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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 May 2005:
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Iran Says It Intends to Keep Pursuing Nuclear Technology
Iran said today that it was determined to press ahead with uranium enrichment...
New York Times - May 3, 2005
China Dashes Hopes of Dialogue with Taiwan's President
Chinese officials said today that Taiwan's ruling party must stop its "separatist activities" before Beijing will talk with President Chen Shui-bian...
New York Times - May 3, 2005
Measure to Expand Political Rights for Kuwaiti Women Fails
Kuwait's Parliament effectively killed a measure that would have allowed women to participate in municipal elections for the first time...
New York Times - May 3, 2005
Iraq Swears In New Cabinet, but Some Posts Remain Unfilled
At least six cabinet posts remain empty, and tensions were apparent at the ceremony at which Iraq's new leaders took their oaths...
New York Times - May 3, 2005
US Fed opts to raise rates to 3%
The Federal Reserve raises US rates by a quarter percentage point to 3%, in an effort to balance worries about the US economy...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Blair highlights economic stakes
Tony Blair makes the economy the centrepiece of his final appeals to voters in Labour's election campaign...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Concerns over 'female chemicals'
Chemicals in oral contraceptives and food containers harm unborn baby mice raising concerns about the effects in humans, say scientists...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Iran slams US over nuclear stance
Iran sharply rejects a US call to block non-nuclear states from getting nuclear technology...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Leaders make final Scottish push
Most of the main party leaders are set to tour Scotland in a final drive to secure election votes...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Wrexham 1-2 Brentford
Brentford are into the League One play-off places, but Wrexham are relegated...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
EU legal victory for Berlusconi
EU's top court upholds an Italian law which has helped Silvio Berlusconi avoid charges of false accounting...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Tennis: GB handed Swiss tie
Great Britain will travel to Switzerland for the Davis Cup World Group play-off in September...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Rugby L: Sculthorpe is GB captain
Paul Sculthorpe is named as Great Britain captain in succession to Andy Farrell...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Togo leader confirmed president
Togo's constitutional court confirms Faure Gnassingbe as winner of last month's disputed election...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Chirac urges French EU poll 'Yes'
President Chirac makes a televised appeal to sceptical voters, vowing the EU constitution will boost France...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Posters warn women of drink risk
Women are being warned to be aware of how much they drink so as to avoid violent or risky situations...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Liverpool 1-0 Chelsea
Luis Garcia fires Liverpool past Chelsea and into the European Cup final for the first time in 20 years...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
'Sociopath' claim against Jackson
A policeman at Michael Jackson's trial challenges the positive report given last week by the singer's ex-wife...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
New Iraq PM fails to fill cabinet
Iraq's new prime minister Ibrahim Jaafari fails to complete his cabinet before ministers are sworn in...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Party leaders rally supporters
The main party leaders try to motivate their supporters for the final day of campaigning in a series of election rallies...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Beijing Finds Anti-Japan Propaganda a 2-Edged Sword
More protests could put as much pressure on the Chinese government as on Japan, a major investor...
New York Times - May 3, 2005
U.S. Says 12 Insurgents Killed in Raid; Dead Pilot Is Found
The announcements today coincided with the official start of the new Shiite-majority government, which was sworn in today...
New York Times - May 3, 2005
U.S. Demand Deepens Gulf With Iran Over Nuclear Facilities
At a conference on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the U.S. demanded that Iran dismantle its nuclear facilities...
New York Times - May 3, 2005
Fossils illuminate fish evolution
Fossils of an ancient fish - dating back 450 million years, when the creatures had neither bones nor teeth - have been found in South Africa...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Hitchhiker film takes £4.2m in UK
The Hitchhiker's Guide movie takes £4.2m in the UK - mirroring the "answer to life" of the books, 42...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
'Two more babies' found in attic
Police looking into the discovery of a baby's body in a house in Merthyr Tydfil believe they have found the remains of another two infants...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
University 'driving growth in NI'
Queen's University has a key role in creating a thriving economy in Northern Ireland, its vice-chancellor says...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Three held after car left on line
Three people are arrested after a train crashes into a car deliberately abandoned at a level crossing...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Woman admits car park row killing
A woman pleads guilty to killing a 58-year-old grandmother in a row over a parking space at a car boot sale in Glasgow...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Iran insists on nuclear activity
Iran insists it has the right to carry out peaceful nuclear activities including the enrichment of uranium...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Vote scandal councillor cleared
A former Labour Party councillor accused of postal voting fraud in Birmingham is cleared by the Court of Appeal...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Football: Anfield awaits Euro clash
Just hours remain until the Champions League semi-final second leg between Liverpool and Chelsea...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
SA probes nuclear illness claims
South Africa is to investigate reports that nuclear plant workers became ill as a result of exposure to radiation...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Blast strikes Somali PM's rally
At least eight die in a blast as Somalia's prime minister holds a rally on his first trip to the capital since being appointed...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Gates says Xbox 2 will beat Sony
Microsoft boss Bill Gates says the next generation Xbox console will take top spot from Sony...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Babies inherit 9/11 mums' stress
Pregnant women who witnessed the 9/11 attacks passed on biological signs of stress to their babies, researchers suggest...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
BBC triumphs in online Oscars
BBC News Interactive picks up two Webbys as this year's winners are announced...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Man wins family murders appeal
A man serving life for the murders of four members of a family, has his convictions quashed by the appeal court...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Teenager admits raping teacher
A 16-year-old schoolboy admits to raping a teacher at his school...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Double murder police arrest man
Police investigating the murder of a teenage mother and her 18-month-old baby in Cornwall arrest a man in Hampshire...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Iraq swears in partial government
Iraq's prime minister underlines the country's difficulties as his government is sworn in with top jobs unfilled...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Google eyes better news searches
A patent is filed by search engine giant Google which will see news stories ranked by quality...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Kennedy's sights on Howard seat
Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy takes the election fight to the Tory leader's Folkestone seat...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Fatal asthma attack fears 'rife'
Many of the one and a half million people in Europe who have severe asthma live in fear of a fatal attack, researchers warn...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Eyes down as exams get under way
The first of this season's Standard Grade and Higher exams begin in Scotland's schools and beyond...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Custody struggle baby flown to UK
A baby girl at the centre of an international custody fight is due to return from New Zealand with her mother...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Job losses now likely at Marconi
Telecoms equipment group Marconi warns that job losses are now likely at the firm, following its recent failure to win a major BT contract...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Nepal media rallies for freedom
About 1,000 journalists protest in Kathmandu against media restrictions imposed after the royal takeover...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
'Car snatch' baby safe and well
A baby reported missing after an alleged car theft is found safe and well but at home...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Boy injured as clothes catch fire
A teenage boy is injured in a fire at a house near Poleglass on the outskirts of west Belfast...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Taylor 'behind Guinea coup plot'
Liberia's ex-leader Charles Taylor was behind January's coup attempt in Guinea, a Sierra Leone war crimes tribunal official says...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
US military planes crash in Iraq
At least one US Marine Corps pilot has died and another is missing after two F/A-18 Hornet jets crashed in Iraq...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
US kills 12 in Iraq border clash
The US military says it has killed 12 insurgents in clashes near the Syrian border...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Crackdown on cowboy clampers
A law to crack down on cowboy car clampers operating on private land comes into force...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Woman, 67, to be 'oldest mum'
Serbian doctors say a pregnant 67-year-old woman is set to be the oldest recorded mother...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Football: Riise confident of win
John Arne Riise insists Liverpool can end Chelsea's treble hopes but Blues keeper Petr Cech is confident of a Champions League win...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Blast ends Somali premier's rally
Seven die as Somalia's prime minister escapes assassination on his first trip to the capital since being appointed...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Many dead in Pakistan gas blast
An explosion of gas cylinders in the Pakistani city of Lahore kills at least 24, as rescuers search for survivors...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Prince Naseem crash arrest
Former boxing champion Prince Naseem Hamed is freed by police after being questioned over a car crash...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Clydach murders appeal won
A man serving life for the murders of an entire family, has his convictions quashed by the appeal court...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Train crashes into abandoned car
A train crashes into a car deliberately abandoned at a level crossing in County Antrim...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Party leaders in final poll push
The battle to win over undecided voters reaches a peak as the three main party leaders criss-cross the UK...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Blair faces Iraq families' anger
The wife of the latest UK soldier killed in Iraq blames Tony Blair, as other families launch legal action...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Pentagon Says Iraq Effort Limits Ability to Fight Other Conflicts
A report says that other combat operations, if needed, would probably be more protracted because of commitments in Iraq...
New York Times - May 3, 2005
African Strain of Polio Virus Hits Indonesia
The case of polio indicates that an outbreak spreading from Nigeria has reached the world's fourth-most-populous country...
New York Times - May 3, 2005
Cache Explodes in Afghanistan, Killing 34
A cache of explosives stored at a former Afghan commander's house blew up in a village in northern Afghanistan...
New York Times - May 3, 2005
Palestinian and Israeli Die in Battle in West Bank
The shooting reflected the strain on a truce, nearly three months old, that has reduced violence rather than stopping it altogether...
New York Times - May 3, 2005
Private England Pleads Guilty to Abuses
Pfc. Lynndie R. England, the Army reservist who personified the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, told a military court, "I knew it was wrong."...
New York Times - May 3, 2005
On Path to China-Taiwan Détente, Strolling Pandas, Perhaps
China announced Tuesday that it would give a pair of giant pandas to Taiwan, the latest step in an evolving détente...
New York Times - May 3, 2005
Parties to target wavering voters
Attracting wavering voters is at the top of the agenda for political parties in Scotland on Tuesday...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
China offers Taiwan giant pandas
Beijing announces a series of goodwill gestures towards Taiwan, including the gift of a pair of giant pandas...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Puerto Rico pair spared execution
A jury in Puerto Rico gives two murderers life sentences, instead of the death penalty sought by US prosecutors...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
More spices may face dye tests
Food experts discuss plans to test spices imported to the UK for illegal dyes...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
WHO malaria report due
The first global report on the WHO Roll Back Malaria campaign is due, with a call for more funding expected...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Blair faces Iraq families' anger
The wife of the latest UK soldier killed in Iraq blames Tony Blair as other families launch legal action...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Jackson accusers seek plot proof
Prosecutors in the Michael Jackson child sex case seek to prove conspiracy charges against the singer...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
Parties stress 'poll differences'
Voters will have a real choice on polling day, party leaders are to say as they enter the last 48 hours of campaigning...
BBC News - May 3, 2005
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