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Global News Archive for September 2006:
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Montenegro Votes, With Post-Serbia Path Unclear
The real mystery for Montenegro is how its prime minister will choose to lead the country into a future seemingly free of the baggage of the former Yugoslavia...
New York Times - September 9, 2006
UK to boost Mid-East peace search
UK PM Tony Blair says he will work to resolve Mid-East issues including Lebanon and the Palestinian question...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Pope speaks of 'Bavarian heart'
Pope Benedict XVI speaks emotionally at the start of a six-day visit to his Bavarian homeland in south Germany...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Iran nuclear talks 'constructive'
Talks between the EU and Iran over Iran's nuclear programme are "constructive", both sides say...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Football: Man U beat Spurs
Ryan Giggs' header gives Man Utd a fourth successive win as Spurs pay for wasting chances at Old Trafford...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Mirren crowned Queen at Venice
Dame Helen Mirren is named best actress at the Venice Film Festival for her role as Queen Elizabeth II...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Roddick win sets up Federer final
Andy Roddick beats Mikhail Youzhny in the US Open semis and will face Roger Federer in the final...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Brown offers challenge to critics
Gordon Brown throws down the gauntlet to his opponents by welcoming the prospect of a Labour leadership contest...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Olmert ready for talks with Abbas
Israel's prime minister says he is ready for talks with the Palestinian leader, after talks with UK PM Tony Blair...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Probe to study mighty explosions
Scientists give details of a new mission to investigate colossal explosions on the surface of the Sun...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Steve Irwin 'to be buried soon'
"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is to be buried at a private funeral in the next few days, his manager says...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Game halted after player collapse
The Hamilton versus Clyde football match is abandoned after the collapse of one of the players...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Man is 'critical' after shooting
Police say a man is critically injured with gunshot wounds after an incident in a seaside village...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Thousands march against NHS cuts
Thousands of people attend a rally to protest against proposed cuts at a Lincolnshire hospital...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Girl's fingerprint records wiped
Police agree to destroy DNA swabs and fingerprints taken from an 11-year-old Londonderry girl last month...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Lone Nimrod in tribute to troops
Thousands watched in silence as a lone Nimrod performed a flypast tribute to 14 servicemen killed in Afghanistan...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Everton crush Liverpool
Andrew Johnson scores twice as Everton cruise to a Merseyside derby victory against Liverpool...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Blair kicks off Middle East visit
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives in Israel on a visit aimed at gauging the mood after the recent conflict...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Nato seeks Afghan troops boost
A top Nato general urges member states to send more troops to Afghanistan, as clashes continue in the south...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Violence averted at Iraq festival
A big Shia Muslim festival in Iraq passes off without major incident, but security is tight as thousands leave Karbala...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Boy 'executed' in city shooting
A teenager shot dead in Manchester may have been killed in a planned execution, police fear...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Space shuttle Atlantis blasts off
After two frustrating weeks of glitches and delays, the US space shuttle Atlantis finally blasts off from Florida...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Concerns over security software
BBC Click investigates free security software and finds out who will protect PCs when Microsoft launches Vista...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Hospital staff march against cuts
Up to 2,000 people protest against planned job cuts at the South West's biggest hospital, Derriford in Plymouth...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Man is remanded over city killing
A 39-year-old man appears in court charged with murder after a man dies following an assault in Belfast...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Airshow flypast for dead troops
A tribute to 14 servicemen killed in a Nimrod crash will be held at Scotland's biggest military airshow...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Cartoons row hits Danish exports
A boycott of Danish goods in a row over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad has cost Denmark millions, officials say...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Paper reprints Holocaust cartoons
A Danish newspaper, Information, prints cartoons depicting the Holocaust commissioned by Iran...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Racing: Dettori's St Leger hope
Frankie Dettori's mount Sixties Icon tops a field of 12 in the St Leger at York on Saturday...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Taiwan leader faces mass protest
Tens of thousands march in Taiwan to urge President Chen Shui-bian to resign over corruption allegations...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
'Mental breakdown' of hoax diver
A Guernsey diver who sparked a false alarm over his disappearance suffered a mental breakdown, his family believes...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Food allergies 'gone in 10 years'
Food allergies may be almost eradicated in 10 years, according to scientists at a UK conference...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
The Queen tipped for Venice prize
Dame Helen Mirren's latest film The Queen is among the favourites to win at the Venice Film Festival...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Keane aiming for early promotion
New Sunderland manager Roy Keane says he is keen to get back into the Premiership at the first opportunity...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Afghan clashes 'kill 40 Taleban'
Nato-led forces in Afghanistan say they have killed more Taleban, as generals discuss boosting forces there...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Indian town buries bomb victims
Victims of bomb attacks near a mosque in an Indian town are buried, as police are on alert for communal violence...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Blair calls for halt to sniping
Labour must focus on policy and not infighting over its leadership to win the next election, Tony Blair warns...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Security tight at Iraqi festival
Tens of thousands of Shia pilgrims attend religious festival in Iraq's holy city of Karbala amid tight security...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Boy, 15, shot dead in city street
A teenager found fatally wounded in Manchester may have been targeted deliberately, police say...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Israel Ends Its Blockade of Lebanon’s Coastline
Israel turned over patrols of the coast to Italian warships, which would help enforce an arms embargo against Hezbollah...
New York Times - September 9, 2006
Suicide Bomber Kills 16 in Kabul Near Embassy
The Kabul bombing came amid a sharp escalation of violence in Afghanistan...
New York Times - September 9, 2006
A Cleric Steeped in Ways of Power
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by most accounts has been the primary architect of Iran’s combative foreign policy...
New York Times - September 9, 2006
With Little Authority, African Union Force Struggles With Its Mission in Darfur
The African Union peacekeeping force is almost out of money and lacks the ability to stand up to the Sudanese government...
New York Times - September 9, 2006
Sudan Agrees to Free U.S. Reporter Accused of Spying
Paul Salopek, who has won two Pulitzer Prizes, had been detained by a militant group allied to the Sudanese government on Aug 6...
New York Times - September 9, 2006
C.I.A. Said to Find No Hussein Link to Terror Chief
One report contradicted the Bush administration’s evidence of a close relationship between Iraq and Al Qaeda...
New York Times - September 9, 2006
Elderly 'at risk of drug errors'
The elderly risk accidentally harming themselves by taking potentially lethal mixtures of medicines, an expert warns...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Will education be key under Brown?
BBC education correspondent Mike Baker on the changes happening in the new school year...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Shock tactics on street cleaning
A council halts its street sweeping service as part of a shock approach to tackling litter problems...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
TUC voices health reforms fears
Unions leaders accuse the government of attempting to push through a "tidal wave" of ill-thought out NHS reforms...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Two trials for Canada pig farmer
A pig farmer alleged to be Canada's worst serial killer will be tried first on six of the 26 murder counts he faces...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Dead Afghanistan soldier named
Tributes are played to a British soldier killed in Afghanistan after he is named by the Ministry of Defence...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Blair tries to rein in squabbling
Tony Blair is to attempt to end Labour in-fighting as Charles Clarke calls Gordon Brown "deluded"...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Sudan leaders warned on Darfur
The UN chief says Sudan's leaders could be held personally responsible for the worsening crisis in Darfur...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
Stolen Robin Hood tapes recovered
Master tapes of the BBC's new £8m series of Robin Hood are found, the makers of the drama reveal...
BBC News - September 9, 2006
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