World News Archive20-Mar-2006
At the fourth World Water Forum, there is little talk of private companies bringing water to the world's poor. Has the home page eclipsed the front page as the go-to place for breaking news and highly touted exclusives? News executives say yes, that on many days and for many stories, their dot-com properties have started to supersede their traditional news products. This page covers all rugby and tournament news from around the world. Delight for O'Sullivan and O'Driscoll 18 Mar 2006 Jubilant Ireland skipper Brian O'Driscoll toasted his Triple Crown winners as they celebrated St Patrick's Day weekend with a 28-24 RBS 6 Nations Championship triumph over England. Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has asked Nigeria to extradite her country's former leader, Charles Taylor, to face war-crimes charges. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) cordially invite you to attend a symposium providing breaking news on the global spread of avian influenza and assessing public health and surveillance readiness.World-renowned speakers will include: * Nancy J... click link for more info. At the end of another week, test your knowledge with our world news quiz. This page covers all rugby and tournament news from around the world. Hadden chuffed with tough away win 18 Mar 2006 Scotland coach Frank Hadden paid tribute to Italy after his side claimed a hard-fought 13-10 win in their final RBS 6 Nations Championship match in Rome. It's been a busy, busy week indeed in the Web 2.0 and Ajax space. Never mind the interesting discussions and news that came out this week on the Web, I've been traveling and indeed will be traveling to various Web 2.0-related events for the next week or so. Expect lots more coverage as I start to dedicate more time to detailed blogging here. At least for those of you who may not be able to attend Initial tests at a U.S. Navy lab show that a 35-year-old woman who died this week in Egypt had bird flu, officials said Saturday. If the results are confirmed, she would be the country's first known human death from the disease. Last week's flurry of "news" about Operation Swarmer never failed to herald the operation as the largest air assault in the Iraq war since "Mission Accomplished." What that actually meant, and why the operation was so...not newsworthy, is limned in precise detail by a BBC correspondent who's actually spent more than three weeks in Baghdad. Jim Muir, who covered the endless struggle in Cyprus
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