2009年10月27日星期二

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6 Greek police officers wounded in attack (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 05:46 PM PDT

A policeman asks media to leave an under investigation area outside a police station in the Agia Paraskevi area, northern Athens on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on a suburban Athens police station with automatic weapons late Tuesday, wounding four people, authorities said.Two officers were seriously wounded in the attack, (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - Gunmen on a motorcycle fired on a suburban Athens police station with automatic weapons late Tuesday, wounding six police officers, authorities said.

Queen welcomes Indian president to Britain (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 05:34 PM PDT

The President of the Republic of India Pratibha Patil is greeted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as she arrives in Windsor. Patil received a red-carpet welcome from the Queen on Tuesday at the start of a three-day state visit to former colonial power Britain.(AFP/POOL/Leon Neal)AFP - Indian President Pratibha Patil received a red-carpet welcome from Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday at the start of a three-day state visit to former colonial power Britain.

Crackdown on expenses for lawmakers: reports (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 04:24 PM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves 10 Downing Street in London on October 14. Lawmakers will be banned from claiming mortgage interest payments as part of a sweeping overhaul of their expenses system in the wake of a damaging scandal, reports said late Tuesday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Lawmakers will be banned from claiming mortgage interest payments as part of a sweeping overhaul of their expenses system in the wake of a damaging scandal, reports said late Tuesday.

AP IMPACT: Troops already outnumber Taliban 12-1 (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 04:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Monday, Oct.19, 2009, Taliban militants stand beside burnt trucks, background left, on main Ghazni- Kandahar highway in Ghazni, west of Kabul. As debate intensifies about whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, NATO and U.S. estimates of Taliban strength suggest the insurgents already are outnumbered by up to 15 to one. The estimates of 20,000 to 25,000 guerrillas — against an allied force of nearly 300,000 — raise the question of how new troops would tilt the balance when the current U.S.-led mission has not succeeded. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Naikzad, File )AP - There are already more than 100,000 international troops in Afghanistan working with 200,000 Afghan security forces and police. It adds up to a 12-1 numerical advantage over Taliban rebels, but it hasn't led to anything close to victory.

Newcastle no longer for sale as Hughton handed full-time job (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:50 PM PDT

Fallen giants Newcastle are no longer for sale after owner Mike Ashley, pictured in February 2009, took the club off the market on Tuesday and then confirmed Chris Hughton will be the Championship leaders' permanent manager.(AFP/File/Chris Ratcliffe)AFP - Fallen giants Newcastle are no longer for sale after owner Mike Ashley took the club off the market on Tuesday and then confirmed Chris Hughton will be the Championship leaders' permanent manager.

Holders United cruise into League Cup quarter-finals (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:38 PM PDT

Manchester United's English forward Danny Welbeck (R) celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Carling Cup fourth round football match against Barnsley at the Oakwell Stadium in Barnsley. United won 2-0.(AFP)AFP - Manchester United got back on track after their defeat against Liverpool as the League Cup holders moved into the quarter-finals with a 2-0 win over Barnsley on Tuesday.

N.Ireland killer linked to sectarian violence returned to jail (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:12 PM PDT

Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward, pictured in March 2009. A convicted paramilitary killer linked to Northern Ireland's decades of sectarian violence was back behind bars Tuesday after his early release was revoked, officials said.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - A convicted paramilitary killer linked to Northern Ireland's decades of sectarian violence was back behind bars Tuesday after his early release was revoked, officials said.

Split of Northern Rock expected in 2010 (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:03 PM PDT

Reuters - The European Union will on Wednesday approve Britain's plan to break up failed bank Northern Rock, paving the way for a split in early 2010 and the eventual sale of parts of the bank, a source familiar with the situation said.

Owen helps United's understudies see off Barnsley in League Cup (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 02:59 PM PDT

Manchester United's English forward Danny Welbeck (R) celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Carling Cup fourth round football match against Barnsley at the Oakwell Stadium in Barnsley. United won 2-0.(AFP)AFP - Danny Welbeck and Michael Owen fired 10-man Manchester United into the League Cup quarter-finals as their goals clinched a 2-0 win over Barnsley on Tuesday.

UK activists seek arrest of Israeli officers (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 02:38 PM PDT

FILE - An injured Palestinian prisoner reaches for help after being trapped in the rubble of the central security headquarters and prison, known as the Saraya, after it was hit in an Israeli missile strike, in Gaza City, in this Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008 photo from files. British lawyers looking for ways to hold Israel accountable for its deadly advance into Gaza last year have expanded their legal campaign by seeking the arrest of Israeli military officers entering Britain. The attorneys plan to go to British courts to obtain arrest warrants against individuals linked to suspected war crimes so they would be taken into custody if they entered Britain, Daniel Machover, a lawyer coordinating the legal team, said Tuesday, Oct. 27 2009. (AP Photo/Majed Hamdan, File)AP - British lawyers looking for ways to hold Israel accountable for its deadly advance into Gaza last year have expanded their legal campaign by seeking the arrest of Israeli military officers entering Britain.

Reports: Case opened against Russian activist (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 02:07 PM PDT

AP - A lawyer for Chechnya's strongman president said Tuesday that a criminal libel case carrying possible prison time has been opened against one of Russia's most prominent human rights activists, news agencies reported.

8 Afghan immigrants drown as boat sinks in Greece (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 02:00 PM PDT

AP - A small boat loaded with Afghan families smashed onto the rocks and sank off an island in the Aegean Sea on Tuesday, causing three immigrant women and five children to drown.

Genocide trial begins, Karadzic fails to show up (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 01:26 PM PDT

FILE -- In an Aug. 29, 2008 file photo former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, is seen in the courtroom at the U.N. Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in the Hague, Netherlands. The war crimes trial of Karadzic, who led the Bosnian Serbs through a brutal three-year civil war in the early 1990s, begins Monday Oct. 26,2009 about 15 months after he was captured in Serbia. (AP Photo/ Valerie Kuypers/file)AP - Radovan Karadzic's words urging the destruction of Bosnia's non-Serbs rang out in a courtroom Tuesday from speeches and intercepted phone calls as U.N. prosecutors opened their genocide and war crimes case against him.

Re-Stalinization of Moscow subway sparks debate (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 12:44 PM PDT

An elaborately decorated pavilion of Kurskaya ring-line station, part of Moscow's subway, seen, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. The partially seen sign, an extract from the 1943 Soviet anthem, which lauded dictator Josef Stalin, reads: 'Stalin brought us up on loyalty to the people and inspired us to labor and to heroism.' A Moscow subway station is the newest focus of a bitter dispute over Russia's history and the legacy of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. Critics were outraged when old Soviet national anthem lyrics praising Stalin were restored to a rotunda in the Kurskaya station during renovations this summer. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)AP - A Moscow subway station is the newest focus of Russia's bitter dispute over the legacy of Josef Stalin, whose outsize shadow still haunts the nation more than 50 years after his death.

Italian politician quits after sex scandal (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 11:59 AM PDT

AP - A prominent opposition politician embroiled in a scandal over his encounter with a transsexual prostitute resigned his high-profile job Tuesday as head of the region that includes Rome.

Bosnian Serb ex-leader set free (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 11:56 AM PDT

Former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic reacts with Bosnian Serb Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, not seen, after arriving in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Plavsic arrived in Belgrade Tuesday following her release from a Swedish prison after serving two-thirds of her 11-year sentence for war crimes. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic)AP - Former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic, sentenced in 2003 by a U.N. war crimes tribunal to 11 years in prison, returned to her home in Belgrade on Tuesday after an early release from a Swedish jail.

Ex-Gitmo detainees sue UK to make evidence public (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 11:14 AM PDT

Musician Tom Morello performs in Los Angeles, California, in September 2009. A group of top US acts including REM and Pearl Jam on Thursday expressed outrage that loud music was being blasted at Guantanamo detainees as part of AP - Seven former Guantanamo Bay detainees asked the High Court in London on Tuesday to reject a government request to use secret sessions to hear allegations that Britain was complicit in their torture overseas.

Luxembourg PM rejects Blair as EU president (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:37 AM PDT

AP - Luxembourg's premier spoke out Tuesday against former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's candidacy to become the European Union's first-ever president.

Ex-US diplomat: Russia balks at zero nuke talks (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:09 AM PDT

AP - Russia is not ready to agree to a proposed new round of arms control talks that were to begin after a deal is reached on extending the START 1 nuclear treaty, a U.S. nuclear expert said Tuesday.

Church of Scientology convicted of fraud in France (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 09:58 AM PDT

Eric Roux, legal representative of the Church of Scientology in France, speaks to reporters after a court returned a verdict of fraud against the group, at a Paris courthouse, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. A Paris court on Tuesday convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than half a million euros, but stopped short of banning the group as requested by prosecutors. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - A Paris court convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than euro600,000 ($900,000) on Tuesday, but stopped short of banning the group's activities.

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