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Saber-toothed cat fossils discovered in Venezuela
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Study Seismic has little effect on Gulf whales
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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At top of Greenland, new worrisome cracks in ice
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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US, Iraq reach deal to pull US troops out by June
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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French deaths in Afghanistan show rising Taliban
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Russians dig in but still promise Georgia pullout
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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Global News Archive for March 2008:
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Airline Fires Chief Pilot After Runway Stunt
The senior pilot for Cathay Pacific was dismissed for making a low-level airfield fly-past that the airline says was unauthorized...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
New Forum to Try to Improve Catholic-Muslim Ties
The initiative comes as a fresh start following Pope Benedict XVI?s Regensburg lecture in 2006, which angered Muslims because it implied Islam was violent and irrational...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
Senior Lib Dems quit over EU vote
Three Lib Dem frontbenchers step down as they join 13 other Lib Dems in defying orders over an EU referendum...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Test to spot early glaucoma signs
A computer test to spot the earliest signs of glaucoma is being developed by experts at a UK eye hospital...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
DUP successor 'must do business'
Martin McGuinness says he is not concerned if his relationship with Ian Paisley's successor is more distant...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
GP 'out of hours' vote result due
The results of a ballot of GPs over evening and weekend working and out of hours appointments are due...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Collapse of aluminium plant deal
Administrators confirm an offer from a Russian company to buy an aluminium plant has fallen through...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
North Koreans 'shot at frontier'
Fifteen North Koreans were executed after an attempt to flee into China, an aid group reports...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Threat to specialist dental work
The NHS is struggling to fund specialist dental treatments in many areas, a survey of primary care trusts suggests...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Stab victim's police call probed
A man who was stabbed trying to stop a fight in a park made a desperate call to police beforehand...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Sunken warship found in fjord
The wreck of a Royal Navy destroyer has been found in a Norwegian fjord, 68 years after she sank during battle...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Chelsea cruise to Euro quarter-finals
Chelsea cruise into the Champions League quarter-finals with an easy win against Olympiakos...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
MPs reject EU treaty referendum
MPs throw out a call to hold a UK-wide referendum on whether to ratify the EU's Lisbon Treaty...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Coastguard staff stage pay strike
Coastguard agency staff are to stage the first 24-hour strike in their history in a row over pay...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Star Swayze has pancreatic cancer
Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, his agent has confirmed...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Gaza situation 'worst since 1967'
Gaza's humanitarian situation is the worst since 1967 when Israel occupied the territory, say human rights groups...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
White working class 'voiceless'
A majority of white working class Britons feel nobody speaks for people like them, a BBC survey suggests...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Bush Administration Presses India on Nuclear Energy Pact
A senior State Department official on Wednesday gave India a three-month deadline to complete negotiations on a landmark nuclear energy deal...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
Allegations Batter S. Korean President
The new South Korean president?s intelligence chief and top anti-corruption aide face allegations of receiving bribes from Samsung...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
Venezuela Adds Forces at Colombia Border
In a mounting diplomatic crisis, Venezuela?s Hugo Chávez has called Colombia the ?Israel of Latin America.?...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
Rice and Abbas Say Talks to Resume
The Palestinian president said that he was returning to the suspended peace talks but was noncommittal about the timing...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
Allen snub angers festival boss
Isle of Wight Festival organisers hit out at Lily Allen after the singer pulls out of the event...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Lib Dem EU rebels to quit roles
Two Lib Dem frontbenchers have resigned so they can rebel against orders not to back an EU referendum...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Ex-minister attacks school reform
Estelle Morris warns education ministers about "thrashing around" on school reform...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
School fight Pc dubbed 'extreme'
A family accuses the police of using heavy-handed tactics after using CS gas to break up a fight involving school children...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Jail escapee was convicted rapist
A life-sentence prisoner who is on the run in Northern Ireland had previously been convicted of rape...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Rail link project costs increase
The Borders rail link cost is set to increase and the timescale for completion will slip back, MSPs hear...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Head teacher struck off over guns
A former primary school head teacher jailed for possessing an arsenal of guns is barred from returning to the classroom...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Venezuela troops 'move to border'
Thousands of Venezuelan troops take up position on Colombia's border, Venezuela's defence minister says...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Gazprom restores Ukraine gas flow
Russian energy giant Gazprom says it has resumed full gas supplies to Ukraine following a dispute over payments...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Abbas calls for calm before talks
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says peace talks with Israel can only resume when calm is restored in Gaza...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Olympics: Hope for Chambers
The former boss of the World Anti-Doping Agency tells BBC Sport that Britain's Olympic ban on drugs cheats will not stand up in court...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Tennis: Murray struggles through
Andy Murray follows up his win over Roger Federer with a nervous victory against Fernando Verdasco in Dubai...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Ugandan rebels 'will sign deal'
Uganda's rebel leader Joseph Kony is prepared to sign a peace deal, a key negotiator tells the BBC...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Father jailed for murdering son
A father convicted of murdering his four-year-old son must serve at least 21 years in jail, a judge rules...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Son link in fatal park stabbing
Police investigate whether the fatal stabbing of a man in a park in Burnley is linked to an alleged attack on his son...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Police release Shannon 999 call
A 999 call made by the mother of missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews is released by detectives...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Police duped over fictional drug
Police send out a drugs warning to 80 schools in Oxfordshire over the fictitious drug "strawberry meth"...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
MPs prepare for referendum vote
The long-awaited Commons vote on whether to hold a referendum on the EU treaty will begin shortly...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Man guilty of 'first date' murder
A man who told a court a woman fatally stabbed herself on their first date with him is found guilty of her murder...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
State 'sanctioned' Kenyan clashes
The BBC learns of alleged state-sanctioned violence after Kenya's poll, but the government denies the claim...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Bush endorses McCain in US race
George W Bush gives his backing to John McCain, who has sealed the Republican nomination for the US presidency...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Colombia Is Flashpoint in Chávez?s Feud With U.S.
A three-country dispute highlights the fact that Colombia is increasingly seen in Venezuela as an American proxy...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
Abbas Says Truce Must Precede Talks
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, said he would not resume peace talks until Israel reaches a truce in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
Boy band mogul admits $300m fraud
The man behind boy bands 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys is set to plead guilty in a $300m (£152m) fraud scheme...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Memory trick breaks PC encryption
Encrypted information held on a laptop is more vulnerable than previously thought, US research shows...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Public 'satisfied' with services
A survey of people's views on public services show the majority are satisfied overall with what is offered...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Minimum wage will rise to £5.73
The national minimum wage will rise by 21p to £5.73 an hour in October, Prime Minister Gordon Brown says...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Point-by-point: Question time
The key points from prime minister's questions in the House of Commons, from 1200 GMT...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Genes 'play key happiness role'
Our level of happiness is strongly influenced by the genes with which we were born, say experts...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
New twist in Hobbit-human debate
Scientists claim 18,000-year- old "Hobbit" remains are not a new human species, but true modern humans with a growth disorder...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Israel launches fresh Gaza raid
Israeli forces briefly re-enter Gaza and do battle with militants, with a baby and a senior militant being killed...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Court drops cases against Zardari
A Pakistani court drops five corruption cases against Asif Ali Zardari, widower of ex-PM Benazir Bhutto...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Man guilty of son's knife murder
A 47-year-old man is convicted of the murder of his four-year-old son and the attempted murder of his teenage daughter...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
DUP MP backs Robinson for leader
Stormont Junior Minister Jeffrey Donaldson vows to back Peter Robinson as the new leader of the DUP...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Ministers to scrap schools scheme
The Scottish Government is to withdraw funding from the £15m Schools of Ambition scheme...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Football: Arsenal 'can win double'
Cesc Fabregas claims Arsenal are good enough to win the Champions League and Premier League this season after the win over AC Milan...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Kenyan state 'sponsored violence'
The BBC learns of allegations of state-sanctioned violence as Kenyan MPs prepare to back a power-sharing deal...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Ukraine reassures EU in gas row
Ukraine's prime minister promises to maintain gas supplies to Europe, despite its row with Russia...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Grade upbeat as ITV profits fall
ITV sees its annual profits for 2007 fall by 35% to £188m, but says its turnaround plan is on track...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
One night out 'damages hearing'
Nine out of ten young people have experienced the first signs of hearing damage after listening to loud music on a night out, a charity warns...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Robinson tipped as DUP leader
Peter Robinson is being viewed as the clear favourite to take over as DUP leader after Ian Paisley steps down...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
UN warns over celebrity drug use
Dealing too leniently with celebrities who use drugs sends out the wrong message, the UN's drug watchdog finds...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Brown 'confident' of EU vote win
No 10 says Gordon Brown is "confident" of defeating a vote on holding a referendum on the EU treaty...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Three arrested over park stabbing
Police question three people after a man is stabbed to death when he intervenes in a fight in a park in Burnley...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Clinton resurgent after key votes
Hillary Clinton revives her US presidential campaign with projected primary wins in the key states of Texas and Ohio...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Bergerac 'link to Jersey search'
BBC police drama series Bergerac may be the source of disturbance at a site being excavated for human remains, police say...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Diplomatic Shake-Up
Britain needs a radical diplomatic shake-up and will move scores of diplomats from Europe to developing countries, said Foreign Secretary David Miliband...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Armenia: Opposition Arrests After Unrest
The police have arrested 30 opposition activists and accused them of starting a riot on Saturday in which eight people were killed...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Germany: Arson Ruled Out in Deadly Fire
Investigators say they have found no evidence that a fire in an apartment building in the southwestern city of Ludwigshafen that killed nine Turks last month was a premeditated hate crime...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Chad: A Moat Around the Capital
The government is digging a 10-foot-deep trench around the capital, Ndjamena, to prevent a repeat of an attack last month, when rebels in pickup trucks rolled in and fought two days of heavy battles...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Nurse Gets Life for Killing Patients
Colin Norris, a 32-year-old nurse convicted of killing four elderly patients in northern England with insulin overdoses, was sentenced to life in prison...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
16-Year Sentence in Honor Killing
The case in Israel was unusual in that the women of the family broke their code of silence and testified against the man who killed his own sister...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
Spanish Premier and Challenger Trade Barbs in Angry Debate
Spaniards will vote Sunday in what is expected to be a close election between the current Socialist prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, and the conservative candidate, Mariano Rajoy...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
World Briefing | The Americas: Costa Rica: 14 Held in Adoption Scheme
The police detained 14 people, including a family court judge and two social workers, on suspicion of participating in a scheme in which poor mothers were paid to give up their babies...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
World Briefing | The Americas: Mexico: Backyard Body Count at 14
The federal attorney general?s office said agents had uncovered 14 bodies buried in the backyard of a house in Ciudad Juárez...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
Musharraf Is Still Focus in Pakistan
Energized by their victory two weeks ago, members of the incoming Parliament are questioning with new vigor President Pervez Musharraf?s continuation in office...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
Wasdale Head Journal: Charitable Hikers Erode Mountain and Town?s Patience
An isolated mountain hamlet in Britain has to handle tens of thousands of people who take part each summer in a hiking event held for charity...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
China Plans Steep Increase in Military Spending
Sustained increases in its annual defense outlays put China on track to become a major military power...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
China to Focus on Reducing Inflation, Prime Minister Says
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao?s emphasis on inflation reflects public anxiety over rising domestic prices for food and other items, as inflation hit an 11-year high of 7.1 percent in January...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
Colombia a Flashpoint in Chávez Feud With U.S.
Colombia and its policies are increasingly viewed in Venezuela as American proxies...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
Abbas Rebuffs Call by Rice to Return to Talks
U.S. officials say that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is allowing Hamas to hijack the peace process...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
Era Ends in N. Ireland as Paisley Says He?ll Retire
The Rev. Ian Paisley said he would quit in May as first minister of the 10-month-old coalition government and as leader of the Democratic Unionists...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
Kosovo Builds Economy From the Ground Up
Superficial signs of economic success mask the harsh uncertainties of a newborn nation, whose very existence is not recognized by Serbia, Russia or some European countries...
New York Times - March 5, 2008
Afghan MPs oppose Prophet cartoon
Afghan MPs protest against a cartoon and a film regarded as insulting to Prophet Mohammed and Koran...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Man fatally stabbed in park fight
A 50-year-old "family man" is stabbed to death after intervening during a fight in a park in Lancashire...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
'Sympathy' for organ donor change
The health secretary admits she is "increasingly sympathetic" to presumed consent for organ donations...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Inflation tops China 2008 agenda
Tackling record levels of inflation is one of China's major tasks for this year, Premier Wen Jiabao says...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Ecuador seeks to censure Colombia
Ecuador urges the Organisation of American States to condemn Colombia for violating its territory...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Cricket: England restrict Kiwis
England overcome some big-hitting from Brendon McCullum to restrict New Zealand to 282-6 on the opening day of their Test Series...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Crunch EU vote looms
MPs are preparing for the key Commons vote on whether to hold a referendum on the EU treaty...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Focus turns to Paisley succession
Speculation is expected to intensify about who will succeed Ian Paisley as DUP leader and NI first minister...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Charities 'to lose tax millions'
Charities are warned they could lose over £90m a year when a lower income tax rate comes in next month...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Parole hearings 'beset by delays'
Serious shortcomings in the way prisoners are assessed for parole are revealed by a National Audit Office report...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Migrants challenge rule changes
A judicial review is sought of the decision to retrospectively change the rules for highly skilled migrants...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
Clinton takes key primary polls
Hillary Clinton revives her faltering US presidential campaign with projected poll wins in key states...
BBC News - March 5, 2008
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