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Global News Archive for Octomber 2005:
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Rescuers Struggle to Reach Remote Areas Ravaged by Quake
Estimates of the scope of the Pakistan-centered earthquake varied; Pakistan's president put the death toll at some 20,000...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Belgium Wrestles With Counterterrorism Efforts
A wide distribution of terrorist threats has presented small countries like Belgium with difficult law enforcement problems...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Shortlisted authors await Booker
Julian Barnes and Zadie Smith are among six authors waiting to hear which of them has won the Man Booker Prize...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Chip and pin 'cutting' card fraud
Fraud involving stealing and counterfeiting of debit and credit cards fell 29% in the first half of 2005, a banking body says...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Compromise hint on terror plans
The government hints it could compromise on its plan to allow detention of uncharged terror suspects for 90 days...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Elderly mental health 'neglected'
Older people with mental illnesses face discrimination and poor services, a charity has warned...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Poland election heads for run-off
Poland's Donald Tusk wins most votes in the presidential election but still faces a run-off, exit polls say...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Capital's council jobs move north
A London council moves housing jobs 250 miles north to Manchester to save money...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Husband charged with murder
A man is charged with murdering his wife, whose body was discovered in dense woodland in Hampshire...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
UK quake help 'will keep rising'
The UK commits more than £500,000 in relief funds to South Asia, with a "lot more" to come, says Hilary Benn...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Gerrard to miss match with Poland
Midfielder Steven Gerrard is ruled out of England's World Cup qualifier with Poland because of a shin injury...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Football: Duff to miss Swiss tie
Damien Duff is out of the Republic of Ireland's World Cup qualifier with Switzerland because of a knee injury...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Guatemala villages 'mass graves'
Rescuers have suspended the search for Guatemalan mudslide victims, with hundreds still missing...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Earthquake's Toll May Rise; Aftershocks Are Feared
An earthquake centered in the Hindu Kush mountains of Pakistan sent tremors across South Asia and injured at least 45,000 people, an official said...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
New Cases of Avian Flu Are Reported in Europe
Asian bird flu appeared to continue its westward spread with reports of two outbreaks in birds in Romania and Turkey...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Rescue workers fly to quake zone
British search and rescue workers leave for Pakistan after a powerful earthquake killed more than 3,000...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Texas Massacre tops horror poll
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, made in 1974, tops a poll of the greatest horror films of all time...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Iraq to take strict poll measures
Stringent security measures are unveiled ahead of Iraq's referendum on its new constitution next Saturday...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Indian Kashmir quake toll doubles
At least 550 people have died in Indian-administered Kashmir as a result of Saturday's earthquake, officials say...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Man killed in border car accident
A Londonderry man dies in a crash in Donegal, just miles from where five people died in a car crash on Saturday...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
'Poor' response to murder appeal
Police investigating the murder of a 34-year-old woman in Glasgow say the response from witnesses has been "disappointing"...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Welsh families' earthquake grief
Families in Wales with links to Pakistan hear of relatives lost in the earthquake as rescuers head for the disaster zone...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
AU peacekeepers seized in Darfur
A group of peacekeepers - among them a US envoy - are kidnapped in Sudan's Darfur region...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Quake crisis overwhelms Pakistan
Pakistan's president seeks international help to cope as the death toll from a massive earthquake nears 20,000...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Fears mount for mudslide victims
Some 90 Guatemala villages remain cut off by mudslides with rescue workers unable to get in, the authorities say...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Child offenders 'must be tackled'
A minister promises action to deal with very young offenders, amid reports of Asbos for under-10s...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
George back after drug charge
Boy George arrives back in the UK two days after his arrest on drugs charges in New York...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Europe ice mission failure probed
Space agencies investigate why a rocket carrying a European mission to map polar ice fell into the ocean...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Britons tell of earthquake terror
Britons returning from Pakistan tell of their terror at being caught up in the massive earthquake in the region...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Boy George 'denies drugs charge'
A lawyer for Boy George denies that drugs found in his New York apartment belong to the star, say reports...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Migrant workers target of attack
A house in County Antrim occupied by eastern European workers is targeted in a firework attack...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Police pledge after woman's death
The police presence is stepped up in the area where the body of a 34-year-old Glasgow woman was found...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Clergy opposed to euthanasia bill
Anglican and Catholic church leaders speak out against voluntary euthanasia as peers prepare to debate the issue...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Ailing Delphi in bankruptcy move
Delphi Corp, the largest auto parts supplier in the US, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Eriksson eyes World Cup triumph
Sven-Goran Eriksson thinks England can win the World Cup after they sealed their place in the 2006 finals...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Cricket: Australia sweep World
Australia wrap up the one-day series against the World XI 3-0 with a 156-run win in Melbourne...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
F1: Raikkonen steals GP win
Kimi Raikkonen overtakes Giancarlo Fisichella on the final lap to win the Japanese Grand Prix...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
China deputy meets N Korea leader
China's vice-premier meets Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang on a visit expected to cover the N Korean nuclear dispute...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Cameron rejects 'Tory Blair' tag
Conservative leadership candidate David Cameron denies he is a "Tory Blair", as polls suggest rising support...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Four robotic racers cross desert
Stanford University's 'Stanley' is the first of four robotic racers to cross the Mojave in the Grand Challenge Race...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Eyewitness: Kashmir devastation
People in Kashmir describe the devastation caused by earthquakes in the area...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
UK aid workers join quake effort
UK rescue workers begin pulling earthquake survivors to safety after joining emergency teams in Pakistan...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Earthquake's terrible toll is revealed
Pakistan's president calls for international help as the death toll from Saturday's earthquake nears 20,000...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Suicide blast wounds Britons
Four Britons are injured in Afghanistan after a suicide bomber rams their vehicle with a car packed with explosives...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Arctic Study Satellite Crashes Into Ocean
A European satellite that was to have helped scientists understand global warming by scanning the thickness of polar ice sheets crashed into the Arctic Ocean on Saturday...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Earthquake's Toll Sure to Rise; Aftershocks Are Feared
The earthquake, which was centered in the Hindu Kush mountains of Pakistan, sent tremors across South Asia and injured at least 45,000 people, an official said...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Poland votes for a new president
Two centre-right candidates are the frontrunners, as Poland elects a new president on Sunday...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Ten quizzed by anti-terror police
Anti-terrorism police are continuing to question 10 men held in raids in London, Derby and Wolverhampton...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Large rise in Pakistan quake toll
Pakistan says 18,000 are now believed dead after Saturday's powerful earthquake...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Archbishop tells of death anguish
The Archbishop of Canterbury says watching his mother die has not altered his opposition to voluntary euthanasia...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Ex-boxer Bruno admits cocaine use
Ex-boxer Frank Bruno says a six-month cocaine habit may have contributed to his mental illness...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
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