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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 April 2008:
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Solar System's 'look-alike' found
Astronomers discover a planetary system orbiting a distant star which looks much like our own...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
REM's Accelerate races to the top
US rock band REM's first studio album for four years, Accelerate, shoots to the top of the UK chart...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Clashes in Egypt strike stand-off
Egyptian textile workers and police clash after security forces take over their factory to prevent a major strike...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Clinton's chief strategist quits
The chief strategist for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign quits over a conflict of interest row...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
In pictures
Iconic moments in the life of Charlton Heston...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Fall girl's family thank rescuers
The parents of a girl who fell 100ft from an escalator thank shoppers, store workers and medical staff...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Brown and Mbeki focus on Mugabe
Gordon Brown has held talks with South African President Thabo Mbeki to help end the crisis in Zimbabwe...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Fiery reception
Olympic torch relay brings Tibet debate to London...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Treasury faces 'major challenge'
The Treasury faces a major challenge in meeting its own targets amid ongoing market turmoil, a committee warns...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Now snow hits flights at new T5
Snow leads to more than a 100 flights being cancelled at Heathrow as scuffles reportedly broke out at the new terminal...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Cruise ship returns to UK waters
Passengers on a cruise liner stranded in Madeira for two days return to the UK after a three-month cruise...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Man charged over Jamaica murder
A handyman is charged with the murder of a 61-year-old British woman on an extended holiday in Jamaica...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
US soldiers killed in Green Zone
Three US troops are killed by rocket attacks on the Green Zone and a base in Baghdad, the US military says...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Zimbabwe vote review call spurned
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader rejects calls by President Mugabe's party for a review of poll results...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Low-paid hit by tax changes - MPs
The decision to abolish the lowest income tax band penalises childless low-paid people, says a committee of MPs...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Cardiff set up FA Cup final with Portsmouth
Joe Ledley scores the only goal to end Barnsley's FA Cup run and send Cardiff through to a final against Portsmouth...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Massa wins as Hamilton stumbles
Ferrari's Felipe Massa dominates the Bahrain Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton fails to score and loses the championship lead...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Johnson must be coach - Woodward
World Cup-winning coach Sir Clive Woodward says Martin Johnson is the man to lead England's revival - but only if he is a hands-on coach...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Draw extends Manchester United lead
Wayne Rooney earns Manchester United a draw at the Riverside, extending their lead over Chelsea to three points...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
How did Doctor Who's TV comeback do in the ratings?
Doctor Who's comeback attracts 8.4 million viewers, despite fears an earlier timeslot would harm the serial...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
French Muslim war graves defaced
Vandals use a pig's head and anti-Muslim slogans to deface the graves of Muslim soldiers in a French WWI cemetery...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Jowell defends torch parade role
Minister Tessa Jowell says taking part in the Olympic torch parade is no endorsement of China's human rights record...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
No deal in Kenyan cabinet talks
Talks between Kenya's president and PM-designate to end political deadlock break up without agreement...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
US forces clash with Iraq militia
Twenty people are reported killed in clashes in Baghdad between US forces and a Shia militia...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Crash dead remembered
A special church service is held in Farnborough a week after an air crash which killed five people...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Rescue team find missing aircraft
A rescue team finds the wreckage of an aircraft which went missing in bad weather in the Cairngorms...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
'Anti-gay views' JP investigated
An inquiry is underway into anti-gay remarks made by a serving magistrate on a BBC Wales documentary...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
'Internet used' to plan city riot
Police believe a riot in Londonderry involving up to 100 youths was organised on the internet...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Bidding farewell
Bush and Putin meet for last time as heads of state...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Minister defends ban on 'Boris'
Tessa Jowell defends an order to ministers not to refer to the Tory London mayor candidate as "Boris"...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Prince discharged from hospital
The Duke of Edinburgh is discharged from a London hospital after being treated for a chest infection...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Centrica 'eyeing British Energy'
British Gas parent Centrica talks to European firms about a possible joint bid for British Energy, say reports...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
In pictures
Images from readers of snow around Britain...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Brown 'backs' more school cadets
A government review will reportedly back calls to encourage more state school pupils to sign up for military cadet training...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Clashes along Olympic torch route
Thirty five arrests are made amid clashes between pro-Tibet protesters and police along the Olympic torch relay in London...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Live - Bahrain Grand Prix
Title contenders Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen bid for supremacy at the Sakhir circuit...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Buoyant Barnsley target Cup final
Manager Simon Davey is confident his Barnsley side can beat Cardiff in Sunday's FA Cup semi-final...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Enckelman wants Cardiff 'heroes'
Peter Enckelman calls on his Cardiff team-mates to become FA Cup heroes when they face Barnsley in Sunday's semi-final...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Glastonbury ticket sale under way
Thousands of Glastonbury Festival fans are jamming phone lines and its website after tickets went on sale...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Officers attacked during trouble
Police are attacked during a disturbance in Londonderry which involved up to 100 youths...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Kenyan leaders hold cabinet talks
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and
would-be PM Raila Odinga hold talks to form a coalition government...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
More raids on US polygamy sect
Texan police continue raids on breakaway Mormon sect's ranch, removing almost 200 women and children...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Abducted Iraqi students are freed
A group of 42 university students abducted near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul are released, police say...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Tykes fans head for FA Cup clash
Thousands of Barnsley football fans head to Wembley for their FA Cup semi final clash with Cardiff...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Fire prevents residents returning
Residents are not allowed home after a massive blaze destroys a block of flats under construction...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Girl injured after aerosol blast
A 10-year-old child is severely burnt in a small explosion after throwing a bag of rubbish with aerosol cans onto a fire...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Basra Tales
Three UK soldiers outline memories of Iraq invasion...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Mugabe party demands recount
Zimbabwean President Mugabe's party demands poll results be delayed and votes recounted, reports say...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
'No rethink' on tax rate - Hutton
Business Secretary John Hutton says there will be no rethink on the decision to scrap the 10p starting rate of income tax...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
More cancellations at Terminal 5
Heathrow's Terminal 5 is hit by 62 cancellations as snow causes further disruption to its service...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
'Candid' Clegg acknowledges risk
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says that politicians who are "candid" about their private lives "run some risks"...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Scuffles mar Olympic torch relay
The London leg of the Olympic torch relay to Beijing begins as small scuffles break out along the heavily-policed route...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Snow falls across much of the UK
Snow falls across much of the UK, bringing icy, "treacherous" conditions to many roads, with predictions of more to come...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
'Some progress' in Russia-US ties
George Bush and Vladimir Putin sign a basic agreement on bilateral ties, without a breakthrough on differences...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Khan stops Kristjansen in seven
Amir Khan beats Martin Kristjansen to move closer to a world lightweight title fight later this year...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Egypt braced for 'general strike'
Egyptian authorities warn they will take firm action against anyone taking part in a strike called on Sunday...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Shopping chaos
Why India's bazaars will survive superstore rivalry...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Microsoft gives Yahoo three weeks
Microsoft gives Yahoo a three-week deadline to respond to its offer to buy out the internet company for $44.6bn (£22.3bn)...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Phones on planes
Isn't flying bad enough already, asks Clive James...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Burning question
Should athletes boycott the Olympic flame ceremony?...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Larger than life
Charlton Heston, screen hero who lived a film script...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Blast kills Sri Lankan minister
Sri Lankan Highways Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle is among 11 people killed by a suicide bomb blast, officials say...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Problems persist at Heathrow's T5
More flights are cancelled after baggage handlers at Heathrow's Terminal 5 were forced to hand sort baggage overnight...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Duke's condition to be assessed
Doctors are to assess Prince Philip's condition after he spent a third night in hospital with a chest infection...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
New law targets corporate killing
A new corporate manslaughter law comes into force aimed at easing prosecution of negligent firms...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Mugabe party demands poll recount
Zimbabwean President Mugabe's party demands election results be delayed and votes recounted, reports say...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
Hollywood star Heston dies
Charlton Heston, who won a best actor Oscar for his performance in the 1959 epic Ben Hur, dies aged 84...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
London ready for Olympic parade
A star-studded cast of athletes and celebrities prepares to accompany the Olympic torch in its journey across London...
BBC News - April 6, 2008
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