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2008年10月20日星期一

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Kenyan judge accused of road rage stabbing (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 03:28 AM CDT

Reuters - A Kenyan High Court judge may be charged with stabbing a motorist in the stomach during a road rage incident in Nairobi, local media reported on Monday.

Chinese protest after money doesn't grow on trees (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 03:14 AM CDT

Reuters - Hundreds of people in Beijing scuffled with police outside a government office on Monday, demanding help recovering money from a get-rich-quick scheme involving tree plantations to stem desertification.

U.S. pilot was ordered to shoot down UFO (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 02:58 AM CDT

Reuters - Two U.S. fighter planes were scrambled and ordered to shoot down an unidentified flying object (UFO) over the English countryside during the Cold War, according to secret files made public on Monday.

Pilot arrested at Heathrow on suspicion of being drunk (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 02:49 AM CDT

AFP - A United Airlines pilot was arrested at London's Heathrow Airport on suspicion of being over the legal alcohol limit, police confirmed on Monday.

Bank bailouts trigger Scottish independence row (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 02:23 AM CDT

AFP - The government's bailout of Scotland's top two banks has triggered a war of words over whether an independent Scotland would have had the funds to rescue them.

London shares up 0.79% at open (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 02:13 AM CDT

AFP - London shares rose 0.79 percent to 4,095.17 points at the start of trading on Monday.

German producer prices jump by 8.3 percent in September: official (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 02:09 AM CDT

AFP - German prices at the factory gate leapt by 8.3 percent in September on an annual basis, much more than expected, the national statistics office said Monday.

Freud portrait of Bacon sold for Â£5.4m (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 01:55 AM CDT

AFP - An oil painting of Francis Bacon by his close friend Lucian Freud, one of only two of its kind, has been sold for 5.4 million pounds in London, the auction house Christie's said.

Mauritanian junta to meet EU to stave off sanctions (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 02:53 AM CDT

AFP - Members of Mauritania's ruling junta were to meet European officials in Paris Monday in a bid to stave off the threat of international sanctions after they seized power in an August coup.

Murray: I'm not big beast yet (AFP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 07:54 PM CDT

AFP - Andy Murray insisted on Monday that despite winning successive Masters titles, he is still far behind the big three elite of the men's game.

Ukraine's prime minister urges factions to unite (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 01:29 PM CDT

AP - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko urged rival political forces Sunday to unite in the face of the global financial crisis and abandon plans for early parliamentary elections.

Thousands march in Paris over cuts to education (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 12:30 PM CDT

AP - More than 30,000 demonstrators marched across Paris on Sunday to denounce the conservative government's budget restrictions, job cuts and other controversial reforms in France's public education system.

Police in South Ossetia ordered to return fire (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 12:24 PM CDT

AP - Police in South Ossetia have been ordered to shoot back if they come under fire a directive that increases the threat of new violence between Georgia and the Russian-backed separatist region.

Pope Benedict XVI travels to shrine in Pompeii (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 11:58 AM CDT

AP - Pope Benedict XVI traveled to a shrine near the ruins of ancient Pompeii on Sunday and prayed for all people in pain or difficulty, saying faith can promote personal and social recovery.