2009年10月9日星期五

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Hungary pageant for surgically enhanced beauties (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 04:17 PM PDT

AP - It was a night for unnatural beauties.

Setback for British 'hacker' in US extradition fight (AFP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 04:11 PM PDT

Gary McKinnon, seen here in Janurary 2009.A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA space agency computers was on Friday refused permission to appeal to the new Supreme Court in London against his extradition to the United States.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA space agency computers was on Friday refused permission to appeal to the new Supreme Court in London against his extradition to the United States.

Gasps as Obama awarded Nobel Peace Prize (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 03:04 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks about winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The announcement drew gasps of surprise and cries of too much, too soon. Yet President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday because the judges found his promise of disarmament and diplomacy too good to ignore.

Timetable for remaining Nobel Prize announcements (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 02:45 PM PDT

AP - Date and time for announcement of the remaining 2009 Nobel Prize:

5 Norwegians decide Peace Prize winner (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 02:45 PM PDT

AP - There are four women and one man on the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Members are elected by Norwegian lawmakers so the panel reflects the political makeup of Parliament. The five members are:

Ireland's 2-party government strikes fragile deal (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 02:01 PM PDT

AP - The two parties in Ireland's coalition government announced a hard-fought agreement on policies Friday night following more than a week of negotiations — but the deal faces an immediate test that, if it fails, could trigger the government's collapse.

French arrest physicist suspected of al-Qaida link (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 01:57 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2008 file picture the inside view of a facility in the CERN laboratories is pictured near Geneva, Switzerland. French police have arrested a nuclear physicist on suspicion that he had links to terrorist organizations in Algeria, the European Organization for Nuclear Research said Friday Oct. 9, 2009. The man was one of more than 7,000 scientists working at the organization and has been assigned to analysis projects under contract with an outside institute, said the organization, known as CERN. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini,File). (AP Photo/Keystone/Keystone,Martial Trezzini,File)AP - A physicist working at the world's largest atom smasher has been arrested on suspicion of links to al-Qaida, adding to the woes of the $10 billion project that ceased operation a year ago — just days after its celebrated start up.

EDF, Constellation nuclear venture get US nod (AFP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 01:55 PM PDT

Pierre Gadonneix, CEO of French electricity group EDF, smiles during a press conference to present the first half 2009 results, in July 2009, in Paris. US regulators have approved a plan for French-based EDF to take a stake in Constellation Energy Group, clearing a key hurdle for a new nuclear power plant in Maryland, the companies said Friday.(AFP/File/Eric Piermont)AFP - US regulators have approved a plan for French-based EDF to take a stake in Constellation Energy Group, clearing a key hurdle for a new nuclear power plant in Maryland, the companies said Friday.

Canadian trucker fined for smoking on the job (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 01:18 PM PDT

Reuters - A Canadian truck driver has been fined for smoking in his vehicle because it is considered his workplace, a police spokeswoman said on Friday.

Albania wants remains of Mother Teresa, king (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 01:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this 1996 file photo, Mother Teresa is seen in Bombay, India. Albania wants the remains of Nobel Peace laureate Mother Teresa and the only post-independence monarch to be returned to the country, the prime minister said Friday, Oct. 9, 2009. Mother Teresa's remains are in India and King Ahmet Zog's in France. Prime Minister Sali Berisha's government has asked India for the Roman Catholic nun's to be returned by the 100th anniversary of her birth in August. (AP Photo/Sherwin Crasto, File)AP - Albania wants the remains of Nobel Peace laureate Mother Teresa and the only post-independence monarch to be returned to the country, the prime minister said Friday.

France to return Egyptian art after Louvre row (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 01:02 PM PDT

FILE - in this Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008 file photo, Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass speaks to the media at the site of a newly-discovered pyramid at Saqqara near Cairo, Egypt. Egypt said Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 that its antiquities department severed ties with France's Louvre museum because it has refused to return what are described as stolen artifacts, one of the country's most aggressive attempts yet to reclaim relics from some of the world's leading Egyptology collections. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)AP - France's culture minister agreed Friday to return five painted wall fragments to Egypt after a row over their ownership prompted the Egyptians to cut ties with the Louvre Museum.

Questions and answers about Obama's Nobel surprise (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 12:54 PM PDT

Chairperson of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland, with pictures of Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2009 Barack Obama at The Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo Friday, Oct 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Torbjorn Gronning)AP - Why did President Barack Obama win the Nobel Prize? Does it have something to do with Afghanistan? Is the Nobel meant to reward accomplishments, or encourage future actions? What will the president do with the big cash prize?

Court rejects defense bid in Knox trial (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 12:48 PM PDT

U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox, seen, prior to the start of a hearing in the murder trial for Meredith Kercher in Perugia's courthouse, Italy, Friday, Oct. 9, 2009. Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, her former boyfriend, are charged with murder in the 2007 slaying of British student Meredith Kercher, with whom Knox shared a rented flat in the Italian city of Perugia. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)AP - An Italian court hearing the murder trial of an American student and her former Italian boyfriend on Friday rejected last-ditch defense bids for new tests on evidence, including a knife that prosecutors say could be the murder weapon, lawyers said.

Palestinians want urgent UN rights debate on Gaza (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 12:18 PM PDT

AP - Palestinian diplomats in Geneva said Friday they are pushing to bring forward a U.N. Human Rights Council debate on alleged war crimes committed by Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in Gaza earlier this year.

Obama's Nobel Peace Prize triumph praised by many (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 12:04 PM PDT

Archbishop Desmond Tutu reacts during a press conference held to congratulate U.S. President Barack Obama in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, Oct. 9, 2009. President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision designed to encourage his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilateralism. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)AP - The choice of President Barack Obama for the Nobel Peace Prize was cheered Friday by a global chorus from European leaders to minibus passengers in Kenya — but it also elicited criticism over the decision to break with tradition and recognize hopeful promise over concrete achievement.

Turkey and Armenia seek peace (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 11:31 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2006 file photo, members of the left-wing Workers' Party chant slogans as they hold a banner that reads: 'Armenian genocide is an international lie ' during a protest against France in Istanbul, Turkey. Seeking to end a century of acrimony over their bloody past, Turkey and Armenia plan to sign a deal this weekend approving diplomatic ties, but nationalists on both sides will seek to derail its implementation. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer, File)AP - Enter the "Hall of Armenian Issue with Documents" at the military museum in Istanbul, and you get a very different picture of what many historians view as the first genocide of the 20th century.

Some facts about the Nobel Peace Prize (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 10:46 AM PDT

AP - • The committee does not release the names of any candidates and keeps records sealed for 50 years.

UK service of commemoration marks end of Iraq war (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 09:08 AM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, right lead the congregation during a service of Commemoration in London's St. Paul's Cathedral, Friday Oct. 9, 2009, to mark the end of combat operations in Iraq. Britain's combat operations in Iraq formally ended on April 30, six years after the US-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein in March 2003. During that time, more than 100,000 members of the armed forces and civilian personnel served in Iraq and 179 British servicemen and women were killed.(AP Photo/Kieran Doherty, pool)AP - At a memorial service honoring Britons who died during the Iraq war, the Archbishop of Canterbury said Friday it will take time for historians and moralists to decide if the conflict was justified.

African nuns tell Vatican they want more influence (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 08:49 AM PDT

AP - African nuns told a Vatican meeting Friday they want more of a say in running the Catholic Church on the continent, saying they have special talents and shouldn't be left to clean churches and mend vestments.

King Kong figurine used in 1930s movie up for sale (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 08:23 AM PDT

This undated image provided by Christie's Images Ltd.2009, on Friday Oct. 9 2009, shows a 22-inch armature (metal skeleton) which was used in the 1933 film 'King Kong' to allow the animated ape to scale the Empire State Building in the final scenes.The armature, estimated to reach pounds 100,000-150,000 (US$ 160,000-US$240,000) is up for auction in London on Tuesday Nov. 24.(AP photo/Christie's Images Ltd. 2009,HO)AP - A tiny King Kong figurine that helped launch the career of one of cinema's biggest monsters is going up for sale, Christie's auction house said Friday.

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