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Global News Archive for June 2006:
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Human Flu Transfers May Exceed Reports
A large case of avian flu in Indonesia suggests the virus has infected more families that the W.H.O. have previously reported...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
17 Are Arrested in Plot to Bomb Sites in Ontario
The Canadian residents were charged with plotting to destroy targets in Ontario with crude but powerful bombs...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Spiritual challenge for gamers
Christian companies attempt to add a little piety into the blood and guts mayhem of video games...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Teachers call for pay deal review
Scotland's flagship education reforms have failed to live up to expectations, a poll of teachers finds...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Fear over health of mentally ill
Many mental health patients do not have physical health check-ups, putting them at risk of illness, a study says...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Fatah deploys new W Bank militia
A militia loyal to Palestinian leader Abbas deploys in the West Bank town of Jenin alongside a Hamas force...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Row over Cilla's trees breaks out
Police are called to Cilla Black's home after three trees surrounding it were chopped back without her knowledge...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Russian arms arrive in Venezuela
The first batch of an order of 100,000 Russian assault rifles have arrived in Venezuela stoking US concerns...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Montenegro declares independence
Montenegro formally announces its independence from Serbia in a special session of parliament...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Cole & Terry get injury all-clear
England defenders Ashley Cole and John Terry are expected to be fit for England's World Cup opener against Paraguay...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Basra car bomb kills at least 28
A car bomb explodes in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, killing at least 28 people and injuring 62...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Canada charges 17 terror suspects
Twelve men and five youths are charged with planning "al-Qaeda-inspired" attacks, police in Toronto confirm...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Neill picked to fight by-election
London Assembly Tory leader Bob Neill beats "A-list" candidates to fight the Bromley and Chislehurst by-election...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Defiant Iran agrees to study deal
Iran's president says he will never bargain away the right to produce nuclear fuel but agrees to study a proposal...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Terror suspects protest innocence
The two brothers suspected of being involved in a terrorist chemical plot deny any wrongdoing...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
A Talk at Lunch That Shifted the Stance on Iran
A discussion between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and President Bush two months ago led to an effort to devise a different policy toward Iran...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Gunmen Kill Russian Embassy Worker in Iraq
Gunmen ambushed five Russian Embassy workers today in Baghdad, killing one and kidnapping the others...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Iran Is a Leader in Terror, Rumsfeld Tells Defense Group
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld also questioned why Russia and China would allow Iran to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Attacks on Iraq Oil Industry Aid Vast Smuggling Scheme
Terror groups and criminal gangs have transformed the fuel trucking trade into a potent tool for smuggling...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Grey gamers flex brain muscles
In Japan's ageing society, older people are looking to video games as a way of keeping them alert for longer...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Boat is found in fishermen search
Two fishermen are still missing after rescuers found the wreck of their prawn trawler near Skye...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
FAW to consider working in Welsh
After 130 years, the Football Association of Wales is to look at allowing some of its business to be conducted in Welsh...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Iraqis reject US Ishaqi findings
The Iraqi government rejects the findings of a US investigation into the deaths of 11 civilians in Ishaqi...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Afghan police in major shake-up
The Afghan president sacks dozens of senior police officials, days after anti-US rioting in Kabul...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Cricket: Shoddy England pay
Sri Lanka are 45-1, leading by 47, after England are bowled out for just 229 on day two at Trent Bridge...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Racing: Sir Percy snatches Derby
Sir Percy wins the Vodafone Derby at Epsom by a short head...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Russian diplomat 'killed in Iraq'
One Russian diplomat is killed and four kidnapped by gunmen in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Moscow confirms...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Bush calls for gay marriage ban
US President George W Bush calls for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Perfect send-off for England
Peter Crouch's hat-trick helps England demolish Jamaica in their last game before the World Cup finals...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Basra car bomb kills at least 15
A car bomb explodes in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, killing at least 15 people and injuring 30...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Twelve held in Canada terror raid
Twelve men are charged with planning "al-Qaeda-inspired" terror attacks, police in Toronto confirm...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Geller loses out on Elvis house
Uri Geller discovers a house he bought on eBay, formerly owned by Elvis Presley, has been sold to someone else...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Labour 'will retain' union link
Labour will not break financial links with the unions, party chairman Hazel Blears indicates...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
How long will students suffer?
The BBC's Mike Baker warns that the university pay dispute is likely to go on for some time...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Family tribute to stabbed father
A father who was stabbed to death in a Birmingham street was "gentle and fun-loving", his family say...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Further searches over gun attack
Further searches are carried out in Belfast after a murder bid on leading loyalist Mark Haddock...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
'Vast' drugs profits face seizure
Police promise to trace the assets of the controller of a 'sophisticated' 21-strong drugs gang jailed for over 70 years...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Montenegro to declare secession
Montenegro will formally announce its independence from Serbia in a special session of parliament...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Russia's Iraq staff 'kidnapped'
A number of Russian diplomats are abducted in Baghdad, an Iraqi interior ministry official says...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
'Many killed' in Afghan fighting
Afghan security forces kill several suspected Taleban fighters in clashes in the south, the authorities say...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Crouch and Owen will start friendly
England will go back to 4-4-2 for their final World Cup warm-up, against Jamaica at Old Trafford on Saturday...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Racing: Derby countdown
Ante-post favourite Visindar heads the field of 18 runners for Saturday's Vodafone Derby at Epsom...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Australia calls for Timor healing
Australia's foreign minister visits East Timor to push for reconciliation after two weeks of civil unrest...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Seven police die in Iraq ambush
Seven Iraqi policemen die in an attack on a checkpoint in Baquba, north-east of Baghdad, police say...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Nigeria head joins kidnap efforts
Nigeria's president joins efforts to try to secure the release of eight abducted foreign oil workers...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Ministers 'trying to shift blame'
Politicians are "unfairly" trying to shift the blame for failing policies to civil servants, a union leader says...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Solana 'to deliver Iran proposal'
The EU foreign policy head will deliver new UN nuclear proposals to Iran in the next two days, Tehran says...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Blair audience with Pope Benedict
Prime Minister Tony Blair discusses the war on terrorism during a Vatican audience with Pope Benedict XVI...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Raid police hunt chemical device
Police search a house in east London for evidence of a chemical device, after a huge raid in which a man was shot...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Iran Won't Bow to Pressure on Incentives, Leader Says
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, defying the West, said Iran will pursue its legal right to develop a peaceful nuclear program...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
The Saturday Profile: Prodded by the Left, Mexico's Richest Man Talks Equity
The planet's third-richest man - Carlos Slim of Mexico - is relatively unknown. And that is the way he has always liked it, until now...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Investigations: Military Clears Commander in Raid That Killed 9 Iraqis
A statement said that the U.S. commander "appropriately reacted" to being fired on from the house where the civilians were killed...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Killings: Initial Response to Marine Raid Draws Scrutiny
Marine commanders in Iraq learned within two days that civilians in Haditha had died from gunfire, but saw no reason to investigate...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Online Throngs Impose a Stern Morality in China
A practice where anonymous Web users investigate others and mete out punishment have set off alarms in China...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
U.N. Strengthens Call for a Global Battle Against AIDS
The General Assembly adopted a strongly worded declaration that presses the world's nations to step up the battle against AIDS...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Sezer booted out of Big Brother
London stockbroker Sezer Yurtseven is evicted from the Big Brother house...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Murder detectives quiz revellers
Police officers question motorists and clubbers a week after the death of a 23-year-old man in Glasgow...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Chile students reject reform deal
Protesting students in Chile reject a government offer aimed at ending a strike over conditions in schools...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
UN plans six-month quake relief
Relief operations for Java's earthquake survivors will last at least six months and cost $100m, UN officials say...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Australia makes Timor healing bid
Australia's foreign minister visits East Timor to push for reconciliation after days of civil unrest...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Testing on apes 'might be needed'
The government should not rule out allowing experiments on apes for medical research, a leading scientist has said...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Terror suspects seized in Toronto
Canadian police arrest at least 10 people in the Toronto area on terrorism-related charges...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Terror police search raided house
Police are continuing to search a house targeted in a huge armed raid in which one man was shot...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Troops cleared of Iraq wrongdoing
A US military investigation finds there was no misconduct by US troops over Iraqi civilian deaths in Ishaqi...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
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