2009年11月8日星期日

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World leaders line up to mark fall of Berlin Wall (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 03:29 PM PST

Reuters - World leaders past and present will join German crowds on Monday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall -- a stark symbol of the Cold War that divided a city and a continent.

Germany celebrates memory of Berlin Wall falling (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 02:19 PM PST

Tourists visit the remains of the Berlin Wall at the eve of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - With concerts and memorials on Monday, Germans will celebrate the day the Berlin Wall came crashing down 20 years ago.

Clinton: Berlin Wall festivities not just a party (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 02:15 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, right, and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, left, show the Freedom Award for the American and German people, they received during the Freedom Award's Ceremony of the Atlantic Council in Berlin, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Europeans and Americans on Sunday to see the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as a call to action against new global threats.

New fair targets France's 260,000 annual divorces (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:55 PM PST

AP - The city of romance got a lesson in love's hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital's first divorce fair.

Capello avoids Benitez row by resting Gerrard (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:49 PM PST

Liverpool's English midfielder Steven Gerrard in action during their English Premier League football match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, London, in October 2009. England coach Fabio Capello avoided a row with Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez as he left Gerrard out of his squad for Saturday's friendly against Brazil in Doha.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - England coach Fabio Capello avoided a row with Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez as he left Steven Gerrard out of his squad for Saturday's friendly against Brazil in Doha.

Murray beats Youzhny to take Valencia title (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:35 PM PST

Andy Murray celebrates after winning the final match of the ATP Valencia tennis tournament against Mikhail Youzhny of Russia. Murray won 6-3, 6-2.(AFP/Jaime Reina)AFP - British top seed Andy Murray defeated Russia's Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday to win the Valencia ATP title and capture his sixth trophy of the season.

French driver suspected in bank heist becomes Internet star (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:06 PM PST

French police handout made available on November 6, of an undated photograph of Tony Musulin. The French security van driver suspected of making off with 11.6 million euros (17.2 million dollars) in cash has become a rising star on the web.(AFP/Police/File)AFP - A French security van driver suspected of making off with 11.6 million euros (17.2 million dollars) in cash has become a rising star on the web.

Sudan's Bashir to miss OIC summit after EU objected (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 11:46 AM PST

Reuters - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir pulled out of an Islamic summit in Istanbul on Sunday -- a trip that the European Union had objected to because of his indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) .

Leaders defend Afghan mission as Britain remembers war dead (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 11:22 AM PST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrives at the Cenotaph during the Remembrance Sunday service in Whitehall, London. Leaders sought to bolster public support for the war in Afghanistan on Sunday, as the deaths of two more soldiers brought a grim poignancy to Remembrance commemorations for the war dead.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - Leaders sought to bolster public support for the war in Afghanistan on Sunday, as the deaths of two more soldiers brought a grim poignancy to Remembrance commemorations for the war dead.

Russia fires police YouTube whistleblower (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 11:07 AM PST

Reuters - A junior Russian policeman was fired on Sunday after making a YouTube appeal to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accusing senior officers of corruption, a claim dismissed by authorities as false, news agencies reported.

Queen leads Britain's ceremony for war dead (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 09:48 AM PST

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II stands in front of poppy wreaths at the annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the cenotaph in London, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. The annual remembrance service is held on the nearest Sunday to the anniversary of the end of World War I at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, and pays tribute to all the dead in all conflicts. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Queen Elizabeth II led Britain's annual ceremony for the country's war dead Sunday, honoring them with a moment of silence as the military reported that more than 200 British soldiers have been killed in combat in Afghanistan.

Italy: Wig-wearing mob fugitive nabbed near Naples (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 09:31 AM PST

AP - Italy on Sunday hailed the capture of a wig-disguised mobster who had been on the list of the country's top 30 fugitives.

Turkey: Indicted Sudan leader won't attend summit (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 08:58 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2008 file photo, Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir seen during a news conference with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul, not pictured, in Ankara, Turkey.Turkey should arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir if he visits Istanbul because of an international warrant against him for atrocities in Darfur, human rights groups said Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Omar al-Bashir will reportedly arrive in Istanbul on Monday for a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference, a bloc of Muslim countries. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Afghan President Hamid Karzai are also expected to attend the meetings. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)AP - Turkey said Sunday that Sudan's internationally indicted leader, President Omar al-Bashir, will not attend a conference of Muslim nations in Istanbul.

Pope Benedict honors Paul VI in Italian birthplace (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 08:14 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI arrives aboard the popemobile to celebrate a mass in Paul VI square in Brescia, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal. Paul VI was elected pope in 1963, taking over from John XXIII who began the Second Vatican Council, a landmark initiative to modernize the policies and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. Paul led the council to its completion, which Benedict attended as an up-and-coming theologian. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)AP - Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal.

Swiss open probe of al-Qaida nuke physicist case (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 07:03 AM PST

AP - Switzerland has opened its own investigation into the case of a nuclear physicist France suspected of al-Qaida links, an official said Sunday.

Berlin guard: Opening wall `terrible' but right (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 03:44 AM PST

AP - Harald Jaeger was a loyal East German border guard — respected and trusted to command a crossing point to the west on Berlin's Bornholmer Strasse.

Timeline of events leading to communism's collapse (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 01:41 AM PST

AP - Key dates in the collapse of communism across Eastern Europe in 1989:

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