National & World News Archive September 2007
Pressure Grows to Reveal Uk's Business Links
How Junta Stemmed a Saffron Tide
Jenna Bush's Hiv Book
Snipers, Poverty and Poor Roads, But is This the Next Tourist Haven?
The Burma Road to Ruin
Come Play Water Pistols, the Colonel Said. It'll Be Fun
Congressional Report Blames Blackwater for Battle of Falluja
Playing Out Like a Noir Drama
Protests at Eu Deadline for Third-world Trade Pacts
How Nixon Showed Pity for 'the World's Loneliest Man'
Opposing Forces: The Generals and the Monks
Navy Agrees to Camouflage 'swastika' Base
Dinnertime Tale Lands Fox Pundit in Race Row
US Bishops Offer Lifeline in Effort to Keep World Anglican Church Intact
Sect Leader Found Guilty of Aiding Rape of 14-year-old
Mystery of Missing Crew Remains After Rescue of Two Sailors
Polygamist 'prophet' Convicted on Rape Charges
Burma Crackdown As Troops Move in and Curfew Imposed
Great-granddaughter of Wagner Moves to Take Over Bayreuth Festival
Marceau, Last Master of Mime, Dies at 84
Gardai Hunt Gang Accused of Seizing Roma Child Bride
Embrace Returning Troops, Pleads Army Chief
Show of Wealth Snares Ex-president Fox
A Day in the Life of a Candidate ... Three Pms and a £500-a-head Lunch
African Deluge Brings Misery to 1.5m People
We Were No Heroes, Says Briton in Thai Plane Crash
Cleveland's Workers Left to Pick Up Pieces in Property Collapse
Praise for Man Who Kicked Down Exit Door
Rwanda in Thinly Veiled Threat to Send Troops Back Into Congo
Survivors Angry That Pilot Tried to Land Plane in Monsoon Storm
Eighty-eight Killed As Thai Airliner Crashes on Runway in Torrential Rain
Kid Nation Kicks Off on a Wave of Controversy
Alleged Killer of Litvinenko to Start New Career in Politics
Air Survivors Scrambled Over Burning Bodies
World Peace? We Can Lick That Too
Great Photos, a Pity They Were Not His
Arctic Thaw Opens Fabled Trade Route
Darfur: a Glimmer of Hope on Horizon
Hey Ram!
Laugh Till You Protest: How Satire is at the Forefront of Tv Revolution
EU Urged to Halt Set-aside to Boost Grain Production
Protests Grow Over Annual Lancing of Bull
Man-made Chemicals Blamed As Many More Girls Than Boys Are Born in Arctic
Timetable for Withdrawal Cheers British Military Chiefs
'With All Respect, I Don't Buy It'
Petraeus: 30,000 Troops Out By Next Summer
The Surge Must Go On, Petraeus to Tell Congress
No Return for Noriega, the Dictator Whose Nation is Still Trying to Forget
Devotees Go for a Whirl at the Country's Biggest Party
Happy Birthday, Macedonia!
Chariots Rerun 'overplays Religion'
Petraeus Tells Troops: Surge Has Not Worked Out As We Had Hoped
EU Lines Up 3,000 Peacekeepers for Chad
British to Step Up Detainee Release After Militia Talks
Petraeus to Claim Surge Success and Resist Calls for Early Withdrawal
'He is Somebody Who is Sensitive to Politics, Cultivates the Media, and Who Wishes to Be Seen As a Man of Ideas'
Black Comedian Cut Short During N-word Routine
UN Accuses Rwanda of Arming Congo Rebel Leader
Shakeup After Nuclear Missiles Flown Across Us By Mistake
Scientists a Step Nearer to Creating Artificial Life
UN Says Rwanda is Arming Rebels Against Congo
Felix Death Toll Rises to Nine
Just Like a Woman: Blanchett's Take on Dylan Has Critics Raving
Loss of Arctic Ice Leaves Experts Stunned
Secret Deal for Roadmap to Peace Bears Stamp of Ulster
Spirit of Che Rises Again As Region is Swept Along on a Pink Tide
Basra Withdrawal Not a Defeat, Says Brown
Sliding Back Into the Abyss
Fear of Fresh Conflict in Congo As Renegade General Turns Guns on Government Forces
Portugal Gambles on 'sea Snakes' Providing an Energy Boost
US Seizes Migrant's Life Savings
US Sticking to Diplomacy on Iran, Says Uk Envoy
Lost in France: the Iraqis Seeking a New Life in Britain
Ukraine Rivals Set for Tense Election Result
Bloggers Silenced As Curbs Bring Internet Blackout
Rules of Inhospitality
Mexican Police Capture the 'queen' of Drug Trafficking
Hospital Car Park Sale Divides Nuns
Wave of Killings Fuels Fear of a Second Chechnya
Books or Boutiques: a Battle for the Left Bank's Soul
How 'a Million Little Kisses' Might Have Left Lipstick on Sarkozy's Collar
Arabic Adverts Aid Madeleine Hunt
Tranquility of Maldives Shattered By Bomb Blast
UN Envoy Enters Crisis Talks to Stop Burma Bloodshed
I Don't Get It
Supreme Court Says Musharraf Can Stand
Mbeki Accused of Protecting Police Chief After Prosecutor Suspended
Lethal Injection Review May Halt Us Executions
Nato Chief Says Taliban Could Regain Territory
South America Embraces Bush's Arch Enemy
Europeans Angry After Bush Climate Speech 'charade'
Beijing Reaps Benefit of Protective Embrace
Burmese Troops Seal Off Buddhist Monasteries
Teenager Released on Bail After Civil Rights Protest in Louisiana
Ex-Serb Colonel Gets 20 Years for Vukovar War Crimes
Tokyo Dreaming
Shetty Arrested Over Gere Clinch
Clinton's Rich Friends Queue to Give at Biggest Show in Town
Rice Defends Bush's Un Climate Talks
Arrest Warrant Issued for South African Police Chief
Darling Gets Austrian Offer He Can Refuse
Pucci's Problem
Dawkins Rails at 'creationist Front' for Duping Him Into Film Role
Shoppers Hail New Monument to South African Liberation
WWF in Despair Over Greek Fire Damage
Chief Justice Orders Musharraf to Release Opposition Activists
Country's Growth Potential Frustrated By Isolation
As Burmese Troops Open Fire at Monks, China and Russia Block Global Sanctions
Johnston Kidnapper Killed in Raid
Spector Judge Declares Mistrial After Jury Finds Itself Unable to Reach Verdict
Three Gorges Dam Risk to Environment, Says China
Tax Breaks But Few Cuts in Sarkozy's Budget
Spanish Tourist's Claim of Madeleine Sighting in Morocco Proves False
Protests Force India War Grave Visitors to End Tour
HIV-infected Condoms Sent to Kill Africans, Claims Archbishop
Economic Crisis Boost to Health of Cubans
Charges Likely Over Sumo Wrestler's Death
165 Taliban Killed in Two Battles in South, Coalition Forces Say
Diplomats Accuse Bush of Attempting to Derail Un Climate Conference
Resurgent Al-qaida Plotting Attacks on West From Tribal Sanctuary, Officials Fear
The World Looks on
Junta Tries to Shut Down Internet and Phone Links
France Calls for Lower European Interest Rates
Burma Bloggers Keep One Step Ahead of Junta
Protesters 'bloodied' As Junta Cracks Down
Burmese Riot Police Clash With Protesters
President Defies Un By Declaring Nuclear Debate Closed
Flattened By Hurricane, Mosquito Coast Faces Hunger and Disease
Top Chef Spices Hospital Menus
Greek Government Withdraws Controversial History Textbook
Fukuda Approved As Japan Pm
When Moving Home Doesn't Seem Such a Good Idea After All
Penniless in Exile, Baby Doc Asks Haiti to Forgive Him
Campaigners Attack Uk Over Aids Funding
Bhutto Pitch for Power Urges Us to See Her As Best Ally Against Terror
Sex Change Funding Undermines No Gays Claim
Fukuda Voted New Japanese Prime Minister
Iran’s President Tarred and Feathered by Columbia’s Bollinger
Israeli Pm Faces Police Inquiry Over House Deal
Microsoft Ready to Buy Share of Facebook
Rahul Gandhi Promoted to Key Congress Role
Amnesty Criticises Britain Over Forced Returns of Iraqi Refugees
Gun-toting Ballerinas Launch Beijing Arts Complex
Government By Tv: Chávez Sets 8-hour Record
Buy a Cheap Laptop, Give One to World's Poor
Benn Calls on Us to Adopt Binding Aims on Emissions
Ireland Forced to Open Immigrant School
British Man Helped Organise Rwandan Genocide, Court Told
Syria Set to Reject Peace Talks Offer
Elite Uk Troops Rescue Italians in Afghanistan
As Protesters Jeer, Ahmadinejad Denies Iran Wants Nuclear Weapons
US Invites Syria to Peace Talks
Tens of Thousands Support Monks in Burma Protests
Iranian President Uses Tv Interview to Deny Rush to War With Us
Fashion World Holds It Breath for New Versace in the House That Gianni Built
Wave of Petrodollars From the Emirates Sets Western Stock Markets Alight
Countdown to Election As Pensioners Prepare for the Counter-revolution
Fukuda Wins Party Vote to Become Japan's Next Leader
Merkel Angers China Over Tibet
Iraq Doctor Film Up for an Emmy
Maliki Insists Blackwater Must Pay for Shootings
US and Iranian Leaders Head for Showdown at Un General Assembly
Self Interest First; Country Last
Court Battles Loom in Fight to Save Site
Death of a Pastry Chef Captures French Imagination
Home Office Shuts the Door on Bulgaria and Romania
Amsterdam Closes a Window on Its Red-light Tourist Trade
War Crime Lawyers Fight Un on Top Job
Threatened Solidarity Shipyards Highlight Divisions in Poland
A Call for Sanctions is Not a Return to Colonialism
It's Personal. Brown Will Not Give in Over Mugabe
Israel Consulted Us Before Syria Strike, Report Says
Poland Starts Campaign to Bring Back Plumbers
Censorship Claim Over Book on Japanese Princess
Dutch Pm Faces Defeat Over Eu Treaty Vote
Ferrero Loses Monopoly Over Kinder Sweets
Spy Left Out in the Cold: How Mi6 Buried Heroic Exploits of Agent 'griffin'
Blackwater Security Firm Resumes Baghdad Work
Iraq's Hired Hands Under Fire As the Pot of Gold Starts to Run Low
Beirut Mourns Murdered Mp
Lebanese Presidential Vote to Go Ahead Despite Killing
Netanyahu Confirms Secret Attack on Syria
Bear Stearns Emerges As Wall Street's Biggest Loser From Turmoil
Historians Gain Access to Japan's Imperial Tombs
A Dangerous Game of 'call My Bluff'
Ahmadinejad Request to Visit Ground Zero Gets Short Shrift
Enough is Enough: Racial Protest Brings Thousands to Southern Town
Brown Warns of New Mugabe Sanctions
Bin Laden Tape Urges Uprising Against 'infidel' Musharraf As Poll Date is Set
Lebanese Mp Killing Fails to Deter Presidential Vote
Countdown to Pakistani Elections
Party Turns on Ahmadinejad Over Attitude to Inflation
High-living Swiss Plan to Make a Mountain Out of Little Matterhorn
German Defence Minister Ready to Shoot Down Hijacked Planes
Army in Drive Against Taliban
Israel Declares Gaza Strip Hostile Territory
Former Cbs Anchor Files $70m Lawsuit
Refugees in Their Own Land: 2m Iraqis Forced to Flee Their Homes
Buddhist Monk Rally Steps Up Pressure on Burma's Junta
Joint Inquiry Could Resolve Blackwater Standoff
It's the Economy, Mr Ahmadinejad
Drifting From Promise of Independence
German Minister Backs Downing Hijacked Planes
Rice Criticises Nuclear Watchdog
Pol Pot's Deputy Held on Genocide Charge
Israel Declares Gaza 'enemy Entity'
Monks Defy Burmese Junta
'Wish We'd Had YouTube in the Civil Rights Movement'
How Climate Change Will Affect the World
US Intelligence Chief Says China is Spying on Cold War Scale
Change to Constitution Could Let Mugabe Pick Successor
Families Cannot Sue Firm for Israel Deaths
Deadlock for Jury in Spector Murder Trial
Sarkozy Announces Pension Plans in Drive to Cull Sacred Cows
Soldiers Sold Weapons From Iraq for Cocaine, Court Martial Hears
US Agrees Further British Withdrawal From Iraq
Lehman Takes $700m Hit From Credit Crunch, But Shares Edge Up
US Central Bank Slashes Interest Rates
Saudi Women Fight Driving Ban
Peru Meteorite Crash 'causes Mystery Illness'
Hospital With Bed Shortage Puts Pregnant Women in Hotel
Move Over Tolstoy: Detective Tales of Tsarist Era Take Russia By Storm
Pavarotti's Will Leaves Us Property to His Second Wife
'Super Typhoon' to Hit Shanghai
A General in Civvies
MPs Threaten Mass Resignation Over Musharraf
Petraeus in Iraq Talks at No 10
Politics in Pakistan
Rice Apologises for Us Security Firm Shootings
European Appeal Court Opens Windows to the World and Shakes the Superdominant
War of Words As Highest Battlefield Prepares for First Tourist Invasion
Brown Says Palestinian Economy is Key to Revival of Peace Process
Chernobyl to Get $505m Metal Cover to Stop Radiation
Russian Oligarch Halts Auction to Buy Complete Rostropovich Art Collection
Clear Leader Emerges in Race to Be Japanese Pm
Musharraf Ready to Quit Army, Says Aide, But Obstacles Pile Up
Couple Were Moving to Live in Australia
Iraq Orders Expulsion of Us Security Firm
Drift Into War With Iran Out of Control, Says Un
Clinton Unveils $110bn Universal Health Plan
Microsoft Loses Antitrust Appeal
Thai Crash Investigators Find Flight Recorders
OJ Simpson Arrested for Armed Robbery in Hotel
Greek Centre-right Wins Majority in Parliament
Speculation Flourishes Over Israel's Strike on Syria
Invasion of Iraq Was Driven By Oil, Says Greenspan
'Belgium? Something That Does Not Exist' Political Fault Lines Divide Nation
Exit Polls Show Greek Centre-right in Lead
Karate Chops and Cranes at the Ready As Troops Train for China's Next Un Mission
Be Prepared for Betrayal, Un Darfur Force Warned
Time is Running Out to Avert War With Iran
They're Best Friends. So Why Are They Separated When the School Bell Rings?
Sarkozy Digs in As Winter of Strikes Looms
Gingrich Plots Revenge on Clintons
Belgium Divided As Flanders Pushes for a Messy Divorce
Archbishop Hits Out at Policy on Zimbabwe
Was Israeli Raid a Dry Run for Attack on Iran?
Iraq Conflict Has Cost 1.2 Million Lives, Claims Civilian Survey
Going, But Unlikely to Be Forgotten - After the Presidency, Putin Wants New Role in Public Life
OJ Simpson Mired in Vegas Scam After 'confession' Published
Bashir Agrees to Truce for Talks
Sarkozy Invites Top Architects to Help Shape Presidential Legacy
Alonso 'threatened to Expose Mclaren' If Not Made No 1
Proxy War Could Soon Turn to Direct Conflict, Analysts Warn
O J Simpson Held Over Theft As 'confession' is Published
Hope Fading for Missing Aviator Fossett
He Was As God to Us, Woman Tells Court at Sect Leader's Rape Trial
'Expert' Who Made Up Interviews is Exposed
'Dingo' Mother Backs Parents
People Who Are Unhappy Head for China. But Will Les Mis Be Lost in Translation?
Bhutto Names Day for Return to Pakistan
Bush Rallies Troops to Avert Revolt in Congress
Sudan Agrees to Honour Darfur Ceasefire for Peace Talks
Candidates Emerge in Japan Pm Race
Rumors of a Civilized World – The Taunting Osama
Bush Appeal Undercut By Killing of Sunni Ally
Ahern Comes Out Fighting at Anti-corruption Tribunal
Ailing System Leaves Sick to Pay Up or Die
Japan's Outgoing Pm Admitted to Hospital With Exhaustion
Egyptian Editors Jailed for Defaming Mubarak
Belfast-style Peace Walls Recommended for Baghdad
Third Quake Hits Indonesia
To Buy, or Not to Buy? Italy Ponders Pasta Boycott
France Gets a Touch of the Bleus After Two Big Sporting Defeats
Iraq Bomb Attack Kills Key Us Ally
Bush's 'beacon of Hope' Killed
Abe Admitted to Hospital
Second Quake Hits Indonesia
Far-right Movement Gathers Strength As Greek Election Nears
Agree to Police Reforms or Forget Talks, Eu Tells Bosnian Leaders
China Lifts the Lid on Foster's New Airport
Tokyo's Political Comic Strip
Japan's Pm Quits After Scandals and Poll Defeat
We Were Over-optimistic About Regeneration, Blair Adviser Says
US Troops Who Criticised Iraq War Strategy Killed in Baghdad
Expensive and Divisive: How America is Losing Patience With a Failing System
Putin Names Long-term Ally As New Pm
Borderland Where Al-qaida Has Sanctuary
Al-Qaida Has Revived, Spread and is Capable of a Spectacular
Organised Crime: the $2 Trillion Threat to the World's Security
Al-Qaida Will Take Decades to Eradicate, Thinktank Says
Rice Warns of Long Us Involvement in Iraq
Putin Dissolves Government Ahead of Elections
Spanish Festival Celebrates Slow, Painful Killing of Bull
Castro Says Us Lied About 9/11 Attacks
Japanese Prime Minister Resigns
Bush to Announce Limited Troop Pullout After Petraeus Tells Congress the End is Not in Sight
Jacobs Turns Fashion Upside Down
Ministers Consider Gaza Raid After Rocket Wounds 69 Soldiers
Poland Blocks Eu Protest Over Death Penalty
Sharif's Lawyers Head to Supreme Court to Challenge Deportation
Russia Unveils the 'father of All Bombs'
Our Common Enemy - Organised Crime a Global Disease, Study Finds
War Chiefs Tell Congress There is Still No End in Sight to Us Military Presence in Iraq
Scares in Turkey and Germany Add to 9/11 Jitters
Colombia Captures Cocaine King Sought By Fbi
Ageing Mobsters Convicted in Landmark 'family Secrets' Trial
Spanish Airport Pays for Families to Live in Peace
Petraeus Upbeat Over Reducing Us Troop Levels
Bin Laden Takes Liberties With Contents of Guardian Video
Runway Drama As Returning Sharif is Deported
Afghan Captors Free Pakistani Troops
Bin Laden to Release Video Testimony of 9/11 Hijacker
Back to Make Life Difficult
Sharif Deported on Return to Pakistan
Iraqi Pm Calls for Foreign Troops to Remain
Returning Sharif Deported From Pakistan
Israeli Neo-nazi Ring Caught After Attacks on Synagogues
Morocco Islamists Say Vote Unfair
Coalition 'out of the Question', Greek Pm Says
How Rupert Everett Became the Hero of Venice's Bathing Classes
Al-Qaida Says It Carried Out Algerian Bombings
Sharif Return Prompts Government Crackdown
People Flock to See Shepherd Protest
Iraq Inspires Surge of Protest Art
Missing Adventurer Was Low on Water
A Powerful Tool - But Not Infallible
Pacific Rim Climate Deal is No Laughing Matter for Green Activists
Violence in Gaza As Hamas Breaks Up Fatah Demonstrations
Melting Ice Cap Triggering Earthquakes
Concubine Culture Brings Trouble for China's Bosses
Mother Whose Outward Poise and Control Hide Her Devastation
Sympathy for Beleaguered Parents Muted By Jeers and Suspicion
Traces of Blood That Turned Grieving Mother Into Suspect
Mother, Victim ... Suspect: Police Target Kate Mccann
Polish Prime Minister Gambles on Snap Poll
Bush Offers North Korea a Deal to End the World's Oldest Cold War
Comedy Team Breach Apec Security
Madeleine Mother Questioned for 11 Hours
Families Issue Plea for Britons Held in Iraq for Over 100 Days
British Soldiers Killed on Patrol Are Named
Marathon Interview for Madeleine Mother
Rostropovich Art Hits High Note at Auction House
Libya is Surprise Venue for Sudan Peace Talks
Ex-Pakistan Pm Tries to Outwit Musharraf With Multiple Flights
Israel Accused Over Lebanon War Claims
Tension Rises After Syria Opens Fire on Israeli Planes
Poll Hopes Are High for Moderate Islamists, But King Will Be Real Victor
New Gore Book to Set Out Inconvenient Solutions
UK Jets Scrambled to Intercept Russian Aircraft
Israel Accused of Indiscriminate Attacks During Lebanon War
Israeli Forces Kill 10 in Gaza Clashes
Israel Accused of Air Raid on Syria
GOP Race Livens Up With NH Debate, Thompson on Leno
German Police Hunt for Terror Plot 'back-up Team'
Britain Launches Plan to Improve Developing Countries' Healthcare
Spain's Runaway Economy Hits the Buffers As Building Boom Stalls
Mercury Scare Hits Schools' Dolphin Dinners
Central America Prepares for More Devastation
Ban Ki-moon Defies Protests to Meet Darfur Refugees
Polish Author Jailed Over Killing He Used As Plot
Roadside Bomb Kills Two British Soldiers in Afghanistan
Cover-up Allegation Over Chinese Hackers
Barbie Sets Withdrawn in New Alert Over Toys From China
Rescuers Scour Desert for Signs of Fossett's Plane
Trio Linked to Jihadist Training Camps
Raids Foil Plot to Bring 7/7 Terror to Germany
German Arrests Expose Growing Al-qaida Network
Germany Arrests Three Over 'serious and Massive Bomb Plot'
Japanese Schoolchildren Fed Toxic Dolphin Meat
Honduras Faces Felix After Nicaragua Takes Brunt
Titan Rain - How Chinese Hackers Targeted Whitehall
US Commander Hints at Iraq Rollback Next Year
Four Dead As Hurricane Felix Hits Land at 160mph
Two Months Late, Valentino Takes Final Bow
Army Sets Sights on Targets in Space and Cyberspace
China Flexes Muscles of Its 'informationised' Army
Palestinians Celebrate Rare Victory Over Hated Barrier
Rafsanjani Election Ups Political Stakes in Iran
Bush Did Know of Plan to Disband Iraqi Army
How France's First Lady Charmed Col Gadafy
Briton Freed From Thai Prison After Court Overturns Drug Conviction
Military Spies Among 25 Killed in Suicide Blasts
Red Carpet Dusted Off for Return of Bhutto
Disaster Feared in Nicaragua As Hurricane Felix Makes Landfall
Record-breaking Aviator Fossett Missing
Steve Fossett Reported Missing By Us Aviation Authorities
Nicaraguans Flee Coast As Hurricane Felix Strikes
Iraq Violence Remains High, Says Us Report
Bremer Refutes Bush's Accusations Over Iraqi Army
China Denies Hacking the Pentagon
Sen. Larry Craig and the Other Side of the Coin
Israeli Court Orders West Bank Barrier Diversion
North Korea 'still on Us Terror Blacklist'
Suicide Bombs Kill 24 in Pakistan
Early Jamaican Poll Results Favour Opposition
Bomb Attacks Kill at Least 24 in Pakistan
The Prince, the Waitress ... and 'a Fairytale Come True'
Embattled Jamaican Pm Awaits Election Verdict
Chávez Pours Millions More Into Pioneering Music Scheme
Sarkozy Cashes in As France Succumbs to Rugbymania
New Sudan Peace Talks May Start Next Month
Not So Much a Policy Line As a Turn Full Circle
Pyongyang Claims End of 'pariah' Status
Bush and 'a-team' Savour Rare Success on the Ground
Not On My Watch, God
Thaksin on New Corruption Charge
Former Bangladeshi Leader Held on Corruption Charges
Hurricane Felix Advances on Central America
British Forces Withdraw From Basra Palace Base
Nazi Victims' Greek Descendants Sue for Compensation in Italy
Bomb Plot Foiled As Key Eta Members Arrested
Sarkozy Arm-twisting Secures £61bn Energy Deal
Senator Ousted As Republicans Fear 2008 Votes
Bush's Great Ambition: Wealthy Boredom
Skyscraper May See St Petersburg Lose World Heritage Status
New Paint and Mp3 Players: Pyongyang's Nuclear Dividend
Behind Gadaffi's Facade of Freedom
South Korea Paid $20m to Secure Hostages' Release, Say Taliban
I'm Going Home, Says Benazir
Vital Lockerbie Evidence 'was Tampered With'