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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 2007:
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Canada Revives Stance Against Marijuana
Reversing earlier moves to decriminalize marijuana use, Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada announced new legal and spending measures against drug use and distribution...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
At Least 25 Dead in Congo Plane Crash
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) -- In a thunderous blast, a cargo plane slammed into an impoverished residential neighborhood in Congo's capital seconds after takeoff Thursday, leaving at least 25 people dead in a smoky wreckage of concrete blocks and twisted debris...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Globalization Is Good, According to World. Sort Of.
People around the world strongly view international trade as a good thing, according to a survey released today...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Myanmar Junta Breaks Silence on Detentions
Myanmar?s military junta made a heavily qualified offer to meet with a pro-democracy leader and acknowledged that more than 1,400 people are still being detained...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Chile Judge Orders Arrest of Pinochet Associates
It was first time the former dictator?s inner circle has been rounded up and charged for corruption during his 17-year-rule...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Amnesty for Pakistani Politicians Near Final
Gen. Pervez Musharraf announced an amnesty for former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, a measure that would clear the way for a long-negotiated power-sharing agreement...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
South Africa Closes Mine That Trapped 3,200
South African officials said today that they had closed the huge Elandsrand mine for up to six weeks to determine the cause of the mishap...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
House Bill Would Allow Prosecution of Contractors
The House today overwhelmingly passed a bill to make all private contractors working in Iraq subject to prosecution in U.S. civilian courts...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
For Sale: Undeveloped Korean Land. DMZ Views.
Land next to the DMZ may fetch only $9,200 per acre ? cheap by the standards of South Korea ? but it could not even be given away a few years ago, real estate agents say...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Clever crows are caught on camera
Miniature cameras give scientists an extraordinary glimpse of how wild New Caledonian crows behave...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Boy charged with terror offences
A 17-year-old boy from West Yorkshire is charged with two offences under the Terrorism Act 2000, police say...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Woman dies following house fire
Police investigate the death of a woman in her 30s following a fire at a house in Newtownards, County Down...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
US tightens law on security firms
Private security contractors in Iraq accused of wrongdoing could face prosecution in the US, under a new law...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
DR Congo plane crash 'kills many'
A plane crashes into a busy market area in the capital of DR Congo, killing passengers and people on the ground...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Everton squeeze through in Uefa Cup
Everton advance to the Uefa Cup group stage after a major fright in Ukraine against Metalist Kharkiv...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Football: Aberdeen progress
Darren Mackie's header sees Aberdeen progress in the Uefa Cup after beating Dnipro on away goals in Ukraine...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Pinochet family arrested in Chile
The widow and five children of Chilean ex-military ruler Augusto Pinochet are arrested on embezzlement charges...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Election pressure mounts for PM
The Tories once again call on Gordon Brown to go the polls as pressure mounts on him over a general election...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
At Least 19 Dead in Congo Plane Crash
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) -- A cargo plane crashed in a residential neighborhood near the airport in Congo's capital on Thursday, plowing into homes and killing at least 25 people, officials said...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
A Peek Inside Myanmar?s New Capital
In Naypyitaw, nestled among mountain jungle, the junta can feel safe from the demands for democracy...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
China?s Leaders Deadlocked Over Succession
Just days away from a major leadership reshuffle, China?s Communist Party is still debating key decisions...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Globalization, According to the World, Is a Good Thing. Sort Of.
Both buoyed and battered by globalization, people around the world strongly view international trade as a good thing, according to a survey released today...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
U.N. Worker Freed as Myanmar Crackdown Continues
A U.N. employee in Myanmar arrested Wednesday was released from detention late today as the junta continued to take people into custody...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
2,000 Rescued at South African Mine
More than 2,000 trapped gold miners were rescued in a dramatic all-night operation, and efforts gathered speed Thursday to bring hundreds more to the surface...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Korean Summit Results Exceed Low Expectations
A declaration signed today by the two leaders contained projects that could build closer ties, experts said...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Cameron seeking Whitehall talks
David Cameron asks Gordon Brown for meetings with civil servants to prepare for any incoming Tory government...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Dog walker murder reconstruction
Police stage a reconstruction of the last known movements of a hairdresser murdered as she walked her dog...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Chinese prisoner 'may face death'
A Chinese man who stabbed a man to death in Belfast faces execution if deported, the Appeal Court hears...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Mail workers begin strike action
Postal workers across Scotland begin the first of two 48-hour walkouts over pay and conditions...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Bhutto upbeat over power-sharing
Ex-PM Benazir Bhutto says she is "optimistic" of a power-sharing deal with Pakistan's President Musharraf...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
New photos of £53m raid released
More pictures from Britain's biggest-ever cash raid are released after being shown to jurors...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Polish election row over massacre
Polish film maker Andrzej Wajda says the government is exploiting a wartime massacre for electoral gain...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Palestinians seek deal deadline
A Palestinian minister calls for a six-month deadline for a peace deal after next month's Mid-East conference...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Cricket: Shah sets up England win
Owais Shah hits 82 as England beat Sri Lanka by 65 runs to level their one-day series...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Seventeen die in DR Congo crash
A plane crashes into a busy market in the DR Congo's capital, Kinshasa, killing at least 17 people, officials say...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Fan arrested after pitch incident
A man who ran onto the pitch during last night's Champions League match against AC Milan is arrested...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
'Lenient' rape sentences appealed
The attorney general has gone to court to appeal against the sentences given to two men who raped under age girls...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Thousands free in SA mine drama
Rescuers hope all 3,200 miners stuck in a shaft at a South African gold mine will emerge in the next few hours...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Arrest order for Pinochet family
A Chilean judge orders the arrest of five children and the widow of Augusto Pinochet for alleged embezzlement...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Father stabbing inquiry 'flawed'
An inquiry into the handling of the harassment case of a young father before he was murdered highlights "serious flaws in the police response"...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Arrests as da Vinci work found
Da Vinci masterpiece the Madonna with the Yarnwinder, stolen from a Scottish castle in 2003, is found by police...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Diana's last moments shown
An inquest sees pictures of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed in the Paris Ritz before their fatal car crash in 1997...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
1,700 Rescued at South African Mine
About 3,200 miners had been trapped a mile underground when falling pipes damaged a gold mine?s elevator...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
?The Kite Runner? Is Delayed to Protect Child Stars
Paramount Vantage is delaying the release of ?The Kite Runner? to get its three schoolboy stars out of Kabul, Afghanistan...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Monks Are Silenced, and for Now, Internet Is, Too
After smuggled images jeopardized their crackdown on demonstrators, Myanmar?s generals cut off the Internet...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Ex-Paratrooper Is Suspect in a Blackwater Killing
A former Blackwater USA employee is under investigation in the killing last year of a bodyguard for an Iraqi official...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Pledging Peace, Koreans Agree on Economic Projects
In a joint declaration today, South and North Korea said they would seek to put a formal end to the Korean War...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Battle to beat fake Ebay e-mails
Fake Ebay e-mails which are used to con users out of money are being targeted by a secure mail system...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Spice Girls add new London dates
The Spice Girls announce two more London dates in an extension of their worldwide reunion tour...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Democrats eye key climate summit
US Democrats are planning to send a delegation to a key UN climate summit to rival the official White House team...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Halifax sees house prices slowing
More evidence of a slowdown in house prices has come from the UK's biggest mortgage lender, the Halifax...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Cancer scan refusal 'perverse'
A patient refused a scan and told she would have to have major surgery instead, has her complaint upheld...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Police fatal shooting 'justified'
The police ombudsman says the PSNI's first fatal shooting was justified but has 'grave concerns' over missing data...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Iraqi Kurds sign four oil deals
The Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq signs four oil exploration deals with foreign companies...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Bhutto hints at power-share deal
Ex-PM Benazir Bhutto says she expects a breakthrough in talks with Pakistan's President Musharraf on sharing power...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Paris urges tougher Iran sanction
France calls on the EU to impose tougher economic sanctions against Iran to end its "nuclear defiance"...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Plane crashes in DR Congo capital
A plane crashes on the outskirts of the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, airport officials say...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
More arrests in Burma crackdown
Security forces in Burma make overnight arrests, as the fall-out from last week's protests continue...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Football: Carrick sidelined
Man Utd midfielder Michael Carrick will be out of action for up to six weeks with a fractured right elbow...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Hamilton faces Japan win inquiry
Formula One officials are to look into Lewis Hamilton's victory in the Japanese Grand Prix following accusations of erratic driving...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
No change for UK interest rates
The Bank of England decides to keep UK interest rates on hold at 5.75%, as widely expected...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Election decision 'this weekend'
Gordon Brown is likely to decide this weekend whether to call a snap general election, a polling expert says...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Trapped SA miners emerge slowly
About two-thirds of the 3,000 miners stuck in a deep shaft at a South African gold mine have now been rescued...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Post workers start 48-hour strike
Royal Mail staff start the first of two 48-hour walkouts in a protest over pay and job cut fears...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Europeans Again Approve Sony?s Merger With BMG
Sony Music and BMG received approval for their merger from European regulators a second time. The alliance was the target of a legal attack by independent music labels...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
World Briefing | Middle East: U.S. ?Not in Position? to Attack, Iran Says
Iran has concluded that the United States is overcommitted in Iraq and ?not in a position to impose another war in the region against their taxpayers,? the Iranian foreign minister said...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: India: 15 Women Die in Station Stampede
Fifteen women were killed and 48 others were injured in a stampede at a railway station during a Hindu pilgrimage...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Spicy and Terror-Inducing
A Thai restaurant brought road closures and evacuations in the Soho area of London after passers-by complained that a noxious chemical was burning their throats...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Czech Republic: Bar Bet Lost
A dark-haired couple from Trebic who decided to take a DNA test to squash persistent bar gossip and prove that their blond 10-month-old girl was their own got a surprise. The test showed that neither parent had the same DNA as the baby, the Czech News Agency reported, suggesting a mix-up at the hospital. The authorities are looking into the case...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: China: Revenge Fire on Bus Kills 27
A suspended bus company manager who was unhappy about his punishment started a gasoline fire, killing 27 people, including himself and his wife...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
World Briefing | The Americas: Canada: Afghan Force Could Stay On
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the country?s military mission to Afghanistan could remain longer than scheduled, an idea bound to anger opposition parties...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
New Rules for Contractors Are Urged by 2 Democrats
Senators John Edwards and Barack Obama seized on the Blackwater case to call for more accountability in using security contractors...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Ex-Soviet States in Border-Free Zone
Nine new European Union member states will join the bloc?s passport-free zone, called the Schengen system, on Dec. 21, just in time to ease travel for Christmas...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Red Mosque Is Reopened in Pakistan
The militant Red Mosque here reopened Wednesday, nearly three months after an army raid left more than 100 people dead...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Critic of Islam Confronts Dutch Over Guards
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, an outspoken Dutch critic of Islam who moved to the United States to escape death threats in the Netherlands, has returned there to fight a Dutch government plan to cut off financing for her bodyguards...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Carter, Path Barred, Confronts Sudan?s Security
Former President Jimmy Carter shouted, ?You don?t have the power to stop me!? at some Sudanese security officers who blocked him from meeting refugees of the Darfur conflict...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Turkey?s President Seeks to Change Law That Criminalizes Insults to Turkish Identity
Turkey?s new president said a law that makes it a crime to insult Turkish identity damages Turkey?s image by portraying it as a country where intellectuals are jailed for speaking their mind...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
After Rocky Election, Nigerians Warm to New Leader
Five months after a contentious election, many Nigerians have found a lot to like about Umaru Yar?Adua, who was sworn in as president in May...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Rescue Begins in S. Africa Gold Mine
The first 74 men reached the surface early Thursday morning, and the company estimated it would take many hours to get the rest out...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Studio Delays Release of ?The Kite Runner? to Protect Its Child Stars
Paramount Vantage is delaying the release of ?The Kite Runner? to get its three schoolboy stars out of Kabul...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
In Costa Rica, Built for Books and Breezes
Spare the trees, says the client. His son the architect finds a way...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Memo From Damascus: Syria, Seeking Investors, Turns Cautiously to Iran
Iranian companies are charging into Syria, looking to cash in on a recent privatization push by Damascus...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Bombs Kill 2 and Wound Polish Envoy in Baghdad
Poland?s ambassador to Iraq was wounded and two people were killed in what appeared to be a coordinated roadside bomb attack on Wednesday morning...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Kurds Reach New Oil Deals, Straining Ties With Baghdad
The new deals are the latest in an effort by the Kurds to build their own oil industry while national oil legislation languishes in Iraqi Parliament...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Ex-Paratrooper Is Suspect in Killing of Iraqi
The former Blackwater USA employee who is the sole suspect in the killing last Christmas Eve of a bodyguard for an Iraqi vice president has been identified...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
2 Koreas Sign Summit Declaration
North and South Korea pledged to seek a permanent peace agreement replacing the 54-year-old cease-fire that ended the Korean War...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
North Koreans Agree to Disable Nuclear Facilities
The deal sets a timetable for North Korea to dismantle all of its nuclear facilities in return for economic aid...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
O'Brien scoops top poetry prize
Sean O'Brien becomes the only person to win the prestigious Forward Prize for Poetry three times...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Watch uniform costs, schools told
New advice for schools in England on uniform stresses they must be reasonably priced and widely available...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Tailored herbal medicine 'futile'
There is no evidence herbal medicines "tailored" to the individual work, according to a British study...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Four quizzed over gunfight killing
Police question three men and a woman after a bystander is shot dead during a gunfight in south London...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
France approves migrant DNA tests
The French Senate approves a bill proposing DNA tests for immigrants who want to join family in France...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Elders seek 'fair' Darfur talks
A group of visiting statesmen call for peace talks on Darfur to include representatives of ordinary civilians...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Korean leaders issue peace call
Leaders of North and South Korea sign a joint declaration calling for a peace deal and closer economic ties...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Russia marks 50 years of Sputnik
Russia marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Sputnik satellite - the beginning of the space age...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Spears loses child custody battle
A California court refuses to restore Britney Spears' custody over her two children, but grants visiting rights...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Animal markets back as ban lifted
Farmers can start taking animals to market in low risk foot-and-mouth areas, as restrictions are eased...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Police flouted child custody law
Strathclyde Police is ordered to apologise to the mother of a 14-year-old boy held in custody for more than two days...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Couples swap kidneys in UK first
Two British couples have donated and received kidneys from each other in the UK's first paired transplantations...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
UK police in Nigerian scam haul
Fake cheques worth an estimated £8m are seized in a police operation targeting Nigerian e-mail scams...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
NHS review targets GPs and bugs
GP access and hospital infections are to form the key themes of the interim review into the NHS...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Post workers set for more strikes
Postal workers are set to launch their next series of UK-wide strikes from noon, in a row over pay and job fears...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Huge rescue push at S Africa mine
Hundreds of miners are hauled out of a deep shaft at a South African goldmine, but almost 3,000 remain trapped...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
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