World News Archive17-May-2006
Boise will host the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games, and Idaho Special Olympic organizers and their supporters were celebrating wildly from the Cottonwood Grill where the official word came down via telephone from San Francisco, to Boise State University where the news was made public Tuesday. LONDON, May 17 (IranMania) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashed out at world media coverage of the Islamic republic's nuclear programme, accusing news organisations of deliberately distorting the issue, AFP reported. by Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) May 16, 2006 Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday lashed out at world media coverage of the Islamic republic's nuclear programme, accusing news organisations of deliberately distorting the issue. Southwest Idaho has been selected to host the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games. The games will be held at Boise State University, Tamarack Resort, Qwest Arena in downtown Boise, Bogus Basin Mountain Resort, and the Idaho Ice World at the Boise Factory Outlets. The CBS Evening News With Bob Schieffer passed ABC's World News Tonight last week in total viewers. It was the first time CBS has finished No. 2 in evening news since the week of Aug. 3, 2001. For the first time in nearly five years, The CBS Evening News attracted a larger audience than ABC?s World News Tonight in the weekly ratings race. For the week of May 8, Evening News averaged 7.39 million viewers, edging out World News Tonight's 7.31 million viewers. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has lashed out at world media coverage of the Islamic republic's nuclear programme, accusing news organisations of deliberately distorting the issue. "CBS Evening News" finished second in the television ratings race for the first time in nearly five years, according to Nielsen Media Research. The decision is final -- Boise will host the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games. Officials got the phone call they were waiting for Tuesday afternoon. See reaction to the news
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