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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 December 2005:
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German Sues Over Abduction Said to Be at Hands of C.I.A.
Khaled el-Masri says he was beaten and taken to Afghanistan by U.S. agents in an apparent case of mistaken identity in 2003...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Tories Elect Young Moderate as New Opposition Leader
In a triumph of svelte youth over rugged experience, Britain's opposition Conservatives chose David Cameron today as their new leader...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
At Hussein Trial, Witness Tells of Torture
A woman said intelligence agents had tortured her and flung her into Baghdad's notorious Abu Ghraib jail in the early 1980's when she was just 16...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Persimmon to rejoin the FTSE 100
Housebuilder Persimmon is to rejoin the UK's main FTSE 100 share index of largest listed companies...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Man sues CIA over torture claims
A man who says he was a victim of the CIA's alleged secret jails sues the agency's ex-chief over torture claims...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Antarctica's ice bottom exposed
Scientists produce an unprecedented map of the underside of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Rangers progress in Champions League
Rangers become the first Scottish club to qualify from the Champions League group stages...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Football: Liverpool top group
Liverpool top Champions League Group G after a goalless draw at Chelsea...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Scores die in Iranian air crash
A military transport plane crashes on the outskirts of the Iranian capital, Tehran, killing 128 people...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Extended hostage video aired
A longer tape of UK hostage Norman Kember calling for troops to be withdrawn from Iraq is seen on the internet...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
'Gay wedding' man dies of cancer
A cancer sufferer who "married" in what is thought to be the UK's first civil partnership dies a day later...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Iranian Military Plane Carrying 94 Crashes Into Building
The crash killed all on board as well as people on the ground. The death toll stands at 116...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Israel Arrests 15 Palestinians in Response to Suicide Bombing
Also, all Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip have been temporarily barred from entering Israel...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
At Trial in Iraq, Witnesses Tell About Torture
The first witnesses took the stand in Saddam Hussein's trial, offering grisly testimony that was met by shouts from Mr. Hussein...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Questions About Secret Prisons Follow Rice in Europe
The German leader said she had wrested an admission from the U.S. over the mistaken imprisonment of a German citizen...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Bombers Kill at Least 36 at Baghdad Police Academy
Two bombers wearing explosive belts blew themselves up in a crowded courtyard in the Baghdad police academy today...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Wikipedia tightens online rules
A complaint from a prominent US journalist about Wikipedia has prompted changes in its submission rules...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
HMV bid for Ottakar's gets review
Shares in bookstore chain Ottakar's drop 14% after a takeover offer from HMV is referred to the Competition Commission...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Davis hails Tory 'PM in waiting'
Defeated leadership contender David Davis says David Cameron will be the next Tory prime minister...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
NHS warned over private schools
Hospitals have been warned only to offer placements to students from accredited medical schools...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
India joins nuclear fusion club
India has joined the group of nations involved in building the next generation nuclear fusion reactor...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Rice signs US-Romania bases deal
The US secretary of state signs a deal to give the US access to Romanian military bases on the latest leg of her Europe tour...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
UN probe halts quizzing Syrians
A UN inquiry into the killing of Rafik Hariri has adjourned the questioning of five Syrian officials in Vienna, diplomats say...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
India minister quits in Iraq row
Indian cabinet minister Natwar Singh resigns following reports that he benefited from the Iraq oil-for-food programme...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
CCTV staff 'spied on naked woman'
Two council workers used CCTV cameras to watch a woman undressing and having a bath, a court hears...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Plans to replace 11-plus released
Plans to replace academic selection in NI by the 11-plus transfer test are published for consultation...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Cleared man seeks public inquiry
A man who spent 18 years in jail for a murder he did not commit is calling for a public inquiry into the case...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
UK signs up to Euro Mars mission
The UK government has announced it is to invest 108m euros (£73.2m) in Europe's next mission to Mars...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Mugabe rejects UN offer of tents
Zimbabwe's President Mugabe rejects a UN offer of tents for those whose houses were demolished this year...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Rice and Merkel discuss CIA row
Germany's Angela Merkel and Condoleezza Rice discuss reports that CIA planes flew suspects via Europe...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Suicide bombers kill Iraqi police
At least 36 Iraqi police officers are killed by two suicide bombers at a police academy in Baghdad...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Gazza freed after assault inquiry
Paul Gascoigne is released on bail after being arrested over an alleged assault on a photographer in Liverpool...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Cocaine offences at record level
Cocaine offences reach record levels in England and Wales, with a 16% increase last year, Home Office figures show...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Ladbroke evidence 'insufficient'
No individual will be charged over the Paddington rail crash but Network Rail will be prosecuted, the CPS says...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Baby twins left in cardboard box
A baby boy and baby girl, only hours old, are found abandoned in a box in a hospital car park...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Cameron chosen as new Tory leader
David Cameron is elected as the new Conservative leader, beating David Davis in a ballot of Tory members...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Many killed in Tehran plane crash
More than 100 people are feared dead in Iran after a military plane crashes into a block of flats in Tehran...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Ethical Concerns on Face Transplant Grow
American scientists are concerned that the world's first partial face transplant may have been undertaken without adequate medical and ethical preparation...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Kazakh President Re-elected; Voting Flawed, Observers Say
President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan secured a third term in office in the election over the weekend with an overwhelming victory...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Early-hours nursery safety fears
Nurseries in England often lack staff at the start of the day to ensure children's well-being, inspectors say...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Old rocks the key to life on Mars
A scientist says Europe's next Mars mission should target the oldest rocks on the planet for evidence of past life...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Lawsuit targets Xbox 360 console
Microsoft is being sued in the US over allegations that its new Xbox 360 overheats and freezes up...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Williams wins 'gay' libel damages
Singer Robbie Williams accepts libel damages over newspaper claims he is secretly homosexual...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
'Totsie' murder sentence quashed
A man who spent 18 years in jail for murder has had his sentence quashed at the Court of Appeal in Edinburgh...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
'Own goal' over pothole trip case
A man who tried to sue a council for injuring his leg on a pavement when in fact he hurt it playing football, is guilty of contempt of court...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Cold snap helps lift retail sales
The recent cold weather helped to raise sales on the UK's High Streets, the British Retail Consortium says...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Brown promises to be 'Blairite'
Gordon Brown says he will run a Blairite administration if he becomes prime minister - and insists he is not too old...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Man arrested over £26m bank raid
Detectives investigating the £26.5m Northern Bank robbery arrest a 35-year-old Belfast man, say police...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Soldiers dead in Sri Lanka attack
A landmine blast in northern Sri Lanka kills seven troops, the second such attack in three days, the army says...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Falconio's body 'will be found'
Backpacker Peter Falconio's parents weep in court in Australia as a prosecutor says their son's body will be found...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
US army drops Iraq murder charges
The US army drops charges against a soldier accused of murder while commanding a platoon in Iraq...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Cold response for EU budget plan
Few European leaders offer support for a British proposal to end the deadlock over the European Union budget...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Israel raids follow suicide blast
Israeli forces make arrests at the house of a Palestinian suicide bomber who killed five people in Netanya on Monday...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
S Africa's Zuma charged with rape
Political support for ex-South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma wanes as he is charged with rape...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Singapore accused of maid neglect
A US-based rights group says foreign maids face what amounts to forced labour and other abuse in Singapore...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Football: England World Cup seed
England are among the top eight seeds for the 2006 World Cup...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Athletics: Holmes to retire
Dame Kelly Holmes announces the end of her track career...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Islanders launch High Court bid
Diego Garcian refugees go to London's High Court as part of their legal bid to return to the Indian Ocean island...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Newborn babies found in car park
Newborn babies, believed to be twins, are found in a cardboard box in a hospital car park...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Radio's Wogan becomes Sir Terry
Broadcaster Terry Wogan collects a knighthood from the Queen after obtaining dual citizenship...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Women bombers kill Iraqi police
At least 27 Iraqi policemen are killed by two female suicide bombers at an a police academy in Baghdad...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Woman testifies at Saddam trial
A woman testifying behind a screen at the trial of Saddam Hussein tells of torture by Iraqi security forces...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Rice visits Berlin amid CIA row
Germany's Angela Merkel meets US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice amid a row over CIA prisoner flights...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Plane crashes in suburb of Tehran
A military aircraft carrying up to 90 people crashes into a 10-storey block in the south of the Iranian capital Tehran...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Palestinian Bomber Kills Himself and 5 Others Near Israel Mall
Subsequently, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called an emergency meeting of senior Israeli security officials to plot a response...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
New Questions on a Breakthrough in Human Stem Cell Research
The South Korean researcher whose work was hailed as an advance in stem cell research is correcting some of the photographs that appeared with his article...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
French Engineer Is Latest Westerner Kidnapped in Iraq
The French government said it was working to secure the release of the engineer and reiterated its recommendation that French citizens "abstain" from visiting Iraq...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
The Struggle for Iraq: Defending Hussein, Clark Seeks to Set Historical Record Straight
Ramsey Clark, the former U.S. attorney general on Saddam Hussein's defense team, argues that all men deserve a fair trial...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Raised as Catholic in Belgium, She Died as a Muslim Bomber
A recent suicide bombing in Iraq supports fears of more European women committing to one of the world's deadliest causes...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
U.S. Interrogations Are Saving European Lives, Rice Says
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice chastised European leaders for complaining about secret jails for terror suspects...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Stress 'hinders healing process'
Scientists show the stress generated by a 30-minute marital argument can slow wound healing by a day...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Parliament goes cold on bag tax
The Scottish Parliament is to issue a sceptical report over a proposal to introduce a tax on carrier bags...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Six troops dead in S Lanka blast
A landmine blast in northern Sri Lanka kills at least six soldiers, an army spokesman says...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Chinese mine owner 'disappears'
The owner of a Chinese mine where flooding has trapped 42 miners is missing, the state news agency reports...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
New witnesses to challenge Saddam
The trial of Saddam Hussein is to resume in Baghdad a day after he says he is not afraid to be executed...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Government 'squandering billions'
Government departments are repeating the same "basic errors" in how they spend taxpayers' money, MPs say...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Rugby: Thomas wins BBC award
Wales and Lions captain Gareth Thomas has been crowned BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2005...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Mugabe faces slum talks with UN
A UN envoy inspecting the living conditions of people cleared from Harare slums is to meet Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
'New mammal' seen in Borneo
A cat-sized mammal which appears to be new to science has been seen in the forests of Borneo, WWF says...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Sex offenders 'poorly supervised'
The police watchdog warns some sex offenders are not being properly monitored while living in the community...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Falconio accused 'was not framed'
The prosecution in the Peter Falconio murder trial dismisses claims the defendant was framed...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Cool response to EU budget plan
UK proposals to end the deadlock over the EU budget find little support among European leaders...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Rice in Germany amid CIA row
America's top diplomat is in Germany to meet its new leaders amid a growing row over CIA prisoner flights...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Scientist hopes for CO2 storage
The war on climate change can only be won by burying CO2 emissions under ground, says Sir David King...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Tory party to announce new leader
David Cameron is favourite to be named new Tory leader, after a nationwide ballot of 250,000 party members...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Gascoigne arrested over 'assault'
Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne is arrested over an alleged assault outside a Liverpool hotel...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
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