National & World News Archive January 2007
Daughter, 15, 'paid Friends to Kill Mother for Ban on Meeting Boys'
Powerful Yet Weak - a Us Dilemma
Inquest Told of 'rogue' Us Attack on British Convoy
Campaigners Urge Shell to Put Profits Into Clean-up
US Misjudged Insurgent Threat, Admiral Admits
Escaped Convict Whistles Through Dixie to Visit His Dying Mother
Top Socialist Sacked for Saying French Team is 'too Black'
UN's Vast Report Will End the Scientific Argument. Now Will the World Act?
How 'lourdes Syndrome' Hid Mother's Terrible Secret
Battle to Be 'the Real Craggy Island' Twists and Turns Like a Father Ted Plot
Trinidad Shuts Down in Protest at Violence
Trade Unions Attack 'corporate Greed' of Private Equity Firms
British Woman Lay Dead for Months in Lourdes
Royal Auction to Go Ahead Despite Pleas
Old Rival Tests Ahmadinejad's Nerve
Protests Continue in Athens Against Education Reform Plans
Grand Plan for a Low-carbon Europe Goes Up in Smoke
AirTran Removes Family from Flight Because of a Toddler Tantrum
Unabomber Tries to Stop Sale of His Writings Online
Czechs Give Go-ahead for Us 'son of Star Wars' Base
'Miracle' As Man Falls 200ft From Hotel and Lives
US Treasury Secretary Gives $800m Fortune for Conservation
Czechs Give Go-ahead for Us 'son of Stars Wars' Base
Job-swaps to Cut Traffic Jams
Marine's Last Stand on Death Row
Exploding Pigs and Volleys of Gunfire As Le Pen Opens Hq in Virtual World
Developing World Plants Record Gm Crops
Royal on Defensive As Spotlight Falls on Family
Kremlin: Stop Harassing Uk Envoy
The Colourful Life and Controversial Death of Jacques Brel's Muse
Burmese Pro-democracy Leader Accused of Tax Evasion
Maliki Hits Out at Lack of Us Backing
New Law Could Leave Chirac Open to Charges
ND Farmer Wants to Have the First Hemp Farm in the US
Wealthy Loner Picks Heirs From Phone Book
Rescued From Katrina, New Life for a Frozen Embryo
Camper Survives Five-week Ordeal
Kidnapped Boy 'free to Come and Go'
Kidnap Boys Case Stuns Neighbours
Dutch Squatters Facing Eviction in Anti-liberal Backlash
New Face for 'not So Ugly' Dante
Insecurity Dilutes Impact of Cash
Reid Revoked Citizenship of Guantánamo Detainee
Belarus Yields to Pressure From Moscow in Oil Dispute
Signs of a Thaw in Writers' 30-year Feud
UK Class Action Starts Over Toxic Waste Dumped in Africa
Bystanders Catch Boy, 3, in Four-storey Fall From Fire Escape
Peasant Revolt Puts Hamlets Back on Map
FBI Files Detail Guantánamo Torture Tactics
Pilots Patrol Colorado and Kansas Looking for Stricken Motorists
Tele-evangelist Sued Over 'god Can Heal' Claim
Thai Leader Blames Bomb Blasts on Deposed Pm
Emotions in Arab World Range From Elation to Outrage
Battle for New Leader Likely
Deadline Looms As Us Toll Reaches 3,000
Somalia Summit Fails to Reach Peacekeeping Target
Suspected Militants 'executed' By Indian Troops, Inquiry Reveals
Chinese Guards Tortured Captured Tibetans, Says Teenage Survivor
Tibetans Tortured By Chinese After Failed Escape Attempt, Says Survivor
Millions Wasted in Iraq Reconstruction, Report Concludes
Indian Anti-terrorism Troops Accused of Executing Civilians
Israel's Former Minister Guilty of Sexual Misconduct
Chavez Wins Powers to Rule By Decree But Critics Cry 'heil, Hugo'
Scusi is the Hardest Word: Berlusconi's Wife Forces Him Into a Public Apology
I Was Poisoned By Russians, Human Rights Judge Says
Chavez Set to Be Granted Sweeping New Powers
Obama Wants Us Troops Out of Iraq By Early 2008
Admiral Says Us Needs New Approach to Iraq
Hamas Commander Shot, Despite Ceasefire
Putin's £2bn Bid to Make Bleak Eastern Island a Holiday Resort
Hu Jintao Starts Africa Tour With Loans Promise
Come Home, Sarkozy Tells London Exiles
MPs Attack Uk-backed Financial Boycott of Palestinian Authority
Attacks Kill 36 Iraqi Shia Pilgrims
Europeans Fear Us Attack on Iran As Nuclear Row Intensifies
1,000 Afghan Civilians Killed in 2006, Report Says
Fragile Ceasefire Holds in Gaza
Suicide Blast Kills Four in Eilat
Shell Defies Us Pressure and Signs £5bn Iranian Gas Deal
Ban Demands Un Presence in Darfur
US Studies Israel's Cluster Bomb Use in Lebanon
US Judges Use Wikipedia As a Courtroom Source
Najaf 'under Control' After Iraqi Forces Defeat Mystery Fighters
US Threatens Firm Response to Iranian Meddling in Iraq
White Farmers, Black Land Hunger: Sparks Fly in the Tinder Box
Darfur Violence Wrecks Sudan's Attempt to Take Au Leadership
Congo Militia Chief to Face Trial
US Questions Israel's Use of Cluster Bombs in a Rare Rebuke
Three Israelis Dead As Eilat Suffers First Suicide Attack
Sarkozy's London Mission: Meet Blair, Polish the Image and Woo the Crucial Expat Vote
Japan Moves to Defuse Diplomatic Spat With Us
US and Iraqi Forces Claim 250 Dead in Attack on Najaf Insurgents
25 Killed in Gaza Violence As Factions Abandon Talks
Japanese Minister Wants 'birth-giving Machines', Aka Women, to Have More Babies
Report Attacks S African Crime and Corruption
US and Iraqi Forces Kill 250 Gunmen in Day-long Battle
Gym in the Sky Fights Street Crime in Caracas
Dam Holds Back Force of the Taliban
Nuclear Plans in Chaos As Iran Leader Flounders
Barclays' Millions Help to Prop Up Mugabe Regime
Victim of Us Torture Flights Wins £4.5m in Damages
Prankster Exacerbates Royal Woes
Fifteen Killed in Gaza Clashes
Beijing Tesco Draws Animal Activists' Ire
Bush Sanctions Force Against Iranian Agents
Bush is Left Isolated As America Turns Green
EU Could Impose Smoking Ban Across Continent
Chvez Tells Us Ambassador to Stop Meddling
Europe Resists Us Pressure to Boost Presence in Afghanistan
US Troops Authorised to Kill Iranian Agents in Iraq
All Marching, But Not to the Beat of the Same Drum
How Two Bullets Shattered Illusion of Harmony in a Louisiana Town
US Answer to Global Warming: Smoke and Giant Space Mirrors
References to God Stricken from Oscar-Nominated Movie
Mexican Police Have Guns Taken Away, Replaced with Slingshots
'Four Killed' in Beirut University Clash
Israeli President Takes Leave Over Rape Allegations
Donors Pledge £2.3bn to Lebanon
Russian 'smuggled Weapons-grade Uranium'
Israel Tries to Cut Off Tehran From World Markets
Russian Jailed for Trying to Sell Weapons-grade Uranium for $1m
German Fury Over Eu Constitution 'club'
Aid Chief Warns of Sudan Catastrophe
UK Wants to Try Russian for Litvinenko Murder
Bush to Pump Another $8bn Into Afghanistan
Chávez: Recovering Castro 'almost Jogging'
Israeli President Denounces 'poisonous' Rape Claims
Tehran Power Struggle Intensifies
US Contractors in Iraq Shot in Back of Head
Call for Higher Taxes to Pay for Damage to Planet
Army Accused of Collusion in Sri Lanka Child Abductions
Disillusion Sets in Amid Poverty and Factional Conflict
Olmert Urges Israeli President to Quit Over Rape Allegation
Senators Reject Bush Plea for Time on Iraq
'There is No War on Terror'
Bush's Call for Consensus Fails to Bridge Divide Over Iraq
Israeli President Faces Rape Charges
Pharmaceutical Giant Pfizer Announces Job Cuts, Plant Closures
Ireland Pledges to Pour Millions Into Reviving North
Rich or Poor, a Million Iraqi Refugees Strain the Hospitality of Jordan
German Bosnia Chief 'fired' After Just a Year
Ségolène Royal in Quebec Gaffe
President of Israel to Be Charged With Rape
Protests Bring Lebanon to a Standstill
China Confirms Anti-satellite Missile Test
Serbia Prepares for Coalition Tussle
Over 70 Killed in Baghdad Blasts
Farmer Claimed That He Killed 49 Women, Court Told
Palestinian Leaders Fail to Agree to Unity Cabinet
China and India Warned Their Water is Running Out
The Dilemma of a Deadly Disease: Patients May Be Forcibly Detained
US Claims Credit As North Korea Softens Line on Nuclear Talks
Los Angeles Tackles Growing Gang Violence
Iraq Bombings Claim at Least 100 Lives
'Lame Duck' Bush Faces Struggle to Push Through New Agenda
Nationalists Triumph in Serbian Elections
Battle of Craggy Island Leaves Two Irish Isles Unsmiling in Row Over Home of Father Ted
Fighting Expected to Intensify As Winter Ends
Roadside Bomb Kills British Soldier on Basra Patrol
Iran President Defiant in Face of Critical Mps
Serbia on Knife-edge in Decisive Election
GPS to Track Illegal Traders
Nato General: We Need One More Year to Defeat Taliban
EU Faces Split on Police Powers
Reports of China's 'satellite Killer' Meet Wall of Silence
Battering Ram Technology Brought Up to Date for the 21st Century
Western Protests Flood in Over Chinese Satellite Killer
Couple Killed, Cooked and Ate Neighbour
Chávez Claims Castro is 'battling for Life' Amid New Fears for Cuban Leader's Health
Child Sex Victims Sue Myspace
Water-drinking Stunt Proves Fatal
Pig Farmer and Pillar of Community: Alleged Serial Killer Finally Faces Trial
Fugitive Mullah Omar Leaves Only a Trail of Devotees
Abramovich Resignation 'rejected'
Integration or Isolation? Serbs Go to Polls With Rivals Neck and Neck
Sadr Fears for Life in Security Crackdown
Armenian-Turkish Journalist Shot Dead
Pentagon Reveals Rules for Terror Suspect Trials
Israel to Give Abbas $100m in Frozen Tax Funds
Republican Rebels Defy Bush Line
Huge Cut in Measles Deaths Hailed As Triumph
Rice Calls Meeting of Quartet in New Push for Middle East Peace
Starbucks Faces Eviction From the Forbidden City
Gwyn Topham on People Who Have Disappeared From Cruise Ships
Minister's Warning As Israeli Military Chief Quits
Gates Signals Troop Surge in Afghanistan
Merkel to Push for Constitution in Bid to Save Europe's Soul
Indian Tsunami Victims Sold Their Kidneys to Survive
Spotlight on Israeli Prime Minister After Armed Forces Chief Resigns
Germany Sets Timetable for Resurrection of Eu Constitution
Brown Calls for Overhaul of Un, World Bank and Imf
Colombian Militia Leader Confesses to Massacres
Hillary Clinton Opposes Iraq Troops 'surge'
Chinese Reporter's Murder Sparks Public Debate
Bush: Saddam Execution Looked Like Revenge Killing
Many Killed in Baghdad Blasts
Pakistan Hits 'al-qaida Hideouts' Near Afghan Border
UN Warns of Looming Crisis in Kirkuk
Spain: Entire Village Questioned Over Mayor's Killing
Q&A: Lewis 'scooter' Libby Trial
Israel and Syria 'held Secret Talks for Two Years'
UN Clashes With Iraq on Civilian Death Toll
Turning Point in Us As More Women Choose Not to Marry
Tunnels for Hire As Gaza's Smugglers Risk Their Lives
Spanish Report Says Castro in Grave State After Failed Surgery
Secret Talks Led to Israeli-syrian Peace Roadmap, Paper Claims
Sarkozy's Inner Being Comes to His Political Aid
Litvinenko Police 'will Fly Back to Russia'
Strapped to Apaches and Dodging Fire, How Troops Recovered Fallen Comrade
Alaskan Villages Get Citgo Vouchers for Millions of Gallons of Oil
Golan Peace Talks Report Denied By Israel and Syria
Water Overdose Kills Woman in Wii Challenge
Film of Saddam Aides' Hanging Shown
Rice to Meet Israeli and Palestinian Leaders
Iran Target of Us Gulf Military Moves, Robert Gates Says
Iran Replaces Eu As Top Palestinian Donor
Tehran Largest Donor in £500m Muslim Pledges to Palestinians
President's Future in Doubt As Mps Rebel and Economic Crisis Grows
'Boozer Bus' to Save Irish Pubs
Yushchenko Stripped of Power By Parliament
EU Warned of New Wave of Illegal Immigrants
Marine Killed During Mission to Clear Taliban
Decapitation During Execution of Saddam's Henchmen Provokes New Wave of Sunni Anger
Germany Bids to Outlaw Denial of Holocaust Across Continent
We Are Not Leaving, Gates Warns Iran As Troop Surge Begins
France and Uk Considered 1950s 'merger'
Saddam's Top Aides Hanged
End of the Road for the Us Gas Guzzler
The Arms Deal, the Agent and the Swiss Bank Account
Nazi Life Sentences Are 40 Years Too Late, Says Prodi
Welcome to Chávez-land, the New Latin Mecca for the Sandalistas
Insurgent Tv Channel Turns Into Iraq's Newest Cult Hit
Bush Admits Past Mistakes As Row With Tehran Grows Over Arrest of 'diplomats'
Abbas Snubs Rice Effort to Revive Road Map
Sarkozy Anointed Presidential Candidate
Dublin Imam Takes on the Fanatics
Police Across Europe to Share Dna Database
War Zone Aid 'fuels More Conflicts'
After the Surge ... What Next?
Walesa Joins Row Over Priests Who Spied for Secret Police
Bush Set for Climate Change U-turn
Judge Orders Arrest of Former Argentinian President Isabel Perón
Six Killed in Somali Presidential Palace Clash
How Us Forged an Alliance With Ethiopia Over Invasion
Rocket Attack on Us Embassy in Greece
Pakistan Angry at Us Intelligence Chief's Terror Claim
India - From Muddy Villages to Boomtown
Somali Islamists Held Uk Meeting to Raise Funds
Syphilis 'back With a Vengeance' in China
Bangladesh Plunged Into Political Chaos
Israeli Right Angry at First Arab in Cabinet
US Warns 'surge' May Take Time
Dancing Girls Video Embarrasses Iranian Tourism Chief
Italy to Ask Japan for Return of 'looted' Antiques
Wreckage Found in Search for Indonesian Plane
Troops Raid Iranian Offices in Iraqi City
The New Plan: Fight the Mahdi Army Toe to Toe, Hope Iraqi Army Holds
Fears of Shia Backlash Against Hardline Tactics
'America is No Longer in the Driving Seat'
Limited Effect on British Plans
Russia Risks Losing Eu Contracts for Energy Supply
Environmental Damage Hit New Heights in 2006
Russian Billionaire Arrested in Alpine 'prostitution' Inquiry
Carter Faces Revolt Over Book on Middle East
Gates Foundation May Shift Billions Into Ethical Stocks After Attack on Investments
Isolated Bush Faces Rebellion Over Iraq
Major Pollution Spill 'every Other Day' in China
Reaction to Bush's Speech on Iraq
Global Warming Blamed As Russian Winter Fails to Materialise
Chavez and Ortega Sworn in As Presidents
UK Tries to Identify British Fighters Injured in Somalia
New Deployment Marks Last Throw of Dice for Bush
Legal Tussle Delays Brown Burial
Civil Servants Get Paid to Walk
Hamas Official Accepts Israel But Stops Short of Recognition
Zimbabwe Hospitals Hit By Doctors' Strike
EU Warns of Global Climate Chaos
Hamas Leader Acknowledges 'reality' of Israel
EU to Demand 30% Emissions Cut
US Bombards Somalia for Third Day
Outback Murderer Loses Falconio Appeal
US Launches New Somalia Raids
Merkel Hits Out at Russian Oil Pipeline Closure
Eta Admits to Fatal December Blast
US and Iraqi Forces Kill 50 in Baghdad
Blair Criticises Manner of Saddam Execution
Judge Berates Nadine Gordimer's Biographer
Pollution Threat in Tehran 'bad As Huge Quake'
Rapid City Growth Means China Faces Rubbish Crisis By 2020
Parents Offer £15,000 for News of Son Missing in Cambodia
America Turns Its Back on Death Penalty After Botched Lethal Injection of Killer
Chávez Puts Shares Into a Spin With Vow to Nationalise Utilities
Blair Breaks Silence to Condemn Manner of Saddam Hanging
Angry Merkel Attacks Putin Over Latest Pipeline Closure
US Launches Air Strikes at Al-qaida Suspects
Chinese Police Kill 18 in Raid on 'terror' Camp
US Gunship Bombs Somalia
Japan Gives Defence Agency Full Ministerial Status
UN Launches £30m Iraq Refugees Appeal
New Video Shows Saddam's Body
US Sets Fresh Targets for Iraqi Government
'More Than Anything We Want Our Children Back. They Have Suffered So Much'
German Court Jails Friend of 9/11 Attackers
Canada Gets Quirky Look at Muslim Life in the Sticks
Rising Iraqi Deaths Loom Over Bush Announcement
African Search for Peace Throws Court Into Crisis
Metal detected on the seabed for Indonesian Plane
UN Chief Urges Maliki to Stay Executions
Parents of Disabled Children Ask Doctors for 'ashley Treatment'
Fatah Faithful Gather in Gaza to Confront Hamas Rivals
Chavez Lays Ground for Steps to Socialism
Bush $1bn Jobs Plan to Draw Iraqis Into Fold
Romania's First Gift to the European Union - a Caucus of Neo-fascists and Holocaust Deniers
Blizzards, Reindeer, Darkness: New Klondike is Hottest Place in Europe
Ortega Banks on Tourism to Beat Poverty
Starving Afghans Sell Girls of Eight As Brides
30,000 More Us Troops for Iraq
Britons to Be Scanned for Fbi Database
Submarine Victims 'trapped in Safety Harnesses'
Cairo Dismayed at 'primitive' Saddam Death
More Troops Will Not Solve Crisis in Iraqi Leadership, Experts Warn
Missing Indonesian Jet - Five Days Since It Vanished, and No Trace of Any Wreckage
Bush Poised to Name New Iraq Commander
Olmert 'wants Coalition Partner to Quit Defence Post'
'My Crime Was to Protest at Israeli Assassinations'
Wyclef Jean Becomes Haiti Ambassador
Iraq to Go Ahead With Hangings Despite Un Call to Halt Them
Terror, Bribery and Intrigue: the Bloody Past Fuelling Lima's Literary Renaissance
Japan to Revise Pacifist Position
Saddam Hussein Execution Video
Iraqi Pm Rules Out Second Term
Opposition Pulls Out of Bangladeshi Elections
Car to Put Brakes on Japanese Drink Drivers
Iraqi Prime Minister Says He Wants to Quit Office
Blair Backs Inquiry But Distances Himself From Prescott Comments
Israeli 'traitor' Vilified in Press Freed After Two Years in Jail
Official Who Filmed Unruly Scenes at Saddam's Execution Arrested
Vehicle's Booze Control to Keep Japanese Drivers on the Wagon
Special Deals and Raw Recruits Employed to Halt the Taliban in Embattled Helmand
Disabled Girl Will Remain a Child All Her Life
Confusion Over Missing Indonesian Jet
US Criticised for Limiting Iraqi Refugee Intake to 500
Ceremony Without Pomp
Peace Process Broken By Eta Bomb, Says Ruling Party
Indian Gang Beats Uk Tourist to Death 'for Harassing Woman'
Papal Choirmaster Writes Musical Based on Dante - and Punk is the Sound of Hell
Sex and Shopping Brings Hiv Crisis in Iran
Oprah Winfrey Opens $40m School for South African Girls
Prescott Attacks 'deplorable' Saddam Execution Scene
Hundreds of People Join Polar Bear Club Members in Icy Splash
Riots Over Police Inaction on Indian Serial Murders
America's Minutemen Build Their Own Fence Against Mexican Migrants
Saddam Was Model Prisoner, Says Nurse
Mugabe Attempts to Close Last Remaining Newspaper Opponents
The Power of the Mobile Phone With Its Shaky, Hand-held Video Footage
Dismay Among Kurds That Genocide Case Unanswered
New Year Celebrations Around the World
Stern Jobs Warning As Bulgaria and Romania Join Eu
Castro Denies Us Claims That His Health is Failing
Series of Bombs in Bangkok Kill Two and Injure at Least 30
How Saddam Died on the Gallows