National & World News Archive September 2006
Third Reich Epic Sparks Bidding War
Retired General Expected to Become Thai Caretaker Pm
Cancer Victim Revered for Fasting to Death
How One of the Biggest Rows of Modern Times Helped Danish Exports to Prosper
It Was Meant to Bring Peace. Instead, British-brokered Deal Has Rekindled War
Kurdish Rebel Leader Calls for Ceasefire
Student Finds Frost Poem Lost for 88 Years
They Cry, Pray to Bush and Wash Out the Devil - Welcome to Jesus Camp
Jospin Drops Out of Presidency Race, Boosting Royal's Hopes
End of an Era Looms for Far Right Populist Haider
'Abducted' Girl Found in Alpine Fortress Hideout
Newsweek Sugars Pill for Us
Streetwise Met Kickstarts Revival With Puccini on the Pavement
Republican Senator Snared By Race Row
Two Former Sago Miners Responsible for Mine Safety Commit Suicide
Art Teacher Fired after Kids See Nude Sculpture at Art Museum
Something of the Night About D&g's Ladies
US Doubts Push Oil to 6-month Low
Violence Must Be Opposed, Pope Tells Muslim Leaders
WWF Staff Missing After Nepal Helicopter Crash
Air Controllers Amazed As Ba Pilot Flies Despite Fire
Support for Author Accused of Lying
At Least 21 Die As Driverless Train Crashes Into Maintenance Truck
Sports Stars Return to Superdome, But Not Everyone is Cheering
Mag-lev Crash Kills 23
'I'm Sad, Angry and Frustrated But I Can't Do Anything About It'
Corfu Pays Belated Tribute to Durrells
Ahern in Spotlight Over Alleged Cash Payments
Three Years On, Guantánamo Detainee, 78, Goes Home
Exiled Rebel Leader Welcomes Thai Coup
Judge Throws Out Zuma Corruption Charges
The General and the King
Selam, the Three-year-old From 3.3m Years Ago
Le Pen Launches Election Battle
Zuma Celebrates After Judge Dismisses Bribery Charges
Army to Stay in Charge for a Year, Says General
Author's Family Deny Tales of Sex Abuse
Generals Swoop While Pm is Away
Proliferating Conflicts Facing the General Assembly
ANC Accused of Ignoring Voters By Stripping Mayor of Power
First Three-way Talks Bring Agreement on Gibraltar Access
Five Times More Cash Needed to Cut Child Deaths
Dust and Cracks Fail to Diminish Kapoor's Mirror on Fifth Avenue
Muslim World Divided Over Pope's Apology
Girl Rescued After Sending Text From Kidnapper's Phone
After a Quiet First Year As Pontiff, God's Rottweiler Shows His Teeth
Critics Dismiss Racial Stunt By Washed-up Survivor
College Gunman Wanted to Die 'in a Hail of Gunfire'
Right Tempts Swedes to Change Course
College Killer Wanted to Die 'in a Hail of Gunfire'
Briton Sparks Second Outback Emergency
Military Admits Problems in Anbar After Leaked Report
Republicans' Moderate Rebel Boosts Mid-term Prospects
Falconer Condemns 'shocking' Guantã¡namo
Wives Tell Gangsters to Lay Down Arms or Go Without Sex
Ben-Hur Comes to a French Arena
Soprano Attacks Bolshoi Over 'obscene' Reworking of Classic
Maharaja's Heirs Deny Tale of Illicit Love
Tutu Attacks 'betrayal' of Liberty Ideals
Swedes Set for a Swing to the Right
Several Killed in Kabul Car Bomb
European Watchdog Calls for Clampdown on Cia
Global Alert Over Deadly New Tb Strains
EU Plans to Let Patients Shop Around
The Beautiful Game Turns Nasty As Sectarian Feud Spreads to Sport
Top Eu Official Brands Strasbourg Shuttle 'insane'
Fighting Us on the Beaches: Ryanair's Cheap Normandy Landings Enrage Chic Deauville
Home Office Used Wrong Figures to Predict 'trickle'
EU Migrants Swell Homeless Numbers
Rumsfeld Targeted in Midterm Election Fight
Outcast Mel Sells His Film the Hard Way
US Pushed Mi5 Into Airport Terror Swoop
White House in Crisis Over 'iraq Lies' Claims
Bush is a Lying Failure, Says Al-qaida Number Two
What the New Us Terror Legislation Means
Bush Faces Wave of Challenges to Terror Law
Bars, Brothels and a Regime of Terror - Inside the Jail Run By Its Inmates
Blue Hats and Wife Storage - Borat Haunts Kazakh President
Greek Economy Up 25% - With a Little Help From Prostitutes
Thai Generals Line Up Caretaker Pm
Over 800 Attacks Every Week in Iraq
Senate Backs Bush Over Terror Suspects
Doubts Surround Korean Frontrunner for Un's Top Job
4,000 Fighters Killed, 'al-qaida in Iraq' Tape Claims
Mexican City Grinds to Halt Amid Violence
Sarkozy Sparks Immigrants Row With Spain
Terror Suspects Tortured, Claims Amnesty Report
Taliban Attacks Double After Pakistan's Deal With Militants
Take Uk Troops Out of Iraq, Senior Military Told Ministers
US: Iraq Failing to Tackle Death Squads
Jospin Pulls Out of French Presidential Race
Bodies of 40 Torture Victims Found in Baghdad
Iraq War Was Terrorism 'recruiting Sergeant'
Kazakhstan Fights Back Ahead of Borat Film Release
Bush Referees As Karzai and Musharraf Meet for Dinner
Ex-Bosnian Serb Leader Jailed for War Crimes But Not Genocide
Irish Pm Tells Dáil of 'smear' Over Loans From Friends
Pardoned 'tokyo Rose' Dies, Aged 90
Family Tree of Chinese Sage Branches Out to Include Women
'Tokyo Rose' Dies at 90
Israel to Release Palestinian Deputy Pm
Merkel Voices Concern Over Opera Cancellation
Bosnian Serb Leader Jailed for War Crimes
School Attacks Hint at Thai Unrest
Russia Denies Ulterior Motives Over Sakhalin
Intelligence Report Blow to Bush's War on Terror
Abe Elected Japanese Prime Minister
Ex-chief of Wto Tipped to Lead Thailand
Like Musharraf, Thai General Just Can't Let Go
Iraqi Tells of Beating By British Soldiers
Romania and Bulgaria to Join Eu
Constitution the Key to Future Expansion
Laywer: Officer at Guantánamo Threatened Me
Clinton and Bush Camps at War Over Lead-up to 9/11
General Insists Army Has Role in Politics
Abe Wins Mps' Vote to Become Japan's New Prime Minister
Irish Pm Defends Taking Cash Gifts From Friends
Romania and Bulgaria to Enter - With a Warning
Court Orders Surrender of Misbah Passport
US Maintains Visa Ban on Muslim Academic
Researchers Say Earth is the Warmest It’s Been in 12,000 Years
Mel Gibson Slams Iraq War in Surprise Promo for His Latest Movie
Thai Military Revives Thaksin Corruption Inquiry
Sri Lankan Navy Sinks 11 Tamil Tiger Ships
Taliban Kill Top Afghan Woman
Aristocrat Shot Poacher Deliberately, Trial Told
Army Chief Tells Bush: There's Not Enough Money for Iraq War
Film Honours France's African Saviours
Shanghai Communist Chief Fired
Thai Junta Revives Inquiry Into 10,000 Claims of Corruption
Hamas and Hizbullah Would Ruin Arab Peace Plan, Says Peres
Shanghai's Communist Party Chief Sacked in Corruption Purge
New Judge Ejects Saddam Again
Conjecture Over Bin Laden Death
Abbas Resumes Coalition Talks With Hamas
Icon Found After Five-week Hunt
Mother and Three Children Killed in Foetus Theft Case
Chávez Boosts Chomsky Sales
Angry Clinton Defends Record on Fighting Al-qaida
After the Fighting, a Battle for Hope
Campaign in Iraq Has Increased Terrorism Threat, Says American Intelligence Report
Psychiatrist Attacks 'voyeurism' in Case of Austrian Kidnap Victim
Actors on an Empty Stage
Aid Agency Backs World Bank's Stand on Corruption
Spy Chiefs to Probe 'osama is Dead' Claim
37 Dead As Sunni Bombers Target Shia in Ramadan Revenge Attack
Officers Warn About Plight of British Troops
Bleak in Basra, Court Martial Told
'For Eight Minutes We Sat There, Waiting for Him to Die'
Officers Warn of British Troops' Plight
Bush Reaches Out to Musharraf to Shore Up Shaky Alliance
Bangkok Protest Against Coup
We Still Have 20,000 Rockets, Says Nasrallah
Christian Executions Spark Unrest
The End of a Dynasty? Aristocrat Faces Second Murder Trial in Kenya
Aboriginal Groups Deny Australian Land Grab
Executions Spark Indonesian Violence
Hizbullah Celebrates 'victory'
Thai Protesters Defy Martial Law
Bush Threatened to Bomb Pakistan, Says Musharraf
Florida Prisoner Executed After Court Rejects Cruelty Claim
Torture in Iraq 'worse Than Under Saddam'
New Thai Rulers Prohibit Political Activity
Indians Plough Cash Into False Hopes of New Homes on English Green Belt
La France Tgv Service Marks 25 Years
Olmert Ratings Plunge As Right Surges Ahead
Censorship and Arrests As Generals Crack Down
UN Envoy Calls for Peace in Darfur During Ramadan
US Deal on Detainees' Treatment
Colonel 'failed to Stop His Men Abusing Iraqis'
Ministry Accused Over Afghan Casualty Figures
I Love Everyone, Says Smiling Ahmadinejad
Civilian Deaths Soar to Record High in Iraq
Government Wants Routine HIV Testing for Americans
Atlantis Returns to Earth
Acquittal for Turkish Novelist
Nato to Bolster Afghan Force
Arrests Deepen Telecom Italia Crisis
Abe Anointed Japan's Next Prime Minister
Tourists and Tanks on Streets of Bangkok
Locals Had Climbed Peak Before It Was 'conquered'
Don't Visit Istanbul, John Paul's Attacker Warns Pope
Birthmark Identifies Stolen Baby
Japan's Leader-in Waiting Pledges to Push on With Reforms
America is Alienating Rest of World: Powell
Amnesty Accuses China of Breaking Olympic Promises
Chávez Attacks 'devil' Bush in Un Speech
Shameful Secret of the Nazi Camp Guard Who Married a Jew
California Sues Car Firms for Global Warming
Abducted Newborn Found; Taken by Woman Who Miscarried
Coup Leader Promises Handover in Two Weeks
Coup Leader Vows to Return Power to Thais
Iranian President Labels Us a Lawbreaker
Al-Jazeera Unveils African Lineup
Browne Fears Deeper Afghan Conflict
The Ex-policeman Who Made Grand Promises But Didn't Deliver
Painful - and Costly - Route to Euro Entry Lies Ahead
Judge in Saddam Trial Axed in Neutrality Row
Torture Victim Deported on Faulty Intelligence
Critics Round on Sarkozy Over Pro-us Stance
British Soldier Admits War Crime As Court Martial Told of Iraqi Civilian's Brutal Death
Defiant Bush Appeals to People of Middle East
Coup As Army Seizes Power in Thailand
Japan on Verge of Electing Nationalist Abe
UK Accused of Guantanamo Collusion
Iraq in Danger of Civil War, Warns Annan Ahead of Crucial Un Assembly
Afghanistan Hit By Wave of Suicide Bombings
Pope Has Joined Us Crusade, Says Iran
Toxic Spill Causes Space Station Emergency
Muslim Workers Hacked to Death in Coastal Town
Suicide Bomber Kills Four in Afghanistan
US Warns Banks Against Iranian Nuclear Firms
German Neo-nazis Gain a Platform By Taking Seats in Regional Assembly
Swedish Centre-right Alliance Wins Wafer-thin Election Victory
Pope's Remarks About Jews 'unwise in Current Climate'
Little Support for Refugees on Streets of London
Iraqi Insurgents Launch Wave of Sectarian Attacks in Kirkuk
German Neo-nazis Gain a Platform By Winning Seats in Regional Assembly
Police in Singapore Block Opposition March on Meetings
Zimbabwe Union Chiefs Tell of Police Beatings
President May Withdraw Deadline for African Union Peacekeepers to Leave
Swedish Centre-right Clinches Poll Victory
Pope 'deeply Sorry' But Muslim Protests Spread
Labour Leaders Beaten in Police Custody
Deluge of Fine Wine Dismays the French
Clinton Plots His Comeback
Benedictus XVI may not be right, but today's Muslims are islamically wrong!
German Neo-nazis Set for Poll Victory
Number of Japanese Centenarians Hits New High
Geneva Conventions Vague, Says Bush
Cult Leader to Be Executed for Tokyo Gas Attacks
Banned Pesticide Backed for Malaria Control
Fallaci, Italian Journalist Who Stirred Controversy, Dies at 76
Neo-Nazis Poised to Win Seats in German State Parliament
Spain Buys Up Coast to Halt Concrete Creep
Left Builds Power Base in the Blogosphere
Better Paid, Better Armed, Better Connected - Taliban Rise Again
Bush Digs in After Terror Law Rebellion
LA Times Editor Clashes With Bosses Over Job Cuts
Clooney Warns Un of Darfur Genocide
UN Attacks Us Nuclear Report on Iran
Air America Denies Bankruptcy Rumours
NGOs Boycott World Bank Meetings
Saddam Trial Judge Facing Fresh Bias Allegation
Israel Blames Map Error for Un Deaths in Bombing
IAEA Rebuffs Congress Over Iran
Senegal Refuses to Allow Deportation Flight to Land
Darfur Conflict Death Toll Could Be 255,000, Say Researchers
Saddam No Dictator, Says Judge
Taliban Not Behind All Violence in Afghanistan, Says Nato Chief
IAEA Says Congress Report on Iran's Nuclear Capacity is Erroneous and Misleading
Bush Stance on Al-qaida Suspects is Morally Wrong, Says Colin Powell
Republicans Reject Bush's Anti-terror Law
Italian Village Triggers Diplomatic Crisis By Refusing to Hand Over Girl Abused at Home
Newspaper Spat Over Madrid Bombs 'conspiracy'
Pressure Mounts on Olmert to Quit
Two More Journalists Killed in Iraq
IMF: China Leading World Economic Upturn
Amnesty Report Accuses Hizbullah of War Crimes
Student Shot Dead As Gunman Attacks College
Pakistan Criticised Over Journalist Killing
Nato Faces Crisis As Call for Troops Goes Unanswered
Gunman Kills One and Wounds 20 in College Shooting Spree
Mystery Third Person at Death of Ex-model's Son
Sixty Years After War, First Rabbis Ordained in Germany
Critics Accuse Chirac of Appointing Close Ally to Top Legal Post to Escape Charges
Minister Gives Ground on Ceasefire Policy
Polish 'slave' Labourers Feared Murdered
Israeli General Quits Over Conduct of Lebanon War
Blair Tells Nato: Send More Troops to Afghanistan
Iraqi Judge Accused of Saddam Bias
South African Firms Deny Discrimination
Australian Press Giants Oppose Media Shakeup
Bomb Attack on Us Embassy in Syria Foiled
TV Blamed for Triple Family Murder
Wen Flies Into Human Rights Storm
UN Urges Nato Crackdown on Afghan Opium
Star Store Sues Gossip Magazine
Taliban Exposes Cracks in Nato
Gangsters Are Told to Lay Down Arms
Underworld Family Guilty of 1993 Mumbai Bombings
TV Blamed After Boy Kills Three Family Members
Mother Smoked Drug With Son As Homework Reward
BBC Did Not Know of 9/11 Film's Link to Religious Right
Stampede at Yemen Election Rally Kills 51
Rocked By Aids, Zulu Kingdom Now Faces Even Worse Foe: Incurable Tb
Irwin's Death Sparks Bout of Stingray Mutilations
Israeli Military Judge Releases 18 Hamas Prisoners
Civil Liberties Crackdown Casts Long Shadow Over Chinese Leader's Visit to Britain
Iran Closes Daily Paper
Gunmen Attack Us Embassy in Syria
Bush: Saddam Was Not Responsible for 9/11
Breakthrough in Palestinian Government Talks
Outspoken Justice Minister to Be Ireland's Deputy Leader
Marine Colonel's Iraq Report Fuels Us Gloom
US Marks 9/11 Five Years on
Blair Greeted By Protests in Lebanon
Village Where Osama Bin Laden Plotted 'a Terrible Calamity'
Zawahiri Warns West of Looming Defeat in New Video
Chirac Allies on Trial Over Alleged Paris Vote-rigging
Security Council Divided on Successor to Kofi Annan
Justice Minister to Lead Progressive Democrats
Chinese Chukkas: One Man's Mission to Attract New Elite to the Sport of Kings
Rival Palestinian Factions Agree to Unity Government
Ground Zero Falls Silent As Americans Recall Fateful Day Their World Collapsed
Ruin and Defeat Await You, Al-qaida Tells West
Lebanese Politicians Snub Blair
Al-Qaida Tape Warns of New Attacks
Iran Offers to Freeze Uranium Enrichment for Eight Weeks
Bush Marks 9/11 Anniversary
A Child and His Grief, One Among Thousands
Ground Zero Forensics Offer Some Hope of Closure
Nato Claims to Have Killed 420 Taliban in Nine Days
US Patrols to Weed Out Militias Posing As Iraqi Police
Blair Offers Support for a Palestinian Coalition
Kenya Bishop Leads Anti-evolution Fight
Now Death Comes to the Men Who Cleaned Up Ground Zero
How Us Merchants of Fear Sparked a $130bn Bonanza
US Accused of Covert Operations in Somalia
Warning Over Threatened Wild Food Crops
Nato Wants 2,000 Extra Troops to Combat Taliban
Clinton Aides Slam 9/11 Drama
31 Dead in Indian Bombings
Zimbabwe Condemned on Housing Crisis
Changing Face of a Giant That Never Stops Moving
Mugabe Slated As 700,000 Stay Homeless
Clinton Celebrates 60 Again - to Raise $2.5m
Charity President Cashed in on Baby Collections
Cult Blog a Fake, Admit 'lonelygirl' Creators
Bombs Aimed at Muslims Kill 35 in India
Israel Tests Ceasefire With Lebanon Arrests
Full House As Leading 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist Has His Say
French Frontrunner Rocks Europe's Boat
The D-day Package From Senegal to Spain
Bush Faces Republican Revolt Over Terror Trials
Nato Rows Over Sending More Troops to Afghanistan
Video Claims to Show Bin Laden With 9/11 Plotters
Study Highlights Perils of Afghan Service
Violence Rocks Baghdad on Day of Power Transfer
Lebanon Blockade Lifted
Colombia Opens Its Doors to Tourism
US Hands Some Military Control Back to Iraq
Report Blames Burmese Junta for High Death Rate of Eastern Tribes
Palestinians Tell Blair: You Are Not Welcome Here
Million Little Pieces May Cost Publishers Millions in Refunds
Lancet Caught Up in Row Over Haiti Murders
Italians Ask Fbi to Help Decode Mafia Bible
Simon Tisdall: Bush and Bin Laden Locked in an Embrace
Bronze Age Pyramid Found in Ukraine
Belgian Neo-nazis in 'terror Plot'
A Meeting of Minds on New York Skyline
'Safer' Colombia Launches Tourism Drive
Nato's Chief Commander Appeals for More Aid for Afghanistan Fight
Health of Burma Tribes 'worst in World'
Kidnap Girl Tells of Eight-year Torment
Three British Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
When Water Bubbles Signal a Volcanic Big Bang
Ex-wife Gets Life for Barbecue Murder in Thailand
Japanese Prince Born Ending Royal Heir Crisis
Book Says Cia Tried to Provoke Saddam to War
US Confirms Existence of Secret Prison Network
Presidents Blamed in Docudrama
EU May Take Turkey to Court to Help Smooth Obstacles to Entry
Australian Drug Smugglers Get Death Sentence
Palestinian Children Pay Price of Israel's Summer Rain Offensive
Police Fear 'kebab Mafia' Behind Putrid Meat Trade
Further British Casualties in Afghanistan
Bush Doctrine on Terror Fails to Convince Public
Mbeki Urged to Sack Ally Over Hiv Views
After Eight Years in a 'place of Despair', Kidnap Victim Tells Austria of Her Ordeal
Obesity in Asia Mirrors Western Increase
Death Penalty Shock for Australians
Japan Celebrates Birth of Male Heir
Baby Boy Ends 40-year Wait for Heir to Chrysanthemum Throne
Pakistan Agrees Peace Pact With Pro-taliban Tribal Fighters
Woman Hit By Press Bus on Cameron's India Trip
Britain Forced to Send More Troops to Iraq
Iranian President Calls for Purge of Liberal Lecturers
Court Jails Islamist for Role in Bali Bombings
Media Frenzy As Abducted Teenager Prepares to Talk About Her Ordeal
Protesters Defiant As Conservative Wins Mexico Poll
Media Will Be Free to Roam During Olympics, Pledges Beijing
Vanishing Trick for Ireland's Second Homes
Serb Move May Trigger New War
Japan Holds Its Breath Ahead of Royal Birth
Beckett Visits Iraq to Discuss Handover
Kidnapper's Retro Computer Offers Scant Clues
Islamist Jailed Over Bali Bombings
Japan's Pushy Internet King Denies Fraud
Briton Shot Dead in Jordan As Gunman Fires at Tourists
British Military Toll Continues to Rise
Briton Shot Dead in Amman
Poland to Name 6m War Dead
Hamas on the Brink of Deal to Lead New Coalition in Move to End Funding Crisis
Adams to 'share Experience'
Polish War Dead Log Challenges Germany
Hundreds of Chechens Forced to Flee Russian Town As Restaurant Brawl Erupts Into Race Riot
Sudan Throws Out Darfur Peacekeepers
Southern Insurgency Death Toll Stands at 1,730
Thai Insurgency Death Toll Put at 1,730
Khartoum Orders Darfur Peacekeepers Out
Iran Open to Nuclear Talks, Says Annan
Arrest Deals 'fatal Blow' to Al-qaida in Iraq
Mbeki Under Pressure Over Luxury House Purchase
HIV-positive South Africans Seek Asylum in Canada
Sarkozy Launches Bid for Presidency With Help From Ageing Rocker and Rap Star
MEPs to Rebuke Turkey Over Reform Ahead of Accession Talks
PM Attacks German President Over Expellees
War Fails to Dim Hizbullah's Beacon
Studies Debunk 9/11 Myths
Irish 'in Denial' Over Threat By Al-qaeda
Fears of 'extreme' Tb Strain
The Mystery Death, a Town in Uproar and a $1bn Uk Mines Deal
Doubts Cloud Sarkozy's Sunny Day
No Civil War in Iraq, Insists Bush - But Pentagon Differs
14 British Troops Die in Afghan Air Crash
Chavez Visits Castro in Hospital
EU Urges Diplomatic Way Forward on Iran
Dozens Dead in Iranian Air Blaze
Balcony Fall Father Attempts Suicide
Move to Britain? They're All Drunks and Psychos
Angry Family Boycott Funeral of Pakistan Chieftain
UN's Gaza 'time Bomb' Warning As West Pledges $500m in Aid
British Soldier Killed in Clash With Taliban
At Least 29 Dead in Iran's Latest Air Disaster
I Left of My Own Free Will, Says Girl at Centre of Pakistan 'abduction' Case
Hawk Declares Bid for Japan's Premiership