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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 2007:
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Bombings in Iraq Add to a Week of Carnage
Car bombs killed nine people as the government gave an official reckoning of the carnage in the city of Tal Afar...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Britain Adopts Conciliatory Tone With Iran
After more than a week of mounting confrontation over captured sailors and marines, Britain said it had responded to a diplomatic message and was ready to peacefully resolve the issue...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
25 Years After War, Wealth Transforms Falklands
The British-controlled islands in the South Atlantic are facing an influx of outsiders attracted by new prosperity...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
U.S. Churches Go ?Green? for Palm Sunday
More than 1,000 churches have placed orders for palm fronds from Mexico and Guatemala that are collected in an ecological and sustainable way...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Glastonbury tickets to go on sale
Tickets for the Glastonbury Festival are set to go on sale, with new security measures to stop touting...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Spanish police 'smash' Eta unit
The Spanish authorities say they have smashed a commando unit belonging to Basque separatists Eta...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Palestinian boycott over BBC man
The Palestinian journalists' union aims to halt coverage of government activities over missing BBC reporter Alan Johnston...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Brazil air chaos follows strike
Further chaos hits Brazil's airports after flights resume following an air traffic controllers' strike...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Zimbabwe activists 'badly beaten'
Zimbabwe's opposition says nine of its members arrested during the week have been badly beaten up in custody...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Cycling: Gold for Pendleton
Great Britain's Victoria Pendleton wins her second gold medal at the World Track Cycling Championships in the women's sprint...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Football: Chelsea snatch points
Salomon Kalou scores an injury-time winner as Chelsea beat Watford to stay six points behind Man Utd...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
McGrath landmark in Australia win
Glenn McGrath breaks the World Cup wicket-taking record as Australia beat Bangladesh by 10 wickets...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Clubs overturn ban on women
The annual conference of working men's clubs overturns a ban on women having equal membership...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Sydney in climate demo blackout
Homes and businesses in Sydney turn lights out across the city to try to raise awareness of global warming...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Prescription charges end in Wales
Prescriptions for patients in Wales are scrapped from today, as charges rise for people in the rest of the UK...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Tories call for pensions inquiry
Chancellor Gordon Brown faces calls for an independent inquiry into pensions after claims warnings were ignored...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Ukrainian rivals rally in capital
A leadership power struggle in Ukraine brings thousands of demonstrators out on to the streets of Kiev...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Bush attacks Iran over captives
The US leader condemns Iran's "inexcusable behaviour" after its capture of 15 Royal Navy personnel...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Israel Warns of Hamas Military Buildup in Gaza
The Palestinian faction is building tunnels and bunkers and smuggling in missiles and explosives, officials said...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Poor Nations to Bear Brunt as World Warms
Wealthy countries are spending far more to limit their own risks from global warming?s consequences than to help the world?s most vulnerable regions...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
REM to unveil new album in summer
US rock band REM will unveil material from their new album at a series of concerts in Dublin...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Landmark Nepalese cabinet delayed
The expected swearing-in of a new cabinet in Nepal to include Maoists for the first time is put off until Sunday...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Bug hospital in £400,000 clean up
A hospital which had 17 deaths linked to the bug Clostridium difficile is spending £400,000 extra on hygiene...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Cyclist injured in rocks accident
A cyclist is airlifted to hospital after landing on rocks during a 100km road race in County Down...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Football: Man U beat Blackburn
Premiership leaders Man Utd had to be at their resolute best to come back from a goal down to beat Blackburn...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
UK oil worker seized in Nigeria
A British oil rig worker is kidnapped in Nigeria, the UK Foreign Office confirms...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Three in hospital after shooting
One person is critically ill in hospital and two others are injured in a shooting in Birmingham...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Ukrainian rivals mass in capital
A leadership power struggle in Ukraine brings thousands of demonstrators out on to the streets of Kiev...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Navy captives 'face legal action'
Legal action is being taken against 15 Royal Navy personnel being held by Iran, a senior Iranian diplomat says...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Bill to Legalize Abortion Set to Pass in Mexico City
The bill has stirred a vicious debate in recent days and shaken the heavily Roman Catholic country to its roots...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Peru 'must protect Amazon tribes'
The top Latin American rights body says Peru must do more to protect Amazonian tribes from illegal loggers...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Unions criticise 325 job losses
Union officials hit out after job announcements which affect hundreds of workers at two Welsh factories...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Police come under petrol attack
Police come under attack with petrol bombs during a security operation at Lurgan in County Armagh...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
McKie print experts 'forced out'
Four fingerprint experts at the centre of the Shirley McKie case accept redundancy, it emerges...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Malaysian graft official dropped
The head of Malaysia's anti-corruption agency stands down amid allegations of graft...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Brazil flights crippled by strike
Airports in Brazil return to normal after air traffic controllers end a strike over their working conditions...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Swimming: Phelps wins sixth gold
Michael Phelps wins a sixth gold at the World Championships in Melbourne, storming to the 100m butterfly title...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Sydney in protest blackout
Residents in Sydney, Australia, turn lights out across the city to try to raise awareness of global warming...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Cricket: Team must raise game
Captain Michael Vaughan says England must raise their game for their remaining Super 8 matches...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Mental health 'apartheid' warning
A senior monitor of patients' interests warns of "a kind of apartheid" in the mental health system...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
UK to assist in Woolmer inquiry
Jamaican police probing the murder of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer accept an offer of help from UK police...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Navy captives 'could face trial'
The 15 Royal Navy personnel held captive by Iran could face trial, a senior Iranian diplomat says...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Shiite Cleric Condemns U.S. as His Militia Takes to Streets
Searing speeches at Friday prayers and street battles against Iraqi Army soldiers in Baghdad suggest a possible resurgence of Moktada al-Sadr?s Mahdi Army...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Standoff in Ukraine Prompts Some to Seek New Election
Ukraine has lurched toward a new political crisis as President Viktor A. Yushchenko faced new calls to dissolve Parliament...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Olmert Rejects Right of Return for Palestinians
The Israeli prime minister said that he could not accept the return of even a single Palestinian refugee to Israel...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
French Nun Says Church to Rule on Cure by John Paul II
The Vatican?s decision on the veracity of a French nun?s story of being cured of Parkinson?s disease is crucial to making Pope John Paul II a saint...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Iran Turns Up Volume in Face-Off Over Captured Britons
In a new video broadcast on Friday, a British Royal Marine purportedly apologized ?deeply? for entering Iranian waters without permission...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Abortion Plan in Mexico City Shakes Catholic Land
A bill to legalize abortion in Mexico City has stirred a vicious debate and shaken the country to its roots...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
French oil strike 'nearing end'
A deal to end a 17-day strike at a French port which threatens to shut refineries in Europe is near, reports say...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
City academies are future - Blair
One day every secondary school will be a trust or a city academy, Tony Blair has predicted...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
McKie officers 'forced to quit'
Four fingerprint experts at the centre of the Shirley McKie case are forced to accept redundancy, it emerges...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Ban on launch of new Basque party
Basque nationalists say they will meet to launch a new political party despite a ban by a Spanish judge...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Cambodia bans texts for elections
Mobile-phone text messaging in Cambodia is suspended, supposedly to protect voters during local elections...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Strike paralyses Brazil airports
All flights from Brazil's major airports are suspended after some air-traffic controllers declare a hunger strike...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Football: Robben knee fears
Chelsea winger Arjen Robben could miss the rest of the season after opting to have surgery on a knee injury...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Call for direct debit safeguards
Banks must introduce better safeguards for customers who pay bills by direct debit, a consumer watchdog warns...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Yard to assist in Woolmer inquiry
Jamaican police investigating the murder of Pakistan's cricket coach, Bob Woolmer, accept an offer of help from Scotland Yard...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Treasury rejects attack on Brown
The Treasury dismisses as "abject nonsense" claims that Gordon Brown ignored fears about a gap in pension funds...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Kiev set to stage rival protests
Tens of thousands of people are expected in the Ukrainian capital for rival rallies amid an escalating crisis...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Beckett warning to Miliband
David Miliband would be a "sacrifice" if he ran for Labour leader against the chancellor, Margaret Beckett warns...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Hicks to serve nine months' jail
Guantanamo detainee David Hicks will serve nine months in prison at home in Australia, a US military judge says...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
US rejects Iran captives exchange
US officials rule out a deal to swap 15 Royal Navy personnel captured in the Gulf for five Iranians seized in Iraq...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
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