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Global News Archive for Octomber 2007:
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Basque Leaders Arrested in Spain
Spanish authorities have arrested 23 top members of Batasuna, the outlawed political wing of armed separatist group ETA. Antiterrorism judge Baltasar Garzón ordered the arrests...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
End of a divided school system?
Mike Baker looks at how England's independent schools are opting to become state-funded academies...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
'Earthquake rocks' see daylight
US scientists extract rocks directly from California's San Andreas Fault, at a depth of some three km...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Home emergency care 'is viable'
Patients dialling 999 can be treated by paramedics rather than be rushed to hospital for care, trial findings suggest...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Basque protest urged over arrests
Basque separatists call for protests over the arrest of top leaders of banned political party Batasuna...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Congo minister sacked after crash
The DR Congo's transport minister is sacked after a plane crashed in the capital killing more than 50 people...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Jones pleads guilty in drug case
US Olympic champion sprinter Marion Jones retires from athletics after pleading guilty to lying about steroid use...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Officers must resign over inquiry
An inquiry into the handling of the harassment case of a father before he was killed orders two officers two resign...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Orange bloc 'wins Ukraine ballot'
Ukraine's Orange Revolution parties win enough votes for a parliamentary majority, unofficial results indicate...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Envoy to Myanmar Briefs U.N.
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said today that the use of force to put down protests in Myanmar was ?abhorrent and unacceptable.?...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Accounts Differ on U.S. Attack That Killed 25 Iraqis
The U.S. military said the dead were involved in the transport of weapons, but Iraqis said they were civilians...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Basque Leaders Arrested in Spain
Spanish police arrested 22 leaders of the political wing of the violent Basque separatist group ETA last night...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Pakistanis to Vote With Musharraf?s Status in Doubt
Saturday?s vote will be held, but a court will rule after the election on legal challenges against Gen. Pervez Musharraf...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Sony offers cut-price PlayStation
Sony is to launch a cut-price PlayStation 3 (PS3) with a smaller hard drive and no backwards compatibility...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Call for major science campaign
A report calls for a major campaign to boost science and technology teaching in the UK...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Man donates sperm for grandchild
A 72-year-old man is to become a sperm donor for his own "grandchild", it is reported...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Jack death driver given 12 years
A 26-year-man is jailed for killing 10-year-old Jack Anderson in a hit-and-run in Edinburgh...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Titanic apology to city shipyard
A development company apologises to Harland and Wolff after a model shows its shipyard as apartments...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Double killer took body to police
A man who murdered his ex-wife and drove her body to a police station after killing her son is jailed for life...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
US kills '25 militants' in Iraq
US forces kill at least 25 suspected militants in a raid against an Iran-linked militia leader, the US military says...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Fiji to lift state of emergency
Fiji's military is to lift emergency measures imposed when ousted PM Laisenia Qarase re-entered politics...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Bush denies US torture use claims
President Bush rejects new claims his administration secretly authorised torture of terror suspects overseas...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
SA police chief warrant confirmed
South African prosecutors confirm they have a warrant for police chief Jackie Selebi, the president of Interpol...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Rugby U: England pick Catt
England name Mike Catt in place of the injured Andy Farrell for the quarter-final against Australia, while Olly Barkley is also ruled out...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Hamilton cleared after Japan row
Lewis Hamilton learns he will not be punished for alleged erratic driving at the Japanese Grand Prix...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Athletics: Jones in dope plea
US triple gold-medallist Marion Jones is to plead guilty about using steroids before the 2000 Olympics, reports say...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
UKIP urges immigration 'freeze'
All immigration to the UK should be frozen for five years, the UK Independence Party says...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Kaplinsky quitting BBC for Five
BBC newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky is leaving the corporation to join Five News in the New Year...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Men deny plot to kill UK soldier
A group of men plead not guilty to involvement in a plot to kidnap and kill a British soldier, a court hears...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Foot-and-mouth 'will not spread'
The latest outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease is unlikely to spread outside of Surrey, experts say...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
'Paparazzi chase' concerns prince
Prince William voices concern after he and Kate Middleton were "aggressively" pursued by paparazzi, officials say...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
BBC One boss quits over Queen row
BBC One controller Peter Fincham resigns following the publication of a report into the Queen documentary...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
UN envoy describes Burma 'abuse'
The UN envoy to Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, tells the Security Council of continuing human rights abuses...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Pakistani Election Can Go Ahead
Pakistan?s Supreme Court ruled that the country can hold its presidential election but may only declare the winner after the court rules on whether the president is eligible to run...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Youths Attack Police in Northeast France
Dozens of youths attacked two police vehicles with metal bars, set fire to more than a dozen parked cars and torched a community center in northeast France, officials said...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Nepal to Delay Elections
Nepal?s constituent assembly elections will be delayed after the the ruling coalition failed to break a political deadlock, a government minister said...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Wilson back after 'suicide bid'
Actor Owen Wilson attends the premiere of his new film in Los Angeles after reports of an attempted suicide...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Demand jump lifts Blackberry firm
Blackberry-maker RIM sees its latest profits more than double, thanks to surging subscriber numbers...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Darling 'to lower 2008 forecasts'
Chancellor Alistair Darling will have to lower growth forecasts for the UK in 2008, it is reported...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
'Scaremongering' claim on surgery
The health minister says she will not be at a meeting on north Wales neurology because it has been called on a 'false premise'...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Barclays abandons ABN Amro offer
Barclays confirms it will drop its bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro, clearing the way for the Royal Bank of Scotland to buy it...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Causeway bid not backed by Unesco
World Heritage body Unesco rejects claims it backed a developer's bid for a Giant's Causeway visitors centre...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Driver pleads guilty to killing
A 26-year-man pleads guilty to killing 10-year-old Jack Anderson in a hit and run incident in Edinburgh...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Nepal deadlock delays elections
Nepal's ruling parties and former Maoist rebels postpone elections after they fail to end a political impasse...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Three charged over M40 death
Three men are charged and another arrested over the death of a biker shot on the M40 in Warwickshire...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Saudis to overhaul legal system
Saudi Arabia announces an overhaul of its judicial system, including the creation of a supreme court...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
US envoy to meet Burma's military
A US diplomat is to hold talks with Burma's leaders, ahead of a key UN briefing on the bloody crackdown...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Rugby U: England names Catt
England name Mike Catt at inside centre in place of the injured Andy Farrell for Saturday's quarter-final against Australia...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Warrant issued for SA police head
South African prosecutors say they have an arrest warrant for police chief Jackie Selebi, the president of Interpol...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Hamilton fears punishment ruling
Lewis Hamilton feels he will be punished for erratic driving at the Japanese Grand Prix and hints at his disillusionment...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Jury penalises music file-sharer
A US woman is ordered by a court to pay damages of more than $200,000 for illegal file-sharing...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Pregnant victim 'was still alive'
A woman was probably still alive when a stranger started removing her unborn baby, a US trial hears...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Renting now cheaper than buying
Renting a house in England and Wales is now cheaper than buying it with a mortgage, say market analysts Hometrack...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Musharraf faces election setback
Pakistan's Supreme Court throws President Musharraf's re-election bid into doubt - one day ahead of the poll...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
UK soldier killed in Afghan blast
A British Army soldier is killed and two others are injured in an explosion in southern Afghanistan...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Crossrail gets the green signal
The £16bn Crossrail scheme to build a new rail line through the centre of London is given the go-ahead...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Doctors in court over 'car bombs'
Three men accused over the suspected car bomb attempts in London and Glasgow appear at the Old Bailey...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Dan Keating, 105, Dies; Fighter for Irish Independence
Mr. Keating was a member of the Irish Republican Army and the last surviving veteran of Ireland?s 1919-21 war of independence from Britain...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Indonesia: Plan to Plant 79 Million Trees in a Day
Indonesia is aiming to plant 79 million trees in a daylong event ahead of a global climate change conference there in December, the Forest Ministry said. It said the nation?s 71,000 villages, plus some 8,000 other administrative areas, had each been ordered to plant 1,000 trees on Nov. 28. Indonesia has been criticized for its failure to stem deforestation, which, according to Greenpeace, saw it lose five million acres of forests per year from 2000 to 2005...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: The Netherlands: Government Comments on Hirsi Ali Security
In a letter to Parliament responding to formal questions by lawmakers asking the details surrounding the return this week of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin said that Dutch protection for her in the United States, where she has lived and worked for a year, had always been a temporary measure and was extended twice in the last year before it was ended outright. He said that the Netherlands was no longer willing to pay the costs of round-the-clock protection for Ms. Hirsi Ali, $2.8 million a year, while she lived in the United States but that when she was in the Netherlands ?protection measures will be taken.? Ms. Hirsi Ali, now a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative research group in Washington, began receiving death threats in 2004, when she was a member of Parliament and criticized political Islam. Last week, she received a green card for permanent United States residency...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
World Briefing | The Americas: Mexico: U.S. Plans $1 Billion in Aid to Fight Drugs
The United States would give Mexico $1 billion in aid over the next two years to fight drug cartels under an aid package that will need Congressional approval, said Carlos Rico, the Mexican under secretary for North American affairs. For months, the two governments have been holding discussions about a program that would provide the Mexican police and prosecutors with training, equipment and advanced technology from the United States. Details of the negotiations have not been made public, and aides in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives said lawmakers had yet to be briefed. Judith Bryan, a spokeswoman for the United States Embassy in Mexico City, said a final agreement had not yet been reached...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
World Briefing | Middle East: Gaza Strip: Hamas Accuses Fatah of Attack on Police
A roadside bomb exploded near a car carrying a Hamas police patrol in Gaza, wounding at least three members of Hamas?s Executive Force. Hamas blamed Fatah for the attack, which came after Hamas took over the main Fatah office in Gaza City after the deaths of three Fatah gunmen when their car exploded late Tuesday. They were believed to be planning an attack on Hamas, which cited ?security reasons? for seizing the Fatah building...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Plane Crashes in Congo, Killing 25
A cargo plane crashed Thursday in a residential neighborhood near the airport here in this capital, plowing into homes and killing at least 25 people...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: Nigeria: Ex-Finance Minister to World Bank Post
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a corruption-fighting finance minister until she was stripped of much of her authority last year and resigned from the government of President Olusegun Obasanjo, will join the senior management team of the World Bank?s new president, Robert B. Zoellick, as a managing director. Ms. Okonjo-Iweala, an M.I.T.-trained economist and former World Bank vice president, will have responsibility for Africa, South Asia, Europe and Central Asia. She is now a fellow at the Brookings Institution...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Myanmar?s Remote Capital Is Still a Work in Progress
In Naypyidaw, the new capital of Myanmar, the ruling junta can feel safe from the demands for democracy that are popping up elsewhere in the country...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Darfur Rebels Find Refuge in Eritrea, but Little Hope
An alliance of rebel leaders from Darfur said that unless something changed quickly, the much anticipated peace talks scheduled for later this month would probably fail...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Chilean Court Orders Arrests of Pinochet?s Kin and Close Allies
A Chilean judge on Thursday ordered the arrests of the widow and five children of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and 17 of his closest military and civilian collaborators...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Iraqi Allies of U.S. Forces Are Killed in Three Attacks
A police chief, a government official and a tribal leader who allied with American forces were killed in separate attacks across Iraq on Thursday...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Iraqi Judge Says Maliki?s Government Shields Officials Accused of Corruption
An Iraqi investigating judge who was named to lead the Iraqi Commission on Public Integrity said corruption in Iraq stretches into the government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Global Support for Trade, Mixed With Some Doubts
Buoyed and battered by globalization, people around the world strongly view international trade as a good thing but harbor growing concerns about its side effects...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Japan Probe Reaches Lunar Orbit
A Japanese satellite has successfully reached an orbit around the moon in a first for the Asian country, space agency officials said Friday...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Investigator Said to Find Case Against Marine Weak
A military investigator has recommended dropping murder charges against a Marine infantryman charged with killing 17 apparently unarmed Iraqis in the volatile city of Haditha nearly two years ago...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Musharraf-Bhutto Accord Sets Stage for Vote
Gen. Pervez Musharraf announced an amnesty for former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, a measure that permits negotiations on a broader power-sharing pact...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Army Enlists Anthropology in War Zones
In an experimental Pentagon program, a Human Terrain Team pairs anthropologists and other social scientists with American combat units in Afghanistan and Iraq...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
House?s Iraq Bill Applies U.S. Laws to Contractors
The House overwhelmingly approved a bill that would bring all U.S. government contractors in the Iraq war zone under the jurisdiction of American criminal law...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Wi-fi sharing plan launched in UK
The UK's wireless net credentials are boosted with the launch of a wi-fi sharing community backed by BT...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Teachers 'fear evolution lessons'
The rise of creationism is making the teaching of evolution increasingly tough, a leading scientist says...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
'Gay bomb' scoops Ig Nobel award
A study on "gay bombs", the consequences of giving a hamster Viagra and the side-effects of sword-swallowing are given Ig Nobel Prizes...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Many stay 'silent' over poor care
Many hospital patients do not speak out about poor care as they think it will not make a difference, a poll suggests...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Scotland to host fisheries talks
Fisheries ministers from all over the UK meet for the first time in the busy port of Peterhead...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Spain police seize Basque leaders
Spanish police arrest the entire suspected leadership of Batasuna, the banned Basque separatist party...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
New diplomacy amid Burma crisis
A senior UN envoy reports back after meeting Burma's military rulers, as a US official heads to meet top generals...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Huge fine for music downloader
A Minnesota woman is ordered to pay damages of more than $200,000 for illegal file-sharing after losing a court battle...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Go-ahead expected for Crossrail
The Crossrail scheme to build a new rail line through the centre of London is expected to be given the go-ahead...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Tomlinsons make drug review call
The family of cancer fund-raiser Jane Tomlinson calls for a review of the availability of trial drugs...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
House costs 'five times income'
First-time buyers are paying on average five times their income for a house, a report claims...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Smokers 'need more help to quit'
Nicotine should be made freely available in products for smokers finding it impossible to quit, say doctors...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
More talks as post strike goes on
Talks between a postal union and Royal Mail are to begin again, as strike action continues to disrupt services...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
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