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Gustav stalls offshore in Haiti after killing 23
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Indian security forces kill 3 in Kashmir
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Indian security forces kill 5 in Kashmir
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Kashmir police and suspected rebels in shootout
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Swiss exonerate Europes last executed witch
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Combat flares in 3rd area of Pakistan border belt
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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At least 5 dead in Kashmir battle over hostages
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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9 killed in bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Garth, Doherty make nice while filming new 90210
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Global News Archive for November 2007:
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Stocks rise following durable goods report
Wall Street rose moderately Wednesday after the government reported a larger-than-expected increase in orders for big-ticket manufactured goods that indicated the economy is stronger than expected. Stocks pulled off their steepest gains late in the session on light trading, which tends to exaggerate price moves...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Oil ends higher as Gustav spins toward Gulf
Oil prices settled above $118 a barrel Wednesday as Tropical Storm Gustav spun toward the Gulf of Mexico on a possible collision course with offshore oil and gas platforms...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Giants beat Rockies to avoid sweep
Bengie Molina and Pablo Sandoval hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning and the San Francisco Giants avoided a three-game sweep with a 4-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Questions follow Mattels $100M Bratz verdict
The $100 million jury award in the three-month legal battle between Mattel Inc. and Bratz-maker MGA Entertainment Inc. left one key issue unresolved...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Cells change identity in promising breakthrough
Talk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Biden says nation needs more than a good soldier
Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Wednesday night that the challenges America faces require "more than a good soldier" in the White House and called Barack Obama a wise leader who can deliver the change the nation needs...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Fannie Mae shakes up management team
Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae shook up its executive ranks Wednesday, after shares in it and sibling company Freddie Mac rose for a third straight day as investors appeared less certain a government bailout of the two troubled companies is imminent...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Democrats open 2008 national convention
The Democrats have opened their 2008 presidential nominating convention...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Democrats choose Obama in historic acclamation
Barack Obama stepped triumphantly into history Wednesday night, the first black American to win a major party presidential nomination, as thousands of Democrats transformed their convention hall into a joyful, shouting celebration...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae shook up its executive ranks Wednesday, after shares in it and sibling company Freddie Mac rose for a third straight day as investors appeared less certain a government bailout of the two troubled companies is imminent...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Gustav kills 11 US Gulf Coast prepares for storm
Gustav swirled toward Cuba on Wednesday after triggering flooding and landslides that killed at least 11 people in the Caribbean. Its track pointed toward the U.S. Gulf coast, including Louisana where Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc three years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Swiss exonerate Europes last executed witch
A woman beheaded after she was accused of causing a girl to spit pins and convulse was exonerated Wednesday, more than 200 years after she became the last person executed as a witch in Europe...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
US, Russia anchor military ships in Georgian ports
A U.S. military ship docked at a southern Georgian port Wednesday, prompting Russia to send three naval ships to another Georgian port. The moves by both sides underscored an escalating standoff between Moscow and the West over this small Caucasus nation devastated by war with Russia...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Dead Sea Scrolls to be displayed on Internet
Scientists using American space technology have started a huge project to digitally photograph the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest known version of the Hebrew Bible, and post it on the Internet for all to see, Israeli authorities said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Hurricane Gustav death toll rises to 22
The death toll from Hurricane Gustav is up to 22 in Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Top Mexico court shows support for abortion law
The Supreme Court indicated Wednesday it will uphold a Mexico City law allowing abortion that has divided the country...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Combat flares in 3rd area of Pakistan border belt
Pakistani troops drove off a Taliban attack on a fort and pounded another band of militants holed up in a health center, officials said Wednesday as fighting spread to a third area of the tribal belt along the Afghan border...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
UN 1 more year for peacekeepers in Lebanon
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to keep a peacekeeping force in Lebanon for another year, calling for stepped-up efforts to achieve a permanent cease-fire and long-term resolution of the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Police Disabled Palestinian siblings hidden away
BEIT AWWA, West Bank _ A Palestinian couple locked their disabled son and daughter away for decades out of fear they would ruin the marriage prospects of a healthy child if discovered, police said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Gustav kills 22 US Gulf Coast prepares
Gustav swirled toward Cuba on Wednesday after triggering flooding and landslides that killed at least 22 people in the Caribbean. Its track pointed toward the U.S. Gulf coast, including Louisiana where Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc three years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
9 killed in bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan
Suspected militants bombed a van carrying prisoners in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least nine people, as fighting between security forces and extremists flared across the tribal belt...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Gustav stalls offshore in Haiti after killing 23
Gustav stalled offshore Wednesday and poured more misery onto Haiti after landslides and flooding killed 23 people. Oil workers began leaving their rigs and New Orleans drew up evacuation plans as forecasters warned the storm could plow into the U.S. Gulf coast as a major hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Gustav kills 23 New Orleans makes evacuation plan
Gustav stalled offshore Wednesday and poured more misery onto Haiti after landslides and flooding killed 23 people. Oil workers began leaving their rigs and New Orleans drew up evacuation plans as forecasters warned the storm could plow into the U.S. Gulf coast as a major hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
At least 5 dead in Kashmir battle over hostages
Government forces killed two Islamic rebels believed to have taken seven hostages, but a third insurgent still held out in the mainly Hindu city of Jammu in Indian Kashmir, a police official said late Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Western nations warn Russia to change course
Western leaders warned Russia on Wednesday to "change course," hoping to keep a conflict that already threatens a key nuclear pact and could even raise U.S. chicken prices from blossoming into a new Cold War...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Cabinet chief vows Argentina will service debt
Argentina will meet all its debt obligations in 2008 and 2009, its Cabinet chief said Wednesday, addressing investor concerns that political tensions could reduce its budget surplus and slow its debt payments...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Liberian ex-warlord dodges questions at hearing
A former Liberian warlord whose drugged fighters once appeared on camera holding up a human heart dodged questions Wednesday and refused to accept any wrongdoing during an appearance before a public commission...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Canada company takes blame for bacteria outbreak
The president of a Canadian food company is taking responsibility for tainted meat products from a Toronto processing plant reaching the marketplace and causing a national outbreak of a deadly bacteria linked to the deaths of 15 people...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
US Army continues Iraq murder conspiracy hearing
A military panel took evidence Wednesday in a hearing aimed at determining whether two U.S. soldiers should face a court-martial in the deaths of four Iraqi men last year...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Man convicted for child cruely in Muslim ceremony
A man accused of involving two teenage boys in self-flagellation as part of a Muslim religious ritual was convicted of child cruelty Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,148
As of Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, at least 4,148 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Crane hits Canadian commuter train, injuring 6
The boom of a construction crane smashed into a light-rail commuter train Wednesday, injuring the driver and five passengers, including a 10-year-old girl, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Judge orders English ballot printed in Puerto Rico
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered election officials to add an English translation to Spanish-only ballots for November elections...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
8 killed in bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan
Police say a bomb hit a van carrying prisoners in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least eight people...
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
Young 'dreaming of living abroad'
Seven out of 10 young people want to work abroad one day - but most do not have a second language, research suggests...
BBC News - August 28, 2008
Pakistan eases refugee deadline
The UN says Pakistan has agreed to extend the deadline for repatriation of two million Afghan refugees...
BBC News - August 28, 2008
Brazil delays Indian land ruling
Brazil's Supreme Court puts off ruling on the status of an indigenous reserve disputed by Indians and farmers...
BBC News - August 28, 2008
Shetland obesity study dismissed
Health chiefs on Shetland dismiss research which claims the islands are the fattest area of the Uk as "misleading and simplistic"...
BBC News - August 28, 2008
Driven apart
Afghan air strike drives wedge between allies...
BBC News - August 28, 2008
Educating Roma
Czech attitudes change following landmark ruling...
BBC News - August 28, 2008
String of deaths
Man's converted guns linked to eight murders...
BBC News - August 28, 2008
Flogging ritual
How a Muslim ceremony ended in child abuse...
BBC News - August 28, 2008
Churchill urged to keep wartime secret agency going in peacetime
Newly released files show that Winston Churchill was urged to keep Britain's Special Operations Executive going in peacetime...
BBC News - August 28, 2008
Livingstone to be Chavez adviser
Former London mayor Ken Livingstone is to work as a consultant for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez...
BBC News - August 28, 2008
Arson attack house still 'unsafe'
Police hope to be able to enter the home of a missing family that was destroyed in an arson attack later, once it is declared safe...
BBC News - August 28, 2008
Britain's happiest places mapped
The most sparsely populated county in Wales is Britain's happiest place - but Edinburgh the least happy, say researchers...
BBC News - August 28, 2008
Met's knife crime policy attacked
Police use of stop and search could make gangs stronger and knife crime worse, the BBC hears...
BBC News - August 28, 2008
Bill Clinton vows to back Obama
Bill Clinton resoundingly endorses Barack Obama who is formally nominated by US Democrats as their presidential candidate...
BBC News - August 28, 2008
£50m appeal to keep Titian work
Two UK galleries appeal for £50m to buy a painting by Italian Renaissance artist Titian - estimated to be worth £150m...
BBC News - August 28, 2008
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