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Global News Archive for March 2005:
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Britain's Mainstream Muslims Find Voice
The Iraq war and its aftermath have helped galvanize a group of mainstream British Muslims to find its voice and make demands...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Leader Distances Sinn Fein From Crimes
Gerry Adams used his keynote address at the party's annual conference to reiterate that the party rejects criminal activity...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Italian Reporter Arrives in Rome Amid Questions
Giuliana Sgrena, who was shot by U.S. soldiers after being released by kidnappers in Baghdad, returned amid anger at the U.S. and Italy's continued involvement in Iraq...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Ukraine's Security Chief Says Ex-Official Killed Himself
Oleksandr Turchinov said the former interior minister, Yuri Kravchenko, had shot himself twice in the head, refuting speculation that he had been murdered...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Syria Offers Gradual Pullback of Its Troops From Lebanon
President Bashar al-Assad plans to order a gradual pullback to Lebanese territory near Syria's borders...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Top Jordan minister visits Israel
Jordan's foreign minister holds meetings in Israel to try to mend frayed relations between the two neighbours...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
'Hot' treatment option for cancer
Inserting heated chemotherapy drugs into the abdomen is a good way to treat cancer that has spread, say experts...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Shot BBC producer's funeral held
The funeral is held for a BBC producer who was killed while working in Somalia...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Football: Gretna win promotion
Gretna clinch promotion from the Scottish Third Division with a Steve Tosh goal against Cowdenbeath...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Boxing: Witter may fight Gatti
Junior Witter is in line to challenge WBC light welterweight champion Arturo Gatti...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Football: Ugarte's a handful
Juan Ugarte scores five goals as Wrexham win a thriller at Hartlepool...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Drum wins top African film prize
Drum, by South African director Zola Maseko has won top film prize at the Fespaco film festival in Ouagadougou...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Cricketing bishop dies of cancer
The former Bishop of Liverpool and ex-England cricket captain Lord Sheppard dies of cancer...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
China influence seen as positive
China's world influence is seen as positive by more people than is the case for the US or Russia, a BBC poll finds...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Javine wins UK Eurovision contest
Javine wins the contest to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest, beating glamour model Jordan...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Chelsea move eight points clear
Chelsea go eight points clear at the top of the table with a comfortable win at Carrow Road...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Al-Qaeda 'on streets of Britain'
The Met's former police chief says around 200 individuals trained by al-Qaeda are operating in Britain...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Italian Hostage Returns Home After 2nd Brush With Death
U.S. soldiers at a checkpoint in Iraq fired on an approaching car carrying a freed journalist, killing an Italian agent...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
MP's flights 'pay for clean air'
The UK plans to promote clean energy in developing countries by paying into a fund every time ministers board a plane...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
China PM reaffirms Taiwan policy
China is still intent on reunification with Taiwan, the Chinese premier says in a key annual address...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Freed Italian hostage back home
Italian Giuliana Sgrena arrives home from Iraq, as the US promises to investigate her shooting by its troops...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Three arrested after fatal fire
Two men and a woman are held for questioning in connection with a house fire in which a child died...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Trimble rules out SF powersharing
Ulster Unionists will not re-enter an assembly which includes Sinn Fein, party leader David Trimble says...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Total airgun ban 'not ruled out'
A total ban on air rifles and pistols could be brought in after the death of a toddler, the first minister has said...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Angry fans mob City chairman
Furious Cardiff City fans surround the club chairman Sam Hammam, demanding no more players be sold...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Tories 'face hard work' ahead
Welsh assembly Tory group leader Nick Bourne warns the Conservatives will have to work to win back votes...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Pontiff to give silent blessing
The Pope is to give another silent blessing from his hospital room during Sunday's Angelus prayer...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Terror accused face court hearing
A Coventry man appears before magistrates on Monday charged with directing a terror group...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Palace hold off Man Utd
Ten-man Crystal Palace hold out for a point against Manchester United...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Rugby: South win Rugby Aid
Chris Latham and Semo Sititi score two tries each as the Southern Hemisphere beat the Northern Hemisphere at Twickenham...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Hostage recalls 'hail of gunfire'
Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena describes how US troops shot at her car after her release in Iraq...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Opponents 'demonising' Sinn Fein
Sinn Fein's opponents have tried to demonise the party with allegations of criminality, Gerry Adams says...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Husband vents fury at Blunkett
Kimberley Quinn's husband hits out at her ex-lover, David Blunkett, for speaking about the parenthood of her baby...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Syria to redeploy Lebanon troops
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad announces the redeployment of Syrian forces to the eastern Bekaa Valley...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
City fans fear more player sales
Some Cardiff City fans are worried club chairman Sam Hammam will have to sell more players because of rising debts...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Parties 'agree terror laws need'
The Tories and Lib Dems agree with Labour on the need for special anti-terror measures, the lord chancellor says...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Jordan favourite for Eurovision
Glamour model Jordan is favourite to represent the UK in this year's Eurovision Song Contest...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
West challenged on Africa issues
Leaks suggest the UK's Africa Commission will say the developed world must do more to tackle Africa's problems...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Jordanian envoy to visit Israel
Jordan's foreign minister heads to Israel to try to mend frayed relations between the two neighbours...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Tears as Joanne parents meet team
The parents of missing Joanne Nelson meet police and volunteers who are searching for her body...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
SF opponents 'exploiting murder'
Sinn Fein's opponents are exploiting the killing of Robert McCartney, party leader Gerry Adams says...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Syria 'to announce troop shift'
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is set to announce a redeployment of troops in neighbouring Lebanon...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Arrest over murdered UK couple
A teenager is arrested by police in Cyprus following the murder of an elderly British couple at their villa...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Jackson was 'like father' to boy
The jury in Michael Jackson's trial is shown a video in which his accuser's family call him a father figure...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Freed Italy hostage arrives home
An abducted Italian journalist arrives home from Iraq, as the US promises to probe her shooting by its troops...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Italian Hostage, Released in Iraq, Is Shot by G.I.'s
U.S. soldiers at a checkpoint fired on an approaching car carrying a freed journalist. An Italian agent died in the shooting...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Ukrainian Suspected in Reporter's Murder Is Found Dead
A former interior minister suspected of involvement in the murder of a journalist in 2000 died in what officials called a suicide...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Syria to Convene Parliament Amid Lebanon Speculation
Syria's president is expected to deliver a speech, raising expectations of an announcement of a partial pullout of troops from Lebanon...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
German Court Awards Jewish Heirs of Nazi-Seized Emporium
The decision resolved one of the biggest and most bitterly disputed claims for restitution of property seized by the Nazis...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
China Leader Mixes Rhetoric on Taiwan
Hu Jintao, China's Communist Party chief, took a militant stance against what he called "secessionist forces" in Taiwan...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
London Mayor's Latest Statements on Israel Raise New Complaints
Ken Livingstone accused Israel of "ethnic cleansing" and described Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as a war criminal...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Sperm 'clock' may help rape cases
Forensic scientists say they may be able to use sperm's "death rate" as evidence of when a rape took place...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Getting the net off the ground
The co-inventor of the net, Robert Kahn, tells Click Online about the birth of the internet...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
UN to replace Congo mission head
The UN is to remove its senior envoy to DR Congo, weeks after an investigation into sexual abuse by UN troops...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
China premier outlines year ahead
China's annual session of parliament starts, ready to boost defence spending and pass a bill against Taiwan...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Charles jokes about wedding
Prince Charles joked there was "no bloody room" when asked for an invite to his forthcoming wedding by an Australian...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Boxing: Woods wins title
Britain's Clinton Woods claims the IBF light-heavyweight title with a fifth-round win over Rico Hoye...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Football: Premiership preview
Mark Lawrenson's verdict on the weekend's Premiership games...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
F1: Fisichella in pole position
Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella takes advantage of a drying track to take provisional pole for the Australian Grand Prix...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Lib Dems unveil election slogan
The Liberal Democrats are "the real alternative" in the coming General Election, Charles Kennedy will say...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
NI leaders facing US party snub
Northern Ireland's politicians will not be invited to celebrate St Patrick's Day in the White House, the BBC has learned...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
US to investigate hostage shots
The US vows a full probe into how a recently-released Italian hostage was fired on by its troops in Baghdad...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
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