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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 2007:
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Candidate?s Illness Is Latest Obstacle for Nigerian Election
Umaru Yar?Adua?s health problems are the latest of several high-profile stumbling blocks as Nigeria heads toward an election...
New York Times - March 8, 2007
Democrats Propose Iraq Pullout in 2008
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the deadline would be attached to legislation providing funding for the war, while Senate leaders offered a resolution setting a date for withdrawal...
New York Times - March 8, 2007
U.S. Commander in Iraq Sees Long Commitment
Gen. David H. Petraeus warned today that U.S. troops face a long road ahead, and left open the possibility that even more soldiers would be needed...
New York Times - March 8, 2007
Rail union considers more strikes
The RMT union is considering four more days of strike action, BBC Scotland understands...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Republican candidate arrested
Independent republican candidate Gerry McGeough is arrested over "serious terrorist crime"...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Democrats set Iraq pull-out plans
Democrats in the US Congress propose legislation requiring all US troops to leave Iraq by August 2008...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Football: Newcastle fire four
Newcastle beat AZ Alkmaar 4-2 in the first leg of their last-16 Uefa Cup clash...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
DR Congo 'breaks up uranium ring'
A Congolese minister says an international network to illegally use the country's uranium has been broken up...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Billionaire club membership jumps
Almost 1,000 people can now lay claim to being members of the world's billionaire club, says Forbes magazine...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Football: Spurs snatch late win
Robbie Keane's late goal gives Tottenham victory after Braga had fought back from two goals down in the first leg of their Uefa Cup tie...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Greek Cypriots dismantle barrier
Greek Cypriots begin demolishing a key section of the barrier dividing the island's capital city, Nicosia...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
EU 'close to renewables target'
EU leaders are edging closer to a deal on binding targets for renewable energy use, sources in Brussels say...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
DUP and Sinn Fein on top in poll
The DUP and Sinn Fein take the majority of first preference votes in the NI Assembly election...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Virtual worlds set for shake-up
Millions of dollars are being spent by media firms hoping to cash-in on the success of online games...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Winterson novel 'left at station'
An unpublished novel by renowned author Jeanette Winterson is found at a Tube station in London...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
School surpluses could face levy
Ministers are proposing to claw back 5% of any money England's schools have left at the end of the financial year...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Tourist hostel deaths 'unlawful'
Two tourists from south Wales who died in an Australian hostel fire, were unlawfully killed an inquest finds...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
'Elf' lingerie thief found guilty
A man who claimed his alter ego, an elf, stole lingerie from a shop, is found guilty by a jury at Belfast Crown Court...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Commonwealth bid city pulls out
One of Glasgow's rivals to host the Commonwealth Games in 2014 quits the race...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Food went through bird flu site
Hundreds of tons of poultry passed through the Bernard Matthews plant during the bird flu outbreak...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Israeli army 'used human shields'
Israel's human rights group B'Tselem accuses the Israeli army of recently using two Palestinians as human shields...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Thousands flee Sri Lanka fighting
Thousands of civilians flee heavy fighting between troops and Tamil Tiger rebels in eastern Sri Lanka...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Tight security in Brazil for Bush
Brazil mounts a tight security operation ahead of US President Bush's visit to Sao Paulo...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
EU to look at cloned meat safety
Europe's food watchdog is to assess whether meat and dairy products from cloned animals are safe to eat...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Japan party probes sex slave use
Japan's ruling party is to hold a new inquiry into the use of sex slaves by the army during World War II...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Cricket: Vaughan braced for test
England captain Michael Vaughan will field for 20 or 30 overs in Friday's final World Cup warm-up match against Australia...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Congo arrest over missing uranium
DR Congo's top atomic energy official is held after allegations that a large quantity of uranium is missing...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Football: Ronaldo deal talks
Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo opens talks on a new contract with Man Utd...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Norway sued by children of Nazis
Norwegians fathered by German soldiers in World War II go to court in Strasbourg demanding compensation...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Watchdog orders phone-in review
A licensing regime for premium rate TV phone services is being set up after fears viewers have been ripped-off...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
UK soldier dies in grenade attack
A British soldier dies of his injuries after a grenade attack on a UK base in the town of Sangin, Afghanistan...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
DUP and Sinn Fein poll strongly
The DUP and Sinn Fein poll strongly as results emerge in Northern Ireland's Assembly election...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Climate talks 'key moment' for EU
The EU Commission president urges national leaders to set a landmark in the fight against global warming...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Top Tory axed over Army race row
A Tory MP is forced to quit his frontbench job after making "unacceptable" comments about race in the Army...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Sponsor evicts C4's Big Brother
Carphone Warehouse drops its £3m sponsorship deal with Channel 4 show Big Brother, after claims of racist bullying...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Straw 'means business' on Lords
Jack Straw wants to push on with Lords reform plans after MPs voted in favour of all its members being elected...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
'Inspection overload' for the NHS
The NHS is overburdened by inspections by at least 56 different bodies, a report has warned...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
February house prices 'rose 1.8%'
UK house prices are still rising strongly, the country's biggest mortgage lender, the Halifax, says...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Inquest into hostel blaze deaths
An inquest into the deaths of six tourists - two from south Wales - killed in a fire at an Australian hostel is to start...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Memo criticises Tory MSPs
Scotland's only Conservative MP writes a memo giving a withering assessment of his Holyrood colleagues...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Ex-judge furious at man's arrest
A retired judge hits out at the arrest of an RUC whistleblower amid an alleged cover-up in his daughter's 1984 murder...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Burglary victim dies in hospital
A murder inquiry begins following the death of a father-of-three after he was attacked during a burglary...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Man dies in Gaza crossing chaos
Several Palestinians are injured as security forces lose control of a crowd on the Gaza side of the border with Egypt...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
African force ambushed in Somalia
At least nine restaurant diners die in an attack aimed at new African Union peacekeepers in Somalia's capital...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Japan-North Korea talks cut short
Japan-North Korea talks on normalising ties break up early without agreement, with no new date being set...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Football: Wenger rues results
Arsene Wenger is deflated after Arsenal are dumped out of the Champions League to end their hopes of silverware this season...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Cricket: Pietersen in upbeat mood
Batsman Kevin Pietersen says he hopes to be lifted in the World Cup by England's new-found confidence...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Better pensions for some Gurkhas
The government announces equal pension rights for Gurkhas serving in the British army...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
NI Assembly count under way
Counting of votes cast in the Northern Ireland Assembly election begins, with first results due this afternoon...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Interest rates kept at 5.25%
Homeowners are given a boost after policymakers at the Bank of England vote to keep interest rates at 5.25%...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Comedy actor John Inman dies
Actor John Inman, most famous for the BBC comedy Are You Being Served?, dies in a London hospital...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
General urges Iraq militant talks
The top US general in Iraq says force alone will not solve the conflict and talks with militants are "critical"...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
CCTV officer off frontline duties
A policeman is withdrawn from public duty and an inquiry launched after CCTV shows him punching a woman...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Mecca Journal: The Price of Progress: Transforming Islam?s Holiest Site
Mecca has long been a commercial as well as a religious center, but increasingly global brands dominate the city...
New York Times - March 8, 2007
Attacks on Shiite Pilgrims Continue
The attacks were aimed at reigniting a cycle of sectarian retribution as hundreds of thousands of Shiites made their pilgrimage to Karbala...
New York Times - March 8, 2007
A ?Neither/Nor? Candidate for President in France
François Bayrou is gaining ground in a presidential campaign dominated by a nurturing Socialist and a crime-busting conservative...
New York Times - March 8, 2007
Commons Moves to Erode Nobles? Power in Britain
The move to introduce elections to the House of Lords could replace hereditary peers with elected legislators...
New York Times - March 8, 2007
Denial Reopens Wounds of Japan?s Ex-Sex Slaves
Furor over the issue of war-era sex slaves highlighted yet again Japan?s unresolved history in the region...
New York Times - March 8, 2007
Buildup in Iraq Needed Into ?08, U.S. General Says
The recommendation reflects the military?s new counterinsurgency doctrine, which puts a premium on sustained efforts to try to win over a wary population...
New York Times - March 8, 2007
One in 20 'infected in hospitals'
One in 20 patients in Northern Ireland catches an infection while in hospital, according to a new survey...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Scots rail disruption continues
Passengers face another day of disruption as signal workers continue a 48-hour strike in Scotland...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
School councils a must, say MPs
All schools in England should let pupils have a say in how they are run, MPs have recommended...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Former PM's son arrested in Dhaka
The son of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is held as part of Dhaka's anti-corruption drive...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Ecuador referendum row escalates
Political tension is rising in Ecuador over a controversial plan for a referendum on rewriting the constitution...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Japan-N Korea talks stall again
Japan-North Korea talks on normalising ties are cut short for a second day, with no plans for a resumption...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
TV phone-in errors prompt talks
Phone regulator Icstis is meeting broadcasters to try to end the controversy over TV quizzes and votes...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Sony unveils its new 3D universe
Sony reveals its new social networking feature called Home, at the Game Developers Conference...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
EU leaders face climate challenge
European leaders, looking to set the pace in the race against global warming, consider tough new targets...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Hunt for clues to Indonesia crash
Investigators examine the wreckage of a passenger plane which crash-landed in Indonesia, killing 22 people...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Gurkhas' terms 'to be improved'
The government is expected to announce improvements to the terms and conditions of Gurkhas in the British army...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Stormont election count to begin
Counting of votes cast in the Northern Ireland Assembly election is to get under way at 0900 GMT...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
Drug laws 'need major overhaul'
A radical new approach is needed to make drug laws work in the UK, a study is expected to conclude...
BBC News - March 8, 2007
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