2009年7月10日星期五

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Cocaine king's hippo gunned down in Colombia (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 05:40 PM PDT

Reuters - Drug lord Pablo Escobar's hippo died the same way he did, hunted down and shot by the authorities for posing a danger to the public.

Eight British troops die in Afghan war in 24 hours (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 05:11 PM PDT

A British sharpshooter from the Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS), surveys a field at a Taliban-held area of Afghanistan's Helmand province during operation Panther's Claw, July 10, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodReuters - Britain said on Friday eight soldiers had been killed in Afghanistan, its worst death toll in a 24-hour period, and Prime Minister Gordon Brown said troops faced a "very hard summer" battling insurgents.

Pope presses Obama on abortion, stem cells (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 04:20 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, President Barack Obama and Pope Benedict XVI, are photographed as they meet at the Vatican, Friday, July 10, 2009. President Obama sat down with the pontiff at the Vatican on Friday for a meeting in which frank but constructive talks were expected between two men who agree on helping the poor but disagree on abortion and stem cell research. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)AP - Pope Benedict XVI stressed the church's opposition to abortion and stem cell research in his first meeting with President Barack Obama on Friday, pressing the Vatican's case with the U.S. leader who is already under fire on those issues from some conservative Catholics and bishops back home.

Court convicts suspects in killing of French Jew (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 04:18 PM PDT

The Paris courthouse interior before the verdict of the trial of Youssouf Fofana, a French man of Ivorian origin who is on trial with 26 other defendants over the death of Ilan Halimi. A self-proclaimed 'gang of barbarians' who kidnapped a young Jewish man in a Paris suburb, tortured him for 24 days and left him to die, is due to be sentenced on Friday with prosecutors seeking terms ranging up to life imprisonment.Friday, July 10, 2009 (AP photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - A Paris court on Friday convicted a gang leader for the 2006 kidnapping, torture and murder of a young French Jew and sentenced him to life in prison — a verdict that drew a thumbs-up sign from the head of the self-styled "gang of barbarians."

French lawmakers debate contentious Sunday trading bill (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 04:13 PM PDT

Junior minister responsible for foreign aid and francophony Alain Joyandet speaks during the session of questions to the government on July 7, 2009 at the French National Assembly in Paris. French lawmakers on Friday gave the green light to a bill allowing more Sunday trading, a measure championed by President Nicolas Sarkozy but fiercely contested within his right-wing party.(AFP/File/Boris Horvat)AFP - French lawmakers on Friday gave the green light to a bill allowing more Sunday trading, a measure championed by President Nicolas Sarkozy but fiercely contested within his right-wing party.

Eight British troops killed in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 03:22 PM PDT

The coffin of Lance Corporal Dane Elson is carried during a repatriation ceremony at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire, southern England, July 10, 2009. REUTERS/Ministry of Defence/Crown Copyright/Adrian Harlen/HandoutReuters - Britain said on Friday it had lost eight soldiers in Afghanistan in the space of 24 hours, and Prime Minister Gordon Brown said troops faced a "very hard summer," suggesting it should brace itself for more losses.

Brown's Afghanistan warning as death toll surpasses Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 03:02 PM PDT

British soldiers in Helmand province in August 2008. Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Friday of a AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Friday of a "very hard summer" in Afghanistan after eight soldiers were killed within 24 hours, taking the British military death toll higher than in Iraq.

Climbing toll raises British doubts on Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 02:51 PM PDT

Soldiers mourn their comrades, as the bodies of five British servicemen are driven though the small town of Wootton Bassett, England, Friday, July, 10, 2009, following their return from Afghanistan. Wootton Bassett is the closest town to the Royal Air Force base at Lynham, to which the bodies of British service personnel are returned, and the town's inhabitants - population 11,000 - have become known for the respect they show to the bodies of service men and women killed overseas.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Thousands of mourners bowed their heads in tribute Friday to the passing coffins of British soldiers killed in a new offensive in Afghanistan, where the climbing toll has created doubts in Britain about the human cost of the war.

UK: 5 more soldiers killed in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 02:19 PM PDT

AP - British officials say five soldiers have been killed on patrol in Afghanistan.

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Posted: 10 Jul 2009 02:10 PM PDT

AP - UK government says 5 British soldiers killed on patrol in Afghanistan.

British tabloid denies it hacked celebrities (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 01:38 PM PDT

AP - The publisher of a British tabloid owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch denied on Friday a report that it had accessed the voice mail of celebrities and politicians and tried to suppress evidence of the hacking.

G-8 is not enough: Calls for larger, recast group (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 01:25 PM PDT

From left, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, U.S. President Barack Obama, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi are seen during a group photo at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy on Friday, July 10, 2009. World leaders met with leaders of African nations ahead of an expected announcement of a new food security proposal that could represent a fundamental shift in the way the West tackles world hunger. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - For all the smiles and upbeat talk, the just-ended Group of Eight summit showed how unwieldy the forum has become, run by Cold War-vintage powers while relegating the world's fastest growing economies — China, India and Brazil — to observers.

UK police investigating Gitmo detainee's claims (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 01:12 PM PDT

In this June 13, 2009 file photo, Palau President Johnson Toribiong talks with a reporter during an interview in Ngerkebesang, Palau. Palau is asking longtime benefactor the United States for a 35-year extension on direct aid funding, and hinting Washington should say yes because of its offer to take in 13 Guantanamo Bay detainees. Palau negotiators say they are proposing the extension in a formal 15-year review of the Compact of Free Association between the two countries that underpins the tiny island state's economy. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)AP - Police said Friday they have launched a criminal investigation to determine if British intelligence officers were aware of the treatment of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who claims he was tortured while being detained in Guantanamo, Pakistan and Morocco.

1 dead at Pamplona; first goring death since '95 (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 12:22 PM PDT

Spanish bullfighter 'El Fandi' performs with a Jandilla ranch fighting bull named 'Capuchino' during the fourth bullfight of San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday, July 10, 2009. 'Capuchino' fatally gored Spanish runner Daniel Jimeno Romero on the morning running of the bulls. Romero was declared dead shortly after his arrival at hospital. This was the first such fatality in the festival in nearly 15-years. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)AP - For a bull, this one was on the smallish side, at just over a ton. And its name, Capuchino, sounded harmless enough, like coffee with frothy milk.

Medvedev warns US against missile shield (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 11:32 AM PDT

AP - President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that Russia will still deploy missiles near Poland if the United States pushes ahead with a missile shield in Eastern Europe.

Turkish PM compares violence in China to genocide (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 11:18 AM PDT

Turkish demonstrators hold a huge flag of East Turkestan, a short-lived break-away would-be constitutional republic founded in 1933, as they condemn the recent killings in Urumqi, the capital of China's Uighur region, during a protest in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, July 10, 2009. Some thousands of people in Ankara and Istanbul gathered to condemn the recent violence in China's Xinjian Uighur region.(AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)AP - Turkey's prime minister on Friday compared ethnic violence in China's Xinjiang province to genocide, escalating criticism of Beijing following this week's killing of at least 156 people — including Turkic-speaking, Muslim Uighurs.

Observers say flaws in Albania vote count (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 10:50 AM PDT

AP - International observers said on Friday that political interference had delayed the vote count of last month's general election in Albania.

Pope presses Obama on abortion, stem cells (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 12:49 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama meet with Pope Benedict XVI, at center, at the Vatican, Friday, July 10, 2009. President Obama sat down with the pontiff at the Vatican on Friday for a meeting in which frank but constructive talks were expected between two men who agree on helping the poor but disagree on abortion and stem cell research. (AP Photo/Chris Helgren/pool)AP - Pope Benedict XVI stressed the church's opposition to abortion and stem cell research in his first meeting with President Barack Obama on Friday, pressing the Vatican's case with the U.S. leader who is already under fire on those issues from some conservative Catholics and bishops back home.

Mother of soldier killed in Iraq gets legal review (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 10:32 AM PDT

AP - The mother of a British soldier killed in Iraq four years ago while traveling in a light Land Rover won the right on Friday to have a legal review of the use of the controversial vehicle.

Robert Plant honored with CBE (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 10:31 AM PDT

Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant , right, receives his CBE from Britain's Prince Charles during the investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London Friday July 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Johnny Green/Pool)AP - Robert Plant received a royal honor from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace on Friday, putting the former Led Zeppelin front man one notch above his old band mate Jimmy Page.

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