World News Archive22-Jun-2006
World news in short Europe backs Bush on North Korea, Iran VIENNA, Austria (AP) President Bush won solid European support Wednesday for his handling of escalating nuclear crises with North Korea and Iran but was challenged over the Iraq war, the U.S. prison camp in Cuba and rising anti-American sentiment. Primary school pupils at around 250 schools in South Africa are reading hot-off-the-press world news in their own newspaper sent to them via e-mail. This page covers all rugby and tournament news from around the world. Reivers ready for challenge of former euro finalists 21 Jun 2006 In their inaugural Heineken Cup year, Border Reivers have been drawn against last year?s Heineken Cup finalists Biarritz, English Premiership side Northampton Saints and Italian qualifiers Parma who beat Newport-Gwent Dragons 24-15 to clinch the remaining Heineken BBC News Website readers send us their pictures from around the world. Earlier this month I received a couple of letters from tri-state readers asking why I have never written a column about soccer - or "football" as the rest of the world calls it. They believe the global interest in the game merits closer attention by those of us in news. NUREMBERG, Germany -- Win and hope. That's what it comes down to for the U.S. soccer team. After four years of painstaking preparation, after an opening flop and a valiant tie, the Americans must beat Ghana today and get some help to advance to the World Cup's second round. Blizzard's latest World of Warcraft patch sports a variety of Mac-specific improvements. BERLIN -- Mexico will play in the second round of the World Cup for the fourth straight time. The Mexicans lost 2-1 Wednesday against already-qualified Portugal but still advanced because Angola was held to a 1-1 draw by Iran in the other Group D match.
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