2009年5月26日星期二

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Spain rearranges furniture as economy sinks (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2009 06:14 PM PDT

A crane is seen by the 17-metre high monument of Christopher Columbus at Madrid's Colon Square May 21, 2009. The Spanish government is paying for the return of the monument of Christopher Columbus (Cristobal Colon) to a roundabout in the middle of Madrid's Plaza Colon -- exactly where it had stood for almost 100 years until 1973. Plan E (Spanish Plan for Economic Stimulus and Employment) is part of Spain's equivalent to the Reuters - Moving a 17-meter (55.76 feet) high monument to Christopher Columbus 100 meters down the road is how the Spanish government is interpreting the advice of John Maynard Keynes.

Moyes wins recordbreaking third manager of the year award (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 04:29 PM PDT

Everton manager David Moyes, pictured in April 2009, received the perfect boost ahead of Saturday's FA Cup final with Chelsea when he was awarded the League Managers' Association's (LMA) manager of the Year award on Tuesday for a record third time.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Everton manager David Moyes received the perfect boost ahead of Saturday's FA Cup final with Chelsea when he was awarded the League Managers' Association's (LMA) manager of the Year award on Tuesday for a record third time.

Southgate is the man to take 'Boro back up, says chairman (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 03:54 PM PDT

Middlesbrough's English manager Gareth Southgate looking troubled during the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Middlesbrough at Upton Park, east London on May 24, 2009. Southgate will remain as manager of Middlesbrough and try and guide them to an immediate return to the Premier League the club chairman Steve Gibson told the BBC on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Ian Kington)AFP - Gareth Southgate will remain as manager of Middlesbrough and try and guide them to an immediate return to the Premier League the club chairman Steve Gibson told the BBC on Tuesday.

Shamed by child abuse, Ireland to reform services (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2009 02:37 PM PDT

John Kelly, who says he was abused while in Daingean Industrial School between 1965 and 1967, reacts after being refused entry to the release of a government report into state abuse, in Dublin May 20, 2009. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughtonReuters - Ireland will reform its social services for children in line with the recommendations of a report cataloguing decades of abuse by priests published last week, Prime Minister Brian Cowen said on Tuesday.

Ireland to summon Catholic orders on abuse scandal (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 02:08 PM PDT

John Kelly, coordinator of Survivors of Child Abuse (SOCA) is pictured after a press conference to launch the five-volume, 2,500-page report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse in state-funded Roman Catholic Church-run institutions dating back to the 1930s. Sexual abuse was AP - Ireland's government announced Tuesday it will summon Roman Catholic orders and demand they contribute more funds to the thousands of people who suffered rampant abuse in church-run residences for children.

Schoolboy charged with fatal stabbing of teen in London: police (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 02:04 PM PDT

A London metropolitan policeman at a crime scene. A 13-year-old boy was charged with murder Tuesday following the fatal stabbing of a teenager in London, police said, which has fuelled concern over youth violence on the capital's streets.(AFP/File)AFP - A 13-year-old boy was charged with murder Tuesday following the fatal stabbing of a teenager in London, police said, which has fuelled concern over youth violence on the capital's streets.

Ugly fight for Oxford's top poetry post splits UK (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 01:45 PM PDT

Ruth Padel, Oxford University's first female Professor of Poetry, speaks at a press conference at The Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, Wales, Tuesday May 26, 2009 when she explained her resignation after acknowledging she had helped publicize charges that her rival for the post had sexually harassed a former student. Ruth Padel, the great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin, made history at Oxford when she became the first woman to be elected to the position of Professor of Poetry since the job was created in 1708. (AP Photo/Ben Birchall/PA Wire)AP - LONDON — A fight over who gets to be Oxford University's top poet has set Britain's pens racing — and weakened the careers of two well-known wordsmiths.

Fiat CEO pushes Opel bid with Merkel (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 01:37 PM PDT

AP - Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne pushed his bid for General Motors Corp.'s Opel unit in talks Tuesday with German leaders, saying he had lowered his request for government financial help.

Sarkozy opens France's first Gulf military base (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 01:23 PM PDT

United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheik Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan, second left, United Arab Emirates' Crown Prince Sheik Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, back, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, front, are seen on the tarmac at the al Dhafra Air Base in Abu Dhabi at a show of four twin-engined Rafale fighter jets manufactured by France's Dassault Aviation in Abu Dhabi, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler Pool)AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy opened his nation's first military base in the Gulf Tuesday, boosting the naval presence along strategic oil routes and in pirate-infested waters off the Somali coast.

Russia signs uranium contracts with US companies (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 12:51 PM PDT

AP - Russia's uranium export company signed a groundbreaking $1 billion package of contracts Tuesday to supply three U.S. utilities with enriched fuel for nuclear power plants, Russian atomic industry officials said.

Georgia's opposition blocks railway station (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 12:48 PM PDT

Opposition supporters gather at St. Trinity Cathedral to confer with Patriarch Ilia II in Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Tens of thousands of demonstrators filled the national sports stadium in Tbilisi to press their demands that President Mikhail Saakashvili step down. The demonstrators then marched to the main cathedral to consult with the respected leader of Georgia's Orthodox Church on how to proceed in the political standoff now in its seventh week. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)AP - Thousands of angry protesters converged on the central train station in the Georgian capital Tuesday, trying to block the trains as the opposition raised the stakes in its push to get President Mikhail Saakashvili to resign.

Global CEOs back greenhouse gas cuts, carbon caps (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 12:46 PM PDT

Australian actress Cate Blanchett seen at the climate change conference World Business Summit, Monday May 25, 2009, in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Actress was invited because of her involvement in the environmental Australian Conservation Foundation. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Tariq Mikkel Khan)AP - Global business leaders added momentum to prospects for a new U.N. climate treaty by agreeing Tuesday that the world must cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by mid-century by setting specific limits on carbon.

US environment chief praises Dutch water systems (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 12:31 PM PDT

U.S senator Mary Landrieu, D-La, reacts as the umbrella gives way in high winds as she tours IJburg, a residential district built on reclaimed land in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday May 26 2009 with Lisa Jackson, unseen, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Jackson praised water management systems in the Netherlands saying that as the U.S. prepares for the effects of global warming it can learn from Dutch tactics on 'living with water.' On the first day of a week-long working visit to the Netherlands, the EPA administrator said she was most impressed so far by 'the idea that when it rains, the rush is not to pump out, but to be able to hold an amount of water. As climate changes and we start seeing more and more rain we have to stop fighting it. There's not enough energy in the world to fight it.' The history of the Netherlands, where two-thirds of the population lives below sea level, has been shaped by its struggle to keep dry and it is renowned for its expertise in water managmenet and flooding defenses. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AP - The U.S.' chief environmental official said Tuesday that America can learn much from the way the Dutch manage water — focusing more on living with it than on trying to control it at every turn.

Help for poor countries at Paris climate talks (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 12:20 PM PDT

US Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern reacts during a press conference in Paris, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The French host of climate talks among the world's biggest polluters said Tuesday that the United States had backpedaled on promises to slash carbon emissions but China appeared 'absolutely determined' to make deep cuts. The environment chiefs are also discussing how to raise $100 billion a year to help poor countries adapt to climate change. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - The world's biggest polluters made progress on a global deal to finance efforts to fight global warming and help poor countries cope with it, the French hosts of climate talks said Tuesday.

British Conservative leader calls for change (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 12:16 PM PDT

Britain's Conservative Party opposition leader David Cameron delivers a speech at the Open University in Milton Keynes, England Tuesday May 26, 2009. Britain's top opposition leader proposed a radical redistribution of power on Tuesday as a way to restore faith in government following a scandal over the misuse of public funds. (AP Photo/Stefan Rousseau, PA)AP - Conservative Party leader David Cameron called Tuesday for sweeping reforms to Britain's political system, part of an aggressive damage-control campaign that has made him the only political figure to gain ground from a scandal over lawmakers' expenses.

Candidates to head nuclear agency make their case (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 11:17 AM PDT

Candidates for new director general of the IAEA, Slovevnia's Ernest Petric, left, and Belgium's Jean-Pol Poncelet wait for the start of a hearing of the candidates in Vienna, Austria Tuesday, May 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Hans Punz)AP - Five candidates bidding for the leadership of the International Atomic Energy Agency laid out their visions of what the U.N. organization's role should be Tuesday at a meeting overshadowed by the North Korea's announcement that it had exploded its second nuclear bomb.

Audrey Hepburn stamp fetches euro67,000 in Germany (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 10:26 AM PDT

AP - A rare stamp portraying movie star Audrey Hepburn smoking sold for euro67,000 ($93,800) at an auction in Germany on Tuesday.

UN: Investigate abuses by both sides in Sri Lanka (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 10:21 AM PDT

Mahinda Samarasinghe, Minister of Disaster Managment and Human Rights of Sri Lanka, listens during the Human Rights Council session at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Navi Pillay, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights has recommended to the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday that both the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers be investigated over the high civilian death toll since December. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - The U.N.'s top human rights official demanded an independent investigation Tuesday into atrocities allegedly committed by both sides in Sri Lanka's civil war.

Swiss force referendum on 6 weeks vacation a year (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 09:52 AM PDT

AP - Work got you down? Just take more vacation.

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