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Global News Archive for June 2005:
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US pushes democracy at OAS summit
The US wants to put democracy on the agenda as 35 American nations gather in Florida for a summit...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Ebola, Marburg vaccine 'success'
Scientists report first successful tests on animals of vaccine against the deadly Ebola and Marburg viruses...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Pro-Syrians claim S Lebanon poll
Pro-Syrian parties in Lebanon say they have won the latest round of parliamentary elections...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Khartoum facing war crimes probe
The International Criminal Court is to investigate alleged war crimes in the Sudanese region of Darfur...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
UK shelves EU treaty vote plans
Ministers abandon plans for a spring referendum on whether the UK should ratify the EU constitution...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Text chance for London Live 8 gig
Thousands of tickets for the London Live 8 concert are up for grabs in a text message lottery on Monday...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Family targeted in racist attack
Police are investigating a racist attack in which a car belonging to a Polish family was set on fire...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Virgin seeks Airbus delay talks
Virgin Atlantic seeks urgent talks with Airbus after being told its $1.5bn order for the A380 super-jumbo will be delayed by six months...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Help Africa, Brown tells oil-rich
Oil producing nations should use their wealth to help Africa, Chancellor Gordon Brown urges...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Women appointed to Kuwait council
Kuwait's government names two women on its municipal council - an historic step in the Gulf emirate...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
India-Pakistan begin gas talks
India and Pakistan begin talks on a proposed multi-billion dollar natural gas pipeline from Iran to India...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Man Utd sign keeper Van der Sar
Man Utd sign keeper Edwin van der Sar from Fulham for an undisclosed fee...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Tennis: Nadal wins French Open
Title favourite Rafael Nadal takes on unseeded Mariano Puerta in the men's French Open final...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
London awaits crucial 2012 report
London will find out on Monday how it fared in its 2012 Olympic bid inspection...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Swiss vote to ease border control
Swiss voters back joining a European passport free zone and giving more rights to same-sex couples...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Briton dies during Everest climb
A British software expert dies during an ascent of Mount Everest, the Foreign Office confirms...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
US finds 'insurgent lair' in Iraq
US troops uncover a huge underground complex used by Iraqi insurgents, with furnished living areas...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
McAdams shines at MTV film awards
Actress Rachel McAdams wins three prizes at the MTV movie awards in Los Angeles on Saturday...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Should road tax be pay-as-you-go?
The government is considering replacing fuel duty and road tax with a new "pay as you go" system for motorists. Send your reaction...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Environment Day spotlights cities
More than 100 countries hold events on World Environment Day, which is promoting the idea of "green cities"...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Scot's podcast airs tartan talent
A Scottish music fan is using his podcast to expose the world to tartan rock bands...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Three killed in road accidents
A driver, a motorcyclist and a lorry passenger are killed in separate accidents on Scotland's roads...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Geldof's 'Be with me' Live 8 plea
Bob Geldof uses the Hay Festival to explain his call for a million people to travel to Edinburgh to highlight the crisis in Africa...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Davis sets out Tory party vision
The shadow home secretary says the Conservatives must change without abandoning their "timeless principles"...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Lawyers condemn Nepal government
Lawyers in Nepal say the government appointed by King Gyanendra should be immediately dissolved...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
British woman held in Azerbaijan
A British woman is detained in Azerbaijan by customs officers who say they found pistol in her luggage...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Racist link to car arson attack
An arson attack in which a car in County Armagh was damaged may have been racially motivated, say police...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Haiti police in deadly gang raids
Police raids in Haiti's capital leave a number of people dead after the government vows to curb gangs...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Hoggard seals England series win
England wrap up a series whitewash over Bangladesh with an innings win in the second Test in Durham...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Rugby: Dallaglio has surgery
Lawrence Dallaglio faces up to six months out after having surgery on his broken ankle in Auckland...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
African Union split in Togo row
A split develops in the African Union, with its chairman rebuking its commission's head over the crisis in Togo...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Deaths from China floods top 200
The number of people killed in torrential rains at the start of China's annual flooding season reaches 200...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Saddam 'to face just 12 charges'
Iraq says Saddam Hussein will face only 12 charges at his trial, despite a possible 500 cases against him...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Jeshma suspect appears in court
A 42-year-old man arrested over the rape and murder of teenager Jeshma Raithatha appears in court in Latvia...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
UK cool over EU treaty vote call
Britain reacts coolly to pressure from France and Germany to continue the drive to ratify the EU constitution...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
S Lebanon votes in landmark poll
Southern Lebanon votes in the first general election in 30 years to be held without Syrian troops in the country...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
'Pay-as-you-go' road charge plan
The government is considering replacing fuel duty and road tax with a new "pay as you go" system for motorists...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Heroin prescription 'cuts costs'
There are strong reasons to support the practice of prescribing heroin to drug misusers, researchers claim...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Rugby: Wilkinson on Lions bench
Fly-half Jonny Wilkinson is named on the bench for the game against Taranki...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Swiss vote in double referendum
Swiss voters are to decide on whether to join European agreements and to legalise same-sex partnerships...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Polls open in Lebanese election
People in the south of Lebanon are voting in the second of four rounds of parliamentary elections...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Superb Hatton springs Tszyu shock
Ricky Hatton stuns the world by beating IBF light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu in Manchester...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Football: Cole 'set to quit' Arsenal
Arsenal defender Ashley Cole thinks his contract dispute could signal the end of his Highbury career...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Two killed by Alpine tunnel fire
The Frejus road tunnel between Italy and France is closed indefinitely after a fire which kills two...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Queen scraps trip over G8 rallies
The Queen abandons her annual holiday to Scotland because of the G8 protests expected in Edinburgh in early July...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Pope aide 'has not burned papers'
Pope John Paul II's personal secretary says he has not burned the late pontiff's papers as requested...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Dozens arrested in Iraq operation
Dozens of suspected insurgents are held in a series of raids in Iraq, the US military says...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
Rape clear-up rate inquiry called
A review of rape investigations in London is called amid concern about widely varying clear-up rates...
BBC News - June 5, 2005
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