2009年5月18日星期一

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UK Labour Party faithful want Brown to quit -poll (Reuters)

Posted: 18 May 2009 04:04 PM PDT

Reuters - Prime Minister Gordon Brown should step down as leader of Britain's ruling Labour Party before the next election, according to a majority of party members and supporters questioned in a poll published on Tuesday.

Sunderland's relegation fight goes down to the wire (AFP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 03:14 PM PDT

Portsmouth's Nigerian footballer John Utaka celebrates scoring his goal against Sunderland during their Premiership football match at Fratton Park in London. Sunderland's struggle to avoid relegation will go down to the wire after a 3-1 loss at Portsmouth's Fratton Park here on Monday.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Sunderland's struggle to avoid relegation will go down to the wire after lax defending contributed to a 3-1 loss at Portsmouth's Fratton Park here on Monday.

DNA shows 13-year-old boy did not father child (AFP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 02:06 PM PDT

A man reads a copy of the Sun newspaper bearing a headline report about a 13 year old who allegedly fathered a child, in London. A court judgement made public Monday said that DNA tests revealed the boy was not the dad.(AFP/File)AFP - DNA tests have revealed that a 13-year-old British boy who claimed to have fathered a child with his 15-year-old girlfriend was not the dad, according to a court judgement made public Monday.

Queen gives green-minded son gardening award (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 01:52 PM PDT

Britain Queen Elizabeth II presents to Prince Charles with a Royal Horticultural Society's Victoria Medal of Honour during a visit to Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 18, 2009. The Victoria Medal of Honour is the highest accolade that the Royal Horticultural Society can bestow. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, Pool)AP - Prince Charles, an avid gardener and environmentalist, has received Britain's top gardening award from his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

Vatican: Obama seeks "common ground" on abortion (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 01:27 PM PDT

President Barack Obama talks with Notre Dame President the Rev. John Jenkins as he arrives to deliver the commencement speech during the 2009 graduation ceremony at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. Sunday, May 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - The Vatican said Monday that President Barack Obama was clearly looking for some common ground with his speech at the University of Notre Dame about abortion.

Wilkinson joins big-spending Toulon (AFP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 01:19 PM PDT

England World Cup hero Jonny Wilkinson, seen here in 2008, has signed to play for Toulon, the big-spending French club confirmed on Monday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - England World Cup hero Jonny Wilkinson has signed to play for Toulon next season in a deal worth up to one million euros, the big-spending French club confirmed on Monday.

Penelope Cruz sidelined by food poisoning (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 12:48 PM PDT

AP - Penelope Cruz has had to miss an event at the Cannes Film Festival after suffering food poisoning.

Tamil protesters refuse to believe in Tigers' defeat (Reuters)

Posted: 18 May 2009 12:22 PM PDT

Reuters - Tamils and their supporters demonstrating outside Britain's parliament on Monday refused to believe that Sri Lanka's long civil war was over or that separatist Tamil Tiger rebels were defeated.

Britain's Speaker apologizes, election calls grow (Reuters)

Posted: 18 May 2009 12:14 PM PDT

Britain's Houses of Parliament are seen across the river Thames in London May 18, 2009. An expenses scandal is eroding support for Britain's three main political parties, a poll showed on Monday, and has brought calls for parliament's most senior figure, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, to step down. REUTERS/Stephen HirdReuters - The most senior official in Britain's lower house of parliament apologized to the nation on Monday for an expenses scandal among lawmakers that has prompted growing calls for an early general election.

UK lawmakers call on speaker to quit over scandal (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 12:08 PM PDT

FILE -- This is a Dec. 3, 2008 file photo of the Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin walking in a procession during the State Opening of Parliament in the Member's Lobby of the Palace of Westminster in London. In a sharp break with tradition, the leader of a British political party on Sunday urged the speaker of the House of Commons to resign due to his handling of the expenses scandal that has rocked Britain. Citing a lack of leadership, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, Sunday, May 17, 2009, said speaker Michael Martin should step down from the powerful post. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham/file)AP - The speaker of Britain's House of Commons apologized Monday for his role in the burgeoning lawmaker expense scandal, hoping to retain his office by pledging to lead efforts to restore Parliament to respectability.

Mediators: Russia quits peace talks with Georgia (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 11:10 AM PDT

AP - Peace talks aimed at healing rifts from the Russia-Georgia war broke down Monday when the delegations from Russia and Georgia's two separatist provinces refused to take part, mediators said.

Fire at EU Commission forces evacuation (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 10:52 AM PDT

Smoke rises from the top floor of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Monday May 18, 2009. A fire is sending smoke billowing from the executive floor of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels and hundreds of workers have been evacuated. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)AP - A four-hour fire at the European Union's landmark Commission headquarters Monday sent the EU's top officials scurrying down 13 floors of stairs to safety and forced the evacuation of a few thousand bureaucrats and visitors.

EU nations calls for Sri Lanka war crimes probe (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 10:45 AM PDT

A Tamil supporter protests against the war in Sri Lanka outside the EU Council in Brussels during an EU Foreign Ministers meeting, Monday May 18, 2009. European Union nations have called for an independent war crimes probe into the killing of civilians in Sri Lanka.(AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)AP - European Union nations called Monday for an independent war crimes investigation into the killing of civilians in Sri Lanka.

Lithuania president-elect questions parental leave (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 09:38 AM PDT

Lithuania's presidential candidate and EU Budget Commissioner Dalia Grybauskaite in a restaurant in Vilnius, Lithuania, early Monday, May 18, 2009. The European Union's budget chief has declared victory in Lithuania's presidential election after partial results show voter turnout was high enough to avoid a runoff. Dalia Grybauskaite, who would become the country's first woman head of state, told supporters 'I believe I won today and I thank all those who voted for me.' (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)AP - The first woman to be elected president of Lithuania said Monday the government must slash spending and questioned whether the country can afford its generous parental leave benefits.

Sudanese rebel chief surrenders to war crime court (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 09:12 AM PDT

Sudanese rebel leader Bahar Idriss Abu Garda appears at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, May 18, 2009. Abu Garda, 46, turned himself in voluntarily and is the first suspect from the Sudan conflict to come before the court. Judge Cuno Tarfusser informed him of the charges against him, which include murder, pillaging and attacking peacekeepers in an attack that killed 12 peacekeepers in Sept. 2007. Abu Garda answered 'yes' when asked whether he understood the charges and his rights. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis, Pool)AP - A Sudanese rebel leader surrendered to the International Criminal Court Monday to face war crimes charges stemming from the Darfur conflict and called on Sudan's president to do the same.

UK military loses in court over troop protection (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 08:35 AM PDT

AP - Britain's second-highest court ruled Monday that soldiers at war are covered by European human rights law, a decision that could compel the military to give troops on the battlefield better equipment and medical care.

UN: Pakistan fighting displaces many civilians (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 08:13 AM PDT

AP - The U.N. refugee agency says fighting in Pakistan between the military and Taliban militants has displaced more than 1.45 million people since May 2.

Russian officials ordered to reveal annual incomes (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 07:24 AM PDT

AP - Russia's civil servants must now publish their yearly incomes, according to a series of decrees signed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday and aimed at uprooting corruption.

UK study: Postponing retirement may delay dementia (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 06:32 AM PDT

AP - Working a few years beyond retirement could help stave off Alzheimer's disease, according to a new British study published Monday.

Lawyer calls Somali piracy suspect 'Robin Hood' (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 05:13 AM PDT

AP - A lawyer for one of five suspected Somali pirates being prosecuted in the Netherlands described his client Monday as a modern-day Robin Hood driven by poverty to hijack ships.

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