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Obama, McCain bury campaign pain, vow cooperation
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Obama, McCain bury sour campaign, vow cooperation
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Saks posts bigger-than-expected 3Q loss
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Obama, McCain pledge to work together for reform
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk marred by lost tool bag
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Astronauts end space walk marred by lost tool bag
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Indian navy sinks suspected pirate mother ship
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Global News Archive for April 2008:
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Mugabe Party to Fight for Presidency
Despite losing control of Parliament, President Robert G. Mugabe of Zimbabwe and his party were increasingly explicit about their willingness to continue fighting for the presidency...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
Former Kosovo Leader Acquitted in Hague Trial
The former prime minister of Kosovo was acquitted of all charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
Cranford star wins critics award
Dame Eileen Atkins wins best TV actress for BBC drama Cranford at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Why it may be better not to speak up if you're a Brummie
A new study finds that your accent could affect how intelligent other people think you are...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
The Orange Order unveils a new "superhero"
The Orange Order aims to win a new generation of fans with a cartoon superhero...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Football: Rangers in goalless draw
Sporting Lisbon restrict Rangers to a goalless draw in the Uefa Cup quarter-final first leg at Ibrox...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Rise in women doctors 'worrying'
The rising number of female doctors is "bad for medicine", and universities should recruit more men, a GP warns...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Strike 'may shut half of schools'
A poll of teachers suggests a planned one-day strike could close half of schools in England and Wales...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Symbolic Cyprus crossing reopens
The Ledra Street crossing in the divided Cypriot city of Nicosia reopens, despite a brief dispute...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Grieving family's red tape dismay
A family lose their pub licence after failing to apply for a new permit within seven days of the landlord's death...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Armed men rob city jewellery shop
Police appeal for information after an armed gang rob a jewellery store in Belfast city centre...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Lethal import
How US is coping with a violent gang from El Salvador...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Naomi arrested after row on plane
Supermodel Naomi Campbell is arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of assaulting a police officer...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Hundreds trapped on Tube
Hundreds of commuters are stuck on the Tube for three hours as a power cut affects the entire Jubilee Line...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Binge drinking 'damages memory'
Teenagers who binge drink are at risk of short-term memory problems days later, a study suggests...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Blair urges bigger role for faith
Former PM Tony Blair says the world would be poorer without faith but says politicians find it hard to talk about...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Zimbabwe police 'raid MDC office'
Zimbabwe police reportedly raid an opposition office and arrest foreign journalists, as poll results are awaited...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
London mayor is father of five
Ken Livingstone dismisses claims that revelations that he has five children will affect his London mayoral campaign...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Congress marks King anniversary
The US Congress holds a ceremony on the eve of the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King's assassination...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
North Korea?s Growing Rancor May Increase Hunger
The warnings followed a report on Thursday that North Korea?s totalitarian government has suspended distribution of food rations for six months in Pyongyang...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
U.S. Seaman Arrested in Japan Killing
The Japanese police arrested a United States Navy seaman suspected of killing and robbing a taxi driver...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
Air Strike Kills 3 Insurgents in Afghanistan
An air strike in southern Afghanistan killed three armed militants, while a raid by U.S.-led coalition troops in the same region left several insurgents dead, officials said...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
Prominent Chinese Rights Activist Is Jailed
Critics say the conviction is part of a government crackdown to silence dissidents ahead of the Olympics...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
U.S. Cites Gaps in Planning of Iraqi Assault on Basra
Interviews suggest that Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki overestimated his military?s abilities and underestimated the scale of the resistance in Basra...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
Bush Wins NATO Backing on European Missile Shield
NATO countries, however, rebuffed President Bush?s entreaties to extend membership to the former Soviet republics of Ukraine and Georgia...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
Tottenham's King out for season
Tottenham captain Ledley King is ruled out for the rest of the season to fully recover from a knee injury...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Minister Ed Balls has a swinging time as he promotes child's play
Children's Secretary Ed Balls and Culture Minister Andy Burnham make a leap of faith for child's play...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
FIA to hold Mosley crisis meeting
Under-fire motorsport boss Max Mosley calls for an extraordinary general assembly of the FIA amid accusations about his private life...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Concern over looming higher fees
Poorer students could be put off university if the government agrees a hike in charges, a report says...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Robot space truck docks with ISS
Europe's sophisticated new space freighter, the ATV, attaches itself to the International Space Station...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Hague court acquits Kosovo ex-PM
The international tribunal in The Hague acquits ex-KLA commander Ramush Haradinaj of war crimes...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Nato meets Canada's troop demands
Canada will continue its frontline role in Afghanistan, after the commitment of more troops at a Nato conference...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
More deaths linked to C. Diff bug
Three more deaths are linked to the hospital bug Clostridium difficile in hospitals in the Northern Trust area...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Kenyan leaders agree on cabinet
Kenyan leaders agree to form a new cabinet as part of a power-sharing deal, after long wrangles...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Brass in pocket
Spot the hidden differences in old and new coins...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Pair jailed over fake autographs
Two men convicted of forging the autographs of famous sports stars, including Pele and Wayne Rooney, are jailed...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Extradition blow for drug accused
A court approves the extradition of a couple accused of supplying crystal meth ingredients...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
OAP, 70, 'sold heroin in garden'
A pensioner faces jail for dealing heroin from his back garden to supplement his pension...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Fake autographs
How can you tell a real signature from a phoney?...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
'Eco-town' plans
What is planned for the 15 sites on the shortlist?...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
BA's Terminal 5 losses top £16m
British Airways says that the chaos surrounding the opening of Terminal 5 has so far cost it about £16m...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
PM 'stands by stance on cannabis'
Cannabis may still be reclassified as a Class B drug, despite reports that an advisory body will urge against it, Downing Street signals...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
China envoy to drop Olympic role
China's ambassador to the UK has pulled out of taking part in the Olympic torch relay through London on Sunday...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Wet and warm UK summer forecast
The UK faces a wet and warm summer but no repeat of last year's exceptional rainfall, the Met Office says...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Men 'planned airliner explosions'
Eight men planned to detonate bombs aboard planes from London across the Atlantic, a court hears...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Mugabe 'prepared to face run-off'
Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe is ready to contest a run-off presidential election, a ruling party spokesman says...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Nato to back US missile defence
Nato member states say they will endorse controversial US plans for a missile defence shield based in Europe...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Head on beach was migrant worker
The severed head and hands found on a beach in Angus were of an eastern European migrant worker...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Cypriots Tear Down Barricades on Division Symbol
Greek and Turkish Cypriots pulled down barricades on Thursday that have separated them for half a century...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
NATO Invites Croatia and Albania but Postpones Decision on Macedonia
NATO confirmed that it would on Thursday issue formal invitations to Balkan neighbours Croatia and Albania to join the alliance after postponing an invitation to Macedonia because of Greek opposition...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
Ireland?s Prime Minister to Resign Amid Corruption Inquiry
Denying that he received corrupt payments, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern announced that he would resign next month...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
NATO to Endorse U.S. Missile Shield
NATO leaders meeting in Bucharest were set to endorse a planned U.S. missile shield for Europe on Thursday, a senior American official told reporters...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
Man jumps on croc's back to rescue wife from attack
An Australian man jumps onto the back of a crocodile that is attacking his wife and forces it to flee...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Car firms pile pressure on Mosley
Four of the road-car makers in Formula One condemn motorsport boss Max Mosley following accusations about his private life...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Vidic out for two to three weeks
Man Utd centre-back Nemanja Vidic will be out for two to three weeks...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Chemists 'to offer GP services'
High-street pharmacies should play a greater role in providing care for minor ailments to free up GPs, the government says...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
'Alice' loss would 'waste £25m'
A funding hole could close a £25m particle accelerator in the UK before it has provided any experimental results...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Mariah breaks Elvis chart record
Mariah Carey is now second only to the Beatles for the most US No 1 singles after scoring her 18th chart-topper...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Pyongyang halts South Korea talks
North Korea says it will suspend all dialogue with the South, amid a growing row between the two nations...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
France sets date on Nato decision
President Nicolas Sarkozy indicates France will move by the end of 2008 to rejoin Nato's military command...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Nato debates Afghanistan strategy
Nato is discussing a strategy to stabilise Afghanistan, as France says it will send a battalion of troops there...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Alitalia calls emergency meeting
Alitalia prepares for an emergency board meeting as takeover talks with Air France-KLM collapse...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Museum staff take strike action
National Museum Wales sites are closed as workers stage an historic one-day strike in a pay row...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Talks over board's reinstatement
Politicians are to meet the education minister to see if a suspended education board can be reconvened...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Tanzania targets witchdoctors
Tanzania's president orders a crackdown on witchdoctors who use albino body parts for good luck potions...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Air strike levels house in Basra
An air strike in the southern Iraqi city of Basra destroys a house and kill at least one occupant...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
China's challenges
BBC answers Chinese criticism of its reporting...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Memory lane
Why did John McCain re-visit his alma mater?...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Train crush man loses both legs
A 26-year-old man has a leg severed and the other amputated after being crushed by a train...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Trump 'boasted' on resort success
Donald Trump said he would secure his £1bn Aberdeenshire golf resort because of his Scottish roots, it emerges...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Mortgage squeeze 'to get worse'
The availability of mortgages is expected to be squeezed further in the coming months, the Bank of England says...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Magazine says sorry to Morrissey
Singer Morrissey accepts an apology from Word Magazine after it suggested he was a racist and a hypocrite...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Lost reputation
'Branded a paedophile due to ID fraud'...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Washington diary
Matt Frei on the comedy hijack of a hi-tech debate...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Fifty years on
Thalidomide is still a curse for some - a blessing for others...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Opposition wins Zimbabwe assembly
Zimbabwe's opposition MDC wins control of parliament, displacing the ruling Zanu-PF, final official results show...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Police identify head on the beach
The woman whose severed head and hands were found on a beach in Angus is identified by police...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Nato denies Georgia and Ukraine
Nato says it will not yet put former Soviet republics Georgia and Ukraine on the path to membership...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Shannon stepfather remanded
The stepfather of Shannon Matthews is remanded in custody over charges of possessing indecent images of children...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Pope Benedict Evokes Saintliness of John Paul on Anniversary of Death
Pope Benedict XVI celebrated a Mass marking the third anniversary of the death of John Paul II, evoking the possibility of his predecessor?s sainthood by praising his ?many human and supernatural qualities.?...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: War on Drugs Restarted in Thailand
Thailand renewed a war on drugs, reviving a controversial project of the ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
World Briefing | Americas: Brazil: Reputed Drug Lord Gets 30 Years
A reputed Colombian drug lord whose cartel was accused of shipping hundreds of tons of cocaine was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison in Brazil...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
World Briefing | Americas: Ecuador?s New Constitution Would Ban U.S. Military Post
President Rafael Correa has said that he will not renew the United States? lease for the Pacific port of Manta when it expires in late 2009...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: American Questioned in Killing in Japan
A 22-year-old United States Navy seaman was questioned by the Japanese police in connection with the killing of a taxi driver last month in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
World Briefing | Americas: Amnesty International Chides Jamaican Government
Amnesty International criticized the Jamaican government for what it called its failure to protect inner-city residents trapped by violence...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Investigators in Congo Check Allegations That Peacekeepers Engaged in Torture
A Swedish television report said that French soldiers who were participating in a European Union peacekeeping operation in Congo in 2003 tortured a civilian who was being held prisoner...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
Al Qaeda No. 2 Says Bin Laden Is OK; Vows Attacks
Reports speculating that Osama bin Laden is ill are false, a voice described as that of his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, said in a recording...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
Report Says Chevron Owes Billions for Ecuadorean Pollution
An independent environmental expert told a court in Ecuador that the oil company should pay $7 billion to $16 billion in compensation for environmental damage...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
Farmers? Strike in Argentina Is Suspended for Negotiations
The nationwide strike over a tax increase on exports has become President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner?s biggest test to date...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
European Union to Review Britain?s Rescue of Bank
The European Commission opened a formal investigation into the bailout of Northern Rock, a process expected to set a precedent on government aid in the European Union...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
Escape in Mauritania
A man accused of killing four French tourists escaped from a courthouse after an interrogation session...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
China Confirms Protests by Uighur Muslims
In the northwestern region of Xinjiang, Uighur Muslims protested Chinese rule last month even as Tibetans rioted in the southwest, Chinese officials said...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
Pikin Saron Journal: A Proving Ground for Marines and Dutch Intentions
To toughen up its military for missions abroad, the Netherlands has been sending troops to its former colony of Suriname for training, arousing suspicions...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
Personal Journey: Caught Between a Crackdown and a Tibetan Welcome
One writer?s peaceful experience in Western Sichuan during the riots left him yearning to return...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
Normal Life Starts to Return as Iraqi Forces Regain Control in Basra
Witnesses said that Iraqi forces now controlled central Basra and its northern border, and that they had begun moving into militia strongholds north of the city...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
World Bank Calls on Sovereign Funds to Invest in Africa
The president of the World Bank called for the major government-owned sovereign wealth funds of Asia and the Middle East to join with the bank in investing in Africa...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
Report Says Israel Slow to Admit Patients from Gaza
A new report says that 32 Palestinians from Gaza have died in recent months largely because of Israeli restrictions that delayed their access to urgent medical treatment in Israel...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
U.S. Cites Planning Gaps in Iraqi Assault on Basra
Interviews suggest that Iraq?s Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki overestimated his military?s abilities and underestimated the scale of the resistance in Basra...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
Mugabe Foes Win Majority in Zimbabwe
President Robert G. Mugabe?s ruling party lost control of the nation?s Parliament. Will the presidency be next?...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
In Nepal, Long-Lived Monarchy Fades From View
The royal past is being slowly rubbed away across the onetime Hindu kingdom of Nepal as the country prepares for a vote for a special assembly to rewrite the Constitution...
New York Times - April 3, 2008
Greens fear 'weak' Marine Bill
The government is to publish a draft bill regulating UK seas, but conservationists fear it will be too weak...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Why the AA is getting on its bikes to beat the traffic jams
AA patrols are using electric
scooters and motorbikes to get to breakdowns in central London because of traffic congestion...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Blair to urge key role for faith
Former prime minister Tony Blair is to call for faith to be given a central role in tackling the world's problems...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Vets 'at risk from miscarriage'
Female vets over-exposed to the gases they use could be raising their chances of miscarriage, claims research...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
US set to spend $50bn against HIV
The US House of Representatives passes a bill to spend $50bn on the global fight against Aids...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
New rules for US troops in Japan
The US military imposes new restrictions on its personnel in Japan, in a bid to tackle local concern over crime...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
'Eco-towns' shortlist is revealed
Ministers are to announce 15 sites in England shortlisted to become environmentally-friendly "eco-towns"...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Head on beach face to be revealed
Police hope to issue an artist's impression of the woman whose head and hands were found on a beach...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Going undercover
Citizen journalists reveal aspects of North Korean life...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Train crush man's legs amputated
Paramedics amputate a man's legs after they are crushed by a train at a mainline station...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Daily caffeine 'protects brain'
Coffee may cut the risk of dementia by blocking the damage cholesterol can inflict on the body, research suggests...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
People 'doubt Olympics benefits'
Nearly three out of four people believe that the 2012 Olympics will bring no real benefit to their region...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Taxing problem
Authorities' growing success in counter evasion work...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Shining lights
Stones roll up for UK premiere of concert film...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Jail for Chinese rights activist
Human rights activist Hu Jia is jailed for more than three years for subversion in the Chinese capital, Beijing...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
'No Sun link' to climate change
The idea that the Earth's climate is determined by cosmic rays and the Sun's activity is discredited by UK scientists...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Cannabis 'should remain Class C'
The body which advises the government on drugs policy says cannabis should remain Class C status, the BBC understands...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
Opposition has most seats in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's opposition MDC wins control of parliament for the first time since independence in 1980...
BBC News - April 3, 2008
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