World News Archive14-Feb-2006
Women constitute 52% of the world?s population yet make up only 21% of people featured in the news. Women are most underrepresented in radio where they are only 17% of news subjects compared with 22% on television and 21% in newspapers. The British daily News Of The World broadcast a one minute video tape showing British soldiers beating 43 unarmed young Iraqis. The paper described those UK soldiers as "a brutal gang" LONDON (Dow Jones)--The main shareholders of Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. (PO.LN) Monday voted to accept a takeover bid from Dubai-based port operator DP World (DPW.YY), effectively ending the U.K. transport group's 165 year run as an independent company. "World News Tonight," scrambling to fill the gap left by its injured anchor, Bob Woodruff, is facing further instability. Vargas and her husband, singer-songwriter Marc Cohn, are expecting their second child in late summer. BARCELONA, Spain----Feb. 13, 2006--Business Wire will be posting exhibitor news releases distributed via Business Wire on its dedicated 3GSM World Congress 2006 news archive at www.tradeshownews.com .
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