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Saber-toothed cat fossils discovered in Venezuela
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Study Seismic has little effect on Gulf whales
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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At top of Greenland, new worrisome cracks in ice
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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US, Iraq reach deal to pull US troops out by June
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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French deaths in Afghanistan show rising Taliban
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Russians dig in but still promise Georgia pullout
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Global News Archive for January 2008:
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Obama?s Kin Glued to the Radio in Kenya
The post-election mayhem consuming Nairobi and other parts of Kenya has not struck Nyangoma-Kogelo, the ancestral home of Senator Barack Obama, according to his uncle...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Bomb Blast Kills 4 in Turkey
A bomb exploded near a shopping mall in the largely Kurdish city of Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey on Thursday, killing four people and injuring more than 60...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Shiite Praises Anti-Insurgent Militias
The leader of Iraq?s most influential Shiite political party offered surprisingly conciliatory remarks about the former insurgents and other Sunnis who have banded together into militias now working with American forces...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Israeli Forces Kill 9 in Gaza
Israeli forces also blew up militant commanders? houses as Palestinians fired a rocket more than 10 miles into Israel...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Extended delay for European lab
Nasa says work on the space shuttle's fuel sensors will delay lift-off of the Columbus lab to perhaps February...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
NI gripped by big winter freeze
Northern Ireland is in the grip of a winter freeze after heavy snowfalls with predictions of more on the way...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Israeli raids in Gaza kill nine
At least nine Palestinians are killed in Gaza by Israeli forces amid some of the fiercest fighting in weeks...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Honduran foreign minister quits
Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez quits after being caught drink-driving and held by police...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Two men on Pc shooting charges
Two men have been charged with the attempted murder of police dog handler Katie Johnson on New Year's Eve...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Bank watchdog 'to get more power'
Alistair Darling tells the FT he plans to give the Financial Services Authority more power over banks...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Kibaki 'open to opposition talks'
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki says that he is ready to talk to opposition rivals, but only after the unrest ends...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
George MacDonald Fraser, Author of Flashman Novels, Dies at 82
George MacDonald Fraser?s popular novels about the arch-rogue Harry Flashman followed their hero as he swashbuckled, drank and womanized his way through signal events of the 19th century...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Kenya, Known for Its Stability, Topples Into Post-Election Chaos
Western diplomats have been putting pressure on the government and opposition to end the bloodletting...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
U.S. to Investigate Officer?s Killing in Sudan
An American security team will head to Sudan to investigate the killing of a government aid officer and his Sudanese driver...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Eager South Koreans Tour a Semi-Open City in the North
Scenes from a recent visit to Kaesong, North Korea, during a rare period of relative openness in a country which strictly controls even the glimpses it provides of itself to the outside...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Bomb Blast Kills 3 in Turkey
A bomb exploded in the Kurdish city of Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey on Thursday, apparently targeting a military convoy...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Musharraf Says Bhutto Took Risks With Her Safety
Pakistan?s president engaged his critics and denied any government involvement in the killing of Benazir Bhutto...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Israeli Attacks Kill 8 in Gaza
Israeli tanks and warplanes attacked a series of targets throughout the Gaza Strip in some of the heaviest fighting in recent months...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Kenyan Riot Police Turn Back Rallying Protesters
Nairobi degenerated deeper into violence as police used tear gas, batons and water cannons to block a rally by thousands of opposition supporters...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Justice Dept. Sets Criminal Inquiry on C.I.A. Tapes
An inquiry into the agency?s destruction of interrogation tapes was elevated to a formal criminal investigation...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
2007 'second warmest year' in UK
Met Office figures show last year was the second warmest on record in the UK...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
O'Leary criticises Brother revamp
Celebrity Big Brother host Dermot O'Leary says it was "a mistake" to revamp the show after last year's racism row...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Oil sets fresh record above $100
Oil prices set a fresh record above $100 a barrel on fresh supply worries and the weakening US dollar...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Cold snap brings snow to Scotland
The first heavy snows of the winter arrive as strong winds send temperatures tumbling across Scotland...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Bird egg thief returned to jail
A man with eight previous convictions for collecting birds' eggs is given six months in prison...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Omagh officers are still on duty
Two officers under investigation following the Omagh bomb trial are still on duty with the police...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Israeli raids in Gaza kill seven
At least seven Palestinians are killed in Gaza by Israeli forces amid some of the fiercest fighting in weeks...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Bangladesh 'facing rice crisis'
The chief of the Bangladesh army says the country is facing a catastrophe over rice supplies...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
China ships food aid to Zimbabwe
China is sending 5,000 tons of food aid to Zimbabwe, official media reports, amid dire food shortages...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Shanghai F1 boss jailed for graft
Disgraced ex-Formula One boss Yu Zhifei is jailed for four years for his part in a corruption scandal...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Cricket: Zimbabwe tour doubt
The government plans talks with the England and Wales Cricket Board about banning Zimbabwe's 2009 tour...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Footballer Barton freed on bail
Newcastle and England midfielder Joey Barton is granted bail by a judge in Liverpool...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Tennis: Murray reaches semis
Britain's Andy Murray reaches the semi-finals of the Qatar Open with a ruthless win over Thomas Johansson...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Four dead in Turkish car blast
A car bomb kills four and injures dozens in the Kurdish-dominated Turkish city of Diyarbakir, officials say...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Route to reopen after rail chaos
Network Rail confirms the West Coast route will reopen from Friday morning after overrunning engineering work...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Bhutto inquiry 'unsatisfactory'
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says he is not "fully satisfied" with the inquiry into Benazir Bhutto's killing...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Police officers stabbed on duty
A man is arrested after several police officers were stabbed while trying to make an arrest in Swindon...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Iowa set to open US election race
The US presidential contest is to start in Iowa, with Republican and Democratic races too close to call...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Npower to increase energy prices
Npower is to increase both its gas and electricity prices, the UK's fourth largest energy supplier confirms...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Kenya Topples Into Post-Election Chaos
Western diplomats have put enormous pressure on Kenya?s leaders to negotiate and end the bloodletting...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Cyber thieves target social sites
Social network sites look like they will be a popular target for hi-tech criminals in 2008, say security experts...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Golden Globes face boycott threat
This month's Golden Globe Awards are in jeopardy after actors joined striking writers in boycotting the ceremony...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
California sues US over emissions
California files a lawsuit against the US government, in a dispute over greenhouse gas regulations...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
CJD death 'is no cause for panic'
A mysterious case of CJD raises the possibility of a new group of people falling prey to the illness...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Bank warns on mortgage defaults
Mortgage default levels are likely to rise over the next three months, the Bank of England warns...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Cycling fury at beheading 'joke'
A club which lost four members in a crash backs hundreds of people complaining about a "humorous" call for cyclists to be decapitated...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Petrol bombs are thrown at house
Petrol bombs are thrown at a house in the mainly loyalist Mourneview estate at Lurgan in County Armagh...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Bhutto supporters 'facing arrest'
Thousands of Benazir Bhutto supporters face riot charges after unrest in Pakistan, her party says...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Storm brings chaos to Black Sea
At least four sailors die in a storm off southern Russia as severe weather hits the Black Sea region...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Israeli attack in Gaza kills five
Three Palestinian militants and two women civilians are said to be among the dead amid Israeli raids in Gaza...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Malaria risk 'higher this year'
Southern Africa could be facing a heightened risk of malaria this year, the World Health Organization warns...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Football: Allardyce under stress
Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce admits his position is becoming increasingly precarious after a third successive defeat...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Hospital staff return after fire
Part of the Royal Marsden Hospital is handed back to staff following a devastating blaze...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Currys owner issues profit alert
DSG, the owner of Currys and PC World, issues a profit warning after poor Christmas trading, hurting its shares...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Freezing weather hits parts of UK
Snow and bitter winds are sweeping across some parts of Britain and drivers are being warned to take extra care...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
UK airport strikes are called off
Three strikes that threatened to paralyse some of the UK's top airports are called off after a deal is reached...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Thousands hit by stomach bug
People struck down by a stomach bug sweeping the UK have been urged not to go back to work for 48 hours...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Kenya independent vote probe call
Kenya's attorney general calls for an independent inquiry into the result of the disputed presidential poll...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Somalia: Foreign Aid Workers Released
Two aid workers who were kidnapped by gunmen in Puntland in northeastern Somalia, were released unharmed...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Sri Lanka: Cease-Fire Is Annulled
The government said it was formally annulling a six-year cease-fire agreement with the separatist Tamil Tigers...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Myanmar: Junta Orders Big Rise in TV Fees
The new cost of the annual satellite television tax, about $780, is three times the average yearly income...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Portugal: No-Smoking Enforcer Breaks Ban
The head of the government agency responsible for enforcing a new ban on smoking in public places was photographed smoking a cigar at a New Year?s party at a casino...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Italy: Milan Introduces Traffic Fee
Milan joined London, Stockholm and Singapore among cities imposing congestion charges on drivers in an effort to improve the air quality in one of Europe?s most polluted urban centers...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Malaysia: Minister Quits Over Sex DVDs
The health minister, Chua Soi Lek, quit his post, a day after conceding that he was the man involved in various sexual acts on two DVDs that were widely circulated in his home state...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Britain: XL to the Rescue
When the meal a man was cooking at his aunt?s house in Hartlepool caught fire this week, he grabbed the nearest thing from a pile of laundry to put it out: his aunt?s billowing, powder blue, size XL underpants...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
China: Sniffer Dogs for Beijing Subways
The dogs will patrol the subway system for fireworks and firecrackers before the Chinese New Year next month...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Egypt: 4 Women Die of Bird Flu
Bird flu has killed four Egyptian women in the past week, according to Egyptian health officials and the World Health Organization...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Pakistan Turns to Britain for Help in Bhutto Inquiry
British terrorism experts cautioned Wednesday against expectations of any early breakthroughs in the Bhutto killing...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Britain: Patients Flee Fire at Top Hospital
A fire blazed across the top floors of the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, one of Europe?s leading cancer centers...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Car Explodes Near Police Station in Algeria, Killing Officers
The blast followed twin suicide bombings on Dec. 11, one at United Nations offices and the other at a government building, that killed at least 37 people...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Unwilling New Frontier for Migrants: 3 Greek Isles
Three Greek islands, Samos, Lesbos and Chios, have become a new fault line for immigration into the European Union...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Sudanese Police Talk to Witnesses in Death of U.S. Diplomat
Sudanese officials insisted that the shooting was not a terrorist attack, but the United States Embassy said it was too soon to determine the motive...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Pakistani Opposition Parties Decry Election Delay
The main opposition parties denounced the government?s decision on Wednesday to postpone parliamentary elections but said they would abide by the ruling...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Attacker Bombs Pro-U.S. Sunnis in Iraq
For the second time in three days a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest amid a group of Sunni tribesmen who have sworn allegiance to the U.S. military...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Kenya Topples Into Post-Election Chaos
Western diplomats have been putting pressure on the Kenyan government and opposition to bring an end to bloodletting that has killed more than 300 people...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Justice Dept. Sets Criminal Inquiry Into C.I.A. Tapes
The Justice Department elevated its inquiry into the destruction of C.I.A. interrogation videotapes to a formal criminal investigation headed by a career federal prosecutor...
New York Times - January 3, 2008
Fire forces hospital's evacuation
Patients are led to safety when a serious fire breaks out at one of Europe's leading cancer hospitals...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Pupils in large schools 'treble'
The number of children in schools of more than 2,000 pupils has more than trebled since 1997, the Tories say...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Barton due before court in custody
Newcastle and England midfielder Joey Barton is due to appear in custody before magistrates in Liverpool...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
China to expand lethal injections
China is to expand the use of lethal injections to replace executions by shooting, a senior official says...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Rugby U: Dallaglio quits Tests
Former England captain Lawrence Dallaglio announces his retirement from international rugby...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
US candidates seek Iowa votes
US presidential hopefuls appeal for support a day before the nominating contest starts in Iowa...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Passengers face more rail misery
Rail travellers are facing a third day of disruption, as engineering work continues to overrun...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Probe into cause of hospital fire
Fire investigators comb through debris to determine the cause of the blaze which swept through London's Royal Marsden Hospital...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Ministers 'lost nerve' over Hips
A loss of nerve by ministers has been blamed for delays in introducing compulsory Home Information Packs...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Council backs coal power station
Kent councillors have voted in favour of building the UK's first coal-fired power station for 24 years...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Tougher data laws needed, say MPs
Reckless or repeated breaches of data security should become a criminal offence, a committee of MPs says...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Water cannon used on Kenya march
Kenyan police fire water cannons against hundreds of anti-government protesters in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
Labour 'failing working parents'
Government efforts to tackle child poverty are failing to help poor parents who work, a think tank says...
BBC News - January 3, 2008
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