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Global News Archive for May 2007:
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Quebec Separatist Leader Resigns
André Boisclair?s resignation further destabilizes a movement that was left in shambles after the elections...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Motorists receive £9m fuel payout
Supermarkets pay more than £9m compensation to people whose vehicles were damaged by contaminated fuel...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Hundreds of water jobs to be lost
Up to 500 jobs are to go in Northern Ireland's water industry, it has been confirmed...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Rejected ballots '7% of the vote'
The number of spoiled ballot papers during last week's election was almost 142,000, BBC Scotland learns...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Court rejects Brotherhood trial
An court in Egypt rules invalid a presidential order that Muslim Brotherhood figures stand trial in a military court...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
E Timor votes for new president
The people of East Timor vote in a run-off presidential election to chose Xanana Gusmao's successor...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Insurance fraud 'costs UK £1.6bn'
Fraudulent insurance claims cost UK insurers a total of £1.6bn a year, according to an industry report...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Going to school 'not compulsory'
Education officials are to issue their first guidelines on "elective home education" in England...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Groom's tribute to crash victims
A groom-to-be pays tribute to "five beautiful friends" killed in a motorway crash on the way home from his stag weekend...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
US attack 'kills Iraqi children'
A US helicopter attack on suspected insurgents in Iraq has killed a number of children, Iraqi sources say...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Police 'step up Madeleine search'
Portuguese police question more than 100 people in their search for missing Madeleine McCann...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Political Progress Seen in Iraq as Violence Continues
A suicide bomb that killed at least 16 people today in the Shiite city of Kufa came as tensions in Parliament seemed to ebb...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Shanghai Journal: In World Skyscraper Race, It Isn?t Lonely at the Top
Designed to be the world?s tallest building, the Shanghai World Financial Center has been superseded by taller structures across Asia...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Linux evolves for mobile devices
A mobile version of the popular Linux operating system Ubuntu will be developed, it is announced...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Prince to play 21 London concerts
Guitarist Prince is to play 21 concerts in London this summer, including seven nights at the new O2 arena...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Conservatives 'put society first'
Society is at the heart of "Cameron Conservatism", the party's policy review chief Oliver Letwin says...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Man jailed after fatal M4 crash
A drink-driver is jailed after driving the wrong way down the M4 motorway, crashing and killing his friend...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Plane firm clinches £200m deal
Planemaker Bombardier wins a deal worth almost £200m to supply new aircraft to the regional airline Flybe...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Start of new parliament postponed
The new presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament will not be elected until next week, it is announced...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Land Rover hits four million mark
The four millionth Land Rover rolls off the firm's production line at its plant in the West Midlands...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Civilian deaths 'deeply shame' US
The US military says it is "deeply ashamed" by the killings of 19 Afghan civilians by Marines in March...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Football: Ball admits FA charge
Man City defender Michael Ball is set to serve a three-match ban after admitting he stamped on Man Utd's Cristiano Ronaldo...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
One M25 crash victim named
Two of the victims of a crash that killed five members of a stag party and a recovery vehicle driver are named...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Afghan deployment 'beyond 2009'
British forces will remain in Afghanistan beyond 2009, Defence Secretary Des Browne has told MPs...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
UK envoy in Gaza Johnston talks
A senior British diplomat meets the Palestinian PM as part of efforts to free BBC reporter Alan Johnston...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Arrests over US army base 'plot'
Six men are arrested in New Jersey on charges of planning to attack a US army base using automatic weapons...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Herod's ancient tomb 'found'
An Israeli archaeologist says he has found the tomb of King Herod at a site south of Jerusalem...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Portugal defends Madeleine police
Portugal's ambassador in London defends the police investigation into missing Madeleine McCann...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Anti-war art on Turner shortlist
Artwork based on a long-running anti-war protest in Parliament Square makes the Turner Prize shortlist...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Linux evolves for mobile phones
A mobile phone version of the popular Linux operating system Ubuntu will be developed, it is announced...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Experts seek new climate strategy
Officials at a UN climate summit in Germany discuss ways to widen the Kyoto deal on carbon emissions...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Thomson outlines Reuters bid move
News agency Reuters says that Canadian data company Thomson has outlined a plan to buy it for about £8.8bn...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
SNP holds more talks with Greens
The Scottish National Party is to hold more talks with the Greens about forming a coalition...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Long wait for coeliac diagnosis
People with coeliac disease are waiting an average of 13 years to be diagnosed, a charity warns...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Contempt penalty for Kluk priest
The priest at the centre of the Angelika Kluk murder trial is given community service for contempt of court...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Alert over petrol station woman
Police are negotiating with a 28-year-old woman who is threatening to set herself alight in a Cardiff petrol station...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Inquests due in officer shooting
A coroner is to open inquests on a policeman shot dead at a house and a man thought to have killed him...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Mother's grief 'raw' one year on
The mother of a Ballymena boy who died after an attack says her grief is raw on his first anniversary...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Olmert beats no-confidence votes
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert survives three no-confidence votes in parliament over his handling of the Lebanon war...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Bangladesh ex-PM 'still not free'
Aides to the former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia complain that her movements are still restricted...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Senior LA policeman demoted
A senior policeman in Los Angeles is demoted and 60 others are reassigned after May Day clashes...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Hardliner elected Serbia speaker
A leader of Serbia's hardline Radical party is elected to the powerful post of parliamentary speaker...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
China, Russia deny weapons breach
China and Russia deny claims by Amnesty that they are supplying arms to Sudan for use against Darfur civilians...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Japan PM sent war shrine offering
Japan's PM Shinzo Abe has sent an offering to the Yasukuni war shrine, but declined to visit himself...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Galileo system 'in a deep crisis'
Europe's proposed sat-nav system, Galileo, will need more public funds if it is to be built, observers say...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Group eyes £50m Charlton takeover
A foreign consortium is putting together a bid for newly relegated Charlton Athletic, BBC Sport understands...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Car bomb explodes in Iraqi city
At least 16 people are killed in a suicide car bomb attack in the southern Iraqi town of Kufa, officials say...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Artificial food colouring warning
Parents are being advised not to give their children food containing certain additives until the results of a new study are published...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Michael admits drug-drive charge
Pop singer George Michael pleads guilty to driving while unfit because of drugs at the first day of his trial in London...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Doctors call for major NHS change
The NHS should only provide core services, and be run by an independent board, say doctors...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
New images in Japan murder hunt
Japanese police release fresh video footage of a man sought over the murder of a British teacher...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Historic return for NI Assembly
Northern Ireland has a new power-sharing administration as age-old opponents govern at Stormont...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Sarkozy Sets a New Course for Relations With U.S.
In his acceptance speech, Nicolas Sarkozy signaled his desire to end tension with Washington...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Japanese Premier Makes Gift to War Shrine but Does Not Visit
It is unclear if the action will be seen as a compromise that satisfies both Japan?s conservative base and neighboring countries...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Alliance Built on a Commandeered House
An Iraqi sheik stops by his old villa, which has been turned into a military base, to ask for his home back...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
U.S. Debates Deterrence for Nuclear Terrorism
A vigorous debate within the Bush administration focuses on how to refashion nuclear deterrence to counter the threat posed by terrorists...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Israeli Premier Survives Votes in Parliament
At least 16 members of Ehud Olmert?s governing coalition voted against the Israeli prime minister, abstained or were absent...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Fire union opposes centres plan
The Fire Brigades Union calls on the government to scrap plans to close 46 emergency call centres...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Abbas urges support for US plan
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says a new US security plan carries "important steps"...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
First step for Turkey reform plan
Turkey's parliament gives initial approval to electoral reforms brought by the ruling AK party...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Taiwan's DPP to confirm candidate
Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party is expected to confirm Frank Hsieh its presidential candidate...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Cameroon airliner black box found
Rescuers in Cameroon find the data recorder from the Kenyan plane which crashed killing all 114 passengers...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Tennis: Murray loses in Rome
Andy Murray is beaten by Gilles Simon at the Rome Masters in his first clay-court match of 2007...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Higgins beats brave Selby in epic
John Higgins beats Mark Selby 18-13 in the final of the World Championship at The Crucible...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Star dies in brightest supernova
A star around 150 times the size of the Sun explodes in the brightest supernova ever seen, Nasa says...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Gun used to kill officer 'legal'
A gun used by a man to shoot dead a firearms trained police officer during a domestic incident was "held legally"...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
M25 stag party crash investigated
An investigation into the causes of one of the worst crashes on the M25 in 20 years will take several days, police say...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Queen praises UK-US partnership
The Queen strongly defends the special relationship between Britain and the US at a White House banquet...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
China, Russia in 'weapons breach'
Amnesty accuses China and Russia of supplying arms being used in Darfur, in breach of a UN arms embargo...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Police 'unsure' Madeleine alive
Police in Portugal say they cannot be certain missing Madeleine is alive, as her mother appeals for her return...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
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