World News Archive10-Jun-2006
Slim Devices announced that its customers will have access to news from the 2006 FIFA World Cup through their Squeezebox starting today and through the duration of the widely followed global sports event. The news will be delivered to each home in nine languages (English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese) through RSS feeds hosted on SqueezeNetwork, Slim Europe's newest and largest rail station, Berlin Hauptbahnhof and the German Railpass from Rail Europe make getting around Germany -- to World Cup matches as well as for sightseeing -- faster and easier than ever. Slim Devices announced that its customers will have access to news from the 2006 FIFA World Cup through their Squeezebox starting today and through the duration of the widely followed global sports event. As many as 100 companies are currently looking at buying the US port facilities purchased by DP World as part of its acquisition of P&O back in February, reported Gulf News. DP World's Chairman Ahmed bin Sulayem said that the company is currently evaluating bids but could not give assurances that the sale of P&O's US assets would be completed within the six month framework originally suggested by http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SOC_WCUP_WORLD_CUP?SITE=NJBRI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ">See latest story, video, photos MUNICH, Germany (AP) -- Fans from Germany and Costa Rica poured through the streets of this Bavarian city, singing and chanting in feverish anticipation as their national teams prepared to kick off the World Cup Friday amid tight security, dazzling fanfare and many Washington, D.C. (June 9, 2006) -- Comcast today is adding ESPN 2 HD in selected markets. The network will provide high-def coverage of the 2006 World Cup soccer tournament. Organisers of a venue at the Dubai Media City intending to broadcast World Cup games to fans in a football tent are in dispute with the regional broadcaster, reported Gulf News. The organisers have been accused by ART of using an illegal feed and the broadcaster plans to close the venue down. As billions of fans tune to television coverage of the World Cup this week, Yahoo Inc. is looking to the month-long tournament as a chance to showcase its new approach to covering big news on the Web. Batelco is launching a range of new features to coincide with the World Cup in Germany, reported TradeArabia. Subscribers can utilise an interactive SMS and MMS service which will enable users to get the latest match results and news about players through picture and text messages. At the end of another week, test your knowledge with our world news quiz.
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