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Gustav stalls offshore in Haiti after killing 23
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Indian security forces kill 3 in Kashmir
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Indian security forces kill 5 in Kashmir
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Kashmir police and suspected rebels in shootout
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Swiss exonerate Europes last executed witch
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Combat flares in 3rd area of Pakistan border belt
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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At least 5 dead in Kashmir battle over hostages
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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9 killed in bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Garth, Doherty make nice while filming new 90210
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Global News Archive for January 2008:
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Medical abbreviations 'pose risk'
Doctors are warned that ambiguous abbreviations in medical notes are putting patients' lives at risk...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Missing hiker found dead on fell
A Lancashire man missing in the Lake District is found dead on one of the national park's highest peaks...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Oldham provide FA Cup shock
Gary McDonald's stunning winner gives League One Oldham a shock FA Cup third round win at Premier League Everton...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
UK's oldest emigrant sails to NZ
The UK's oldest emigrant waves goodbye to his former home as he sets sail for New Zealand - aged 102...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Airports set to ease bags limit
Passengers can take more than one piece of hand luggage on flights at 22 UK airports from Monday...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
PM hints at nuclear power plan
The prime minister hints that the government may give the go-ahead to a new generation of nuclear power stations...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Body confirmed as missing walker
A body found by a mountain rescue team is that of a missing walker, police confirm...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Georgia leader 'confident of win'
President Saakashvili says he is confident of victory in Georgia's election, as exit polls give him a strong lead...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Tories target incapacity cash
The party says its plans to require claimants to prove they cannot work will mean 200,000 lose the benefit...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Iraqi Soldier Killed 2 U.S. Troops
The U.S. military said that an Iraqi soldier shot dead two American service members for '?reasons that are as yet unknown?' while they were on a joint patrol on Dec. 26...
New York Times - January 5, 2008
Women hurt on 'bendy' bus
Passengers are injured after a "bendy bus" started to swing unnaturally while on the motorway...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Head injuries boy back to school
A boy who suffered life-threatening head injuries in a road accident three months ago goes back to school...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Security guard injured in robbery
A security van guard receives a head injury during a robbery in north Belfast, according to police...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
S Lanka clashes 'kill 26 rebels'
The Sri Lankan military claims it has killed 26 separatist rebels in four different clashes...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
US rivals braced for key debates
US presidential candidates prepare for debates in New Hampshire, three days before key primary elections...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Tennis: Murray wins Qatar Open
Andy Murray claims the fourth title of his career with an absorbing 6-4 4-6 6-2 win over Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka in the Qatar Open final...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Libyans abducted in Somalia
Two Libyan diplomats are freed in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, after being briefly abducted by gunmen...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Live - FA Cup third round
Aston Villa host Man Utd in the FA Cup after Oldham stun Everton and Coventry, Huddersfield and Sheffield United also cause upsets...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Regulation plans for homeopathy
A new body is set to regulate a range of complementary therapies such as homeopathy and aromatherapy...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Hillwalker search team finds body
Rescuers searching for a missing person in Kindrogan Wood, Perthshire, confirm they have found a body...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Teenager killed in knife attack
A teenage boy dies and two others are injured in a knife attack at a flat in south-east London...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Georgia president 'wins election'
Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili looks to have won a snap election, but it is not clear if he avoided a run-off...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Kibaki offer on unity government
Kenya's President Kibaki says he is ready to form a unity government, but the opposition says he must quit...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Glenn W. Ferguson, Former Ambassador to Kenya, Dies at 78
Mr. Ferguson was a former ambassador to Kenya, the president or chancellor of three universities and, for a brief time in the 1980s, the president of Lincoln Center...
New York Times - January 5, 2008
Somali Gunmen Kidnap Diplomats
Somali gunmen kidnapped two Libyan diplomats in Mogadishu?s busy Bakara market, a driver for the two men said...
New York Times - January 5, 2008
Iraqi Soldier Killed U.S. Servicemen
Two U.S. soldiers were killed and three others wounded along with a civilian interpreter on Dec. 26 when an Iraqi soldier opened fire on them during a joint patrol, the U.S. military said on Saturday...
New York Times - January 5, 2008
Actors 'to boycott Golden Globes'
The Hollywood actors' union says stars will not attend the Golden Globe Awards, in solidarity with striking writers...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Reforms 'will speed up justice'
Reforms which are beginning to take effect will allow courts to dispense swifter justice, a minister claims...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Axed steel workers review options
Hundreds of steel workers meet to discuss their future after their plant closed days before Christmas...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
DUP 'wants devolution of justice'
The DUP wants to see the devolution of policing and justice, Ian Paisley Junior says...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Avalanche warning for Helvellyn
An avalanche warning is issued for Helvellyn, England's third highest mountain, with climbers urged to stay away...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Iraqi PM home after health tests
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki returns home after medical checks in Britain saying he is in good health...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Farc admit 'hostage boy' not held
Colombia's Farc rebels admit a boy whose release was promised last weekend was not in fact in their custody...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
N Korea defiant on nuclear issue
North Korea pledges to boost its "war deterrent", days after missing a deadline for declaring its nuclear activities...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Football: FA Cup preview
Mark Lawrenson gives his verdict on the FA Cup third round...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Spears barred from seeing sons
Sole custody of Britney Spears' two young children is awarded to the pop star's ex-husband, Kevin Federline...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Murray hopes to end Wawrinka jinx
Andy Murray aims to beat Stanislas Wawrinka for the first time when they meet in the final of the Qatar Open...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Vandals attempt to derail train
About sixty commuters had to be led along tracks to safety after a "significant attempt" to derail a train...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
'Drug mix-up' theory for TV death
The actress found dead in her home in London may have taken the wrong medication, her fiance's mother says...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Three in court over student death
Three teenagers charged with murder in connection with the death of a student appear before magistrates...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Rescue efforts after bad weather
Extreme winter weather causes a series of emergency situations for rescue services in Scotland...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Suharto's health state 'critical'
Indonesia's former leader Suharto's health is "critical", doctors treating him in Jakarta tell the country's president...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Iraqi soldier 'killed US troops'
A militant "infiltrator" in the Iraqi army deliberately shot dead two US soldiers during a joint patrol, officials say...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Kibaki hints at unity government
Kenya's President Kibaki says he is ready to form a unity government, after days of election-linked violence...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Donors Bring Big Telescope a Step Closer
A project to build a digital camera of cosmic dimensions on a mountaintop in Chile has received a $30 million boost from a pair of software moguls and philanthropists...
New York Times - January 5, 2008
Anti-Abortion Bill Imperils Italy?s Governing Coalition
The Vatican is backing an Italian opposition proposal to make it harder to end pregnancies, threatening to open new divisions in Prime Minister Romano Prodi?s coalition...
New York Times - January 5, 2008
Peace Group Is Leaving Sri Lanka
Nordic cease-fire monitors are concluding their six-year mission to Sri Lanka after the government scrapped a truce with the Tamil Tigers amid a chorus of international concern...
New York Times - January 5, 2008
Proposal to Better Unite City Leaves Dresden Divided
Opponenets of the proposed four-lane, 2,100-foot-long span Waldschlösschen Bridge say it will mar the famous vistas of Dresden and the picturesque river that divides it...
New York Times - January 5, 2008
The Saturday Profile: Drawing a New Map for Journalism in the Mideast
It has been almost four years since Abdul Rahman Al Rashed set out to cure Arab television of its penchant for radical politics and violence. As director of Al Arabiya, he thinks he has made a difference...
New York Times - January 5, 2008
DNA Suggests That Boy in Chávez Rescue Effort Was Long Gone From Jungle Rebels
A DNA analysis indicated that a 3-year-old boy born in the Colombian jungle to a woman kidnapped by Marxist guerrillas may have been living near his relatives all along...
New York Times - January 5, 2008
For Now, Musharraf Has Muzzled Legal Critics in Pakistan
For speaking out against President Pervez Musharraf, one lawyer spent three weeks in jail and another is under house arrest in Lahore. None of these leaders can talk to one another...
New York Times - January 5, 2008
In Global Battle on AIDS, Bush Creates Legacy
President Bush?s initiative, which has helped 1.4 million people, may be his most lasting bipartisan achievement...
New York Times - January 5, 2008
Go ahead for vessel screening
Men aged 65 and over in England are to be offered screening for a potentially fatal blood vessel condition...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
School Latin rise 'an illusion'
Although the number of schools teaching Latin is rising, a leading academic fears the subject may disappear...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Actors to boycott Golden Globes
Hollywood actors says they won't attend the Golden Globe Awards next weekend, in solidarity with striking writers...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
US worker survives 47-storey fall
A New York window cleaner who survived a 500ft (150m) fall is making a "miracle recovery", doctors say...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Georgians vote in key elections
Georgians vote in a snap presidential election, seen as a democracy test for the former Soviet republic...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Low-energy bulb disposal warning
The Environment Agency says people should know more about the environmental risks of low-energy light bulbs...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
'Hostage boy' found in foster home
Colombian Farc rebels admit that a boy whose release was hoped for last weekend was in fact living in Bogota...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
Stricken boat being towed to port
A lifeboat is towing a fishing vessel to land after it started taking in water off the Inner Hebrides...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
US envoy seeks Kenya crisis talks
A US envoy hopes to hold talks in Nairobi to try to end a political crisis after last week's disputed Kenyan election...
BBC News - January 5, 2008
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