National & World News Archive June 2006
Found: 'non-contactable' Witnesses Who Could Free a Guantánamo Detainee
Women Fail to Win Seats in Kuwaiti Polls
Minister Attacks Eu Media Plans
Kremlin Leaves 40 Ngos in Legal Limbo
Shalit Seen As Prisoner of War and Bargaining Chip
Co-founder Forced to Quit Editorship of Libération
Girls Charged With Robbing Man They Met on Internet
Women Take Centre Stage in Kuwait's Handbag Election
Claims of Fraud As Kuwait Poll Looms
EU Members Urged to Admit to Cia Renditions
UN Reports Decline in Opium Farming
Row of Wooden Shacks Becomes a Symbol of Moscow's Battle With Its Own People
Golden Triangle's Opium Output 'eradicated'
FBI Denies Banning 7/7 Bomber From Flying to Us
Poll Shows Muslims in Britain Are the Most Anti-western in Europe
America's "exurbs" Are Fastest Growing Cities in the Us
Two Shot As Fbi Raids Jail Over 'corrupt' Officers
Mercenary Convicted of Staging Comoros Coup
Florida Bikers Dying to Go Bare-headed
Bikers' Death Toll Soars After Repeal of Helmet Law
EU Fights Back in 'visa Wars' With Us
Chechnya Rebels Appoint New Leader After Killing
US Military Honoured in Secret By Britain
Catalonia Votes on Regional Autonomy
Friends and Foes Pay Tribute to Haughey
Tributes at Haughey Funeral
Catalans Head for Resounding Yes Vote in Autonomy Poll
US Church Heads for Deadlock on Split With Anglican Communion
Urban Population to Overtake Country Dwellers for First Time
Temporary Work 'threatens Journalistic Standards'
Journalists Ordered Out of Guantã¡namo
12-year-old Set Free After Latest in String of Express Kidnappings
Blink-and-you'll-miss-it Radio Ads
Bone Marrow Gateau to Set Tails Wagging
Self-harm Will Go on Inside Guantã¡namo, Rights Group Warns
'Killing Themselves Was Unnecessary. But It Certainly is a Good Pr Move'
Rip-off Cabbies Get More Than They Bargained for
Fall of Mogadishu Leaves Us Policy in Ruins
'His Death Will Reduce the Violence But It Won't End It'
al-Zarqawi's Death Boosts Embattled Pm
Nato Sanctions Eight Missions Around World
Tehran Boosts Hopes of End to Nuclear Standoff
Cartoon Editor Attacks Misreporting
CSI: Kids. Field Trip Unearths Real Body in Florida Park
For One Month Every Four Years, a New World Order Leaves America on Touchline
Wife Moves Town to Avoid Killer
Clean and Sober…and Boring
Guardian Targets American Audience
EU Countries Seek to Annex Lucrative Tract of Atlantic Seabed
Pyrenees Farmers Win Battle Against Bears
Pentagon's Interrogation Manual Dodges Geneva Ban
21 Shias and Kurds Taken Off Bus and Shot at Fake Checkpoint
East Asian countries emerging as favourite tourist destinations
What Happened to Quake Woman Whose Grief Moved the World?
Neighbours of Swiss Suicide Clinic Complain As Corpses Clog Up the Lift
'I Was Completely Trapped. I Couldn't Move at All, So I Just Cried and Cried, and Screamed and Screamed'
US Confronts Brutal Culture Among Its Finest Sons
Journey to the Heart of Bushlandia
One Was Killed, the Other Injured. Then Their Identities Were Tragically Confused
'Please Stop the American Troops Killing Any More People'
Army Fights Explosion in Rat Population
Mother Who Killed Eight Babies is Jailed for 15 Years
Timor Rebel Demands Trial for Premier
Mother Who Killed Eight Babies Jailed for 15 Years
Prince Said to Have Second Child
Palestinian Pm: Israel Will Not Bring Down Government
Five Us Soldiers in Iraq Rape and Murder Inquiry
Exiled Islanders of Diego Garcia Face Appeal By Government
Hamas Leader Out of Hiding to Accuse Israel of Hindering Deal
Turkey Told Eu Talks Will Halt Unless Cyprus Deal is Agreed
Tibetans Fear 'cultural Genocide' Will Follow Chinese Railway
Oil-rich Russia Makes Rouble Convertible
EU Warning to Turkey Over Cyprus
Argentina Ups the Ante in New Battle Over Falklands
Hope for Captive As Gaza Bombing Goes on
Protests As Tibet-china Rail Link Opens
News Corp Calls Education Chief to Board
Dutch Coalition Collapses in Row Over Somali-born Politician's Citizenship
Supreme Court Rejects Bush Terror Powers
Putin Kisses Boy On A Stomach
Bin Laden hails slain al-Zarqawi as 'lion'
Fahrenheit 9/11 Marine Killed in Iraq
Guantánamo Trials Ruled Illegal
Kidnap Hits Nerve in Israel's Military Society
Seizure of Hamas Mps Raises International Alarm
Autopsies Show Belgian Girls Were Strangled
Soldier's Capture Touches Nerve in a Military Society
'His Approach to Philanthropy is Similar to His Approach to Stocks - He Wants It to Make a Huge Difference'
Russia Rejects 40 Foreign Ngos
Dutch Coalition Partner Quits in Row Over Somali-born Politician
FBI Sinks Global Dvd Piracy Ring
Hamas Says Israel is Out to Destroy Its Administration
Israel Rounds Up Hamas Politicians
Israel Detains Hamas Ministers
Israeli Tanks Turn Screw on Besieged Gaza Strip
Menswear Range Steps Back to Kitsch
Police Find Bodies of Missing Girls
Serbs Mark Historic Disaster Day With Renewed Gloom
Serbs at Low Ebb As They Mark Loss to Turks
Police Find Bodies of Missing Belgian Girls
Militants Hold Second Israeli Hostage
Israel Enters Gaza in Search for Soldier
Israeli Army Enters Gaza
Israeli Army Launches Gaza Attack
British Bankers to Face Enron Charges
Israeli Planes Attack Gaza Bridges
Mexican Frontrunner Splits Electorate
Iran's Jews Learn to Live With Ahmadinejad
Hamas Makes Deal With Fatah
Harsh Reality Governs Fate of Snatched Soldiers
Victory for Abbas As Hamas Gives in on Peace Talks
Lone Jewish Mp Confronts Ahmadinejad on Holocaust But Stresses Loyalty to Iran
Two British Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
Putin Counters Washington's Claims Ahead of G8 Summit
Mexican Poll: Out of Left Field - and Into the Bush Backyard
North Korean Missile Unlikely to Be Fired
Hamas Takes Step to Recognise Israel
New Rules Imposed on Indian Tv Industry
Luther King Archive Retained By Alma Mater
Palestinians Hunt for Israeli Hostage
A Wake Without a Body As Fears of Reprisal Grow
US Deploys Missiles As N Korea Plans Test Launch
Gates and Buffett Plan Healthy Investment
The Perils of Underestimating Ahmadinejad
Third Defeat for the Right Leaves Berlusconi's Future Looking Bleak
Japan Aims for Breakthrough on Carbon Gas Storage
US to Deploy Interceptor Missiles in Japan
Israeli Troops Gather at Gaza Borders As Palestinians Try to Find Hostage
Kane Raises the Standard in the Middle East
Washington Plans Hiv Tests for All Residents Aged 14 to 84
We'll Beat You Again, Afghans Warn British
First Cases Found of Avian Flu Caught From Wild
Iraqi Leader Unveils Reconciliation Plan But No Clear Path to Disarming Militias
Israel Promises Revenge for Soldier Deaths
Fear Battles Hope on the Road to Kandahar
Sarkozy Seeks Help From Blair
Iraq Pm's Plan to Bridge Rift With Sunnis
Bush Under Fire Over Tracking of Money Transfers
Court Orders Jail to Give Inmates Aids Drugs
Prime Minister Wins Right to Visit Shinto War Shrine
Security Forces Kill Six Suspected Al-qaida Men
SA Aids Prisoners to Get Anti-retrovirals
Europe's Brothel - in a Corner of Spain
The Battle to Close Guantánamo
Iraq Pm Set to Unveil Blueprint for Peace
Seven Held in Miami Over Bombing Plot 'bigger Than 9/11'
Court Ruling Allows Pm to Visit War Shrine
Saudi Forces Shoot Dead Six Al-qaida Men
Iran Seeks Links With Venezuela
Baghdad Under Curfew After Insurgent Attack
Seven Arrested Over 'plot' to Blow Up Sears Tower
Iraq Peace Plan to Offer Militant Amnesty
Israeli Pm Apologises for Air Strike Deaths
Huffington Post Blogger Blocked
Irish Stamp Pays Tribute to Somme Dead
Iran Rejects Us 'pressure' on Nuclear Issue
Iran Taking Nuclear Offer 'seriously'
Israeli and Palestinian Leaders Hold Talks
Middle East Relief Groups Join Red Cross
LA Sheriff's Pilotless Plane Grounded
Zawahiri Call to Rise Up Against 'infidels'
Belgium Faces Its Painful Past As Two Girls Go Missing
Al-Qaida Tape Calls for Fresh Wave of Violence in Afghanistan
Redgrave Centre Stage in Campaign to Halt Romanian Gold Mine That Has Split Village
Iran Accuses Washington of Using Nuclear Issue As an Excuse to Topple Government
Police Praised As German Hooligans Are Detained
Australians Take Riskier Role in Iraq
South African Broadcaster Bans Critics
The Sudan: Why The Arab Summit Failed
Iran's Theocracy 'won't Be Toppled From Outside'
Climbdown As Hamas Agrees to Israeli State
Broadcaster Bans Mbeki's Critics
Bush Warns Iran Not to Test His Patience Over Nuclear Issue
Afghanis Struggle to Police Gateway to Terror
Former Orange Allies Agree to Create Coalition
How a Coalition of Bloggers is Turning the Democratic Donkey
Chinese Premier Boosts Trade With Seven-nation Africa Tour
Iraqi Insurgents Fuel Sectarian Divide With Kidnap of 85 Baghdad Factory Workers
Bush Warns Iran and North Korea Not to Test Us Patience
Hamas Performs About-turn on Israeli State
Yushchenko 'reaches Deal' With Ex-orange Allies
Gunmen Kill Saddam Lawyer
UK Troops to Leave Second Iraqi Province
Bank of Japan Chief Apologises for Questionable Investment
Romanian Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Blast
German Police Face 'most Challenging' Day
Japan to Pull Troops Out of Iraq
Kidnapped American Soldiers Found Dead
Woman Soldier Refuses Return to Iraq, Claiming Sexual Harassment
Japanese Troops to Be Withdrawn
Tortured Bodies of Us Marines Found Dumped Near Baghdad
Eta Founding Member Held Over Extortion Racket Claims
Police Strike at Heart of Mafia Averts Bloody Power Struggle
A Year On, Ahmadinejad's Popularity is Soaring
EU Offers Tehran Last-minute Talks to 'explain' Nuclear Deal
South Africans Told to Stop 'whingeing' About Crime
Charles Taylor Flown to The Hague to Face War Crimes Trial
US Claims It is 'ready' for Korean Missile Test
Abbas and Olmert Set for Jordan Meeting
China Buys £1.6bn Siberian Oil Field
South Africans Protest Over Crime
Eta Founder Arrested in Extortion Inquiry
Charles Taylor in Hague War-crimes Trial
Woman Soldier Claims Sex Harassment in Iraq
Police Strike at Heart of Mafia
Al-Qaida Claims 'revenge for Zarqawi'
EU Offers Iran Last-minute Nuclear Talks
Ahmadinejad 'has 70% Approval Rating'
Prosecutors Call for Saddam Death Sentence
US Soldiers Charged Over Iraqi Deaths
Terror Group Holding Two Us Soldiers
Civilians Caught in Afghan Crossfire
Taliban Ambush Kills 30 in Helmand
Relatives Claim 30 From Same Family Killed By Taliban
US Campaign to Stop Venezuela Joining Un Security Council
North Korea Warned Over Weapons Test
Beaten, Robbed and Exiled: Life on the Frontline of Someone Else's War
Three Us Soldiers Charged With Murdering Iraqi Prisoners
30 Killed in Taliban Ambush
North Korea Warned Over Missile Test
Catalonia Leads the Way for Spain's Regions With Yes Vote for Autonomy
EU Wins Backing to Send £70m Aid to Gaza and West Bank
Al-Qaida Cell 'plotted Gas Attack' on New York Subway
Desperate Search Under Way for Two Us Soldiers Kidnapped By Iraqi Rebels
Belgium Waits in Despair As Police Hunt for Missing Girls
Italian King's Son Arrested Over Prostitution Allegations
Washington Votes Against Date for Iraq Withdrawal
Turkey Clashes With Eu Over Cyprus
Japan Hits Out at 'polarised' Whaling Council
Monsoons Leave 1.5m Stranded in India and Bangladesh
Iraqi Province Sees First Security Handover
Deadlock Looms Over Response to Gay Cleric
Iran Softens Rhetoric Over Nuclear Deal
Handover to Iraqi Forces Begins
Baghdad Mosque Bomb Kills 10
Who Really Killed Huda Ghalia's Family?
Taliban Tactics Fuel Anti-western Feeling
Iraqi Province to See First Security Handover to Local Forces
Iran Warms to Six-nation Nuclear Offer
Turkey Threatens to Pull Out of Eu Talks
'Bruno Must Die': Bavarian Hunters' Blood Rises Over Fugitive Brown Bear
Time Running Out to Curb Effects of Deep Sea Pollution, Warns Un
Knives, Rifles and a Whip. Are Bush's Gift-givers Trying to Say Something?
The Battle of Huda Ghalia - Who Really Killed Girl's Family on Gaza Beach?
Baghdad Mosque Bomb Kills Seven
South Africa's 'native Club' Stirs Unease
China Deal Gives Zimbabwe £700m Boost
China Backs Bikes to Kick Car Habit
ICC Alleges Ethnic Massacres in Darfur
Ireland Threatens to Search Us Planes
China Hosts Summit to Rival Us
'Beginning of End' for Al-qaida in Iraq
Ireland Moots Searches of Us Military Planes
South African Club Tries to Reclaim Word 'native'
China Gives Zimbabwe Economic Lifeline
Turkey's Eu Hopes Hit Trouble Again
Former Liberian Leader Will Be Held in British Jail If Convicted of War Crimes
RAF Troops to Help Protect Afghan Airfield Base
Investigators Submit Darfur Atrocities File
China Restores Bike Lanes Lost to Car Boom
Inequality Still Burdens South Africa 30 Years After Landmark Revolt
'Voice of Bush' Fades Out As Key Aide Quits
Beginning of the End for Zarqawi Group, Says Iraq
Troops 'out of Iraq in Two Years'
Labour's Top Brass Condemns Uk Military Aid to Colombia
North Korea 'to Test Long-range Missile'
Sri Lanka Bus Blast Kills 62
Somali Warlords 'forced to Flee Refuge'
Iraq War Seen As Biggest Threat to Peace
Hamas Minister Takes $20m Into Gaza
Fraudsters Stole $1bn of Hurricane Katrina Relief Cash, Congress Told
US-led Troops Launch Largest Assault on Taliban Since 2001
Mistress Turns in 'corrupt' Chinese Vice Admiral
State Television Channel Cancels Critical Mbeki Documentary
Child-killer Town in Fear Again 10 Years on
Menachem Begin 'plotted to Kill German Chancellor'
US Seen As a Bigger Threat to Peace Than Iran, Worldwide Poll Suggests
Baghdad Security Crackdown Launched
Palestinian Minister Takes $20m Into Gaza
US Troops to Lead Major Attack on Taliban
Fraudsters Steal $1bn of Katrina Funds
Bali Bomb Plot Cleric Walks Free
Mogadishu's New Rulers Reassure West
BBC to Train Lebanese Journalists
Rove Cleared of Naming Cia Spy
US Costs for Iraq War Top $320bn
China Protester 'paralysed By Beating'
US Inflation and Rate Rise Worries Cause Worldwide Shares Sell-off
Dam Critic Beaten After Speaking to Foreign Media
40% of Public Servants Believe Aids Can Be Cured
France's Leftwing Mouthpiece Plunged Into Existential Crisis As Editor Told to Leave
Secret Flights Add Twist to Legal Fight Over Howard Hughes's Will
Colombian Soldiers on Trial for Theft After Finding $20m
Bush Aide Escapes Charges Over Cia Agent's Leaked Identity
Power Struggle As Us Lights Go Out in Havana Mission
Bush Slips Out of Camp David and Into Iraq
Hollywood Stars Removed From Urban Farm
Iraq Bombers Hit Kirkuk, Killing 22
Irish Leader Who Inspired and Repelled Dies at 80
Captain is First British Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
Afghan Province to Provide One-third of World's Heroin
Two Children Among 11 Killed in Missile Strike on Gaza City
Israel Blames Hamas for Beach Deaths
UK Fears Record Afghan Heroin Output
Israelis Blame Hamas for Beach Deaths
South Africa Aids Muddle Highlighted
PM Calls for Talks on Palestinian State
Zarqawi Died 52 Minutes After Air Strike, Us Says
Sympathy Short-lived As Rockets Hit Sderot
Demonstrations Threaten Nato-led War Games
Protests Threaten Nato War Games
Separatists Blamed for Fatal Bombings in Assam
Florida Braces Itself for First Hurricane
Poll Shows Childcare Gulf
Beijing Olympic Official Sacked Over Corruption
Western Alarm at Afghan Plan to Arm Villagers
Cyprus Deal Prompts Start of Eu Entry Talks for Turkey
Panama Hopes to Sail Into 'first World' By Enlarging Its Waterway
US Releases Zarqawi Autopsy in Attempt to Counter 'baloney'
Blair Refuses to Back Olmert's West Bank Plan
Truck Causes Train Smash in Israel
British Soldier Killed After Firefight in Afghanistan
Zarqawi Group Uses Website to Promise New Attacks
Stressed-out Japanese Relax - at a Price
Murder Suspect Escapes in Swap With Brother
Hamas to Boycott Referendum on Recognition of Israel
Chinese Arms Fuel Conflicts, Amnesty Says
Secular Turks and Islamists Fight for Supremacy in the Courts and Streets
UN Report Accuses Afghan Mps of Torture and Massacres
Top Politicians Pay Homage to King of Bloggers
Iran's Football Team Face Mass Protest
How Jordanians Hunted Down Their Hated Son
Hamas Fury Over Poll to Recognise Israeli State
Cyprus Vetoes Turkey's Talks to Gain Eu Entry
Death on the Beach: Seven Palestinians Killed As Israeli Shells Hit Family Picnic
Picnickers Die in Attack on Gaza
Zarqawi Was Alive When Us Forces Arrived at Bomb Scene
Hand of John the Baptist in Russia
Seven Killed As Israeli Shells Hit Family Picnic on Gaza Beach
Hamas Official Killed in Israeli Air Strike
Taliban Leader: 'more Zarqawis to Come'
Iraqi Government Names New Ministers
Iran Ready for Nuclear Talks
Villagers Flee Biggest Mt Merapi Eruption Yet
A Remote Farm Surrounded By Date Palms - Zarqawi's Last Hiding Place
Poor Bedouin Who Became a Butcher
Serious Tone Hides Bush's Glee
Russians Want Putin to Serve Third Term
Italian Judge Backs 'buffoon' Attack on Berlusconi
Ex-Yard Man Faces Charges on Four-death Crash
At Least 26 Killed in Baghdad Bomb Attacks
Tycoon Flees Zimbabwe After Falling Foul of Mugabe
Arrest Days Ago Led Americans to Zarqawi
Villagers Flee Biggest Eruption Yet From Mt Merapi
Zarqawi Death a 'significant Blow' to Al-qaida
Iraq Terrorist Leader Zarqawi 'terminated'
Iraq Terrorist Leader Al-zarqawi Killed
The Economy is Coming Home for Germany
Inquiry Launched Into East Timor Unrest
Washington Fury Over Un Attack on Bush 'hypocrites'
New Concession to Iran As West Presses for Nuclear Deal
US Troops at Risk From Civil Servant's Stolen Laptop
Why Israel's Capture of Eichmann Caused Panic at the Cia
Swedish Men About the House Leave Portuguese Standing
Road Deaths Should Be Treated As a Global Disease, Say Campaigners
Russia Tells Ukraine to Stay Out of Nato
Ambassador Quits Estonia Over Gay Abuse
Senate Blocks Same-sex Marriage Ban
Italian Forces to Leave Iraq By December
From Logistics to Turning a Blind Eye: Europe's Role in Terror Abductions
UK Aided Cia With Torture Flights, Says Official Report
Iran Regime Split Over West's Latest Offer
French State and Sncf Guilty of Collusion in Deporting Jews
Baghdad Has Bloodiest Month As 1,400 Targeted Killings Add to Toll
Plot to Behead Premier Alleged
Hamas Given Extra Time to Decide on Two-state Plan
Spain Heading for Worst Drought Since 1947 As Reservoir Levels Fall
Sarkozy Forced to Review Plans to Deport Children of Illegal Immigrants
Operation Removes Baby's Third Arm
Mogadishu Protesters Urge Islamist Militia to Withdraw
Solana to Offer Iran Rewards
Middle East 'suffers From Bad Press'
50 Iraqis Abducted By Baghdad Gunmen
Bush Tries to Mollify Right By Backing Gay Marriage Ban and Outlawing Flag Burning
Court Verdicts Anger Killed Hostage's Family
Life Sentence for Margaret Hassan Accused
Scores Killed As Storms Sweep India
Terror Plot Foiled, Say Canadians
Hamas Rejects Abbas Call for Palestinian Referendum
Polish Rightwingers Stoke Israeli Concern
Scrapped French Holiday Prompts Chaos
Children of the Repression
Desert Cities Are Living on Borrowed Time, Un Warns
Marine's Wife Paints Portrait of Us Troops Out of Control in Haditha
Paedophile Bill Outlaws Sex Between 16 Year Olds
Ban Gay Weddings, Says Bush
French Split Over Altruistic Monday
French Defy State Child Snatchers
Israeli Secret Agent Threatened to Kill Me, Says Briton
Police Swoop Foils Bombers
Iran Gives Ground on Us Plan
UN Warns of New Wave of Evictions and Demolition
Nobel Laureate Appointed to Bring Peace to Military
Give Offenders Military Service, French Socialist Contender Says
She Has a Tv Show and a Porsche. Now Moscow's Paris Hilton Wants a Party Too
Britons Seized From Nigerian Oil Rig
US Soldiers Cleared of Murdering Iraqi Civilians in Raid
Web of Betrayal, Blackmail and Sex That Killed Two Lovers Who Turned Informer
Britain Rules Out Force Against Iran
Britons 'kidnapped From Nigerian Oil Rig'
Iraq Pressures Us to Cooperate on Haditha Killings
Iran Proposal 'excludes Use of Force'
Al-Jazeera Journalist Has Conviction Upheld
Blix Warns of Wmd Vicious Circle
Iran 'could Have Bomb in 10 Years'
Big Powers Seal Deal to Turn Screw on Iran Enrichment
Washington U-turn Boosts Chances of Un Deal Over Iran
US Troops Ordered to Undergo Ethical Training After Killing of Iraqi Civilians
L'Oréal Court Verdict Won't Wash, Says French Anti-racism Group
US Blocking International Deal on Fighting Aids
Customers Flock to Allah's Tailor in Turkey's Fashion Battleground
Peru Set for Polls That Could Return Unpopular Former Leader
World Powers Close to Iran Proposal
Moral Training for Us Troops in Iraq
CBS Reporter in Baghdad Bomb Attack 'critical But Stable'
Iran Defiant After Us Talks Offer
Ill Wind Blows Over Storm-hit Lands
Iraq Declares State of Emergency in Basra After Month of Heavy Losses
US Reverses 27-year Iran Policy and Offers Talks