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Global News Archive for May 2007:
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Man in the News: Nicolas Sarkozy: Winning the Chance to Prove His Critics Wrong
Mr. Sarkozy will become one of the most polarizing figures to move into Élysée Palace in the postwar era...
New York Times - May 6, 2007
Turkish Candidate With Islamic Base Withdraws
Abdullah Gul withdrew his candidacy for Turkey?s presidency today, ending a political struggle...
New York Times - May 6, 2007
French Voters Pick Sarkozy to Be President; Turnout High
Nicolas Sarkozy earned a decisive victory today over Ségolène Royal, keeping the right in power for another five years. Turnout was estimated at 85 percent of France?s registered voters...
New York Times - May 6, 2007
Spider-Man hits to go 'on and on'
Spider-Man will return for at least three more movies, its studio says as the third film breaks box office records...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Bar staff 'should wear ear plugs'
Campaigners say the entertainment industry should take measures to protect the hearing of workers...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Glucose link in cot death study
A link between cot death and low blood glucose levels is found by researchers at Dundee university...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Woman sectioned over child deaths
A woman is taken to a mental hospital and a man bailed after the bodies of two children are found in London...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Cameroon air crash site located
The wreckage of a Kenya Airways jet that went missing on Saturday has been found, officials confirm...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Snooker: Higgins dominates
John Higgins leads Mark Selby 12-4 after a dominant first day of the World Championship final...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Football: Newcastle boss quits
Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder resigns after a disappointing Premiership campaign...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
'Changes needed' in social care
There needs to be an overhaul in social care with a shift towards state-funded care, a survey says...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Lib Dems rule out SNP coalition
Scotland's Liberal Democrats turn down a coalition deal with the Scottish Nationalists at Holyrood...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Sarkozy takes French presidency
French conservative Nicolas Sarkozy wins an intensely fought presidential election that saw an 85% turnout...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Huge Voter Turnout in French Presidential Election
Nicolas Sarkozy, the conservative candidate, is leading the race according to numerous polls, sometimes by 10 points over the Socialist Ségolène Royal...
New York Times - May 6, 2007
Spider-Man 3 smashes movie record
Spider-Man 3 becomes the most successful new release in North American box office history, its studio says...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Heads warn over exam 'meltdown'
Exam reforms being introduced next year will cause chaos and lead to a fall in standards, head teachers warn...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
RBS 'mounts bid' for LaSalle bank
Royal Bank of Scotland reportedly bids $22bn for US-based LaSalle bank - the latest twist in a bitter takeover battle...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Babysitter attacked by intruders
A 30-year-old man babysitting his 12-year-old niece has been beaten by burglars in north Belfast...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Lib Dems will not do Labour deal
The Liberal Democrats rule out a Labour coalition deal for a new government in the Scottish Parliament...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
No to coalition, says Lib Dem AM
A Liberal Democrat AM says he and many in the party will oppose a new coalition with Labour in the Welsh assembly...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
New Turkey president poll fails
Turkey's Abdullah Gul fails in a new bid for the presidency amid a row pitting secularists against the ruling party...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Baghdad car bomb blast kills 33
A car bomb kills at least 33 people and injures dozens in a mainly Shia area of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Football: Sunderland win title
Sunderland win the Championship title after a clinical display sees them cruise to victory over relegated Luton...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Britons on missing airliner named
Five Britons on board a plane thought to
have crashed in southern Cameroon are named by the Foreign Office...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Phone hunt after student murder
Police investigating the murder of a female student in Hull are searching for her mobile phone...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Voting brisk as France decide
France reports high turnout as voters choose between Nicolas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal as their new president...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
UK soldier injured in Iraq dies
A British soldier from the Royal Logistic Corps dies from injuries sustained in Iraq last week, the MoD says...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Man Utd clinch Premiership title
Man Utd are the Premiership football champions after Chelsea fail to beat Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Reid to resign as home secretary
John Reid says he will leave the Cabinet when Tony Blair goes, as he backs Gordon Brown for Labour leader...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Police officer killed in shooting
A policeman has been shot dead and the body of another man found at a property in Shropshire...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Blair, Whose Tenure Began in a Blaze of Glory, Prepares for a More Subdued Exit
Tony Blair is preparing to leave office burdened by an unpopular war and down in the ratings...
New York Times - May 6, 2007
France Heads to the Polls After a Scorching Finale
France began voting for president today. Nicolas Sarkozy led Ségolène Royal 55 to 45 in a poll released late Friday...
New York Times - May 6, 2007
PDs not leaving Irish government
The Progressive Democrats will not be withdrawing from the Irish government, party leader Michael McDowell says...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Coalition talks get green light
The Scottish Green Party agrees in principle to talks with the SNP on forming a new government...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Baghdad car bomb blast kills 29
A car bomb kills at least 29 people and injures dozens in a mixed district of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Pakistan judge blasts 'dictators'
Pakistan's ousted chief justice tells supporters opposed to President Musharraf that dictatorships "get destroyed"...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Dead children's bodies examined
Post-mortem examinations of the bodies of two children found at a house in south London are due to take place...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Candidates banned for Eta links
Spain's Supreme court bans hundreds of candidates in local elections because of Eta links...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Snooker: Finalists set for battle
Mark Selby will seek to crown his superb Crucible run by beating former champion John Higgins in the World Championship final in Sheffield...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Search for Kenyan plane resumes
Rescuers in Cameroon resume searching for a Kenyan airliner thought to have crashed with 114 people aboard...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Man quizzed over student's death
A 20-year-old man is questioned about the death of a student at a halls of residence in Hull...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Blues not ready to concede title
Chelsea travel to the Emirates Stadium on Sunday knowing they must beat Arsenal to keep the title race alive...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Fresh tornadoes pound central US
A new wave of tornadoes strikes the central US, a day after nine people died in a massive tornado in Kansas...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Stage set for Brown 'coronation'
Gordon Brown will not face a top level Labour leadership challenge when Tony Blair quits this week, say Blair allies...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Turkey fails again to pick leader
Abdullah Gul, Turkey's ruling party candidate for president accused of Islamist views, fails again to get elected...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Voting brisk as the French decide
France reports record turnout as voters choose between a socialist and a conservative for their next president...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Labour may challenge SNP vote
A Labour candidate tells the BBC he is considering taking legal action over the results of the Scottish elections...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Reid to quit as home secretary
Home Secretary John Reid has said he will stand down as home secretary in June when Tony Blair goes...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Police officer shot dead at house
A police officer is shot dead and another person killed in an incident at a house in Shropshire...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Church services for abducted girl
The parents of Madeleine McCann, the abducted British girl, "take hope and strength" from prayers for her return...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Thousands Protest Religion in Turkish Government
Tens of thousands of flag-waving Turks rallied for the third big secularist protest in a month...
New York Times - May 6, 2007
Bhutan Lets the World In (but Leaves Fashion TV Out)
Once, Bhutan guarded itself from the world. Today, globalization is officially sanctioned, and it is rushing in fast...
New York Times - May 6, 2007
Kenya Air Jet Goes Down in Cameroon
A jet with 114 people on board crashed early Saturday after sending out a distress signal over a rainforest...
New York Times - May 6, 2007
From China to Panama, a Trail of Poisoned Medicine
A poisonous solvent sold by counterfeiters and mixed into drugs has figured in mass poisonings around the world that killed thousands...
New York Times - May 6, 2007
Selenium pills 'may combat HIV'
Taking daily selenium supplements may block the build-up of HIV in a patient's blood, research suggests...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Judge prepares for Lahore rally
After an all-night wait, large crowds in Lahore prepare to hear the country's ousted chief justice speak...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Mass graves found in Colombia
Colombian authorities uncover mass graves containing more than 100 people in the south of the country...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Turkey retries presidential vote
Turkish MPs will meet to try to elect a new president, a day after thousands called for the only candidate to withdraw...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Search resumes for missing plane
The search will resume for a plane which disappeared over Cameroon with five Britons on board...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
Teachers backed on Muslim wear
Lord Falconer will tell teachers common sense decisions over Islamic dress would not breach human rights...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
French set to elect new president
France will vote in the second round of the most hotly-contested presidential election in recent times...
BBC News - May 6, 2007
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