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Prince Harry Diana would be proud of charity
Prince Harry says his mother would be proud of the work he and his regiment are doing to revamp a school for disabled children in the impoverished African kingdom of Lesotho...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2008
Wildfires push some from homes some allowed back
Firefighters pushed back a blaze threatening this small coastal community just enough to allow hundreds of people to check on their homes Tuesday as a separate fire 300 miles north forced residents of another town to evacuate...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Report CBS News Logan talks about her baby drama
Lara Logan, the chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News, tells The Washington Post she is pregnant, and the father is a married federal contractor whom she met while stationed in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
NY psychiatrist Brinkley, Cook need therapy
Christie Brinkley should get custody of her two youngest children _ but she and her narcissistic husband both need therapy, a court-appointed psychiatrist said Tuesday at their divorce trial...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
ND tornado victims get lots of volunteer help
Scores of volunteers Tuesday helped tornado-damaged communities in northern North Dakota clear away debris from a storm that destroyed six homes and seriously injured one man...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Police ID remains as software programmers wife
Police have confirmed that a body software programmer Hans Reiser led them to is that of the estranged wife he is convicted of killing...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Red Sox return home, beat Twins 1-0
The Boston Red Sox were back where they win. Coming off a 3-7 road trip, the Red Sox got great starting pitching from Daisuke Matsuzaka and a clutch hit from Manny Ramirez for a 1-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Kuroda lifts Dodgers, Mets bullpen hangs on in win
Hiroki Kuroda was nearly perfect in lifting the under-.500 Dodgers into a first-place tie in the NL West...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Mets hold on to beat Phillies 10-9
Pedro Martinez pitched into the sixth inning then watched the New York Mets give back nearly all of a nine-run lead before holding on for a 10-9 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Kuroda 1-hits Braves, helps Dodgers tie for 1st
Hiroki Kuroda took a perfect game into the eighth inning and settled for a one-hitter, leading Los Angeles to a 3-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night. The win moved the Dodgers in a tie for first in the NL West with idle Arizona...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
As snap eight-game home skid against Mariners
Wes Bankston hit his first career home run, Dana Eveland won his third straight decision and the Oakland Athletics ended an eight-game home losing skid to the Seattle Mariners with a 4-3 win on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Nats back as a Peach Pit of a guy on 90210
Joe E. Tata is cooking again in the role of Peach Pit diner owner Nat for the new incarnation of "Beverly Hills 90210."...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Leonard Cohen returns to Montreux stage
Leonard Cohen returned to the Montreux Jazz Festival on Tuesday for his first concert here in 23 years...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Stocks rise on decline in oil, Bernanke talk
Wall Street turned higher Tuesday as oil prices dropped sharply for the second straight day and investors were encouraged by the possibility of more help for the ailing financial system. The Dow Jones industrials gained more than 100 points...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
McCain to talk pocketbook education issues
Sen. John McCain intends to talk about how teachers are paid and tutoring for poor kids when he goes before the NAACP convention next week...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Obama calls McCain part of problem with bankruptcy
Barack Obama called on Tuesday for changing federal bankruptcy laws to help military families, seniors and victims of natural disasters, and accused John McCain of repeatedly siding with the banking industry when Congress acted on the issue...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
McCain, Obama pitch economic plans to Hispanics
Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama pitched competing economic plans to Hispanics on Tuesday, the second time in as many weeks the presidential candidates directly appealed to this critical constituency...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
US airlines report fewer delays in May
Domestic airlines improved their on-time arrival rates in May, although more than one in five flights still failed to get passengers to their destination as scheduled, according to government data released Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 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 8, 2008
Dow ends up 152 on decline in oil, Bernanke talk
Wall Street finished sharply higher Tuesday as oil prices dropped for the second straight day and investors were encouraged by the possibility of more help for the ailing financial system. The Dow Jones industrials gained more than 150 points, and all the major indexes were up more than 1 percent...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Volkswagen mulls South for next auto plant
If Volkswagen AG decides to build its U.S. assembly plant in the South, the German company will join other foreign automakers that are increasingly turning the region into a hotbed of car manufacturing...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
2nd man held in Javon Walker case in Las Vegas
A second man was arrested on charges of abducting, beating and robbing Oakland Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker in Las Vegas last month...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 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 8, 2008
Meet the Big Brother 10 cast
"Big Brother 10" is returning to its roots.The claustrophobic CBS reality show is sealing 13 actual strangers _ no ex lovers, secret twin partners or long-lost siblings this time _ inside a makeshift house on a Studio City soundstage for the chance to be the last houseguest standing and take home the $500,000 grand prize...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Pentagon will buy satellites to do more spying
The Pentagon will buy and operate one or two commercial imagery satellites and plans to design and build another with more sophisticated spying capabilities, according to government and private industry officials...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Bush, German leader meet on G-8 issues
President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Tuesday to keep working together on common problems, but progress appeared slow on reaching a consensus on climate change as the Group of Eight major economies tackled that and other knotty global issues...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Iranian president says no war with US, Israel
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that he sees no possibility of a war between his country and the United States or Israel...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Hot, drier weather developing on Calif. firelines
As some residents whose homes were threatened by a vast Southern California wildfire were allowed to return home on Monday, forecasters warned that the cooler, damper conditions that have aided recent firefighting efforts would soon turn in favor of the flames...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Bush, German leader meet on G-8 issues
President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Tuesday to keep working together on common problems, but progress appeared slow on reaching a consensus on climate change as the Group of Eight major economies tackled that and other knotty global issues...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
French senators give ovation to freed hostage
Freed hostage Ingrid Betancourt has been welcomed by French lawmakers with a rousing standing ovation...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Group says Englands historic sites are at risk
Neglectful landlords, trail bikers, wet weather, ill-thought development, even rabbits have contributed to endangering one out of 12 historic sites in England, a government report said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
2 men jailed over brutal subway attack in Germany
Two men were convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to prison Tuesday for a brutal attack on a German retiree that sparked a political furor over crime committed by young immigrants...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Israel opens border crossings with Gaza Strip
Israel agreed to an Egyptian request and opened its border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday despite Palestinian mortar fire that violated a shaky three-week-old truce...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Afghans blame foreign agency for Kabul bombing
Afghanistan blamed a foreign intelligence agency Tuesday for the bombing of the Indian Embassy, making a clear reference to Pakistan as U.S. generals step up calls for the neighboring nation to crack down on extremists...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Israel raids West Bank mall, claims Hamas link
Israeli troops stormed the shopping mall in this West Bank city Tuesday and ordered it to close, saying the popular facility is linked to the militant Islamic Hamas...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Paris low-rise skyline inching upward
The city of light is looking to add a little height...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Stabbing deaths of French students shock London
The tabloids are calling them the "Tarantino murders."...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Paris considering taller buildings
The city of light is looking to add a little height...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
US, allies want global pollution slashed by 2050
World leaders embraced for the first time on Tuesday an ambitious but nonbinding goal of slashing greenhouse-gas emissions in half by midcentury to stave off global warming. Unimpressed environmentalists called the effort too slow and too uncertain...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
3 artists get creative in zero gravity 2 fall ill
Even the black cat got queasy.Three British artists tried Tuesday to make art in zero gravity _ one used the cat and a mouse for a performance piece _ aboard an aircraft used to train cosmonauts, but only one completed his work. The other two artists felt ill...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Support grows for UN sanctions against Zimbabwe
A majority of U.N. Security Council member countries support a proposal to sanction Zimbabwe and freeze the assets of President Robert Mugabe, French and U.S. officials said Tuesday, but Russia warned it might veto the plan...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
US war crimes court to resume at Guantanamo
U.S. military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay resume this week even as new legal challenges could throw the system into further turmoil...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Ecuador seizes TV stations over alleged debt
Ecuadorean officials seized two private television stations in early morning raids Tuesday, and they indicated the government will run them at least temporarily...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
US, allies want global pollution cuts -- by 2050
World leaders embraced for the first time on Tuesday an ambitious but nonbinding goal of slashing greenhouse-gas emissions in half by midcentury to stave off global warming. Unimpressed environmentalists called the effort too slow and too uncertain...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Review board orders AP journalist held
An Associated Press television cameraman who was detained by U.S. and Iraqi forces in early June was ordered held for at least six more months Tuesday for "imperative reasons of security," the U.S. military said...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
UK woman can sue rapist who won lottery millions
A British woman assaulted by a serial rapist has won the right to sue the attacker who became a millionaire by winning the lottery while in prison...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Barristers attack anonymity bill
Plans to give judges the power to allow anonymous evidence in court cases are "too broad", barristers warn...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Fossil feathers reveal their hues
Scientists show they are able to interpret the colour patterns seen in 100 million-year-old fossil feathers...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
EU launches school fruit campaign
The European Commission wants to give free fruit and vegetables to Europe's schools in a bid to curb child obesity...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Two men killed in bus, car crash
Two men die and several people are taken to hospital after a crash involving two cars and a bus in County Antrim...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Black market in organs uncovered
BBC Scotland journalist Paula MacKinnon's decision to donate a kidney uncovers a secret world of organ sales...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Liverpool target Spain star Villa
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez admits Valencia striker David Villa is on his list of potential striker recruits...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Annual report
Do BBC executives deserve to be paid top dollar?...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Russia warns over US-Czech shield
Russia says it will be forced to react with military means if US-Czech missile defence shield plans go ahead...
BBC News - July 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2008
Psychologist Brinkley should get custody of kids
A court-appointed psychologist says Christie Brinkley should get custody of her two youngest children...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Hurricane Bertha weakens to Category 2 storm
Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha has weakened to a Category 2 storm...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Dry, hot weather threatens California fire gains
A day of gains on the California firelines could be giving way to days of trouble...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Hurricane Bertha may weaken within a few days
Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha could begin to weaken within the next couple of days...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Mets hold on to beat Phillies 10-9
Pedro Martinez pitched into the sixth inning then watched the New York Mets give back nearly all of a nine-run lead before holding on for a 10-9 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Kuroda 1-hits Braves, helps Dodgers tie for 1st
Hiroki Kuroda took a perfect game into the eighth inning and settled for a one-hitter, leading Los Angeles to a 3-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night. The win moved the Dodgers in a tie for first in the NL West with idle Arizona...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
As snap eight-game home skid against Mariners
Wes Bankston hit his first career home run, Dana Eveland won his third straight decision and the Oakland Athletics ended an eight-game home losing skid to the Seattle Mariners with a 4-3 win on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
NY psychologist Brinkley, Cook need therapy
A court-appointed psychologist says both Christie Brinkley and her estranged husband need therapy...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Britney Spears to film footage for Madonna tour
Madonna has recruited Britney Spears for a virtual appearance on her upcoming tour...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
NY psychologist Brinkley should get custody
A court-appointed psychologist says Christie Brinkley should get custody of her two youngest children...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
In poll of pet owners, McCain tops Obama
If the presidential election were up to pet owners, John McCain could have a blue ribbon in his future...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Poll Pet owners prefer McCain over Obama
If the presidential election goes to the dogs, John McCain is looking like best in show...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Poll Pet owners favor McCain
If the presidential election goes to the dogs, John McCain is looking like best in show...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Malia Obama looks forward to decorating WH room
Her father is famous but Malia Obama is like a lot of 10-year-olds: she sometimes finds him embarrassing...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Red Sox return home, beat Twins 1-0
The Boston Red Sox were back where they win. Coming off a 3-7 road trip, the Red Sox got great starting pitching from Daisuke Matsuzaka and a clutch hit from Manny Ramirez for a 1-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Kuroda lifts Dodgers, Mets bullpen hangs on in win
Hiroki Kuroda was nearly perfect in lifting the under-.500 Dodgers into a first-place tie in the NL West...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 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 8, 2008
US airlines report fewer delays in May
Domestic airlines improved their on-time arrival rates in May, although more than one in five flights still failed to get passengers to their destination as scheduled, according to government data released Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
G-8 worried about food, oil optimistic on economy
Leaders of the Group of Eight economic powers warned Tuesday that surging oil and food prices could undermine world growth but that the global economy would ultimately be resilient...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Siemens cutting 17K jobs worldwide to cut costs
Industrial conglomerate Siemens AG said Tuesday it would cut 16,750 jobs, or 4.2 percent of its global work force, to streamline operations and cut nearly $2 billion in costs in the face of a slowing economy...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Meet the Big Brother 10 cast
"Big Brother 10" is returning to its roots.The claustrophobic CBS reality show is sealing 13 actual strangers _ no ex lovers, secret twin partners or long-lost siblings this time _ inside a makeshift house on a Studio City soundstage for the chance to be the last houseguest standing and take home the $500,000 grand prize...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 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 8, 2008
Pentagon will buy satellites to do more spying
The Pentagon will buy and operate one or two commercial imagery satellites and plans to design and build another with more sophisticated spying capabilities, according to government and private industry officials...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Bush, German leader meet on G-8 issues
President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Tuesday to keep working together on common problems, but progress appeared slow on reaching a consensus on climate change as the Group of Eight major economies tackled that and other knotty global issues...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Kidman, Urban pick Sunday Rose for newborn girl
As with most new parents, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban might have difficulty telling what day it is...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Medvedev No progress with US after Bush meeting
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says his first talks with President Bush since his election have resulted in no progress on the issues dividing the countries...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Hot, drier weather developing on Calif. firelines
As some residents whose homes were threatened by a vast Southern California wildfire were allowed to return home on Monday, forecasters warned that the cooler, damper conditions that have aided recent firefighting efforts would soon turn in favor of the flames...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Bush, German leader meet on G-8 issues
President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Tuesday to keep working together on common problems, but progress appeared slow on reaching a consensus on climate change as the Group of Eight major economies tackled that and other knotty global issues...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Bush, G-8 leaders make progress on climate change
President Bush and other world leaders made gradual progress Tuesday on climate change, but finalizing a long-term global agreement on what to do about the fevered planet remains elusive...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
G-8 endorses halving global emissions by 2050
The Group of Eight leading industrial nations on Tuesday endorsed halving world emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, edging forward in the battle against global warming but stopping short of tough, nearer-term targets...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
G-8 has positive outlook despite oil, food prices
Leaders from the Group of Eight industrialized powers are deeply concerned about rising oil and food prices but remain positive about the outlook for the global economy, they said in a communique released Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
1 gored in San Fermin
The running of the bulls through Pamplona on Tuesday left one man gored and four slightly injured during the annual San Fermin festival, the Spanish Red Cross said...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Some Myanmar survivors now cringe at wind, rain
As the crowd gathered in the hall of a Buddhist monastery to receive their free lunch, Hnin Mya sat listlessly, oblivious to the smell of warm curry, the sounds of clinking utensils and the chatter of her compatriots...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Israel opens border crossings with Gaza Strip
Israel agreed to an Egyptian request and opened its border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday despite Palestinian mortar fire that violated a shaky three-week-old truce...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Iranian president says no war with US, Israel
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that he sees no possibility of a war between his country and the United States or Israel...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Prince Harry Diana would be proud of charity
Prince Harry says his mother would be proud of the work he and his regiment are doing to revamp a school for disabled children in the impoverished African kingdom of Lesotho...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
French senators give ovation to freed hostage
Freed hostage Ingrid Betancourt has been welcomed by French lawmakers with a rousing standing ovation...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Group says Englands historic sites are at risk
Neglectful landlords, trail bikers, wet weather, ill-thought development, even rabbits have contributed to endangering one out of 12 historic sites in England, a government report said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
2 men jailed over brutal subway attack in Germany
Two men were convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to prison Tuesday for a brutal attack on a German retiree that sparked a political furor over crime committed by young immigrants...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Woman in Japan escapes robber with tea and chat
A Japanese woman brewed up an unusual escape plan to free herself and her 6-month-old daughter from a suspected armed robber: a cup of tea and a chat...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Swiss to hold referendum on Muslim minaret ban
Switzerland will hold a nationwide referendum on whether to ban the construction of minarets where Muslims traditionally issue the call to prayer, officials said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Breakaway Georgia region nixes international forces
The breakaway Georgian republic of Abkhazia has rejected a U.S. proposal to deploy an international police force there, its leader said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
France probes threats over cable TV porn
Anti-terrorism investigators in Paris are probing threats against a leading French cable TV channel over pornographic films it airs that can be viewed in North Africa, a judicial official said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Europe plans free fruit, veggies for school kids
EU officials want European schoolchildren to swap their French fries for fruit. The European Union is aiming to spend $140 million a year to provide free fruit and vegetables to schools across the continent to tackle child obesity, officials said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Heads warn of test marks mistakes
"The row is only beginning," say head teachers, as they report widespread problems with the quality of Sats test marking...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Nasa reveals final shuttle dates
The US space agency fixes the dates of its last shuttle missions - with Endeavour making the final flight in May 2010...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Theatre too expensive, says Tate
Comic and Doctor Who star Catherine Tate says "exclusive" ticket prices are making London's West End theatre elitist...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Divide on games industry ratings
A row develops between the games industry and the UK's content classifiers over who should regulate video games...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Persimmon makes 2,000 UK job cuts
UK housebuilder Persimmon says it has shed 2,000 jobs in 2008 as it tries to deal with the housing market downturn...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Ex-MI5 chief attacks 42-day plan
The former head of MI5, Baroness Manningham-Buller, speaks out against plans to hold terror suspects for longer...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Acupuncture 'no help for IVF'
There is no evidence acupuncture improves the success of IVF treatment, scientists say...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
G8 urged to do more for climate
Five of the biggest emerging economies urge the G8 to do more to combat climate change...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
US and Czechs sign defence deal
The US secretary of state signs a deal to base part of Washington's missile defence system in the Czech Republic...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Man is arrested over city killing
A man is arrested by police after the body of a 39-year-old man was found at a house in south Belfast...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
New US nuclear sanctions on Iran
The US puts new financial sanctions on Iranian firms and individuals said to be involved in its nuclear programme...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Iran leader plays down war talk
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he sees no possibility of a war between Iran and the US or Israel...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Woman cleared to sue Lotto rapist
A 78-year-old woman is cleared to sue a serial rapist who won £7m on the lottery, a High Court judge rules...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Man admits body in cupboard murder
A man admits murdering a teenager and hiding her partly-dismembered body in a cupboard in Aberdeen...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
300 job losses at home loan firm
Banking giant Barclays cuts 300 jobs at its home loans division Firstplus in Cardiff because of slowing demand...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Climate 'shift'
The G8 changes the length of the global warming racetrack...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Anglican anger
Women bishops debate plays on after crucial vote...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Back to the '70s?
Rising inflation and oil prices and an economic slowdown...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Red faces in the White House as US insults Berlusconi
The White House apologises to the Italian leader after describing him as a political "amateur" heading a "corrupt" government...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Prince Harry takes troops to help African school
Prince Harry is working in Lesotho to refurbish a special needs school in Lesotho, with help from colleagues in his regiment...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Lampard wants to stay - Scolari
Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari says Inter Milan target Frank Lampard wants to stay at the London club...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Durham progress 'is only option'
Durham say they should be allowed to progress to the Twenty20 finals day without having to replay their postponed quarter-final against Yorkshire...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Inquiry over 'wrong' armed arrest
Three police forces are to be investigated after police arrest a man at gunpoint in a case of mistaken identity...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Jersey force 'to search new site'
Jersey police investigating historical abuse claims are to start searching a new site, the BBC understands...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
TV chefs 'fail on basic hygiene'
TV chefs are setting a bad example by failing to follow basic hygiene standards, public health chiefs say...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Vatican angry over women bishops
The Vatican says allowing women bishops will be an "obstacle" to reconciliation between the Anglican and Catholic churches...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Women deny Mosley 'Nazi theme'
Four women involved in a role-play "party" with motor sport boss Max Mosley deny there was any Nazi element involved...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
G8 to move against Mugabe allies
G8 leaders say they will seek targeted sanctions against members of Zimbabwe's government...
BBC News - July 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2008
Kidman, Urban pick Sunday Rose for newborn girl
As with most new parents, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban might have difficulty telling what day it is...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Hurricane Bertha may weaken within a few days
Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha could begin to weaken within the next couple of days...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Ohio town split over middle school teachers acts
This small city in central Ohio is dotted with churches of just about every denomination...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Kuroda lifts Dodgers, Mets bullpen hangs on in win
Hiroki Kuroda was nearly perfect in lifting the under-.500 Dodgers into a first-place tie in the NL West...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Mets hold on to beat Phillies 10-9
Pedro Martinez pitched into the sixth inning then watched the New York Mets give back nearly all of a nine-run lead before holding on for a 10-9 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Kuroda 1-hits Braves, helps Dodgers tie for 1st
Hiroki Kuroda took a perfect game into the eighth inning and settled for a one-hitter, leading Los Angeles to a 3-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night. The win moved the Dodgers in a tie for first in the NL West with idle Arizona...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
As snap eight-game home skid against Mariners
Wes Bankston hit his first career home run, Dana Eveland won his third straight decision and the Oakland Athletics ended an eight-game home losing skid to the Seattle Mariners with a 4-3 win on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Ringo Starr celebrates 68th birthday in Chicago
Ringo Starr celebrated his 68th birthday in Chicago giving out messages of peace and love, along with dessert...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Ringo Starr celebrates 68th in Chicago
Ringo Starr celebrated his 68th birthday in Chicago giving out messages of peace and love, along with dessert...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 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 8, 2008
Poll Pet owners favor McCain
If the presidential election goes to the dogs, John McCain is looking like best in show...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Malia Obama looks forward to decorating WH room
Her father is famous but Malia Obama is like a lot of 10-year-olds: she sometimes finds him embarrassing...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Red Sox return home, beat Twins 1-0
The Boston Red Sox were back where they win. Coming off a 3-7 road trip, the Red Sox got great starting pitching from Daisuke Matsuzaka and a clutch hit from Manny Ramirez for a 1-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
US airlines report fewer delays in May
Domestic airlines improved their on-time arrival rates in May, although more than one in five flights still failed to get passengers to their destination as scheduled, according to government data released Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Oil prices holds steady after sharp $4 drop
Oil held steady Tuesday in Asia as a weaker dollar and renewed buying interest helped support prices after a plunge of nearly $4 in the previous session...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Oil rebounds after prices plunge nearly $4
Oil rebounded Tuesday in Asia on a weaker dollar and renewed buying interest after prices plunged nearly $4 in the previous session...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 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 8, 2008
Pentagon will buy satellites to do more spying
The Pentagon will buy and operate one or two commercial imagery satellites and plans to design and build another with more sophisticated spying capabilities, according to government and private industry officials...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2008
Analysis Obamas centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Briton gets 34 years for botched coup
A court in Equatorial Guinea convicted former British officer Simon Mann on Monday of being the key player in a failed 2004 coup plot in this Central African nation and sentenced him to 34 years and four months in prison...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 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 8, 2008
Hot, drier weather developing on Calif. firelines
As some residents whose homes were threatened by a vast Southern California wildfire were allowed to return home on Monday, forecasters warned that the cooler, damper conditions that have aided recent firefighting efforts would soon turn in favor of the flames...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Bush, German leader meet on G-8 issues
President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Tuesday to keep working together on common problems, but progress appeared slow on reaching a consensus on climate change as the Group of Eight major economies tackled that and other knotty global issues...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Bush, German leader meet on G-8 challenges
President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Tuesday to keep working together on common problems, but progress appeared slow on reaching a consensus on climate change as the Group of Eight major economies tackled that and other knotty global issues...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Food, oil crises grave threats
The leaders of Malaysia and Indonesia on Tuesday called for boosting world food production and finding a permanent solution to skyrocketing oil prices, saying the twin problems have become "grave threats" to the world economy...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Bush, German leader meet on G-8 issues
President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Tuesday to keep working together on common problems, but progress appeared slow on reaching a consensus on climate change as the Group of Eight major economies tackled that and other knotty global issues...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
6 burnt bodies appear in Tijuana, Mexico
Police on Monday found six charred bodies on a Tijuana street following a bloody weekend that left 14 people dead...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Bush, G-8 leaders make progress on climate change
President Bush and other world leaders made gradual progress Tuesday on climate change, but finalizing a long-term global agreement on what to do about the fevered planet remains elusive...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
G-8 endorses halving global emissions by 2050
The Group of Eight leading industrial nations on Tuesday endorsed halving world emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, edging forward in the battle against global warming but stopping short of tough, nearer-term targets...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
G-8 has positive outlook despite oil, food prices
Leaders from the Group of Eight industrialized powers are deeply concerned about rising oil and food prices but remain positive about the outlook for the global economy, they said in a communique released Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Medvedev No progress with US after Bush meeting
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says his first talks with President Bush since his election have resulted in no progress on the issues dividing the countries...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
1 gored in San Fermin
The running of the bulls through Pamplona on Tuesday left one man gored and four slightly injured during the annual San Fermin festival, the Spanish Red Cross said...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Some Myanmar survivors now cringe at wind, rain
As the crowd gathered in the hall of a Buddhist monastery to receive their free lunch, Hnin Mya sat listlessly, oblivious to the smell of warm curry, the sounds of clinking utensils and the chatter of her compatriots...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Egypt asks Israel to reopen Gaza border crossings
Egypt has asked Israel to reopen border crossings with the Gaza Strip that were closed once more on Tuesday after a Palestinian attack, Israeli defense officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
EU invites Slovakia to join euro zone
The European Union has formally invited Slovakia to join the euro zone on Jan. 1, 2009...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Rights group reports abuses in S. Arabia
Domestic workers in Saudi Arabia often suffer abuse that in some cases amounts to slavery, as well as sexual violence and lashings for spurious allegations of theft or witchcraft, a human rights group said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Rights group reports abuses in Saudi Arabia
Domestic workers in Saudi Arabia often suffer abuse that in some cases amounts to slavery, as well as sexual violence and lashings for spurious allegations of theft or witchcraft, a human rights group said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Prince Harry Diana would be proud of charity
Prince Harry says his mother would be proud of the work he and his regiment are doing to revamp a school for disabled children in the impoverished African kingdom of Lesotho...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Questioning of Fritzl incest victim due
Questioning of an incest victim held in a cellar for 24 years is set to start later this month and will involve a doctor to determine how one of the seven babies she had with her father died, a prosecutor said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
EU pushes for bloc-wide kidnap alert
A European Union official called on justice ministers of the 27 member nations Tuesday to agree on plans for a bloc-wide early warning system to report missing children...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Nickelback sign Live Nation deal
Canadian band Nickelback become the latest act to sign with concert promoter Live Nation...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
MEPs back contested telecoms plan
European politicians vote in favour of changes to a telecoms law which campaigners say could hit online privacy...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
India left ends coalition support
Communist parties in India say they are withdrawing support for the governing coalition over a civilian nuclear deal with the US...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Persimmon makes 1,100 UK job cuts
UK housebuilder Persimmon says it has shed 1,100 jobs in 2008 as it tries to deal with the housing market downturn...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Frozen embryos 'better for IVF'
Frozen is better than fresh when it comes to transplanting embryos in IVF treatment, a study shows...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
West Bank official unhurt by bomb
A small bomb explodes in the boot of the Palestinian attorney-general's car as he set off to work in Ramallah...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
US set to sign Czech radar deal
The US secretary of state is set to sign a deal to base part of Washington's missile defence system in the Czech Republic...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Woman dies in 'deliberate' crash
A murder inquiry is launched after a woman was deliberately struck by a car while she was walking in Paisley...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Police crackdown on metal thefts
Police are targeting the theft of metal as the value of scrap continues to soar...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Sex attacker tried a second time
The man who tried to rape a teenager in Coleraine on Sunday attempted to attack another girl, the PSNI say...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Minister resigns over Kenya hotel
Kenya's finance minister steps down to "facilitate" an investigation into the sale of a luxury hotel...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Afghan conflict
Soviet veterans sympathise with British campaign...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Heritage fears
Take a video tour of six sites considered to be at risk...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
The final frontier
Why Unesco wants to protect the Antonine Wall...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Police admit 'wrong' armed arrest
A rail passenger was ordered by armed police to lie face-down on a platform in Dorset in a case of mistaken identity, police admit...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
'We accuse'
Why the Litvinenko affair still bedevils UK-Russia relations...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Screaming brats
Should children be banned from weddings?...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Spider bot?
US scientists design robots that climb walls...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
'Rubbish' golfer hits hole-in-one for £15,000 prize
A self-confessed "rubbish" golfer flukes a shot that wins a £15,000 car during a round where he lost 23 balls...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Inter move for Lampard rejected
Chelsea reject an official approach from Inter Milan to discuss the transfer of England midfielder Frank Lampard...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Fergie's assistant poised for Portugal job
Manchester United assistant boss Carlos Queiroz is close to becoming the new Portugal manager, BBC Sport understands...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Police stop and search figures up
The number of people police stop and search rises by 9%, with black people seven times more likely to be stopped...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Litvinenko's widow praises Brown
Alexander Litvinenko's widow welcomes continued UK calls for the extradition of a man over her husband's death...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Online risk due to browser flaws
Almost half of net users are at risk because their browsers have not been updated to the latest version, says a study...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
BBC defends executive pay rises
The BBC defends pay rises of up to £107,000 for executive directors, saying it must offer competitive salaries for top jobs...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Brown faces climate change revolt
Gordon Brown is facing the prospect of another significant backbench rebellion - this time over climate change...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Iran in warning to US and Israel
A senior cleric says Iran would "set fire" to Tel Aviv and US interests around the globe if it was attacked by the US...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
G8 aims to halve greenhouse gases
World leaders at the G8 summit aim to set a target to halve carbon emissions by 2050 in an effort to tackle global warming...
BBC News - July 8, 2008
Convicted husband leads Calif. police to a body
A California software programmer convicted of killing his estranged wife has led police to a corpse that is believed to be hers...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Derailed train spills coal into Yellowstone River
A locomotive and 10 coal cars plunged about 50 feet early Monday from a track undermined by high water flow on the Yellowstone River...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Ringo Starr celebrates 68th birthday in Chicago
Ringo Starr celebrated his 68th birthday in Chicago giving out messages of peace and love, along with dessert...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Ringo Starr celebrates 68th in Chicago
Ringo Starr celebrated his 68th birthday in Chicago giving out messages of peace and love, along with dessert...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 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 8, 2008
Kidman, Urban pick Sunday Rose for newborn girl
As with most new parents, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban might have difficulty telling what day it is...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Kuroda one-hits Braves, Dodgers win 3-0
Hiroki Kuroda took a perfect game into the eighth inning and settled for a one-hitter, leading Los Angeles to a 3-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
As snap eight-game home skid against Mariners
Wes Bankston hit his first career home run, Dana Eveland won his third straight decision and the Oakland Athletics ended an eight-game home losing skid to the Seattle Mariners with a 4-3 win on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2008
Malia Obama looks forward to decorating WH room
Her father is famous but Malia Obama is like a lot of 10-year-olds: she sometimes finds him embarrassing...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Kuroda 1-hits Braves, helps Dodgers tie for 1st
Hiroki Kuroda took a perfect game into the eighth inning and settled for a one-hitter, leading Los Angeles to a 3-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night. The win moved the Dodgers in a tie for first in the NL West with idle Arizona...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Hot, drier weather developing on Calif. firelines
As some residents whose homes were threatened by a vast Southern California wildfire were allowed to return home on Monday, forecasters warned that the cooler, damper conditions that have aided recent firefighting efforts would soon turn in favor of the flames...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Toyota, Ford report big drops in sales for June
High gasoline prices and a weak economy took a toll on U.S. sales of Toyota Motor Co. and Ford Motor Co. vehicles in June, with Toyota on Tuesday reporting a 21.4 percent decline and Ford sales dropping 27.9 percent...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Mad Dog Madduxs winless streak reaches 11 starts
Jorge Cantu hit a two-run home run off Greg Maddux and that was enough to carry Ricky Nolasco and the Florida Marlins to a 3-1 victory over the San Diego Padres on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Mets get 9-run lead before holding off Phils 10-9
Pedro Martinez pitched into the sixth inning then watched the New York Mets give back nearly all of a nine-run lead before holding on for a 10-9 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Hot, drier weather developing on Calif. firelines
As some residents whose homes were threatened by a vast Southern California wildfire were allowed to return home on Monday, forecasters warned that the cooler, damper conditions that have aided recent firefighting efforts would soon turn in favor of the flames...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Bush, German leader meet on G-8 issues
President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Tuesday to keep working together on common problems, but progress appeared slow on reaching a consensus on climate change as the Group of Eight major economies tackled that and other knotty global issues...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2008
6 burnt bodies appear in Tijuana, Mexico
Police on Monday found six charred bodies on a Tijuana street following a bloody weekend that left 14 people dead...
Southern Ledger - July 8, 2008
Briton gets 34 years for botched coup
A court in Equatorial Guinea convicted former British officer Simon Mann on Monday of being the key player in a failed 2004 coup plot in this Central African nation and sentenced him to 34 years and four months in prison...
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