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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 November 2004:
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Netanyahu Reportedly Backs Down in Bout With Sharon
The Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, succeeded today in facing down an ultimatum from his finance minister and party rival, Benjamin Netanyahu...
New York Times - November 8, 2004
East Germans Ambivalent 15 Years After Fall of Berlin Wall
Many young people have quit eastern Germany to escape the high unemployment, running at over 18 percent...
New York Times - November 8, 2004
With Jets and Armor, Thousands of Troops Enter Rebel-Held City
American forces have sent thousands of troops into neighborhoods considered to be the center of the Iraqi insurgency...
New York Times - November 8, 2004
Palestinian Aides Try to Unravel Mystery of Arafat's Condition
A confrontation over the true state of Yasir Arafat's health is brewing between his distraught wife and his political heirs...
New York Times - November 8, 2004
Trio charged over knife attack
Three men face an attempted murder charge following the stabbing of a 14-year-old boy in Belfast...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Dutch step up Muslim protection
Police patrols are increased in a Dutch city where tensions are high after an Islamic school was bombed...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Bin Laden driver hearing halted
A US court halts proceedings against a Guantanamo Bay detainee in a blow for the Bush administration...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
France 're-imposing' Ivorian calm
Ivorian and French forces pledge to work together to restore order after days of anti-French violence...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
EU confident over fusion project
Negotiations in Vienna this week may give Europe the world's biggest nuclear fusion reactor...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Top Palestinians arrive in Paris
Top Palestinian officials arrive in the French capital to visit the ailing Yasser Arafat, despite criticism from his wife...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Seven train crash dead are named
Police name the seven people killed in Saturday's rail crash, including a nine-year-old girl and the car driver...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Black Watch soldier dies in Iraq
One UK soldier is killed by a roadside bomb and two more injured in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence confirms...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
US attacks Iraq rebel stronghold
US-led forces launch a massive assault on the insurgent-held city of Falluja in central Iraq...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
G.I.'s Open Attack to Take Falluja From Iraq Rebels
American jets bombed targets in Falluja in the first stage of a long-expected invasion aimed at the center of the Iraqi insurgency...
New York Times - November 8, 2004
P.L.O. Aides Are Heading to France to See Arafat
Top Palestinian officials are heading to France today to ascertain the real condition of the ailing leader, Yasir Arafat...
New York Times - November 8, 2004
Blair defends assault on Falluja
Tony Blair says the US-led attack on the Iraqi city of Falluja would stop now if terrorists give up their arms...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Tesco begins music-download site
UK supermarket chain Tesco launches an online music service it hopes will rival Apple's market-leading iTunes...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Jarvis axed from £92m school deal
Troubled engineering firm Jarvis is thrown off a £92m schools contract by Norfolk Council and warns its losses will continue into 2005...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Man 'tried to stop Kriss kidnap'
A 20-year-old man tells a Glasgow court how he attempted to prevent the abduction of teenager Kriss Donald last March...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
WRU rugby ticket policy attacked
Welsh rugby chiefs defend their ticketing after thousands of empty seats at the South Africa clash...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Iran nuclear 'agreement' welcomed
Reports of a tentative deal with Europe over Iran's nuclear programme are given a cautious welcome...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Pakistan rejects Kashmir charge
Pakistan rejects India's allegations that it is derailing Delhi's efforts to start talks with Kashmiri separatists...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Soldier held over teen stabbing
Three men, including a soldier, are questioned over the attempted murder of a 14-year-old boy in east Belfast...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Rugby: Robinson named captain
Jason Robinson will lead England in Saturday's Test against Canada...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
French stand-off in Ivory Coast
France is urged to pull tanks out of Ivory Coast's main city by a presidential spokesman, after a weekend of riots...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
DJ Da Bank to fill John Peel slot
Club DJ Rob Da Bank is to take over John Peel's Radio 1 programme for the "foreseeable future"...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Public value key to BBC websites
The BBC is to close some websites and invest in those that add "sufficient public value"...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Wenger charged over Ruud outburst
The FA charges Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger over his comments about Man Utd's Ruud van Nistelrooy...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Football: Jol given Spurs job
Tottenham confirm Martin Jol as their new head coach to replace Jacques Santini...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Court battle threat to Diana fund
A court case which will determine the future of the charitable fund set up to honour Princess Diana begins on Monday...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Top Palestinians head for Paris
Top Palestinians are on their way to visit the ailing Yasser Arafat in a Paris hospital, despite criticism from his wife...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Prescott rules out regional polls
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott rules out new polls in the near future on regional assemblies...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Family 'executed by greedy men'
Three generations of one family were murdered by three men driven by greed, the Old Bailey is told...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Girl among rail crash dead
A nine-year-old girl and her mother were among the victims of Saturday's Berkshire rail tragedy, police say...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Attack on Falluja gets under way
US and Iraqi government forces begin an assault on the insurgent-held city of Falluja...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
P.L.O. Aides Put Off Trip to Arafat Doctors
Top Palestinian officials abruptly postponed a trip to Paris to ascertain the real condition of ailing leader Yasir Arafat after critical comments by his wife...
New York Times - November 8, 2004
Pressure on Europe's bird species
More than 200 European bird species, including 70 in the UK, are under threat, a study warns...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Putting a face to 'Big Brother'
Literally putting a face on technology could improve our interaction with hi-tech gadgets...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
US actor Howard Keel dies at 85
Howard Keel, star of post-war US musicals, and later in the hit TV series Dallas, dies of cancer...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Berkshire rail crash: Your reaction
Seven people have been killed, and more than a 100 injured in a high speed train crash in Berkshire. Send us your reaction...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
'Pakistan impeding Kashmir talks'
India accuses Pakistan of trying to derail its plan to begin talks with Kashmiri separatists...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Airport pay strike threat averted
Planned strikes by baggage handlers at Stansted Airport are called off after workers voted to resolve the dispute...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Emergency surgery for stabbed teen
Three men are questioned in connection with the attempted murder of a 14-year-old boy in east Belfast...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Jodi Jones murder trial to begin
A 16-year-old boy is due to go on trial charged with the murder of schoolgirl Jodi Jones...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Wales remains a property hotspot
House prices in Wales again see the highest average rise, with some homes in north Wales doubling in value...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Dollar decline gathers momentum
The dollar hits another record low against the euro, amid mounting worries over the US budget deficit...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Pollution link to heart disease
Air pollution caused by traffic and factories may cause heart disease, a US study says...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
'No quotas plan' for universities
English universities' access regulator says he will not impose quotas for taking on poor students...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Tension still high in Ivory Coast
Hundreds of demonstrators face up to French troops in Ivory Coast, despite appeals for calm...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
UN warns of nuclear terror race
The UN's chief nuclear inspector warns of a "race against time" to stop terrorists using nuclear weapons...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Blair pressed over Bush meeting
Tony Blair is urged to use talks with President Bush to push for action on trade, the Mid East and climate change...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
BA sees profits more than double
Airline British Airways reveals pre-tax profits more than doubled to £220m in the July to September period, but the carrier says rising fuel costs remain a concern...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Football: Spurs players back Jol
Jamie Redknapp gets behind Martin Jol, who is expected to be named as Tottenham manager on Monday...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
US forces under fire in Falluja
US-led forces exchange heavy fire with insurgents in Falluja across the River Euphrates as they prepare to attack...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Arafat aides' visit to go ahead
Top Palestinian officials re-instate plans to visit the ailing Yasser Arafat in Paris, despite criticism from his wife...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Fatal example of crossings danger
BBC News correspondent Tom Symonds looks at the dangers posed by level crossings...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Dutch Muslim school hit by bomb
A bomb blast rocks a Dutch Muslim school, amid tension following the killing of film-maker Theo van Gogh...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
UK firms to look abroad, CBI says
CBI director general Digby Jones says shifting jobs abroad will help UK firms survive globalisation and raise staff skill levels...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Crash probe focuses on car driver
Investigators look at whether a car driver committing suicide caused a rail crash that killed seven people in Berkshire...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
G.I.'s Open Attack to Take Falluja From Iraq Rebels
U.S. troops seized control of two strategic bridges and a hospital in Falluja in the start of a long-expected invasion of the city...
New York Times - November 8, 2004
More French Troops Are Sent to Ivory Coast as Violence Flares
France sent 600 more troops to Ivory Coast's commercial capital, Abijan, as mobs rampaged against French expatriates...
New York Times - November 8, 2004
P.L.O. Aides Plan Visit to Arafat Doctors
The Palestinian leader's wife, Suha, is controlling the meager release of information about his health...
New York Times - November 8, 2004
Dutch Look for Qaeda Link After Killing of Filmmaker
Officials are investigating a possible international dimension to what many Dutch see as the country's first Islamic terrorist attack...
New York Times - November 8, 2004
CBI says UK firms must 'offshore'
CBI director general Digby Jones says offshoring will enable UK firms to survive globalisation, as well as helping raise staff skill levels...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Howard calls for refugee quotas
Genuine refugees would be turned away under Tory limits unless there is an unforeseen crisis, says Michael Howard...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
'Ovary-arm' transplant a success
A woman with cancer has had her fertility preserved thanks to doctors who transplanted her ovary into her arm...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Poor students offered £200m hope
English universities' new access regulator hopes they will be able to raise £200m in bursaries for poor students...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Tesco begins music-download site
UK supermarket chain Tesco launches an online music service it hopes will rival Apple's market-leading iTunes...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Ivorian president pleads for calm
Laurent Gbagbo calls for calm after anti-French riots and justifies attacks that left nine French peacekeepers dead...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Radcliffe relieved by US victory
Paula Radcliffe says winning was all that mattered on her marathon return in New York...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Snooker: Eddie Charlton dies
Australian legend Eddie Charlton dies in New Zealand following an operation...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Kabul kidnappers list demands
Militants claiming to hold three hostages in Afghanistan say they have handed over a list of prisoners they want released...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
House price growth 'still strong'
House price growth remains strong despite concerns about interest rate rises, Land Registry figures indicate...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
MPs urge Gypsy site law change
Councils should provide caravan sites for Gypsies to stop illegal encampments and clashes with locals, MPs say...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
US forces begin battering Falluja
US and Iraqi troops move in on Falluja ahead of a planned major offensive to take the city from insurgents...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
Palestinian heads to visit Arafat
Yasser Arafat's top officials plan to assess the condition of their ailing leader, in a move denounced by his wife...
BBC News - November 8, 2004
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