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Global News Archive for June 2006:
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Canadian Authorities Detail Alleged Plot in Court
The suspects planned to storm official buildings in Ottawa and behead hostages if Muslim prisoners were not released, the government asserted...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Zadie Smith scoops Orange Prize
Zadie Smith wins the Orange Prize for Fiction, the annual award celebrating female writing, for her novel On Beauty...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Man arrested over Paisley death
A 22-year-old is arrested in connection with the death of a man in Paisley on Monday night, police said...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Canada terror suspects in court
Terror suspects arrested in Canada last week appear in court, with some accused of trying to blow up parliament...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Rooney poised for metatarsal scan
England striker Wayne Rooney faces a scan on Wednesday to decide if he will be fit for the World Cup...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Global migrants reach 191 million
Nearly 200m people have moved abroad to find work - a large increase over the past 15 years, the UN says...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Bush encouraged by Iran response
US President Bush says Iran's response to proposals from world powers to end a nuclear stand-off is "positive"...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
University pay dispute resolved
University lecturers accept a pay deal, bringing to an end a three-month boycott of exam marking...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
'Meddling' to blame for NHS debts
NHS deficits have been caused by political meddling and damaging policies, hospital consultants say...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Tensions High in Somali as Thousands Protest
The Islamic militants who seized control of Mogadishu the day before vowed to set up a religious state...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Iran Reacts Cautiously to Trade Offer
The European proposal contained both "positive steps" and "ambiguities," an official said...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Abbas Delays Call for Palestinian Vote
Hamas was given a three-day extension today after the failure of talks to agree on a unified political program...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Iraqi Leader to Release 2,500 Prisoners
Nuri Kamal al-Maliki said the release would be part of "national reconciliation" efforts...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Label boss dismisses Thom rumours
The record label boss who signed Sandi Thom denies recent rumours about the singer's rise to stardom...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Lecturers restart pay discussions
Universities and the UK's biggest lecturers' union restart talks over the long-running pay dispute...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Three Gorges barrier demolished
Chinese engineers demolish a temporary barrier behind the Three Gorges Dam in a spectacular blast...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
MPs told of UK's nuclear dilemma
A Commons inquiry into the power challenge hears that nuclear can help in the fight against climate change...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Child killer sent back to prison
A child killer is jailed for six years for indecently assaulting a woman in north Belfast while out on licence...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Trident widows at Downing Street
Relatives of crewmen lost on a sunken trawler appeal directly to Tony Blair to stop a survey of the wreck...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Gunman held on to boy in shooting
A masked gunman held on to a child as he shot him five times at point blank range in Manchester, police reveal...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Egypt asks US body to halt work
Egypt orders an American NGO which aims to promote democracy to suspend its work in the country...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
French relent on migrant children
The French interior minister softens his stance on the expulsion of illegal immigrants' children from school...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Tennis: Federer eases through
Roger Federer eases past Mario Ancic to reach the French Open semi-finals...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Stalemate over UN's Darfur force
A UN team says there has been no progress in convincing Sudan to allow UN peacekeepers in Darfur...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
'Years' to fix immigration system
It will take "years not months" to get the immigration service working the way it should, its boss has told MPs...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Bank manager in £21m loan fraud
A former bank manager admits creating false loans worth £21m while he worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Blair defends police terror raid
Tony Blair says he is not afraid of a Muslim backlash in the wake of an anti-terror raid on a house in east London...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Violent Baghdad deaths top 6,000
Baghdad's main mortuary receives 6,000 bodies after violent deaths this year - and the toll is rising, officials say...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Troops cleared over Iraq drowning
Three soldiers have been cleared by a court martial of the manslaughter of an Iraqi teenager in Basra...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Abbas to Call Palestinian Vote on Two-State Plan
The Palestinian president intends to call a referendum on a plan that the governing Hamas faction opposes...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Google launches web spreadsheet
Internet search engine Google releases a Web-based spreadsheet application, on a limited test basis...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
University pay talks to restart
Universities and the UK's biggest lecturers' union will restart talks hoped to end an exam-marking boycott...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Warning over 'illegal' MP3 site
Britons using bargain music download website allofmp3.com are warned that they are breaking the law...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Ryanair wary despite profit rise
Budget airline Ryanair reports a 12% rise in annual profits but says it is cautious about the coming year...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
GPs 'to get Michelin-style grade'
GPs could be given Michelin-style ratings to show the quality of care they have to offer...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Probe after man's body is found
Police investigate the circumstances of a man's death after a body is found at a County Antrim cemetery...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Fewer pupils eating school meals
The number of pupils eating school meals in Scotland has dropped slightly, figures show...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Ambulance crisis 'costing lives'
The man appointed to modernise the ambulance service warns lives are being lost due to shocking failures...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Abbas delays referendum decision
Palestinian head Mahmoud Abbas gives Hamas three more days to accept his plan for a state alongside Israel...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
IBM plans big India investment
Computer giant IBM will invest nearly $6bn in India over three years, the company chairman announces...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Flag target leads to race probe
A publican who used a Welsh flag as a target at an archery fun day is quizzed over incitement to racial hatred...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Australia in nuclear power review
Australia is to study whether to build a nuclear power industry, after decades of shunning the idea...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
UK won't hand over Russian tycoon
A British court rejects a Russian request to extradite UK-based tycoon Boris Berezovsky...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Eriksson upbeat on Rooney fitness
England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson remains confident Wayne Rooney will be involved in the World Cup...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Cricket: Flintoff injury concern
Andrew Flintoff's ankle injury sees England delay naming their squad for the one-day series against Sri Lanka...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Push for Darfur breakthrough
A UN team meets top Sudanese officials to try to convince them to let UN troops into Darfur...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Broadband offer boosts Carphone
Carphone Warehouse says 340,000 customers have signed up to its new broadband internet package...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Two questioned over NI murders
A man and a woman are questioned about the murders of six men in a County Down pub 12 years ago...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Pitt and Jolie sell baby photos
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are to sell photographs of their new baby, Shiloh Nouvel, to raise money for charity...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Three-armed boy surgery 'success'
Doctors in Shanghai say surgery on a baby boy who was born with two left arms has been successful...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Terror raid could 'damage trust'
Trust between Muslims and police could be damaged in the wake of a London terror raid, a community spokesman says...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Target water bill dodgers - peers
People who do not pay water bills should have their supply restricted, an influential Lords committee says...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Iran 'positive' on nuclear offer
Proposals from world powers to end a nuclear stand-off have "positive steps" and "ambiguities", Iran says...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
PM warns on public service trust
Support for investment in public services is at risk if performance does not improve, says Tony Blair...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
BAA agrees to Ferrovial takeover
Airports operator BAA has agreed to be taken over by a Spanish building company in a £10bn deal...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
U.S. Is Offering Deals on Trade to Entice Iran
The incentives include a proposal to allow Iran to upgrade its aging civilian air fleet by purchasing parts from Boeing...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Minor Figure in Iraqi Kidnapping Gets a Life Sentence
The kidnapping of Margaret Hassan, a British-Iraqi aid worker, opened a more dangerous era for foreign nationals working in Iraq...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Ford Foundation to Announce Africa Initiative
The project aims to strengthen an expanding network of nonprofit groups across Africa that seek to hold governments accountable...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Ahead of World Cup, U.S. Warns Germany About Sex Trafficking
The U.S. called Germany, which has legalized prostitution, "a source, transit and destination country" for sex workers...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Abbas Will Call for Palestinian Vote on Two-State Plan
The Palestinian president intends to call a referendum on a two-state political plan that the governing Hamas faction opposes...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Somali Islamists Declare Victory; Warlords on Run
The end of fighting raises new questions about whether an Islamic regime will steer Somalia down an extremist path...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Brown warns on protectionism
Chancellor Gordon Brown has warned business leaders of the dangers of "head in the sand" protectionism...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Two wounded in Lanka bomb attack
A bomb attack blamed on Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels wounds two people near the capital, Colombo...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Ruling on Wembley stadium row
The steel firm which walked off the Wembley stadium site two years ago was in breach of contract, a judge rules...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
US and Jakarta to discuss terror
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld goes to Indonesia where he is expected to discuss closer military ties...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Kosovo Serbs to cut ties with UN
Kosovo Serbs vow to sever ties with the UN and provincial bodies over attacks they blame on ethnic Albanians...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
PM defends public service change
Tony Blair will say support for investment in public services is at risk if performance does not improve...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Arcadia in disability access row
One of the UK's largest retail groups faces legal action over a store which is not accessible to disabled shoppers...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Solana in Iran nuclear deal push
The EU foreign policy chief is in Tehran to deliver proposals aimed at resolving divisions over Iran's nuclear issue...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Tycoons urging Blair to curb CO2
Business leaders are due to meet Tony Blair to urge tougher action on climate change...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
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