2009年7月7日星期二

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Hu cuts short trip to Italy over Xinjiang riots (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 05:43 PM PDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao listens during a joint press conference with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano following their meeting on July 6 at The Quirinale, the Italian Presidential palace in Rome. Hu has cut short an official visit to Italy for the G8 summit and is returning home following deadly rioting in the Xinjiang region, state media reported.(AFP/Tiziana Fabi)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao has cut short an official visit to Italy for the G8 summit and is returning home following deadly rioting in the Xinjiang region, state media reported.

Man sues Kimberly-Clark over bad-breath device (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 05:42 PM PDT

Reuters - A Boston-area inventor sued Kimberly-Clark on Tuesday, contending that the maker of Kleenex tissues and Huggies diapers had violated his patent for a device to detect bad breath.

Grown-up Harry Potter stars at premiere of sixth film (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 05:41 PM PDT

Thousands of Harry Potter fans braved torrential rain in London to catch a glimpse of the stars at the world premiere of AFP - The stars of the sixth Harry Potter film walked up the red carpet in London on Tuesday to a rapturous welcome from thousands of fans who braved pouring rain for the world premiere of the new movie.

Analysis: Obama appeals to skeptical Russians (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:21 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama, center right, and first lady Michelle Obama, center left, greet graduates and audience members after giving a speech at the National Economic School graduation in Moscow, Tuesday, July 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - After reaching out to the Islamic world in speeches in Turkey and Egypt, President Barack Obama sought once more to speak directly to the hearts and minds of another audience that has been hostile to the United States: the Russian public.

Fashion world mourns Lacroix's last show (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:18 PM PDT

French fashion designer Christian Lacroix, center right, escorting a model wearing a wedding dress, acknowledges applause at the end of his Haute Couture 2009-2010 fashion collection, presented in Paris, Tuesday, July 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - The fashion world sloughed off its artifice, shedding genuine tears of emotion and submitting to the humiliation of group hugs in homage to legendary French designer Christian Lacroix, who delivered Tuesday what will likely be his last haute couture show.

Lawmakers reject assisted dying law (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:12 PM PDT

The sun sets on the Houses of Parliament in London. Lawmakers voted on Tuesday voted against a controversial move to protect Britons who help terminally-ill relatives travel to die at assisted suicide clinics overseas.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - Lawmakers voted on Tuesday voted against a controversial move to protect Britons who help terminally-ill relatives travel to die at assisted suicide clinics overseas.

Malloch-Brown announces will quit (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 03:57 PM PDT

Mark Malloch-Brown, minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, pictured in 2008, announced Tuesday he will resign in coming weeks, but insisted he remained loyal to embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his government.(AFP/File/Ishara S. Kodikara)AFP - A junior foreign minister announced Tuesday he will resign in coming weeks, but insisted he remained loyal to embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his government.

British Foreign Office minister resigns (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 03:15 PM PDT

AP - Britain's Foreign Office minister Mark Malloch Brown says he will resign at the end of the month for family and personal reasons.

Chanel delivers couture fit for a queen (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 02:58 PM PDT

A model wears a creation by German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld as part of his Haute Couture 2009-2010 fashion collection for Chanel, in Paris, Tuesday July 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - Fashion's undisputed king, Karl Lagerfeld of Chanel, served up an haute couture collection fit for royalty on Tuesday, with dangling trains adding a regal touch to everything from classic tweed skirt suits to slim cocktail dresses.

Jackson's world fans mourn idol (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 02:54 PM PDT

Fans of late pop singer Michael Jackson pose during a farewell memorial in Hong Kong. Organisers asked mourners to wear black or white -- another reference to a mega-Jackson hit -- and bring a red rose.(AFP/Mike Clarke)AP - Fans in Asia stayed up into the wee hours, bars across Europe held Michael Jackson theme nights and television stations from Sydney to Paris cleared their schedules Tuesday to broadcast the King of Pop's star-studded memorial service live from Los Angeles.

Russia warns US over missile shield (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 02:30 PM PDT

AP - Russia's foreign minister warned Tuesday that the U.S. would jeopardize progress toward a new treaty with Russia on nuclear arms cuts if it decides to create a global missile defense system.

Putin loses nothing in Russia-US summit (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 01:52 PM PDT

AP - Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev can both claim success at a summit meant to put badly strained ties on track, but a third figure also seems to have emerged a winner: Vladimir Putin.

Pope proposes new financial order guided by ethics (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 01:38 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano Pope Benedict XVI signs his third encyclical of his pontificate, as his Archbishop James Harvey, Prefect of the Papale Household, looks on, at the Vatican, Monday, July 6, 2009. Benedict XVI called Tuesday, July 7, 2009, for a new world financial order guided by ethics, dignity and the search for the common good in the third encyclical of his pontificate. In 'Charity in Truth,'' Benedict denounced the profit-at-all-cost mentality of the globalized economy and lamented that greed has brought about the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)AP - Pope Benedict XVI called Tuesday for a new world financial order guided by ethics and the search for the common good, denouncing the profit-at-all-cost mentality blamed for bringing about the global financial meltdown.

New London memorial marks 4 years since attacks (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 01:35 PM PDT

Saba Mozakka, 28, whose mother Behnaz Mozakka, 47, was killed at Kings Cross in the London terror attacks on July 7, 2005, with the new memorial in Hyde Park, London, Monday, July 6, 2009, commemorating those lost. A striking monument to the 52 people killed in the July 7 bombings will be official unveiled Tuesday, July 7, 2009, on the fourth anniversary of the attacks. Those killed in the 2005 bombings have been commemorated by 52 stainless steel columns, or stelae, three and half meters tall erected in London's Hyde Park. (AP Photo/Fiona Hanson/PA)AP - Families of terrorist victims joined royalty and lawmakers Tuesday to unveil a memorial of 52 steel pillars in a London park — one for each victim of the July 7, 2005, attacks on the city's transit system.

Nearly 40 arrested at anti-G8 protests in Rome (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 12:59 PM PDT

AP - Police arrested 38 activists Tuesday during clashes at protests in Rome against this week's Group of Eight summit in central Italy.

Obama asks Russians to forge partnership with US (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 12:52 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a meeting at Novo Ogaryovo, Tuesday, July 7, 2009, in Moscow. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Working to turn Russia from antagonist to ally, President Barack Obama asked the Russian people Tuesday to "forge a lasting partnership" with the U.S., but he acknowledged after talks with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that on divisive issues there won't be "a meeting of the minds anytime soon."

Opera singer performs in wheelchair in London (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 12:38 PM PDT

AP - It was not such a lucky break. Opera singer Joyce DiDonato was appearing on a London stage in a wheelchair after breaking her leg during an earlier performance.

Uighurs stage protests in Turkey, Norway (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 12:09 PM PDT

Uighur Turks living in Turkey march under a flag of East Turkestan as they protest against China in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, July 6, 2009, after riots and street battles killed at least 140 people in China's western Xinjiang province and injured 828 others in the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit the region in decades. Police sealed off streets in parts of the provincial capital, Urumqi, after discord between ethnic Muslim Uighur people and China's Han majority erupted into violence. Witnesses reported a new, smaller protest Monday in a second city, Kashgar. (AP Photo / Ibrahim Usta)AP - Uighur expatriates staged protests on Tuesday outside the Chinese embassies in Turkey and Norway, denouncing violence in western China that has killed at least 156 people.

Berlusconi: G-8 divided on Iran (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 11:53 AM PDT

AP - The leaders of Group of Eight countries have yet to forge a common position on Iran's violent crackdown on post-electoral protests, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Tuesday on the eve of the summit.

Stars gather in London for 'Harry Potter' premiere (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 11:22 AM PDT

From left, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe attend a photocall to launch the new film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, at Claridges Hotel, London, Monday July 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Ian West/PA)AP - Thousands of Harry Potter fans braved rain and hail Tuesday to cheer the cast of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" at its London premiere.

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