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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
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Global News Archive for December 2007:
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In Iran, Group of ?Mothers? Criticizes Nuclear Policy
More than 500 Iranian women calling themselves ?mothers of peace? have signed a letter to senior officials expressing their fear that there will be a war over Iran?s nuclear program...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
How Did a 2005 Estimate Go Awry?
President Bush could end his term with even his own intelligence apparatus unsure of Iran?s intentions...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
South African Miners Strike Against Dangerous Conditions
South Africa?s crucial mining sector was hit Tuesday by its biggest strike in two decades, as tens of thousands of workers stayed home to protest poor safety conditions...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Teacher Tells of Time in Sudanese Jail Over Teddy Bear
The teacher, 54-year-old Gillian Gibbons, described herself as ?just an ordinary middle-aged primary school teacher? and said she could never have anticipated such an uproar...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Reversal of Fortune for Britain?s Brown
After a brief honeymoon, Prime Minister Gordon Brown?s government has been lurching from disaster to disaster...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Bush Says Iran Still a Danger Despite Report on Weapons
President Bush said today that he saw the new American intelligence report as ?a warning signal? of a continuing threat from Iran...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Israel Unconvinced Iran Has Dropped Nuclear Program
Israel took a darker view of Iran?s nuclear ambitions than the assessment released by the U.S., saying it was convinced that Iran was pursuing nuclear weapons...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
How elephants keep tabs on family
Elephants keep track on up to 30 absent relatives by sniffing out their scent and building up a mental map of where they are, research suggests...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Trump considering NI golf complex
US billionaire Donald Trump is considering buying land in NI to develop a £1bn golf complex...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Ministers to decide Trump plans
Scottish ministers will decide the future of Donald Trump's £1bn golf resort after the plan was rejected by councillors...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Lorry driver denies killing four
A lorry driver killed a family of four who were crushed in their car after he hit a queue of traffic, a court hears...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Bush announces Middle East visit
The White House says President Bush will visit the Middle East in January, a week after peace talks...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Troubled Brazilian speaker quits
The speaker of Brazil's Senate resigns before a vote that could have led to his expulsion over a corruption scandal...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Alarm as Somalia halts food aid
The Somali government halts aid distribution in a crisis-hit region, prompting concern from aid officials...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Celtic qualify despite defeat
Celtic make it into the last 16 of the Champions League, despite losing 1-0 to AC Milan after Filippo Inzaghi's record-breaking goal...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Cricket: England need big total
England need 350 for victory on the final day against Sri Lanka after Kumar Sangakkara hits a majestic 152 on day four of the first Test...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
UK soldier killed in Afghanistan
A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Deal for £500m medical centre
A government land deal secures a £500m state-of-the-art medical research centre in London...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Murderer wins right for IVF baby
The European Court of Human Rights rules a murderer and his wife should be allowed a baby by artificial insemination...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Bomber Strikes NATO Convoy in Kabul
No NATO forces were killed by the suicide car bomb today, which injured 22 Afghan civilians...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Somalian President?s Illness Raises Fears on Stability
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, a critical figure in the effort to bring stability to Somalia, was taken to a hospital in Nairobi today amid mixed reports about his health...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Bush Says Iran Still a Danger Despite Report on Weapons
President Bush said today that he saw the new American intelligence report as ?a warning signal? of a continuing threat from Iran...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
'Kill switch' dropped from Vista
Microsoft withdraws an anti-piracy tool which disables Vista when invoked, following customer complaints...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
European lab 'is ready for space'
Europe prepares for the launch of its Columbus laboratory aboard the space shuttle...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Party funding row 'a sorry tale'
The row over Labour's hidden donations is a "sorry tale of lawbreaking at the highest levels", the Tories say...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Life sentence for racist stabbing
A judge jails a man for life for the "cold blooded" murder of a Polish man in a racist late-night attack...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Unionists threaten selection plan
Plans to scrap academic selection in NI could be put in jeopardy after unionists threaten to block the move...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Rapist caught by daughter jailed
A man caught raping a teenage girl by his daughter as she brought him a cup of coffee is jailed...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Poison man in 'bus driver mime'
A man poisoned by his wife lay on the floor of a hospital in a confused state pretending to drive a bus, a court hears...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Israel 'lax on demolition orders'
Israel has carried out only 3% of demolition orders in West Bank Jewish settlements, campaigners say...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Russia poll vexes EU and Poland
Poland's new PM and the EU presidency criticise the Russian election - unlike France's President Sarkozy...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Bush says Iran remains a threat
Iran remains a threat despite intelligence saying it may not be building nuclear weapons, the US president says...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
UN to join attack on Congo rebels
UN troops in DR Congo says they will provide artillery and air support to the army offensive against rebels...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
US envoy holds rare N Korea talks
A top US envoy holds a key meeting on nuclear issues with North Korea's foreign minister in Pyongyang...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Football: Terry backing Mourinho
England captain John Terry says Jose Mourinho is the stand-out candidate to take over as the national side's manager...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Remote virus-hit island seeks aid
Britons on a remote south Atlantic island seek medical supplies after the outbreak of an acute virus...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Missing man 'remembers nothing'
A missing man who resurfaced after five years is unable to remember anything from that time, his sons say...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Anti-terror police chief retires
The UK's most senior counter-terror officer announces plans to retire after "unfounded accusations" about him...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
MSPs are fully behind Alexander
Scotland's Labour MSPs have given under fire party leader Wendy Alexander unanimous backing...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Soldier back from Iraq is stabbed
A 21-year-old soldier who had just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq is stabbed in County Down...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Paediatrician struck off by GMC
Paediatrician Dr David Southall is struck off for wrongly accusing a mother of murdering her son...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Lenders 'must prepare for worst'
UK mortgage lenders should prepare for the global credit crunch to get much worse, the City watchdog says...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Fuel leak blamed for Nimrod crash
An RAF crash in Afghanistan which killed 14 people was probably caused by a fuel leak, an inquiry finds...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Kidnapped Britons tape condemned
The UK government condemns a videotape issued by the kidnappers of five Britons held in Iraq since May...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Bomber Strikes Convoy in Kabul
A suicide car bomber targeted a NATO convoy in Kabul, wounding 10 civilians passing nearby, officials said...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
South Africa?s Miner Union to Strike
Thousands of striking miners gathered for a march to protest the lack of safety controls in a country where a miner dies nearly every day...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Venezuela Vote Sets Roadblocks on Chávez Path
The surprising defeat of a referendum to accelerate President Hugo Chávez?s socialist-inspired revolution has given new energy to his long-suffering opposition...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Baby TV show did not breach rules
Channel 4's documentary Bringing Up Baby is cleared of breaching TV rules on children despite 752 complaints...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
'Tropics expand' as world warms
The tropical belt has become wider in recent decades, with climate change the probable cause, research suggests...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Gaps in GP services 'very stark'
GPs are not doing enough to prevent ill health among patients, the NHS watchdog for England says...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Christianophobia warning from MP
Attempts to reduce Christian traditions to the "margins" of British life have "gone far enough", an MP says...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Tesco bucking slower sales trend
Tesco sees improved UK sales growth, despite fears that tougher economic conditions may cut consumer spending...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Crown ends woods murder evidence
The Crown concludes its evidence in the Templeton Woods murder trial at the High Court in Edinburgh...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Pupils hurt in chemical incident
Five pupils are taken to hospital with breathing problems after a chemical incident at a school...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Minister scraps the 11-plus exam
The controversial transfer test for P7 children will be scrapped from next year, the education minister says...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Lubbock father wins compensation
The father of Stuart Lubbock who was found dead at the home of Michael Barrymore is awarded compensation...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Woman in Pakistan suicide bombing
An army checkpoint in north-west Pakistan is struck in a rare attack by a woman suicide bomber...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Crisis mission for Belgian leader
Belgium's outgoing PM Guy Verhofstadt is given a royal mission to end the country's political crisis...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Iraqis 'left to rot' in Lebanon
A human rights watchdog sharply criticises Lebanon's attitude to Iraqi refugees who do not have valid visas...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Chavez: 'Reform timing a mistake'
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez says he may have chosen the wrong time to propose reforms rejected by voters on Sunday...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Korea officials in economic talks
Top officials from the two Koreas discuss economic ties in Seoul, as the US nuclear chief holds Pyongyang talks...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Somali leader rushed to hospital
Somalia's President Abdullahi Yusuf is taken to hospital in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Football: Booking angers Sir Alex
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says Cristiano Ronaldo's booking for diving against Fulham was "ridiculous"...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Cricket: Sri Lankans dominate
England will face a tough final day against Sri Lanka after Kumar Sangakkara hits a majestic 152 on day four of the first Test...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Virus-hit island seeks urgent aid
Britons on a remote south Atlantic island seek urgent medical supplies after the outbreak of an acute virus...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Donor hits back over illegal gift
The Scottish Labour leader's campaign team is accused of "gross mismanagement" over the illegal donations row...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Iran welcomes US nuclear report
Iran welcomes a US intelligence report suggesting its government is not trying to develop nuclear weapons...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
UK schools slip down global table
UK secondary schools fall out of the top 10 world education systems in tests in reading and maths...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Teacher speaks of Sudan 'ordeal'
A UK teacher jailed in Sudan over the naming of a teddy bear returns to Britain and says she is in "total shock"...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
EBay to Try Again in Japan by Using Help From Yahoo
EBay and Yahoo Japan said Tuesday that they would link up their auction sites to make cross-border bidding easier, in a deal that will give eBay another chance to woo Japanese consumers...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Magazine Voices Doubt Over ?Diary? From Iraq
After accusations that reports in The New Republic about the cruelty of ordinary officers in Iraq were false, the magazine says that it can no longer stand by the articles...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: North Korea: U.S. Envoy Arrives
Assistant Secretary of State Christopher R. Hill, the chief American envoy to the six-nation talks intended to end North Korea?s nuclear capabilities, is on a three-day visit to that country...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
World Briefing | Australia: The Grinch Who Stole Christmas Ham
Thieves who broke into a meat warehouse in suburban Sydney and stole 17.6 tons of ham and bacon left behind a message. ?Thanks,? they daubed on a wall. ?Merry Christmas.?...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: India: Nuclear Sub by 2009
India will be ready to test its first domestically built nuclear-powered submarine at sea by 2009, said its navy chief...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Prison for Passing Secrets to China
A Moscow court sentenced the former director of a research institute associated with Russia?s space agency, to 11 ½ years in prison for passing classified technology to China...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Muslims End Holocaust Day Boycott
The Muslim Council of Britain, the biggest Muslim umbrella group in the country, has voted to end its boycott of Holocaust Memorial Day, The Guardian reported...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Italy: Mafia Fugitive Killed
One of Italy?s most wanted men, Daniele Emanuello, said to be the head of a Mafia family in Gela, in southern Sicily, was killed by the police during a raid in central Sicily, the police said...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
World Briefing | Australia: New Leader Ratifies Kyoto
Kevin Rudd of the Labor Party was sworn in as prime minister, officially ending nearly 12 years of conservative government under John Howard...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Ebola Kills 19 Ugandans
A new strain of the Ebola virus has been detected in five districts in western Uganda, and the death toll has reached 19...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Abdication Buick Fetches $205,429
King Edward VIII?s 1934 Buick, which he rode to Downing Street to announce his abdication from the British throne in 1936, sold at auction for $205,429...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
In Algeria, Sarkozy Denounces Colonialism
President Nicolas Sarkozy of France denounced colonialism as ?profoundly unjust? but stopped short of apologizing for the atrocities France was accused of committing there...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Belgian King Enters Dispute
King Albert II of Belgium has asked the country?s acting prime minister to take steps necessary to end a political deadlock that has prompted talk of a breakup of Belgium...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
India Finds Mutated DNA Where Water Is Toxic
Toxic chemicals in the water in Punjab, India?s grain belt, could be causing genetic mutations in the population, a recent study suggests...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
U.S. Senses a Rise in Activity by Al Qaeda in Afghanistan
American military and intelligence officials are seeing early signs that Al Qaeda may be increasing its activities in Afghanistan...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
In Gesture, Israel Frees 429 Palestinians
Most of the prisoners were taken by bus to the Palestinian Authority headquarters in Ramallah, where they were greeted by tearful relatives...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Canada Says Ambassador to Iran Expelled
Iran has ordered Canada's ambassador to leave the country, the Canadian foreign minister said late Monday, calling the move entirely unjustifiable...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Afghan Bomber Targets NATO Convoy
A suicide car bomber targeted a NATO convoy in Kabul on Tuesday, wounding 10 civilians passing nearby, officials said...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Brazilians Giving Up Their American Dream
Many Brazilians who moved to the United States over the last two decades are now moving back...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Wedmore Journal: Turn Back. Exit Village. Truck Shortcut Hitting Barrier.
Across Britain, trucks are increasingly being directed by G.P.S. navigation devices that fail to appreciate that the shortest route is not always the best route...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Pakistani Rivals Threaten Boycott of Elections
Two former prime ministers who have long bitterly opposed each other joined with an opposition alliance on Monday to denounce what they see as an unfair environment leading up to parliamentary elections...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Putin Basks in Election Win Despite Broad Criticism
President Vladimir V. Putin declared Monday that his party?s imposing victory in parliamentary elections was a ?sign of trust? that had conferred new legitimacy on the government...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
U.S. Finds Iran Halted Its Nuclear Arms Effort in 2003
A new assessment by American intelligence agencies, which concludes that Iran?s weapons program is on hold, contradicts a report two years ago that Tehran was working inexorably toward building a bomb...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
News Analysis: An Assessment Jars a Foreign Policy Debate
Until Monday, 2008 seemed to be a year destined to be consumed, at least when it comes to foreign policy, by the prospects of confrontation with Iran...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Womb hormones 'leads to anorexia'
Babies may be programmed in the womb for anorexia by their mother's hormones, new evidence suggests...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Alexander plans to 'tough it out'
Wendy Alexander is expected to tell her fellow Labour MSPs that she will "tough out" the donations controversy...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Man charged with stab murder
A man is charged with the murder of a woman and the attempted murder of a 10-year-old boy...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Pakistan rivals plan poll demands
Pakistan's two main opposition rivals agree to issue demands to be met if they are to contest upcoming elections...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Iran 'expels Canadian envoy'
Iran expels Canada's envoy to Tehran, says a Canadian minister, after a spat over diplomatic representation...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
UN says Somalia needs more help
The international community should do more to relieve the crisis in Somalia, says the UN's humanitarian chief...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
All pupils 'need sex education'
Children need sex education throughout their time in school, leading charities and a teaching union say...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Long-term flood plan 'essential'
The summer floods should serve as a wake-up call for government, warns the insurance industry...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Tories force party funding debate
MPs are set to debate party funding reform in the wake of revelations about disguised donations to Labour...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
US Democrats seek Iran rethink
Democrats call for a rethink of Iran policy as a report says Tehran is not at present developing nuclear weapons...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
RAF Nimrod crash report awaited
An inquiry into an explosion on board an RAF Nimrod, which killed all 14 people on board, is due to be published...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Teddy row teacher due back in UK
A UK teacher jailed in Sudan for allowing a toy bear to be named Muhammad is due back in the UK after being freed...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
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