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Obama, McCain bury campaign pain, vow cooperation
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Obama, McCain bury sour campaign, vow cooperation
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Saks posts bigger-than-expected 3Q loss
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Obama, McCain pledge to work together for reform
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk marred by lost tool bag
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Astronauts end space walk marred by lost tool bag
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Indian navy sinks suspected pirate mother ship
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Global News Archive for March 2006:
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U.S. Human Rights Report Criticizes Iraqi Police
The human rights report also described serious problems in countries with close American ties, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates...
New York Times - March 8, 2006
50 Abducted in Iraqi Raid; 24 Bodies Found in Baghdad
Gunmen in Interior Ministry uniforms kidnapped employees of a private security company. Also, bodies of execution-style victims were found today...
New York Times - March 8, 2006
Wi-fi promises internet shake-up
Widespread access to wi-fi could be the force behind the net's next wave of innovation, say experts...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Beam report disappoints Holyrood
A five-paragraph report into the wooden beam which came loose from the Scottish Parliament's roof is met with disappointment...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Interest rates 'to stay on hold'
The Bank of England is expected to say on Thursday that it is keeping interest rates level at 4.5% this month...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Breast milk 'won't halt obesity'
Childhood obesity is not related to whether a baby was breastfed in infancy, a US study suggests...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Setback for Bush's US ports plan
A US Congress committee votes to block a government deal to give a Dubai-based firm control of six ports...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Mid-East peace plan 'out of date'
The US-backed Middle East peace plan is "hopelessly out of date", according to a UN human rights envoy...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Dail pass Finucane inquiry motion
The Irish parliament backs an all-party motion calling for a full public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Arsenal hold Madrid to reach last eight
Arsenal reach the Champions League quarter-finals after a draw with Real Madrid at Highbury...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Football: Liverpool crash out
Liverpool's dream of retaining the European Cup is ended with a frustrating defeat at home to Benfica...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Fifty Iraqi security men captured
Men in Iraqi police uniforms seize private security guards - but it is unclear whether they were arrested or kidnapped...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Moussaoui 'had aircraft plot'
Zacarias Moussaoui's sentencing trial hears how he dreamed of crashing an aircraft into the White House...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Menezes family to meet president
Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes will meet the Brazilian president on Thursday, the family says...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Watchdog clears Jowell on shares
The parliamentary standards watchdog clears Tessa Jowell of failing to declare shares involving her husband...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Letter From Chile: With a New Leader, Chile Seems to Shuck Its Strait Laces
The iron hand of Pinochet has given way to divorce, the end of movie censorship and public posing in the nude...
New York Times - March 8, 2006
29 Bodies Found in Baghdad as Political Stalemate Persists
The killings, most of them hangings, appeared to be a reflection of intensifying sectarian violence...
New York Times - March 8, 2006
Iran Warns 'Harm and Pain' if U.S. Pushes Sanctions
A crucial meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency opened in Vienna today with a threat from Tehran...
New York Times - March 8, 2006
Pacemaker for Sir Patrick Moore
TV astronomer Sir Patrick Moore, host of The Sky at Night, is to have a pacemaker fitted, his agent says...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Cebit opens up world of hi-tech
This week's Cebit technology fair in Hanover is set to showcase the diversity of the hi-tech world...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Theft 'motive' for teen's murder
Three teenagers are accused of murdering a schoolboy for his mobile phone and money then dragging him out to sea to drown, a court hears...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
FTSE stays the same after review
The FTSE 100 index remains unchanged after its latest review, the first time in 10 years without a reshuffle...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Teather promoted to education job
Sarah Teather becomes Lib Dem education spokesman, as Sir Menzies Campbell finalises his new top team...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
'No admissions' at NHS hospital
NHS managers in Trafford stop admitting patients to an Altrincham hospital threatened with closure...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
New maths GCSE for the brightest
Gifted pupils will be able to sit a new GCSE in further mathematics, education secretary Ruth Kelly says...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Family plea after petrol bombing
A west Belfast family whose home has been targeted by petrol bombers appeals for the attacks to stop...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
MSPs vote against McKie inquiry
MSPs voted against demands for further inquiries into the case of Shirley McKie...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Israel 'failed' settlers in Gaza
Israel's government was ill-prepared for the Gaza pull-out, causing needless suffering, a report says...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Football: Chelsea to face charge
Chelsea are charged but West Brom escape any punishment after a stormy match at the Hawthorns...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Football: Wenger warns over Real
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says Real Madrid remain a Champions League force...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Boy George drug charge dropped
Singer Boy George admits wasting police time as a charge of possessing cocaine is dropped by a US court...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Baby's dad says 'don't play God'
The father of a baby at the centre of a right-to-life case says it is up to God to "give life and take it away"...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Blame shifted on NHS say Tories
Tory leader David Cameron accuses ministers of trying to avoid the blame for financial problems in the NHS...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Students charged under terror act
Two students are charged in connection with an investigation into suspected terrorist activity abroad...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Iran report goes to top UN body
A UN report on Iran's nuclear work is being forwarded to the Security Council for possible punitive action...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Farmers welcome end to beef ban
UK beef farmers welcome the lifting of a 10-year ban on exports, saying it's the "most positive" news for a decade...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Gunmen seize 50 Iraq security men
Gunmen dressed in police uniforms kidnap 50 workers during a raid on a private security firm in Baghdad...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Irish priests hit by abuse claims
More than 100 priests in the Dublin region of Ireland may have abused children since 1940, a report says...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Hatcher reveals child abuse past
Desperate Housewives star Teri Hatcher reveals that an uncle sexually abused her when she was a child...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Intel speeds up Wimax plan
Intel says it will bring forward the rollout of its new scheme for long-range wireless internet...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Foreign Office management slammed
There is a "woeful lack of professional skills" among senior Foreign Office managers, MPs say...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Lack of sleep 'worrying Britons'
A lack of sleep and too little exercise were singled out as top health concerns by Britons quizzed in a survey...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
School power over term-time break
Schools must decide whether pupils can be taken out of class for holidays in term-time, the High Court rules...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Loyalist's bail not being revoked
A court refuses a police application to return prominent Belfast loyalist Ihab Shoukri to jail...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Finnie welcomes end of beef ban
Scotland's rural development minister hails the EU's decision to lift the 10-year ban on live UK beef exports...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Fine for driver's make-up offence
A woman, who has since been banned for drink-driving, is fined for taking both hands off the steering wheel to put make-up on...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
House prices 'still picking up'
House price inflation in the UK rose again in February, to 5.5%, according to the latest survey from Halifax bank...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
EU calls for joint energy policy
The European Commission calls on member states to work together for steady and secure energy supplies...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Iran refuses to stop nuclear work
Iran will press ahead with its nuclear programme no matter what action the UN takes, a top negotiator says...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Jail term for India riot witness
India's Supreme Court sentences a key witness to a year in jail for lying during a notorious Gujarat riot case...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Callers name child rape suspects
Police analyse 100 calls from the public offering information about a the rape of a girl in a supermarket toilet...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Football: Rangers boss proud
Alex McLeish says his Rangers players gave a brilliant performance despite being knocked out the Champions League...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Darfur protesters condemn UN plan
Thousands march through Sudan's capital to protest at UN plans to take over peacekeeping operations in Darfur...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Japan, China in new shrine row
Japan hits back at Chinese suggestions Junichiro Koizumi's visits to a war shrine are "stupid"...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Republicans defy Bush over ports
Top Republican lawmakers set up a conflict with President Bush over who controls six key US ports...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
EU's gender gap still wide open
European women are better educated than men, but get fewer top jobs and lower salaries, new statistics show...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
High alert after India explosions
Cities across India are on high alert a day after twin blasts rocked the city of Varanasi killing 14 people...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Football: Chelsea exit 'bad luck'
Jose Mourinho says the first-leg defeat at Stamford Bridge was the reason Chelsea were knocked out by Barcelona...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Eighteen bodies found in Iraq bus
The bodies of 18 men are found shot or strangled in a minibus in western Baghdad, police say...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Judge me on NHS cash - Hewitt
Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt says she should be judged on resolving the financial crisis in the NHS...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Law Lords reject key Gypsy case
The House of Lords rule against a family of travellers in a row that could have stopped evictions around Britain...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
UK beef export ban lifted by EU
Vets lift the ban on live British beef exports - 10 years after it came in to prevent the spread of mad cow disease...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Cheney Warns of 'Consequences' for Iran on Nuclear Issue
He said the United Nations Security Council would "impose meaningful consequences" on Iran if it proceeded with uranium enrichment...
New York Times - March 8, 2006
Israeli Election Campaign Starts in Earnest
The Israeli election campaign began Tuesday, with all the negative, niche-oriented ads regularly deplored by countries that are addicted to them...
New York Times - March 8, 2006
Palestinian Bailout
The World Bank released $42 million to help the debt-ridden Palestinian Authority pay salaries until Hamas forms a new government...
New York Times - March 8, 2006
Elite Troops Get Expanded Role on Intelligence
The military is placing teams of Special Operations troops in American embassies to gather intelligence on terrorists...
New York Times - March 8, 2006
Annan Offers His Blueprint to Make the U.N. More Efficient
Kofi Annan said the United Nations must adapt to meet its broad operational responsibilities, from human rights to development...
New York Times - March 8, 2006
Bombs Rock a City Holy to Hindus, Killing at Least 15
The explosions in Varanasi, which has a Hindu majority and a large Muslim minority, raised new fears of religious strife...
New York Times - March 8, 2006
Tory MPs warn over degrees
A group of right-wing Conservative MPs warns that too many young people are taking university arts courses...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Doctors' job site security fears
Medical students' references have been accessible for others to edit on the website they use to apply for work as doctors, the BBC has learned...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
'Hedges not cull' for cattle TB
Proper hedges reduce cattle tuberculosis, says research which casts doubt on the need for badger culling...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Quake hits India's Gujarat state
People flee their homes in India's western state of Gujarat after tremors are felt just before midnight...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
PMs attempt to find NI route map
The British and Irish PMs are to meet in London for a further round of talks on the stalled NI political process...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Japan rejects China gas proposal
Japan turns down a Chinese plan to jointly develop gas fields in a disputed area of the East China Sea...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Mexico rape women 'denied help'
Rape victims in Mexico are routinely denied access to legal abortion, says Human Rights Watch in a new study...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Mills to learn Italy trial fate
David Mills, the husband of Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, is to learn whether he faces trial in Italy on a corruption charge...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Shoppers can pay by fingerprint
A new system of paying for goods using your fingerprint is introduced at three supermarkets...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
China reports new bird flu death
A young girl in south-east China becomes the 10th person in the country to die of bird flu, state media says...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
New law to clamp foreign drivers
Police are due to be given new powers to clamp foreign drivers who break British laws and refuse to pay fines...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Lords to hear key Gypsy case
The House of Lords is to rule on a traveller eviction battle that could have major implications throughout the country...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Indian PM urges calm after blasts
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh calls for calm after at least 20 people die in bomb blasts in Varanasi...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Final approval for US Patriot Act
The US Congress gives its final approval to a renewal of the Patriot Act, after wrangling over civil liberties...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Police defend shooting strategy
Senior officers uphold their tactics in dealing with suicide bomb suspects, in a review following the shooting of an innocent Brazilian...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
Fears for Belmarsh Muslim inmates
The treatment of Muslim inmates at Belmarsh maximum security jail is criticised by the chief inspector of prisons...
BBC News - March 8, 2006
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