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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 December 2005:
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Monitors Cite Killings and Beatings at Egyptian Polling Sites
Egyptian police killed at least six people, fired live bullets and tear gas into crowds during the final day of voting in parliamentary elections...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Bush Cites Progress in Iraq, but Says It Is Uneven
The president acknowledged problems with reconstruction and conceded the inevitability of more bloodshed...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Rice, in Ukraine, Criticizes Russia
The secretary of state said today that she had concerns about a proposed law that could shut down groups that promote democracy...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Israeli Airstrike Kills Palestinian Militant in Gaza
The airstrike today also wounded at least nine Palestinians as Israel stepped up its actions in the wake of a bombing...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Scientists voice tsunami concern
Scientists studying the Sumatran region south of last December's quake zone warn of future hazards...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Two die in separate road crashes
A 14-year-old boy and an 85-year-old man die in separate road accidents in County Tyrone and east Belfast...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Mine pension convictions quashed
A financial adviser's convictions for swindling miners over their pension fund are overturned...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
UK rates set to remain unchanged
UK interest rates are expected to be kept on hold at 4.5% following the latest Bank of England meeting...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
UK to table fresh EU budget plan
UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says Britain will table new proposals on the EU budget next week...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Football: Arsenal drop first points
Thierry Henry misses a penalty as Arsenal drop their first points in the Champions League...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
UN demands halt to Eritrea order
The UN tells Eritrea not to expel European and North American peacekeepers from the border with Ethiopia...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Egypt poll clashes leave six dead
Six die in violence during the final stage of Egypt's election as police bar Islamists from voting in some areas...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Ex-PM Thatcher taken to hospital
Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher, 80, is admitted to hospital after "feeling faint"...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
US 'shifts' position on torture
Condoleezza Rice says the UN treaty on torture applies to US interrogators both in the US and abroad...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
KFC bullies 'caused girl's death'
A jury decides a teenager took her own life after being bullied by fellow workers at a KFC restaurant...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Man Utd crash out of Europe
Man Utd crash out of the Champions League after losing to Benfica in Lisbon...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Iraq hostage deadline is extended
An Iraqi group holding four Western peace activists extends the deadline for their execution, al-Jazeera reports...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
US man shot dead on Florida plane
An airline passenger is shot dead by a US air marshal in Miami after claiming he was carrying a bomb, officials say...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Hussein Refuses to Attend Trial, So Judge Proceeds Without Him
The judge adjourned the trial until Dec. 21, saying court security forces would be needed for the country's Dec. 15 elections...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Blast at Baghdad Coffee Shop Kills at Least 4
The explosion came a day after two suicide bombs in the capital's main police academy killed at least 36 police officers...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Suicide Bombers Kill 36 Officers at Iraqi Academy
Officers in bloody, tattered blue uniforms were carried into hospital wards, some of them wailing, their faces streaked with tears...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
India Accelerating | The Great Migration: All Roads Lead to Cities, Transforming India
As people shift from village life to brighter prospects in cities, so does the very nature of India...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Bush and Blair slated by Pinter
Politicians must be held to account for telling "a vast tapestry of lies" about the Iraq war, Harold Pinter says...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
£30,000 reward after OAP murder
A reward is put up by detectives hunting the killer of a 90-year-old widow "brutally battered" as she prepared for bed...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Tory MEPs to fight Cameron plan
British Conservative MEPs will resist moves to cut the party's links with Europe's main centre-right political group...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
'Bandits killed' in Taleban clash
At least 15 die as suspected Taleban fighters and bandits clash in North Waziristan in Pakistan, eyewitnesses say...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Son killed when father 'cracked'
A court hears how a man accused of killing his dying son "cracked" from combat stress while in Iraq...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Bank raid accused in frame claim
An employee charged with the £26.5m Northern Bank robbery last year accuses police of trying to frame him...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Damages claim for abortion twin
A young mother is suing a hospital trust for £250,000 after her twin daughter survives an abortion...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Russian bill draws fire from Rice
The US secretary of state boosts ties with Ukraine and criticises a Russian move to control NGOs...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Three dead in Egypt poll clashes
Three people are killed in clashes in the final stage of Egypt's parliamentary elections, monitors say...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
UN climate talks enter key phase
Environment ministers at a major UN conference in Canada discuss ways to break a deadlock on climate change...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Iran blamed over Tehran crash
A plane that crashed in Tehran killing at least 110 people had technical problems before take-off, reports say...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Police face abuse at break times
Members of the public are warned not to criticise police officers seen taking a break in a cafe or restaurant...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Royal premiere for Narnia movie
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe movie is set to have its world premiere in London's Royal Albert Hall...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Football: Harry back at Pompey
Portsmouth announce the return of Harry Redknapp as manager...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Hague back in Cameron reshuffle
New Tory leader David Cameron gives key shadow cabinet posts to William Hague and David Davis...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Terror suspect in Iraq kidnap plea
Imprisoned radical cleric Abu Qatada makes a video appeal urging the release of British hostage Norman Kember...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
City Slickers guilty of tip scam
Two former Daily Mirror City Slickers financial journalists are guilty of a share tipping scam...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Saddam Hussein boycotts hearing
Saddam Hussein's trial goes ahead without him as the former Iraqi leader stays away in a show of protest...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Tsunami inquest hears of anguish
The tsunami inquest hears of the "devastating loss" of Lord Attenborough's daughter and granddaughter...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Delay expected in ozone recovery
It could take far longer than expected for the ozone "hole" over Antarctica to repair itself, scientists say...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Wordsmiths hail podcast success
The term 'podcast' has been declared as Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Pinter Nobel lecture to be shown
Harold Pinter's lecture as winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature is to be screened at the award ceremony...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
£30,000 reward after OAP's murder
Police hunting the killer of a 90-year-old widow offer a reward and reveal she could have known the murderer...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Point-by-point: Question time
All the key points from prime minister's question time in the House of Commons from 1200 GMT...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Tent fire kills quake survivors
A fire in a tent housing earthquake survivors in Pakistan kills seven, four of them children, police say...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Jail inmates 'stage fight clubs'
Prisoners at a high-security jail are organising fight clubs to pay off debts, inspectors reveal...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Armed gang in jewellery shop raid
Armed robbers steal thousands of pounds worth of jewellery from a shop in west Belfast...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Rail fares to rise by up to 10%
The cost of travelling by rail in Scotland is to rise by up to 10% from next month, it emerges...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
US says N Korea 'criminal regime'
A senior US diplomat calls North Korea a "criminal regime" involved in drug trafficking and forgery...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Bronx gets Venezuela's cheap oil
An oil company controlled by the Venezuelan government makes its first delivery of cut-price heating oil to the US...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
EU considers UK budget proposal
British plans to break the deadlock on the EU budget are likely to be criticised when EU foreign ministers meet...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Final day of voting in Egypt poll
Egyptians vote in the final stage of an election which has confirmed the strength of the Islamist opposition...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Games site to educate parents
A new website has been launched designed to help parents decide which games are suitable for children...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Cricket: England beaten again
Pakistan A beat England by one wicket in their only warm-up game for the five-match one-day series with Pakistan...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Football: Man Utd under pressure
Man Utd face one of the biggest games in recent history when they play Benfica on Wednesday...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
UN Eritrea peacekeepers expelled
Eritrea bars Europeans and North Americans from the UN peacekeeping mission on the border with Ethiopia...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Falconio accused 'tailored story'
The drug runner accused of murdering UK backpacker Peter Falconio was able to "tailor his story", a court hears...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Gridlock as body find closes M1
The M1 is closed in South Yorkshire after a man's body is found on the carriageway and a crash shuts the A1...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Employee in court over raid
An employee charged with the £26.5m Northern Bank robbery accuses police of trying to frame him...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
S Korea fines Microsoft $32m
US software giant Microsoft is fined $32m following an antitrust ruling by South Korean regulators...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
New Tory leader faces Blair test
David Cameron's top team begins to take shape as the Tory leader has his first big clash with Tony Blair...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Saddam refusing to attend trial
Saddam Hussein refuses to return to court in a protest about his treatment and the conduct of the trial...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Adult skills drive 'inadequate'
A scheme to improve literacy and numeracy skills among adults is called a "depressing failure" by inspectors...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Syria Attacks Evidence as U.N. Case Turns More Bizarre
The issue of witness credibility has risen to the forefront of the U.N.'s investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Rice Is Challenged in Europe Over Secret Prisons
The secretary of state declined to answer most of the questions concerning covert prisons and a mistaken, secret arrest...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Suicide Bombers Kill 36 Iraqi Officers at Baghdad Academy
The attack underscores the continuing vulnerability of Iraqi forces as pressure builds in the U.S. to bring home troops...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
German Held in Afghan Jail Files Lawsuit
Khaled el-Masri says he was beaten and taken to Afghanistan by U.S. agents in an apparent case of mistaken identity in 2003...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Iranian Plane Crash Kills at Least 115 People
The plane was carrying Iranian journalists to cover military maneuvers in the south, and all 94 people aboard were killed...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
British Tories Name Leader to Challenge Blair at Polls
Britain's Conservatives chose 39-year-old David Cameron as their new leader in a triumph of svelte youth over rugged experience...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Reforms 'will raise NHS deficits'
Action is needed or health service deficit problems will mount as government reforms take effect, a study says...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Hat-trick of praise for schools
Schools voted "outstanding" by Ofsted inspectors say they will do everything they can to maintain their standards...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Egypt to hold election run-offs
Egypt ends a month of voting in an election which has confirmed the strength of the Islamist opposition...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Lakes 'threaten' quake survivors
Huge lakes created by October's earthquake threaten more than 10,000 people in Pakistan, the military says...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Health warning over counterfeits
Some market traders in NI are putting people's health at risk by selling counterfeit goods, police say...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Gulf for first-time buyers widens
First-time buyers in Scotland now take four-and-a-half years to save for a 5% house deposit, research shows...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Exiled Ivory Coast leader returns
Controversial Ivorian opposition leader Alassane Ouattara returns to Ivory Coast for his mother's funeral...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Beijing vows to punish polluters
China says it will severely punish anyone to blame for the chemical plant blast which poisoned the Songhua river...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Rice to discuss Ukrainian reform
The US secretary of state is in Ukraine for talks on the state of political reform since last year's Orange Revolution...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Saddam threatens to boycott trial
The ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein threatens to stay away from his own trial, due to reconvene in Baghdad...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Crime victim fund faces reform
An overhaul of the system of awarding compensation to the victims of crime is set to be announced...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Mental health inequality warning
Black people are more likely to be admitted to mental health hospitals than the rest of the population, a watchdog says...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
'Failing' schools rise to the top
Six formerly struggling schools are included in the latest Ofsted list of England's "outstanding" schools...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
New Tory leader faces first tests
David Cameron prepares to face Tony Blair in the Commons on his first full day as new Conservative leader...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Employee charged over bank raid
Police charge a bank employee with robbery in connection with the £26m raid on Belfast's Northern Bank...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Bin Laden is 'alive and fighting'
Osama Bin Laden is still alive and leading a holy war against the West, his deputy says in a video message...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
First class stamps to go up by 2p
Stamp prices will go up in April - first class by 2p to 32p - but the rises fall short of what the Royal Mail wanted...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
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