2008年11月9日星期日

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Russian nuke sub returns to base after 20 killed (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 03:30 AM CST

The Russian nuclear sumbarine AP - Russia's navy says the nuclear-powered submarine involved in an accident in the Sea of Japan that killed at least 20 people has returned to its base.


Calzaghe dominates Jones to remain unbeaten in New York boxing showdown (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 02:40 AM CST

Welshman Joe Calzaghe stands inside the ring prior to his light heavyweight showdown with Roy Jones jnr of the US at Madison Square Garden, on November 8, in New York. The undefeated Calzaghe recovered from ta first-round knockdown and pummeled Jones until the final bell to earn a a unanimous 12-round decision.(AFP/Don Emmert)AFP - Undefeated Welshman Joe Calzaghe recovered from a first-round knockdown and pummeled Roy Jones jnr until the final bell Saturday to earn a unanimous 12-round decision in a light heavyweight showdown at Madison Square Garden.


England's Wilson blows past big golf guns in blustery Shanghai (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 01:51 AM CST

Rising Englishman Oliver Wilson (pictured; right) upstaged golf's big guns with a 69 in blustery conditions to take a one-shot lead at 12 under after three rounds of the HSBC Champions here on Sunday.(AFP/Mark Ralston)AFP - Rising Englishman Oliver Wilson upstaged golf's big guns with a 69 in blustery conditions to take a one-shot lead at 12 under after three rounds of the HSBC Champions here on Sunday.


At least 20 killed in Russian nuclear sub accident (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 01:09 AM CST

Russian seamen line up on an unidentified submarine believed to be an Akula-class submarine during a military parade training in Vladivostok in this July 25, 2008 file photo. (Yuri Maltsev/Reuters)Reuters - More than 20 people were killed and another 21 injured in an accident aboard a Russian nuclear submarine in the Pacific Ocean, the navy said Sunday, in the worst submarine disaster since the Kursk sank eight years ago.


Rugby All Blacks prepare to up level after sweeping past Scots (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 09:42 PM CST

Phil Godman of Scotland (right) tackles Liam Messam of New Zealand during their international test match between at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. New Zealand cruised through the first leg of their Grand Slam tour of Britain and Ireland on Saturday, a second-string line-up comfortably running up a 32-6 win over Scotland at Murrayfield.(AFP/Graham Stuart)AFP - New Zealand are set to return to something closer to a first-choice line-up for next weekend's clash with Ireland in Dublin after imperiously sweeping Scotland aside in the opening leg of their Grand Slam tour of the British Isles.


Australia 'easier' than Islanders: English rugby team manager (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 09:34 PM CST

English fly-half Danny Cipriani kicks a ball during the Autumn 2008 International Investec Challenge match against the Pacific Islands at Twickenham Stadium in England. England gave new team manager Martin Johnson a win in his first match in charge by beating the Pacific Islanders 39-13 at Twickenham here on Saturday.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Martin Johnson has stoked old rivalries by suggesting England might find Australia an "easier" proposition than the Pacific Islanders.


Celtic will just keep going says Strachan (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 09:11 PM CST

Celtic FC's player Paul Hartley controls the ball during a match in July 2008. Celtic were forced to work hard for a 2-0 victory over ten-man Motherwell which extended their lead at the top of the Scottish Premier League on Saturday.(AFP/File/Miguel Riopa)AFP - Celtic manager Gordon Strachan says his tired players will just have to keep going after his side ground out a 2-0 win over Motherwell on Saturday in the Scottish Premier League.


Keane faces fight for his place despite Liverpool moving to Premier League top (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 08:59 PM CST

Stoke City's forward Ricardo Fuller (left) and Wigan Athletic's defender Emmerson Boyce fight for the ball during the English Premier league football match at the JJB Stadium in Wigan. Stoke once again showed their battling qualities after earning a 0-0 draw against Wigan in an uninspring Premier League encounter at the JJB Stadium on Saturday.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Rafa Benitez warned Robbie Keane he isn't guaranteed to keep his place despite a two-goal blast in Liverpool's 3-0 win over West Bromwich Albion.


Germany marks shameful history and golden hour on single date (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 08:58 PM CST

A man walks past a placard commemorating the ransacking of Jewish property by Nazi sympathisers in 1938, on a Berlin street on November 4. Germany celebrates the 70th anniversary of AFP - The anniversary of one of the most shameful chapters of Germany's turbulent history and one of its most euphoric both fall on Sunday, prompting commemorations and celebrations throughout the country.


Porsche hits record results on the back of VW shares (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 08:55 PM CST

In the midst of an international financial crisis, the German group Porsche has made record profits not from its luxury sports cars but because a carefully planned takeover of Volkswagen earned it almost eight billion euros (10.3 billion dollars).(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AFP - In the midst of an international financial crisis, the German group Porsche has made record profits not from its luxury sports cars but because a carefully planned takeover of Volkswagen earned it almost eight billion euros (10.3 billion dollars).


Hamas leader says he is ready to talk to Obama (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 02:42 PM CST

AP - Hamas is ready to open talks with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, who must deal with the Palestinian militant group if he wants to address the wider conflict in the Middle East, the group's leader said in an interview broadcast Saturday.

Spain rejects asylum appeal from bin Laden's son (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 02:19 PM CST

Osama bin Laden's son Omar, pictured in September, was deported from Egypt on Sunday after returning from a failed bid for political asylum in Spain, his English-born wife Zaina Alsabah bin Laden told AFP(AFP/File/Claude Stemmelin)AP - Spain has rejected a final appeal for asylum by a son of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and put him on a plane bound for Egypt, the Interior Ministry and a lawyer for the man said Saturday.


Thousands in Germany protest nuclear transport (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 01:42 PM CST

AP - Almost 15,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators protested Saturday against a shipment of reprocessed nuclear waste being transported to a storage site in northern Germany, police said.

Last Polish communist party chairman Rakowski dies (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 01:40 PM CST

AP - Mieczyslaw Rakowski, Poland's last communist-era party chairman and prime minister, has died, Polish media and officials said Saturday. He was 81.

German minister plans first postwar visit to Iraq (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 01:35 PM CST

AP - Germany says it plans to send a government minister to Iraq early next year — the first since the 2003 US-led invasion.

Kremlin: Medvedev, Obama say need to meet soon (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 01:18 PM CST

AP - The Kremlin said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had agreed with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama in a telephone call Saturday that they need to meet soon.

Pope Benedict: Pius XII was a great figure (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 11:39 AM CST

AP - Pope Benedict XVI praised Pius XII on Saturday as a great historical figure and implied that excessive attention had been paid to what the wartime pontiff did or did not do to save Jews from the Holocaust.
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