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Review Just say I dont to Bride Wars
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Audiovox to expand availability of TV on the road
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Congo rebel faction denounces Nkunda as leader
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Arabs put Hamas in UN draft, West offers own text
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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New US-led naval force to battle Somali pirates
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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How many scorpions? London Zoo does critter count
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Pope Benedict jokes about hoarse voice
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Handlers on phone ordered Mumbai gunmen to kill
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Global News Archive for November 2008:
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Weather improving for Friday night shuttle launch
NASA grew more optimistic of launching space shuttle Endeavour on Friday on a space station delivery mission as forecasters offered a more promising outlook for the nighttime liftoff...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
First fuzzy photos of planets outside solar system
Earth seems to have its first fuzzy photos of alien planets outside our solar system...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
UN sees new peril in Asias huge brown cloud cover
Thick brown clouds of soot, particles and chemicals stretching from the Persian Gulf to Asia threatens health and food supplies in the world, the U.N. reported Thursday, citing what it called the newest threat to the global environment...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Italy grounds pope choppers after crash in France
Italy has grounded the helicopters it uses to carry Pope Benedict XVI, the air force said Wednesday, after a similar aircraft crashed in France last month...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
A dirty brown haze sometimes more than a mile thick is darkening skies not only over vast areas of Asia, but also in the Middle East, southern Africa and the Amazon Basin, changing weather patterns around the world and threatening health and food supplies, the U.N. reported Thursday...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Catholic bishops re-examining message after vote
U.S. Roman Catholic bishops, meeting a week after the election, are re-examining how they explain church teaching after President-elect Obama, who supports abortion rights, won a majority of Catholic votes...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
2 charged in restaurant slayings near St. Louis
Two Illinois brothers were charged Thursday in the shooting deaths of a waitress and cook at a restaurant where the suspects had worked...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Kanye West says hes voice of this generation
Kanye West is to music what Michael Jordan was to basketball _ at least that West thinks, in his humble estimation...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Whoopi to produce a musical Sister Act in London
Whoopi Goldberg is getting in the act again with "Sister Act."...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Life sentence for co-defendant of Sopranos actor
A reputed low-level mob associate convicted of killing an off-duty New York police officer during a botched burglary has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. His co-defendant, former "Sopranos" actor Lillo Brancato, goes on trial next week...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Slaying victim in La. Klan case described as loner
A Tulsa woman shot to death after she tried to leave a Ku Klux Klan initiation in rural Louisiana was a gentle, lonely and troubled person who likely reached out to the group seeking a sense of belonging, her former attorney said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Pierce leads Celtics to 103-102 win over Hawks
Paul Pierce hit a fallaway jumper with 0.5 seconds left, scoring 34 points in all on Wednesday night as the Boston Celtics overcame a 16-point, second-quarter deficit to beat Atlanta 103-102 and send the Hawks to their first loss of the season...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
NBC axes Lipstick Jungle, My Own Worst Enemy
Add Christian Slater and Brooke Shields to the list of actors with TV failures on their records...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Fey, Cruise among Walters 10 Fascinating People
Another year, another set of fascinating people...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Lakers 7-0, Paul Pierce delivers Hawks first loss
The Los Angeles Lakers had a surprisingly easy time staying undefeated. Only a "Super" effort kept the Atlanta Hawks from joining them...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Lakers 7-0, Pierce keeps Hawks from joining them
The Los Angeles Lakers had a surprisingly easy time staying undefeated. Only a "Super" effort kept the Atlanta Hawks from joining them...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Wall Street rally too late for most world markets
A steep rally on Wall Street came too late Thursday to spur most world markets, although Latin American shares benefited from the buying spree in battered U.S. stocks...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Obama resigning Senate seat effective Sunday
President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday that he will resign from the Senate effective Sunday...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Devotees flock to Buddha reincarnation in Nepal
The teenage boy revered as a reincarnation of Buddha sat silently in the jungle as he blessed his devotees Wednesday with a light tap on the head, which they consider the touch of the divine...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Construction materials probed in bridge collapse
Safety investigators say more than a half million pounds of construction materials had been piled on the Interstate 35W bridge directly above steel plates on the day they failed, causing the bridge to collapse...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Safety board to pinpoint cause of bridge collapse
Transportation safety officials are set to issue a final ruling this week on the cause of the deadly Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people and injured 145...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
DNC chair faces $15M debt fight for RNC boss
The Democratic Party faces a smooth transition as President-elect Barack Obama essentially chooses the next national chairman whose initial task will be retiring a $15 million debt. A fight is ensuing on the Republican side as the losing party searches for a new identity _ and perhaps a new leader...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Democrats urge federal stake in big auto companies
Congressional Democrats are pushing legislation to send $25 billion in emergency loans to the beleaguered auto industry in exchange for a government ownership stake in the Big Three car companies...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Britain calls for more sperm donors amid shortage
Britain is facing a sperm donor shortage after reversing confidentiality laws and limiting the number of women who can use sperm from one donor, fertility experts warned Wednesday in the British Medical Journal...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Anger over gay marriage vote directed at Mormons
Supporters of gay marriage, frustrated over a ballot-box defeat in California, have channeled much of their anger toward the towering white spires of Mormon temples...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Pop singer Rihanna cancels Indonesia show
Rihanna has canceled a concert scheduled for Friday in Indonesia over security concerns...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Afghan bombing kills 9, including US soldier
A suicide car bomber struck a U.S. military convoy Thursday as it passed through a crowded market in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least eight civilians and an American soldier, Afghan officials said...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Britain calls for more sperm donors amid shortage
Britain is facing a sperm donor shortage after reversing confidentiality laws and limiting the number of women who can use sperm from one donor, fertility experts warned Wednesday in the British Medical Journal...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Angola prepared to send troops to Congo
Angola announced Wednesday it is prepared to send troops to neighboring Congo, heightening fears that the fighting in this central African nation will engulf other countries in the region...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Prince Charles turns 60 waiting for throne
Talk about an apprentice. By the time he turns 60 Friday, Prince Charles will have spent 56 years waiting to become king...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
New rocket barrage tests shaky Israel-Hamas truce
Gaza militants fired a new barrage of rockets and mortars at Israeli border areas on Thursday, prompting Israel to bar planned food and fuel shipments to Palestinian civilians hurt by the unraveling of a five-month-old truce...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Austrian incest father Fritzl charged with murder
Austrian prosecutors say the man accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering her seven children has been charged with murder...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Official 8th century church discovered in Syria
Archaeologists in central Syria have unearthed the remnants of an 8th century church, an antiquities official said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
UN Israels border closures halting Gaza food aid
A United Nations flour warehouse in Gaza that was full early last week now stands empty _ the guttural sounds of trucks replaced by the chirping of pigeons in the rafters...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Lawyers plan collective lawsuit over tainted milk
Lawyers for dozens of families whose children were sickened by tainted milk decided Thursday to go ahead with a class-action lawsuit against a dairy, hoping to pressure Chinese authorities still dithering over compensation...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Ancient Celtic coin cache found in Netherlands
A hobbyist with a metal detector struck both gold and silver when he uncovered an important cache of ancient Celtic coins in a cornfield in the southern Dutch city of Maastricht...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Convoy attack kills US soldier, 8 Afghan civilians
A suicide car bomber attacked a U.S. military convoy passing through a crowded livestock market in eastern Afghanistan Thursday, killing at least eight civilians and an American soldier and wounding 74 people, Afghan officials said...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Fidel Castro looks thin but alert in latest photo
Fidel Castro looks thin and frail but alert in a photograph from last month posted on the Web site of the Russian Orthodox Church and obtained by the Associated Press on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Children separated from parents by Congo violence
Rebecca Nyiringindi scanned the sprawling refugee camp in eastern Congo, searching for just one person among the thousands of hungry and homeless...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Britain backs extra troops for Congo
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he will support a U.N. plan to send 3,000 more troops to Congo. But he told reporters the force must have better leadership and equipment...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Crime reporter killed in Mexican border city
A crime reporter in the violent Mexican border city of Juarez was killed Thursday as he warmed up his car, reigniting journalist deaths amid a rising wave of drug violence...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Would-be bankers search for jobs in new places
Business school students at Oxford University plan to spend at least one of their breaks in Dubai, not just to swap gray skies for sunny ones but to secure something more lasting: a job...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Ukraine unlikely to return German paintings
Ukraine is unlikely to return more than a dozen paintings by Western European artists brought here from a German museum as Soviet war trophies during World War II, an official said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Gaza City blacked out after rocket attacks
Gaza City was dark Thursday night after officials shut down its only power plant as Israel cut off fuel and food shipments to the Palestinian territory because of renewed rocket attacks...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Pakistan supply line attacks show US vulnerability
The Humvee sped along the dry riverbed, kicking up clouds of dust. But al-Qaida-linked militants _ not American soldiers _ were behind the wheel...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Nicaraguan party vows to fight election results
The Nicaraguan opposition is vowing to fight what it says are fraudulent election results...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Britain in shock over abuse death of toddler
The toddler had been visited 60 times by social workers. A doctor examined him but missed the fact he had a broken back and eight fractured ribs. His mother managed to explain away his constant bruises time and time again...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Britains Brown backs extra UN troops for Congo
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday he will support a U.N. plan to send 3,000 more troops to Congo but said the force must have better leadership and equipment...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Canadian police detain bomb suspect
Canadian police on Thursday arrested a sociology instructor suspected in the 1980 bombing of a synagogue in Paris that killed four people and injured 20 others, officials said...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
430-pound convict released early due to obesity
An obese inmate who goes by the nickname "Big Mike" has been granted early parole because a Canadian prison could not accommodate his 430-pound frame...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Exoplanets finally come into view
Two studies show the first direct images of planets outside our solar system, including a three-planet system...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Cellar father faces murder charge
Josef Fritzl, the Austrian who allegedly abused his daughter for 24 years, is charged with killing one of their children...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Taleban vow to win Afghan fight
The Taleban's top spokesman gives a rare interview, taking questions from BBC listeners and urging foreign troops to leave...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Barclays' Gulf cash move attacked
Barclays' plans to raise up to £5.8bn from the Middle East have been attacked by a key advisory group, the BBC learns...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Millions 'drop' in US quake drill
Some five million Californians "drop, cover and hold on", in what organisers say is America's biggest earthquake drill...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Police 'seeking' wanted Eta man
Police in Northern Ireland say they are looking for a convicted Eta killer wanted in Spain on charges of supporting terrorism...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Officer bailed over model killing
A 49-year-old policewoman arrested over the murder of teenage model Amy Leigh Barnes is released on bail...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Big fall in Scottish house prices
Scottish house prices suffer their biggest quarterly fall for 16 years, according to research by Lloyds TSB...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Inquiry into deaths of brothers
Investigations involving police, social services and health workers are under way after the deaths of two young brothers in Manchester...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Palace birthday party for Charles
The Queen is hosting a dinner for more than 150 guests at Buckingham Palace to mark the Prince of Wales' 60th birthday...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
US 'pregnant man' expecting again
Thomas Beatie, the US "pregnant man" who gave birth to a daughter in June, is expecting his second child...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
RBS to cut 3,000 jobs worldwide
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to cut about 3,000 jobs in the next few weeks, the BBC has learned...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Bin Laden 'cut off from al-Qaeda'
The CIA says Osama Bin Laden is isolated from day-to-day operations of al-Qaeda and that survival is his key task...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Extra UK troops 'for Afghanistan'
Hundreds more British troops are likely to be sent to Afghanistan next year, the BBC learns...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
UN sees new peril in Asias huge brown cloud cover
Thick brown clouds of soot, particles and chemicals stretching from the Persian Gulf to Asia threatens health and food supplies in the world, the U.N. reported Thursday, citing what it called the newest threat to the global environment...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Catholic bishops re-examining message after vote
U.S. Roman Catholic bishops, meeting a week after the election, are re-examining how they explain church teaching after President-elect Obama, who supports abortion rights, won a majority of Catholic votes...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Italy grounds pope choppers after crash in France
Italy has grounded the helicopters it uses to carry Pope Benedict XVI, the air force said Wednesday, after a similar aircraft crashed in France last month...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Devotees flock to Buddha reincarnation in Nepal
The teenage boy revered as a reincarnation of Buddha sat silently in the jungle as he blessed his devotees Wednesday with a light tap on the head, which they consider the touch of the divine...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Basquiat painting sells for $13.5M at NYC auction
A painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat has been sold for $13.5 million at an auction in New York City...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
California putting on large-scale earthquake drill
Some 5 million Californians promise to drop to the ground, cover their heads and hold onto furniture Thursday as if an earthquake had just struck...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Study Calif dirty air kills more than car crashes
Lowering air pollution in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley would save more lives annually than ending all motor vehicle fatalities in the two regions, according to a new study...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Cafe Tacuba leads Latin Grammy hopefuls
With an eclectic slate of stars _ led by Mexican alternative rock group Cafe Tacuba and Colombian rocker Juanes vying for top honors _ the Latin Grammys were making their Houston debut Thursday by showcasing the diversity of Latin music...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Lakers 7-0, Paul Pierce delivers Hawks first loss
The Los Angeles Lakers had a surprisingly easy time staying undefeated. Only a "Super" effort kept the Atlanta Hawks from joining them...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Lakers 7-0, Pierce keeps Hawks from joining them
The Los Angeles Lakers had a surprisingly easy time staying undefeated. Only a "Super" effort kept the Atlanta Hawks from joining them...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Stocks fluctuate after jobs data, Wal-Mart outlook
Wall Street struggled to find a direction Thursday after three straight days of declines, with investors reacting calmly to a larger-than-expected jump in unemployment claims and news that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is cutting its full-year outlook...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Democrat takes lead in Alaska Senate race
Just as Sen. Ted Stevens appeared ready to take his criminal record back to Congress _ perhaps opening a door for Gov. Sarah Palin to replace him _ his re-election bid faltered...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Pierce leads Celtics to 103-102 win over Hawks
Paul Pierce hit a fallaway jumper with 0.5 seconds left, scoring 34 points in all on Wednesday night as the Boston Celtics overcame a 16-point, second-quarter deficit to beat Atlanta 103-102 and send the Hawks to their first loss of the season...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Stocks drop after jobs data, Wal-Mart outlook
Wall Street extended its sharp declines into a fourth day Thursday, with the Dow Jones industrials briefly dropping below 8,000 as investors continued their selling amidst a stream of negative economic news...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
US, European stocks steady despite data
European and U.S. stock markets were little changed Thursday as stocks struggled to find direction following hefty losses in the first part of the week. Asian shares closely sharply lower...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Stocks fluctuate after disappointing jobs data
Wall Street had a calmer start to trading Thursday, with stocks struggling to find a direction after three straight days of steep declines. Investors appeared to take in stride a government report showing a larger-than-expected jump in unemployment claims...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
DNC chair faces $15M debt fight for RNC boss
The Democratic Party faces a smooth transition as President-elect Barack Obama essentially chooses the next national chairman whose initial task will be retiring a $15 million debt. A fight is ensuing on the Republican side as the losing party searches for a new identity _ and perhaps a new leader...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Anger over gay marriage vote directed at Mormons
Supporters of gay marriage, frustrated over a ballot-box defeat in California, have channeled much of their anger toward the towering white spires of Mormon temples...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Britain calls for more sperm donors amid shortage
Britain is facing a sperm donor shortage after reversing confidentiality laws and limiting the number of women who can use sperm from one donor, fertility experts warned Wednesday in the British Medical Journal...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Britain calls for more sperm donors amid shortage
Britain is facing a sperm donor shortage after reversing confidentiality laws and limiting the number of women who can use sperm from one donor, fertility experts warned Wednesday in the British Medical Journal...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Angola prepared to send troops to Congo
Angola announced Wednesday it is prepared to send troops to neighboring Congo, heightening fears that the fighting in this central African nation will engulf other countries in the region...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Safety board to pinpoint cause of bridge collapse
Transportation safety officials are set to issue a final ruling this week on the cause of the deadly Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people and injured 145...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Democrats urge federal stake in big auto companies
Congressional Democrats are pushing legislation to send $25 billion in emergency loans to the beleaguered auto industry in exchange for a government ownership stake in the Big Three car companies...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
21 killed in attack on US convoy in Afghanistan
A U.S. military spokesman says that a suicide car attack on a U.S. military convoy in Afghanistan has killed 20 civilians and a coalition soldier...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Iran tests missile Israel in easy reach
Iran said it successfully test-fired a new generation of long range surface-to-surface missile on Wednesday _ one that could easily strike Israel and as far away as southeastern Europe with greater precision than earlier models...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Bomber attacks US convoy in Afghanistan 6 killed
A suicide bomber rammed his car into a U.S. military convoy passing through a crowded market in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing a coalition soldier and at least five civilians, U.S. and Afghan officials said...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Bomb strikes US convoy in Afghanistan 58 wounded
An Afghan health official says a suicide car bomb attack against a U.S. military convoy has wounded 57 civilians...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Afghan bombing kills 21, including US soldier
A suicide bomber targeting a passing U.S. military convoy blew up his car near a crowded market in eastern Afghanistan Thursday, killing at least 21 people, including an American soldier, officials said...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Ex-Filipino official Arroyo didnt tap govt fund
A former Philippine agriculture official testified Thursday that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was never involved with a government fund worth millions of dollars that she is accused of dipping into to finance her 2004 election campaign...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
SKorea urges NKorea to develop industrial zone
South Korea urged North Korea not to halt development of a joint industrial zone Thursday, a day after the North threatened to shut their shared border because of escalating tensions...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Taiwans jailed former president on hunger strike
Jailed former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian has begun a hunger strike to protest his arrest and highlight his claim that he is being persecuted by his successors, his lawyer said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Austrian incest father Fritzl charged with murder
Austrian prosecutors say the man accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering her seven children has been charged with murder...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Afghan bombing kills 9, including US soldier
A suicide car bomber struck a U.S. military convoy Thursday as it passed through a crowded market in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least eight civilians and an American soldier, Afghan officials said...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
1,200-year-old church uncovered in Syria
Archeologists in central Syria have unearthed a 1,200-year-old church believed to be the largest ever discovered in this Mideast country, an antiquities official said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
UN Border closures hamper Gaza aid programs
A United Nations flour warehouse in Gaza that was full a week ago now stands empty _ the guttural sounds of trucks replaced by the chirping of pigeons in the rafters...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
UN Israels border closures halting Gaza food aid
A United Nations flour warehouse in Gaza that was full early last week now stands empty _ the guttural sounds of trucks replaced by the chirping of pigeons in the rafters...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Prince Charles turns 60 waiting for throne
Talk about an apprentice. By the time he turns 60 Friday, Prince Charles will have spent 56 years waiting to become king...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
New rocket barrage tests shaky Israel-Hamas truce
Gaza militants fired a new barrage of rockets and mortars at Israeli border areas on Thursday, prompting Israel to bar planned food and fuel shipments to Palestinian civilians hurt by the unraveling of a five-month-old truce...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Lawyers plan collective lawsuit over tainted milk
Lawyers for dozens of families whose children were sickened by tainted milk decided Thursday to go ahead with a class-action lawsuit against a dairy, hoping to pressure Chinese authorities still dithering over compensation...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Official 8th century church discovered in Syria
Archaeologists in central Syria have unearthed the remnants of an 8th century church, an antiquities official said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Civilian cargo aircraft crashes in Iraq
The U.S. military says a civilian cargo aircraft has crashed south of Fallujah, a city in western Iraq...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Convoy attack kills US soldier, 8 Afghan civilians
A suicide car bomber attacked a U.S. military convoy passing through a crowded livestock market in eastern Afghanistan Thursday, killing at least eight civilians and an American soldier and wounding 74 people, Afghan officials said...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Fidel Castro looks thin but alert in latest photo
Fidel Castro looks thin and frail but alert in a photograph from last month posted on the Web site of the Russian Orthodox Church and obtained by the Associated Press on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Bulgaria to pull troops from Iraq at end of year
The Bulgarian prime minister says his country will withdraw its small military force from Iraq at the end of the year...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Former Serbian consul to be freed from jail
A court has ruled that a former Serbian diplomat who is accused of helping a Serb college student flee criminal charges in the United States must be released from jail...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Gypsy kids herded into Czech schools for disabled
Roma children face severe discrimination in the Czech Republic and are still being segregated into schools for those with mental disabilities, a rights group said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
4 human fetuses found in Austrian home
Authorities in western Austria say they recovered four human fetuses from the home of an elderly woman who recently died...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Police reporter killed in Mexican border city
A crime reporter has been shot to death in the Mexican border city of Juarez, reigniting attacks on journalists as drug violence increases...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
US Turkmenistan discouraging exchange students
Authorities in Turkmenistan are discouraging students from participating in educational exchange programs in the United States, a U.S. Embassy official said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
EU seeks to expand energy grids
The European Commission unveils plans to diversify the EU's energy imports and reduce reliance on Russia...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Sarkozy scorns Bush over Georgia
French President Nicolas Sarkozy accuses George Bush of failing to take the initiative over the summer conflict in Georgia...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Chrysler calls for cash lifeline
The boss of US car firm Chrysler warns it would be "very difficult" for the company to survive without government support...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
UN 'has run out of Gaza food aid'
The UN has no more food to distribute in the Gaza Strip, the head of relief efforts in the area warns...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
China startled by force of crisis
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says the effects of the economic crisis on China have been worse than expected...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Three die in two-car road crash
A fire officer says a road crash which killed two teenagers and an elderly man is one of the worst he has seen...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Pipe bomb explodes on city street
A pipe bomb that exploded beside a car in the New Lodge area of north Belfast could have caused serious injury, police say...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Your wonky veg
Pictures of odd-shaped fruit and veg sent by you...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Bigamous ex-minister convicted
A 58-year-old former church minister is found guilty in his absence of entering into a bigamous marriage...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Sterling's woes
Has the pound's fall put paid to cheap holidays to the US?...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Taking the flak
Social workers 'doing their best to protect vulnerable'...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Gaza voices
Shortages and frustration under the blockade...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Abuse inquiry
How did the police in Jersey get things so wrong?...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Broad passed fit and faces India
Seamer Stuart Broad is named in England's team to face India in the first of seven one-day matches on Friday, while Ravi Bopara also plays...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Brooking faces Mawhinney backlash
Sir Trevor Brooking comes under fire from Football League chairman Lord Brian Mawhinney following his criticism of youth development in England...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
BBC weatherman Jack Scott dies
Veteran BBC forecaster Jack Scott, who first used the famous magnetic weather symbols, has died at the age of 85...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Yacht a coincidence - Osborne and Mandelson meet again
Lord Mandelson and George Osborne dine together for the first time since their infamous summer holiday meeting in Corfu at an awards ceremony...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
'Secret' service Obama family code name comes to light
The US Secret Service reveals its not-so-secret code names for the president-elect and his family...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Shannon mother 'Jekyll and Hyde'
The mother of missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews only became solemn when police or media were present, her trial hears...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Jowell denies Olympic win regrets
Olympics minister Tessa Jowell denies having regrets over London's winning the bid to host the 2012 Games...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Baby and toddler killed at house
A 21-year-old woman is arrested after police find the bodies of her baby son and his brother at a house in Manchester...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Fritzl charged with murder
The Austrian who allegedly imprisoned and abused his daughter for 24 years is charged with killing one of their children...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Post Office card contract renewed
Ministers announce that the Post Office will keep its £1bn contract to distribute benefits to 4.3 million claimants...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Baby P council is 'truly sorry'
Haringey Council says it is truly sorry for not doing more to protect Baby P who died from horrific abuse...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Devotees flock to Buddha reincarnation in Nepal
The teenage boy revered as a reincarnation of Buddha sat silently in the jungle as he blessed his devotees Wednesday with a light tap on the head, which they consider the touch of the divine...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Postwar Bosnias surprising export peacekeepers
It took 60,000 NATO troops to force Bosnians like Edin Ahmetovic, Pero Budimir and Slobodan Misanovic to stop shooting at each other...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Catholic bishops re-examining message after vote
U.S. Roman Catholic bishops, meeting a week after the election, are re-examining how they explain church teaching after President-elect Obama, who supports abortion rights, won a majority of Catholic votes...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Italy grounds pope choppers after crash in France
Italy has grounded the helicopters it uses to carry Pope Benedict XVI, the air force said Wednesday, after a similar aircraft crashed in France last month...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Texas man executed killed ex-girlfriends sister
A man who went on a murderous rampage against the family of his ex-girlfriend was executed Wednesday after he apologized and asked his family to pray for him...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Study Calif dirty air kills more than car crashes
Lowering air pollution in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley would save more lives annually than ending all motor vehicle fatalities in the two regions, according to a new study...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Chesney snags 4th entertainer of the year award
Kenny Chesney won only one of the seven awards he was nominated for at the CMA Awards, but he sure made it count...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Kenny Chesney wins CMAs Entertainer of the Year
Kenny Chesney took home his third straight entertainer of the year trophy at the CMA Awards...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Palin leaves door open for possible Senate run
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday said she would consider serving in the Senate if God gave her the opportunity and Alaskans wanted her to take the job...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Lakers 7-0, Pierce keeps Hawks from joining them
The Los Angeles Lakers had a surprisingly easy time staying undefeated. Only a "Super" effort kept the Atlanta Hawks from joining them...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Las Vegas Sands to fire up to 11,000 Macau workers
Struggling casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp. will lay off as many as 11,000 workers after a cash crunch forced the company to halt construction on multibillion dollar projects in the Chinese gambling city, a top executive said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Defeated in Ohio, payday lenders look for options
The payday loan industry _ stung at the Ohio ballot box with a strict new law _ is looking for other ways to do business, prompting consumer advocates to worry that lenders are finding a way around the election results...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Sands Up to 11,000 Macau workers to lose jobs
A top Las Vegas Sands executive says up to 11,000 workers will lose their jobs in Macau after the company halted building projects in the Chinese gambling city...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Democrat takes lead in Alaska Senate race
Just as Sen. Ted Stevens appeared ready to take his criminal record back to Congress _ perhaps opening a door for Gov. Sarah Palin to replace him _ his re-election bid faltered...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
DNC chair faces $15M debt fight for RNC boss
The Democratic Party faces a smooth transition as President-elect Barack Obama essentially chooses the next national chairman whose initial task will be retiring a $15 million debt. A fight is ensuing on the Republican side as the losing party searches for a new identity _ and perhaps a new leader...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Pierce leads Celtics to 103-102 win over Hawks
Paul Pierce hit a fallaway jumper with 0.5 seconds left, scoring 34 points in all on Wednesday night as the Boston Celtics overcame a 16-point, second-quarter deficit to beat Atlanta 103-102 and send the Hawks to their first loss of the season...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Angola prepared to send troops to Congo
Angola announced Wednesday it is prepared to send troops to neighboring Congo, heightening fears that the fighting in this central African nation will engulf other countries in the region...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Democrats urge federal stake in big auto companies
Congressional Democrats are pushing legislation to send $25 billion in emergency loans to the beleaguered auto industry in exchange for a government ownership stake in the Big Three car companies...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Anger over gay marriage vote directed at Mormons
Supporters of gay marriage, frustrated over a ballot-box defeat in California, have channeled much of their anger toward the towering white spires of Mormon temples...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Iraqi soldier kills 2 US troops, wounds 6 in Mosul
An Iraqi soldier Wednesday sprayed automatic weapons fire at U.S. soldiers at an Iraqi military base in Mosul, killing two and wounding six before he died in a hail of bullets, an American general said...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Rights group Egypt must stop shooting at migrants
Egypt should stop shooting migrants attempting to sneak across the barbed wire border into Israel, a desperate journey that has gone from dangerous to deadly, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday in a new report...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Fall of Taiwans Chen tests independence activists
The downfall of the former Taiwanese president, captured in striking images of the ex-leader being led away to jail, has called into question whether his pro-independence movement has been sidelined as a vibrant political force...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Britain calls for more sperm donors amid shortage
Britain is facing a sperm donor shortage after reversing confidentiality laws and limiting the number of women who can use sperm from one donor, fertility experts warned Wednesday in the British Medical Journal...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Britain calls for more sperm donors amid shortage
Britain is facing a sperm donor shortage after reversing confidentiality laws and limiting the number of women who can use sperm from one donor, fertility experts warned Wednesday in the British Medical Journal...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Inspired by Obama, European minorities take action
An Obama effect is rippling across Europe.In France, a pro-Barack Obama grassroots group created months ago is morphing into a campaign for political diversity. In Britain, a black voter group says it is inundated with calls and attendance is soaring...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
4 Gaza militants dead in clash with Israeli troops
Israeli troops and Palestinian militants fired missiles and mortars at each other along the Gaza-Israel border on Wednesday, killing four Gaza gunmen and further chipping away at an eroding truce...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Bomber attacks US convoy in Afghanistan 6 killed
A suicide bomber rammed his car into a U.S. military convoy passing through a crowded market in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing a coalition soldier and at least five civilians, U.S. and Afghan officials said...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Bomb strikes US convoy in Afghanistan 58 wounded
An Afghan health official says a suicide car bomb attack against a U.S. military convoy has wounded 57 civilians...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Ex-Filipino official Arroyo didnt tap govt fund
A former Philippine agriculture official testified Thursday that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was never involved with a government fund worth millions of dollars that she is accused of dipping into to finance her 2004 election campaign...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
SKorea urges NKorea to develop industrial zone
South Korea urged North Korea not to halt development of a joint industrial zone Thursday, a day after the North threatened to shut their shared border because of escalating tensions...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Taiwans jailed former president on hunger strike
Jailed former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian has begun a hunger strike to protest his arrest and highlight his claim that he is being persecuted by his successors, his lawyer said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
21 killed in attack on US convoy in Afghanistan
A U.S. military spokesman says that a suicide car attack on a U.S. military convoy in Afghanistan has killed 20 civilians and a coalition soldier...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Iran tests missile Israel in easy reach
Iran said it successfully test-fired a new generation of long range surface-to-surface missile on Wednesday _ one that could easily strike Israel and as far away as southeastern Europe with greater precision than earlier models...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
New barrage of rockets further tests shaky truce
Israel says Palestinian militants have fired a new barrage of rockets and mortars from Gaza...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Afghan bombing kills 9, including US soldier
A suicide car bomber struck a U.S. military convoy Thursday as it passed through a crowded market in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least eight civilians and an American soldier, Afghan officials said...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
UN Border closures hamper Gaza aid programs
A United Nations flour warehouse in Gaza that was full a week ago now stands empty _ the guttural sounds of trucks replaced by the chirping of pigeons in the rafters...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Afghan bombing kills 21, including US soldier
A suicide bomber targeting a passing U.S. military convoy blew up his car near a crowded market in eastern Afghanistan Thursday, killing at least 21 people, including an American soldier, officials said...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Iraq UN envoy condemns killing of Christian women
The main United Nations envoy in Iraq has condemned the killing of two Christian sisters in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Somali Islamist militia seizes town near capital
Residents say Islamic fighters have seized the town of Elasha, just 11 miles (18 kilometers) southwest of the Somali capital...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
UN concerned about harsh prison terms in Myanmar
The United Nations expressed concern Thursday over long prison terms given to more than 30 democracy activists in military-run Myanmar earlier this week...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Russia submarine tragedy caused by sailor
A top investigator says a sailor set off the fire safety system on a Russian nuclear submarine last weekend that killed 20 people...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Pop singer Rihanna cancels Indonesia show
Rihanna has canceled a concert scheduled for Friday in Indonesia over security concerns...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
1,200-year-old church uncovered in Syria
Archeologists in central Syria have unearthed a 1,200-year-old church believed to be the largest ever discovered in this Mideast country, an antiquities official said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
3 white tigers kill Singapore Zoo cleaner
Three white Bengal tigers mauled a zoo cleaner to death in Singapore on Thursday after the man jumped into a moat surrounding their enclosure, the zoo said...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Williams shines at royal birthday show
Comedian and film star Robin Williams makes a triumphant return to the UK stage for Prince Charles's 60th birthday show...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Defence cuts 'risk another Iraq'
The government is cutting its Defence Intelligence Staff, despite warnings it could lead to serious mistakes, the BBC learns...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Coasting schools told to improve
Hundreds of schools deemed to be "coasting" are to be urged to stretch their pupils to achieve more...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Charges over Russian sub disaster
A sailor is charged with setting off a gas firefighting system, killing 20 people on a Russian submarine, investigators say...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Afghan suicide attack kills eight
Seven civilians and a US soldier die in a suicide car bomb attack on a US convoy in eastern Afghanistan, US officials say...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Loan insurance 'delay' proposed
A crackdown on the sale of payment protection insurance for loans is proposed by the Competition Commission...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Israel delays Gaza aid supplies
Israel refuses entry to Gaza of 30 lorries carrying humanitarian supplies, sparking fears UN supplies will run out...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Doctor's call on children's A&E
A senior paediatrician calls for designated children's emergency centres following the death of a baby girl...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Health care services get £180m
Health services in Belfast will receive £180m over the next three years, Health Minister Michael McGimpsey announces...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
UK navy kills suspected pirates
Two suspected Somali pirates are shot dead by the UK navy after attacked a vessel off Yemen...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Mother 'had no interest in Shannon'
The mother of missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews was more interested in a mobile phone than her daughter, a court is told...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Aberdeen child protection slated
Children in Aberdeen living at risk of abuse are not being given adequate support, a report claims...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Two little boys
Could Rolf's classic song be a coded tribute to Nelson?...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
New world order
Bridget Kendall on finance and the balance of power...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Drogba faces police and FA probes
Didier Drogba is facing police and FA investigations after throwing a coin into the crowd during Chelsea's Carling Cup fourth round defeat to Burnley...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Live text - Del Potro v Davydenko
Juan Martin del Potro takes on Nikolay Davydenko in Shanghai for a place in the Masters Cup semi-finals...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Unhappy Brooking takes FA to task
Sir Trevor Brooking tells the BBC he is growing frustrated with the Football Association's failure to have a telling impact on youth development...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Spam plummets as gang leaves net
The closure of one suspect web host has reduced the levels of global junk mail by 70%, says anti-spam firm...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Just how old is that Monty Python joke about the dead parrot?
An ancestor of Monty Python's famous dead parrot comedy sketch is found in a joke book, dating back to 4th Century Greece...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Love song written about Scotland's 'most dismal' town
A Scottish singer has written an ode to the Carbuncle town of Cumbernauld in Lanarkshire...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Jersey chief was 'under pressure'
Jersey's suspended police chief was under "day-to-day" political pressure, a former colleague says...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Post Office 'will keep contract'
Ministers are reportedly poised to announce the Post Office will keep its £1bn contract to distribute benefits...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Foreign troops 'drawn into Congo'
Eyewitness evidence is increasing to show foreign forces are being drawn into the conflict in the east of DR Congo...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
UK marines killed in Afghan blast
Two Royal Marines have been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
German economy now in recession
The German economy falls into recession after figures show the economy has shrunk for two quarters in a row...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
BT to shed 10,000 jobs by March
Telecom giant BT says it expects to have cut 10,000 jobs by the end of March, in the latest gloomy news on the economy...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
'Accountability' pledge on Baby P
Staff will be held accountable if a report finds there were failures in the Baby P abuse case, Ed Balls promises...
BBC News - November 13, 2008
Italy grounds pope choppers after crash in France
Italy has grounded the helicopters it uses to carry Pope Benedict XVI, the air force said Wednesday, after a similar aircraft crashed in France last month...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Devotees flock to Buddha reincarnation in Nepal
The teenage boy revered as a reincarnation of Buddha sat silently in the jungle as he blessed his devotees Wednesday with a light tap on the head, which they consider the touch of the divine...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Postwar Bosnias surprising export peacekeepers
It took 60,000 NATO troops to force Bosnians like Edin Ahmetovic, Pero Budimir and Slobodan Misanovic to stop shooting at each other...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Anger over gay marriage vote directed at Mormons
Supporters of gay marriage, frustrated over a ballot-box defeat in California, have channeled much of their anger toward the towering white spires of Mormon temples...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Texas man executed killed ex-girlfriends sister
A man who went on a murderous rampage against the family of his ex-girlfriend was executed Wednesday after he apologized and asked his family to pray for him...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Office holiday parties are getting downsized
In this brutal season of cutbacks, the office holiday party is getting downsized, too...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Okla. woman killed after La. KKK rite identified
Authorities have identified an Oklahoma woman fatally shot in Louisiana after a Ku Klux Klan initiation...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Kenny Chesney wins CMAs Entertainer of the Year
Kenny Chesney took home his third straight entertainer of the year trophy at the CMA Awards...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Udrih leads Kings past Clippers
Beno Udrih had a career-high 30 points and seven assists, and the short-handed Sacramento Kings never trailed in beating the Los Angeles Clippers 103-98 Wednesday night for their fourth win in five games...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Hong Kong lawmakers vote for Lehman Brothers probe
An investigation will be launched in Hong Kong into the sale of financial products linked to collapsed U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers after lawmakers voted overwhelmingly for a probe...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Palin leaves door open for possible Senate run
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday said she would consider serving in the Senate if God gave her the opportunity and Alaskans wanted her to take the job...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
DNC chair faces $15M debt fight for RNC boss
The Democratic Party faces a smooth transition as President-elect Barack Obama essentially chooses the next national chairman whose initial task will be retiring a $15 million debt. A fight is ensuing on the Republican side as the losing party searches for a new identity _ and perhaps a new leader...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Govt wants to change course of forest experiments
For more than a decade, the federal government has spent millions of dollars pumping elevated levels of carbon dioxide into small groups of trees to test how forests will respond to global warming in the next 50 years...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Asian markets tumble on grim US corporate news
Asian stock markets tumbled Thursday as more signs of a sharp downturn in the U.S. economy spurred investors to dump shares of exporters like Sony and Samsung...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Oil falls to $55 on grim US economic outlook
Oil prices slid to near $55 a barrel Thursday in Asia as more bad economic news from the U.S. heightened fears of a severe global downturn that will pulverise demand for crude...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Democrats urge federal stake in big auto companies
Congressional Democrats are pushing legislation to send $25 billion in emergency loans to the beleaguered auto industry in exchange for a government ownership stake in the Big Three car companies...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Fisher, Bryant lead Lakers past Hornets
Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher each scored 20 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers improved to 7-0 with a 93-86 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - November 13, 2008
Knicks make 19 3-pointers in rout of Grizzlies
Wilson Chandler scored a career-high 27 points, missing only one of his 12 shots, and the New York Knicks made | | | | |
