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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk to repair gummed-up joint
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie get preliminary divorce decree
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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UN expects new peacekeepers in Congo in weeks
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Afghanistan markets its brand of pomegranates
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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China says 19,000 students died in May earthquake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Global News Archive for Octomber 2006:
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Chkhalta Journal: A Battle for Hearts and Minds Sets Off a Building Boom
Georgia has transformed a once isolated outpost into a thriving area to show two separatist republics what can be gained by pledging allegiance to its government...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
North Korea’s Claim Is Met With Doubt and Anger
North Korea came under international condemnation today after boasting that it had tested a nuclear weapon, but there were doubts about the strength of the device...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
BA pair quit amid surcharge probe
Two British Airways officials quit amid an investigation into alleged price-fixing of fuel surcharges...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Murder probe over pensioner death
Police begin a murder inquiry after a pensioner's body is discovered at her County Down home...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Prisoner of war in court battle
A former prisoner of war is taking her case against the British government to the Court of Appeal...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Dozens killed in Guatemala crash
At least 34 people have died in a bus crash in northern Guatemala, rescue officials say...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Hunter loses battle with cancer
Three-time Masters champion Paul Hunter dies at the age of 27 after a battle with cancer...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Football: England duo set to be fit
England expect central defenders Rio Ferdinand and Ledley King to be fit to play against Croatia...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Three foreign prisoners at large
Three serious offenders released from prison before being considered for deportation remain at large...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
North-south health divide remains
There is still a significant north-south health divide in England, government data has revealed...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Airbus chief executive quits
The chief executive of troubled European planemaker Airbus, Christian Streiff, has resigned...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Google buys YouTube
Google buys video-sharing website YouTube for $1.65bn in shares after reports that a deal was due...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
U.S. Envoy Sees U.N. Unity on N. Korea
The Security Council agreed to condemn North Korea and will begin considering a resolution calling for sanctions this afternoon, said John R. Bolton...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
UK to join 'killer' asteroid hunt
UK astronomers will have access to one of the world's most advanced telescopes - the Pan-Starrs observatory in Hawaii...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Hit BBC drama Life on Mars to end
The hit BBC time warp drama Life on Mars is to end after the next series, its producers announce...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
UK urges more N Korea sanctions
The UK will push for more sanctions against North Korea after its apparent nuclear test, Margaret Beckett says...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Schizophrenia term use 'invalid'
The term schizophrenia is "scientifically meaningless" and should be abolished, experts say...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Youth guilty of £8m school arson
A jury convicts a 17-year-old of arson which severely damaged a Swansea school but clears another teenager...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
YouTube and Google reach deals
Popular video-sharing website YouTube and internet search engine Google sign a raft of music distribution deals...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Pakistan condemns Korea nuke test
Pakistan says North Korea's nuclear test is a 'destabilising' development for the region...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Jury sworn in for Pc murder trial
A jury is sworn in at the trial of five men accused of the gun killing of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Reporter's death 'tragic' - Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin calls the murder of investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya "tragic"...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Iraq police rebrand to foil fakes
Iraqi police are issued with new uniforms to stop death squads dressing up as members of the security forces...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Thai post-coup cabinet sworn in
Thailand's king swears in a post-coup cabinet, chosen by new Prime Minister Gen Surayud Chulanont...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Somalis vow holy war on Ethiopia
Somali Islamists accuse Ethiopian troops of attacking a key town and vow revenge through "holy war"...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Football: Barton admits FA charge
Man City's Joey Barton admits to an FA charge of improper conduct and/or bringing the game into disrepute...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Iraq troops 'buried family alive'
The trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein for alleged genocide against the Kurds resumes in Baghdad...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Lloyd cameraman 'feared for life'
A cameraman tells an inquest into a journalist's death he feared he would die in crossfire between Iraqi and US troops...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
New UN chief proposed
The UN Security Council nominates South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon as eighth secretary general...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Airbus parts company with Streiff
The chief executive of troubled plane maker Airbus, Christian Streiff, has resigned...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Care children get university cash
A centre of excellence will be created for children in care, the education secretary reveals...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Cells plan to ease prisons crisis
Up to 500 places are to be made available in police cells for prisoners, Home Secretary John Reid says...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Eight years for Damilola killers
Two brothers who killed 10-year-old Damilola Taylor are given eight years' custody, sparking anger from his father...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
N Korea 'nuclear test' condemned
The UN Security Council attacks North Korea's nuclear 'test' and debates next steps amid calls for rapid action...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
North’s Test Seen as Failure for Korea Policy China Followed
China denounced North Korea’s reported nuclear test and demanded it stop any actions that might make the situation worse...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Sony ex-chairman warns on future
Japan's consumer electronics firms need to change strategy if they want to survive, Sony's ex-chairman says...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Baby born during Five's live show
A boy is born by Caesarean on Five's Birth Night Live, but the show's timing means no natural delivery is seen...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Markets fall after N Korean test
Asian and European share indexes fall after North Korea says it has carried out its first nuclear weapon test...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Blair condemns North Korean test
Tony Blair says North Korea's apparent first nuclear weapons test is "completely irresponsible"...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Church-DUP discussions 'positive'
DUP leader Ian Paisley and Ireland's most senior Catholic cleric describe their first formal talks as positive...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Hit-and-run CCTV footage searched
Officers comb through CCTV coverage to help identify the hit-and-run killers of an Edinburgh schoolboy...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Eight months' epilepsy care wait
Epilepsy patients in Wales wait six times longer to see a specialist than in England, a BBC investigation finds...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Saddam Hussein in court for trial
The trial of ex-Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein for alleged genocide against the Kurds resumes on Monday...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Nato to press Pakistan on Taleban
Nato's chief in Afghanistan is travelling to Pakistan amid claims the Pakistani spy agency is helping the Taleban...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Cuba denies Castro cancer claims
The interim leader of Cuba rejects media reports that his brother, President Fidel Castro, has terminal cancer...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Chechens deplore reporter's death
Chechnya's pro-Moscow leaders condemn reporter Anna Politkovskaya's murder, as mourning continues...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Football: Absent O'Connor dropped
Scotland striker Garry O'Connor says sorry to Walter Smith for missing the Euro 2008 qualifier in Ukraine...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Ethiopian troops in Somali town
Ethiopian troops drive through the Somali town of Baidoa, where the government is based, towards the Islamist-held capital...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Thai post-coup Cabinet unveiled
Thailand's military rulers announce the country's new post-coup Cabinet, under PM Gen Surayud Chulanont...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Lees blames 'sensational' media
The girlfriend of murdered backpacker Peter Falconio makes a stinging criticism of her press treatment...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Reid to unveil prison crisis plan
Home Secretary John Reid is set to outline plans to reduce prison overcrowding in England and Wales...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
BA pair quit on fuel price probe
Two British Airways officials on leave of absence since a probe began into fuel surcharges resign...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Iraq Sunni leader's brother shot
Gunmen in police uniforms kill the brother of Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi in Baghdad...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Home office reveals ID cards cost
The UK's ID card scheme will cost £5.4bn to set up and run over the next 10 years, the Home Office says...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
South Korean Won’t Need to Wait Long, or Look Far, for First Crisis as U.N. Chief
Ban Ki-moon could face an early challenge to defuse a nuclear standoff by North Korea and coax it back to the bargaining table...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
U.S. and Iraqi Forces Clash With Shiite Militia
The battle was the third serious clash against the militia loyal to radical Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr in less than two months...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Iran Arrests Outspoken Cleric Who Opposes Religious Rule
About 1,000 supporters of Ayatollah Mohammad Kazemeni clashed with riot police in an effort to protect the cleric from arrest...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
N. Korea Reports 1st Nuclear Arms Test
North Korea became the eighth country in history, and arguably the most unstable and most dangerous, to join the club of nuclear weapons states...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
After Tsunami, Intentions to Build but No Road Yet
A $245 million road intended to be a good-will gesture from the U.S. has become a parable of the problems of Indonesia’s tsunami recovery...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
G.O.P.’s Baker Hints Iraq Plan Needs Change
The Republican co-chairman of a bipartisan commission assessing Iraq said he expected to depart from calls to “stay the course.”...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Faulty gene may cause 'glue ear'
Scientists say they have found a gene that could cause glue ear in children...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Schools pledge for care children
Radical measures intended to better support children in care are to be unveiled by the government...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Call to improve cocaine services
Experts say there should be more specialist treatment services to tackle Scotland's growing cocaine problem...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Cameron urges NHS 'independence'
Tory leader David Cameron is to call for politicians to be taken out of the day-to-day running of the NHS in speech later...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Indian Dalit leader passes away
A prominent political leader of the lower-castes in India, Kanshi Ram, dies in the capital, Delhi...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
DUP set to meet Catholic leader
DUP leader Ian Paisley is to hold an historic first meeting with Ireland's most senior Catholic cleric...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Thai PM reveals post-coup cabinet
Thailand's king approves the cabinet chosen by the new prime minister following last month's coup...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
'Fifth of CVs contain major lies'
A fifth of CVs contain significant lies, such has exaggerated academic qualifications, a survey claims...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Work begins on largest wind farm
The construction of what will become the largest onshore wind farm in Europe is set to get under way...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Men 'eager' to test contraceptive
Trials of a new male contraceptive are being expanded in the US after overwhelming initial interest...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
North Korea claims nuclear test
North Korea says it has carried out a successful underground test of a nuclear weapon, in defiance of international warnings not to do so...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Emergency jail measures due soon
Measures to deal with severe overcrowding in jails across England and Wales are expected to be announced...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
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