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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 2008:
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China Reports Suspected Terrorist Activity
Chinese security officials are very concerned that terrorism poses a serious risk as Beijing prepares to be the host for the Olympic Games in August...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
Israel Approves West Bank Construction
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel announced plans Sunday to build hundreds of homes in the West Bank and disputed east Jerusalem, setting off another crisis in the embattled peace process ahead of the arrival of a key U.S. mediator...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
Pakistan Rivals Join to Fight Musharraf
The leaders of the two major political parties agreed Sunday that they would reinstate judges fired by the president and would seek to strip him of crucial powers...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
Socialists Win Spanish Election, Retaining Power
The victory gives Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero a second four-year mandate to pursue his agenda of sweeping social liberalization...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
Singer Duffy secures chart double
Welsh star Duffy debuts at number one with new album Rockferry, while her single Mercy is top for a third week...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Warning of evacuation over storms
Areas at high risk of flooding are warned of possible evacuations as Wales faces the worst storm of the winter...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Venezuela restores Colombia ties
Venezuela says it is restoring diplomatic ties with Colombia, a week after a regional crisis blew up...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Sarkozy party poll blow predicted
French President Nicholas Sarkozy's party appears to have suffered setbacks in the first round of local polls...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
China says militant plots foiled
Chinese officials say they have thwarted two plans, one to attack the Olympics and another to crash an airliner...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Cardiff stun Boro to reach semi-finals
Goals from Peter Whittingham and Roger Johnson help Cardiff claim the scalp of Middlesbrough and a place in the FA Cup semi-finals...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Athletics: Gold for Idowu in Spain
Phillips Idowu wins Great Britain's only gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Spain...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Socialists win Spanish elections
Early exit polls from Spain's election suggest win for Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's governing Socialist party...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
750 Homes to Be Built in East Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's housing minister on Sunday announced plans to build 750 new homes in a Jewish neighborhood of disputed east Jerusalem...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
China Says Terrorists Targeted Olympics
Chinese police killed alleged terrorists plotting to attack the Beijing Olympics, while a flight crew managed to prevent an apparent attempt to crash a Chinese jetliner in a separate case just last week, officials said Sunday...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
Musharraf Opponents to Form Coalition
The deal by Pakistan?s election winners further clouds President Pervez Musharraf?s political future...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
Singer Presley sues over article
Pregnant star Lisa Marie Presley sues the Daily Mail for libel over printing allegations about her weight...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
High CO2 cars targeted by budget
Cars that produce large amounts of carbon dioxide could be hit by Wednesday's budget...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
School is 'the last moral force'
Children from chaotic homes only have schools to teach right from wrong, say head teachers...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Man arrested over fatal stabbing
Detectives investigating the death of a 24-year-old man in Hull arrest a man on suspicion of murder...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Frosty response to local tax plan
UK revenue bosses say bringing in a Scottish local income tax is a matter for Holyrood...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Flood warning as storm approaches
Experts say they have to "prepare for the worst" as Wales is warned of the most fierce storm of the winter...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Bhutanese refugees start new life
The first of tens of thousands of refugees from Bhutan begin leaving camps in Nepal for a new life in the West...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Gang 'plotted attack on Olympics'
Chinese officials say they have foiled two plans, one to attack the Olympics and another to crash an airliner...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
M20 chaos ends after Stack lifted
Drivers using the M20 in Kent are given a temporary reprieve with the lifting of Operation Stack...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Live - FA Cup and Premier League
Leaders Arsenal are at Wigan in the Premier League after Cardiff knock Middlesbrough out of the FA Cup...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Rugby: France beats Italy
Wales are firm favourites to claim the Six Nations title after France fail to run riot against Italy in Paris...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Flood alert amid storm warnings
Parts of England and Wales are preparing for what forecasters warn could be the worst storm of the winter...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Israel backs settlement growth
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert backs a plan to build up to 750 new homes in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Spain votes in national elections
There are signs of a slightly reduced turnout in Spain's election as Socialists vie for another four years in power...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Police arrest man over Goa 'rape'
Police in Goa investigating the death of 15-year-old Scarlett Keeling arrest a man on suspicion of rape...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Pakistani parties to share power
The leaders of the two parties that won Pakistan's elections sign an agreement on a coalition government...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Clegg urges new political system
The Lib Dem leader says he will never join a Labour or Tory Cabinet, but will seek a "new type of government"...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Serbia, Split on Kosovo, May Have Early Elections
Prime minister Vijislav Kostunica said he would ask the government to resign Monday because he could no longer rule in president Boris Tadic?s pro-Western coalition...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
Rift Over AIDS Treatment Lingers in South Africa
Despite data suggesting better AIDS treatment courses are available in South Africa, the government has been slow to implement them...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
Chinese Lawyer Says He Was Detained and Warned on Activism
Teng Biao?s detention was the latest example of how China is moving against some of its more outspoken dissidents, lawyers and human rights advocates...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
Vitaly Fedorchuk, 89, of K.G.B., Dies
After heading the K.G.B. in 1982, Gen. Fedorchuk became his country?s interior minister from late 1982 to 1986...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
The Money Issue: The Celebrity Solution
What can a Hollywood star really do to change the world a little?...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
Freakonomics: Bottom-Line Philanthropy
Why can?t a charity be more like a business?...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
On Language: Waterboarding
A gerund to cause a shudder...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
Kremlin Rules: Putin?s Iron Grip on Russia Suffocates Opponents
Behind a facade of democracy in Russia lies a centralized authority that is not reluctant to swat down challengers...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
Border Crossings: Born Irish, but With Illegal Parents
George-Jordan Dimbo, born in Ireland 11 years ago to illegal immigrant parents, may soon be living in Africa...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
Senate Committee Seeks Audit of Iraq Oil Money
Two senior members of the Senate Armed Services Committee have requested a full accounting of how Iraq is spending its soaring oil revenues...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
Lawyers Demand Release of Judges in Pakistan
A rally on Saturday was part of a series of marketplace demonstrations to show support for the former chief justice, who remains under house arrest...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
News Analysis: Settling of Crisis Makes Winners of Andes Nations, While Rebels Lose Ground
In Latin America?s worst diplomatic crisis in years, the biggest winner appears to have been the region itself, which resolved its own dispute without outside help and without violence...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
Fierce Rematch Looms, but Neither Man Thrills Spain
Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero on the left and Mariano Rajoy on the right will battle in Spain?s general election on Sunday...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
Gains Cited in Hunt for Liberia Ex-Warlord?s Fortune
Prosecutors said newly traced documents may help pinpoint the money the former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, is believed to have pilfered...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
Bush?s Veto of Bill on C.I.A. Tactics Affirms His Legacy
President Bush shut down a Congressional effort to limit harsh interrogation techniques, cementing a legacy of fighting for strong executive powers...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
Malaysia?s Governing Coalition Suffers a Setback
Despite significant gains by opposition parties, early results showed the governing coalition retained a parliamentary majority and would be able to form the next government...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
Off-duty firefighter rescues four
Four people are saved from a house blaze by an off-duty fire officer who saw smoke as he drove past...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
No decision made on Maze - Poots
No decision has been taken on the Maze stadium project, Culture Minister Edwin Poots tells the BBC...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
FA Cup: Barnsley victory hailed
Barnsley boss Simon Davey cannot contain his delight after his side stun Chelsea 1-0 to book their place in the FA Cup semis...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Malaysia PM rejects calls to quit
Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says he will not step down, despite a poor election result...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Chinese 'foiled airline attack'
Chinese officials say an airliner's crew prevented an apparent attempt to bring down an internal flight...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
I have no major regrets - Paisley
Ian Paisley, the outgoing first minister of Northern Ireland, tells the BBC what he will do next...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Spanish vote in general election
Poll open in Spain with the ruling Socialists hoping for another four years in power...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
First timers' stamp-duty up 82%
The average stamp duty bill for first-time buyers has almost doubled over the last five years, the Halifax says...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
More bones found in Jersey probe
Tests are being carried out on more remains found by investigators at a former children's home in Jersey...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Crash man 'had drink conviction'
The driver of a car involved in a head-on collision which killed seven people had a conviction for drink driving, it is believed...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
UK Goa teenager 'was murdered'
New post-mortem tests on 15-year-old Scarlett Keeling, found dead on a Goa beach, suggest she was murdered...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Bush?s Veto of Bill on C.I.A. Tactics Affirms His Legacy
President Bush shut down a Congressional effort to limit harsh interrogation techniques, cementing a legacy of fighting for strong executive powers...
New York Times - March 9, 2008
Probiotic hope for kidney stones
Treating patients with bacteria may help reduce their risk of repeatedly developing kidney stones, a study suggests...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Stars rally round released Gazza
Former football stars offer support to Paul Gascoigne after he is released from hospital...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Tentative steps to whaling peace
Pro- and anti-whaling nations open some possible avenues to compromise at a meeting in London...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Man held over US massacre
Tennessee police charge a convicted killer with the murders of four adults and two children in Memphis...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Experts 'find Ned Kelly's grave'
Scientists in Australia believe they have found the grave of the 19th Century outlaw and national icon Ned Kelly...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
New Zealand thrash woeful England
New Zealand consign England to one of their most ignominious defeats in recent history, winning the first Test by 189 runs...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Boxing: Haye eases past Macca
David Haye stops Enzo Maccarinelli in round two to add the WBO cruiserweight title to his WBC and WBA belts...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Nigerian party picks new leader
Nigeria's ruling party rejects the favoured candidate of ex-President Obasanjo in its leadership vote...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
UK braced for storms and floods
Large parts of England and Wales are preparing for what is predicted to be the worst storm of the winter...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Tories urge corporation tax cut
Shadow chancellor George Osborne is calling for a 3% cut in corporation tax to help revive the economy...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Spain to vote in general election
Polls are set to open in Spain for a general election overshadowed by a killing in the Basque Country...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Calls grow for Armed Forces Day
Senior military commanders, MPs and families of Britain's war dead support calls for a day to pay tribute to the armed forces...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Malaysia vote loosens ruling grip
Malaysians survey the new political landscape a day after the veteran ruling coalition lost its two-thirds majority...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Clegg to attack 'gutless' Labour
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg is to launch a fierce attack on his opponents, in what will be a key speech of his career...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Obama defeats Clinton in Wyoming
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama wins in Wyoming in the latest battle with his rival Hillary Clinton...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
Huge space truck races into orbit
Europe's huge new orbital cargo ship, the ATV, lifts off on a mission to resupply the space station...
BBC News - March 9, 2008
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