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Global News Archive for December 2006:
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On the Run as War Crosses Another Line in Africa
Foreign rebels have used the Central African Republic as a staging ground to mount attacks over its porous borders...
New York Times - December 9, 2006
Black-Market Weapon Prices Surge in Iraq Chaos
Sectarian warfare has sent gun prices soaring in Iraq. Army and police weapons from Iraqi state armories are, in turn, showing up on the black market...
New York Times - December 9, 2006
Gay comments distorted, says IDS
Iain Duncan Smith says his comments on same sex couples in a newspaper interview have been distorted...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Man absconds from hospital unit
Police hunt for a man serving a four-year prison sentence who absconded from a hospital facility...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
DNA twist in Polish sex scandal
A woman's sex claims against a Polish minister and his aide falter after a DNA test rules out a paternity allegation...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Lebanese leader blocks UN court
President Lahoud of Lebanon formally rejects plans for a tribunal to investigate the killing of ex-PM Rafik Hariri...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Cricket: Warne queries selection
Shane Warne questions the amount of input captain Andrew Flintoff has in selecting England's Ashes team...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Fierce battle erupts in east Chad
Chadian troops fight a fierce battle with rebels in the east of the country with reports of heavy casualties...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Shuttle cleared for night launch
Nasa clears the space shuttle Discovery for a rare night launch after bad weather delays the event by a day...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Boxing: Harrison crushes Williams
Audley Harrison wins his grudge re-match against Danny Williams inside three explosive rounds...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Youth held over street murder
A 17-year-old boy is arrested on suspicion of murder after a man is kicked to death by a gang in Henley-on-Thames...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Bangladesh troops to be deployed
Bangladesh's government says troops will be deployed across the country to curb unrest ahead of elections...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Eight dead in Russia clinic blaze
A fire at a mental hospital in Siberia kills eight people on the day a fire at a Moscow clinic kills 45...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
End Labour deputy post, MPs urge
A group of Labour MPs urges the party to scrap the post of deputy leader because of the cost of an election contest...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Spy widow points finger at Russia
The widow of murdered Alexander Litvinenko says the Russian authorities could have been behind his death...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Early election talk angers Hamas
The PLO backs the idea of early Palestinian elections but Hamas, which won January's poll, condemns the move...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Office star marries at St Paul's
Lucy Davis, receptionist Dawn in the hit comedy The Office, marries at St Paul's Cathedral, London...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Funeral held for 'little angels'
The funeral of two children whose father has been accused of their murder takes place in north Wales...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Youths charged over teenager rape
Two youths are charged in connection with the rape of a teenager in a park in north Belfast on Monday...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Fury over post office cuts plan
Rural Scotland will suffer "disastrously" if a plan to close thousands of post offices is carried out...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Moscow drug clinic fire kills 45
A night-time fire at a Moscow drug rehabilitation hospital kills 45 women, with arson the suspected cause...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Iran 'will help US to leave Iraq'
Iran's foreign minister says Tehran is willing to help the US withdraw troops from Iraq, but on certain conditions...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Pakistan tests ballistic missile
Pakistan says it has successfully test-fired a short-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Second day of clashes in Somalia
Government forces backed by Ethiopian troops reportedly clash with Islamists for a second day in Somalia...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Hungary salutes footballer Puskas
Large crowds in Hungary attend the state mourning ceremony as the nation buries legendary footballer Ferenc Puskas...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Derby win extends Man U lead
Man Utd go nine points clear at the top of the Premiership with victory against neighbours Man City...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Radiation 'trace' at two homes
Police find traces of radiation in a Hamburg flat and another home used by a contact of Alexander Litvinenko...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Tornado homes escape demolition
None of the homes damaged by a tornado in north-west London will need to be demolished, surveyors say...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Women demand end to Darfur rapes
International stateswomen join in demanding an end to rape and sexual violence in Sudan's Darfur region...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Police linking prostitute murders
Police link the murders of two prostitutes as they confirm a body found near Ipswich is that of missing Tania Nicol...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Anger at post office closure plan
Anger greets news that up to 3,000 post offices in mostly rural areas are to be closed to save money...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Bush sees US consensus on Iraq
President Bush expresses confidence a consensus will emerge on Iraq strategy as violence rages on the ground...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Remote access keeps you in touch
BBC Click looks at how remote access is set to transform our lives, ensuring we are never away from any data...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Singer Silva wins Next Big Thing
Armenian singer Silva wins the BBC World Service's Next Big Thing competition with her song I Like...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Funerals for brother and sister
The funeral of two children whose father has been accused of their murder are to take place in north Wales...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Dodds denies internal DUP split
North Belfast MP Nigel Dodds denies the DUP is following the UUP example of crippling internal divisions...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Council leader announces he's gay
The leader of Glasgow City Council announces he is gay and has separated from his wife...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Man in court over constable death
A 40-year-old man appears in court charged with the murder of special constable Nisha Patel-Nasri...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Car bomb blast in holy Iraqi city
A car bomb kills at least six people in the centre of the Shia holy city of Karbala, Iraqi officials say...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
US Congress backs Vietnam trade
The US Congress approves legislation normalising trade relations with Vietnam for the first time...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Football: Premiership picks
Mark Lawrenson's verdict on this weekend's Premiership games...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Aid drops target Somali refugees
New efforts are under way to reach some 100,000 Somali refugees in camps cut off by floods in north-east Kenya...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Stag parties warned of Riga scam
British men on stag nights are being warned about a drinks scam in the Latvian capital Riga...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Cricket: England hurt WA
James Anderson takes 3-47 as England reduce Western Australia to 309-8 after day one of the tour game in Perth...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Afghan 'civilian shooting' probed
An investigation is held into allegations of civilian casualties from British troop gunfire in Afghanistan...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
US approves Indian nuclear deal
The US Congress approves legislation allowing the export of civilian nuclear fuel to India for the first time in 30 years...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Two Britons die in Jeddah crash
Two Britons have died in a coach crash in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the Foreign Office says...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Thousands of post offices 'to go'
The closure of thousands of post offices looks set to be announced as part of a drive to save money...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
In the Polonium Poison Mystery, an Odd Italian Footnote
Few facts are known about Mario Scaramella, the oddest footnote in the mystery of Alexander V. Litvinenko’s death...
New York Times - December 9, 2006
Pentagon Memo: A Still-Serving Rumsfeld Is Set for Mustering Out
How much influence Donald H. Rumsfeld is exerting before Robert M. Gates is sworn in is somewhat unclear...
New York Times - December 9, 2006
China, Shy Giant, Shows Signs of Shedding Its False Modesty
China is discussing what it means to be a major world power and has stopped denying that it intends to become one soon...
New York Times - December 9, 2006
Iraqis Near Deal on Distribution of Oil Revenues
The oil law would give the central government the power to distribute oil revenues to the provinces based on their population...
New York Times - December 9, 2006
Iraqis Line Up to Put Hussein in the Noose
Hundreds of people have already started lobbying to become the executioner for Saddam Hussein...
New York Times - December 9, 2006
God king pays tax for first time
Nepal's King Gyanendra is forced to pay tax for the first time in the history of the monarchy...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Serb suspect ends hunger strike
Serb war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj ends his hunger strike, paving the way for his trial to resume...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
US House backs India nuclear bill
The House of Representative in the US approve legislation allowing the export of civilian nuclear fuel to India...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
CSA steps up enforcement action
The CSA steps up efforts to recover some of the £3.5bn it is owed, as it nears the end of its troubled history...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
US House backs trade with Vietnam
The House of Representatives approves a bill normalising trade relations with Vietnam for the first time...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Radiation 'trace' at Hamburg flat
Police say traces of radiation have been found in a Hamburg flat used by a contact of Alexander Litvinenko...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Blair calls for action on Darfur
Tony Blair says the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region is "totally unacceptable" and urges immediate action...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Council given new draft over Iran
France, Germany and the UK revise a draft UN resolution outlining sanctions against Iran over its nuclear activities...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Post office closure plans awaited
The closure of thousands of post offices is expected to be announced next week as part of a bid to save money...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
Moscow hospital fire kills dozens
A night-time fire at a Moscow drug rehabilitation hospital kills 45 people, with arson the suspected cause...
BBC News - December 9, 2006
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