World News Archive01-Jun-2006
Karachi: On June 15, BBC World, the BBC?s commercially funded international 24-hour news and information channel, will encrypt its digital broadcast TV signal on the PanAmSat10 satellite to South Asia. According to Gerry Ritchie, regional director of distribution and business development, Europe, This page covers all rugby and tournament news from around the world. Blues look to develop next generation 31 May 2006 Youngsters from Builth Wells to Barry will be able to enjoy an unforgettable summer of rugby with a new scheme launched by Cardiff Blues. HEAVY demand for sushi from Japan may finish off stocks of red tuna running dangerously low in the Mediterranean, say Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund. This page covers all rugby and tournament news from around the world. Smith named as Australian Super 14 Player of the Year 31 May 2006 Brumbies flanker George Smith has won the 2006 Tooheys New Super 14 Player of the Series Award, just 24 hours after winning the Brumbies? Brett Robinson Players Player Award and the Brumbies Best Forward Award. BBC World, a free-to-air news channel, is becoming a pay channel from June 15. It will be the first international news channel to become a pay channel in India. The British are coming again, but this time the invasion is of the journalistic kind as British news media enter the American market or seek to raise their profile here. JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia averaged one human bird flu death every 2 1/2 days in May, putting it on pace to soon surpass Vietnam as the world's hardest-hit country. Herald News writer Ives Galarcep is in Germany tracking the month-long spectacle that crowns soccer's world champion. He'll blog daily on the games and the fans. The Japanese World cup squad suffered a blow Wednesday with the news that defender Makoto Tanaka would miss the World Cup with a thigh injury.
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