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Global News Archive for November 2005:
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U.N. Chief Cancels Iran Visit Because of Anti-Israel Speech
The secretary general dropped his plans in response to a speech by the Iranian president threatening to "wipe Israel off the map."...
New York Times - November 4, 2005
Bush's Troubles Follow Him to Summit in Argentina
Tens of thousands protested in the streets today and President Bush deflected questions about his chief political aide...
New York Times - November 4, 2005
Rioting in Paris Suburbs Continues for a Ninth Night
The government fretted over how to quell the violence and address the underlying frustrations that are fueling it...
New York Times - November 4, 2005
Pakistani Leader Delays F-16 Buy for Quake
Pakistan is trying to grapple with the massive devastation of the Oct. 8 earthquake, which has claimed more than 73,000 lives...
New York Times - November 4, 2005
MSP quits Tory group after probe
The MSP Brian Monteith resigns from the Conservative group at Holyrood...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Police clerk resignation 'mutual'
The assistant clerk to North Wales Police Authority has resigned, months after being cleared of leaking a document...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Watchdog urges 'CIA jails' probe
Human rights watchdogs at the Council of Europe want a probe into claims of secret US jails for terror suspects...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Iraqi bomb know-how 'from Iran'
A senior British general repeats a claim that bomb-making technology is crossing into Iraq from Iran...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Protests at Americas summit
Anti-free trade protesters run riot in Argentina as President Bush joins other regional leaders for a summit...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Annan delays Iran trip after row
UN chief Kofi Annan postpones a visit to Iran, after its president calls for Israel to be "wiped off the map"...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Pope sainthood tribunal in Poland
Church leaders in Poland inaugurate a tribunal as part of the beatification process for the late Pope John Paul II...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Coke ditches three flavours in US
Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola is to withdraw three flavours in the US and replace them with two new Cherry Cokes...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
French PM opens dialogue on riots
The French prime minister meets young people from areas hit by rioting, as part of efforts to solve the crisis...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Schools warned over admissions
The chief adjudicator reminds schools their admissions policies should benefit parents, not themselves...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Sea launch for UK-built satellite
One of the largest and most powerful commercial satellites ever built is set to blast off on Saturday...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
GTA: San Andreas toasts success
The best-selling Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has swept the board at a major games awards ceremony in London...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Snowdon offered Margaret preview
Lord Snowdon is offered a private viewing of a controversial drama about ex-wife Princess Margaret...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Police Muslim cartoon 'sacrilege'
A police magazine's cartoon portrayal of Muslims is sacrilegious, a chief constable says...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Clarke pressed on terror advice
The home secretary faces pressure to reveal the Attorney General's advice on the government's anti-terror bill...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
New type medics 'to free doctors'
A new breed of medics working between doctor and nurse level are to be rolled out across the NHS, ministers announce...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Ethiopia's violent clashes spread
Poll protests in Ethiopia flare up outside the capital, where over 40 people have been killed...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Protesters mass to confront Bush
A left-wing president and a football legend lead anti-Bush protests ahead of the Americas summit...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Russia marks little-known holiday
Russia celebrates a new holiday to replace the Soviet-era Revolution Day, but few can name the event...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Final farewell for murdered model
The funeral of murder victim Sally Anne Bowman takes place in south London, nearly six weeks after she was killed...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Cameron attacked over drugs
The home secretary criticises Tory leadership contender David Cameron's call to downgrade the drug ecstasy...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Family guilty of 'honour killing'
A father and his sons are found guilty of murdering his daughter's boyfriend in an "honour killing"...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Hopes fading for missing boys
The search for two boys swept out to sea is unlikely to have a successful outcome, coastguards admit...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Football: Wenger hits back
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger tells his Chelsea rival Jose Mourinho he is not living in a dictatorship...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Men remanded over terror offences
Two men accused of conspiring to murder and cause an explosion under the Terrorism Act are remanded in custody by magistrates...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
French riots 'need time to solve'
The French interior minister says it will take time to resolve problems behind eight nights of rioting around Paris...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Five jailed for race hate crimes
Five white supremacists are jailed for a total of 15 years for distributing race hate material...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
US youths use internet to create
Most young Americans use the web to create, share and remix content, says a research report...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Coldplay scoop MTV awards double
Coldplay head a good night for UK acts at the MTV Europe awards, with a show-stealing set from Madonna...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Judges jail parking death woman
A woman who killed a grandmother in a row over a parking space is jailed for four years by appeal court judges...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
UK house price recovery continues
Annual house price inflation has risen for the third month in a row, to 3.9%, according to the Halifax bank...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Galloway reported over oil claims
George Galloway is reported to US and UK authorities over his alleged involvement in the UN oil-for-food scandal...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Teachers get sex and drugs advice
Guidance on sex and drugs lessons has been issued as part of the personal, social and health curriculum...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Morning ambush kills Iraqi police
At least six Iraqi police die and more are injured in an insurgent attack near the city of Baquba...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Pakistan postpones F-16 purchases
Pakistan's president postpones the purchase of US F-16 fighter jets to focus on earthquake relief...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Police study 'hit-and-run CCTV'
Police are studying CCTV footage after a 19-year-old man is killed in a hit-and-run incident in south Belfast...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Football: Ferguson England row
Sir Alex Ferguson threatens to pull some of his Man Utd players out of England's squad for the Argentina friendly...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Football: Premiership picks
Mark Lawrenson gives his verdict on the weekend's Premiership games...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Fourth day of Ethiopian violence
Shots are heard in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, as protests over alleged electoral fraud enter a fourth day...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Muslim graves destroyed in city
Dozens of Muslim grave stones are smashed and anti-Muslim leaflets scattered in a Birmingham cemetery...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Bankruptcies rise to new record
The number of people declared bankrupt hits a record high, amid concerns over rising personal debt...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Tories make choice after TV clash
Conservatives are voting for a new leader, after a TV clash between David Cameron and David Davis...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Death row inmate escapes
A manhunt is under way in Texas after a death row inmate walks out of a Houston jail in civilian clothes...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Man in court over £26m raid
A 23-year-old man appears in court charged with last year's £26.5m Northern Bank robbery in Belfast...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Deepcut barracks probe 'lacked focus'
Police probing deaths at Deepcut decided too quickly the four soldiers all committed suicide, a report says...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Two charged with terror offences
Two men are charged with conspiracy to murder and to cause an explosion under the Terrorism Act...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
French riots spread beyond Paris
The rioting and arson that has wracked eastern Paris suburbs for a week has spread out of the capital...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Intelligence: Italy's Top Spy Names Freelance Agent as Source of Forged Niger-Iraq Uranium Documents
Italy's spymaster identified a freelance Italian spy as the disseminator of fake papers on Iraq's hunt for uranium...
New York Times - November 4, 2005
Europe Looking Into Report of C.I.A. Jails
The European Union said it would "seek more information" on allegations that Poland and Romania might have been sites of secret American jails for Al Qaeda suspects...
New York Times - November 4, 2005
Rioting Spreads in Paris Suburbs as Angry Youths Burn More Cars
Angry youths clashed with police and firefighters outside Paris in the worst of seven straight nights of violence set off by the accidental death of two teenagers...
New York Times - November 4, 2005
Israeli Troops Shoot Palestinian Boy in West Bank
A Palestinian boy carrying a toy gun was shot and seriously wounded by Israeli troops today during clashes in the West Bank...
New York Times - November 4, 2005
Militants Vow to Kill Envoy and Driver Seized in Iraq
The Islamic militant group Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia announced in an Internet posting that it would kill a Moroccan diplomat and driver who were kidnapped in Iraq last month...
New York Times - November 4, 2005
Autism 'extreme male brain' clue
The brain structure of people with autism is an "exaggeration" of the normal male brain, research suggests...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Web educator 'too bureaucratic'
The adult learning provider Learndirect provides a high quality service but should reduce costs, a report says...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Microsoft scans British Library
About 100,000 books in the British Library are going to be put online by software giant Microsoft...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Man in court over £26m bank raid
A 23-year-old man is due in court charged with last year's £26.5m Northern Bank robbery in Belfast...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
'Ash cash' handed to town halls
Scottish councils are given £6m over three years to help them to enforce the ban on smoking in public places...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
How you can help
Some of the aid organisations working to tackle the aftermath of one of the worst disasters South Asia has ever known...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
New bird flu outbreaks hit Asia
Fresh outbreaks of bird flu are reported in China and Vietnam, causing the deaths of about 12,000 animals...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Paris rioting enters second week
Cars and buildings are set alight in Paris' suburbs, as gangs of youths riot for the eighth consecutive night...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Search for boys swept off cliffs
A major search is under way for two teenage boys who have been swept off cliffs by a wave during bad weather...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
MoD stands by Iraq murder trial
The MoD dismisses criticism over the collapse of a court martial against UK soldiers accused of killing an Iraqi...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Royals to meet Katrina survivors
Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall are to meet victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Send your questions
One month after the devastating South Asian Quake, the BBC News website returns to Muzaffarabad to assess the situation there...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Probe into Deepcut 'lacked focus'
A police reinvestigation into the Deepcut Barracks deaths is criticised in a report by another force...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
Kemp's wife Wade plays down row
The wife of EastEnders star Ross Kemp dismisses an alleged assault on her husband as "a silly row"...
BBC News - November 4, 2005
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