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Global News Archive for Octomber 2006:
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Drug combats vision loss disorder
A drug has been found to slow a common cause of vision loss - and even improve sight in some patients...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Girl 'strangled by jealous lover'
Cardiff Crown Court hears a jealous boyfriend strangled his girlfriend after she spoke to an old flame at party...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Rates decision 'in the balance'
The Bank of England is expected to keep interest rates at 4.5% on Thursday - but another rise is expected before too long...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Sri Lanka agrees new peace talks
Sri Lanka agrees to talks with Tamil Tiger rebels after months of violence and fears of a return to all-out war...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Football: Darlington sack Hodgson
Darlington sack manager David Hodgson, having suspended him on Saturday...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Madonna to help African children
Singer Madonna arrives in Malawi to help orphaned children living with HIV and AIDS...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
US border fence signed into law
US President Bush signs a law to pay for a 700-mile fence along the Mexican border in a bid to stop illegal immigrants...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Couple deny Katrina charges
The owners of a New Orleans nursing home deny manslaughter over the deaths of 35 patients in Hurricane Katrina...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
'No job cuts', says Airbus chief
Airbus says it is "business as usual" at its Flintshire plant as staff wait to hear news on the A380 aircraft delays...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
McDonald's shooting: two held
Two youths are arrested over the shooting of two teenagers in a packed fast-food restaurant in south London...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Police patrol dairy after attack
A petrol bomb is thrown at a dairy owned by a Muslim family in Windsor...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Key Neighbors Try to Dissuade North Korea
South Korea and China warned North Korea that a nuclear test would lead to a chill in relations...
New York Times - October 4, 2006
Geekspeak still baffles web users
More people are tech-savvy but many terms are still a mystery to them...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
'Bulge' yields new planet class
Astronomers have discovered a new class of planets that take less than a day to whiz round their parent stars...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Griffiths scorns Withnail 'play'
Actor Richard Griffiths says he is against any attempt to make a stage version of his cult film Withnail and I...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Cameron backs 'off message' Boris
David Cameron gives his backing to Boris Johnson, saying Tories "love it" when people go "off message"...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Private schools 'as universities'
Leading independent schools should set up private universities, an academic says...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Scotland's lord advocate resigns
Lord Advocate Lord Boyd is stepping down from his job as Scotland's top prosecutor, it is announced...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Cancer drugs man strangled wife
A family speak of their "heartbreak" after an OAP suffered mood swings on medication for prostate cancer and killed his wife...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Afghan clashes displace thousands
Tens of thousands of people have fled recent fighting in southern Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency says...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Woman in court over July 'plot'
A teenager appears in court in connection with the alleged attempted London bombings last summer...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Evidence store a mess, trial told
A scenes of crime officer tells the Omagh bomb trial a store where evidence was kept was a complete mess...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Putin fury at Georgia 'blackmail'
President Putin warns Georgia not to use "blackmail" against Russia amid a bitter spying and sanctions row...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Rice pledges US support for Abbas
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice seeks to boost beleaguered Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Football: Let-off for Barton
Merseyside Police will take no action against Man City's Joey Barton for baring his backside at Everton fans...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Uganda army resumes rebel patrols
Any Ugandan rebels found in the north are now targets, but the army says the move should not derail peace talks...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Iraq police barred over killings
An Iraqi police unit is removed from Baghdad because of accusations of complicity with death squad killings...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Blackmail case judges face probe
Two judges involved in a high-profile blackmail trial are to be investigated by the judicial watchdog...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Football: Man City get Uefa final
Man City's stadium will host the Uefa Cup final in 2008, but Wembley is turned down for the 2008 and 2009 Champions League finals...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Mother describes abduction panic
A mother tells a court about the moment she realised her daughter had been snatched from the bath...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Fresh claims fuel US e-mail row
Republicans struggle to contain the scandal around ex-Congressman Mark Foley's e-mails amid new claims...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Iraqi in tears recalling 'abuse'
An Iraqi security guard breaks down in court after describing how he was allegedly beaten by UK soldiers...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
IRA 'has turned back on violence'
Tony Blair welcomes the verdict by the NI paramilitary monitor on the IRA, saying its "campaign is over"...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
People-smuggling leader is jailed
One of the men who led one of the largest people-smuggling rings Scotland Yard has uncovered is jailed...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
NHS key priority, says Cameron
David Cameron says the NHS is his top priority as he brings the Conservative conference in Bournemouth to a close...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Japan Leader’s First Diplomatic Bow Is to Asian Neighbors
The newly installed administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is moving rapidly to improve estranged relations with China and South Korea...
New York Times - October 4, 2006
Mobile phone sales start to slow
One billion mobiles will be sold by next year but the boom times could be over, a report predicts...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Lily Allen wins web music award
Pop star Lily Allen and the band Muse are among the winners at the Digital Music Awards...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
UK house prices show strong rise
House prices in the UK rose 1% in September, according to the Halifax, the UK's biggest mortgage lender...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Tories can indulge Boris - Hague
William Hague says the "odd eccentric" like Tory education spokesman Boris Johnson should be allowed in politics...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Treatment 'to neutralise all flu'
Scientists say they are developing an entirely new way of providing instant protection against flu...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Sex offender figure rises by 300
There are 900 sex offenders living in Northern Ireland - an increase of 300 since June - it is revealed...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
'Buy Welsh' public bodies told
More than half of public money spent on goods and services goes to firms outside Wales, research shows...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Fresh inquest into Whitear death
A fresh inquest will be held into the death of student Rachel Whitear whose body featured in a graphic anti-drugs campaign...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
First China visit for Japan's Abe
Japan's new PM Shinzo Abe will visit China next week, the first summit between the nations' leaders in five years...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
New claims fuel US e-mail scandal
New US media reports on politician Mark Foley's e-mails to young men dog the Republican Party...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Hijacker faced arrest in Turkey
A hijacker who diverted a flight to Italy was a Christian convert facing arrest in Turkey for fleeing the army...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Tennis: Murray slumps to defeat
Britain's Andy Murray loses to Jiri Novak in the second round of the Japan Open...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Golf: Faldo 'winding down'
Nick Faldo takes a major step towards retirement by accepting a job with American television network CBS...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Uganda restarts raids on rebels
Uganda's army says it is resuming actions against some LRA rebels, but the move should not derail peace talks...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Government 'split' on licence fee
The cost of a television licence fee may go up in line with inflation, government sources have told the BBC...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Beckham rejects retirement claim
David Beckham's spokesman dismisses claims from Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon that he will quit in 2008...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Bush 'disgust' at e-mail scandal
US President George W Bush voices disgust at a former congressman accused of sending suggestive e-mails...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Councils set for rubbish charging
More than 30 councils are fitting microchips to wheelie bins ahead of possible "pay as you throw" schemes...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Teenagers 'smoke to ease labour'
Pregnant teenagers smoke to try to reduce the size of their babies, and make delivery less painful, a minister claims...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Nine dead in Iraq bomb blasts
At least 13 people are killed by a series of explosions in Baghdad apparently targeting a government convoy...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
IRA 'turns back on violence' - watchdog
The IRA has changed radically with some of its important structures dismantled, a monitoring body says...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
8 G.I.’s Die in Baghdad, Most in a Day Since ’05
Four of the soldiers died in a roadside bomb attack; the four others were killed by small-arms fire in separate incidents...
New York Times - October 4, 2006
Japan Leader’s First Diplomatic Bow Is to Asian Neighbors
The Japanese Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that it was in talks about possible summit meetings in Beijing and Seoul next week...
New York Times - October 4, 2006
Rice Urges 2 Palestinian Groups to Halt Violence
At least 10 were killed and more than 100 were wounded in fighting on Sunday and Monday between Hamas and Fatah...
New York Times - October 4, 2006
North Koreans Say They Plan a Nuclear Test
The announcement prompted warnings from Tokyo to Washington that a test would lead to a sharp response...
New York Times - October 4, 2006
Big Brother contest rapped again
A watchdog criticises Big Brother's "golden ticket" contest for the second time in a month for breaking its rules...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
EU migrants to 'boost' UK economy
The UK's economic future looks stronger, helped by a greater-than-expected number of EU migrants, a think-tank says...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Hague rules out leadership return
William Hague rules out a return as Tory leader - saying that losing the top job was the best thing that had happened to him...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Breast milk 'does not boost IQ'
Babies who are breast fed may end up with a higher IQ but that is not the reason why, a study suggests...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Rice to meet Palestinian leader
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on her Middle East tour...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
India to share bombings evidence
India's PM vows to share evidence with Pakistan about the devastating train blasts in Mumbai...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Seychelles clashes at parliament
Opposition leader Wavel Ramkalawan is injured in clashes outside the Seychelles parliament...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
China calls for calm over N Korea
China appeals for restraint after North Korea's announcement that it plans to test a nuclear bomb...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Yarl's Wood 'failing' detainees
Serious failings in healthcare provision at the Yarl's Wood asylum centre are highlighted in a report...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Call for action on climate change
The world must act now to curb climate change as inaction will cost more, a UK government scientist says...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Oil workers seized in Nigeria
Five oil workers have been kidnapped in southern Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region, officials say...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
NHS is key priority, says Cameron
David Cameron is to use his end-of-conference speech to put the NHS top of his political agenda...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
Police test new DNA technique
Police forces test a new DNA technique which scientists say will boost crime detection rates...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
UK 'rejected Guantanamo offer'
The UK turned down a US offer to free British residents from Guantanamo Bay, Lord Falconer says...
BBC News - October 4, 2006
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