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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk to repair gummed-up joint
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie get preliminary divorce decree
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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UN expects new peacekeepers in Congo in weeks
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Afghanistan markets its brand of pomegranates
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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China says 19,000 students died in May earthquake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Global News Archive for Octomber 2005:
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Turkey and Europe Agree to Talks on Joining
Turkey and the European Union today formally began talks on Turkey's historic bid to join the organization...
New York Times - October 3, 2005
Schröder Hints at Bowing Out as Chancellor in a Coalition
Chancellor Gerhard Schröder seemed Monday to soften his resistance to giving up his post, hinting that he would not oppose a decision by his party to share power...
New York Times - October 3, 2005
Palestinian Policemen, in Protest, Storm Parliament
More than 30 policemen demanded more government support in a growing confrontation with the militant faction Hamas...
New York Times - October 3, 2005
Australians Receive Nobel for Bacterium Work
Two Australian scientists who discovered a bacterium that causes stomach inflammation, ulcers and cancer won the 2005 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine today...
New York Times - October 3, 2005
Afghan Troops Kill 28 Militants on Border With Pakistan
Government troops killed 28 militants in hours of fierce fighting, a spokesman for the defense ministry said today...
New York Times - October 3, 2005
European Union Imposes Sanctions on Uzbekistan
Europe is seeking to punish Uzbekistan for its refusal to allow an inquiry into the bloody crackdown of an uprising in May...
New York Times - October 3, 2005
UK scientists await ice mission
UK scientists await ice mission
The Cryosat spacecraft will give the clearest picture yet of climate change at the poles, UK researchers say...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Teen dragged to centre and raped
A 15-year-old girl is dragged into the grounds of a resource centre in west Belfast and raped, police say...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
City schools face falling rolls
The future of a quarter of Edinburgh's primary schools is to be discussed at a meeting of the city's council...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Football: We back Sven - Owen
Michael Owen says he will be fit to face Austria and insists the England squad are united behind Sven-Goran Eriksson...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Football: Cole sticks to Chelsea
Chelsea and England midfielder Joe Cole insists he sees his long-term future at Stamford Bridge...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Students missing amid China storm
Up to 60 students are swept away during a typhoon in south-east China, state media has reported...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Policemen killed in Colombia raid
At least five police die in a rebel attack on a Colombian village, but officers thought captured turn up safe...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Schroeder hints at stepping down
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder suggests he might abandon his claim to lead the next government...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
EU okays Croatia membership talks
The EU is to open membership talks with Croatia, after the top UN war crimes prosecutor says it is co-operating fully...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
EU bans arms sales to Uzbekistan
The EU imposes an arms embargo on Uzbekistan over the bloody suppression of protests in Andijan in May...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Turkey-EU membership talks begin
The Turkish foreign minister begins membership negotiations with the EU at a late-night ceremony...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Venezuelan Strongman's New Gig: National Disc Jockey
A new law favors Venezuelan golden oldies over hits from the North...
New York Times - October 3, 2005
Suspect detained in terror raid
A man from Cardiff is one of five terror suspects who face deportation on the orders of the home secretary...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Rifkind stakes leadership claim
Sir Malcolm Rifkind says the Tories must fight on the centre ground as he stakes his claim to the leadership...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Yahoo backs digital library plan
Yahoo is helping create a digital library of books, video and audio to rival the one being set up by Google...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
EastEnder hit by brain infection
EastEnders' Joe Swash, who plays Mickey Miller, leaves hospital after being diagnosed with a brain infection...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Croatia gets tribunal thumbs-up
The UN's top war crimes prosecutor says EU hopeful Croatia is now fully co-operating with the tribunal...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Gaza police in parliament protest
Armed Palestinian police stage a protest at the parliament in Gaza to demand a crackdown on Hamas militants...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Thousands protest Afghan killing
Thousands of people protest in Afghanistan against the killing of an election candidate last week...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Shipman doctors deny misconduct
Two doctors failed to report "grossly excessive" doses of morphine had been given to a victim of Harold Shipman, a tribunal hears...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Samurai sword used in town attack
A man escapes serious injury after being attacked by a man wielding a samurai type sword, say police...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
'Options open' on nuclear power
The first minister underlines his position on the building of new nuclear power stations in Scotland...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
1,000 jobs to go in Boots merger
About 1,000 jobs will go as High Street retailer Boots merges with rival Alliance UniChem, creating a firm worth £7bn...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Lawyers drop final Hatfield case
Prosecutors drop the case against four men still facing charges over the Hatfield rail crash...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Eclipse makes dazzling display
Skywatchers across much of Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East witness the "ring of fire" in an annular solar eclipse...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Football: Gazza bid for Kettering
Former England international Paul Gascoigne could be set for a return to football with non-league side Kettering...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Football: Chelsea critics 'crazy'
Liverpool legend Alan Hansen says critics knocking Chelsea's domination of the Premiership are "crazy"...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Direct Darfur talks amid violence
Sudanese officials and rebels from Darfur meet face-to-face in Nigeria as the army denies attacking civilians...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
EU reaches deal on Turkey talks
The EU breaks a deadlock over opening membership talks with Turkey, which is considering its response...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Maude's stark warning to Tories
Conservative chairman Francis Maude opens their conference by warning they have "no God-given right to survive"...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Best admitted to intensive care
Footballing legend George Best is in a "serious but improving" condition, as he is treated for a kidney infection...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Bush picks aide for top court
President George Bush nominates White House counsel Harriet Miers for the US Supreme Court...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Attic babies mother sentenced
An ex-nurse who concealed the remains of three of her own stillborn children in attics is given a rehabilitation order...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
European Talks Stall on Turkey as Austria Holds Out Resistance
European foreign ministers broke off emergency discussions over Turkey, but agreed to continue Monday in the hope of being able to go ahead later that day...
New York Times - October 3, 2005
Space tourist docks with station
A rocket carrying a fare-paying US passenger and a new crew docks with the International Space Station...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Pitt and Aniston sell $28m home
Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, who were officially divorced on Sunday, put their $28m mansion on the market...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Should Turkey join the EU?
EU foreign ministers are resuming talks in a bid to end the stalemate over Turkey's membership bid. Send us your comments...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Lansley rules out leadership bid
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley says he has decided not to contest the Conservative Party leadership...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Nobel for stomach ulcer discovery
Australian scientists have been awarded the Nobel prize for medicine for their discovery that stomach inflammation can be caused by a bacterial infection...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Cookery lessons back in schools
Teenagers are to get lessons in healthy cooking and schools are told to serve fresh fruit and vegetables...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
'10th planet' has moon companion
The astronomers who in July announced the discovery of a "10th planet" in our Solar System say the object has a moon...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Pitbull dog set on firefighters
Fire crews turn a hose on a pitbull dog whose owner set it on them while they tackled a blaze in Dungannon...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Legionnaires' food plant re-opens
The Baxters factory hit by an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease re-opens after officials give it the all-clear...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Attic babies mother for sentence
An ex-nurse who concealed the remains of three of her own stillborn children in attics is due to be sentenced...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
MFI head steps down as sales dive
The chief executive of furniture retailer MFI leaves the firm after it unveils another slump in sales...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Indian train crash leaves 16 dead
At least 16 people are killed and dozens hurt and trapped as a train derails in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Football: Mourinho attacks critics
Jose Mourinho says Chelsea deserve more respect after the 4-1 win at Liverpool...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Football: Nistelrooy claim denied
Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy is staying at Manchester United, according to his agent...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Somali pirates release two ships
A ship carrying food aid is being towed to the Somali port of El-Maan after pirates released the two ships, the UN says...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Concert stampede in South Korea
At least eight people are killed and dozens injured as they try to enter a concert in South Korea...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Russian to be 'extradited to US'
Swiss officials say they will extradite an ex-Russian nuclear energy minister to the US, against Moscow's wishes...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Police seek Bali bombers' names
Police release photos of the heads of the suspected Bali suicide attackers as they hunt the gang behind the bombs...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Nurse wins cancer drug battle
A former nurse faced with having to sell her home to pay for cancer drugs wins a battle to get them from the NHS...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Tory hopefuls step up campaigns
The Conservative leadership race hots up as contenders seek to woo the party faithful gathered in Blackpool...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Bush to name court choice
President Bush is to announce his second nominee to the Supreme Court shortly, officials say...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Five face deportation after raids
Five terror suspects are held pending deportation on the orders of Home Secretary Charles Clarke...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
NTL seals Telewest takeover
Britain's biggest cable company NTL seals a deal to take over rival operator Telewest for $6bn...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Boots announces £7bn merger deal
High Street retailer Boots says it is to merge with rival Alliance UniChem creating a firm worth £7bn...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Tense EU drive for Turkish deal
EU foreign ministers meet again to try to break the deadlock over entry talks with Turkey, as a deadline looms...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Monitors Find Significant Fraud in Afghan Elections
Officials said that with 80 percent of the ballots counted in Afghanistan's elections, they had found significant incidents of fraud...
New York Times - October 3, 2005
2 Marines Held, Rebels Say; U.S. Military in Iraq Dubious
Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia claimed to have captured two marines who were part of an offensive against insurgents in a village in western Iraq...
New York Times - October 3, 2005
U.S. and Iraq Step Up Effort to Block Insurgents' Routes
American troops are working to cut off the supply of foreign fighters that has fed the insurgency and threatens to tip the country into civil war...
New York Times - October 3, 2005
Macabre Clues Advance Inquiry in Bali Attacks
A day after blasts killed 22 people, investigators in Bali say they have found the forensic signature of suicide bombings...
New York Times - October 3, 2005
Palestinian Police and Hamas Battle in the Streets of Gaza
Palestinian police officers and Hamas gunmen waged running gun battles in Gaza City, which began when the police tried to confiscate illegal weapons...
New York Times - October 3, 2005
Conservatives Head for Victory That May Clinch Top German Post
The Christian Democrats of Angela Merkel were heading toward victory on Sunday in a delayed election in Dresden for a seat in Parliament...
New York Times - October 3, 2005
Singer Doherty protests innocence
Singer Pete Doherty is bailed by police after a drugs raid in Shropshire...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Relative welcomes Dunblane move
The father of a girl murdered in the Dunblane massacre welcomes the publication of inquiry papers...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Reid denies Bali bombs Iraq link
Defence Secretary John Reid denies the Bali bombs were linked to conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Warning over 'two-tier' dentistry
The government is facing a rebellion over its NHS dental reforms from the industry and patients...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
End protest, Brazil bishop urged
A Roman Catholic bishop on hunger strike is urged to end his protest by the country's president...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
German CDU boosted by final win
Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats win the final seat in Germany's general election, increasing their narrow lead...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Iraqi minister hits out at Saudi
Iraq's interior minister criticises the rulers of Saudi Arabia in a row over the alleged growth of Iranian influence in Iraq...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Tourists die in US boat disaster
A boat carrying elderly tourists capsizes on a lake in New York state, killing 21 of those on board...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
Barristers launch action over pay
Barristers in crown court trials in England and Wales begin protest action over the pay they receive to represent defendants...
BBC News - October 3, 2005
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