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Frozen yogurt war de-thaws, tart new brands hit US
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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25 bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Displaced Georgians look to US for hope, aid
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines peace in tatters after rebel attack
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Global News Archive for March 2008:
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Iraqi Helicopter Crash Kills 8
An Iraqi Army helicopter with two aboard disappeared in northern Iraq on Monday, military officials said, as sandstorms swept over much of the country reducing visibility...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Colombia Says Rebels Sought to Make Dirty Bomb
The accusations against the FARC group represent a sharp escalation in rhetoric around a three-country dispute...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Diabetes nurses 'would cut costs'
Specialist diabetes nurses in emergency units could save the NHS £100m a year, research suggests...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Housing market slowing in Europe
House price growth across Europe slowed sharply in the second half of 2007, according to a report...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Car maker invests £88m on Deeside
Car maker Toyota announces an £88m investment plan to fund production of its latest engine in Wales...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Life sentence prisoner absconds
A man jailed for kidnapping and attempted rape has absconded while attending a pre-release course...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Man jailed for killing baby son
A former soldier from Devon is jailed for murdering his eight-week-old son by shaking him to death...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Late goals clinch Arsenal victory
Arsenal strike twice late on to sink AC Milan and reach the Champions League quarter-finals...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Lords warn about Calais fencing
About 1,500 illegal immigrants a year could be kept from hiding on UK-bound lorries if fences were fixed, peers say...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
MPs call for rise in green taxes
The UK Treasury lacks "ambition and imagination" when it comes to green taxes, a report by MPs conclude...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Pensioner is charged with murder
A 70-year-old man is charged with the murder of a 25-year-old who was stabbed in Manchester city centre...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Obama and McCain 'to win Vermont'
Barack Obama and John McCain are projected to win the first poll to close on a key day in the White House race...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Young dentists 'reject the NHS'
There are fears that younger dentists are turning their backs on carrying out treatments on the NHS...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Kenyan Opposition Leader Says Foreign Pressure Must Continue
Raila Odinga?s decision to drop his claim to Kenya?s presidency and to accept the newly created position of prime minister has helped pull the country back from the brink of chaos...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Chinese Military Spending Up Sharply
The announcement came a day after the United States renewed its warning that a lack of transparency surrounding the rapid buildup of the Chinese armed forces poses a threat to stability in Asia...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Blasts at Pakistan Naval College Kill 3
At least three members of the Pakistani Navy were killed when two suicide bombers attacked a naval war college in the eastern city of Lahore...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Abbas Rebuffs Call by Rice to Return to Peace Talks
American officials say that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is allowing Hamas to hijack the peace process through violence...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Generation Faithful: Violence Leaves Young Iraqis Doubting Clerics
Many young people in Iraq have grown disillusioned with religious leaders and skeptical of the faith they preach...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Colombia Says FARC Sought to Make Dirty Bomb
Colombia?s accusations against the rebel group represent a sharp escalation in rhetoric surrounding a three-country dispute...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Newsreader Barnes suffers stroke
Former ITV News at Ten presenter Carol Barnes is seriously ill in a Brighton hospital after a stroke...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Microsoft targets the mobile web
Microsoft signs a deal with Nokia to bring its Silverlight platform to millions of mobile phones...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
'Big shift' to rail urged for UK
The UK needs to shift much of its road traffic onto the railways to curb greenhouse gas emissions, a report urges...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
MPs reject 'in or out' EU debate
MPs overwhelmingly reject a Liberal Democrat call for a debate on the whole question of Britain's EU membership...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Man held over 'bin Laden links'
A man from Northern Ireland is in custody in the US after an incident onboard a flight from Atlanta to Dublin...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Child cancer care units retained
Child cancer services are "retained and enhanced" in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Hospital waiting times defended
An attack on the NHS in Wales by a UK health minister is condemned by the assembly government...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Mayor's chief advisor steps down
The Mayor of London's senior aide and chief race advisor Lee Jasper resigns...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Russia deepens Ukraine gas cuts
Russia has cut supplies of gas to Ukraine by a further 25%, following a dispute between both nations...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Sudan troops clash with EU Force
Sudan says its troops have clashed with the EU Force in Chad following a border incursion...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Colombia calls for Chavez charges
Colombia's president calls on the International Criminal Court to bring charges against Venezuela's Hugo Chavez...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Hicks plots total control of Reds
Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks plans to buy partner George Gillett's stake and take full control after DIC makes a £400m bid for the club...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Rugby U: Cipriani, Mears to start
Danny Cipriani, Tom Croft and Lee Mears will start for England in their RBS Six Nations clash with Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Dispute mediator votes for strike
Staff at labour conciliation service Acas vote for a programme of strike action in a row over pay...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Army probes Iraqi woman's death
The British army is investigating claims an Iraqi woman was killed and three children wounded by a shell fired from its Basra base...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
'Mixed picture' on 24hr drinking
A review of the new licensing laws in England and Wales finds what it calls a "mixed picture" of their impact...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Bush optimistic of Mid-East peace
The US president says said he is still optimistic there will be a Middle East peace deal before he leaves office...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Road charging plan 'in tatters'
The Tories say plans for national road pricing are "in tatters", as Ruth Kelly admits they have effectively stalled...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Paisley to quit as first minister
Ian Paisley says he will stand down as Northern Ireland's first minister and leader of the DUP in May...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Voting starts in key US primaries
Four states cast ballots that may determine the Democratic and Republican candidates for US president...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
China Says Defense Budget to Rise
China will raise its heavily scrutinized defense spending by nearly a fifth this year, a top official said on Tuesday, warning self-ruled Taiwan that Beijing would ?tolerate no division.?...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Bombings in Afghanistan Kill 5
A suicide car bomber attacked a government building Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan, killing a policeman a day after a similar blast left four people ? including two NATO soldiers ? dead...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Iraqi Premier Orders Action Over Kidnapped Archbishop
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Tuesday that securing the release of a Chaldean Catholic archbishop, kidnapped four days ago in a dangerous northern city, was a top priority...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Microsoft targets the mobile web
Microsoft signs a deal with Nokia to bring its Silverlight platform to millions of mobile phones...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Parents told school place results
Head teachers are warning that the admissions process and the promise of appeals is raising false expectations...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Proms targeted by minister Hodge
The Proms attract only a narrow section of society, culture minister Margaret Hodge has said...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Child cancer care units retained
Child cancer services are "retained and enhanced" in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Ukraine may cut Europe gas supply
Ukraine says it may restrict Russian gas supplies to Europe if Gazprom goes ahead with further cuts...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Iraq drops 'death squad' charges
An Iraqi court drops charges against two former senior officials accused of helping Shia death squads...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
SA women hold miniskirt protest
Hundreds of South Africans hold a protest march over an assault on a woman wearing a miniskirt...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Reds owners get Dubai ultimatum
Liverpool's owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks have 24 hours to accept an offer from DIC to buy the club, BBC Sport understands...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Cricket: India stun Aussies
India beat Australia by nine runs in Brisbane to win the Commonwealth Bank Series 2-0...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Zimbabwe sport ban 'madness'
A possible UK ban on Zimbabwe's sports people would be "racist madness", a Zimbabwean minister says...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Extra lane 'to ease congestion'
Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly unveils plans to allow drivers to use the hard shoulder on motorways...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Killer nurse jailed for life
A nurse who murdered four elderly patients is jailed for life, and told he must serve a minimum of 30 years...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Pair guilty of litter row killing
Two teenagers plead guilty to killing a man who confronted them after litter was thrown into his car...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Austria: Trial Starts for Arabs Suspected of Links to Al Qaeda
A young married couple, Austrian citizens of Arab origin suspected of having links to Al Qaeda, went on trial in Vienna on terrorism charges...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Indian Prisoner Freed After 35 Years
The authorities released Kashmir Singh, an Indian man who had languished in Pakistani prisons for 35 years after he was sentenced to death for espionage...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: France: Court Tells Web Site to Stop Grading Teachers
A court ordered that a Web site can no longer allow the practice of letting students anonymously rate teachers by name...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: Nepal: 10 Die in U.N. Copter Crash
A United Nations helicopter crashed in bad weather in Nepal?s mountainous east, killing seven members of the United Nations staff and three crew members...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: India: Cash Incentives for Raising Girls
The government is offering to pay poor families nearly $3,000 to give birth to daughters and bring them up...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
A Quarter of Gas Cut to Ukraine by Gazprom
The Russian natural gas company and the world?s largest cut about a quarter of the gas supply to Ukraine on Monday to force the country to settle a debt...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Pentagon Says China?s Boost to Space Plan Poses a Threat
China is developing the ability to limit or prevent the use of satellites by potential adversaries, the Pentagon said Monday in a report to Congress...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: Afghanistan: Taliban Destroy Cell Towers
The Taliban knocked out two cellphone towers near the city of Kandahar over the weekend, carrying out a threat they made last week against all four cellphone companies in Afghanistan...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Charges Are Dropped Against 2 Shiite Ex-Officials Accused in Sectarian Killings
A panel dropped charges against two former high ranking Shiite government officials accused of using the Health ministry to run death squads and enrich themselves...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Iran May Block Internet on Election Day
Iran?s government might block private access to the Internet on its election day, March 14, two Iranian news outlets reported...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Venezuelan Pleads Guilty in Cash Delivery
Carlos Kauffmann pleaded guilty to taking part in a conspiracy to cover up Venezuela?s role in delivering $800,000 to the campaign of Argentina?s president...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Rice Urges More Mideast Talks, but Won?t Mention a Cease-Fire
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday called for an end to the latest round of violence between Israel and Hamas...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
BBC Set to Open Its New Arab World TV Channel
BBC Arabic TV plans to start broadcasting 12 hours a day of news and current affairs shows to the Middle East, the Persian Gulf region and North Africa on March 11...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Mourning Resonates From Staten Island to Sri Lanka
Despite pleas from doctors, immigration law is preventing the sister of a legal permanent resident, whose wife recently died after giving birth, permission to visit to help care for the baby...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Iran President, in Baghdad, Calls for U.S. to Leave
On his second day in Iraq, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad contended that the country is now ready to assume full control of its affairs...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
NATO Could Block Macedonia Over Name
Macedonia?s bid to join the military alliance could be blocked if it fails to resolve a long-standing name dispute with Greece, a longtime NATO member...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Joint Chiefs Chairman Asks Pakistanis What They Need
Adm. Mike Mullen arrived in Islamabad on Monday to emphasize America?s eagerness to help Pakistan in its fight against foreign terrorists and home-grown militants...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
North Korea Says War Games Could Set Back Nuclear Talks
North Korea said that annual U.S.-South Korean military exercises that began over the weekend could delay progress on ending the North?s nuclear weapons programs...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Gabriola Island Journal: In an Answerless Canadian Inquiry, 3 Bodyless Feet
Three feet have surfaced on the rocky coastlines of three separate islands in the Strait of Georgia over the last six months...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
U.S. Forces Fire Missiles Into Somalia at a Kenyan
American naval forces fired missiles into southern Somalia on Monday, aiming at what the Defense Department called terrorist targets...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Kenya Rival Is Cautiously Optimistic
Raila Odinga?s decision to drop his claim to Kenya?s presidency and to accept the newly created position of prime minister has helped pull this country back from the brink of chaos...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Dinosaur Graveyard as Tourist Draw
The Patagonian region of Argentina has become one of the most active areas of exploration for dinosaur fossils in the world...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Security Council Adds Sanctions Against Iran
The new resolution is the third to impose sanctions on Iran for its refusal to cease enriching uranium...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Crisis at Colombia Border Spills Into Diplomatic Realm
Tension between Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela increased in a dispute that began when Colombian forces hunted down and killed a guerrilla leader on Ecuadorean soil...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
As Israelis Pull Out of Gaza, Hamas Celebrates Its Rocketry
As Israel withdrew its forces from the northern Gaza Strip, Hamas leaders seemed to be following the playbook of Hezbollah in its 2006 war with Israel...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
Violence Leaves Young Iraqis Doubting Clerics
Many young people in Iraq say they have grown disillusioned with religious leaders and skeptical of the faith that they preach...
New York Times - March 4, 2008
NHS parking in Wales to be free
Hospital car parking charges are to be scrapped at most NHS hospitals in Wales from 1 April...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
US seeks terrorists in web worlds
US intelligence officers could soon be visiting virtual worlds as they seek out terror groups using online spaces...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Winehouse to play at V Festival
Singer Amy Winehouse is to play at this summer's V Festival, alongside headliners The Verve and Muse...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Campuses planned for 20 towns
In the next six years, there will be 20 extra university campuses opened across England...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Japan seeks new allies on whaling
Japan looks for new supporters for its pro-hunting position, ahead of a major meeting on whaling...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
EU referendum dismissed
The government dismisses calls for a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, two days ahead of a Commons vote...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
'Testosterone link' to depression
Older men with less male sex hormone testosterone could be more prone to depression, research suggests...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Anger as inmate flees open prison
As a violent robber serving an 11-year sentence absconds from an open prison, an MP asks why he was there at all...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
One in five 'have mortgage fears'
A survey finds 19% of people fear missing mortgage repayments, prompting a £2m advertising campaign...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Seven rescued as boat hits rocks
Seven men on board a fishing boat are winched to safety after their vessel hits rocks in Lough Swilly...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Bid to stop blame theory on rape
A campaign is to be launched to combat the perception that women are sometimes partly to blame if they are raped...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
'Lost' Indian prisoner comes home
An Indian man freed from a Pakistani jail after spending 35 years on death row is re-united with his family...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Napoli inquiry gets under way
An inquiry begins into the beaching of the stricken MSC Napoli which led to thousands scavenging its cargo...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Gazprom deepens Ukraine gas cuts
Gazprom, Russia's gas monopoly, says it will cut supplies of gas to Ukraine by a further 25%...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
UN approves new sanctions on Iran
The UN Security Council votes to impose a third round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
China to raise military spending
China says it plans to increase its military spending by nearly 18%, and dismisses US criticism...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Black starts jail sentence in US
Former media tycoon Conrad Black begins his six-and-a-half-year jail sentence at a Florida prison...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
UK mulls Zimbabwe sporting ban
All Zimbabwean sports people may be banned from competing in the United Kingdom, the BBC's Inside Sport programme has learned...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Somalis protest over US bombing
Hundreds of women and children march through the Somali town bombed by the US on Monday...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Neighbours cut ties with Colombia
Venezuela and Ecuador take new diplomatic measures in response to a Colombian cross-border raid...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Arrested DJ Kershaw back in jail
DJ Andy Kershaw is returned to jail on suspicion of breaching a restraining order three days after being released...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Army to search Jersey care home
The Army is brought in to help the search at a former children's home in Jersey, where abuse is suspected...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Newsreader Barnes in hospital
Former News at Ten presenter Carol Barnes is seriously ill in a Brighton hospital after a reported stroke...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Warnings over child snatch bids
Police warn parents and children after a girl is abducted and an attempt is made to snatch another...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Pig farmers rally in London
Hundreds of farmers are to hold a demonstration at Westminster to protest at the falling price of pork...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Average NHS wait up under Labour
Average hospital waiting times have risen under Labour, figures obtained by the BBC News website show...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
US states to hold crucial ballots
The races for both the Democratic and Republican nominations may be settled as four states vote in primaries...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Review 'backs 24-hour licensing'
A review of 24-hour licensing in England and Wales is set to say it is working well, but with "some areas of concern"...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
Rice tries to save Mid-East talks
The US secretary of state begins a trip to salvage Mid-East peace talks with meetings in Cairo...
BBC News - March 4, 2008
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