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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 March 2005:
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Bush Vows to Stay Course on Promoting Democracy
In a speech today, the president also continued to press Syria to withdraw its forces from Lebanon...
New York Times - March 8, 2005
I.R.A. Says It Offered to Shoot Killers of Belfast Man
The I.R.A. said it had offered to shoot the killers of a Northern Ireland Catholic slain by a gang including I.R.A. members...
New York Times - March 8, 2005
Russian Forces Kill Leader of Chechnya Separatists
The slain separatist, Aslan Maskhadov, led thousands of fighters following Russia's second invasion of the republic in 1999...
New York Times - March 8, 2005
U.S. Opens Inquiry Into Killing of Italian in Iraq
The U.S. opened an inquiry into an episode in which soldiers fired on a car carrying an Italian hostage who had just been freed...
New York Times - March 8, 2005
Kosovo's Leader Resigns Amid War Crimes Charges
The U.N. war crimes tribunal indicted Ramush Haradinaj for actions as a commander fighting Serbians in the 1998-99 war...
New York Times - March 8, 2005
Whale stranding cases 'increase'
Whale, dolphin and porpoise strandings in the UK have more than doubled in the last 10 years, a study finds...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Jackson witness admits oath lie
A key prosecution witness in Michael Jackson's child abuse trial admits that he once lied under oath...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Israel to give up West Bank towns
Israel agrees to cede control of two West Bank towns - Jericho and Tulkarm - to Palestinians in the coming days...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Football: Chelsea 4-2 Barcelona
John Terry's late header puts Chelsea into the Champions League quarter-finals and sends Barcelona out...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Zimbabwe threatens aid agencies
NGOs working in Zimbabwe face legal action if they do not properly account for aid money...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Private prison failings exposed
Staff at a private prison have been removed from frontline duties over widespread evidence of misconduct found by an undercover BBC investigation...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Syria 'starts Lebanon pull-back'
Syrian troops have begun a withdrawal from southern and northern Lebanon, says the Lebanese defence chief...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Five defeats for anti-terror bill
Peers inflict five defeats on the anti-terrorism bill, most significantly backing a "sunset clause" to quash the powers on 30 November...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Huge Pro-Syrian Protest Fills Square and Streets in Beirut
Hundreds of thousands aimed to counter weeks of huge rallies demanding that Syrian forces leave Lebanon...
New York Times - March 8, 2005
4 New Human Cases of Avian Flu Are Reported in Vietnam
Health officials worry that the avian strain's genes may combine with genes from human influenza viruses to create a deadly new virus that could spread around the world...
New York Times - March 8, 2005
A Struggle With Memories of Torture Down the Street
An ex-Argentine Navy school, that became a torture center in the 1970's and 1980's, is today a symbol of shame...
New York Times - March 8, 2005
Jackson abuse trial set to resume
The trial of pop star Michael Jackson for child abuse resumes a day after a boy said he saw him molest his brother...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
UK anti-terror plans: Your views
The government's controversial anti-terror plans suffer more defeats as the Lords resumes debating. Send us your reaction...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Troubles murder review announced
A team of 100 investigators is to review unsolved killings in Northern Ireland, the government announces...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Nappy rash death term 'lenient'
MSPs criticise the jail sentence given to a heroin addict whose baby died of blood poisoning from nappy rash...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Lifeboatmen deaths 'misadventure'
An inquest records a misadventure verdict in the deaths of two lifeboatmen who drowned in Barmouth harbour...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Aer Lingus ex-chief to head up BA
British Airways appoints the ex-boss of Aer Lingus, Willie Walsh, to be its new chief, taking over from Rod Eddington in September...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Stem cell therapy safety boosted
A new way of growing human embryonic stem cells will reduce the risk that their use in therapy could go wrong, say scientists...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Girls missing out on education
A children's charity says 60 million girls are missing out on education in developing countries...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Father speaks of 'abortion hell'
A father accused of murdering his disabled son speaks of the horrific moment his unborn child was aborted...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
More food withdrawn in dye scare
Forty-three more products are withdrawn from the food chain as a result of Sudan I contamination...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Football: Mourinho silenced
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is told to stop criticising referees by Uefa...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Rugby: Ireland lose D'Arcy
Kevin Maggs will play for Ireland against France after Gordon D'Arcy fails to prove his fitness...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Bush demands Syria leave Lebanon
President Bush insists that Syrian troops leave Lebanon to ensure elections are free and fair...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Clinton to have new heart surgery
Former US President Clinton will return to hospital for another heart operation, six months after bypass surgery...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Huge Beirut protest backs Syria
Hundreds of thousands gather in Lebanon's capital to support Syria and reject Western "interference"...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Registrar allows Charles' wedding
Eleven legal objections to the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles are dismissed...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Chechen rebel leader 'killed'
Russian forces say they killed Chechnya's rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov in a special forces operation...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Peers back terror bill time limit
Peers inflict another defeat on the anti-terrorism bill voting in a sunset clause that will see it expire on 30 November...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
IRA offers to shoot man's killers
The IRA tells the family of Robert McCartney that it is prepared to shoot those directly involved in his death...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Beijing Leaders Speak of Force to Keep Taiwan 'Chinese'
China's leaders introduced a bill that would effectively pre-authorize military action if Taiwan took concrete steps toward formal independence...
New York Times - March 8, 2005
'Legal okay' for Russian MP3 site
A Russian website offering MP3 tracks for sale is cleared of breaching copyright laws, say reports...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
BBC investigates Doctor Who leak
The leaking of the new Doctor Who on the internet is a "significant breach of copyright", the BBC says...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
What should the government do now?
The government is considering more concessions to their anti-terror plans after the Lords rejected key elements. Send us your reaction...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Inquest into lifeboatmen deaths
An inquest into the deaths of two lifeboatmen who died in a north Wales harbour is to begin...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
BA appoints new chief executive
British Airways says the former head of Aer Lingus, Willie Walsh, will be its new chief, taking over from Rod Eddington in September...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Tories pledge sex health campaign
Michael Howard unveils Tory proposals to reduce an "epidemic" of sexually transmitted infections...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
NHS rapped on blood clot deaths
About 25,000 people a year are dying of blood clots and the NHS is not doing enough about it, says a report...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Clock ticking on fusion decision
Europe says it will not wait beyond June to reach international agreement on where to site Iter, the experimental nuclear fusion reactor...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Security summit opens in Madrid
Anti-terrorism experts and political leaders begin a four-day summit on ways of dealing with international terrorism...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Palestinian-Israeli talks planned
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz are scheduled to meet...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Balaji gives India edge in Mohali
Lakshmipathy Balaji takes 5-76 as India dismiss Pakistan for 312 on the first day of the Mohali Test...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Wrong vaccine is given to pupils
A mistake in a telephone order leads to almost 100 pupils in Cumbria receiving the wrong vaccine...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
£30m for unsolved murders review
A review of unsolved killings in NI is to receive more than £30m, the government is to announce...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Card fraud on the up in Scotland
Scottish consumers lost £14m in credit and debit card fraud last year - a rise of 9% on the year before...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
War crimes charge for Kosovo PM
The UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague indicts Kosovo's prime minister, a former rebel commander...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Fury at WWII Arctic emblem plan
The leader of a battle to win a medal for veterans of wartime Arctic convoys is angry at plans to award them an emblem...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Football: Mourinho turns up heat
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says Barcelona "don't need to dive so much" as he prepares for Tuesday's tie...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
South Africans to rename capital
South Africa is to change the name of its capital city, Pretoria, to Tshwane, as part of a move to make place names more African...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Inquiry into Dominican jail fire
The Dominican Republic vows to investigate the cause of a jail fire which killed at least 133 inmates...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Reid attacks Tory 'human shields'
The Tories should stop hiding behind "human shields" and debate their NHS policy openly, says Labour's John Reid...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Rift over Italian death deepens
Rome demands the US punish those who killed an Italian agent in Iraq, as tensions over the death mount...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Syria begins Lebanese pull-back
Syrian troops begin moving back from Beirut to eastern Lebanon, but the US calls the move a "half-measure"...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
CRE seeks police racism offence
A watchdog calls for a new offence of racial misconduct to help combat bigotry in the police force...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Bolivian Chief, Angling for Support, Offers Resignation
In what seemed a calculated political gamble, President Carlos Mesa of Bolivia offered Congress his resignation in the face of road-choking protests...
New York Times - March 8, 2005
Improving Pope May Leave Hospital Before Holy Week
Pope John Paul II continues to recover well and could be discharged from the hospital before the week of church events leading to Easter...
New York Times - March 8, 2005
Bush Nominates Weapons Expert as Envoy to U.N.
Many diplomats expressed concern with John R. Bolton's nomination, noting that he had been scathing in his criticism of the U.N...
New York Times - March 8, 2005
133 Killed in Dominican Republic Prison Fire
Rival gangs battling for dominance in a prison set a fire that swept through a crowded cellblock, killing at least 133 inmates and injuring 26...
New York Times - March 8, 2005
Protests in Beirut Grow as Assad Gives No Date for Pullout
The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, said that by the end of March, Syria will move its soldiers in Lebanon closer to the border...
New York Times - March 8, 2005
More Than a Dozen Killed by Rebels in Central Iraq
Insurgents carried out a string of armed assaults and suicide bombings, killing at least a dozen Iraqi soldiers and five civilians...
New York Times - March 8, 2005
Thalidomide slows cancer disease
The drug thalidomide slows the progress of a wasting disease in pancreatic cancer patients, a study shows...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
India land early blows in Mohali
Pakistan fall to 38-2 midway through the first morning of the first Test against India...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
EU counter-terror moves 'flawed'
Europe's counter-terrorism measures suffer "unacceptable gaps", warns a committee of peers...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Madrid set to host terror talks
Hundreds of international security experts are due to explore ways of fighting terror and safeguarding democracy...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
China unveils controversial law
China outlines its proposed anti-secession law, which would allow it to use military force against Taiwan...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Police race targets 'should ease'
Police chiefs suggest lowering targets for employing ethnic minority officers, ahead of a CRE report on police racism...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Woman on airport snails charge
A woman alleged to have arrived at Heathrow with more than 16st of snails in her luggage is due in court...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
NHS 'failing on blood clot deaths'
Thousands of people die of blood clots each year in the UK and the NHS is not doing enough about it, say MPs...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Boy's brother 'saw Jackson abuse'
A boy tells a court that he saw pop star Michael Jackson molest his brother on two separate occasions...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
US slams Syrian 'half-measure'
The US steps up calls for a full Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, as troops begin to move away from Beirut...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
Terror bill faces more opposition
Peers are set to demand more changes to the anti-terror bill, after they vote for courts to impose all control orders...
BBC News - March 8, 2005
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