World News Archive08-Feb-2006
ABC's 'World News Tonight' Ratings Up After Woodruff Injury, but Still Short of NBC Blizzard on Tuesday will release its Universal Binary version of World of Warcraft. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi hs backpedalled on his plan to let a woman sit on the throne, after news that a princess was pregnant raised the possibility of the arrival of a male heir. Curiosity over injured anchor Bob Woodruff brought more viewers to ABC's "World News Tonight" last week, but not enough to topple ratings leader Brian Williams of NBC's "Nightly News." General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner has called a news conference for this morning in Detroit. The world's largest automaker says it will issue a statement shortly before the news conference, slated for 9 a.m. National and world business news briefs. JAKARTA, Indonesia, Feb. 7 -- A team of scientists has discovered a lost world of rare plants, giant flowers and bizarre animals -- including a new species of honeyeater bird, a tree kangaroo and an egg-laying mammal -- on a mist-shrouded mountaintop in a remote province of Indonesia on New Guinea... Isabelle Dinoire who received the world's first partial face transplant addresses a news conference at Amiens hospital in northern France, February 6, 2006. Dinoire spoke on Monday for the first time to reporters since her operation, saying she was thankful to have the opportunity for a new start in life. Isabelle Dinoire, who received the world's first partial face transplant, attends a news conference at Amiens hospital in northern France February 6, 2006. Dinoire spoke on Monday for the first time to reporters since her operation, saying she was thankful to have the opportunity for a new start in life.
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