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Review Just say I dont to Bride Wars
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Audiovox to expand availability of TV on the road
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Congo rebel faction denounces Nkunda as leader
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Arabs put Hamas in UN draft, West offers own text
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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New US-led naval force to battle Somali pirates
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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How many scorpions? London Zoo does critter count
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Pope Benedict jokes about hoarse voice
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Handlers on phone ordered Mumbai gunmen to kill
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Global News Archive for July 2006:
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NATO Takes Over in Southern Afghanistan
The difficult military role NATO is taking on was underscored by a bombing today that killed eight people...
New York Times - July 31, 2006
Israel Vows to Press Ahead With Offensive
Israel rejected the possibility of an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon as it poured soldiers and artillery shells across the border...
New York Times - July 31, 2006
Cycling: Landis B test sought
Tour de France winner Floyd Landis officially requests the testing of his back-up urine sample...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Football: Man U agree Carrick fee
Michael Carrick completes his move to Man Utd after passing a medical...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
'Move quickly' on nuclear waste
It is now "time to get on with the job" of burying the UK's radioactive waste, a committee of experts say...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Environmental 'crisis' in Lebanon
The UN expresses concern over Lebanon's environment after Israeli bombs cause major oil spill...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Search on for crystal firm buyer
Efforts continue to find a buyer for the troubled Edinburgh Crystal glassware company after it announces 270 job losses...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Sri Lanka bomb kills 18 soldiers
Up to 18 Sri Lankan government soldiers are feared dead after an explosion hits their vehicle...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Schoolboy's body found in Ecuador
The body of a teenager who went missing during a school trip is found in a river in Ecuador...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Immigration 'harms life quality'
Migration is overcrowding the UK and ruining people's quality of life, says a right-wing group of Tory MPs...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
MPs urge coroner reform rethink
Ministers are urged to rethink plans to reform the way deaths are certified to avoid a repeat of the Shipman scandal...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Baghdad gunmen kidnap 26
Gunmen in Iraqi police uniforms kidnap 26 people at the offices of a firm in central Baghdad, officials say...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Israeli Strikes Resume After Brief Halt in Lebanon
Israel continued to attack targets in the face of an outcry over the air raid on Sunday that left dozens of Lebanese civilians dead...
New York Times - July 31, 2006
Cricket: Jones axed from squad
England pick Chris Read as wicket-keeper for the third Test against Pakistan instead of Geraint Jones...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Bond film stage 'will be rebuilt'
The James Bond stage destroyed by fire will be demolished and rebuilt, say Pinewood Studios...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Warning over new EU immigration
Bulgarians and Romanians should not be given the right to work in the UK when they join the EU, an ex-minister warns...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Worry over sperm donor shortage
Fertility clinics are facing a "national crisis" because of a shortage of sperm donors, say experts...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Coursework plan to halt cheating
GCSE students should not take coursework home in an effort to halt cheating, the exams watchdog says...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
'Haste needed' on nuclear waste
It is now "time to get on with the job" of burying the UK's radioactive waste, a committee of experts conclude...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Boys and pensioner die in crash
Two teenage exchange students from Peru and an elderly man are killed in an accident on the A9...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Woman stabbed to death at house
Police say early indications are that the woman murdered in her Gorseinon home was stabbed to death...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
UN issues Iran nuclear deadline
The UN Security Council passes a resolution giving Iran a month to suspend uranium enrichment...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Cattle killed as owners jailed
Up to 90 cattle at farm are put down after being abandoned after their owners were jailed...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
First results posted in DR Congo
Votes are counted in DR Congo's first multi-party vote in 40 years, but an official result could be weeks away...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Poll protests block Mexico City
The left-wing candidate in Mexico's disputed poll and his backers occupy the capital's main square and avenues...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
BT cuts phone call package costs
The telecoms giant reduces the cost of phone packages BT Together options 2 and 3 by almost a third...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Body found in Ecuador boy search
Rescuers looking for a Northamptonshire teenager missing in Ecuador for five days find a body...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Lawrence detective denies claim
A former officer accused of police corruption in the Stephen Lawrence murder case has refuted the allegations...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Soldier jailed for Pc's car death
A Sandhurst staff sergeant is jailed for five-and-a-half years for the manslaughter of a police officer...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Sheridan wife 'sick' at sex claim
Tommy Sheridan's wife speaks of her disgust at an allegation that he had sex with another woman...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Israel's PM rules out ceasefire
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says a ceasefire with Hezbollah is not imminent, as both sides continue to trade fire...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Iraq death due to kit shortage
A British soldier ordered to give up his body armour in Iraq died because he was not wearing it, a report finds...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Bug death council worker cleared
An architect is cleared of seven counts of manslaughter over Britain's worst outbreak of Legionnaires' disease...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Tactics: Israel Suspending Lebanon Air Raids After Dozens Die
Israel agreed to suspend its airstrikes for 48 hours while it investigates an air raid on a Lebanese town that killed dozens, many of them children...
New York Times - July 31, 2006
News Analyis: From Carnage in Lebanon, a Concession
Israel agreed to suspend airstrikes after one of its raids killed dozens of Lebanese civilians, but the U.S. is still not calling for an immediate cease-fire...
New York Times - July 31, 2006
Athletics: Gatlin claims rejected
Michael Johnson rejects claims by Justin Gatlin's coach that the sprinter was a victim of drugs sabotage...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Gibson 'outburst' under spotlight
Police investigate an incident in which filmmaker Mel Gibson is alleged to have made anti-Semitic comments...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Wi-fi boost plan for rural areas
Rural areas could benefit from proposals to boost the power of signals used in wi-fi networks...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Football: Ronaldo & Rooney meet
Cristiano Ronaldo is set to train with Man Utd team-mate Wayne Rooney for the first time since their World Cup clash...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
'Right and wrong' lessons to end
Teenagers will no longer have to be taught the difference between "right and wrong" under draft plans...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
The secrets of animal attraction
Biologists find evidence that people, like animals, can sniff out the chemical signals of sexual attraction...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Road accident claims three lives
A collision between a car and a lorry on the A9 in Inverness results in the deaths of three people...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Review after paedophiles abscond
The Prison Service says a policy review is likely after two child rapists abscond from an open prison in Monmouthshire...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
HSBC profits in emerging markets
Growing opportunities in emerging markets help global banking giant HSBC report an 18% jump in profits...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Sri Lanka offensive intensifies
Sri Lankan forces continue their ground offensive against the Tamil Tigers in the north-east...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Stabbed Abigail at healing shrine
Abigail Witchalls, who was left partly paralysed after being stabbed, visits the Roman Catholic shrine of Lourdes...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Five arrested over murder of man
Five people are arrested over the murder of a man who was attacked and run over in County Londonderry...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Major oilspill hits west Russia
An oil pipeline spill in western Russia threatens an "environmental catastrophe", Moscow warns...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Arrests over 1967 child killing
Two men are arrested and bailed in connection with the murder of a child in the Brighton area in 1967...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Tenerife tourists help migrants
Tourists on a Tenerife beach help 88 exhausted African migrants - among 205 new arrivals on the Canary Islands...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Blair in ceasefire pressure call
World leaders must apply "maximum pressure" for a UN resolution to end Middle East violence, Tony Blair says...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Vote counting begins in DR Congo
Votes are being counted in the Democratic Republic of Congo's first multi-party vote in 40 years...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
UK to control south Afghanistan
The Nato force in Afghanistan takes over from the US in the south, where security has deteriorated...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Wembley owner fears more delay
Owners of the new Wembley stadium expect builders to miss a revised deadline for completing the arena...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Lesbians lose legal marriage bid
A lesbian couple fail in their High Court bid to have their marriage given full legal status in the UK...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Baghdad gunmen kidnap 25
Gunmen in Iraqi police uniforms kidnap 25 people at the offices of a firm in central Baghdad, officials say...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Israel 'not ready for truce yet'
Israel's defence minister rejects a Lebanon ceasefire, saying it will allow the threat posed by militants to return...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
The Scene: A Night of Death and Terror for Lebanese Villagers
The two families staying in the house in Qana that was struck by an Israeli missile had discussed leaving, but they were poor and travel was difficult...
New York Times - July 31, 2006
Leftist Plans Sit-Ins to Challenge Mexico Vote
Andrés Manuel López Obrador escalated his campaign to undo the official results and called for civil disobedience...
New York Times - July 31, 2006
Iraqi Officials Ask for Aid for Global War on Terror
Two high-ranking officials said that their country should be compensated with economic and military assistance...
New York Times - July 31, 2006
Tactics: Israel Halting Air Raids After Dozens Die
Israel agreed to suspend its airstrikes for 48 hours while it investigates an air raid on the Lebanese town of Qana that killed dozens, many of them children. The attack increased pressure for a cease-fire...
New York Times - July 31, 2006
News Analyis: From Carnage, U.S. Gains a Concession
The suspension of aerial strikes was the first significant concession from Israel, but the U.S. is still not calling for an immediate cease-fire...
New York Times - July 31, 2006
Muscular dystrophy reversal clue
Scientists find a way to reverse muscular dystrophy in mice, offering hope of a cure for humans with muscle-wasting diseases...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Support over taxi drivers' strike
Striking taxi drivers say they have public support for greater protection after the death of a colleague...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Nato to control south Afghanistan
The Nato force in Afghanistan takes over from the US in the south , where security has deteriorated...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Chavez to sign Vietnam deals
Venezuela's president arrives in Vietnam on Monday where he will sign a series of economic deals...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Drug classification rethink urged
The classification of drugs should be replaced with one which better reflects the harm they cause, MPs say...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Australia PM to go for fifth term
Australian Prime Minister John Howard says he will stand for a fifth term in office at elections next year...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Nicotine therapy benefits 'hyped'
Nicotine replacement therapy may be less effective at helping smokers quit than previously thought, research suggests...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Many jail staff corrupt - report
A confidential report by the Prison Service and police estimates that at least 1,000 prison staff are corrupt...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
'Urgency needed' on nuclear waste
The UK government should move quickly to begin burying radioactive waste, says the Royal Society...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Tax staff staging 24-hour strike
Some 8,000 Revenue and Customs workers are staging a 24-hour strike in a dispute over job losses...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
Israel halts raids after 50 die
Israel agrees to stop south Lebanon air strikes for 48 hours to investigate more than 50 deaths in Qana...
BBC News - July 31, 2006
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