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Global News Archive for August 2008:
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'Pump and Dump' conmen targeted
Scammers who use junk mail to hype stocks are being targeted by software that spots fraudulent trading patterns...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Lucas attends Clone Wars premiere
Director George Lucas attends the US premiere of his latest Star Wars outing, animated film The Clone Wars...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
German 'Nazi' youth camp raided
Thirty-nine young people are returned home as a neo-Nazi youth camp is broken up by police in northern Germany...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Discounts fail to lift July sales
Retail sales fell again last month according to the British Retail Consortium, with consumer confidence at record lows...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Man sought after office shooting
Police investigating the attempted murder of a woman issue an artist's impression of a man they want to trace...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Residents urged to boil tap water
Almost 5,000 people in north Wales are being asked to boil drinking water over the next 48 hours...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Man in court over cannabis haul
A 45-year-old Northern Ireland man is charged after £860,000 worth of cannabis was recovered from a lorry in Ayrshire...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Capello compares England to Spain
England coach Fabio Capello says they can qualify for the World Cup by playing with the same technical quality as Euro 2008 champions Spain...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Mugabe upbeat as talks continue
Zimbabwe's leader is confident of reaching agreement as talks in Harare on sharing power with the opposition adjourn for the night...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Child-snatch suspect is 'wanted'
A man accused of abducting his UK-based daughter is wanted over the disappearance of a couple in 1985, US authorities say...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Ex-BBC executive Cotton dies
Sir Bill Cotton, the TV executive who oversaw some of the BBC's most popular shows in the 1970s, dies aged 80...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Unfazed by bombings, India has an option peace
With a deadly attack on its embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistani troops clashing with its soldiers in disputed Kashmir and Islamic militants bombing its cities, India has in recent months seemed a country under siege...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Hawaii teachers cure clears way for a new saint
When cancer spread into her lungs, doctors told Audrey Toguchi she had six months to live, at best, and suggested chemotherapy as the only option...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Losing the yeti in forgotten nation of Bhutan
He remembers the darkness of the pine forest, and the footprints, and his terror when the creature began to howl. He remembers the stories of his childhood, of a beast that stalked the upper reaches of the mountains, and how fear spread through the village every time it was spotted...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Ivins remembered for intelligence, compassion
The Army scientist suspected in the anthrax attacks was remembered for his humor, intelligence and compassion at a memorial service Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Authorities Tire failure may be behind Nev. crash
Tire failure may have caused a casino worker shuttle bus crash that injured 29 people, a Nevada Highway Patrol officer said Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Md. woman sues state for right to massage horses
Mercedes Clemens is certified to massage humans, but she claims the state of Maryland is keeping her from her first love: Massaging horses...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Mourners pray at Texas bus crash site
Like others returning from a religious festival in Missouri, Hoang Vu stopped at the spot where a charter bus carrying fellow Vietnamese Catholics on the pilgrimage had crashed and killed 17 people...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Dempster stifles Cards to push Cubs to 6-2 victory
Ryan Dempster earned his 13th win and the Chicago Cubs beat St. Louis 6-2 on Sunday night in a game in which Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter left with another injury...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Harrington fills Tiger void with PGA win
Everyone wondered who would fill the void with Tiger Woods recuperating and out of the last two majors...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Rays roll to franchise record for wins
Rocco Baldelli fits perfectly into the remarkable script that the Tampa Bay Rays are putting together this season...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Dempsters pitching leads Cubs past Cards, 6-2
Ryan Dempster won his 13th game and the Chicago Cubs beat St. Louis 6-2 on Sunday night in a game in which Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter left with another injury...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Rockmount shirts set the fashion in the West
Its Western shirts have been worn by everyone from Elvis Presley in "Love Me Tender" to Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain."...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
New premium grapes auctioned for $910 in Japan
A new variety of premium grapes debuted in Japan on Monday, with a single bunch fetching as much as $910...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Hayes, Shaft singer and disco presage, dies
Isaac Hayes, the baldheaded, baritone-voiced soul crooner who laid the groundwork for disco and whose "Theme From Shaft" won both Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday afternoon after he collapsed near a treadmill, authorities said. He was 65...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Denver wants delegates to see the old and the new
This frontier town turned modern city wants to put its best foot forward for the Democratic National Convention _ just not necessarily one wearing a cowboy boot...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Bolivians back Morales in recall vote
Voters vigorously endorsed President Evo Morales on Sunday in a recall referendum he devised to try to break a political stalemate and revive his leftist crusade, partial unofficial results showed...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Clinton to headline second night of convention
Hillary Rodham Clinton will headline her own night at the Democratic National Convention...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Angels finish 1st 3-game sweep of Yanks since 1995
Chone Figgins hit an RBI single with one out in the ninth inning against Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, and the Los Angeles Angels completed a three-game sweep of New York with a 4-3 victory on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Michael Phelps wins his 2nd gold of 2008 Olympics
Michael Phelps has his second gold of the Beijing games. It came in the 400-meter freestyle relay and he got the gold because of the performance of teammate Jason Lezak, who swam the anchor leg of the race. When Lezak dove into the pool for the last lap he was second to world-record holder Alain Bernard of France. He was still trailing with about 20 meters to go but from there the American turned on the afterburner. He made up the distance and finished 0.08 seconds ahead of Bernard...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Filipino troops press assault on Muslim rebels
Philippine troops, backed by helicopter gunships, regained control of two southern villages from Muslim rebels Monday and pressed ahead with a massive assault to clear 13 others, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Official 2 attackers in western China were women
Two women were among a squad of assailants accused of killing 12 people when they hurled homemade bombs at government buildings and police this week in a Muslim region of China, officials said Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Kabul bomb kills 3 Afghans, wounds NATO soldiers
Officials say a suicide car bomb attack in Kabul has wounded NATO soldiers and killed at least three civilians...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Iraqis suspend military operations in Diyala
The Iraqi government said Monday it has halted military operations in Diyala province for a week to give insurgents time to surrender, even as deadly bombings struck the area northeast of Baghdad...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Swarms of Russian jets bomb Georgian targets
Swarms of Russian jets launched new raids on Georgian territory Monday and Georgia faced the threat of a second front of fighting as Russia demanded that Georgia disarm troops near the breakaway province of Abkhazia...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Fatal shooting by police sparks Montreal riot
Rioting broke out late Sunday in a Montreal neighborhood where a young man was shot to death by police over the weekend. A police officer was shot in the leg, stores were looted and firefighters were pelted with beer bottles...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Ousted Thai prime minister, wife flee to London
Ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has fled to London, saying Monday that there were threats against his life and that he could not expect justice in Thai courts on the corruption charges he faces...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Kabul bomb kills 3 civilians, wounds NATO soldiers
A suicide bomber rammed his car into a NATO convoy in Kabul on Monday, killing three civilians and wounding at least a dozen, officials said. Clashes and an airstrike in the south killed 25 militants and eight civilians held hostage by insurgents...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Philippine troops press assault on Muslim rebels
Philippine troops, backed by helicopter gunships, regained control of two southern villages from Muslim rebels Monday and pressed ahead with a massive assault to clear 13 others, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Riot breaks out in Montreal neighborhood
Police say a riot has broken out and an officer was shot in the leg in the Montreal neighborhood where a young man was shot and killed by police on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Roadside bombing in Turkey kills 9 soldiers
A roadside bomb exploded in eastern Turkey on Monday, killing nine soldiers who were on their way back from an operation against Kurdish rebels, an official said. Two other soldiers were wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Trial begins in Denmark against terror suspects
Two alleged Islamic militants accused of preparing a bomb attack went on trial in Denmark on Monday, with prosecutors showing secret video footage of them testing a highly explosive material in an apartment building in Copenhagen...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Swedish nurse put surgery photos on Facebook
A Swedish neurosurgeon at a Stockholm hospital says a nurse could lose her job after posting photos of surgeries on Facebook...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
3 Kenyans linked to terror mastermind out on bail
Court officials say three Kenyans have been released on bail after being charged with harboring a man accused of masterminding the bombings of two American embassies in East Africa 10 years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Rape allegations force Afghan govt crackdown
Ali Khan braved death threats and public scorn to out the powerful men he accuses of gang-raping his 12-year-old niece...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Oxford delays on A* grade offers
Oxford University will not make offers of places based on the higher A* grade at A-level when it is first introduced...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Actor Terence Rigby dies aged 71
Actor Terence Rigby, who appeared in a string of TV dramas and films, dies from lung cancer at the age of 71...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Pension fund finances in the red
The UK's final salary pension schemes have fallen back into the red again, according to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF)...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
UK warns of Russia 'catastrophe'
Gordon Brown says there is "no justification" for Russia's actions in Georgia which he says threaten the entire region...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Jordan's king in first Iraq visit
King Abdullah of Jordan becomes the first Arab head of state to visit Iraq since the 2003 overthrow of Saddam Hussein...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Turkish soldiers killed in blast
At least nine Turkish soldiers are killed in an explosion in the east of the country, Turkish media report...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Police fire on Kashmir protesters
A senior separatist and four others are killed after police fire on Muslims near the border in Indian-administered Kashmir...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Catering rise after course split
The has been a 20% increase in applications to University of Ulster hotel management courses, the university has said...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
UN helicopter fired on in Darfur
A UN-African Union helicopter comes under fire in Darfur, the peacekeeping mission says...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Brothers guilty of drug dealer murders
A man is found guilty of murdering three drug dealers following the conviction of his brother on the same charge...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Soul man
Dionne Warwick and Gloria Gaynor recall Isaac Hayes...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Deskwich diet
Been staring at a screen all day, without a break?...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Suburban horror
Drugs swindle led to brutal murder of three men...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
England seal victory in fourth Test
England seal a six-wicket consolation victory over South Africa at The Oval to hand Kevin Pietersen a winning start to his reign as Test captain...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Safety scare grounds helicopters
A number of police and air ambulance helicopters are grounded while maintenance checks are carried out...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Peggy - the three-legged dog who loves steam trains
A three-legged dog with a passion for locomotives is a regular on a steam train...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Zimbabwe coalition talks resume
Power-sharing talks between Zimbabwe's governing Zanu-PF party and opposition officials resume in Harare...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Russian troops in Georgia advance
Russian soldiers move into the west Georgian town of Senaki, as frantic diplomacy to end the conflict continues...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Adlington tipped to add to gold
Former world champion Karen Pickering backs Rebecca Adlington to add to her 400m freestyle gold...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Murdered Chinese couple are named
Police say a Chinese couple found murdered in Newcastle were boyfriend and girlfriend...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Hawaii teachers cure clears way for a new saint
When cancer spread into her lungs, doctors told Audrey Toguchi she had six months to live, at best, and suggested chemotherapy as the only option...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Losing the yeti in forgotten nation of Bhutan
He remembers the darkness of the pine forest, and the footprints, and his terror when the creature began to howl. He remembers the stories of his childhood, of a beast that stalked the upper reaches of the mountains, and how fear spread through the village every time it was spotted...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Ivins remembered for intelligence, compassion
The Army scientist suspected in the anthrax attacks was remembered for his humor, intelligence and compassion at a memorial service Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Unfazed by bombings, India has an option peace
With a deadly attack on its embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistani troops clashing with its soldiers in disputed Kashmir and Islamic militants bombing its cities, India has in recent months seemed a country under siege...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Cease-work order for companies linked to bus crash
The Federal Motor Safety Administration has ordered companies linked to the bus involved in a fatal Texas crash to cease all commercial operations...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Texas Vietnamese congregation honors bus victims
The pastor of a Vietnamese congregation that lost parishioners in a deadly charter bus crash told churchgoers Sunday that they must accept the tragedy as a "door that God has opened."...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Md. woman sues state for right to massage horses
Mercedes Clemens is certified to massage humans, but she claims the state of Maryland is keeping her from her first love: Massaging horses...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Mourners pray at Texas bus crash site
Like others returning from a religious festival in Missouri, Hoang Vu stopped at the spot where a charter bus carrying fellow Vietnamese Catholics on the pilgrimage had crashed and killed 17 people...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Harrington fills Tiger void with PGA win
Everyone wondered who would fill the void with Tiger Woods recuperating and out of the last two majors...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Rays roll to franchise record for wins
Rocco Baldelli fits perfectly into the remarkable script that the Tampa Bay Rays are putting together this season...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Dempsters pitching leads Cubs past Cards, 6-2
Ryan Dempster won his 13th game and the Chicago Cubs beat St. Louis 6-2 on Sunday night in a game in which Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter left with another injury...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Dempster stifles Cards to push Cubs to 6-2 victory
Ryan Dempster earned his 13th win and the Chicago Cubs beat St. Louis 6-2 on Sunday night in a game in which Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter left with another injury...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Lousy economy threatens states sales tax holidays
Thousands of shoppers have been flocking to malls in more than a dozen states for back-to-school sales tax holidays, buying millions of dollars worth of clothes and school supplies _ and depriving states of much-needed revenue...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
More Nebraska Beef recalled despite assurances
Federal authorities last month assured consumers that a meat plant linked to nearly 50 illnesses caused by tainted ground beef had made enough changes after a recall to ensure that its products were safe. Less than a month later, the same processor has recalled 1.2 million pounds of other beef products that might have sickened more than 30 people...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Rockmount shirts set the fashion in the West
Its Western shirts have been worn by everyone from Elvis Presley in "Love Me Tender" to Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain."...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Edwards ex-mistress nixes paternity test
The ex-mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards said Saturday she will not participate in DNA testing to establish the paternity of her daughter...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Hayes, Shaft singer and disco presage, dies
Isaac Hayes, the baldheaded, baritone-voiced soul crooner who laid the groundwork for disco and whose "Theme From Shaft" won both Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday afternoon after he collapsed near a treadmill, authorities said. He was 65...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Clinton to headline second night of convention
Hillary Rodham Clinton will headline her own night at the Democratic National Convention...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Angels finish 1st 3-game sweep of Yanks since 1995
Chone Figgins hit an RBI single with one out in the ninth inning against Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, and the Los Angeles Angels completed a three-game sweep of New York with a 4-3 victory on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Denver wants delegates to see the old and the new
This frontier town turned modern city wants to put its best foot forward for the Democratic National Convention _ just not necessarily one wearing a cowboy boot...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
US, Russian ambassadors spar at UN over Georgia
U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad exchanged sharp remarks with the Russian ambassador on Sunday, accusing Moscow of resisting attempts to make peace with Georgia after days of fighting have left hundreds of civilians dead...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Russia expands Georgia blitz, deploys ships
Russia expanded its bombing blitz to the Georgian capital, deployed ships off the coast and, a Georgian official said, sent tanks from the separatist region of South Ossetia into Georgian territory, heading toward a border city before being turned back...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Bolivians back Morales in recall
Voters vigorously endorsed President Evo Morales on Sunday in a recall referendum he devised to try to break a political stalemate and revive his leftist crusade, partial unofficial results showed...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Early results Bolivians back Morales in recall
Voters strongly reaffirmed their faith in President Evo Morales on Sunday in a recall referendum that the Bolivian leader devised to try to break a political stalemate in the bitterly divided Andean nation, partial unofficial results showed...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Propane explosions in Toronto force evacuation
Explosions at a propane facility forced thousands of people to evacuate early Sunday, and witnesses described the sky lighting up in the glow of an enormous fireball before turning black with billowing smoke. One firefighter died, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Filipino troops press assault on Muslim rebels
Philippine troops, backed by helicopter gunships, regained control of two southern villages from Muslim rebels Monday and pressed ahead with a massive assault to clear 13 others, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
US coalition kills 25 militants, 8 Afghan hostages
The U.S.-led coalition says its troops have killed 25 militants and eight Afghan civilians held hostage by militants in southern Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Deposed Thai PM flees to Britain amid court case
Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his family have fled to the United Kingdom, the former leader said Monday after he and his wife skipped a hearing on corruption charges in a Thai court...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Condition of American in knifing attack improves
The condition of the American mother of a former Olympian who was stabbed on the opening day of Olympics competition was improving Monday, a spokesman for the U.S. Olympics Committee told the AP...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Bolivians strongly back Morales in recall vote
Voters vigorously endorsed President Evo Morales on Sunday in a recall referendum he devised to try to break a political stalemate and revive his leftist campaign to eliminate historical inequities, partial unofficial results showed...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Bolivians back Morales in recall vote
Voters vigorously endorsed President Evo Morales on Sunday in a recall referendum he devised to try to break a political stalemate and revive his leftist crusade, partial unofficial results showed...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Official 2 attackers in western China were women
Two women were among a squad of assailants accused of killing 12 people when they hurled homemade bombs at government buildings and police this week in a Muslim region of China, officials said Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Pilot pleads innocent in Indonesia crash
An Indonesian pilot pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he deliberately crash-landed a passenger jet last year, killing 21 people...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Terror bombing plot trial begins in Denmark
Two alleged Islamic militants have gone on trial in Denmark on charges of preparing bomb attacks...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Pakistani forces fire on militants in tribal city
Pakistani forces on Monday trained gunfire and dropped bombs on Islamic militants in and around the main town of a tribal region next to the Afghan border, forcing thousands of residents to flee, witnesses said...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Riot breaks out in Montreal
A riot broke out and an officer was shot in the leg late Sunday in the Monday neighborhood where a young man was shot and killed by police a day earlier...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Indonesian rescuers recover body of American pilot
The body of an American pilot was recovered Monday from the wreckage of his small plane, which crashed into a jungle-covered mountain in eastern Indonesia over the weekend, rescuers said...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Militants in Pakistan behead 2 accused spies
Militants beheaded two men in a Pakistani tribal area near the border with Afghanistan, accusing them of spying for the U.S. and Pakistan, a witness said Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Easy-listening West Bank station goes off air
A West Bank radio station that sought to bring Israelis and Palestinians together to the tune of easy-listening rock music has gone of the air because of a lack of funding...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Roadside bomb kills 8 soldiers in Turkey
A roadside bomb killed eight soldiers and wounded three in eastern Turkey on Monday, an official said...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Express denied box office crown
Comedy film Pineapple Express misses out being number one in the North American film chart because of an early release date...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Sky-high system to aid soldiers
Cities and battlefields could soon be monitored using an imaging system that does away with lenses and mirrors...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Russian action 'deplorable' - UK
UK Foreign Office Minister Jim Murphy has described Russian military action against Georgia as "deplorable"...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Thousands flee Philippine clashes
Up to 130,000 people are displaced due to fighting between the army and rebels in the southern Philippines, reports say...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Turkish soldiers killed in blast
At least eight Turkish soldiers are killed in an explosion in the east of the country, Turkish media report...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
India fetes first gold medallist
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lavishes praise on Abhinav Bindra, the country's first individual Olympic gold medallist...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Costs fall for UK manufacturers
UK manufacturers see an unexpected drop in costs in July on the back of falling oil prices, official data shows...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
£52m road for accident blackspot
A new dual carriageway is to be built in North Antrim, upgrading a section of road notorious for accidents...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Barak admits Gaza truce success
Israel's defence minister says an invasion of Gaza would not stop rocket attacks and a recent truce has been as success...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Police charge 46 at climate camp
A total of 100 people are arrested at Kent's climate camp and 46 are charged amid claims of heavy-handed policing...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Police target networking sites
Social networking sites on the internet are targeted in a bid to cut violent crime in the west of Scotland...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Three jailed for drug gang death
Three drugs gang members are jailed for a total of 23 years for a punishment beating which went too far...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Eco petrolhead
£54 to fill up. We test eco-driving tips to try to save fuel...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Gaza blockade
Guide to what gets in and what gets out of the strip...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Drop your sarnie
Are you eating your lunch right now? You're not alone...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Author, 93, uses novel royalties to help friends avoid nursing homes
A 93-year-old woman who has had her first novel published buys a house in Devon to help friends avoid going into nursing homes...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Live text - England v South Africa
England pass fifty for no loss on the final day of the final Test, in their quest for a target of 197 at The Oval...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Zimbabwe crisis talks to resume
Power-sharing talks between Zimbabwe's governing Zanu-PF party and opposition officials are due to resume...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Ex-Thai PM 'will remain in UK'
Ousted Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra says he will not return to Thailand from the UK to answer corruption charges...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Lung removed in 'cancer blunder'
A man says his lung was needlessly removed by doctors after he was wrongly diagnosed with cancer...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Footballer blackmailed over sex
A former Manchester City youth player admits blackmailing a top Premier League footballer over sexual images...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Man Utd player wins £4.5m payout
A Manchester United player whose career ended when he was injured in a bad tackle is awarded over £4.5m in compensation...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Water companies plan price rises
Water companies in England and Wales submit their proposed five-year price plans to the regulator for approval...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Ceasefire bid amid Georgia crisis
Russia and Georgia accuse each other of launching new attacks, as diplomats attempt to broker a ceasefire in the conflict over South Ossetia...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Unfazed by bombings, India has an option peace
With a deadly attack on its embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistani troops clashing with its soldiers in disputed Kashmir and Islamic militants bombing its cities, India has in recent months seemed a country under siege...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Hawaii teachers cure clears way for a new saint
When cancer spread into her lungs, doctors told Audrey Toguchi she had six months to live, at best, and suggested chemotherapy as the only option...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Losing the yeti in forgotten nation of Bhutan
He remembers the darkness of the pine forest, and the footprints, and his terror when the creature began to howl. He remembers the stories of his childhood, of a beast that stalked the upper reaches of the mountains, and how fear spread through the village every time it was spotted...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Ivins remembered for intelligence, compassion
The Army scientist suspected in the anthrax attacks was remembered for his humor, intelligence and compassion at a memorial service Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Singer, songwriter Isaac Hayes dies at age 65
Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless "Theme From Shaft" won Academy and Grammy awards, has been found dead at home. He was 65...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Cease-work order for companies linked to bus crash
The Federal Motor Safety Administration has ordered companies linked to the bus involved in a fatal Texas crash to cease all commercial operations...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
FDNY stint proving ground for West Point cadets
Before they hit the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, West Point cadets have gotten a taste of chaos, New York City style...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Race sometimes a problem in eyewitness IDs
In the midst of being raped, Jennifer Thompson-Cannino told herself to pay attention to details that would allow her to identify her attacker...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Dempster stifles Cards to push Cubs to 6-2 victory
Ryan Dempster earned his 13th win and the Chicago Cubs beat St. Louis 6-2 on Sunday night in a game in which Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter left with another injury...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Angels finish 1st 3-game sweep of Yanks since 1995
Chone Figgins hit an RBI single with one out in the ninth inning against Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, and the Los Angeles Angels completed a three-game sweep of New York with a 4-3 victory on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Angels finish 1st home sweep of Yanks since 1995
Chone Figgins hit an RBI single with one out in the ninth inning against Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, and the Los Angeles Angels completed a three-game sweep of New York with a 4-3 victory on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Hayes, Shaft singer and disco presage, dies
Isaac Hayes, the baldheaded, baritone-voiced soul crooner who laid the groundwork for disco and whose "Theme From Shaft" won both Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday afternoon after he collapsed near a treadmill, authorities said. He was 65...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Denver wants delegates to see the old and the new
This frontier town turned modern city wants to put its best foot forward for the Democratic National Convention _ just not necessarily one wearing a cowboy boot...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Rockmount shirts set the fashion in the West
Its Western shirts have been worn by everyone from Elvis Presley in "Love Me Tender" to Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain."...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Edwards ex-mistress nixes paternity test
The ex-mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards said Saturday she will not participate in DNA testing to establish the paternity of her daughter...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Dempsters pitching leads Cubs past Cards, 6-2
Ryan Dempster won his 13th game and the Chicago Cubs beat St. Louis 6-2 on Sunday night in a game in which Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter left with another injury...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Texas Vietnamese congregation honors bus victims
The pastor of a Vietnamese congregation that lost parishioners in a deadly charter bus crash told churchgoers Sunday that they must accept the tragedy as a "door that God has opened."...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Lousy economy threatens states sales tax holidays
Thousands of shoppers have been flocking to malls in more than a dozen states for back-to-school sales tax holidays, buying millions of dollars worth of clothes and school supplies _ and depriving states of much-needed revenue...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
More Nebraska Beef recalled despite assurances
Federal authorities last month assured consumers that a meat plant linked to nearly 50 illnesses caused by tainted ground beef had made enough changes after a recall to ensure that its products were safe. Less than a month later, the same processor has recalled 1.2 million pounds of other beef products that might have sickened more than 30 people...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Clinton to headline second night of convention
Hillary Rodham Clinton will headline her own night at the Democratic National Convention...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Afghan president urges military action in Pakistan
President Hamid Karzai said Sunday that airstrikes carried out in Afghan villages by U.S. and NATO troops are only killing civilians and that the international community should instead go after terror centers in Pakistan...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Iraqi FM Iraq, US very close on security deal
U.S. and Iraqi negotiators are "very close" to reaching a long-term security pact that will decide the fate of American troops in Iraq, the foreign minister said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
South Ossetians describe fleeing from the fighting
VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia _ South Ossetian refugees on Sunday described being shelled and shot at and forced to run for their lives _ leaving homes, family members and most of what they had behind. They talked of hiding in the woods, being mocked by Georgian soldiers and passing the dead on the roadside...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Vietnamese women wed foreigners to help family
Nearly 70 young Vietnamese women swept past in groups of five, twirling and posing like fashion models, all competing for the hand of a Taiwanese man who had paid a matchmaking service about $6,000 for the privilege of marrying one of them...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Bush seeks to contain violent conflict in Georgia
President Bush sought to contain the explosive conflict in Georgia on Sunday as the White House warned Russia that relations with the U.S. were in jeopardy...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Russia says it is ready to negotiate with Georgia
Russia declared itself ready to make peace with Georgia and U.N. officials confirmed Sunday that Georgia is prepared to negotiate with Russia by withdrawing troops from the breakaway province of South Ossetia and creating a safe travel zone...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
New violence in Chinas restive west kills 11
Assailants using homemade bombs attacked a shopping center and hotel and battled with police Sunday in a western Chinese city far from the Beijing Olympics where local Muslims have waged a sputtering rebellion against Chinese rule. Ten attackers and one security guard died, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
US, Russian ambassadors spar at UN over Georgia
U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad exchanged sharp remarks with the Russian ambassador on Sunday, accusing Moscow of resisting attempts to make peace with Georgia after days of fighting have left hundreds of civilians dead...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Russia expands Georgia blitz, deploys ships
Russia expanded its bombing blitz to the Georgian capital, deployed ships off the coast and, a Georgian official said, sent tanks from the separatist region of South Ossetia into Georgian territory, heading toward a border city before being turned back...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Pakistani forces bomb houses near Afghan border
Pakistani forces bombed dozens of houses in a tribal region near the Afghan border Sunday, officials and witnesses said, in a military offensive that comes amid U.S. pressure for Pakistan to crack down on militants...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Bolivians back Morales in recall vote
Voters vigorously endorsed President Evo Morales on Sunday in a recall referendum he devised to try to break a political stalemate and revive his leftist crusade, partial unofficial results showed...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Bolivians back Morales in recall
Voters vigorously endorsed President Evo Morales on Sunday in a recall referendum he devised to try to break a political stalemate and revive his leftist crusade, partial unofficial results showed...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Early results Bolivians back Morales in recall
Voters strongly reaffirmed their faith in President Evo Morales on Sunday in a recall referendum that the Bolivian leader devised to try to break a political stalemate in the bitterly divided Andean nation, partial unofficial results showed...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Propane explosions in Toronto force evacuation
Explosions at a propane facility forced thousands of people to evacuate early Sunday, and witnesses described the sky lighting up in the glow of an enormous fireball before turning black with billowing smoke. One firefighter died, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Hurricane Hernan weakens over Pacific
Hurricane Hernan weakened to Category 1 strength on Sunday as it lumbered over cooler waters far from land...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
US begins flying Georgian troops home from Iraq
A senior U.S. military official says the Americans have begun flying Georgian troops home from Iraq after they requested help with transportation...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Ainu rise up from the margins of Japanese society
For someone who grew up ashamed of her ethnic identity, they are powerful words...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Bolivians strongly back Morales in recall vote
Voters vigorously endorsed President Evo Morales on Sunday in a recall referendum he devised to try to break a political stalemate and revive his leftist campaign to eliminate historical inequities, partial unofficial results showed...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
American hurt in Beijing knife attack now stable
A spokesman for the U.S. Olympics Committee says the condition of the woman who was attacked on the opening weekend of the Olympics has improved...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,139
As of Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008, at least 4,139 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Russian news agencies report sunken Georgian ship
Russian news agencies say the Defense Ministry is claiming to have sunk a Georgian missile boat that was trying to attack Russian navy ships in the Black Sea...
Southern Ledger - August 11, 2008
Perry plants kiss at number one
US pop star Katy Perry tops the UK chart on download sales alone with her debut single I Kissed A Girl...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Firms 'need fairer energy deals'
UK businesses need to be offered help in dealing with energy companies, the British Chamber of Commerce says...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Ex-Thai PM fails to attend court
The ousted Thai Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, fails to show up at a court in Bangkok, amid rumours he has fled to the UK...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Bindra claims India's first gold
Abhinav Bindra becomes India's first individual Olympic gold medallist, winning the men's 10m air rifle shooting title...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Morales 'wins' tense Bolivia poll
With votes still being counted, Bolivia's President Evo Morales claims victory in a referendum on whether he should stay in power...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Police reveal more on murdered Chinese
Detective are to reveal further details about the murder of a Chinese couple found battered to death in Newcastle...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Weather warning
How the Met Office plays a stormer in keeping people well...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Flat-footed?
How the housing slump may deprive Arsenal of cash...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Weather alerts cut lung admissions
A scheme warning people with lung problems about weather which could worsen symptoms has cut hospital admissions...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Drug appeal procedures 'chaotic'
Appeals by cancer sufferers in England for drugs beyond normal NHS funding are not dealt with fairly, a patient group claims...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Now you see it, now you don't... invisibility cloak nearer to reality
Scientists in the US say they have developed materials that can bend light around 3D objects making them "disappear"...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Superb Harrington clinches USPGA
Padraig Harrington wins his second straight major with victory in the 90th USPGA Championship at Oakland Hills...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
More bosses 'planning job cuts'
Employers expect gloomy times ahead for the jobs market, with a rise in redundancies and a fall in recruitment, a survey suggests...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Zimbabwe talks inconclusive - Mugabe
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says talks with the opposition reached no result, but will continue later on Monday...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Tories plan to tighten bail laws
The Conservatives say they would make major changes to tighten the laws on bail in England and Wales...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
US warning to Russia over Georgia
The US strongly criticises Russian military action against Georgia, in the bitter conflict over South Ossetia, amid reports that Moscow has bombed further targets inside Georgia...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
Planned water bill rises unveiled
Water companies in England and Wales are set to reveal proposed increases to water bills for the five years from 2010...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
GB's Adlington wins swimming gold
Rebecca Adlington wins the Olympic women's 400m freestyle - the first British woman in 48 years to take a swimming gold...
BBC News - August 11, 2008
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