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Global News Archive for September 2006:
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Video Shows Bin Laden Meeting With 9/11 Planners
Al Jazeera said the tape showed the period when the planning of the 9/11 attacks was taking place...
New York Times - September 7, 2006
Pakistani Leader Admits Taliban Cross into Afghanistan
President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan pledged to destroy the command structure of insurgents apparently linked to the Taliban...
New York Times - September 7, 2006
Baghdad Death Toll Exceeded 1,500 in August
The report from a morgue official casts doubt on the effectiveness of an American operation to reduce violence...
New York Times - September 7, 2006
Blair Says He Plans to Resign in Next Year
The British prime minister’s announcement comes a day after an extraordinary procession of eight junior aides resigned...
New York Times - September 7, 2006
Earth-like planets may be common
Earth-like planets orbiting other stars may be far more common than had once been thought, a study suggests...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
BP rebuked for pipeline failings
The US Congress hears that BP's failure to maintain oil pipelines at the largest US oil field was "unacceptable"...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Marriage 'keeps families united'
Couples with young children are five times more likely to split up if they are unmarried, the Conservatives claim...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Red Cross plans Guantanamo visit
The Red Cross says it will visit 14 high-level terror suspects moved from secret CIA jails to Guantanamo Bay...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Football: Sanchez future in doubt
Lawrie Sanchez's future as NI boss remains in doubt amid speculation that he could be about to quit...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Rugby U: Andrew gives ultimatum
Rob Andrew, England's new director of elite rugby, warns head coach Andy Robinson that results must improve...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
British species migrate northward
Scientists analysing 25 years of data find some 80% of animals have extended the northern edge of their ranges...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
FBI probes 'Mafia Bible' for code
Italian officials ask the FBI to check a Bible owned by a suspected Mafia kingpin for a secret code...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Confusion over role of Christie
UK athletics chief Dave Collins says Linford Christie will not now be acting as a mentor to the country's rising stars...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Vegetative patient 'communicates'
A patient in a vegetative state can communicate using her thoughts, according to research...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Bin Laden '9/11 video' broadcast
Al-Jazeera TV broadcasts what it says is unseen footage of Osama Bin Laden meeting 9/11 hijackers...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
MoD names two British casualties
The Ministry of Defence names two British soldiers who died on Wednesday in Afghanistan...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Turks Warm to Iran, Jilting Allies, Poll Finds
A survey published Wednesday shows Turkey is warming to Iran while E.U. membership and its NATO allies are becoming less popular...
New York Times - September 7, 2006
Israel Begins to Lift Blockade of Lebanon
Workers scrambled to ready ports and the Beirut airport for a renewed flow of passengers and cargo...
New York Times - September 7, 2006
In Brazil, Former Ally May Spoil Race for the President
Heloísa Helena Lima de Moraes has become the wild card in what was initially expected to be a two-man race...
New York Times - September 7, 2006
British Leader Announces Plans to Resign in Next Year
Tony Blair’s announcement comes a day after an extraordinary procession of eight junior aides resigned...
New York Times - September 7, 2006
Branagh's Flute to play in Venice
Kenneth Branagh, who directs a film version of Mozart's The Magic Flute, admits he knew little about opera...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Chancellor gives support to Blair
Gordon Brown visits Scotland as Tony Blair confirms he will step down as prime minister within 12 months...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
'Great shame' of student voyeur
An 'overweight loner' who secretly filmed women in a university bathroom is spared a custodial sentence...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Pound falls on Blair uncertainty
The pound falls against the dollar amid continuing uncertainty over when Tony Blair will leave Downing Street...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Ahern backs 'great leader' Blair
Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern offers his strong support to his British counterpart Tony Blair...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Fresh bombs shake Iraqi capital
A suicide car bomber targets a petrol station used by Iraqi police vehicles in Baghdad, one of several new attacks...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Inquiry call after turkey cruelty
The group which filmed staff at a Bernard Matthews' plant playing "baseball" with turkeys call for an inquiry...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Burundi's rebels sign ceasefire
Burundi's last rebel group signs a ceasefire but a government crisis threatens to overshadow the deal...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Sanchez's future as NI boss in doubt
IFA president Jim Boyce says he expects Lawrie Sanchez to remain until the end of the Euro 2008 qualifiers...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Euro-MPs demand CIA answers
Euro-MPs urge European governments to come clean about alleged secret CIA prisons on their territory...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Major TV broadcasters go mobile
BBC One, ITV1 and Channel 4 are to be broadcast to mobile phones as part of a new mobile TV service...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Belgium police hold 17 in 'plot'
Seventeen are held after raids in the military for allegedly 'plotting attacks', prosecutors say...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
US hands over Iraq army control
The Iraqi authorities begin taking control of their armed forces from the US-led coalition...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Npower announces third price rise
Energy firm Npower is to put up domestic gas and electricity bills for the third time this year...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
I will quit within a year, PM confirms
Tony Blair announces he will be stepping down as prime minister within the next 12 months...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Israel eases Lebanon blockade
Israel lifts its air blockade of Lebanon, three weeks after fighting ended, but a naval blockade remains...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Dylan's album at top of US chart
Bob Dylan tops the US album charts for the first time in 30 years with his latest release, Modern Times...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Fastest supercomputer to be built
Computer manufacturer IBM has been given the go ahead to build the world's most powerful supercomputer...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
More deaths for caesarean babies
Babies born by caesarean are nearly three times more likely to die in the first month, research shows...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Rover nears crater science trove
Nasa's Mars rover Opportunity is closing in on what may be the richest scientific "treasure trove" of its mission...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Carjacker jailed for seven years
A heroin addict who kidnapped a disabled woman while she visited hospital is jailed for more than seven years...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Turkey cruelty pair plead guilty
Two Bernard Matthews employees plead guilty to animal cruelty on a turkey farm near Norwich...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Australian murder witness sought
Police want to speak to an Australian tourist who witnessed a city centre fight which led to a man's death...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Media spotlight turns on Brown
The spotlight turns on Gordon Brown as the prime minister is expected to reveal plans to stand down...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
India mine blast 'traps dozens'
More than 50 miners trapped after a blast in eastern India have only a slim chance of survival, officials say...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Militants jailed for Bali attacks
A Indonesian court sentences two Islamic militants to jail for their part in the 2005 Bali bomb attacks...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Two killed in Russian sub blaze
Two sailors die in a fire on a Russian nuclear submarine, but sources say there is no danger of a radiation leak...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Cricket: ICC reveals date
The hearing into the controversial Oval Test between England and Pakistan will take place from 27-28 September...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Football: Sanchez backed
Lawrie Sanchez's decision not to attend a news conference after Northern Ireland's 3-2 win over Spain is defended...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Ivorian cabinet quits over waste
Ivory Coast's government resigns and the PM will form a new cabinet after toxic waste kills three people...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Guantanamo trials 'set to resume'
Key terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay could face military tribunals early next year, prosecutors say...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Hunt for YouTube 'mouse biter'
An animal welfare group is hopeful of tracing a man who can be seen on an internet website biting the head off a live mouse...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Girl relives kidnap ordeal on TV
An Austrian girl tells how she was kept in a basement prison for eight years in her first TV interview since escaping...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
UK rates left unchanged at 4.75%
The Bank of England leaves rates on hold at 4.75%, though analysts predict an increase later this year...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Train drivers' strike called off
Train drivers' union Aslef suspends two 24-hour walkouts which would have crippled services across southern England...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Afghan force 'needs more troops'
Nato's top commander urges member states to provide reinforcements to the mission in southern Afghanistan...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Diana inquest to be held in 2007
The preliminary hearings in the inquests into the death of Princess Diana are due to take place early in 2007...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Blair 'to hand over power in May'
Tony Blair is to confirm he will be stepping down in the next 12 months, with key allies suggesting May...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Pakistan Vows to Help Afghans Fight Taliban
While visiting Afghanistan, Pakistan’s president promised to help combat the Taliban insurgency, which operates from his country...
New York Times - September 7, 2006
Lebanese Documentary Unveils 1980’s Tape of a Prisoner
Video of an Israeli airman who was captured 20 years ago has touched a raw nerve for Israelis worried about the two soldiers taken by Hezbollah on July 12...
New York Times - September 7, 2006
U.S. Air Force Major Missing in Kyrgyzstan
The officer stationed in Kyrgyzstan was reported missing on Wednesday after disappearing during a shopping trip...
New York Times - September 7, 2006
Letter From Mexico: Long History of Vote Fraud Lingers in the Mexican Psyche
After decades of one-party rule sustained by fraudulent elections, many Mexicans still deeply distrust their institutions and courts...
New York Times - September 7, 2006
Israel Will Ease Grip on Lebanon
Israel said it was assured that Lebanese and international forces would stop arms from being smuggled to Hezbollah...
New York Times - September 7, 2006
Pressure on Blair Mounts as 8 Aides Resign
The aides resigned to protest the British prime minister’s refusal to set the date when he will leave office...
New York Times - September 7, 2006
Methane bubbles climate trouble
The greenhouse gas methane is bubbling from Siberian lakes in greater volume that scientists had believed...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Drug users face treatment lottery
Drug users seeking help to quit their habit face a "postcode lottery" of care, a watchdog has said...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Earlier target for times tables
Pupils will have to master their times tables by the age of eight, the government says...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Heads dumped in Mexico bar
Armed men dump five human heads in a crowded Mexican bar, in an apparent warning to a rival drug gang...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Menezes family fight case delay
The family of Jean Charles de Menezes take legal action to prevent a delay to his inquest...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Women in 30s told 'freeze eggs'
Women in their early 30s should be offered the option of freezing their eggs, a fertility specialist has said...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
Ethnic women 'penalised at work'
Women of Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Caribbean descent still face poor work prospects despite forging ahead in schools, a report finds...
BBC News - September 7, 2006
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