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Spacecraft flies by remote asteroid, camera stops
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Official Egypt rock slide toll rises to 31
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Philly school rekindles same-sex education debate
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Muslim separatist strike shuts down Indian Kashmir
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Troops, protesters clash in Indian Kashmir 1 dead
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Catholics assert themselves in Hanoi land dispute
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Myanmar says no sign of Suu Kyi hunger strike
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Landslides leave 27 dead or missing in Philippines
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Returning lawmakers make Capitol a campaign stage
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Global News Archive for March 2008:
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Coroner Rejects Conspiracy Theories in Diana Death
The coroner dismissed the idea of a conspiracy involving the royal family or secret service in the death of Princess Diana...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Turkey Court Takes Politically Explosive Case
Turkey?s highest court decided to hear a case seeking to disband the governing party and ban its top leaders from politics...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Somali Town Falls to Insurgent Raid
Islamist insurgents overpowered Somali government troops on Monday, seizing Bulo Burti, a strategic town north of the capital and continuing their march across the country...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Hamas and Fatah Supporters Clash at Gaza University
Hamas police and supporters on Monday beat a number of professors and students of Al Azhar University, the last bastion of Fatah in Gaza, wounding several, witnesses said...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Iraqi Cities Seem Calmer After Cleric Halts Fighting
No serious clashes were reported in Basra, and Baghdad, which had been at a standstill, appeared to be returning to normal...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Hamas?s Grip on Gaza?s Discourse Complicates Peace Efforts
While the Palestinian Authority under Fatah has made significant, if imperfect efforts to end incitement against Jews, Hamas feels no such restraint...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Millions in 'wrong job' says poll
Many people's skills and time are being wasted in the wrong job, often due to poor careers advice, a poll suggests...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Dainty space truck proves itself
Europe's "Jules Verne" freighter edges to just 12m from the space station to show its readiness to dock...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Doctor suspended over scan errors
A doctor who wrongly gave the all-clear to 20 breast cancer patients is suspended for 12 months...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Housing decline hits construction
The slowdown in the property market has hit the construction industry, an industry report says...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Air seat firm strikes major deal
About 200 new jobs could be created at a company in County Down after it struck a new deal with Delta Airlines...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
French aid staff freed from jail
Six members of a French charity convicted of kidnapping 103 children in Chad are released from prison...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Anxious wait for Zimbabwe results
Zimbabweans anxiously await final election results, which have been slow to emerge since the close of polling...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Talks Begin on New International Climate Treaty
Representatives from more than 160 countries began formal negotiations in Thailand on Monday on a treaty to address climate change...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Five Years In: Tracking a Marine Lost at Home
A search for a missing Iraq veteran drives home a hard truth: wars do not always end when warriors return...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Calm in Iraqi Cities After Cleric Calls for Truce
Iraqis returned to the streets a day after the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr called for his followers to stop fighting and demanded concessions from Iraq?s government...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Olympic Torch Begins Its Journey in Beijing
President Hu Jintao of China waved the Olympic torch at a ceremony on Monday, then sent it on a journey around the globe where protests and controversy likely await...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Tibetans Protest in Delhi, but March Is Off
Tibetan exile groups staged an anti-Chinese demonstration on Monday, but the most radical among them have quietly called off a controversial march into Tibet...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Abbas and Olmert Plan Meeting
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, said that he would return to the bargaining table with the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, next week...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Zimbabwe Opposition Insists Mugabe Lost
The main opposition party pressed its claim that it had won a landslide victory, but there was no official announcement...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Warning 'ignored'
Jersey whistle blower says abuse claims were ignored...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Shrinking bank
Northern Rock's plans to get rid of many borrowers...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
In pictures
Artists exhibit their talents at the Royal Academy of Arts...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
England refuse to rush Flintoff
Andrew Flintoff is left out of the MCC side to play Sussex on 10 April as he continues his comeback from injury...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
The RAF turns 90
Veterans of conflicts past and present look back...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Enduring mystery
Excavation at Stonehenge aims to solve its riddles...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Thumbs up
Is Boris Johnson serious enough to be London mayor?...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Hoax caller jailed for four years
A man who made more than a dozen hoax calls to the emergency services is jailed for four years...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Tributes to plane crash race star
Tributes are paid to a Scottish racing driver who was among those killed in a plane crash in Kent...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Pairs of rooks can team up to get to tasty nibbles
Pairs of rooks can team up to get to tasty nibbles...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Chambers still keen on Olympics
Dwain Chambers says he still wants to compete at this summer's Olympic Games despite starting a month's trial with Super League strugglers Castleford...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Ferguson positive about Roma test
Manager Sir Alex Ferguson is confident Manchester United can cope with Roma in Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Excavation starts at Stonehenge
The first dig inside the ring at Stonehenge in more than four decades hopes finally to resolve its mysteries...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
ITV1 escapes Brit Award censure
ITV1 escapes criticism from Ofcom over Sharon Osbourne's four-letter outburst at the Brit Awards...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Spam blights e-mail 15 years on
Spam continues to blight e-mail exactly 15 years after the term was first coined...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Beijing welcomes Olympic torch
A lavish ceremony welcomes the Olympic torch to China, amid tight security over fears of pro-Tibet protests...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Turkish leaders face court case
Turkey's constitutional court decides that it can hear a case aimed at closing down the governing AK party...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Pakistan cabinet members sworn in
President Musharraf swears in 24 members of a new cabinet, many of whom are eager to curb his powers...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Brown: World is watching Zimbabwe
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said Zimbabwe's election results should be published without delay...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Dentist's 'phantom patient' scam
A couple admit stealing tens of thousands of pounds from the NHS through their dental practice...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Bill of rights blueprint launched
The Bill of Rights Forum has delivered its recommendations to the Human Rights Commission...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Chad pardons French aid workers
Chad's president agrees to pardon six French aid workers imprisoned for abducting African children...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Three-day curfew ends in Baghdad
Iraqis return to the streets of Basra and Baghdad, after a curfew is lifted and militiamen follow orders to withdraw...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Capello in corruption trial probe
England coach Fabio Capello is said to be under investigation by an Italian prosecutor for allegedly withholding information to court...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Rock pledges to repay taxpayers
Newly-nationalised bank Northern Rock promises to repay its £24bn state loan to the taxpayer by 2010...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Blast kills two British soldiers
Two British soldiers are killed in an explosion on patrol in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence confirms...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Diplomas begin replacing A-levels
The government is to start scrapping qualifications in England as the new Diplomas are rolled out...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Actress Kensit calls off wedding
Holby City star Patsy Kensit has ended her engagement to DJ Jeremy Healy, a spokeswoman confirms...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Duke 'did not order Diana death'
Prince Philip did not order Princess Diana's death nor was it organised by MI6, the coroner at her inquest says...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Zimbabwe stands 'on a precipice'
Zimbabwe's opposition warns of plans to steal the vote, as the first official election results start to trickle in...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
28,000 bags caught in T5 foul-up
The Heathrow Terminal 5 fiasco has led to 28,000 bags being placed in temporary storage, a minister says...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Bodies recovered from fatal crash
The remains of five people who died when a jet crashed in Kent are being removed from the scene...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Barth Healey, 68, Times Editor and Stamp Columnist, Dies
Drawing on his experience as a foreign correspondent, Mr. Healey mixed straight-up news with social commentary to explore philately in his column, ?Stamps.?...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Remains of Soldier Missing Since ?04 Are Found in Iraq
The remains of Keith Maupin, a soldier listed as missing-captured in Iraq since 2004, were identified through DNA testing, Army officials said...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Musharraf Swears in Cabinet Members
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf swore in 24 members of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani's cabinet on Monday, six weeks after opposition parties won a general election...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
China Says It Has Evidence Dalai Lama Incited Riots
Xinhua, the state-run news agency said the Chinese police had a confession from an unidentified monk who they said received orders from supporters of the Dalai Lama...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Firsthand Look at Basra Shows Value of White Flag
BASRA, Iraq ? I walked, ran and crawled into central Basra on Thursday, constantly dropping to the ground because of gun battles between Mahdi Army militiamen and the Iraqi Army and the police...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Ottawa Journal: Tons of Snow Test a Place Where Cold Is No Stranger
People in Ottawa either long for a few more inches of snow to set a record or think the 14 feet that has already landed is more than enough...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Flirting by Text Message, Indians Test Social Limits
Text messaging is proving revolutionary in India, where it is paving a way for the young to maneuver around deep-rooted barriers to premarital mingling...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
2 Irish Billionaires Clash Over Publisher?s Course
The battle revolves around Independent News & Media, whose flagship publication is London?s Independent...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
North Korea Threatens to Reduce South Korea to ?Ashes? at Slightest Provocation
South Korean government did not respond immediately to the warning, one of the harshest in years...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Barth Healey, 68, Times Editor and Stamp Columnist, Dies
Drawing on his experience as a foreign correspondent Mr. Healey mixed straight-up news with social commentary to explore philately in his column, ?Stamps.?...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Cleric Suspends Battle in Basra by Shiite Militia
The Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr on Sunday called for his followers to stop fighting in Basra and in turn demanded concessions from Iraq?s government...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Chinese Nationalism Fuels Tibet Crackdown
If the tough tactics have startled the outside world, the Communist Party for now seems more concerned with rallying domestic opinion...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Zimbabwe Unofficial Results Disputed
Zimbabwe?s main opposition party said that unofficial results showed a landslide victory over Robert Mugabe, who has led this nation for 28 years...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
In Isolated Hills of Asia, New Roads to Speed Trade
The network, several sections of which were still unpaved as late as December, is a major milestone for China and its southern neighbors...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Israelis Agree to Reduce West Bank Roadblocks
Israel also promised Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is visiting, that it will upgrade checkpoints to reduce the waiting time for Palestinians...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Call for curbs on Antarctic ships
Campaigners call for restrictions on ships in Antarctic waters to preserve the local environment...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Tram route shops feel the pinch
Businesses on a busy thoroughfare closed to make way for tram works are forced to hold sales...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
'Policing pledge' to be unveiled
A "policing pledge" outlining standards for police in England and Wales is due to be launched by the Home Office...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
'Work pressure' on junior doctors
Junior doctors are overstretched because of staff shortfalls, warns the British Medical Association...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Turkey court mulls party ban case
Turkey's constitutional court will rule whether to hear a case aimed at closing down the governing AK party...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
No Arab consensus on Lebanon
The Arab League summit in Damascus ends with calls to end Lebanon's crisis, but no specific proposals...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
David Hicks gag order expires
A order preventing former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks giving interviews expires in Australia...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Iraq to lift curfew in Baghdad
Iraq's government is to lift a Baghdad curfew, after a senior Shia cleric orders his fighters off the streets...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Olympic torch re-lit in Beijing
The Olympic torch is taken to Tiananmen Square in Beijing, as the flame lit by the Greeks starts a world tour...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Councils agree to save 101 line
A non-emergency hotline will continue to operate after some of the councils trialling it said they would fund it...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Zimbabwe to release poll results
Zimbabwe is due to disclose the first results from Saturday's vote, amid growing tension over the delay...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Police to question McCann friends
Friends of missing Madeleine McCann's parents are to be reinterviewed by police in the UK, the BBC has learned...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
10,000 finance job cuts forecast
At least 10,000 jobs could be lost in UK financial services during the next three months, according to the CBI...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Scarlett's body to return to UK
The mother of murdered Scarlett Keeling is due to fly back to the UK with her daughter's body...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
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