2009年11月17日星期二

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Sea The Stars scoops Horse of the Year honours (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:38 PM PST

Irish jockey Mickael Kinane points to AFP - Legendary Irish racehorse Sea The Stars was named horse of the year here on Tuesday at the Cartier Awards.

Virtual pioneers: Macedonia schools to get wired (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:19 PM PST

Reuters - "Practical English Grammar by Correspondence" -- a 1973 tome published by the Soviet Union -- sits atop a pile of books on the librarian's desk in Macedonia's Grigor Prlichev elementary school.

Academics withdraw support for Holocaust center (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:16 PM PST

AP - A dispute over access to an archive involving Vienna's Jewish community has prompted a group of academics to withdraw support for an Austrian Holocaust studies center, saying independent research is no longer possible, according to a letter obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

Many reluctant to have swine flu vaccine: poll (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:06 PM PST

A man receives a shot of the A(H1N1) vaccine at a hospital. Many Britons are refusing to have swine flu vaccinations because of concerns about side effects and the general perception that it is a mild illness, a newspaper for doctors reported on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - Many Britons are refusing to have swine flu vaccinations because of concerns about side effects and the general perception that it is a mild illness, a newspaper for doctors reported on Wednesday.

Slovakia to add 250 NATO troops to Afghan mission (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:44 PM PST

AP - Slovakia pledged about 250 extra soldiers Tuesday to the NATO-led force in Afghanistan, the first of what British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said would be a series of international reinforcements.

Czechs celebrate fall of communism 20 years ago (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:29 PM PST

Czech playwright and former President Vaclav Havel lays flowers at the memorial for the Velvet Revolution in Prague's city center November 17, 2009. Tuesday marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Communist government in the AP - Thousands marched through the Czech capital Tuesday in commemoration of a student protest 20 years ago that grew into the human tidal wave sweeping away the communist regime in what was then Czechoslovakia.

Al Qaeda Africa wing less a threat to Europe: official (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 01:23 PM PST

Reuters - Al Qaeda's North African wing is less likely now to carry out attacks in Europe, mainly because of pressure on the group from Algerian security forces, a U.S. counter-terrorism official said on Tuesday.

French boy takes rifle to school; no one hurt (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 01:00 PM PST

AP - A 13-year-old French boy stole his father's hunting rifle and took it to school with the intention of shooting his teachers, but his family and police intervened before anyone was hurt, police said.

Critics say UN food summit wasteful, ineffective (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 12:56 PM PST

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, foreground right, listens to his ear piece as his wife Grace is seen in the background, during a plenary session at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO headquarters during a World Summit on Food Security, in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)AP - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, blamed for plunging his people into starvation, used his platform as Tuesday's opening speaker at the U.N. anti-hunger summit to decry what he called his neocolonialist foes.

Injury-hit England beat South Africa A (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 12:43 PM PST

Jonathan Trott, seen here on November 15, and Matt Prior took the injury-hit touring England team to a morale-boosting four-wicket win in a 50-overs match against South Africa A in Potchefstroom on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Stephane de Sakutin)AFP - Jonathan Trott and Matt Prior took the injury-hit touring England team to a morale-boosting four-wicket win in a 50-overs match against South Africa A in Potchefstroom on Tuesday.

90-year-old charged in Germany for Nazi-era crimes (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 11:19 AM PST

AP - A former SS sergeant who worked unnoticed for decades as a train-station manager was charged with 58 counts of murder Tuesday after a student doing undergraduate research uncovered his alleged involvement in a massacre of Jewish forced laborers.

Suspect physicist discussed attacks on French army (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 10:00 AM PST

AP - A French nuclear physicist discussed possible terrorist attacks targeting France's army in e-mail exchanges with North Africa's al-Qaida branch before his arrest last month, the Paris prosecutor's office said Tuesday.

Hutu extremist group leaders arrested in Germany (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 07:56 AM PST

AP - Two top leaders of a mostly ethnic Hutu militia were arrested in Germany Tuesday on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity in Congo.

A look at prosecutions of Nazi suspects in Germany (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 07:36 AM PST

AP - A look at recent prosecutions of suspected Nazi war criminals in Germany.

The world's most and least corrupt countries (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 07:05 AM PST

AP - A look at the world's 10 most corrupt and 10 least corrupt countries according to the Corruption Perceptions Index report published Tuesday by watchdog Transparency International.

Spain says pirates freed trawler, 36 crew members (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 05:45 AM PST

The Spanish tuna fishing boat Alakrana sails in the Indian ocean after it was freed from Somali pirates November 17, 2009. Somali pirates on Tuesday freed the Basque tuna fishing boat hijacked last month and said a $3.5 million ransom had been paid for the vessel and its crew. The release of the Alakrana, seized along with its 36 crew in the Indian Ocean on October 2, came soon after news that pirates had captured another ship, a Virgin Islands-owned chemical tanker heading for Mombasa. REUTERS/Spanish Defence Ministry/Handout (SPAIN CONFLICT POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Spain's prime minister says Somali pirates have freed a Spanish trawler with crew of 36 after holding them hostage for more than six weeks.

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Posted: 17 Nov 2009 05:28 AM PST

AP - Spain's prime minister announces Somali pirates have freed trawler with crew of 36.

Denmark seeks specific pledges at climate talks (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:36 AM PST

The United States should consider following France's lead and ramping up use of nuclear power in an effort to contain global warming, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, pictured in July 2009, said Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)AP - Denmark has told the United States and all other developed countries they must bring specific pledges to cut greenhouse gases to next month's climate change conference, the Danish prime minister said Tuesday.

Campaigner against hate crimes killed in Moscow (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:38 AM PST

AP - Russian prosecutors say an anti-hate crimes campaigner has been shot and killed in Moscow.

EU rejects Palestinian statehood appeal (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:37 AM PST

A Palestinian labourer works at the construction site of a new housing project in the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim, east of Jerusalem, on November 11. The European Union's Swedish presidency has said it is 'premature' to recognise a Palestinian state, even as its leaders prepare to seek such recognition at the UN Security Council.(AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)AP - The European Union rejected requests Tuesday that it support a Palestinian plan for gaining recognition as an independent state at the U.N. Security Council without Israeli consent.

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