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Global News Archive for February 2006:
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Turkey Balks on Widening Rights for Gays
As Turkey has moved closer to conforming with European legal standards and policies on homosexuality, its movement toward legal parity has been halting...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Oil Graft Fuels the Insurgency, Iraq and U.S. Say
Officials see a pattern of corruption enabling the flow of oil money to the insurgency that threatens to undermine Iraq's economy...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Survivors Recount Begging Ferry Captain to Turn Back
Rescue workers continued the search for survivors of a ferry that sank in the Red Sea, but hopes dimmed. Only 389 of the 1,400 passengers have been rescued...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Embassies in Syria Are Burned in Furor Over Prophet Cartoon
Aggrieved believers called for executions, storming European buildings and burning European flags...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Pentagon Hones Strategy for Countering Terrorism
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has completed a new, classified counterterrorism strategy that focuses on areas identified as necessary for terrorist networks to operate...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Three dead in Gaza missile strike
Three people die in an Israeli missile strike targeting a building used by Islamic militants in Gaza City...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Football: Man Utd beat Fulham
Man Utd edge out battling Fulham in a thrilling enounter at Old Trafford...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Three die in Brazil music crush
Three people die in Brazil's city of Sao Paulo in a crush to see a visiting Mexican pop group...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Mourners honour Luther King wife
Crowds in Atlanta pay their respects to Coretta Scott King, widow of US civil rights leader Martin Luther King...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Iran to halt snap nuclear checks
Iran says it will end snap nuclear inspections, as the UN watchdog votes to report Iran to the Security Council...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Tories condemn Muslim protesters
Demonstrators who threatened violence should be shown "no tolerance", David Davis says...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Red Sea Ferry Survivors Say Captain Abandoned Ship
Survivors of the Egyptian ferry that sank said that the captain abandoned the nearly 1,400 passengers and crew members on board...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
73 Die in Stampede Seeking to Appear on Philippine Game Show
The stampede began when people scrambled to get into a popular Philippine television game show offering cash and other prizes...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Nuclear Panel Votes to Report Tehran to U.N.
The resolution could change the course of diplomacy toward Iran and open the door to international punishment of the country...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Straw welcomes decision over Iran
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says Iran has "several weeks" to defuse the crisis over its alleged nuclear ambitions...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Muslim leader condemns protesters
Protesters who shouted violent anti-Western slogans are branded "disgraceful" by a leading British Muslim...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Soldier's family upset over delay
The family of a soldier killed in Iraq say they are angry at delays in getting his body released for his funeral...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Body found after blaze at house
Police are investigating after a body is found following a fire at a house in south Wales on Saturday...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Manila stadium stampede kills 73
A stampede at a stadium in the Philippines capital kills 73, as people waited to see a TV show being recorded...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Big Brother audition draws crowds
More than 1000 people queue for hours for the chance to appear in the seventh series of reality show Big Brother...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
England overpower champions Wales
England produce a powerful display as they begin their Six Nations campaign with victory against Wales...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Football: Campbell 'is fine'
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he has spoken to Sol Campbell and expects him back at training next week...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Rugby: Ireland see off Italy
Ireland fail to impress as they defeat Italy in the RBS Six Nations opener in Dublin...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Detained Galloway can enter Egypt
Outspoken MP George Galloway is allowed into Egypt to attend an anti-Iraq war event after being detained...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Abbas holds first Hamas meeting
The Palestinian president is holding his first talks with Islamic militants Hamas since their shock election win...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
IRA weapons claim 'blatant lie'
The suggestion that the IRA has completely disarmed is a "blatant lie", DUP leader Ian Paisley says...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Stranded whale dies in Humber
Rescuers battle in vain to save a whale stuck on a mud bank in the mouth of the Humber...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Embassies burn in cartoon protest
Syrians torch Scandinavian embassies to protest against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Anger grows over ferry disaster
Survivors say a fire burned for hours on a Red Sea ferry before it sank, leaving 1,000 people feared dead...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Courtney Love free to leave home
A judge releases Courtney Love from a court home detention order because of her efforts to combat drug addiction...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Egyptian ferry sinks: Your comments
An Egyptian ferry carrying 1,400 people sinks in the Red Sea, with reports of bodies being pulled from the sea. Send us your comments...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Can a compromise on reforms be found?
The government and its critics on school reforms have the same aim - but see the reforms through different eyes, Mike Baker says...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
People 'loyal' to postman killers
Three years after a postman's murder, police believe misguided loyalty is stopping them finding those responsible...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
'Arrested men' killed in Baghdad
The bodies of 14 Sunni Muslims are found in Baghdad a week after they were said to have been arrested...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Afghanistan battle leaves 25 dead
A district governor is among 25 people killed after a fierce battle between Afghan troops and the Taleban...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Muslims protest outside embassy
Another demonstration is taking place in London over cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Two arrested over feud stab death
Two men are arrested on suspicion of murder after a father-of-five is stabbed to death in west Belfast...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
R Union: Italy face Ireland
Ireland should have too much nous for Italy in their opening RBS Six Nations game at Lansdowne Road...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Three winners scoop EuroMillions
Three tickets win the EuroMillions lottery, sharing the record £126m jackpot, operator Camelot says...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Annan urges calm in cartoon row
UN chief Kofi Annan calls for calm as Muslims around the world protest over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Manila stadium stampede kills 88
A stampede at a stadium in the Philippines capital kills 88, as people waited to see a TV show being recorded...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Iran reported to Security Council
The UN nuclear agency votes to report Iran to the Security Council, but Iran says it will resume uranium enrichment...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Galloway refused entry to Egypt
Outspoken MP George Galloway is refused entry to Egypt to attend an anti-Iraq war event, his party says...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Mexico Closes Alternative Care Clinic Where Mrs. King Died
Mexican health officials said the doctors at the alternative medicine clinic were using unproven treatments and were never licensed to run a full-service hospital...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Russian Court Convicts Head of U.S.-Backed Rights Group
The court, however, imposed only a two-year suspended sentence, allowing him to go free...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Egyptian Ferry Sinks in Red Sea; 1,000 May Be Lost
By late Friday, only about 324 people had been rescued and hopes of finding additional survivors faded...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
U.S. Compromises on Wording of Iran Nuclear Resolution
A vote on the resolution had been put off because of U.S. opposition to a clause criticizing Israel's nuclear weapons status...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
U.S. Says It Also Finds Cartoons of Muhammad Offensive
Many Muslims consider it blasphemy to print any image of the Prophet Muhammad, let alone a cartoon that ridicules him...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Bush's Budget to Call for Nuclear Partnership With Russia
The partnership would offer countries a supply of fuel for their reactors under restrictions intended to prevent them from developing nuclear weapons...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
The business of future gazing
Spencer Kelly looks at futurology and finds out how predicting new technology can be a tricky job...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Loss-making Hoover is up for sale
The iconic Hoover vacuum cleaner brand has fallen so far out of consumers' favour that it may be sold...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Huhne sets out Lib Dem ambitions
Lib Dem leadership hopeful Chris Huhne says he is ambitious for the party and can deliver results...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
'Lost cells' offer obesity clue
The ability of a cell to sense its position within a tissue may help explain why some people become obese, scientists believe...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Minister quits over Thaksin deal
A Thai Cabinet minister resigns over a controversial share sale by PM Thaksin Shinawatra's family...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
First-time buyers 'may overpay'
More than one in five first-time buyers are willing to offer above asking price to get a foot on the property ladder, a survey suggests...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Armstrong and Crow to separate
Singer Sheryl Crow and cyclist Lance Armstrong say they are separating, only five months after getting engaged...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
R.Union: England-Wales preview
Reigning Six Nations champions Wales take on England hoping to end their dismal Twickenham record...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Hopes dim for Egypt ferry missing
Hopes fade of finding alive any of the 900 people missing a day after an Egyptian ferry sank in the Red Sea...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
More protests due in cartoon row
Another demonstration is scheduled in London over cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Manila stadium stampede kills 79
A stampede at a stadium in the Philippines capital kills 79, as people waited to see a TV show being recorded...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Future of Nato at risk, says Reid
The defence secretary warns Nato members they must change for the alliance to remain relevant and effective...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
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