2009年2月28日星期六

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Ogilvy books PGA Match Play showdown with Casey (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 07:13 PM PST

Geoff Ogilvy of Australia watches his tee shot on the first hole during the semifinals of the Accenture Match Play Championship at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona. Ogilvy rolled to his third final in four starts in the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship Saturday with an emphatic 4 and 2 semi-final victory over Stewart Cink.(AFP/Getty Images/Scott Halleran)AFP - Geoff Ogilvy rolled to his third final in four starts in the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship with an emphatic 4 and 2 semi-final victory over Stewart Cink.

Rugby manager Johnson calls for 'massive' England improvement (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 07:05 PM PST

England head coach Martin Johnson is seen here during the 6 Nations rugby union match at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland, on February 28. Ireland defeated England 14-13.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - England manager Martin Johnson said his struggling side needed to make a "massive improvement" when they face France in a fortnight's time after a 14-13 Six Nations loss to Ireland.

Spain heads to the polls in regional elections (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 07:03 PM PST

A Basque Socialist Party PSE-PSOE supporter waves a flag at a meeting in the northern Spanish Basque city of Bilbao. Spanish voters go to the polls Sunday in regional elections in the separatist-minded Basque Country and Galicia in the first test of voter sentiment since the country plunged into recession late last year.(AFP/File/Rafa Rivas)AFP - Spanish voters go to the polls Sunday in regional elections in the separatist-minded Basque Country and Galicia in the first test of voter sentiment since the country plunged into recession late last year.

Olympic boxing champ DeGale dazzles on pro debut (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 06:42 PM PST

Olympic boxing champion James DeGale (seen here last August, during Beijing Olympics) won his professional debut match, beating Georgian Vepkhia Tchilaia with a 40-36 points win.(AFP/File/Jacques Demarthon)AFP - Olympic boxing champion James DeGale won his professional debut match, beating Georgian Vepkhia Tchilaia with a 40-36 points win.

Strachan salutes Celtic sharp-shooters (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 06:38 PM PST

Japanese international Shunsuke Nakamura, seen here in action on February 15, 2009, fired a memorable hat-trick to help Celtic keep the pressure on Scottish Premier League leaders Rangers with a 7-0 thrashing of 10-man St Mirren at Parkhead on Saturday.(AFP/Graham Stuart)AFP - Celtic boss Gordon Strachan watched Japanese midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura grab a hat-trick before heaping praise on his strikers despite none of them being on the scoresheet in the 7-0 win over St Mirren.

Experts trying to decipher ancient language (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 06:38 PM PST

A stone tablet engraved with symbols at least 2,500 years old is seen at the Southwest Script Museum on Feb. 5, 2009 in Almodovar, southern Portugal. The museum has on display 20 tablets engraved with symbols of the Iron Age extinct Iberian language called Southwest Script. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)AP - When archaeologists on a dig in southern Portugal last year flipped over a heavy chunk of slate and saw writing not used for more than 2,500 years, they were elated.

Emergency plane landing in Romania; all 51 safe (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 05:45 PM PST

Airport workers stand around a Romanian Carpatair Saab 2000 plane following an emergency landing after developing trouble with its landing gear at the airport in Timisoara, western Romania, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009 . The plane with 51 people on board made an emergency landing in western Romania Saturday, officials said. All the occupants escaped safely.(AP Photo/Timisoara Airport, HO, Pool)AP - A Romanian plane carrying 51 people made a safe emergency landing in western Romania and all the occupants escaped injury, officials said.

Benitez close to throwing in title towel as Reds stumble in English Premier League (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 05:24 PM PST

Liverpool's midfielder Steven Gerrard (left) jumps for the ball against Middlesbrough's forward Tuncay Sanli during their English Premier league football match at The Riverside Stadium, in Middlesbrough.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Rafael Benitez came close to conceding defeat in the Premier League title battle after a shock 2-0 defeat at Middlesbrough left Liverpool struggling to keep leaders Manchester United within sight.

Kremlin faces local election test (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 03:57 PM PST

Reuters - The Kremlin faces its first popularity test since Russia slumped into economic crisis on Sunday when citizens from the western borders to the Pacific coast vote in local polls condemned by critics as flawed.

Cameron devastated over son's death (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 03:40 PM PST

Conservative Party leader David Cameron (L) kisses his wife Samantha at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham in 2008. Cameron said Saturday that the sudden death of his severely disabled boy had left a hole in his life AFP - Opposition leader David Cameron said Saturday that the sudden death of his severely disabled boy had left a hole in his life "so big that words can't describe it".

British PM hopes for economic pact in Obama talks (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 03:32 PM PST

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday he will try to forge a global pact to buck the global economic downturn during talks with U.S. President Barack Obama next week.

UK opposition leader speaks about son's death (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 01:20 PM PST

AP - Britain's main opposition Conservative Party leader David Cameron made his first public comments Saturday about the sudden death of his severely disabled son.

Dublin cops arrest 7 after historic bank heist (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 12:04 PM PST

A pedestrian walks past the Bank of Ireland headquarters on College Green in Dublin, Friday Feb. 27, 2009. According to police, an employee of the Bank of Ireland has stolen millions of euros from the bank, after a gang took his family hostage and threatened to kill them unless he cooperated. Police have refused to confirm the precise sum stolen, but Irish media are putting it at seven million euro (US$ nine million).(AP Photo/Niall Carson-pa)AP - Police recovered millions in stolen cash and interrogated seven suspected robbers Saturday, a day after a gang took a bank employee's family hostage and forced him to rob his own branch.

Chechen leader imposes strict brand of Islam (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 11:02 AM PST

A young Chechen woman walks along Vladimir Putin Avenue in downtown Grozny, Russia on Jan. 31, 2009. With money from Moscow, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov is rebuilding Grozny at a frenetic pace. Some in Russia say Kadyrov's attempt to create an Islamic society violates the Russian constitution, which guarantees equal rights for women and a separation of church and state. But the Kremlin has given him its staunch backing, seeing him as the key to keeping the separatists in check, and that has allowed him to impose his will. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)AP - The bullnecked president of Chechnya emerged from afternoon prayers at the mosque and with chilling composure explained why seven young women who had been shot in the head deserved to die.

Vatican: number of priests slowly rises (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 07:42 AM PST

AP - The Vatican says the number of priests worldwide is slowly but steadily rising.

Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn dies at 84 (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 07:39 AM PST

AP - Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn, whose unique style of blending modern forms with Scandinavian traditions earned him the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize, has died. He was 84.

Italian trial: shoeprint found under victim's body (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 06:58 AM PST

U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox, right, is escorted into a courtroom to stand trial, in Perugia, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009. Knox, and Knox's former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, are being tried on charges of sexual violence and murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia last Nov. 2007. Both deny wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)AP - A woman's shoe print compatible with the shoe size of U.S. student Amanda Knox was found on a pillow under the body of her slain roommate, a detective told an Italian court Saturday.

Turkish pilots blame turbulence for plane crash (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 01:26 AM PST

Crash investigators examine the wreckage of a Turkish airlines plane near Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. Forensic experts worked Friday to identify the dead in a Turkish Airlines crash that killed nine people in the Netherlands, while investigators at the scene mapped the exact location of each piece of mangled debris in search of the cause. Five Turks, including both pilots, and four Americans were killed when the Boeing 737-800 plunged into a farmer's field Wednesday morning, smashing into three pieces. Two of the dead Americans were Boeing employees. (AP Photo/Cynthia Boll)AP - A Turkish pilots' group claims turbulence from a large plane landing at Amsterdam airport may have caused the crash of a Turkish Airlines flight in which nine people died.

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