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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 Octomber 2005:
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Pakistan Arrests Taliban's Chief Spokesman From Afghanistan
The arrest of Abdul Latif Hakimi marked a rare move against the Taliban leadership residing in Pakistan...
New York Times - October 4, 2005
2 Americans and German Win Nobel Prize in Physics
This year's prize recognizes a scientist who worked out a theory of quantum optics and two scientists who used that knowledge...
New York Times - October 4, 2005
Israelis Kill Palestinian Woman Who Stabbed Soldier
A Palestinian woman stabbed and wounded a female Israeli soldier at Hawara checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Nablus today before being shot to death...
New York Times - October 4, 2005
New Rules on Iraqi Vote May Violate Standards, U.N. Says
The U.N. said that new rules for the coming Iraqi constitutional referendum appeared to violate accepted standards...
New York Times - October 4, 2005
Future mobiles to get chip boost
Chip designer Arm unveils the processors that could power the next generation of handsets and gadgets...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Kriss suspects due to land in UK
Three people wanted in connection with the death of Kriss Donald are expected to arrive in Glasgow...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Cricket: Jones ruled out of tour
Simon Jones will miss England's tour of Pakistan because of an ankle injury...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Hurricane strikes Mexican coast
Hurricane Stan hits Mexico after killing dozens in Central America but then weakens to a tropical storm...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Srebrenica massacre list compiled
Bosnian Serbs list nearly 20,000 people who operated in the Srebrenica area at the time of the 1995 massacre...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
'Brothel' workers to remain in UK
Six women detained during a raid on a Birmingham massage parlour are to stay in the UK for the time being...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
'Black Tuesday' strike in France
French transport and other industries experience major disruption in a one-day protest against privatisation...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
First payouts go to bomb victims
The first payments are made to victims of the 7 July London bombings, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority says...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Injured Cole out of England squad
Ashley Cole pulls out of the England squad and is replaced by uncapped Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Racing: Fallon bailed until March
Former champion jockey Kieren Fallon is released on police bail until March as part of an ongoing inquiry into race-fixing...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Former loyalist leader shot dead
Leading loyalist Jim Gray is shot dead by two gunmen after answering the door of a house in east Belfast...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Man admits Christmas killing
A paranoid schizophrenic admits the manslaughter of one man but denies five other charges of attempted murder...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Election Change Seems to Ensure Iraqis' Charter
The move prompted Sunni Arabs and a range of independent political figures to complain that the vote was being fixed...
New York Times - October 4, 2005
Two Win Nobel Prize for Discovering Bacterium Tied to Stomach Ailments
Two Australian scientists who upset medical dogma won the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday...
New York Times - October 4, 2005
Sentimental or Not, a Steam-Powered Journey Is Ending
A railway in Inner Mongolia, the world's last mainline steam-powered railroad, is to be replaced by diesel...
New York Times - October 4, 2005
Global Potter sales top 300m mark
More than 300 million copies of JK Rowling's Harry Potter books have been sold worldwide, her agent says...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
'A billion will die from smoking'
A billion people could die from tobacco-related diseases such as cancer this century, a UK expert warns...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Student admission plan 'fairer'
Plans to give pupils their A-level results before applying to university raise claims of "social engineering"...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Call to ban destructive fishing
Conservation groups call for a United Nations moratorium on fishing practices which destroy deep sea ecosystems...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Legal action over 'school abuse'
A leading Belfast school is facing a claim of negligence after an ex-pupil claims she was abused...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Police review of murder mysteries
A new unit is set up by Strathclyde Police to look into unsolved murders such as the notorious Bible John killings...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
DVT death followed twisted ankle
A woman who twisted her ankle died from deep vein thrombosis after having a cast fitted, an inquest hears...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Knife attacker killed in W Bank
A Palestinian woman is shot dead by Israeli troops at a checkpoint near Nablus after she stabbed a female soldier...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Pakistan 'nets Taleban spokesman'
The authorities in Pakistan say they have arrested leading Taleban spokesman Latifullah Hakimi...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Police hold four over axe death
Police in Merseyside are questioning four people in connection with the death of student Anthony Walker...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
DR Congo troops to Uganda border
Congolese troops are airlifted to the north-east to deal with Ugandan rebels on it soil, amid tension with Uganda...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Hurricane heads for Mexican coast
Mexico prepares to be hit by Hurricane Stan, which has already killed dozens of people in Central America...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Unwell star Best 'feeling better'
Football legend George Best's agent says the star is "feeling better" but will remain in intensive care...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Bank thief left £7m IOU in safe
An ex-financial consultant who stole millions from a bank left a note saying he owed them £7m, a court hears...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Football: Beckham misses training
Ashley Cole pulls out of the England squad, with Liverpool's Stephen Warnock replacing him...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Stars queue to pay Barker tribute
Leading names in entertainment pay tribute to comedian Ronnie Barker, who has died at the age of 76...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Search for Katrina bodies is over
The search for Hurricane Katrina victims in Louisiana ends, with the state's death toll standing at 964...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Terror case 'does not stand up'
The detention of an Algerian man under terror laws does not stand up to scrutiny, a court hears...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Blair and Putin finish EU talks
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair holds EU talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin over greater co-operation...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
'Big beast' Clarke seeks backing
Ken Clarke says the Tories need a big beast to defeat Labour as he makes his pitch for the party leadership...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
UN condemns Iraq charter change
The UN criticises changes to Iraq's electoral law that make it harder to reject the constitution in a referendum...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Painter brushes off 'copy' claims
Artist Jack Vettriano dismisses claims that he privately copied some of his most famous works...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Ronnie Barker: Your tributes
British comedy actor Ronnie Barker has died at his home after a long illness. Send us your tributes...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
New lead in widow murder inquiry
Detectives say they are now looking for a second person in connection with the murder of an elderly woman in her home...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Mortgage equity withdrawal rises
Borrowing by home owners against the value of their houses rebounded in the second quarter of the year...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Tory conference at-a-glance: Day Two
The latest news in the battle to succeed Michael Howard as Conservative leader...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Web helps criminals trap victims
Malicious hackers are turning away from e-mailed viruses to catch new victims...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Hopes dim for China storm missing
Hope are fading for the lives of 59 police recruits, missing after a landslide triggered by Typhoon Longwang in China...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
EU hails Turkey membership talks
European and Turkish leaders welcome the official start of EU membership negotiations with Turkey...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
US offensive in Euphrates region
US marines in western Iraq launch a new offensive against what they say are al-Qaeda fighters...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Doctors back conjoined twins op
Difficult surgery to separate 10-year-old Indian conjoined twins is possible, a top neurosurgeon decides...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Axe killing police arrest three
Police in Merseyside arrest three people in connection with the axe death of student Anthony Walker...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Petrol bomb house targeted before
A mother and her 16-year-old son escape injury in a petrol bomb attack on their home in south Belfast...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Call for apprenticeship overhaul
The apprenticeship system is accused of failing to provide the skills needed to plug gaps in the labour market...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
George Best condition 'improving'
Footballing star George Best's condition "continues to improve" but he remains in intensive care in hospital...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Jail release for tax rebel vicar
A council tax rebel is released from prison after serving his full term of 28 days...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Football: Teams learn Uefa fate
Middlesbrough are drawn in a Uefa Cup group with AZ Alkmaar and Bolton's opponents include Besiktas & Sevilla...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Cricket: England duo's world role
Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen are in the World side for the first Super Series one-dayer against Australia...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Uganda rebels in daylight ambush
Four people are killed in a rare afternoon ambush by LRA rebels on a civilian pick-up truck in Uganda, officials say...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Cameron sets out leadership stall
David Cameron says he wants people to feel good about being Conservatives again as he makes his leadership pitch...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
First payouts go to bomb victims
The first two compensation payments are made to victims of the 7 July London bombings...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Boy, 5, dies in E.coli outbreak
A child dies while being treated in hospital following the E.coli outbreak in the south Wales valleys...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Bali bomb police step up inquiry
Indonesian police step up their search for the Bali bombers' identity, as Australia warns of further attacks...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Afghan effort 'won't affect Iraq'
Britain has enough troops to cope with deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq, the government says...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Comedy legend Ronnie Barker dies
British TV comedy star Ronnie Barker, who appeared in Porridge and The Two Ronnies, dies aged 76...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Election Move Seems to Ensure Iraqis' Charter
Iraq's Shiite and Kurdish leaders quietly adopted new rules that would make it virtually impossible for the constitution to fail in the coming referendum...
New York Times - October 4, 2005
European Union Formally Opens Talks on Turkey's Joining
Talks began on Turkey's bid to join the European Union, setting in motion a process that will probably take a decade or more...
New York Times - October 4, 2005
Indonesian Police Continue Search for Clues in Bombings
Police are seeking two Malaysian men whom the authorities now suspect of being the masterminds behind Saturday's bombings that killed 22 people...
New York Times - October 4, 2005
Palestinian Police Stage Rowdy Protest for Better Equipment
More than 30 Palestinian policemen charged into the Palestinian parliament on Monday, demanding more support in a growing confrontation with Hamas...
New York Times - October 4, 2005
Antibiotic linked to tooth damage
Infants who are given the antibiotic amoxicillin are at an increased risk of dental problems later in life...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Cities swap expertise on climate
The leaders of more than 20 world cities meet in London to trade ideas on curbing climate change...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Tax rebel vicar ends prison term
A council tax rebel is due to be released from prison after serving his full term...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Putin in London for EU trade talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin is in London to meet EU leaders with trade and terrorism on the agenda...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
'Exercise now' to avoid dementia
Exercising at least twice a week during midlife can cut a person's risk of dementia later, say researchers...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Two questioned over Bali bombings
Indonesian police say they are questioning two people over Saturday's suicide bombings which killed 19 in Bali...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
New indictment against Bush ally
Tom DeLay, a powerful ally of the US president, faces fresh charges over alleged violation of campaign law...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Clarke, Cameron address Tories
Kenneth Clarke and David Cameron set out to maximise support for their party leadership bids...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Central America landslide deaths
At least 29 people have been killed across Central America in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Stan...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
St George pin at jail 'not allowed'
The chief inspector of prisons advises officers at a jail not to wear St George's Cross pins as they could be "misinterpreted"...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
Foreign op case in European court
A British woman trying to recoup the cost of having a hip operation abroad takes her case to Europe...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
One-day strike begins in France
French transport, schools and public offices face disruption as a 24-hour protest against privatisation begins...
BBC News - October 4, 2005
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