2009年10月7日星期三

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Top court overturns Italian premier's immunity (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 05:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 17, 2003 file photo, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi shows a document as he addresses a court in Milan, Italy. News reports say Wednesday Oct. 7, 2009 a top Italian court has overturned an immunity law shielding Premier Berlusconi from a corruption trial in Milan. The law grants immunity from prosecution to the country's four top office holders while in office. That includes the premier, president of the republic and the two parliament speakers. News agencies said the Constitutional Court's 15 judges made the decision Wednesday after two days of deliberations. As a result, the Milan proceedings are expected to resume. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, FILE)AP - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi vowed to stay on and "go forward" Wednesday after an Italian court struck down a law granting him immunity from prosecution and allowed trials for corruption and tax fraud to resume in Milan. There were immediate calls for his resignation.

Higgins edges O'Sullivan in cliff-hanger (AFP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 04:07 PM PDT

Defending champion John Higgins, pictured in May 2009, just managed to hold his nerve Wednesday to see off world number one Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-4 in a thrilling second-round Grand Prix meeting at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Defending champion John Higgins just managed to hold his nerve Wednesday to see off world number one Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-4 in a thrilling second-round Grand Prix meeting at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall.

Big dino prints found in Jurassic park in France (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 03:27 PM PDT

This photo provided by the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) Tuesday Oct. 6, 2009 shows a dinosaur print in Plagne, eastern France, on April 5, 2009. According to scientists, the prints are supposed to be the biggest in the world and the site hosts many prints. (AP Photo/Hubert Ragueet, CNRS)AP - Now that's one big foot. Paleontologists in eastern France have reported the discovery of some of the largest dinosaur footprints ever documented, measuring about 1.4 meters to 1.5 meters (4.6 feet to 4.9 feet) in diameter.

French culture minister under fire over book (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 02:32 PM PDT

AP - Criticism is mounting against French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand over an autobiographical book in which he describes paying boys for sex in Thailand.

Italy's top court strips Berlusconi of immunity (AFP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 02:10 PM PDT

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi stands during a press conference at Palazzo Chigi in Rome. Italy's Constitutional Court on Wednesday threw out a law that shields Berlusconi from prosecution while in office opening him up to new corruption proceedings.(AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - Italy's Constitutional Court on Wednesday threw out a law that shielded Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from prosecution while in office, paving the way for corruption proceedings to resume against him.

Hundreds rally in Moscow in Politkovskaya's memory (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 12:53 PM PDT

People rally holding portraits of slain journalist Anna Politkovskaya, in downtown Moscow, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. Hundreds of people rallied Wednesday on the third anniversary of the killing of Anna Politkovskaya, calling on the authorities to find and punish the killers of journalists and human rights activists in Russia. (AP Photo/Anna Shevelyova)AP - Hundreds of people urged Russian authorities to find and punish the killers of journalists and human rights activists in Russia, rallying Wednesday to mark the third anniversary of the killing of Anna Politkovskaya.

France wants to make Malaysia a 'privileged partner' (AFP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 12:22 PM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) welcomes Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak prior to a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris. France wants to make Malaysia a AFP - France wants to make Malaysia a "privileged partner" in southeast Asia, French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Wednesday, according to an official.

Google CEO: Europe keeping pace with US recovery (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 12:10 PM PDT

Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO of Google, discusses the partnership with Verizon Wireless, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 in New York. Google Inc. is seeing an economic recovery under way, not just in the U.S., but also in Europe, Schmidt said Wednesday.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - Google Inc. is seeing an economic recovery under way, not just in the U.S., but also in Europe, CEO Eric Schmidt said Wednesday.

Irish Catholic bishops meet child-abuse victims (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 11:52 AM PDT

AP - Ireland's senior Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday met leading campaigners for thousands of children assaulted, terrorized or molested while in church care — but didn't address the victims' key demand for the church to admit its responsibility for overseeing decades of abuse.

Cage fighters in drag wallop drunken duo (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 11:43 AM PDT

Reuters - Two men got far more than they bargained for when they decided to start a street fight with Spider-Man and two men in drag -- their would-be victims were cage fighters enjoying a night out.

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Posted: 07 Oct 2009 10:37 AM PDT

AP - Italian premier vows to finish his term in office, despite court ruling.

Winners of Nobel Prize in literature since 1960 (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 10:19 AM PDT

AP - Winners of the Nobel Prize in literature since 1960:

3 win Nobel for mapping atoms in cell's factories (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 09:57 AM PDT

Joint winner of the 2009 chemistry Nobel Prize Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, sits in his lab at the Medical Research Council Lab in Cambridge, England, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. Ramakrishnan with Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for mapping ribosomes, one of the cell's most complex components, at the atomic level.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said their work has been fundamental to the scientific understanding of life and has helped researchers develop antibiotics cures for various diseases. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Two Americans and an Israeli scientist won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for atom-by-atom mapping of the protein-making factories within cells — a feat that has spurred the development of antibiotics.

NATO chief: US allies must do more in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 09:56 AM PDT

With a sculpture of Kit Carson in the background, Maj. Dan Chandler, the commander of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Rear Detachment, talks about the soldiers from the detachment who were killed in battle in Afghanistan during a news conference outside the post in Colorado Springs, Colo. on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP - America's allies risk eroding NATO's trans-Altantic defense pact if they do not contribute more to the Afghan mission, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the alliance secretary general, said Wednesday.

Oz and Oates top Nobel literature buzz (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 09:55 AM PDT

Peter Englund the new permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, speaks during an interview in Stockholm Tuesday, Oct 6, 2009 . The new frontman of the Nobel literature prize jury believes the secretive panel has been too 'Eurocentric' in picking winners and says there are plenty of American writers who would qualify for the coveted award. Peter Englund's comments two days before the prize announcement contrast with his predecessor's view that U.S. literature is too insular and too sensitive to trends in its own mass culture. (AP Photo/Niklas Larsson)AP - Americans Joyce Carol Oates and Philip Roth join Israel's Amos Oz at the top of the buzz surrounding the Nobel Prize in literature, especially after the most prominent judge broke from his predecessor and said U.S. writers are worthy of the coveted award.

3 Germans acquitted after rescuing migrants at sea (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 08:46 AM PDT

AP - A Sicilian court on Wednesday acquitted three Germans of charges they aided illegal immigration by picking up a boatload of African migrants stranded in the Mediterranean Sea.

Berlin police search suspected extremists' homes (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 08:38 AM PDT

AP - Authorities in Berlin on Wednesday searched more than two dozen buildings connected to three alleged Islamic extremists suspected of planning to carry out attacks in Russia.

Russia: US fight against Afghan drugs insufficient (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 08:12 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 10, 2009 file photo, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, meets with Drug Control Agency Chief Viktor Ivanov in the Gorki residence outside Moscow. Viktor Ivanov says Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, he urged the U.S. administration during a trip to Washington to spray herbicides from the air to eradicate opium fields in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)AP - Russia's counter-narcotics chief on Wednesday criticized U.S. and NATO anti-drug efforts in Afghanistan as inadequate and called for joint action against the Afghan heroin flooding into the former Soviet Union.

Africa bishops speak of Obama in religious terms (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 08:00 AM PDT

AP - African bishops attending a Vatican meeting are speaking about the election of Barack Obama in divine terms — putting them very much at odds with many of their U.S. counterparts.

New PM promises Greeks "time to breathe" (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 06:50 AM PDT

Greece's new Socialist Prime Minister George Papandreou, centre, places his hand on a Bible during the swearing in ceremony for his new government at the presidential mansion in Athens, Wednesday, Oct. 7 2009. The Socialist government was formally sworn in, after a crushing weekend electoral victory that ousted the scandal-battered conservatives. Papandreou, 57, will be personally responsible for foreign policy in his new Cabinet - a position he held in the last Socialist government five years ago. (AP Photo/ Petros Giannakouris)AP - Greece's new Socialist prime minister took charge Wednesday, promising Greeks "time to breathe" before they face the realities of a rapidly cooling economy compromised by high state spending and a soaring public debt.

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