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Global News Archive for May 2006:
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Bush Is Troubled by Haditha Reports
If laws were broken, the president said, "there will be punishment," the president said...
New York Times - May 31, 2006
U.S. Investigating Shooting of Two Iraqi Women
The women were apparently shot by coalition forces when their car approached an observation post and failed to stop...
New York Times - May 31, 2006
Arctic's tropical past uncovered
Fifty-five million years ago the North Pole was ice-free with tropical temperatures, according to research...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Rubber highway to beat congestion
The makers of a road made entirely of old car tyres believe it could help reduce urban traffic...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Man arrested over street stabbing
A man is arrested over the murder of a father-of-three stabbed to death on his doorstep in Bristol...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Plan to end early prison release
The automatic early release of many jailed criminals is to end under new measures being drawn up...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
UN appeals for Palestinian funds
The UN calls for funds to ease the Palestinians' growing humanitarian crisis amid fears it could stoke more violence...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Bush 'troubled' by Haditha report
The US president says he is troubled by reports of an alleged massacre by US marines of 24 Iraqis...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Football: Shevchenko deal done
Chelsea complete the signing of striker Andriy Shevchenko from AC Milan for a fee of around £30m...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Man arrested over street stabbing
A man is arrested over the murder of a father-of-three stabbed to death on his doorstep in Bristol...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Prescott gives up Dorneywood home
John Prescott is to give up his grace-and-favour home, Dorneywood, after weeks of damaging headlines...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Rice Proposes Path to Talks With Iran on Nuclear Issue
The Bush administration is willing to join multinational talks with Iran over its nuclear program if it suspends all nuclear activities...
New York Times - May 31, 2006
In Basra, Iraqi Leader Promises an 'Iron Fist'
The tough words were aimed at a city that was relatively quiet until sectarian strife started increasing about a year ago...
New York Times - May 31, 2006
Military Inquiry Said to Oppose Account of Raid
A colonel uncovered evidence that contradicted claims by marines that Iraqi civilians killed in Haditha were victims of a roadside bomb...
New York Times - May 31, 2006
Brother's Dawn 'on hunger strike'
An ex-Big Brother contestant says she is going on hunger strike to obtain tapes of her time in the house...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Countries under-report bird flu
China, Indonesia and Africa are under-reporting bird flu, says the World Organisation for Animal Health...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Foreign Office web abuse revealed
More than 160 Foreign Office staff have been disciplined for misusing the internet at work, it emerges...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Drugs tests in schools 'extreme'
Introducing random drugs tests in schools may drive drug abuse underground, a drugs charity warns...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Standard members vote for float
Investors at insurance company Standard Life have given a 98% yes vote for its demutualisation...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
5,000 offered screening for HIV
Health officials will offer HIV screening to more than 5,000 patients after a health care worker was diagnosed with hepatitis C...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Kabul troops 'fired in defence'
The US military says its troops fired in self-defence after a traffic accident sparked mass rioting in Kabul...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Russia in arms talks with Chavez
Russia is in talks with Venezuela to license rifle manufacture, Russia's state arms exporter confirms...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Saddam defendant ejected by judge
Saddam Hussein's half-brother and co-accused is thrown out of court for arguing with the judge...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Mourinho's Shevchenko plans
AC Milan's Andriy Shevchenko has been in London for talks with Chelsea over a move to Stamford Bridge...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Virus hits 200 on luxury cruise
Two hundred passengers aboard a luxury cruise ship have been struck down with a vomiting virus...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
NHS choice 'worsens inequalities'
Patient choice over where to go for surgery could lead to a widening of health inequalities, experts say...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Lecturers reject latest pay offer
Academics reject a 13.1% pay rise over three years amid warnings that an exam-marking boycott could intensify...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Man denies threatening QPR boss
A nightclub security consultant denies hiring a gang of "heavies" to threaten a football club director at gunpoint...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
US offers direct talks with Iran
The US says it will join talks with Iran on its nuclear programme if Tehran suspends disputed activities...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Iraq imposes emergency in Basra
Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki declares a month-long emergency in Basra to arrest the city's slide into anarchy...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Investigation: Files Contradict Account of Raid in Iraq
An inquiry has uncovered evidence that contradicts marines' account of the death of civilians in Haditha, Iraq...
New York Times - May 31, 2006
Taylor denies Alzheimer's reports
Oscar-winning actress Dame Elizabeth Taylor, 74, speaks out over reports she is gravely ill...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Microsoft debuts security package
Microsoft's first dedicated security software product will go on sale in stores from 1 June...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Orange branches out from mobiles
Orange is to launch Europe's first "quadruple play" service offering one bill for internet, TV, mobile and fixed-line phone services...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Lecturers' salary offer increased
Universities have increased their pay offer to lecturers in an effort to end an exam-marking boycott...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Wild bird role in flu 'unclear'
The role of swans and other wild birds in spreading bird flu is still unclear and uncertain, according to scientists...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Stab victim was involved in fight
An eyewitness speaks of seeing a fight between a knife victim and the man who killed him just before he died...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Loyalist critical after shooting
Leading loyalist Mark Haddock remains critically ill after a gun attack in County Antrim...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
German figures suggest recovery
German retails sales rise in April, indicating that Europe's largest economy is recovering, data shows...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Attack kills Afghan police chief
A police chief in the southern Afghan province of Zabul is killed in a suspected Taleban attack...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Football: Eriksson optimistic
England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson says there is more to come from his team after they beat Hungary 3-1 in a World Cup warm-up...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Somali Islamists seize rival base
Islamist militia in Somalia's capital capture a base from their secular rivals, as 13 die in new fighting...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
E Timor PM refuses to step down
East Timor's Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri says he will not resign, despite being blamed for an upsurge of violence...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Three-armed boy to undergo op
Doctors in Shanghai are unsure how best to treat a baby boy born with two left arms...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Teenage killer gets 15-year term
An 18-year-old man is told he must serve at least 15 years in jail for the murder of a Belfast schoolgirl...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Opinion split over Gerrard 'dive'
Former England skipper Terry Butcher says Steven Gerrard dived to win a penalty against Hungary...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Milosevic not poisoned, UN finds
A UN report into the death of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic says he died of a heart attack...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Families overpaid £1.8bn tax credit
Nearly two million families were overpaid tax credits in 2004-5 but the Treasury says the system is being fixed...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Java quake toll passes 5,800
The Javan quake left more than 5,800 dead, officials say, as large quantities of aid start to arrive in the area...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Father's death adds to stab toll
The killing of a father of three in Bristol is the latest high-profile incident to fuel fears over knife crime...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
'Iron fist' to tackle Basra woes
Iraq's prime minister vows to use an "iron fist" to crush those threatening security as he visits Basra in the south...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Remote Java Villages Still Without Quake Aid
Three days after the earthquake that rocked central Java, many villages in the two worst-hit districts have yet to receive any help...
New York Times - May 31, 2006
Militiamen Take Over Hospital, Offering Bleak Omen in Somalia
Hospitals had been considered neutral during the years of conflict in Somalia until gunmen seized a Mogadishu hospital this week...
New York Times - May 31, 2006
Investigation: Military Inquiry Is Said to Oppose Account of Raid
An inquiry has uncovered evidence that contradicts the marines' account of the death of civilians in Haditha, Iraq, according to an official...
New York Times - May 31, 2006
Hurdle for U.S. in Getting Data on Passengers
The European Union's highest court ruled that an agreement to transfer personal data on air passengers to the U.S. was illegal...
New York Times - May 31, 2006
As Darfur War Rages On, Disease and Hunger Kill
These days most people in Darfur die not from bullets, but from not being able to get health care, clean water or food...
New York Times - May 31, 2006
Report Shows AIDS Epidemic Slowdown in 2005
The report finds reasons for optimism, but warns that the number of new infections is still rising in some countries...
New York Times - May 31, 2006
Global sell-off hits share prices
World share prices fall sharply again, this time due to concerns over surging oil prices, rising interest rates and jittery US consumers...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Smoker poll reveals roll-ups myth
One in four smokers believes hand-rolled tobacco is less unhealthy than manufactured cigarettes, a study says...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Reburial for grandmother remains
The body of Gladys Hammond is to be reburied in the same churchyard from where her remains were taken in 2004...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Zimbabwe demolition images shown
New images of Zimbabwe's 2005 settlement destruction campaign are released by Amnesty International...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Suharto leaves hospital for home
Ex-Indonesian President Suharto leaves hospital after weeks of treatment to stem intestinal bleeding...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Pay pledge to Palestinian workers
Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya vows to pay civil servants after a three-month period without salary...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Tennis: Henman targets Tursunov
Tim Henman looks to end a run of defeats against Dmitry Tursunov in the second round of the French Open on Wednesday...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Cohabitee rights considered
The Law Commission is to look at boosting the rights of couples who live together without getting married...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Council policy 'aggravated' riots
Council spending plans and poor leadership fuelled Burnley's 2001 riots, says a report...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Iraqi PM set for key Basra visit
Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki is due to fly to the southern city of Basra to try to stop the in-fighting between Shia groups...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Police mergers facing legal test
The government faces its first legal challenge against plans to merge a number of police forces in England and Wales...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
US to make Haditha probe public
The White House pledges to make public an inquiry into the alleged massacre of 24 Iraqis in Haditha by US marines...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Tax credit overpay 'remains £2bn'
More than £2bn of tax credits was overpaid for a second year running, the government is expected to say...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
Patient surgery choice extended
Patients are to be given a choice of hospitals across England for operations as a key NHS reform is expanded...
BBC News - May 31, 2006
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