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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk to repair gummed-up joint
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie get preliminary divorce decree
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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UN expects new peacekeepers in Congo in weeks
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Afghanistan markets its brand of pomegranates
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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China says 19,000 students died in May earthquake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Global News Archive for Octomber 2006:
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Kerkorian ditches GM share plans
Investor Kirk Kerkorian cancels plans to buy more GM shares after the firm ends tie-up talks with Renault and Nissan...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Queen awards RIR gallantry cross
The Queen attends a major parade to mark the disbandment of the Royal Irish Regiment's home battalions...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Party's post-Sheridan conference
The Scottish Socialist Party is set to begin its annual conference in Perth this weekend...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Putin calls for Georgia pressure
Russia's President Vladimir Putin urges international pressure on Georgia, as tensions continue to escalate...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Truce halts Bolivia mine violence
A truce is called in a dispute between miners in Bolivia that has left 16 dead, government officials say...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
China threatens shoe retaliation
China says the EU's decision to apply a two-year tariff on shoe exports was flawed and warns it may respond in kind...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Tennis: Henman into Japan semis
Tim Henman beats Juan Martin del Potro and Mario Ancic in the same day to reach the last four at the Japan Open...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Football: Win for England U21s
Leighton Baines grabs a sensational winner as England beat Germany in their European Championship play-off at the Ricoh Arena...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Hull beat Bulls to reach Grand Final
Hull reach their first Super League Grand Final and end Bradford's defence of their title in the process...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Marines taking over Afghan duties
Royal Marines are taking over military operations in Helmand, replacing 16 Air Assault Brigade, who are ending their six-month tour...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
N Korea given nuclear warning
The UN Security Council issues a statement calling on North Korea to call off any planned nuclear test...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Medic says marines killed Iraqi
A US Navy medic testifies that marines put an Iraqi civilian in a hole and shot him 10 times in the head...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Man charged in sex attack inquiry
A man has been charged after a police inquiry into a string of sex attacks in West Sussex over the past decade...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Blair promises 'more for troops'
British forces in Afghanistan will be provided with whatever resources they need, the prime minister says...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Man charged with Angelika murder
A man is charged with killing Polish student Angelika Kluk, whose body was found in a Glasgow church...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Turkish Writers Say Efforts to Stifle Speech May Backfire
Some of those accused of “insulting Turkishness” say the law is forcing a national debate about what it means to be a democracy...
New York Times - October 6, 2006
U.S. Puts Toll of Iraqi Police at 4,000
More than 8,000 others were wounded in the last two years, an American general said...
New York Times - October 6, 2006
Cricket machine masters bowling
A machine that can replicate the spin and swing of bowlers is developed at a UK university...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Russell Watson back in hospital
Singer Russell Watson is re-admitted to hospital a week after an operation to remove a brain tumour...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Sharks swim into political waters
Australian environmentalists urge state and federal authorities to do more to help grey nurse sharks...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Reid discusses EU prisoners deal
John Reid discusses a proposal to have EU nationals currently in UK jails returned to their home nations in a swap deal...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Spurned policewoman 'shot lover'
A policewoman tried to murder a fellow officer after he told her their affair was over, the High Court hears...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Police hunt men after hit-and-run
Police are looking for three men after a hit-and-run in Edinburgh which led to the death of a 10-year-old boy...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
It was hell, says acquitted head
A primary school head speaks of "nine months of hell" as he is cleared of sexually assaulting a boy pupil...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Palestinian PM collapses at rally
Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya collapses while addressing tens of thousands of supporters in the Gaza Strip...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Karzai for jirga to crush Taleban
Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants Pashtuns on both sides of the Pakistan border to work together against the Taleban...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Thousands told to flee US blast
Up to 17,000 people are told to leave their homes after a huge explosion at a chemical plant in North Carolina...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Hungary PM wins confidence vote
Hungary's PM Gyurcsany wins a confidence vote, but the opposition keeps up protests to unseat him...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Thousands of Somalis reach Kenya
Some 2,000 Somalis cross into Kenya in just two days, as the UN says it is struggling to cope...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Football: I pick team - McClaren
England coach Steve McClaren angrily denies suggestions his players pick the team or decide tactics...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Football: Smith rallies Scotland
Scotland manager Walter Smith says his players must raise their game if they are to beat France...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Mars orbiter looks down on rover
Nasa's Opportunity Mars rover is pictured from space by the recently arrived Reconnaissance Orbiter...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Google 'in talks to buy YouTube'
Google is reported to be in talks to buy popular video-sharing website YouTube for $1.6bn...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Georgians deported as row grows
Russia deports about 130 Georgians as a row sparked by the arrest in Tbilisi of alleged spies escalates...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
US medic in Iraq kidnap plea deal
A US Navy medic pleads guilty to kidnapping an Iraqi civilian and agrees to testify about his comrades' roles...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Double jeopardy man is given life
A man is jailed for life after becoming the first person to be retried for murder under new double jeopardy laws...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Sudan denies 'threat' over Darfur
Sudan's government denies warning African and Arab countries not to send peacekeepers to Darfur...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
'Remove full veils' urges Straw
Cabinet Minister Jack Straw says he would prefer Muslim women not to wear veils which cover the face...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Ghost Recon battles to Bafta win
Combat title Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter picks up the Bafta award for game of the year...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Parental warning for Saatchi show
Visitors to a new exhibition are warned of sexually explicit works and that parental guidance may be required...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Early humans followed the coast
Learning how to live off the sea played a vital role in the expansion of early humans around the globe...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Children 'need hour of exercise'
Nursery children need an hour of daily exercise to prevent them becoming obesity victims, researchers warn...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Mental health battle for schools
Schools are struggling to cope with increasing numbers of pupils with mental health problems, research suggests...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Ryanair lifts stake in Aer Lingus
Budget airline Ryanair pushes ahead with its £1bn bid for Aer Lingus, upping its holding in its Irish rival...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
GCSE course changes 'fair to all'
Wales' education minister says scrapping some GCSE coursework will help prevent plagiarism and raise confidence in exams...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Gang 'targeted pensioner twice'
A pensioner was robbed twice in the space of a few days by the same gang, an SDLP assembly member believes...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Child obesity solution not simple
Researchers in Glasgow say children who exercise can stay just as overweight as those who do not...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Twenty-six injured in coach crash
Twenty-six people are injured - nine seriously - in a crash between a coach and a lorry in North Lincolnshire...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Rice meets Iraqi Kurdish leaders
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice holds talks with Kurdish leaders in northern Iraq amid tensions over oil...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Fighting mars Lanka peace moves
Sri Lanka's military says it has come under attack from Tamil Tigers the day after the rebels agreed to peace talks...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Vatican to review state of limbo
Catholic experts are set to advise the Pope to abolish the state of limbo for babies that die before baptism...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
UN to pressure N Korea over test
The UN Security Council look set to agree a statement calling on North Korea to call off a threatened nuclear test...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
US Congress opens sex row probe
An inquiry into a sex scandal inolving a former Republican lawmaker begins at the US Congress...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Football: England free from injury
England are given a clean bill of health ahead of Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifier against Macedonia at Old Trafford...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
F1: Rivals battle in rain
Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso are closely matched in practice at the Japanese Grand Prix...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Vioxx patients lose US court bid
British patients who claim they suffered heart attacks after taking the drug Vioxx have lost the right to fight for compensation in the US...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Powers to mull Iran censure plan
The US and UK are to push for sanctions on Iran as six key foreign ministers hold talks on Tehran's nuclear programme...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Queen bids battalions farewell
The Queen attends a parade marking the disbandment of the Royal Irish Regiment's home service battalions...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Russia deports Georgians by air
Russia has deported a planeload of Georgians, in an escalating row with the Caucasus republic...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Straw 'opposes all Muslim veils'
Cabinet Minister Jack Straw says he would prefer Muslim women not to wear veils at all, provoking further debate...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
US and EU strike flight data deal
The US and the EU agree a new deal to share details about airline passengers, after lengthy talks...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
German Chief Forges Accord on Financing Health Care
Chancellor Angela Merkel survived the most serious threat to her fragile, 10-month-old government with the agreement...
New York Times - October 6, 2006
U.S. Weighs Sanctions Against North Korea
North Korea’s vow to conduct an underground nuclear test has left the Bush administration looking over its list of possible sanctions...
New York Times - October 6, 2006
Rice, in Baghdad, Insists That Iraqis Are ‘Making Progress’
The secretary of state, on an unannounced visit, said she was in Iraq to offer support to Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki...
New York Times - October 6, 2006
Senator Says U.S. Should Rethink Iraq Strategy
The Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee warned that the situation in Iraq was “drifting sideways.”...
New York Times - October 6, 2006
New Indonesia Calamity, a Mud Bath, Is Man-Made
Geysers of mud and water are spewing forth from the site of a natural gas well, submerging eight villages...
New York Times - October 6, 2006
Israeli Bomblets Plague Lebanon
Officials say it will take more than a year to clear southern Lebanon of unexploded cluster bombs dropped by Israel...
New York Times - October 6, 2006
Pay organ donors, expert suggests
People should be paid for living organ donations, argues a US surgeon in a leading medical journal...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Parties get on election footing
Two of Scotland's political parties are stepping up their plans for next year's Holyrood election...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Langham sex case at crown court
Actor Chris Langham is due to appear at crown court for the first time on sex assault charges...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Death row Briton in plea to Blair
A British man awaiting execution in Pakistan writes to Tony Blair in a plea for help...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Miners killed in Bolivia dispute
Clashes between state-employed and independent miners kill at least nine at Bolivia's largest tin mine...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Sudan letter draws condemnations
UN members criticise a Sudanese warning against sending troops to Darfur, but fail to agree on a response...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
London to host Iran nuclear talks
Foreign ministers from the UN's five permanent members plus Germany meet in London to discuss how to deal with Iran's nuclear programme...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Straw's veil stance under attack
The Tories criticise Jack Straw for asking Muslim women at his constituency surgeries to remove veils...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
Cancer jab plea for girls aged 11
All schoolgirls should be routinely vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, the Lancet says...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
'Scrap more GCSE coursework'
GCSE coursework has become "less valid" and should be scrapped in several subjects, the exams watchdog says...
BBC News - October 6, 2006
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