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Global News Archive for June 2006:
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Bolton Calls on Annan to Reject Aide's Remarks
The U.N. turned aside the challenge from the U.S. ambassador, who called the matter "very, very grave."...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Iraq Starts to Release Detainees in Gesture
The first of 2,500 Iraqi prisoners stepped off a bus to their freedom this morning at Baghdad's central station...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
German Leader Praises Incentives on Nuclear Talks for Iran
Chancellor Angela Merkel said international incentives could be the first step toward resolving the standoff diplomatically...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Oil falls after Iran nuclear move
Oil prices fall after Iran reacts more positively than expected to international proposals for limiting its nuclear growth...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Police mount hooligan crackdown
Police arrest 15 people as they attempt to travel to Germany for the World Cup to crackdown on potential troublemakers...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Parties fail to reach agreement
Northern Ireland politicians fail to agree on who will chair a committee set up to help them prepare for government...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Man arrested over quarry murder
A 33-year-old man is due in court in connection with the murder of a man whose body was found 11 years ago...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
US military victims of data theft
Stolen data on 26 million US veterans also included information about millions on active duty, officials say...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Portugal starts huge solar plant
Construction work begins in southern Portugal on what is set to be the world's largest solar power station...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Powder thrown outside Commons
The House of Commons re-opens after being locked down, after powder was thrown around in the building's central lobby...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Britain to appoint climate envoy
The government is to appoint an international envoy on climate change, the BBC has learned...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Taleban vow to defeat UK troops
A local Taleban commander in Afghanistan pledges to inflict massive defeat on British forces there...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
More time to question raid pair
Anti-terror officers are granted more time to question two brothers held after an east London raid...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Blair to quit 'well before' poll
Tony Blair will leave Downing Street "well before" the next general election, Jack Straw has predicted...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Rooney gets World Cup green light
Wayne Rooney is back in Germany - as the BBC learns that the striker will be in England's World Cup squad...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Letter From Iran: Those Were the Days, When Reform Was in Flower
Iranian reformers still celebrate the day that Mohammad Khatami was elected president in 1997, but hope for rapid change is gone...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Indonesian Scolds U.S. on Terrorism Fight
Indonesia's defense minister warned the Bush administration Tuesday that its approach to fighting terrorism is alienating Muslims...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Iran Open to Incentives on Nuclear Talks, With a Hedge
Iran would be asked to halt enrichment "during the period of negotiations," and the Security Council would halt discussions on the topic...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Tennis: Nadal through to semis
Novak Djokovic's retirement hands Rafael Nadal a place in the French Open semi-finals where he will face Ivan Ljubicic...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Football: Southgate appointed
Gareth Southgate succeeds Steve McClaren as manager of Middlesbrough...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Blair condemns knife boy decision
Tony Blair says it is "quite extraordinary" a boy excluded for carrying a knife was allowed back into school...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Mini-dinosaurs emerge from quarry
Scientists describe a new species of dwarf dinosaur that was unearthed in a quarry in northern Germany...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
China 'blocks' main Google site
Google's troubles in China continue as authorities reportedly block the search engine's English-language site...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Family calls for suicide site ban
The family of a man who killed himself after looking at suicide websites say such sites should be banned...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Oil eases after Iran nuclear move
Oil prices dip slightly after Iran reacts more positively than expected to international proposals for limiting its nuclear growth...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Tamils killed in Sri Lanka blast
At least 10 Tamils are killed in a mine blast in eastern Sri Lanka on the eve of crucial talks, rebels and medics say...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Football fan gets World Cup ban
A trainee plumber is believed to be the first football fan to be banned from travelling to the World Cup...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Shetland deportation plan outcry
People in Shetland fight plans to deport a young Thai man who served a prison sentence for starting a fire...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Timber trader guilty over Liberia
A Dutch court sentences a businessman to eight years in jail for breaking a UN arms embargo on Liberia...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Hamas agrees to withdraw militia
The Hamas-led government says it will withdraw a controversial militia from the "public" areas of Gaza...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Rooney set to receive scan result
England striker Wayne Rooney is back at hospital to discover the results of the scan on his broken foot...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Who fits hooligan profile?
German and UK police are stopping passengers at ports and airports as they try to combat hooligans travelling to the World Cup...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Send your World Cup pictures
What are your World Cup plans? Are you making your preparations? Send us your comments, pictures and video...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Teenager held after terror arrest
Police arrest a 16-year-old boy under terror laws after a Bradford man is detained at Manchester Airport...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Segregation warning over schools
Tony Blair's flagship school reforms could fuel racial segregation, a race watchdog warns...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Freeview 'overtakes analogue TV'
More households are watching TV on Freeview than on analogue sets for the first time, says Ofcom...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Oxford college to admit men
The last all-women college at Oxford University breaks with tradition and opens its doors to men...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
NHS deficit doubles to over £500m
The NHS deficit has reached £512m - more than double the amount last year...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Secret CIA jail claims rejected
Poland and Romania lead European and US criticism of a report accusing them of colluding over CIA flights...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
US Senate blocks gay marriage ban
The US Senate blocks a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, backed by the president...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
World Cup ushers in mobile TV era
Watching TV on your mobile phone looks set to get a big boost from the World Cup, say analysts...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Join our pundit panels
The World Cup kicks off in Germany in June - and we want you to take part in our interactive panels of pundits...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
University pay talks reach deal
University lecturers' leaders accept a pay deal and suspend a three-month boycott of exam marking...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Hello! sues over Jolie photo leak
Hello! magazine is taking legal action against websites who publish leaked photos of Angelina Jolie's baby...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
EIS rejects belt classroom call
Scotland's biggest teaching union opposes an MSP's call for the belt to be brought back in secondary schools...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Ambulance crisis criticism mounts
The ex-chair of the Welsh Ambulance Service adds criticism of widespread failings to that of the chief executive who quit two weeks ago...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Markets steady after recent falls
European stock markets edge up slightly after Tuesday's heavy falls but inflation fears mean investors are still wary...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
UK 'colluded in terror flights'
The UK helped the US fly terror suspects to secret jails, Europe's leading human rights watchdog says...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
'Tamils die' in Sri Lanka blast
At least nine Tamil civilians are killed in a mine blast in eastern Sri Lanka, Tamil Tiger rebels say...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Man denies loyalist's murder bid
A second man appears in court charged in connection with a gun attack on leading loyalist Mark Haddock...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Canada man 'planned to behead PM'
One of 17 terror suspects held in Canada last week is reportedly accused of planning to behead the prime minister...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Iraq frees prisoners 'for unity'
Iraq releases the first of 2,500 prisoners due to be freed as part of a reconciliation effort by PM Nouri Maliki...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Eight-year-olds 'can use Prozac'
Prozac can be prescribed for children as young as eight, the Europe's medicine watchdog has said...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Rooney arrives for hospital scan
Striker Wayne Rooney arrives at hospital for a scan on his broken foot which may decide his World Cup fate...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
'Five killed' in Nigeria oil raid
Five Nigerian soldiers are killed in a raid on an oil field in which five South Koreans were kidnapped, militants say...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Taiwan's Chen faces censure vote
Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian faces a damaging vote after the opposition presses for his ousting from office...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Landless storm Brazil Congress
Nearly 500 people are arrested after landless Brazilian farm workers invade a congress building in Brasilia...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Airport police on hooligan watch
Police check football fans' tickets at Heathrow to deter hooligans from travelling to the World Cup...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Suspected drugs ring targeted
Twelve men are arrested by police targeting a suspected drugs ring, after 19 properties in London and Kent are raided...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Europe 'aided US in CIA flights'
The UK and other European countries colluded with the US in the transport of terror suspects, a report is to say...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Iran Open to Incentives on Nuclear Talks, With a Hedge
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator said the European proposal contained both "positive steps" and issues that needed to be resolved...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
C.I.A. Knew Where Eichmann Was Hiding, Documents Show
The C.I.A. took no action in 1958 after learning the whereabouts of Holocaust administrator Adolf Eichmann...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Protesters Rally to Challenge Islamists in Somalia
The Islamists who seized Mogadishu on Monday vowed to set up a religious state, and protestors vowed to challenge the effort...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Iraqi to Release Detainees in Bid to Ease Tensions
The U.S. military said the decision to free the detainees had been agreed to in a joint review by Iraqi and American officials...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Canada Saw Plot to Seize Officials
The plot planned a series of violent attacks and beheading Prime Minister Stephen Harper, prosecutors assert...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
'Hope for coral' as oceans warm
Corals threatened by rising sea temperatures may be able to adapt, Australian researchers report...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Peers attack public smoking ban
The ban on smoking in public places is not justified by the risks from passive smoking, says a Lords committee...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Further education 'no Cinderella'
FE colleges are an "engine for prosperity", the education secretary is due to say...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
NHS staff 'take more sick leave'
England's NHS employees take twice as many days off sick a year as private sector workers, figures suggest...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Knife offences on the rise in NI
Knife killings in Northern Ireland have doubled since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, a police analyst says...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
McKie fingerprint under scrutiny
The fingerprint at the centre of the Shirley McKie case will come under intense examination by politicians...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Rugby: England team announced
Leicester wing Tom Varndell will make his first England start against Australia on Sunday in a side that includes three new caps...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Information boss admits mistake
Britain's freedom of information boss admits breaking his own rules over a request for information...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
France fined for deporting Jews
France and its railways company are ordered to pay compensation over the wartime deportation of Jews...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Police search after terror arrest
Detectives search two properties in Bradford after a man is arrested under the Terrorism Act...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Europe 'connived in CIA flights'
Several European countries colluded with the US in the transport of terror suspects, a report is due to conclude...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Time plea over detained brothers
Anti-terror officers will ask for more time to question two brothers held after an east London raid...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
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