed in Yemen after being held captive by tribesmen...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Syrian MPs demand exile's trial
Syrian MPs demand a treason trial for an exiled top politician who implicated President Assad in Rafik Hariri's death...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Bishop condemns West leaders
An Anglican Bishop uses his New Year message to attack Western governments for their treatment of terror suspects...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Pair killed in French crash named
Two Britons killed in a road accident on their way back from Disneyland, Paris, are named...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Injured Owen out for months
Michael Owen suffers a fractured metatarsal and will be sidelined for two to three months...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Kidnapped Briton to stay in Gaza
A UK human rights worker kidnapped in Gaza with her parents intends to stay in the country despite her ordeal...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Russia offers delay on gas hike
Moscow makes a compromise offer in its bitter dispute with Ukraine over the price of gas supplies...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Tube strike hits New Year party
Tubes services begin to run down because of a strike over rotas, as the UK prepares to greet 2006...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Cameron: Exciting time to be Tory
In his New Year message, Tory leader David Cameron says party members can be optimistic about their future...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Gaza groups urged to halt kidnaps
Top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat tells the BBC the abduction of foreigners is hurting his people's cause...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Advani quits as BJP president
LK Advani steps down as president of India's main opposition BJP, hoping for better times for the party next year...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
New Year's Eve Tube strike starts
Tube workers start a 24-hour walkout which threatens New Year's Eve celebrations across London...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Arise Sir Tom, the Voice of Ponty
Pontypridd's Tom Jones is knighted in the New Year's Honours which also sees commendations across Wales...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Football: Premiership picks
Mark Lawrenson gives his verdict on Saturday's Premiership games...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Clock ticks away on Ukraine's gas
Moscow is poised to turn off gas to Ukraine on New Year's Day in a row over prices which many see as political...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Indonesia bomb kills seven
Eight people are killed by a bomb attack in a largely Christian district in Indonesia's Sulawesi province...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Poverty campaign 'was big step'
Bono hails the successes of Make Poverty History but says more work needs to be done on making trade fairer...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Openness laws could be tightened
The government may review the way freedom of information laws work to combat inquiries regarded as frivolous...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Tube strike to hit New Year party
Some Tubes will run despite a strike on the London Underground, as the UK prepares to greet 2006...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Ex-Syrian Aide Says Assad Did Threaten Lebanese
The former vice president of Syria said that President Bashar Assad threatened former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri of Lebanon months before he was assassinated...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Former Premier Vajpayee Retires From Indian Politics at 81
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a former prime minister of India, has announced his retirement from politics, ushering in an era of uncertainty for the country's principal opposition party...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
23 Sudanese Die as Egypt Clears Migrants' Camp
The migrants refused to leave a public park they had occupied for three months, hoping to press U.N. officials to relocate them...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
In Iraq, Rich in Oil, Higher Gasoline Prices Anger Many
The oil minister was suspended for objecting to steep government-imposed gasoline and cooking fuel price increases...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Amid Confusion, Journal Retracts Korean's Stem Cell Paper
Editors of the journal Science are finding it hard to set the record straight on a controversial paper on cloned human stem cells...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Ashdown heads political honours
Lib Dem Lord Ashdown is among the figures from the world of politics to be named in the New Year Honours list...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Fertility chief is appointed Dame
The head of the fertility regulator is among a number of health experts recognised in the New Year honours...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Honours for education leadership
Former senior figures in the National Association of Head Teachers and Universities UK are knighted...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Oxford mathematician knighted
Professor John Ball, a world-renowned mathematician from the University of Oxford, receives a knighthood in the New Year Honours list...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Honour goes to Apple gadget guru
Jonathan Ive, designer of the iPod and iMac, is made a CBE in the New Year Honours list...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Industrialist knighted in honours
A tugboat captain and one of NI's leading industrialists receives awards in the new year honours list...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Queen honours star-studded Scots
Gordon Ramsay, Robbie Coltrane and Eddi Reader are among the Scots honoured by the Queen...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
'No change' with new drink laws
More than 80% of people say new licensing laws have made no difference to them, according to a BBC poll...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
HIV boy loses China hospital case
A nine-year-old boy loses his case against a Beijing hospital his parents claim gave him HIV-contaminated blood...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Honours for Ashes and 2012 heroes
England's Ashes-winning cricketers and the leaders of London's 2012 Olympic bid dominate the sporting New Year Honours...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Tube strike to hit New Year party
New Year celebrations are set to be disrupted after unions plan a 24 hour strike on the London Underground...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Openness requests 'irresponsible'
The government may review the way the Freedom of Information Act works to combat inquiries it regards as frivolous...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Kidnapped Britons freed in Gaza
A UK human rights worker kidnapped in Gaza with her parents speaks of their ordeal after they are released...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Honours tribute to 7 July workers
Emergency and transport workers who dealt with the 7 July bomb attacks lead the New Year Honours list...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Blair: 2006 year of big decisions
In his New Year message, Tony Blair says decisions made in 2006 could shape the UK for the next 50 years...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
Indonesia blast leaves six dead
Six people are killed and more than 40 hurt by a bomb in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province, police say...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
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