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Suri Cruise tops Forbes.com list of Hottest Tots
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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The New Frugality Americans return to thriftiness
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Mammoth task Scientists map DNA of ancient beast
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Rebels No clashes in eastern Congo after pullback
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ben Affleck visits refugee camps in eastern Congo
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ga. priest facing excommunication will appeal
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Global News Archive for June 2008:
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Vatican to mark anniversary of death of Pius XII
The Vatican said Tuesday it will mark the 50th anniversary this year of the death of Pope Pius XII, describing the controversial World War II pontiff as a great pope who spoke out when necessary...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mugabe threatens to arrest opposition leaders
President Robert Mugabe threatened to arrest opposition leaders he accused of supporting mounting election violence, state radio reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Political leaders pay tribute to TVs Russert
The two men vying to become president, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, and congressional leaders, journalists and other Washington elite paid tribute to television journalist Tim Russert on Wednesday at a private funeral mass...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Anglican Bible conservatives hold strategy summit
Less than a month ahead of a global gathering of Anglican leaders, conservative bishops angry about the liberalism of churches in the United States, Canada and elsewhere are meeting for a strategy summit in Jordan and Israel...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mugabe threatens opposition arrests
President Robert Mugabe threatened to arrest opposition leaders he accused of supporting mounting election violence, state radio reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Harry Potter devotees put wizard tales to music
Jen Leffler first escaped into the world of Harry Potter as an adolescent in suburban Chicago. A decade later, the love affair continues. Only now, it means taking road trips to concerts across the country...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Both sides in marriage fight aim for mainstream
When gay and lesbian couples started getting married in California this week, one set of voices was quiet among the choruses of "Here Come the Brides" _ those of the conservative activists who put a same-sex marriage ban on the November ballot...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Bipartisan accord reached on war funding bill
House leaders in both parties have announced a deal on a long-overdue war funding bill. They say President Bush will sign it...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Missing Denali hiker calls mom Crews searching
One of two backpackers missing nearly a week in Denali National Park and Preserve called her mother and said they were safe Wednesday, but helicopters sent out after authorities tracked the signal did not immediately find them. The park dispatched two helicopters to pick up Erica Nelson and Abby Flantz, but three hours later they had not been located...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Pigs who swam through floodwaters killed on levee
Luck ran out for about a dozen pigs who escaped their flooded farm, swam through raging floodwaters and scrambled atop a sandbag levee in southeastern Iowa...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
J.D. Drew powers Red Sox past the Phillies 7-4
J.D. Drew tied a career-high with four hits and fell a triple short of the cycle, Justin Masterson pitched five effective innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Drew has 4 hits and 4 RBIs to lead Red Sox over Phillies
J.D. Drew tied a career-high with four hits and fell a triple short of the cycle, Justin Masterson pitched five effective innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Rascal Flatts to join Boston Pops on July 4
Rascal Flatts will play with the Boston Pops on the banks of the Charles River during a July 4 concert to be broadcast on CBS...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Seinfelds lawyers see humor, not defamation
Jerry Seinfeld claims a cookbook author is cooking up some fancy semantics by calling him an actor rather than a comedian to minimize the humor in statements she says defamed her...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
McCain calls for building 45 new nuclear reactors
Sen. John McCain is calling for construction of 45 new nuclear reactors by 2030 and pledging $2 billion a year in federal funds to make clean coal a reality. He says the measures will reduce American dependence on foreign oil...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Analysis McCain challenges Obama on terrorism
Republican John McCain paints Democratic rival Barack Obama as naive on foreign policy, weak on national security and, now, soft on terrorism...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Muslim woman Scarf kept her from seat near Obama
A young Muslim woman said she and another woman were refused seats directly behind Barack Obama _ and in front of TV cameras _ at a Detroit rally because they wear head scarfs...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Michelle Obama says she was touched by first lady
Michelle Obama said she was "touched" that first lady Laura Bush came to her defense after she was harshly criticized by Republicans for saying last February that for the first time in her adult life she was proud of the United States...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Polancos big game helps lead Tigers past Giants
Placido Polanco had four hits, drove in two runs and scored three as the Detroit Tigers knocked struggling San Francisco starter Barry Zito out after only two innings and took the rubber game from the Giants 7-2 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Drew ignores boos, powers Red Sox past Phillies
J.D. Drew tied a career-high with four hits and fell a triple short of the cycle, Justin Masterson pitched five effective innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mars team ponders whether lander sees ice or salt
Is the white stuff in the Martian soil ice or salt?...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Wall Streets credit crisis heads into second year
There are new signs that the worst of the global credit crisis is yet to come, and that banks and brokerages caught up in the market turmoil may lose $1 trillion by the time it has passed...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Bush to Congress Embrace energy exploration now
With gasoline topping $4 a gallon, President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to lift its long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, saying the United States needs to increase its energy production...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Dow industrials fall below 12,000 as oil rises
The Dow Jones industrial average has fallen below the 12,000 mark for the first time since March...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Home buying practices adjust to high gas prices
In his hunt for a new home, Demetrius Stroud crunched the numbers to find out that, with gas prices climbing, moving near an Amtrak station is the best thing for his wallet...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Democrat Pentagon sought abusive interrogations
A top Senate Democrat says military officials tasked with training U.S. troops to evade enemy interrogations helped Pentagon lawyers devise abusive tactics that could be used in prisons like Guantanamo Bay...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Star Trek star George Takei to marry partner
"Star Trek" star George Takei is ready to "live long and prosper" with his partner of 21 years. Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Cyd Charisse dies in LA at 86
Cyd Charisse, the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died Tuesday. She was 86...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Feds 26 levees could overflow if sandbags fail
A map obtained by The Associated Press shows the federal government predicting that 26 levees could potentially overflow along the Mississippi River in the next week if the weather forecast is on the mark and a massive sandbagging effort fails to raise the level of the levees...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
McCain urges end to ban on offshore drilling
Sen. John McCain said Monday the federal moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling should be lifted, and individual states given the right to pursue energy exploration in waters near their own coasts...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Israel urges Lebanon to open peace talks
Israel on Wednesday urged Lebanon to open peace talks, the latest move in a flurry of developments aimed at easing the multiple conflicts in the region...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Monsoon floods kill 29 in India
Authorities used boats to ferry food and drinking water to hundreds of thousands of villagers cut off by monsoon floods that have killed at least 29 people in the past week in eastern India, officials said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
"Star Trek" star George Takei is ready to "live long and prosper" with his partner of 21 years. Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
A top Senate Democrat says military officials tasked with training U.S. troops to evade enemy interrogations helped Pentagon lawyers devise abusive tactics that could be used in prisons like Guantanamo Bay...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Texas court orders execution warrant reinstated
A Texas appeals court has ordered the reinstatement of an execution warrant for a former topless-club bouncer condemned for a double slaying almost 20 years ago...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Afghan, NATO troops kill 36 Taliban near Kandahar
Afghan and Canadian forces moved into villages outside Kandahar on Wednesday to root out Taliban militants, killing at least 36 insurgents, while an explosion elsewhere killed four British soldiers, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Afghan, NATO troops kill 23 Taliban near Kandahar
Afghan and Canadian forces moved into villages outside Kandahar on Wednesday to root out Taliban militants, killing at least 23 insurgents, while an explosion elsewhere killed four British soldiers, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
EU lawmakers back controversial new immigration rules
The European Parliament on Wednesday approved controversial new rules for expelling illegal immigrants from the bloc, overcoming opposition from left-leaning lawmakers and ignoring protests from human rights activists...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Belgian truckers, farmers protest high fuel prices
Hundreds of farmers, truckers and taxi drivers blocked roads in and around Brussels on the eve of an EU summit to push leaders for help coping with skyrocketing fuel prices...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Thais rally over Cambodia border dispute
Thousands of demonstrators accused the Thai government Wednesday of yielding a disputed border region with an ancient temple to Cambodia, the latest trouble for the embattled prime minister who has been facing daily protests calling for his resignation...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Israelis, Palestinians praise Gaza truce
Palestinian militants launched at least 50 rockets and mortars from Gaza and Israel responded with airstrikes on Wednesday, just a day before a truce was set to take effect, illustrating how fragile the arrangement between Israel and Hamas would be...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
US Shiites behind deadly truck bombing in Baghdad
The U.S. military blamed a renegade Shiite militiaman on Wednesday for a truck bombing that killed 63 people in a Shiite area of Baghdad, saying he was trying to re-ignite sectarian violence for personal gain...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Baby Love born to quake victim in China
The rosy-cheeked infant swaddled in a pink floral blanket snuggled tenderly next to her mother in their hospital bed, hours after her birth Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Former detainee blames trauma on US captors
Four years after his release from Abu Ghraib, Ali al-Qaisi has nightmares and insomnia he blames on injuries _ physical and psychological _ suffered at the hands of his American captors...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Rockets, airstrikes come hours before Gaza truce
Palestinian militants fired 50 rockets and mortars toward Israel on Wednesday, and Israel responded with airstrikes in Gaza just hours before a truce was to take effect, illustrating how fragile the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas would be...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Israelis, Palestinians battle a day before truce
Palestinian militants launched at least 50 rockets and mortars from Gaza and Israel responded with airstrikes on Wednesday, just a day before a truce was set to take effect, illustrating how fragile the arrangement between Israel and Hamas would be...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Latvian prime minister hurt in car crash
Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis suffered serious head injuries Wednesday in a road accident in the center of the capital while traveling in a car with a siren on, his office said...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Details of new European Union immigration rules
There are an estimated 8 million illegal immigrants in the 27-nation European Union; almost a million were turned back at EU borders in 2006. Details of new EU immigration rules approved by the European Parliament:...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Correction UN-Africa-Travel Delays story
In a June 9 story about travel delays during a U.N. Security Council trip to Africa, The Associated Press reported erroneously that members of the delegation paid $20,000 in cash to a jet fuel company to refuel a U.N. aircraft in Rwanda. A list of potential contributors was collected from the delegation but officials said U.N. headquarters was eventually able to wire the money to the company, allowing the plane to take off after a delay of more than two hours on the ground...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Lithuanian lawmakers ban display of Soviet symbols
Lawmakers in Lithuania _ where many still feel bitter about nearly 50 years of Soviet occupation _ have approved legislation to ban the display of Nazi and Soviet symbols, such as the swastika and the hammer and sickle...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Darfur rebels on trial for attack near Khartoum
Nearly Darfur rebel suspects appeared in court Wednesday over their alleged roles in an attack near the capital last month that left 200 dead and shocked the government...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Adoptees use DNA to find surname
Male adoptees are using DNA tests to predict the surnames carried by their biological fathers, the BBC has learned...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Amnesty seeks 'missing' Tibetans
Amnesty International says more than 1,000 people are still unaccounted for in Tibet after the anti-government protests...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Bank's No 2 to stand down early
The deputy governor of the Bank of England, in charge of the stability of the financial system, is to quit...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Chinese South Africans now black
Ethnic Chinese people in South Africa are reclassified as black, to benefit from Affirmative Action...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Inside the ruins
Aid worker follows in the cyclone's wake in Burma...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Russia secure quarter-final place
Russia book a quarter-final with the Netherlands in Euro 2008 after a stylish win over Sweden...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Greece 1-2 Spain
Spain leave it late to make it three wins out of three at Euro 2008, as Greece bow out with another defeat...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
UN chief questions Zimbabwe vote
UN chief Ban Ki-moon says the violence in Zimbabwe could undermine the outcome of the presidential run-off...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Spain and SA 'backed coup plot'
Spain and South Africa "gave the green" light for a failed coup in Equatorial Guinea, a British mercenary tells a court...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
UN shock at Colombia coca rise
The UN says it is shocked by a 27% increase last year in the cultivation of coca, the basis for cocaine, in Colombia...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Third suspected suicide in village
Extra help is offered in a village where three suspected suicides by men living in one street have happened...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Darling sets out new Bank remit
The Bank of England will have a new responsibility for financial stability, as well as for interest rates, says the chancellor...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
UK parliament approves EU treaty
The UK effectively ratifies the European Union's reform treaty, hours before an EU summit begins...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Anglican Bible conservatives hold strategy summit
Less than a month ahead of a global gathering of Anglican leaders, conservative bishops angry about the liberalism of churches in the United States, Canada and elsewhere are meeting for a strategy summit in Jordan and Israel...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mugabe threatens opposition arrests
President Robert Mugabe threatened to arrest opposition leaders he accused of supporting mounting election violence, state radio reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Vatican to mark anniversary of death of Pius XII
The Vatican said Tuesday it will mark the 50th anniversary this year of the death of Pope Pius XII, describing the controversial World War II pontiff as a great pope who spoke out when necessary...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mugabe threatens to arrest opposition leaders
President Robert Mugabe threatened to arrest opposition leaders he accused of supporting mounting election violence, state radio reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Ill. levee breaches force small towns evacuation
Floodwaters breached two levees in western Illinois on Wednesday and threatened more Mississippi River towns in Missouri after inundating much of Iowa for the past week...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Ill. levee breach forces small towns evacuation
A levee breach in western Illinois has forced the evacuation of the town of Meyer and threatens farmland...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Floodwaters threaten river towns in Ill., Mo.
Floodwaters that bedeviled Iowans for the past week have flowed out of the state and are now threatening Mississippi Rivers towns in Illinois and Missouri...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
George Carlin to receive Mark Twain humor prize
George Carlin will be awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
J.Lo performs at elementary school graduation
Students at a Staten Island, New York, elementary school for autistic children sure like the way Jennifer Lopez moves...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Political leaders pay tribute to TVs Russert
The two men vying to become president, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, and congressional leaders, journalists and other Washington elite paid tribute to television journalist Tim Russert on Wednesday at a private funeral mass...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Study Puttering about on golf carts has its risks
Beware: Puttering around on golf carts can be hazardous to your health...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Thames, Renteria record milestones in Tigers win
Kenny Rogers pitched seven strong innings and Marcus Thames homered in his fifth straight game to help the Detroit Tigers beat the San Francisco Giants 5-1 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Japan, China reach deal on undersea gas exploration
Japan and China have agreed to jointly develop part of the gas deposits in the East China Sea, a major breakthrough in a long-standing dispute between the two countries, the Japanese government announced Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Morgan Stanley 2Q profit falls 61 percent
Morgan Stanley on Wednesday reported second-quarter profit plunged 61 percent as the credit crisis continued to take its toll on trading and investment banking...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Oil eases further below $134 a barrel
Oil prices extended their decline Wednesday despite expectations that a U.S. government report to be released later in the day will show a drop in crude oil inventories...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Michelle Obama says she was touched by first lady
Michelle Obama said she was "touched" that first lady Laura Bush came to her defense after she was harshly criticized by Republicans for saying last February that for the first time in her adult life she was proud of the United States...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Obama meets with national security advisory group
Barack Obama is answering a question he faced often on the campaign trail. With limited foreign policy experience of his own, who would he turn to for advice before making those decisions?...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
McCain urges end to ban on offshore drilling
Sen. John McCain said Monday the federal moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling should be lifted, and individual states given the right to pursue energy exploration in waters near their own coasts...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mars team ponders whether lander sees ice or salt
Is the white stuff in the Martian soil ice or salt?...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Bush to Congress Embrace energy exploration now
With gasoline topping $4 a gallon, President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to lift its long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, saying the United States needs to increase its energy production...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Texas court orders execution warrant reinstated
A Texas appeals court has ordered the reinstatement of an execution warrant for a former topless-club bouncer condemned for a double slaying almost 20 years ago...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Democrat Pentagon sought abusive interrogations
A top Senate Democrat says military officials tasked with training U.S. troops to evade enemy interrogations helped Pentagon lawyers devise abusive tactics that could be used in prisons like Guantanamo Bay...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Star Trek star George Takei to marry partner
"Star Trek" star George Takei is ready to "live long and prosper" with his partner of 21 years. Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Cyd Charisse dies in LA at 86
Cyd Charisse, the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died Tuesday. She was 86...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
US Shiite special group behind Iraq bombing
The U.S. military believes a Shiite "special group" is responsible for the deadly car bombing on a commercial street in a Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
"Star Trek" star George Takei is ready to "live long and prosper" with his partner of 21 years. Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
A top Senate Democrat says military officials tasked with training U.S. troops to evade enemy interrogations helped Pentagon lawyers devise abusive tactics that could be used in prisons like Guantanamo Bay...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Israel urges Lebanon to open peace talks
Israel on Wednesday urged Lebanon to open peace talks, the latest move in a flurry of developments aimed at easing the multiple conflicts in the region...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Monsoon floods kill 29 in India
Authorities used boats to ferry food and drinking water to hundreds of thousands of villagers cut off by monsoon floods that have killed at least 29 people in the past week in eastern India, officials said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Israel confirms cease-fire to begin Thursday
Israel officially confirmed Wednesday that a cease-fire with the Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip will begin this week in an effort to end a year of fighting that has killed more than 400 Palestinians and seven Israelis...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Gazans make own fuel amid Israel restrictions
Taxi driver Saif Khadour swears by his recipe to keep his cherry-red Mercedes Benz on the road: four parts cooking oil to one part turpentine...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Afghan, NATO troops kill 36 Taliban near Kandahar
Afghan and Canadian forces moved into villages outside Kandahar on Wednesday to root out Taliban militants, killing at least 36 insurgents, while an explosion elsewhere killed four British soldiers, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Afghan, NATO troops kill 23 Taliban near Kandahar
Afghan and Canadian forces moved into villages outside Kandahar on Wednesday to root out Taliban militants, killing at least 23 insurgents, while an explosion elsewhere killed four British soldiers, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
EU lawmakers back controversial new immigration rules
The European Parliament on Wednesday approved controversial new rules for expelling illegal immigrants from the bloc, overcoming opposition from left-leaning lawmakers and ignoring protests from human rights activists...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Belgian truckers, farmers protest high fuel prices
Hundreds of farmers, truckers and taxi drivers blocked roads in and around Brussels on the eve of an EU summit to push leaders for help coping with skyrocketing fuel prices...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Thais rally over Cambodia border dispute
Thousands of demonstrators accused the Thai government Wednesday of yielding a disputed border region with an ancient temple to Cambodia, the latest trouble for the embattled prime minister who has been facing daily protests calling for his resignation...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
US Shiites behind deadly truck bombing in Baghdad
The U.S. military blamed a renegade Shiite militiaman on Wednesday for a truck bombing that killed 63 people in a Shiite area of Baghdad, saying he was trying to re-ignite sectarian violence for personal gain...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
South Africas Mbeki meets in Zimbabwe with Mugabe
President Thabo Mbeki met Wednesday in Zimbabwe with longtime leader Robert Mugabe amid mounting concern about political violence in the neighboring nation...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Georgia authorities release 4 Russian peacekeepers
Georgian authorities on Wednesday released four Russian peacekeepers who were detained on charges of carrying unauthorized weapons to a buffer zone near the breakaway region of Abkhazia...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Latvian prime minister is hurt in car crash
Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis was seriously injured Wednesday in a road accident in downtown Riga, when his car and a minibus collided, his office said...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Latvian prime minister is injured in car crash
The office of Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis says he has suffered head injuries in a car crash in the center of Riga...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Lithuanian lawmakers ban display of Soviet symbols
Lawmakers in Lithuania _ where many still feel bitter about nearly 50 years of Soviet occupation _ have approved legislation to ban the display of Nazi and Soviet symbols, such as the swastika and the hammer and sickle...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Davis 'should fund by-election'
Minister Andy Burnham says David Davis should pay by-election bill and attacks his alliance with Liberty...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Call for action on degree 'fraud'
A leading MP says the government must take seriously claims about degree standards and "fraud"...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Bush calls for offshore drilling
President Bush asks the US Congress to end a ban on offshore oil drilling, as fuel prices rise up the political agenda...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
China and Japan strike gas deal
China and Japan reach an agreement in a long-running dispute over a gas field in the East China Sea...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
UN Srebrenica immunity questioned
A Dutch court considers whether the UN can be sued for failing to stop the 1995 Srebrenica massacre...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Safety call follows canoe death
A coroner calls for a review of the rules governing canoe hire after a nine-year-old girl drowned...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Man held abroad over Moira death
A 32-year-old man is detained in Slovakia by police investigating the murder of Moira Jones in Glasgow last month...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Bug 'factor' in hospital deaths
An investigation begins into the deaths of three patients in Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital who contracted the listeria bug...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Mbeki to hold talks with Mugabe
South Africa's Thabo Mbeki flies to Zimbabwe to meet Robert Mugabe amid concerns over election violence...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
London mascot
The mascots you've created for the 2012 Olympics...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Teenage murders
Where are the witnesses?...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Injured Woods out for the season
Newly-crowned US Open champion Tiger Woods will miss the rest of the season to undergo surgery on his injured knee...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Live - England v New Zealand
New Zealand lose their first wicket in search of 160 from 23 overs in the rain-reduced second one-day international at Edgbaston...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Sombre memorial
Prince Harry joins service for fallen comrades...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
PM's questions
News and reaction from Brown's weekly grilling...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Swiss TV in German anthem blunder
Swiss TV subtitles the wrong version of the German national anthem during a live broadcast of a Euro 2008 football match...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Forbidden fruit - why a farmer is scrapping pick-your-own deals
A farm stops doing "pick your own" strawberries because customers eat too much of the fruit without paying...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Six laptops stolen from hospital
Computers containing information about 20,000 patients are stolen from a secure room in a south London hospital...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Coup 'official', Briton tells court
Spain and South Africa "gave the green" light for a failed coup in Equatorial Guinea, accused Briton Simon Mann tells a court...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Sainsbury's suspends online shop
A computer fault forces Sainsbury's to suspend its online grocery service, meaning thousands of orders will not be delivered...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Woman soldier among Afghan dead
Four British troops, including the first UK female soldier to have died in Afghanistan, are killed in an explosion...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Peers vote on delaying EU treaty
Peers are voting on a Conservative attempt to delay the ratification of the EU Treaty for four months...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Fuel drivers offered 14% pay rise
Tanker drivers working for Shell have been offered a 14% pay increase over two years after their strike hit fuel supplies...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Energy bills could go up by 40%
Household gas and electricity bills could rise by as much as 40% this winter - far more than predicted, the BBC learns...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Mugabe threatens to arrest opposition leaders
President Robert Mugabe threatened to arrest opposition leaders he accused of supporting mounting election violence, state radio reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Anglican Bible conservatives hold strategy summit
Less than a month ahead of a global gathering of Anglican leaders, conservative bishops angry about the liberalism of churches in the United States, Canada and elsewhere are meeting for a strategy summit in Jordan and Israel...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mugabe threatens opposition arrests
President Robert Mugabe threatened to arrest opposition leaders he accused of supporting mounting election violence, state radio reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Vatican to mark anniversary of death of Pius XII
The Vatican said Tuesday it will mark the 50th anniversary this year of the death of Pope Pius XII, describing the controversial World War II pontiff as a great pope who spoke out when necessary...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Floodwaters threaten river towns in Ill., Mo.
Floodwaters that bedeviled Iowans for the past week have flowed out of the state and are now threatening Mississippi Rivers towns in Illinois and Missouri...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Texas halts inmates execution for double slaying
Texas has halted the scheduled execution of a former topless-club bouncer condemned for a double slaying almost 20 years ago...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Texas death row inmate granted reprieve
A former topless-club bouncer condemned for a double slaying almost 20 years ago won a reprieve Tuesday just over an hour before he could have been put to death, while Oklahoma executed its first death row inmate since last August...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Thames, Renteria record milestones in Tigers win
Kenny Rogers pitched seven strong innings and Marcus Thames homered in his fifth straight game to help the Detroit Tigers beat the San Francisco Giants 5-1 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Hernandez dominates Marlins in 5-4 Seattle win
Felix Hernandez was overpowering for the first five innings, then scrambled to hold his lead, and the Mariners snapped an eight-game home losing streak with a 5-4 win over the Marlins on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Obama meets with national security advisory group
Barack Obama is answering a question he faced often on the campaign trail. With limited foreign policy experience of his own, who would he turn to for advice before making those decisions?...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
McCain ad puts distance with Bush on environment
TITLE: "Global"LENGTH: 30 secondsAIRING: National cable and broadcast markets in Colorado, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Iowa...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Cyd Charisse dies in LA at 86
Cyd Charisse, the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died Tuesday. She was 86...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
McCain urges end to ban on offshore drilling
Sen. John McCain said Monday the federal moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling should be lifted, and individual states given the right to pursue energy exploration in waters near their own coasts...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Oil eases further below $134 a barrel
Oil prices extended their decline Wednesday despite expectations that a U.S. government report to be released later in the day will show a drop in crude oil inventories...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
China yuan hits new high against US dollar
The Chinese yuan kept climbing Wednesday, with the official "parity rate" set at an all-time high against the U.S. dollar as American and Chinese officials resumed talks centering on trade and other strategic issues...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Oil prices ease further below $134 a barrel
Oil prices extended their decline Wednesday despite expectations that a U.S. government report to be released later in the day will show a drop in crude oil inventories...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Argentine leader sends export tax law to Congress
President Cristina Fernandez announced Tuesday that a contentious grain export tax hike will be sent to Congress for debate, agreeing to a key demand of farmers who have waged three months of protests against the increase...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Democrat Pentagon sought abusive interrogations
A top Senate Democrat says military officials tasked with training U.S. troops to evade enemy interrogations helped Pentagon lawyers devise abusive tactics that could be used in prisons like Guantanamo Bay...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Star Trek star George Takei to marry partner
"Star Trek" star George Takei is ready to "live long and prosper" with his partner of 21 years. Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Gay couples rush to get married in California
Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples had appointments to secure marriage licenses and exchange vows Tuesday, the first full day same-sex nuptials will be legal throughout California...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
"Star Trek" star George Takei is ready to "live long and prosper" with his partner of 21 years. Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
A top Senate Democrat says military officials tasked with training U.S. troops to evade enemy interrogations helped Pentagon lawyers devise abusive tactics that could be used in prisons like Guantanamo Bay...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Texas court orders execution warrant reinstated
A Texas appeals court has ordered the reinstatement of an execution warrant for a former topless-club bouncer condemned for a double slaying almost 20 years ago...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Israel confirms cease-fire with Hamas
An Israeli defense official says a cease-fire with the Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip will begin Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Bali bomber warns of al-Qaida attacks if executed
An Islamic militant awaiting execution in Indonesia for carrying out the 2002 Bali bombings has warned that al-Qaida would be "very likely" to launch revenge attacks if authorities kill him, a magazine reported...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Cuban TV shows new images of ailing Fidel Castro
Cuban television on Tuesday showed the first images of Fidel Castro in almost six months, broadcasting a silent video of the ailing revolutionary chatting in a garden with visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Cuban TV shows Fidel Castro chatting with Chavez
Cuban television is showing images of Fidel Castro chatting in a garden with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the first images of the ailing revolutionary broadcast in six months...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Gazans make own fuel amid Israel restrictions
Taxi driver Saif Khadour swears by his recipe to keep his cherry-red Mercedes Benz on the road: four parts cooking oil to one part turpentine...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
US Shiite special group behind Iraq bombing
The U.S. military believes a Shiite "special group" is responsible for the deadly car bombing on a commercial street in a Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Monsoon floods kill 29 in India
Authorities used boats to ferry food and drinking water to hundreds of thousands of villagers cut off by monsoon floods that have killed at least 29 people in the past week in eastern India, officials said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Israel confirms cease-fire to begin Thursday
Israel officially confirmed Wednesday that a cease-fire with the Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip will begin this week in an effort to end a year of fighting that has killed more than 400 Palestinians and seven Israelis...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Thais rally over Cambodia border dispute
Thousands of demonstrators accused the Thai government Wednesday of yielding a disputed border region with an ancient temple to Cambodia, the latest trouble for the embattled prime minister who has been facing daily protests calling for his resignation...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Israel urges Lebanon to open peace talks
Israel on Wednesday urged Lebanon to open peace talks, the latest move in a flurry of developments aimed at easing the multiple conflicts in the region...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Charges filed in killing of Russian journalist
Formal charges were filed Wednesday against four men accused in connection with the 2006 killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, Russian investigators said...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Israel urges Lebanon to talk peace
Israel on Wednesday urged Lebanon to open peace talks, the latest move in a flurry of developments aimed at easing the multiple conflicts in the region...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
South Korea to arrest striking truckers
South Korean prosecutors said Wednesday they were seeking to arrest a dozen striking truckers on charges of beating drivers who refused to stay off the job...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
2 earthquakes strike Greece no injuries
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 struck near the Greek capital before dawn Wednesday, followed hours later by a much weaker quake off the Aegean island of Karpathos, the Athens Geodynamic Institute said...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Musical star Charisse dies in LA
Cyd Charisse, a former co-star of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, dies in Los Angeles aged 86, her publicist says...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Skills shortage hits games firms
UK games industry says a lack of suitable university courses is seriously affecting skills needed for developers...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Bank 'considered raising rates'
The Bank of England considered raising rates to counteract inflation, minutes of the June meeting show...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
LIVE: Prime minister's questions
The latest news, views and reaction as Gordon Brown faces his weekly House of Commons grilling...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Nurses to be rated on compassion
Nurses are to be rated according to the levels of care and empathy they give to patients under government plans...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Rogue Iraq militia 'ordered bomb'
The US military blames a rogue Shia militia for Tuesday's deadly car bombing in a Shia area of Baghdad, as the death toll rises...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Politkovskaya murder charges laid
Russian officials charge three men over the killing of journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Anti-Taleban operation launched
Nato and Afghan forces launch an operation to drive Taleban insurgents from Kandahar's outskirts...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Wales heads young drinking list
Young people in Wales get drunk more often than those in anywhere else in the western world, a survey finds...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Collusion in teenager's murder
The family of a Donegal teenager murdered by the UVF 35 years ago say a new investigation has found evidence of security force collusion...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Observer warning on Zimbabwe poll
The head of an African observer mission in Zimbabwe warns he will not endorse the run-off if violence continues...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Summer glow
Banned at Royal Ascot, can a fake tan ever be classy?...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Mother fled over care order threat
A woman with a personality disorder flees with her five daughters when she learns they are to be taken into care...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
England match delayed by rain
Rain delays the start of England's second one-day international against New Zealand at Edgbaston...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
In pictures
The life and career of dancer Cyd Charisse...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
On bail
Is it house arrest to stay at home 22 hours a day?...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Kid Rock boycotts iTunes over pay
US music star Kid Rock refuses to put his albums on iTunes because he says artists do not get paid enough...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Why eating a big breakfast could help you lose weight
Breakfast really could be the most important meal of the day when it comes to losing weight, claims a researcher...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Murray 'should target last eight'
Tim Henman says reaching the quarter-finals would constitute a successful Wimbledon for Andy Murray...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Boy's killers must serve 30 years
Two men are jailed for life and told to serve at least 30 years for shooting dead a teenage boy as he slept at his home...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Economy is slowing, says Darling
Chancellor Alistair Darling warns of a "difficult year" and says there is "no doubt" the UK economy is slowing...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Online maps to show local crime
Online maps with crimes plotted on them are to be brought in "for every area" of England and Wales...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Israel agrees to Gaza ceasefire
Israel's government approves a ceasefire with militant group Hamas following months of bitter clashes in the Gaza Strip...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Wintertons broke expenses rules
Tory MPs Sir Nicholas and Ann Winterton unwittingly broke second home expenses rules, a standards watchdog says...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Four soldiers die in Afghanistan
Four UK soldiers, one believed to be a woman, have died in Afghanistan after their vehicle was caught in an explosion...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Labour won't stand against Davis
Labour confirm they will not field a candidate to stand in the by-election forced by the resignation of David Davis as a Tory MP...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Vatican to mark anniversary of death of Pius XII
The Vatican said Tuesday it will mark the 50th anniversary this year of the death of Pope Pius XII, describing the controversial World War II pontiff as a great pope who spoke out when necessary...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mugabe threatens to arrest opposition leaders
President Robert Mugabe threatened to arrest opposition leaders he accused of supporting mounting election violence, state radio reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Texas halts inmates execution for double slaying
Texas has halted the scheduled execution of a former topless-club bouncer condemned for a double slaying almost 20 years ago...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Texas death row inmate granted reprieve
A former topless-club bouncer condemned for a double slaying almost 20 years ago won a reprieve Tuesday just over an hour before he could have been put to death, while Oklahoma executed its first death row inmate since last August...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Attorneys to decide bridge victims compensation
Susan Holden built her legal career trying to get everything she could for people hurt in car accidents or by defective products...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Hernandez dominates Marlins in 5-4 Seattle win
Felix Hernandez was overpowering for the first five innings, then scrambled to hold his lead, and the Mariners snapped an eight-game home losing streak with a 5-4 win over the Marlins on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
McCain ad puts distance with Bush on environment
TITLE: "Global"LENGTH: 30 secondsAIRING: National cable and broadcast markets in Colorado, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Iowa...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Thames, Renteria record milestones in Tigers win
Kenny Rogers pitched seven strong innings and Marcus Thames homered in his fifth straight game to help the Detroit Tigers beat the San Francisco Giants 5-1 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Southern China flooding kills 57, more rain ahead
Massive flooding across a broad stretch of southern China killed almost 60 people and forced 1.3 million others from their homes, state media reported Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
China yuan hits new high against US dollar
The Chinese yuan kept climbing Wednesday, with the official "parity rate" set at an all-time high against the U.S. dollar as American and Chinese officials resumed talks centering on trade and other strategic issues...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Oil prices ease further below $134 a barrel
Oil prices extended their decline Wednesday despite expectations that a U.S. government report to be released later in the day will show a drop in crude oil inventories...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Argentine leader sends export tax law to Congress
President Cristina Fernandez announced Tuesday that a contentious grain export tax hike will be sent to Congress for debate, agreeing to a key demand of farmers who have waged three months of protests against the increase...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Argentine pres sends tax law to Congress
President Cristina Fernandez announced Tuesday that a contentious grain export tax hike will be sent to Congress for debate, agreeing to a key demand of farmers who have waged three-months of bitter protests against the increase...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Democrat Pentagon sought abusive interrogations
A top Senate Democrat says military officials tasked with training U.S. troops to evade enemy interrogations helped Pentagon lawyers devise abusive tactics that could be used in prisons like Guantanamo Bay...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Star Trek star George Takei to marry partner
"Star Trek" star George Takei is ready to "live long and prosper" with his partner of 21 years. Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Cyd Charisse dies in LA at 86
Cyd Charisse, the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died Tuesday. She was 86...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
K.G., Celtics lead Lakers 58-35 at half of Game 6
The Boston Celtics were one half away from their 17th NBA championship. Using strong performances from their new Big Three and a suffocating defensive effort, the Celtics opened a 58-35 halftime lead over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night in Game 6 of the NBA finals...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Fresno State within win of CWS finals
Alan Ahmady hit the go-ahead single in the fifth inning, five Fresno State pitchers combined to hold North Carolina scoreless for all but one inning and the upstart Bulldogs continued to surprise Tuesday night with a 5-3 victory in the College World Series...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Floodwaters start receding in southern China
Floodwaters began receding Tuesday in parts of southern China after killing at least 63 people, swamping 2.5 million acres of farmland and causing billions of dollars in damage, the government said...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
"Star Trek" star George Takei is ready to "live long and prosper" with his partner of 21 years. Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
A top Senate Democrat says military officials tasked with training U.S. troops to evade enemy interrogations helped Pentagon lawyers devise abusive tactics that could be used in prisons like Guantanamo Bay...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Texas court orders execution warrant reinstated
A Texas appeals court has ordered the reinstatement of an execution warrant for a former topless-club bouncer condemned for a double slaying almost 20 years ago...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Car bomb kills more than 50 people in Baghdad
Iraqi police officials say at least 51 people were killed in a car bombing in a mainly Shiite section of Baghdad...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Car bomb kills more than 50 in Baghdad market
Iraqi police officials say the death toll in a car bombing in a mainly Shiite section of Baghdad has risen to at least 51 killed...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Car bomb strikes Baghdad market 12 dead, 42 hurt
A car bomb struck a busy market area in a mainly Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 42, officials said, the deadliest such attack in three months...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mugabe threatens opposition arrests
President Robert Mugabe threatened to arrest opposition leaders he accused of supporting mounting election violence, state radio reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Prison is urged in Equatorial Guinea plot case
A British ex-military officer faces 30 years in prison if convicted of masterminding a failed coup plot in the oil-rich Central African nation of Equatorial Guinea, prosecutors said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Car bomb kills at least 51 near Baghdad market
A car bomb ripped through a busy commercial street in a Shiite area of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 51 people and wounding scores more in the deadliest blast in the capital in more than three months...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Car bomb shatters Baghdads calm, kills 51
A car bomb ripped through a busy commercial street in a Shiite area of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 51 people and wounding scores more in the deadliest blast in the capital in more than three months...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Car bomb kills more than 50 at Baghdad market
A car bomb tore through a market area in a mainly Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing more than 50 people and wounding dozens, officials said, the deadliest such attack in more than three months...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Number of refugees worldwide rises to 11.4 million
Tents, sacks of food and a replica of a burnt-out village hut appeared in Trafalgar Square on Tuesday as a tourist hotspot became a refugee camp to highlight the plight of millions of people displaced in Darfur and elsewhere...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Bali bomber warns of al-Qaida attacks if executed
An Islamic militant awaiting execution in Indonesia for carrying out the 2002 Bali bombings has warned that al-Qaida would be "very likely" to launch revenge attacks if authorities kill him, a magazine reported...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Cuban TV shows new images of ailing Fidel Castro
Cuban television on Tuesday showed the first images of Fidel Castro in almost six months, broadcasting a silent video of the ailing revolutionary chatting in a garden with visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Cuban TV shows Fidel Castro chatting with Chavez
Cuban television is showing images of Fidel Castro chatting in a garden with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the first images of the ailing revolutionary broadcast in six months...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Olympic torch to reach Tibet Saturday
Organizers of the Olympic torch relay say the flame will reach Tibet on Saturday in a one-day stop that has been shrouded in secrecy...
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