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Global News Archive for May 2006:
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U.S. Explains Itself to U.N. on Torture Charges
American officials denied that the government systematically mistreated prisoners and reiterated a commitment to a ban on torture...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Sudan and Largest Rebel Faction Sign Pact to End Carnage
The leader of second-largest faction stormed out of the signing ceremony, casting doubt over whether the peace accord would survive...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Cheney Urges Energy Export Routes That Bypass Russia
With his comments, the vice president waded into a messy geopolitical struggle in the countries of the former Soviet Union...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Football: Leeds draw in play off
Eddie Lewis' free-kick earns Leeds a draw in the first leg of their Championship play-off semi-final against Preston...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Football: FA admits mistakes
FA chief executive Brian Barwick says the search for a new England coach was "compromised"...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Scientist seeks quicker Tamiflu
A Nobel laureate devises a new way to make the anti-flu drug Tamiflu that is simpler and quicker than the process employed right now...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Security guard relives shooting
A man shot in the leg during a £75,000 bank raid by armed robbers describes what happened to a court jury...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Five dead as Israelis strike Gaza
Five Palestinians are killed in an Israeli strike against militants in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials say...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Labour must rethink web - Blair
Tony Blair says Labour must get interactive and rethink its web presence to bounce back from recent disappointments...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
CIA boss in surprise resignation
US President George Bush unexpectedly announces that the CIA director Porter Goss has quit his post...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Sides sign Darfur agreement
Sudan and the largest Darfur rebel group sign a deal aiming to end three years of conflict, but smaller groupings reject it...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Two charged on cartoon protests
Two men, including the former UK head of a radical Islamic group, are charged over Muslim cartoon protests in February...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Britain's Prime Minister Reshuffles Cabinet
Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, was the most prominent minister to fall as Prime Minister Tony Blair attempted to reverse a slide in his party's fortunes...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
U.S. Uses Iraq Insurgent's Own Video to Mock Him
Turning the tables of propaganda on Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, the U.S. military released outtakes of his video...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Mobile masts signal rain showers
Scientists in Israel devise a method to measure rainfall patterns using the signals from mobile phone masts...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Grid searches for avian flu cure
A grid of UK computers has been drafted in to the search for a drug to combat avian flu...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Armed search for 'dangerous' man
Police hunting a man wanted for attempted murder seal off a road and investigate links with an armed robbery...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Download sales ease Warner loss
Warner Music reports lower-than-expected losses thanks to the success of digital downloads...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Tories 'satisfied' with gains
Conservatives have said the party's local election gains are "at the top end" of expectations...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
US 'blocks' Palestinian aid plan
EU diplomats say the US is blocking plans to resume aid to the Palestinians that would bypass Hamas...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Afghan bomb kills Italian troops
Two Italian soldiers in the Nato peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan are killed by a bomb south of Kabul...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Body confirmed as bridge jump mum
A body found in a river is that of a mother who apparently jumped with her son from a bridge, police say...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Vote to cut special needs budgets
An education board committee is to vote on drastic cuts to special needs services, the BBC learns...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Uribe explains microchip remark
Colombia's President Uribe tries to clarify alleged remarks about implanting microchips in seasonal workers...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Two arrested in hunt for Mladic
Serbian police arrest two people suspected of helping war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic evade capture...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Anger over Prescott deputy role
John Prescott sparks Tory anger by keeping his Cabinet role and salary despite being stripped of his ministerial duties...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Profile: Margaret Beckett
A political profile of the new foreign secretary...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Respect breakthrough in East End
George Galloway's anti-war Respect sees surge in support in its East London stronghold of Tower Hamlets...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Anti-piracy centre opens in Kenya
Kenya launches a maritime rescue centre, to provide a rapid response to acts of piracy and accidents at sea...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Four dead as Israelis strike Gaza
Four Palestinians are killed in an Israeli strike against militants in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials say...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Teacher took indecent picture
A primary school teacher who took a mobile phone picture of a seven-year-old pupil is jailed for 30 months...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Competition for Big Brother place
A member of the public will win a place in this year's Big Brother through a competition to find golden tickets...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Analysis: Blair seeks to renew
A sweeping cabinet reshuffle aims to end Blair's terrible two weeks and suggest he is here to stay a good while longer, but will it work?...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Setanta joins Premiership action
Irish pay-TV operator Setanta breaks BSkyB's exclusive coverage of live Premiership football matches...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Sides sign Darfur peace agreement
Sudan and the main guerrilla group in the Darfur region sign a peace deal, but smaller rebel groups reject it...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Wife jailed for love rival attack
A woman who stabbed her husband's ex-lover 17 times is cleared of attempted murder but jailed for grievous bodily harm...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Man kills pregnant woman
A paranoid schizophrenic admits the manslaughter of a heavily pregnant mother-of-five in Hull...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Clarke is fired in Cabinet purge
Charles Clarke is sacked as home secretary in the biggest Cabinet reshuffle of Tony Blair's career...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Biggest Rebel Faction in Darfur Poised to Sign Peace Deal
The leader of the Sudan Liberation Army is set to sign a modified version of the accord agreed to by Sudanese officials...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Problems plague World of Warcraft
Keen World of Warcraft players are complaining about ongoing problems with the online game...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Cricket: Jones ruled out again
England's Simon Jones is ruled out of the Test and one-day series against Sri Lanka with a new left knee injury...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Football: Boro boss angry at Dein
Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson criticises David Dein over his involvement in the appointment of Steve McClaren as England manager...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Folic acid boosts IVF twin births
Adding folic acid to flour could see more women giving birth to twins after IVF treatment, a study suggests...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Johnson takes over education job
The BBC's Mike Baker looks at the effect of the government reshuffle on England's education department...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Little Britain star goes digital
Comic Matt Lucas stars in a seven-year, £200m information campaign about the switch to digital TV...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Man killed in three-vehicle crash
A man dies and his wife is among those injured following a three-car collision in County Antrim...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
'Frantic' night of thunderstorms
Firefighters deal with more emergencies than the average Bonfire night as storm lash western Scotland...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Man cleared of nightclub killing
A youth worker is cleared of killing another man after hitting him at a nightclub...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Football TV rights decision due
The English Premier League is due to unveil the winners of its remaining three packages of rights to live matches...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Tories get best result since 1992
The Tories are set for their best local elections since 1992 - the year they last won national power...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
EU weighs Palestinian aid plan
The EU considers plans to resume aid to the Palestinian Authority which would bypass the Hamas government...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Navy 'destroys' Tamil Tiger boat
The Sri Lankan navy says it has sunk a Tamil Tiger boat that opened fire off the north-west coast...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Will BNP election gains last?
Historically, gains by far right parties in UK elections have tended to be short lived...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Nobel laureate slams Kenyan MPs
Kenyan Nobel peace laureate Wangari Maathai criticises her fellow MPs for increasing their travel allowance...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Residents flee East Timor capital
Tens of thousands of residents flee East Timor's capital, Dili, fearing new clashes between former soldiers and police...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
US denies terror suspect torture
The US defends its treatment of terror suspects, telling a UN committee the use of torture is wrong...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
British veal calf exports resume
The first shipment of live veal calves in 10 years heads to the continent as the EU British beef export ban ends...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Williams shifts Wembley concerts
Robbie Williams moves five concerts to the Milton Keynes Bowl after building delays at Wembley Stadium...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Your views on the reshuffle
Tony Blair has made major changes to his Cabinet, including appointing new foreign and home secretaries. Send us your views...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Clarke: I don't agree with Blair
Charles Clarke says he does "not agree" with Tony Blair's decision to sack him as home secretary...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Explorer's world trek back on
A British former paratrooper walking around the world wins his appeal against deportation from Russia...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
GP shake-up attacked
Changes in England's out-of-hours health care system led to longer waits and higher costs, MPs say...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Man killed pregnant woman
A paranoid schizophrenic admits the manslaughter of a heavily pregnant mother-of-five...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Clarke axed in Cabinet reshuffle
Charles Clarke is fired as home secretary as Tony Blair seeks to regain momentum after local election losses...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Darfur rebels 'agree peace deal'
Darfur's largest rebel group accepts a peace deal with the Sudan government but two smaller groups still hold out...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Vatican Takes Stern Line Against China for Installing Bishops
The church's reaction raised the temperature of a long-simmering dispute over the church's relationship with China...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
His Coalition in Place, Olmert Turns to Setting Israeli Borders
In laying out the policies of his new government, Israel’s prime minister also raised his concerns about Iran's nuclear program...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Britain Takes NATO Command as Afghanistan Mission Grows
Britain will manage the force's expansion into the turbulent south of Afghanistan over the coming months...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Rebels Pressed to Sign Deal as Sudan Deadline Passes
The draft peace agreement is intended to end more than three years of carnage that has left more than 200,000 people dead...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Strong Rebuke for the Kremlin From Cheney
Vice President Dick Cheney's remarks appeared to lay down new markers for a relationship that has become strained...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
U.S. Uses Iraq Insurgent's Own Video to Mock Him
Turning the tables of propaganda on Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, the U.S. military released out-takes of his video...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Football: Reaction to McClaren
A round-up of reaction to Steve McClaren's appointment as the next England manager...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
BNP making big gains in election
The British National Party near doubles its councillors - with its biggest gains in Barking and Dagenham...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Thunderstorms hit west Scotland
Storms light up the skies as Britain's hottest day of the year brought thunderstorms to western Scotland...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Most Britons 'are working class'
The number of Britons who think they are middle class has risen by 50% in the past 40 years, a report finds...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Blair faces new calls on handover
Tony Blair needs to provide clarity about when he will hand over power, says a Labour MP in the wake of poll results...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Send us your reaction
Did you vote in the local elections? What do you expect the result to be? Will the results bring wider change?...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Disarray for Darfur peace talks
Eleventh hour peace talks over Sudan's Darfur region break up with two rebel groups refusing to sign a deal...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Iran attacks UN draft resolution
Iran accuses Western nations of creating an artificial crisis with a draft resolution over its enrichment plans...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Labour suffers local poll losses
A grim night for Tony Blair sees Labour lose more than 200 councillors - with the Tories making big gains...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Pressure mounts on home secretary
Opposition MPs demand to know if a terror suspect was allowed to stay in the UK after release from jail...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
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