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Global News Archive for Octomber 2006:
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The Green Room
British farmers can meet the nation's demand for both food and fuel crops, argues Peter Kendall, in the Green Room...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Rice in talks on Iraqi violence
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tells Iraqi leaders they must act quickly to help tackle soaring levels of violence...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
UN anger at Sudan Darfur letter
UN Security Council members criticise a letter from Sudan warning against peacekeepers for Darfur...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
US House leader 'will not resign'
The leader of the lower US house takes responsibility for a sex e-mail scandal - but insists he will not quit...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Football: France's Barthez retires
Former France goalkeeper Fabien Barthez says he is
to retire with immediate effect...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Rugby: Farrell move defended
Saracens defend their decision to play Andy Farrell at flanker after suggestions England want him at centre...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
'JonBenet man' charges dropped
Child pornography charges against a former suspect in the killing of US child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey are dropped...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Straw's veil comments spark anger
Jack Straw angers Muslim groups by suggesting community relations can suffer if women wear veils...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Dispute With Russia Threatens Georgia
An escalating confrontation between Georgia and Russia and the Russian sanctions that accompany it are threatening Georgia’s economy...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Big Brother 'misled' phone voters
The premium phone watchdog says Big Brother breached rules by allowing evicted housemates to return...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Child plea made to games industry
The games industry should get involved in the debate about children's lives, says a government minister...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Blair defends Nato's Afghan role
Nato action against Taleban militants has caused suffering for Afghan people but is still justified, Tony Blair says...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Two people dead in head-on crash
A man and a woman are killed in a head-on car crash on the outskirts of Portrush in County Antrim...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Prisoner home visits rethink call
A bereaved family's anger prompts calls for a change in policy over home visits and leave for inmates...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Life sentences for lay-by killers
Two people jailed for life for murdering a 45-year-old woman are told they will serve a minimum of 54 years between them...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Rice seeks to curb Iraq violence
The US secretary of state holds talks with Israeli ministers in Jerusalem, on the latest leg of her regional tour...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Councillor in gay 'joke' row
A councillor refuses to apologise after he joked that a modern Noah would have to let gay animals on board...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Thai army agrees to rebel talks
Thai military rulers say they have agreed to hold talks with southern rebels - a policy shift from the former regime...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
US House considers e-mail scandal
A House panel discusses the actions of Congressman Mark Foley, who sent lurid e-mails to teenage boys...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Football: Barton disrepute charge
Man City midfielder Joey Barton is charged by the FA after he bared his backside to Everton fans...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Football: Ferdinand backs Rooney
Rio Ferdinand believes Wayne Rooney will rediscover his goalscoring touch for England against Macedonia & Croatia...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
US anger at Sudan Darfur threat
The US calls an emergency UN meeting after Sudan warns countries not to send peacekeepers to Darfur...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Top Gear show resumes filming
Top Gear begins filming again after presenter Richard Hammond's high-speed crash in front of camera...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Bogus cab driver killed woman
A jury finds a Greek man who posed as a taxi driver responsible for the kidnap and death of Stephanie Hammill...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Prisons reaching 'bursting point'
Overcrowding in prisons has reached crisis point, say governors, as options to ease the situation are discussed...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Man guilty of girl's fire death
An 18-year-old is convicted of manslaughter but cleared of murder after a six-year-old girl dies in an "honour killing"...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Aer Lingus rejects Ryanair offer
Bosses at Irish airline Aer Lingus reject a £1bn takeover offer from budget rival Ryanair...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Met defends Muslim officer move
A Muslim police officer was excused duty guarding Israel's embassy for safety reasons, Scotland Yard says...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Straw veil comments spark anger
Relations with the Muslim community are made more difficult when women wear veils, Jack Straw says...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Russians 'in N Korea test talks'
Russia says it is attempting to dissuade North Korea from carrying out its plan to test a nuclear weapon...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Rise in teacher sick leave level
Increasing numbers of teachers are found to be off work sick according to a Highland Council's statistics...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
'Monster' fossil find in Arctic
An unprecedented treasure trove of marine reptile fossils is found in the Arctic by Norwegian scientists...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Indian firm considers Corus bid
Indian firm Tata Steel says it is considering making a takeover bid for Anglo-Dutch steel firm Corus...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
School on strike over pay changes
Teachers picket their secondary school as 35 staff strike in a long-running dispute over a new pay structure...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Family appeal over murdered woman
The foster mother of a woman found murdered in Ballymena appeals for help in finding her killer...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Rockets found in Pakistan capital
Two rockets and a launcher are found near Pakistan's parliament building in Islamabad, police say...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Three nights of violence at dairy
Police step up patrols after a dairy own by a Muslim family is targeted during three nights of violence...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Scant gains in Rice Israel talks
The US secretary of state makes no statement after talks in Israel, but Gaza crossings reopen...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Russia turns screw on Georgians
Russia orders a crackdown on Georgian-owned businesses and tighter visa measures in an escalating row...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Football: Fans delight Crouch
Peter Crouch says his recent scoring spree for England has changed the public perception of him as a player...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Nigeria oil violence crisis talks
Nigeria's government summons army chiefs to the capital for crisis talks on a wave of violence in the main oil region...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
UK accused on Guantanamo nine
The lawyer for nine UK residents held at Guantanamo says Britain could bring them home now if it acted...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Peter Pan sequel hits bookshelves
The official sequel to the children's classic Peter Pan is published, more than 100 years after the original...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Football: Chelsea hit out at Real
Chelsea hit back at Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon's suggestion that the Blues are over-inflating transfer fees...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
UK rates unchanged at 4.75%
The Bank of England keeps UK interest rates at 4.75% following its latest meeting...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Bodies of mother and sons found
Police investigate the suspicious deaths of a mother and her two sons at a property in Birmingham...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Ryanair in £1bn Aer Lingus offer
Budget airline Ryanair launches a 1.48bn euros (£1bn) bid to buy fellow Irish carrier Aer Lingus...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Iraqis test dead militant's DNA
Iraqi officials do DNA tests on a militant killed in a US military raid to determine if he is the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Nato takes over Afghan security
Nato extends its responsibility for security to the whole of Afghanistan by taking charge of US troops in the east...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
An Old Letter Casts Doubts on Iran’s Goal for Uranium
In the letter, written in 1998, the founder of the Iranian revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, cited a need for nuclear weapons...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Commission Says I.R.A. Has Halted Terror Activity
The positive report potentially removes a major obstacle to the restoration of Northern Ireland’s legislature, which was suspended in 2003...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Turkish Hijacker Acted Alone, Officials Say, Rejecting a Larger Plot
Italian and Turkish authorities agreed on Wednesday that Hakan Ekinci acted alone in Tuesday’s hijacking of a Turkish airliner...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
U.S. Sternly Warns North Korea on Nuclear Test
The Bush administration declared that the U.S. was “not going to live with” a nuclear-armed North Korea...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Military Hones a New Strategy on Insurgency
The new counterinsurgency doctrine makes the welfare of the civilian population a bedrock element of military strategy...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Dead Bachelors in Remote China Still Find Wives
To ensure a dead son’s contentment in the afterlife, some Chinese parents search out a dead woman to be his bride...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Judges award £10,000 poetry prize
Two winners of the Forward Prize for Poetry have previous successes in the competition...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Labour shelves spring conference
The Labour Party cancels its spring conference and replaces it with a series of smaller meetings...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Mental health wards 'unpleasant'
Mental health inpatients have to put up with poor and untherapeutic conditions on the wards, a survey finds...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Fury at airgun killer home visits
The mother of a toddler murdered in an airgun attack in Glasgow condemns home visits for her son's killer...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Afghans arrest 'suicide bombers'
Afghan officials say they have arrested 17 people who had been trained in Pakistan to carry out suicide attacks...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Man charged over girl's stabbing
Police charge a healthcare assistant with the attempted murder of a girl during a robbery in south London...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Indonesia to dump mud into river
Indonesia's government backs a plan to dump muddy water into a river, to help stave off a huge mud spill...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
E-mail row hits top US Republican
US Republican leader Dennis Hastert faces new claims he covered up a scandal over lurid e-mails...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Thieves 'cash in at Tesco tills'
Tesco self-service tills suffer from an apparent "security loophole", consumer group Which? says...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
US 'cannot allow' nuclear N Korea
Washington says it will not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea after Pyongyang announces test plans...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Insurer launches per-mile cover
A pay-as-you-drive car insurance scheme is being introduced by Norwich Union...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Crisis talks on jail overcrowding
Prison officials and Home Secretary John Reid will meet to draw up plans to deal with prison overcrowding...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Cancer patients' 'misery at work'
Cancer patients are facing unfair dismissal and discrimination at work, a BBC investigation has revealed...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Nato to complete Afghan takeover
The Nato alliance prepares to extend its responsibility for security over the whole of Afghanistan...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Inquiry into embassy police row
Sir Ian Blair orders an "urgent review" after a Muslim officer is excused from guarding Israel's embassy...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
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