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Global News Archive for August 2007:
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Bomber Kills at Least 28 in Iraq
A suicide bomber blew up a truck in a Shiite area of Tal Afar, bringing down houses in a densely populated residential neighborhood...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Bush and Afghan President Differ Over Iran?s Role
President Bush pointedly disagreed with Hamid Karzai?s characterization of Iran as ?a helper and a solution? today during their two-day summit...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Galaxies clash in four-way merger
Four gigantic galaxies are seen crashing into one another in one of the biggest cosmic collisions ever seen...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Hypertension drugs 'aid elderly'
A major trial of drugs to treat high blood pressure is stopped early because the results were so good...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Wet weather dampens High Street
The weather hit retail sales last month, figures show, with monthly growth at its lowest level for nine months...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Higher results 'better than 2006'
The percentage of students passing Higher exams increases compared to last year...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Police forgot body in street
Greater Manchester Police issue an apology after two of its officers forgot to report a body found in a street...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Cabinet setback as Iraqi MPs quit
Five Iraqi MPs announce a cabinet meeting boycott, leaving the unity government without Sunni members...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Football: Hibs win derby
Brian Kerr's early strike gives Hibs a deserved victory over Hearts in the Edinburgh derby at Tynecastle...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
McClaren planning Carragher talks
England coach Steve McClaren is to renew his attempts to persuade Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher not to retire from international football...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
BAA wins Heathrow protester ban
BAA wins a injunction against some climate change protesters at Heathrow - but opponents say it is limited...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Madeleine parents meet police
The parents of Madeleine McCann meet police after fresh searches of the home of the only official suspect...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
New mental health laws queried
New mental health laws do not go far enough, an alliance of 75 organisations working with mentally ill people says...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Jessie 'accused of being in gang'
An inquest witness says murdered schoolboy Jessie James had been wrongly accused of being in a gang...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Fresh cull in foot-and-mouth zone
A new outbreak of foot-and mouth disease is suspected in the protection zone in Surrey, the government says...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Baby milk ads 'must be banned'
A coalition of charities demands
baby milk, like tobacco, be subject to a total advertising ban...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Opposition Has Edge in Lebanon Vote
A little-known opposition candidate who claimed victory in a parliamentary election could deal a major blow against the Western-backed governing coalition...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Abbas Is Host in Meeting With Olmert
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert?s willingness to let Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, play host is a sign of growing ties between Israel and the Fatah party...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Lenovo to offer Linux on laptops
Lenovo, one of the world's biggest PC makers, is to start selling laptops with Linux pre-installed...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Tory social enterprise zone plan
The Tories plan tax breaks for "social entrepreneurs" - like Jamie Oliver - to help them fight poverty...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Europe backs Barclays bid for ABN
The European Commission backs Barclays' bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro, saying it poses no competition risks...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Outbreak 'probably nipped in bud'
The agriculture minister says a major foot-and-mouth outbreak has "probably been nipped in the bud"...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Results hit by internet problems
Thousands of pupils are unable to access their Scottish exam results using a new online system...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Sri Lanka accused over 'abuses'
Sri Lanka's security forces are responsible for increasing rights abuses, a US-based watchdog says...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
'Most wanted' prisoner arrested
A man who escaped custody four years ago is arrested in Spain over a £1.25m robbery in London...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Dubrovnik fire threat subsiding
Croatian firefighters contain a huge forest fire that has been threatening the medieval port city of Dubrovnik...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
W Bank talks for Abbas-Olmert
Talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders in the town of Jericho are described by both sides as constructive...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
No deal on Korean hostages - Bush
There will be no bargaining with the Taleban over Korean hostages in Afghanistan, says a White House spokesman...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Cricket: England name squad
James Kirtley, Darren Maddy, Chris Schofield and Jeremy Snape are in England's squad for the World Twenty20...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Marquess admits road rage
The heir to the Duke of Marlborough pleads guilty to three driving charges including a road rage attack on another car...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Police forgot to report body
Greater Manchester Police issue an apology after two of its officers forgot to report that a body had been found in a street...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
US coal mine collapse traps six
Six miners are trapped when a coal mine collapses in the US state of Utah after an earthquake...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Disease experts probe farm flood
Experts investigate whether the foot-and-mouth virus could have spread through floods...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
East Timor President Appoints Prime Minister
DILI, East Timor (AP) -- East Timor independence hero Xanana Gusmao was appointed as the country's new prime minister Monday, ending more than a year of political limbo in the country following violence that toppled the government...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Korean Troops Exchange Fire Along Border, South Says
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North and South Korean soldiers briefly exchanged gunfire along their border Monday, the office of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 28 in Northern Iraq, Police Say
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A suicide bomber slammed his truck into a densely populated residential area in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar on Monday, killing at least 28 people, including 19 children, local authorities said...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Weapons for Iraqis Are Missing, Study Says
The Defense Department cannot account for 190,000 weapons issued to Iraqi security forces, a new report by government investigators says...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Opposition Wins a Seat in Lebanon
An opposition candidate won a parliamentary victory in an important Christian district, official results showed today...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Fearful of Restive Foreign Labor, Dubai Eyes Reforms
After several years of labor unrest in the United Arab Emirates, the government is seeking peace with the migrant workers who make local citizens a minority...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Low-cost PC aims at rural China
PC-maker Lenovo announces a low-cost computer aimed at the world's most populous country...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Madonna's adoption hits trouble
Madonna's adoption hits a snag after a Malawian official is refused permission to travel to the UK...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Free IVF care 'denied to many'
Many NHS trusts in England fail to fully fund one free cycle of IVF treatment, a government survey finds...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
History A-level 'could disappear'
An examiners body issues a warning over future of history as an A-levels subject...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Barclays launches formal ABN bid
Barclays formally launches its bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro, giving investors until October to accept the offer...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Labour 'fails on North-South gap'
Labour has failed to close the economic north-south divide in its 10 years in power, a report suggests...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Abattoir lay-offs after outbreak
Abattoir workers are laid off as the assembly government holds talks over foot-and-mouth disease restrictions...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Grandfather drowns saving girl
A man drowns after saving his 18-month-old granddaughter during a family outing to the seaside...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
NI brief on foot-and-mouth alert
The agriculture minister briefs a Stormont committee on moves to ensure foot-and-mouth does not spread to NI...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Rome police probe luggage chaos
Italian police investigate alleged sabotage of baggage handling procedures at Fiumicino Airport in Rome...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Battle for S Asia flood victims
Aid agencies battle to supply food and water to the millions affected by South Asia's deadly flooding...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Long wait for US bridge inquiry
Inquiries into the cause of the Minnesota bridge collapse may not be completed until 2010, US officials say...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Gusmao to be East Timor's new PM
E Timor's president chooses independence hero Xanana Gusmao as PM, triggering violence...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Darfur's rebel groups reach deal
Most of Darfur's rebel groups agree on a common position and want "final" talks with Sudan's government soon...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Football: Terry injury fear
England captain John Terry tops a lengthy injury list that threatens to hamper the start of Chelsea's season...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
F1: Alonso ignoring me - Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton says McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso is no longer speaking to him...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Dubrovnik menaced by major fire
A state of emergency is declared in the Croatian city of Dubrovnik as a major forest fire hits the suburbs...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Anti-terror stops surge in London
Anti-terror stop and searches rise five-fold since the alleged attempted London and Glasgow bomb attacks...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Two warrants for Jessie witnesses
The coroner at the inquest of murdered schoolboy Jessie James issues arrest warrants for two key witnesses...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Criticism after centre break-out
The government is criticised as 14 foreign criminals remain at large after escaping an immigration detention centre...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
BAA wins Heathrow protesters ban
The High Court grants an injunction over a climate change protest at Heathrow airport in west London...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
190,000 weapons 'missing in Iraq'
The Pentagon has lost track of 190,000 AK-47s and pistols given to Iraqi security forces, an official report says...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Boxers Who Disappeared Are Taken Back to Cuba
The two boxers arrived in Cuba early Sunday after being deported from Brazil, Cuban state radio and television reported...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Holocaust Survivors Protest Size of Payments Planned by Israel
Demonstrators in Israel demanded that the government revoke a decision to provide a monthly stipend of roughly $20 to the country?s Holocaust survivors...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Jean-Marie Lustiger, French Cardinal, Dies at 80
Cardinal Lustiger, who was born to Polish Jews, rose to become leader of the French church and an adviser to Pope John Paul II...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Iraqi Legislators, on Hiatus in Jordan
U.S. officials have expressed disappointment with Iraq?s lawmakers for recessing, many to Jordan, when American soldiers are enduring Iraq?s blast-furnace summer to secure the country...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Iran Offers Aid to Nicaragua, in a Sign of Deepening Ties
Iran has promised to help finance a new ocean port and build houses for the leftist Nicaraguan government, in a deepening of ties that has raised concern in the Bush administration...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Bellwether Mexico Election Goes Smoothly
Despite dire warnings before the election that there would be fraud on both sides, the polling went forward with few problems or incidents...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Link Is Seen Between British Labs and Livestock Virus
The strain of foot-and-mouth disease at a farm in southern England was the same as used in the production of vaccine at two veterinary laboratories four miles away, health inspectors said...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Afghan President Bringing Bush a Gloomy Report on Security
President Hamid Karzai said that security had worsened in his country and that the U.S. and its allies were no closer to catching Osama bin Laden than they were a few years ago...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Iraqi President Starts Talks to Try to Bring Sunnis Back
President Jalal Talabani tried on Sunday to find a way to bring Sunnis back into the fold after they walked out of the government last week...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Connections: Reconsidering the Role of the Warrior in Our Post-Enlightenment World
Throughout history warriors are revered. Except for now, it seems, and particularly in the West...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
London Gathering Defends Vision of Radical Islam
Hizb ut-Tahrir, an international radical Islamic party, held a carefully stage-managed conference in London over the weekend...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Opposition Has Edge in Lebanon Vote
A little-known opposition candidate who claimed victory in a parliamentary election could deal a major blow against the Western-backed governing coalition...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Dubai Eyes Reforms for Foreign Workers
After several years of labor unrest in Dubai, the government is seeking peace with migrant workers...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Rome Journal: In Rome, a New Ritual on an Old Bridge
To some, a tangled mess of padlocks on Rome?s oldest bridge is a symbol of undying love; to others, it is a menace tantamount to vandalism...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Drive to tackle dementia burden
Ministers says they are making dementia a priority and ask experts to find ways to reduce the burden on society...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Pupils receive results on the web
Almost 35,000 pupils are receiving their Scottish exam results online a day early...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Bollywood star in poaching appeal
Bollywood star Salman Khan is due in court in India to appeal against his sentence for poaching...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Four dead in light aircraft crash
A light aircraft crashes as it takes off from an airport on the Isle of Wight, leaving no survivors...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
W Bank talks for Abbas and Olmert
The Israeli and Palestinian leaders will discuss Palestinian statehood in the West Bank town of Jericho...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
IAEA experts visit Japanese plant
International inspectors begin to examine the nuclear power plant damaged in last month's earthquake...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Beckham misses clash with Toronto
David Beckham fails to make his Major League Soccer debut for Los Angeles Galaxy against Toronto...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Labour 'fails on north-south gap'
Labour has failed to close the economic north-south divide in its 10 years in power, a report says...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Call for civil service watchdog
MPs call for a new body to monitor the civil service and criticise government efforts to improve its performance...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
House prices 'to breach £300,000'
The price of an average house in England will break through the £300,000 barrier by 2012, research suggests...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Centre escapees 'all criminals'
The 14 men still on the run from an asylum seekers centre are all convicted criminals, officials say...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Opposition wins key Lebanese poll
A government candidate is defeated in a tense by-election seen as a battle for Lebanon's Christian leadership...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
New Madeleine search draws blank
Police find no new evidence after searching the home of Madeleine McCann suspect Robert Murat...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Disease lab results 'by Tuesday'
Results of an inquiry into a foot-and-mouth outbreak in Surrey are expected by Tuesday...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
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