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A-Rod in Mexico City on same weekend as Madonna
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Madonna, Alex Rodriguez in Mexico City
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle Endeavour lands in California
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle lands in Calif. after 16-day mission
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle Endeavour finishes 16-day mission
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle glides to safe landing in California
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Orphan of slain rabbi in Mumbai lands in Israel
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Raul Castro attends first beatification in Cuba
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Refugees from Bhutan settle in Pittsburgh
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Global News Archive for Octomber 2007:
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Palestinians Fire Sophisticated Rocket at Israel
Palestinian militants fired a Katyusha rocket in a rare instance of the use of a more sophisticated missile than the usual crude, Gaza-made Qassams...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
Brown Won?t Call Early Election in Britain
Prime Minister Gordon Brown?s decision was apparently prompted by the success of the Conservative Party?s annual conference...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
Russian Paper Publishing New Details of Journalist?s Killing
Russian prosecutors know the identity of the man who killed a journalist in a contract-style killing, her newspaper is reporting...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
Iraqi Inquiry Says Shooting Was Unprovoked
Also today, a group of U.S. and Iraqi officials convened to look into ways to improve interactions between armed contractors and Iraqis...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
Springsteen performs chart magic
Bruce Springsteen scores his seventh UK number one with his latest album, Magic...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
NHS complaint response 'failing'
NHS trusts are failing to deal with patient complaints in a constructive way, a watchdog finds...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
More protection for Scotch whisky
Scotch whisky is to be given greater protection against counterfeiting, the UK Government announces...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Gas terminal worker's body found
A remote camera locates the body of a worker after a maintenance platform collapsed at a LNG gas terminal in Pembrokeshire...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
City suffers first tram fatality
A man dies in the first fatal collision involving a tram in Nottingham since the new system was opened in 2004...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
PKK attack kills 13 Turk soldiers
Kurdish fighters from the separatist PKK kill 13 Turkish soldiers in an attack close to the border with Iraq...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
US accuses Iran's envoy to Iraq
The commander of US forces in Iraq, David Petraeus, says Iran's ambassador is a member of an elite military unit...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
German family's Namibia apology
Descendants of a German officer who ordered killings in Namibia in 1904 apologise to the Herero people...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Jubilant Argentina reach semi-finals
Argentina reach the semi-finals of the World Cup for the first time with a battling victory over Scotland...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Cricket: England beat Sri Lanka
England win a tense, low-scoring match against Sri Lanka to take a 2-1 lead in the one-day series...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Arrests over 'crossfire' shooting
Police investigating the death of a Polish woman who was shot when she walked into a gunfight arrest two men...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Iraq arrests over missing Britons
The US military in Iraq says it has captured three men believed to have been behind the kidnapping of five Britons...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Report criticises 'war on terror'
Major changes to UK military policy in Iraq and Afghanistan must be made to defeat al-Qaeda, a report says...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Ann Widdecombe to stand down
Tory MP Ann Widdecombe says she will be standing down at the next general election...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Blackwater 'killed 17', says Iraq
The Iraqi government says guards from US security firm Blackwater killed more people than previously thought...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Mother seeks girl's hysterectomy
A mother is planning a hysterectomy for her severely disabled 15-year-old daughter to prevent menstruation...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Gunman kills five in US Midwest
At least five people are dead after a mass shooting in the Midwestern US state of Wisconsin...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
In Moscow, Remembering Slain Reporter and Celebrating Putin?s Birthday
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Supporters demanded justice for murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya on Sunday while President Vladimir Putin celebrated his birthday with some of the security forces and spy chiefs criticized in her writing...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
Democracy Rally in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands of people in Hong Kong took part in a democracy march and a world-record breaking attempt using umbrellas, calling for a faster pace of democratic reforms and direct elections in 2012...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
Syrian Plane Crashes Near Damascus, Killing 3
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- A small plane crashed in an empty field south of Damascus on Sunday, killing the three-member crew on board, Syria's state-run news agency and witnesses said...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
Typhoon Kills 4 on Taiwan, Weakens and Heads for Mainland
A typhoon lashed Taiwan with intense winds and rains on Saturday, cutting power to thousands of homes and leaving at least two men missing in the capital...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
Lib Dem bid for fixed poll dates
The Lib Dems are to introduce a bill which would end the right of prime ministers to decide general election dates...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Inquiry as body found in vehicle
Police cordon off part of a street after a body of a young man is found in a car in the Rhondda...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Postal strike scheduled to resume
Postal workers are due to strike again on Monday, following their first 48-hour stoppage last week...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
UDA adamant despite cash threat
The UDA is told if it fails to disarm by Tuesday, £1.2m cash earmarked for a loyalism project will go elsewhere...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Row over 'broken' police pledge
The Scottish Government is accused of breaking a manifesto pledge to recruit 1,000 police officers...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Official Saudi website for fatwas
Saudi Arabia launches a website to publish Islamic fatwas giving prominence to authorised rulings...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Racing: Fallon claims Arc triumph
Dylan Thomas and jockey Kieren Fallon survive a stewards' inquiry to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Michelin families leave Algeria
French tyre company Michelin evacuates families of its French workers in Algeria over security concerns...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Owen fit for qualifiers
Michael Owen is fit for England's Euro 2008 qualifiers after scoring against Everton, but Andrew Johnson is ruled out by ankle surgery...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Iran envoy 'elite force member'
The US military commander in Iraq, Gen Petraeus, accuses Iran's ambassador of being a Revolutionary Guard...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Body found after barge collapse
Rescue teams find the body of a worker after a maintenance barge collapses at a natural gas terminal in Pembrokeshire...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Army-controlled Darfur town razed
A Darfur town controlled by the Sudanese government has been burned down and looted, the UN says...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
28 Die in Cuba as Train Hits Bus
At least 28 people were killed and 73 injured Saturday in Cuba?s deadliest accident in years after a train slammed into a bus, state television reported...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
Rape Epidemic Raises Trauma of Congo War
Women are being systematically attacked on a scale never before seen in eastern Congo, where large regions remain lawless...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
Warranty rules are 'ineffective'
Government measures to regulate extended warranties are "definitely ineffective", a retail analyst says...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Lib Dems 'expected good election'
Simon Hughes says the Lib Dems would have gained MPs in a snap election - and defends Sir Menzies Campbell...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Body located after barge collapse
A remote camera locates the body of a worker after a maintenance barge collapsed at a LNG gas terminal in Pembrokeshire...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Man charged over toddler's death
A 38-year-old man is charged with the murder of a two-year-old boy who was found at a house in Leicester...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Two injured in by-pass accident
Two people are found injured, one seriously, in an overturned vehicle on the Newry by-pass, police say...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Danish clash sparks mass arrests
Police in Denmark arrest more than 400 people amid rioting over the closure and demolition of a youth centre...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Hamilton error keeps title alive
Lewis Hamilton retires from the Chinese GP as Kimi Raikkonen beats Fernando Alonso to take the championship to the final race...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Rock 'could remain independent'
Northern Rock might be able to carry on as an independent bank, according to newspaper reports...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Raid on former Street star's home
The wife of former Coronation Street actor Ken Morley is tied up in an armed raid on their home...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Many killed in Cuban train crash
At least 28 people are reported to have been killed in Cuba when a train crashed into a bus at a crossing...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Dog collar clergy 'risk attack'
Members of the clergy are advised to take off their dog collars when on their own, to cut the risk of being attacked...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Malaysia presses for Burma talks
Malaysia calls on Burma's generals to drop conditions for talks with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Cuts 'hit' hospital chaplaincies
A Christian think tank accuses health trusts of making cuts to chaplaincy with serious implications for the care of patients...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Powerful storm hits Chinese coast
One million people are evacuated from China's eastern coast as a major storm reaches land...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Brown 'treating people as fools'
David Cameron says Gordon Brown is "not being straight" over the reasons for not calling an autumn election...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
In a Political Twist, a Hairdo as Manifesto
A candidate?s braid makes her an icon in many ways...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
A Look at the Opposition in Myanmar
The generals? main adversaries have been students, civil servants, monks and political parties...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
U.S. Urges Costa Ricans to Back Trade
The White House said Saturday that it would not renegotiate a free trade agreement if Costa Ricans voted against it in a vote on Sunday...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
Typhoon Lashes Taiwan, Cutting Power for Thousands of Homes
A typhoon lashed Taiwan with intense winds and rains on Saturday, cutting power to thousands of homes and leaving at least two men missing in the capital...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
Somali Army General Dies in Ambush
The general was killed by suspected Islamist insurgents as he left his office in Mogadishu on Saturday, according to witnesses...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
U.S. Envoy Laments ?Poisonous? Atmosphere Dividing Sudan
The U.S. envoy to Sudan, Andrew S. Natsios, made his remarks as he ended a 10-day visit to the war-torn country...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
The King of Venezuela
For Cristina Marcano and Alberto Barrera Tyszka, Hugo Chávez?s drive is explained mostly by megalomania. For Bart Jones, it is explained by outrage at the injustices of the world...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
China Passage
Jonathan Spence pieces together the life and work of a prolific 17th-century Chinese historian...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
The World: Living in Exile Isn?t What It Used to Be
Fallen dictators can no longer count on a comfortable haven abroad, safe from extradition...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
The Basics: Taking Flight Despite the Turbulence
The V-22 Osprey is about to be deployed in Iraq. But what will the Osprey do once it arrives? Far less than the military had hoped, despite the $20 billion spent to develop it...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
China Calling: Look Who?s Mr. Fixit for a Fraught Age
China helped George W. Bush on North Korea. Can it do the same on Iran?...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
The Squirrel Wars
The red one is cute. The gray one is taking over. England is going nuts...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
The Way We Live Now: Democratosis
Why can?t we stop our (sometimes hypocritical) preaching to the world about democracy?...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
Regrets Only?
Kanan Makiya spent years in exile advocating the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. The war he supported brought about an Iraq he never imagined...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
Okinawans Protest Japan?s Plan to Revise Bitter Chapter of World War II
In new high school textbooks, the Japanese government is now denying that Okinawans had been coerced by troops into committing mass suicide during World War II...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
For Balkan Shipping Agent, War Is Good for Business
For most of his career, Tomislav Damnjanovic smuggled weapons to American opponents around the world, but since 2003 he?s played a crucial role in the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...
New York Times - October 7, 2007
NHS to speed up technology use
Innovative life-saving technology is set to be adopted in the NHS much more quickly under a new scheme...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Search for barge collapse worker
The search will resume later for a man missing after a barge collapsed at a gas terminal off the Welsh coast...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
England find form to stun Australia
Jonny Wilkinson's four penalties sink Australia and put England into the World Cup semi-final...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Southern woe after rugby failures
Rugby fans in Australia and New Zealand are in shock after elimination from the Rugby World Cup...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Teens charged over gun murder
Two teenagers are accused of murdering a 21-year-old man who was shot dead at flats in south London...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Musharraf call for Pakistan unity
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf calls for calm after winning re-election, amid ongoing legal concerns...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
China braced for tropical storm
One million people are evacuated from China's eastern coast as a major tropical storm approaches...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
Dozens die in Cuban train crash
At least 28 people are reported to have been killed in Cuba when a train crashed into a bus at a level-crossing...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
PM labelled indecisive and weak
Gordon Brown is accused of being indecisive and weak after he ruled out an autumn election...
BBC News - October 7, 2007
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