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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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Italian accused of cashing in on fake Vatican ties
An Italian businessman who once dated actress Anne Hathaway was arrested Tuesday on charges he posed as a representative of the Vatican to fleece wealthy investors in a real estate company that sought to buy and redevelop Roman Catholic Church property...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Brown and Springer to co-host Miss Universe pageant
Jerry Springer and Melanie Brown will co-host the 2008 Miss Universe pageant, which will air live from Nha Trang, Vietnam, on July 13...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Ben Affleck takes journey to Congo
"Nightline" will focus on the humanitarian crisis in the Congo with the help of an unusual correspondent _ Ben Affleck...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Former tough-guy actor sets sights on US Senate
Sonny Landham carved out a tough-guy reputation in a series of big-screen roles, from roughing up Sylvester Stallone to getting tossed out a window by Carl Weathers. He pulls no punches in his newest role: Libertarian challenger to a man known for political toughness, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Family 5-time widows 1st husband was killed
Relatives of the first husband of a five-time widow said he was shot to death at work more than 50 years ago and the culprit was never found...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Air Force colonel acquitted of rape at Texas base
An Air Force colonel has been acquitted of rape but convicted of two counts of indecent assault involving two other women at Sheppard Air Force Base...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
NASA beefs up next-generation moon rocket
NASA unveiled a beefed-up redesign of a proposed moon rocket Wednesday, saying the Ares V spacecraft that is to carry astronauts to the lunar surface in 12 years will be around 38 stories tall and carry a heftier load than originally planned...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Court slashes damages award in Exxon oil spill
The Supreme Court on Wednesday slashed the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million, a decision that could have broader implications for limiting how much courts can order businesses to pay...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Smithsonian Folklife Festival opens on Mall
Hundreds of artists, scientists and visitors from three wildly different cultures _ Texas, NASA and the isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan _ converged Wednesday at the opening of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
43 grand for the blood of Tony Soprano
One used, black and beige short-sleeve polo shirt, a tank top and black pants: $43,750...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Fed holds rates steady for now
With inflation moving higher on its worry list, the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday, ending nearly a year of cuts to bolster the economy, and hinted that the next direction for rates could be up...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Bush raises GOP cash in Michigan
Campaigning for fellow Republican John McCain in a crucial swing state, President Bush accused Democrats Wednesday of "running on empty" on energy policy, "acting like teenagers with a new credit card" on federal spending and heeding warnings from anti-war activists more than those from Osama bin Laden...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Obama record shows a liberal open to compromise
As an Illinois legislator, Barack Obama fought to expand aid to the poor _ and backed legislation to withhold welfare from parents abusing drugs...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Obama dismisses Dobson criticism about Bible
Barack Obama said Tuesday evangelical leader James Dobson was "making stuff up" when he accused the presumed Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Clinton returns to Senate after presidential race
She came, she saw, she hugged.Hillary Rodham Clinton returned to Congress Tuesday for the first time since suspending her presidential campaign, to a loud round of applause and hugs from Democrats as they try to bridge the rifts left by a long, bruising presidential primary...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Ky. gunman argued with boss over phone, goggles
A 25-year-old press operator shot and killed five co-workers and himself at a plastics plant in rural western Kentucky just hours after arguing with his supervisor about not wearing safety goggles and using his cell phone while on the assembly line, police said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Gunman at Ky. plant warned girlfriend of rampage
A man who killed five people and himself in a rampage at a western Kentucky plastics plant called his girlfriend two hours before the rampage to warn her that he was going to kill his boss, police said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Police Ky. shooter warned girlfriend of shooting
Police say the man who opened fire at a western Kentucky plastics plant warned his girlfriend two hours before his rampage that he would kill his boss...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Fed leaves rates steady, citing inflation worries
With inflation moving higher on its worry list, the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday, ending nearly a year of cuts to bolster the economy, and hinted that the next direction for rates could be up...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Vegas police make arrest in Javon Walker robbery
Las Vegas police have made an arrest in the robbery and beating case involving NFL player Javon Walker...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Police Walker went willingly with Vegas robbers
One man was arrested and a second was sought Tuesday in a robbery and beating that left Oakland Raiders receiver Javon Walker unconscious on a side street after a long night of partying at Las Vegas nightclubs...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
NHRA driver Kalitta killed in horrific crash
Scott Kalitta died Saturday when his Funny Car burst into flames and crashed at the end of the track during the final round of qualifying for the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Briton convicted of murdering wife, baby in Mass.
A British man who fled the U.S. after his wife and baby daughter were shot to death in their home has been convicted of murdering them...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Nelly, Scott among guests at BET Awards pre-party
Beneath towering arches in an old cathedral downtown, a 20-member choir welcomed guests at the BET Awards pre-party with a rousing gospel tune...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Rockets fired at Israel from Gaza shake truce
Palestinian militants fired three homemade rockets into southern Israel on Tuesday, threatening to unravel a cease-fire days after it began, and Israel responded by closing vital border crossings into Gaza...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Lightning sparks 800-plus fires in California
Firefighters from neighboring states arrived to help Monday after an "unprecedented" lightning storm sparked more than 800 wildfires, from Big Sur to wine country to Humboldt County...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Divers get bodies from capsized Philippine ferry
Bodies in life jackets washed up on islands and drifted at sea Wednesday as more than 100 divers resumed the grim work of exploring the inside of a Philippine ferry that capsized during a powerful typhoon...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
3 Americans killed, Shiite fighting in Iraq
A roadside bomb killed three American soldiers and an interpreter north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Wednesday, and Iraqi police reported 14 Shiite gunmen were arrested after fighting south of the capital...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Obama dismisses Dobson criticism about Bible
Barack Obama said Tuesday evangelical leader James Dobson was "making stuff up" when he accused the presumed Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Queen confers knighthood on Salman Rushdie
Queen Elizabeth II conferred a knighthood on "The Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie on Wednesday, a year after the announcement of the knighthood provoked protests from the Muslim world...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Myanmar cyclone survivors proved tough, experts say
Dire warnings that cyclone survivors in Myanmar might fall prey to disease and starvation failed to take into account the survival instincts of those affected, aid agencies and disaster experts say...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Venezuelan System brings classics to the barrios
A violin case slung over her shoulder, 10-year-old Daniela Fagundez trudges home along a row of muddy yards where chickens scratch among banana trees and laundry hangs drying on wire fences...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Christians on trial in Algeria for spreading faith
Two men who converted from Islam to Christianity went on trial Wednesday on charges that they illegally promoted the Christian faith in Algeria...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
US forces face spike in deadly violence in Iraq
Roadside bombs killed four U.S. soldiers in northern Iraq, the military said Wednesday, in a spike of violence that pushed to at least nine the number of Americans who have died here this week...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
World condemnation of Zimbabwe grows
President Robert Mugabe faced deeper international isolation Wednesday, with African states demanding that a discredited runoff election be postponed and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela rebuking the Zimbabwe leader for the first time...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
3 American soldiers killed in northern Iraq
A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers in northern Iraq, the military said Wednesday, in a spike of violence that pushed to at least nine the number of Americans who have died here this week...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Mandela sees a leadership failure in Zimbabwe
Nelson Mandela says there is a tragic failure of leadership in Zimbabwe...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
UN team says deeper Syrian nuke probe needed
An initial probe of U.S. allegations that a Syrian site hit by Israeli warplanes was a secretly built nuclear reactor is inconclusive and further checks are necessary, a senior U.N. atomic inspector said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Beaver dam built in England after long absence
Beavers are back, doing what they do best.The native beaver population in England was hunted into extinction in the 13th century, but a pair of 2-year-old beavers brought over from Germany have in the last 10 days built a dam in southwest England. It is believed to be the first time in centuries that has happened...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
4 kidnapped Areva employees freed
Four French nationals employed by nuclear company Areva who were kidnapped by rebels in the West African country of Niger have been freed, their employer said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Olmert Cabinet voting Sunday on prisoners
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says his Cabinet will vote Sunday on a proposal to exchange prisoners with Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Plan to kill 86,000 seals draws ire in Namibia
Seal hunters plan to club 86,000 seals in an annual hunt set to begin next week, as animal rights activists brace for a showdown with the government over a practice they regard as inhumane...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Pope returns to old way of distributing Communion
A papal aide says Pope Benedict XVI intends to return to the old way of distributing Communion at Masses...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Headline
A papal aide says Pope Benedict XVI intends to return to the old way of distributing Communion at Masses...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Mars' two-faced riddle 'solved'
Scientists think a giant asteroid impact can explain why the northern and southern hemispheres of Mars look so different...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Digital switchover is 'a mystery'
Consumers are still buying analogue TVs, which prove they find the digital switchover a "mystery" say a group of MPs...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
B&B puts block on Resolution move
Investment group Resolution is denied access to Bradford & Bingley books over a plan to pump £400m into the bank...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Dementia care charging 'unfair'
Dementia patients are being unfairly treated by being forced to pay for their care, according to campaigners...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Man to face several sex charges
A 52-year-old man is charged with a number of sexual offences relating to incidents in Counties Down and Armagh...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Mandela condemns Mugabe 'failure'
Former South African leader Nelson Mandela breaks his silence on Zimbabwe, denouncing its "tragic failure of leadership"...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Lambeth snub
Why bishops are boycotting key Anglican conference...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Future's bright
Unknown Briton shines in SW19...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Last-ball error hands NZ victory
New Zealand beat England in a remarkable one-day international with last man Mark Gillespie running two from the final ball...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Dark life
Double murder trial revealed family man's grim secrets...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Late Lahm strike puts Germany in final
Philipp Lahm scores a last-minute winner as Germany beat Turkey 3-2 in dramatic style to reach the Euro 2008 final...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Mugabe stripped of knighthood
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's honorary Knighthood has been withdrawn by the Queen...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Briton guilty of family murders
Briton Neil Entwistle is found guilty of murdering his wife and baby daughter at their US home in 2006...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Law 'will ban age discrimination'
Ministers are set to unveil new laws to tackle age discrimination and the gender pay gap in Britain, the BBC learns...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Italian accused of cashing in on fake Vatican ties
An Italian businessman who once dated actress Anne Hathaway was arrested Tuesday on charges he posed as a representative of the Vatican to fleece wealthy investors in a real estate company that sought to buy and redevelop Roman Catholic Church property...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
FDNY Cable caused smoke at historic post office
A New York City fire official says insulation on an electrical cable caught fire, leading to the evacuation of a historic post office in midtown Manhattan...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Police 5 dead in Henderson, Ky., plant shooting
An employee shot and killed four people at a plastics plant before killing himself early Wednesday, police said...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Ex-American Idol champ Ruben Studdard to wed
He won the affection of millions of people on "American Idol," but this weekend, Ruben Studdard is giving his heart to one woman...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Court rejects death penalty for raping children
The Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana law that allows the execution of people convicted of a raping a child...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Senate may pass mortgage aid plan as soon as today
A mortgage aid plan is on track for passage in the Senate as soon as today. The massive foreclosure rescue bill cleared a key Senate test yesterday by an overwhelming margin, with Democrats and Republicans both eager to claim election-year credit for helping hard-pressed homeowners...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Djokovic is ousted by Marat Safin at Wimbledon
No. 3-seeded Novak Djokovic has been ousted by Marat Safin at Wimbledon in the second round...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Steven Spielberg looks to direct The 39 Clues
A multimedia-multi-author narrative being planned by the U.S. publisher of the Harry Potter books has picked up a famous patron: Steven Spielberg...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
General Mills profit falls, but matches outlook
Foodmaker General Mills Inc. said costs for hedging commodities drove its fourth-quarter profit down 17 percent, but strong sales of yogurt, cookie mixes and Cheerios boosted revenue above Wall Street expectations...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Obama shares fundraisers with Clinton
Democratic nominee-in-waiting Barack Obama is sharing one his most valuable assets _ his top fundraisers _ with former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton to help her pay off her debt, the latest effort to heal the wounds of a bruising primary campaign...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Obama asks supporters to help Clinton pay off debt
Democratic nominee-in-waiting Barack Obama is sharing one his most valuable assets _ his top fundraisers _ with former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton to help her pay off her debt, the latest effort to heal the wounds of a bruising primary campaign...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Web sites allow users to outsource virtual errands
Think only celebrities, high-ranking professionals and the wealthy can enjoy having personal assistants at their beck and call? Not necessarily...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
6 dead in Henderson, Ky., plastics plant shooting
The CEO of a company that operates a western Kentucky plastics plant where an employee opened fire after an argument says a sixth person has died...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Nelly, Scott among guests at BET Awards pre-party
Beneath towering arches in an old cathedral downtown, a 20-member choir welcomed guests at the BET Awards pre-party with a rousing gospel tune...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Clinton returns to Senate after presidential race
She came, she saw, she hugged.Hillary Rodham Clinton returned to Congress Tuesday for the first time since suspending her presidential campaign, to a loud round of applause and hugs from Democrats as they try to bridge the rifts left by a long, bruising presidential primary...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Vegas police make arrest in Javon Walker robbery
Las Vegas police have made an arrest in the robbery and beating case involving NFL player Javon Walker...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Police Walker went willingly with Vegas robbers
One man was arrested and a second was sought Tuesday in a robbery and beating that left Oakland Raiders receiver Javon Walker unconscious on a side street after a long night of partying at Las Vegas nightclubs...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
NHRA driver Kalitta killed in horrific crash
Scott Kalitta died Saturday when his Funny Car burst into flames and crashed at the end of the track during the final round of qualifying for the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Monet painting fetches $80 million at London auction
A water lily painting by impressionist master Claude Monet was sold for more than $80 million at auction Tuesday, kicking off a week of modern-art sales expected to reach records that defy the global economic downturn...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Obama dismisses Dobson criticism about Bible
Barack Obama said Tuesday evangelical leader James Dobson was "making stuff up" when he accused the presumed Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Rockets fired at Israel from Gaza shake truce
Palestinian militants fired three homemade rockets into southern Israel on Tuesday, threatening to unravel a cease-fire days after it began, and Israel responded by closing vital border crossings into Gaza...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Lightning sparks 800-plus fires in California
Firefighters from neighboring states arrived to help Monday after an "unprecedented" lightning storm sparked more than 800 wildfires, from Big Sur to wine country to Humboldt County...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Mexico City police acknowledge errors in raid
MEXICO CITY _ Police shoved terrified youths trying to leave the News Devine nightclub back into the face of a deadly stampede that killed a dozen people, including three officers and a 13-year-old girl, prosecutors said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Move to renew Colombia-Ecuador ties collapses
Moves to renew relations between Ecuador and Colombia collapsed on Tuesday as part of a smoldering feud between South American neighbors of the left and right...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
China reopens Tibet to foreign tourists
Tibet reopened to tourists Wednesday, three months after the Chinese government banned visits by foreigners in the wake of violent anti-government riots and protests...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
3 Americans killed, Shiite fighting in Iraq
A roadside bomb killed three American soldiers and an interpreter north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Wednesday, and Iraqi police reported 14 Shiite gunmen were arrested after fighting south of the capital...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Divers retrieve bodies from Philippine ferry
Bodies in life jackets washed up on islands and drifted at sea Wednesday as divers resumed the grim work of exploring the inside of a Philippine ferry that capsized during a powerful typhoon...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Queen confers knighthood on Salman Rushdie
Queen Elizabeth II conferred a knighthood on "The Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie on Wednesday, a year after the announcement of the knighthood provoked protests from the Muslim world...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Divers get bodies from capsized Philippine ferry
Bodies in life jackets washed up on islands and drifted at sea Wednesday as more than 100 divers resumed the grim work of exploring the inside of a Philippine ferry that capsized during a powerful typhoon...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
India cant settle impasse over US nuke deal
A meeting Wednesday between the Indian government and its communist allies failed to settle an impasse over a landmark nuclear deal with the United States...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Child rescued after 22 hours in crevice in Nepal
A 12-year-old boy climbed hundreds of feet down into a crevice in a mountain gorge in western Nepal on Wednesday to rescue a 2-year-old girl who had fallen in 22 hours earlier, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Venezuelan System brings classics to the barrios
A violin case slung over her shoulder, 10-year-old Daniela Fagundez trudges home along a row of muddy yards where chickens scratch among banana trees and laundry hangs drying on wire fences...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
British UFOs may be partygoers Chinese lanterns
Mysterious lights in the sky? Some British soldiers thought they might be unidentified flying objects. Then again, they might be those blazing Chinese lanterns released by the partygoers down the road _ a new craze in England. Once they are lit, the small lanterns rise into the sky, much like hot air balloons...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Forest fire near Athens causes power cuts
A large forest fire on the outskirts of Athens knocked out power in the Greek capital Wednesday and sent a large cloud of smoke over the city...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Headline
A papal aide says Pope Benedict XVI intends to return to the old way of distributing Communion at Masses...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Christians on trial in Algeria for spreading faith
Two men who converted from Islam to Christianity went on trial Wednesday on charges that they illegally promoted the Christian faith in Algeria...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Pope returns to old way of distributing Communion
A papal aide says Pope Benedict XVI intends to return to the old way of distributing Communion at Masses...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Knighthood goes to author Rushdie
Salman Rushdie, author of the controversial book The Satanic Verses, is knighted by the Queen for his services to literature...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Nintendo 'least green tech firm'
Games firm Nintendo is bottom of a Greenpeace ranking of the world's most eco-friendly electronics firms...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Fritzl trial to begin 'this year'
The trial of the Austrian man accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering seven children with her will begin before the year ends...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Cabinet couple face expense probe
Parliament's standards watchdog is investigating a complaint about Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Court bans death for child rape
The US supreme court strikes down a law allowing the death penalty for someone convicted of raping a child...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Burma blocks telecoms help
Two teams of emergency telecoms workers leave cyclone-hit Burma after their efforts are blocked...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
'Back from dead' baby critical
A baby girl declared dead after falling into the River Thames on the Oxfordshire and Berkshire border is found to be alive...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Man arrested in flat murder probe
A man is arrested in connection with the death of a man whose body was found at a flat in Portrush, County Antrim...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
War warning
Just how stretched are Britain's armed forces?...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Live - Federer v Soderling
Five-time champion Roger Federer takes the first two sets against Robin Soderling in the second round of Wimbledon...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Birth pains
The fraught founding of the NHS in 1948...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Alexander 'broke Holyrood rules'
Wendy Alexander broke parliament rules by failing to register donations to her leadership campaign, MSPs rule...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Mandela meets the Queen on a visit to UK to celebrate his 90th
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has met the Queen as part of his 90th birthday celebrations in the UK...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Architect plans first 'moving' skyscraper for Dubai
Construction of the world's first moving building, an 80-storey tower with revolving floors which give it an ever-shifting shape, is due to begin...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
England cut Zimbabwe cricket ties
The England and Wales Cricket Board cancels Zimbabwe's tour next summer on moral grounds because of political unrest...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Flooding 'action plan' promised
A "prioritised action plan" to improve flood protection is due in the autumn, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn says...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Africans urge Zimbabwe poll delay
An emergency summit of southern African leaders calls for Zimbabwe's poll to be postponed because of the violence...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
MPs asked to probe degree 'fraud'
An influential committee of MPs is to be asked to investigate allegations about degree standards in the UK...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Ministers defeat planning rebels
Ministers survive a revolt over plans to speed up planning decisions for big projects like airports...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Discs loss 'entirely avoidable'
A report on the loss of 25 million child benefit records blames serious institutional failures at HM Revenue and Customs...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Mugabe knighthood to be withdrawn
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's honorary Knighthood is to be withdrawn by the Queen, the BBC has learned...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Top Asian officer in race claim
The country's most senior Asian police officer considers legal action against the Metropolitan Police for alleged discrimination...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Italian accused of cashing in on fake Vatican ties
An Italian businessman who once dated actress Anne Hathaway was arrested Tuesday on charges he posed as a representative of the Vatican to fleece wealthy investors in a real estate company that sought to buy and redevelop Roman Catholic Church property...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
US may look to lure more au pairs as numbers soar
The welcome sign was ready, so were the balloons. It was as though the DaRossos were greeting a newfound family member, and in a way, they were...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Chisox beat Dodgers 6-1 behind Buehrle
Mark Buehrle pitched eight solid innings, Jermaine Dye hit a two-run homer, and the Chicago White Sox snapped a nine-game road losing streak with a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Jurors ready to consider Air Force rape case
By all accounts Col. Samuel Lofton III was a star in the Air Force _ a professional, demanding officer who in less than three years led his 82nd Training Group to be the best of the four such groups at Sheppard Air Force Base...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Obama asks donors to help Clinton with debt
Democrat Barack Obama has asked his finance team to help Hillary Rodham Clinton pay off at least $10 million of the debt from her failed presidential campaign...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
McCain calls for energy-efficient government
Republican John McCain said Tuesday the federal government should practice the energy efficiency he preaches, pledging as president to switch official vehicles to green technologies and do the same for office buildings...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Harris, Buscher lead Twins to 7th straight win
Brendan Harris and Brian Buscher hit solo home runs on consecutive pitches against Trevor Hoffman in the ninth inning, and the Minnesota Twins beat the slumping San Diego Padres 3-1 Tuesday night for their seventh straight victory...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Harris, Buscher lead Twins to win over Padres
Brendan Harris and Brian Buscher hit solo home runs on consecutive pitches against Trevor Hoffman in the ninth inning to give the Minnesota Twins a 3-1 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Browns three-run shot lifts As
Emil Brown hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh to spoil a strong outing by Jamie Moyer, Joe Blanton ended a four-start losing streak and the Oakland Athletics beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Buehrle stifles Dodgers as White Sox end road skid
Mark Buehrle pitched eight solid innings, Jermaine Dye hit a two-run homer, and the Chicago White Sox snapped a nine-game road losing streak with a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Mo. Sen. McCaskill emerging as key Obama supporter
Claire McCaskill, senator from Missouri, is hardly a household name outside her home state. But Barack Obama knows who she is...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
McCaskill emerging as key Obama supporter
Claire McCaskill, senator from Missouri, is hardly a household name outside her home state. But Barack Obama knows who she is...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Police Walker went willingly with Vegas robbers
One man was arrested and a second was sought Tuesday in a robbery and beating that left Oakland Raiders receiver Javon Walker unconscious on a side street after a long night of partying at Las Vegas nightclubs...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Obama dismisses Dobson criticism about Bible
Barack Obama said Tuesday evangelical leader James Dobson was "making stuff up" when he accused the presumed Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Philippines typhoon capsizes boat, 700 missing
Rescuers battled huge waves and strong winds Sunday to reach a ferry that capsized during a deadly typhoon in the Philippines a day earlier, but found no immediate signs of the more than 740 passengers and crew...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Lightning sparks 800-plus fires in California
Firefighters from neighboring states arrived to help Monday after an "unprecedented" lightning storm sparked more than 800 wildfires, from Big Sur to wine country to Humboldt County...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Clinton returns to Senate after presidential race
She came, she saw, she hugged.Hillary Rodham Clinton returned to Congress Tuesday for the first time since suspending her presidential campaign, to a loud round of applause and hugs from Democrats as they try to bridge the rifts left by a long, bruising presidential primary...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Vegas police make arrest in Javon Walker robbery
Las Vegas police have made an arrest in the robbery and beating case involving NFL player Javon Walker...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Man in India jailed for caring for orphaned bear
It was supposed to be a heartwarming tale of a man who brought an orphaned bear cub home from the forests of India to console his 6-year-old daughter, who had just lost her mother...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Pandas evacuated from earthquake area
Pandas living in earthquake-hit southwest China are facing a food shortage and some have been evacuated to temporary shelters because of the threat of landslides and other hazards, an official said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Officials Israeli kills self at Sarkozy ceremony
An Israeli police officer fatally shot himself Tuesday at an airport departure ceremony for French President Nicolas Sarkozy, sparking fear of an assassination attempt and prompting bodyguards to whisk away Sarkozy and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Obama dismisses Dobson criticism about Bible
Barack Obama said Tuesday evangelical leader James Dobson was "making stuff up" when he accused the presumed Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Rockets fired at Israel from Gaza shake truce
Palestinian militants fired three homemade rockets into southern Israel on Tuesday, threatening to unravel a cease-fire days after it began, and Israel responded by closing vital border crossings into Gaza...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Israeli policeman kills self at Sarkozy ceremony
An Israeli police officer fatally shot himself in the head at an airport farewell ceremony Tuesday for French President Nicolas Sarkozy, prompting bodyguards to whisk the visiting leader and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to safety, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
AP IMPACT Kenyan children abducted, tortured
Dozens of scared children filed silently into the bare room, their eyes on the cracks in the floor...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Divers find bodies in ferry that capsized in storm
A coast guard diver searching for survivors Tuesday inside a ferry that capsized in a typhoon found bodies and a bit of comfort _ a plastic rosary floating in the water...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Monet painting fetches $80 million at London auction
A water lily painting by impressionist master Claude Monet was sold for more than $80 million at auction Tuesday, kicking off a week of modern-art sales expected to reach records that defy the global economic downturn...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Rockets fired at Israel from Gaza shake truce
Palestinian militants fired three homemade rockets into southern Israel on Tuesday, threatening to unravel a cease-fire days after it began, and Israel responded by closing vital border crossings into Gaza...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
China quake lake to be tourist spot
China plans to turn a huge lake formed from the Sichuan earthquake disaster into a tourist destination, a state news agency reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Branson says airlines should pay tax on emissions
Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson told a forum on climate change Tuesday that aviation is a dirty business and that airlines should be willing to pay for the damage they cause to the environment...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Russia frees US pastor jailed for importing bullets
An American pastor walked free Tuesday after spending nearly five months in a Russian jail for bringing hunting-rifle ammunition into the country. The release of Phillip Miles, 58, came a day after the Moscow City Court reduced his three-year sentence for smuggling and ordered him set free...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
3 Americans killed, Shiite fighting in Iraq
A roadside bomb killed three American soldiers and an interpreter north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Wednesday, and Iraqi police reported 14 Shiite gunmen were arrested after fighting south of the capital...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Divers retrieve bodies from Philippine ferry
Bodies in life jackets washed up on islands and drifted at sea Wednesday as divers resumed the grim work of exploring the inside of a Philippine ferry that capsized during a powerful typhoon...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Mexico City police acknowledge errors in raid
MEXICO CITY _ Police shoved terrified youths trying to leave the News Devine nightclub back into the face of a deadly stampede that killed a dozen people, including three officers and a 13-year-old girl, prosecutors said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Move to renew Colombia-Ecuador ties collapses
Moves to renew relations between Ecuador and Colombia collapsed on Tuesday as part of a smoldering feud between South American neighbors of the left and right...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
2 Chinese air force training jets crash
A state news agency says two Chinese air force jets crashed in a city suburb in Inner Mongolia after a midair collision...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Kidnapped German child ill in Somalia
A German child who was kidnapped by Somali gunmen along with his parents and another European is suffering from a fever and needs medical help, a clan elder said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Human Rights Watch urges Russia to end abuses
A New York-based rights watchdog said Wednesday that Russian security forces are responsible for widespread human rights abuses in the southern province of Ingushetia near Chechnya...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Forest fire burns near Athens
A large forest fire on the outskirts of Athens is sending a cloud of smoke over the Greek capital just as power in part of the city has been cut...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Negotiator Kidnapped German boy ill in Somalia
A German child who was kidnapped by Somali gunmen along with his parents and another European is suffering from a fever and needs medical help, a clan elder said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Barclays plans £4.5bn fundraising
Barclays says it is planning to raise £4.5bn from foreign investors in a share issue to bolster its balance sheet...
BBC News - June 25, 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 25, 2008
Israel closes Gaza after rockets
Israel closes its border crossings with Gaza in response to a Palestinian rocket attack that breached a ceasefire...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Tibet reopens to foreign tourism
Three months after violent anti-China protests, foreign tourists are being allowed back in to Tibet, state media says...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Pakistan Taleban 'kill 22 rivals'
Authorities in north-west Pakistan say they have found the bodies of 22 tribesmen who were kidnapped by the Taleban...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Water company hit by £15m fraud
An internal audit at the Scottish mineral water company Campsie Spring uncovers fraud in excess of £15m...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Insurance firm creates 400 jobs
Admiral Insurance is opening a new office in south Wales creating 400 new jobs...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Murder inquiry follows flat death
A man dies following an early morning arson attack on a house in Portrush, County Antrim...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Nigerian oilfield resumes pumping
Royal Dutch Shell resumes production at its main offshore oil field in Nigeria, following a militant attack...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Legal dilemma
Ruling means serious criminals could walk free...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Xenophobic fears
Children left terrified by South Africa attacks...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Excuse me...
We complain a lot but when does it make a difference?...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Toddler dies in river fall
A young child dies after falling into the River Thames on the Oxfordshire and Berkshire border, police confirm...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Live - Wimbledon day three
Elena Baltacha is in action at Wimbledon, with Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic to follow...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Beans fatigue
'Biscuits brown', custard and other joys of Army rations...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Flood victims
One year on in Yorkshire - in sound and pictures...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
MP expenses rule changes set out
Proposed changes to the rules covering what MPs can claim on expenses are published by the Commons...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Live - England v New Zealand
New Zealand appear to take the upper hand after England misfire with the bat in the fourth one-day international...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Sickness bug found in tap water
Residents in 108,000 homes in Northamptonshire are told to boil water after the cryptosporidium bug is found...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Man jailed for police wife murder
A cheating husband is jailed for organising the murder of his wife, who was stabbed to death in London...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Tourist dies of 'food poisoning'
A British tourist dies of suspected salmonella poisoning at a luxury hotel at Lake Garda, northern Italy...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Man jailed over nail bombs plot
A Nazi sympathiser who kept nail bombs and knives under his bed is jailed for a total of 16 years...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
UK soldier killed in mine blast
A British soldier has been killed in an explosion while checking for mines in Afghanistan, says the Ministry of Defence...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Flooding plan 'needs improvement'
Flood defence must be taken more seriously if communities are to be protected, a report on last summer's flooding says...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Africa leaders seek Zimbabwe plan
An emergency meeting of African leaders discusses Zimbabwe's crisis as pressure grows against Robert Mugabe...
BBC News - June 25, 2008
Italian accused of cashing in on fake Vatican ties
An Italian businessman who once dated actress Anne Hathaway was arrested Tuesday on charges he posed as a representative of the Vatican to fleece wealthy investors in a real estate company that sought to buy and redevelop Roman Catholic Church property...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Judge issues gag order in Texas swingers club case
A judge has issued a gag order leading up to the next trial involving an East Texas swingers club that allegedly forced children into sex shows...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
House fails to move gas pump price gouging bill
House Democrats failed Tuesday to resurrect a bill to punish price gouging at the gas pump, while maneuvering to block Republican attempts to expand offshore drilling, an idea gaining in popularity amid $4-a-gallon gas prices...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Fla. investigators look into husbands death in 65
Authorities said Tuesday they will re-examine the shooting death of a man in the Florida Keys more than four decades ago, after learning he was the third of five husbands to a serial widow charged in the death of one of them...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Chisox beat Dodgers 6-1 behind Buehrle
Mark Buehrle pitched eight solid innings, Jermaine Dye hit a two-run homer, and the Chicago White Sox snapped a nine-game road losing streak with a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
White Sox beat Dodgers 6-1 behind Buehrle
Mark Buehrle pitched eight solid innings, Jermaine Dye hit a two-run homer, and the Chicago White Sox snapped a nine-game road losing streak with a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Valkyrie portrait flap was mistaken photo ID
What looked at first like another PR blow to "Valkyrie," the twice-delayed Tom Cruise film based on the true story of a German officer who plotted to assassinate Hitler, turned out to be a case of mistaken photo identity...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Obama asks donors to help Clinton with debt
Democrat Barack Obama has asked his finance team to help Hillary Rodham Clinton pay off at least $10 million of the debt from her failed presidential campaign...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
McCain calls for energy-efficient government
Republican John McCain said Tuesday the federal government should practice the energy efficiency he preaches, pledging as president to switch official vehicles to green technologies and do the same for office buildings...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Obama dismisses Dobson criticism about Bible
Barack Obama said Tuesday evangelical leader James Dobson was "making stuff up" when he accused the presumed Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Harris, Buscher lead Twins to win over Padres
Brendan Harris and Brian Buscher hit solo home runs on consecutive pitches against Trevor Hoffman in the ninth inning to give the Minnesota Twins a 3-1 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Browns three-run shot lifts As
Emil Brown hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh to spoil a strong outing by Jamie Moyer, Joe Blanton ended a four-start losing streak and the Oakland Athletics beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Buehrle stifles Dodgers as White Sox end road skid
Mark Buehrle pitched eight solid innings, Jermaine Dye hit a two-run homer, and the Chicago White Sox snapped a nine-game road losing streak with a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Ky. diet drug fraud case deliberations to continue
Jurors deliberated a full day Tuesday without reaching a verdict in the case of three lawyers charged with defrauding clients in a $200 million diet drug settlement...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Deliberations continue in Ky. diet drug fraud case
A northern Kentucky jury will continue deliberating Wednesday in the case of three lawyers charged with defrauding clients in a $200 million diet drug settlement...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Police Walker went willingly with Vegas robbers
One man was arrested and a second was sought Tuesday in a robbery and beating that left Oakland Raiders receiver Javon Walker unconscious on a side street after a long night of partying at Las Vegas nightclubs...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Forecaster End is near to Mississippi River rise
The water is still well above the banks of the upper Mississippi River, but residents of both flooded towns and those protected by levees and sandbags can see an ending: The river is cresting...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Philippines typhoon capsizes boat, 700 missing
Rescuers battled huge waves and strong winds Sunday to reach a ferry that capsized during a deadly typhoon in the Philippines a day earlier, but found no immediate signs of the more than 740 passengers and crew...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Philippines Kidnap negotiators arrested
A Philippine mayor and his son who negotiated with al-Qaida-linked rebels for the release of an abducted TV news anchor and three other people have been arrested as suspects in the kidnappings, officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Lightning sparks 800-plus fires in California
Firefighters from neighboring states arrived to help Monday after an "unprecedented" lightning storm sparked more than 800 wildfires, from Big Sur to wine country to Humboldt County...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Vegas police make arrest in Javon Walker robbery
Las Vegas police have made an arrest in the robbery and beating case involving NFL player Javon Walker...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Beijing gets ground-to-air defense
China has stationed a battery of ground-to-air missiles just 300 yards from a Beijing Olympic venue, the latest sign of tightening security with the games just 6 1/2 weeks away...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Pandas are evacuated from earthquake area of China
Pandas living in an earthquake-hit part of southwestern China have been evacuated to temporary shelters due to the continuing threat of landslides and other hazards, a forestry bureau report said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Obama dismisses Dobson criticism about Bible
Barack Obama said Tuesday evangelical leader James Dobson was "making stuff up" when he accused the presumed Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Rockets fired at Israel from Gaza shake truce
Palestinian militants fired three homemade rockets into southern Israel on Tuesday, threatening to unravel a cease-fire days after it began, and Israel responded by closing vital border crossings into Gaza...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Divers find bodies in ferry that capsized in storm
A coast guard diver searching for survivors Tuesday inside a ferry that capsized in a typhoon found bodies and a bit of comfort _ a plastic rosary floating in the water...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Man in India jailed for caring for orphaned bear
It was supposed to be a heartwarming tale of a man who brought an orphaned bear cub home from the forests of India to console his 6-year-old daughter, who had just lost her mother...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Pandas evacuated from earthquake area
Pandas living in earthquake-hit southwest China are facing a food shortage and some have been evacuated to temporary shelters because of the threat of landslides and other hazards, an official said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Officials Israeli kills self at Sarkozy ceremony
An Israeli police officer fatally shot himself Tuesday at an airport departure ceremony for French President Nicolas Sarkozy, sparking fear of an assassination attempt and prompting bodyguards to whisk away Sarkozy and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Israeli kills himself at ceremony for Sarkozy
An Israeli police officer fatally shot himself Tuesday at an airport departure ceremony for French President Nicolas Sarkozy, sparking fear of an assassination attempt and prompting bodyguards to whisk away Sarkozy and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
China quake lake to be tourist spot
China plans to turn a huge lake formed from the Sichuan earthquake disaster into a tourist destination, a state news agency reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Branson says airlines should pay tax on emissions
Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson told a forum on climate change Tuesday that aviation is a dirty business and that airlines should be willing to pay for the damage they cause to the environment...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Russia frees US pastor jailed for importing bullets
An American pastor walked free Tuesday after spending nearly five months in a Russian jail for bringing hunting-rifle ammunition into the country. The release of Phillip Miles, 58, came a day after the Moscow City Court reduced his three-year sentence for smuggling and ordered him set free...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Israeli policeman kills self at Sarkozy ceremony
An Israeli police officer fatally shot himself in the head at an airport farewell ceremony Tuesday for French President Nicolas Sarkozy, prompting bodyguards to whisk the visiting leader and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to safety, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
AP IMPACT Kenyan children abducted, tortured
Dozens of scared children filed silently into the bare room, their eyes on the cracks in the floor...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Mexico City police acknowledge errors in raid
MEXICO CITY _ Police shoved terrified youths trying to leave the News Devine nightclub back into the face of a deadly stampede that killed a dozen people, including three officers and a 13-year-old girl, prosecutors said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Move to renew Colombia-Ecuador ties collapses
Moves to renew relations between Ecuador and Colombia collapsed on Tuesday as part of a smoldering feud between South American neighbors of the left and right...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Monet painting fetches $80 million at London auction
A water lily painting by impressionist master Claude Monet was sold for more than $80 million at auction Tuesday, kicking off a week of modern-art sales expected to reach records that defy the global economic downturn...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Rockets fired at Israel from Gaza shake truce
Palestinian militants fired three homemade rockets into southern Israel on Tuesday, threatening to unravel a cease-fire days after it began, and Israel responded by closing vital border crossings into Gaza...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Mexico to extradite drug lord to US
Mexico has agreed to extradite a reputed leader of a Tijuana-based drug cartel to the U.S...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
6 dead after boat capsizes in Malaysia
Police in Indonesia say a boat with 14 people on board has sunk in Malaysian waters. They say six of the passengers have drowned and six others are missing...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Germany may add troops in Afghanistan
Germany plans to increase the number of its troops in Afghanistan by 1,000 this fall, senior defense officials said Tuesday, following requests by Western commanders for more troops to counter a resilient Taliban force...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Ruling against anonymous witnesses halts trial
A murder trial collapsed Tuesday in the wake of a House of Lords ruling that bars the use of anonymous witnesses in court...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
Afghan blast kills NATO soldier
NATO says an explosion has killed one of its soldiers on a patrol in southern Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - June 25, 2008
£40.9m paid for Monet work
A Claude Monet painting, Le Bassin Aux Nympheas, fetches a record £40.9m | | | | |
