2009年6月3日星期三

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UK's Brown under pressure in European, local polls (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 05:20 PM PDT

Britain's Communities Secretary Hazel Blears leaves Downing Street for the weekly cabinet meeting at Westminster in central London June 2, 2009. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown faced a new test of his leadership in European and local elections on Thursday, and rebels in his ruling party were reported to be campaigning for him to quit.

England openers overpower Windies (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 04:59 PM PDT

Ravi Bopara of England plays a shot during their Twenty20 match against the West Indies prior to the start of the ICC World Twenty20 at Lords cricket ground in London.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - England looked to have found the solution to their opening problems at the ICC World Twenty20 as Luke Wright and Ravi Bopara led them to a nine-wicket warm-up thrashing of the West Indies here at Lord's.

First ships arrive in Air France crash zone (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 04:44 PM PDT

Picture released by the Brazilian Air Force showing the crew of an Hercules C-130 searching for victims or debris of Air France flight 447 which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean on June 1 with 228 people on board while en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. A first Brazilian navy ship arrived Wednesday in a remote part of the Atlantic to recover debris found from a downed Air France airliner.(AFP/HO)AFP - A first Brazilian navy ship arrived Wednesday in a remote part of the Atlantic to recover debris found from a downed Air France airliner, though hopes were low of finding the black boxes that could explain the tragedy.

Everton boosted by trio signing contract extensions (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 04:14 PM PDT

Beaten FA Cup finalists Everton were boosted on Wednesday as international trio club captain Joseph Yobo, pictured in 2008, Tim Howard and Phil Jagielka signed contract extensions with the club.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Beaten FA Cup finalists Everton were boosted on Wednesday as international trio club captain Joseph Yobo, Tim Howard and Phil Jagielka signed contract extensions with the club.

Waters may prevent recovery of flight recorders (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 03:06 PM PDT

In this photo released by Brazil's Defense Ministry, Brazilian military search for debris from an Air France jet over the Atlantic Ocean, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. A 23-foot (seven-meter) chunk of plane and a 12-mile-long (20-kilometer-long) oil slick were found early Wednesday, Brazilian air force spokesman Col. Jorge Amaral said. Rescuers have still found no signs of life. The new debris was discovered about 90 kilometers (55 miles) south where searchers a day earlier found an airplane seat, a fuel slick, an orange lifevest and pieces of white debris. (AP Photo/Brazil Defense Ministry)AP - The flight recorders from Air France Flight 447 could be scattered nearly anywhere across a vast undersea mountain range that lies as much as four miles below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.

Berlusconi rules out resigning amid teen scandal (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 02:58 PM PDT

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gives a press conference at Palazzo Chigi, the Prime Ministry in Rome. Berlusconi, caught in a messy divorce and gossip about his relationship with an 18-year-old aspiring model, dismissed Wednesday any talk of resignation.(AFP/Tiziana Fabi)AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, caught in a messy divorce and gossip about his relationship with an 18-year-old aspiring model, dismissed Wednesday any talk of resignation.

British hostage executed by Islamists in Mali (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 02:20 PM PDT

Map of Mali showing the southern border town of Anderamboukane where Briton Edwin Dyer was kidnapped in January. Authorities in Mali named Wednesday an Islamist leader they said was behind the execution of a British hostage, thought to be the first by Al-Qaeda affiliates in north Africa.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Authorities in Mali named Wednesday an Islamist leader they said was behind the execution of a British hostage, thought to be the first by Al-Qaeda affiliates in north Africa.

Indian trio jailed over major visa scam (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 02:16 PM PDT

A Bulgarian shows his UK visa . A court jailed an Indian man and two women Wednesday for providing fake degrees and identities to hundreds of immigrants, in what prosecutors said was the biggest visa scam ever seen in Britain.(AFP/File)AFP - A court jailed an Indian man and two women Wednesday for providing fake degrees and identities to hundreds of immigrants, in what prosecutors said was the biggest visa scam ever seen in Britain.

List of passengers aboard lost Air France flight (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 02:13 PM PDT

Relatives and friends of Air France flight AF447 passengers congregate in the lobby of the Windsor Hotel where support is being offered to them, in Rio de Janeiro June 2, 2009. REUTERS/Fernando Soutello-AGIFAP - A list of the named crew and passengers aboard Air France Flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris carrying 228 people:

Organization of the Air France crash probe (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 01:44 PM PDT

AP - The French accident investigation agency, known by its French acronym BEA, is in charge of the inquiry into what happened to Air France Flight 447, which crashed with 228 aboard en route from Rio to Paris.

US may not be ready with numbers for climate deal (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 12:24 PM PDT

AP - The United States may miss a December deadline for committing to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, but that should not block an international agreement on global warming, the chief U.S. negotiator said Wednesday.

Wife puts Berlusconi on the defensive (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 12:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 28, 2009, file photo, 18-year-old model Noemi Letizia poses in her home in Naples, Italy. Just weeks ago Silvio Berlusconi appeared to have an ironclad grip on power. Now the Italian premier is looking suddenly vulnerable, with the heat coming from something almost unheard of in freewheeling Italy: a sex scandal. Opposition politicians and newspapers kept up the pressure Wednesday on Berlusconi, who has spent most of the past month defending himself against accusations from his wife that he had an inappropriate relationship with the 18-year-old model. (AP Photo/Franco Castanò, File)AP - Just weeks ago Silvio Berlusconi appeared to have an ironclad grip on power. Now the Italian premier is looking suddenly vulnerable, with the heat coming from something almost unheard of in freewheeling Italy: a sex scandal.

US objects to UN report on military killings (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 10:56 AM PDT

AP - The Obama administration charged Wednesday that a U.N. investigator violated his mandate by accusing the U.S. of failing to properly investigate allegations of unlawful killings by American forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.

UK's Brown struggles to weather expenses scandal (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 10:42 AM PDT

Britain's Communities Secretary Hazel Blears, centre, arrives at Piccadilly Railway station in Manchester, Manchester, England, Wednesday June 3, 2009. Blears who has faced criticism over her allowances claims announced she was leaving the Cabinet, she suggested Brown's government had become out of touch with British voters. (AP Photo/Jon Super)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown once promised he'd lead the world out of its economic crisis. Now he's fighting to save his job.

Equatorial region known for massive storms (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 09:53 AM PDT

The picture released by the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 shows the area of the crash site on an infrared satellite image of clouds above the Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Brazil at the time when the plane, carrying 228 people, lost contact with ground controllers after leaving Rio de Janeiro for Paris on Sunday night. The reason for the crash remained unclear, with fierce thunderstorms, lightning or a catastrophic combination of causes as possible theories. (AP Photo/Eumetsat)AP - It's the birthplace of some of the world's strongest storms, a nearly continuous band of colliding weather systems near the equator where the Air France jet vanished in the night.

Swiss astronomer claims discovery of 2 asteroids (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 09:50 AM PDT

AP - A Swiss amateur astronomer claimed Wednesday that he has discovered two new asteroids among the hundreds of thousands between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

British hostage thought killed by al-Qaida (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 09:36 AM PDT

This image distributed by IntelCenter and made available Wednesday, June 3, 2009, shows British hostage Edwin Dyer. Dyer was abducted in January, in Mali. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that a Briton held captive in Mali has probably been killed by al-Qaida terrorists. A statement issued in the name of al-Qaida on an Internet site frequently used for extremist messages said the captive, Edwin Dyer, was killed on Sunday. (AP Photo/PA/Mandatory credit should read: IntelCenter) Note to editors: IntelCenter logo must not be cropped or obstructed.AP - Al-Qaida terrorists have killed a Briton taken hostage in Mali, the British prime minister said Wednesday. The fate of a Swiss hostage taken at the same time was unknown.

Israel not going to bomb Iran: Foreign Minister (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 09:21 AM PDT

Visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks to the media in Moscow, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Israel does not intend to bomb Iran, Lieberman said Wednesday at the end of a three-day visit to Russia.(AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)AP - Israel does not intend to bomb Iran, Israel's foreign minister said Wednesday, stepping back from suggestions it might attack a major foe it says is bent on developing nuclear weapons.

German court: Jewish forced workers due pensions (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 08:59 AM PDT

AP - A German federal court ruled Wednesday that two Jews who were forced by the Nazis to work in ghettos have a right to a pension for their labor, setting the stage for thousands of others to receive payments.

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