Setana break BSkyB Premiership rights monopoly

Setana break BSkyB Premiership rights monopoly
ESPN - 1 hour agoBSkyB's monopoly on screening live Premier League football has been broken with Setanta winning two of the six packages available. The Irish pay TV operator had been expected to win one package of 23 matches but has pulled off a shock by winning two. ...

Rumsfeld 'should have owned up
CNN - 6 hours agoATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Hecklers repeatedly interrupted a speech Thursday in Atlanta by Donald Rumsfeld, and a former CIA analyst in a question-and-answer session accused the embattled defense secretary of lying about Iraq prewar intelligence. ...

Update 2: Dollar Falls Against Euro, Pound and Yen
Forbes - 1 hour agoThe euro extended its gains above above $1.27 on Friday in European trading, hovering at one-year highs after US employment figures showed a slowdown in hiring. The dollar also slumped against the British pound and the yen. ...

Two Italian peacekeepers die in Afghan blast
Reuters.uk - 2 hours agoBy Robert Birsel. KABUL (Reuters) - Two Italian peacekeepers were killed and four wounded in a roadside blast near the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, a spokesman for Afghanistan's NATO-led peacekeeping force said. ...

Mine rescuers hope to complete drilling by dawn
ABC Online - 2 hours agoRescuers trying to free the two miners trapped underground at the Beaconsfield Goldmine in Tasmania expect to complete the main drilling phase of the rescue by dawn today. The rescue tunnel to reach Brant ...

Bomb Kills 3 US Soldiers in Iraq
Washington Post - 4 hours agoBy SAMEER N. YACOUB. BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A roadside bomb killed three US soldiers south of Baghdad on Friday, and coalition forces shot to death three insurgents in Samarra _ the site of the bombing of a Shiite ...

Bottlers Agree to a School Ban on Sweet Drinks
New York Times - May 3, 2006The country's top three soft-drink companies announced yesterday that beginning this fall they would start removing sweetened drinks like Coke, Pepsi and iced teas from school cafeterias and vending machines in response to the growing threat of lawsuits ...