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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 2007:
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Hard-Liners Win in Northern Ireland Election
In elections for a new provincial government, moderate groups on both sides of the sectarian divide lost seats...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Doctor training scheme to change
The government is to change a new doctors' recruitment system after an outcry from the profession...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
UK military awaits Skynet launch
The UK is set to launch its first Skynet 5 spacecraft, a key component in its new military satellite communications system...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Six admit businessman abduction
Six men plead guilty at the High Court in Glasgow to the kidnap of businessman Javed Mukhtar...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Cricket: Aussies beat England
Australia seal a comfortable five-wicket win over England in the final World Cup warm-up match in St Vincent...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Uganda judiciary calls off strike
Ugandan judges end a strike after they say the president expressed regret over the storming of the High Court...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Fight mars Hurley's India wedding
A fight breaks out between journalists and security guards after Liz Hurley's wedding to Arun Nayar in India...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
School exam costs 'getting worse'
Some schools are spending more on putting pupils through exams than on books, head teachers say...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Child medicine additive concern
Medicines for young children often contain additives banned from food for under-threes, research shows...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Key Guantanamo hearings open
Guantanamo hearings for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged 9/11 mastermind, and 13 others begin...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Diplomatic Memo: U.S. and Iran May Steal the Show at Iraq?s Security Meeting
Will the U.S. and Iran finally end more than a quarter century of communicating only through emissaries, and talk directly to each other?...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Designer hopes for love in games
Veteran designer Peter Molyneux says he wants to put the emotion of love into his next game, Fable 2...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
School location 'key for parents'
Parents choose a school more because of its location than its exam results, a big survey suggests...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Hurley marries at Indian ceremony
British actress Elizabeth Hurley and new husband, Arun Nayar, marry again, this time in Jodhpur in western India...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
I am not racist, says sacked Tory
Tory MP Patrick Mercer, forced to quit the frontbench over comments on black soldiers, denies racism...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Rail union announces new strikes
Two further 48-hour strikes are due to cause commuter chaos across Scotland, it was announced on Friday...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Tributes paid to river death girl
Tributes are paid to a schoolgirl who died after being swept away on a training expedition on Dartmoor...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
US-Brazil deal to boost bio-fuels
The US and Brazil sign a deal to develop alternative fuel sources, in an attempt to reduce dependence on oil...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Nigerian police torture 'routine'
Nigerian police routinely torture and ill treat suspects, the UN special rapporteur on torture has said...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Football: Henry out for season
Arsenal captain Thierry Henry will not play again this season because of groin and stomach injuries...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
No charges over Big Brother row
No-one will face prosecution over the Celebrity Big Brother racism row, police say...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Father admits child bath murders
A court has heard how bathtime turned to murder when a father smothered his two young children...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Private equity firm targets Boots
Private equity group KKR is the group behind a potential takeover approach for Alliance Boots, the BBC learns...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Diplomas 'may go horribly wrong'
England's education secretary says new Diplomas may be seen as inferior
to GCSEs and A-levels...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Navy petty officer guilty of rape
A Royal Navy Petty Officer is found guilty of raping a 24-year-old female colleague on board a warship...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Crime boss jailed for seven years
One of the UK's most notorious criminal bosses is jailed for seven years for money laundering offences...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
DUP top in NI assembly election
Ian Paisley's DUP emerges as the largest party in Northern Ireland's Assembly election with 36 Stormont seats...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
'Alarm' airport doctor struck off
A doctor who put on full protective gear to diagnose a plane passenger with a cough is struck off...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
A380 delay leads to Airbus loss
Despite record plane deliveries, Airbus posts a hefty loss for 2006, dragging down parent firm EADS...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Levy's 'blind loyalty' defended
Businessman Sir Alan Sugar defends Labour fundraiser Lord Levy over cash for honours claims...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Body parts washed up on coastline
Police investigate after a woman out walking her dog finds a human leg washed up on a Galloway beach...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Legal action over £663,000 grant
The assembly government is taking court action to recover a grant from a dairy firm, which closed its plant last year...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
IRA 'collusion' inquiry launched
The Police Ombudsman is to investigate IRA collusion claims, including cases involving Freddie Scappaticci...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
EU plans to re-engage with Syria
The European Union prepares to restart high-level contacts with Syria for the first time in more than two years...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Pakistan's top judge is suspended
Pakistan's top judge, Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is suspended by President Pervez Musharraf for "misuse of authority"...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Argentine ex-military ruler held
Reynaldo Bignone, the last of Argentina's military rulers, is arrested as part of an inquiry into human rights abuses...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Australian clerics 'in media ban'
Five of Australia's senior Muslim clerics are reportedly banned from talking to the media by Islamic leaders...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Somalia AU plane 'catches fire'
A cargo plane transporting Ugandan soldiers to Somalia's capital caught fire as it landed, officials say...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Football: English trio kept apart
Chelsea, Liverpool and Man Utd avoid each other in the Champions League quarter-final draw...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Terraces lead property boom
Terrace houses have been the fastest rising property type in the UK in the past decade, Halifax Estate Agents says...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Phone watchdog warns channels
TV shows found to be cheating viewers could face criminal proceedings, the phoneline watchdog warns...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Winslet accepts libel settlement
Actress Kate Winslet accepts a "substantial" settlement in her libel action over a claim she visited a diet doctor...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
NI voters 'giving clear message'
Voters in Northern Ireland issued a clear message they want devolution back, Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern say...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Aston Martin 'on brink of sale'
Luxury car company Aston Martin is expected to be sold imminently to a consortium led by former UK rally car co-driver...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Renewable energy target agreed
EU leaders agree to adopt a binding renewable energy target, a day after backing cuts in carbon emissions...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Kidnap Britons 'seen' in Eritrea
Reports that Britons kidnapped in Ethiopia have been found are investigated by the Foreign Office...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Cronulla Journal: Australian Muslims Go for Surf, Lifesaving and Burqinis
A beach program for Australia?s Muslims is challenging the perception of the blond, blue-eyed and sun-bronzed lifeguard...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Visit by Bush Fires Up Latins? Debate Over Socialism
President Bush?s tour seems in part geared to counter the influence of President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
2 Key Lebanese Leaders Meet
The meeting was widely seen as a significant thaw in the months-long stalemate that has brought Lebanon to a political halt...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
New U.S. Commander in Iraq Won?t Rule Out Need for Added Troops
Gen. David H. Petraeus left open the possibility of calling in even more soldiers as he described the difficult task of calming the country...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Iraqis Seek Role in Rebuilding Their Nation
A makeover of Sadr City reflects a broad effort by Iraqi leaders to focus on lucrative rebuilding efforts...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Democrats Rally Behind a Pullout From Iraq in ?08
Republicans vowed to block the new Democratic effort, which they said amounted to micromanaging the war...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Heads seek 'fairer' school funds
Heads say England's school funding means pupils in disadvantaged areas are missing out...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Robo-salamander's evolution clues
A Franco-Swiss team uses a robot amphibian to study how the first land animals on Earth might have walked...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Chemical 'may stop cancer growth'
A team of scientists in Glasgow say they have devised a new method of attacking cancer cells...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Marriage licence blunder payouts
Couples who had to wait to hear if their marriage was legal after a licensing blunder are to receive compensation...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
PM 'says Israel pre-planned war'
Israel's PM Ehud Olmert said its Lebanon war strategy was drawn up months in advance, a newspaper claims...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Australian clerics in media ban
Five of Australia's most powerful Islamic clerics are banned from talking to the media by Muslim leaders...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Test snares rapists without sperm
A new DNA test will help UK police solve sexual assault cases when there are no sperm traces, scientists say...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
More action urged on healthy food
The government needs to work harder at encouraging the nation to eat healthily, a consumer watchdog says...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
EU agrees on carbon dioxide cuts
EU leaders reach a deal to cut carbon dioxide emissions but fail to achieve consensus on renewable energy targets...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Reward to catch Jessie's killers
Police offer a £20,000 reward to help catch the killers of Jessie James, six months after he was shot...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Bush greeted by clashes in Brazil
US President George W Bush arrives in Brazil as a mass protest march against his visit turns violent...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Some murderers in jail 'too long'
The Lord Chief Justice says some murderers are serving too long in jail, meaning prisons risk becoming "full of geriatric lifers"...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
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