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A-Rod in Mexico City on same weekend as Madonna
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Madonna, Alex Rodriguez in Mexico City
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle Endeavour lands in California
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle lands in Calif. after 16-day mission
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle Endeavour finishes 16-day mission
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle glides to safe landing in California
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Orphan of slain rabbi in Mumbai lands in Israel
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Raul Castro attends first beatification in Cuba
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Refugees from Bhutan settle in Pittsburgh
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Global News Archive for February 2007:
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On Road to Kosovo Independence, a Warning: Go Slow
As the U.N. nudges Kosovo toward what it calls ?final status? and what Belgrade calls independence, many of northern Kosovo?s Serbs are threatening to break away...
New York Times - February 3, 2007
Smokestacks in a White Wilderness Divide Iceland
A new aluminum smelter owned by Alcoa, the world?s largest aluminum company, has been the focus of the angriest and most divisive battle in recent Icelandic history...
New York Times - February 3, 2007
News Analysis: Iran?s Boast on Uranium Enrichment Is Put to Test
Setbacks and failures in Tehran?s experimental program suggest that its bluster may far outstrip its expertise...
New York Times - February 3, 2007
Truck Bomb Levels Baghdad Market, Killing at Least 130
The bomb ripped through shops and apartments and wounded more than 300 in the worst of a series of horrific attacks against Shiites in recent weeks...
New York Times - February 3, 2007
Car drivers 'risking skin cancer'
Drivers who spend a lot of time behind the wheel increase their risk of skin cancer, work suggests...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Millions gather for Dhaka prayers
Up to three million Muslims gather in Bangladesh for one of the world's biggest group prayer events...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Wreckage found in hunt for plane
Coastguards searching for a plane missing off the Blackpool coast find the wreckage of a light aircraft...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Bush calls for US debate on Iraq
US President George W Bush tells Democrats he welcomes debate in a conciliatory speech on Iraq...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Football: Henry rescues Arsenal
Arsenal striker Thierry Henry rescues a point for his side after they were reduced to 10-men at Middlesbrough...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
China to boost ties with Zambia
China announces new investment worth $800m in Zambia, the latest stop on President Hu's African tour...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Rivals bid to revive Gaza truce
Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah agree to resume a ceasefire that had failed hours soon after it was declared...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Call for 'kidnap plot' anonymity
A Birmingham businessman calls for gagging orders on the names of the nine men held over an alleged kidnap plot...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Storm-hit Florida 'disaster area'
The US president declares four Florida counties disaster areas, after storms killed at least 20 people...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Baghdad market bomb 'kills 130'
At least 130 people are killed and 305 hurt in a lorry bombing at a market in Baghdad, Iraqi officials say...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Hamas Fighters Appear to Tighten Hold in Gaza
At least 12 people were wounded in continuing clashes between Palestinian factions, residents and doctors said...
New York Times - February 3, 2007
Deadly Bird Flu Confirmed in British Turkeys
An outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm was caused by a strain that has killed humans, the authorities said...
New York Times - February 3, 2007
Dozens Killed in Baghdad Bombing
A bomb concealed in a truck destroyed a packed market, killing at least 92 people in one of the worst single acts of violence in Baghdad since the United States invasion...
New York Times - February 3, 2007
Roth returning for Van Halen tour
Original Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth is to reunite with the rock band for a North American summer tour...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Parents' despair over son's death
An 18-year-old former head boy found hanging in woods had been experimenting with drugs, say his family...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Police name train crash teenager
Paul Oliver was killed when the car he was travelling in collided with a train at a level crossing, police confirm...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
NI farmers on high bird flu alert
N Ireland poultry farmers are told to be extra vigilant following a bird flu outbreak in the east of England...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Abu Dhabi to host F1 Grand Prix
Abu Dhabi will host a Formula One Grand Prix race from 2009...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Bomber kills Pakistani soldiers
Two Pakistani soldiers are killed in a suicide car bomb attack in the north-west of the country, police say...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Russia anglers saved in ice drama
Hundreds of Russians are rescued after ice-floes on which they had been fishing broke away from the shore...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Rugby: Jonny inspires England
Jonny Wilkinson makes a fairytale return as England return to winning ways in the opening Six Nations match against Scotland...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
CAR signs peace deal with rebels
The government of the Central African Republic reaches a peace deal with one of the main rebel groups...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Palestinian PM appeals for calm
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya calls for calm after fresh fighting between Hamas and Fatah in Gaza...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Italy to tackle football violence
Italian PM Romano Prodi vows to curb football violence after a policeman is killed in clashes between Sicilian fans...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Ferry collides with ship on Mersey
An operation is under way to pump water from a ferry which collided with a cargo ship on the River Mersey...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Afghan forces vow to retake town
The Afghan government and Nato-led troops are preparing to recapture a town stormed by the Taleban...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Bird flu virus is Asian strain
Government experts confirm the H5N1 bird flu virus outbreak at a Suffolk turkey farm is the Asian strain...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Baghdad market bomb 'kills 121'
At least 121 people are killed and 226 hurt in a lorry bombing at a market in Baghdad, Iraqi officials say...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Iran Installs Equipment for Large-Scale Uranium Enrichment
The move signals a continued defiance of a United Nations Security Council resolution requiring Iran to suspend its nuclear activities...
New York Times - February 3, 2007
Fawcett is given cancer all-clear
US actress Farrah Fawcett is told by her doctors that she has made a complete recovery from cancer...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Storage growth sets a fast pace
BBC Click looks at the technologies helping us to store digital music, photos and video on our computers...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
£700m valley village plan revived
Developers look again at plans for homes, shops and a business park in Merthyr after the original idea was rejected...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Family's 'shock' at tourist death
The family of a British man who died in a fall from a Mexican hotel, speak of their shock at the tragedy...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Murder inquiry into man's death
Police launch a murder inquiry after a man is found dead following an incident at flats near Belfast city centre...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
US report warns of Iraq 'peril'
A US intelligence report on Iraq describes a perilous situation if violence continues unchecked...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Five die as flooding hits Jakarta
Floods hit large parts of the Indonesian capital after two days of torrential rain, forcing thousands out of their homes...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
US to charge Guantanamo three
The Pentagon prepares fresh charges against three men held at the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Rugby: Wilkinson choice queried
Former England coach Andy Robinson says he would not have played Jonny Wilkinson against Scotland on Saturday...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Tennis: Sharapova injured
Top seed Maria Sharapova pulls out of her semi-final against Ana Ivanovic at the Pan Pacific Open with a hamstring injury...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Factions clash despite Gaza truce
Sporadic gun battles continue in Gaza between the rival Hamas and Fatah factions, despite a renewed truce...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
N Iraq city hit by bombing wave
Seven bombs explode in the north Iraq city of Kirkuk, killing five people but causing few other casualties...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Blair urges calm during 'storm'
Tony Blair calls for Labour to "stay the course" as he addresses the party's national policy forum in London...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Tests show bird flu is H5N1 virus
The European Commission says a strain of bird flu which killed 2,600 turkeys in Suffolk is the H5N1 virus...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Afghan Town Is Overrun by Taliban
Insurgents took over the town just three months after NATO troops had withdrawn and handed over control to a tribal council...
New York Times - February 3, 2007
Journalist Group Criticizes Press Freedoms Under Hu Jintao
Reporters Without Borders said in its annual report on press freedoms that conditions for the news media and for journalists had deteriorated in China...
New York Times - February 3, 2007
Republicans Plan to Block Iraq Debate
The Democratic majority leader responded that the move was essentially filibustering a debate of Iraq policy to avoid a judgment on the president...
New York Times - February 3, 2007
17 Die as Fatah-Hamas Warfare Spreads
Most of the dead were security force members belonging to Hamas or Fatah, but several civilians were also killed...
New York Times - February 3, 2007
Analysis Is Bleak on Iraq?s Future
A new National Intelligence Estimate about Iraq?s future expressed deep doubts about the abilities of Iraqi politicians to hold the country together...
New York Times - February 3, 2007
Science Panel Says Global Warming Is ?Unequivocal?
The report said warming and its harmful consequences could be substantially blunted by prompt action...
New York Times - February 3, 2007
Expert doubts widespread HIV risk
The risks of HIV/Aids are being overstated, a former World Health Organization expert says...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
What are Brown's education plans?
BBC education correspondent Mike Baker probes Gordon Brown's views on education...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Aides defend Blair's commitment
Tony Blair's aides move to dismiss talk of him being a spent force ahead of a speech to Labour activists...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Peru's Amazon oil deals denounced
Environmentalists in Peru criticise plans to auction off large swathes of the Amazon to oil and gas firms...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Kylie and partner announce split
Singer Kylie Minogue and boyfriend Olivier Martinez split up after four years, it has been announced...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Climate paper prompts call to act
A major climate change report prompts calls for urgent action, but the US rejects controls on emissions...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Call to end organic 'confusion'
Producers are profiting from public confusion about organic food, restaurant critic Egon Ronay says...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Elements of 'civil war' in Iraq
The term "civil war" describes some aspects of conflict in Iraq, a US intelligence report says...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Iran hosts tour of nuclear plant
Ambassadors from non-aligned countries are due to make a "transparency visit" to Iran's nuclear facilities...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Hunt for Florida tornado victims
Rescuers in Florida search for survivors after storms and a tornado kill at least 19 people in the US state...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
Bird flu outbreak may prompt cull
Up to 160,000 birds may be culled as experts try to identify which strain of bird flu killed 2,600 turkeys in Suffolk...
BBC News - February 3, 2007
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