2009年3月21日星期六

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Hiddink - We've blown opportunity to catch United (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 06:20 PM PDT

Chelsea's striker Didier Drogba (C) is challenged by Tottenham Hotspur's defenders Jonathan Woodgate (L) and Ledley King (R) during their Premier League football match at White Hart Lane in London. Chelsea missed a gilt-edged chance to pile pressure on Manchester United in the English Premier League title race as they slumped to a 1-0 defeat to Tottenham.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Guus Hiddink admits Chelsea might have spurned their best opportunity of overhauling Manchester United in the Premier League title race.

Murray downs Federer to reach Indian Wells final (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 04:31 PM PDT

Andy Murray of Scotland plays against Roger Federer of Switzerland in the semifinals at the Indian Wells ATP tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California. Murray defeated world number two Roger Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 here Saturday to reach the final of the Indian Wells ATP Masters series tournament.(AFP/Robyn Beck)AFP - Britain's Andy Murray defeated world number two Roger Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 here Saturday to reach the final of the Indian Wells ATP Masters series tournament.

Capello eyes Beckham form, not age (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 04:01 PM PDT

David Beckham controls the ball during a Serie A football match in Milan on March 8, 2009. England coach Fabio Capello insists Beckham's form will dictate the player's World Cup destiny and not his advancing years.(AFP/File/Giuseppe Cacace)AFP - England coach Fabio Capello insists David Beckham's form will dictate the player's World Cup destiny and not his advancing years.

Anti-Mafia march in Naples draws thousands (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 03:08 PM PDT

A view of an anti-Mafia rally staged by widows, children and grandchildren of many of those slain by Italy's various mafias, in Naples, Southern Italy, Saturday March 21, 2009. The annual march on the first day of spring drew thousands of participants Saturday along Naples' waterfront. An Italian priest who runs a group called 'Libera' (Free) organizes the march and helps citizens fight organized crime. Judges, prosecutors and police officers are among those slain over the decades by Cosa Nostra, the Camorra and the 'ndrangheta, Italy's three big crime syndicates based in the south. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)AP - Widows, children and grandchildren of many of those slain by Italy's various mafias are rallying in Naples to protest organized crime.

Kidnappers of Britons in Iraq send video to Baghdad embassy (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 02:57 PM PDT

An image grab taken from a videotape broadcast in by the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya news network shows a British hostage held in Iraq, who gave his name as Peter Moore. A group that kidnapped five British men in Iraq nearly two years ago has sent a video to the British embassy in Baghdad, a spokesman said Saturday.(AFP/Al-Arabiya/File)AFP - A group that kidnapped five British men in Iraq nearly two years ago has sent a video to the British embassy in Baghdad, a spokesman said Saturday.

Dagestan clash leaves some police, militants dead (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 02:21 PM PDT

AP - Three days of intense fighting between police and insurgents in a wooded area of Dagestan ended Saturday with five officers and about a dozen militants left dead, Russian officials said.

US official: Danish PM a top pick for NATO post (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 01:50 PM PDT

AP - A U.S. official says Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen is gaining momentum to become NATO's new secretary general.

Ireland beat Wales, win first Grand Slam since 1948 (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 01:48 PM PDT

Ireland's wing Tommy Bowe (L) breaks a tackle from Wales' wing Shane Williams (C) to score during their Six Nations rugby match at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Ireland claimed their first Grand Slam since 1948 after edging Wales 17-15.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Ireland claimed their first Grand Slam since 1948 after edging Wales 17-15 at the Millennium Stadium here on Saturday.

Thousands march against mafia in Naples (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 01:26 PM PDT

People hold pictures of killed relatives during a demonstration to mark the 14th national day of remembrance of the victims of the organized crime in Naples. Thousands of people, including the acclaimed author of mafia expose AFP - Thousands of people, including the acclaimed author of mafia expose "Gomorrah," marched in southern Italy's Naples Saturday against decades of mafia violence that has killed some 900 people.

Hungarian prime minister to step down (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 01:22 PM PDT

Hungarian Prime Mininster Ferenc Gyurcsany speaks at a Socialist Party congress in Budapest. Gyurcsany has offered his resignation to allow the formation of a new government, citing a loss of popularity and worsening economic crisis.(AFP/Attila Kisbenedek)AFP - Hungary's prime minister said Saturday he will resign from government, frustrated by opponents he said labelled him the "single obstacle" to tackling the country's economic woes.

Witness contradicts accused in Italy murder trial (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 01:11 PM PDT

US murder suspect Amanda Knox, center arrives in a courtroom to attend a hearing in her trial, in Perugia, Italy, Saturday, March 21, 2009. Amanda Knox, and Knox's former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, are on trial for the murder of Knox's roommate British student Meredith Kercher, found dead in the house they shared in Nov. 2007. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)AP - A grocer testified Saturday that an American student accused of killing her British roommate in Italy was in his store early on the morning after the death, contradicting the timeline she offered.

Romania weighs decriminalizing consensual incest (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 10:37 AM PDT

Defendant Josef Fritzl stands in the courtroom of the provincial courthouse in St. Poelten, Austria, Thursday, March 19, 2009. Josef Fritzl was convicted of homicide, enslavement, incest, rape and other charges Thursday and sentenced to life in a psychiatric prison for holding his daughter captive for 24 years and fathering her seven children. Fritzl, 73, sat calmly and bowed his head as the verdicts by the Austrian jury were read. He later told the court he accepted the outcome and waived his right to appeal — bringing a dramatic end to a shocking case that has drawn worldwide attention. (AP Photo/Robert Jaeger, Pool)AP - Surprising as it may seem, incest is not always a crime in Europe.

Hungary's PM says quitting as popularity tumbles (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 10:15 AM PDT

Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany is seen during his speech while he said he would resign at the congress of the governing Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, March 21, 2009. Hungary has been hit very hard by the global economic crisis, making Gyurcsany and his minority government unpopular. He says that he will officially notify parliament of his decision on Monday and called for a new meeting of his party in two weeks to choose a candidate to head a new administration. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Hungary's prime minister stunned the country Saturday by announcing his resignation because he had become an "obstacle" to the reforms needed to pull the country out of its worse financial crisis since the end of communism nearly 20 years ago.

Space travelers practice docking Russian capsule (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 09:52 AM PDT

Hungarian-born U.S. software designer and space tourist Charles Simonyi, second right, watching as U.S. astronaut Michael Barratt, right, and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, left, practice a manual docking procedure on a computer simulation at a Soviet-era training and preparation facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Saturday, March 21, 2009. The crew is to blast off for the international space station from the Baikonur cosmodrome on March 26, 2009 in a Russian-made Soyuz capsule. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - U.S. astronaut Michael Barratt and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka have practiced a manual docking procedure before next week's blastoff to the international space station.

The fiesta is over in recession-stricken Spain (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 07:48 AM PDT

AP - In the good old days of a very recent past, construction worker Antonio Montoya could afford two cars and a nice duplex for his family of six, with a sunny patio and pet canaries singing away.

Polish documentary shows prewar Jewish life (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 02:53 AM PDT

In this undated handout still released by Film Polski, Jews from the town of Zareby are seen dancing. The still is from a new documentary patchwork of home videos made mostly by American Jews visiting relatives in the 1930s in Polish towns . The movie 'Po-Lin, Slivers of Memory' was conceived by Polish camerawoman Jolanta Dylewska, who was inspired to make the film after coming across one of the home movies in Jerusalem archives in 1996. (AP Photo/ Film Polski, HO)AP - Poland's Jews were nearly wiped out in the Nazi Holocaust, then the communists who ruled the country for decades after World War II waged anti-Semitic campaigns and made Jewish history a taboo topic.

After horrific trial, Austria struggles to move on (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2009 01:03 PM PDT

Defendant Josef Fritzl stands in the courtroom of the provincial courthouse in St. Poelten, Austria, Thursday, March 19, 2009. Josef Fritzl was convicted of homicide, enslavement, incest, rape and other charges Thursday and sentenced to life in a psychiatric prison for holding his daughter captive for 24 years and fathering her seven children. Fritzl, 73, sat calmly and bowed his head as the verdicts by the Austrian jury were read. He later told the court he accepted the outcome and waived his right to appeal — bringing a dramatic end to a shocking case that has drawn worldwide attention. (AP Photo/Robert Jaeger, Pool)AP - Long before Josef Fritzl and the horrendous crimes in his dungeon, Austria was maligned for its Nazi past, its right-wing politics and another high-profile abduction case.

Teens held in BB gun shooting near French school (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2009 01:03 PM PDT

Police officers from the French GIPN special forces gather in front of a nursery school in Lyon, central France, Friday, March 20, 2009. A gunman armed with a BB gun shot at people Friday near a nursery school in the French city of Lyon, injuring 10 adults but no children, authorities said. Police surrounded the area, searching for the gunman and trying to find out where the shots originated. (AP Photo)AP - Several teenagers were taken into custody Friday night after 11 adults were injured in a pellet gun shooting near a nursery school in the French city of Lyon, the city's prosecutor said.

France officially asks to rejoin NATO command (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2009 12:58 PM PDT

AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy has submitted a formal request to rejoin the NATO command structure following a 43-year absence, French and NATO officials said Friday.

Funeral held for soldier killed in N. Ireland (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2009 11:44 AM PDT

The coffin of Sapper Patrick Azimkar, 21, is carried during his funeral at the Guards Chapel in Wellington Barracks, London, Friday March 20, 2009. Azimkar was one of two British Army Royal Engineers gunned down on March 7 outside their army base in Northern Ireland, as they collected pizzas from delivery men. They were the first soldiers killed in Northern Ireland since 1997. The Real IRA claimed responsibility for that ambush, which also wounded two other soldiers and both pizza couriers.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - Hundreds gathered Friday at the funeral of a British soldier killed in an attack by dissidents in Northern Ireland earlier this month.

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