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Global News Archive for September 2006:
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8 British Officials Resign in Revolt Over Blair
The aides resigned to protest Prime Minister Tony Blair’s refusal to set a date to leave office...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Israel to Lift Blockade of Lebanon
Israel said it received assurances that Lebanese and international forces would block arms from being smuggled to Hezbollah...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Hewlett faces US attorney probe
A US attorney general is investigating methods used by Hewlett Packard to oversee senior members of staff...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Murder inquiry after victim dies
Police launch a murder inquiry after a man who was seriously assaulted dies in hospital in Belfast...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Nimrod men will return to Kinloss
The bodies of 12 servicemen killed in a Nimrod crash in Afghanistan will be flown back to their home base...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Healy hat-trick stuns Spanish
David Healy's hat-trick helps NI claim a shock win over Spain in Wednesday's Euro 2008 qualifier...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Football: Crouch hits winner
Peter Crouch's winner gives England victory in the Euro 2008 qualifier against Macedonia in Skopje...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Football: Scotland beat Lithuania
Scotland battle to a fine victory over Lithuania in their European Championship qualifier in Kaunas...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
BAE agrees to £1.8bn Airbus sale
Defence firm BAE Systems agrees to sell its 20% stake in plane firm Airbus to EADS for £1.87bn...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Gerry Adams meets Hamas
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams meet Hamas during the second day of his visit to the Middle East...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Canaries in record migrant influx
Almost 900 African migrants reached the Canary Islands on Tuesday, a record number for a single day...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Three soldiers die in Afghanistan
Three British soldiers have died of their injuries after separate attacks in Afghanistan...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Two charged over air bombs 'plot'
Two more men are charged in connection with an alleged plot to blow up transatlantic airliners...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Blair set to outline quit plans
Tony Blair is expected to outline plans to leave office after a wave of resignations from the government...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Bush admits to CIA secret prisons
President Bush admits the existence of secret CIA jails as 14 top terror suspects are sent to Guantanamo...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Jiaju Journal: A Tale of Gold Evokes Another. Remember That Goose?
The sudden rise of a travel industry in the remote western Sichuan Province village of Danba has all the markings of a fairy tale...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
News Analysis: Nuclear Déjà Vu
The Bush administration and the U.N. are in a parallel situation to where they were four years ago this month, in the period leading up to the war in Iraq...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Princess Kiko of Japan Has a Boy
The birth of a male heir ends for now the debate over whether women should be allowed to ascend Japan’s throne...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
David Lynch given lifetime award
Director David Lynch accepts a lifetime achievement award while opening his new film at the Venice festival...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Valley anger at Burberry closure
The closure of the Burberry factory in the Rhondda with the loss of 300 jobs provokes a furious response...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Positive verdict on IRA activity
The IRA is committed to politics and is not engaged in terrorist activity, NI's ceasefire watchdog reports...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Fiancee strangler jailed for life
A man who murdered his teenage fiancee must serve a minimum of 12 years in jail, a judge says...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Pakistan urges joint terror fight
Pakistan and Afghanistan must fight terrorism together, Pakistan's president says on a key visit to Kabul...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Teenager held over fatal stabbing
A 17-year-old is arrested by police investigating the murder of a mother of two in south London...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Iceland to begin whalemeat trade
Iceland is to begin exporting whalemeat, which campaigners say breaches wildlife trading rules...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Tennis: Murray out of US Open
Andy Murray's hopes of a first Grand Slam quarter-final end with a four-set defeat to Russian Nikolay Davydenko at the US Open...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Kidnapped Sudan editor beheaded
The headless body of a Sudanese editor whose paper angered Islamists last year is found...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Child killer Huntley back in jail
Ian Huntley is returned from hospital to Wakefield jail after his latest suicide bid...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Pakistan denies Bin Laden 'gaffe'
Pakistan's chief army spokesman insists government forces will arrest Osama Bin Laden if they find him in the country...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Man jailed for speed camera blast
A man who blew up a speed camera because he feared he would lose his licence is jailed for four months...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Israel to lift Lebanon blockade
Israel will lift its sea and air blockade of Lebanon on Thursday evening, the Israeli government announces...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Kidnapped girl 'dreamt of escape'
An Austrian teenager who was held captive in a basement for eight years describes her dreams of freedom...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
UK soldier killed by Afghan mine
A British soldier has been killed and five others "very seriously injured" by a landmine in Afghanistan, the MoD says...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Blair faces wave of resignations
Pressure grows on Tony Blair as seven government members quit over his refusal to name an exit date...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Google opens up 200 years of news
Search engine Google launches a service that allows users to search and browse over two centuries of news...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
'Virtually untreatable' TB found
A "virtually untreatable" form of TB has emerged, according to the World Health Organization...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Call for more non-white governors
School governors must be drawn from a wider range of ethnic groups and ages, a charity says...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Valleys Burberry plant to close
The Burberry factory in the south Wales valleys is to shut with the loss of 300 jobs...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
PlayStation 3 Euro launch delayed
Sony's long-awaited PlayStation 3 console will not be available in Europe until March, the company admits...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Murder hunt after frenzied attack
Police search for a knifeman who killed a woman in a street as she walked to work in London...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Monitoring body to issue report
The Independent Monitoring Commission is to issue a report dealing primarily with security normalisation...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Firms criticise education system
Business leaders claim that there are "clear weaknesses" in Scotland's education system...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Kidnap girl interview to be aired
The first TV interview with Austrian teenager Natascha Kampusch, held captive for eight years, is to be aired...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Gaza strikes kill Hamas militants
Five Hamas militants are killed in a series of Israeli strikes in southern Gaza, Palestinian officials say...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
War on Taleban tops Kabul agenda
Pakistan's president will hold talks with Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan, with the focus on fighting the Taleban...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Aids experts condemn SA minister
More than 60 international experts on HIV/Aids call for the resignation of South Africa's health minister...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Bali Australians now face death
Four of the so-called Bali Nine Australian drug gang have their sentences upped to the death penalty, officials say...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Further delay for space shuttle
Nasa postpones Wednesday's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis due to a technical problem...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Cricket: Trescothick opts out
England's Marcus Trescothick is left out of the squad for next month's Champions Trophy because of a "medical condition"...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
F1: Kovalainen replaces Alonso
Renault bring in Finn Heikki Kovalainen to replace reigning world champion Fernando Alonso for the 2007 season...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Couple win court fight over villa
A Sussex couple seeking to keep their dream holiday villa in northern Cyprus win their High Court battle...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Directors 'have £1bn pension pot'
Directors at the UK's top 100 companies have built up a pension pot worth a total of £1bn, according to the TUC...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
NHS to curb 'outdated' treatments
The NHS is to come under pressure to weed out ineffective and obsolete treatments, by the drugs watchdog...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Japan welcomes imperial baby boy
Japan celebrates as Princess Kiko gives birth to a baby boy, potentially resolving a crisis over royal succession...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Irwin 'wanted no state funeral'
The father of Australian "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin says his son would not have wanted a state funeral...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Grounded Nimrod flight takes off
Two Nimrod flights from RAF Kinloss take off after being cancelled due to delays for safety checks on the fleet...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Blair under pressure to name day
Tony Blair is urged to say when he will resign, as a junior minister quits claiming the PM has to leave office...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Omagh bombing trial is adjourned
The trial of a man accused of the murders of 29 people in the 1998 Omagh bombing is adjourned...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Danish Antiterror Police Seize 9 Men, Mostly Young Muslims
The arrests came after surveillance showed that several of the men had collected bomb-making material...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Pakistan Lets Tribal Chiefs Keep Control Along Border
Militants will be allowed to operate in one of Pakistan’s most restive border areas, but have pledged to halt attacks and infiltration into Afghanistan...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Many in Palestinian Security Forces Join Strike Over Pay
Health-care workers and teachers also joined an expanding strike over wages the Hamas-led government has not paid...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Princess Kiko of Japan Has a Boy
The birth of a male heir ends for now the debate over whether women should be allowed to ascend Japan’s throne...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Election Ruling in Mexico Goes to Conservative
Conservative candidate Felipe Calderón was declared Mexico’s next president on Tuesday, but his rival vowed to continue protests...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
To Stay Alive, Iraqis Change Their Names
Iraq’s Sunni-Shiite bloodletting is driving many Iraqis to bury the very essence of their identity: their names...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Cameron questions globalisation
Globalisation rather than immigration should be blamed for problems like low wages, David Cameron says...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Meth 'restricts babies' growth'
Taking methamphetamine whilst pregnant leads to underweight babies, US research suggests...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Services pupils 'need more help'
Ministers must do more to ensure children of armed services personnel move smoothly between schools, MPs say...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Woman killed in 'frenzied' attack
Detectives search for a killer left covered in blood as he fled the scene of a "frenzied" stabbing in south-east London...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
MSPs debate state of the nation
Scotland's main parties return to Holyrood to discuss their political goals ahead of next year's elections...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Mexico winner makes unity appeal
Felipe Calderon reaches out to his opponent after being declared Mexico's president-elect, but is rebuffed...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Army 'consolidates' Sampur gains
The Sri Lankan army says it is consolidating positions in the recently captured north-eastern town of Sampur...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Cricket: Strauss defends selection
England captain Andrew Strauss defends his decision to omit spinner Michael Yardy after defeat to Pakistan...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
'Huge oil find' in Gulf of Mexico
Three companies led by Chevron say they have found what may be the biggest US oil field outside Alaska...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Japan princess gives birth to boy
Japan's Princess Kiko has given birth to a boy, who becomes the third-in-line to the imperial throne...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Omagh bomb suspect on trial
A man accused of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing is due to go on trial in Northern Ireland...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Irwin family ponder state funeral
The family of Australian "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin considers whether he should receive a state funeral...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Musharraf due in Kabul for talks
Pakistan's president will hold talks with Hamid Karzai as he starts a two-day visit to Afghanistan...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Court ruling to decide Molly fate
A Scottish schoolgirl at the centre of a custody battle is due to learn if she can remain in Pakistan with her father...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Obesity 'doubles sight-loss risk'
Obese people have double the risk of losing their sight, a report has warned...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
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