2009年7月18日星期六

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Amir Khan wins WBA light-welterweight title (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 04:23 PM PDT

British boxer Amir Khan (L) and Ukranian boxer Andreas Kotelnik pose in Salford, northwest England, on July 15, 2009. Khan successfully stepped up a weight division to capture the World Boxing Association (WBA) light-welterweight title from Kotelnik with a unanimous points win here Saturday.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Amir Khan successfully stepped up a weight division to capture the World Boxing Association (WBA) light-welterweight title from Andreas Kotelnik with a unanimous points win here Saturday.

British students in Chinese swine flu quarantine (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 04:08 PM PDT

Chinese health workers take the temperatures of airline passengers after a German plane landed at Shanghai airport in May 2009. The British Council says a group of 52 British students and their teachers have been quarantined by Chinese authorities after four students tested positive for swine flu.(AFP/DDP/File/Oliver Lang)AFP - A group of British students has been quarantined in China after four tested positive for swine flu, officials said Saturday, as Georgia confirmed its first case and Singapore reported a first flu-related death.

Beckham target for Chelsea, Spurs: Report (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 03:19 PM PDT

Under orders from England boss Fabio Capello to stay in tip-top shape if he wants to feature at the World Cup, David Beckham, seen here on July 16, 2009, may yet return to the English Premiership with Chelsea or Spurs, the Mail on Sunday reported.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Mcgrath)AFP - Under orders from England boss Fabio Capello to stay in tip-top shape if he wants to feature at the World Cup, David Beckham may yet return to the English Premiership with Chelsea or Spurs, the Mail on Sunday reported.

Former UN auditor awarded damages for harassment (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 02:54 PM PDT

AP - A U.N. labor tribunal ordered the global body's weather agency to pay damages to a former auditor fired in 2006 after clashing with the organization's top official over a corruption probe.

Sturridge shines as Chelsea down Seattle in friendly (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 02:41 PM PDT

Daniel Sturridge (2nd R) of Chelsea is congratulated by teammates after scoring during their friendly match against Seattle Sounders at Qwest Field in Seattle, Washington. Sturridge wasted no time in making his presence felt for Chelsea, scoring one goal and helping create another in Chelsea's 2-0 victory over the Seattle Sounders.(AFP/Getty Images/Otto Greule Jr)AFP - Teenager Daniel Sturridge wasted no time in making his presence felt for Chelsea, scoring one goal and helping create another in Chelsea's 2-0 victory over the Seattle Sounders in a friendly match Saturday.

Turkey extends smoke ban to bars, restaurants (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 02:26 PM PDT

A Turkish man smokes a cigarette at a teahouse in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, July 17, 2009, two days before a ban on smoking in bars, restaurants and coffeehouses. Turkey's government is setting up a 4,500-strong team to help enforce the upcoming no-smoking ban in this country of heavy smokers. On July 19, a year-old ban on indoor public smoking will be widened to include bars, restaurants, and even traditional smoky, hazy village coffeehouses.(AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)AP - It's just after midnight at Ankara's EskiYeni (OldNew) Bar and customers are feting "The Last Night of Smoking." A majority have lit up and are swaying to the rhythm of cigarette-themed 60s and 70s Turkish songs.

Hi-tech kits unsuit-able says British swim champ (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 02:19 PM PDT

British Olympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington, seen here at the Olympics in 2008, says she will not wear the new generation of superfast swimsuits in the belief using high-tech kit constitutes an unfair performance enhancement, the Daily Telegraph reported Saturday on its website.(AFP/File/Martin Bureau)AFP - British Olympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington says she will not wear the new generation of superfast swimsuits in the belief using high-tech kit constitutes an unfair performance enhancement, the Daily Telegraph reported Saturday on its website.

One killed in tent collapse at Slovak music festival (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 02:10 PM PDT

Reuters - Strong winds caused a marquee to collapse at a music festival in northern Slovakia on Saturday, killing one person and wounding dozens, the Health Ministry said.

Ex-defence minister joins Afghan resource row (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 01:44 PM PDT

Then-Defence Secretary John Hutton (R) shakes hands with an Afghan General as he arrives in Kabul in 2008. Hutton, the recently-resigned defence secretary, added his voice Saturday to calls for more support for troops in Afghanistan, as mounting casualties there pile the pressure on Prime Minister Gordon Brown.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - The recently-resigned defence secretary added his voice Saturday to calls for more support for troops in Afghanistan, as mounting casualties there pile the pressure on Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Owen scores winner on Man Utd debut (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 01:33 PM PDT

Michael Owen celebrates during a Manchester United football match against Malaysia at the National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur. Owen got his Manchester United career off to a flyer on Saturday when he scored the winner on his debut as the Premier League champions struggled past a Malaysian XI 3-2.(AFP/Saeed Khan)AFP - Michael Owen got his Manchester United career off to a flyer on Saturday when he scored the winner on his debut as the Premier League champions struggled past a Malaysian XI 3-2.

World's oldest man, WWI veteran dies (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 11:10 AM PDT

File - Britain's oldest man Henry Allingham aged 112 and the last British serviceman alive to have volunteered for active duty in the First World War, holds a copy of his book at a launch in London, in this Sept.23, 2008 file photo. St Dunstan's care home in Ovingdean, near Brighton on England's south coast, says Allingham died early Saturday July 18, 2009. He was one of only two surviving World War I veterans in Britain and had been the world's oldest man since June 19. He was 113. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)AP - Only death could silence Henry Allingham.

Witness at Italy trial challenges DNA evidence (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 11:08 AM PDT

Italy murder suspect Raffaele Sollecito smiles prior to the start of a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial, in Perugia, Italy, Saturday, July 18, 2009. Sollecito and his former US girlfriend, Amanda Knox, are on trial for the murder of Knox's British roommate, student Meredith Kercher, found dead in the house they shared on Nov 2007. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)AP - News agencies are reporting that a coroner has challenged DNA evidence linking an Italian to the 2007 killing of a British student in the central Italian town of Perugia.

Italian freed in Philippines returns home (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 10:43 AM PDT

AP - An Italian aid worker held captive in the Philippine jungle for six months by al-Qaida-linked militants returned home to celebrations in his small Tuscan town on Saturday.

Scottish island's sacred Sunday under threat (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 10:38 AM PDT

AP - An unholy row has broken out over a ferry company's decision to sail on Sunday between a remote Scottish island and the mainland.

US sailors deliver wine to Tower of London (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 09:24 AM PDT

The crew of USS Halyburton march accompanied by the Yeoman Gaoler, center left, to deliver a keg of wine during the ceremony of the Constable's Dues at the Tower of London in London, Saturday, July 18, 2009. The U.S. Navy ship is invited to become the first non-British ship to take part in the ancient, colorful ceremony of the Constable's Dues during its stay in London to mark the start of an international chapter in a ceremony whose origins can be traced back to the 14th century. This tradition mirrors the ancient custom that every ship coming upstream to the City had to moor at Tower Wharf to unload a portion of its cargo for the Constable as a toll because of his extensive powers as the Sovereign's representative. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - The crew of a U.S. Navy ship made history on Saturday by delivering a keg of wine to the Tower of London.

No more vino for those under 16 in Italian city (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 09:12 AM PDT

AP - For the first time in Italy's wine-steeped history, a city government has banned alcohol for those under 16 in an effort to curb drinking problems among youths.

Mudslide swallows house in Germany, 3 missing (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 09:12 AM PDT

The ruin of a residential house and a destroyed street in Nachterstedt, Germany, Saturday, July 18, 2009. Three residents were missing after their lakeside home and another building suddenly collapsed early Saturday morning into the water. A 350-metre stretch of shoreline gave way next to an old open-cast coal mine converted to a lake in the small town of Nachterstedt, 170 kilometres south-west of Berlin. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)AP - A mudslide undermined a house and buried it in a crater along a lake shore in central Germany on Saturday. Three people who lived in it were missing.

Report: Rights group to suspend Chechnya work (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 08:50 AM PDT

AP - The respected Russian human rights group Memorial is stopping work at its office in the republic of Chechnya after the kidnapping and killing of one of its most daring activists, a Russian radio station quoted an official of the group as saying Saturday.

New Pirate Bay to be based on give-and-take models (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 08:48 AM PDT

AP - One of the world's largest filesharing Web sites, The Pirate Bay, is going legal through a series of give-and-take payment models that in some cases may even earn its users a bundle of cash, the new owners said Saturday.

Nun becomes top-selling Polish cookbook writer (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 08:09 AM PDT

In this June 23, 2009 photo, Sister Anastazja Pustelnik shows visitors her panty stocked with food in Krakow, Poland. The Polish nun has published five cookbooks that have sold more than 1.1 million copies, making her one of the top-selling cookbook authors in the mainly Roman Catholic country. ( AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - Emerging from the quiet of her convent, Sister Anastazja Pustelnik was confronted by a jarring image — her smiling face on posters plastered around town to hawk the cookbooks that have made the 59-year-old nun one of Poland's best-selling authors.

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