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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
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Ga. priest facing excommunication will appeal
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Farmworkers death prompts calls for Calif. reform
The death of a pregnant teenager pruning grape vines in 100-degree heat has outraged the farmworking community and sparked calls for safety reforms as laborers prepare for the long summer harvest...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
2 men scale 52-story NYT building within hours
A midtown Manhattan skyscraper that is home to The New York Times became the site of twin daredevil stunts Thursday, with two men scaling the 52-story office tower within a matter of hours...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Lesbian kiss at Seattle ballpark stirs debate
Most of the time, a kiss is just a kiss in the stands at Seattle Mariners games. The crowd hardly even pays attention when fans smooch...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
All-out manhunt on for suspected killer in Tenn.
A deputy just two weeks out of law enforcement training was shot to death and another officer was wounded Thursday as they tried take a suspect into custody on a probation violation warrant. The suspect was still at large...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Gordon Ramsay opens restaurant in West Hollywood
Gordon Ramsay is in a California state of mind...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
NY skyscraper hosts 2 daredevil stunts in 1 day
A midtown Manhattan skyscraper that is home to The New York Times became the site of twin daredevil stunts Thursday, with two men scaling the 52-story office tower within a matter of hours...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
McCain defends position on Florida measures
Republican John McCain faced tough questions Thursday about why he opposed a measure to restore the Everglades that had broad support from Florida officials, including Republican Gov. Charlie Crist and GOP Sen. Mel Martinez...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Obama signals Republicans face fierce fight in Va.
Barack Obama reveled Thursday in his newfound status as the likely Democratic nominee and signaled that Republicans face a fierce fight over Virginia this fall, a state long-held by the GOP...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Giambis pinch-hit HR in 9th leads Yanks over Jays
Pinch-hitter Jason Giambi connected for a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the New York Yankees a 9-8 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Jones homers, lifts Orioles over Twins
Adam Jones hit a tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Jones homers to lift Orioles over Twins 3-2
Adam Jones hit a tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Vodafone confirms Verizons Alltel talks
Vodafone Group PLC confirmed Thursday that Verizon Wireless is in advanced talks about acquiring U.S. carrier Alltel Communications LLC...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Continental Airlines to cut 3,000 jobs, capacity
Continental Airlines is cutting 3,000 jobs and reducing capacity in the fourth quarter by 11 percent, citing record fuel costs and an industry in "crisis."...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Oil prices hold above $122 a barrel
Oil held above $122 a barrel Thursday in Asia after dropping more than $2 overnight on worries about declining demand in the U.S. and abroad...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Analysis Clintons efforts to foretell her future
Hillary Rodham Clinton _ former first lady, New York senator and Democratic presidential candidate who won 18 million votes _ is not your typical mouthpiece...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Clinton disavows push to make her veep
Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday disavowed efforts by some supporters who have urged Barack Obama to choose her as his running mate. The push-back came a day after the former first lady said she would end her quest for the Democratic nomination and endorse the Illinois senator...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Kennedy walking hospital halls as recovery begins
Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy emerged from the most precarious period following surgery to treat a brain tumor without any complications, spending Tuesday walking hospital hallways, spending time with his family and "keeping up with the news of the day," his office said...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
GM closing 4 truck, SUV plants in North America
General Motors is closing four truck and SUV plants in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, affecting 10,000 workers, as surging fuel prices hasten a dramatic shift to smaller vehicles...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
UN chief food production must rise 50 percent by 2030
The U.N. secretary-general says world food production must rise by 50 percent by 2030 to meet increasing demand...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Foreclosures hit a record high and more coming
The foreclosure hammer is hitting ever harder. People lost their homes at the highest rate on record in the first three months of the year, and late payments soared to a new high, too _ an alarming sign that the housing crisis and its damage to the national economy may only get worse...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
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 5, 2008
1 officer killed, another wounded in Tennessee
Authorities were searching Thursday for a man accused of shooting a deputy to death and wounding another law enforcement officer, a prosecutor said...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 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 5, 2008
Al-Qaida claims Danish Embassy attack in Pakistan
Denmark shared a video of the suicide car bombing against its embassy in Islamabad with Pakistani investigators, as an Internet posting Thursday purportedly by al-Qaida claimed responsibility and threatened more attacks...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Accused mastermind of 911 attacks faces judge
The accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks is facing a military judge in his long-awaited first public appearance before a war-crimes tribunal...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Palestinian girl, Israeli killed in fighting
An Israeli missile aimed at a group of militants struck a house and killed a 6-year-old Palestinian girl Thursday, Palestinian officials said, hours after an Israeli was killed by a Hamas mortar barrage fired from the area...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Israel Hamas mortar shell attack kills 1
Hamas militants fired a barrage of mortar shells into southern Israel on Thursday, killing one person and wounding three others on a communal farm near the border with the Gaza Strip, Israeli officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
UN food summit accord held up over Cuban concerns
Delegates in the closing hours of a three-day U.N. summit were trying to agree Thursday on a final document on how to tackle growing hunger and civil unrest sparked by skyrocketing prices of food and fuel...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Leaders at UN summit pledge to ease food crisis
World leaders at a U.N. summit have pledged to reduce trade barriers and boost agricultural production to combat a food crisis that is spreading hunger and unrest across the world...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Britain seeks to curb knife crime after slayings
Arsema Dawit is the latest name on a somber list...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Accused 911 mastermind wants death sentence
Alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed says he wants the death sentence. He and four alleged confederates faced a military judge Thursday in their long-awaited first appearance before a war-crimes tribunal...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
US, British diplomats attacked in Zimbabwe
The U.S. Embassy says its diplomats and British colleagues were attacked as they tried to investigate political violence in Zimbabwe...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Mugabe backers assault US, British diplomat convoy
A mob of Zimbabwe "war veterans," a group of often violent loyalists to President Robert Mugabe, waylaid a convoy of American and British diplomats Thursday, beating a local staffer, slashing tires and threatening to burn the envoys, the U.S. Embassy said...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
2 die in tit-for-tat clash between Israel, Hamas
Palestinian mortar fire killed a man at a factory in southern Israel on Thursday, prompting an Israeli reprisal airstrike that apparently missed its target and killed a 6-year-old girl in the Gaza Strip...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
German may have found, looted Inca city
The jungle shrouded Inca citadel of Machu Picchu may have been rediscovered _ and looted _ decades before the Yale scholar credited with the find first got there, a researcher said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
NASA chief urges Europe to build manned spaceship
NASA encouraged Europe on Thursday to develop its own manned spaceship, which would give the world _ and particularly the U.S. _ another way of reaching the international space station...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Accused 911 mastermind asks judge to be executed
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the reputed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, told a military judge at his arraignment Thursday that he welcomes the death penalty as a way to martyrdom and ridiculed the proceedings as an "inquisition."...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Olmert Israel moving toward using force in Gaza
Israel is inching toward using military force against Hamas in the Gaza Strip because Egyptian cease-fire efforts there are not "ripening," Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
911 mastermind tells hearing he wants martyrdom
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the reputed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, told a military judge at his arraignment Thursday that he welcomes the death penalty as a way to martyrdom and ridiculed the proceedings as an "inquisition."...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Turkey, Iran launch coordinated attacks on Kurds
Turkey and Iran have been carrying out coordinated strikes on Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, a top Turkish general said Thursday in the first military confirmation of Iranian-Turkish cooperation in the fight against separatists there...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Australia arrests 70 in child porn case
Australian police have arrested 70 people and removed four children from their homes as part of a six-month nationwide investigation of a global child pornography network, police said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Russia shutters 2nd of its 3 remaining plutonium reactors
Russia closed down the second of its three remaining plutonium-producing reactors Thursday, part of a years-long effort by Moscow and Washington to shutter the Cold War-era facilities that produced material for nuclear weapons...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
African pride for Obama at UN food crisis summit
African leaders at the U.N. food summit said Thursday that Barack Obama becoming the Democratic presidential nominee was a point of pride and one that could lead to increased U.S. focus on problems in Africa...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Obama targets 'Republican' states
Barack Obama turns his attention to winning over traditionally Republican states in his bid to be next US president...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Rooney is 'bad example' for youth
Wayne Rooney is condemned in the House of Commons for setting a bad example to children...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Wages battle
An ex-officer tells how low pay affects army morale...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Last chance
Briton convicted of murder loses bid to clear his name...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
In pictures
This year's Big Brother contestants enter the house...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Silver lining
Relief for BA as more flights move to Heathrow's T5...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Ronaldo 'wants to play at Madrid'
Real Madrid's interest in signing Cristiano Ronaldo takes a new twist as the winger says he would like to play for the Spanish champions...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Postman admits racist terror campaign
A postman admits sending hate-mail letters to leading figures, including former Prime Minister Tony Blair...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
New contestants enter BB9 house
The ninth series of Big Brother is under way after a record 16 contestants enter the Big Brother house...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Zimbabwe suspends aid operations
Zimbabwe's government indefinitely suspends all field work by aid groups and non-governmental organisations...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Farmworkers death prompts calls for Calif. reform
The death of a pregnant teenager pruning grape vines in 100-degree heat has outraged the farmworking community and sparked calls for safety reforms as laborers prepare for the long summer harvest...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
WWII vet who earned Medal of Honor at 17 dies
Jack Lucas, who at 14 lied his way into military service during World War II and became the youngest Marine to receive the Medal of Honor, died Thursday in a Hattiesburg, Miss., hospital. He was 80...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Ill. scandal threatens to cast shadow on presidential race
A day after Barack Obama sealed the Democratic nomination for president, a corruption scandal involving a fundraiser who helped bankroll his past campaigns resurfaced to slightly dampen the festivities...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
1 officer killed, another wounded in Tennessee
Authorities were searching Thursday for a man accused of shooting a deputy to death and wounding another law enforcement officer, a prosecutor said...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
WWII vet who earned Medal of Honor at 17 has died
Jack Lucas, who at 14 lied his way into military service during World War II and became the youngest Marine to receive the Medal of Honor, died Thursday in a Hattiesburg, Miss., hospital. He was 80...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Probst Production problems on Survivor Gabon
Jeff Probst says the upcoming season of "Survivor" has already hit a few snags...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Ozzy Osbourne accepts libel damages and apology
Ozzy Osbourne has accepted undisclosed libel damages and an apology over a newspaper claim that he was ill at the Brit Awards...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Stolen Jesus statue returned to Detroit church
A Detroit woman has found Jesus ... in an alley...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Clinton ending candidacy, supporting Obama
Her path to the nomination inevitable no more, Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to announce she is ending her groundbreaking candidacy and supporting Barack Obama, her rival in a presidential quest for the ages...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Safina beats Kuznetsova to reach French Open final
Dinara Safina needs only one more win to join her older brother as a Grand Slam champion...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Votto and Volquez lead Reds
Joey Votto had the hit that gave Edinson Volquez the little room he needed...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Rays, Red Sox get testy in fight for first
Fighting for first-place in the AL East, the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox have quickly developed a testy rivalry...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Clinton open to VP nod
Hillary Rodham Clinton told colleagues Tuesday she would be consider joining Barack Obama as his running mate, and advisers said she was withholding a formal departure from the race partly to use her remaining leverage to press for a spot on the ticket...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Next up for Kennedy Chemo, radiation treatments
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was recovering Tuesday at Duke University Medical Center, a day after undergoing an aggressive surgery that experts said was designed to reduce his brain tumor and give chemotherapy and radiation treatments a chance to work...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Vodafone confirms Verizons Alltel talks
Vodafone Group PLC confirmed Thursday that Verizon Wireless is in advanced talks about acquiring U.S. carrier Alltel Communications LLC...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Continental Airlines to cut 3,000 jobs, capacity
Continental Airlines is cutting 3,000 jobs and reducing capacity in the fourth quarter by 11 percent, citing record fuel costs and an industry in "crisis."...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Oil prices hold above $122 a barrel
Oil held above $122 a barrel Thursday in Asia after dropping more than $2 overnight on worries about declining demand in the U.S. and abroad...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
GM closing 4 truck, SUV plants in North America
General Motors is closing four truck and SUV plants in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, affecting 10,000 workers, as surging fuel prices hasten a dramatic shift to smaller vehicles...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
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 5, 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 5, 2008
Kennedy walking hospital halls as recovery begins
Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy emerged from the most precarious period following surgery to treat a brain tumor without any complications, spending Tuesday walking hospital hallways, spending time with his family and "keeping up with the news of the day," his office said...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Guantanamo court day for alleged 911 mastermind
The military expects a confrontational hearing when the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and four alleged confederates are brought before a Marine colonel presiding over their war-crimes tribunal...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Fire hits Manila shantytown, killing 3
A fire swept through a Manila shantytown early Thursday, killing a family of three and leaving about 2,500 others homeless in the Philippine capital, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
China arrests 16 Tibetan monks
Chinese police have arrested 16 Tibetan Buddhist monks who were allegedly involved in a series of bombings after unrest swept the Himalayan region this spring, state media said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Fuel protests erupt in India, Malaysia
Protests broke out Thursday in India and Malaysia as consumers reacted angrily to sharp fuel price hikes that could undermine governments in both countries...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Iran threatens to sue Western nations
Iran is threatening to sue countries that it says have damaged its reputation and pushed to have U.N. Security Council involvement in its nuclear program...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Report Iran, Turkey coordinate Iraq strikes
A Turkish TV station is quoting a senior military commander as saying that Turkey and Iran have carried out coordinated strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
UN Security Council visits Darfur
The United Nations Security Council got a firsthand look Thursday at the conflict in Darfur, which has killed some 300,000 people, forced 2.5 million to flee their homes, and shows no sign of a political solution...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Accused mastermind of 911 attacks faces judge
The accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks is facing a military judge in his long-awaited first public appearance before a war-crimes tribunal...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Palestinian girl, Israeli killed in fighting
An Israeli missile aimed at a group of militants struck a house and killed a 6-year-old Palestinian girl Thursday, Palestinian officials said, hours after an Israeli was killed by a Hamas mortar barrage fired from the area...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Israel Hamas mortar shell attack kills 1
Hamas militants fired a barrage of mortar shells into southern Israel on Thursday, killing one person and wounding three others on a communal farm near the border with the Gaza Strip, Israeli officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
UN food summit accord held up over Cuban concerns
Delegates in the closing hours of a three-day U.N. summit were trying to agree Thursday on a final document on how to tackle growing hunger and civil unrest sparked by skyrocketing prices of food and fuel...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Accused 911 mastermind wants death sentence
Alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed says he wants the death sentence. He and four alleged confederates faced a military judge Thursday in their long-awaited first appearance before a war-crimes tribunal...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
US, British diplomats attacked in Zimbabwe
The U.S. Embassy says its diplomats and British colleagues were attacked as they tried to investigate political violence in Zimbabwe...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Al-Qaida claims Danish Embassy attack in Pakistan
Denmark shared a video of the suicide car bombing against its embassy in Islamabad with Pakistani investigators, as an Internet posting Thursday purportedly by al-Qaida claimed responsibility and threatened more attacks...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Angry mob attacks Indian editors home
Political activists in western India vandalized the home of a newspaper editor who criticized a costly government project to honor a much-loved warrior king. Seven activists were arrested, police said...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Diplomats Syria to limit IAEA inspector visit
Diplomats say Syria has told a 35-nation meeting that it will limit what U.N. nuclear inspectors can see when they go to check on allegations that Damascus is hiding atomic facilities...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
US, British diplomats are attacked in Zimbabwe
The U.S. Embassy says its diplomats and British colleagues were attacked as they tried to investigate political violence in Zimbabwe...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
UK British diplomats released in Zimbabwe
A British government spokesman says the British diplomats who were detained in Zimbabwe have been released...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
250 Tibetan exiles are detained in Nepal
Nepalese police broke up an anti-China protest Thursday by more than 250 Tibetan exiles, including many Buddhist monks and nuns, detaining all of them...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
NHS dental access 'falls further'
Over 800,000 fewer people are now seeing an NHS dentist than before government reforms, figures show...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Call to prosecute BT for ad trial
BT should face prosecution for "illegal" trials of a controversial ad system, says a leading computer expert...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Court annuls Turkish headscarf reform
Turkey's highest court blocks government moves to allow college students to wear Muslim headscarves...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Pakistan 'gives militants refuge'
Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Spanta criticises Pakistan for negotiating peace deals with pro-Taleban militants...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Rebel MPs delay planning debate
A Commons debate on government planning law reforms is delayed amid threats of a Labour rebellion...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Robinson is new NI first minister
Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness are appointed first and deputy first ministers of the NI Assembly...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
France deports genocide suspect
Genocide suspect Dominique Ntawukuriryayo is transferred from France to the Rwandan war crimes tribunal...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Two dead in Gaza-Israel attacks
A Palestinian girl is killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza launched after militants killed a civilian on an Israeli farm, medics say...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Test yourself!
Re-live the drama of the US primaries in our quiz...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Bikers protest over fuel prices
Hundreds of bikers cause delays on motorways around Manchester in a protest over fuel prices...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Hundreds stopped in murder hunt
Police hunting the killer of Moira Jones are encouraged by the public's response one week on from her murder...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Job fears as bakery shops close
The closure of a factory has sparked fears for the future of 350 jobs at Ferrari's bakery shops in south Wales...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Innocent victim
Teenager describes what it was like to be stabbed...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Carla Bruni gushes over blind date with 'six brains' Sarkozy
France's first lady Carla Bruni reveals how she was "swept off her feet" by President Nicolas Sarkozy...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Ancient gold cup kept under a bed for 60 years sells for £50,000
A 2,500 year-old gold cup handed down by a rag-and-bone man fetches £50,000 at auction...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Pietersen century rescues England
Kevin Pietersen strikes 115 as England recover to 273-7 after day one of the final Test with New Zealand...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Ivanovic to face Safina in final
World number two Ana Ivanovic will play 13th seed Dinara Safina in the French Open women's final...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Diplomat convoy held in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean police detain several US and UK diplomats as they try to investigate political violence, the US envoy says...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Party woman neglected toddler
A woman who left her two-year-old son alone while she went out socialising is found guilty of child cruelty...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Weekend rail problems 'for years'
Train passengers face disruption from weekend engineering work for years to come, the rail regulator says...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Paris mourns legend Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent's funeral takes place in a church in central Paris with many celebrities attending...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Guantanamo 9/11 suspects on trial
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of 9/11, and four other suspects go on trial in Guantanamo Bay...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Brown in pledge on forces' pay
The PM promises to help members of the armed forces, after the head of the army calls for troops to be paid more...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
MEP quits as Tory leader
The leader of the Conservative Party's MEPs, Giles Chichester, steps down after admitting breaking expenses rules...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Knife prosecution age limit cut
Anyone over 16 who carries a knife can be taken to court, under new guidelines for police in England and Wales...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Farmworkers death prompts calls for Calif. reform
The death of a pregnant teenager pruning grape vines in 100-degree heat has outraged the farmworking community and sparked calls for safety reforms as laborers prepare for the long summer harvest...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Schwarzenegger declares drought in California
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a statewide drought after two years of below-average rainfall, low snowmelt runoff and a court-ordered restriction on water transfers...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Kelsey Grammer out of hospital after heart attack
The publicist for Kelsey Grammer says the actor has returned home from the hospital, four days after suffering a mild heart attack...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Rascal Flatts to appear in Hannah Montana movie
The country group Rascal Flatts will appear and perform in the upcoming Hannah Montana movie...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
4 incest charges against Warren Jeffs dropped
An Arizona judge dropped four of eight charges against Warren Jeffs, even as authorities in Texas looked into whether the polygamist sect leader had relationships with four girls at the west Texas ranch raided in April...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
McCain Dont call me Bush
Barack Obama is fond of using a four-letter word to describe John McCain: Bush...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Analysis Obama, McCain set up hot campaign issue
The hot dispute between John McCain and Barack Obama about the wisdom of talking to Iran appears likely to retain its heat through the presidential campaign and enliven it...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Votto and Volquez lead Reds
Joey Votto had the hit that gave Edinson Volquez the little room he needed...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Rays, Red Sox get testy in fight for first
Fighting for first-place in the AL East, the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox have quickly developed a testy rivalry...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
White Sox beat Royals in 15 on Konerko homer
Paul Konerko hit a two-run homer in the 15th inning Wednesday night, sending the Chicago White Sox to a 6-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Vodafone confirms Verizons Alltel talks
Vodafone Group PLC confirmed Thursday that Verizon Wireless is in advanced talks about acquiring U.S. carrier Alltel Communications LLC...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Oil prices hold above $122 a barrel
Oil held above $122 a barrel Thursday in Asia after dropping more than $2 overnight on worries about declining demand in the U.S. and abroad...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Chrysler may be next to announce production cuts
With truck and sport utility vehicle sales tumbling and its U.S.-based competitors either closing factories or cutting production, Chrysler LLC may be the next automaker to announce further cuts...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Clinton ending candidacy, supporting Obama
Her path to the nomination inevitable no more, Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to announce she is ending her groundbreaking candidacy and supporting Barack Obama, her rival in a presidential quest for the ages...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Obama, McCain work to expand battlefield
Democrat Barack Obama hopes Virginia, a former GOP stronghold with a legacy of slavery and segregation, is fertile ground as he seeks to crack the Republican bastion of the South and become the first black president...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
GM closing 4 truck, SUV plants in North America
General Motors is closing four truck and SUV plants in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, affecting 10,000 workers, as surging fuel prices hasten a dramatic shift to smaller vehicles...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Kuznetsova, Kanepi advance in Paris
Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced to the French Open quarterfinals for the third year in a row Tuesday by completing a fourth-round victory over Victoria Azarenka, 6-2, 6-3...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
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 5, 2008
Kennedy walking hospital halls as recovery begins
Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy emerged from the most precarious period following surgery to treat a brain tumor without any complications, spending Tuesday walking hospital hallways, spending time with his family and "keeping up with the news of the day," his office said...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Al-Qaida claims Danish embassy blast
Denmark shared with Pakistani investigators video footage of the suicide car bombing against its embassy Thursday, while an Internet posting purportedly by al-Qaida claimed responsibility and threatened more attacks...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
More than 10 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
Attacks by coalition and Afghan forces have killed more than 10 Taliban in Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Indian police stop Tibetan protesters
More than 260 Tibetan exiles were stopped by Indian police from marching to Tibet and being sent back to the northern Indian town where they started nearly three months ago, a march coordinator said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Gitmo court day for alleged 911 mastermind
The military expects a confrontational hearing when the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and four alleged confederates are brought before a Marine colonel presiding over their war-crimes tribunal...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Guantanamo court day for alleged 911 mastermind
The military expects a confrontational hearing when the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and four alleged confederates are brought before a Marine colonel presiding over their war-crimes tribunal...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Fire hits Manila shantytown, killing 3
A fire swept through a Manila shantytown early Thursday, killing a family of three and leaving about 2,500 others homeless in the Philippine capital, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
China arrests 16 Tibetan monks
Chinese police have arrested 16 Tibetan Buddhist monks who were allegedly involved in a series of bombings after unrest swept the Himalayan region this spring, state media said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Fuel protests erupt in India, Malaysia
Protests broke out Thursday in India and Malaysia as consumers reacted angrily to sharp fuel price hikes that could undermine governments in both countries...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Iran threatens to sue Western nations
Iran is threatening to sue countries that it says have damaged its reputation and pushed to have U.N. Security Council involvement in its nuclear program...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Report Iran, Turkey coordinate Iraq strikes
A Turkish TV station is quoting a senior military commander as saying that Turkey and Iran have carried out coordinated strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Gambia releases Spaniards accused of soliciting sex
Two Spanish men detained in Gambia for allegedly propositioning taxi drivers for sex have been released after five days in jail, a Spanish official said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Bombing kills 2 children in Pakistan
Police say a bomb hit a rail track in southwestern Pakistan killing two children...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Iraq US captures 2 Shiite suspects
The U.S. military says it has captured two Shiite militia suspects south of Baghdad...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
UN Security Council visits Darfur
The United Nations Security Council got a firsthand look Thursday at the conflict in Darfur, which has killed some 300,000 people, forced 2.5 million to flee their homes, and shows no sign of a political solution...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Iraq bill against oil smuggling passed
A senior Iraqi lawmaker says parliament has approved a bill to combat oil smuggling...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Palestinian attack kills 1 Israeli
Hamas militants fired a barrage of mortar shells into southern Israel on Thursday, killing one person and wounding three others on a communal farm near the border with the Gaza Strip, Israeli officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Iran, Turkey coordinate Iraq strikes
A Turkish TV station is quoting a senior military commander as saying that Turkey and Iran have carried out coordinated strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Tony Blair returns to Parliament
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday that U.S. President George W. Bush still has time to broker a peace deal in the Middle East...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Gas explosion kills 4 miners in Poland
Mine company officials say a methane gas explosion at a Polish coal mine has killed four miners and injured at least 19 others...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Plan for quake 'warning system'
Nasa scientists have said they could be on the verge of a breakthrough in their efforts to forecast earthquakes...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Ozzy Osbourne wins libel damages
Ozzy Osbourne accepts libel damages over claims he had a health scare which jeopardised the Brit Awards...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Medvedev on first visit to West
Russia's President Medvedev starts a visit to Germany - his first trip to Europe since assuming office last month...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
India strike over fuel price rise
Communist and opposition parties in India hold protests against the government's 10% rise in fuel prices...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
UK home prices 'fell 2.4% in May'
UK house prices dropped by 2.4% in May, according to a survey by the Halifax, Britain's biggest mortgage lender...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Top Tory MEP in expenses breach
The head of the UK Conservative MEPs admits a "technical breach" of the rules on expenses...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Oil spill threatens Buenos Aires
Workers battle to dissolve an oil spill heading towards the coast of Argentina after two ships collide off Uruguay...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
China quake lake now 'critical'
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says efforts to ease a swollen quake lake have reached a "critical moment"...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Police accused over stabbed girl
The mother of a teenager stabbed to death in London says police failed to protect her daughter...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Web TV firm's £10m growth hopes
A firm which makes digital television available on the internet secures £10m investment for expansion plans...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Robinson, McGuinness taking posts
Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness are to be nominated as first and deputy first minister at Stormont...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Blown it?
What NOT to do when in the job interview from hell...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Audio slideshow
Bernard tells of surviving Kenya's ethnic clashes...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Blair comes back
Highlights of the ex-prime minister's questioning by MPs...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Quake diplomacy
Bridget Kendall on natural disasters and political change...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Meet Osborne the emu - who almost became an omelette
A woman who bought an emu egg sold as a novelty food item manages to hatch it into a chick...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Live - England v New Zealand
England lose two early wickets after being put in by New Zealand in the final Test at Trent Bridge...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Hughes sets high Man City targets
Man City's new manager Mark Hughes targets making the club a major force in the Premier League and across Europe...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Flights move to T5 after delays
British Airways transfers some long-haul flights to Heathrow's Terminal 5, a month later than planned...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Network Rail told to reduce costs
Rail regulators have told Network Rail it should be more efficient and operate on less money than it has asked for...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Voluntary code for internet speed
The way broadband speeds are advertised is to be regulated under a voluntary code published by Ofcom...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
PM urges more knife prosecutions
Anyone aged over 16 who carries a knife should be prosecuted by the courts, the prime minister tells prosecutors...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Interest rates kept on hold at 5%
UK interest rates are kept at 5% following a meeting of Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Blair says Brown 'not to blame'
Tony Blair defends Gordon Brown, saying things are "tough" for all world leaders because of the credit crunch...
BBC News - June 5, 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 5, 2008
Rascal Flatts to appear in Hannah Montana movie
The country group Rascal Flatts will appear and perform in the upcoming Hannah Montana movie...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Dennis Farina charged in LA airport gun incident
Dennis Farina has been charged with illegally having a gun in his luggage at Los Angeles International Airport...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Political fundraiser convicted in corruption trial
A prominent fundraiser for Sen. Barack Obama and Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted of fraud, money laundering and bribery Wednesday after a trial that exposed a corrupt culture of payoffs and campaign finance abuses plaguing Illinois politics...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Mistrial in case of Seattle Jewish center shooter
A mistrial has been declared for the man accused of the 2006 shootings at a Seattle Jewish center that left a woman dead and five others wounded...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Climate bill stalls in Senate after dispute
A Senate debate over a bill to combat global warming came to a halt Wednesday after Republicans demanded a reading of the 492-page document because of a partisan dispute over judicial nominations...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 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 5, 2008
White Sox beat Royals in 15 on Konerko homer
Paul Konerko hit a two-run homer in the 15th inning Wednesday night, sending the Chicago White Sox to a 6-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Indians blast Rangers 15-9
Ryan Garko drove in a career-high six runs, David Dellucci hit a three-run homer and the Cleveland Indians held on for a 15-9 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Garko has career-best 6 RBIs as Tribe rout Rangers
Ryan Garko drove in a career-high six runs, David Dellucci hit a three-run homer and the Cleveland Indians held on for a 15-9 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Kelsey Grammer out of hospital after heart attack
The publicist for Kelsey Grammer says the actor has returned home from the hospital, four days after suffering a mild heart attack...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 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 5, 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 5, 2008
McCain alters Obama slogan to his own liking
The general election is now in full speed _ just check out the competing slogans...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Clinton decides to end campaign, support Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton has decided to end her historic bid to become the first female president while leaving her options open to retain her delegates and promote her issues, including a signature call for universal health care...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Clinton to end historic candidacy, support Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton has decided to end her historic bid to become the first female president while leaving her options open to retain her delegates and promote her issues, including a signature call for universal health care...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Transformers takes best movie at MTV Movie Awards
"Transformers" is the winner of best movie at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Chrysler may be next to announce production cuts
With truck and sport utility vehicle sales tumbling and its U.S.-based competitors either closing factories or cutting production, Chrysler LLC may be the next automaker to announce further cuts...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
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 5, 2008
Hamilton, Bradley homer to send Rangers past Tribe
Josh Hamilton and Milton Bradley hit consecutive homers to set the tone in a four-run first inning and the Texas Rangers went on to a 12-7 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 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 5, 2008
Red Wings win Cup for 4th time in 11 seasons
Hockeytown is home to the Stanley Cup _ again.Using a little Motown magic on the road, the Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in 11 seasons Wednesday night with a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 6 of the finals...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Kuznetsova, Kanepi advance in Paris
Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced to the French Open quarterfinals for the third year in a row Tuesday by completing a fourth-round victory over Victoria Azarenka, 6-2, 6-3...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 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 5, 2008
Electricity outages anger, frustrate Pakistanis
Pakistan is experiencing its worst electricity shortages in years, and the signs are everywhere...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 2008
UN food crisis summit delegates work on compromise
Delegates to a U.N. summit on rising food prices worked late into the night Wednesday trying to forge a compromise on a strategy to combat a crisis that is increasing hunger worldwide...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 2008
Accused 911 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 5, 2008
Ex-Mexico gov. convicted on drug charges
A Mexican court sentenced a former state governor to 36 years in prison Wednesday for fomenting drug trafficking, overturning an earlier ruling that had imposed six years on lesser charges, his defense attorney said...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Married police couple slain in Mexico
A husband and wife, both state police officers, were shot dead Wednesday while leaving their home in this Mexican border city where drug gangs have stepped up attacks against security forces...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
French bus driver charged in fatal crash
A French judicial official says preliminary manslaughter charges have been filed against a bus driver involved in an accident that killed seven children this week at a railroad crossing in the Alps...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Honduran soldiers, police convicted of massacre
A court has sentenced 22 soldiers and police to a combined 740 years in prison for the massacre of 69 people during a 2003 prison riot...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Pakistan police battle suspected militants
Police say they have exchanged gunfire with suspected militants in a city in northwestern Pakistan...
Southern Ledger - June 5, 2008
Space station crew repair toilet
Crew members repair a toilet on the international space station with a pump brought up by the shuttle Discovery...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
MPs to question Blair on Mid-East
Former PM Tony Blair returns to the Houses of Parliament - to be quizzed by MPs on his role as Middle East envoy...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Alcohol 'cuts risk of arthritis'
A regular tipple cuts the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis by up to half, research suggests...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Marine cleared over Iraq killings
A US marine is acquitted of charges that he helped cover up the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Child porn arrests in Australia
Police in Australia arrest 70 people in a major crackdown on child pornography on the internet...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Motorists stopped in murder hunt
Police hunting the killer of Moira Jones question pedestrians and motorists one week on from her murder...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Rising food costs
Families around the world tell us what shopping costs...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Carbon bazaar
Global market in emissions rights open to abuse...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Mobile tracking
Phone users help bid to understand human behaviours...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Thai turmoil?
Political wrangling behind the new coup rumours...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Which Apprentice hopeful has fallen ahead of the final?
Lucinda Ledgerwood fails to make the final of The Apprentice after being branded "too zany" by Sir Alan Sugar...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Man in court over girl's stabbing
A student is due in court charged with the murder of a 15-year-old girl found stabbed to death in south London...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Doubts over terror law safeguards
Government safeguards offered in its counter terrorism bill are "inadequate", say MPs and peers...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Undergraduate intake mix widens
The proportion of university students from poorer backgrounds is increasing, figures suggest...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Clinton will quit and back Obama
Hillary Clinton will formally abandon her presidential bid on Saturday, and back Democratic rival Barack Obama...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
Brown meets police on knife crime
Gordon Brown is to meet police chiefs to discuss plans to prosecute 16 and 17-year-olds caught carrying a knife...
BBC News - June 5, 2008
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