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Global News Archive for June 2008:
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Vatican excommunication for female priests
The Vatican is slamming the door on attempts by women to become priests in the Roman Catholic Church. It has strongly reiterated in a decree that anyone involved in ordination ceremonies is automatically excommunicated...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
X-Files star Gillian Anderson is pregnant
Gillian Anderson and her boyfriend, Mark Griffiths, are expecting their second child this fall, her manager, Connie Freiberg, said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
George Takei and partner plan to wed in September
George Takei, best known for playing Sulu on "Star Trek," will never forget the first time he saw Brad Altman, the man he plans to marry, more than two decades ago...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Severe storms blamed for 3 deaths across the US
Severe storms that downed power lines and trees across a large swath of the country Wednesday were blamed for three deaths. A woman died Wednesday afternoon when a tree fell on a vehicle in Annandale, a Washington, D.C., suburb, a fire department spokesman said...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
3 dead in severe weather across nation
Severe storms that downed power lines and trees across a large swath of the country Wednesday were blamed for three deaths...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Iraqi lawmakers wary of US security agreement
Iraqi lawmakers told Congress on Wednesday that they have serious misgivings about a long-term security agreement being negotiated this year with President Bush, putting themselves squarely in line with Democrats who say hashing out a deal before Bush leaves office is bad timing...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
White House pushes GI Bill compromise on Iraq bill
After promising to veto a huge Iraq war-funding bill because it contains unrelated domestic spending, the White House now wants to boost the costs even higher by letting troops transfer ramped up GI Bill education benefits to their spouses or children...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Lawyer Patriots player arrested, turns informant
A starting lineman for the New England Patriots worked as an informant for federal drug agents after he was arrested in New York on a charge of carrying the powerful painkiller oxycodone without a prescription, an attorney said...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Reyes lifts Mets in rubber game against Dodgers
Jose Reyes hit a leadoff double, then homered and singled Wednesday to help John Maine and the New York Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3. Reyes scored twice and Carlos Beltran added a two-run double as the Mets won for the seventh time in nine games...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Reyes lifts Mets in rubber game against Giants
Jose Reyes hit a leadoff double, then homered and singled Wednesday to help John Maine and the New York Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3. Reyes scored twice and Carlos Beltran added a two-run double as the Mets won for the seventh time in nine games...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Reyes comes through for Mets in rubber game
Jose Reyes hit a leadoff double, then homered and singled Wednesday to help John Maine and the New York Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Duchscherer pitches As to 3-game sweep of Tigers
Justin Duchscherer allowed three hits over 6 2-3 innings and the Oakland Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 10-2 on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Michelle Obama to be a guest host on The View
Michelle Obama will be a guest host on "The View" on June 18...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Softbank to offer iPhones in Japan
Japanese mobile carrier Softbank Corp. said Wednesday it now has a deal with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone later this year _ the first such agreement in Japan for the hit cell phones...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
McCain challenges Obama on town hall meetings
John McCain challenged Barack Obama to join him in 10 town hall meetings with voters before the Democratic National Convention in August. An Obama adviser was receptive to the idea and said the campaign would discuss it...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Superdelegates avalanche begins
While much of the political world waits for Hillary Rodham Clinton to concede defeat, most superdelegates are done waiting...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Obamas next task Heal rift with female voters
Barack Obama has some urgent making up to do among a lot of angry white women _ lifetime Democrats who spurned him for Hillary Rodham Clinton in the primaries and now are threatening to stay home or even vote for Republican John McCain in November...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Obama clinches nomination, plans celebration
Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, becoming the first black candidate to lead a major party into a campaign for the White House...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Productivity improves while wages moderate
Worker productivity increased at a faster pace in the first three months of this year than previously estimated, wage pressures moderated and an important measure of business activity showed the service sector skirted recession in May...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
J.M. Smucker buys Folgers for $2.95 billion
J.M. Smucker is buying Folgers coffee in an all-stock deal worth about $2.95 billion...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Productivity improves while wage pressures moderate
The government reports that worker productivity increased at a faster pace in the first three months of this year than previously estimated. Wage pressures, meanwhile, moderated...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Inflation moves up on Bernankes list of worries
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has moved inflation up on his list of worries, suggesting more pointedly than ever that the time for cutting interest rates is over in view of soaring oil and commodity prices and a weakened dollar...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Car plows into bike race in Mexico, 1 dead
A car has plowed into a bike race along a highway near the US-Mexico border, killing one and injuring 10 others...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Chemo and radiation next for Kennedy after surgery
After investigating his options with his trademark intensity, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy underwent 3 1/2 hours of risky and exquisitely delicate surgery Monday to cut out as much of his cancerous brain tumor as possible...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Cambodian prostitutes protest police crackdown
About 200 Cambodian prostitutes protested peacefully Wednesday against a police crackdown and claimed to have been physically and sexually abused in custody...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
NATO commander to revive Pakistan talks
The new U.S. commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan said Wednesday that he plans to visit Islamabad to revive a stalled cross-border security dialogue with Afghan and Pakistani military leaders...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Obama clinches nomination, plans celebration
Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, becoming the first black candidate to lead a major party into a campaign for the White House...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
GM to close 4 truck, SUV plants, focus on getting smaller
General Motors Corp. officially blew up its old business model Tuesday, closing four pickup truck and sport utility vehicle factories, announcing a new small car that could get 45 miles per gallon and shedding 10,000 jobs in the process...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Electricity outages anger, frustrate Pakistanis
Pakistan is experiencing its worst electricity shortages in years, and the signs are everywhere...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Truck explosion kills 18 in Baghdad, wounds 75
A tractor-trailer loaded with Shiite militia rockets accidentally exploded Wednesday in a densely populated area of northeast Baghdad, killing 18 people and wounding 75, the U.S. military said. It was the deadliest explosion in Baghdad in more than two months...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Excitement about Obama spreads around the world
Excitement about Barack Obama emerged as a global phenomenon Wednesday as commentators and citizens around the world welcomed the news that he had sealed the Democratic presidential nomination...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Kenyans hopes are high after Obama seals nomination
Hoisting plastic cups of "Obama" beer and gathering around television sets, Kenyans celebrated Wednesday as Barack Obama laid claim to the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Indonesian police detain 59 after attack
Fifty-nine members of a hard-line Muslim group were taken in for questioning Wednesday following a bloody attack on an interfaith rally in the Indonesian capital, lawyers and police said...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Truck explosion kills 18, wounds 75 in Iraq
A truck packed with rockets blew up Wednesday in a Shiite area of Baghdad, killing 18 people in the deadliest single blast in the city in more than three months. Three U.S. soldiers were killed by gunfire north of the capital...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Blast kills 18 in Baghdad
A truck packed with rockets blew up Wednesday in a Shiite area of Baghdad, killing 18 people in the deadliest single blast in the city in more than three months. Three U.S. soldiers were killed by gunfire north of the capital...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Accused Sept. 11 plotters due in Guantanamo court
Almost seven years after terrorists hijacked airliners and used them as missiles to kill 2,973 people, five men who allegedly plotted the attacks face a military tribunal Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Haitians march against kidnappings
Thousands of protesters rallied outside government buildings in the Haitian capital Wednesday, demanding officials crack down on a four-year kidnapping scourge that has terrorized the Caribbean country...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Alleged 911 plotters face military tribunal
Almost seven years after terrorists hijacked airliners and used them as missiles to kill 2,973 people, five men who allegedly plotted the attacks face a military tribunal Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Alleged 911 plotters due in Gitmo court
Almost seven years after terrorists hijacked airliners and used them as missiles to kill 2,973 people, five men who allegedly plotted the attacks face a military tribunal Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Palestinian leader urges new dialogue with Hamas
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Wednesday for new dialogue with Hamas, in what appeared to be an about-face after insisting for a year that he would not talk with the Islamic militant movement unless it first gave up control of Gaza...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Priest elected UN General Assembly president
A Nicaraguan priest who has been a stern critic of the United States won election Wednesday as the next president of the U.N. General Assembly, beginning his post with a "sermon" that touched on love, politics and the Iraq war...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
US, EU criticize Irans defiance on nuclear work
The United States urged Iran to abandon the pursuit of nuclear arms forever, saying Wednesday that the International Atomic Energy Agency had overwhelming evidence of an Iranian weapons program...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
French police recover 4 paintings stolen in August
Police on Wednesday recovered a Monet landscape and three other paintings that were stolen by masked gunmen from a museum on the French Riviera last August, judicial officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Olmert denies prisoner swap speculation
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has rejected speculation that the release this week of a Hezbollah spy is part of a prisoner swap with the militant group...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,090
As of Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at least 4,090 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Author Tremain wins Orange prize
Rose Tremain is named as the winner of this year's Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction for novel The Road Home...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Interest rates set to stay at 5%
The Bank of England is widely expected to keep interest rates on hold amid concerns about inflation...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Lib Dems warn of education cuts
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is warning of a 'funding squeeze' heading for England's schools...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Slovenia sparks EU nuclear alert
A leak prompts Slovenia to shut down its only nuclear plant, but the EU says it is now under control...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Assembly nominations to go ahead
Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness issue a joint statement, averting a potential crisis at Stormont...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
'Whole state' behind Darfur crime
Sudan's whole state apparatus is implicated in crimes in Darfur, the International Criminal Court prosecutor says...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Zimbabwe opposition leader freed
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is released after eight hours of police detention, a spokesman says...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Obama begins running-mate search
Barack Obama announces a high-profile team to help select his Democratic vice-presidential candidate...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Man charged over girl's stabbing
A 21-year-old man is charged with the murder of a girl stabbed to death in a housing estate in south London...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Vatican excommunication for female priests
The Vatican is slamming the door on attempts by women to become priests in the Roman Catholic Church. It has strongly reiterated in a decree that anyone involved in ordination ceremonies is automatically excommunicated...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
FEMA trailer occupant killed after police standoff
A nearly 10-hour standoff with a police SWAT team ended Wednesday morning when police fatally shot the mentally ill occupant of a federally supplied trailer in one of the neighborhoods hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Ashley Judd speaks at UN against human trafficking
Ashley Judd says she decided to lend her voice against human trafficking after she "stumbled upon" the issue while visiting brothels, slums, hospices and other clinics in 12 nations to promote public health...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
High cost and demand for fertilizer scares farmers
Corn stalks normally dominate the fields of farmer Lyle McKanna. But this summer, leafy green soybean plants will swallow up more acreage than ever...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Martinez returns to mound as Mets beat Giants 9-6
It might be a little while before Pedro Martinez returns to his dominant old self. He took a big first step just by getting back on the mound, then went out and won...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Jack Valenti is honored by University of Houston
The University of Houston is naming its school of communication in honor of LBJ adviser and film industry lobbyist Jack Valenti, who instituted the modern movie ratings system...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Rascal Flatts guitarist and wife welcome a son
Rascal Flatts guitarist Joe Don Rooney and his wife, Tiffany Fallon, have welcomed their first child, a son named Jagger Donovan Rooney...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Obama speaks with Clinton, says party can be united
Barack Obama spoke directly with his vanquished rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday and expressed optimism they could achieve party unity after their bruising battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. He also accused Republican rival John McCain over of supporting a "plan for staying, not a plan for victory" in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Obama vows staunch support for Israel
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama assured Jewish leaders Wednesday that he will be a steadfast ally of Israel and will not negotiate with terrorist groups, a response to attacks leveled against him recently by Republicans...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
McCain urges joint town halls with Obama
John McCain is challenging Barack Obama to join him in 10 town hall meetings with voters between now and the Democratic National Convention in August...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Barack Obama picks up fresh support from Democrats
Barack Obama picked up fresh support from fellow Democrats eager to unify the party after a bruising battle for the presidential nomination on Wednesday at the same time he criticized Republican rival John McCain for supporting a "plan for staying, not a plan for victory" in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Federer advances to French Open semifinals
Roger Federer lost three of his first four service games Wednesday, causing a stir among French Open fans but only briefly delaying his progress to the semifinals...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Another French Open comeback for Safina
Twice on the verge of elimination, Dinara Safina instead advanced to the French Open semifinals...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Kuznetsova advances to French Open semifinal
Svetlana Kuznetsova returned to the French Open semifinals, recovering from a slow start to beat unseeded Kaia Kanepi 7-5, 6-2 Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Papers Man to plead guilty in alleged terror plot
An Ohio man accused of plotting terrorist bombings against Americans overseas could have faced life in prison. Instead, a plea agreement offered Christopher Paul allows for a 20-year sentence...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Softbank to offer iPhones in Japan
Japanese mobile carrier Softbank Corp. said Wednesday it now has a deal with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone later this year _ the first such agreement in Japan for the hit cell phones...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Oil prices drop below $124 a barrel in Asia
Oil prices dropped below $124 a barrel Wednesday in Asia as demand concerns deepened and after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke indicated that more U.S. interest rate cuts are unlikely...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Homebuilders offer bleak outlook and post losses
Homebuilder D.R. Horton said Tuesday the industry could face tough times until 2010, and underscoring that point, Toll Bros. and Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. each reported a second-quarter loss...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Car plows into bike race in Mexico, 1 dead
A car has plowed into a bike race along a highway near the US-Mexico border, killing one and injuring 10 others...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Inflation moves up on Bernankes list of worries
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has moved inflation up on his list of worries, suggesting more pointedly than ever that the time for cutting interest rates is over in view of soaring oil and commodity prices and a weakened dollar...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Despite damage, many schools reopen in Myanmar
As students filed into Middle School No. 1 on Monday for the first day of classes since the cyclone hit Myanmar a month ago, all eyes stared skyward _ at the gaping hole in the roof...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Report Palestinian textbooks portray Jews badly
Authors of Palestinian school textbooks took small steps toward softening their portrayal Israel under the rule of moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas _ but progress was quickly reversed after the militant Islamic Hamas took over, according to a report released on Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Obama clinches nomination, plans celebration
Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, becoming the first black candidate to lead a major party into a campaign for the White House...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
GM to close 4 truck, SUV plants, focus on getting smaller
General Motors Corp. officially blew up its old business model Tuesday, closing four pickup truck and sport utility vehicle factories, announcing a new small car that could get 45 miles per gallon and shedding 10,000 jobs in the process...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Food expected back in spotlight at UN summit
A U.N. summit on skyrocketing food prices opened with criticism of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, whose lengthy rule has overseen the deterioration of what was once a rare African breadbasket state...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
UN chief billions needed yearly on food crisis
As much as $20 billion per year will be needed to boost food production to combat hunger worsened by soaring fuel and food prices, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
UN chief says billions needed yearly on food
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon says $15 billion to $20 billion is needed each year to boost food production to combat hunger...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Food prices expected to be focus at UN summit
A U.N. summit on skyrocketing food prices opened with criticism of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, whose lengthy rule has overseen the deterioration of what was once a rare African breadbasket state...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Indonesian police detain 59 after attack
Fifty-nine members of a hard-line Muslim group were taken in for questioning Wednesday following a bloody attack on an interfaith rally in the Indonesian capital, lawyers and police said...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Cambodian prostitutes protest police crackdown
About 200 Cambodian prostitutes protested peacefully Wednesday against a police crackdown and claimed to have been physically and sexually abused in custody...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
NATO commander to revive Pakistan talks
The new U.S. commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan said Wednesday that he plans to visit Islamabad to revive a stalled cross-border security dialogue with Afghan and Pakistani military leaders...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
US agriculture secretary Biofuels deal possible
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer says progress is being made at a U.N. summit on determining the role of biofuels in the world food prices crisis...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
World welcomes Obama win
Excitement about Barack Obama emerged as a global phenomenon Wednesday as commentators and citizens around the world welcomed the news that he had sealed the Democratic presidential nomination...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Zimbabwean opposition leader detained by police
An opposition party official in Zimbabwe says leader Morgan Tsvangirai has been detained by police...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Belgian police clash with fishermen protesting fuel prices
Riot police armed with shields and batons charged hundreds of protesting fishermen outside European Union headquarters Wednesday after a demonstration over high fuel prices turned violent...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Car bomb kills at least 16 people in Baghdad
A suicide truck bomber struck near the Baghdad home of an Iraqi police general Wednesday, killing 16 people in the biggest such attack on the capital in months...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Kenyans hopes are high after Obama seals nomination
Hoisting plastic cups of "Obama" beer and gathering around television sets, Kenyans celebrated Wednesday as Barack Obama laid claim to the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Witnesses 2 bombings near Algiers kill 1, wound 6
Two bombs exploded outside the Algerian capital Algiers on Wednesday, killing at least one person and wounding six others, a security official said...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
US Baghdad explosion was accidental detonation
The U.S. military says an explosion that killed 15 people was caused by a tractor-trailer loaded with Shiite militia rockets, not by a suicide bomber...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Witnesses say 2 bombs explode in Algiers
Witnesses say two bombs have exploded in an eastern suburb of the Algerian capital Algiers...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Witnesses 2 bombings near Algiers
Witnesses say two bombs have exploded just in an eastern suburb of the Algerian capital Algiers...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
4 Fulbright students leave Gaza
Israel allowed four Palestinian Fulbright scholars to travel to Jerusalem to apply for U.S. student visas but delayed permission for three others to leave the Gaza Strip, one of the students and a human rights group said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 4, 2008
Imperial may set own entry test
The head of Imperial College London says it is trying out an entrance exam...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Mobile phones expose human habits
More than 100,000 mobile phone users are tracked in an attempt to build a picture of human behaviours...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
MTV fined over offensive language
Media watchdog Ofcom fines MTV £255,000 for broadcasting explicit material before the watershed...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Google accused over privacy law
Search engine giant Google is urged to comply with California law and provide a homepage privacy policy link...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
India forced to raise fuel prices
India raises prices of petroleum products amid fears of inflation ahead of elections next year...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
HBOS announces share sale details
A free share dealing service is being offered by HBOS as part of the bank group's impending £4bn rights issue...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
The full story: PM's questions
All the key points, the views and reaction as Gordon Brown faces his weekly House of Commons grilling...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Firms 'to run failing NHS trusts'
Plans to allow private firms to run struggling NHS hospitals and trusts in England are announced by ministers...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
DR Congo to attack Ugandan rebels
The Congolese army agrees to take military action against Uganda's rebel leader, based in DR Congo...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Peru to protect isolated tribes
Authorities in Peru seek to protect some of the last indigenous tribes to avoid contact with the outside world...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Saudis launch Islamic unity drive
Saudi Arabia's king urges Muslims to speak with one voice ahead of a planned interfaith dialogue with Jews and Christians...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
US aid ships to leave Burma
US Navy ships are to leave Burma's coastline because the government will not let them help cyclone victims...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
German shops running out of milk
Shops in Germany say they are running out of milk after seven days of protests by dairy farmers over low prices...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Pig's head nailed to Asian centre
A pig's head is nailed to the door of a former church which is being converted into an Asian community centre...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Appeal for killer to come forward
The family of a woman who was murdered in a Glasgow restaurant appeal to the killer to come forward...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
'Lost generation' in rural Wales
A study on rural housing in Wales warns major changes are needed to provide more affordable homes...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Omagh father contemplated suicide
The father of a 15-year-old girl killed in the Omagh bomb speaks of how he contemplated suicide...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Irish views
Voters debate EU Treaty ahead of key referendum...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Gaming's stars
How gaming is rubbing shoulders with celebrity...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
The blame game
Are biofuels behind soaring food prices?...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Solved at last
Family mystery of great-grandad's move to Sydney...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Porto lose Champions League place
Porto are excluded from next season's Champions League over allegations of match-fixing in the 2003/04 season...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Clinton's failings
Where things went wrong for the one-time frontrunner...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
'Goblins' at war
The legal battle that threatens music collections...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
New 007 book breaks sales record
New James Bond novel Devil May Care becomes book publisher Penguin's fastest-selling hardback fiction title...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Size is all for Syria's - and the world's - biggest restaurant
Syria already boasts some of the world's best food - now it can also claim the world's largest restaurant...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Hughes becomes Man City manager
Mark Hughes agrees a three-year deal to take over as Man City's new boss...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Chambers wins ahead of ban appeal
Dwain Chambers wins his first 100m race since 2006 and says he is confident he will be able to compete at the Beijing Olympics...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Brown attacked over road tax plan
David Cameron tells Gordon Brown he faces being ousted as PM if he does not back down on plans to raise road tax...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Fishermen clash with police at EU
Police clash with fishermen protesting against the high cost of fuel outside EU headquarters in Brussels...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
BBC denies MP's anti-Polish claim
The BBC rejects claims by an MP that its immigration coverage has fuelled violence against Polish people...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
OECD warning of sharper slowdown
The OECD warns that the UK will not escape as a global economic slowdown becomes sharper and longer...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Tsvangirai detained in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is detained by police during campaigning for the presidential election...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Obama pledges support for Israel
Barack Obama gives backing to Israel in his first foreign policy speech since declaring victory in the Democratic campaign...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Knife youths to face tougher laws
The age that teenagers are prosecuted for carrying knives should be lowered to 16, says Gordon Brown...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
Trapped teenager dies in flooding
A 17-year-old boy dies after being trapped in a culvert following flash flooding in Oxfordshire...
BBC News - June 4, 2008
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