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Gustav stalls offshore in Haiti after killing 23
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Indian security forces kill 3 in Kashmir
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Indian security forces kill 5 in Kashmir
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Kashmir police and suspected rebels in shootout
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Swiss exonerate Europes last executed witch
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Combat flares in 3rd area of Pakistan border belt
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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At least 5 dead in Kashmir battle over hostages
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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9 killed in bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Garth, Doherty make nice while filming new 90210
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Global News Archive for March 2008:
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Gunman in Jerusalem Attack Identified
The gunman who entered a prominent Jewish seminary and killed at least eight students was named by police as Ala Abu Dhaim...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Iraqi President Tries to Mend Fences in Turkey
The visit by President Jalal Talabani comes after a Turkish ground offensive against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
German Authorities Report Problems With Blood Thinner
Concerns about the safety of the blood thinner heparin have spread to Germany, after drug authorities there received reports of patients being sickened after taking the drug...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
The Saturday Profile: A Pilgrimage Tale (Not Chaucer?s) Amuses and Inspires
Comedian Hape Kerkeling?s book has become of one of Germany?s best-selling nonfiction book since World War II...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
China?s Latest Crackdown: The Liquid Lunch
A Communist Party campaign aims to bust civil servants partaking in booze-soaked lunches...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
8 Burials for Jerusalem Seminary?s Dead
The families of the eight students who were killed by a gunman buried their dead on Friday...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Two Markets Point Up Dilemma for U.S. Troop Levels in Iraq
Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will soon make his formal recommendation to President Bush on future troop levels in Iraq...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Ethnic Divide Worsens as Sri Lanka Conflict Escalates
A truce between the Sri Lankan government and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam is over, and gone are the Nordic monitors who kept watch over it...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Space freighter primed for launch
Europe is set to launch the Automated Transfer Vehicle - the biggest, most complex spacecraft in its history...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Clegg facing revolt over health
Nick Clegg faces a fresh test of his authority as Lib Dems vote on health reforms at their spring conference...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Faster TB test results on the way
A faster blood test for tuberculosis infection has been developed by UK researchers...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Iraq cleric Sadr explains absence
Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr explains why he has not been seen in public for more than nine months...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Two guilty of faith healer murder
Two men are convicted of murdering a 22-year-old faith healer whose body was found in a Luton park...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Man injured in depot gun attack
A 42-year-old man is injured by a masked gunman outside a taxi depot on the outskirts of west Belfast...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Home owners struggle to pay bills
One in five Scots home owners are struggling to meet their mortgage payments, a survey has revealed...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Chambers wins silver in GB return
Dwain Chambers claims a podium place after finishing behind Olusoji Fasuba in the 60m final at the World Indoor Championships...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Polls open in Malaysian election
Malaysia's prime minister urges ethnic minorities to support his coalition as voters elect a new government...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Drugs athlete Jones goes to jail
Former champion sprinter Marion Jones reports to a Texas jail to begin a six-month sentence for drug use...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Spain PM accuses Eta after murder
Spain's prime minister accuses Basque group Eta of trying to upset Sunday's election by murdering an ex-councillor...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Leaders say Colombia crisis over
Presidents of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela shake hands and agree to end a diplomatic crisis in the region...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Wealthy widow killed by cleaner
A Polish cleaner is sentenced to 20 years in prison for murdering her wealthy 94-year-old employer...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Thatcher in hospital for checks
Baroness Thatcher has been taken to hospital for tests, a Conservative party spokeswoman confirms...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Blair to teach in the US on faith
Tony Blair is to teach students at Yale University in the US about faith and globalisation...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Belarus Withdraws Envoy to U.S.
The former Soviet republic, complaining about sanctions opposed by the United States over its crackdown on the political opposition and media, said it was withdrawing its ambassador from Washington...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Thai Inquiry Set in Arms Sales Case
A Russian businessman regarded as a notorious arms dealer would be held in Thailand for investigation even as the U.S. seeks his extradition...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Killing in Spain Curtails Campaign
Spain?s two main political parties curtailed campaigning for the general election after a gunman suspected of belonging to Basque militant group ETA killed a former city councilman...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Chinese Rights Activist Reported Missing
A Chinese lawyer who has called on the Communist Party to improve its human rights record in advance of the 2008 Olympics has disappeared, according to his wife...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Gunman in Jerusalem Attack Identified
The gunman who entered a prominent Jewish seminary and killed at least eight students was named by police as Ala Abu Dhaim...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
China Defends Darfur Role
A Chinese envoy said he had expressed ?grave concerns? to the Sudanese government about the violence in Darfur...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
'Fair choice' needs good schools
Schools Secretary Ed Balls pledges to make school admissions fairer by removing all poor schools...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Gorilla rangers’ execution threat
Rebels who seized control of DR Congo's Gorilla Sector say rangers will be executed if they enter the area...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Beatles engineer Smith dies at 85
Record engineer Norman Smith, who worked on every Beatles recording between 1962 and 1965, dies aged 85...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
BBC iPlayer comes to the iPhone
The BBC launches a version of its iPlayer video on demand service for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Six Plaid AMs to refuse pay rise
A number of Plaid assembly members will turn down a 8.3% pay rise, as the row continues over the award...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Regulators face their own review
The National Consumer Council begins a year-long review into the performance of regulators in the UK...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Spain attack halts poll campaign
Campaigning for elections in Spain is cancelled after a former Socialist town councillor is shot dead...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Man denies killing wealthy writer
A financial trader tells a court he was not responsible for murdering a reclusive millionaire author...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Nursery children face E.coli test
Up to 60 children and staff at an east Belfast nursery school are to be tested for E. coli infection...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Athletics: Chambers makes final
Controversial sprinter Dwain Chambers powers into the 60m final at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Rugby U: Ashton 'was right'
England coach Brian Ashton says he was right to drop Danny Cipriani for Saturday's Six Nations game against Scotland...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Chad's 'orphans' returning home
The 103 children in Chad caught up in an abduction scandal are to return to their families, Unicef says...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Malaysia set for general election
Campaigning draws to a close on the eve of Malaysia's election, which the ruling coalition is expected to win...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Second senior Farc rebel 'killed'
Colombian security forces say they have killed a top member of the Farc rebel group, the second in less than a week...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Obama aide resigns over remark
An adviser for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama resigns after calling Hillary Clinton "a monster"...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Dog smells blood at Jersey home
Police dogs find spots of blood in a bath at the Haut de la Garenne former children's home in Jersey...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Ex-foreign secretary Pym dies
Former Tory foreign secretary Lord Francis Pym has died after a prolonged illness, his family says...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Top extremist recruiter jailed
A man said to be a top recruiter for Islamist extremism is jailed indefinitely for public protection...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Walliams completes Africa swim
Little Britain star David Walliams completes his "swim to Africa" with Olympic rower James Cracknell for the BBC's Sport Relief...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Israel buries victims of shooting
Thousands of mourners attend the funerals of eight students shot by a Palestinian in Jerusalem...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Diana inquest not to call Philip
The Duke of Edinburgh will not be called to give evidence at the inquest into the death of Princess Diana...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Giant telescope opens both eyes
The powerful Large Binocular Telescope acquires galactic images using both its giant mirrors...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
David Walliams begins Africa swim
Little Britain star David Walliams begins his Sport Relief "swim to Africa" with rower James Cracknell...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Lockerbie bomb document bid fails
The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing fails in his latest attempt to have secret documents released...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
AMs' 8.3% pay rise 'is justified'
A pay rise for Welsh assembly members is defended as a row continues over the 8.3% award...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
US finance heads in pay scrutiny
The bosses of three US financial firms will have to justify their huge pay packets to lawmakers on Friday...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
MPs criticise Revenue bonuses
MPs criticise HM Revenue and Customs for paying senior staff big bonuses despite its high-profile problems...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Last push to woo Spanish voters
Spain is in the last day of election campaigning, with Socialist PM Zapatero seeking a second term...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Death toll rises in Baghdad bombs
Sixty-eight people are now known to have died in a double bombing in a Baghdad market, Iraqi officials say...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Musharraf opponents get MPs boost
Eleven independent Pakistani MPs join the main parties that could form a coalition government...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Shannon police issue new picture
Police release a new photograph of missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews as the search for her goes on...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Man injured in car brick attack
A motorist is injured in a brick attack in County Down - the latest in a number of similar incidents in the area...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Athletics: Chambers wins heat
Dwain Chambers makes a low-key start at the World Indoor Championships, winning his 60m heat...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Horse racing: McCoy passed fit
Tony McCoy will ride at next week's Cheltenham Festival after overcoming a back injury...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Islamist raid kills Somali troops
Islamist gunmen a town north of the capital, Mogadishu, killing five government soldiers...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Japanese whalers shot me, says protester
An anti-whaling activist says Japanese sailors shot him from their ship - a claim denied by Tokyo officials...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
'Farc rebels' arrested in Ecuador
Ecuador says it has arrested five Colombian Farc rebels inside its border, as regional tensions continue to grow...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Hope over blood pressure jab
A four-monthly jab could replace the need to regularly take pills to control blood pressure, scientists say...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Legal bid by Noye given consent
Kenneth Noye, jailed for the M25 murder of Stephen Cameron, wins permission for a fresh legal bid...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
No Burrell probe during inquest
Police say they will not launch a perjury investigation into Paul Burrell until the Princess Diana inquest ends...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Chad 'orphans' to return home
The 103 children in Chad caught up in an abduction case are to return to their families, Unicef says...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Mourners gather at Israeli school
Thousands gather at the scene of a seminary shooting in Jerusalem as the Palestinian gunman is named...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Man arrested over Milly inquiry
A 34-year-old man is arrested in connection with the inquiry into the death of schoolgirl Milly Dowler in 2002...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Brown condemns uniforms abuse
The prime minister says he condemns "absolutely" those who abuse armed forces personnel in uniform...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Tap Water Only
Bottles of water will no longer be served at government meetings under a ?tap water only? policy announced to help protect the environment...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: Kashmir: City Plans to Poison 100,000 Dogs
Officials say the dogs pose a risk to humans and make urban life unbearable...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
World Briefing | The Americas: Brazil: 8-Year-Old Blocked From Law School
An 8-year-old boy who passed an entrance exam to study law at a university has been blocked from enrolling because the institution wants him to finish elementary and high school first...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: The Netherlands: TV Shuns Anti-Islam Film
No Dutch television broadcaster is willing to show a short film critical of Islam and the Koran by the right-wing politician Geert Wilders, Radio Netherlands said on its Web site...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: France: Sarkozy?s Ex-Wife to Remarry
Cécilia Ciganer-Albéniz, as she is known since divorcing President Nicolas Sarkozy in October, and Richard Attias, an event planner, will marry in New York this month...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
World Briefing | United Nations: Two Top Jobs Open, One Filled
Jean-Marie Guéhenno, the under secretary general for peacekeeping, and Louise Arbour, the Geneva-based high commissioner for human rights, have told their staffs that they will be leaving their posts in July...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Turkey: 700 Schoolchildren Ill After Lunch
About 700 schoolchildren in western Balikesir Province were hospitalized for what appeared to be food poisoning...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
On Election Eve, Hazy Prospects for Malaysia Premier
There is widespread agreement the coalition that has governed the country since 1957 will win on Sunday, but the fate of the prime minister is less certain...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Britain to Issue Identity Cards for Foreigners in November
Britain?s 200,000 airport workers will be the first British citizens required to have identity cards, which are expected to be delivered next year...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Trade Pact Controversy in Democratic Race Reaches Into Canadian Parliament
Did the Canadian government commit the ultimate sin of interfering in an election of a foreign ally? The political storm surrounding Nafta makes its way into Canada?s Parliament...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Paul Raymond, Britain?s Erotic Entertainment Magnate, Dies at 82
Mr. Raymond became one of Britain?s richest men, overseeing an empire of striptease clubs, salacious magazines and real estate holdings...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
European Bank Leaves Rate at 4%
With fears about inflation prompting the European Central Bank to leave interest rates unchanged, the euro touched a new high against the dollar...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Nicaragua Breaks Ties With Bogotá Over Crisis
President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua said he was taking the action to show solidarity with Ecuador after Colombia last week raided a rebel camp on Ecuadorean soil...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Mexico?s Congress Passes Overhaul of Justice Laws
The historic overhaul introduces for the first time the presumption of innocence for defendants, among other reforms...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Loggers Invaded Butterfly Haven, Photos Show
The images show fresh clear-cutting in unique forest reserves in central Mexico where large colonies of monarch butterflies roost for the winter...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Russian Charged With Trying to Sell Arms
One of the world?s most notorious arms dealers was arrested in Thailand and charged in the U.S. with conspiracy to supply weapons to rebels in Colombia...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
In Crisis, Zimbabwe Asks: Could Mugabe Lose?
Ahead of a presidential election on March 29, Robert G. Mugabe is burdened not only by Zimbabwe?s persevering misery, but also by two formidable rivals...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
German Authorities Report Problems With Blood Thinner
Germany has reported fewer than 100 cases of patients suffering severe allergic reactions and shock, and no deaths...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Kenyan Parliament Opens on Theme of Unity as Rivals Sit Apart
It was the first meeting of the Kenyan Parliament since a power-sharing deal was struck to end a political crisis that had plunged the country into chaos...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Birmingham Journal: Tradition or Fluff? A Dog Show Wrestles With Its Image
The big debate this year at Crufts, the world?s largest dog show, is whether it is too theatrical, a criticism that has shocked the British canine establishment...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Bombs Kill 54 and Wound 123 in Baghdad
The two bombings were the worst attacks the capital has seen since early February...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Prem babies 'need long-term care'
A third of babies born between 29 and 33 weeks need specialist care aged five, a study finds...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Gallantry medals for Scots troops
A soldier from South Uist is to receive the second highest award for gallantry for his bravery in Afghanistan...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Four facing fight death charges
Four people are charged over the death of a father-of-five who was stabbed during a fight in a park...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
England made to struggle by Kiwis
England grind their way to 286-6 on day three of the first Test, still trailing New Zealand by 184 runs...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Odinga sees speedy Kenya progress
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga says he expects a new post-crisis government to be formed in weeks...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Ministers boost Diplomas' value
Ministers announce plans for a new "Extended Diploma" as heads issue a warning about the new qualifications...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
MPs criticise Revenue bonuses
MPs criticise HM Revenue and Customs for paying senior staff big bonuses despite its high-profile problems...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Faster breast reconstruction call
Only one in ten women with breast cancer is getting reconstructive surgery when they have a mastectomy, an audit shows...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Restraints on children 'must end'
There must be an end to the "sanctioned infliction of pain" on young offenders, MPs and peers have said...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Pentagon curbs Google maps
Google is banned from filming inside US military bases due to the "threat" posed by its online maps...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Attack won't halt talks, Israel insists
The killing of eight people at a Jerusalem Jewish college by a gunman will not derail peace talks, Israel says...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Gaviscon maker 'cheated NHS'
The makers of Gaviscon kept an effective monopoly for years after the stomach medicine came off patent, Newsnight has been told...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
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