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Global News Archive for May 2008:
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Let them eat brioche! Barnsley baker sells bread to the French
A baker from the northern England town of Barnsley starts selling brioche to France...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Mangrove loss 'left Burma exposed'
Mangrove deforestation in Burma left coastal areas exposed to the full fury of Cyclone Nagris, a top politician suggests...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Europe PS3 sales 'overtake 360'
Sony says sales of the PlayStation 3 console in Europe have overtaken those of Xbox 360...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Boy's 25,000 volt shock ordeal
A 16-year-old teenager is recovering after a 25,000-volt electric shock threw him 25ft onto a railway line...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Government hosts firearms summit
New measures to control the use of airguns will be discussed at a firearms summit hosted by the Scottish Government...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Holiday 'care' family return home
An allegedly drunk couple whose children were taken into care in Portugal are thought to be back home...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Inside Zimbabwe
BBC hears accounts of government intimidation tactics...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
RAF Nimrod deaths inquest opens
An inquest into the deaths of 14 servicemen killed when their RAF Nimrod crashed in Afghanistan is due to begin...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Sarkozy 'non' to Blair presidency
Nicolas Sarkozy has withdrawn his backing of Tony Blair to become the first EU president, sources say...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Flood risk fear over key UK sites
Hundreds of power substations and sewage plants are potentially at risk from flooding, the BBC learns...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
'Saddam's jail diaries' published
A newspaper prints what it says are excerpts from diaries by ex-Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein before his execution in 2006...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Gunman shot dead in armed siege
A gunman is killed in an armed stand-off after opening fire on police in Chelsea, west London...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
The Lede: The Cyclone?s Wake, Seen in Taxi Headlights
Some firsthand impressions, including messages from Westerners who were in Myanmar when the devastating storm struck over the weekend...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
Three Taiwan Officials Quit in Scandal
The foreign minister of Taiwan and two other top officials resigned over a botched attempt to win diplomatic recognition from Papua New Guinea...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
Make doping a crime, says Lewis
Olympic legend Carl Lewis tells BBC Sport governments should make the use of banned substances in sport a criminal offence...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Keegan to release Newcastle trio
Newcastle will release Stephen Carr, Peter Ramage and James Troisi at the end of the season...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Man convicted of stalking Thurman
A man who was accused of making actress Uma Thurman "panicked" and "frightened" is found guilty of stalking...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Mortgage fraudster banned by FSA
A mortgage broker from South London is banned for submitting fraudulent mortgage applications...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Paddick 'won second vote race'
Lib Dem Brian Paddick picked up by far the most second preference votes in the race to be mayor of London...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Serbs to have easier travel in EU
Seventeen European countries are offering Serbs free visas, ahead of key Serbian elections at the weekend...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
'Hide away' foreign hotel staff
Invest NI denies asking a hotel to keep foreign staff away from business delegates at a major US conference...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Spain seizes 'priceless' antiques
A couple are arrested in Spain, accused of trafficking artefacts plundered from Latin American archaeological sites...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Rush-hour rumpus
Have fold-up bikes become too popular?...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Gas explosion destroys city house
Forty people are led to safety from a street in Birmingham after a gas explosion destroys a house...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
BBC News website wins Webby vote
The BBC News website wins the People's Voice prize in the news category at this year's Webby Awards...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Israel journey
How Israel's immigrants view the country at 60...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
It's the politics
Why green groups can't create mass climate movement...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Scots referendum date threat
Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander may bring forward plans for a public vote on independence...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Chile eruption spurs evacuations
The erupting Chaiten volcano in southern Chile begins spewing out lava, forcing more people from their homes...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
'Drunk' parents in holiday return
A couple who allegedly passed out drunk while their children were taken into care in Portugal are thought to be on their way home...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Burma's cyclone death toll soars
Burma's death toll has risen to more than 22,000 after a cyclone hit the country on Saturday, state media say...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Darling 'assures' 10p tax rebels
Alistair Darling has given Labour rebels a "categoric" promise to help people hit by axing the 10p tax rate, the BBC learns...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Police return fire in shoot-out
Armed police officers are involved in a gunfight on a London street...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Gold Miners Die in Landslide in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Officials say at least 13 illegal gold miners were killed in a landslide in Indonesia's remote Papua province...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
3,500 Troops Will Leave Iraq in Coming Weeks
The U.S. military says 3,500 soldiers sent to Iraq last summer as part of the so-called surge will soon be leaving...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
Myanmar Death Toll Is Said to Reach 15,000
As the death toll from a devastating cyclone escalated to nearly 4,000, the foreign minister said that it could rise to 15,000...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
Yahoo search to 'battle spyware'
Yahoo adds technology to its search engine which warns users about potentially risky websites...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Grateful violinist plays NY cabbie concert
A musician who left his 285-year-old violin in a taxi plays a thank-you concert for the driver who returned his instrument...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Stars line up to take part in Mandela's 90th birthday concert
Queen, Leona Lewis and the Soweto Gospel Choir will appear at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday concert...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Pressure now on Man Utd - Grant
Chelsea boss Avram Grant believes title rivals Manchester United are under more pressure going into the Premier League finale...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
O'Sullivan triumph 'not his best'
Ronnie O'Sullivan insists he was not on top of his game, despite trouncing Ali Carter 18-8 to win his third World Championship...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
MP seeks to lower abortion limit
Britain needs to send a "less casual message" about abortion, says an MP bidding to reduce the 24 week limit...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
348,000 'persistent truant' risk
More than one in 20 pupils in England is on the margins of becoming a persistent truant, reveal official figures...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Radio host James Whale sacked
Talksport host James Whale is fired for telling listeners to vote for London mayoral candidate Boris Johnson...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Unicef warns of Iraqis 'at risk'
The UN children's agency says it is getting harder to help people in Baghdad's Sadr City area caught up in fighting...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Swiss bank UBS cuts 5,500 posts
Swiss bank UBS, which has suffered large sub-prime losses, says it is to cut up to 5,500 jobs...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Attacks test Pakistan ceasefire
Two bloody attacks in north-west Pakistan test fragile peace moves by the new government...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
BAE review seeks bribery controls
A review into business practices at BAE Systems recommends tougher anti-bribery measures...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
'No move' on referendum
The SNP's Nicola Sturgeon says her party's referendum timetable will not change, despite Labour pressure...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Fears over Ryder Cup development
Plans to finish a shopping centre in time for the Ryder Cup in 2010 are in doubt due to funding problems...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Portugal mother 'sick not drunk'
A councillor defends the couple whose children were taken into care in Portugal amid heavy drinking claims...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Somali forces 'out of control'
Somalis are at the mercy of armed groups who kill, rape and kidnap with impunity, says a human rights group...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Last big primaries for Democrats
US presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton battle it out in the last two big state primaries...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Dark family secret
'With a click, I found out great-granddad was a killer'...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Tough calls
Volunteers build digital lifelines in disaster zones...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Payout to injured baby's parents
A couple whose baby suffered brain damage in a crash caused by a dangerous driver receive compensation...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Bush and Putin
Bridget Kendall on two presidents leaving office...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Images released in 'paedophile' hunt
Interpol releases images of a second suspected paedophile, after a good response from the 'Mr Swirl' case...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Businessman loses wife murder appeal
Nat Fraser loses his appeal against a life jail term for murdering his wife Arlene 10 years ago...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Free satellite TV service begins
A free-to-view satellite television and radio service from the BBC and ITV launches across the UK...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Cameron targets by-election win
The 10p tax rate is key to the Tory fight to win the Labour seat of Crewe & Nantwich, David Cameron says...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Ex-police chief misused expenses
A former police chief misused work e-mails and a force credit card during an affair, an inquiry finds...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
'No benefit' from mail competition
Opening up the UK postal service has offered "no significant benefit" for homes and small firms, a study says...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Germany: Bodies of 3 Babies Are Found in a Family?s Freezer
A 44-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of killing her own babies, after her older children found the bodies of three infants stashed at the bottom of the family?s freezer...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Elections Postponed
Elections to fill vacant legislative seats will be delayed by two months, to Aug. 18 from June 18, the Election Commission announced...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: China: Shanghai Bus Fire Kills 3
Three people were killed and 12 injured when a fire broke out on a municipal bus during morning rush hour in Shanghai...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
Soccer Thaws British-Russian Relations, at Least Temporarily
Russia?s foreign ministry eased the visa process for English soccer fans traveling to Moscow for a big game, lessening tensions generated by the murder of Aleksander V. Litvinenko...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
World Bank Hires Anti-Fraud Chief
The head of South Africa?s Scorpions crime-fighting unit, Leonard McCarthy, was appointed Monday to lead the World Bank?s anticorruption department...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: China: Virus Death Toll Climbs
The death toll from the spread of an intestinal virus rose to 26, and all of the dead were children younger than 6, according to Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Serbia: President Is Threatened
President Boris Tadic has received death threats for seeking closer ties with the European Union despite its support for Kosovo?s secession, officials said Monday...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Opposition Party Isn?t Ready to Commit to Runoff
The opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, will not say whether its candidate, Morgan Tsvangirai, will take part in a presidential runoff election until the authorities announce its date...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Vatican City: Anglican Leader Visits Pope to Discuss Islam
It was the first meeting since the archbishop, the Most Rev. Rowan Williams, caused a storm with comments on the role of Shariah law in Britain...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
Dance: In Dublin, Seeing Irish Dance of a Different Sort
The 2008 edition of the Dublin Dance Festival is the first under its new director, Laurie Uprichard...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
Books of The Times: A Challenge for the U.S.: Sun Rising on the East
Fareed Zakaria contends that the age of unipolar American power is over, writing that ?we are moving into a post-American world, one defined and directed from many places and by many people.?...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
Region Poses Challenge for Aid Delivery
The area worst affected by the cyclone that struck Myanmar on Saturday is a vast and populous delta crisscrossed by canals and inlets...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
Troops Fire on Rioters in Somalia, Killing 2
Tens of thousands of people were protesting soaring food prices in the Somali capital...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
Scarred by Strife After Election, Kenya Begins to Heal
For the first time since Kenya?s disputed election erupted in crisis in December, the government has started a large-scale operation to resettle thousands of people violently driven off their land...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
Jerusalem Journal: Honoring Survival, and Gifts to a Nation
An exhibition at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, tells the less known story of the renaissance of Holocaust survivors in Israel and their role in shaping the new state...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
Democrats Set to Defy Bush on War Bill
House Democrats are preparing to forge ahead with a war spending measure that would include extended unemployment assistance and new educational benefits for returning veterans...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
16 Are Killed as Gunmen Seek Rancher in Mexico
Investigators have no leads on who is behind the attacks or why the gunmen were trying to kill the head of a state cattlemen?s association, authorities said...
New York Times - May 6, 2008
Tropics insects 'face extinction'
Many tropical insects could face extinction by the end of this century due to rising temperatures, scientists say...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
China leader begins Japan visit
Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives in Japan on a five-day state visit, the first such trip in a decade...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Men bailed over city stabbings
Five men arrested over a disturbance in which five others suffered knife wounds are released on bail...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Last big battles
Democrats fight for Indiana and North Carolina...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
'Warm spring?'
Hopes of diplomatic thaw as China leader visits Japan...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Wartime hideout
France opens caves that housed 24,000 British WWI troops...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Forces' centre gets £24m boost
Armed forces rehabilitation centre Headley Court is to get an extra £24m to improve facilities for injured personnel...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
CCTV boom 'failing to cut crime'
Huge investment in CCTV technology has failed to cut crime in the UK, a senior police officer warns...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
New immigration rules announced
Details of rules controlling the number of skilled migrants working in the UK are due to be revealed...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Arms firm ethics report due
A review into business practices at BAE Systems is set to be released soon, the BBC understands...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
Aid call as Burma casualties rise
Aid agencies push to launch a massive operation in cyclone-hit Burma, as the death toll rises to 15,000...
BBC News - May 6, 2008
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