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Spacecraft flies by remote asteroid, camera stops
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Official Egypt rock slide toll rises to 31
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Philly school rekindles same-sex education debate
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Muslim separatist strike shuts down Indian Kashmir
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Troops, protesters clash in Indian Kashmir 1 dead
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Catholics assert themselves in Hanoi land dispute
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Myanmar says no sign of Suu Kyi hunger strike
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Landslides leave 27 dead or missing in Philippines
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Returning lawmakers make Capitol a campaign stage
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Global News Archive for February 2006:
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McCoys 4 touchdown passes lead No. 10 Texas
Colt McCoy passed for 282 yards and four touchdowns and No. 10 Texas spoiled the biggest sports party in years in this city with a 42-13 win over Texas El-Paso on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Carpenter, No. 15 Arizona State top Stanford 41-17
Rudy Carpenter threw for 345 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 15 Arizona State to a 41-17 victory over Stanford on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Desperate Yankees rally past Mariners 7-4
Bobby Abreu homered and drove in three runs, Jason Giambi also connected and the New York Yankees rallied for five runs in the seventh inning to beat the Seattle Mariners 7-4 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Harrell, Crabtree lead Texas Tech past Nevada
Graham Harrell and Michael Crabtree hooked up for an 82-yard touchdown pass and Eric Morris returned a punt 86 yards for a score to lead No. 12 Texas Tech to a 35-19 victory over Nevada on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Rep. Frank govt will stabilize Fannie, Freddie
A top House Democrat confirmed Saturday that the government is planning to intervene to stabilize troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Contract talks fail machinists strike Boeing Co.
Boeing Co. machinists walked out on strike Saturday after talks with a federal mediator failed to produce an agreement...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Obama, McCain call for changes in mortgage giants
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Saturday that any government takeover of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must put the interests of taxpayers and homeowners first. His opponent, GOP nominee John McCain, said it was essential to restructure the mortgage giants...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Obama rebukes Palin on earmarks
Barack Obama made his first direct criticism of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Saturday, saying she pretends to oppose spending earmarks when she actually has embraced them...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
2nd trial starting for infamous Texas KFC murders
When Darnell Hartsfield saw the inside of a Texas prison cell for the first time in 1984, it was for an aggravated robbery he committed the previous year...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Fannie, Freddie blind to the bubble
Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac _ despite their robust cadre of economists and mortgage experts _ failed to heed warnings that the most dramatic housing bubble in U.S. history would burst...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Candidates weigh in on stabilizing Fannie, Freddie
The historic takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which could come as soon as this weekend, moved to the forefront of the presidential campaign Saturday as candidates and congressional leaders seized on the enormous implications for taxpayers and the economy...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Gators snap 6-game losing streak to Miami, 26-3
Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow was good early and even better late, enough to help No. 5 Florida snap a six-game losing streak against rival Miami...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Lindsay and Samantha rock the runway crowd
Nobody draws attention like Lindsay Lohan and gal pal Samantha Ronson...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
No. 15 Arizona State defeats Stanford 41-17
Rudy Carpenter threw for 345 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 15 Arizona State to a 41-17 victory over Stanford on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Catholics assert themselves in Hanoi land dispute
At a vacant lot in downtown Hanoi, Catholics have gathered to worship the Virgin Mary _ and pressure the communist authorities...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Magazine Russias Putin sexy, but not that sexy
He single-handedly saved a TV crew from the jaws of a tiger. He flexed his muscles in front of the cameras in Siberia. He cuts a dash on the ski slopes...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Suicide bomber kills 6 at outdoor market in Iraq
A suicide car bomber blasted an outdoor market Saturday in a northern Iraqi city, killing six people and wounding 54, police and hospital authorities said...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Blast, clashes in northwest Pakistan kills 54
A pickup truck packed with explosives blew up a police security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, killing at least 30 people and injuring dozens more, the day after a foiled militant kidnap attempt led to another 24 deaths in the volatile region...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Blast, clashes in northwest Pakistan kills 41
A pickup truck packed with explosives blew up a police security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, killing at least 17 people and injuring 80, the day after a foiled militant kidnap attempt led to another 24 deaths in the volatile region...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Police Rock slide in Egyptian village kills 24
Massive boulders crashed down on an Egyptian shantytown Saturday on the outskirts of the capital, killing at least 24 people, authorities said. Rescuers were digging by hand to reach any survivors...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Rock slide in Cairo shantytown kills 24
Massive boulders crashed down on a shantytown on the outskirts of Cairo Saturday, killing at least 24 people and burying many more under tons of rubble, Egyptian authorities said...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Protests greet Turkish president in Armenia
Thousands of Armenians lined the streets of the capital Saturday to protest the first-ever visit by a Turkish leader and to demand that Turkey acknowledge the World War I massacres of Armenian civilians as genocide...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Growing Ike nears Turks and Caicos, south Bahamas
A strengthening Hurricane Ike loomed over this low-lying island chain Saturday as a dangerous Category 4 storm, prompting thousands of people to evacuate while those staying behind hunkered down and hoped for the best...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Ike nears Turks and Caicos, southern Bahamas
Hurricane Ike loomed over this low-lying island chain Saturday as a dangerous Category 3 storm, prompting thousands of people to evacuate while those staying behind hunkered down and hoped for the best...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Blast, clashes in northwest Pakistan kills 59
A pickup truck packed with explosives blew up a police security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, killing at least 35 people and injuring dozens more, the day after a foiled militant kidnap attempt led to another 24 deaths in the volatile region...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Ike blasts Turks and Caicos as Category 4 storm
Hurricane Ike slammed into the Turks and Caicos on Saturday as a ferocious Category 4 storm, raking the low-lying island chain with ferocious winds as people hunkered down at home or in emergency shelters...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Fierce Hurricane Ike approaches Turks and Caicos
The National Hurricane Center in Miami says an "extremely dangerous" Hurricane Ike is roaring toward the Turks and Caicos islands as a fierce Category 4 storm...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Cuba declines US disaster assessment after Gustav
Cuba politely declined a U.S. offer to send a disaster assessment team to the island after Hurricane Gustav, saying Saturday it would rather Washington suspend restrictions on travel and the sale of food and other materials it needs to recover...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Haitians flee Gonaives before Ike reaches island
Hundreds of people fled this waterlogged city Saturday for higher ground as powerful Hurricane Ike threatened to unleash heavy rain and compound a disaster caused by a previous storm. Food was distributed to famished residents, including to emaciated inmates at the local jail...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Landslides leave 27 dead or missing in Philippines
Two landslides triggered by heavy rains buried more than 20 houses in a remote gold-mining village in the southern Philippines, leaving at least 11 people dead and 16 others missing, officials said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Official Egypt rock slide toll rises to 31
Egyptian authorities say they have pulled 31 bodies out of the rubble of a Cairo shanty town crushed by massive boulders...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Myanmar says no sign of Suu Kyi hunger strike
A Myanmar junta official said Sunday there is "no indication" that detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is on a hunger strike but implied the government has not sent anyone to make sure...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
US holds off on civilian nuclear pact with Russia
Now is not the right time for the U.S. to move forward on a once-celebrated deal for civilian nuclear cooperation with Russia, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Flood in China coal mine traps 23 people
Twenty-three people were trapped in a flooded coal mine in central China, authorities said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Report Flood in China coal mine traps 23 people
Twenty-three people were trapped in a flooded coal mine in central China, authorities said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Report Flood in China coal mine traps 20 people
A state-run news agency says 20 people are trapped after a coal mine flooded in central China...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,155
As of Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, at least 4,155 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 - September 7, 2008
Early results in Angola give ruling party lead
Angolan election officials say early parliamentary results give the ruling party a big lead over a former rebel group...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Rebels Government assault in Darfur thwarted
A Darfur rebel group says it has successfully repelled a government assault in North Darfur, but the Sudanese government denies it carried out any operations in the area...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Hong Kong legislative polls open
Voters in Hong Kong choose between pro-government and more pro-democracy candidates in a hotly contested poll...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Father arrested over baby murder
Detectives investigating the murder of a 14-week-old baby boy are questioning the child's father...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Angolan MPLA set for big poll win
Angola's ruling MPLA party is heading for a landslide win in parliamentary polls, preliminary results show...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Cairo rockslide search continues
Rescuers in Cairo continue their search for survivors after a rockslide hit dozens of homes in Egypt's capital, killing at least 30 people...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Man killed in bus and tram crash
A man is killed in an accident involving a bus, a tram and a car in a street in Croydon on Sunday, police say...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
'Extreme' weather ahead of crash
Police and local people tell of 'extreme' weather before a teenager died when a vehicle overturned into a river in Powys...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
A taxing matter
Should Britain's super-rich pay more to the state...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Cosmic colossus
An introduction to the world's biggest physics experiment...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
'Just in time'
Morpeth residents spend night in shelters after rains...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Simpler rail ticketing introduced
The second phase of changes to the rail ticketing system
comes into force, with two categories for buying tickets on the day of travel...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Silent movie co-star of Buster Keaton dies at 98
Actress Anita Page, who starred alongside Buster Keaton and Joan Crawford, dies aged 98 in Los Angeles...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Capello angry with Cole & Rooney
England coach Fabio Capello says he vented his fury at Joe Cole and Wayne Rooney for not following instructions against Andorra...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Live text - Belgian Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton starts from pole at Spa-Francorchamps as he bids to extend his championship lead...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Minister's apology to female aide
Junior health minister Ivan Lewis apologises to a civil servant who said she was unhappy with the nature of their relationship...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Flood fears ease as rains lighten
Flood fears are easing as showers replace persistent rain across England and Wales and river levels stabilise...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Golden haul for GB on opening day
Britain's cyclists sweep to three gold medals in world record times on the first day of the Paralympic Games in Beijing...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Kandahar rocked by suicide blasts
Two suicide bomb blasts kill at least six people in a police station in the Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Caribbean lashed by Hurricane Ike
Hurricane Ike brings driving winds and rain to the Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos, as the storm steams towards the Bahamas...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Troops, protesters clash in Indian Kashmir 1 dead
Thousands of angry people took to the streets in Indian Kashmir to denounce the killing Saturday of a protester by government troops who fired rubber bullets and tear gas shells at Muslim demonstrators chanting anti-India slogans, an official said...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Muslim separatist strike shuts down Indian Kashmir
Shops and businesses were closed and public buses stayed off the roads across much of Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday in response to a strike called by Muslim separatist groups protesting Indian rule in the disputed region...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Hurricane Ike at Cat 4 packs winds of 135 mph
The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Hurricane Ike has intensified to a dangerous Category 4 storm with winds sustained at 135 mph...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Pitt plays dumb in Coens Burn After Reading
Brad Pitt has wanted to work with the Coen brothers for ages. Then he got wind of the birdbrain they had written for him to play...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
London calling at New York Fashion Week
Designers at New York Fashion week heard London calling _ from 1975...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Powerful storm raises fears from Caribbean to Gulf
Hurricane Ike grew to fierce Category 4 strength Saturday as it plodded on an uncertain path that forced millions along an arc of coastline from the Caribbean to Florida, and Louisiana to Mexico to nervously wonder where it would end up...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
No. 15 Arizona State defeats Stanford 41-17
Rudy Carpenter threw for 345 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 15 Arizona State to a 41-17 victory over Stanford on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Harrell, Crabtree lead Texas Tech past Nevada
Graham Harrell and Michael Crabtree hooked up for an 82-yard touchdown pass and Eric Morris returned a punt 86 yards for a score to lead No. 12 Texas Tech to a 35-19 victory over Nevada on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Giants rally to beat Pirates 7-6
Rich Aurilia hit one of three Giants home runs and San Francisco finally beat the Pittsburgh Pirates at home, 7-6 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Aurilia helps rally Giants to 7-6 win over Pirates
Rich Aurilia hit one of three Giants home runs and San Francisco finally beat the Pittsburgh Pirates at home, 7-6 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Matt Grothe stars in South Floridas 31-24 OT win
Matt Grothe threw for 346 yards and three touchdowns, including a 25-yarder to Taurus Johnson in overtime, and No. 17 South Florida beat Central Florida 31-24 Saturday night in the final scheduled meeting between the rivals whose campuses are barely 100 miles apart...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Silent screen siren Anita Page dies at 98
Anita Page, an MGM actress who appeared in films with Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford and Buster Keaton during the transition from silent movies to talkies, has died. She was 98...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Contract talks fail machinists strike Boeing Co.
Boeing Co. machinists walked out on strike Saturday after talks with a federal mediator failed to produce an agreement...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Obama rebukes Palin on earmarks
Barack Obama made his first direct criticism of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Saturday, saying she pretends to oppose spending earmarks when she actually has embraced them...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Analysis Hire me, fire GOP is Obamas pitch
The challenge for Barack Obama is to make himself acceptable enough to disgruntled voters eager to toss Republicans from the White House if they see a comfortable, competent alternative...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Gators snap 6-game losing streak to Miami, 26-3
Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow was good early and even better late, enough to help No. 5 Florida snap a six-game losing streak against rival Miami...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Candidates weigh in on stabilizing Fannie, Freddie
The historic takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which could come as soon as this weekend, moved to the forefront of the presidential campaign Saturday as candidates and congressional leaders seized on the enormous implications for taxpayers and the economy...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Rep. Frank govt will stabilize Fannie, Freddie
A top House Democrat confirmed Saturday that the government is planning to intervene to stabilize troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Fannie, Freddie blind to the bubble
Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac _ despite their robust cadre of economists and mortgage experts _ failed to heed warnings that the most dramatic housing bubble in U.S. history would burst...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Villegas keeps lead after 2 rounds in St. Louis
Camilo Villegas overcame a four-putt double bogey and birdied his final hole for a 4-under 66 that gave him a one-shot lead over Jim Furyk after the second round of a marathon Saturday at the BMW Championship...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
High-resolution satellite launched in California
A super-sharp Earth-imaging satellite has been launched into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the Central California coast...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Lindsay and Samantha rock the runway crowd
Nobody draws attention like Lindsay Lohan and gal pal Samantha Ronson...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Magazine Russias Putin sexy, but not that sexy
He single-handedly saved a TV crew from the jaws of a tiger. He flexed his muscles in front of the cameras in Siberia. He cuts a dash on the ski slopes...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Bhutto widower elected Pakistani president
The widower of slain former leader Benazir Bhutto will succeed Pervez Musharraf as president of Pakistan after winning a landslide election victory Saturday...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
45-nation group OKs landmark US-India nuke deal
Nations that supply nuclear material and technology overcame fierce obstacles Saturday and approved a landmark U.S. plan to engage in atomic trade with India _ a deal that reverses more than three decades of American policy...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Mexico undergoes legal revolution
Mexico is in the midst of a legal revolution, and Cristal Gonzalez is on the front lines...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Police Rock slide in Egyptian village kills 18
Massive boulders peeled away from a cliff and buried dozens of homes in an Egyptian shanty town Saturday, killing at least 18 people, authorities said. Rescuers were digging by hand to reach any survivors...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Blast, clashes in northwest Pakistan kills 54
A pickup truck packed with explosives blew up a police security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, killing at least 30 people and injuring dozens more, the day after a foiled militant kidnap attempt led to another 24 deaths in the volatile region...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Blast, clashes in northwest Pakistan kills 41
A pickup truck packed with explosives blew up a police security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, killing at least 17 people and injuring 80, the day after a foiled militant kidnap attempt led to another 24 deaths in the volatile region...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Police Rock slide in Egyptian village kills 24
Massive boulders crashed down on an Egyptian shantytown Saturday on the outskirts of the capital, killing at least 24 people, authorities said. Rescuers were digging by hand to reach any survivors...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Catholics assert themselves in Hanoi land dispute
At a vacant lot in downtown Hanoi, Catholics have gathered to worship the Virgin Mary _ and pressure the communist authorities...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Rock slide in Cairo shantytown kills 24
Massive boulders crashed down on a shantytown on the outskirts of Cairo Saturday, killing at least 24 people and burying many more under tons of rubble, Egyptian authorities said...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Protests greet Turkish president in Armenia
Thousands of Armenians lined the streets of the capital Saturday to protest the first-ever visit by a Turkish leader and to demand that Turkey acknowledge the World War I massacres of Armenian civilians as genocide...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Growing Ike nears Turks and Caicos, south Bahamas
A strengthening Hurricane Ike loomed over this low-lying island chain Saturday as a dangerous Category 4 storm, prompting thousands of people to evacuate while those staying behind hunkered down and hoped for the best...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Ike nears Turks and Caicos, southern Bahamas
Hurricane Ike loomed over this low-lying island chain Saturday as a dangerous Category 3 storm, prompting thousands of people to evacuate while those staying behind hunkered down and hoped for the best...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Suicide bomber kills 6 at outdoor market in Iraq
A suicide car bomber blasted an outdoor market Saturday in a northern Iraqi city, killing six people and wounding 54, police and hospital authorities said...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Blast, clashes in northwest Pakistan kills 59
A pickup truck packed with explosives blew up a police security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, killing at least 35 people and injuring dozens more, the day after a foiled militant kidnap attempt led to another 24 deaths in the volatile region...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Ike blasts Turks and Caicos as Category 4 storm
Hurricane Ike slammed into the Turks and Caicos on Saturday as a ferocious Category 4 storm, raking the low-lying island chain with ferocious winds as people hunkered down at home or in emergency shelters...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Fierce Hurricane Ike approaches Turks and Caicos
The National Hurricane Center in Miami says an "extremely dangerous" Hurricane Ike is roaring toward the Turks and Caicos islands as a fierce Category 4 storm...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Cuba declines US disaster assessment after Gustav
Cuba politely declined a U.S. offer to send a disaster assessment team to the island after Hurricane Gustav, saying Saturday it would rather Washington suspend restrictions on travel and the sale of food and other materials it needs to recover...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Haitians flee Gonaives before Ike reaches island
Hundreds of people fled this waterlogged city Saturday for higher ground as powerful Hurricane Ike threatened to unleash heavy rain and compound a disaster caused by a previous storm. Food was distributed to famished residents, including to emaciated inmates at the local jail...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Honduras issues 1,051-year sentence in massacre
A Honduran court has sentenced a former prison official to 1,051 years in jail for the deaths of 69 people in a 2003 prison massacre...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Womans body found in suitcase in Tokyo hotel
The dead body of an unidentified woman was found curled up in a suitcase in a Tokyo hotel room, a day after the foul smell of her body prompted the evacuation of dozens of guests, police said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Hamas leader to pass letter to captured Israeli
A Hamas official says the militant group promises to deliver a letter to captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit from his father...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Flood in China coal mine traps 23 people
Twenty-three people were trapped in a flooded coal mine in central China, authorities said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Report Flood in China coal mine traps 23 people
Twenty-three people were trapped in a flooded coal mine in central China, authorities said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
Report Flood in China coal mine traps 20 people
A state-run news agency says 20 people are trapped after a coal mine flooded in central China...
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,155
As of Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, at least 4,155 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 - September 7, 2008
'Action needed' to tackle C.diff
Labour calls for "urgent action" to tackle C.difficile in Scottish hospitals, after an outbreak at the Royal Alexandra in Paisley...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
More charges over Shaquille death
Three more teenagers are charged with the murder of 14-year-old Shaquille Smith in east London...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Party king
Swazi monarch celebrates as Aids orphans go hungry...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Young 'ignorant on mental health'
Almost half of all teenagers cannot name a single mental health condition, according to a poll of schoolchildren...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Church obsessed with gays - Tutu
Archbishop Desmond Tutu accuses the Church of England of putting the row about homosexuality before world poverty...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
US lenders 'face state takeover'
US officials plan to put troubled mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae under strict federal control, reports say...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Shun meat, says UN climate chief
People should consider eating less meat as a way to tackle global warming, says the UN's top climate scientist...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Vein tubes 'fitted needlessly'
A third of patients have unnecessary tubes inserted into veins when they are in hospital, pharmacists have warned...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
Hurricane hits Caribbean islands
Powerful Hurricane Ike bears down on the Turks and Caicos islands as the rest of the Caribbean braces for impact...
BBC News - September 7, 2008
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