World News Archive02-Jun-2006
At the end of another week, test your knowledge with our world news quiz. The 24-hour BBC World news channel broke into the U.S. market on Thursday and is soon launching a one-hour morning newscast available to a wider audience that is being done with Americans in mind. News that a 385-pound lemon shark caught in March was the heaviest fish ever caught by a fly fisher has been making headlines around the world. On May 16, the International Game Fish Association made it official. The 24-hour BBC World news channel broke into the U.S. market on Thursday and is soon launching a one-hour morning newscast available to a wider audience that is being done with Americans in mind. The "World News Today" newscast will be broadcast live... The British Broadcasting Corp. on Thursday said it is bringing its BBC World news channel to the United States in a bid to capture American audiences hungry for international news. June 1 (Bloomberg) -- The British Broadcasting Corp., the world's oldest public broadcaster, started a $1 million outdoor advertising campaign in New York to promote its new 24-hour news channel in the U.S. BBC World News Channel Breaks Into U.S. Market, Plans to Try to Make More Inroads The English haven't won the World Cup of Soccer since 1966. CBS News Up to the Minute Contributor Simon Bates explains why soccer fever is on the rise in England, and creative sick days will double soon.
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