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Global News Archive for November 2007:
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Mexico Flooding Traps Thousands
Tens of thousand of residents in the state of Tabasco were trapped in their houses by floods that have put much of the state under water...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
Musharraf Declares Emergency Rule
The move appeared to be an effort by Gen. Pervez Musharraf to reassert his fading power in the face of growing opposition from Pakistan?s Supreme Court, which was set to rule on his re-election as president...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
Mum's appeal after son's suicide
The mother of a Belfast boy who committed suicide says drugs and dealers must be taken off the streets...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Second arrest over fatal stabbing
Police arrest a second man in connection with a fatal stabbing in a block of flats...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
F1: Hamilton eyes team targets
Lewis Hamilton expects one of Nico Rosberg, Adrian Sutil or Heikki Kovalainen to be his new team-mate after Fernando Alonso's departure...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
R League: GB 44-0 New Zealand
Great Britain claim their first series victory in 14 years thanks to a eight-try thrashing against New Zealand in Hull...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Tory candidate in immigration row
A Tory candidate is to be disciplined by the party's chairman for declaring that Enoch Powell was right on immigration...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Search for missing firefighters
A team briefly enters a warehouse to search for three firefighters who are feared dead in a blaze...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Musharraf defends emergency rule
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf defends imposing emergency rule, insisting he is acting to curb extremism...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Myanmar Junta Orders Top U.N. Official in the Country to Leave
The move comes on the eve of a visit by the U.N. special envoy to Myanmar, whose trip is intended to support reconciliation between the junta and its opponents...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
40 Drown in Crossing of Gulf
About 40 people, mostly Somalis, have drowned while crossing the Gulf of Aden on their way to Yemen in a desperate attempt to escape gunbattles back home...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
Political Leader of Sri Lanka?s Tamil Tigers Killed in an Airstrike
The death of the Tamil leader, who frequently met with peace envoys and spoke to journalists, leaves the group with no obvious public face...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
Bush Sees Iraq Progress From Troop Buildup
President Bush said that ?slowly but surely, the people of Iraq are reclaiming a normal society.?...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
Musharraf Declares State of Emergency
Gen. Pervez Musharraf suspended the constitution in a confrontation with the Supreme Court justices who are deliberating on his re-election as president...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
Strike set to silence talk shows
Late-night US TV shows with stars such as David Letterman and Jay Leno are set to be hit by a writers' strike next week...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Labour 'united despite mistakes'
The government has made mistakes in recent weeks but remains united, Schools Secretary Ed Balls says...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Man held in counter-terror raid
A man is arrested under the Terrorism Act after potentially explosive materials were seized at a house in England...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Protest as memorial unveiled
Around 150 protest as a monument to Armenians who died during World War I is unveiled in Cardiff...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Veteran republican Meehan dies
Martin Meehan, a Sinn Fein councillor and formally a major figure in the IRA, dies aged 62...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Manhunt for murder suspect
A search for a suspect in a murder inquiry is launched after a fatal stabbing in a block of flats...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Tamil rebels vow to strike back
The Tamil Tigers vow revenge after the man thought to be their number two dies in a Sri Lankan air force raid...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Iraq vows to arrest PKK rebels
Iraq says it is ready to arrest Kurdish rebel leaders responsible for cross-border raids into Turkey...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Fresh protests in Georgia capital
Thousands of protesters are on the streets of Georgia for a second day to demand the resignation of the president...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Magistrate quizzes Chad accused
Eleven of those implicated in an alleged attempt to kidnap children from Chad appear before a magistrate...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Tennis: Murray rules out China
Andy Murray rules out travelling to as standby for the end of season Masters Series in Shanghai...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Late Gallas strike denies Man Utd
William Gallas' injury-time equaliser gives Arsenal a point against Man Utd and keeps them top of the Premier League...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Astronaut fixes torn solar panel
A US astronaut carries out a dangerous spacewalk to fix a damaged solar panel on the International Space Station...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
National Trust in houses land row
The National Trust members are to consider buying greenfield land it fears will be built on under government plans...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Italian police seek murder clues
Police in the central Italian town of Perugia carry out a detailed search of a flat where a British student was found murdered...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Mass exodus from Mexico flooding
Hundreds of thousands of people flee severe flooding in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
NHS staff protest against reforms
Thousands of health workers march in London as part of a campaign against reforms in the NHS...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Musharraf imposes emergency rule
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf declares emergency rule, as police surround the Supreme Court...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Scrap free breakfast, say Tories
With half of Wales's primary schools offering free breakfast, Conservatives again call for the scheme to end...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Labour 'shift' over independence
A senior Labour politician is to acknowledge that Scotland could survive after independence...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Man arrested as pedestrian killed
A 23-year-old man is arrested after a pedestrian dies after being struck by a car in a carpark...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Inquiry into Haiti UN sex claims
Sri Lanka promises to investigate allegations that 108 of its UN peacekeepers in Haiti paid for sex...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Football: Arsenal v Man U preview
Arsenal and Manchester United are in confident mood for Saturday's clash between the Premier League's top two at the Emirates Stadium...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Man, 93, dies after car park row
A 93-year-old man dies in hospital after what is believed to have been a row over parking in Devon...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
McCanns in fresh appeal
Madeleine McCann's mother makes a fresh appeal for information about her daughter, six months after she went missing...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Iraqi PM vows to stop PKK rebels
Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki pledges to stop Kurdish rebels using Iraq as a base to attack neighbouring Turkey...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Hunt for British student's killer
Italian police hunt for the killer of a 21-year-old British female exchange student found murdered in Perugia, Italy...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Spacewalk begins to repair panel
Astronaut Scott Parazynski is facing a tricky repair on a damaged solar panel at the International Space Station...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Four firefighters believed dead
One firefighter dies and three others are feared dead in a suspected arson attack at a Warwickshire warehouse...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: India: Guards Needed for Tigers
The Indian government wants to recruit retired soldiers to patrol tiger sanctuaries in the hopes of saving the last of the animals...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
World Briefing | The Americas: Peru: Police Chief Dies in Assault
The government will send 100 police officers to hunt guerrillas who killed a police chief in an attack on a police station in the Andes, the interior minister said...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: Ghana: 4 Killed in Clan Succession Dispute
A clash between rival clans in Ghana over the planned crowning of a new traditional chief has killed four people, the government said...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: Chad: Detained Europeans Moved to Capital
A group of 16 Europeans detained in eastern Chad for trying to take 103 children out of the country illegally were flown to the capital, Ndjamena, to face trial...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
World Briefing | Middle East: U.S. Navy Holds Exercises in Persian Gulf
The United States Navy began a series of exercises in the Persian Gulf involving an aircraft carrier and two expeditionary assault ships...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Award for a Soviet Spy
President Vladimir V. Putin gave top state honors to a Soviet spy who obtained American atomic secrets that speeded the Soviet Union?s production of its own atomic bomb, the Kremlin said. In a statement posted on its Web site, the government said Mr. Putin had posthumously awarded the Gold Star and Hero of Russia medal to George Koval, who died in 2006 at 94. The statement said Mr. Koval, who operated under the code name Delmar, had penetrated top-secret American installations...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
U.N. Ousts Peacekeepers in Sex Case
The U.N. said Friday that 108 Sri Lankan soldiers from its peacekeeping force in Haiti would be sent home over accusations they paid for sex with local women...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
Missile Kills 5 in Northwest Pakistan; U.S. Denies Attack
A missile fired from an unmanned aerial drone killed five militants and wounded six other people in Pakistan?s lawless tribal areas on Friday...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
Musharraf Warned Not to Impose Emergency Rule
Reports are emerging that the government of Pakistan has drafted legislation to impose a state of emergency as popular opposition to the general?s rule grows...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
Floodwaters Devastate Mexican State of Tabasco
Navy helicopters plucked people from roofs as rising floodwaters covered much of the Gulf Coast state...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
Abbas Meets West Bank Hamas Leaders
It was the first time the Palestinian president met Hamas leaders since they routed Fatah forces in Gaza in June...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
The Saturday Profile: An Italian Author Driven Into the Shadows by Success
Roberto Saviano, who writes about mobsters, has been forced to live in hiding under state protection as Italy struggles against organized crime...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
Britain Reports Plan for New Sanctions on Iran
Six countries agreed to impose a third round of U.N. sanctions against Iran unless the country addresses their concerns about its nuclear program this month this month...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
Lawmakers in Venezuela Approve Expanded Power for Chávez
A constitutional overhaul would allow President Hugo Chavez to be re-elected indefinitely, giving him the power to handpick rulers to be called vice presidents...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
Myanmar Expels U.N. Official After Critical Memo
The move comes on the eve of a visit by the U.N. special envoy to Myanmar whose trip is intended to support reconciliation between the junta and its opponents...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
Sunnis Say Baghdad Hampers Anbar Gains
A delegation of officials from Anbar said limited support for the predominantly Sunni region from Baghdad?s Shiite-dominated government is a lingering problem...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
Political Leader of Tamil Tigers Killed in Airstrike
The death of the Tamil leader that frequently met with peace envoys and spoke to journalists leaves the group with no obvious public face...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
Election Monitors to Head to Russia Despite Limits
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe announced Friday that it would send a skeleton crew of observers to cover Russia?s December parliamentary elections...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
Pressed by Turks, Rice Seeks to Solve Kurdish Rebel Threat While Urging Restraint
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice came under pressure from Turkish officials upon her arrival in Ankara to publicly blame Kurdish leaders in Iraq for recent attacks...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
Thousands Rally Against Georgian Government
Tens of thousands of demonstrators converged on the capital of Georgia on Friday, demanding Parliamentary elections for early next year and venting dissatisfaction...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
Bush Says Troop Buildup Has Led to Iraq Progress
President Bush said today that ?slowly but surely, the people of Iraq are reclaiming a normal society.?...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
As Japan Ages, Prisons Adapt to Going Gray
In one of the world?s most rapidly aging societies, Japanese 65 and over are the fastest-growing group of criminals...
New York Times - November 3, 2007
New school motto: Hit that target
Mike Baker measures up Gordon Brown's one-size-fits-all target for England's secondary schools...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Bed-blocking 'on the rise again'
Delayed discharges from hospitals rose sharply last year, according to figures from the Liberal Democrats...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Brown 'must back independent NHS'
The Conservatives urge Gordon Brown to back their proposals to make the NHS in England independent...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Warning given to illegal cocklers
Unlicensed fishermen are warned to stay away from the Solway Firth as the new cockle season opens...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
March celebrates values of NHS
As the NHS reaches its 60th anniversary, Unison members march to celebrate its founding principles...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
UK detains breakaway Tamil leader
Colonel Karuna, leader of a breakaway Tamil group, is held by British immigration officials, the UK says...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Turkey hosts Iraq security talks
A new round of international talks on promoting security and stability in Iraq begins in Istanbul on Saturday...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
N Korea nuclear shutdown to start
Technicians are due to begin disabling North Korea's nuclear complex on Monday, a top US envoy says...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Thousands at risk after data loss
Around 15,000 Standard Life customers could be at risk of fraud after their details were lost by Revenue & Customs...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Mexico head pledges disaster aid
Mexico's president pledges full support for Tabasco state where flooding has left 800,000 people homeless...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Appeal on Madeleine anniversary
Madeleine McCann's mother, Kate, makes a fresh appeal for information about the whereabouts of the child...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
National Trust against homes plan
The National Trust is expected to threaten to buy green-belt land it fears will be built upon...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
Firefighter dies tackling blaze
A firefighter is reported to have died and three others are missing at a warehouse blaze in the Midlands...
BBC News - November 3, 2007
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