National & World News Archive December 2006
Gardai Make Record Haul of Firearms in 2006
Hunting the Pack
Hundreds Burned Alive in Lagos Pipeline Fire
Rape Charges Against University Students Dropped
Turkmen Power Struggle Begins After Dictator's Death
Tiny Village Hits El Gordo Lottery Jackpot
Turkmen Power Struggle Begins After Death of Dictator
The Personality Cult of Turkmenbashi
TIme's Up for Turkmenistan's Dictator
£5.5bn City to Solve Moscow Housing Crisis
'Father of the Turkmen' Dies Aged 66
Fears £500m Dublin Tunnel Will Add to Jams
Former Taoiseach Haughey Took Millions for Favours, Report Finds
Fancy a No-frills Break? Try Chechnya
Fancy a No-frills Break? Then Try Chechnya
Bungs, Blank Cheques and the Boss: Final Verdict Delivered on Haughey's Corruption
Ahmadinejad Loses First Electoral Test As Political Rivals Win Key Seats
All-time High for Homegrown As Pot Becomes Top Cash Crop in Us
Memphis Mourns Lizzie Bolden, Born the Year Bram Stoker Began Writing Dracula
US Army Near Breaking Point, Top General Warns
Thieves Make Off With Bizet's Bust in Series of Cemetery Raids
Tougher Entry Rules Stall Eu Enlargement
Snapshot of the Us: 65 Days in Front of the Tv and Five Months of Media
Rift Over Billy Graham Burial Plan
30,000 Delhi Couples Heed Astrologers and Tie the Knot
At Least 71 Shia Killed As Bombers Lure Job Seekers Into Minibus Trap
Trail of Poison From Key Litvinenko Witness Lands Four in Hospital
Relief and Regret for Family of Missing Briton
€27m Prize That Nearly Was
Web Journalist Jailings 'reflect Power of Internet'
Zeffirelli Returns in Triumph
Commonwealth Suspends Fiji After Coup
Naked Commissioner Under Fire
Scandal Over Nude Images of Top Eu Official
Litvinenko Buried As Investigations Widen
Situation is Grave, Deteriorating and Threatens Wider War, Says Baker Report
A Welcome From Beckett, But Scorn and Scepticism Abroad
Sabbath Flights Prompt Threats of El Al Boycott
Dutch Honour Soldiers Who Stood By at Srebrenica Massacre
The Guesthouse That Saves Lives
Fiji's History of Coups
US Marine Gets 40 Years for Rape
Rumsfeld Left Secret 'cut and Run' Memo
'I Had Lost Every Hope. My Personality Had Been Wiped'
Convent to Bring Spirit Back to Chapel
Voyage of Hope Ends in Despair
Alpha Particles Have Devastating Effect on Human Tissue
Corruption: the 'second Insurgency' Costing $4bn a Year
Litvinenko Affair: Now the Man Who Warned Him Poisoned Too
Bush: Execution is a Milestone
Why 'french Elvis' Seeks Out the High Life in Gstaad
Mugabe's Party Resists Bid to Extend His Rule
Hundreds Die As Ferry Sinks
Joy and Regret for Those Who Endured a Brutal Regime
Family Clues to Iraq's Missing Oil Billions
Saddam Executed
Saddam Hussein Executed
Alleged Mass Murderers Who Believed They Were Safe in Britain
A Thug Who Used Terror and War to Stay in Power
Basra Death Raises Toll to 127 As Archbishop Says He Might Have Done More to Stop War
Champs Elysées 'declining Into Oxford St'
20 More Genocide Suspects Still Living in Uk
Saddam's Last Hours
Somali Forces Regain Mogadishu
Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Desert Blast
Israel Allows £6m Arms Delivery to Abbas's Forces
Ford Attacks Bush Over Iraq Invasion in Message From Beyond the Grave
Islamist Forces Desert Somali Capital
Saddam Urges Iraqis to Unite Against 'invaders'
Bush Leads Tributes After Ford Dies at 93
Inside Story of a Regime of Terror
Gerald Ford
Major Dubai Building Project Takes Ipod As Its Inspiration
Israeli Roadblock Pledge Derided
Fears for Machu Picchu As Mayor Builds Easy-access Bridge
Saddam to Hang Within 30 Days
Asia Remembers Tsunami Victims
Us Kills Taliban Chief | Nigeria: Bird Flu Spreads
Maverick's Bid to Bring Surfing to the Stadium
Roman Abramovich Interview: Inside the Hidden World of Roman's Empire
Sangatte's Criminal Gangs Now Hold the Key to Reaching Britain
Bush May Boost Iraq Troops By 20,000
Surprise Gaza Talks Raise Hope for Peace
Channel Tunnel is Terror Target
UN Sanctions Hit Iran After Call By Bush
North Korea Nuclear Talks End Without Agreement
Hamas and Fatah Renew Hostilities
Retired Narcotics Officer Tells Public How to Hoodwink Drugs Police
Bomb 'could Flood New York Subway Within Hours'
US Tests Call-up System But Denies Return to Conscription
Old Allegiances Crumble in Battle for Palestinian Hearts and Minds
Iraq Sacrifices Worthwhile, Claims Rice
Four Us Marines Charged With Iraq Murders
14 Killed in Baghdad Suicide Bombing
Global Flu Pandemic Would Probably Kill 62m, Study Says
Eyesore or Eye-opener? The New Brooklyn
Mercy Killing Reignites Italian Euthanasia Row
Judges Question French Pm Over 'smear Plot'
Raúl Will Not Imitate 'irreplaceable' Fidel
US Warns North Korea Not to Divert Nuclear Talks
UN Poised to Pass Iran Sanctions Despite Threat
US Marine Faces 13 Iraq Murder Charges
Green Power to the Sri Lankan People
Holocaust Denier Irving Freed Early From Prison
Abramovich: No More Politics
'We Are Facing the Hardest Christmas Yet'
Prodi Fights to Save 'clean' Image After Anti-corruption Judge Quits
Baby Put Through Airport X-ray
Injured Hiker Survived 24 Days on Mountain By 'hibernating'
Spanish Government Holds 'first Official Meeting' With Eta
Bush Plans Bigger Army Amid Fear of New Iraq Deployment
Bush Defies Commanders By Bolstering Troops
Fighters Withdraw From Gaza Streets
Jordan Offers to Host Fatah-hamas Talks
London Hotel Staff Test Positive for Polonium-210
Iran: Sanctions Will Not Stop Nuclear Plans
Mahdi Army Biggest Threat to Iraqi Security, Report Says
Briton on Baby Snatch Charge Freed on Bail
Tsunami Victims Still Wait for Promised Billions
Germany Puts the Sluggish Years Behind It As Confidence Returns
US Threatening Hamas Rule, Says Haniyeh
Spanish Airline Crisis Strands Thousands of Immigrants
Anger As Libyan Retrial Hands Death Sentence to Medics
US Considers Naval Build-up As Warning to Iran
Iraq Was Terrible Mistake, Thinktank Says
Ahmadinejad in Electoral Setback
Abbas Receives Blair's Backing
North Korea Demands End to Sanctions As Nuclear Talks Resume
Powell: Us Army Almost Broken
The Dark Side of the Christmas Orange Harvest
Hospital Gives New Mums Five-star Treatment
Spain Recalls a War Fought on Newsprint
UN Urges Condolence Fund Amid 'concern' at Afghan Civilian Deaths
'Americans' Helped Iraqi Ex-minister Escape Jail
Blair Makes One Last Push in Middle East With Palestinian Funding Plan
Briton Denies Snatching Baby From 15-year-old Romanian Mother
French to Leave Afghan South
Diplomacy in the Air As Iberia Flies to Gibraltar
Bush Accused of Gagging Critic of Iran Policy
Iranian Students Hide in Fear for Lives After Venting Fury at Ahmadinejad
Gaza Fighting Casts Shadow Over Pm's Visit
Judge Unity Dow on Botswana's Most Expensive Trial
Drugs Boom Fuels Dublin Gang Killings
Medics Face Death While Libya Uses Hiv Children As Diplomatic Pawns
US Accused of Using Aid to Sway Votes in Un Security Council
British Tycoon Seizes Tv Crew in Battle Over Mugabe Film
Abbas Threatens to Sack Hamas-led Government
Practical Action Lights Up Future for Nepalese Villagers
Florida Executions on Hold After Botched Injection
French Actor Jailed for Racial Abuse
Somali Militants Target Ethiopian Troops
Violence Between Rival Palestinian Groups Edged Closer Towards Civil War Today
Germans Face Pressure to Revive Eu Treaty
Congress Trip Could Thaw Cuban Relations
Bush Likely to Reject Study Group Call for Withdrawal From Iraq
'This Looks Like Civil War' - Palestinians Battle on the Streets
Iranians Vote in First Test for Ahmadinejad
Border Clash Prompts Claim of Assassination Attempt on Palestinian Pm Ismail Haniyeh
Prosecutors Move Closer to Darfur Trial
Clashes at Border As Hamas Tries to Bring in Cash
Looming Somalian War Menaces Whole Region - Un
French Murder Verdict Upheld - 82 Years on
Slow Death Prompts Renewed Calls to End Us Executions
British Soldiers Cleared of Rapes in Kenya
Embassies and Public Duped By Belgian Tv Hoax
Crossing Closed As Hamas Tries to Bring in Cash
Civilians Flee Somali Town As Government and Islamist Rebels Prepare for War
Japanese Pm Forfeits Pay Over Rigged Public Meetings
Study Shows Circumcision Can Halve Hiv Risk
Boy Who Could Walk on Hot Coals Offers Clues to Pain Management
Pistes Feel the Heat of Climate Change
UK Suspect Avoids Pakistan Terror Charges
BBC World Dropped for Al-jazeera English in Israel
Kalahari Bushmen Win Land Battle
Gunmen Kill Hamas Judge at Court Door
Bushmen Win Rights Over Ancestral Lands
Ski Resorts Face Uncertain Future
Children in Rural Areas to Get School Fees Paid
If Us Leaves Iraq We Will Arm Sunni Militias, Saudis Say
Breakthrough Hailed As Study Shows Circumcision Can Halve Hiv Risk
China to Waive School Fees for 150m Rural Children
Gunmen Kill Hamas-linked Judge
Bush Postpones Iraq Strategy Announcement
Iraq War Not Worth It, Americans Say
Moth Threatens Prickly End for Mexico's National Symbol
Middle East Questions Stump Democrats' Intelligence Overseer
Move to Bring Genocide Case Against Ahmadinejad As Iran President Repeats Call to Wipe Out Israel
Our Enemies Will Burn in Hell With Us, Says Karzai
Revered and Reviled, Pinochet Makes His Last Journey on Caravan of Death
Calls for Olmert to Resign After Nuclear Gaffe
Annan Calls for Urgent Action on Darfur
Falconio Conviction Was 'miscarriage of Justice'
Baghdad Blasts Kill 57
Students Protest Against 'dictator' Ahmadinejad
German Gamers Face Jail for Acts of Virtual Violence
'They Were Targeting the Children': Gaza Factions Hit New Level of Horror
$20bn Gas Project Seized By Russia
Turkey Deal Set to Avoid Eu Summit Row
Annan Bows Out of Un With Attack on Bush
Brockovich's Town in Battle Over Sewage
Holocaust Deniers Gather in Iran for 'scientific' Conference
Turkey Urges Eu Not to Derail Accession Hopes
Gunmen Kill Children of Hamas Critic
Augusto Pinochet: Tea and Trials
German Inquiry Throws Up New Twist in Litvinenko Murder Case
'Jihad Equipment is Not for Personal Use': Taliban Rules
Hurricanes Bring Orange Growers a Windfall
'Grenada 17' May Walk Free 23 Years After Caribbean Coup
Afghanistan's Opium Poppies Will Be Sprayed, Says Us Drugs Tsar
Talabani Lashes Out at 'dangerous' Baker Report on Us Role in Iraq
Augusto Pinochet 1915-2006
Irish Duo Dish Out the Dirt and Rake in the Dollars
'Kiss-and-tell' Rocks Bright Lights of Japan
A Victim's View of Tragic Darfur
Backlash Over Return of Looted Art
After Baker, What Next for the War in Iraq?
Morales Leads Way for Latin American Harmony
Third Litvinenko Contact Reportedly Poisoned
Ireland's Bishops Voice Opposition to Lowering Age of Consent
A Disaster Waiting to Happen - Why a Huge Earthquake Near Istanbul Seems Inevitable
Nazi Claims and Sex Scandal Threaten Polish Government
Blow to Blair Mission As Palestinian Pm Vows Never to Recognise Israel
Rumsfeld's Final Message: We'll Succeed in Iraq
In the Rice Paddies of Sri Lanka, a New Enemy: Salt
Troops Under Investigation for Kandahar Shooting Spree
Seoul Charges Five With Spying for North Korea
Hamas: We Will Never Recognise Israel
Misbah Rana/molly Campbell Staying in Pakistan - for Now
Bush-Blair Split Over Report's Key Proposals
Baker Report Dismissed As Unrealistic and Ill-informed
Prime Minister to Visit Israel for Talks in Final Push for Peace
EU Summit Row Looms Over Turkish Plan to Break Deadlock in Talks
Italian Votes to Be Recounted
UN Plea for Millions in Palestinian Aid Amid Fears of Economic Collapse
French Police Criticised Over Deaths of Youths That Led to Riots
An 80-hour Week for 5p an Hour: the Real Price of High-street Fashion
Ankara's Exercise in Realpolitik
Bush: Victory Still Important in Iraq
EU-minded Ankara Offers Concession on Cyprus
Warning Over Spiralling Iraq Refugee Crisis
Bush Told: Alter Iraq Policy or Risk Disaster
Extra Firepower Called for to Rescue Nato From Quagmire
Prime Minister Seizes Chance for Progress on Palestinian Crisis
War Crimes Tribunal Orders Force-feeding of Serbian Warlord
Parade of Chinese Prostitutes Provokes Backlash
Rwandan Leader Accuses France of Aiding Genocide
LA Returns Water That Helped Make It a City
Iraq Study Group Urges Troop Withdrawal
South Africa's Constitutional Court Symbolises the Fight Against Apartheid
Bosnian Anger Over Dutch Srebrenica Medals
Saddam to Boycott 'comedy' Trial
US Not Winning Iraq War, Admits Us Defence Secretary Nominee
Horrors of Closet Civil War Played Out in No Man's Land
The News Through French Eyes: Chirac Tv Takes on 'anglo-saxon Imperialism'
Spain Tries to Remove Burger Ads
Merkel Will Not Seek Deadline for Turkey to Open Ports to Cyprus
Marine Dies in Clash With Taliban
Austria's Hills Aren't Alive With Sound of Skiing
Atrocity or Masterpiece? Foster's Tower Ignites New York Battle
Moscow Frustrates Yard's Poison Death Inquiry
Britons to Attend Iran's Holocaust Conference
Rumsfeld Successor: 'we're Not Winning War'
30 Killed in Baghdad Attacks
Musharraf Offers Kashmir 'solution'
Annan: Iraq Was Safer Under Saddam
American Soldier Jailed for Rape in Philippines
US Ambassador to Un John Bolton Resigns
World's Youth Believe 'war on Terror' Counterproductive
Yard's Poison Murder Investigators Face Huge Extradition Obstacle As They Arrive in Moscow
Video Reveals Harsh Treatment of Terror Suspect
Hardliners Turn on Ahmadinejad for Watching Women Dancers
Chávez Triumph Brings Emollient Words From Us
Bush Loses Another Ally As Un Ambassador Bolton Resigns in Face of Senate Hostility
World Bank Praised for Accountability
Venezuelans Return Chávez to Power By a Landslide
A Third Term Likely for Chávez, Says Exit Poll
'I Knew Afghanistan Would Be Tough, But I Didn't Think It Would Be This Tough'
Detectives Fly to Russia to Question Businessmen
Doctors Say Scaramella Suffering No Ill-effects From Radiation Poisoning
Portly Politicians Begin Online Slim in Land of the Rising Tum
Ex-BAE Chairman is Recruited By Kazakhstan
Drug Pirates Leave Death in Their Wake
Forget Shopping, This Could Turn Into a Crash
Rumsfeld: Us Failing in Iraq
Old Women Step Forward As 'martyrs'
Bush to Reject Iraq Pullout
Millions Assigned Terror Risk Score on Trips to Us
Charisma and Chequebook Mean the Chavez Show Will Go on
Chinese Tycoon Hit By 'curse of the Rich List'
US Visitors Face Terror Profiling
Hundreds Feared Dead in Philippine Mudslides
Dubai to Build World's First Rotating Skyscraper
Sri Lankan President's Brother Escapes Suicide Attack
Japanese 'war Orphans' Win Compensation
388 Dead in Philippine Mudslides
'Litvinenko Laughed Off My Warning. He Said It Was Like the Plot of a Film'
Welcome to Loudon, Usa, Where Rebuilding Has Sparked a Goldrush
The Magic Realism of Venezuelan Television
Aids Plan Seeks to Halve Infection Rate in Five Years
Legal System Criticised As Guilty Verdicts Upheld
Philippine Typhoon Toll Rises
Praise and Fears As Pope Ends Turkish Visit
Chaos Erupts As Mexican President is Sworn in
Charisma and Petro-dollars Mean the Show Will Go on for Chávez
Millions Assigned Terror Risk Score on Trips to the Us
Nepal's Farmers on the Front Line of Global Climate Change
Feds Rate Travelers on How Likely They Are to be Terrorists