2009年11月26日星期四

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Post Office card error leaves Italians in the red: report (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 04:01 PM PST

A woman collects money in a mobile post office set up near L'aquila in April 2009. A computer glitch left Italian Post Office customers in the red by processing card transactions at 100 times their value, Italian press reported Thursday.(AFP/File/Christophe Simon)AFP - A computer glitch left Italian Post Office customers in the red by processing card transactions at 100 times their value, Italian press reported Thursday.

Phony British aristocrat detained in Spain for fraud (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 03:57 PM PST

A British man who falsely claimed to be an aristocrat about to inherit a fortune has been detained in Spain on suspicion of conning women he promised to marry out of hundreds of thousands of euros, police said Thursday.(AFP/File/Philippe Desmazes)AFP - A British man who falsely claimed to be an aristocrat about to inherit a fortune has been detained in Spain on suspicion of conning women he promised to marry out of hundreds of thousands of euros, police said Thursday.

Murray labours to fruitless Verdasco victory (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 03:52 PM PST

Andy Murray of Scotland plays against Fernando Verdasco of Spain in a Singles match during the Barclays ATP World Tour Tennis Finals in London. Murray won 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/3) in three hours at London's O2 Arena, but went out of the season-ending tournament by the narrowest of margins: one single game.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Scotland's Andy Murray laboured to a third set tie-break victory over Spain's Fernando Verdasco at the World Tour Finals on Thursday, but it eventually proved not enough to see him into the semis.

Experts: Bishops covered up priests' child abuse (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 03:12 PM PST

Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin speaks to the media in Dublin, Ireland, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. The Archbishop said no words of apology will ever be sufficient to the victims of child abuse. Speaking after the publication of the report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin, he said that the report highlights devastating failings of the past, and that 'there is no room for revisionism regarding the norms and procedures in place'. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - Roman Catholic Church leaders in Dublin spent decades sheltering child-abusing priests from the law and most fellow clerics turned a blind eye, an investigation ordered by Ireland's government concluded Thursday.

UFO-obsessed Briton loses bid to block US extradition (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 02:55 PM PST

Briton Gary McKinnon leaves the High Court in central London in January 2009. McKinnon, accused of hacking into US military and NASA computers, faces extradition to the United States after the British government Thursday rejected last-ditch requests to block the move.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA computers faces extradition to the United States after the British government Thursday rejected last-ditch requests to block the move.

Olympic skier targets CGames on two wheels (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 02:02 PM PST

Former Olympic skier Alain Baxter, pictured here in action in 2005, is targeting a possible appearance at next year's Commonwealth Games - but on two wheels.(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)AFP - Former Olympic skier Alain Baxter is targeting a possible appearance at next year's Commonwealth Games - but on two wheels.

Saab's road ahead leads to shutdown -- or Chinese rescue (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 01:58 PM PST

The logo of Swedish automobile company Saab is pictured on a car at its headquarters in Trollhattan, in south-west Sweden. Sweden is bracing for the end of an era as General Motors' failed bid to sell iconic carmaker Saab means the Swedish group will likely close, leaving thousands of layoffs in its wake unless a Chinese rescuer steps in to save the day.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)AFP - Sweden is bracing for the end of an era as General Motors' failed bid to sell iconic carmaker Saab means the Swedish group will likely close, leaving thousands of layoffs in its wake unless a Chinese rescuer steps in to save the day.

UK gov't will not stop extradition of hacker to US (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 01:54 PM PST

AP - The British government said Thursday it will not prevent the extradition of an autistic hacker accused of breaking into U.S. military computers.

France says 21 drowned trying to reach Mayotte (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 01:27 PM PST

Reuters - Twenty-one migrants drowned trying to get to France's Indian Ocean island of Mayotte from Comoros, the French immigration ministry said Thursday.

Families evacuated after major London blaze (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 01:12 PM PST

London firefighters attend the scene of a blaze in Peckham. More than 300 people were evacuated overnight after a huge fire broke out next to several blocks of flats in London, emergency services said Thursday.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - More than 300 people were evacuated overnight after a huge fire broke out next to several blocks of flats in London, emergency services said Thursday.

IAEA chief: Iran investigation at 'dead end' (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 12:43 PM PST

Outgoing Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei waits for the start of the IAEA's 35-nation board meeting at Vienna's International Center, in Vienna, on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Hans Punz)AP - The outgoing head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday his probe of Iran's nuclear program is at "a dead end" and that trust in Tehran's credibility is shrinking after its belated revelation that it was secretly building a nuclear facility.

Watchdog warning about TV in post-Soviet states (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 11:40 AM PST

AP - Government-influenced television is hampering democracy in Russia, Belarus and most post-Soviet countries in Central Asia and the South Caucasus, and it could endanger international peace and security if misused as a propaganda tool, a watchdog warned Thursday.

German military's inspector general removed (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:34 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2009 file picture German defense minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, center, and the inspector general of Germany's military, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, center right, pictured in a Bundeswehr plane on their flight to Kabul, Afghanistan. The inspector general of Germany's military was fired Thursday Nov. 26, 2009 for failing to properly pass on information to political leaders about a September airstrike in Afghanistan in which civilians were killed, the defense minister said. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg told parliament that Gen. Wolfgang Schneiderhan was being relieved immediately of his duties after Germany's top-selling Bild newspaper published what it said were still captures from confidential videos of the incident. (AP Photo/Michael Kappeler, Pool, File)AP - The German military's top official was removed Thursday for failing to properly pass on information to political leaders about a September airstrike in Afghanistan that killed civilians.

Coma recovery case attracts doubters (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 09:12 AM PST

Belgian Rom Houben (C), 46, stays next to his mother Fina (R) and an assistant (L) at Weyerke institute in Heusden-Zolder November 25, 2009. Houben was misdiagnosed for 23 years as being in a coma until a doctor at Liege University discovered three years ago that Houben's brain was still functioning. Houben was diagnosed as being in a vegetative state following a car crash in 1983. REUTERS/Stringer (BELGIUM HEALTH SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - Rom Houben's mother remembers her son's amazement when he finally started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body that was misdiagnosed as vegetative.

Norway: Iran seizes Nobel laureate Ebadi's medal (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 09:03 AM PST

AP - Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, the Norwegian government said Thursday, accusing Iran of a shocking first in the history of the prize.

Swiss police: Geneva mosque vandalized (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 09:00 AM PST

AP - Swiss police say a Geneva mosque has been vandalized, three days ahead of a national vote on whether to ban the construction of minarets as an Islamic intrusion.

Ex-UK envoy: US focused on Iraq hours after 9/11 (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 08:28 AM PST

Christopher Meyer, former British Ambassador to the U. S., arrives for the Iraq war inquiry in London, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. Meyer served as then-Prime Minister Tony Blair's envoy to Washington, and is due to testify before the Iraq war inquiry about Britain's relations with the United States in the run-up to the conflict, in the most sweeping inquiry by any nation involved in the Iraq war.(AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - Tony Blair could have delayed the 2003 invasion of Iraq and ensured better plans were in place for its chaotic aftermath by taking a tougher stance with President George W. Bush, Britain's ex-ambassador to Washington said Thursday.

Russian official admits some blame in lawyer death (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 06:33 AM PST

Spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry's Investigative Committee Irina Dudukina speaks at a news conference on the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in Moscow, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Sergei Magnitsky was arrested a year ago on tax-evasion charges linked to his work with a company headed by a high-profile investor who has been barred from Russia as an alleged security risk. Russian investigators are defending their treatment of the lawyer whose death in a Moscow prison last week has prompted deep concern and criticism.(AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - A Russian prison official reportedly admitted Thursday that harsh prison conditions are partially to blame for the death last week of a lawyer being held in a Moscow detention center.

Shooting at Hungarian university leaves 1 dead (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 06:19 AM PST

AP - A gunman opened fire in a Hungarian university classroom Thursday, killing one student and leaving three people seriously injured, the state-run news agency said.

US demand for cheap wine buoys global market (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 06:18 AM PST

AP - Is the world drowning its sorrows in cheap wine?

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