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Global News Archive for July 2008:
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On sale now in Jerusalem Priestly garments
In a stuffy basement off an Old City alleyway in Jerusalem, tailors using ancient texts as a blueprint have begun making a curious line of clothing they hope will be worn by priests in a reconstructed Jewish Temple...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Indian Kashmirs top official quits
The top elected official in Indian Kashmir announced his resignation Monday after weeks of violent protests over the transfer of government land to a Hindu shrine in the Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Benny and Bjorn no ABBA reunion
Despite the astonishing success of the stage musical "Mamma Mia!," ABBA has ruled out any reunion tour...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
1st Atlantic season hurricane becomes Category 3
Hurricane Bertha has strengthened to a Category 3 storm...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Gardners RBI in 10th lifts Yankees past Red Sox
Rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Sunday night for a four-game split...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Teixeiras RBI single in 17th lifts Braves to win
Mark Teixeira singled off the wall in left-center with the bases loaded in the 17th inning, giving the Atlanta Braves a 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday in the longest game in Turner Field history...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Gardner leads Yankees over Red Sox 5-4
Rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Sunday night for a four-game split...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Kidman gives birth Monday to girl named Sunday
A publicist for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman has given birth to a baby girl in Nashville...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
A-Rods wife Divorce over extramarital affairs
A tumultuous week for Alex Rodriguez, played out in tabloid headlines and carried on the whispers of a connection to Madonna, came to a head Monday when his wife filed for divorce...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Bon Jovi helps bring down a house in Detroit
Jon Bon Jovi is giving some people who are living on a prayer something a bit more substantial...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Soprano Joan Sutherland hospitalized after fall
Opera legend Joan Sutherland is recovering well after breaking both legs during a fall at her Swiss home, her agent said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Obama to accept nomination at football stadium
Barack Obama will accept the Democratic presidential nomination at Invesco Field at Mile High, a 76,000-seat stadium home to the Denver Broncos, the Democratic National Committee announced Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Obamas plane lands in St. Louis for maintenance
The airplane carrying Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has made a safe, unscheduled landing in St. Louis Monday after a maintenance issue arose en route from Chicago to Charlotte, N.C...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
IndyMac stops new loans, to cut work force by half
Mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc., struggling to raise capital to stay in business, said Monday it has stopped accepting new loan submissions in its main mortgage lending divisions and plans to slash 3,800 jobs, or more than half of its work force...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Washington Post taps Marcus Brauchli as new editor
Marcus Brauchli was named executive editor of The Washington Post on Monday, three months after resigning under pressure from the top newsroom job at The Wall Street Journal...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
GM may try to shed brands, but market is tough
General Motors Corp. is reviewing its brands and may try to jettison some to raise money as it burns through cash at an alarming rate...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Stocks fall on economic worries, earnings jitters
Stocks turned lower Monday as investors reacted to cautious remarks about the economy by a Federal Reserve official and braced for the arrival of dismal second-quarter corporate earnings...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Americans unhappy birthday Too much wrong
Even folks in the Optimist Club are having a tough time toeing an upbeat line these days...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
SUMMIT NOTEBOOK Foggy fireworks at G-8
The first day of the Group of Eight summit on Monday ended with fireworks in the fog...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Direct flights between China and Taiwan begin
The first Chinese visitors to arrive in Taiwan on newly inaugurated direct flights are receiving generally favorable reviews _ despite fears their alleged lack of manners would offend local sensibilities...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
6 explosions wound 37 in Karachi, Pakistan
A string of small explosions wounded at least 37 people Monday in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, rattling the country a day after a deadly suicide attack in the capital, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Standoff continues on global warming, other issues
President Bush encountered resistance on his climate-change policy as he and other world leaders sought to strike a balance between framing a deal on global warming while coping with inflation and slumping economic growth...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
6 explosions wound 25 in Pakistan
A string of small explosions wounded at least 25 people Monday in the southern port city of Karachi, rattling Pakistan the day after a deadly suicide attack in the capital...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Police show cars owned by Saddams son
Car lovers in Iraq, tired of an endless parade of sand-colored Humvees, got a bit of a treat Monday when police discovered five fancy cars _ each a tad dusty _ once owned by a notorious son of former dictator Saddam Hussein...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
13 are injured in Pamplonas running of the bulls
Daredevils kicked off the running of the bulls Monday with a long, messy and particularly dangerous dash through the streets of Pamplona, with 13 people injured but none gored, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Israel Prisoner swap deal signed with Hezbollah
Israel has signed an agreement to swap prisoners with the Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas, according to a statement released Monday, as Israeli forces began digging up the bodies of Lebanese fighters to be exchanged in the deal...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
EU nations back Frances tougher immigration plan
European Union nations gave their backing Monday to a French-drafted pact calling for tightening immigration and asylum rules across the 27-nation bloc...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Unstoppable ex-hostage revels in freedom in France
Freedom tastes sweet and Ingrid Betancourt is lapping it up with the same drive and determination that kept her alive in the Colombian jungle for six years, sometimes chained to a tree...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
G-8 discusses system to follow-up on aid pledges
An aid group founded by U2 frontman Bono calculates that the Group of Eight top industrialized nations has delivered only $3 billion of the additional $25 billion promised for Africa for everything from AIDS drugs to training peacekeepers...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Briton gets 34 years for botched coup in Africa
A court in Equatorial Guinea has convicted former British officer Simon Mann of being the key player in a planned 2004 coup attempt and sentenced him to 34 years and four months...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Flap over fake tiger pix shows divide in China
It all started with a farmer and his claim of sighting a rare tiger, backed up by supposed photos of the animal in the local woods, curled up and staring at the camera...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
ATMs and spitting bans Olympic Beijing blossoms
Faced with my blank look of incomprehension, the taxi driver took a deep breath and tried again...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
2 die as cargo jet crashes in Colombia
A rose-laden U.S. cargo plane headed for Miami crashed near the Colombian capital on Monday, killing two people on the ground, local authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
2 die as US cargo jet crashes in Colombia
A flower-laden U.S. cargo plane headed for Miami crashed near the Colombian capital on Monday, killing two people on the ground, according to local authorities...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
EU lawmakers scold Italy for Gypsy fingerprinting
European Union lawmakers on Monday condemned Italian plans to fingerprint tens of thousands of Gypsy adults and children, calling it a discriminatory action that smacked of Nazi Germany...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Syria says talks with Israel require US support
Syrian President Bachar Assad says he is counting on the next American president to help support efforts to negotiate peace between his country and Israel...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Italy frees hijacker of Achille Lauro cruise ship
Italian authorities have ordered a Palestinian man expelled after he served his sentence for taking part in the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship, which resulted in the murder of an American citizen...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Curran takes on by-election fight
Labour MSP Margaret Curran is named as the party's candidate in the Glasgow East Westminster by-election...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Coffee 'worsens poor fertility'
Drinking too much coffee can lower the odds of a woman with fertility problems getting pregnant, a study suggests...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
EU backs French immigration pact
EU ministers have backed French plans to introduce common rules for integration and asylum across the union...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Man dies in farm machine accident
A man dies after becoming trapped under machinery on a farm in Moneymore, County Londonderry...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
End Farc 'hate', Betancourt urges
Ingrid Betancourt urges Colombia's president to end the "vocabulary of hate" towards her former captors...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Iraq floats US pullout timetable
Iraq's PM raises the prospect of setting a timetable for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Mayor quashes £25 congestion fee hike
London Mayor Boris Johnson quashes the proposed rise in congestion charge for vehicles deemed high polluters...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Parties launch by-election bids
Three more parties officially launch their campaigns in the battle to win the Glasgow East by-election...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Twenty20 tie off after player row
Durham's match with Yorkshire is postponed because Tykes spinner Azeem Rafiq is alleged to be an ineligible player...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Coca-Cola defends Olympics deal
Coca-Cola defends its sponsorship of the Beijing Olympics despite global protests about China's role in Tibet...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Stop wasting food, Brown urging
Britons must stop wasting food, says Gordon Brown, as he discusses rising prices at the G8 summit in Japan...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Israel signs prisoner swap deal
Israel formally signs an agreement with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah over an exchange of prisoners...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Russia 'backed Litvinenko murder'
The murder of Alexander Litvinenko was carried out with the backing of the Russian state, Whitehall sources tell the BBC...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Church vote backs women bishops
The Church of England's ruling body votes to ordain women as bishops, but agrees to some measures to reassure objectors...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
On sale now in Jerusalem Priestly garments
In a stuffy basement off an Old City alleyway in Jerusalem, tailors using ancient texts as a blueprint have begun making a curious line of clothing they hope will be worn by priests in a reconstructed Jewish Temple...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Bertha becomes 1st hurricane of Atlantic season
Tropical storm Bertha has strengthened to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Noise inescapable in some flagship national parks
A few times a year, Bryson Garbett loads up his family and heads to a national park, often one in southern Utah...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Weather helps crews battling California wildfires
Firefighters took advantage of cooler temperatures and higher humidity overnight to make progress containing a blaze burning through the mountains in Santa Barbara County before hotter, drier conditions return...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Gardner leads Yankees over Red Sox 5-4
Rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Sunday night for a four-game split...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Teixeiras hit in 17th inning gives Braves win
Mark Teixeira singled off the wall in left-center with the bases loaded in the 17th inning, giving the Atlanta Braves a 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday in the longest game in Turner Field history...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Christie Brinkley recalls NY breakup nightmare
Christie Brinkley says it was a "nightmare" to put on a brave face and throw a birthday party with 30 kids amid revelations that her husband had an affair with a teenager...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Kidman gives birth Monday to girl named Sunday
A publicist for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman has given birth to a baby girl in Nashville...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Publicist says Kidman has given birth to girl
A publicist for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman has given birth to a baby girl in Nashville...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
A-Rods wife alleges infedelity in divorce papers
The wife of New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez has filed for a divorce in a Miami court...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Essence Festival wraps up in New Orleans
The Essence Music Festival wraps up its 14th year with musical performances Sunday in the Louisiana Superdome, headlined by Grammy Award-winner Mary J. Blige and comedian Chris Rock but that was not the only draw for thousands of festival goers...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Obamas plane lands in St. Louis for maintenance
The airplane carrying Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has made a safe, unscheduled landing in St. Louis Monday after a maintenance issue arose en route from Chicago to Charlotte, N.C...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Obama plane makes unplanned stop in St. Louis
The airplane carrying Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama made a safe, unscheduled landing in St. Louis because of a maintenance issue...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
McCain touts plan to create jobs, help workers
Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledged the steep drop in U.S. jobs and said he would help the economy by cutting taxes, encouraging free trade, building nuclear power plants and launching other initiatives...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Teixeiras RBI single in 17th lifts Braves to win
Mark Teixeira singled off the wall in left-center with the bases loaded in the 17th inning, giving the Atlanta Braves a 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday in the longest game in Turner Field history...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Costly gas crimps surfers style, roils industry
For years, Chris Mauro took a 10-mile detour on his way to work each morning to check out the swells at his favorite surf break and plot the best location for his afterwork wave-riding...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
GM said to consider more cuts as market shrinks
General Motors Corp. may get rid of some brands, speed the introduction of small cars from other markets and make further white-collar job cuts as it tries to deal with a shrinking U.S. auto market...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
GM may drop some brands and add small cars
General Motors Corp. may get rid of some brands, speed the introduction of small cars from other markets and make further white-collar job cuts as it tries to deal with a shrinking U.S. auto market...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Obama to accept nomination at football stadium
Barack Obama will accept the Democratic presidential nomination at Invesco Field at Mile High, a 76,000-seat stadium home to the Denver Broncos, the Democratic National Committee announced Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Democrats hit GOP on support for Medicare cuts
Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat, accused Republicans of putting seniors and military families at risk by siding with President Bush against a measure to prevent Medicare cuts...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Gardners RBI in 10th lifts Yankees past Red Sox
Rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Sunday night for a four-game split...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Indian Kashmirs top official quits
The top elected official in Indian Kashmir announced his resignation Monday after weeks of violent protests over the transfer of government land to a Hindu shrine in the Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Betancourt to be awarded French Legion of Honor
French officials say former hostage Ingrid Betancourt will be awarded the Legion of Honor on Bastille Day...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Londoners mark July 7 bombings anniversary
Londoners marked the third anniversary Monday of suicide bomb attacks that killed 52 bus and subway passengers...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Headless Hitler to get new wax head
Madame Tussauds will repair the wax figure of Adolf Hitler that a visitor beheaded at its new Berlin branch and return it to the museum "as quickly as possible."...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Police say 5 explosions wound 25 in Pakistan
Police say a string of explosions has struck the Pakistani city of Karachi, wounding at least 25 people...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
9 hurt in 1st day of Spains running of the bulls
Daredevils kicked off the running of the bulls Monday with a long, messy and particularly dangerous dash through the streets of Pamplona, with nine people suffering bumps and bruises but none gored, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
France EU needs stronger defense capabilities
France says Europe needs stronger defense capabilities, with more helicopters, transport aircraft and space-based surveillance...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
9 injured in Spains bull run
Daredevils kicked off the running of the bulls Monday with a long, messy and particularly dangerous dash through the streets of Pamplona, with nine people suffering bumps and bruises but none gored, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Police show cars owned by Saddams son
Car lovers in Iraq, tired of an endless parade of sand-colored Humvees, got a bit of a treat Monday when police discovered five fancy cars _ each a tad dusty _ once owned by a notorious son of former dictator Saddam Hussein...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
SUMMIT NOTEBOOK Foggy fireworks at G-8
The first day of the Group of Eight summit on Monday ended with fireworks in the fog...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Direct flights between China and Taiwan begin
The first Chinese visitors to arrive in Taiwan on newly inaugurated direct flights are receiving generally favorable reviews _ despite fears their alleged lack of manners would offend local sensibilities...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Miami-bound cargo plane crashes in Colombia 2 die
A flower-laden U.S. cargo plane headed for Miami crashed near the Colombian capital on Monday, killing two people on the ground, according to local authorities...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
14 African migrants missing off Spanish coast
Rescue teams searched Monday for 14 migrants from Africa missing and feared dead after their boat capsized overnight in rough seas...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Standoff continues on global warming, other issues
President Bush encountered resistance on his climate-change policy as he and other world leaders sought to strike a balance between framing a deal on global warming while coping with inflation and slumping economic growth...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
6 explosions wound 25 in Pakistan
A string of small explosions wounded at least 25 people Monday in the southern port city of Karachi, rattling Pakistan the day after a deadly suicide attack in the capital...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Flap over fake tiger pix shows divide in China
It all started with a farmer and his claim of sighting a rare tiger, backed up by supposed photos of the animal in the local woods, curled up and staring at the camera...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
ATMs and spitting bans Olympic Beijing blossoms
Faced with my blank look of incomprehension, the taxi driver took a deep breath and tried again...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Police release info on McCann kidnap to parents
A British police force agreed Monday to give the parents of Madeleine McCann 80 pieces of information about its investigation into her disappearance in Portugal last year...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Report says 100 million Chinese have no siblings
China now has more than 100 million people with no siblings since introducing rules in the late 1970s that limit many couples to only one child, a state news agency reported Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Sats test delay inquiry launches
A former Ofsted chief is to head the inquiry into the embarrassing delay of this year's Sats results...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Nicole Kidman gives birth to girl
Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman gives birth to a girl called Sunday Rose in Nashville, Tennessee...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Europe votes on anti-piracy laws
Late changes to proposed European telecoms laws could see suspected copyright pirates banned from the net...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Kashmir leader quits in land row
The chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir resigns after protests over the transfer of land to a Hindu shrine...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Mortgages 'stuck on high rates'
Mortgage deals are getting more expensive despite a drop in a key money market indicator, analysis firm Moneyfacts says...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Lab-Plaid partners 'delivering'
Labour and Plaid Cymru say they are delivering better public services but the opposition say it has been a wasted year...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Iraq floats US pullout timetable
Iraq's PM raises the prospect of setting a timetable for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
US and EU urged to cut biofuels
Rich nations should produce less biofuel and more food to help relieve hunger, the World Bank chief tells a G8 summit...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Austria ruling coalition crumbles
The leader of Austria's conservative party pulls out of the governing coalition, prompting a fresh poll within months...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Ex-ministers join Lib Dem race
Former ministers Tavish Scott and Ross Finnie say they are standing to become Scottish Liberal Democrat leader...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Theme park's guilt in ride death
A theme park admits breaching health and safety laws over the death of a teenage girl on a water ride...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Iraq talks 'possibly in Ireland'
A future round of Iraqi peace talks could take place in Ireland, NI's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness says...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Art in space
Meet the artist preparing to work in zero gravity...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Take-away thieves killed in crash
A take-away worker and another driver deny causing the deaths of three boys fleeing with a meal they had not paid for...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Women bishops
What is the Church of England row all about?...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Baby bonding
The nursing scheme designed to help vulnerable families...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Mosley denies 'Nazi-themed orgy'
A newspaper committed a "gross intrusion" when it secretly filmed FIA boss Max Mosley with five prostitutes, the High Court hears...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Microsoft still keen on Yahoo bid
Microsoft is willing to again talk to Yahoo about a possible takeover if the search firm has a new board of directors...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Aboriginal people arrive in Edinburgh to take home skulls
A delegation of Aboriginal people from Australia arrives in Edinburgh to take home human remains...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Inter begin Lampard negotiations
Inter Milan open talks to sign Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard, BBC Sport understands...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Nadal to rest after Wimbledon win
New Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal pulls out of this week's Stuttgart Cup saying he has been told to rest...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
UK to slow expansion of biofuels
The UK is to cut the rate of growth of biofuels because of "increasing questions" over their impact, MPs are told...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Mann sentenced for E Guinea plot
Former British soldier Simon Mann is sentenced to more than 34 years in jail over a 2004 coup plot in Equatorial Guinea...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Badger cull rejection confirmed
Badger culling to curb cattle TB in England will not be permitted, the government confirms, following scientific advice...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Koppel series shows changes in China
The image of Ted Koppel interviewing world leaders is so ingrained that it feels odd to see him wearing a hardhat for a nervous trip into a Chinese coal mine, or sitting in a Chongqing karaoke bar where teenage girls are hired to "entertain" male customers...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Noise inescapable in some flagship national parks
A few times a year, Bryson Garbett loads up his family and heads to a national park, often one in southern Utah...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Weather helps crews battling California wildfires
Firefighters took advantage of cooler temperatures and higher humidity overnight to make progress containing a blaze burning through the mountains in Santa Barbara County before hotter, drier conditions return...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Bird watchers as far as Britain flock to Alaska
British birder Annie Andreae bristles at being called a "twitcher" _ friendly slang in England for someone who will drop everything at the drop of a hat to get a glimpse at a must-see bird...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Cooler weather helps crews battle Calif wildfire
Firefighters on Sunday took advantage of cooler, damper weather to battle a vast blaze ravaging Santa Barbara County as they tried to gain a foothold against the fire before the expected return of hotter, drier conditions...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Teixeiras RBI single in 17th lifts Braves to win
Mark Teixeira singled off the wall in left-center with the bases loaded in the 17th inning, giving the Atlanta Braves a 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday in the longest game in Turner Field history...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Gardner leads Yankees over Red Sox 5-4
Rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Sunday night for a four-game split...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Teixeiras hit in 17th inning gives Braves win
Mark Teixeira singled off the wall in left-center with the bases loaded in the 17th inning, giving the Atlanta Braves a 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday in the longest game in Turner Field history...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Essence Festival wraps up in New Orleans
The Essence Music Festival wraps up its 14th year with musical performances Sunday in the Louisiana Superdome, headlined by Grammy Award-winner Mary J. Blige and comedian Chris Rock but that was not the only draw for thousands of festival goers...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
White Stripes White pens poem about Detroit
Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
McCain touts plan to create jobs, help workers
Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledged the steep drop in U.S. jobs and said he would help the economy by cutting taxes, encouraging free trade, building nuclear power plants and launching other initiatives...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Obama takes day off campaign trail in Chicago
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama took a day off the campaign trail Sunday in Chicago, attending a neighborhood barbecue with his family...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
McCain goes to church, visits VA hospital
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain attended church Sunday and later visited a Veterans Affairs hospital in his hometown...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Bush Russias new president is smart guy
President Bush and new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stood united Monday on issues like Iran and North Korea. But for all their handshakes and smiles, it is clear that thorny issues like missile defense are in a holding pattern until a new U.S. president takes office...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Beekeepers coming to West Virginia for conference
The buzz around Marshall University this week will be about the importance of honeybees...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Wall Street gets ready for earnings, oil moves
Investors battered by surging energy prices, disappointing economic data and the ongoing credit crisis will have something else to worry about this week _ second-quarter corporate results...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
The buck doesnt stop here it just keeps falling
Things in the U.S. sure are tough. Brother, can you spare a euro?...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
South Korea to limit public servants vehicle use
South Korea will limit vehicle operations by public servants as part of an energy-saving campaign...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Gardners RBI in 10th lifts Yankees past Red Sox
Rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Sunday night for a four-game split...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Student stabbings suspect freed
The parents of a French student savagely stabbed to death in London called Sunday for his killer or killers to turn themselves in, and urged the British people to help police solve the crime...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Families tell of hidden Korean War bloodbath
The young father, wanted and on the run, slipped back home one midnight to share a few fleeting minutes with his year-old daughter. But his joy was short-lived, as police burst in, kicked away the crying child and hauled him off...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
AP IMPACT US wavered over S. Korean executions
The American colonel, troubled by what he was hearing, tried to stall at first. But the declassified record shows he finally told his South Korean counterpart it "would be permitted" to machine-gun 3,500 political prisoners, to keep them from joining approaching enemy forces...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Israel TV shows work at cemetery for prisoner swap
Israel TV on Sunday showed tractors working at a cemetery where Lebanese and Palestinian fighters are buried, part of a prisoner swap between Israel and Hezbollah...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Freed Colombian hostages urge hope
Freed after years as rebel-held hostages, French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and four Colombian police officers sent radio messages of hope on Sunday to captives still detained in remote jungle camps...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Bikes, Chinas icon, thrive despite car invasion
For a vivid insight into the clash of old and new in China, follow the bicycle...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Indian Kashmirs top official quits
The top elected official in Indian Kashmir announced his resignation Monday after weeks of violent protests over the transfer of government land to a Hindu shrine in the Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Tourism links Chinese, Taiwanese
The Chinese visitors to arrive in Taiwan on newly inaugurated direct flights are receiving generally favorable reviews _ despite fears their alleged lack of manners would offend local sensibilities...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
On sale now in Jerusalem Priestly garments
In a stuffy basement off an Old City alleyway in Jerusalem, tailors using ancient texts as a blueprint have begun making a curious line of clothing they hope will be worn by priests in a reconstructed Jewish Temple...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
28 killed, 141 wounded in blast in Afghan capital
An Afghan health official says 28 people have died and 141 others are wounded after a suicide car bomb attack outside the Indian Embassy in central Kabul...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
InBev to file statement with SEC
Brewer InBev says it will file a statement with U.S. regulators seeking to remove the entire board of Anheuser-Busch, turning up the heat in its $46 billion unsolicited bid for its American rival...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
9 hurt in 1st day of Spains running of the bulls
Daredevils kicked off the running of the bulls Monday with a long, messy and particularly dangerous dash through the streets of Pamplona, with nine people suffering bumps and bruises but none gored, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
France EU needs stronger defense capabilities
France says Europe needs stronger defense capabilities, with more helicopters, transport aircraft and space-based surveillance...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
9 injured in Spains bull run
Daredevils kicked off the running of the bulls Monday with a long, messy and particularly dangerous dash through the streets of Pamplona, with nine people suffering bumps and bruises but none gored, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Betancourt to be awarded French Legion of Honor
French officials say former hostage Ingrid Betancourt will be awarded the Legion of Honor on Bastille Day...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Londoners mark July 7 bombings anniversary
Londoners marked the third anniversary Monday of suicide bomb attacks that killed 52 bus and subway passengers...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Transport strikes under way in Italy
Transport workers in Italy have gone on strike, forcing the cancellation of thousands of bus, tram and subway lines and snarling traffic across the country...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
20 killed in Bangladesh bus accident
Two passenger buses collided head-on Monday in central Bangladesh, killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens more, a television station said...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Israel shuts Hamas-linked facilities
Palestinians say Israeli troops shut down three facilities of a Hamas-affiliated charity and a medical center in the West Bank town of Nablus...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Google defends Street View tool
Google defends its Street View photo mapping tool, saying it will meet local privacy laws in Europe at launch...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
UK Mars rover hopes face set-back
Funding for UK-led science instruments on a flagship European Mars mission will be cut by 25% during their key development phase...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Smith's Hancock tops box office
Will Smith's latest movie about an unlikely superhero enters the North American box office chart at number one...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Crunch meeting for TNK-BP chief
Russian shareholders in oil firm TNK-BP are to vote for the removal of its British chief executive Robert Dudley...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
NHS 'run like a supermarket war'
A doctors' leader has hit out at the use of the private sector and competition in the NHS in England...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Female bomber kills nine in Iraq
A female suicide bomber has killed nine people in an attack on an Iraqi market north of Baghdad, police say...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Rising costs dominate G8 summit
World leaders are starting a key summit in Japan that is expected to focus on soaring global food and fuel prices...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Many injured in Pamplona fiesta
At least nine people are injured as they take part in Spain's annual bull-running festival in Pamplona...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Kashmir leader offers resignation
The chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir offers to resign after protests over the transfer of land to a Hindu shrine...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Rape convictions falling in Wales
The number of convictions in rape cases has fallen across Wales as it has risen in England, figures show...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Banking giant to create 145 jobs
US banking giant Citi's Belfast expansion is proof NI can handle international finance, says Economy Minister Arlene Foster...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Militia attack Zimbabwe displaced
Armed militia attacks victims of Zimbabwe's election violence, including some who had fled to the South African embassy...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Funeral for killed woman soldier
The funeral takes place of Cpl Sarah Bryant, the first woman soldier to die on active service in Afghanistan...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Finnie to stand as Lib Dem leader
Lib Dem health spokesman Ross Finnie becomes the second MSP to confirm he will stand in the party's leadership contest...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
For Miriam
Sister of 7 July victim funds eye care centre...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Missile myths
Unravelling the spin of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Saving mothers
G8 must stop childbirth deaths, says charity boss...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Campaign gathers pace to restore London's 'lost icon'
A campaign is under way to rebuild the Skylon, dubbed London's lost icon...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Nadal hails 'dream' Wimbledon win
Rafael Nadal describes winning his first Wimbledon title as "unbelievable" after a five-set win over Roger Federer...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Crouch poised for Pompey switch
England striker Peter Crouch is set to undergo a medical at Portsmouth before completing his move from Liverpool...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Tindall admits drink-drive charge
England rugby player Mike Tindall pleads guilty to drink driving in Berkshire...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Ceremony remembers victims of 7/7
Flowers are laid to mark the third anniversary of the suicide bombings in London, which killed 52 people...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Wimbledon epic nets 12.7m viewers
Rafael Nadal's dramatic victory in the Wimbledon men's singles final attracts up to 12.7 million viewers to BBC One...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Bomb rocks India embassy in Kabul
A suicide bomber rams a car full of explosives into the Indian embassy in the Afghan capital, killing 41 people...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Police to release Madeleine files
Police will disclose files on the investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance to her parents...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Second arrest over student deaths
A second man is arrested over the murders of two French students in London, after handing himself in to police...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Jail knife carriers, says Cameron
Anyone caught carrying a knife in public without a good reason should expect to be sent to jail, David Cameron says...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
White Stripes White pens poem about Detroit
Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Koppel series shows changes in China
The image of Ted Koppel interviewing world leaders is so ingrained that it feels odd to see him wearing a hardhat for a nervous trip into a Chinese coal mine, or sitting in a Chongqing karaoke bar where teenage girls are hired to "entertain" male customers...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Cooler weather helps crews battle Calif wildfire
Firefighters on Sunday took advantage of cooler, damper weather to battle a vast blaze ravaging Santa Barbara County as they tried to gain a foothold against the fire before the expected return of hotter, drier conditions...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Focus on elk as disease persists near Yellowstone
Federal officials are considering a tentative proposal that calls for capturing or killing infected elk in Yellowstone National Park to eliminate a serious livestock disease carried by animals in the area...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
NYPD now has own scholar to help review threats
He was a flight surgeon with the Navy and a CIA officer in Pakistan. He has also earned a doctorate in sociology and written two books...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Liver donors family, recipient unite online
They were precocious toddlers, both blond-haired and blue-eyed, separated by a thousand miles between Miami and a small Kentucky town...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Teixeiras hit in 17th inning gives Braves win
Mark Teixeira singled off the wall in left-center with the bases loaded in the 17th inning, giving the Atlanta Braves a 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday in the longest game in Turner Field history...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Tatis homer in 12th lifts Mets over Phillies
Fernando Tatis hit a two-run homer in the 12th inning, lifting the New York Mets to a 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday in a game that ended more than seven hours after it started...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Essence Festival wraps up in New Orleans
The Essence Music Festival wraps up its 14th year with musical performances Sunday in the Louisiana Superdome, headlined by Grammy Award-winner Mary J. Blige and comedian Chris Rock but that was not the only draw for thousands of festival goers...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Obama takes day off campaign trail in Chicago
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama took a day off the campaign trail Sunday in Chicago, attending a neighborhood barbecue with his family...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
McCain goes to church, visits VA hospital
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain attended church Sunday and later visited a Veterans Affairs hospital in his hometown...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Republican Party ad assails Obama on energy
TITLE: "Balance."LENGTH: 30 seconds.AIRING: Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Gardner leads Yankees over Red Sox 5-4
Rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Sunday night for a four-game split...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Democrats hit GOP on support for Medicare cuts
Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat, accused Republicans of putting seniors and military families at risk by siding with President Bush against a measure to prevent Medicare cuts...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Wall Street gets ready for earnings, oil moves
Investors battered by surging energy prices, disappointing economic data and the ongoing credit crisis will have something else to worry about this week _ second-quarter corporate results...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
The buck doesnt stop here it just keeps falling
Things in the U.S. sure are tough. Brother, can you spare a euro?...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
South Korea to limit public servants vehicle use
South Korea will limit vehicle operations by public servants as part of an energy-saving campaign...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Gardners RBI in 10th lifts Yankees past Red Sox
Rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Sunday night for a four-game split...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Teixeiras RBI single in 17th lifts Braves to win
Mark Teixeira singled off the wall in left-center with the bases loaded in the 17th inning, giving the Atlanta Braves a 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday in the longest game in Turner Field history...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Sewage glut another ugly result of Gazas wars
When a toilet is flushed in Gaza City, the waste sloshes straight into the Mediterranean...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Afghan officials US missiles killed 27 civilians
Afghan officials said fighter aircraft battling militants accidentally killed up to 27 Afghans walking to a wedding ceremony in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, the second military attack in three days with reports of civilian deaths...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Karzai orders chopper attack probe
Afghan officials said fighter aircraft battling militants accidentally killed up to 27 Afghans walking to a wedding ceremony in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, the second military attack in three days with reports of civilian deaths...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Sri Lanka says jets bomb rebel position
Sri Lankan fighter jets bombed a Tamil Tiger rebel position in their northern stronghold Sunday, a day after 19 rebels and a soldier were killed in a new round of ground fighting, the military said...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Bikes, Chinas icon, thrive despite car invasion
For a vivid insight into the clash of old and new in China, follow the bicycle...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Student stabbings suspect freed
The parents of a French student savagely stabbed to death in London called Sunday for his killer or killers to turn themselves in, and urged the British people to help police solve the crime...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Families tell of hidden Korean War bloodbath
The young father, wanted and on the run, slipped back home one midnight to share a few fleeting minutes with his year-old daughter. But his joy was short-lived, as police burst in, kicked away the crying child and hauled him off...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
AP IMPACT US wavered over S. Korean executions
The American colonel, troubled by what he was hearing, tried to stall at first. But the declassified record shows he finally told his South Korean counterpart it "would be permitted" to machine-gun 3,500 political prisoners, to keep them from joining approaching enemy forces...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Germanys Merkel urges G8 action on food
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the Group of Eight summit to agree on a "comprehensive package of measures" to tackle the fallout from soaring food prices, according to commentary published Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Israel TV shows work at cemetery for prisoner swap
Israel TV on Sunday showed tractors working at a cemetery where Lebanese and Palestinian fighters are buried, part of a prisoner swap between Israel and Hezbollah...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Freed Colombian hostages urge hope
Freed after years as rebel-held hostages, French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and four Colombian police officers sent radio messages of hope on Sunday to captives still detained in remote jungle camps...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,114
As of Sunday, July 6, 2008, at least 4,114 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 - July 7, 2008
Cargo jet crash in Mexico kills US pilot
A plane carrying a load of auto parts crashed Sunday as it was trying to land in northern Mexico, killing the pilot and severely injuring the co-pilot...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Bomb kills US-allied Sunni near Baghdad
Iraqi police and medical officials say a bomb has killed the head of a U.S.-allied Sunni group south of Baghdad...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
US cargo jet crashes in Mexico 1 killed
Officials say a U.S. cargo plane has crashed while trying to land in the northern Mexican city of Ramos Arizpe, killing the pilot and seriously injuring the co-pilot...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Officials Suicide bomber in Afghanistan kills 7
Officials say a suicide bomber killed seven people in an attack in the center of the Afghan capital...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Talking therapy plans under fire
A government drive to increase the number of cognitive behavioural therapists is flawed, a group of experts warn...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Rising costs to dominate G8 talks
World leaders are starting a key summit in Japan that is expected to focus on soaring global food and fuel prices...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Hunt for clues in Pakistan attack
Pakistani investigators search for clues after a suicide bomb in Islamabad leaves 15 police dead and many people hurt...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
New appeal over students' murder
Police have renewed calls for help to solve the double murder of two French students in south London...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Cameron campaigns in Glasgow East
Conservative leader David Cameron is expected to launch his party's campaign for the Glasgow East by-election...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Centre court shots
Photos from epic Wimbledon final...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Is China ready?
A check on Olympics preparations, with one month to go...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Ceremony to remember 7/7 victims
A ceremony will be held to mark the third anniversary of the suicide bombings on London's transport network which killed 52 people...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Brown warns unions of 'no return'
There will be no return to past union laws, says Gordon Brown as Labour accounts are expected to show union funding predominant...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Large blast rocks Afghan capital
A number of casualties are reported in a large explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Synod to vote on women bishops
The Church of England's ruling synod is to vote on the conditions under which women could be consecrated as bishops...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Doctors 'under attack' - BMA head
The leader of the British Medical Association says doctors in England feel under attack from the government...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
'Stop wasting food', urges Brown
Britons must stop wasting food in an effort to help combat rising living costs, says Prime Minister Gordon Brown...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
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