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Big Issue Energy crisis hitting home
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Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start
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Scientists Virginia sharks pup a virgin birth
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Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics
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NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009
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Bodies, perhaps of migrants, wash ashore in Yemen
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Oil, soy, copper all go bust in Latin America
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Swedish couple hacked to death in Tobago 1 arrest
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Stroud leads Texas Open
Former Lamar University star Chris Stroud moved into position to make a big jump on the PGA Tour money list, shooting a 6-under 64 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Texas Open...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Harvick snarky after dustup with Edwards
Note passing, name calling, playground scuffles and widespread gossip. Sound like the fifth grade? Well, that, too...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Canucks Burrows has 2 goals, Luongo blanks Flames
Alex Burrows scored twice and Roberto Luongo made 25 saves, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a season-opening 6-0 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Krejcis late goal lifts Bruins to 5-4 win
David Krejci scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:36 remaining and Marc Savard added a goal and an assist, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche in the season opener for both teams Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Voter fraud accusations mar presidential campaign
Accusations of voter fraud have hurled a giant mud ball into an already messy presidential campaign, with Republicans alleging that Democrat Barack Obama has close ties to an activist group accused of compiling fake registration forms, including ones for the starting lineup of the Dallas Cowboys _ submitted in Nevada...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Palin says supporters want tougher attacks on Obama
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said more than one person has whispered in her ear in Ohio that John McCain needs "to take the gloves off" in his campaign against Democrat Barack Obama. Before a friendly crowd of Republican fundraisers Friday, the Alaska governor did that herself...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Palin says supporters want tougher attack on Obama
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said more than one person has whispered in her ear in Ohio that John McCain needs "to take the gloves off" in his campaign against Democrat Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bush raises $2 million in Florida, South Carolina
President Bush worked to allay fears about the financial crisis on Friday then left the White House and headed south to raise nearly $2 million for the Republican Party in South Carolina and the battleground state of Florida...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Aide says Dalai Lama to undergo gallstone surgery
The Dalai Lama will undergo surgery to remove a gallstone, a spokesman for the Tibetan spiritual leader said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
US to take stake in banks, first since Depression
The government will buy an ownership stake in a broad array of American banks for the first time since the Great Depression, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said late Friday, announcing the historic step after stock markets jolted still lower around the world despite all efforts to slow the selling stampede...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Stocks end wild session mixed, Dow falls 128
Wall Street capped one of its worst weeks ever with a wild session Friday that saw the Dow Jones industrials rocket within a 1,000 point range before closing with a relatively mild loss and the Nasdaq composite index actually ending with a modest advance. Investors were still agonizing over frozen credit markets, but seven days of massive losses and the possibility of further government support for the markets tempted some investors late in the session...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Meltdown 101 Bankruptcy wont help borrowers much
Can filing for bankruptcy help homeowners facing foreclosure?...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Driver Castroneves pleads innocent in US tax case
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and TV "Dancing With The Stars" champion Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he used offshore accounts to evade U.S. taxes on more than $5 million in income...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bailout hopes rise as more no votes switch
Desperate to avoid another market-crushing defeat, House leaders won key converts Thursday to the $700 billion financial industry bailout on the eve of a make-or-break second vote...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Eileen Herlie of All My Children dies at 90
Eileen Herlie, a stage and TV actress who appeared on "All My Children" for more than three decades as the motherly Myrtle Fargate, has died at 90...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Dalai Lama to undergo surgery to remove gall stone
A spokesman for the Dalai Lama says the Tibetan leader will undergo surgery to remove a gall stone...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Police Murder-suicide at heart of Ky. house fire
A man found dead this week after a gasoline-fueled blaze at his Kentucky house shot and killed his wife and daughter before turning the gun on himself, police said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Beijing to ban half its cars during high pollution
Beijing will ban half of its 3.4 million cars from the roads during periods of very heavy pollution, a state news report said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Ohio high court inmate not too fat to be executed
The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected arguments that a death row inmate is too fat to die by lethal injection...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Phillies beat Dodgers 3-2 in NLCS opener
Pat Burrell, Chase Utley and the Philadelphia Phillies had more than enough power to offset Manny Ramirez in the NL championship series opener...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Amnesty protests death penalty use worldwide
Anti-death penalty activists staged a mock hanging outside the Japanese embassy Friday to mark the European day against the death penalty, calling on nations around the world to stop executions...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Nobel peace prize winner is former school teacher
Martti Ahtisaari was a primary school teacher who became a peacemaker...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
NATO agrees on Afghan drug role for military
NATO defense ministers Friday authorized their troops in Afghanistan to attack drug barons blamed for pumping up to US$100 million (euro74 million) a year into the coffers of resurgent Taliban fighters...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
France Russia only partly met Georgia obligations
Russia has only partially met its obligations in Georgia under an EU-negotiated ceasefire, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner declared Friday as he toured damaged villages and spoke to displaced people in Georgia...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
2 expats appeal for release in Somalia
Two foreign aid workers appealed for their freedom Friday in the Somali capital, surrounded by armed kidnappers who seized them last month in a restive region of Ethiopia, local media reported...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
2 aid workers appeal for their freedom in Somalia
Two aid workers kidnapped in Ethiopia appealed for their freedom Friday in the Somali capital, surrounded by their heavily armed captors, local media reported...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Israeli town struggles to move on after clashes
Police dispersed hundreds of Jewish protesters with water canons Friday in this northern Israel city, trying to ease tensions after two days of rioting that shook a mixed Jewish-Arab community...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Swedish couple hacked to death in Tobago 1 arrest
A man was arrested Friday as a suspect in the slaying of a Swedish couple who were found hacked to death in their home in a tourist district of the normally placid southern Caribbean island of Tobago...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Oil, soy, copper all go bust in Latin America
The booming prices for Venezuelan oil, Brazilian soy beans and Chilean copper that brought prosperity to Latin America are heading for a bust that threatens to erode the hard-won gains of its poor and newly emerging middle class...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bodies, perhaps of migrants, wash ashore in Yemen
Dozens of bodies washed ashore Friday in Yemen after smugglers threw nearly 150 Somali migrants overboard in shark-infested waters, the latest such tragedy in one of the most lawless stretches of ocean in the world...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Hijackers of ship off Somalia issue ultimatum
The pirates who hijacked an arms-laden Ukrainian tanker off Somalia issued an ultimatum Friday and threatened to destroy the ship if no ransom is paid, a spokesman for the bandits said...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Gunmen kill 11 in northern Mexican bar
Gunmen opened fire at a bar in the northern Mexican city of Chihuahua, killing 11 people, officials said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
French police dismantle stolen-art ring
The French Interior Ministry says police have dismantled a large network of stolen and trafficked art in western France...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Israeli hospital hosts cancer-stricken Iranian boy
The head of an Israeli hospital where an Iranian boy is being treated for a brain tumor said Friday he hoped the gesture will help improve understanding between the bitterly divided countries...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Canadian dollar takes steepest one-day dive
The Canadian dollar posted its steepest one-day decline against the U.S. greenback Friday, dropping by 4.5 American cents...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Dozens killed in Pakistan bombing
Twenty-seven people are killed and more than 80 wounded in a suicide bombing on Pakistani tribal elders near the Afghan border...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
John Smeaton 'in intensive care'
Glasgow Airport car bomb hero John Smeaton is taken to a hospital intensive care unit after suffering an asthma attack...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Teacher jailed over child images
A Belfast teacher who admitted downloading more than 500 images of children being sexually abused is jailed for 15 months...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Fire mother 'did all she could'
A mother whose sons died in a fire in Eastbourne "did everything she could" to save them, her solicitor says...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Wales U21 2-3 England U21
England beat Wales in their Under-21 European Championship play-off first leg at Ninian Park...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Capello in dark over Kazakhstan
England boss Fabio Capello admits he knows little about World Cup qualifying opponents Kazakhstan because of their recent managerial change...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Pirates threaten to blow up ship
Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian cargo ship carrying military tanks threaten to blow it up if they are not paid a ransom...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
G7 nations pledge to fight crisis
Top finance ministers promise to take "decisive action and use all
available tools" to tackle the world economic crisis...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Carter, peacemakers see Cyprus peace deal near
War-divided Cyprus is close to reaching a peace settlement, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and other members of an international peace initiative said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Worried Asian investors pray amid stock plunge
After a free fall in share prices this week, investors in Asia could do little else but pray...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Stevens seeks Sen. Hatch as character witness
A list of character witnesses that Sen. Ted Stevens wants to call to the stand in his corruption trial _ a list that includes Sens. Orrin Hatch and Edward Kennedy _ must be cut in half, the judge said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Ask AP Somali pirates, disabled presidents-elect
They come from a failed state whose people are desperately poor. So how have Somali pirates managed to take control of large commercial ships and hold them for days, even weeks?...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Skinner leads No. 21 Wake past Clemson, 12-7
Riley Skinner threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to D.J. Boldin with 5:28 left to help No. 21 Wake Forest beat Clemson 12-7 on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Thursdays late-night TV wrap-up
Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential debate, the candidates and the economy...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Betting makes Nobel literature jury suspect leak
A surprising number of bettors correctly chose French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio to win the 2008 Nobel Prize for literature _ leading the Nobel prize jury to suspect a leak...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Obama says McCain trying to stoke anger, division
Democrat Barack Obama says John McCain is trying to divide the country with angry remarks and TV ads...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Sensitive Palin ethics report kept secret, for now
Sworn to secrecy, Alaska lawmakers have begun reviewing a lengthy and politically sensitive investigative report that, when released Friday, could prove embarrassing to Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Canucks Burrows has 2 goals, Luongo blanks Flames
Alex Burrows scored twice and Roberto Luongo made 25 saves, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a season-opening 6-0 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Krejcis late goal lifts Bruins to 5-4 win
David Krejci scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:36 remaining and Marc Savard added a goal and an assist, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche in the season opener for both teams Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Krejcis late goal lifts Bruins to win
David Krejci scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:36 remaining and Marc Savard added a goal and an assist, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche in the season opener for both teams Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
US stocks show sharp swings over credit concerns
Stock prices swung sharply on Wall Street, with investors still selling heavily but also scooping up stocks that have been decimated by more than a week of huge losses. The Dow Jones industrials, down nearly 700 points in the opening minutes of trading, recovered to an advance of more than 100 before turning lower again, and the other major indexes fluctuated sharply as well...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bush says anxiety feeding market instability
President Bush is arguing that high anxiety among both investors and the general public about the economy is making the credit crisis more severe...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
US stocks extend huge losses over credit concerns
Wall Street extended its devastating losses Friday, but prices swung sharply as investors scooped up shares decimated by more than a week of intense and panicked selling. The Dow Jones industrials, down nearly 700 points in the opening minutes of trading, recovered to a loss of just over 200, and the other major indexes fluctuated as well...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Obama accuses McCain of trying to divide Americans
Presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday accused Republican John McCain of trying to divide the country, but he let fellow Democrats handle harsher attacks while he kept his message mostly upbeat...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
McCain TV ad raises Obamas links to ex-radical
Republican John McCain, trailing in polls and searching for a way to gain ground, assailed Democratic rival Barack Obama on Friday in a sharply worded TV ad that said: "When convenient, he worked with terrorist Bill Ayers. When discovered, he lied."...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Aide says Dalai Lama to undergo gallstone surgery
The Dalai Lama will undergo surgery to remove a gallstone, a spokesman for the Tibetan spiritual leader said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bailout hopes rise as more no votes switch
Desperate to avoid another market-crushing defeat, House leaders won key converts Thursday to the $700 billion financial industry bailout on the eve of a make-or-break second vote...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Police Murder-suicide at heart of Ky. house fire
A man found dead this week after a gasoline-fueled blaze at his Kentucky house shot and killed his wife and daughter before turning the gun on himself, police said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Dalai Lama to undergo surgery to remove gall stone
A spokesman for the Dalai Lama says the Tibetan leader will undergo surgery to remove a gall stone...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
GM shares up slightly after Thursday trouncing
General Motors Corp. shares hit their lowest price since 1949 in the opening minutes of trading Friday as financial turmoil and a weakening global auto market heightened worries that the automaker may be unable to pull out of its nosedive before it runs out of cash...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Ohio high court inmate not too fat to be executed
The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected arguments that a death row inmate is too fat to die by lethal injection...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Phillies beat Dodgers 3-2 in NLCS opener
Pat Burrell, Chase Utley and the Philadelphia Phillies had more than enough power to offset Manny Ramirez in the NL championship series opener...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Suspected US missile strike kills 9 in Pakistan
A suspected U.S. missile strike targeted two areas in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghanistan border on Thursday, killing at least nine people, Pakistani intelligence officials said...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Driver Castroneves pleads innocent in US tax case
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and TV "Dancing With The Stars" champion Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he used offshore accounts to evade U.S. taxes on more than $5 million in income...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
NATO seeks agreement on Afghan drugs role
NATO defense ministers worked Friday toward an agreement that would authorize their troops in Afghanistan to attack the heroin trade, which is believed to pump millions of dollars a year into the coffers of a resurgent Taliban...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Thousands of al-Sadr supporters mourn lawmaker
Thousands of supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have taken part in a procession in Baghdad to mourn the killing of a Sadrist lawmaker...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Pakistan investigates alleged US missile strike
Pakistani intelligence agents Friday were investigating the identities of up to eight foreigners believed killed in a suspected U.S. missile strike close to the Afghan border...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Second lawsuit filed in tainted milk scandal
A second lawsuit has been filed against a Chinese dairy company at the heart of the tainted milk crisis, an attorney said Friday, as more than 10,000 children remained hospitalized after drinking milk powder laced with an industrial chemical...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Beijing to ban half its cars during high pollution
Beijing will ban half of its 3.4 million cars from the roads during periods of very heavy pollution, a state news report said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
NATO Troops can target Afghan drug operations
A spokesman says NATO defense ministers have agreed their troops can target drugs facilities financing the Afghan insurgency...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
NATO agrees on Afghan drug role for military
NATO defense ministers Friday authorized their troops in Afghanistan to attack drug barons blamed for pumping up to US$100 million (euro74 million) a year into the coffers of resurgent Taliban fighters...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Amnesty protests death penalty use worldwide
Anti-death penalty activists staged a mock hanging outside the Japanese embassy Friday to mark the European day against the death penalty, calling on nations around the world to stop executions...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Nobel peace prize winner is former school teacher
Martti Ahtisaari was a primary school teacher who became a peacemaker...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
France Russia only partly met Georgia obligations
Russia has only partially met its obligations in Georgia under an EU-negotiated ceasefire, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner declared Friday as he toured damaged villages and spoke to displaced people in Georgia...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
2 expats appeal for release in Somalia
Two foreign aid workers appealed for their freedom Friday in the Somali capital, surrounded by armed kidnappers who seized them last month in a restive region of Ethiopia, local media reported...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
2 aid workers appeal for their freedom in Somalia
Two aid workers kidnapped in Ethiopia appealed for their freedom Friday in the Somali capital, surrounded by their heavily armed captors, local media reported...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
US official Central Asia gas deal is close
A U.S. official said Friday that a deal may be reached soon allowing natural gas from ex-Soviet nations to reach western Europe without crossing Russian territory...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
France markets arms to Iraq after 2-decade lull
France, which famously opposed the Iraq war, is in talks to resume sales of military equipment to Baghdad for the first time in nearly two decades, French and Iraqi officials say...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
India to get first female Roman Catholic saint
India is expected to get its first female Roman Catholic saint on Sunday at a time when Christians have increasingly come under attack in the predominantly Hindu country...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Threat to blow up hijacked ship off Somalia
A spokesman for the group of pirates holding an arms-laden tanker off the coast of Somalia has threatened to blow up the ship in three days if no ransom is paid...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bank turmoil fuels phishing boom
Scammers and fraudsters are capitalising on the changes sweeping through global financial markets and sectors...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Academy sponsor seeks to withdraw
A private firm seeks to end its sponsorship of a city Academy in Middlesbrough...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Britney Spears set to speak out
Pop star Britney Spears is to discuss the ups and downs of her life in an MTV documentary to be shown next month...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Mandelson to take seat in Lords
Peter Mandelson is to take his seat in the House of Lords on Monday following his surprise return to the cabinet...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
EU verifies Russia's withdrawal
Russian forces have fully withdrawn from buffer zones adjoining Georgia's breakaway regions, the EU says...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Suicide bomb hits Pakistan elders
At least 20 people are killed and many more wounded in a suicide bomb attack on Pakistani tribal elders near the Afghan border...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Mugabe's party 'wants mediation'
Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe's party has agreed to outside mediation over a deadlocked deal, a minister says...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Bush vows to stabilise US economy
President George W Bush vows to work "aggressively" to restore economic stability, as world stock markets tumble...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Deadly bomb attack at Iraq market
A car bomb in the Iraqi capital Baghdad kills at least 12 people and injures many more, say police...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Union urges council pay rejection
The trade union Unison is to recommend its members reject the latest pay offer from local government employers...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Cash crisis 'won't hit services'
Welsh council services and taxes are unlikely to be affected "at this stage" by the bank crisis, says the assembly government...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize
Finnish ex-President Martti Ahtisaari wins this year's Nobel Peace Prize for three decades of mediation around the world...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Jury out
Why have key Northern Ireland prosecutions failed?...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Going bankless
What would life be like without a bank account?...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Living in boxes
Has the desire for privacy driven us into tiny homes?...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Robbers return takings to pastors
An armed gang robs church pastors but after an attack of guilty conscience, they return the money...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
The right notes
Should police write up their notes alone or together?...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Chelsea launch £16m Mikel claim
Chelsea issue a High Court claim for £16m against FC Lyn Oslo and their former chief executive Morgan Andersen over the transfer of Jon Mikel Obi...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Dubai group make bid for Charlton
Zabeel Investments, a Dubai-based investment company, table an "indicative cash offer" to buy Charlton Athletic...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
TV star Wendy Richard weds before starting cancer treatment
"Dying" former EastEnders star Wendy Richard marries her partner ahead of receiving treatment for cancer...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Injured Terry to miss qualifier
England captain John Terry misses Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan because of a back injury - but could be fit to face Belarus on Wednesday...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Mother charged over child deaths
A mother is charged with murdering two of her children who were stabbed to death in their home...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Blow for new mortgage borrowers
The number of mortgage products available to new borrowers hits its lowest figure since the start of the credit crunch...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
UK 'ignored Iceland bank warning'
The government is accused of ignoring warnings in July that Iceland's banks faced collapse...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Britons killed by floods in Spain
A British woman and her 14-year-old daughter have died trying to cross a ravine...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Doctor in bomb case 'made a will'
A doctor who launched a suicide car bomb attack on Glasgow airport left a "will" addressed to Osama Bin Laden, a jury hears...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Rhys accused 'admitted shooting'
A teenager accused of murdering Rhys Jones admitted shooting "a kid" shortly after the killing, a court hears...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Carter, peacemakers see Cyprus peace deal near
War-divided Cyprus is close to reaching a peace settlement, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and other members of an international peace initiative said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Black colonels dream town celebrates 100 years
Sgpirals of alkaline dust swirl across the hardpan where a century ago 300 black Americans planted alfalfa and corn hoping racial tolerance would take root...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Brinkley to ex Shield kids from 2020 interview
Christie Brinkley wants her ex-husband to keep their kids away from the television Friday night when his interview with Barbara Walters airs on ABC...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Christian drama Fireproof has unexpected success
When brothers Alex and Stephen Kendrick were looking for inspiration for their third feature-length film, they turned to God for help...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Western group petitions for species protection
A tortoise, a hare, a mouse and a half-dozen mussels are some of the creatures that a conservation group hopes to save through a "Western Ark" project aimed at petitioning the government for federal protection...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Nobel Prize winner Dr. George Palade dies at 95
Dr. George Palade, who won a Nobel Prize in 1974 for his work isolating and identifying cell structure and helped create one of the leading cell biology programs in the nation at the University of California, San Diego, has died. He was 95...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Krejcis late goal lifts Bruins to win
David Krejci scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:36 remaining and Marc Savard added a goal and an assist, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche in the season opener for both teams Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Skinner leads No. 21 Wake past Clemson, 12-7
Riley Skinner threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to D.J. Boldin with 5:28 left to help No. 21 Wake Forest beat Clemson 12-7 on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Today on the presidential campaign trail
IN THE HEADLINESSome swing states appear to be purging eligible voters from election rolls, newspaper finds ... Judge orders Ohio secretary of state to verify new voter registrations ... Palin suggests wrongly that Congress has imposed a ban on oil exports ...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Canucks Burrows has 2 goals, Luongo blanks Flames
Alex Burrows scored twice and Roberto Luongo made 25 saves, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a season-opening 6-0 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Krejcis late goal lifts Bruins to 5-4 win
David Krejci scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:36 remaining and Marc Savard added a goal and an assist, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche in the season opener for both teams Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Worried Asian investors pray amid stock plunge
After a free fall in share prices this week, investors in Asia could do little else but pray...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Oil plummets below $83 on global slowdown fears
Oil prices plummeted to a one-year low below $83 a barrel Friday in Asia as investor fears of a severe global economic downturn sparked a panicked sell-off of equities and crude...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Sensitive Palin ethics report kept secret, for now
Sworn to secrecy, Alaska lawmakers have begun reviewing a lengthy and politically sensitive investigative report that, when released Friday, could prove embarrassing to Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bailout hopes rise as more no votes switch
Desperate to avoid another market-crushing defeat, House leaders won key converts Thursday to the $700 billion financial industry bailout on the eve of a make-or-break second vote...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Driver Castroneves pleads innocent in US tax case
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and TV "Dancing With The Stars" champion Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he used offshore accounts to evade U.S. taxes on more than $5 million in income...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Phillies beat Dodgers 3-2 in NLCS opener
Pat Burrell, Chase Utley and the Philadelphia Phillies had more than enough power to offset Manny Ramirez in the NL championship series opener...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
House girds for 2nd try on financial rescue
Now for the big do-over.House members get another chance to vote on a bill that many would like to avoid: a massive financial rescue plan that has infuriated millions of voters but is described by President Bush and congressional leaders as vital to keeping the economy from sliding into a deep recession...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Ohio high court inmate not too fat to be executed
The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected arguments that a death row inmate is too fat to die by lethal injection...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
NKorea warns South against provoking warfare
North Korea warned South Korea against provoking war on Thursday as it reportedly deployed an arsenal of missiles near their sea border and told U.N. inspectors it plans to restart its nuclear facility...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Aide says Dalai Lama to undergo gallstone surgery
The Dalai Lama will undergo surgery to remove a gallstone, a spokesman for the Tibetan spiritual leader said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Dalai Lama to undergo surgery to remove gall stone
A spokesman for the Dalai Lama says the Tibetan leader will undergo surgery to remove a gall stone...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Grenade attack kills 5 state police in Mexico
Five state police officers were killed in the western Mexican state of Jalisco by grenade-lobbing gunmen who fired more than 800 bullets in the attack, authorities said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Suspected US missile strike kills 9 in Pakistan
A suspected U.S. missile strike targeted two areas in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghanistan border on Thursday, killing at least nine people, Pakistani intelligence officials said...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Thousands of al-Sadr supporters mourn lawmaker
Thousands of supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have taken part in a procession in Baghdad to mourn the killing of a Sadrist lawmaker...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Pakistan investigates alleged US missile strike
Pakistani intelligence agents Friday were investigating the identities of up to eight foreigners believed killed in a suspected U.S. missile strike close to the Afghan border...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Second lawsuit filed in tainted milk scandal
A second lawsuit has been filed against a Chinese dairy company at the heart of the tainted milk crisis, an attorney said Friday, as more than 10,000 children remained hospitalized after drinking milk powder laced with an industrial chemical...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
NATO seeks agreement on Afghan drugs role
NATO defense ministers worked Friday toward an agreement that would authorize their troops in Afghanistan to attack the heroin trade, which is believed to pump millions of dollars a year into the coffers of a resurgent Taliban...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Beijing to ban half its cars during high pollution
Beijing will ban half of its 3.4 million cars from the roads during periods of very heavy pollution, a state news report said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
NATO Troops can target Afghan drug operations
A spokesman says NATO defense ministers have agreed their troops can target drugs facilities financing the Afghan insurgency...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Report Smoke detected at Japanese nuclear complex
A news report says smoke has been detected at a nuclear power complex in central Japan but it poses no danger to environment...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Abused Pitcairn women to be paid compensation
Britain will compensate more than two dozen women from its Pitcairn Island territory in the South Pacific for decades of sexual abuse carried out by male islanders, the governor there said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Ship carrying cement hijacked off Somalias coast
A Somali official says a ship carrying cement to the East Africa country has been hijacked, after NATO joined a growing international force to protect vessels off the perilous coast...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Somali pirates release 20 Filipino seamen
Somali pirates freed 20 Filipino seamen from a hijacked ship they held up for more than 80 days, officials said Friday, as the government doubled the pay of sailors passing through pirate-infested international waters...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
22 die in Thailand bus crash
At least 22 people were killed and 24 others injured Friday when a bus packed with passengers crashed in eastern Thailand, police said...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Smoke detected at Japanese nuclear complex
Smoke was detected Friday at a Japanese nuclear power complex that suffered a major accident a decade ago, but the operator said there was no release of radioactivity...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
UN 100 migrants feared drowned off Yemen
The U.N. refugee agency says 100 migrants are feared drowned after being forced overboard by smugglers in the Gulf of Aden...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
WHO probing deaths from mystery disease in SAfrica
The U.N. health agency says it is investigating a mystery disease that killed three people in the South African city of Johannesburg...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Actress Richard to marry partner
Guests arrive for the wedding of ex-EastEnders star Wendy Richard, who is marrying before starting cancer treatment...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
India's Sensex slumps to new low
Indian stocks fall by nearly 1,000 points to a three-year low in early trading, registering a drop of 9%...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Russia approves $86bn bank rescue
Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma, approves a raft of measures worth $86bn (£51bn) to assist banks...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Nato to target Afghan drugs trade
Nato allows its troops to attack opium factories for the first time in Afghanistan to help stem the flow of funds to the Taleban...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Job losses as pork company closes
A County Antrim pork processing firm is to close due to escalating production costs with a loss of about 100 jobs...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Libya 'to pull Swiss bank assets'
Libya is to withdraw all its assets from Swiss banks in a row over the arrest of the Libyan leader's youngest son...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Key Palin ethics report awaited
Alaskan lawmakers are expected to release a report on allegations that Sarah Palin abused her power as governor...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Deaths lead to transplants review
Heart transplants at a London hospital are reviewed after four people die within 30 days of their operations...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
'Devastating' jobs losses warning
A warning is sounded that the potential loss of 265 jobs at an electronics factory could spell disaster for a local community...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
7 days quiz
Spot Mandelson's stylistic sop to 'old Labour'...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Words you love
Are you a quidnunc or poodle-faker? Your 50 favourites...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Lebowski lives
Is The Dude a slacker prince for our times?...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Hussey century puts India on rack
India reach 68-0 in reply to Australia's 430 in the first Test at Bangalore, after Mike Hussey makes 146...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
No joking matter
Why laughing about the credit crunch can help...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
It's a girl! Policeman delivers baby on roadside
A police officer who was overtaken by a driver on the road ended up helping him deliver his baby daughter...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Wilkinson set to miss Six Nations
Newcastle fly-half Jonny Wilkinson is likely to be out for five months after it was confirmed his dislocated knee will take longer to heal than first thought...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Ospreys ban Henson for two games
Gavin Henson will miss the Heineken Cup clashes against Leicester and Perpignan after internal disciplinary action taken by the Ospreys...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Gun tests 'matched Rhys wounds'
Ballistics tests on a gun allegedly used to kill Rhys Jones replicated wounds inflicted on the schoolboy, a court hears...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Brown demands petrol price cuts
Prime Minister Gordon Brown calls for falls in the price of oil to be passed on to consumers 'as quickly as possible'...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Future's bleak for Norwegian MP who called on fortune tellers
A Norwegian politician has said she will not seek re-election after running up a £4,590 phone bill ringing fortune-tellers at parliament's expense...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize
Finnish ex-President Martti Ahtisaari wins this year's Nobel Peace Prize for three decades of mediation around the world...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
IPCC probe into killing lawful
A judge dismisses a claim by the family of a lawyer shot dead by police that the investigation into his death was unlawful...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Fear grips global stock markets
Shares across the world fall sharply as fear grows of a widespread economic slowdown...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Rickshaw escape by bomb suspects
Two alleged bombers escaped from the scene of their failed attacks in London on rickshaws, a court hears...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Police Murder-suicide at heart of Ky. house fire
A man found dead this week after a gasoline-fueled blaze at his Kentucky house shot and killed his wife and daughter before turning the gun on himself, police said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Police Mall shooting suspect upset over purchase
Police say a customer in a Knoxville mall fatally shot a clothing store employee because he was upset about a previous clothing purchase...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Phillies beat Dodgers 3-2 in NLCS opener
Pat Burrell, Chase Utley and the Philadelphia Phillies had more than enough power to offset Manny Ramirez in the NL championship series opener...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Brinkley to ex Shield kids from 2020 interview
Christie Brinkley wants her ex-husband to keep their kids away from the television Friday night when his interview with Barbara Walters airs on ABC...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Christian drama Fireproof has unexpected success
When brothers Alex and Stephen Kendrick were looking for inspiration for their third feature-length film, they turned to God for help...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
States cut spending, put projects on hold
With the economy in a slide and the credit markets seized up, states are slashing budgets, eliminating jobs, putting major construction projects on hold and nervously waiting to see whether their shriveled pension funds recover...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Canucks Burrows has 2 goals, Luongo blanks Flames
Alex Burrows scored twice and Roberto Luongo made 25 saves, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a season-opening 6-0 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Krejcis late goal lifts Bruins to 5-4 win
David Krejci scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:36 remaining and Marc Savard added a goal and an assist, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche in the season opener for both teams Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Krejcis late goal lifts Bruins to win
David Krejci scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:36 remaining and Marc Savard added a goal and an assist, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche in the season opener for both teams Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Skinner leads No. 21 Wake past Clemson, 12-7
Riley Skinner threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to D.J. Boldin with 5:28 left to help No. 21 Wake Forest beat Clemson 12-7 on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Swagger turns to shudder a year after market high
Just a year ago, investors were swaggering as the stock market surged to an all-time high. Now, almost everyone on Wall Street and Main Street seems to be shuddering amid a frightening reversal of fortune that has erased $8.3 trillion in shareholder wealth in the past 366 days...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Oil plummets to $82 on global slowdown fears
Oil prices plummeted to a one-year low below $83 a barrel Friday in Asia as investor fears of a severe global economic downturn sparked a panicked sell-off of equities and crude...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Financial turmoil, weaker sales batter GM shares
Investors were watching to see whether General Motors Corp. shares will fall for a seventh straight session Friday as financial turmoil and a weakening global auto market have heightened worries that the automaker may be unable to pull out of its nosedive before it runs out of cash...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Groups fight Ark. policy on foster parents
An Arkansas policy that bars unmarried couples who live together from being foster parents is being challenged by a coalition of child advocates...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Jury acquits SC trooper charged with striking man
A federal jury on Friday acquitted a white South Carolina trooper who bragged about striking a fleeing black suspect with his cruiser in a collision that was captured on video tape...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bays 3-run homer gives BoSox 5-3 lead over Angels
Jason Bay hit a three-run homer in the first and the Boston Red Sox led the Los Angeles Angels 5-3 after six innings in Game 2 of their AL division series on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Swagger turn to shudder a year after market high
Just a year ago, investors were swaggering as the stock market surged to an all-time high. Now, almost everyone on Wall Street and Main Street seems to be shuddering amid a frightening reversal of fortune that has erased $8.3 trillion in shareholder wealth in the past 366 days...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Driver Castroneves pleads innocent in US tax case
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and TV "Dancing With The Stars" champion Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he used offshore accounts to evade U.S. taxes on more than $5 million in income...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bailout hopes rise as more no votes switch
Desperate to avoid another market-crushing defeat, House leaders won key converts Thursday to the $700 billion financial industry bailout on the eve of a make-or-break second vote...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
House girds for 2nd try on financial rescue
Now for the big do-over.House members get another chance to vote on a bill that many would like to avoid: a massive financial rescue plan that has infuriated millions of voters but is described by President Bush and congressional leaders as vital to keeping the economy from sliding into a deep recession...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Some House no votes turning to yes on bailout
President Bush and congressional leaders lobbied furiously Thursday for enough House support to push the troubled $700 billion financial industry bailout bill to the finish line, and the measure won converts from both parties on the eve of a showdown vote...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Searchers find Fossetts plane and human remains
More than a year after the mysterious disappearance of millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, searchers have found the wreckage of his plane in the rugged Sierra Nevada along with enough human remains for DNA testing...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Police Pa. landlord spied on 34 female tenants
A suburban Philadelphia landlord secretly videotaped 34 female tenants over two decades after hiding cameras in their apartments, authorities said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
North Korea prepares to restart nuclear facility
North Korea announced Thursday that it is preparing to restart the facility that produced its atomic bomb, clearly indicating that it plans to completely pull out of an international deal to end its nuclear program...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Syria says 2 missing Americans arrested
Two American journalists who went missing during a vacation in Lebanon were arrested Thursday in Syria after they crossed the Lebanese-Syrian border with the help of smugglers, Syrian officials said...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Lebanon border records checked for 2 Americans
Authorities searching for two American journalists who went missing during a vacation in Lebanon said Thursday they were checking records to determine whether the pair left the country through a border crossing...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Carter, peacemakers see Cyprus peace deal near
War-divided Cyprus is close to reaching a peace settlement, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and other members of an international peace initiative said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Suspected US missile strike reported in Pakistan
Intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has been reported in a Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Zimbabwe opposition Power-sharing deadlocked
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says power-sharing talks with longtime ruler Robert Mugabe are deadlocked over the division of Cabinet posts...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
2 missing Americans detained in Syria
Two American journalists whose disappearance prompted a U.S. Embassy alert and a wide search were in Syrian custody Thursday after being detained while trying to sneak into the country with smugglers, Syrian officials said...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Clashes erupt in mixed Arab-Jewish city in Israel
Arab and Jewish residents of the northern Israeli city of Acre clashed during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, police and an Arab lawmaker said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
North Korea preparing to restart atomic facility
North Korea moved closer Thursday to relaunching its nuclear arms program, announcing that it wants to reactivate the facility that produced its atomic bomb and banning U.N. inspectors from the site...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Pope prays for Pius XII sainthood process
Pope Benedict XVI gave World War II pontiff Pius XII a push toward possible sainthood Thursday and defended his memory from accusations that he did little to spare Jews from the Holocaust...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
NKorea warns South against provoking warfare
North Korea warned South Korea against provoking war on Thursday as it reportedly deployed an arsenal of missiles near their sea border and told U.N. inspectors it plans to restart its nuclear facility...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
UN food program finds hunger in rural Zimbabwe
Some rural Zimbabweans facing one of the hungriest years they could remember have been forced to live on a meal a day and in some cases only on wild fruits, the U.N. food aid agency said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Aide says Dalai Lama to undergo gallstone surgery
The Dalai Lama will undergo surgery to remove a gallstone, a spokesman for the Tibetan spiritual leader said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Dalai Lama to undergo surgery to remove gall stone
A spokesman for the Dalai Lama says the Tibetan leader will undergo surgery to remove a gall stone...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Grenade attack kills 5 state police in Mexico
Five state police officers were killed in the western Mexican state of Jalisco by grenade-lobbing gunmen who fired more than 800 bullets in the attack, authorities said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Suspected US missile strike kills 9 in Pakistan
A suspected U.S. missile strike targeted two areas in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghanistan border on Thursday, killing at least nine people, Pakistani intelligence officials said...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
AP Enterprise Some at Gitmo see US as ally
A Chinese Muslim locked up at Guantanamo Bay may soon be granted an improbable wish: To move to the United States...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Smoke detected at Japanese nuclear complex
Smoke was detected Friday at a Japanese nuclear power complex that suffered a major accident a decade ago, but the operator said there was no release of radioactivity...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Report Smoke detected at Japanese nuclear complex
A news report says smoke has been detected at a nuclear power complex in central Japan but it poses no danger to environment...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Abused Pitcairn women to be paid compensation
Britain will compensate more than two dozen women from its Pitcairn Island territory in the South Pacific for decades of sexual abuse carried out by male islanders, the governor there said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
22 die in Thailand bus crash
At least 22 people were killed and 24 others injured Friday when a bus packed with passengers crashed in eastern Thailand, police said...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Repossession 'is mental threat'
House repossession poses the greatest threat to people's mental health, a charity has warned...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Gut 'tasting' could beat poisons
The gut may have receptors that shut down appetite when bitter substances are detected, a study suggests...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
IMF takes action to stem crisis
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) activates an emergency finance facility to help countries hit by the financial crisis...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Anti-terror plan 'proportionate'
Counter-terrorism laws must not move Britain towards a "Big Brother" society, security minister Lord West says...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Asia share panic after Dow plunge
Asian markets plummet, with the Nikkei dropping more than 10%, after US stocks fell to their lowest level for five years...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Pledge to protect Sumatran forest
Indonesia pledges to stop the loss of forests and species in Sumatra, one of the world's most ecologically important islands...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Complaints 'do not improve NHS'
The NHS in England is failing to learn from complaints made to it by patients, a parliamentary watchdog says...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
End to war?
The chances of Afghan Taleban joining peace talks...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
I LUV U
Nigeria's romantic texters resort to shock tactics...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Doctors on trial
The men accused of plotting to explode car bombs in UK...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Great Depression
Lessons from the 1929 stock market crash...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Watch this space
The science peer who wants to see a British astronaut...
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