National & World News Archive May 2006
State of Emergency for Basra
Cat and Mouse Game to Beat Deadly Threat
Basra Deaths Raise Fears Over Roadside Bombs
Infighting Within Us Religious Right
MoD Names Basra Blast Victims
US Faces New Challenge After Riots in Kabul Puncture Illusion of Calm
Beauty Queen Joins Aid Distribution Effort
Land of High Kings is Battlefield for Fight Between Heritage and Growth
Basra Blast Kills Two Uk Soldiers
Little Time for Ceremony in a Devastated Land
The Suffolk Farmer Who Sells Gallows to Africa From His Barn
Violence Spreads in Dili As Gangs Join Uprising
Africa Cannot Catch Up Until the West Keeps to Its Deal
Marine Officers Face Inquiry Over Massacre 'cover-up'
Climber Left for Dead Rescued From Everest
Uneasy Peace in East Timor
House for Sale - Only Strict Vegetarians Need Apply
East Timor Awaits Peacekeepers After Pleas to Contain Violence
Not Married, With Children? Not in Our Town Thanks
Rattle's Berlin Philharmonic Failing to Thrill, Says Critic
Three Injured in Istanbul Airport Fire
Sports Brands Ignoring Labour Rights, Says Oxfam
Fake Aristocrat Resurfaces to Face Harassment Claims
Host Springs Surprise for Pm
Inside Burma: Fear and Repression
New Orleans Mayor Wins Surprise Re-election
Six Hurt in Violent Clashes As Guantanamo Bay Uprising is Put Down By Us Guards
Guantánamo Detainees Clash With Guards
Legend of Hoffa's Death Lives on in New Fbi Search
Politicians and Campaigners on the Camp
Nepal Strips Back Royal Powers
CIA Chief Likely to Be Confirmed After Wiretap Deal
Fears for Eurozone If Dollar Crashes
Zuma Back As Anc's Deputy President
Doctors Go on Strike Over Affirmative Action Plan
Shadow Over Sunshine State As Three Women Killed in a Week
Agents Search Outgoing Cia Official's Home
US Phone Firms Gave Spy Agency Records of Billions of Calls
'Our Donor Was Put Off By the Law'
12 Years and Counting: Eternal Student Still Not Ready to Quit
US Rejects Calls for Guantanamo Closure
At the Close of Play Here Last Night Kent Lau
F-14 Tailfin at Sea for Four Years
Former Communist, 80, Wins Vote for President
On a Wing and a Prayer: Radio Sermons Risk Flights
Starck Truth As Boston's Flashy Units Fail to Sell
Six-month Delay for Un Darfur Force
Banding Together for the Fallen Heroes Fund
Zuma Says Sorry to Nation
US Sect Under Criminal Investigation
Report Links Literacy to Livelihood in African Fishing Villages
Lighter, If Not Wiser, Fat Man Stumbles Home
Acquitted Zuma Ready to Fight for Presidency
Servicewoman Among Helicopter Crew Killed in Basra
Prejudice Forms a New Line Between East and West
British Tactics Reviewed As Basra Erupts
US Couple: Mystery 'earl' is Our Son
EU Lifts Ban on British Beef Exports
Trapped Miners 'in Good Spirits'
More Than 3m Babies Stillborn Each Year
Shock Tactics and Saturation Ads: How a Tycoon is Taking on Crystal Meth
May Day Marchers Demand Workplace Justice
Murder Charges Possible in Haditha Massacre
Welcome to Shangri-la. By Order of the State Council of the Chinese Government
Bush Promises Punishment Over Haditha Massacre
$2m for Lonely Heart Who Lost $125,000 to Dating Agency
UN Calls for Massive Rise in Palestinian Aid
Blair's Un Gaffe Sinks Relations With Brazil to New Low
US Reverses 27-year Iran Policy
Satellite Images Reveal Evidence of Zimbabwe Demolitions
US Prepared to Negotiate With Iran
US Marines Could Face Murder Charges
Iraqi Civilians 'executed' By Us Marines
Aids Pandemic Spreading to Every Corner of Globe, Says Un
Airlines Alarmed As European Court Annuls Passenger Data Deal With Us
Bush Sends 1,500 More Troops to Iraq and Dashes Hopes of Withdrawal
Taliban Blamed for Murder of Afghan Aid Workers
Israel Accuses British-funded Islamic Charity of Being Front for Terrorists
Earthquake Victims Still Struggle As Aid Pours in
Anti-corruption Prosecutors in Spain Target Berlusconi
Paris Mayor's House Stoned By Youths
UN: Aids Pandemic Spreading
Pollution Killing River They Said Was Too Big to Poison
New Riots in Paris Trouble Zone
Aid Workers Killed in Afghanistan Shooting
Simpson Challenges Iraq Danger Claims
Two British Soldiers and Two Journalists Killed in Iraq Violence
Roadside Bombs Kill Two British Journalists and Two Soldiers
Japan Sets Course for Return to Commercial Whaling
Thousands at Risk From Major Eruption
Quake Victims Could Be Left Without Basic Provisions for Months, Warns President
Japan's Rebels Sing Out With English Parody of Anthem
Viagra Blamed for Stds in Pensioners
Bush Ally Wins in Colombia to Halt Swing to Left in Region
50 Killed in Afghanistan Air Strike
Quake Rescue 'a Race Against Clock'
Kabul Violence Flares After Fatal Us Crash
'People Were Just Screaming'
After Four Months at Sea, Ghost Ship With 11 Petrified Corpses Washes Up in Barbados
Rebranding Plan for Failed Eu Constitution
Hotel Rwanda Manager Urges Action in Darfur
Aid Pours in to Java As Quake Toll Passes 4,300
Death Toll in Indonesia Rises Above 4,300
Terror Alert As Caspian Oil Pipeline Opens
Fresh Evidence of 'executions' By Rogue Us Marines in Iraq
Death Toll in Indonesia Earthquake Tops 3,000 Amid Fears Over Volcano
Thousands Dead in Java Quake
'I'll Miss His Ties' - Bush's Tribute to Tongue-tied Ally
Slick Dvds of Executions and 'martyrs' Help Insurgency
'Vulgar, Bigoted, Cynical': France Warms to Le Bureau
Eight Held in Spain in Biggest Timeshare Fraud Crackdown
Hamas Takes Militia Off Streets But Defies Abbas Ultimatum
Angry Relatives Vow to Continue Fight After Beslan Killer Gets Life
Across the Border From Britain's Troops, Taliban Rises Again
Marines May Face Trial Over Iraq Massacre
Blair Calls for Wide-ranging Un Reform
Unpatriotic Threat To American Eagle Habitat
Terror Suspect Loses Extradition Appeal
Beslan Militant Gets Life Sentence
Blair Tells Bush Us Must Back Reformed Un
Enron Chiefs Face Rest of Their Lives in Prison
Hunt for Origin of Hiv Pandemic Ends at Chimpanzee Colony in Cameroon
Abbas Gives Hamas Ultimatum to Revive Peace Talks
China in Moral Dilemma After Tale of Girls Who Sold Virginity
Cheney May Be Forced to Testify at Aide's Trial
Putin Revives Energy Row With Us But Promises to Help Fight Terrorism
Australian Troops Try to Halt Timor Battles
New Hiv Row As South African Who Shunned Drugs Dies
Colombia Set to Buck Trend and Stay in Bush Camp
Former Enron Bosses Found Guilty
Abbas Issues Hamas With Ultimatum
Palestinian Parties Seek Unity As Violence Escalates
Australian Troops Arrive in East Timor
Africa Held Back From Manufacturing Success
Palestinian Delegation Attacked By Congressman
No Let-up Predicted in War Zones
32 Foreigners Arrested in Alleged Coup Plot
Five Men Arrested After Vieira is Gassed By Burglars in French Villa
Briton Jailed for Thailand Killing
Taliban Grows in Strength, Us Admits
Hamas Suspected As Bomb Attack Kills Gaza Security Commander
WHO Alarmed at Bird Flu Cases in Indonesia
U-turn By White House As It Blocks Direct Talks With Iran
Trouble Spots Threaten Perfect Storm of Global Crises - Study
Putin Faces Energy Shootout
Israeli Patience With Palestinians is 'limited'
Aziz Testifies at Saddam Trial
'Bin Laden' Tape Says Tv Journalists Have No Al-qaida Links
Bin Laden Tape Challenges 9/11 Conviction
Bush Urges Israel to Shelve West Bank Plan
Dublin Urged to Translate Road Safety Message
Israel Agrees to Delay Plan to Impose Borders
Washington Sniper Planned to Terrorise America, Says Partner
Karzai Orders Inquiry After Us Raid Kills 16
Pakistan Delays Hanging As Briton Seeks Blood Money Deal
Dracula's Castle Returns to Us Owner
Mid-air Fighter Plane Collision Risks New Greek-turkish Crisis
Accomplice Reveals Washington Sniper's Terror Plan
Riots Prompt Iran to Close Major Newspaper
Israel Seeks Us Seal on West Bank Plan
Fifteen Killed in Shootout With Taliban
Film-maker's Cannes and Can'ts
Hamas Fight Police in Battle for Gaza Streets
China Extends Its Reach Into Africa With $1bn Deal for Nigeria's Railways
Why Wheelbarrows, Scythes and Seeds Could Be the Key to a Peaceful Handover
Bangladeshi Villagers Take Fight Over Arsenic Poisoning to Lords
Europe's Newest State Wins Seal of Approval From Poll Monitors
Serial Killer Uses 'own Law' to Block Book and Film Deals
US Warplanes Kill Scores of Taliban in Worst Afghan Clashes for Years
Troop Pull-out From Iraq to Be Speeded Up
100 Dead in Afghanistan Air Strike
Afghan Air Strike Kills More Than 70
Montenegro Confirms Independence
'Maximum Force.' How Iraq's New Pm Says He Will End the Chaos
His Adequacy Hits Out Over Climate Change
Abbas Acts to Halt Slide Into Civil War in Gaza
Elderly Women Suspected of Killing Homeless Men
Afghan Asylum Seekers in Court After Hunger Strike
Australian Miners Tell of Two-week Ordeal
Beslan Militant 'lived to Kill Again'
Montenegro Vote Finally Seals Death of Yugoslavia
This is Freedom, Say Courageous Women Risking All for Democracy
Bono Urges Action on Corruption in Africa
Israel Kills Militant As Gaza Erupts
Assassination Attempt Ignites Gaza
Church Deal Falters in Asylum Crisis
Seven in Every 10 Us War Veterans Are Losing Battle Against the Bulge
Nurse Exodus Leaves Kenya in Crisis
New Dawn for Iraq Marked By Bloodshed
Iraq: 'we Are Running Out of Time,' the Officer Said
Witty, Confident, Relaxed - Yes, It's Al Gore
Top Priest Told to Retire As Pope Toughens Stand on Child Abuse
Hamas Official Caught Smuggling €640,000
China's 15-year Lesson in How Not to Build a Dam
Hamas Official Held at Border With £400k
UN Watchdog Calls for Guantanamo Closure
Israel Detains British Aid Worker Held at Checkpoint
Rice Leads Push for Us to Open Talks on Peace Deal With North Korea
Egyptian Security Forces Beat Up Pro-democracy Protesters
Tiny Nation With Colourful Past Set to Witness Final Break-up of the Balkans
Japan Beats Taboo By Letting Boy Act As Girl
Top Drugs Baron Held in Nine Country Sweep of Arrests
Prodi Signals Early End to Italian Role in Iraq 'occupation'
Pakistan Sheltering Taliban, Says British Officer
Media Must Obey Chinese Law, Warns Olympic Chief
100 Dead in Afghan Attacks
US 'to Soften North Korea Approach'
Russian Police Target Far Right
Films on Guantanamo and Iraq Face War of Cuts
Italian Justice Minister Linked to Mafia Inquiry
Fate of Indian War Leader Thrown Into Doubt By New Report
Hamas Puts 3,000-strong Private Army on Streets of Gaza
Judge Shot Dead in Turkish Court Over Ban on Headscarves
Iran Mocks Eu Nuclear Offer
Power Tool
Treatment of Chinese Journalists Raises Censorship Fears
EU Offers Iran Reactor to Halt Enrichment
EU Says Bulgaria Must Tackle Organised Crime Before Joining
Violence Feared in Indian Caste Row
Pentagon Releases September 11 Video
Venezuela Considers Fighter Jet Deal With Iran
European Countries 'consider Offering Iran Reactor'
EU Entry Requires More Work From Balkan States
Saddam Co-defendant Widely Loved, Court Hears
Washington Restores Ties With Gadafy
Bush Bans Arms Sales to Chavez
Spain Will Urge Africa to Stem Immigrant Tide
Peretz Defends Wave of Attacks on Palestinians
Many Russians So Rich They Need £100 Note
Bush Restores Diplomatic Ties With Libya
10,000 Us Troops to Be Sent to Mexican Border
Mao Casts Long Shadow Over China
MoD Names British Soldiers Killed in Iraq Roadside Blast
MP in Immigration Row to Leave Netherlands
US Imposes Arms Ban on Venezuela
Java Volcano Grows More Violent
US Brings Libya in From the Cold
London Tories Boycott the Ken and Hugo Show
Saddam Formally Charged But Enters No Plea
EU to Barter for Civilian Iran Nuclear Programme
US Plans to Send Troops to Mexican Border
Revolution in the Camden Air As Chávez - With Amigo Ken - Gets a Hero's Welcome
Spain: For Johnny, See Potato, in New Phone Book
Japan Faces Chopsticks Crisis
Palestinians Married to Israelis Lose Court Battle for Residency
Thousands Flee As Java Volcano Threatens to Blow
Seven Years On, the West Wing Falls Silent
Corruption Still Dogs Bulgaria on Eve of Ruling on Membership
Africa Climate Change 'could Kill Millions'
Fury As Israeli Writer Criticises Us Jews
Britain Pleads With Musharraf to Spare Tourist Condemned to Hang
UN Food Agency Deputy Resigns Over Leader's 'culture of Silence'
Japanese Minister Ignores Slave Labour Claims By British Pow
Top Israeli Novelist Infuriates Us Jews
Protests Grow at Kenya Killing
Wanted for Genocide in Kigali. Living Comfortably in Bedford
The Russian Bear is Back - and This Time It's Gas-powered
Chirac Becomes a Figure of Fun - By Being Himself
Latin America's Oil Rebels Rebuff Eu
Tamil Tigers Claim Sovereignty of Seas
Mogadishu Militia Fighting Kills 135
Morales and Chavez Rebuked at Eu Summit
Tamil Tigers Deliver Warning to Truce Monitors
Suharto Likely to Escape Corruption Charges
Hamas and Fatah Leaders Urge Abbas to Lead Peace Talks
US in Secret Gun Deal
Sonia Gandhi and Left Win Polls But Congress Suffers
Police Beat Election Fraud Protesters
Italy Denies Role in Cia Abduction
Court Backs Exiled Islanders Against 'repugnant' Actions of Ministers
Binman Unearths Bush's Secrets
Merkel Calls for Fundamental Review of European Mission
Spain Becomes the Destination of Choice for Fertility Tourists From Britain
Rebels Sink Sri Lankan Navy Boat
Libyan Hiv Trial Refuses Defendants Bail
Chagos Families Win Right to Return
Hispanic Americans a Growing Force, Figures Show
Hotel to Be Blown Up in Move to Protect Spanish Coastline
Chirac Rejects Calls for De Villepin's Resignation
Japanese Firm to Target Children With Sales of Whale Meat
Boys, 13 and 14, Face Seven Bank Robbery Charges
Drug Firms Seek to Stop Generic Hiv Treatment
Barroso's Blueprint to Revitalise Eu
After the Earthquake, Bam Battles With Heroin and Aids
Spanish Pm Calls for Calm Amid Protests Over Stamp Scandal
Clinton Turns on Charm to Woo the Right
Putin Lashes Out at 'wolf-like' America
Post-Katrina Wetlands Restoration May Slow Down Powerful Storms
Teenagers Volunteer in Droves for Katrina Relief
Sustainable Forestry Practices Adopted by Many Lumber Companies in the U.S.
Attorney General Calls for Guantánamo to Close
Putin Hits Out at Washington As Iran Dispute Intensifies
Ahmadinejad Accuses West of Nuclear 'big Lie'
Patients Die As Doctors Run Out of Drugs to Treat Them
German Court Finds Cannibal Guilty of Murder
Cheney's Daughter on Family Dinners, Kerry and Coming Out
Four on Trial for Helping Bali Suicide Bombers
Changing Diet Puts 25m at Risk of Heart Disease
From Derby to Darfur - Beckett's Baptism of Fire
US Opens the Door for Europe to Save Palestinians From Funding Disaster
Quadriplegic Found Dead Wrote Euthanasia Blog
New Iraqi Government 'within Days'
Barriers to New Iraqi Government 'overcome', Says Al-maliki
Cannibal Killer Gets Life Sentence
Beckett Cautious on Iran Options
Berlusconi and Rivals in Deadlock Over Presidential Candidate
US Rejects Iran's First Letter in 27 Years After It Ducks Nuclear Issue
A Case That Exposed the Cracks Beneath the Post-apartheid Glow
Iran Breaks 27-year Habit to Offer Bush 'new Diplomatic Opening'
Row Over Free World Cup Tickets
Inside India's Hidden War
Don't Humiliate Us, Bulgarians Warn Eu
Disney Calls a Halt to Mcdonald's Toy Story
Despite Economic Boom, Chinese Graduates Face Struggle for Jobs
Constitutional Court Orders Fresh Polls
Bush Faces Battle Over 'pentagon Man' for Cia
After 14 Days Trapped Underground, Australian Miners Walk to Safety
Jacob Zuma Cleared of Rape
Olmert Promises More West Bank Settler Evictions
Aid Staff Abusing Liberian Children, Charity Says
Iran Threatens to Pull Out of Nuclear Weapons Treaty
Woman, 54, Held After Five Found Dead in Japanese Flat
Pakistan's Rich Blaze a Trail in Their Porsches
Greek Police Arrive in London on Trail of Smuggled Antiquities
Landing a Big Fish: As Good As It Gets for Bush
South Africa Braced for Zuma Rape Verdict
White House is Warned Against Bush Nominee for Head of Cia
EU Plans to Go It Alone With Aid for Palestinians
Thai Court Orders New Poll
Iran Breaks Silence With Us to Offer Nuclear 'solutions'
Gas Showdown: So Much Hot Air?
Tigers Tear Each Other Apart
Boston Crime Fighter Poised to Be New Garda Inspectorate's Chief
Murder Stuns the Dynasty of the Alps
Footballer's Life in a Dublin Limbo
Australia Holds Its Breath As Two Heroes of the Deep Near Rescue
Israeli Strikes on Gaza Claim Six More Lives
British Soldiers Die As Helicopter is Shot Down. Then Basra Erupts in Bloody Gun Battles
Abrupt Exit for Chief of 'floundering' Cia
Network of 'hugo's Friends' Links Politics From Mexico to Brazil
Russian Go-ahead for World Trek
First Wine, Now Russia Bans Georgia's Water
Ground Zero Rethink After Cost Soars to $1bn
How Morales Took on the Oil Giants - and Won His People Back
Car Crash Adds Another Twist to Kennedy Saga
Darfur Peace Talks Move Forward
US Video Shows Fumbling Zarqawi
Abbas Offers to Meet Israeli Pm
Miller's Family to Meet Attorney General
No Soft Options in 'alcatraz of the Rockies'
Germans Take Their Seats in the Mercedes of Public Toilets
Prime Minister Pins His Colours to 'new Look' Israel
Why It Takes a Television Series to Draw Attention to a Real-life Human Drama
Russia is Blackmailing Europe Over Energy, Says Cheney
'You'll Die With Whimper,' Moussaoui Told
Moussaoui in Final Court Outburst
Germany Accused of Paying Large Ransom to Free Hostages
Madrid Bombs Suspect to Be Extradited
US Asks Mexico to Reconsider 'stupid' Drug Law
Moscow Contract for Edinburgh Firm
'You Lost, I Won,' Moussaoui Tells America As Jury Spares 9/11 Plotter Death Penalty
Islamist Warrior or Paranoid Schizophrenic With Troubled Childhood
Death Penalty: Federal Exceptions
N Korea Tops Censorship League
De Villepin Faces New Claims
Secrecy Breach By Us Officials Steals Thunder of Climate Change Report
Court Martial Hears of Drowned Iraqi's Final Moments
113 Dead in Armenia's Worst Air Crash
Security Council Fails to Agree on Iran Deadline
Cheney Has No Regrets Over Iraq Invasion
New Frontline in the War on Terror
EU Punishes Serbia for Mladic's Freedom
Germany Accused of Paying Large Ransom for Release of Hostages
EU Halts Serbia Entry Talks Over Mladic
Bolivian Energy Plans Scare Investors
EU Tells Serbia: No Mladic, No Entry
Enron Fraud Trial Hears Lay Admit to Mistakes
BBC's Coverage of Israeli-palestinian Conflict 'misleading'
US Softens Tactics in Iraq After British Claims of Trigger-happy Troops
Bolivia's Swoop for Gas Reserves Stuns Energy Giants
French Pm Refuses to Resign Over Scandal
US Diplomat Predicts Tough Iran Resolution
Berlusconi Resigns
25% of World's Children Underweight
Iraq Crash Deaths 'could Have Been Prevented'
India is on the Road to a Transport Revolution
US Counts Cost of Day Without Immigrants
Palestinian Professor Sentenced for Terrorism in Us
Senior Democrat Pushes for Ethnic Federation in Iraq
Japanese Girl Poisoner Inspired By Uk Serial Killer
Olmert Announces Pragmatic Cabinet Line-up
Israeli Soldiers Accused of Raping 11-year-old
'French Watergate' Threatens Chirac