Nov 21, 2010

Ireland needs help, finance minister admits

(CNN) -- Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan will recommend that the country apply for international funding to stay afloat, he said Sunday, reversing days of Irish insistence that Dublin does not need help.The aid package would involve "tens of billions" of euros, he told Irish state broadcaster RTE.He made the comments shortly before the government meets to finalize a deficit-slashing budget.Dublin had insisted for more than a week that it doesn't need money from abroad to stay afloat despite the crisis, but the European Union and International Monetary Fund began discussing a possible bailout days ago.Fears that Ireland will be swamped...

Blackburn 2 - 0 Aston Villa

Morten Gamst Pedersen scored twice as Blackburn defeated Aston Villa at Ewood Park in front of the club's new owners Venkateshwara and Balaji Rao.Pedersen struck with a free-kick from a tight angle that Brad Friedel should have saved and later diverted a low strike from Ryan Nelsen into the net. Paul Robinson made good stops from Stewart Downing and Ashley Young, who also headed against the crossbar. Robert Pires made his debut for Villa as a second-half substitute. But Rovers led 2-0 by that stage as Villa's five-match unbeaten run came to an end. Sam Allardyce's Rovers had started the day in 16th but such is the congested nature of the...

Impossible Skills

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