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Suri Cruise tops Forbes.com list of Hottest Tots
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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The New Frugality Americans return to thriftiness
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Mammoth task Scientists map DNA of ancient beast
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Rebels No clashes in eastern Congo after pullback
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ben Affleck visits refugee camps in eastern Congo
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ga. priest facing excommunication will appeal
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Bulgarian archaeologists discover ancient chariot
Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,900-year-old well-preserved chariot at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, the head of the excavation said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Couple marrying Friday to clinch luck of triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Couples marrying Friday to clinch lucky triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Cambodia demands Thai troops pull back
Cambodia on Tuesday demanded that Thailand pull its troops back from a second temple site along their border, the latest in a series of territorial claims and counterclaims that have prompted armed tensions between the Asian neighbors...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Mac in stable condition, expects release in weeks
A spokeswoman for Bernie Mac says the actor is responding well to treatment for pneumonia and hopes to be released in the next few weeks...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Mac in stable condition, expects rleease in weeks
A spokeswoman for Bernie Mac says the actor is responding well to treatment for pneumonia and hopes to be released in the next few weeks...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Detroit mayor thrown in jail after bond violation
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was jailed Thursday for a bond violation in his perjury case, his pleas for leniency rejected by a judge who made it clear the mayor would get no special treatment...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Seized library computers may hold Ivins clues
Computers recently seized from a Frederick, Md., library may hold clues about the 2001 anthrax mailings that killed five people, the FBI said in an affidavit Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Probes of Ga. woman with dead spouses stay open
Investigators in Ohio and Florida are still looking into the deaths of men with ties to a Georgia grandmother who has had five dead husbands, authorities said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Police raid Md. mayors home and kill his dogs
Mayor Cheye Calvo got home from work, saw a package addressed to his wife on the front porch and brought it inside, putting it on a table...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Man held in Fla. on charge of threatening Obama
A man is being held in Florida by federal authorities on charges of threatening to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Milledge hits 2 homers, Nationals beat Rockies
Lastings Milledge homered twice and drove in a career-high four runs, and Jason Bergmann earned his first win in nearly three months to help the Washington Nationals beat the Colorado Rockies 6-3 in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Kershaw, Ramirez lead Dodgers past Cardinals 4-1
Clayton Kershaw worked seven dominant innings and Manny Ramirez homered for the fourth time in six games with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who averted a three-game sweep by beating the St. Louis Cardinals and 13-game winner Kyle Lohse 4-1 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Kershaw dominates Cards, Ramirez homers in LA win
Clayton Kershaw worked seven dominant innings and Manny Ramirez homered for the fourth time in six games with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who averted a three-game sweep by beating the St. Louis Cardinals and 13-game winner Kyle Lohse 4-1 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Volstad leads Marlins past 1st-place Phillies 3-0
Chris Volstad tossed six sharp innings and combined with four relievers on a four-hitter, leading the Florida Marlins to a 3-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Wrights 9th-inning homer lifts Mets over Padres
David Wright hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning after the Mets bullpen blew another late lead for Johan Santana, lifting New York to a 5-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Fashion critic Mr. Blackwell regains consciousness
Acid-tongued fashion critic Mr. Blackwell regained consciousness in a hospital Thursday as he battled a serious infection, his publicist said...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Toyota 1Q profit falls on US weakness, strong yen
Toyota said Thursday that its fiscal first-quarter profit plummeted 28 percent and stuck to its forecast that full-year profit with fall for the first time in seven years as it faces more problems from the weakening U.S. market...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Citigroup returning billions to investors
Citigroup Inc. will buy back more than $7 billion in auction-rate securities and pay $100 million in fines as part of settlements with federal and state regulators announced Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
McCain calls for probe of company he once aided
Republican John McCain called Thursday for a federal investigation into plans by the DHL shipping company that could cost 10,000 jobs here, as he and his campaign manager took criticism for helping DHL complete a merger in 2003 that led to its current plans...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Olympic official I didnt know about Web reversal
An Olympic official said Thursday he felt like the "fall guy" after promising reporters at the games they would have uncensored Internet access, only to find that the Chinese had blocked certain Web sites...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Suspect in bus beheading described as hard working
A man who witnesses said stabbed, beheaded and cannibalized a fellow traveler on a Greyhound bus immigrated to Canada from China four years ago and worked for a time as a church custodian, the pastor who employed him said...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Possible Shakespearean theater found in London
The theater where "The Merchant of Venice" and "Romeo and Juliet" likely debuted and where William Shakespeare himself may have trodden the boards has likely been discovered in east London, archaeologists at the Museum of London said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Fox Favre traded to Jets
Brett Favre left Green Bay on Wednesday, most likely for good. While he has gone home to Mississippi for the time being, he could end up in New York very soon...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
When the soybean champ speaks, thousands listen
In the soybean world, Kip Cullers is the equivalent of a rock star...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Scientists say Mars soil similar to Chile desert
Scientists operating the Phoenix spacecraft say the Martian soil near the north pole landing site is similar to what can be found in the Chile desert on Earth...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Oil prices close below $119 after inventory report
Oil prices briefly dropped below $118 a barrel Wednesday _ $30 below their record high _ after a jump in U.S. crude and other fuel supplies fed beliefs that high energy prices are eating into demand...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Clinton aims to soothe delegates at Dem convention
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking a way for her delegates to be heard at the Democratic National Convention, telling supporters such a step will help unify a party that split between her and Sen. Barack Obama during their hard-fought nominating contest...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
US nuclear submarine leaked radiation over 2 years
An American nuclear-powered submarine leaked radiation for more than two years, releasing the bulk of the material in its home port of Guam and at Pearl Harbor, Japanese and U.S. officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Great Escape veteran Eric Dowling dies at 92
Eric Dowling, nicknamed "Digger" for helping excavate tunnels used in the breakout from a World War II German prison camp that became known as the "Great Escape," has died. He was 92...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking a way for her delegates to be heard at the Democratic National Convention, telling supporters such a step will help unify a party that split between her and Sen. Barack Obama during their hard-fought nominating contest...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Oil prices close below $119 after inventory report
Oil prices briefly dropped below $118 a barrel Wednesday _ $30 below their record high _ after a jump in U.S. crude and other fuel supplies fed beliefs that high energy prices are eating into demand...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Young mother says Swiss diplomat kidnapped son
Police launched a criminal investigation Thursday against a Swiss diplomat and his Ugandan beauty queen wife over accusations by a young mother that the couple kidnapped her infant son...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Kenya, Tanzania mark decade since US embassy bombs
Douglas Sidialo woke up in a Nairobi hospital 10 years ago, devastated to find he had been blinded by flying glass after al-Qaida bombed the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Iraqis Deal close on plan for US troops to leave
Two Iraqi officials say the U.S. and Iraq are close to a deal under which all American combat troops would leave by October 2010 with remaining U.S. forces gone about three years later...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Iraqis US, Iraq close to deal on troop withdrawal
Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. U.S. officials, however, insisted no dates had been agreed...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
American protester paints Beijing hotel rooms
An American pastor checked into upscale hotels in the Olympics host city this week, filmed himself painting two of his rooms with slogans like "Beijing 2008 Our world Our nightmare" and then disappeared. Without paying...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Mia Farrow to air alternative Darfur Olympics
As the Summer Games open in Beijing, actress activist Mia Farrow is Web-casting her own "Darfur Olympics" from a refugee camp on the barren Sudan-Chad border, aiming to shame China into using its influence with Khartoum to end the Darfur conflict...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
American deaths in Afghanistan war reach 500
The deadliest three months for American forces in Afghanistan have pushed the U.S. death toll to at least 500, forcing a war long overshadowed by Iraq back into the headlines...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
PETA ad compares bus beheading to animal abuse
The animal rights group PETA has tried unsuccessfully to run a newspaper ad comparing the beheading and cannibalizing of a passenger on a Greyhound bus in Canada last week to the treatment of animals by the meat industry...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Chinese Islamic group issues new Olympic threat
A Chinese Islamic group that has threatened to attack the Beijing Olympics released a new video warning Muslims to avoid being on planes, trains and buses with Chinese at the games, a U.S. group that monitors militant organizations said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Black bear shot in British Columbia neighborhood
A black bear that broke into a British Columbia home in search of food was shot and killed Thursday, a day after a woman was attacked in the same neighborhood...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Alleged smugglers of ancient artifacts to be tried
Ten people will be tried for allegedly smuggling 2,000-year-old gold bracelets and other artifacts out of Romania and selling them abroad, prosecutors said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Chinese Islamic group threatens Olympic transport
A Chinese Islamic faction that has threatened to attack the Olympics released a new video warning Muslims to stay away from the Beijing games and avoid buses, trains, planes and buildings used by Chinese, a U.S. group that monitors militant organizations said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Gaza Fulbright scholars appeal for US visas
Three Fulbright scholars from Gaza appealed to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday to reissue their entry visas, denying they were security threats...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Berlusconi, in gesture, sweeps streets in Naples
Silvio Berlusconi is sparing no effort to solve the garbage crisis in Naples _ even picking up a broom himself...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Cern lab set for beam milestone
A vast physics experiment - the Large Hadron Collider - is to reach a key milestone ahead of an official start-up in September...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Heavy fighting in South Ossetia
Georgian forces and South Ossetian separatists resume exchanging heavy fire just hours after agreeing a truce...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Syrian dissident economist freed
Syrian dissident economist Aref Dalila is freed by the authorities after serving nearly seven years in jail...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Train fire closes major station
Passengers are led out of Birmingham New Street railway station after reports of a fire in a train...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Fertility treatments 'no benefit'
Two commonly used treatments for fertility problems do not work, an Aberdeen University study shows...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Few facts
Steve Kingstone reads police files on Madeleine McCann...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
New era begins well for England
England close 145 behind on 49-1 having bowled out South Africa for 194 on Kevin Pietersen's first day as captain in the final Test...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Full house
The Nigerian man who has 86 wives and 170 children...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
NZ police bring in TV's Cracker to solve burglary case
A wanted poster featuring Robbie Coltrane is being used by New Zealand police to try to catch a teenage burglar...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
China hopes for 'greatest' Games
The Olympics open on Friday with more than 200 countries represented at a "spectacular" opening ceremony...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Bin Laden driver given 66 months
Osama Bin Laden's ex-driver is sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison at the first US military trial in Guantanamo Bay...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
UK scouts hurt in Canada accident
British scouts are among at least 13 people hurt in a crash involving a tour bus and lorry in Canada...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Cambodia demands Thai troops pull back
Cambodia on Tuesday demanded that Thailand pull its troops back from a second temple site along their border, the latest in a series of territorial claims and counterclaims that have prompted armed tensions between the Asian neighbors...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Couple marrying Friday to clinch luck of triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Couples marrying Friday to clinch lucky triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Federal investigators drop Ledger drug inquiry
Federal prosecutors have decided not to pursue a criminal case into how Heath Ledger obtained the powerful painkillers that contributed to his overdose death this year, a law enforcement official said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Detroit mayor ordered jailed after bond violation
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been ordered to the county jail after a judge found the mayor violated the terms of his bond by going to Canada and not informing the court...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Few tour anti-Bush bus during Crawford stop
An anti-President Bush museum rolled into his adopted hometown but found few willing to enter the biodiesel bus devoted to casting his legacy as a failure...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Trial to begin in suit against Joel Osteens wife
As one of the leaders of a Houston megachurch, the wife of renowned pastor Joel Osteen is known for her Christianity. But a flight attendant is accusing Victoria Osteen of committing some very unchristian-like behavior...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Ludwick homers again, Cards beat Dodgers
Ryan Ludwick homered for the fifth straight game to tie a franchise record, Albert Pujols hit a grand slam and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-6 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Dixie Chick Emily Robison, husband divorce
Dixie Chick Emily Robison and her husband, singer Charlie Robison, have divorced...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Play of the Day Obama and pancakes on the go
Pancakes to go?Barack Obama shook hands, chatted and posed for pictures as he greeted breakfast diners at The Copper Dome restaurant in St. Paul before returning home to Chicago for a day of strategy sessions and to prepare for a weeklong vacation in Hawaii...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
In Ohio, McCain to discuss potential job losses
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is taking up the issue of possible job losses due to the closure of a DHL shipping site in Ohio, the result of a corporate merger aided by his campaign manager during his work as a lobbyist...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
PGA a perfect fit for first-time major winners
Fifteen times in the last 25 years, someone has made the PGA Championship their first major victory...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Possible Shakespearean theater found in London
The theater where "The Merchant of Venice" and "Romeo and Juliet" likely debuted and where William Shakespeare himself may have trodden the boards has likely been discovered in east London, archaeologists at the Museum of London said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Toyota 1Q profit falls on US weakness, strong yen
Toyota said Thursday that its fiscal first-quarter profit plummeted 28 percent and stuck to its forecast that full-year profit with fall for the first time in seven years as it faces more problems from the weakening U.S. market...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
ECB, BoE leave interest rates unchanged
The European Central Bank has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25 percent even as the 15 countries that use the euro face continued high inflation and fears of slowing growth...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Stocks fall on weak jobs report, Wal-Mart sales
Wall Street tumbled Thursday after weekly unemployment claims jumped to a six-year high and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and other retailers reported disappointing sales, touching off renewed fears that a pullback in consumer spending will damage the economy. The Dow Jones industrials were down more than 100 points...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Obama doubts Clinton backers will cause trouble
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Thursday dismissed suggestions that the nominating convention could be marred by tensions between his supporters and the die-hard backers of Hillary Rodham Clinton...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Clinton aims to soothe delegates at Dem convention
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking a way for her delegates to be heard at the Democratic National Convention, telling supporters such a step will help unify a party that split between her and Sen. Barack Obama during their hard-fought nominating contest...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Olympic official I didnt know about Web reversal
An Olympic official said Thursday he felt like the "fall guy" after promising reporters at the games they would have uncensored Internet access, only to find that the Chinese had blocked certain Web sites...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Fox Favre traded to Jets
Brett Favre left Green Bay on Wednesday, most likely for good. While he has gone home to Mississippi for the time being, he could end up in New York very soon...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Ivins was anthrax killer, US says shows documents
Bruce Ivins, a brilliant yet deeply troubled Army scientist, was solely responsible for the anthrax attacks that killed five and rattled the nation in 2001, the government declared Wednesday, alleging he had custody of the lethal spores involved and access to the distinctive envelopes used to mail them...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
119 illegal African clawed frogs seized in Nevada
State wildlife officials raided three residences in the Reno area where they seized more than 100 African clawed frogs, which they say are prohibited because they can pose a serious danger to native frogs and entire ecosystems...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking a way for her delegates to be heard at the Democratic National Convention, telling supporters such a step will help unify a party that split between her and Sen. Barack Obama during their hard-fought nominating contest...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Oil prices close below $119 after inventory report
Oil prices briefly dropped below $118 a barrel Wednesday _ $30 below their record high _ after a jump in U.S. crude and other fuel supplies fed beliefs that high energy prices are eating into demand...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Scientists say Mars soil similar to Chile desert
Scientists operating the Phoenix spacecraft say the Martian soil near the north pole landing site is similar to what can be found in the Chile desert on Earth...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Oil prices close below $119 after inventory report
Oil prices briefly dropped below $118 a barrel Wednesday _ $30 below their record high _ after a jump in U.S. crude and other fuel supplies fed beliefs that high energy prices are eating into demand...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Protesters detained by Beijing police
At least two women who have protested being evicted from their homes ahead of the Olympics were taken to a police station amid ramped up efforts by activists to use the games to spotlight their causes...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Bush arrives in Beijing for Summer Olympics
President Bush has arrived in Beijing for the Summer Olympics amid tensions with the Chinese over his demand that the rising world power grant more freedom to its people...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Tibet exiles protest against China in Nepal, India
Thousands of Tibetan exiles demonstrated in Nepal and India on Thursday, a day before the Olympics open in Beijing, demanding religious rights and saying China should not be allowed to host the games while its harsh rule over their homeland continues...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Bulgarian archaeologists discover ancient chariot
Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,900-year-old well-preserved chariot at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, the head of the excavation said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Indonesian nurses in Japan under free trade pact
Japan accepted more than 200 Indonesian nurses into the country on Thursday, an unprecedented move as Tokyo struggles to quell a labor shortage triggered by sinking fertility rates...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Great Escape veteran Eric Dowling dies at 92
Eric Dowling, nicknamed "Digger" for helping excavate tunnels used in the breakout from a World War II German prison camp that became known as the "Great Escape," has died. He was 92...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
US tells Japan sub leaked radiation over 2 years
An American nuclear-powered submarine leaked radiation for more than two years and may have affected three Japanese ports where it stopped more extensively than initially thought, Japanese officials said Thursday, releasing a U.S. report...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Israeli officer in prisoner abuse video quits post
An officer filmed ordering a soldier to abuse a bound and blindfolded Palestinian prisoner was indicted Thursday and has resigned his command of an army battalion but will continue to serve elsewhere, the Israeli military said...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Iraqi cleric links truce, US withdrawal timetable
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr will call on his fighters to maintain a cease-fire against American troops but may lift the order if a planned Iraq-U.S. security agreement lacks a timetable for the withdrawal of American forces, a spokesman said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Oil up after Kurdish rebels claim pipeline fire
Global oil prices are bouncing back above $120 per barrel after a pro-Kurdish news agency said Kurdish rebels claimed responsibility for a fire at a critical Turkish pipeline...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
US nuclear submarine leaked radiation over 2 years
An American nuclear-powered submarine leaked radiation for more than two years, releasing the bulk of the material in its home port of Guam and at Pearl Harbor, Japanese and U.S. officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Group releases video that may threaten Olympics
A U.S. group that monitors extremist messages says that a Chinese Islamic group has released a new video that shows a burning Olympics logo and an explosion over a venue for the Beijing Games...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Iraqis US, Iraq close to deal
Two Iraqi officials say the U.S. and Iraq are close to a deal under which all American combat troops would leave by October 2010 with remaining U.S. forces gone about three years later...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Kurdish rebels say they sabotaged Turkey pipeline
Kurdish separatist rebels claimed responsibility Thursday for sabotaging a critical Turkish pipeline, helping push global oil prices back above $120 per barrel...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Video threatening Olympics is posted online
A U.S. group that monitors extremist Web sites says that a Chinese Islamic group has posted a new video that shows a burning Olympics logo and an explosion over a venue for the Beijing Games...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Author and playwright Gray dies
Simon Gray, the author of more than 30 plays and five novels, dies at the age of 71...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
BT injects life into its network
Ideas from researchers creating artificial life are helping to keep BT's network running...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Teens' test results to be issued
The secondary school Sats test results for England are to be published although many are missing...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Georgia offers rebels ceasefire
Georgia offers the separatist South Ossetian authorities an immediate ceasefire to stop escalating fighting...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Man jailed over two train attacks
A man who caused nearly £18,000 worth of damage to two trains with a stolen safety hammer is jailed for nine months...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Coup demonstrations in Mauritania
Mauritanians demonstrate for and against a military coup that toppled the country's democratically-elected president...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Anthrax victim's widow speaks out
A US widow demands to know why a "certifiable" scientist now suspected of anthrax attacks was not removed from his post...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Family attacks cyclist crash fine
A driver fined and banned from driving after an accident which killed a cycling champion should be jailed, say the victim's family...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Feeling the pinch?
Is the credit crunch affecting you?...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
The boys are back
Is the world ready for a new wave of girl and boy bands?...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Madeleine case 'lead' played down
Police play down an intelligence report suggesting Madeleine McCann was snatched by a paedophile ring...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Scots drug deaths double in 10 years
The number of drug-related deaths in Scotland has doubled in the past 10 years, according to new figures...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Why was this man one of Gordon Brown's childhood heroes?
Gordon Brown recounts his memories of discovering the story of Captain Scott in a book of short stories...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Worried about poor spelling? Fear not, one lecturer has the answer
Common spelling mistakes should be accepted as 'variant spellings', a lecturer has said...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Musharraf faces impeachment bid
Pakistan's ruling coalition parties say they will begin impeachment proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Beijing pollution efforts hailed
IOC President Jacques Rogge praises Beijing's efforts to cut pollution, saying there is no risk to the health of Olympic athletes...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Options 'kept open' on stamp duty
The Treasury is looking at "a number of options" on stamp duty and says it is "wrong" to suggest payment delays are proposed...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Teenager shot dead in supermarket
An 18-year-old shot dead in a supermarket in London was an innocent bystander caught in the line of fire, police say...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Couple marrying Friday to clinch luck of triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Couples marrying Friday to clinch lucky triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Cambodia demands Thai troops pull back
Cambodia on Tuesday demanded that Thailand pull its troops back from a second temple site along their border, the latest in a series of territorial claims and counterclaims that have prompted armed tensions between the Asian neighbors...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Up to 9 feared dead in wildfire helicopter crash
As many as eight firefighters and a pilot are presumed dead in the crash of a helicopter that had just picked up workers battling a blaze in a Northern California forest, officials said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Witness Tribe aimed to create immigrant haven
Leaders of an American Indian tribe considered creating a reservation that could protect illegal immigrants from deportation, a tribal official testified Wednesday at the trial of a group leader accused of telling immigrants that buying memberships would make them instant citizens...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
AP NewsBreak Feds drop Ledger drug probe
A law enforcement official says federal prosecutors have dropped the investigation into how Heath Ledger obtained two painkillers that contributed to his overdose...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Few tour anti-Bush bus during Crawford stop
An anti-President Bush museum rolled into his adopted hometown but found few willing to enter the biodiesel bus devoted to casting his legacy as a failure...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Trial to begin in suit against Joel Osteens wife
As one of the leaders of a Houston megachurch, the wife of renowned pastor Joel Osteen is known for her Christianity. But a flight attendant is accusing Victoria Osteen of committing some very unchristian-like behavior...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Ludwick homers again, Cards beat Dodgers
Ryan Ludwick homered for the fifth straight game to tie a franchise record, Albert Pujols hit a grand slam and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-6 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Federal investigators drop Ledger drug inquiry
Federal prosecutors have decided not to pursue a criminal case into how Heath Ledger obtained the powerful painkillers that contributed to his overdose death this year, a law enforcement official said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
In Ohio, McCain to discuss potential job losses
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is taking up the issue of possible job losses due to the closure of a DHL shipping site in Ohio, the result of a corporate merger aided by his campaign manager during his work as a lobbyist...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Oil prices close below $119 after inventory report
Oil prices briefly dropped below $118 a barrel Wednesday _ $30 below their record high _ after a jump in U.S. crude and other fuel supplies fed beliefs that high energy prices are eating into demand...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Fox Favre traded to Jets
Brett Favre left Green Bay on Wednesday, most likely for good. While he has gone home to Mississippi for the time being, he could end up in New York very soon...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Ivins was anthrax killer, US says shows documents
Bruce Ivins, a brilliant yet deeply troubled Army scientist, was solely responsible for the anthrax attacks that killed five and rattled the nation in 2001, the government declared Wednesday, alleging he had custody of the lethal spores involved and access to the distinctive envelopes used to mail them...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Possible Shakespearean theater found in London
The theater where "The Merchant of Venice" and "Romeo and Juliet" likely debuted and where William Shakespeare himself may have trodden the boards has likely been discovered in east London, archaeologists at the Museum of London said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Oil prices close below $119 after inventory report
Oil prices briefly dropped below $118 a barrel Wednesday _ $30 below their record high _ after a jump in U.S. crude and other fuel supplies fed beliefs that high energy prices are eating into demand...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Scientists say Mars soil similar to Chile desert
Scientists operating the Phoenix spacecraft say the Martian soil near the north pole landing site is similar to what can be found in the Chile desert on Earth...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Clinton aims to soothe delegates at Dem convention
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking a way for her delegates to be heard at the Democratic National Convention, telling supporters such a step will help unify a party that split between her and Sen. Barack Obama during their hard-fought nominating contest...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Olympic official I didnt know about Web reversal
An Olympic official said Thursday he felt like the "fall guy" after promising reporters at the games they would have uncensored Internet access, only to find that the Chinese had blocked certain Web sites...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Malaysias Anwar pleads innocent to sodomy charge
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has pleaded innocent to the charge of sodomy...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Nicole Kidman shows baby hometown Sydney
Nicole Kidman appealed to the Sydney media on Thursday for "a little space" as she travels around Sydney with her new baby...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking a way for her delegates to be heard at the Democratic National Convention, telling supporters such a step will help unify a party that split between her and Sen. Barack Obama during their hard-fought nominating contest...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Protesters rounded up by Beijing police
At least two women who have protested being evicted from their homes ahead of the Olympics were rounded up and taken to a police station, amid ramped up efforts Thursday by activists to use the games to spotlight their causes...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Officials 25 militants, 2 troops dead in Pakistan
Security officials say Pakistani troops have killed at least 25 militants in fighting near the Afghan border...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Mauritania generals promise free elections
The military generals who staged a coup in this desert nation announced Thursday they plan to hold free and transparent elections "as soon as possible."...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
French troops sent to troubled Afghan region
Hundreds of French troops have deployed to train and mentor Afghan security forces in a key southern province wracked by the Taliban-led insurgency, NATO said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Indonesian nurses in Japan under free trade pact
Japan accepted more than 200 Indonesian nurses into the country on Thursday, an unprecedented move as Tokyo struggles to quell a labor shortage triggered by sinking fertility rates...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Protesters detained by Beijing police
At least two women who have protested being evicted from their homes ahead of the Olympics were taken to a police station amid ramped up efforts by activists to use the games to spotlight their causes...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Report 3 injured in Istanbul explosions
A series of explosions at a municipal government building in Istanbul slightly injured three people Thursday, an official and Turkish news reports said...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Hong Kong reportedly turns away Chinese activists
Hong Kong deported three Chinese pro-democracy activists based in the United States after denying them entry to the territory, a local lawmaker said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
New Maldives constitution allows multiparty polls
Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom signed and adopted a new constitution Thursday that allows multiparty elections and other democratic reforms after decades of authoritarian rule...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Ledger inquiry 'is to be dropped'
Investigators are to drop a criminal case into how Heath Ledger obtained two painkillers that contributed to his death...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Net address bug worse than feared
A weakness in the plumbing of the internet could be much more destructive than first thought, says the man who found it...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Several hurt in new Georgia clash
Georgian and separatist South Ossetian forces exchange fire again, wounding several people, officials say...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Deadly clash in tribal Pakistan
Pakistani troops clash with pro-Taleban militants, killing 25 of them, in a tribal area along the Afghan border, say officials...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Barclays profit slumps by a third
Barclays reports a 33% drop in profits for the first half of 2008 to £2.75bn, with more write-downs linked to the credit crunch...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Blears 'to give Muslims a voice'
Hazel Blears promises "far more" work with Muslim communities to tackle radicalism - but rules out talks with extreme groups...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
East Africa marks terror attacks
Kenya and Tanzania hold ceremonies to mark 10 years since the simultaneous US embassy attacks...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
UN nuclear watchdog back in Iran
The deputy head of the UN nuclear agency arrives in Tehran for talks on Iran's disputed nuclear programme...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Climate Camp targets biofuel site
Demonstrators target a biofuel depot in Essex as part of a week-long Climate Camp being held across the River Thames...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Report attacks C.diff hospital
An independent report criticises the hospital at the centre of Scotland's worst outbreak of Clostridium difficile...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Boy, 10, died 'playing on lorry'
A coroner issues a warning after a young boy fell from the back of a moving lorry on a busy road while playing with friends...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Hundreds of quarry jobs 'at risk'
Companies which provide materials to the construction industry say hundreds of jobs are at risk...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
'Angry again'
Deepcut play drives parents to renew inquiry campaign...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
1908 Olympics
The tug-of-war, annoyed Americans and 56 golds for GB...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Scientists discover people who can 'hear' what they see
US scientists have discovered people who can "hear" what they see...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Live text - England v South Africa
South Africa survive the first hour of the final Test with England at The Oval without losing a wicket...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Ref Clattenburg hit by suspension
Referee Mark Clattenburg is suspended pending enquiries into reports regarding his alleged debts and has been replaced for the Community Shield game...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
House prices 'fell 1.7% in July'
The Halifax says house prices fell 1.7% in July, with the average property price now 8.8% lower than at the same point last year...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Teenager shot dead in crossfire
An 18-year-old shot dead in a supermarket was an innocent bystander caught in crossfire, police say...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Drink-drive death total drops 18%
The number of people killed by drink-driving falls by almost a fifth, government statistics reveal...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Impeachment threat for Musharraf
Ruling parties in Pakistan agree "in principle" to impeach President Musharraf, who has cancelled his trip to the Olympics...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Bank holds UK interest rate at 5%
The Bank of England keeps its key interest rate at 5% as it weighs up the slowing economy with inflation worries...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
BA bosses face price-fixing case
Four current and former British Airways executives may face jail if convicted of fixing the price of fuel surcharges...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Beijing air 'safe for athletes'
IOC President Jacques Rogge insists the air quality in Beijing poses no threat to Olympic athletes...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Funerals begin after North India temple stampede
Mukesh Chabba lit the funeral pyre on which seven of his relatives _ including his wife and daughter _ were cremated Monday, the day after a stampede at a remote mountaintop Hindu temple killed 145 people...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Couple marrying Friday to clinch luck of triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Couples marrying Friday to clinch lucky triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Cambodia demands Thai troops pull back
Cambodia on Tuesday demanded that Thailand pull its troops back from a second temple site along their border, the latest in a series of territorial claims and counterclaims that have prompted armed tensions between the Asian neighbors...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Witness Tribe aimed to create immigrant haven
Leaders of an American Indian tribe considered creating a reservation that could protect illegal immigrants from deportation, a tribal official testified Wednesday at the trial of a group leader accused of telling immigrants that buying memberships would make them instant citizens...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Wis. charges say gunman had nothing to lose
Prosecutors say a man suspected of killing three teens at a Wisconsin river hatched the ambush because he feared being charged with sexual assault and had "nothing to lose."...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
9 presumed dead in wildfire helicopter crash
Eight firefighters and a pilot are presumed dead in the crash of a helicopter that had just picked up workers battling a blaze in a Northern California forest, officials said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Thomes 3-run homer leads White Sox past Tigers
Jim Thome hit a three-run homer and John Danks worked efficiently into the seventh inning, helping the Chicago White Sox to a 5-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Federal investigators drop Ledger drug inquiry
Federal prosecutors have decided not to pursue a criminal case into how Heath Ledger obtained the powerful painkillers that contributed to his overdose death this year, a law enforcement official said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
AP NewsBreak Feds drop Ledger drug probe
A law enforcement official says federal prosecutors have dropped the investigation into how Heath Ledger obtained two painkillers that contributed to his overdose...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Obama pokes at McCain over tide-pressure issue
Barack Obama taunted Republican presidential rival John McCain on Wednesday for first ridiculing him for advising voters to keep tires inflated and then later acknowledging that the practice saves gasoline...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Ludwick homers again, Cards beat Dodgers
Ryan Ludwick homered for the fifth straight game to tie a franchise record, Albert Pujols hit a grand slam and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-6 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Angels rock Yanks 12-6 with trio of 3-run homers
Torii Hunter, Vladimir Guerrero and Juan Rivera each hit a three-run homer, and the Los Angeles Angels added to their East Coast romp with a 12-6 win over the New York Yankees on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Wall Street pares losses as oil price declines
Stocks pared early losses and traded narrowly mixed Wednesday as a drop in oil prices helped corral fresh worries about the financial sector...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Wall Street pares losses as oil declines
Stocks pared early losses and traded narrowly mixed Wednesday as a drop in oil prices helped corral fresh worries about the financial sector...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Clinton aims to soothe delegates at Dem convention
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking a way for her delegates to be heard at the Democratic National Convention, telling supporters such a step will help unify a party that split between her and Sen. Barack Obama during their hard-fought nominating contest...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Fox Favre traded to Jets
Brett Favre left Green Bay on Wednesday, most likely for good. While he has gone home to Mississippi for the time being, he could end up in New York very soon...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Canadian bus attack suspect charged with murder
A man who witnesses said stabbed and beheaded his seat mate on a Greyhound bus in Canada made his first court appearance Friday, while police offered no motive for the savage attack against a 22-year-old carnival worker...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking a way for her delegates to be heard at the Democratic National Convention, telling supporters such a step will help unify a party that split between her and Sen. Barack Obama during their hard-fought nominating contest...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Oil prices close below $119 after inventory report
Oil prices briefly dropped below $118 a barrel Wednesday _ $30 below their record high _ after a jump in U.S. crude and other fuel supplies fed beliefs that high energy prices are eating into demand...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Oil prices close below $119 after inventory report
Oil prices briefly dropped below $118 a barrel Wednesday _ $30 below their record high _ after a jump in U.S. crude and other fuel supplies fed beliefs that high energy prices are eating into demand...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Olympic official I didnt know about Web reversal
An Olympic official said Thursday he felt like the "fall guy" after promising reporters at the games they would have uncensored Internet access, only to find that the Chinese had blocked certain Web sites...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Gasoline coupon is latest currency in Zimbabwe
Reeling from the highest inflation rate in the world, barred by the government from using U.S. dollars for purchases, Zimbabweans turned to a new money source Wednesday: gasoline coupons...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Bush says US firmly opposed to Chinas repression
With all eyes on Beijing, President Bush bluntly told China that America stands in "firm opposition" to the way the communist government represses its own people, a rebuke delivered from in heart of Asia on the cusp of the Olympic Games...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Musharraf to visit China despite ouster rumors
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday decided to visit the Beijing Olympic Games despite media reports that the ruling coalition has agreed on steps to remove him...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Israel to release more Palestinian prisoners
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pledged in a summit meeting Wednesday to free more than 150 Palestinian prisoners by the end of August as a "goodwill gesture" to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Israel likely to skip next UN racism conference
Israel will almost surely boycott the next U.N. racism conference in Geneva, its ambassador said Wednesday, warning that the meeting is likely to sink into the same anti-Semitism that prompted the U.S. and Israel to walk out of the last one seven years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Soviet critic Solzhenitsyn buried in Moscow
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel Prize-winning author who exposed the horrors of Soviet slave labor camps, was buried Wednesday in a Russian Orthodox ceremony that included goose-stepping guards and the dirges of a religious choir...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Greyhound scraps ads after Canada bus beheading
Greyhound has scrapped an ad campaign that extolled the relaxing upside of bus travel after one of its passengers was accused of beheading and cannibalizing another traveler...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Bin Ladens driver found guilty in a split verdict
A jury of six military officers at Guantanamo Bay reached a split verdict Wednesday in the war crimes trial of a former driver for Osama bin Laden, clearing him of some charges but convicting him of others that could send him to prison for life...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
S. Africa workers strike to protest power prices
Millions of workers angered at high electricity and other prices went on strike and marched in protest across South Africa Wednesday, bringing some gold mines to a halt, thinning traffic and emptying factories...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
AP IMPACT Harsh justice under resurgent Taliban
As the two women hunkered down in the dark, enveloped in blue burqas, they thought the gun-toting Taliban might free them despite accusations they had run a prostitution ring for a U.S. base...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Child born to surrogate in India in legal limbo
A child born to an Indian surrogate mother and intended for a Japanese couple is in legal limbo after the pair divorced...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Latest decrees by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
The decrees declared by Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez:...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Other Guantanamo prisoners awaiting trial
Charges have been filed against 19 Guantanamo prisoners, in addition to Salim Hamdan, who was convicted by a jury Wednesday, and David Hicks, who pleaded guilty in March 2007. The military has also prepared charges against a 20th prisoner and plans to prosecute about 80 in all. A look at some of those charged:...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Malaysias Anwar pleads innocent to sodomy charge
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has pleaded innocent to the charge of sodomy...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Nicole Kidman shows baby hometown Sydney
Nicole Kidman appealed to the Sydney media on Thursday for "a little space" as she travels around Sydney with her new baby...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
13 drown in boat accident in northern India
A police official says a boat carrying people home from work capsized overnight in northern India killing 13 people...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Mexicos Cemex ponders sale of Australian assets
Mexican cement maker Cemex SAB de CV says it may sell 16 concrete-pipe manufacturing facilities in Australia to reduce its debt...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Olympic torch takes historic run on Great Wall
The Olympic flame made one of its final relays Thursday on the eve of the Olympic Games opening ceremony as torchbearers carried it along the ancient Great Wall of China...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Hundreds of French troops deploy to Afghanistan
NATO says that hundreds of French troops have been deployed to train and mentor Afghan security forces in southern Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Hope for end to rejection drugs
Scientists develop procedure which may help transplant patients avoid the need to take anti-rejection drugs...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Lib Dem crime strategy unveiled
Youngsters who commit minor crimes should not face prosecution in the courts, the Liberal Democrats say...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Venezuelans protest against ban
Demonstrators march in Caracas against moves to bar nearly 300 Venezuelan politicians from standing for election...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Three killed in China aftershock
Tuesday's powerful aftershock in Sichuan province killed three people and damaged more than 3,000 houses, China says...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Kosovan dervish
The scion of sheikhs teaching English to Pristina...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Your decision
Business people cast their votes on interest rates...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Seventh arrest in student murders
Police investigating the murder of two French students in south-east London have arrested a seventh person...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Terror rejected
Frank Gardner on the backlash to al-Qaeda...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Ale and hearty
Beer devotees celebrate despite gloomy outlook...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Gavin's Olympic dream shattered
British gold medal prospect Frankie Gavin is out of the Olympic Games because of problems making his weight, BBC Sport understands...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
US embassy attacks commemorated
Kenya and Tanzania prepare to mark the 10th anniversary of deadly bo | | | | |
