2008年12月25日星期四

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Investor's death probed in widening Madoff scandal (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 03:15 AM CST

Bernard L. Madoff is seen walking down Lexington Ave to his apartment, on December 17, in New York City. US authorities have been investigating the apparent suicide of a French investment manager who lost more than a billion dollars in Madoff's alleged pyramid scheme, as the widening scandal took a tragic turn.(AFP/File/Don Emmert)AFP - US officials pressed on with a probe into the apparent suicide of a French investment manager ruined in the alleged pyramid scheme of Wall Street titan Bernard Madoff amid more fallout from the widening scandal.

Eleven dead in Ukraine apartment explosion (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 03:13 AM CST

Ukrainian riot police. At least 11 people were killed and dozens were still missing after an explosion ripped through an apartment block in a Ukrainian Black Sea resort town, local officials said Thursday.(AFP/File/Sergei Supinsky)AFP - At least 11 people were killed and dozens were still missing after an explosion ripped through an apartment block in a Ukrainian Black Sea resort town, local officials said Thursday.

Eleven killed, at least 24 missing in Ukraine blast (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 02:09 AM CST

Rescuers work at a shattered five-storey block in the Black Sea resort of Yevpatoria in the Crimea peninsula December 25, 2008. An explosion ripped through the apartment building in southern Ukraine overnight, killing nine people, including a child, and at least 40 were missing, officials said on Thursday. The Emergencies Ministry said 20 residents had been pulled out alive from the shattered five-storey block in the Black Sea resort of Yevpatoria in the Crimea peninsula. Up to 40 flats might have been destroyed or damaged, a ministry spokesman said. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - An explosion has destroyed a five-storey apartment building in southern Ukraine, killing at least 11 people, including a child, and at least 24 were missing, officials said on Thursday.

Official: 11 dead in Ukraine apartment gas blast (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 01:52 AM CST

AP - An explosion tore through an apartment building in southern Ukraine killing at least 11 people and leaving up to 24 trapped under the rubble, an emergency official said Thursday.

'Mad' Frenchman making 'champagne' in southern England (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 12:03 AM CST

Didier Pierson prunes a vine at his vineyard near Chidden, Hampshire, on December 15. Pierson is a champagne producer at his vineyard in France and is now trying to produce a sparkling wine in England.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - "Yes, lots of people say I'm mad," said Didier Pierson, a French champagne producer who has decided to start growing in England, convinced that British bubbly can match the real thing.

Chinese man detained for 3 days for smoking on train (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 09:43 PM CST

Reuters - A man was given three days in detention for breaking a non-smoking rule on a new high-speed rail line, Chinese state media said, an unusually severe punishment in a country where smoking bans are routinely ignored.

Pope greets Christmas with appeal for abused kids (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 08:31 PM CST

Pope Benedict XVI blesses children as he celebrates the Christmas Midnight Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, early Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Christmas Midnight Mass early Thursday by sending out an appeal for children who are abused, forced to live on the street or serve as soldiers.

3 injured in Stockholm casino shooting (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 06:30 PM CST

AP - A gunman opened fire late Wednesday outside a casino in Stockholm, wounding three people, police said.

Queen speaks of 'sombre' times as crunch bites (AFP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 05:17 PM CST

Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham Palace for parliament. The Queen will acknowledge that this Christmas will be a AFP - Queen Elizabeth II will acknowledge that this Christmas will be a "sombre occasion" for many people hit by the credit crunch, according to extracts of her traditional festive message released Wednesday.

Christian leaders urge kindness in time of hardship (AFP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 05:07 PM CST

The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, seen here in July 2008, will say in his Christmas sermon that the world's ills will not be solved by AFP - The world's ills will not be solved by "larger-than-life heroes" but by individuals making small gestures to help those in need, the archbishop of Canterbury will say in his Christmas message.

Iran leader's Christmas message decries bullies (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 01:53 PM CST

In this Oct. 25, 2008 file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, is helped by his bodyguards during a religious ceremony marks the death of the Shiite Saint Jaafar Sadeq in Tehran. (AP photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian/FILE)AP - Iran's president is offering season's greetings to Christians in a British TV address and suggests that if Jesus were alive, he would oppose "bullying, ill-tempered and expansionist powers" — an apparent reference to the U.S. and its allies.

List of Christmas speakers on Britain's Channel 4 (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 01:24 PM CST

AP - Below are some of the people chosen by Britain's Channel 4 to deliver its Christmas message, an alternative to the speech given by Queen Elizabeth II on Christmas Day. The broadcaster has often invited eccentric, controversial or otherwise headline-grabbing guests to draw audiences away from the sovereign's annual address.

Medvedev hopes for better ties with US under Obama (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 01:20 PM CST

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during his interview with the top Russian television channels at the Kremlin in Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday that the financial crisis may slow down Russia's development, but won't derail the state social prograns amid new warnings that the government will face a budget deficit next year for the first time in a decade. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)AP - Russia's president said Wednesday he hopes his country will be able to develop better ties with the United states under Barack Obama's administration.

Report: Russian military gets new nuclear missiles (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 01:09 PM CST

AP - Russian news reports say the military has commissioned another batch of new intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Germany vs Italy in World Court over WWII claims (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 09:40 AM CST

AP - Germany has filed suit at the World Court asking Italy to stop its legal system from awarding damages to victims of Nazi war crimes.

Fire breaks out in famed French biology institute (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 06:19 AM CST

AP - Fire broke out Wednesday in a biology laboratory at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, famed for research on fighting infectious diseases, officials said.

US denies its volunteers fought with Georgia (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 06:08 AM CST

A Russian armoured vehicle drives through the Georgian village of Kvemo-Achebeti in August 2008. A Russian probe has alleged that Georgia committed genocide in its August conflict with Russia, the latest accusation in a bitter war of words between the two foes.(AFP/File/Dmitry Kostyukov)AP - The U.S. Embassy has denied Russian investigators' claims that American volunteers fought on Georgia's side in its war against Russia.

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