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Global News Archive for November 2007:
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Op-Ed Contributor: Pakistan?s General Anarchy
Faced with increasing demands to give up his position as military chief, Gen. Pervez Musharraf decided to topple President Musharraf...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Serb Nationalist?s Trial Begins in The Hague
Vojislav Seselj is accused of inflammatory speech and of numerous crimes committed by his own militia in the wars in the former Yugoslavia...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
U.S. Says Extremist Group Ousted From Baghdad
A top U.S. general said that troops have routed Al Qaeda of Mesopotamia, the militant network, from the capital...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Sarkozy Is Greeted Warmly by Congress
President Nicolas Sarkozy of France was greeted with cheers and standing ovations from lawmakers today...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Economic worries knock US markets
US stock markets fall sharply as the dollar weakens further and Morgan Stanley discloses sub-prime related losses...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Unsolved double murders reviewed
Police are conducting a review of two double murders in Pembrokeshire in the 1980s, it is revealed...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Alcohol killed mother Sally Clark
Sally Clark, who was wrongly convicted of killing her sons, died accidentally of alcohol intoxication, an inquest rules...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Vigil is held after Bogside rape
People attend a vigil in Londonderry for the teenager who was raped at the weekend...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Georgia under state of emergency
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili declares a state of emergency after police break up opposition protests...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
UN official expelled from Darfur
The UN humanitarian director in south Darfur has been ordered to leave the region by the state governor...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Football: Win puts Man U through
Man Utd qualify for the Champions League knockout phase with an easy win against Dynamo Kiev...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Bush and Sarkozy state Iran aim
The US and French presidents say they will work jointly to convince Iran to give up its nuclear programme...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Man held over care home deaths
A 19-year-old man is held on suspicion of murder after the deaths of two nursing home residents in Leicestershire...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Man kills eight at Finnish school
Eight people die and at least 10 are injured in a shooting at a school in southern Finland, officials say...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Sarkozy Throws Open His Arms to Bush, and U.S.
The French president backslapped and hugged his way through Washington, and proclaimed his determination to be a reliable partner of the United States...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
U.N. Envoy to See Myanmar?s Opposition Leader
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A U.N. special envoy will meet Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday, the last day of his frustrating mission to try to ease the country's political crisis, diplomats said...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Pakistani Lawyers Angered as Hope for Change Faded
Disappointment turned to fury after Gen. Pervez Musharraf scrapped the Supreme Court and the Constitution...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Op-Ed Contributor: Musharraf?s Martial Plan
The moment has come for the Western democracies to show in their actions, and not just in their rhetoric, which side they are on...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Death Toll in Afghan Bombing at 52
President Hamid Karzai today declared a three-day period of national mourning for the victims of the deadliest suicide attack since the ouster of the Taliban in 2001...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Bhutto Call for Protest Sets Up Confrontation
Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistani opposition leader, called today for a protest against emergency rule, marking an escalation of tensions with the president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Georgian Police Break Up Protests
Riot police employed extensive force today in the face of protests against the country?s pro-Western government...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Arts venue debts to be wiped out
The Wales Millennium Centre's £13.5m debts are to be written off and its funding trebled after financial worries...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Man arrested in Bogside rape hunt
Police investigating the rape of an American student in Londonderry's Bogside arrest an 18-year-old man...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Heavy fighting in Sri Lanka north
Dozens of Sri Lankan soldiers and Tamil rebels are killed or wounded in fighting in the north, the two sides say...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Murder inquiry after home deaths
An investigation is under way after the bodies of two women are discovered at a nursing home in Leicester...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Serb accused at war crimes trial
Nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj is accused of inciting Serb forces at the start of his Hague war crimes trial...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Sarkozy applauded by US Congress
French President Nicolas Sarkozy tells the US Congress it can rely on France's support over Iran and Afghanistan...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Nigeria sues over child smokers
Nigeria's government says it is suing three cigarette firms for $40bn compensation for promoting underage smoking...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Rugby U: French star retires
France lock Fabien Pelous retires from international rugby after winning a record 118 caps for his country...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Discovery shuttle returns safely
Space shuttle Discovery lands in Florida after an eventful 15-day mission to the space station...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
London stock market confusion
Trading on London markets is thrown into confusion after technical problems see misleading information being published...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Fallon 'gave race tips to Owen'
Jockey Kieren Fallon often gave his opinion on horses to footballer Michael Owen, his trial hears...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Two-year-old girl dies at nursery
A two-year-old girl dies at a nursery in what staff are saying was a "freak" playground accident...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Assembly call to sack Met chief
The London Assembly passes a vote of no confidence in Met police chief Sir Ian Blair, following the Menezes verdict...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Army supply 'chaos' proved fatal
An Army logistics failure led to the unlawful killing of a UK soldier by a roadside bomb in Iraq, a coroner rules...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Russia Moves Toward Suspension of Arms Control Treaty
Russia?s lower house of Parliament voted unanimously to suspend Moscow?s participation in a key European treaty, approving President Vladimir Putin?s initiative in a widely expected show of defiance to the West...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Iranian President Says 3,000 Centrifuges Are Fully Working
Iran has achieved a landmark with 3,000 centrifuges fully working in its controversial uranium enrichment program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
War Crimes Trial of Serbian Ultranationalist Starts
The leader of Serbia?s Radical Party went on trial in The Hague, accused of stirring up hatred of Croats, Muslims and other non-Serbs and inciting murder, torture and persecution...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
South Korean Says North Still Threat
The military threat presented by North Korea has not diminished despite early steps ordered by Pyongyang to begin dismantling its nuclear weapons program, the South Korean defense minister declared...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Toll Rises to 41 in Afghan Bombing
A suicide bombing that killed a leading opposition figure appeared to represent an effort by the Taliban to extend its reach to the north of the country...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Prince sites face legal threats
Pop star Prince is demanding that his song lyrics and photographs are removed from fan-run websites...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Symbian dismisses Google Android
Google's dominance of the web will not translate to the mobile phone market, a senior executive at Symbian says...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Grammar fights closure proposals
A row is growing over plans to shut Stoke's most successful school in a £200m area reorganisation...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Minister quits to race in Le Mans
Defence Minister Lord Drayson steps down from his post to try to qualify for the Le Mans 24-hour car race...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
School closures 'benefit' pupils
Research by a Welsh think-tank claims the closure of small schools can improve educational standards...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Oil passes $98 on weaker dollar
Oil prices reach another fresh high above $98 a barrel, amid concerns over tight fuel stocks and a weak US dollar...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Baby girl dies after road crash
A seven-month-old girl dies after a four-vehicle collision which left her mother and brother injured...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Loyalists told to hand over guns
Loyalist paramilitaries are urged to decommission to prove they are serious about ending violence...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Families' tribute to firefighters
Relatives of four firefighters killed in a blaze pay tribute to them as a mayor speaks of the effect on the community...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
West Bank settlements 'expanding'
Israel is expanding dozens of settlements in the West Bank and allowing illegal building, a campaign group says...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Afghanistan mourns bomb victims
Afghanistan holds three days of mourning after dozens were killed in one of the worst bombings in recent years...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Tear gas used on Georgia protest
Georgian police use tear gas and water cannon to dispel opposition demonstrators outside parliament...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
French president welcomed by US
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is warmly welcomed in Washington at the start of his first official visit to the US...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Burma rejects UN mediation offer
A UN proposal for three-way talks involving Aung San Suu Kyi is rejected by Burma's generals, state media says...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Ugandan rebel deputy feared dead
The Ugandan army says the deputy leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Vincent Otti, may be dead...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Football: Benitez revels in victory
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez believes his side's 8-0 home thrashing of Besiktas will put fear into their next Champions League opponents Porto...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Football: Jewell 'open to offer'
Paul Jewell says he would consider a return to Wigan but he has not been offered his old job back...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Average petrol cost at £1 a litre
The average UK price of unleaded petrol passes £1 per litre for the first time, an industry research group says...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Police powers could be extended
Plans to allow post-charge questioning may not be restricted to terror suspects, the home secretary says...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Fatal shooting at Finnish school
At least one person dies in a shooting incident at a school in southern Finland, reports say...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Met chief resists calls to resign
Met police chief Sir Ian Blair insists he will not resign over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Dando appeal decision reserved
A court reserves judgement in the appeal case brought by the man found guilty of murdering BBC presenter Jill Dando...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
London unveils 2012 stadium plan
London 2012 officials reveal the much-anticipated design for their new £496m Olympic Stadium...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Bhutto issues Pakistan ultimatum
Ex-PM Benazir Bhutto urges Pakistanis to oppose the emergency rule declared by President Musharraf...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Flatmate 'heard Meredith scream'
The flatmate of a murdered UK student confessed she covered her ears to muffle screams, Italian police say...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Uzbekistan: Leader Nominated Again
Delegates at a congress of the Liberal Democratic Party voted unanimously to nominate President Islam A. Karimov to run in the Dec. 23 presidential election, the Interfax news agency reported. He is constitutionally barred from seeking a third seven-year term, and election officials have not yet explained the legal mechanism justifying his nomination...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
World Briefing | Americas: Chile: Plundered Books Returned
Chile returned 3,778 books taken from Peru?s national library in Lima when Chilean soldiers pillaged it in 1881. The volumes, in Greek, Latin, French and Spanish, some with full-page colonial-era maps, dated from the 16th to 19th centuries...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Terrorism Raids Net 20 Suspects
Twenty suspected Islamic militants were arrested around Europe in an operation led by the Italian police to break up what it said was a cell recruiting suicide bombers for Iraq and Afghanistan. Among arrests in Britain, France and Portugal, the Italian authorities said they had arrested 11 men in northern Italy, most of them Tunisians. While the authorities said the group did not appear to be planning attacks inside Italy, they said they confiscated Al Qaeda manuals for making explosives, remote detonators, poisons and instructions on guerrilla techniques. Last month, Spain arrested six North Africans suspected of recruiting bombers to go to Iraq and Afghanistan...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Vietnam: Weeklong Flooding Kills 67
Officials said that floods had killed at least 67 people in the central part of the country over the last week and that 160,000 others were being evacuated as coastal areas braced for another tropical storm...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
World Briefing | Americas: Peru: Fujimori Takes Up Painting
The former strongman Alberto K. Fujimori is painting landscapes in prison as he awaits the start of his trial this month on human rights and corruption charges, an aide said, adding that he ?has not ruled out holding a gallery show.?...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Turkey Is Told Insult Law Must Go
In his most explicit statement to date on an article in Turkey?s penal code that has seen writers, journalists, academics and intellectuals prosecuted for insulting ?Turkishness,? the European Union?s enlargement commissioner, Olli Rehn, left, said it was ?simply not acceptable in a European democracy? and that it ?must be repealed or amended without delay? if Turkey hoped for European Union membership. ?The ball is in Turkey?s court,? he added. Hours later, Turkish television stations quoted Justice Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin as saying the government would change the controversial law and that a bill would be put before Parliament in the coming days. He gave no details of how the law would be changed...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: Kenya: Police Deny Role in Killings
The independent Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has implicated the Kenyan police in the execution-style deaths of nearly 500 people between June and October, during a crackdown on the banned Mungiki sect, but the claims have been dismissed by police officials. Earlier this year, the Mungiki gang terrorized Kenya with a spate of beheadings and killings that prompted the government crackdown. The rights group called for an international inquiry into the alleged executions, but Police Commissioner Hussein Ali told reporters, ?These are extremely grave allegations made without a shred of evidence.?...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Pope Benedict Meets Saudi King at Vatican
Tuesday marked the first official meeting between a pope and a Saudi monarch. They met for half an hour, speaking through interpreters...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Enzo Biagi, 87, Journalist Fired in Italian Political Fight, Is Dead
Mr. Biagi?s criticism of Silvio Berlusconi during the 2001 election campaign got him ousted from state television when Mr. Berlusconi became prime minister...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Belgium: New No-Government Record
Belgium broke its own record for the longest period without a government as tensions continued among the country?s leaders, divided by language. Almost five months since national elections on June 10, Belgium marked 149 days without a government, beating a previous record set in 1988. As the deadlock continues, speculation is mounting that political divisions between the Flemish, who speak a form of Dutch and make up two-thirds of the population, and the Walloons, who speak French, could lead to Belgium?s splitting up...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Trade Deal With Peru Likely to Pass House Vote
If approved, the pact could revive the administration?s faltering trade deals with Panama, Colombia and South Korea, all of which are awaiting Congressional approval...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
New Delhi Air Quality Is Worsening, Group Says
A booming car industry and high pollution levels are exposing the capital?s residents to heightened risks of a range of respiratory diseases...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Sarkozy Throws Open His Arms to Bush, and the U.S.
Mr. Sarkozy backslapped and hugged his way through Washington. He also proclaimed his determination to be a reliable partner of the United States...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Kushiro Journal: Forced to Run Straight, a River Must Now Twist
For decades, Japan pursued economic development at all costs, but in an effort to protect the environment it is aiming to reverse destruction along the Kushiro River...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Military Bill Approved, but Without Iraq Increase
House and Senate negotiators approved a $459 billion military spending bill, but rejected a Republican bid to provide $70 billion more to the war in Iraq...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Turkish-Bred Prosperity Makes War Less Likely in Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan is a robust export market for Turkish farmers and factory owners, who would suffer if that trade were curtailed...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Pakistani Lawyers? Anger Grew as Hope for Changes Withered
Disappointment turned to fury after Gen. Pervez Musharraf scrapped the Supreme Court and the Constitution, prompting more protests among Pakistani lawyers...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Dinosaurs breathed like penguins
Dinosaurs like Velociraptor breathed much like modern-day diving birds, scientists discover...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Tories accused over Blair calls
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith criticises her Tory counterpart over his calls for the resignation of Sir Ian Blair...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Renewed push for artery screening
Campaigners are urging health ministers to begin a new screening programme in the UK...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Committee backs scrapping tolls
The Scottish Parliament's transport committee backs the abolition of tolls on the Forth and Tay bridges...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Meredith trio face more questions
Italian police are continuing to question three people about the death of Briton Meredith Kercher...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Thai election campaign under way
Campaigning begins for Thailand's first election since a military coup ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Olympics: 2012 'stadium' unveiled
London 2012 officials will reveal the much-anticipated design for their new £496m Olympic Stadium on Wednesday...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Astronomers discover new planet
Astronomers in the US unveil a new planet, the fifth in a solar system said to be not unlike our own...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Indian girl separated from twin
Separation surgery on a two-year-old Indian girl with four arms and legs has been successful, doctors say...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Officer hurt in hit-and-run crash
A police community support officer suffers serious injuries when he is struck by a car in a hit-and-run crash...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
'Gaps' in elderly falls services
There are gaps in care given to elderly people who have fallen and fractured bones, experts say...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Obesity 'fuels cancer in women'
About 6,000 middle-aged or older UK women develop cancer each year because of excess weight, a study says...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
MPs to debate Brown's programme
Detention time limits for terror suspects are expected to feature as MPs debate the Queen's Speech...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
UN chief in clashes over Pakistan
The UN Secretary General and the Pakistani ambassador to the UN clash over Pakistan's emergency rule...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
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