2009年6月8日星期一

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No fear in England cricket team: KP (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:40 PM PDT

Kevin Pietersen, seen here, believes England are finally playing without an inhibiting fear of failure and can, after a wretched start, go on to win the World Twenty20(AFP/File/Ian Kington)AFP - Kevin Pietersen believes England are finally playing without an inhibiting fear of failure and can, after a wretched start, go on to win the World Twenty20.

Dog plays fetch with live grenade in Germany (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:29 PM PDT

AP - A dog playing fetch in Germany has found and delivered to its owner a U.S. hand grenade from World War II. Police in the western town of Erkrath said Monday they were called by the dog's 40-year-old owner who stopped walking her pooch when she recognized the "rusty" object it was carrying was a weapon. Police summoned a munitions expert Sunday to identify and defuse the grenade.

Brazil recovers tail fin from Air France crash (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:11 PM PDT

Handout picture released by the Brazilian Navy showing divers recovering a huge part of the rudder of the Air France A330 aircraft lost in midflight over the Atlantic ocean June 1st. Brazil's navy on Monday recovered the tail fin from an Air France jet that plunged into the Atlantic a week ago, and was transporting 16 bodies to shore for identification.(AFP/Brazilian Navy)AFP - Brazil recovered the tail fin belonging to the Air France jet that plunged into the Atlantic a week ago killing 228 people, as well as more human remains from the doomed flight.

Four dead, nine missing in Ukraine coal mine accident (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 04:30 PM PDT

A miner surfaces from the Skochinsky coal mine outside the regional capital Donetsk. At least four miners were killed and nine reported missing Tuesday after a coal mining accident in eastern Ukraine, a government official said, as relatives kept a tearful vigil at the mine.(AFP/Alexander Khudoteply)AFP - At least four miners were killed and nine reported missing Tuesday after a coal mining accident in eastern Ukraine, a government official said, as relatives kept a tearful vigil at the mine.

Europe's Cap-And-Trade Scheme A Cautionary Tale For The U.S. (Investor's Business Daily)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 04:05 PM PDT

Investor's Business Daily - The major cap-and-trade bill now working its way through Congress is not without precedent. The European Union has had a cap-and- trade regime in place for years. It just hasn't worked so far.

Europe's Lesson (Investor's Business Daily)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 03:43 PM PDT

Investor's Business Daily - Stimulus: With the votes tallied from a weekend election, it's now apparent that the European Union has taken another step to the right. There's a message in this for both the White House and the U.S. Congress.

Europe moves to the right in parliamentary elections (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 02:56 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - LONDON — Europe's political center shifted toward the right Monday as a weak economy, disarray among parties on the left, protest votes against the establishment, anti-immigrant sentiment and a political scandal in Britain combined to influence the outcome of the biggest multinational election in history.

Celtic want Mowbray, West Brom admit (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 02:41 PM PDT

Scottish giants Celtic are trying to tempt manager Tony Mowbray, pictured in May 2009, to leave his post at relegated English Premier League side West Bromwich Albion and join them, the English club confirmed on Monday.(AFP/File/Chris Ratcliffe)AFP - Scottish giants Celtic are trying to tempt manager Tony Mowbray to leave his post at relegated English Premier League side West Bromwich Albion and join them, the English club confirmed on Monday.

British prime minister vows to improve leadership (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 02:18 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown attends a meeting in Stratford, east London where he spoke with local Labour Party activists Sunday June 7, 2009. A top deputy to Britain's troubled Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday warned lawmakers seeking his ouster to end their rebellion — or risk making the situation of the governing Labour Party more tenuous. Business Secretary Peter Mandelson, appearing on the BBC's Andrew Marr talk show, urged party dissidents to think about the consequences of an ugly leadership battle. The tussle comes as voters are punishing Labour lawmakers for abusing their expense claims in a scandal that has shaken the government. (AP Photo/ Stefan Rousseau/PA)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday survived the most serious test of his leadership, offering his critics a humbling promise to improve after his governing Labour Party suffered its worst electoral results in a century.

4 found liable for NIreland's Omagh bombing (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 02:07 PM PDT

Godfrey Wilson, centre, who lost his son James in the 1998 Real Irish Republican Army bomb explosion, reacts after leaving Belfast High court, Northern Ireland, Monday, June, 8, 2009. Relatives of the Omagh bomb victims won Monday a landmark multi-million pound civil action against four men they blamed for the atrocity in which 29 people died in Northern Ireland. Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt and three other men - Liam Campbell, Colm Murphy and Seamus Daly - were found to be responsible for the terrorist attack by a judge in a landmark civil case brought by victims' families. (AP Photo / Peter Morrison)AP - Four members of an Irish Republican Army splinter group were found responsible Monday for the worst terrorist attack in Northern Ireland after a landmark civil case brought by the families of the 29 people killed in the Omagh bombing.

Britain's far right wins first 2 seats in EU vote (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 01:58 PM PDT

Conservative MEP for Wales Kay Swinburne, left, welcomes Conservative Party leader David Cameron, on the steps of the National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff, Monday June 8, 2009. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown faced the prospect of renewed challenges to his grip on power after his Labour Party suffered its worst electoral results in a century. The party finished third in Britain in voting for representatives to the European Parliament, behind the Conservatives, the country's main opposition party, and the Euroskeptic UK Independence Party. The results were Labour's worst in a nationwide vote since 1910.(AP Photo/Barry Batchelor-pa)AP - A volatile mix of apathy, anger and economic uncertainty translated into gains for extreme-right parties in European parliamentary elections, including the first seats won by the all-white British National Party.

Air France union demands new instruments (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 01:49 PM PDT

AP - An Air France union urged pilots Monday to refuse to fly Airbus A330s and A340s unless their external speed and altitude monitors have been replaced.

CAPITAL CULTURE: Michelle Obama wins fans in Paris (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 11:09 AM PDT

FILE-This June 6, 2009 file photo shows French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, right, and U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, reacting during an arrival ceremony at the Prefecture of Caen, northwestern France. (AP Photo/Bob Edme,File)AP - Michelle Obama, whom French fashionistas regard as the best-dressed American first lady since Jackie Kennedy, lived up to her sartorial reputation during her trip to Paris, sporting a wardrobe of fashion-forward classics by top American designers.

Global arms spending rises despite economic woes (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 11:08 AM PDT

AP - World governments spent a record $1.46 trillion on upgrading their armed forces last year despite the economic downturn, with China climbing to second place behind top military spender the United States, a Swedish research group said Monday.

Michelle Obama meets with UK prime minister's wife (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 11:00 AM PDT

AP - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama made an unannounced visit to London on Monday after attending D-Day commemorations in Europe.

Gabon's president dies at 73 after 42-year rule (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 09:53 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday July 27, 2007 file photo, President of Gabon Omar Bongo, right, waves to bystanders from an open car during a motorcade with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in Libreville, Gabon. President Omar Bongo of Gabon has died of cardiac arrest in a Barcelona hospital, the country's prime minister said Monday June 8, 2009 . Bongo was 73. Doctors announced Bongo's death at around 2:30 pm (1230 GMT), Prime Minister Jean Eyeghe Ndong said in a statement issued at the Quiron Clinic, where Bongo was admitted last month. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, file)AP - Gabon President Omar Bongo, the world's longest-serving leader and whose 42-year rule was a throwback to an era when Africa was ruled by "Big Men," has died of cardiac arrest in a Spanish hospital. He was 73.

Greens make big gains in EU parliament vote (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 09:37 AM PDT

From left, French Green leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit, of the Europe Ecologie party, Norwegian-born campaigning magistrate Eva Joly and French farmer activist Jose Bove attend a press conference in Paris, Monday June 8, 2009. Green parties promoting eco-friendly economic development projects made significant election gains in European Parliament, seeing their biggest surprise in France, where environmental groups banded together as the Europe Ecologie party took third place nationally. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - Polar bears have taken over screen savers. Two of the last five Nobel Peace Prizes have gone to eco-campaigners. Climate change has crept onto government agendas.

Top 10 arms spenders, arms producers in the world (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 06:29 AM PDT

AP - A look at the top 10 arms spenders and top 10 arms producers in the world, according to estimates by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute:

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