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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 August 2004:
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Fighting flares again in Najaf
Fresh fighting was reported Tuesday in the holy city of Najaf, where multinational forces have been battling a radical cleric's militia for six days now...
CNN - August 9, 2004
Nepalese troops go after rebels
The Nepalese army begins a major offensive against Maoist rebels in a western mountainous region...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Food appeal for drought-hit Kenya
The UN is launching an appeal for almost $100m for more than 2m Kenyans facing starvation due to drought...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Delay over Darfur peacekeepers
The African Union delays any decision on deploying an African peacekeeping force to Darfur...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Cash shortage hits locust battle
A cash shortfall is harming efforts to contain African locust swarms which could reach Asia, the UN says...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Fighting rages on in Iraqi city
Supporters of Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr and US troops clash for a sixth day in the holy city of Najaf...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Al Qaeda arrests yield 1,000 disks
Nearly 1,000 computer disks were recovered last week as part of a series of arrests in the United Kingdom of alleged al Qaeda operatives, U.S. government sources have told CNN...
CNN - August 9, 2004
Afghan candidates to be unveiled
Afghanistan's electoral commission is due to name candidates for October's presidential elections...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Nepalese rebels face fresh attack
The Nepalese army begins a major offensive against Maoist revels in a western mountainous region...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Foreign hostages released in Iraq
Two Jordanian and two Lebanese lorry drivers are said by relatives to have been freed in Iraq...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Japan nuclear firm investigated
The company running the Japanese nuclear plant hit by a fatal accident is suspected of negligence, police say...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Singapore starts power transfer
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong resigns as Singapore prepares to welcome a new generation of leaders...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Olympics: Doping rise expected
Olympics boss Jacques Rogge expects more doping failures in Athens than in 2000...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Germany retrial for 9/11 suspect
A man accused of aiding the 11 September 2001 plotters is going on trial for the second time in Germany...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Laura Bush enters stem cell row
The wife of the US president, Laura Bush, backs his policy of limiting funding for stem cell research...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Malaysia police 'brutal, corrupt'
A commission inquiry into the Malaysian police is inundated with allegations of corruption and brutality...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
US 'making progress' in holy city
President Bush says US forces are "making progress" in Najaf in Iraq, as they take over from Polish troops...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Istanbul hit by 'terror' blasts
Two hotels are hit in simultaneous blasts in the Turkish city of Istanbul, in a "terrorist attack" police say...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Marines take lead in Najaf
U.S. Marines have taken over as the lead of a multinational force in the holy city of Najaf, where radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr vowed Monday to fight American troops to the death...
CNN - August 9, 2004
Saddam trial judge fears for life
The head of the Saddam tribunal says he is the victim of a smear campaign after an arrest warrant goes out...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
US 'dismayed' at E Timor tribunal
Indonesia's court decision clearing four men of atrocities in East Timor is condemned by the US...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
King Kong heroine is dead at 96
Fay Wray, who was kidnapped by the giant ape in the 1933 film King Kong, dies in New York...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Athletics: Williams tested positive
American sprinter Bernard Williams fails a drugs test, but can still race in Athens...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Germans protest over benefit cuts
Thousands of East Germans march in protest at planned cuts to unemployment payments and other benefits...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Oil prices reach new record highs
The price of US light crude oil reaches a new record high of $44.84 a barrel after renewed violence in Iraq raises fresh fears of supply disruption...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Deadly blasts in Pakistan
Two deadly blasts struck different parts of Pakistan on Monday, killing four people, three of them children. Pakistani authorities have not determined who was responsible for the blasts. The government is engaged in a war against al Qaeda, and the terrorist network has threatened attacks against military and civilian sites...
CNN - August 9, 2004
Brussels probes Alitalia fare row
The European Commission investigates a complaint from British Airways about Italian demands that it stop undercutting domestic carrier Alitalia on price...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Black rivals to stand in Illinois
The state of Illinois is set to return only the fifth black senator in US history in November's election...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Olympics: Dajka loses appeal
Jobie Dajka loses his appeal to be reinstated on Australia's Olympic team...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Army officers held in Mauritania
Several military officers are reported to have been arrested in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Poland yields to US in Iraq zone
Polish troops in Iraq hand over authority in two provinces to US marines because of worsening security in Najaf...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Israel freezes settlement plans
Israeli PM Ariel Sharon halts plans for hundreds of new settler homes, but the freeze may be temporary...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Mass grave found in Bosnia mine
A mass grave believed to contain hundreds of Bosnian war victims is found in a coal mine near the town of Foca...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
US denies bungling al-Qaeda case
Washington rejects charges that it jeopardised anti-terror efforts by revealing a key al-Qaeda source...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Floods in South African townships
At least 15,000 people are homeless after several days of storms and heavy rains around the South African city of Cape Town...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Thai orang-utans feared dead
Thai police investigate a controversial wildlife park near Bangkok after it claims 41 of its orang-utans died suddenly...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Two held over Italy migrant boat
Italian police detain two men after more than 70 African migrants were rescued from an overcrowded boat...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Sudan rejects AU peace force
Sudan's foreign minister rules out a proposed strengthening of the role of African Union troops in Darfur...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Pakistan protests over US sting
Pakistan complains about an FBI sting operation, saying a fake plot to kill its UN envoy endangered his life...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Oklahoma plotter given life term
Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in jail without parole for his role in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing in which 168 died...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Najaf leader OKs operations near holy shrine
The governor of Najaf cleared the way Monday for military operations around the Iman Ali shrine, the most holy place in Shiite Islam, where fighters loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr are holed up, said a commander for the U.S.-led multinational forces...
CNN - August 9, 2004
India and Pakistan exchange PoWs
India and Pakistan hold a rare handover of soldiers from the Kargil conflict, two of whom were accused of deserting...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Karachi bomb blast victims buried
Funerals take place for five of eight Sunni Muslims killed in Sunday's bomb attacks in the southern city of Karachi...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Trial begins for Saudi reformists
Three Saudi advocates of reform appear in court, in an unusually public trial for the kingdom...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Yukos shares surge on sale delay
Shares in battered oil company Yukos jump after a Moscow court rules that the seizure of a key unit is illegal...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Falconio accused 'changed look'
The man accused of killing Peter Falconio changed his look and that of his truck after the Briton's disappearance, a court hears...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Ivorian foes meet after boycott
Former rebel and opposition ministers in the Ivory Coast turn up for their first cabinet meeting since a peace deal...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Olympics: Greeks test positive
Two players on Greece's Olympic baseball team test positive for drugs...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Key Windows update ready to go
A major security update for the Windows XP operating system is about to become widely available...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
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