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Global News Archive for March 2006:
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Turkish General Accused in Bookshop Bombing
A rift between Turkey's Islamic-leaning government and the secular military showed signs of rekindling this week...
New York Times - March 9, 2006
U.S. to Rely on Iraqi Forces to Quell Civil War, Rumsfeld Says
The secretary believed the unrest was still "controllable by Iraqi security forces and multinational forces."...
New York Times - March 9, 2006
Olmert Wants to Set Israeli-Palestinian Border by 2010
Israel's acting prime minister said the boundary would run along or close to Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank...
New York Times - March 9, 2006
U.S. Military Plans to Move Detainees Out of Abu Ghraib
A spokesman said today that the military will close the prison, which became notorious after revelations of abuses by U.S. soldiers...
New York Times - March 9, 2006
Government rapped over Rover loan
The National Audit Office raps the government for giving MG Rover a £6.5bn bridging loan when it collapsed...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Corpse Bride is top animated film
Tim Burton's film wins best feature at the British Animation Awards, while Gorillaz top a public vote...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Trio held in border inquiry freed
Three people arrested in an operation into organised crime along the Irish border are released...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
MSPs face further beam disruption
Repairs to the Holyrood debating chamber roof may require a long term move to a temporary venue...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Pair charged over murder inquiry
Two men are charged with perverting the course of justice over the murder of 90-year-old widow Elsie Hughes...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Football: Scots' fixtures confirmed
Scotland open their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign at home to the Faroe Islands on 2 September...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Doctors attack US over Guantanamo
Some 250 medical experts condemn the US for force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Iraqi parliament delays opening
The Iraqi parliament's first sitting is put back by a week as parties argue over who should take the top political posts...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
UN launches emergency fund
A new fund which will pay out money quickly when disaster strikes is launched by the United Nations...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Menezes apology 'not accepted'
Jean Charles de Menezes' family say they will "never accept" Tony Blair's apology over the fatal shooting...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Yakubu gives Boro edge over Roma
Middlesbrough secure an morale-boosting first-leg win over Roma thanks to a Yakubu penalty...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Cricket: Pietersen left frustrated
England batsman Kevin Pietersen is frustrated to fall for 67 having looked on course for his third Test century...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
French hostage-taker surrenders
An ex-teacher who held 21 students and two adults hostage at a school in France hands himself in...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
US military to leave Abu Ghraib
The US military in Baghdad says it will transfer detention operations away from the notorious Abu Ghraib Prison...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
U.S. Army Confirms Mass Kidnapping
The violence came a day after one of the most audacious kidnappings since the American invasion...
New York Times - March 9, 2006
China Returns Sharp Retort to U.S. Report on Human Rights
China argued that racial discrimination remained pervasive and the U.S. military abused prisoners at detention centers abroad...
New York Times - March 9, 2006
Palestinian Prosecutor Cites Progress Against Corruption
More than two dozen arrests, with dozens more investigations of graft are under way...
New York Times - March 9, 2006
Handheld PC dominates Cebit start
The unveiling of Microsoft's mini PC project Origami is the highlight of the start of the Cebit technology fair...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Water policy 'fails world's poor'
Almost 20% of the world's population still lacks access to drinking water because of failing policies, a report finds...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Doherty to wait for drugs hearing
The case against singer Pete Doherty is adjourned for two weeks so the prosecution has more time to prepare...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Students 'stay home to cut costs'
A fifth of students are living with their parents to try to avoid large student debts, a survey suggests...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Teen's 'boast about Ben killing'
A court is told one of three teenagers accused of murdering a student was heard talking about the killing...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Asbo for 'Amarillo' fan
A woman is given an Asbo after breaching a noise abatement order by repeatedly playing Amarillo...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
NI soldiers getting £250m pay-off
Redundancy packages costing up to £250m for 3,000 Royal Irish Regiment soldiers are announced...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Hopes fade in Turkey bus plunge
Some 30 people are feared dead after a bus plunges into a river in Turkey, as hopes fade of finding more survivors...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Iraq hangs 13 for insurgency role
Iraq hangs 13 people accused of taking part in the insurgency for the first time since the US-led invasion...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Rugby: Robinson seeks positives
Andy Robinson says the Six Nations match with France will give a good indication of how his team is developing...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
£20m cash recovered from raid
Police say £8.6m found in a lock-up garage brings the total recovered from the Securitas raid to almost £20m...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Settlement in Beckham libel case
David and Victoria Beckham settle their libel action with the News of the World over claims that their marriage is in trouble...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
French tennis drug father jailed
A French court sentences a man who drugged his children's tennis rivals to eight years in prison...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Iran 'poses major US challenge'
Iran may pose a greater challenge than any other country to the US, Condoleezza Rice says...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Ex-teacher seizes French students
An armed ex-teacher takes 20 students and at least two adults hostage at a school in western France...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
U2 halt world tour after illness
Rock band U2 postpone 10 dates on their world tour because a close relative of a band member is ill...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Science moves on from dog clone
The fall-out from the Korean cloning scandal means major scientific claims will be subjected to more scrutiny...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Man shot in city drive-by attack
An 18-year-old man is injured in a drive-by shooting in the Whiterock area of west Belfast, police say...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Mother in hit-and-run driver plea
The mother of a child injured in a hit-and-run crash urges the driver to get in touch with the police...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Cricket bid could move sport site
Glamorgan cricket club's bid to host Test matches may see the Sports Council for Wales asked to move from its present site...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
New BA boss unveils shake-up
BA plans a new shake-up, the first with new chief executive Willie Walsh at the helm, but more jobs could go...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
China hits back at US criticism
China rejects US criticism of its human rights record, telling Washington to "look squarely" at its own problems...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Ecuador oil output 'recovering'
Ecuador's oil firm says it is resuming production despite a strike and clashes between workers and troops...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
EU warns over state protectionism
EU commissioner Charlie McCreevy says government efforts to prevent foreign takeovers are illegal...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Iran defies UN nuclear pressure
Iran says it will not be bullied into giving up its nuclear research, amid ongoing international pressure...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Varanasi suspect sketches issued
Indian police issue sketches of two men being sought over bomb blasts which killed 14 in the holy city of Varanasi...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Cricket: England struggle
England post 163-4 against India on a disrupted first day in the second Test...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Football: Wenger pride over win
Arsene Wenger salutes Arsenal as they knock out Real Madrid to reach the Champions League quarter-finals...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Football: Reds defence blamed
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez blamed their European exit on defensive mistakes rather than missed chances...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Nigeria militants fight military
The Nigerian military says it has fought a fierce gun battle with heavily armed militants in the Niger Delta...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Blair criticised on sleaze probes
Public trust is being damaged by the way alleged misconduct by ministers is policed, says a watchdog...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
'Traffic light' food labelling urged
A front-of-pack food labelling traffic light system is recommended by the Food Standards Agency...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Cash stolen in Securitas van raid
Police investigate a raid on a Securitas cash van by a gang who got away with several hundred thousand pounds...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
UK interest rates unchanged
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) leaves base rates unchanged at 4.5% for the seventh month in row...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Congress sets up fight with Bush
A Congress committee defies President George W Bush by voting to stop a Dubai-based firm running key US ports...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Supermarkets face dominance probe
The UK's large supermarket chains are likely to face an inquiry into their dominance of the grocery market...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Government misses poverty target
The government has failed to fulfil the first target in its drive to reduce child poverty, figures confirm...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Lawyers Assail Yemeni Editor on Cartoons
The lawyers asked that the editor's newspaper be closed, then cited a story in which Muhammad approves of a woman being killed after insulting him...
New York Times - March 9, 2006
New Polish Chief a Skeptic on Integrated Europe
President Lech Kaczynski appears determined to defend Poland's sovereignty against plans for a deeper, more integrated Europe...
New York Times - March 9, 2006
U.S. Confirms Test of Missiles Was Conducted by North Korea
North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles within its borders Wednesday, even as talks on its nuclear program remain deadlocked...
New York Times - March 9, 2006
50 Iraq Workers Abducted at Site Owned by Sunnis
The workers were abducted by gunmen wearing the uniforms of an Iraqi police unit. It is not clear who organized the raid...
New York Times - March 9, 2006
Indian City Shaken by Temple Bombings
Clashes between Hindus and Muslims did not come to pass on Wednesday, but Varanasi was missing its usual chaos, vibrance and intensity...
New York Times - March 9, 2006
Threats Rattle at Nuclear Meeting on Iran
Iran held firm on its atomic plans, blamed the U.S. for making them an issue, and threatened to retaliate if punished...
New York Times - March 9, 2006
Tory peers win night-flight fight
Government plans to remove the cap on the number of night flights are defeated by opposition peers...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Call for university pay inquiry
Academic's unions call for an inquiry into university bosses' pay after a poll revealed 18 vice-chancellors earn at least £200,000 a year...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
NHS contract 'delivering little'
A costly NHS pay agreement for consultants fails to produce clear benefits, according to a watchdog...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Warning to N Korea over missiles
The US urges North Korea not to conduct nuclear tests after it apparently fires two short-range missiles...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Setback for Bush's US ports plan
A US Congress committee votes to block a government deal to give a Dubai-based firm control of six ports...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Iraqi rights abuses 'increasing'
Cases of killings and torture by the Iraqi government and its agents increased in 2005, a US report says...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Education funding 'set to slow'
Ministers need to make head teachers aware that growth in education funding will slow down, MPs say...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
MS vaccine testing to start in US
A US company is set to begin a trial of a vaccine which it claims halt the progress of multiple sclerosis...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Government 'failing on poverty'
The government fails to meet its targets to reduce child poverty, new figures are expected to reveal...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
World Cup plans to stop hooligans
A crackdown on English football hooligans at the World Cup will see British officers on the streets of Germany...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
'Outsider' should check ministers
Westminster's standards watchdog says there should be independent checks of ministers' conduct...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
Fourth arrest over 'abuse' video
A fourth soldier is arrested over a video of British troops appearing to abuse Iraqi civilians, the MoD confirms...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
US seeks further pressure on Iran
The US says there is a sense of urgency about Iran's defiance of the world over its nuclear programme...
BBC News - March 9, 2006
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