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Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Curfew in Indian Kashmir to prevent protest rally
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Kashmir police threaten to shoot curfew violators
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Taliban, Afghan officials meet in Saudi Arabia
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Pakistan to deport all Afghans from tribal region
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Lehman sought millions for execs while seeking aid
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Colbert on Colbert Its fun playing a jerk
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Dancing with the Stars contestant injured
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Hopper stars in Starz series Crash
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Global News Archive for January 2008:
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Japan Prisons Begin Adapting to Elderly
Japan will build wards exclusively for elderly inmates at three prisons to deal with the steep rise in the prison population 60 and older, the Justice Ministry announced Friday...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Violence Softens in Kenya
Kenya?s crisis is probably not quite over, though many Kenyans clearly wish it was, but for the first time in a week tensions have cooled...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Bush Presses Israel on Settlements
Israeli leaders said Friday that they hoped to take action after President Bush?s visit to the region next week...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Saturday Vote Tests Georgian Leader
Georgia?s American-educated and pro-Western president, Mikheil Saakashvili, was leading in polls ahead of an election Saturday cast as a bid to restore his mandate...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
For Bush, AIDS Relief Is a Rare Triumph
Under the President?s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief roughly 1.4 million AIDS patients have received life-saving medicine paid for with American dollars so far...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Spears barred from child visits
A Los Angeles court gives sole custody of Britney Spears' children to her ex-husband, Kevin Federline...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
US shares slump on work worries
US shares plunge as unemployment hits a two-year high in December, raising fears about a possible recession...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Green protest staged at the Tate
Green campaigners staged a protest at the Tate Britain gallery over a sponsorship deal with BP...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Colombia boy may be hostage's son
DNA tests on a fostered Colombian boy suggest he is a hostage's son thought to have been in captivity...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Georgia poll manipulation feared
Georgia's main opposition leader says the authorities are preparing to rig Saturday's presidential election...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Football: Man Utd snub Brown bid
Sir Alex Ferguson reveals Manchester United have turned down an offer from Newcastle for defender Wes Brown...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Sailors saved after three months
Eleven fishermen are rescued three months after being shipwrecked in the Russian Far East...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Three charged over student death
Three teenagers are accused in connection with the death of a student missing in Bedfordshire...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Crew rescued from stricken boat
Four people on board a fishing boat that took on water near Tiree are rescued by helicopter...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Competition 'tough' for NHS posts
Junior doctors across the UK are being warned they face the toughest competition ever for training posts...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
North Korea Says It Has Said Enough
North Korea rejected the United States? demand for a more thorough account on whether it has tried to enrich uranium for atomic weapons...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Lee's Lust up for Bafta film gong
Ang Lee's Lust, Caution is among the five titles nominated for the Bafta 2008 foreign film award...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Work pensions 'down under Labour'
One million more people face retirement without a pension than when Labour came to power, the Conservatives say...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Low-energy bulbs 'worsen rashes'
The switch to energy-saving light bulbs may put thousands at risk of painful skin reactions, charities warn...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Dog attack girl has 100 stitches
A man is arrested after 10-year-old girl is attacked by a dog and needs two operations...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Road flooding after snow gridlock
The weather continues to cause disruption in Northern Ireland, with flooding in the aftermath of snow...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Locomotive hits lorry at crossing
A train driver is injured after his locomotive struck a lorry on a level crossing between Gleneagles and Perth...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Sex offender absconds from jail
Police are hunting a convicted sex offender who has absconded from an open prison in Lincolnshire...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
US economic fears as hiring slows
The US unemployment rate hit a two-year high in December, data shows, raising fears about a slowdown...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Murray reaches Qatar Open final
Andy Murray beats world number four Nikolay Davydenko in the Qatar Open semi-finals...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Cricket: Prior dropped
England drop wicket-keeper Matt Prior for the Test and one-day series in New Zealand, but recall batsman Andrew Strauss...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
River death boys put in custody
Two youths are given detention sentences for the manslaughter of a man they dumped in a Lincolnshire river...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Family and fans mourn O'Donnell
Hundreds of people gather to pay tribute as the funeral of footballer Phil O'Donnell takes place...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Wards closed by vomiting bug
The virulent norovirus has forced at least 100 hospital wards across the UK to close to new patients...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
TV star 'distraught' over death
TV host Mark Speight says he is "distraught" at the death of his fiancee after being quizzed by police...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
US contenders eye next key state
US presidential hopefuls head to New Hampshire a day after the Iowa result throws the nominating races wide open...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Double-digit rise in Npower bills
Npower raises electricity prices by 12.7% and gas bills by 17.2%, blaming higher wholesale costs...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Humanitarian crisis in Kenya grows
At least 180,000 people have been displaced by unrest after last week's disputed Kenyan election, say UN officials...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Bomb Blast Kills 5 in Kurdish Area in Turkey
A bomb exploded near a shopping mall in the largely Kurdish city of Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey, killing five people and injuring more than 60...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Tech show to fight economic fears
More than 140,000 people are expected in Las Vegas for the start of the Consumer Electronics Show...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Universal flu jab works in people
Human trials suggest a single jab could give lifelong protection against all types of flu...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Darling 'to give FSA more powers'
Alistair Darling plans to give the Financial Services Authority more power to deal with failing banks...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Salmond urged to quit as MP
Alex Salmond should quit as an MP over his voting record at Westminster, say the Conservatives...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
O'Donnell funeral gets under way
The funeral of footballer Phil O'Donnell, who died after a match, takes place in South Lanarkshire...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Stomach bug closes hospital wards
Seven hospitals across Wales shut wards and impose restrictions due to an outbreak of stomach bugs...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
NI snow continues to cause havoc
Snow is continuing to cause havoc on Northern Ireland's roads, while scores of schools are closed...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
UK detectives arrive in Pakistan
British investigators are in Pakistan to assist in the inquiry into the assassination of former PM Benazir Bhutto...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
10mph motorway driver banned
A woman who drove at less than 10 mph along the M32 is banned from driving for seven days...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Palestinians killed in Gaza raid
Two Palestinian militants are killed in an Israeli raid in Gaza, bringing the total killed in the last 24 hours to 11...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Four held over Turkish car blast
Turkish police hold four suspects over a deadly car bombing in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Burma marks independence day
Burma's leader calls for national unity, as the country marks 60 years since the end of British colonial rule...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Dakar: Safety concerns end Rally
The 2008 Dakar Rally is cancelled following the murder of four French tourists in Mauritania...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Somali interim leader collapses
Somalia's interim President Abdullahi Yusuf collapses and is flown to Ethiopia for treatment...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Tennis: Hingis given two-year ban
Martina Hingis's appeal against a positive doping test is rejected and she has been banned for two years...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
CBBC star questioned over death
BBC children's presenter Mark Speight is bailed after being arrested in connection with a woman's death...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Britney stretchered out of home
Britney Spears is carried out of her home on a stretcher after police are called in a dispute involving her children...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Mortgage approvals still falling
New mortgage approvals for home buying have fallen again in November, the Bank of England says...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Two in court over Pc shooting
Two men charged with the attempted murder of Pc Katie Johnson on New Year's Eve appear in court...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Kenyan police block fresh rally
Kenyan police deploy to prevent an opposition rally, though enthusiasm for the protests seems to be waning...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Npower set to detail price rises
Energy firm Npower is poised to give exact details of its gas and electricity price rises...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
One laptop project dealt big blow
Intel withdraws from a project that aimed to put cheap laptops in the hands of children in developing nations...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Many wards closed by vomiting bug
Virulent norovirus has forced at least 70 hospital wards across England and Wales to close to new patients...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: China: Plan to Replace Shooting With Lethal Injection
China plans to expand the use of lethal injection to replace the current method of execution, a shot to the back of the head, the newspaper China Daily quoted Jiang Xingchang, vice president of the Supreme People?s Court, as saying...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
World Briefing | The Americas: Mexico: President?s Cousin Briefly Abducted
A cousin of President Felipe Calderón was abducted at gunpoint, beaten and held for four hours on Wednesday in Morelia, in Michoacán State, newspapers reported...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: France: Royal Confirms Bid for Socialist Leadership
Ségolène Royal, the defeated Socialist candidate in last year?s presidential election, confirmed that she intended to run for leadership of her party this year...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: India: Unemployed to Sterilize Monkeys
Himachal Pradesh in the north said it would use unemployed youths to capture and sterilize monkeys that have been raiding farms and attacking people...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Libya: Foreign Minister Has Washington Talks With Rice
Libya?s foreign minister, Abdel-Rahman Shalqam, met for an hour with Condoleezza Rice at her State Department offices. It was the highest-level visit by a Libyan to Washington in 35 years...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: India: Youth Shoots and Kills Schoolmate
A 17-year-old boy used a homemade gun to shoot a 14-year-old studying at the same school in Madhya Pradesh, the police said...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Bert Bolin, 82, Is Dead; Led U.N. Climate Panel
Bert Bolin was a pioneering climatologist and the first chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Guatemala Arrests Suspect in Killings
The suspect, Carlos Gutiérrez, was arrested near the border with El Salvador after investigators traced more than 60 phone calls between him and the men suspected of carrying out the killings...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Bomb Hits Indian Workers in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber on Thursday attacked a convoy carrying a group of Indian road engineers in Nimruz Province, in southeastern Afghanistan...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
After Defeat, Chávez Plans Cabinet Sweep
President Hugo Chávez said that he was replacing Jorge Rodríguez, the vice president, whom many blamed for the loss of the referendum, with Ramón Carrizales, a former housing minister...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
For Some Kenyan Villagers, the Action Is in Des Moines
The postelection mayhem consuming Nairobi and other parts of Kenya has not struck Nyangoma-Kogelo, the ancestral home of Senator Barack Obama...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
News Analysis: An Inquiry Seen as Payback in a Rivalry
The Justice Department?s criminal inquiry into the destruction of the Central Intelligence Agency interrogation tapes will be carried out largely by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Al Jazeera No Longer Nips at Saudis
The newly cautious tone appears to have been dictated to Al Jazeera?s management by the rulers of Qatar...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Telescope spies newborn planet
Astronomers discover a newborn planet in a solar system that is still in the process of forming...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Soul singers top new talent list
Teenage soul singer Adele comes top of the BBC's Sound of 2008 poll to find the most promising new music talent...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Indigestion 'busting NHS budget'
At least £100m from is being spent unnecessarily by the NHS each year on indigestion drugs, doctors say...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Funeral for Motherwell's captain
Footballer Phil O'Donnell's funeral is due to take place in Hamilton after his death on Saturday...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Kenya opposition plan new rally
Opposition supporters in Kenya will again try hold a rally in Nairobi, after police stopped Thursday's attempt...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Route reopens after rail chaos
Normal service resumes on the West Coast Mainline after engineering work overran...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Migrants language lessons rethink
Free English lessons will be targeted at migrants who are poor or socially excluded, under government proposals...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Wards closed by vomiting virus
Virulent norovirus has forced at least 56 hospital wards across England and Wales to close to new patients...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Prince William to train as pilot
Prince William will learn to fly helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft during a four-month stint with the RAF...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Pub chain limits parents' drinks
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon says adults with children are only allowed two alcoholic drinks to limit their stay...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Huckabee and Obama take Iowa wins
Republican Mike Huckabee wins in Iowa's caucuses, with Barack Obama victorious in the Democratic race...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
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