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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 December 2005:
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Europeans Welcome Rice's Reassurances on Torture
The secretary of state appears to have reassured many European leaders who were concerned about the treatment of terrorism suspects...
New York Times - December 8, 2005
Israeli Airstrike Kills 2 Palestinian Militants in Gaza
Also, a Palestinian stabbed to death an Israeli soldier at a military checkpoint on the northern edge of Jerusalem...
New York Times - December 8, 2005
King Kong movie roars into town
Peter Jackson says he realised a lifetime's dream by remaking King Kong, as London hosts the UK premiere...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Climate talks making 'progress'
Negotiators meeting at a UN climate change summit in Montreal say they are making good progress...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Police quell migrant worker riot
Police move in to quell a riot between rival groups of workers outside a factory in Dungannon, County Tyrone...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Surgical rates 'should be public'
Scotland's information commissioner calls on NHS Scotland to publish death rates of individual surgeons...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Schwarzenegger hears death plea
California's governor considers a plea to halt the execution of ex-gang boss Stanley "Tookie" Williams...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Inuit sue US over climate policy
Arctic peoples are filing a legal petition alleging US policy on climate change violates their human rights...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Ex-Cuba inmates in hostage plea
Britain's former Guantanamo detainees call for the release of Norman Kember and three other hostages held in Iraq...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
War Crimes Suspect From Croatia Arrested in Spain's Canary Islands
The arrest of Ante Gotovina clears a major obstacle to Croatia's efforts to join the European Union...
New York Times - December 8, 2005
U.S. Resists New Targets for Curbing Emissions
The Bush administration has maintained its opposition to new targets for cutting emissions linked to global warming...
New York Times - December 8, 2005
Suicide Bomber Hits Bus in Baghdad, Killing at Least 30
Most of those killed were on the bus, which was gutted by flames, but several people at a nearby food stall were also killed...
New York Times - December 8, 2005
British Court Rules Against Evidence Gained in Torture
Britain's highest court declared today that evidence obtained through torture was not admissible in British courts...
New York Times - December 8, 2005
GM animal tests continue to rise
The rise in use of genetically modified animals in UK labs shows no signs of abating, government figures have shown...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Anti-piracy CD problems vex Sony
Sony's music arm is at the centre of a second row over its use of anti-piracy software on CDs...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Jackson fulfils Kong remake dream
Peter Jackson says he realised a lifetime's dream by remaking King Kong, as London prepares for the premiere...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Death followed wrong insulin dose
A woman died after poor handwriting on her hospital records led to her being given too much insulin...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Brothel 'slavery' gang sentenced
Gang members who bought a woman for £5,000 then forced her to work as a prostitute are given custodial sentences...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Football: Essien Uefa charge
Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien is charged by European governing body Uefa with gross unsporting conduct...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Croatian fugitive general seized
One of the most wanted men from the 1990s Balkan wars, Croatian Ante Gotovina, is arrested in Spain...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Fans pay tribute to John Lennon
Global music fans mark the day of John Lennon's' death as hundreds of balloons are released in Liverpool...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
RAF plane was shot down - Reid
An RAF Hercules plane which crashed in Iraq in January killing 10 Britons was hit by hostile fire, investigators say...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Glitter 'admits to girl at house'
Former singer Gary Glitter has admitted an 11-year-old girl slept at his house, but denies having sex, reports say...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
California hears gang leader plea
California's governor is hearing a plea for the execution of ex-gang boss Stanley "Tookie" Williams to be halted...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Football: Rangers boss to stay
Alex McLeish remains manager of Rangers after being given the full backing of Ibrox chairman David Murray...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Mass UK tsunami inquest finishes
The four-day inquest into the deaths of 91 Britons killed in the Asian tsunami closes with a silent tribute...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
MP banned for Tory cocaine jibe
Dennis Skinner is banned from the Commons for comments about shadow chancellor George Osborne and cocaine...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Cameron's shadow team unveiled
New Conservative leader David Cameron has announced his new-look shadow cabinet...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Playwright Takes a Prize and a Jab at U.S.
The playwright Harold Pinter turned his Nobel Prize acceptance speech into a furious howl of outrage against American foreign policy...
New York Times - December 8, 2005
Net domain owners file fake data
"Patently false" data has been used to register more than 5% of the net's most popular domains reveals US research...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
GM animal tests continue rise
The use of genetically modified animals in UK laboratories has continued to rise, government figures have shown...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
GCSE boost from performance pay
Teachers on a performance-pay scheme helped their pupils to higher GCSE results, research suggests...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Virgin Mobile rejects NTL offer
Virgin Mobile's board rejects NTL's £817m bid which was backed by major shareholder Sir Richard Branson...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Kennedy 'not worried by Cameron'
Charles Kennedy denies David Cameron's election as Conservative leader could threaten his position...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Consultation on smoking age limit
The government is to consult formally next year on a proposal to raise the legal age for buying tobacco in England from 16 to 18...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Nato agrees to expand Afghan role
Nato foreign ministers meeting in Brussels endorse a plan to expand the alliance's forces in Afghanistan...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Potters Bar inquiry call rejected
A public inquiry into the Potters Bar rail crash is ruled out...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Stormont 'spying' accused go free
Three men at the centre of an alleged IRA spying incident at Stormont are acquitted of all charges...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
NHS warned over funding shortfall
Funding gaps are beginning to emerge in the NHS and Scottish boards are on course for a £183m deficit...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Bill set to boost assembly powers
Plans are to be unveiled which will see the biggest transfer of power to the Welsh assembly since it was set up...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Kenya's political crisis deepens
The Kenyan post-referendum reshuffle goes wrong as more than a dozen nominees reject their appointments...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Probe after Miami airport killing
Investigations begin after a US citizen was shot dead by marshals on board an American Airlines flight...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Rice allays CIA prison row fears
Condoleezza Rice has satisfied Nato ministers' concerns over alleged secret CIA prisons, officials say...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Thousands mourn Iran crash dead
Thousands gather in Tehran for the funeral of the victims of a plane crash on Tuesday in which 110 people died...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Poor lifestyle 'a factor in care'
Patients could be denied treatment if their lifestyle makes it less effective, the NHS advisory body says...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
DVT victims denied right to sue
The House of Lords rules against deep vein thrombosis victims who want the right to sue airlines...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
BBC's Nick Clarke has cancer
Radio 4 presenter Nick Clarke is diagnosed with cancer and expects to have a leg amputated...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Fergie reeling after Man Utd exit
Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson refuses to answer questions about his future after his side exit Europe...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
MP rebuked for Tory cocaine slur
Labour MP Dennis Skinner is ordered out of the Commons for accusing Tory George Osborne of snorting cocaine...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Thatcher goes home from hospital
Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher leaves hospital with a 'clean bill of health'...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Rail fares jump up to 9%
Rail fares will rise by well above the inflation rate - up to 9% in some areas - in the New Year, it is announced...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
UK interest rates stay unchanged
UK interest rates are kept on hold at 4.5% at the end of the Bank of England's latest monthly meeting...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Bus bombing kills 30 in Baghdad
A suicide attacker detonates a bomb on a crowded bus leaving Baghdad for the Shia town of Nasiriya...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Lords reject use of torture evidence
Secret evidence which may have been obtained by torture cannot be used against terror suspects, the law lords rule...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Straw calls for hostage release
Jack Straw repeats calls to release four Western hostages as a deadline for their killing is extended...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
More Questions as Rice Asserts Detainee Policy
The secretary of state said the policy of the U.S. was not to allow its personnel to engage in cruel treatment of prisoners...
New York Times - December 8, 2005
Bush Shifts Priorities in Rebuilding Iraq to Smaller Projects
President Bush argued that the shift in rebuilding was already drawing Iraqis away from the insurgency plaguing the country...
New York Times - December 8, 2005
Israelis Kill Palestinian and Wound 9 in Airstrike
The Israelis struck two days after a suicide bomber from the Islamic Jihad faction in the West Bank killed five Israelis in a blast at a shopping mall...
New York Times - December 8, 2005
Hussein Exits, but Still Fills Courtroom
Saddam Hussein dominated the proceedings as much by his absence as he had by his outbursts in the trial's previous four days...
New York Times - December 8, 2005
Rice Criticizes Russia's Plan to Curb Private Rights Groups
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she had serious concerns about a proposed Russian law that could shut down private groups, including some financed by the U.S...
New York Times - December 8, 2005
Stirrings in the Desert: Will Politics Tame Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood?
A day of reckoning is at hand in Egyptian politics now that the Muslim Brotherhood is entering the corridors of power...
New York Times - December 8, 2005
UK too centralised, Kennedy says
Labour's "aggressive centralism" is damaging public services, Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy will say...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Chemical signals 'spread cancer'
Scientists say they have discovered how tumours control the development of secondary cancers...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
'Bomb blast' hits Bangladesh town
At least four people are killed in a bomb blast in the northern Bangladeshi town of Netrokona, police say...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Mixed verdict on NHS performance
It is "difficult to assess" whether the Scottish health service is delivering value for money, a report says...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Lennon fans mark Beatle's death
Music fans around the world are marking the life of former Beatle John Lennon on the 25th anniversary of his death...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
China mine blast leaves 74 dead
China's third fatal mine accident in two weeks leaves 74 miners dead and 32 missing in northern Hebei Province...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Concession brings Honduras result
The ruling party's candidate in the Honduran presidential election accepts defeat, 10 days after the poll...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Blair to push EU budget proposals
Tony Blair is due to meet European leaders in a bid to reach an agreement on the EU budget...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Man shot dead at Florida airport
An airline passenger is shot dead by a US air marshal in Miami after claiming he had a bomb, officials say...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Crystal emblem for relief teams
The Red Cross and Red Crescent movements adopt a red crystal as a third emblem to allow Israel to join...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Canada turns climate focus on US
Canada's prime minister appeals to the US to "listen to its conscience" at the UN climate change conference...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Elderly 'fuelling dentist demand'
The rising number of people keeping their teeth well into old age is placing unprecedented demand on dentists, say experts...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Lords rule on 'torture' evidence
The Law Lords are to say if the UK can use against terror suspects evidence which may have been gained by torture...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
Thatcher spends night in hospital
Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher, 80, spends the night in hospital after feeling faint...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
US attacks UN official on 'jails'
Washington says the UN human rights commissioner had no authority to criticise its anti-terror tactics...
BBC News - December 8, 2005
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