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Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Hungary 4 dead, 26 injured in train collision
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Iraqi lawmaker urges resolution of minority issue
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Curfew in Indian Kashmir to prevent protest rally
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Kashmir police threaten to shoot curfew violators
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Supreme Court to open new term with heavy workload
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Congress hears Lehman sought millions for execs
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Designers play it safe as economy sours
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Jimmy Kimmel returns as American Music Awards host
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Global News Archive for December 2007:
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U.N. Report Finds 31 Killed in Myanmar Crackdown
The report also said that 500 to 1,000 people are still detained and 74 are missing since the demonstrations this fall...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Months After Protests, Myanmar Junta in Control
Myanmar?s generals seem to have ridden out their most difficult challenge in two decades...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Trucks Power China?s Economy, at a Suffocating Cost
Every night, columns of hulking freight trucks invade China?s major cities with a reverberating roar and dark clouds of diesel exhaust so thick it dims headlights...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Osteoporosis 'link to depression'
Depression may increase the risk of the bone disorder osteoporosis in premenopausal women, a study suggests...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Murder charge after tower attack
A 43-year-old man is arrested and charged in connection with the death of a man in Edinburgh...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Drunk driver passed police boss
A driver is banned after overtaking a police chief at 100mph while three times over the drink-drive limit...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Thaw in Russian-Polish relations
Russia and Poland open a "new chapter" in their strained relationship, the Polish foreign minister says...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Hatton fired up at Vegas weigh-in
Ricky Hatton weighs in two pounds under the welterweight limit ahead of Saturday's fight against Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Village hit by credit card scam
An entire village may have been hit by an international credit card scam, police believe...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Bush 'cannot recall' CIA videos
US President George W Bush
says he cannot recall being
told of CIA interrogation
tapes and plans to destroy them...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Kosovo talks end without a deal
Talks to resolve Kosovo's final status end in deadlock, days ahead of a UN deadline for an agreement...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Teddy row peer 'warned off'
The Foreign Office advised a Muslim peer not to go to Sudan to try to negotiate Gillian Gibbons's release, he tells the BBC...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
UK Guantanamo four to be released
Four of the five British residents being held at Guantanamo Bay are to be released, the BBC learns...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Suspect Detained in Paris Bombing
PARIS (AP) -- Police detained a suspect in an overnight raid in connection with the deadly explosion of a parcel bomb at a Paris law firm, and they have ruled out terrorism, officials said Friday...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Attacks in Iraq Kill 25 People
Separate attacks in the tumultuous province of Diyala hit the headquarters of former insurgents working with the U.S. and a checkpoint in Baquba...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Tanker Spills Oil Off South Korea
A Hong Kong-registered oil tanker leaked 10,810 tons, or 66,000 barrels, of crude oil off South Korea?s west coast...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Myanmar Junta?s Control Seems Firm
Two months after they cracked down on anti-government protest, Myanmar?s generals have reason to feel relief...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Defying Critics, Italy?s Leader Endures
Romano Prodi has survived bad poll numbers and daily predictions that his fractious coalition will collapse...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Young Israelis Resist Challenges to Settlements
In illegal settlements, young people are at the vanguard of those working to complicate the demographic map...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Emergency rules for net telephony
Some net phone firms must give customers access to emergency numbers rules regulator Ofcom...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Babyshambles fan sings with band
A Babyshambles fan performs with his idols at a London concert after lead singer Pete Doherty is taken ill...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
'Human-to-human' bird flu fears
The father of a Chinese man who died of bird flu has also been infected with the virus, raising fear of human-to-human transmission...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Miliband defends Mugabe boycott
Foreign Secretary David Miliband hits back in row over ex-minister sent to represent UK at EU-Africa summit...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Nanny charged with baby's murder
A 46-year-old nanny from Anglesey is charged with the murder of a 13-month-old baby boy in south Lancashire...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Men jailed over £150k kidnapping
Two Belfast men are jailed for a total of 16 years for their part in a £150,000 kidnapping plot...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Gordon pledges to stay on as MSP
Charlie Gordon says he will remain as MSP for Glasgow Cathcart despite his role in a donations row...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
India seeks World Bank rupee loan
The World Bank is considering whether to make a huge loan to India in rupees rather than dollars...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Pair cleared of mother's murder
A judge clears two men accused of murdering a young mother who was shot and then set alight...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Double bombing in Iraqi province
At least 26 people die in two bombings in Iraq's Diyala province, one carried out by a female suicide bomber...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Nato-Russia tension over Kosovo
Nato and Russia fail to narrow their differences over Kosovo ahead of a UN deadline for an agreement...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Burma toll at least 31, UN says
Burma's military killed at least 31 people while suppressing protests earlier this year, a UN rights envoy says...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Liberia police arrest ex-leader
Liberia's ex-leader Gyude Bryant is arrested over charges he embezzled more than $1m while in office...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Composer Stockhausen dies
Influential German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen has died at the age of 79...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Sienna Miller wins privacy payout
The Sun and News of the World contribute to £37,500 damages after printing nude photos of Sienna Miller...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Details of 60,000 on stolen laptop
A laptop computer containing personal details of 60,000 people is stolen from the Citizens Advice Bureau...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Senate to launch CIA tapes probe
A US Senate committee will probe the CIA's destruction of tapes of interrogations of al-Qaeda suspects...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Battle to retake key Taleban town
International and Afghan troops open a major offensive on the Taleban-held town of Musa Qala, Nato says...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Family loses £10m will challenge
A judge rejects a family's bid to overturn the will of a relative who left £10m to two Chinese restaurant owners...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Suicide Bomber Kills 15 in Iraq
A suicide bomber wearing a vest with explosives killed 15 people in a town northeast of Baghdad, Iraqi police said...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Tanker Spills Oil Off South Korea
A Hong Kong-registered oil tanker leaked 10,810 tons, or 66,000 barrels, of crude oil off South Korea?s west coast...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
A New Bush Tack on North Korea
The president wrote a letter to Kim Jong-il, his first direct communication with the reclusive North Korean dictator...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Students 'should use Wikipedia'
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says teachers who refuse students access to the site are "bad educators"...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Laureate attacks poetry teaching
The Children's Laureate says government policy is "disastrous" as Ofsted criticises poetry teaching...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Catch cuts 'bring bigger profits'
Reducing fish catches now will boost future profits more than previously believed, researchers calculate...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Tory bid to speed up house sales
Property expert Kirstie Allsopp launches a Tory review on speeding up house sales in England and Wales...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Demand for IVF continues to rise
The number of UK women undergoing fertility treatment continues to rise, as do success rates, figures show...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Rock suitor unveils rescue plan
Olivant, a contender to buy Northern Rock, reveals details of its proposed rescue offer for the bank...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Warning over 'falling population'
A major study of population trends claims Scotland's economy could suffer from low birth rates...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Catastrophe warning on busy road
The A55, one of Wales' major roads, is "a catastrophe waiting to happen", a senior police officer says...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Commuters endure travelling chaos
Travellers between London and the East face severe disruption due to halted rail services and a closed road...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Couple say house fire was arson
The home of an Armagh couple is destroyed in an blaze, which also killed their pet dog...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Vote on Lebanon president delayed
Lebanese MPs again put off a vote on a new president - they are now scheduled to hold the vote on 11 December...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Canada reactor slows cancer tests
Thousands of cancer patients face delays in vital tests after a Canadian reactor supplying medical isotopes shuts down...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Nato confirms Kosovo commitment
Nato confirms it will maintain troop levels in Kosovo to deter possible outbreaks of violence...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Three prisoners executed in Japan
Japan executes three convicted murderers, and, for the first time, discloses the hanged men's names...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Boxing: Media 'exhausting' Hatton
Trainer Billy Graham says Ricky Hatton is exhausted by media commitments but will be fresh for his super-fight with Floyd Mayweather...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Conman Foster jailed over fraud
Peter Foster, who hit the headlines for helping Cherie Blair buy property, is jailed for a scam in Australia...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
FA ' in approach for Mourinho'
The Football Association contacts Jose Mourinho's agent about the ex-Chelsea boss becoming England coach, BBC Sport understands...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Female bomber strikes Iraqi town
A female suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives kills 16 people in an Iraqi town near Baghdad...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Anger grows over police pay deal
The Police Federation seeks an urgent meeting with the home secretary to protest against her decision not to backdate a pay rise...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Murdoch son gets key media role
Rupert Murdoch's son, James, is to take control of News Corp's operations in the UK, Europe and Asia...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
CIA destroyed interrogation tapes
The CIA says it destroyed tapes on the interrogation of al-Qaeda suspects, raising fears over the use of torture...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
PM boycotts summit over Mugabe
UK PM Gordon Brown boycotts an EU-Africa summit in Lisbon attended by Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Supermarkets admit milk price fix
Sainsbury's and Asda are among firms fined a total of £116m for fixing prices of milk, butter and cheese...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Jockeys acquitted of race-fixing
Former champion jockey Kieren Fallon, two other riders and three other people have been cleared of race-fixing...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Extra time to question canoeist
Police are granted a further 36 hours to question "missing" canoeist John Darwin on suspicion of fraud...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Terror Detention Plan Draws Fire
The government again sought the power to jail terrorism suspects without charge for up to 42 days, and the proposal brought immediate pledges of defeat from opposition parties and outrage from civil rights groups...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: Uganda: Ebola Outbreak Kills Medics
Health workers are among the dead in an Ebola outbreak, spreading panic among doctors and nurses needed to help treat victims of the highly contagious disease, officials said...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: India: Court Says Women Can Tend Bar
Women will be allowed to work as bartenders in New Delhi, India?s Supreme Court ruled, upholding a lower court?s decision that an earlier ban was unconstitutional, local television reports said...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: ?Lyrical Terrorist? Spared Prison
Samina Malik, a 23-year-old who last month became the first Muslim woman to be convicted of a terrorism offense in Britain, was given a suspended nine-month prison sentence and 100 hours of community service...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
World Briefing | Americas: Cuba: Church Takes Up Raid With Government
The Roman Catholic archbishop of Santiago, is seeking an explanation from the government for the reported beating and arrest of dissidents in a parish hall on Tuesday, a spokesman said...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
World Briefing | Americas: Panama: Move for Chinese in Schools
The National Assembly has taken a step toward making the teaching of Mandarin compulsory in all schools, the BBC reported...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: South Africa: Violent Crime Falls
Murders, rapes and robberies fell from April through September compared with the same period in 2006...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
French Leader Urges Guerrilla to Free Woman
President Nicolas Sarkozy of France appealed to the Colombian rebel leader Manuel Marulanda to release a woman who has been held hostage for nearly six years...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Russian Court Orders Release of a Journalist, Group Says
A Russian court has ordered the release of a reporter committed to a psychiatric hospital for nine months after writing articles critical of the military campaign in Chechnya...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Lack of Donated Copters Harms Darfur Effort, U.N. Leader Says
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon asked the Security Council for help in securing 24 helicopters to avoid jeopardizing the peacekeeping force mission in Darfur...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Pentagon Cites Poor Controls for Iraq Fund
A Pentagon audit of a $5.2 billion fund used to train and equip Iraqi security forces found that U.S. commanders could not always show that services were delivered properly...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Major Oil Spill Off South Korea, an Official Says
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A Hong Kong-registered oil tanker collided with another vessel in seas off South Korea's west coast Friday and leaked about 15,000 tons of crude oil, an official with the Maritime and Fisheries Ministry said...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
105 Killed in China Mine Explosion
The accident is one of the worst in China this year. It is unknown how many miners remain trapped...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Lawmakers Back Limits on Interrogation Tactics
A Congressional conference committee has voted to outlaw the harsh interrogation techniques used by the Central Intelligence Agency against suspected high-level terrorists...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Philippine Court Convicts 14 in Kidnapping Case
The 14 members of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group were convicted in the 2001 kidnapping of 20 people off an island resort...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Despite Report, France and Germany Keep Pressure on Iran
President Nicolas Sarkozy and Chancellor Angela Merkel said they had not changed their minds despite the findings of new American intelligence released on Monday...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Detained Pakistani Seeks to Revive Judiciary Cause
The leader of the lawyers? movement here has written to his colleagues from detention outlining a strategy to keep the flame alive to restore the judiciary...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
U.S. Agency?s Slow Pace Endangers Foreign Aid
The Millennium Challenge Corporation, a federal agency set up almost four years ago to reinvent foreign aid, has taken longer to help poor, well-governed countries than expected...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Bush Writes to North Korean Leader
It was President Bush?s first direct communication with Kim Jong-il, the reclusive North Korean dictator...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
C.I.A. Destroyed 2 Tapes Showing Interrogations
Despite requests and amid scrutiny about its secret detention program, the C.I.A. did not give the videotapes to a federal court hearing or to the Sept. 11 commission...
New York Times - December 7, 2007
Family doctors urged on HIV tests
GPs and other health professionals should be more proactive in offering at-risk group HIV tests, experts say...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Gujarat speech explanation sought
India's election authorities demand politician Narendra Modi explain comments allegedly justifying murder...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Iran a threat, say Europe allies
The German and French leaders say Iran continues to pose a threat as the US urges further pressure on Tehran...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Farc welcomes Sarkozy offer
Colombian Farc rebels welcome French President Nicolas Sarkozy's offer to mediate prisoner exchange...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
500,000-year-old TB case found
Scientists say they have discovered the most ancient evidence of tuberculosis in a 500,000-year-old human fossil in Turkey...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Key media role for Murdoch's son
Rupert Murdoch's son, James, is set to become probably the most powerful individual in the British media...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
One in ten drivers 'bump-and-run'
Nearly one in ten motorists admit to crashing into parked cars and driving away, a survey suggests...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Dome was insolvent from start
London's Millennium Dome was insolvent almost from the day it opened, the BBC has learned...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Mugabe arrives at EU-Africa talks
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe arrives in Lisbon as leaders gather for an EU-African summit...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Radioactive items made safe
Unused radioactive items are being disposed of to stop them being used by terrorists, the BBC learns...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
CIA 'wiped' interrogation tapes
The CIA confirms that it destroyed at least two tapes showing the interrogation of key al-Qaeda suspects...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
Canoeist's wife 'to be arrested'
The wife of "missing" canoeist John Darwin will be arrested on her return to the UK from Panama, police say...
BBC News - December 7, 2007
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