2009年3月7日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Extremists could target English sides, Wenger tells paper (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 07:25 PM PST

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger (seen here on March 3) raised the prospect of English football becoming a target of violent extremism, adding his team had already faced security alerts in comments published on Sunday.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger raised the prospect of English football becoming a target of violent extremism, adding his team had already faced security alerts in comments published on Sunday.


Guantanamo worse since Obama election: ex-detainee (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 07:05 PM PST

This undated image, obtained in February 2009, shows Ethiopian-born British resident Binyam Mohamed. The freed Guantanamo Bay prisoner has said conditions at the US detention camp in Cuba have worsened since President Barack Obama was elected, claiming guards wanted to AFP - A freed Guantanamo prisoner has said conditions at the US detention camp in Cuba have worsened since President Barack Obama was elected, claiming guards wanted to "take their last revenge".


Two soldiers dead in N Ireland army base shooting: police (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 07:02 PM PST

File photo shows two policemen standing guard inside the Stormont Parliament building in Belfast, in Northern Ireland. The last 18 months have seen an upsurge in violent activity from Republicans opposed to the peace process, including more than a dozen unsuccessful murder bids against police officers.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - Two soldiers died and four people were wounded in a shooting at a British army base in Northern Ireland, police said, raising fears the province's troubled past may have returned.


It's up to me to correct Celtic's problems, says Strachan (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 06:42 PM PST

Gordon Strachan (seen here last December) says it is down to him to turn around Celtic's inconsistent form this year after he watched his side crash out of the Scottish Cup to a shock 1-0 quarter-final defeat by St Mirren.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Gordon Strachan says it is down to him to turn around Celtic's inconsistent form this year after he watched his side crash out of the Scottish Cup to a shock 1-0 quarter-final defeat by St Mirren.


Walcott's return can fire Arsenal (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 06:15 PM PST

Arsenal's players celebrate after scoring the opening goal against Cardiff City during the FA Cup 4th round replay match in London, on February 16. Arsene Wenger hopes Theo Walcott's return to action in Sunday's FA Cup fifth round clash against Burnley will give Arsenal the momentum to keep their season alive.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Arsene Wenger hopes Theo Walcott's return to action in Sunday's FA Cup fifth round clash against Burnley will give Arsenal the momentum to keep their season alive.


Police: 2 killed by Northern Ireland army base (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 06:01 PM PST

AP - Two men were shot dead and four more were injured Saturday night when gunmen opened fire outside a military barracks, police said.

Sbragia lays into Sunderland after stalemate (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 05:36 PM PST

Sunderland's midfielder Dean Whitehead (left) clashes with Tottenham Hotspur's midfielder Luka Modric during their Premier league football match at The Stadium Of Light in Sunderland. Sunderland and Tottenham Hotspur are still haunted by the threat of relegation from the Premier League after a 1-1 draw.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Sunderland manager Ricky Sbragia may be far more mild-mannered than predecessor Roy Keane but that didn't stop him slamming his side after their 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur.


Two dead in N Ireland army base shooting: official (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 03:42 PM PST

Two people died in a gun attack at an army base in Northern Ireland, a spokesman for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said Saturday.(Royal Engineers)AFP - Two people died in a gun attack at an army base in Northern Ireland, a spokesman for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said Saturday.


Ex-detainee says UK supplied torture questions (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 03:00 PM PST

Reuters - A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner has accused British intelligence of feeding questions to the CIA that he says were put to him while he was tortured in Pakistani and Moroccan jails.

Driver in Zimbabwe PM death crash 'not asleep': Foreign Office (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 02:58 PM PST

The vehicle Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai riding during his March 6, 2009 accident in Featherstone, 80 kms from Harare. The driver of the truck which collided with Tsvangirai's car, killing his wife, was not asleep at the time, the foreign office said Saturday.(AFP/Desmond Kwande)AFP - The driver of the truck which collided with Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's car, killing his wife, was not asleep at the time, the foreign office said Saturday.


Financial crisis hits Irish teachers, nurses (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 11:29 AM PST

A woman protesters join over 100,000 people in Dublin, Ireland, Feb. 25, 2009 to protest the economic crisis hitting the country.  (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - As a veteran nurse, Margaret Horan is used to feeling overworked and underpaid. A steady flow of coughing, moaning and bleeding Dubliners must wait hours to be seen because of staff shortages at her hospital in the working-class heart of the capital.


Russia offers hope for global disarmament talks (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 10:54 AM PST

AP - Russia's foreign minister called Saturday for an end to a decade of failure in global disarmament talks, seeking to build on an upbeat meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Guantanamo prisoner tells of dark Afghan prison (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 10:52 AM PST

In this image released by the human rights and legal defense organization Reprieve, Guantanamo detainee and terror suspect Binyam Mohamed is pictured in London, in 2000.  Binyam Mohamed, a former prisoner at Guantanamo Bay says his worst months in custody were spent in a dark prison in Afghanistan, where he says he was shackled in uncomfortable positions for days on end and blasted with constant loud music which made sleep impossible.  Binyam Mohamed, a British resident who was freed from the U.S. prison in Cuba on Feb. 23 after seven years in U.S. custody, described his time in Afghanistan in an interview to be published in The Mail on Sunday newspaper. (AP Photo/Reprieve, files)AP - A former prisoner at Guantanamo Bay says his worst months in custody were spent in a dark prison in Afghanistan, where he says he was shackled in uncomfortable positions for days on end and blasted with constant loud music which made sleep impossible.


Protesters clash with police at Israel match (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 09:33 AM PST

Masked protestors clash with police outside the Baltic Arena in Malmo, Sweden, Saturday March 7, 2009. Dozens of anti-Israel activists clashed with police Saturday as they tried to storm a closed arena where Sweden and Israel were played a Davis Cup tennis match. (AP Photo/Drago Prvulovic)AP - Dozens of rock-throwing anti-Israel activists clashed with police Saturday in an attempt to storm a closed arena where Sweden and Israel were playing a Davis Cup tennis match.


Amsterdam crash survivors hold memorial (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 06:32 AM PST

Survivors from the Turkish Airlines jet that slammed into a muddy field near Amsterdam's main airport gather for a memorial service to commemorate the nine passengers and crew killed in the crash at a hangar at Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, Saturday March 7, 2009. Dozens of survivors have joined rescue workers and politicians for the nationally televised service. (AP Photo/Marcel Antonisse, Pool)AP - Diplomats and officials placed nine cream-colored roses in a vase in an aircraft hangar Saturday to commemorate those killed in the crash of a Turkish Airlines jet near Amsterdam last month.


Clinton: US officials holding talks in Syria (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 05:07 AM PST

U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton waves to cameras as she visits the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, March 7, 2009.  Clinton said that she was in Turkey to promote the 'work the U. S. and Turkey must to do forge peace, prosperity and progress.' (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that talks were underway between two U.S. representatives and Syrian officials in Damascus.


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