2009年9月8日星期二

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Rapper Speech Debelle wins Mercury Prize (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 04:57 PM PDT

London-based rapper Speech Debelle arrives at the Grosvenor House hotel in central London forthe Mercury Prize awards. Debelle went on to win the coveted award, proving the bookies wrong who suggested either La Roux or Florence & The Machine would take the prize.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Rapper Speech Debelle scored a surprise upset Tuesday by winning the prestigious Mercury Prize, beating favourite Florence and the Machine and chart-selling rock act Kasabian.

British doctors call for ban on all alcohol ads (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 04:56 PM PDT

AP - British doctors called for a ban on alcohol advertisements Tuesday, saying the move was necessary to challenge Britain's dangerous drinking culture.

Vivendi launches 2 bln euro offer for Brazil's GVT (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 04:52 PM PDT

French media group Vivendi logo is seen prior to a general assembly in Paris in 2008. Vivendi said Wednesday it was launching an offer for Brazil's GVT that values the fixed telecommuncations operator at two billion euros (2.9 billion dollars).(AFP/File/Patrick Hertzog)AFP - French media and telecom giant Vivendi said Wednesday it was launching an offer for Brazil's GVT that values the fixed telecommuncations operator at two billion euros (2.9 billion dollars).

Russians mark decade since Moscow apartment blasts (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 02:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 1999 file photo, rescuers and firefighters work at the site of a massive explosion, which destroyed a nine-storey apartment building at Guryanova street, in the southeastern part of Moscow. Relatives of 93 people who died in the bombing of a Moscow apartment block are gathering to mark the 10th anniversary of the attack. The bombing a decade ago at midnight Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009 was the second in a string of September 1999 bombings blamed on southern Russian separatists that left nearly 300 people dead. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)AP - Hundreds of Russians, clutching carnations for the dead, marked 10 years on Tuesday since a string of bombing attacks destroyed several suburban apartment blocks and killed nearly 300 people across the country.

Second seed Murray sent packing at US Open tennis (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 01:59 PM PDT

Andy Murray of Britain reacts after losing a point during his 4th round US Open match against Croatian Marin Cilic in Flushing Meadows. Cilic won 7-5, 6-2, 6-2.(AFP/Timothy A. Clary)AFP - Andy Murray made a shocking fourth-round exit from the US Open on Tuesday, never looking on form as Croatian 16th seed Marin Cilic reached his first Grand Slam quarter-final with a 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 victory.

Second seed Murray ousted from US Open tennis (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 01:47 PM PDT

Andy Murray of Britain reacts after losing a point during his 4th round US Open match against Croatian Marin Cilic in Flushing Meadows. Cilic won 7-5, 6-2, 6-2.(AFP/Timothy A. Clary)AFP - British second seed Andy Murray was dumped from the US Open on Tuesday by Croatian 16th seed Marin Cilic, who reached his first Grand Slam quarter-final with a 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 victory.

False alarm at RAF base after bomb alert (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 01:36 PM PDT

An Apache helicopter flying past soldiers during a military demonstration at RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire, in 2005. British explosive experts gave the all clear Tuesday after a suspected bomb alert at RAF Lyneham, the Ministry of Defence said.(AFP/File/CARL DE SOUZA)AFP - British explosive experts gave the all clear Tuesday after a suspected bomb alert at a major Royal Air Force base in southwest England, the Ministry of Defence said.

Claim Sarkozy used short people as props hits Web (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 01:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 3 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are greeted by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy at Palais Rohan in Strasbourg. From elevator shoes, to step-up boxes behind podiums, and even his own tippy-toes, Nicolas Sarkozy and his handlers have endeavored to compensate for his relatively short height. Now, a factory worker's allegation to a Belgian TV crew that she was chosen as a backdrop extra at a Normandy plant that he visited because she was short is making waves as an Internet video over a subject long sensitive for the French president. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Files)AP - From elevator shoes to step-up boxes behind podiums, and even his own tippy-toes, Nicolas Sarkozy and his handlers have tried to compensate for his height — or lack thereof.

German leader: No rushed judgment on Afghan strike (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 01:28 PM PDT

German chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. Merkel has told the German parliament that the government will not accept 'premature judgments' on a German-requested airstrike in northern Afghanistan last week that may have killed civilians and has drawn international criticism. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that the world should reserve judgment on whether civilians were killed in a German-ordered airstrike in Afghanistan, even as NATO said it believed that civilians had died in the attack.

Sixth seed Del Potro advances at US Open tennis (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 01:15 PM PDT

Andy Murray of Britain reacts after losing a point during his 4th round US Open match against Croatian Marin Cilic in Flushing Meadows. Cilic won 7-5, 6-2, 6-2.(AFP/Timothy A. Clary)AFP - Sixth seed Juan Martin Del Potro fired 22 aces and 44 winners Tuesday to defeat Spanish 24th seed Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 and advance to the quarter-finals of the US Open.

UK: Global deal on climate change at risk (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 12:54 PM PDT

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar sits for an interview as part of the Reuters Global Climate and Alternative Energy Summit in Washington September 8, 2009. Despite Washington's nearly single-minded focus on healthcare reform, the Obama administration still expects the U.S. Senate to pass climate change legislation, Salazar said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stelios Varias (UNITED STATES BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT HEADSHOT POLITICS)AP - Two British Cabinet ministers said Tuesday that attempts to broker a new global pact on climate change by the end of the year are at risk of failing.

Spain close to announcing Gitmo decision (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 12:51 PM PDT

AP - The Spanish government said Tuesday it was close to deciding how many Guantanamo detainees it will accept from the U.S. military detention center on the southeastern tip of Cuba.

Military reports false alarm at UK air base (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 12:44 PM PDT

AP - A busy British air base was briefly subject to a bomb scare Tuesday, but the Ministry of Defense said it turned out to be a false alarm.

Safe-sex ad featuring Hitler stirs German anger (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 11:50 AM PDT

AP - A German AIDS awareness group has come under fire for posting an online video that starts off with a young couple having sex in an apartment before revealing the male to be a grinning Adolf Hitler.

8 killed, 3 missing in flash floods in Turkey (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 11:30 AM PDT

Cars are partially submerged near the sea, following flash floods in Selimpasa, a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. Flash floods were triggered by torrential rains in the region and have caused deaths, washed away a bridge and caused massive damage to many hundreds of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)AP - Flash floods triggered by torrential rains killed eight people and left swaths of land in northwestern Turkey awash Tuesday. At least three people were reported missing.

Correction: Britain-Child Abuse Detective (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 10:45 AM PDT

AP - In a Sept. 7 story about a former police officer pleading to charges under the Sexual Offenses Act 2003, The Associated Press erroneously reported that detective Andrew Rowe admitted to having sex with a 15-year-old girl.

World stocks up on M&A activity, stimulus pledge (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 09:44 AM PDT

Specialists work on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/David Karp)AP - World stocks rose Tuesday, helped by corporate merger news and positive momentum over government pledges to support the global recovery with stimulus efforts.

TV host who popularized quiz shows in Italy dies (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 09:43 AM PDT

AP - Mike Bongiorno, a TV host who popularized quiz shows for generations of Italians and became a symbol of national television, has died. He was 85.

Karadzic trial to begin Oct 19, last 2 1/2 years (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 09:27 AM PDT

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic attends a hearing at the United Nations tribunal in The Hague in this August 29, 2008 file photo. Karadzic could go on trial as early as Oct. 19 for war crimes and crimes against humanity, the pre-trial judge of the tribunal overseeing his case said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Valerie Kuypers/Pool/FilesAP - A U.N. judge Tuesday rejected a plea from former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for more time to prepare his defense and ordered his long-awaited war crimes trial to begin next month.

Germany overturns Nazi-era treason convictions (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 09:18 AM PDT

AP - Germany's parliament unanimously passed a blanket measure Tuesday overturning Nazi-era verdicts convicting people of treason, nearly 65 years after the end of World War II.

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