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Global News Archive for March 2007:
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Again, Kosovar Albanians Demonstrate Against U.N.
Thousands protested a proposal for their province?s future, which they say falls short of their desire for independence...
New York Times - March 3, 2007
In Baghdad, Sectarian Lines Too Deadly to Cross
Some streets are bullet-riddled and abandoned danger zones ? the boundaries between Sunni and Shiite areas...
New York Times - March 3, 2007
Police and Protesters Clash in St. Petersburg
A large and unruly public protest against the government of President Vladimir V. Putin ended with 100 arrests...
New York Times - March 3, 2007
Spacecraft return Sun panoramas
Spacecraft capture panoramic images that will aid the study of solar explosions capable of causing havoc on Earth...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Damp homes 'could cause asthma'
Children living in damp and mould-infested houses could be at more risk of developing permanent asthma, say researchers...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Bomb team check suspect devices
Bomb disposal experts check a number of suspect devices found at a house in a Hampshire village...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Iraqi car bomb kills 11 civilians
A car bomb in Ramadi kills 11 civilians and a policeman a day after 14 policemen were found with their throats slit...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Ezra wins top African film prize
The Nigerian film Ezra takes the top prize at the biennial African Film Festival, Fespaco, in Burkina Faso...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Football: Chelsea still in race
Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou earn Chelsea victory at Portsmouth to keep the title race alive...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Athletics: Idowu takes gold
Phillips Idowu wins the triple jump at the European Indoor Championships with fellow Briton Nathan Douglas taking silver...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Hurley party celebrates marriage
Elizabeth Hurley and Arun Nayar are holding a lavish wedding celebration after getting married on Friday...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Lunar eclipse wows sky watchers
People across the world watch the moon turn red as the first lunar eclipse in more than three years takes place...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
No 10 e-mail basis of injunction
An internal No 10 e-mail between two members of Tony Blair's inner circle is revealed as central to an injunction against the BBC...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Supermarkets clear petrol pumps
As supermarkets clear pumps of contaminated petrol, an industry group says prices could rise by 2p a litre...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
U.S. Reports Airstrikes on Qaeda Insurgents in Iraq
The military said it killed several insurgents who used heavy artillery machine guns to fire at U.S. helicopters...
New York Times - March 3, 2007
Protesters and Police Clash in Russia
An unusually large and unruly public protest against the government of President Vladimir V. Putin ended with more than 100 arrests...
New York Times - March 3, 2007
Spielberg staff find stolen art
A stolen painting is discovered at Steven Spielberg's home 18 years after he unwittingly bought it...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Bourne's Tory light bulb giveaway
William Hague says the Tories will table a Commons motion for an Iraq war inquiry if the government fails to do so...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Burberry fight 'puts off' firms
The fight for the Burberry factory could dissuade companies from investing in Wales, it is claimed...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Condition of shot priest improves
The condition of a Belfast missionary priest shot in South Africa has improved, his family says...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Iraq PM to chase police killers
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki describes the killers of 14 policemen as "cowards", and vows to catch them...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Van driver held after fatal crash
Two young children and two adults are killed in a road crash which leaves five other people injured...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Russian anti-Putin demo broken up
Russian riot police break up a rare rally by opponents to President Vladimir Putin in central St Petersburg...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
O'Shea grabs late win for Man Utd
Man Utd have Paul Scholes sent off but move towards the title thanks to John O'Shea's injury-time winner...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Football: Backing for technology
Football's lawmakers give the go-ahead for the development of goal-line technology at a meeting in Manchester...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Sir Menzies wins vote on Trident
Sir Menzies Campbell wins a narrow victory over Trident rebels at the Lib Dems' spring conference...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Eritrean forces blamed for kidnap
Eritrea denies claims from an Ethiopian official that it was behind the kidnapping of five British people...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Rogue fuel traced to depot tanks
A contaminated batch of unleaded petrol has been traced to a depot in Essex, a supplier says...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
The rise of technology addiction
The growth of portable technology has sparked fears that people are becoming addicted to their gadgets...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Soap star Shaun is Fame favourite
Former EastEnders actor Shaun Williamson is favourite to win Comic Relief's Celebrity Fame Academy...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Tories' green light bulb pledge
Homes will get free energy-efficient light bulbs under the Tories, the party's leader will announce...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Government to be 'battle a day'
An executive dominated by the DUP and Sinn Fein would be "a battle a day", Peter Robinson acknowledges...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Union say ship workers face axe
The GMB trade union claims that 75 workers are to be made redundant at a Clyde shipyard...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Dead girl's parents' trip fails
A murdered girl's parents return home after failing to speed up the extradition of a suspect from India...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Colombia political scandal widens
Colombia orders the arrest of an ex-minister's father, as a political scandal over alleged militia links widens...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Athletics: Sprint trio through
Jason Gardener, Craig Pickering and Ryan Scott all qualify for the 60m semi-finals at the European Indoor Championships...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Football: Incentive for Gerrard
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard tells Football Focus the chance to damage Man Utd's title hopes will add "extra spice" on Saturday...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Danish protests spark 100 arrests
Police in Copenhagen arrest about 100 people in a second night of clashes over squatters' evictions...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Lib Dems propose £1m homes tax
People with homes worth £1m or more should face a new tax, says Lib Dems treasury spokesman Vince Cable...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
60 voters discuss policy at No 10
Sixty voters, drawn from across British society, are visiting 10 Downing Street to discuss government policy...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Hurley weds ahead of castle party
Elizabeth Hurley marries fiance Arun Nayar ahead of a lavish wedding celebration on Saturday...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Search for kidnapped UK tourists
Foreign Office officials arrive in Ethiopia to help the investigation into the kidnapping of five Britons...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Bush intervenes in army scandal
US President George W Bush says he is deeply troubled by treatment of some returning wounded US soldiers...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Growing Calls in Australia for Terror Suspect?s Return
A ?Bring David Hicks Home? movement has gained considerable momentum in Australia in the last few months, even among conservative politicians...
New York Times - March 3, 2007
Argentina Contemplates Shared Custody of Its Top Job
It seems increasingly likely that President Néstor Kirchner will not seek a second term but rather let his wife become the Peronist candidate...
New York Times - March 3, 2007
An Iraqi Tribal Chief Opposes the Jihadists, and Prays
Sheik Abdul Sattar Buzaigh al-Rishawi is a leader of a Sunni Arab tribe that is fighting, at least for now, on the side of the Shiite-led Iraqi government and the American military...
New York Times - March 3, 2007
Qaddafi Heralds a Changing Libya, but Within Limits
During a rare discussion with foreign correspondents, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi said the problem in Libya is not with his ideas but with their implementation...
New York Times - March 3, 2007
Iraqi Soccer Players Killed; 16 Policemen Found Dead
Masked gunmen accused the two athletes of collaborating with a Sunni group, while elsewhere in Iraq 18 government employees were abducted...
New York Times - March 3, 2007
Anti-passive smoking ad unveiled
Ministers unveil the first advertising campaign to highlight the "invisible dangers" of passive smoking...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
The problem with school 'choice'
BBC education correspondent Mike Baker considers the issue of school admissions...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Parties set out election pledges
The Holyrood election campaign moves up a gear as Scotland's smaller parties finalise their manifestos...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Pakistan military tests missile
Pakistan says it has tested a Haft-II Abdali short-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
'No reward' for non-nuclear Libya
Libya's leader, Muammar Gaddafi, says it has not been properly compensated for giving up nuclear weapons...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
Sex slave denial angers S Korea
South Korea criticises Japan's PM for questioning whether women were forced to be sex slaves in World War II...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
World share slump hits fourth day
Global shares fall for a fourth day as investors buy bonds and Wall Street has its worst week in more than four years...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
War grave plea to Downing Street
Families of the 4,000 victims of the Lancastria which sunk in 1940 continue a campaign for it to become a war grave...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
NHS staff protest over job cuts
Health workers are holding a series of rallies and marches across the UK in protest at cuts to jobs and services...
BBC News - March 3, 2007
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