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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 March 2005:
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Panel Says 'Dead Wrong' Data on Prewar Iraq Demands Overhaul
The report by a presidential commission said that systemic changes are needed in the American intelligence system...
New York Times - March 31, 2005
2 Suicide Bombers Strike in Iraq During Shiite Holiday
The attacks killed at least five Iraqis and wounded more than 20 as Shiites gathered to celebrate a religious festival...
New York Times - March 31, 2005
Afghan Parties Form Opposition Front to Oppose Karzai in Elections
Five months ahead of parliamentary elections, an opposition candidate said he had formed a front to compete in the elections...
New York Times - March 31, 2005
Wolfowitz Is Confirmed as President of World Bank
Paul D. Wolfowitz, the deputy defense secretary, was unanimously confirmed as the new president of the World Bank today...
New York Times - March 31, 2005
Appeal made to speeding drivers
Scotland's motorists are urged to take their feet off the accelerator to mark No Speeding Day...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Cannabis medicine 'causes harm'
Cannabis-based medicines can cause paranoia and anxiety in some people, a study suggests...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Abba queen enters music rich list
Judy Craymer, the woman behind Abba musical Mamma Mia!, joins a list of British-based music millionaires...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Football: Shearer 'to play on'
Newcastle striker Alan Shearer decides to postpone his retirement, say reports...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Ukraine minister 'killed himself'
Ukraine's security chief says ex-Interior Minister Yuri Kravchenko almost certainly did commit suicide...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
'Lottery rapist' freed from jail
A prisoner serving a life sentence for rape who won £7m on the lottery is freed from jail...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Wolfowitz Bank post confirmed
Paul Wolfowitz, the controversial US choice to head the World Bank, is confirmed in the post...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Missing Britons found after quake
Four Britons reported missing in the Indonesian earthquake have been found...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Tennis: Federer crushes Henman
Roger Federer beats Tim Henman in straight sets to reach the Nasdaq-100 Open semi-finals...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Sperm donor anonymity ends
From Friday, people donating sperm and eggs will no longer have the right to remain anonymous...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Police attack Tory crime claims
The Conservatives are criticised for running "misleading" adverts implying violent crime has shot up...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Archbishop attacks election fear
The Archbishop of Canterbury calls on political parties not to exploit people's fears in their general election campaigns...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
US jet crashes in central Albania
A US military plane crashes in central Albania, reportedly killing all nine people on board...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Concern as Pope's health worsens
Pope John Paul II's poor health worsens further, with a very high fever following a urinary tract infection...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Report Calls U.S. Intelligence 'Dead Wrong' on Iraq Weapons
The report also contends that the American response to the threat of unconventional weapons has lacked the proper urgency...
New York Times - March 31, 2005
22 Million Chinese Seek to Block Japan's Bid to Join U.N. Council
A grass-roots Chinese campaign to keep Japan out of the U.N. Security Council has gathered some 22 million signatures...
New York Times - March 31, 2005
Zimbabweans Voting in Parliamentary Elections
There were reports that election officers were barring opposition party voting monitors from polling places...
New York Times - March 31, 2005
Clerics Fighting a Gay Festival for Jerusalem
Leaders of Christianity, Judaism and Islam are making a rare show of unity to try to stop a WorldPride festival...
New York Times - March 31, 2005
In Indonesian Quake's Aftermath, Inconsolable Grief
On the island of Nias, people are still lying under piles of rubble as their neighbors tear at piles of brick...
New York Times - March 31, 2005
Caesarean rate 'still too high'
The number of women having caesarean sections to deliver their babies is still too high, say experts...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
'Feckless youths parents' fault'
Parents, not schools, are to blame for creating "foul-mouthed, potentially violent youths', Conservatives say...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Terri Schiavo death: Your reaction
Terri Schiavo, the US woman at the centre of a legal battle has died. Send us your comments...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Iraq blast near shrine kills five
Five people, including two Iraqi soldiers, are killed in a suicide bomb attack near a Shia shrine in northern Iraq...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Missing Britons 'safe and well'
Three Britons reported missing in the Indonesian earthquake have been found...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Over 100 jobs go at M&S operation
More than 100 workers at a Marks & Spencer buying facility in County Londonderry are to lose their jobs...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
World's End murders: man in court
Angus Sinclair appears in court charged with the World's End murders in Edinburgh in 1977...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Arrests over toddler's 1971 death
A man and woman are questioned by police reinvestigating the 1971 death of a two-year-old girl...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Football: Mourinho in match ban
Jose Mourinho gets a two-match ban for incidents at Chelsea's Champions League tie in Barcelona...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Troop reduction in south Thailand
Thailand's PM says he will pull some troops out of the south as part of a softer approach to the violence...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Balkans urged to curb trafficking
South-East Europe is failing to tackle the root causes of human trafficking, the UN Children's Fund says...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Italy revisits plot to kill Pope
Italy is to reopen an inquiry into the 1981 attempt to kill the Pope amid new reports of a communist plot...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
US captain guilty of Iraq killing
A military court finds a US army captain guilty of killing a wounded man in Iraq last year...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Quake-hit islanders plead for aid
Desperate survivors of the latest earthquake beg their president for help as he visits Nias island...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Zimbabwe votes in peaceful poll
Elections in Zimbabwe pass off without any of the violence which has marred previous polls...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Rainier's son takes over regency
Crown Prince Albert of Monaco takes over the royal duties of his seriously ill father, the palace says...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Bush pledge over US intelligence
President Bush welcomes a study that says US spy agencies know "disturbingly little" about their enemies...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Britain apologises to Iraq orphan
A government department reverses its refusal to backdate disability allowance to Iraqi war orphan Ali Abbas...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Brain-damaged Terri Schiavo dies
Terri Schiavo, the US woman at the heart of a bitter legal dispute, dies 13 days after her feeding tube is removed...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Kyrgyzstan Faces New Puzzles as Key Players Jostle for Power
Kyrgyzstan's ousted president withheld his formal resignation and the most powerful politician in the country quit the new government...
New York Times - March 31, 2005
'Lying pupils must face charges'
Children and parents who falsely accuse teachers should be punished, teachers say...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Carbon dioxide continues its rise
The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, the gas linked to global warming, is at a new high, US researchers say...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Sony wants an 'iTunes for movies'
Sony Pictures says it is to make its top 500 films available digitally in the next year...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Will Zimbabwe's elections be fair?
Zimbabweans are going to the polls in parliamentary elections but rights groups say the poll cannot be fair. Send us your experiences...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Kabul cuts US vigilante sentences
An Afghan court reduces the sentences of three US citizens jailed for torturing Afghans and running a private jail...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Average incomes 'fell last year'
Take-home pay fell for the first time since the recession of the early 1990s, the Institute of Fiscal Studies says...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Labour faces 'cold calls' inquiry
Labour is to be investigated over claims its election campaign has broken the rules on "cold calling"...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
DNA profiling of babies rejected
Proposals for a national scheme to take DNA profiles of every baby born in the UK have been rejected by the government's genetics watchdog...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Football: Owen strikes back
England's Michael Owen answers criticism from Azerbaijan's Carlos Alberto...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Boxing: Khan-Kindelan rematch
Amir Khan will face a rematch with Olympic final opponent Mario Kindelan in April...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Rwandan Hutus end armed struggle
The main Rwandan Hutu rebel group blamed for the 1994 genocide announces an end to its armed struggle...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
President tours quake-hit island
Indonesia's president tours the earthquake-hit island of Nias, where survivors are desperate...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
'Black holes' in US spy knowledge
The US lacks reliable and detailed intelligence about nuclear rivals Iran and North Korea, a report is to say...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Author says Pope will not resign
Pope John Paul II is not considering stepping down from office despite his poor health, says a Vatican expert...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Train punctuality 'is improving'
The firm which operates Britain's rail network has beaten its punctuality targets for the first time...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Missing Briton is 'safe and well'
One of the Britons reported missing in the Indonesian earthquake has been found...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
House price dip 'worst in decade'
Property prices dropped by 0.6% in March - their biggest fall for almost 10 years - the Nationwide says, as the market continues to cool...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
'Tagged' footballer Pennant freed
Arsenal footballer Jermaine Pennant, jailed for drink-driving while banned, is released early from prison...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Brain chip reads man's thoughts
A paralysed US man becomes the first person to be fitted with a brain chip that reads his mind...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Economy focus for election battle
Tony Blair will focus on the economy at what is likely to be the last cabinet meeting before an election...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Long queues as Zimbabweans vote
Zimbabweans are voting in controversial elections with President Mugabe's party confident of victory...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Confront yobs Howard tells police
Tory leader Michael Howard says he wants police to "eyeball" yobs and "invade their personal space"...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
I hate facing media, says Charles
Prince Charles voices his dislike of facing the media at a photo call during the Royals' annual winter skiing holiday...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Using Clues From Libya to Study a Nuclear Mystery
Officials say the source of Libya's illicit uranium most likely was North Korea, but the evidence remains highly circumstantial...
New York Times - March 31, 2005
Study Faults Response to Outlawed Arms
A report concludes that the U.S. government has failed to respond to the dire threat posed by unconventional weapons...
New York Times - March 31, 2005
Mine Kills Marine Near Baghdad in Day of Deadly Insurgent Attacks
The attacks occurred a day after the second meeting of the new Iraqi national assembly fell apart amid angry exchanges...
New York Times - March 31, 2005
Pope Is Being Fed With a Tube
The Vatican's announcement raised new alarms about the pope's health and his ability to lead the Roman Catholic Church...
New York Times - March 31, 2005
Zimbabweans Campaign in the Shadow of Mugabe's Fist
After a political campaign that proved to be more open than many had expected, Zimbabweans vote for a new Parliament...
New York Times - March 31, 2005
Europe on Wolfowitz as Banker: Once Chilly, Now Tepid
Europe has signaled that it will approve President Bush's nominee to head the World Bank, in the latest sign of a new pragmatism...
New York Times - March 31, 2005
Osbournes flee blaze at mansion
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne escape unhurt after a fire breaks out at their Buckinghamshire mansion...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Call to address cocaine addiction
Cocaine addiction in Scotland has doubled in the past four years, a conference is to warn MSPs...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Women 'pushed into girls' jobs'
Girls are being pushed into jobs thought of as traditional to their gender, a new report claims...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Homeless tour to make MPs listen
Homeless people tour five English cities in an effort to make politicians "reconnect" with the issues they face...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Prisoners 'need better education'
MPs say prison education needs to be improved to prevent people from re-offending when released...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Latams rally WTO in EU tariff row
Latin American banana producers ask the WTO to intervene in a long-running row over EU banana tariffs...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
US calls Iran tour a media stunt
The US dismisses a tour by journalists of Iran's Natanz nuclear plant as a "media stunt"...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Judge's dissent gives trio 'hope'
Lawyers for Irishmen convicted of training Colombian guerrillas, hope the verdict will be quashed...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
CO2 emissions hit record levels
Levels of carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas linked to global warming, is at a new high, researchers say...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Nigeria ex-police chief detained
A former Nigerian police chief is detained by an anti-corruption squad two months after he was forced to resign...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Quake-hit island faces shortages
A lack of water, shelter and medicine is worsening conditions on Indonesia's quake-hit island of Nias...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Jail threat over teacher attacks
The Tories pledge to introduce tougher laws to protect teachers from violent pupils if they win the next election...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
'Drop council tax' pledge made
The Liberal Democrats launch their campaign to replace the council tax, 15 years after the Poll Tax riots...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Cabinet prepares for vote battle
Cabinet ministers are to meet for what is expected to be their last gathering before a general election is called...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Charging ATMs 'must be labelled'
Cash machines should be labelled to show from a distance whether they charge for withdrawals, MPs say...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Top US court rejects Schiavo plea
The US Supreme Court once again refuses to order the feeding of brain-damaged woman Terri Schiavo...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
Mugabe seeks 'huge' poll victory
Zimbabweans are voting in parliamentary elections with President Mugabe's party confident of victory...
BBC News - March 31, 2005
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