National & World News Archive August 2007
Don't Recognise Wu Yi? You Should, She's the World's Second Most Powerful Woman
Death and Desolation After the Inferno on Road From Artemida
Migrants Die in Rescue Calamity
Summertime - and After Katrina, Life Still Ain't Easy
Battle Lines Drawn Over Gonzales Successor
Concerns Over Bull-run Safety Grow After Man is Gored to Death
US Pressure Forces Move to Reconciliation
Helpers Fly in From Across Europe As Forest Blazes Threaten Historic Sites
Two Killed As Balloon Plunges in Flames
A Bumper Harvest, But Growing Demand Means the Champagne is Running Out
Moscow Flexes Its Military Muscle Again, But Few in West Say It is Fit for a Fight
Blue on Blue Deaths Raise Tough Questions for Mod
Guano Theory in Bridge Collapse
British Troops on Verge of Long-awaited Pullout From Basra
When Wrong Boyfriends or Clothes Lead Daughters to Kill Themselves
Jewish Leader Sounds Alarm After Racist Attack
Blackout Over for Gaza As Eu Agrees to Resume Oil Shipments
US Colonel Tried Over Abu Ghraib Abuses
Farewell to the Woman They Called the Queen of Mean: Leona Helmsley Dies at 87
No Death in the Afternoon: State Tv Axes Bullfights
Barbers' Bills Blow for Taxpayers
First Lady Seeks Political Redesign
School Deaths That Stunned Black America
News in Brief
Angst, Drugs and Alcohol: That's Opera
Death of Three Rescuers Halts Mine Search
Pentagon's $1m Bill for Washers
'Basque Land Not for Sale' - Bombers Hit Holiday Homes
Hotel Mistakes Nobel Laureate for Bag Lady
'The Earth Was Like Jelly' - But Lima Escapes As Hundreds Die in Quake
Official Elvises Vie to Step Into His Blue Suede Shoes
Close Family Ties and Bitter Blood Feuds
As the Death Toll Continues to Rise, How Do Experts View the Possible Exit Strategies?
Former Hostage Keenan Visits Beirut for 'another Holiday'
Death of Society Doyenne Reignites Astor Feud
Secularists and Islamists Face Off Again
27 Injured in St Petersburg Train Explosion
100 Days On, and the Agony Sharpens for the Mccanns
Families Await News on Miners
From Rossellini to Rubble
'Besieged' Mccanns Weather Media Storm in Portugal
Separatists May Have Been Cause of Georgia Missile Row
Staff Vote Against Plans to Increase Presence
'Treat Us Like You Would Your Own'
Translator Was Given Asylum By Tribunal
The Dilemma: Pulling Out As Soon As Possible While Maintaining Security
Aid Struggles to Reach Marooned Millions After South Asia Floods
Moscow Makes Most Profit From Hotel Rooms, Says Poll
College Students Shot Execution Style
NatWest Three Ask Judge to Force Ex-colleagues to Speak Out
Outcry As British Council Quits Europe to Woo Muslim World
America Shares Grief with Minneapolis – Many Miracles amid the Mayhem
Millions Forced to Flee and 1,100 Die After Heavier Than Usual Monsoon Hits South Asia
The Ultra-orthodox Jews on a Mission to Save Jerusalem From Secularism
Up to 30 Missing As Divers Hunt for Bodies
The Lucky Ones
Engineers Launch Inquiry Into Bridge Disaster
At Least Seven Dead As Cars Plunge Into Mississippi
Britain Insists on Joint Role at 'son of Star Wars' Base
Carer Accused of Taking $2m in Benefits As Adopted Youths Starved
RAF Man Killed in Blast Named
McCanns Launch Libel Action Against Portuguese Newspaper
Chávez Flies to Colombia for Talks to Free Hostages Held By Guerrillas
Bush Defends Uk Basra Pullout
The Forza Be With You
Swiss Party Accused of Racist Campaigning
UK Attacks Kenya Over Role in Search for Missing £1bn
Bling for Your Supper: Hip-hop Stars Go Into Battle Over the Future of a Stuttering Genre
Suicide Bomber Targets Nato at Kabul Airport
Civil War Monument to British Volunteers Stolen
$350m to Leave Oil in the Ground
French Use Baguette As Stick to Beat Sarkozy Over Prices
Global Food Crisis Looms As Climate Change and Population Growth Strip Fertile Land
Accomplice Wins Eleventh-hour Reprieve From Texas Death Row
Return of Exiled Rival Ups Stakes in Pakistan's Power Struggle
MoD Denies Deal Over Withdrawal From Basra
US Failing to Meet Most Benchmarks in Iraq, Says Study
Response to Virginia Tech Shootings 'too Slow'
59 Adrift Off Libya Saved By Call to Uk
German Prosecutors Investigate State-owned Bank's Executives
Mahdi Army Calls Six-month Truce After Fighting Leaves 50 Dead
Father Forced to Lynch Son By Peru Vigilantes
Mayor Causes Stink on Homeless
US Bars American Witnesses From Inquests of British Soldiers
Bhutto Close to Deal With Musharraf
Lugovoi Rules Out Return to Uk
From Russia With $3 Billion. Another Putin Opponent May Have Fled to London
Clinton Proves Favourite Across the Atlantic
Musharraf 'to Quit As Army Chief'
Al-Sadr Declares Ceasefire in Iraq
US Kills 100 'insurgents' in Afghanistan Battle
US Forces Free Iranians Held in Iraq
America's Tyrant
Stone Plans Ahmadinejad the Movie
Iran Forces Lecturers to Disclose All Foreign Trips
US Judge Approves Noriega's Extradition to France
Astronaut on Assault Charge to Use Insanity Defence
Trapped Miners Survived on Diet of Coal, Urine and Wife Jokes
Eradication or Legalisation? How to Solve Afghanistan's Opium Crisis
Gul Sworn in As Turkey's President
Government Accused As Fires in Greece Rage for Fifth Day
Bush Threatens to Confront Iran Over Alleged Support for Iraqi Insurgents
India and China Urged to Cut Emissions
Sponsors Sought to Bridge Golden Gate Shortfall
Church Ready to Forgo Tax Breaks
Britons Lost at Least $50m in Debacle
Huge Saudi Force to Defend Oilfields From Al-qaida
Aló Presidente - Episode 291: When Chávez Reclaimed Las Malvinas
Chechen Mafia and Rogue Officials Blamed As Russia Arrests 10 for Journalist's Murder
From Iran to Us, Sarkozy Speech Signals French Diplomatic Shift
How Anti-corruption Chief Once Sold Heroin in Las Vegas
UN Horrified By Surge in Opium Trade in Helmand
Death Toll Mounts As Greek Wildfires Rage on
Russia to Charge 10 Over Politkovskaya Murder
UK Oil Firms Cheating Investors, Says Russia
Equal Justice For All?
Italian Police to Investigate Abortion of Wrong Twin
Government Can Ride Out Political Crisis, Says Pakistan's Pm
Mbeki Criticised for Praising 'racist' Sarkozy
Yakuza Moves From Street to Boardroom
Displaced Iraqis Double Despite Us Military Surge
Dozens Killed By Bomb Blasts in Indian City
'Castro Dead' Rumours Send Miami Wild
Feared Gang Renounces Its Crime Crown
Real India Seeps Into Gated Villas
On the Twisted Trail of a Child Rapist Let Loose
The Girl Who Urges Children to Fight Israel ... With Clean Teeth
Crisis Looms As 18 Million Chinese Can't Find a Wife
America Divided Over Iraq Surge
Fires Sweep Greece Turning Villages to Ash and Killing 46
Hillary Tops Previous Flip Flops – Earmarks or Ear Candy
Dissidents Freed As Raúl Castro Signals Change of Tack in Cuba
Bones Found By Russian Builder Finally Solve Riddle of the Missing Romanovs
Saudi Intellectuals in Rare Appeal to King to Release Activists
Dissident's Wife Held at Airport
Iranian Police Give Barbers the Chop to Enforce Islamic Dress Code
Nicole Richie Jailed - for All of 82 Minutes
Football Star Battles Dog-fighting Scandal
Activist's Wife Prevented From Leaving China to Accept Award
Western-style Barbers Get the Chop in Iran
US Military Chief Warns Against Iraq Withdrawal
Strategy That Fails to Win Hearts and Minds
Three British Troops Killed By Us Jet
Christiane Amanpour Reports - CNN Airs Controversial "Gods Warriors"
Sudan Expels Western Diplomats As Pressure Mounts Over Darfur
Pakistan Court Quashes Former Pm's Exile
Mbeki Denies Zimbabwe Talks Are Failing
Jailed Dissident's Wife Under House Arrest in Beijing
Republican Senator Urges Bush to Start Iraq Exit By Christmas
Mbeki Defends His Stance on Zimbabwe
Bolivian Mps Trade Punches in Row Over Control of Judiciary
50 Arrested As Police Storm Play in Belarus
Playwright's Portrait Paints Sarkozy As a Vain, Childlike Egotist
US Military Braced for Tet-style Offensive to Destabilise Iraq Surge
World Faces Threat From New Deadly Diseases As Scientists Struggle to Keep Up, Say Experts
Peres Hails New Opportunity to Make Peace
Bush: There Will Be No Pullout From Iraq While I'm President
Snake Box Plot Flopped, Say Police
Texas Rebuffs Eu Plea to Halt 400th Execution in 25 Years
Army Gets New 'enhanced Blast' Weapon to Fight Taliban
Bangladesh Imposes Curfew After Three Days of Student Riots
Spanish Cry Foul As £40m Row Halts Free Tv Football
Plumber Has Rosbif Surprise for Sarkozy
MEPs Back Sex Offenders List
EU Envoy Dismisses Plans to Partition Kosovo
French Students Learn of a Great British Tradition - Making the Best of a Wet Day By the Sea
Pakistan's Release of Al-qaida Suspect Upsets Us and Uk
Pro-democracy Activists Arrested in Burmese Protests
Mexico Escapes Devastation As Dean Cools Off
Gadafy's Son Calls for Free Media and Judiciary
Iran Frees Us 'spy' on Bail After Three Months
Berlusconi Keen to Found Party With Ex-beauty Queen, Says Media
Venezuela Disowns 'provocative' Earthquake Aid
'Chemical Ali' on Trial for Brutal Crushing of Shia Uprising
Typhoons Scrambled to Intercept Russian Aircraft
Research Boom in Arctic Village As Oil Reserves Draw Big Powers
CIA Blew Chances to Spot 9/11 Threat, Says Report
Russia Steps Up Military Expansion
Red Cross Issues $5.5m Appeal for North Korea Flood Victims
EU Moves to End Gaza Power Cuts
Berlusconi 'planning New Political Party'
US Increases Pressure on Iraqi Prime Minister
Third Trial of Saddam Officials Begins
Putin Flexes His Military Muscles
Protests Over Terror Arrest of German Academic
France Signals Wish for Iraq Role With Visit By Foreign Minister
Roadside Bomb Kills Governor in Iraqi Province Lauded for Progress
US Deports Mother Who Took Sanctuary
Insurer Hiscox Stays Cool As Hurricanes Wreak Havoc
Mexico Braces for Hurricane Dean As Battered Jamaica Declares State of Emergency
China Prays for Olympic Wind As Car Bans Fail to Shift Beijing Smog
Faith, Charity and the Money Trail to Pakistan's Islamist Militants
Thousands Seek Shelter As Hurricane Dean Hits Jamaica
Terror Suspect's Family Claims He Was Tortured By Spanish Police
Texas Defies Federal Court With Plan to Execute Man Who Did Not Kill
Wife Claims Terror Suspect Was Tortured at Spain 'guantánamo'
Khomeini 'sought to Drop Death to America Chant'
The Minister and the Liver Transplant - South Africa's Aids Row Gets Personal
Kurds Flee Homes As Iran Shells Villages in Iraq
Army Chief Backs Special Award for Troops in Taliban Hotspot
Afghan Weddings Bring Limos and Bling
Iran Hangs 30 Over 'us Plots'
Zimbabwe's Delivery From Tyranny is Far From Certain
Peru Sends Soldiers to Quell Quake Looting
Terror Law Puts Britons at Risk of Surveillance By Us Agents
Say Freeze: Why 600 People Stripped and Posed on a Swiss Glacier
Indian Teenager Wins Dream Education on Reality Tv
The Sub-prime Panic Has Spread Far Beyond Wall Street
Hanging Crackdown in Iran
Judge Rules Academic Staged Incident in Which He Was Shot
Apartheid-era Minister Guilty of Attempted Murder
Trial of Us Football Star Exposes Savage World of Dog Fighting
Darfur Force Tainted By War Crimes Allegations
All News Must Be Good News, Says Chinese Government
Russia Forces World Service Off Fm Radio
Putin Revives Long-range Bomber Patrols
'The Earth Was Like Jelly' - Hundreds Die in Peru Quake, But Lima Escapes
Distressed Denim Trend Costs Mexican Farmers the Earth
Beijing Grounds Drivers in Bid to Clear the Air
US Military Suicides at Highest Rate for 16 Years
US Citizen Found Guilty of Aiding Terror Groups
Victims' Relatives Placed Under Police Protection
Silence on the Streets of Calabria's Mafia Capital As Deadly Feud Crosses Borders
Zimbabwe Rejects Calls for Change at Summit
450 Killed in Peru Quake
330 Killed in Peru Quake
Strong Earthquake Kills Dozens in Peru
US Documents Show Pakistan Gave Taliban Military Aid
Son Cashes in With Sale of Pinochet Suits
Danes Say Sorry for Viking Raids on Ireland
Order Without Law: Hamas Flexes Its Muscles to Assert Political Authority
A Mafia Feud That Began With a Row Over a Firework Leaves Six Dead
Ahmadinejad Gives the People His Ear With Hotline
Grim Search for Bodies Continues As Death Toll From Iraqi Suicide Bombings Tops 250
Iranian Guards Are Terrorists, Us to Declare
Got a Problem? Dial 111 and Speak to Ahmadinejad
Cape Cod Swimmers Given Shark Warning
Student Arrested Over Russian Neo-nazi 'execution' Video
Flooding Devastates North Korea
Death Toll in Iraq Suicide Blasts Passes 250
Curfew Imposed After Suicide Bombers Kill 200 in Iraq
Six Italians Shot Dead in German City
Bombers Kill 175 in Attacks on Minority Sect in Iraq
France Agog at First Lady's Surprise Style and Purpose
Secular Turkey in Turmoil As Ex-islamist Runs for President
Collapse of New Bridge in China Leaves at Least 22 Dead
US Feels Heat As Iranian Leader Visits Afghanistan
Cécilia Sarkozy 'too Sick' for Bush Picnic ... But Not for Shopping
India and Pakistan at Crossroads As They Celebrate 60 Years of Independence
Ahmadinejad's First Afghan Visit Ruffles Us Feathers
Cécilia Sarkozy 'too Sick' for Bush Picnic ... But Not for Shopping
Iranian President Sacks Ministers to Deflect Blame for Policy Failure
Boss in Chinese Toy Scandal Kills Himself
Child-trafficking Fears As Guatemalan Police Rescue 46 From House
Poland on Election Footing As Coalition Collapses
Taliban Free Two Korean Hostages
Coach of India's Record-breaking Marathon Boy is Charged With Torture
Trial of Russian Who Boasted of 63 Murders
Logo Sponsored Presidential Hopefuls Debate - Prepping a Minority or Pandering
'Stolen' Guatemalan Children Freed in Raid
Britain Urged to Engage Moderate Elements in Hamas
Peaceful Vote But Sierra Leone's Problems Remain
South Africa Blames Uk for Zimbabwe Crisis
US Tumbles Down the World Ratings List for Life Expectancy
Cross-border Meeting 'ushers in Era of Love' Say Afghans and Pakistanis
Anti-Mafia Police Uncover Arms-to-iraq Plot
Israelis Buy Rescue Insurance for Their Globetrotting Young
Fatigue Cripples Us Army in Iraq
Sombre Service to Mark 100 Days Since Madeleine Disappeared
Canada Uses Military Might in Arctic Scramble
Guantánamo Man's Family Release 'torture' Dossier
Man Killed in Jerusalem After Grabbing Gun
Infections Spread As Toll From Asian Monsoon Hits 2,000
Four British Soldiers Die in Iraq in a Week
Iran Accuses Britain of Digging Tunnel to Ferry Spies Into Embassy
UN Agrees to Expanded Role in Rebuilding Iraq
Marine Murder Charges Dropped
US to Help Fund War on Cocaine Cartels in Mexico
Aids Activists Furious at Sacking By Mbeki
Two British Troops Killed By Roadside Bomb Near Basra
Looting Fear As Iraqi State Library Seized
Musharraf Denies Need for State of Emergency and Calls for Free Elections
PM Admits Taliban Uses Territory
UK Officer Calls for Us Special Forces to Quit Afghan Hotspot
Bush Backs Iraqi Government
GOP Advances Primary in Race for White House
Baghdad on High Alert for Shia Festival
Bear's French Adventure Brought to Grizzly End
Musharraf Rules Out State of Emergency in Pakistan
Mexico's Drug Problem
US to Take on Mexico's Drug Barons
British Generals Blast 'cowboy' Us Troops
Musharraf Considers State of Emergency in Pakistan
Cracks Appear in Berlin's Holocaust Memorial
Second-ever Meeting Between Korean Leaders Raises Hopes of Easing Tensions
Olympic Artist Attacks China's Pomp and Propaganda
Chávez Opens His Wallet Wider to Boost Latin American Influence
Koreas to Hold First Summit for Seven Years
Thirty Hurt As Police Evict Jewish Settlers From Centre of Hebron
EU Threatens Tit-for-tat Visa Limits on Americans After Us Tightens Law
Georgia Accuses Russia of Bombing Village
Afghanistan Becomes Main Focus for Uk
US Uneasy As Britain Plans for Early Iraq Withdrawal
Israel Replies in Shooting Inquiry
Japanese Upper House Elects Opposition Mp As President
Georgia Accuses Russia of Air Attack
Reformist Paper Closed By Iran for Second Time
Priceless Paintings Stolen at Gunpoint From Nice Museum
Olmert Travels to Jericho for First Talks in Palestine in Seven Years
Georgia Up in Arms Over Olympic Cash
Sarkozy's Holiday Mood Darkens After Furious Row in Us
The Struggle for Iraq's Oil Flares Up As Kurds Open Doors to Foreign Investors
US Would Kill Bin Laden in Pakistan, Says Bush
The Us Arsenal Lost in Iraq
Utah Coal Miners Trapped After Earthquake
IAEA Inspectors Visit Japanese Plant Hit By Earthquake
Fear of Epidemics Follow Lethal Floods in Southern Asia
Nicaragua Defies Us With Iran Trade Deal
Iranian Morals Police Arrest 230 in Raid on 'satanist' Rave
Apartheid-era Murder of Sleeping Teenagers Returns to Haunt De Klerk
Israeli Holocaust Survivors Demand More Support From Government
Madeleine's Mother Tells of Regret As Police Search Suspect's Garden
Politicians Are Accused of Plotting to Keep Banks in Italian Control
Bush Promises Swift Action on Bridge
US Muslim Sect Suspected of 'executing' Newspaper Editor
Israelis Are Up in Arms at Celebrity Draft Dodgers
Irish Troops to Keep Peace in Darfur for Un
Desperate Bid to Save Asian Flood Victims
Tyranny Terror and Moral Relativism - O'Reilly Blasts Dem's Chris Dodd
France Denies Libyan Arms Trade-off
Pakistan Criticises Obama After Warning on Military Strikes
77,000 Us Bridges in Need of Urgent Repair
Monsoon Floods Displace 20 Million
Pressure for Expanded Un Mandate in Iraq
Iraq Veterans Suffer Stress and Alcoholism
Handshake Picture Deals Election Blow to Iranian Reformist
Mining Giant Accused of Profiting From Abuse By Colombian Army
UN Pushed to Take More Diplomatic Role in Iraq
Russia Plants Flag on North Pole Seabed
China's New Appetite for Milk Forces Price Rise in Germany
Bomber Brown Gets a Lesson in Power Dressing
Disaster Looms in Land Built for Peace and Harmony
Riyadh Gives Talks With Israel Cautious Welcome
Baghdad Blasts Kill 67
Trapped Men Rescued From Chinese Mine
Iraq's Biggest Sunni Block Quits Government
Cheney Talks Up Iraq 'progress' Ahead of Report