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Global News Archive for Octomber 2007:
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Abbas and Olmert Meet, Preparing for New Negotiations
The Israeli and Palestinian leaders met Wednesday with their negotiating teams, which will begin next week to draft a joint statement describing a future peace settlement...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
Pakistan Talks Are Stalled, Bhutto Says
Benazir Bhutto left open the possibility that her party would leave parliament before presidential elections...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
Iraq Blast Wounds Polish Ambassador
Gen. Edward Pietrzyk was being treated for burns after a bombing that killed a passer-by and a Polish guard...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
Myanmar Junta Unplugs Internet
Belatedly grasping the power of the Internet to jeopardize their crackdown on demonstrators, generals cut off access last Friday...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
New custody hearing for Britney
Britney Spears heads back to court a day after she handed over custody of her two sons to her former husband...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Stem cells 'prompt cancer spread'
Stem cells may trigger dangerous changes in cancer cells which allow them to spread around the body...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
No change expected for UK rates
The Bank of England is set to keep interest rates on hold at 5.75% while it assesses the recent financial turmoil...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Toddler serious after canal crash
A two-year-old boy is seriously ill in hospital after his family's car crashes into the Newry Canal...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Football: Chelsea win in Spain
Didier Drogba's second-half winner gives Chelsea victory in the Champions League in Valencia...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Football: Marseille win at Anfield
Mathieu Valbuena scores a brilliant goal as Marseille beat an out-of-sorts Liverpool in the Champions League...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Uefa to probe Celtic fan attack
Uefa is set to investigate an incident after a Celtic fan appears to strike AC Milan goalkeeper Dida...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
RAF dropped bomb by accident
The RAF launches an investigation after a jet lost a practice bomb during an exercise...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Motorists delayed in M1 closure
Motorists are stuck for three hours as the M1 in Northamptonshire is closed in both directions...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
More than 3,000 stuck in SA mine
An accident at a mine in South Africa traps more than 3,000 workers deep underground, officials say...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Australian Fires Add to Fears on Climate Change
As the first bush fires of the year rage through Australia?s national forests, concern over climate change and its effects is intensifying...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
As Korean Leaders Meet, Economy Dominates
The leaders of South and North Korea engaged in direct talks for the first time in seven years on Wednesday, apparently focusing on economic projects...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
U.N. Reports Detentions in Myanmar
A local staff member of the United Nations in Myanmar and three of her family members were taken from their home in Yangon before dawn Wednesday, a United Nations official said...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
Bomb Wounds Polish Ambassador to Iraq
Gen. Edward Pietrzyk was being treated for burns after a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad that killed two civilians, including a bodyguard...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
Nuclear Deal Reached With North Korea
The deal sets out a timetable for North Korea to dismantle all its nuclear facilities in return for economic aid...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
Chilli compound fires painkiller
A chemical from chilli peppers may be able to kill pain without affecting touch or movement...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
World's End row law chiefs meet
Scotland's most senior judge and top prosecutor discuss their recent public row over the World's End murder case...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Teacher sacking over family row 'unfair'
A teacher was unfairly sacked over unfounded claims he punched and kicked his daughter, a tribunal rules...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Mother 'saw coach and girl naked'
A mother alleges she found her 13-year-old daughter having sex with the girl's tennis coach, a court hears...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Family's car crashes into canal
Four members of the same family are taken to hospital after their car crashes into the Newry Canal...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Mid-East rivals seek joint stance
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are to work on a joint declaration ahead of November's conference...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Turkey could rethink insult law
Turkish President Abdullah Gul calls for changes to a controversial law against insulting Turkish identity...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Bush veto for child health bill
US President Bush vetoes a bill to expand a children's health insurance plan by raising tobacco taxes...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Rugby U: Farrell to face Australia
Andy Farrell and captain Phil Vickery return for England's World Cup quarter-final against Australia on Saturday...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Football: Terry to lead Chelsea
Chelsea captain John Terry will start his side's key Champions League tie with Valencia, BBC Sport understands...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Sussex outbreak zone lifted
A temporary foot-and-mouth control zone in Sussex is lifted after lab results showed the disease was not present...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
N Korea agrees nuclear deadline
North Korea agrees to disable its main nuclear facilities by the end of the year, in a deal reached at six-nation talks...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
M1 reopens after explosion fears
Fire crews remove a propane gas cylinder from a van which closed the M1 in Northants amid fears of an explosion...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Menezes police: 'We did our best'
The commander behind a police operation which ended in an innocent man being killed says: "We did our best."...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Care worker died 'in cross-fire'
A 26-year-old Polish care worker is killed in suspected crossfire between two gunmen in south London...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Let the people decide - Cameron
David Cameron rallies the Tories, challenging Gordon Brown to call a snap election and "let the people decide"...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
'No evidence' of Diana pregnancy
Inquest jurors are told there is no proof Princess Diana was pregnant when she died in a car crash in 1997...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Pakistan Deal Is Stalled, Bhutto Says
Talks with President Pervez Musharraf aimed a reaching a power-sharing deal have ?totally stalled,? former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
Leaders of Two Koreas Hold Talks in Pyongyang
Leaders of North and South Korea sat down face-to-face today in the first summit meeting between the two Koreas in seven years...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
Drug Trade, Once Passing By, Takes Root in Mexico
As cartels have grown in power, they have opened up local markets for cheap forms of highly addictive drugs...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
New Zunes to take on Apple's iPod
Microsoft is hoping that three new model of its digital media player will help it gain some market share...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Duck-billed dinosaur had big bite
A new species of duck-billed dinosaur that had up to 800 teeth is described by scientists...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Poll delay 'would be cowardice'
Gordon Brown will show "political cowardice" if he does not call a snap election, William Hague says...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Caesarean 'raises womb-tear risk'
A Caesarean section raises the risk of a woman's uterus rupturing during a subsequent delivery, research suggests...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Two men dead after boat capsizes
Two anglers die and a third is rescued after their boat capsizes off the Carmarthenshire coast...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
New green light for Sony-BMG deal
The merger of Sony Music and BMG is once again approved by European regulators who reassessed the case...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
NHS 24 blamed for treatment delay
An inquiry into a child's death from meningitis in Edinburgh criticises NHS 24's call handling system...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Arrests over M40 biker shooting
Three people are arrested by police investigating the fatal shooting of a biker on the M40...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
U-boat diver's body is recovered
The body of a diver who died while assessing the chances of recovering a German U-boat is recovered...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Abbas and Olmert start key talks
The Israeli and Palestinian leaders meeting in Jerusalem to prepare for next month's Mid-East conference...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Pakistan's Red Mosque open again
The Red Mosque in Pakistan's capital re-opens three months after bloodshed there left more than 100 dead...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Polish envoy hurt in Iraq blast
Poland's Iraq envoy is injured in a bomb attack on his convoy in Baghdad which killed one person, officials say...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Monks 'seeking to flee Rangoon'
Scores of monks are trying to flee Burma's main city after the military's bloody crackdown, reports say...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Sudan pledges $300m to aid Darfur
Sudan's government pledges $300m to "help rebuild and repair" Darfur, according to a group of visiting statesmen...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Football: Terry to lead Chelsea
Chelsea captain John Terry will start his side's Group B clash against Valencia...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Rugby U: Ashton to unveil side
England coach Brian Ashton will name his side to face Australia in Saturday's World Cup quarter-final on Wednesday lunch time...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
'Rescue bid' boosts Northern Rock
Northern Rock shares rise after reports that private equity group JC Flowers has funding to rescue the firm...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Cadbury factories shed 700 jobs
Confectionery and drinks giant Cadbury Schweppes is to cut 700 jobs, 500 of them at its factory in Keynsham...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Pakistan's power deal 'stalled'
Pakistan's ex-PM Benazir Bhutto says talks to share power with President Musharraf are "totally stalled"...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
New search in Vicky probe
Police are searching a house in Hampshire in connection with the disappearance of schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton, 15...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Two men charged over pond death
Two men are charged with manslaughter over the death of a 16-year-old whose body was found in a pond...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Al Fayed criticises Diana coroner
Mohamed Al Fayed criticises a coroner's remarks at the inquest into how his son and Princess Diana died...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Transatlantic Living in the Bloomberg Style
The residence Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York keeps in London is not in the grandest house on the block, but it is a place of welcoming elegance...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Cambodia: U.N. Finds Flaws in Tribunal
A United Nations Development Program report sharply criticized Cambodia for what it said was widespread malpractice in hiring local staff members for the tribunal that is to try Khmer Rouge figures...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
World Briefing | The Americas: Venezuela and U.S. Hold Rare Meeting
In a rare encounter between Venezuelan and American diplomats, Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro met with Thomas A. Shannon Jr., the highest-ranking American diplomat for the Americas, in New York...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Portugal: Officer Off Missing Girl Case
The Portuguese detective overseeing the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann was removed from the case after chiding the British police, saying they were being misled by the girl?s parents, who are suspects...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Greece: U.N. Wants Migrant Center Shut
A detention center that holds hundreds of illegal immigrants on the Aegean island of Samos has become so overcrowded that it must be shut down, the United Nations refugee agency said...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Diana Inquest Finally Opens
The inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, formally began, 10 years after she was killed in a car crash in Paris...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
Missile Defense System Is Up and Running, Military Says
The tracking radars and interceptor rockets of a new American missile defense system can be turned on at any time to respond to an emerging crisis in Asia...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Ukraine: Tense Vote Count Continues
The vote counting from Sunday?s parliamentary elections continued, but who won remained unclear...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
On War Funding, Democrats Have a Day of Disagreement
Three senior Congressional Democrats on Tuesday sought to step up criticism of the White House over the rising cost of the Iraq war...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
Iraqis Need a Year to Control Baghdad, U.S. General Says
Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, emphasized that the increase in American troops over recent months had shown substantial results, putting ?extreme pressure? on foreign terrorists operating in Iraq...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
A Father?s Shadow Clouds His Son?s Rise in Lebanon
Saad Hariri, son of Rafik Hariri, the former prime minister who was assassinated in 2005, bears the shaky hope for a pro-Western, democratic future in Lebanon...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
As U.S. Food Dollars Buy Less, International Agencies Differ Over How to Use Aid
Aid groups say that Congress should increase the food aid budget and use a larger share of it for long-term antipoverty programs...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
Brazilian Air Controllers Partly Responsible for Crash, Inquiry Finds
A Brazilian military investigation has found that five officers who worked as air traffic controllers were among those responsible for a fatal air crash above the Amazon rain forest last year...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
Israel Completes Prisoner Release as It Frees 29
Israel released 29 Palestinian prisoners and returned them to Gaza on Tuesday, completing what Israeli officials described as a good-will gesture...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
In the Major League of Chess, Next Year Comes So Soon
Viswanathan Anand, an Indian grandmaster and the first Asian to win the World Chess Championship, will not have a lot of time to rest on his laurels...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
Shanghai Journal: Where West Met East, and Then Asked for a Dance
Shanghai?s Paramount ballroom is a palace of retro that has not only managed to survive since the first decades of the 20th century, but stands out...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
North Korean Talks Close to Consensus
Negotiators reached agreement on a draft in Beijing on Sunday after four days of six-nation talks on dismantling North Korea?s nuclear facilities, but said at the time that they needed final approval from their superiors...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
Chief of Blackwater Defends His Employees
The chief executive of Blackwater USA told a Congressional committee that his company?s armed guards in Iraq were loyal Americans doing a necessary job in hostile territory...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
British Leader, in Iraq, Says He Plans to Pull Out More Troops
Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain said he planned to withdraw 500 additional troops from Iraq?s southern region by the end of the year...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
From Errand to Fatal Shot to Hail of Fire to 17 Deaths
New details have emerged on an episode involving a Blackwater USA convoy that killed 17 people and left 24 wounded...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
Drug Trade Takes Root, and Toll, in Mexico
As Mexican drug cartels have grown in power, medium-sized towns have large and growing populations of addicts, along with a rise in violent crime...
New York Times - October 3, 2007
Eczema baths 'a waste of money'
Bath products to help ease allergic eczema may not be worth the amount of money the NHS spends on them, a study says...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Insurers call for flood defences
Improvements to flood defences should be brought forward, the insurance industry urges...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Korean leaders begin talks
The leaders of North and South Korea begin formal talks, following their historic meeting in Pyongyang...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Sears Tower 'plot' trial begins
The trial begins of seven men in the US charged with trying to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and other buildings...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
UK-deported Darfuris 'tortured'
Asylum seekers from Darfur deported by the UK have been tortured on their return, campaigners say...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
US claims success in drugs war
The top US drugs official says anti-drug efforts are showing the best results for 20 years, and praises Mexican efforts...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Schools told to end meals decline
A lack of consultation with pupils and parents is to blame for a fall in those taking school meals, Ofsted says...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Diana inquest shown last pictures
The inquest into the death of Princess Diana sees new photos taken minutes before the fatal Paris car crash...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Call for debate on children's TV
Ofcom calls for a national debate on the future of children's TV, amid a drop in spending on British shows...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
Cameron preparing to rally Tories
David Cameron is to rally the Tories for a possible snap election by pledging to sweep away Labour's "old politics"...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
New crackdown on sex trafficking
A new UK police operation is to target human traffickers who force women and children into the sex industry...
BBC News - October 3, 2007
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