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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 May 2006:
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China Demands Albania Return 5 Sent From Guantánamo
Beijing demanded the return of five Chinese men who had been transferred to Albania by the U.S. from its prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba...
New York Times - May 9, 2006
South African Is Acquitted of Rape Charges
South Africa's deputy president was acquitted Monday after a venomous trial that left him politically damaged...
New York Times - May 9, 2006
India's Boy Marathoner Runs Into Critics
A human rights group is investigating whether running a young boy in a 40-mile race constituted child abuse...
New York Times - May 9, 2006
Bean opera takes society award
An opera set in a baked bean factory wins a Royal Philharmonic Society award...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Glaxo wins injunction over threat
Drugs group Glaxo wins an emergency injunction against animal rights extremists who threatened its investors...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
BHS boss in Cameron clothes row
BHS boss Philip Green hits back after David Cameron accuses his store of selling "creepy" children's clothes...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Health reforms 'wasted millions'
Key government health reforms are criticised for wasting millions of pounds but bringing few benefits...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Sex attacker at victim's school
An education authority is taking action after it emerged a sex attacker is at the same school as his young victim...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Child hit by car 'critically ill'
A 13-year-old boy is in a serious condition in hospital after being hit by a car in County Down...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Sarkozy vows to expose 'plotters'
France's interior minister attacks those he believes are behind a smears campaign to damage his political career...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
North Iraq blast kills 17 people
A suicide car bomber kills 17 people and injures 35 in the northern Iraqi town of Talafar, according to police...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
UN discusses Darfur peace force
The US urges the UN Security Council to speed up the deployment of peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Football: Watford in play-off final
Watford will meet Leeds in the Championship play-off final after cruising past a lacklustre Palace...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
US urges diplomacy in Iran crisis
US President George W Bush says diplomacy is the number one option in the crisis over Iran's nuclear activity...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Blair told to end Labour 'drift'
Tony Blair looks out of touch and his party must end its "division and drift", a former minister tells the BBC...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Votes on railway pension strikes
Rail staff across the UK are to vote on industrial action that could bring the network to a halt, in a row over pensions...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Palestinians to get interim aid
Middle East mediators back a temporary mechanism to resume the flow of foreign aid to the Palestinians...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Key Iraqi Posts to Go to Independent Officials
Iraq's prime minister designate said that new ministers of defense and interior would have no ties to politics or militias...
New York Times - May 9, 2006
Breathless Blaine out of hospital
David Blaine leaves hospital after spending seven days under water - but his doctor says the stunt took its toll...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Supermarkets in competition probe
Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons are to face a competition inquiry for the third time in seven years...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Schools 'might set and mark Sats'
England's exams watchdog suggests teachers might mark the national tests for pupils aged 11 and 14...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Man injured in 'huge' explosions
A man is taken to hospital and houses nearby are evacuated after a series of explosions in a workshop in north Wales...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Inquiry into more patient deaths
Police investigate the deaths of two further patients of a GP who was cleared of murdering three men...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Toddlers hit by 'E.coli outbreak'
Tests are under way after three children are infected by an outbreak of suspected E.coli 0157...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
India and US to explore the Moon
India is to carry instruments for US space agency Nasa on its first unmanned mission to the Moon in early 2008...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Hope over Puerto Rico debt crisis
Puerto Rican politicians agree to back a commission's findings, raising hope of a solution to its fiscal crisis...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Walcott unfazed by World Cup call
England's teenage striker Theo Walcott is confident he can cope with the pressure of playing at a World Cup...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Football: Spurs want replay
Tottenham ask the Premier League if they can replay the game against West Ham which cost them a place in next season's Champions League...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Mother's tribute to murdered boy
The mother of a 15-year-old boy murdered in a gang attack in County Antrim speaks of her heartache...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Farmers' gallows sales attacked
An international human rights group criticises a British farmer who says he sells execution equipment...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Bid to save couple's IVF embryos
A couple hoping for another child are desperately searching for a foreign clinic that will take their embryos...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Abbas urges end to freeze on aid
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas urges Middle East mediators to rethink a suspension of aid to Hamas...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
German cannibal guilty of murder
Cannibal Armin Meiwes, who killed and ate an apparently willing victim, is sentenced to life in prison after a retrial...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Plankton blooms linked to quakes
Concentrations of the natural pigment chlorophyll in coastal waters have been seen to rise prior to earthquakes...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Warner to start movie downloads
Warner Brothers is to sell downloads via the internet using the same technology blamed for illegal swapping...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Sony reveals PlayStation 3 prices
The new PlayStation 3 will hit the shops in November, costing from $499 (394 euros), Sony announces...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Homes evacuated after explosions
Houses and businesses in a street are evacuated after reports of a "series of explosions"...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Jump in number of property sales
Home sales in England and Wales have soared and prices continue to rise, the Land Registry says...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Scots top heart death rate league
Scottish women have double the death rate from heart disease as women in south-west England, figures show...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Stun-gun used in hospital siege
Police officers use a stun-gun to disarm a prisoner who held a pair of scissors to the throat of an officer...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Policeman cleared over gun death
A police officer is cleared of any involvement in the death of a teenager in County Armagh in 1991...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Committee backs Waverley return
A parliamentary committee backs the re-opening of the Waverley line providing it runs all the way to Tweedbank...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Arias sworn as Costa Rica leader
Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias is sworn in as the new president of Costa Rica, vowing to steady the country...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
EU 'to delay' Balkan bid decision
A decision on when to admit Bulgaria and Romania to the EU is very likely to be delayed, EU officials tell the BBC...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
New Iraq cabinet 'nearly ready'
Iraqi's PM-designate Nouri Maliki says he has nearly completed the task of forming a new government...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Police kill 'Varanasi militant'
Kashmir police say they have shot dead a militant involved in a double bombing in Varanasi that killed 15 people...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Football: Chelsea star hurt at club
Chelsea defender Wayne Bridge suffers cuts to his face in a disturbance at a West End nightclub...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Heavy fighting for Somali capital
At least 35 people are killed in three days of fighting in the Somali capital, with rival militias using heavy weapons...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Rescued miners in 'good health'
Two freed Australian miners are in good health despite spending two weeks trapped underground, doctors say...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Supermarkets competition probe
Supermarkets face an inquiry into their power after the grocery market is referred to the Competition Commission...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Zuma sorry for not using condom
South African ex-Deputy President Jacob Zuma, cleared of rape on Monday, apologises for not using a condom...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Murder probe as NI boy dies
An uncle of a 15-year-old boy murdered in a gang attack in County Antrim tells of the family's heartache...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Islamic cleric 'risk to security'
Abu Qatada, accused of being a leading al-Qaeda figure, was a risk to UK security, a deportation hearing is told...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Cable firm NTL to cut 6,000 jobs
Cable TV firm NTL unveils plans to cut or outsource 6,000 jobs by the end of 2007...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Glaxo investors get threat letter
Shareholders in drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline have been sent threatening letters from animal rights activists...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Blair 'to hold talks over exit'
Tony Blair is to talk to senior colleagues about details of his handover of power, Gordon Brown has said...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Ahmadinejad letter attacks Bush
Details emerge of a letter from Iran's leader to US President Bush, as Iran crisis talks end in discord...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Buncefield tank 'was overflowing'
A tank at the Buncefield oil depot was overflowing before last December's explosion, a report says...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Iranian Writes to Bush; No R.S.V.P. Is Likely
U.S. officials said the letter sent from Iran's president was a meandering screed that proposed no solutions...
New York Times - May 9, 2006
Angry Darfur Refugees Riot in Demand for U.N. Troops
An interpreter was hacked to death when a huge demonstration at a squalid camp turned violent...
New York Times - May 9, 2006
Aid Workers Are Said to Abuse Girls
Liberian girls are being sexually exploited by United Nations peacekeepers, aid workers and teachers, according to a new report...
New York Times - May 9, 2006
U.S. Defends Itself on Inmate Abuse
A U.S. delegation responded to queries from an international panel on topics including the definition of torture and policies on transferring prisoners...
New York Times - May 9, 2006
As Chinese Students Go Online, Little Sister Is Watching
The Chinese government is mobilizing college students in a national effort to sanitize the Internet...
New York Times - May 9, 2006
2 Years Later, Slayings in Iraq and Lost Cash Are Mysteries
The investigation of a slain human rights worker has widened to include the whereabouts of hundreds of thousands of U.S. dollars...
New York Times - May 9, 2006
Dell's profits hit by price cuts
Computer giant Dell warns its first quarter profits will be less than market expectations due to its extensive price cuts...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Sick children's dads still smoke
Most fathers who smoke still do so at home even after their child has been in hospital, says a study...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Aid block 'may ruin Palestinians'
The Hamas-led Palestinian Authority will collapse if it continues to be starved of aid, the World Bank warns...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Islamic cleric fights deportation
Abu Qatada, accused of being a leading figure in al-Qaeda, begins a legal attempt to prevent his deportation to Jordan...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Bad behaviour 'worst in Europe'
The UK and France are thought to have the worst anti-social behaviour problems in Europe, a survey says...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Buncefield explosion findings due
A report into the Buncefield explosion is expected to blame mechanical failure and human error...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
House prices record 5.05% rise
The average England and Wales property price rose 5.05% in the year to March, says the Land Registry show...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
US dismisses Iran leader's letter
A letter from Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the US president will not calm the nuclear row, US officials say...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Major Sony award for BBC Radio 1
Radio 1 wins station of the year at the Sony radio awards, with DJs Zane Lowe and Chris Moyles honoured...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Blaine fails in water record bid
Illusionist David Blaine fails to break the world record for holding breath under water, and is rescued from his bubble...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
Prescott warns MPs against 'war'
The deputy prime minister warns Labour MPs not to be divided, as a poll suggests support for the party is down...
BBC News - May 9, 2006
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