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A-Rod in Mexico City on same weekend as Madonna
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Madonna, Alex Rodriguez in Mexico City
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle Endeavour lands in California
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle lands in Calif. after 16-day mission
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle Endeavour finishes 16-day mission
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle glides to safe landing in California
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Orphan of slain rabbi in Mumbai lands in Israel
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Raul Castro attends first beatification in Cuba
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Refugees from Bhutan settle in Pittsburgh
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Global News Archive for March 2005:
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Pro-Syrian Prime Minister Set to Return in Lebanon
Lebanon's pro-Syrian president is set to call back Omar Karami as prime minister, nine days after Mr. Karami was forced to resign...
New York Times - March 9, 2005
Italian Leader Presses Washington on Agent's Killing in Iraq
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has faced a public and political outcry since American soldiers fatally shot an Italian intelligence agent...
New York Times - March 9, 2005
Day After Report, Author Says Israeli Democracy Is at Risk
The author of a damning report said today that the pattern of law-breaking she uncovered presents a threat to the Israeli democracy...
New York Times - March 9, 2005
'Specific lines' in missing probe
Police investigating the disappearance of a County Down woman are following specific lines of inquiry...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Sperm protein fertility aid hope
Scientists have identified a protein which is essential for human sperm to fuse to an egg...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Liverpool reach quarter finals
Luis Garcia scores two as Liverpool comfortably reach the Champions League quarter-finals...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Football: Arsenal 1-0 Bayern
Arsenal beat Bayern Munich but crash out of the Champions League...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Strong cyclone crosses Queensland
Areas of Australia's north-east coast are evacuated as one of the region's biggest cyclones hits the mainland...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Hostage crisis in Costa Rica bank
At least seven people die in Costa Rica, as police storm a bank where gunmen are holding hostages...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
S Africa quake goldminers freed
One man dies and another is missing as an earthquake in South Africa traps goldminers underground...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Driver admits causing fatal crash
A minibus driver admits causing a coach crash that killed six Britons in Austria...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Jackson's accuser in witness box
The boy who accuses Michael Jackson of molesting him takes the stand at the pop star's trial...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Israel rules out Miller charges
The family of a Devon filmmaker shot in Gaza express outrage that Israel will not charge the officer suspected of killing him...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Blair warning on anti-terror bill
Tony Blair warns peers not to water down the anti-terror bill after MPs overturn a series of House of Lords amendments...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Kosovo Chief Resigns and Surrenders to Hague Tribunal
The tribunal said it indicted Ramush Haradinaj for actions as a commander fighting Serbians during the 1998-99 war...
New York Times - March 9, 2005
Violence Continues to Ripple Through Iraq
Along with at least three bombings, officials said 35 bodies, 15 of them headless, had been found over the last two days...
New York Times - March 9, 2005
RAC bought by insurer for £1.1bn
Motoring services group RAC agrees to sell itself to Norwich Union-owner Aviva for £1.1bn...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Experts weigh super-volcano risks
Geologists have called for a task force to be set up to consider emergency management in the event of a massive volcanic eruption...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Broadband set to revolutionise TV
BT and the BBC are among a number of firms developing television over broadband technologies...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Virgin Radio starts daily podcast
Virgin Radio says it is the first UK station to make a daily show available for download to digital audio players...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Russian MPs hail Maskhadov death
Russian MPs hail the death of the Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov as a coup in the fight against terror...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Lebanon deputies back PM's return
A majority in Lebanon's parliament seeks the reinstatement of outgoing pro-Syrian PM Omar Karami...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Boy guilty of river manslaughter
A 17-year-old boy is convicted of manslaughter after he and a friend pushed another boy to his death in a river...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
New Northern Bank notes unveiled
The Northern Bank unveils its new-look notes following the £26m raid at its Belfast headquarters in December...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Slopping out payments for inmates
The Court of Session hears that some prisoners will receive compensation for having to slop out in jail...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Matron not guilty of manslaughter
A matron is cleared of the manslaughter of a 94-year-old man and six other charges of abuse at a nursing home...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Jackson lawyers tackle 'witness'
A child who says he witnessed alleged abuse by Michael Jackson faces further scrutiny at the pop star's trial...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Holmes receives Palace honour
Kelly Holmes has received her insignia as a Dame at Buckingham Palace...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Football: Wenger backs comeback
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is confident his side can overturn a 3-1 deficit against Bayern Munich...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Sudan needs billions to rebuild
Sudan's government and former southern rebels say some $8bn is need to rebuild after 20 years of war...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Memorial for slain Canada police
Thousands are expected to attend a memorial service for four police officers killed in Canada...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Italy disputes US hostage account
Italy's PM Silvio Berlusconi says an agent's account of a hostage negotiator's death contradicts US reports...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Quake traps South Africa miners
Some 42 South African miners are trapped underground following an earthquake south-west of Johannesburg...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Only prison ship in UK to close
The UK's only prison ship is to close by the end of the year, the Home Office announces...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Service to honour tsunami Britons
A national memorial service for UK victims of the Asian tsunami is to be held...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Police find 20 shot dead in Iraq
The bodies of at least 20 people are found near Iraq's Syrian border, as a suicide attack hits Baghdad...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Murder witnesses 'facing threats'
Witnesses to the murder of Belfast man Robert McCartney are still being intimidated, his family says, as a man is held...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Blair defiant on terror measures
Tony Blair comes under fire from Tories and Lib Dems over the anti-terror bill but rules out more concessions...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Chip maker backs net phone calls
The head of giant chip maker Texas Instruments gives his backing to net telephone calls...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Ad revenue boost for ITV profits
UK broadcaster ITV's first full-year results since the merger of Granada and Carlton climb 57%, fuelled by higher advertising revenues...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Blair defends community officers
Tony Blair denies community safety officers are police on the cheap as he highlights Labour's policing plans...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Girls match boys in teen drinking
As many teenage girls as boys drink alcohol, latest official statistics show...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Ofsted pupil reports upset unions
New-style Ofsted reports will be addressed to pupils as well as parents - but teachers are not happy...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Lebanon leader in cabinet talks
Lebanon's president meets parliamentary leaders to form a new cabinet a day after massive pro-Syria protests...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
India happy if Musharraf visits
India's prime minister says he would welcome a visit by Pakistan's president to watch the countries' cricket series...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Briton, 35, killed in Thai resort
A Hereford man has been stabbed to death in a tourist resort in Thailand, the Foreign Office confirms...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Firefighters attacked with stones
Firefighters come under attack from stone throwers in Belfast for the second night in a row...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Action pledge over prison claims
Prison chiefs say "appropriate action" will be taken if a BBC investigation shows wrongdoing at a jail...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Bus death family back safety move
The father of a boy who died in a school bus crash welcomes new safety proposals for transporting children...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Football: Ferguson rues misses
Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson blames his side's poor finishing after Champions League defeat to AC Milan...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
SA apartheid exhumations to begin
South Africa investigators start exhuming the first of a number of apartheid-era bodies in unmarked graves to establish their identities...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Jackson reveals courtroom 'hurt'
Michael Jackson's publicist says the star is "hurt and embarrassed" by courtroom allegations of child abuse...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Football: Chelsea deny racism
Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o's claims he was racially abused after the Champions League game are rejected...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Man held over McCartney killing
A man is arrested on suspicion of murder in relation to Robert McCartney's death, say police in Belfast...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Police find 19 dead in west Iraq
The bodies of 19 people - all shot dead - are found near Iraq's Syrian border, as a suicide attack hits Baghdad...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Aviva agrees RAC takeover
Norwich Union owner Aviva agrees a takeover deal with motoring group RAC in a deal valuing the firm at £1.1bn...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Clarke offers terror concessions
The home secretary outlines changes he hopes will persuade MPs to back his anti-terror plans...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Data Is Lacking on Iran's Arms, U.S. Panel Says
A report due this month will describe U.S. intelligence on Iran's weapons programs as inadequate to allow firm judgments...
New York Times - March 9, 2005
Kosovo Chief Surrendering to Hague Tribunal
The U.N. war crimes tribunal indicted Ramush Haradinaj for actions as a commander fighting Serbians in the 1998-99 war...
New York Times - March 9, 2005
Italian Disputes U.S. Version of Fatal Shots Fired at Journalist's Car
The Italian foreign minister emphasized the shooting was an accident but challenged the United States military's account of the incident...
New York Times - March 9, 2005
I.R.A. Avowal on a Killing Ignites Storm
The Irish Republican Army said Tuesday that it had offered to shoot the killers of Robert McCartney, a Northern Ireland Catholic slain by a gang that included I.R.A. members...
New York Times - March 9, 2005
Pro-Syria Party in Beirut Holds a Huge Protest
The enormous crowd exposed fault lines of class and ideology in the struggle over the withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon...
New York Times - March 9, 2005
Russians Kill Chechen Separatist Leader in His Hide-Out
The killing of the leader of Chechnya's separatists gave the Kremlin a rare victory in a war that has spawned a wave of terrorist attacks across Russia...
New York Times - March 9, 2005
Eccleston launches new Doctor Who
The new series of Doctor Who is launched in Cardiff, with stars Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Mohali Test interrupted by rain
Bad weather delays the start of play on day two of the first Test between India and Pakistan...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Asbestos cancer victims 'ignored'
People suffering from a cancer caused by asbestos exposure are being neglected, campaigners say...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Top head says keep science exam
The head of England's "most improved" school wants ministers to keep a science course students thrive on...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Ofsted will report to pupils too
New shorter, but sharper, Ofsted reports will be addressed to pupils as well as to their parents...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Mesa to stay on as Bolivia leader
Carlos Mesa is to remain in office as Bolivian president, after Congress refuses to accept his resignation...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Chechen resistance 'to continue'
The killing of Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov will not end resistance to Russia rule, his main envoy says...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Labour plans local police teams
Tony Blair and Charles Clarke join police on the beat to highlight plans for neighbourhood policing...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Kosovo ex-PM faces war charges
Kosovo's ex-Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj is due in The Hague after being charged with war crimes...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Baghdad rocked by suicide blast
An explosion in the Iraqi capital Baghdad shakes buildings and covers the area in a pall of smoke...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Victim's family reject IRA offer
Belfast murder victim Robert McCartney's family turn down an IRA offer to shoot those responsible for his death...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Transplant cures man of diabetes
A 61-year-old man is the first person in the UK to be cured of diabetes by a cell transplant technique...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
Back-down on terror bill expected
The government considers further concessions on its anti-terror bill after five defeats in the Lords...
BBC News - March 9, 2005
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