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Global News Archive for June 2006:
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W.H.O. Judges Polio Outbreak as 'Highly Unusual'
A fast-moving outbreak has killed 7 Namibians and paralyzed 33 more...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Mideast Truce Threatened After Shelling
Israeli shells hit a crowded beach in northern Gaza on today, killing at least seven Palestinians. Then, Hamas militants said it would renew attacks...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Clampdown on abuse of NHS staff
Anyone who abuses NHS staff could be fined £1,000 and thrown off the premises, the government proposes...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Sexual harassment 'still common'
Sexual harassment is still common in the workplace and employers need to do more to stop it, it is warned...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Cash problems delay surgery unit
A £10m surgery centre at a Cardiff hospital cannot open fully as the NHS trust has no money for running costs, it emerges...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
England fans see opening thriller
England fans in Frankfurt are in party mood ahead of Saturday's World Cup opener against Paraguay...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Chile students call off protest
Chilean students call off strikes that had mobilised hundreds of thousands, accepting concessions...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Spectacular opening for World Cup
The 2006 World Cup gets under way in Germany with an extravagant opening ceremony in Munich...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Father mourns for stab death son
The father of a 15-year-old stabbed to death during a fight says knife crime is out of control...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Poland 0-2 Ecuador
Goals from Carlos Tenorio and Agustin Delgado give Ecuador a stunning victory over Poland in Group A...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Hamas militants vow to end truce
Palestinian militants of Hamas vow to end their truce, after apparent Israeli shelling kills seven on a Gaza beach...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
England ready to launch Cup dream
Sven-Goran Eriksson says his team can win the World Cup - as they prepare for their opener against Paraguay...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Two brothers held in terror raid released
Two men arrested after an anti-terror raid in east London have been released without charge, say police...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Jailed Sudanese Refugees Pose a Moral Puzzle for Israel
The disclosure that 200 Sudanese had found their way to Israel only to be locked up in prison has sparked a controversy in a nation that sees itself as a light unto nations...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Bush Seeks to Dampen Expectations of New Iraqi Government
The president did not endorse a statement by Iraq's premier that Iraqi forces will be able to control their country within 18 months...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Zarqawi Said to Briefly Survive Airstrike
A military spokesman described him as turning away and mumbling when U.S. troops approached the stretcher on which Iraqi police officers had placed him...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Athletics: Chambers could return
Dwain Chambers could run in Sunday's British Grand Prix at Gateshead after getting clearance from the IAAF...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Tennis: Nadal to face Federer
Rafael Nadal beats Ivan Ljubicic to set up a French Open final against Roger Federer...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Academy cost overruns hit £48.5m
Some of the new city academies are costing far more than originally estimated, official figures show...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Power cable deaths investigated
Two workmen who died when their ladder apparently hit an overhead power cable are named by police...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Norway seeks Lanka commitment
Sri Lanka's warring sides are urged to show their desire for peace as news emerges of the brutal killing of an entire family...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Drowning case officer cleared
A police officer is cleared of manslaughter charges after two boys drowned in a police training college pool...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Passengers struck down by virus
Dozens of passengers catch a highly contagious virus on a ship which left Leith for the Norwegian fjords...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Russian 'torture dungeon' found
A Russian rights group says it has evidence of a Russian dungeon in Chechnya where inmates were tortured...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Al-Qaeda opposes Palestinian vote
Al-Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri urges Palestinians to reject a vote on a future state...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Savage knife attacker gets life
A 32-year-old man is given a life sentence after admitting stabbing a woman nearly 30 times...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Live: Germany 3-1 Costa Rica
Miroslav Klose scores a brace to put Germany 3-1 in front against Costa Rica in an exciting first match at the 2006 World Cup...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Somali president's compound hit
Gunmen attack the compound of Somalia's interim president as the government discusses the recent Islamist victory...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Bush stresses Iran time pressure
US President George W Bush says Iran must respond within weeks to an offer over its nuclear programme, or face UN action...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
France and UK boost nuclear ties
France's President Chirac and the UK's Tony Blair agree in Paris to launch a joint nuclear energy forum...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Boy stabbed to death during fight
A teenager is stabbed to death during a fight between a group of black youths in south London...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Muslims protest over terror raid
Around 100 Muslims demonstrate in east London a week after a anti-terror raid in Forest Gate...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Zarqawi 'survived initial strike'
Militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was alive when Iraqi police arrived at the scene of the air strikes, the US says...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Spectacular World Cup opening
The 2006 World Cup gets under way with an extravagant opening ceremony in Munich...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
NHS watchdog backs Herceptin
The NHS's drugs watchdog says people with early stage breast cancer should be able to get the drug Herceptin...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Palestinians killed on Gaza beach
Seven people, including three children, are killed by Israeli shells on a Gaza beach, Palestinian officials say...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
The Raid: Surveillance and Betrayal Ended Hunt
An informant inside Al Qaeda provided the critical piece of intelligence that led them to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, according to a Pentagon official...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
The Target: Al Qaeda Leader in Iraq Killed by U.S. Bombs
U.S. officials said they expected Al Qaeda to name a successor to Mr. Zarqawi quickly from among his closest aides...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Rugby: Simpson-Daniel injury
England wing James Simpson-Daniel will miss both of the Tests against Australia after suffering a leg muscle injury...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
TV host Ross signs new BBC deal
TV and radio presenter Jonathan Ross signs a new contract which will keep him at the BBC until 2010...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Defeat for net neutrality backers
Web giants face defeat as calls to enshrine net neutrality in US laws are rejected...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Employee stigma over infertility
Employers need to offer more support to staff who are having fertility treatment, says UK charity...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Curb union influence, says Morris
Former TGWU leader Sir Bill Morris has called for trade union influence over the Labour Party to be curbed...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
UK trade gap widens to £5.75bn
The UK's trade gap widens to £5.75bn during April, as export levels fall, figures from the Office for National Statistics show...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Man jailed for multiple stabbing
A 32-year-old man has been given a life sentence after admitting stabbing a woman nearly 30 times...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Parades body appointments upheld
The Court of Appeal upholds the NI secretary's decision to appoint two Orangemen to the Parades Commission...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Taleban play down Zarqawi death
The Taleban says Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death will not weaken efforts against the West in Afghanistan, reports say...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Global refugees 'at 26-year low'
Refugee numbers are the lowest since 1980 but Colombia heads a rise in internal dispalacements...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Russia extradites Bosnian suspect
Russia extradites to Bosnia a Serb war crimes suspect accused of raping Muslim women in the 1990s...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Gerrard expected to face Paraguay
Steven Gerrard is expected to be fit for England's World Cup opener against Paraguay, BBC Sport understands...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
England fans party in Frankfurt
England fans in Frankfurt, Germany, are in party mood ahead of Saturday's World Cup opener against Paraguay...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Nigeria boy hostage rescued in Spain
Two Nigerian women are arrested in Spain accused of stealing a child and forcing his mother into prostitution...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Bellfield to face murders trials
Nightclub doorman Levi Bellfield, accused of murdering two women, will stand trial next year...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
G8 'failing to meet aid pledges'
Oxfam says the G8 countries are not meeting their promise made last year to increase development aid...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
World Cup 2006 set for kick-off
Hosts Germany will kick off the 18th football World Cup on Friday after the opening ceremony in Munich...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
UK soldiers 'killed 21 Taleban'
Twenty one Taleban fighters were killed in a clash with British soldiers in Afghanistan, the BBC has been told...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
New call for Blair to go in 2007
Former Culture Secretary Chris Smith says Tony Blair should step down as prime minister next year...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Baghdad curfew after Zarqawi raid
Vehicles are banned from the streets of Baghdad amid fears of reprisals for the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Letter Fom Japan: Japan Turns Against a Corporate Raider of Its Own
Yoshiaki Murakami, who just a few months ago was hailed as a much needed symbol of individualism, is now the subject of a nation’s scorn...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
The Raid: How Surveillance and Betrayal Led to a Hunt's End
An informant inside Al Qaeda provided the critical piece of intelligence that led them to Mr. Zarqawi, according to a Pentagon official...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
The Victims: Zarqawi Is Dead, but Weary Iraqis Fear the Violence Won't Subside
Iraqis battered by daily violence expressed skepticism that Mr. Zarqawi's death could bring peace to a country where so many live to fight...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Iran Resumes Uranium Enrichment Work
The move seemed to underscore Iran's often stated determination not to be bullied into accepting any deal requiring it to forfeit uranium enrichment activities...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Israeli Airstrike Kills High Hamas Commander
A senior commander in the Hamas-led Palestinian government was killed in a strike against a militant training camp in southern Gaza...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
The Target: After a Long Hunt, U.S. Bombs the Leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq
U.S. officials said they expected Al Qaeda to name a successor to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi quickly from among his closest aides...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Pneumonia 'needs less treatment'
Doctors can safely treat community acquired pneumonia with fewer antibiotics, Dutch team says...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Concern over handwriting lessons
Many schools "handicap" pupils by not devoting enough attention to teaching handwriting, a study suggests...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
More England fans flood Frankfurt
England supporters continue to arrive in Germany as the countdown to the World Cup gets under way...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Calm summit awaits Blair in Paris
Broad agreement is expected when UK PM Tony Blair meets French President Jacques Chirac...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Assam rocked by bomb explosions
At least 31 people are injured in four separate explosions in the north-east Indian state of Assam, police say...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Thailand marks king's anniversary
Thailand is a sea of yellow - the colour of the monarchy - as King Bhumibol reaches 60 years on the throne...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Smith wants Blair to quit in 2007
Former culture secretary Lord Smith says Tony Blair should step down as prime minister next year...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Eriksson mulls Rooney gamble
England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson may use Wayne Rooney in the World Cup group games, BBC Sport understands...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
'Costs double' for rambling plan
The cost of opening up the countryside to ramblers is criticised by a Parliamentary watchdog...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
G8 'failing to meet aid pledges'
Oxfam says the G8 countries are not meeting their promise made last year to increase development aid...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Zarqawi raids uncover new leads
The US says raids following the strike on militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi yielded much vital information...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Fans prepare for World Cup 2006
Anticipation mounts ahead of the opening of the 18th football World Cup in Germany...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
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