|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
|
Scientists expose mystery behind northern lights
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
|
Cyprus reunification talks on Sept 3
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
|
US strengthening Zimbabwe sanctions
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
|
Extradition appeal deadline for Karadzic closer
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
|
Attacks kill 9 in Kashmir, including mom, 4 kids
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
|
South Korea struggles to probe tourist death
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
|
Military Sri Lankan fighting kills 45
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
|
Food industry bitten by its lobbying success
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Global News Archive for May 2008:
|
 |
Soccer Diplomacy Thaws British-Russia Relations
Russia?s foreign ministry eases the visa process for English soccer fans traveling to Moscow for a big match, lessening tensions generated by the murder of Aleksandr Litvinenko...
New York Times - May 5, 2008
O'Sullivan wins third world title
Ronnie O'Sullivan secures his third World Championship after beating Ali Carter 18-8 at the Crucible...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Painkiller may cut dementia risk
Long-term use of ibuprofen may reduce the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease, a large US study reports...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
River search teams recover body
Coastguards searching for a missing boy who was swept into the River Foyle in County Donegal recover a body...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Olmert and Abbas 'make progress'
Differences have narrowed, officials say, as Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet for a new round of talks...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
China leader to begin Japan visit
Chinese President Hu Jintao is set to begin a five-day state visit to Japan, the first such trip in a decade...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Labour 'not afraid' of Scots referendum
One of the prime minister's closest allies says he is not afraid of a referendum on Scottish independence...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Man is charged over double murder
A man is charged with the murder of a brother and sister found dead at a house in Fife at the weekend...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Israeli fuel allows Gaza reprieve
A last-minute delivery of fuel by Israel to a UN agency in the Gaza Strip allows aid deliveries to continue...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Disparity in child asthma care
There is an eight-fold difference in children admitted to some hospitals for asthma attacks, a charity warns...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Downing St stands by rubbish tax
Trials of a scheme to tax householders who throw away too much rubbish are to forge ahead, Downing Street insists...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Demonstrators Protest Chinese Petrochemical Project
Hundreds of people marched in a provincial capital in China to protest environmental risks they say are associated with the construction of a petrochemical factory and oil refinery...
New York Times - May 5, 2008
Bomb Kills at Least 5 Police Officers in Chechnya
The attacks came a day after two other servicemen were killed in a gun battle between Russian forces and as many as 30 insurgents in the Chechen village of Urus-Martan...
New York Times - May 5, 2008
Waltzing Matilda 'about love, not politics'
An outback historian claims to have found the true story behind the famous Australian folk song Waltzing Matilda...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Blues win keeps title hopes alive
Chelsea beat Newcastle 2-0 at St James' Park to ensure the title race goes down to the wire...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Russia gives fans visa reprieve
Russia waives visa requirements for a 72-hour period for football fans with a ticket for the Champions League final in Moscow...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Newcastle-Chelsea as it happened
Chelsea beat Newcastle 2-0 to keep their Premier League title hopes alive...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Indonesia returns E Timor rebels
Four men accused of a role in an armed attack on the president of East Timor are extradited from Indonesia...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Anger in Pakistan at poll delays
The main parties in Pakistan's new government condemn the postponement of by-elections for two months...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
UK ad giant mulls tax move abroad
Advertising firm WPP will consider moving its London headquarters abroad if certain tax changes go ahead...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Ministers rallying round Brown
The PM considers how to deal with backbencher grumbles after Labour's disastrous showing in the local elections...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Woman breaks city marathon record
Women's race winner, Ethopia's Marashet Jumma, breaks the course record in this year's Belfast marathon...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Two die in Somali currency riot
Somali troops kill at least two people in the capital as they try to halt riots over rising costs and counterfeit money...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Obama attacks Clinton over Iran
Barack Obama accuses Hillary Clinton of "sabre-rattling" over Iran as the next US electoral contests loom...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Man, 45, dies after pub assault
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a man who was assaulted outside a pub...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Snow business
Sir Elton John stars on the slopes as ski resorts get rocking...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Sick of work
Is stress a health and safety hazard the boss should fix?...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Govan shipyard crane snaps
BAE Systems confirms that an 80 tonne crane at its Govan shipyard snapped during routine operations...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
'Game-changer'
Indiana could be tie-breaker in the Democratic race...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Day in pictures
Striking images from around the world...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Babies' bodies in German freezer
The bodies of three babies are found in a basement freezer in Germany and their suspected mother is arrested...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Father quizzed over double murder
The father of a woman and her young brother who were killed in Fife is questioned over their deaths...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Oil hits $120 a barrel milestone
The price of oil rises above $120 for the first time, driven by concerns about supply threats in Nigeria and Iraq...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Burmese storm toll 'tops 10,000'
More than 10,000 people were killed by a devastating cyclone that hit Burma on Saturday, a minister says on state TV, and thousands more need shelter...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
'My boys did not deserve to die'
The mother of two young boys found dead in a car park north of Glasgow pays tribute to her "irreplaceable" sons...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Austria cellar plan 'from 1978'
Austrian police say Josef Fritzl may have planned his daughter's dungeon in 1978, when she was just 12...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
5 Police Officers Killed in Chechnya Blast, Authorities Say
A remote-controlled bomb exploded on a roadside in the capital of troubled Chechnya, leaving five police officers dead, while another officer was fatally shot near the city, regional authorities said Monday...
New York Times - May 5, 2008
200 Chinese Protest Chemical Plant
About 200 people demonstrated in southwestern China against the building of a petrochemical plant they say will pollute their city, state media reported Monday...
New York Times - May 5, 2008
Cole refuses to give up title bid
Chelsea's Joe Cole is determined to take the title race to the final day of the season with victory over Newcastle on Monday...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Angry Keane prepares to wield axe
Sunderland boss Roy Keane is already looking ahead to next season now that the club's Premier League safety has been assured...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Iron Man battles to $100m debut
Iron Man proves its box office mettle by taking an estimated $101m in its opening weekend...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Nuclear war? Time to put the kettle on and have a cuppa
Never mind the nuclear war - what about our cups of tea?...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Chechnya bomb kills five police
A roadside bomb kills five policemen in Chechnya ahead of the inauguration of president-elect Dmitry Medvedev...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Bangladesh companies in food move
Factory owners in Bangladesh start subsidising food for thousands of their lowest paid workers...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Microsoft exit hits Yahoo shares
Yahoo shares plunge in trading in Frankfurt after Microsoft drops its bid for the internet firm...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
NI children in care in Portugal
A couple from Northern Ireland on holiday in Portugal have their children temporarily taken into care...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
UN food body 'should be scrapped'
An African leader dismisses the UN's food agency as a "waste of money" and calls for it to be scrapped...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
UN suspends food aid to Gaza
The UN is to suspend its distribution of food aid to Gaza because of fuel shortages, officials say...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
China virus toll continues to rise
The death toll from an intestinal virus affecting thousands of children in China continues to rise...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Five knifed amid city 'disorder'
Five people are being treated for knife wounds after a public disorder incident in the centre of Leeds...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Equal pay challenge for councils
A deal on equal pay is set to become one of the first tests for newly elected councillors...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Paul Gascoigne in hospital again
Ex-footballer Paul Gascoigne is admitted to hospital after police are called to an incident at a hotel in west London...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Fists and kicks
Why are teen girls fighting each other like boys?...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Jerusalem diary
Reflecting on Israel's 60th anniversary...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Landslide win
Pro-autonomy vote shows depth of Bolivia' divisions...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Mass evacuation from Baltic ship
Latvian authorities begin evacuating more than 700 people from a cruise ship stuck on a sandbank...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Murdered boys' 'father' critical
A man who is thought to be the father of two boys found dead in a car park remains in a critical condition in hospital...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Man charged over headless body
A man is charged with the murder of a traveller whose headless body was found in Hertfordshire...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Aid effort for cyclone-hit Burma
Some aid begins to reach Burma, as officials work to assess damage caused by Saturday's devastating cyclone...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Ministers rally round Gordon Brown
Labour ministers rally round the PM as backbenchers hit out following disastrous local elections...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Harry given Afghan campaign medal
Prince Harry and other soldiers who served in Afghanistan are awarded their campaign medals at a special ceremony in Windsor...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Babies found in Germany freezer
The bodies of three babies are found in a freezer in Germany and their suspected mother arrested, prosecutors say...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Memo From Moscow: Reactions to a New Yeltsin Memorial, as to His Legacy, Are Mixed
The legacy of Boris N. Yeltsin, dead for a little over a year, oscillates between the glory of his founding of a Russia that emerged from the Soviet Union and criticism of his erratic style...
New York Times - May 5, 2008
Brazil Boat Sinks; at Least 15 Die
A boat ferrying at least 80 people home from a party sank in Brazil?s Amazon region early on Sunday, killing at least 15 and leaving dozens missing...
New York Times - May 5, 2008
Arts, Briefly: Tokyo Police Guard Film
Tight security was imposed in Tokyo when a Chinese director?s documentary about a Japanese shrine to its war dead opened amid threats from nationalists outraged at its content...
New York Times - May 5, 2008
Arts, Briefly: Britain vs. Snoop Dogg: Now the Rematch
The British border agency is appealing for a second time to keep the rapper Snoop Dogg out of the country...
New York Times - May 5, 2008
Arts, Briefly: Unusual Concert for Saudi Arabia
In a groundbreaking concert in Saudi Arabia, a German-based quartet played European classical music in a public setting for a mixed-gender audience...
New York Times - May 5, 2008
Arts, Briefly: Where's Schiller?
Question: If Ulysses S. Grant is buried in Grant?s Tomb, who is buried in Friedrich Schiller?s tomb? Answer: Not Friedrich Schiller...
New York Times - May 5, 2008
Chinese Officials Meet With Dalai Lama?s Representatives
It was unclear whether the first direct talks since the outbreak of violence in Tibet in March yielded any progress in easing tensions between Beijing and the exiled Tibetan leader...
New York Times - May 5, 2008
Mexico Cites Reprisals in Killings of 9 Officers
The killings demonstrated not only the inability of the police to protect their own from hit-and-run attacks, but also that the country?s antidrug offensive still faced powerful resistance...
New York Times - May 5, 2008
Education Fund for Latin Players Quietly Changes Lives
A virtually unknown stockbroker from San Jose, Calif., Don Odermann has spent 25 years as a silent baseball benefactor for Latino players...
New York Times - May 5, 2008
A Turkmen Dismantles Reminders of Old Ruler
The decision by the president to remove the 246-foot-tall, rocket ship-like monument to the country?s late ruler is the latest step in dismantling that personality cult...
New York Times - May 5, 2008
Awaiting Tourism Deal, Taiwan Is Primed for More Mainland Chinese Visitors
The tourism deal would increase the number of tourists allowed to visit the island from the mainland...
New York Times - May 5, 2008
Iran Seems to Reject West?s Offer
Iran?s supreme religious leader said Sunday that his nation would not bow to pressure after Western powers announced a new package of incentives to coax Iran to give up its nuclear program...
New York Times - May 5, 2008
Three killed in China bus blaze
Three people are killed and three more injured as a Shanghai bus bursts into flames, state media reports...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Zimbabwe teachers threaten strike
A teachers' union in Zimbabwe threatens to call a strike unless post-election violence against its members ceases...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Police presence up after murders
Police increase their presence to help a community hit by the murder of a woman and her young brother...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Nuclear threat sparked tea worry
The threat of a nuclear attack on the UK in the 1950s caused concern over the supply of tea, documents reveal...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Stolen youth
A campaign aims to crack down on 'internal traffificking'...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
The 'fascist vicar'
Why a tiny parish's vicar was jailed as a wartime traitor...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Brown faces backbencher unrest
The PM is considering how to deal with grumbles from his own backbenchers after Labour's disastrous showing in the local elections...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Children taken from drunk parents
A British couple on holiday in Portugal had their three young children taken into custody after passing out drunk...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Man under guard in dead boys case
A man remains under police guard in hospital following the deaths of two young boys near Glasgow...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Ranchers killed in Mexico attack
At least nine people have been killed in an attack on a cattle ranch in southern Mexico, authorities say...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Illegal workers prosecutions rise
There has been a dramatic rise in the number of employers being prosecuted for hiring illegal immigrants, the BBC learns...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
Burma 'must allow aid workers in'
Burma's military rulers are urged to allow aid agencies to operate freely in the country in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Nargis...
BBC News - May 5, 2008
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
 |
| Keep up with Steve, join our G-Mail List to receive Gill Show updates and Steve's weekly column... |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
