2009年1月22日星期四

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French official household spending slides 0.9 percent in December (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 02:34 AM CST

One of Paris's top department stores, Le Printemps. French household spending on manufactured goods fell 0.9 percent in December from the November level and by 0.5 percent in the fourth quarter, the national statistics institute INSEE reported on Thursday.(AFP/File/Bertrand Guay)AFP - French household spending on manufactured goods fell 0.9 percent in December from the November level and by 0.5 percent in the fourth quarter, the national statistics institute INSEE reported on Thursday.

Regulatory chief says 'profound' changes needed (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 02:29 AM CST

A view of Canary Wharf business district in London, 2008. The head of the financial services watchdog said the banking system must undergo AFP - The head of the financial services watchdog said the banking system must undergo "profound" changes to create a stable system for the future.

Swiss nuclear smuggling suspect claims CIA link (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 02:14 AM CST

AP - A Swiss man suspected of involvement in the world's biggest nuclear smuggling ring claims he supplied the CIA with inside information that led to the breakup of the black market network led by Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan.

London attacks 'plotter' questioned in Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 02:12 AM CST

A Metropolitan Police handout showing the London Underground train that was damaged in the 2005 bomb attack at Aldgate tube station in London. Intelligence agents interrogated a senior Saudi Al-Qaeda suspect who was arrested in a joint Pakistani-CIA raid for allegedly plotting the 2005 attacks that killed 52 people in London.(AFP/MP-HO/File)AFP - Intelligence agents on Thursday interrogated a senior Saudi Al-Qaeda suspect who was arrested in a joint Pakistani-CIA raid for allegedly plotting the 2005 attacks that killed 52 people in London.

Pacquiao-Hatton boxing super fight off over money split issues (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 02:09 AM CST

A planned May 2 showdown between Britain's Ricky Hatton, seen here in 2008, and Phillipines star Manny Pacquiao has been called off after the two fighters' camps could not agree on how to split the purse.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Gichigi)AFP - A planned May 2 showdown between Britain's Ricky Hatton and Philippines star Manny Pacquiao has been called off after two of the sport's top draws failed to agree on how to split the purse.

Rugby coach Howley says Stevens case a warning for rugby (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 12:50 AM CST

Wales coach Rob Howley hopes Matt Stevens's failed drugs test will keep other leading players on the straight and narrow, whatever the temptations of their increasingly high-profile status. Stevens (pictured), 26, is facing a two-year ban after testing positive for a recreational drug, believed to be cocaine, following Bath's European Cup win over Glasgow on December 7.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - Wales coach Rob Howley hopes Matt Stevens's failed drugs test will keep other leading players on the straight and narrow, whatever the temptations of their increasingly high-profile status.

Spain: Basque group claims businessman's killing (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 09:42 PM CST

AP - The armed Basque separatist group ETA claimed responsibility Wednesday for the recent slaying of a businessman and warned of attacks on the region's high-speed rail project.

Iceland protests grow, premier vows to stay on (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 08:03 PM CST

A protester with a loud speaker shouts slogans during a demonstration in downtown Reykjavik January 21, 2009. Crisis-hit Iceland's Prime Minister Geir Haarde said on Wednesday the government's coalition partners would continue cooperating as protesters gathered in front of parliament for a second straight day. Reuters via Your View/Ingolfur Juliusson (Reuters)Reuters - Angry Icelandic protesters clashed with riot police as they called for a new government on Wednesday and the country's prime minister said he had the support of his coalition partner.

Minister urges probe into Gaza white phosphorus claims (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 06:02 PM CST

View taken on January 20, 2009 shows alleged burning white phosphorous at the UNRWA's warehouse (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) destroyed during Israeli strikes in Gaza City. Foreign Office minister Lord Mark Malloch-Brown called Wednesday for an investigation into whether Israel used white phosphorous during the Gaza conflict.(AFP/File/Olivier Laban-Mattei)AFP - Foreign Office minister Lord Mark Malloch-Brown called Wednesday for an investigation into whether Israel used white phosphorous during the Gaza conflict.

EU wins Israeli assurance on Gaza aid but not on crossings (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 05:37 PM CST

A man carries a bag of food aid from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) at the refugee camp in Rafah, on the border with Egypt, southern Gaza Strip, January 19, 2008. European Union nations won assurances Wednesday that Israel would do its utmost to allow humanitarian aid into the war-torn Gaza Strip but no guarantees that border crossings would be opened.(AFP/File/Said Khatib)AFP - European Union nations won assurances Wednesday that Israel would do its utmost to allow humanitarian aid into the war-torn Gaza Strip but no guarantees that border crossings would be opened.

French diversity chief warns of upheaval (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 05:15 PM CST

AP - France's equality chief said Wednesday the country was heading "straight into apartheid" and toward a major social explosion unless changes are made rapidly.

Expert: British spies couldn't stop Omagh bomb (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 02:52 PM CST

AP - Britain's phone-tapping agency did not hear anything that could have stopped Irish Republican Army dissidents from devastating the Northern Ireland town of Omagh with a 1998 car bomb, an expert ruled Wednesday.

Russia: No more space tourists after 2009 (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 02:15 PM CST

U.S Space tourist, software designer, Charles Simonyi smiles while sitting inside the Russian Souyz TMA-9 space capsule shortly after its landing about 500 km (310 miles) south-west of the Kazakh town of Karaganda, Saturday, April 21, 2007. In an interview Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009, with the Russia's government newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta, Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, chief Anatoly Perminov said that Charles Simonyi would be the last tourist when he blasts off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in March on his second trip. (AP Photo/Sergei Remezov, File)AP - Russia won't be sending tourists to the international space station after this year because of plans to double the station's crew from three to six people, the head of Russia's space agency said in an interview published Wednesday.

Another Italian job: Fiat angles for a US comeback (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 02:01 PM CST

Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne poses near the new Fiat 500, during the official presentation in Turin, Italy, in this Thursday, July 5, 2007 file photo. Fiat and Chrysler said Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 they have agreed to form a strategic alliance that would give the Italian auto empire a 35-percent stake in the troubled U.S. carmaker and could eventually bring it full control. The deal means Chrysler, which is fighting off bankruptcy and struggling to sell less fuel efficient larger models, would have access to new markets and cheaper, more environmentally friendly technologies. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)AP - The joke used to be that Fiat stood for Fix It Again, Tony! But an alliance with Chrysler and a new generation of safe and stylish cars have positioned the Italian automaker for a comeback in the U.S. after an absence of more than two decades.

Dina Vierny, the muse to sculptor Maillol, dies (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 01:23 PM CST

AP - Dina Vierny, muse to French sculptor Aristide Maillol and model for painters Henri Matisse and Pierre Bonnard, has died, her sons announced Wednesday.

Russians condemn slaying of rights lawyer (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 01:05 PM CST

With a policeman's boots seen in the foreground, people lay flowers Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009, at the site in Moscow where human-rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburov were gunned down the previous day. Markelov was shot and killed after a press conference. Baburova was shot when she tried to intervene after Markelov was shot. She died on the operating table hours after Monday's shooting. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - Attorneys, activists and lawmakers Wednesday condemned the brazen shooting of a human-rights lawyer on a busy Moscow street and called for a thorough and honest investigation into a killing that spotlighted the risks faced by Russians who fight for justice.

Woman quits woods, meets sister, back in Germany (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 12:11 PM CST

A woman identified by Swiss media as Gabriele Schulze, left, embraces her sister Simon Lau, who she has not seen for 12 years, in the village of Bolligen, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. The Shulze, 52, who has been missing from a village outside Berlin since 1997, was recently discovered in a forest in Bolligen, where she lived for nearly a year in a self-made hideout. (AP Photo/Keystone, Marcel Bieri)AP - A woman discovered living in an umbrella-and-tarpaulin shelter in Switzerland was picked up by her sister Wednesday and driven back to her native Germany, 12 years after her disappearance.

Edmund de Rothschild dies at 93 (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 09:30 AM CST

AP - Edmund de Rothschild, former chairman of N.M. Rothschild and Sons merchant bank and a noted horticulturist, has died at age 93.

Pope Benedict XVI blesses 2 lambs at the Vatican (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 09:12 AM CST

In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, looks on at one of two lambs presented to him at the Vatican, Wednesday Jan. 21, 2009. The pontiff blessed two lambs whose wool will be shorn later this year to make a shawl for newly appointed archbishops to wear. The blessing Wednesday took place on the feast day of St. Agnes, a martyr of early Christianity who is often symbolized by a lamb. In the ritual, the pope blessed the animals, who were laying down in two baskets, each wearing a crown of flowers on its head. New archbishops receive the wool pallium on June 29. The pallium is a band of white wool decorated with black crosses that is a sign of pastoral authority and a symbol of the archbishops' bond with the pope. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, HO)AP - Pope Benedict XVI has blessed two lambs whose wool will be shorn to make shawls for newly appointed archbishops to wear.

Russia says old nuclear satellite poses no threat (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 08:11 AM CST

AP - Russia's military said Wednesday that an old Soviet-built nuclear-powered satellite has spewed fragments in orbit, but insisted they do not threaten the international space station or people on Earth.

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