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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 May 2006:
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U.S. Denies Taiwan Leader Overnight Stay Here
The rebuke was a diplomatic setback for Chen Shui-bian, the independence-leaning Taiwanese leader...
New York Times - May 3, 2006
De Villepin Decries Vilification of His Character
Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin called for an end to the "lies and calumny" that have cast him as a spiteful bureaucrat...
New York Times - May 3, 2006
Protest over care home sell-off
A demonstration is planned as Highland councillors meet to consider plans to privatise care homes...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Prisoners staging rooftop protest
Two prisoners climb onto a roof at Magilligan Prison in County Londonderry, the Prison Service says...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Garcia wins place in Peru run-off
Alan Garcia will face front-runner Ollanta Humala in Peru's presidential run-off, the election board confirms...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Football: Hearts European Joy
Paul Hartley's penalty ensures Hearts qualify for the Champions League for the first time...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
McClaren will get England job says Allardyce
Sam Allardyce expects his rival for the England job Steve McClaren to be confirmed as the new national team coach on Thursday...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
EU Mladic snub 'will harm Serbia'
Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica says the EU's decision to call off talks will damage his country...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Royal Mail and DTI want £1.25bn
The Royal Mail has the backing of the Department of Trade and Industry in its bid to get cash to modernise, and help plug a pension gap...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Body theft police find remains
A body found by officers hunting for the remains of a woman related to guinea pig farmers is removed for examination...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Earthquake strikes Tonga
The Pacific island nation of Tonga is hit by a strong earthquake measuring 8.0, the US Geological Survey reports...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
'Clear' human impact on climate
A report funded by the US government finds "clear evidence" of human-induced climate change...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
UN draft on nuclear Iran tabled
Western countries introduce a UN draft resolution on Iran that could trigger sanctions over its nuclear programme...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Moussaoui is spared death penalty
Al-Qaeda plotter Zacarias Moussaoui is to face life in jail, rather than execution, a US jury decides...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Violence Flares as Iraqi Parliament Convenes
At least 20 people died, including 16 police recruits killed by a suicide bomber in Falluja...
New York Times - May 3, 2006
Plane Carrying 113 Crashes Into Black Sea
Officials reported that none appeared to have survived on the Armenian passenger plane...
New York Times - May 3, 2006
'Cloaking device' idea proposed
The cloaking devices used to render spacecraft invisible in Star Trek might just work in reality, two mathematicians have claimed...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
GPs urged to help obese get slim
Doctors are to get new government guidelines on helping overweight and obese patients to slim...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Universities pledge new pay offer
Universities promise an "improved and realistic" pay deal in an effort to end a lecturers' marking boycott...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
EU agrees battery recycling law
The European Union agrees the text of a law that will make recycling of batteries obligatory from 2008...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Festival chiefs win police appeal
One of Britain's biggest music festival promoters wins a legal battle over who pays to police major events...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Fatal crash driver disqualified
The driver of a minibus which overturned killing a 12-year-old is cleared of dangerous driving but found guilty on a lesser charge...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Nepal calls ceasefire with rebels
Nepal's interim government reciprocates a Maoist ceasefire and urges the rebels to hold peace talks...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Anger over Pc death revelation
Ex-colleagues of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky react to news one of the men wanted over her killing faced deportation...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Deal will slim US school drinks
Top US drinks distributors sign a deal which will see high-calorie fizzy drinks banned from many schools...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Boxing: Hatton urges patience
Ricky Hatton says the superfights will come as he prepares for his bout with WBA welterweight champion Luis Collazo...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Chadians trickle to vote in polls
Many stay away from the polls as Chad's president seeks a third term in office in a controversial election...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Football: Roeder request made
Newcastle ask the Premier League for dispensation to allow the possibility Glenn Roeder to take over as full-time manager...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Cricket: Vaughan, Harmison out
England captain Michael Vaughan and paceman Steve Harmison will not play in next week's first Test against Sri Lanka...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Market for UK beef 'to take time'
Farmers are warned it will take time to rebuild the European market for UK beef, as a 10-year ban ends...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
UK soldiers 'beat Iraqi looters'
Four UK troops accused of forcing an Iraqi boy into a river, where he died, hit fellow looters, a court hears...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Bombings 'not fault of security'
A senior civil servant says the 7 July bomb attacks on London were not the fault of the security services...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Blair prisoner deportation pledge
Tony Blair seeks to brush off suggestions he has "lost control" as he outlines plans to toughen deportation laws...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Rooney break worse than feared
Wayne Rooney has "more than one fracture" in his foot, England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson reveals...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Bolivia's Energy Takeover: Populism Rules in the Andes
Bolivia's nationalization of its energy industry shows that populist policies, championed most prominently by Venezuela, are spreading...
New York Times - May 3, 2006
University goes it alone on pay
A university makes its staff a separate pay offer, as the UK-wide marking boycott threatens graduations...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Van Gogh painting sells for $40m
A rare Van Gogh painting fetches more than $40m (£22m) at auction in New York...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Final push in local poll battle
Political parties are making a last dash for votes on the final day of campaigning for England's local elections...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Diabetes raises early death risk
Younger people with Type 2 diabetes face three times the early death risk than their peers, a study says...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
200 jobs going at poultry plant
A poultry processing plant hit by a fall in demand for chicken says it will halve its workforce in the next few months...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Fresh row brews over pub football
The Premier League is warning landlords that they face court action if they show premiership football matches without subscribing to Sky...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Handling of McKie case 'criminal'
The stance of fingerprint experts in the Shirley McKie case amounted to a "criminal action" in the view of a senior policeman...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Second man dies in arson attack
A second man dies following a firebomb attack on a convenience store in south London...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Arrest in pensioner murder probe
Police investigating the 2001 murder of a County Londonderry pensioner arrest a 57-year-old man...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Trade link across Kashmir agreed
India and Pakistan agree to open a cross-Kashmir trade route ahead of talks between separatists and the Indian PM...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Chinese install second bishop
China installs another bishop without Vatican approval, a move likely to inflame tensions with the Holy See...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Hunt for Armenia air crash bodies
Bad weather slows recovery of the bodies of 113 people killed when an Armenian plane crashed...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Cricket: Jones 'doubtful' for squad
England admit paceman Simon Jones is unlikely to play in the first Test because of a knee injury...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Chad votes in presidential poll
A controversial presidential poll takes place in Chad, as President Idriss Deby seeks a third term in office...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Football: Rooney back-up sought
Sven-Goran Eriksson has still to devise a Plan B to deal with the possible absence of Wayne Rooney at the World Cup...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Widows lose asbestos Lords ruling
Thousands of widows learn they will not receive full compensation for their husbands' deaths from an asbestos-related cancer...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Stark warning at Darfur talks
Intense negotiations are under way as mediators push back a deadline for a peace deal at Sudan's Darfur talks...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Graveyard police find remains
Officers looking for the body of a woman connected to a family of guinea pig farmers find human remains...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Dozens dead in new Iraq violence
More than 50 people are killed in fresh violence in Iraq, including a suicide bombing targeting police recruits...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
EU halts Serbia talks over Mladic
The EU calls off talks on closer ties with Serbia as it has failed to arrest war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
U.S., Britain and France Draft U.N. Resolution on Iran's Nuclear Ambitions
Russia and China are already resisting the U.N. Security Council resolution, which will require Iran to stop nuclear activities...
New York Times - May 3, 2006
2 Germans Freed in Iraq After Months as Hostages
The men worked as engineers for a detergent company in the industrial town of Baiji, north of Baghdad. They were seized Jan. 24...
New York Times - May 3, 2006
Berlusconi Finally Submits His Resignation
Silvio Berlusconi resigned as Italy's prime minister Tuesday after weeks of refusing to concede last month's national elections...
New York Times - May 3, 2006
Unicef Cites China's Gains in Fighting Child Hunger
China has made huge strides while India recorded only modest progress and eastern and southern Africa made no gains at all...
New York Times - May 3, 2006
Taliban Threat Is Said to Grow in Afghan South
The Taliban, counting on the imminent departure of U.S. troops, appear to be increasing their insurgency in southern Afghanistan...
New York Times - May 3, 2006
Bush Urges Sudan to Continue With Peace Talks
African Union mediators extended the talks once again by at least a day beyond the deadline of midnight Tuesday...
New York Times - May 3, 2006
Toyota worker sues for harassment
A Toyota worker files a $190m lawsuit in the US, alleging that the firm's top American boss sexually harassed her...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Ministers propose junk food ban
The Scottish Executive plans to ban schools from serving junk food and drinks at any time of day...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Houston jet in emergency landing
A Continental Express jet lands safely at Houston, after an emergency with damaged landing gear...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
'Mafia boss' in court appearance
Alleged Sicilian Mafia head Bernardo Provenzano attends his first court hearing since his arrest, via video-link...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
S Koreans 'trust internet news'
South Koreans have a strong faith in the internet as a source of news, an international poll concludes...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Asbestos compensation ruling due
Thousands of widows are to learn if they will receive full compensation for their husbands' deaths from an asbestos-related cancer...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Poll highlights trust in media
People worldwide trust the media more than governments, a poll suggests, while the young increasingly go online for news...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Crisis talks on Bolivia gas move
South American leaders will hold emergency talks after Bolivia extends state control over natural gas assets...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Armenian jet crashes near Sochi
An Armenian plane flying to Sochi with 113 on board crashes into the Black Sea, with no reports of survivors...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Couple's rape sentences reviewed
The sentences given to a man and woman who raped a baby are to be reviewed by the Court of Appeal...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
MPs attack private hospital deal
MPs criticise a private sector group which boosted profits at the expense of a big risk increase for taxpayers...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
End to ten-year British beef ban
A ban on exporting British beef, imposed in 1996 to prevent the spread of mad cow disease, has ended...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
Clarke wants tougher deportation rule
The home secretary is set to propose a law presuming that foreigners who are imprisoned will be deported...
BBC News - May 3, 2006
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