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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 February 2008:
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War Costs Next Year Estimated at $170 Billion or More
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates cautioned that any estimate is dicey, given the unpredictability of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Senior Pakistani Army Officers Killed in Helicopter Crash
The crash, which killed seven officers, occurred due to a technical fault, military officials said...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Seized Video Shows Boys Training to Be Insurgents in Iraq, U.S. Military Says
The footage is believed to be part of a propaganda tape made by Al Qaeda...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Fighting in Chad?s Capital Ebbs, but Big Problems Loom
The clash that nearly toppled Chad?s government has heightened tensions with Sudan, threatening to pull the two neighbors deeper into each other?s problems...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
DNA 'barcode' revealed in plants
A "barcode" gene that can be used to distinguish between plant species has been identified...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Obesity 'may be largely genetic'
Becoming overweight as a child is more likely to be the result of your genes than your lifestyle, claims a study...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Inquiry into MPs' expenses urged
Whitehall's sleaze watchdog is urged to launch an inquiry into MPs expenses, in the wake of recent scandals...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Paisley Jr on father's MP payroll
Ian Paisley Jr confirms he is receiving a salary as a researcher for his North Antrim MP father...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Tajikistan 'facing catastrophe'
The UN's World Food Programme warns that Tajikistan is experiencing emergency food shortages...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Football: Brazil win in Dublin
Robinho's second-half goal helps Brazil beat the Republic of Ireland in the friendly at Croke Park...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Chad clashes 'killed 100' people
At least 100 people died in the weekend fighting between government forces and rebels in Chad, aid agencies say...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Capello's reign starts with victory
Shaun-Wright Phillips scores the winner as England beat Switzerland in Fabio Capello's first game as boss...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Football: Easy win for Wales
Carl Fletcher and a Jason Koumas brace seal a comfortable 3-0 win for Wales over Norway at the Racecourse...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Columbus launch may be delayed
Poor weather forecast for the Florida area may prevent Europe's space lab, Columbus, from launching on Thursday...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Snow-hit China greets New Year
Millions of Chinese migrant workers remain separated from families as the Lunar New Year starts...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Search on for US tornado victims
Rescue crews search for victims of tornadoes that tore across four US states killing at least 48 people...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
UK-US call for Afghan war support
Gordon Brown and the US secretary of state call on Nato allies to share the burden of the war in Afghanistan...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
'Al-Qaeda boys' in training video
US and Iraqi forces release video purporting to show young children taking part in deadly training exercises...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
World Briefing | The Americas: Mexico: Bush Praises Anti-Drug Effort
President Bush called the Mexican president, Felipe Calderón, to talk about bilateral relations and give him a pat on the back for his efforts to stamp out drug cartels...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: China: New Year?s Eve in Darkness
The eve of the Lunar New Year, the biggest holiday of the year, is Wednesday, and millions of people in cities that have had their electricity cut off for more than a week after blizzards and a deep freeze are expected to spend it without power. Chenzhou, a city of about four million in Hunan Province, began its 11th day without power or water on Tuesday. Even around cities that are now receiving electricity, officials say, many villages in the countryside remain without power, and it could be many days or weeks before it is restored...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: France: Romantic, Glamorous, Litigious
President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni, won a lawsuit against Ryanair, the European low-cost airline, for the unauthorized use of their photograph in an ad. A judge in Paris ordered the airline to pay Mr. Sarkozy one euro in damages, the sum he had asked for. Ms. Bruni, a former model, was awarded 60,000 euros, about $88,000. She had sought 500,000 euros, or $732,000, what she said she would expect to earn for appearing in an ad. The couple filed the suit against the airline after the ad appeared in the newspaper Le Parisien last week, just days before they married on Saturday. A cartoon bubble above Ms. Bruni read: ?With Ryanair, my whole family can come to my wedding.?...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Sudan: Progress for Darfur Peace Force
The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, said that Bangladesh and Ethiopia had offered to lend helicopters to the new African Union-United Nations force for Darfur and that President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan had dropped objections to Thai and Nepalese troops. Just 9,000 of the projected 26,000 troops are in Darfur because of the Sudanese government?s reluctance to approve non-African soldiers and the unwillingness of military powers to meet repeated requests from Mr. Ban for the 18 attack and 6 transport helicopters the force will need. John Sawers, Britain?s ambassador to the United Nations, said the developments were welcome but added, ?Anyone who dealt with Sudan over the last several years will be wary of announcements of progress.?...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Ukraine Joins the W.T.O.
Ukraine joined the World Trade Organization on Tuesday after 14 years of negotiations, a milestone for the former Soviet republic...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Germany: Turkey Joining Inquiry Into Fire
The Turkish government added to the pressure on German officials to determine whether a deadly blaze in an apartment building in the southwestern German city of Ludwigshafen could have been a premeditated hate crime. The Turkish Foreign Ministry called for an ?extensive investigation? into the disaster on Sunday, in which nine people, five of them children, were killed, and a baby was tossed from a third floor window to save its life. All were Turks. The German Interior Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, accepted the Turkish government?s offer to send its own fire experts to take part in the investigation. A police spokesman said investigators had not been able to enter the building because it was so badly damaged that it was in danger of collapsing. Arson has not been ruled out. Investigators were interviewing two girls who said they saw a man start the fire. The police said the building was the target of an attack with Molotov cocktails in August 2006...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Ernesto Illy, Chairman of Coffee Company, Is Dead at 82
Mr. Illy, who as chairman of Illycaffè, maker of an expensive brand of coffee, was renowned as a scientific perfectionist of coffee and as an evangelist of espresso...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Spiritual Leader, Dies
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi introduced transcendental meditation to the West and gained fame in the 1960s as the spiritual guru to the Beatles...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
U.S. Imposes More Sanctions to Press Myanmar?s Rulers
The Bush administration hit a business tycoon linked to Myanmar?s military rulers with more financial sanctions on Tuesday...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Airline Ordered to Pay French First Couple Over Ad
A French court ordered Ryanair to pay damages to President Nicolas Sarkozy and his new wife for using a photograph of them in an advertisement...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
U.N. Warns of Huge Crop of Afghan Opium Poppies
The United Nations warned that Europe and other regions should brace themselves for the expected influx of heroin...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Military Retirees Demand Musharraf?s Resignation
Several hundred Pakistani retired generals, admirals and servicemen gathered Tuesday and demanded that President Pervez Musharraf step down...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Japan Resumes Whale Hunt
Japan has resumed its annual whale hunt in waters near Antarctica now that anti-whaling activists have stopped pursuing the country?s fleet, a Japanese official said...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Abroad: In Hungary, Roma Get Art Show, Not a Hug
A recent exhibition of contemporary Romany art in Budapest was the latest nod to Europe?s most despised, and Hungary's largest, minority...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Fighting Between Israel and Hamas Escalates
Israel launched airstrikes against militants firing rockets from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and vowed to maintain a war '?on all fronts?' until the territory?s Hamas rulers halt attacks...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Moscow Journal: A Love Letter to Putin (but It?s Not Addressed to Him)
The title of a new Russian movie might well be ?Love Story: The Putin Chronicles,? yet the producer is curiously adamant that it has nothing to do with Vladimir V. Putin and his wife...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Pope?s Rewrite of Latin Prayer Draws Criticism From 2 Sides
Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday issued a replacement for a contentious Good Friday prayer, removing language that many Jewish groups found offensive but still calling for their conversion...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
India?s School Shortage Means Glut of Parental Stress
Admissions for prekindergarten seats in Delhi begin for children as young as 3, and what school they get into is widely felt to make or break their fate...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Rift Over Closer Ties to Europe Ignites Serbian Political Crisis
Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said a plan for closer ties with the European Union would lure Belgrade into rubber-stamping independence for Kosovo...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Death Toll in Kenya Exceeds 1,000, but Talks Reach Crucial Phase
According to the Red Cross, most of the killings have been in the turbulent Rift Valley, where gangs from opposing ethnic groups have fought fiercely...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Rice Tries to Convince Europe on Afghanistan
The secretary of state called for European governments to convince their skeptical populations of the importance of sending troops to Afghanistan...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Italy Sets April Date for Election
President Giorgio Napolitano took the action after political factions failed to agree on a plan to revise the country?s flawed electoral law...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Intelligence Chief Cites Qaeda Threat to U.S.
The director of national intelligence said Al Qaeda is gaining in strength from its refuge in Pakistan...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Holographic displays step closer
Holographs could become much more widely used as US scientist discover a quick way to make the 3D images...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
BBC to shut gates on Grange Hill
The BBC axes children's TV drama Grange Hill after 30 years, saying it wants more contemporary programming...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Hidden children 'serious problem'
MPs and voluntary organisations express concern at the number of children in need who are 'under the radar'...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Clegg attacks 'surveillance' UK
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg accuses Gordon Brown of turning Britain into a "surveillance state"...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Rape charge after mental unit escape
A man who escaped from a secure mental health unit is charged with raping a 14-year-old girl in south Wales...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Rio Tinto rejects $147bn BHP move
Mining firm Rio Tinto rejects a $147bn takeover offer from rival BHP Billiton, but leaves the door open for a higher bid...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Parents talk of 'beautiful girl'
The family of a two-year-old who died after becoming tangled in a window blind cord pay tribute to her...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Brown ditches super-casino plan
The prime minister has dropped government plans to build a super-casino in Manchester, the BBC learns...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Wright 'told Robinson of fears'
DUP MP Peter Robinson tells the Billy Wright Inquiry that the paramilitary told him he feared he would be killed...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
General killed in Pakistan crash
A senior Pakistani army officer is among eight people killed in a helicopter crash in South Waziristan, the army says...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Italy to hold snap April election
Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano dissolves parliament, paving the way for early elections on 13-14 April...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Dozens dead in southern US storms
At least 48 people are killed and dozens injured as tornadoes hit four southern US states...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Chad president 'in total control'
Chad's president appears in public for the first time since an attempted coup, saying the government is in control...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Football honours Munich victims
The world of football marks the Munich air disaster, which killed 23 people 50 years ago...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Headless corpse wrapped in duvet
A decapitated body is found wrapped in a duvet and dumped in a gold cage behind a row of shops...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Anger over £1.99 Tesco chickens
Animal welfare and farming groups criticise Tesco for cutting the cost of intensively-reared chickens to £1.99...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
New rules to limit non-EU doctors
Doctors resident outside the EU will no longer be able to apply for training posts in the UK under new rules...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Super-casino axe is 'confirmed'
Plans for a giant super-casino in Manchester are scrapped - but 16 large regional ones will go ahead...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
MSPs agree to pass Scots budget
The Scottish Government's budget is passed by parliament, after several last-minute concessions...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Actor Ledger's overdose 'accident'
Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of six different prescription drugs, authorities say...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Boyfriend denies murdering model
The boyfriend of murdered teenage model Sally Anne Bowman denies in court that he was her killer...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Brown backs court phone tap use
Prime Minister Gordon Brown backs the limited use of intercept evidence in court after an independent review...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Britney's manager 'drugged star'
Britney Spears' manager is banned from going near the star after her mother takes out a restraining order...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Point-by-point: Question time
The key points from prime minister's questions in the House of Commons, from 1200 GMT...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Drive to curb teen pregnancy rate
Young people are to be offered a much broader range of contraception in a bid to cut the high teenage pregnancy rate...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Stocks mixed on US economy fears
Asian stocks end sharply down, but European shares rise as market jitters return on US economy fears...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Child killed by window blind cord
A two-year-old girl dies after becoming tangled in a window blind cord at her home in Clackmannanshire...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Train service resumes 46 years on
A new £30m passenger train link between Ebbw Vale and Cardiff opens 46 years after services were cut...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Trust confirms more bug deaths
A hospital trust says there have been three more C. difficile linked deaths in its area since the summer...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Ferry onlookers are 'in danger'
People going onto Blackpool beach to look at a stricken ferry are putting themselves at risk, say the Coastguard...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Russia suspicious over Iran test
Russia says an Iranian missile test this week raised suspicions over its true nuclear ambitions...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Turkish MPs voting on headscarfs
Turkish MPs meet to vote on controversial plans to allow girls to wear the Islamic headscarf in universities...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Bodies gathered from Chad streets
Aid workers in Chad's capital collect bodies from weekend street battles as France's defence minister visits...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Rugby: England squad unveiled
Jonny Wilkinson remains at fly-half while Michael Lipman and Tim Payne come into an England team showing five changes for the Six Nations game in Italy...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
McCain sees 'way to go'
John McCain comes out of Super Tuesday a clear front-runner - but two other horses still remain in the race, the BBC's David Willis says...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Owen tipped to be sub for England
England striker Michael Owen is set to be on the bench against Switzerland but Ashley Young and David Bentley may earn starts...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Clinton and Obama battle on
Super Tuesday's voting leaves Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both well in the running, says the BBC's Gavin Hewitt...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Budget showdown in Scotland
The Scottish Government's £30bn budget faces a crucial vote as Alex Salmond says he will quit if it is not passed...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Italy leader dissolves parliament
Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano dissolves parliament, paving the way for snap elections...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Storms wreak havoc in US
At least 31 people are killed and dozens injured by violent tornadoes in four southern US states...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Under-18s may face drink ban
The home secretary says she is considering banning anyone under-18 carrying alcohol in public in England and Wales...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Hospital death doctor convicted
A Greek doctor is found guilty of killing a British holidaymaker through neglect after he was left on a hospital trolley...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
US rivals fight on after key day
Republican and Democratic front-runners do well in Super Tuesday's US polls, but none clinches their party's race...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Patient Columbus set for voyage
Europe hopes finally to get its space station laboratory, Columbus, into orbit this Thursday...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Beetroot 'may cut blood pressure'
Drinking 500ml of beetroot juice a day can significantly reduce blood pressure, research suggests...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
More opium likely in Afghan south
The amount of opium poppy cultivated in Afghanistan's volatile southern provinces will increase in 2008, the UN says...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Holidays begin in snow-hit China
Chinese authorities work to restore power to millions, as the snow-hit country begins to celebrate Lunar New Year...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Munich disaster victims honoured
The world of football will honour the victims of the Munich air disaster on Wednesday, 50 years after it killed 23 people...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Ad 'likely to offend gay people'
A poster claiming that gay people want to "abolish the family" is criticised by the advertising watchdog...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Court restrains Spears' manager
A Los Angeles judge issues a restraining order against Britney Spears' manager at her mother's request...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Indian guru Maharishi Yogi dies
The Indian guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, credited with setting the Beatles on the path to enlightenment, dies...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Northern Rock jobs under threat
Jobs at Northern Rock will be cut if Virgin Group ends up controlling the troubled bank, the BBC learns...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Justin Webb's blog
Divided Super Tuesday spoils make a long fight more likely...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
UK-US stage talks on Afghan war
Gordon Brown welcomes the US secretary of state for talks on bolstering support for the war in Afghanistan...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Excitement builds
Buoyant mood at Hillary Clinton's campaign HQ...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Interactive map
A state-by-state guide to voting in Super Tuesday states...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
McCain surges ahead in primaries
John McCain takes several big wins on Super Tuesday, while Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton trade victories...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
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