2009年5月28日星期四

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Britons increasingly Eurosceptic: poll (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 02:41 PM PDT

An European flag flutters inside the European Union Headquarters in Brussels. British voters are increasingly opposed to the European Union, a poll for the Economist weekly revealed Thursday, just days before elections for the European Parliament.(AFP/File/Gerard Cerles)AFP - British voters are increasingly opposed to the European Union, a poll for the Economist weekly revealed Thursday, just days before elections for the European Parliament.

EPA chief: US should take lead on clean energy (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 02:01 PM PDT

Lisa Jackson, center, head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, tours IJburg, a residential district built on reclaimed land in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday May 26 2009. 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 top U.S. environment official says it's time for the United States to shed its energy-wasting image and lead the world race for cleaner power sources instead.

Triumphant Barca stars feted in victory parade (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 01:38 PM PDT

Barcelona's players drive through the streets during celebrations of Barcelona's victory in their UEFA Champions League final in Roma against Manchester United, in Barcelona. Barcelona won 2-0.(AFP/Javier Soriano)AFP - Tens of thousands of ecstatic fans cheered Barcelona's Champions League heroes during a victory parade through the city centre in an open-top bus Thursday.

Germany donates $70,000 to Frida Kahlo Museum (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 01:36 PM PDT

AP - Germany is donating $70,000 to restore paintings, photographs and sculptures produced and collected by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and her husband Diego Rivera.

US rejects newspaper report on Iraq prison photos (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 01:33 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama waves after disembarking from Marine One upon his return to the White House in Washington, DC. Obama's spokesman lambasted British newspapers Thursday over new allegations of prisoner abuse in Iraq, saying he trusted Fleet Street for football results -- but little else.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - The US Defense Department on Thursday strongly rejected a British newspaper report that alleged photographs of abuse at Iraqi prisons include images of rape and sexual assault.

City reward Ireland with new five year deal (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 01:33 PM PDT

Stephen Ireland, seen here in April 2009, signed a new five year contract with Manchester City on Thursday and then promptly declared he never wanted to leave Eastlands.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Stephen Ireland signed a new five year contract with Manchester City on Thursday and then promptly declared he never wanted to leave Eastlands.

UN expert: US failing to properly probe war crimes (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 01:27 PM PDT

AP - An independent U.N. human rights investigator said Thursday that the United States is failing to properly investigate alleged war crimes committed by its soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Belarus requests $9 bln as Putin visits (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 01:12 PM PDT

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) and Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk. Belarus requested a nine billion dollar loan on Thursday from Russia, seeking to mend fences with Moscow after an outburst from its president, as Kremlin strongman Putin paid a visit to Minsk.(AFP/POOL/Alexey Druzhinin)AFP - Belarus requested a nine-billion-dollar loan on Thursday from Russia, seeking to mend fences with Moscow after an outburst from its president, as Kremlin strongman Vladimir Putin paid a visit to Minsk.

White House lashes out at British papers (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 01:12 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama waves after disembarking from Marine One upon his return to the White House in Washington, DC. Obama's spokesman lambasted British newspapers Thursday over new allegations of prisoner abuse in Iraq, saying he trusted Fleet Street for football results -- but little else.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - President Barack Obama's spokesman lambasted British newspapers Thursday over new allegations of prisoner abuse in Iraq, saying he trusted Fleet Street for football results -- but little else.

Several policemen beaten by opposition in Georgia (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 01:11 PM PDT

An opposition supporter wearing sun glasses takes part in a protest outside City Hall in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, May 28, 2009. Hundreds of demonstrators marched through the center of Georgia's capital and rallied outside City Hall Thursday in their latest protest aimed at unseating President Mikhail Saakashvili. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)AP - Protesters demanding Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili's resignation beat several police officers and stabbed one with a knife Thursday, officials said.

Society warns cuckoo bird in danger of extinction (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 12:38 PM PDT

In this undated handout photo from the RSPB , a cuckoo is seen. Britain's cuckoo bird, known for its distinctive call, is in danger of extinction along with 51 other species, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said in a new report Thursday, May 28, 2009. It found that 21 percent of Britain's bird species face extinction unless steps are taken to protect them, spokesman Tim Webb said. He said the cuckoo and other birds that visit Britain in the summer have suffered population loss largely due to a decrease in food and water supply in sub-Saharan Africa, where many migrate from. (AP Photo/Mark Hamblin, RSPB/PA)AP - Britain's cuckoo bird, known for its distinctive call, is in danger of extinction along with 51 other species, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said in a new report Thursday.

German parliament OKs heroin prescription (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 12:06 PM PDT

AP - German lawmakers have voted to allow the prescription of synthetic heroin to long-term addicts who fail to respond to other treatments.

Russia, Belarus fail to agree on $500M loan (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 11:57 AM PDT

AP - Russia and Belarus failed to agree Thursday on the last $500 million installment of a $2 billion Russian loan that aimed to help its struggling neighbor avoid bankruptcy, Russia's finance minister said.

Ex-German hostage to pay flight costs (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 11:36 AM PDT

AP - A former hostage must pay the German government euro12,640 ($17,630) to cover the cost of a helicopter it chartered to bring her part of the way home after her release by Colombian rebels, a court ruled Thursday.

Jaruzelski: I agonized for months over martial law (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 11:16 AM PDT

Poland's last communist leader, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, speaks with the AP during an interview at his office in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, May 28, 2009. Jaruzelski called Mikhail Gorbachev the first Soviet leader 'you could actually talk to,' and suggested that his rise to power provided the impulse for communism's fall. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - Poland's last communist leader said Thursday that he had agonized for months before declaring martial law in 1981 to try to crush the Solidarity freedom movement knowing he would make enemies of his countrymen.

Susan Boyle loses her cool (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 10:48 AM PDT

AP - A spokeswoman for Susan Boyle said Thursday that the Britain's Got Talent finalist lost her cool after being harassed by journalists at a London hotel.

Inaccurate forecast riles British tourism official (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 10:25 AM PDT

AP - There are few pastimes more British than a good moan about the weather, and few things more longed-for than a hot and sunny long weekend.

Bus plows into hikers on Bulgarian hill, kills 16 (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 08:49 AM PDT

Relatives and nurses comfort a victim following a bus crash near the town of Yambol at Yambol's hospital east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Thursday, May, 28, 2009. A bus careered down a Bulgarian mountainside and plowed through pedestrians heading to a religious festival Thursday, killing at least 16 people and injuring at least 20, authorities said. (AP Photo)AP - A bus careered down a Bulgarian mountainside and plowed through hikers heading to a hilltop religious festival Thursday, killing 16 people and injuring 15, authorities said.

French snub British queen, then shrug off uproar (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 08:47 AM PDT

AP - While Britons fumed over a perceived French snub of their queen, the French responded Thursday to the latest cross-Channel spat with a Gallic shrug.

Anger, disappointment sour EU parliament vote (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 08:41 AM PDT

AP - Extremist and fringe parties are expected to make gains when voting begins next week for the European Parliament, a little-loved but highly symbolic assembly that increasingly makes vital decisions on issues ranging from climate change and online privacy to cell-phone roaming charges.

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