2009年4月2日星期四

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Search ends for missing eight in North Sea crash (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 02:07 PM PDT

A map locating where the Super Puma helicopter crashed in the North Sea. Coastguards called off the search late Thursday for eight people missing after a helicopter crash off the northeast coast of Scotland, from which eight bodies had already been recovered.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Coastguards called off the search late Thursday for eight people missing after a helicopter crash off the northeast coast of Scotland, from which eight bodies had already been recovered.

Hadden quits as Scotland rugby coach (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 01:36 PM PDT

Frank Hadden, seen here in March 2009, has stepped down as coach of the Scotland national rugby union team with immediate effect, a statement issued here on Thursday by Scottish Rugby said.(AFP/File/Graham Stuart)AFP - Frank Hadden stepped down as coach of the Scotland national rugby union team with immediate effect on Thursday following another disappointing Six Nations.

Police, protesters clash before NATO summit (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 01:27 PM PDT

Masked anti-NATO demonstrators are seen during clashes with riot police in the southern suburbs of Strasbourg April 2, 2009. Strasbourg and the German cities of Baden-Baden and Kehl will host the NATO member states summit on April 3 and 4. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard (FRANCE) ++ EDITORS NOTE THAT FRENCH LAW REQUIRES THAT FACES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE MASKED IN PUBLICATIONS WITHIN FRANCE ++ (MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT)AP - Riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets to beat back a crowd of several hundred anti-NATO protesters in Strasbourg on Thursday as the city in eastern France, host of the alliance's 60th anniversary summit, readied for the arrival of world leaders.

Prince Charles raises Tibet issue in China talks (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 01:21 PM PDT

Prince Charles, seen here in March 2009, raised the issue of Tibet during talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao in London on Thursday, a spokesman at his Clarence House office said.(AFP/File/Claudio Santana)AFP - Britain's Prince Charles raised the issue of Tibet during talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao in London on Thursday, a spokesman at his Clarence House office said.

G-20 gives $1 trillion to fight global crisis (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 01:13 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left, greets U.S. President Barack Obama as he arrives for the G20 summit at the ExCel centre in London, Thursday, April 2, 2009. Leaders of the world's rich and developing countries sought to dispel the clouds over the world's troubled economy — and clear up divisions over how far to go with tougher financial regulation — at a crisis summit Thursday in London. (AP Photo/Stefan Wermuth/pool)AP - World leaders pledged $1.1 trillion in loans and guarantees to struggling countries and agreed Thursday to crack down on tax havens and hedge funds — but failed to reach sweeping accord on more stimulus spending to attack the global economic decline.

Michelle Obama urges British girls to take future in hand (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 12:58 PM PDT

US First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during a visit to the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Language School in London. Obama urged the girls to follow her example and take their futures into their own hands.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - Michelle Obama, the wife of US President Barack Obama, visited a girls' high-school in London on Thursday where she urged them to follow her example and take their futures into their own hands.

Furious Bruce rounds on Zaki (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 12:47 PM PDT

Wigan's English manager Steve Bruce, seen here in January 2009, said Thursday he was at the AFP - Wigan manager Steve Bruce said Thursday he was at the "end of my tether" with Amr Zaki after the on-loan Egypt forward failed to return on time from international duty for the fourth time this season.

Benedict prays for John Paul's beatification (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 12:38 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI walks past Sister Tobiana, who assisted late Pope John Paul II on his last days, during a memorial Mass at St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday April 2, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI marked the fourth anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II with a memorial Mass on Thursday and new prayers for the Polish pontiff's beatification. Benedict presided over an evening Mass at St. Peter's Basilica in which he recalled how beloved John Paul was, particularly among young Catholics. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI marked the fourth anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II with a memorial Mass on Thursday and new prayers for the Polish pontiff's beatification.

Analysis: Medvedev-Obama meet a success for Russia (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 12:27 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev during their meeting at Winfield House in London, Wednesday, April 1, 2009. (AP Photo/ RIA Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)AP - President Dmitry Medvedev's first meeting with Barack Obama brought Russia a shot of prestige, upbeat headlines about nuclear-arms cuts and a powerful signal that Moscow has the ear of the new U.S. president.

Obama says most popular title belongs to Lula (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 12:25 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama — wildly popular the world over — says he isn't the globe's most admired politician. He says that title belongs to Brazil's president.

Swiss, Liechtenstein: ready for G20 tax haven list (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 12:03 PM PDT

AP - Switzerland said Thursday it has put into motion plans to cooperate on rooting out tax cheats, but critics questioned whether that would sufficiently dismantle banking secrecy as demanded by the Group of 20 economic powers.

Obama hails 'turning point' but no guarantees (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 11:47 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak during their bilateral meeting at the G20 Summit in London, April 2, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed (BRITAIN POLITICS BUSINESS)AP - Concluding his first international summit, President Barack Obama hailed agreements at the emergency meeting of world powers Thursday as a "turning point in our pursuit of global economic recovery." But he cautioned, "There are no guarantees."

Michelle Obama charms queen away from protocol (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 11:15 AM PDT

Michelle Obama, wife of U.S. President Barack Obama, left, walks with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at the reception at Buckingham Palace in London Wednesday, April 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Daniel Hambury, pool)AP - Michelle Obama's meeting with Queen Elizabeth II began with a handshake and ended in a hug.

Excerpts from the communique of the G-20 (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 11:03 AM PDT

AP - Excerpts from the communique of the Group of 20 Summit in London:

Tighter military ties bring France, Germany closer (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 10:40 AM PDT

AP - A field of white stone crosses marks the graves of French soldiers alongside gray granite crosses bearing German names in this World War II cemetery — testament to a history of tragedy and reconciliation.

Karadzic: prosecutors are intimidating my family (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 10:25 AM PDT

AP - Radovan Karadzic accused U.N. prosecutors Thursday of terrorizing his family and friends in Bosnia as they search for evidence in his genocide case.

Text of the communique of the G-20 (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 10:20 AM PDT

AP - Here is a text of the Group of 20 Summit in London:

Heavy security in London at G-20 summit site (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 09:58 AM PDT

French extreme climber Alain Robert climbs the Lloyd's building in the City of London after unveiling a banner, in a protest calling for awareness of climate change, as world leaders from the G20 countries gather for a Summit at the ExCel centre, Thursday, April 2, 2009. World leaders are meeting to develop a cohesive economic strategy at the crisis summit in London. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Police were out in force for the G-20 summit Thursday, swarming the east London riverside site as small groups of demonstrators protested world poverty and climate change. A French daredevil scaled a London insurance building to unfurl a banner, entertaining people on the ground.

Serbia pays $900,000 to beaten American's family (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 09:48 AM PDT

AP - The Serbian government confirmed Thursday that it has paid $900,000 in compensation to the family of an American who was badly beaten, allegedly by a Serb.

Researcher healthy 21 days after Ebola accident (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 09:45 AM PDT

In this Oct. 2007 photo provided by the Hamburg University hospital (UKE) on March 17, 2009 a quarantine unit at the hospital is shown during a disaster control exercise. Hours after a 45-year-old scientist accidentally pricked her finger with a needle used for injecting the Ebola virus into mice, leading members of the tight research community huddled over a trans-Atlantic telephone conference to plot a course of action. Within 24 hours of the March 12 accident, an experimental vaccine that had never before been tried on humans was on its way via international courier from a lab in Canada to Germany. The patient was treated in the pictured quarantine unit. (AP Photo/UKE, Jochen Koppelmeyer)AP - A researcher who may have been exposed to the deadly Ebola virus was declared healthy and released from isolation at a German hospital Thursday, having been spared the horrific symptoms of the disease.

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