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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 September 2006:
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African Union Threatens to Leave Darfur
The African Union said it would quit the region by the end of the month if Sudan did not agree to allow a U.N. force to take over...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
An Afghan Symbol for Change, Then Failure
Lashkar Gah is today the epicenter of a Taliban resurgence and an explosion in drug cultivation...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Calderón Named Mexico’s President-Elect
An electoral tribunal today declared the conservative candidate Felipe Calderón the next president, rejecting arguments from a leftist candidate that the election should be annulled...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Intel slashes 10% of global jobs
Intel, the world's largest computer chip manufacturer, will cut 10,500 jobs, or about 10% of its total staff...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Turkey approves Lebanon troops
Turkey's parliament approves the sending of troops to Lebanon, to join the UN peacekeeping mission...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Anger over new drug trial adverts
A man who fell ill during a drug trial criticises adverts from the firm that ran the tests calling for more volunteers...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Japan princess in delivery room
Japan's Princess Kiko goes into the delivery room for a Caesarean birth, amid hopes she will have a boy and heir...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Brazil defeat plucky Wales
Wales' plucky resistance is ended by two second-half goals in a compelling friendly at White Hart Lane...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Tennis: Murray delayed by rain
Andy Murray must finish his fourth-round match against Nikolay Davydenko on Wednesday after rain hit the US Open...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Cricket: Younis aids Pakistan win
Pakistan stutter late on before beating England at the Rose Bowl thanks to Younis Khan's century...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Arctic Monkeys win Mercury prize
The Arctic Monkeys win this year's Mercury Music Prize for their album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Bush compares Bin Laden to Hitler
President George W Bush compares Osama Bin Laden to Lenin and Hitler as he defends his security policy...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Family speak of dead tourist
The parents of a tourist shot dead in Jordan initially thought it was their other son, serving in Iraq, who had died...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
PM gone within year, allies say
Close allies indicate Tony Blair will stand down within 12 months, as normally loyal MPs urge him to quit...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Soham killer's care under review
A review of the way murderer Ian Huntley is managed in jail is to be carried out after his second suicide attempt...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Annan Working to Lift Israeli Blockade of Lebanon
A plan could lead to a lifting of the blockade within 48 hours, the secretary general said...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Lohan's political hopes for Bobby
Actress Lindsay Lohan says she hopes her new film will encourage young people to engage in politics...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Firms targeted in spam share scam
Spammers offering stock market windfalls are luring firms with promises of higher share prices, analysts say...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Britain's human history revealed
Eight times humans came to try to live in Britain and on at least seven occasions they failed - beaten back by freezing conditions...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Family's tribute to dead soldier
The 15th soldier to die within three days in Afghanistan is named by officials as Craig O'Donnell from Clydebank...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Welsh MPs 'tell Blair to resign'
Blairite Rhondda MP Chris Bryant is named as a co-ordinator of a letter to the PM urging him to quit...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Roads reopen after chemical blast
Road cordons around the site of an explosion at a chemicals plant in Gloucestershire are lifted...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
PMs will attend 'critical' talks
Intensive political talks involving the two PMs will be held outside NI next month, Peter Hain says...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Calderon declared Mexico winner
Mexico's top electoral court declares Felipe Calderon president-elect ending weeks of uncertainty...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Turkey in vote on Lebanon troops
Turkey's parliament is to take a controversial decision on whether to send troops to Lebanon...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Annan warns Sudan on Darfur aid
UN chief Kofi Annan warns Sudan it will be responsible for any worsening of Darfur's humanitarian crisis...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Tape 'shows Irwin's last moments'
"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's death from a stingray attack was recorded on videotape, his manager says...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Monkeys tipped for Mercury prize
The Arctic Monkeys are favourites to win this year's Mercury Prize at a London ceremony...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Financier may make West Ham bid
Iranian-born investor Kia Joorabchian "has not ruled out" a bid for West Ham...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Live: England v Pakistan
England finish on 271-9 against Pakistan at the Rose Bowl...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
BA says terror alert cost it £40m
British Airways says flight cancellations triggered by August's airport terror alert cost it £40m...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Dead tourist's parents speak out
The parents of a tourist shot dead by a gunman in Jordan feared it was their other son, serving in Iraq, who had died...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Tributes for Iraq death soldier
The father of a British soldier killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq has said his son died doing what he loved...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Soham killer 'takes overdose'
Ian Huntley, jailed for life for the murder of two schoolgirls, is being treated in hospital for an overdose...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Abbas guard commander 'held'
Israeli troops detain the commander of the Palestinian presidential guard, known as Force 17, Palestinians say...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Minister joins Blair exit demands
A junior minister is among 17 normally loyal Labour MPs who have written to Tony Blair urging him to quit...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Doctor Who lands three TV awards
Doctor Who wins three TV Quick and TV Choice Awards, as Paul O'Grady attacks former employer ITV...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Head teacher shortage 'to worsen'
Only one in 25 teachers wants to become a head within the next five years, a survey suggests...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Blair hits back over 'baby asbos'
Tony Blair says early intervention in "hard to reach" families is necessary to root out social exclusion...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
British children 'among laziest'
Children in Britain are among the most lazy in the world, according to a report...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Man is killed in town flat fire
A man dies and three others escape injury following a fire at an apartment in County Tyrone...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Seven years for loyalist killing
A former soldier is jailed after a jury finds him guilty of killing a former loyalist gun runner...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Army reports Wales recruits rise
The Army says it is on course for a bumper year for recruitment in Wales despite ongoing conflicts overseas...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Putin in key South African visit
Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting South African President Thabo Mbeki for talks on trade agreements...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Deadly blast in southern Lebanon
A roadside bomb in Lebanon kills four aides and bodyguards of a senior intelligence officer, who is seriously wounded...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Pakistan 'Taleban' in peace deal
Pakistan's government and pro-Taleban tribal militants sign a peace deal aimed at ending years of unrest...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Indonesian jailed over Bali plot
A Indonesian man is jailed for eight years for sheltering the alleged mastermind of the 2005 Bali bomb attacks...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Lerner assumes control of Villa
New Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner acquires 85.5% of the club to take full control...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Rugby: Johnson in Tigers talks
Martin Johnson has been in negotiations with his old club Leicester over a possible return in a management capacity...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Tennis: Murray eyes quarter-final
Andy Murray bids to reach his first Grand Slam quarter-final when he takes on Nikolay Davydenko at the US Open on Tuesday...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Jordan says attacker acted alone
The Jordanian who attacked tourists in the capital, had no links to any armed group, a Jordanian official says...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Police adopt digital fingerprinting
A new digital system for identifying fingerprints is being adopted by police forces in England and Wales...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Tape shows Irwin's last moment
Australian "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's death from a stingray attack was reportedly caught on film...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Nimrod delayed by technical issue
A Nimrod flight from RAF Kinloss is delayed for safety checks on the fleet after a "technical issue" arises...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Cameron minibus injured woman
A woman is seriously injured after being hit by a minibus carrying Tory aides on David Cameron's tour of India...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Blair urged to go by Labour MPs
A group of normally loyal Labour MPs has written to Tony Blair urging him to quit, the BBC understands...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Soham killer found after overdose
Ian Huntley, jailed for life for the 2002 Soham murders, is found unconscious in jail after a suspected overdose...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
New Dando murder evidence studied
Lawyers for the man jailed for Jill Dando's murder consider if a Panorama investigation may help his appeal...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
40 Bodies, Many Blindfolded, Are Found in Baghdad; 1980’s Execution Site Is Also Uncovered
Also, Iraqi officials announced a plan to take over formal operational command of the Iraqi Army from the United States...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
U.N. Expects to Mediate Talks on Captured Israelis
Secretary General Kofi Annan said that the United Nations would mediate talks on the release of Israeli and Hezbollah prisoners...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Over U.S. Objections, Israel Approves West Bank Homes
The bids for 690 homes in the occupied West Bank will be the largest settlement activity undertaken by this government...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Sudan Gives African Union an Ultimatum
The move appeared intended to stymie plans for a U.N. peacekeeping force to take over from the beleaguered African Union force in Darfur...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Afghan Symbol for Change Becomes a Symbol of Failure
An Afghan city known as “Little America” is today the epicenter of a Taliban resurgence and an explosion in drug cultivation...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Kenya Killings Put Aristocrat in Racial Fire
The scion of an upper-crust British family is in a Kenya prison after killing two black Kenyans in little more than a year...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
New inquiry into NHS IT upgrade
Financial auditors are to launch another inquiry into the £6.8bn NHS IT upgrade project...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Abortive police mergers cost £1m
An attempt to merge police forces in the east of England cost more than £1m, the BBC learns...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Gunman fires on Jordan tourists
A gunman opens fire on tourists in Jordan's capital, killing a Briton and injuring five other tourists...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
'Fire reported' by crashed Nimrod
The crew of an RAF Nimrod reported a fire shortly before it crashed in Afghanistan, the force's top officer says...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Beijing awaits US 'nuclear envoy'
A top US envoy is to visit China to discuss reviving stalled talks on North Korea's nuclear programme...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
UK tourist speaks of gun terror
A British tourist has spoken of the terrifying gun attack in Jordan that left her wounded and another Briton dead...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Tennis: Mauresmo beats Williams
Amelie Mauresmo recovers from a nightmare second set to beat Serena Williams 6-4 0-6 6-2 in the fourth round of the US Open...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
MPs' letter seeks Blair's exit
A letter from recently-elected Labour MPs is demanding that Tony Blair stand down as prime minister...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Problem families scheme set out
Details of the government's plan to tackle vulnerable children before they are born are to be revealed...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Foreign secretary flies into Iraq
Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett arrives in Iraq for a surprise visit as controversy goes on over UK deployments...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
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