National & World News Archive April 2006
Mobile Vigilantes Snap Sex Pests in Action
The World in a Week
Crete Copycat Killings May Help Accused Briton
Mayor's Former Adviser Cleared of Theft
Gulag Outcast Turns Kremlin Apologist
'A Blend of Journalism and Acupuncture' - the 85-year-old Who Terrifies Presidents
Life Imitates Art As Thief Returns Stolen Baby
Leaders' Gun Battle Threatens Chechen Stability
Belarus Opposition Leader Jailed for Protest
Pope Orders Cutbacks in the 'saint Factory'
Gorbachev in Row on 20th Anniversary of Chernobyl Disaster
New Blow to Survivors With Plan to Wipe Devastated Town Off the Map
1,000 Secret Cia Flights Revealed
Nepalese Troops Shoot Six Protesters Dead
EU Inquiry Into Strasbourg Rent
Pentagon Plan to Free 140 From Guantánamo
Hardest Hit Fear They Will Again Take the Blame
20 Years On, No End in Sight to the Suffering
Nepal Protesters Call for New Concessions
'Some People Started to Panic and Ran Into the Waves'
Nepalese Opposition Calls Off Protests
'There Were Bangs ... Then I Saw the Bodies'
Piscine Pedicure Keeps Bathers on Their Toes
Nepalese King Offers to Reinstate Parliament to Head Off Protests
Nepal's King Restores Parliament
The Nhs Cash Crisis
Armenian Student Killed in Moscow Race Attack
Villa Owner Rejects Memorial to Churchill
Protesters Plan Final Heave to Rid Nepal of Monarch
The World in a Week: a Suicide and Two Lifelines
Did Iceman Accept Mob Contract on Union Boss?
King Gives Up Power But Fails to End Crisis in Nepal
Shias Hope Election Will Break Deadlock
Protests and Death on the Streets of Kathmandu
Family Refuses Fbi Access to Columnist's 'legacy'
US Reveals Names of Guantánamo Detainees
Straw Demands Release of Man With Mi5 Links From Guantánamo
America Faces Steep Rise in Rent for Military Base
Two Students Charged As Rape Case Heightens Race Tensions
Daughters of Doomsday Cult Leader Fight to Save Their 'loving' Father
Bhopal Hunger Strikers Win Clean-up Fight
Flood Chaos As Danube Reaches 100-year High
Anti-gay Church Hounds Military Funerals
Opus Dei Paper Prints Prophet in Hell Cartoon
Boomtown Jo'burg Rides the New Gold Rush
Mine's a Wee Dram O' Molasses-based Spirit
Ski Slopes' Hidden Perils Take Record Toll
Couple's Con Over Sextuplets That Never Were
Bittersweet Smell of Success for Gossip Columnist
Nebraska Goes Back to Dividing Schools on Racial Lines
Lancet Calls for Lsd in Labs
Chad Regime Under Threat After Rebel Attack on Capital
A Game of Two Other Halves
The Airport With No Planes
Ali, the Greatest, Sells His Name and Image for $50m
Tehran to Expand Uranium Enrichment on Industrial Scale
New Government Could Be a Month Away, Says Prodi
United 93: I Understand You Have a Bomb Aboard
Bandido Bikers May Be Victims of the Mob
Chirac Backs Down and Scraps Youth Job Law
110 Feared Dead in Ghanaian Boat Disaster
Reuters Soundman 'killed Unlawfully'
Violence Grips Nepal As Leadership Crisis Deepens
90th Anniversary of 1916 Revolt
Litter Patrol Takes to Streets of Grozny
US Church Offers Olive Branch to Anglicans on Gay Clergy
10 Years Later, Still No Peace for Veronica Guerin
Young Exiles Embrace the Anglo Model
Gossip Writer Accused of Extortion Plot Against Billionaire
Marbella, Where Corruption and Bad Taste Thrive
'We Need Regime Change in This Country'
Triple Suicide Bombing Kills 74 at Mosque
De Villepin Ignores Calls to Resign Over Youth Job Law
Mladic's Wife Accuses Serb Officials of Harassment to Force Surrender
Judas: This is What Really Happened
Miller's Family Push for Prosecution
Thai Prime Minister Hands Over Power to Deputy
Your Challenge: Think Up a New Word for 'airbag'
Marbella Council Dissolved After Corruption Claims
Top Republican Resigns As Us Bribery Scandal Claims Biggest Scalp
Time Please? It's 1.2.3 4/5/6
Embattled Thai Pm Resigns 'for Sake of Unity'
Thai Pm Stands Down
Miller 'had Little Chance of Survival'
Toddler Safe After Ride in Sewer
Thai Pm Battles for Survival As Protest 'no Vote' Surpasses 40%
Washington Digs in Against the Invaders
Miller 'most Likely Killed in Cold Blood'
Thais Face Further Political Turmoil After Poll Boycott
Return My Work, Says Guantánamo Poet
Newly Discovered Letters Show Brecht's Talent for Offending
Rape Case Highlights South's Abiding Divide
Inquiry to Focus on Minutes Before Dhow Sailed
Lourdes Miracles Get a Little Easier
Nepal could achieve UN goal of reducing poverty by half
Chancellor Pays Tribute After Death of Galbraith, 97
Poland Recalls Hitler-stalin Pact Amid Fears Over Pipeline
Rights Row As Jolie and Pitt Prepare Namibian Nest
Berlusconi Allies to Insist on Choosing President
Memorial for Pollution Victims As Tokyo Finally Says Sorry
China Pays for Boy, 15, Killed After 1989 Arrest
Toll Mounts As Sri Lanka's Peace Falters
US Protesters Stage One-day Boycott Over Immigrant Bill
Brown Leads Tributes to Jk Galbraith
Wiseguy Bush Sends in the Clones
Billions Wasted in Iraq, Says Us Audit
Darfur Peace Hopes Collapse As Rebels Reject Proposed Deal
'Prince of Pot' Sows the Seeds of His Own Destruction
Outpost of Hope in the War on Aids in Africa
King Halts Thailand's Troubles
Catalans' Goal Divides Spain
Come Sing Along, Senor Bush
Bush Objects to Spanish Version of Us Anthem
From Traders to Tankers: Who Makes a Mint Out of $70-barrel Oil
US Admits Iraq Could Become Haven for Terror
Sri Lanka Inches Back From Brink of Civil War
Scathing Nuclear Report As Us Brands Iran Enemy No 1
Meet Bush's Latest Enemy in the War on Iraq: the Raging Grannies of Tucson, Arizona
Senate Votes Cast Cloud Over Prodi's Hopes of Running Italy
Prodi's Coalition Clears First Senate Hurdle
Iran Ignores Nuclear Deadline
Hyundai Head Faces Arrest Over Slush Fund
Talkshow Host is Next on Bush's Frontline
Milestone for Gay Rights As Indonesia Gets First Pink Guidebook
Five Killed in Mine Blasts As Sri Lanka Edges Closer to War
Iran Hangs Tough As It Fails to Meet Nuclear Deadline
Rights Group Backs Iranian World Cup Ban
Rebuilding Ground Zero
Beelzebub of Italian Politics Holds Key to Prodi's Future
Mother Killed Nine Babies, Court Told
Exclusive Interview: General Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan
Iran Has Bought Long-range Missiles, Says Israel
Tax Too High? Then Set Your Own Budget, Says French Finance Boss
Putin Diverts New Oil Pipeline From Lake Baikal After Protests
Suicide Bomb Attacks at Sinai Peacekeeping Base
Thousands in Sri Lanka Flee Bombing Raids
Rice and Rumsfeld Bury the Hatchet for Iraq Visit
Battle for the Soul and Bank Balance of New York's Most Powerful Hasidic Sect
Briton Accused of Central Role in Libya's Nuclear Bomb Plan
Suicide Bombers Attack Peacekeepers in Egypt
Norway Gives $20m to Cash-strapped Palestinians
Talkshow Host to Become White House Press Chief
Sri Lanka Launches Airstrikes Against Tamil Rebels
Suicide Bomber Pushes Sri Lanka Close to All-out War
India Flexes Its Muscles With First Foreign Military Base
Bush Tries to Head Off Panic Over Petrol Prices
Zarqawi Shows Face for First Time Since Start of Iraq Insurgency
Suicide Bomber Targets Sri Lankan Military Chief
Harrier Jets to Stay in Afghanistan
Iran Delivers Sanctions Warning
Leaders Condemn Egypt Blasts
Bombs Kill at Least 23 in Egyptian Resort Town
Perfect Timing for Local Militants to Strike
Your Country Needs You Not to Snore, Says Army
Former Enron Chief Tells Court of His 'american Nightmare'
Japan to Pay 60% of Costs of Moving Us Troops to Guam
Writs Fly As Sarkozy Bids to Unmask Poison-pen Writer
President Lifts Ban on Women Watching Football in Iran
Magistrate Attacks 'debacle' of Racial Murder Case
1,000 Iraqis at Risk of Nuclear Contamination, Says Iaea
Baroness Plans Prado Road Change Protest
Saddam Trial Hears Phone Call Linked to Massacre Claims
As Zimbawe's Economy Collapses, a Tiny Few Make Huge Profits
Iran Biggest Threat Since Nazis, Says Israel As Ahmadinejad Provokes New Outrage
World Bank Accused of Deception Over Malaria Funding
Bombs Kill at Least 21 in Egyptian Resort Town
Egypt Blasts Kill at Least 30
Death Penalty 'would Make Moussaoui a Martyr'
Several Dead in Egypt Blasts
Moussaoui Prosecutor Calls for Death Penalty
Hamas Faces Expulsion Threat
Saddam Trial Hears 'retaliation' Tape
Five Maoist Rebels Killed in Rural Nepal
Iraq's Pm-designate Gets Warm Welcome
Alaskan Boys 'planned School Massacre'
New Bin Laden Tape Issues Threat to Civilians
Man Plucked From Sea Keeps Police Guessing
Israelis Get Civilian Pm and Defence Minister
Chinese Flee Backlash From Pacific Cold War
Behind a Facade of Normality, Zimbabwe is Visibly Falling Apart
Alaskan Boys 'planning School Massacre'
Last Rites for Shrivelling Dead Sea
He's the Chat Show Queen of Pakistan
Iraq's Political Paralysis Ends As Shia is Chosen As New Prime Minister
Darfur Relief Operation Weeks Away From Collapse, Warns Un
Palestinian President Vetoes Hamas Police
Abbas Deals Blow to Hamas Over Security Force
Senior Tory Calls for Withdrawal From Iraq
15 Years for Briton Convicted in Iraq
Comeback for British Films
Vanunu Hit By Further Ban on Leaving Israel
Vani Tradition in Pakistan
EU Accused of Ignoring Human Rights Abuses in Rush for Gas Deal
47 Bodies Found After Bus Plunges Into Lake
Spain to Size Up Fashion Industry
Bible Studies May Reveal Godfather's Secrets
Dust Storms and Pollution Force Beijing to Go Greener
Protester Gatecrashes Hu Visit As China and Us Fail to Make Progress
Baghdad Mosques Become Vigilante Forts As Sectarianism Divides Suburbs
Shoe Bomber Reid 'not Linked With Moussaoui Plot'
Three Killed in Nepal Protests
Bush Meets Chinese President
New Solomon Islands Pm Sworn in Amid Violence
Mother Tells Court of Pain Over Daughter's Death
Two Killed in Nepal Protests
Briton Jailed for 15 Years in Iraq
UK Transplant Patients Go to China for Organs From Executed Prisoners
Shoot-on-sight Curfew Declared to Foil Nepal Rally
The New York Doorman: Taxi-hailer, Status Symbol - Striker
Human Rights Concerns Threaten to Sour Us-china Summit
Annual Execution Figures Show Dramatic Fall
Iran's Enemy Lies Within
Police in Tehran Ordered to Arrest Women in 'un-islamic' Dress
Germany to Release Archive Files on Millions of Nazi Victims
Berlusconi Silent After Prodi Declared Italian Election Victor
Missing Bin Ladens Puzzle Spain
Big Money Bad for Soccer, Says Günter Grass
Rove Gets Frontline Role in Bush Team Shake-up
Bush's Official Spokesman Quits
China 'using Prisoner Organs for Transplants'
Commuters Rescued From Stranded New York Cable Cars
Sun Says Sorry to Teri Hatcher
Singaporean Father Admits Repeated Rape of Five Daughters
Nepal Police Fire on Protesters As More Defy King's Rule
Court Rules Jailed Tycoon's Solitary Confinement Was Illegal
Clinton War Chest Adds Weight to Rumours of 2008 White House Bid
Iranian Group Seeks British Suicide Bombers
Number of Refugees Drops to Lowest Level for 25 Years
Israel Rules Out Military Strike After Tel Aviv Blast
Iran 'will Cut Off Hands of Aggressors'
Oil Prices Rise Amid Iran Fears
New York Times Wins Pulitzer for Wiretap Story
Two Suffer Burns After Barbecue Ends With Bang
'Lost' Japanese Veteran Returns From Ukraine
Two Gypsies Shot As Russian Race Attacks Continue
Burning of Sanctuary Stokes Fears of Islamophobia in Spain
Suspect Kills Himself After Murder of Us Sex Offenders
US Refuses to Discuss Iran's Nuclear Plans in Face-to-face Talks on Iraq
Suicide Bomber Strikes Tel Aviv
Suicide Bomber Kills Nine in Tel Aviv
Suicide Bomber Kills 8 in Tel Aviv
Suicide Bomber Kills Six in Tel Aviv
Tehran Offers £30m for Palestinian Crisis
Bomb Kills British Soldier in Iraq
Call Goes Out for Top Brass to Back Rumsfeld
Assault Victim Loses Job and Home for Helping Police
Michael Howard in Kirkuk on Iraq's Hospital Murders
Irish Troops and Tanks Salute Easter Rising
Leaders Call for Calm Over Iran's Nuclear Ambitions
Eight Miles of Murder
So How Close is a Showdown Over Iran?
Gaza on Brink of Implosion As Aid Cut-off Starts to Bite
McDonald's Accused of 'acting Like the Taliban'
Woman, 87, Held for Boy's Murder After 30 Years on Run
No Plan B - So Could the Us Ever Learn to Live With Iran in the Nuclear Club?
Fresh Cheese and Sweet Nothings - the Love Letters That Led to Don's Lair
Army Report on Al-qaida Accuses Rumsfeld
Britain Took Part in Mock Iran Invasion
Contested Ballots Deal New Blow to Berlusconi
More Us Generals Turn on Rumsfeld
British Troops Wounded in Afghan Blast
Iran Vows Not to Retreat on Nuclear Programme
Man Tells of Surviving 70 Days in Outback on Diet of Frogs and Snakes
Police Turn Water Cannon on Rural Protest in China
China Poised to Rule the Waves But Fears Are Raised About Quality of New Vessels
Iran Escapes Un Ban on Caviar Exports
Beijing's Hand-picked Panchen Lama Makes His Global Debut
Russia Ready to Buck the Trend
Prodi Quickly Caught in Row Over Remarks About Hamas
'I Feel Like I Did in the Vietnam Days - I Hate to Pay Taxes Just So They Can Go and Bomb More People'
General Joins Attack on Rumsfeld Over Iraq War
Moussaoui Attacks Own Lawyers
Australian Pm Denies Knowledge of Saddam Bribes
China Warns on 'unhealthy' Websites
ElBaradei Backs Iran Negotiations
Iran Vows to Continue Uranium Enrichment
Into Africa: British Museum's Reply to Ownership Debate
Russia Bans Imports of Alcohol From Neighbours
EU Threatens Legal Action Over Tobacco Adverts in Germany
White House Admits Iraq Wmds Error
Terrorist 'lookalike' Wins $27.5m
Prosecutors Fear Capture of Mafia Boss Will Spark Bloody War of Succession
Petrol Prices to Rise As Iran Crisis Hits Oil Markets
Bells Ring Out on Day of Rejoicing and Patriotic Pride
Moussaoui Jury Hears 9/11 Cockpit Recordings
Straw Voices Concern Over Iran Nuclear Announcement
Chirac Congratulates Prodi on Election Win
Australian Pm to Face Bribe Inquiry
Prodi Pushes to Form New Government
Explainer: Enriching Uranium
Three British Soldiers Injured By Landmine in Afghanistan
Iran Declares: We Are in the Nuclear Club
3am: Power Changes Hands in Italy. 11.30am: the Boss of Bosses is Caught
Berlusconi Refuses to Concede and Demands Recount
A Triumph of Sorts As the Professor Beats the Clown
Street Crime in St Petersburg
Israeli Cabinet Brings Curtain Down on Sharon Era
Gaza Families Watch in Awe and Fear As Israelis Pour in 300 Shells a Day
Britons Among Injured As Landmine Blast Kills 11
Tehran's Triumphalism Plays Into Hands of Us Hawks
Fuel Grade - Not Weapons Grade
Sarkozy Pushes Claims in Wake of Chirac Retreat
Court Indicts 29 Over Madrid Train Blasts
Bush's Childhood House Opens to Public
White House Row Over Gay 'invasion' of Easter Egg Roll
Karachi Bomb Attack Leaves at Least 45 Sunni Worshippers Dead
Seven Children Killed As Rocket Hits School in Afghanistan
Prodi Victorious in Italian Poll
Iran Claims Nuclear Breakthrough
Iraqi Pm Clings to Political Life
Iraqi Journalist Wins Martha Gellhorn Prize
100 Journalists Arrested in Nepal
Top Mafia Boss Arrested
29 Charged Over Madrid Bombings
Thousands of Immigrants Protest at New Legislation
Five Charged Over Murder of Canadian Bikers
Prodi Claims Victory in Italy Poll
Bush: Indo-US deal part of efforts to get away from fossil fuels
Berlusconi Clings to Last Miracle
Need for Reform Makes Italian Leadership Tough Proposition
Social Democrat Leader Quits After 5 Months
Security Lapse Reveals Secrets of Air Force One
'I'll Fight Charges Until I Die,' Former Enron Chief Tells Us Court
EU Suspends Aid to Palestinian Authority
Iraqi Pm on Brink of Climbdown After Sunnis and Kurds Refuse to Work With Him
Europe Proposes Limited Sanctions to Halt Tehran's Nuclear Ambitions
Italy Faces Political Turmoil As Berlusconi Battles to the End
Italian Election Too Close to Call
Bush Dismisses Report of Plan to Attack Iran
Prodi Wins Italy's Election - Exit Polls
Mandela Warns Brown to Keep His £8.5bn Promise
Chirac to Scrap Employment Law
Leftwing Candidate Leads Peru's Presidential Race
Chirac Backs Down on Employment Law
High Turnout in Italian Elections
Leaked Report Reveals Us Concerns on Iraq
Bloody Clashes As Nepal Police Battle Protesters
29 Women and Children Killed in Mosque Stampede
Former Syrian Leader Charged With Conspiracy
Italian Elections Turnout
Israel to Boycott Inquest Into Death of British Peace Activist Shot in Gaza
The Trailer Park Hq Where the 'long War' is Being Waged
US Plans Strike to Topple Iran Regime - Report
Irish Spend Billions in Uk Property Spree
Stars Take the Shine Off Hillary's Bid
Moving Echo of Vietnam's Tragic Doctor
Hollywood Salutes 9/11 All-american Heroes
Hamas in Call to End Suicide Bombings
Israeli Missiles Kill Militants and Boy in Car
Rumsfeld and Rice Fall Out Over War Tactics
Student Dies in Russia's Latest Racist Attack
'It's Part of Our Lives, We Know How to Live With It'
Berlusconi Pledges More Tax Cuts to Try to Avoid Defeat
Abbas: Our Sons Will Fight Israelis for a Just Deal
Jagger Damns Chinese With Faint Praise for Banning Songs
White House Declines to Deny Bush 'leak'
Asian Earthquake Victims 'missing Out on School'
Fresh Stalemate Over Us Immigration Bill
US Admits to Talks With Iraqi Insurgents
US Senators Reach Compromise on Immigration Bill
China Clamps Down on Foreign Magazines
Bush Implicated in Leak on Iraq Intelligence
Berlusconi 'has Proof' Mills is Innocent
Israelis Arrest Palestinian Minister at Border
Afghan Drugs Barons Flaunt Their Wealth and Power
Chirac Leaves Controversial Legacy With Monument to African and Asian Culture
Indian Police Arrest Hunger Striker
Senator Sues Over Former Aide's Sex Blog
Ten Killed and 40 Wounded By Najaf Car Bomb
Briton Shot By Israelis Was Murdered, Says Inquest Jury
Swan Had Lethal Flu Virus
James Miller 'killed Unlawfully'
Swan Tested for Lethal Flu Strain
Israelis Detain Palestinian Minister
Bird Flu Swan Found a Week Ago
Argentina and Uruguay Shun Us Military Academy
The 7,000km Journey That Links Amazon Destruction to Fast Food
Problem Children Locked Up in Pig Pens, Spanish Police Say
Turkey Warned Hardline Tactics May Derail Eu Talks
A Million at Risk As Georgian Floods Loom
End Job Law in 10 Days or Face Chaos, French Pm Told
Militant Group Says Grim Video Shows Downed Us Apache Pilot
Bellydancing Out, Cinema In, Says Hamas
Berlusconi Backs Down Over Solo Tv Slot
Venezuelans Rage Against Crime Wave After Murder of Kidnapped Brothers
New Bird Flu Warning: Keep Cats Indoors
Al-Jazeera Reporter Appeals Against Jail Term
Saddam Links Court to 'torturing' Ministry
India Calls in Police to Probe Fashion Faux Pas
I Will Not Be Forced Out By Us and Uk, Says Iraqi Pm
Ten Dead After Killing Spree By South African Police Detective
Shooting of British Cameraman By Israeli Soldier Cold-blooded Murder, Inquest Told
Kadima and Labour Agree to Share Power
Tycoon Found Murdered on Eve of Fraud Charges Hearing
Berlusconi Accused of Hitting New Low After 'dickheads' Jibe
Muslim India Struggles to Escape the Past
France's Political Crisis Grows As 3 Million Take to Streets
I Will Not Be Forced Out By Us and Britain - Iraqi Pm
Soldiers 'ignored Pleas for Help'
Scandal-hit Republican Lynchpin to Quit Congress
France Braces for Mass Labour Law Protests
Bulgaria and Romania to Join Eu in 2007 Despite Corruption Fears
Berlusconi Promises to Abolish Council Tax
Civil Rights Heroes May Get Pardons
Jury Finds Would-be Hijacker Moussaoui Eligible for Death Penalty
WHO Plea to Drugs Companies
Putin Starts Russian Reclamation
Indian Troops Reach New Peaks With Yoga
Iraq's Interior Ministry Refusing to Deploy Us-trained Police
Moussaoui Eligible for Death Penalty
Storms Kill 23 in Midwest
James Miller's Colleague Relives Shooting
Q&A: Charles Taylor and Liberia's Civil Wars
Taylor Pleads Not Guilty to War Crimes
Film-maker Was Carrying White Flag, Widow Tells Inquest
Immigration Ignorance
Schröder Defends Secret Gazprom Loan Guarantee
Chávez Seeks to Peg Oil at $50 a Barrel
Iran Fires Naval Missile Into Nuclear Debate
Shells, Rockets and Leaflets Are Ammunition in Gaza Battle
Carroll Rounds on Critics
Italy Ready to Give Up on Its Saviour
Straw and Rice Try to Break Iraqi Deadlock
Idealist Hippie Lawyer Can't Beat the Taxman
Clooney Leads Celebrity Fightback Against New York 'stalker' Website
Quake Victims Forced Home
Editor Hits Back Over Israel Row
Experts: Iran to respond US strikes by worldwide attack