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Global News Archive for August 2007:
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Powerful Earthquake Rocks Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- A powerful earthquake under the Java Sea rattled Indonesia's capital early Thursday, violently shaking tall buildings and sending panicked residents into the streets...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
32 Killed in U.S. Raid in Iraq Shiite Stronghold
U.S. officials described it as the latest assault on a network linking Iraqi militants with money and bombs from Iran...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Georgia Offers Evidence That Russia Fired Missile
The strike, the second mysterious raid with sophisticated, Russian-made weapons on Georgian soil this year, inflamed tensions anew between the two countries...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Amy Winehouse hospitalised
Amy Winehouse misses a concert in Norway after being admitted to a London hospital with "severe exhaustion"...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Postal workers set for new strike
A fresh series of UK postal strikes begins in a dispute with Royal Mail over pay and modernisation plans...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Six houses demolished after fire
Six houses in a street ravaged by fire are knocked down, and six more may also have to be demolished...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
NI food exports given EU backing
Food exports from Northern Ireland are given a vote of confidence by the European Union...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Utah miners' rescue 'in two days'
The owner of a mine in Utah, where six men are trapped underground says they could be reached in two days...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Olympics: Pollution threat to 2008
Air pollution could threaten some Beijing 2008 events, the Olympics chief warns as China holds events to mark one year to go...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Murray plays down US Open chances
British number one Andy Murray says he is not 100% ready ahead of this month's US Open...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Lottery results: Are you a winner?
Check the winning numbers from Wednesday's draw for the National Lottery...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Endeavour shuttle heads to space
Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Cape Canaveral on an assembly mission to the International Space Station...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Twelve injured in RAF air crash
Twelve people on board an RAF helicopter that crashed in North Yorkshire are taken to hospital...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
For an Iraq Contractor, Duty, and Then Death
Officials estimate that there are 125,000 contractors working in Iraq, nearly the number of American troops. As of June 30, 1,001 have died there...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
U.S. Says Raid Kills 32 in Sadr City; Maliki Arrives in Iran
A U.S.-led raid and airstrike targeting networks allegedly smuggling weapons and fighters from Iran killed 32 suspected militants in Baghdad?s Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, the military said...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
UK bands dominate Kerrang! race
Hertfordshire rockers Enter Shikari lead the field at the Kerrang! awards, alongside My Chemical Romance...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Shadow lamps to connect friends
Shadows are being used by Japanese researchers as an non-intrusive way for friends to stay in touch...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Finds test human origins theory
Two hominid fossils discovered in Kenya challenge a long-held view of human evolution...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Rethink over sight-saving drugs
The NHS drug watchdog in England and Wales is to reconsider controversial guidance limiting the use of drugs for a common cause of blindness...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Seven homes demolished after fire
Experts knock down seven in a row of houses destroyed by a fire which spread from a joinery workshop...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Dissidents blamed over bomb find
A haul of 400lbs of home-made explosives found in County Armagh is being linked to dissident republicans...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Commission looks at broadcasting
First Minister Alex Salmond announces a commission to look into broadcasting in Scotland...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Lost finger leads police to thief
A suspected thief is traced by police after his finger is ripped off at the crime scene...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Polish PM sacks interior minister
Jaroslaw Kaczynski sacks Interior Minister Janusz Kaczmarek amid a deepening government crisis...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Yemeni tourist bombers 'killed'
Four al-Qaeda militants linked to the killing Spanish tourists in a bomb attack in Yemen are killed, officials say...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Tennis: Murray comeback halted
Andy Murray loses in the second match of his return from injury, knocked out of the Montreal Masters by qualifier Fabio Fognini...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Jail for Namibia's secessionists
Ten men found guilty of treason for leading a rebellion in Namibia are given long prison terms...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Bank hints at one more rate rise
UK interest rates may need to rise one more time if inflation is to fall to the 2% target, says the Bank of England...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Storms lead to chaos in New York
Heavy wind and rain cause havoc in New York, flooding subway and overground lines and delaying flights...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
British serviceman killed in Iraq
A British airman was killed in a small arms attack in Iraq on Tuesday night, the Ministry of Defence says...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Arrests due in Jessie death probe
Two people with known gang links will be arrested over the death of Manchester teenager Jessie James, the police say...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
C4 'distorted' mosque film
Police report Channel 4 to the TV regulator over the editing of an undercover programme on extremism in mosques...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Animal movement ban to be relaxed
A ban on livestock movement brought in following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease is to be relaxed...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Iraqi Prime Minister Arrives in Iran
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki was making his second visit to Tehran in less than a year...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
British Outbreak May Be Linked to Human Action
The spread of foot-and-mouth disease among livestock at two British farms was probably caused by human movement from nearby lab facilities, an investigation concluded...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Iran-Supplied Bomb Is Killing More Troops in Iraq, U.S. Says
Attacks on American forces using a lethal type of bomb reached a new high in July, the U.S. military said...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Photo tool could fix bad images
Researchers are working on tools which can erase elements in digital photos by scanning online libraries...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Timberlake leads MTV awards race
US stars Justin Timberlake and Beyonce each receive seven MTV Video Music Award nominations...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Pupils 'benefit from free fruit'
A scheme giving primary pupils in England fruit each day improves their diet, a study of 5,000 found...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
C&G announces 31 branches to shut
Finance firm C&G, owned by Lloyds TSB, is to close 31 of its branches, resulting in the loss of 315 jobs...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Demolition starts on fire homes
Demolition experts begin knocking down a row of homes destroyed by fire as residents return to assess the damage...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Girl charged over knife murder
A 15-year-old girl is charged over the murder of a young mother stabbed to death on Tyneside...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Fuel fraud spreads to petrol pump
Thousands of NI motorists could be buying contaminated fuel every day, a BBC Newsline investigation finds...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Iraq PM Maliki in Iran for talks
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki arrives in Iran for talks which are expected to focus on security and co-operation...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Utah mine rescue 'may take week'
The owner of a mine in Utah, where six men are trapped underground says it might take a week to reach them...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Huge cross marks Stalin purges
A giant cross in memory of the victims of Stalin's purges in the 1930s is erected at a ceremony near Moscow...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
African troops pledged for Darfur
African and Asian countries promise troops for a proposed UN-backed peacekeeping force in Darfur...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Gusmao sworn in as East Timor PM
E Timor's independence hero Xanana Gusmao is sworn in as prime minister, after violence over the move...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Cricket: Pietersen fitness boost
England batsman Kevin Pietersen looks set to play in the final Test against India after training on Wednesday...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Rugby U: Strettle injured
England winger David Strettle breaks a metatarsal in his left foot in training...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Pollution risk for Olympic events
Air pollution could force some events at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing to be postponed, warns Olympics chief Jacques Rogge...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
No compensation for flood victims
People who lost their water supply during the floods in Gloucestershire are told they cannot claim compensation...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
No charges over mosque TV show
Charges will not be brought against preachers accused of promoting extremism at a mosque featured in an undercover programme...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
US raid kills 30 Iraq 'militants'
US and Iraqi forces say they have killed 30 militants in the Iraqi capital Baghdad in raids and an air strike...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
New witness halts Jessie inquest
The inquest into the death of murdered schoolboy Jessie James is halted as a new witness comes forward...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Browne steps into interpreter row
The government says it will 'look again' at the case of 91 Iraqi interpreters over their claim for asylum in the UK...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Belgian DNA is not Madeleine's
DNA taken from a Belgian restaurant fails to provide a match with missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Hollywood Starts Making Bollywood Films in India
The studio behind the forthcoming ?Saawariya,? Sony Pictures Entertainment, is the first in a wave of American studios to produce their own Bollywood musicals...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
World Business Briefing: Canada: U.S. Seeks New Ruling in Lumber Dispute
The U.S. resumed its trade dispute over Canadian softwood lumber, just 13 months after signing an agreement intended to settle the decades-old issue...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
In Bridge Collapse, Refugee Group Faces a New Ordeal
Among the hardest hit in the bridge collapse was a group that survived war in its homeland, Somalia, and a move across the world to settle in Minneapolis...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
World Business Briefing: China: Fiat Joins Carmaker in Production Venture
The Italian automaker Fiat announced a joint venture with Chery Automobile of China to produce Alfa Romeo and Fiat cars for the Chinese market. The deal came a day after Fiat said it would buy engines from Chery to expand its ties in China, which is viewed as a lucrative, fast-growing market as well as a low-cost base for production. Fiat, based in Turin, and Chery, based in Wuhu, intend to produce 175,000 Fiat and Alfa Romeo autos beginning in 2009. In the earlier deal, Chery will supply 100,000 engines a year for use in cars manufactured by Fiat in China and abroad. No financial terms were given...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Deported in Error, Missing and Months Later Home
An American missing in Mexico for nearly three months after being wrongfully deported has been found and reunited with his family here...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Chris Schwarz, 59, Dies; Photographer Who Honored Polish Jews
Mr. Schwarz, a freelance photographer, roamed the ancient heartland of Polish Jewry to record remnants of a disappeared people...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
War on Terror Takes Focus at Democrats? Debate
Three senators seeking the presidency clashed over Iraq and Al Qaeda at a debate sponsored by the A.F.L.-C.I.O...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Top Court Upholds Ban on Party
The Supreme Court upheld the Moscow City Court?s ban of the National Bolshevik Party as an extremist organization. The small fringe party has gained notoriety for its vocal and theatrical antigovernment demonstrations. The group?s leader, the writer Eduard Limonov, said in a telephone interview that he did not expect the latest ruling to affect its activities, including participation in the Other Russia coalition, a loose movement of anti-Kremlin forces that includes the former chess champion Garry Kasparov. ?They will not shut us up,? Mr. Limonov said. ?We have no fear.? He said the party would appeal the ruling to the European Court of Human Rights...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Finland: 780-Year-Old Pine Tree Found
Scientists have discovered a 780-year-old Scots pine, the oldest living forest pine known in Finland, the Finnish Forest Research Institute said. The tree was found last year in Lapland during a study mission on forest fires, the institute said, and scientists analyzed a section of the trunk to determine its age. ?The pine is living, but it is not in the best shape,? said Tuomo Wallenius, a researcher. ?It?s quite difficult to say how long it will survive.? The tree is inside the strip of land on the eastern border with Russia where access is strictly prohibited...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
World Briefing | Africa: Nigeria: New Leader Halts Clinics Deal
President Umaru Yar?Adua has suspended a multimillion-dollar plan to build 774 health clinics on the grounds that the contract was illegal...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
World Briefing | Middle East: Iran: Another Reformist Paper Closed
The authorities shut down Shargh, a leading reformist newspaper, after it published an interview with an Iranian poet who lives in exile and writes about female sexuality, Saghi Ghahraman. It was the third time the paper has been ordered closed, and it was unclear when it might be allowed to resume publishing. The closing was another sign of the increasing pressures on press freedom. In May, the authorities shut down the reformist newspaper Hammihan, and last week, a journalist and blogger, Soheil Assefi, was arrested...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Prison for Activist?s Killers
A St. Petersburg court sentenced four young men to prison terms of up to 12 years for their roles in a stabbing attack in the city in 2005 that killed Timur Kacharava, left, a 20-year-old student who belonged to an antifascist group that campaigned against hate crimes. Three young men received suspended sentences. The harsh sentences are a victory for prosecutors and rights groups who complain that Russian courts have underplayed the extent of neo-fascist violence in the country by handing down light punishments for hate crimes...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
World Briefing | Americas: Brazil: Cartel Leader Arrested
Juan Carlos Ramirez-Abadia could be extradited to face United States charges that he smuggled billions of dollars worth of cocaine into the U.S...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Music Found in Moscow May Be Hitler?s
A recently discovered cache of nearly 100 records includes works by Tchaikovsky, Borodin and Rachmaninov...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Japan: Ready for Gridlock
Parliament?s upper house installed Satsuki Eda, left, a member of the main opposition Democratic Party, as its president, the first time an opposition lawmaker has held the post. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe?s Liberal Democratic Party suffered a crushing defeat in last month?s elections for the chamber, and the Democratic Party advanced to dominate it for the first time. While Mr. Abe?s coalition still controls the more powerful lower house, the upper chamber is expected to make it difficult for him to pass legislation, including a bill for the continuation of Japan?s logistical support of United States-led forces in Afghanistan...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Warming Threatens Farms in India, U.N. Official Says
Climate change could ultimately affect food production and add to the woes of already desperate peasants in India, the official said...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Tale of Ruling Class Privilege Touches a Nerve in Italians
A new book on Italy?s political class has become somewhat of a phenomenon, catching the wave of a widespread national malaise...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Abuses Belie China Pledge on Rights, Critics Say
Human rights groups accused China of failing to improve its record on civil liberties, despite official promises to make rights a centerpiece of the 2008 Olympics...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Families of South Korean Hostages in Afghanistan Seek Solace, and a Solution
The families have issued a joint statement addressed to President Bush and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Georgia Accuses Russia of Missile Attack; Moscow Denies It
Relations between Russia and Georgia, already strained, have become even more tense because of the accusation...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Sudan Seen as Cool to Rebel Demands
Sudan?s government is not enthusiastic about some elements of a joint Darfur rebel negotiating platform agreed to during talks on Monday...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Cute Kitty Is Pink Badge of Shame in Bangkok
Wayward police officers in Bangkok will be punished by having to wear an embarrassing armband adorned with Hello Kitty and a pair of linked hearts...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Memo From Almaty: Ancient Nomads Offer Insights to Modern Crises
Recent American foreign policy setbacks can be traced partly to an American misunderstanding of how nomadic traditions shape attitudes in Central Asia...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
4 Americans Killed in Bombings in the Baghdad Area
The deaths, which were attributed to roadside bombs, set the pace for a higher military toll in August than in July...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Leaders of 2 Koreas Will Meet in the North
The leaders of North and South Korea will hold their second-ever summit meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea?s capital, later this month...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Britain Asks to Take Back 5 Guantánamo Detainees
The request is a policy shift for Britain, as the Blair government insisted it had no obligation to help the detainees because they were not citizens...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
British Outbreak Is Seen as Linked to Labs
British government inspectors said that there was a ?strong possibility? that the outbreak originated from nearby laboratory facilities...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
U.S. Says Iran-Supplied Bomb Is Killing More Troops in Iraq
Attacks on American forces in Iraq using a lethal type of roadside bomb said to be supplied by Iran reached a new high in July, according to the U.S. military...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Police Fight to Remove West Bank Settlers
Israeli riot police officers on Tuesday forcibly removed Jewish settlers from houses they had been occupying illegally for months in the West Bank city of Hebron...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Salmond makes broadcasting demand
First Minister Alex Salmond calls for the Scottish Parliament to be given powers over broadcasters...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Jordanians open schools to Iraqis
Jordan announces that all Iraqi children in the country will be able to go to state schools for the first time...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
China marks one year to Olympics
The Beijing 2008 Olympics begin in exactly one year's time, with IOC president in China for the occasion...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Utah mine rescue 'is suspended'
Seismic activity halts efforts to reach six trapped miners in the US state of Utah, the mine owner says...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Rare river dolphin 'now extinct'
A freshwater dolphin found only in China is now "likely to be extinct", a team of scientists conclude...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Monthly bank fees 'not wanted'
Few people would prefer monthly bank fees rather than high penalty charges, research suggests...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Probe into holiday hotel sickness
An investigation is launched after dozens of UK holidaymakers fell ill at a hotel in the Dominican Republic...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
UN urged to withdraw Iraq staff
UN workers should be pulled out of Iraq until their security can be guaranteed, the body's staff union says...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
UK plea for South Asia flood cash
Aid agencies ask the UK public to help ease the suffering faced by millions affected by floods in South Asia...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Koreas announce historic summit
North and South Korean leaders are to hold only their second-ever summit in late August, officials announce...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Brown steps into interpreters row
The prime minister says he will look again at the case of 91 Iraqi interpreters over their claim for asylum in the UK...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Foot-and-mouth transfer is probed
Officials investigate whether employees at a research site transferred the disease to a Surrey farm...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
UK lab to test Madeleine 'blood'
Suspected blood traces found in the McCann family's holiday apartment are sent to the UK for tests...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
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