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Global News Archive for February 2006:
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3 Afghan Policemen, 6 Taliban Die in Fierce Battle in South
Heavy fighting broke out in southern Afghanistan between Taliban fighters and Afghan police forces, leaving three police officers and at least six Taliban militants dead, Afghan officials said...
New York Times - February 3, 2006
Tens of Thousands Protest Cartoon in Gaza
Muslims took to the streets in numbers in Gaza City, Jerusalem, Nablus and Ramallah, as well as in England, Turkey, Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia...
New York Times - February 3, 2006
U.S. and South Korea Start on Path to Free Trade Accord
Working against an April 2007 deadline, negotiators are to try to bind together two economies that rank first and eleventh in size worldwide...
New York Times - February 3, 2006
Dispute Over Israel Delays Vote on Iran Nuclear Resolution
Several diplomats said that it remained likely that Iran's case would be referred to the U.N. Security Council for the first time...
New York Times - February 3, 2006
Egyptian Ferry Carrying 1,400 Sinks in Red Sea
The 35-year-old ship sank in rough seas off the coast of Egypt early today, killing most on board...
New York Times - February 3, 2006
Singer cleared of drugs charges
Former Bay City Rollers singer Les McKeown is found not guilty of conspiring to sell drugs...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Should 'anti-Islam' cartoons have been published?
Protests by muslims have spread across the world at the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Are the protests justified?...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Optimism in housing market soars
Confidence in the Scottish property market is booming, according to a new economic study...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Staff go without pay to save firm
Call centre staff agree to work without wages while managers try to salvage the business...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Local support for sex scandal MP
Party members give their strong support to disgraced Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Doctors 'prescribing Herceptin'
More than one in four cancer doctors are allowed to prescribe Herceptin for early stages of the disease despite it not being licensed, a survey says...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Hamas 'set for government talks'
Hamas says it is set to meet the Palestinian president on Saturday to discuss forming a government...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Columnist reveals 'mercy killing'
Police are looking into a Birmingham journalist's claim in her newspaper column that she killed a terminally-ill relative with a morphine overdose...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Teenager death treated as murder
The death of a 19-year-old man in Londonderry is being treated as murder, according to police...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
US to expel Venezuelan diplomat
The US expels a Venezuelan diplomat after Caracas says it will expel a US official accused of spying...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Editor convicted for Chechen text
The editor of a US-funded newspaper in Russia is found guilty of inciting ethnic hatred over Chechnya...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Prescott backs school reform deal
John Prescott backs Tony Blair's controversial school plans as ministers prepare a potential compromise...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
R.League: World win for Bradford
Bradford Bulls claim a deserved win over Wests Tigers to win the World Club Challenge...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Moi 'knew about' Kenya gold scam
Kenya's ex-President Moi must have been aware of a scam which cost some $600m, according to a report...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Envoys meet over cartoon row
Denmark's PM talks to Muslim envoys amid widening protests in the Prophet Muhammad cartoon row...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
New child jab for lethal disease
Babies in the UK are to be vaccinated against a disease that kills 50 children each year...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Families' feud link to stab death
A west Belfast father-of-five is stabbed to death as he picked up his children for the weekend...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Robber jailed for banker murder
The man who stabbed banker John Monckton to death during a robbery at his home is jailed for at least 36 years...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
'Many dead' as ferry sinks
Hundreds of people are feared dead after an Egyptian ferry with about 1,400 people on board sank in the Red Sea. At least 300 are reported rescued, as relatives wait for news...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Infertility link in iceman's DNA
Oetzi, the prehistoric man frozen in a glacier for 5,000 years, could have been infertile, new research on his genes suggests...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Gaming glamour tempts tennis pro
Scotsman David Kinnaird has swapped tennis racket for railgun in a bid to make it as a pro-gamer...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Three Irish music awards for U2
Irish rockers U2 win three prizes at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards, held in their home town of Dublin...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Hunt on for gas pipe fire vandals
Vandals who set fire to a gas pipe could have caused a "potentially devastating explosion", police say...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Morgan refuses to give Iraq views
First Minister Rhodri Morgan refuses to tell a Question Time audience in Wales if he agreed with the war in Iraq...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Passenger growth boosts BA profit
British Airways sees profits climb, helped by a pick up in passenger numbers, increased advertising and new routes...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Hughes in swipe at 'steady' rival
Lib Dems should not just pick a "safe pair of hands", says Simon Hughes in a veiled dig at a leadership rival...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Boycott costing Arla £1m per day
Arla Foods says the boycott of Danish products in the Middle East is costing it about £1m a day, and £40m to £50m so far...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Taleban clash 'leaves many dead'
Nearly 20 combatants are killed in fighting between troops and Taleban in Helmand province, officials say...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Dead driver may be murder suspect
A driver who died in a car blast in Thornbury may be a man wanted for questioning over a murder...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
More workers join postal strike
About 40 postal staff at Royal Mail's main sorting office in Mallusk walk out in support of colleagues on strike in Belfast...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Football: Shearer's role 'key'
Newcastle caretaker-boss Glenn Roeder says Alan Shearer will continue to play a key role at St James' Park...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Kenya gold scam report delivered
A report into Kenya's multi-million dollar gold and diamond scam is handed over to President Mwai Kibaki...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Japan minister urges royal debate
Japan's foreign minister questions plans to let females succeed to the throne, the first Cabinet member to do so...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Iran set to face Security Council
The UN's atomic watchdog will report Iran to the Security Council when it reconvenes in Vienna, diplomats say...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
'Limited' damage from virus
Early warnings about the destructive Nyxem virus have headed off widespread damage, say experts...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Football: Wenger's Campbell fear
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger admits he does not know when he will next see beleaguered Sol Campbell...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Muslims in new cartoon protests
Fresh protests are being made over the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Bankruptcies show sharp increase
Nearly 70,000 individuals became insolvent in 2005, the highest total since the 1990s recession, figures show...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
UK ships seize £350m drug haul
British ships have seized one of the largest drugs hauls ever, in an operation in the Caribbean...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Egyptian ferry sinks in Red Sea
An Egyptian ferry carrying about 1,400 people sinks in the Red Sea, maritime officials say...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Temperatures Rise Over Cartoons Mocking Muhammad
Meanwhile, the furor continued to spread in Europe, as the French-Egyptian owner of a French newspaper apologized to Muslims...
New York Times - February 3, 2006
In Another Threat, Iran Warns It May Block Inspections
The threat means that the International Atomic Energy Agency would lose access to key sites and installations...
New York Times - February 3, 2006
Hamas Is Silent on Leaders as the Power Tilts to Gaza
Several Hamas leaders who had been maintaining low profiles in recent years are likely to become much more visible...
New York Times - February 3, 2006
Chávez Ousts U.S. Diplomat on Spying Charge
Venezuela's government has ordered the expulsion of the American naval attaché at the United States Embassy in Caracas for spying...
New York Times - February 3, 2006
Matched Pair of Car Bombs Kill 16 at Baghdad Market
Two car bombs detonated in quick succession near a crowded market, killing at least 16 people and wounding 90 in one of the worst attacks in Baghdad in weeks...
New York Times - February 3, 2006
$70 Billion More Is Sought for Military in War Zones
The Bush administration said it would ask Congress for an additional $70 billion to pay for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through September...
New York Times - February 3, 2006
Obese 'can be refused operations'
Forty percent of doctors agree that obese patients can be refused joint surgery, a survey has found...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Free childcare 'reducing choice'
Employers say more state childcare could actually reduce the choice available to parents...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Lebanese ministers rejoin cabinet
Ministers from Lebanon's two main Shia parties, Hezbollah and Amal, end their seven-week boycott of the cabinet...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Work starts on nuclear 'clean up'
Work begins on cleaning up a radioactive spillage that closed part of the Dounreay nuclear plant...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Football: Shearer rules out job
Alan Shearer says he will not apply to replace Graeme Souness as Newcastle boss...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Howard demands 'bribes' apology
Australia's PM insists a US senator apologise for claiming he knew about bribes under the oil-for-food scheme...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Iran 'has negative role in world'
A BBC World Service poll finds Iran is the country most widely viewed as having a negative influence in the world...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Prescott 'to back schools deal'
John Prescott is expected to back Tony Blair's controversial school plans amid reports of a potential compromise...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Record £125m Euro lottery draw
Extra staff are being drafted in to lottery retailers to cope with an expected sales rush ahead of the record £125m EuroMillions draw...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Muslims urge new cartoon protests
Fresh protests are expected over the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
Iran 'will face Security Council'
The UN's atomic watchdog will refer Iran to the Security Council when it meets on Friday, diplomats say...
BBC News - February 3, 2006
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