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Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Scientists expose mystery behind northern lights
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Cyprus reunification talks on Sept 3
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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US strengthening Zimbabwe sanctions
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Extradition appeal deadline for Karadzic closer
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Attacks kill 9 in Kashmir, including mom, 4 kids
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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South Korea struggles to probe tourist death
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Military Sri Lankan fighting kills 45
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Food industry bitten by its lobbying success
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Global News Archive for May 2008:
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The Saturday Profile: Starting a Party, and Hoping to Crash Singapore?s Parliament Again
J. B. Jeyaretnam, the grand old man of Singapore?s political opposition, is ready to joust with the political establishment after six years of political banishment...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Rivals bullish over title decider
Avram Grant believes Chelsea are playing the best football while Sir Alex Ferguson says Bolton will make it hard for the Blues in Sunday's Premier League finale...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Return of education's 'Cold War'
Mike Baker considers the pressures facing the independent sector over the public benefit test...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Second police shooting in Mexico
Another senior police officer is gunned down in Mexico City, the fourth in under two weeks...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Device detonates inside toy store
Army technical officers find a partially detonated device at a toy store in Cookstown, County Tyrone...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Edwards: 'Obama likely nominee'
Former Democratic US presidential hopeful John Edwards says Barack Obama is now his party's likely nominee...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Burma warned over cyclone delays
The UN urges Burma to reconsider its attitude towards allowing aid teams into the country to avoid further loss of life...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Parents blamed over gang culture
A senior police officer calls on parents to be more responsible after 10 teenagers are sentenced for the murder of two schoolboys...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Cabinet condemns Hezbollah 'coup'
Lebanon's government says the seizure of most of western Beirut by Shia group Hezbollah is "a bloody coup"...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Magpies hold 'good' Keegan talks
The Newcastle board say they have held "constructive" talks with manager Kevin Keegan at a meeting in London...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
R Kelly porn trial gets under way
Singer R Kelly attends court to face charges of child pornography, six years after first being arrested...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Burma's emergency telecoms delay
Foreign aid workers dedicated to delivering emergency telecoms are prevented from going into Burma...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Food fight: US and Russian navies square off in sandwich contest
Sailors from the Russian and US navies square off in a sandwich-making contest for Victory Day...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Chelsea playing the best - Grant
Avram Grant believes Chelsea are playing the best football in England as they prepare for Sunday's Premier League title showdown...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Gaza mortar attack kills Israeli
A mortar attack from the Gaza Strip kills an Israeli, police and medical officials say...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
N Korea hands in nuclear records
North Korea hands thousands of pages of documents on its nuclear programme to a US negotiator...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Pakistan opposes US military aide
Pakistan asks the US not to appoint a military envoy who used to run the prison at Guantanamo...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
City's 'warm welcome' for Rangers
The Manchester authorities say there will be a warm welcome for Rangers fans in the city for next week's Uefa Cup Final...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Teen is cleared of husband murder
An 18-year-old is cleared of murder but admits assault after a jury hears the victim had a heart condition...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Motorcyclist killed in road crash
A 20-year-old man becomes the third motorcyclist to be killed this year on Northern Ireland's roads...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Zambia seizes 'Chiluba millions'
Assets worth nearly $60m stolen under former President Chiluba have been recovered, Zambia's government says...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
High stakes
Global rifts are fuelling the Lebanese conflict...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
So solid Crewe?
On the trail in what is set to be a hard-fought by-election...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Culture club
Each day we bin a million pots of yoghurt. Why?...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Life for sword death gang members
Three teenage gang members get life terms for stabbing a 14-year-old boy through the heart with a sword...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Woman who poisoned husband jailed
A woman who gave her husband rat poison as she fleeced her mother-in-law is jailed...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Wrong postcode?
The turf warfare that claimed the life of a teenage boy...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Widower loses fight to stay in UK
A Filipino man whose wife, an NHS nurse, died after an injection mix-up during childbirth loses his fight to stay in the UK...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Blast house 'targeted earlier'
The house at the centre of a fatal explosion was the target of a vandalism attack hours earlier, police say...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Second terror suspect wins bail
A tribunal has ruled a second Jordanian counter-terrorism detainee, known only as "OO", should be released...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
UN to resume Burma food flights
The UN's World Food Programme says it will resume aid flights to Burma despite a row over impounded deliveries...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Teens given life for schoolboy murder
Two youths aged 14 and 17 are given life sentences for the murder of 16-year-old schoolboy Kodjo Yenga in west London...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Tanks Roll Through Red Square
Missiles, tanks and other heavy weaponry rolled through Moscow?s Red Square in the annual Victory Day parade, reviving a tradition of the Soviet era...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Transportation Workers Strike in Italy
The four-hour strike Friday affects buses, trams and commuter trains and involves major cities, including Rome and Milan, with hours varying...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Three Killed in Rebel Blast in Turkey
Three people were killed and five wounded when a land mine detonated by Kurdish guerrillas destroyed their minibus in southeast Turkey, officials said...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Shiite-Sunni Clashes Intensify in Beirut
Hezbollah?s leader said the government had threatened to shut down the group?s telephone network, and the TV station of a Sunni leader?s party went off the air...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Shift From Savannah to Sahara Was Gradual, Research Suggests
By analyzing thousands of layers sediment in a core drilled from the bottom of a lake, a team of scientists has reconstructed the climate of northern Africa...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Keegan & Ashley in Magpies talks
Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan is meeting with owner Mike Ashley in London to discuss key issues facing the club...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Which nation is full of "overweight alcopop-swilling TV addicts"?
England is a nation of "overweight alcopop-swilling TV addicts", yet is also "beautiful and culturally diverse" according to a new guide book...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
UK transfers renegade Tamil Tiger
A former leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels who was jailed in the UK in January is transferred to an immigration detention centre...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Centrica wind farm cost warning
Centrica warns that the prospect of making money from wind farms is looking "marginal" due to high costs...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Voters 'are confused by Labour'
Voters are confused about what Labour stands for, says minister John Denham as a poll puts the party on 23%...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Reading skills' 'virtuous circle'
Ofsted inspectors say that schools and children are making progress with the teaching of phonics...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Militias 'to rig Zimbabwe poll'
Zimbabwe's "war veterans" militia plan to intimidate voters inside polling stations, a policeman tells the BBC...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Israeli PM denies taking bribes
The Israeli PM denies taking bribes from a wealthy US-Jewish businessman and resists calls for his resignation...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Australia probes troop abuse claims
The Australian army says it is probing allegations that its soldiers mistreated prisoners in Afghanistan...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
'Sadistic' child killer sentenced
A judge is to sentence a convicted rapist who sexually attacked and killed a teenage neighbour...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Police bid to tackle Islamophobia
Scotland's first Muslim Police Association is formed in a bid to encourage more Muslims to join and stay in the force...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Vicar charged over child images
A Church in Wales vicar is charged with 18 counts of possessing indecent images of children...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Officers injured in road incident
Several officers are injured after police cars are involved in an incident in Dunmurry, near Belfast...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
In pictures
Russia's military parades through Red Square...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Harare diary
Rural teacher given certificate as proof he's had a beating...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
The way to do it
How Punch and Judy beat the purveyors of PC...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
BBC admits keeping charity money
The BBC is to broadcast an apology after admitting a subsidiary company kept £106,000 from charity phone-ins...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Violence bucks reoffending trend
There has been a slight rise in offenders going on to commit sexual and violent crimes in England and Wales, data indicates...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Reading scheme boost for children
A government-backed reading scheme shows lasting results for struggling readers, research suggests...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Jersey 'abuse' coverage criticism
Media coverage of abuse claims at a former Jersey children's home are criticised by the island's bailiff...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Taser parties
Meeting the women shunning kitchen ware for stun guns...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Hezbollah takes over west Beirut
Gunmen from Shia militant group Hezbollah take control of western Beirut, driving out government supporters...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Repossession orders climb by 17%
The number of people who are under threat of losing their homes has risen sharply in England and Wales, figures show...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Siege barrister shot five times
A barrister was hit at least five times by police weapons during a shoot-out at his home, an inquest hears...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Judge to rule on Fritzl custody
The Austrian accused of locking his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathering children with her is to appear before a judge...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Somalia: Militiamen Kill U.N. Aid Worker
A truck driver working for the United Nations World Food Program was killed while delivering food in central Somalia...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Jihadist Cleric Released on Bail
An appeals panel ordered the release on bail of Abu Qatada, a Muslim preacher from Jordan once described by a Spanish judge as Osama bin Laden?s ?ambassador to Europe.?...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Arrests in Government Crackdown
The government intensified its crackdown on critics and opponents...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
World Briefing | Middle East: Iran: A Hate Note on Israel?s Birthday
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel a ?stinking corpse? that was doomed to fail...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Books of The Times: In a Changing World, an Ever-Evolving Terrorism
Philip Bobbitt?s powerful, dense and brilliant new book argues that the nature of terrorism has changed as nationhood has evolved...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Italy: Starving the Pigeons of St. Mark?s Square
Twenty million tourists a year are bringing more birdseed sales, then more pigeons, then more damage to the historic buildings in the square, including the mosaics on the facade of St. Mark?s Basilica...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Supporters Rally in Newark as an Imam?s Trial Opens
Imam Qatanani, a Palestinian hailed as a voice of moderation, is facing questions of whether he lied about his detention in Israel on his application for U.S. residency...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Argentine Farmers Cut Off Exports
Farmers in Argentina began cutting off grain exports on Thursday after the breakdown of talks to resolve a conflict over government agricultural policies...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Reports of Qaeda Arrest
Officials in Baghdad early on Friday were confronted with conflicting reports about whether the leader of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia had been captured...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Weimar Journal: A Postscript for a Writer, 200 Years in the Works
Recent DNA tests to identify which of two skeletons belongs to German writer Friedrich Schiller, instead showed that the skeletons proved to contain bones from at least six people...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
In Lake, Signs of Slow Shift From Savannah to Sahara
A team of scientists has reconstructed the climate of northern Africa as the savannah changed to the Sahara...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Bomber?s Final Messages Exhort Fighters Against U.S.
The taking-off point of a suicide bomber in Mosul was his experience at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Robert Vesco, ?70s Financier, Is Dead at 71
The death of the financier Robert L. Vesco, confirmed by documents and interviews, has closed the books on one of Washington?s longest and most prominent fugitive hunts...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Help pledged over repossessions
The government is to help those facing mortgage repayment problems ahead of an expected rise in repossessions...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Johnson to meet New York's mayor
Big city mayors meet to swap notes on the task of running two of the world's most important cities...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Scheme helps bad readers catch up
A government-backed reading scheme shows lasting results for struggling readers...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Bolivians to hold confidence vote
Bolivia will vote in a referendum on the rule of its leftist president as he struggles to enact reform...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Deadly gun battles shake Beirut
At least five people die in clashes as Hezbollah accuses Lebanon's government of a "declaration of war"...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Malaysian woman can leave Islam
In a landmark ruling, a religious court in Malaysia decides that a Muslim convert can leave the faith...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Tanks rejoin Moscow V-Day parade
Tanks and missile launchers are to feature in Moscow's Victory Day parade for the first time since the Soviet era...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Bangladesh food aid set for Burma
The World Food Programme says it has permission from Burma to send a plane from Bangladesh carrying relief...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Body removed from explosion site
The body of a man killed in an explosion which destroyed three houses is removed from the debris...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
MySpace lets users share data
MySpace says its "data availability" project will put users in the driving seat with web information sharing...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Ant and Dec return comedy prize
TV presenters Ant and Dec are to return a comedy award after ITV revealed that they did not win...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Labour 'must admit its mistakes'
The government must admit its mistakes if it wants to reconnect with voters, a cabinet minister says...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Ramsay orders seasonal-only menu
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay says British restaurants should be fined if they serve out-of-season fruit and vegetables...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Global manhunt nets abuse suspect
A man suspected of sexually abusing boys in South East Asia is arrested in the US after a rare Interpol appeal...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Ex-hostage helped Qatada get bail
Former Iraq hostage Norman Kember says he helped fund Islamic preacher Abu Qatada's bail to repay a kindness...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Burma 'wants aid not foreigners'
Burma wants aid but is "not ready" for foreign experts, its foreign ministry says, as fears grow for cyclone survivors...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
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