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A-Rod in Mexico City on same weekend as Madonna
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Madonna, Alex Rodriguez in Mexico City
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle Endeavour lands in California
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle lands in Calif. after 16-day mission
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle Endeavour finishes 16-day mission
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle glides to safe landing in California
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Orphan of slain rabbi in Mumbai lands in Israel
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Raul Castro attends first beatification in Cuba
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Refugees from Bhutan settle in Pittsburgh
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Global News Archive for June 2006:
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Iraqi Tied to Kidnapping Gets Life Sentence
In the first case involving the kidnapping of a foreigner in Iraq, the judge found a man guilty of aiding and abetting a British aid worker's kidnapping and murder...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Anger syndrome 'under-diagnosed'
A condition which makes people lash out violently for no reason is vastly under-diagnosed, say US researchers...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Trapped tube 'led to boy's death'
A boy died after surgery at Antrim Hospital because a breathing tube was trapped, an inquest hears...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Police back heroin clinic trials
Scotland's largest police force says it would support calls to give the country's worst addicts heroin on the NHS...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Consumers warned over share scams
People who fall victim to share scams lose £20,000 each on average, the City watchdog, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) says...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Chile students clash with police
At least 34 people are held after high school students in Chile clash with police during a second strike over reforms...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Air strike kills Gaza militants
Two Palestinian militants die in an Israeli air strike in a refugee camp in northern Gaza, witnesses say...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
World's biggest liner begins work
The massive cruise liner Freedom of the Seas sets sail from Miami on its first paying-passenger cruise...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Abbas pushes for statehood poll
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is to call a referendum on a two-state plan after Hamas talks fail...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Home plans 'ignore lack of water'
John Prescott's former department is criticised for failing to consider water shortages when planning new homes...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
BAA agrees to Ferrovial takeover
Airports operator BAA has agreed to be taken over by a Spanish company in a £10bn deal, the BBC learns...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Hargeysa Journal: The Signs Say Somaliland, but the World Says Somalia
Somaliland, on the northern edge of Somalia, has fought and campaigned for years to be recognized as an independent nation...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Canadian Authorities Expect More Arrests
Canadian authorities have described arrests over the weekend as a broad terrorist plot to make bombs...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Islamic Militants Declare Victory in Mogadishu
The end of fighting raises new questions about whether the Islamic regime will steer the Somalia down an extremist path...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Swedish piracy row gathers pace
The row between supporters of a Swedish website accused of piracy and the nation's authorities is escalating...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Exam replaced after papers leaked
Hundreds of A-level students have had to sit a replacement exam after it was found papers had been leaked...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Turner breaks record at auction
A painting by JMW Turner is auctioned for £5.832m - a record price for a British watercolour...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Peugeot staff vote against strike
Peugeot workers decide not to take industrial action over the threatened closure of the Ryton plant, near Coventry...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Child safety fears over website
The principal of a school writes to parents voicing concerns about a website aimed at young people...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Lover denies Clydach 'massacre'
The lesbian lover of a woman murdered along with her family in Clydach denies the killings under cross-examination...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Serbia confirms union's break-up
Serbia declares independence at a parliamentary session, following Montenegro's vote to secede...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Militants storm TV studio in Gaza
Gunmen backing Palestinian ruling party Hamas storm a TV office saying it is biased in favour of rivals Fatah...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
US rules out crash trial in Kabul
The US says the driver of an army truck that killed several people in Kabul will not be tried in Afghanistan...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Operation for three-armed boy
Surgeons to go ahead with the operation on a baby boy born with three arms after carrying out tests...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
England squad arrive in Germany
England's footballers reach their World Cup base in Germany...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
England defeated by Murali magic
Muttiah Muralitharan takes 8-70 as Sri Lanka thrash England at Trent Bridge to draw the three-Test series...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
UN delegation heads to Khartoum
UN officials head to Sudan to try to convince Khartoum to let UN troops take over peacekeeping in Darfur...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Australia seeks E Timor support
Australia calls on Asian nations to send more troops to East Timor, as clashes continue in the capital, Dili...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Beating-heart transplant UK first
A 58-year-old man has become the first person in the UK to have a successful beating heart transplant...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Officers speak to shot teenagers
Police speak with two teenage boys who were shot in the street in Manchester to try and find out why they were targeted...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Benefit threat to bad neighbours
People evicted from their homes could face cuts in housing benefits if they refuse to undergo rehabilitation...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
House raid police had 'no choice'
Police had "no choice" but to raid a house after being told a chemical device might be there, Scotland Yard says...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Suicide Bomber Kills 4 in Afghanistan's South
A suicide bomber narrowly missed the governor of Kandahar and a Canadian military convoy, but killed four civilians...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Aniston delivers shock to X-Men
Jennifer Aniston's rom-com The Break-Up pulls off a surprise victory at the North American box office...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Takeover battle for BAA steps up
Commonwealth Bank of Australia joins a Goldman Sachs-led group mulling a bid for UK airports operator BAA...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Blair to warn councils on 'yobs'
Tony Blair is to warn councils they face funding cuts if they fail to tackle anti-social behaviour...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Cloning 'could beat gene disease'
A cloning expert proposes using the technology to create babies free from hereditary disease...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
UK 'must up university spending'
The UK must spend more on higher education to maintain its competitive edge, Gordon Brown says...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
DUP seeking devolution extension
DUP leader Ian Paisley is to ask the government for a fortnight extension to the 24 November devolution deadline...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Call to trial heroin on the NHS
A former Scottish drugs minister says heroin clinics for the country's worst addicts should be trialled...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Hepatitis C test clinics to open
The first clinics are held for more than 1,000 patients who signed up for tests after a health worker was diagnosed with hepatitis C...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Gaza blast kills Hamas militant
An explosion in the Gaza Strip kills a Palestinian militant and injures his wife and son, medical sources said...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
'Toxic ship' enters Indian waters
India's Supreme Court allows an asbestos-lined cruise ship to enter the country's waters to be dismantled...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Disruptive air travellers warned
Police at UK airports and the airline industry begin a zero tolerance campaign against disruptive air travellers...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Islamists claim Mogadishu victory
An Islamist militia says it has control of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, after weeks of bloody fighting...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Czechs in new coalition struggle
Czech leaders face tough talks to form a new coalition government after inconclusive elections...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Brown warns over protectionism
Chancellor Gordon Brown is to warn business leaders of the dangers of "head in the sand" protectionism...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Hunt for double shooting gunman
Police appeal for help from the community in their hunt for a gunman who shot two children in the street...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Breast cancer drug 'a life-saver'
Use of a new class of breast cancer drug has the potential to save 1,000 lives a year in the UK, trials suggest...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Gunmen kidnap 50 in Iraqi capital
Gunmen have kidnapped at least 50 people from a busy street in Baghdad lined with travel agencies, officials say...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Report attacks 7 July communication
A report on the emergency response to the 7 July bombs says rescue workers were let down by communications...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Iraqi convicted over Hassan death
A Baghdad court convicts a man over the abduction and murder of British aid worker Margaret Hassan...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Quake Adds to Fear That Indonesian Volcano Will Erupt
Fears of Mount Merapi erupting increased significantly after the earthquake that struck the nearby Yogyakarta area on May 27...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Ex-President Wins in Peru in Stunning Comeback
Alan García was elected president again on Sunday, completing one of Latin America's most astonishing political resurrections...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Chilean Promised a New Deal; Now Striking Youth Demand It
More than 700,000 teenagers have walked out of classes at public high schools to demand an overhaul of the education system...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Rice Dismisses Iranian Cleric's Warning on Oil
The secretary of state said the U.S. is awaiting a formal Iranian response to last week's diplomatic initiatives on atomic weapons...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Uncovering Iraq's Horrors in Desert Graves
A grave contains victims of Saddam Hussein's suppression of the Shiite uprising across southern Iraq in early 1991...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
6 Arrested in Canada Raid Attended the Same Mosque
The mosque near Toronto is one of the few public pieces of information that clearly link any of the 17 suspects...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Deserts 'need better management'
The world's desert ecosystems are coming under unprecedented pressure, according to a new report...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
MPs in digital downloads warning
Consumers should be warned about the limits of what they can do with digital downloads, say MPs...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
TUC calls for public AGM votes
The TUC wants investment managers to be made to reveal how they vote on behalf of pension fund clients...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Beating heart transplant UK first
Doctors carry out the UK's first successful beating heart transplant on a 58-year-old man...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Schools 'not advising on abuse'
Incomplete sex education in schools is leaving children confused about sexual abuse, says the NSPCC...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Missing father and girls found safe
A father and his two teenage daughters whose disappearance sparked a nationwide hunt are found...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Festival 'worth £18m to economy'
Organisers say public agencies should become involved so T in the Park can reach its full potential...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
MPs meet in troubled East Timor
East Timor's parliament meets to debate two weeks of civil unrest as clashes continue in the capital, Dili...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Steep dive in albatross numbers
Albatrosses on South Georgia are being pushed to the brink of extinction, according to research...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
England set to fly out to Germany
England's footballers will travel to Germany on Monday for the World Cup finals...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Gunman hunted after two boys shot
Police search for a masked gunman who shot two teenage boys, leaving one with five bullets wounds...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Peruvians elect Garcia president
Former leader Alan Garcia wins a convincing victory in Peru's presidential election in a bitterly fought run-off...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Police resume hunt for chemical device
Anti-terrorism police are continuing to search for a possible chemical device at an east London house...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
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