2009年12月17日星期四

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W.Sahara activist arrives home after hunger strike in Spain (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:39 PM PST

Western Sahara activist Aminatou Haidar leaves Lanzarote's General Hospital in Arrecife, in the Spanish Canary Island of Lanzarote. Haidar arrived back in the disputed Moroccan territory early Friday on a medically equipped plane from Spain's Canary Islands where she had been on hunger strike for over a month, the Moroccan authorities announced.(AFP/File)AFP - Western Sahara independence activist Aminatou Haidar arrived back in the disputed Moroccan territory early Friday on a medically equipped plane from Spain's Canary Islands where she had been on hunger strike for over a month, the Moroccan authorities announced.

Hunger-striking activist flown from Spain (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:33 PM PST

AP - Spanish news reports say an activist from the disputed territory of Western Sahara who has been on hunger strike in Spain for more than a month has been flown back home.

Oracle expects EU to approve Sun deal next month (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:33 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2009 file photo, a sign for Oracle software hangs at the annual National Retail Federation conference in New York. Oracle Corp. is scheduled to report its fiscal second-quarter results Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP - Oracle Corp. said Thursday that its profit jumped 12.5 percent in the latest quarter and that it expects the European Union will finally approve its $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc. next month.

US doc accused of fraud found on Italian mountain (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:24 PM PST

In this image provided by 'America's Most Wanted' web site via Kenneth Allen and Associates, shows Dr. Mark Weinberger, 46, of Merrillville, Ind., who was arrested earlier this week on a mountain in Val Ferret, Italy where he was living in a tent, police in the nearby town of Aosta said. An American doctor on the run for five years as charges of fraud and malpractice mounted against him back home has been arrested as he was camping on a snowy mountain in northern Italy, and stabbed himself in the neck as he was taken into custody, police said Thursday Dec. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/America's Most Wanted via Kenneth Allen and Associates)AP - An American doctor on the run for five years as charges of fraud and malpractice mounted against him was arrested as he hid out on a snowy mountain in northern Italy, and stabbed himself in the neck as he was taken into custody, police said.

French luxury hotels reach for a star (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:14 PM PST

Reuters - A cliche recipe for success is to aim for the stars. France's luxury hotels say they need to reach for just one more.

British captain of capsized ship off Lebanon coast dead (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:11 PM PST

Lebanese rescuers evacuate a ship accident survivor from a boat at the port of the northern coastal city of Tripoli. A rescued crew member of a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship said their British captain died when the ship capsized in a storm off the northern Lebanon coast on Thursday, a Lebanese security official said Friday.(AFP)AFP - A rescued crew member of a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship said their British captain died when the ship capsized in a storm off the northern Lebanon coast on Thursday, a Lebanese security official said Friday.

Venezuela's Chavez sees US threat in Dutch islands (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 03:49 PM PST

AP - Hugo Chavez accused the Netherlands on Thursday of allowing the United States to use Dutch islands off Venezuela's Caribbean coast to prepare a possible military attack against his country.

W.Sahara activist heads home, declares triumph (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 03:32 PM PST

Western Sahara activist Aminatou Haidar leaves Lanzarote's General Hospital in Arrecife, in the Spanish Canary Island of Lanzarote. Haidar arrived back in the disputed Moroccan territory early Friday on a medically equipped plane from Spain's Canary Islands where she had been on hunger strike for over a month, the Moroccan authorities announced.(AFP/File)AFP - Western Sahara independence activist Aminatou Haidar headed back to the disputed Moroccan territory overnight Thursday, declaring triumph after a long hunger strike to protest being exiled.

Council slaps restrictions on Guy Ritchie's pub (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 03:29 PM PST

London residents hit back Thursday at British filmmaker Guy Ritchie, pictured on December 16, and the celebrities that frequent his pub, with the local council slapping restrictions on their nocturnal partying.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Henry S. Dziekan III)AFP - London residents hit back Thursday at British filmmaker Guy Ritchie and the celebrities that frequent his pub, with the local council slapping restrictions on their nocturnal partying.

British law firm offers gift divorce vouchers this Christmas (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 03:22 PM PST

The Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree in London. Not exactly festive, but proving popular, a British law firm is offering an unusual present for unhappy married couples this Christmas -- divorce gift vouchers, a report said Thursday.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Not exactly festive, but proving popular, a British law firm is offering an unusual present for unhappy married couples this Christmas -- divorce gift vouchers, a report said Thursday.

French troops lead Afghan attack on Taliban (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 02:41 PM PST

AP - Some 800 French Legionnaires backed by 200 U.S. special forces and Afghan soldiers have gone on an offensive in a valley in Afghanistan where the Taliban killed 10 French soldiers last year, the French military said Thursday.

Austria rejects US pressure to send Afghan troops (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 02:30 PM PST

AP - Austria's defense minister says his country will not give in to strong U.S. pressure to send troops to Afghanistan.

UK judge convicts Kurd of `honor killing' daughter (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 02:12 PM PST

This is an undated Metropolitan Police handout photo released on Thursday Dec. 17, 2009 of Tulay Goren. A British court convicted Mehmet Goren of murdering his teenage daughter Tulay Goren for a romance with a man from a different branch of Islam. London's Central Criminal Court sentenced Mehmet Goren to life imprisonment for the so-called honor killing. Thursday's conviction came a decade after the 15-year-old Tulay Goren, disappeared. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police, HO)AP - A Kurdish father was convicted and sentenced to life in prison Thursday for murdering his 15-year-old daughter because she fell in love with a follower of a different branch of Islam.

UN document shows Copenhagen summit falling short (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 01:33 PM PST

AP - Carbon emissions cuts pledged at U.N. climate talks would put the world on "an unsustainable pathway" toward average global warming 50 percent higher than industrial countries want, a confidential U.N. draft document showed Thursday.

BBC boss: Sorry for online debate on killing gays (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:38 PM PST

AP - A senior BBC executive apologized Thursday for hosting an online debate over whether gays should face capital punishment in Uganda.

Bandaged Berlusconi leaves hospital after attack (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:11 PM PST

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, his face bandaged, leaves a Milan hospital four days after being attacked by a mentally ill man at a political rally, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. The 73-year-old Berlusconi waved weakly as he was slowly driven away in a motorcade from San Raffaele Hospital late Thursday morning. News reports said the motorcade was headed to Arcore, the media mogul's villa on the outskirts of Milan. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Aresu)AP - Four days after being attacked at a political rally, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was whisked away from a Milan hospital with his face covered in bandages, an unusual sight from a politician and media mogul long obsessed with controlling his image.

Spain to send 511 more troops to Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:58 AM PST

AP - Spain's defense minister has announced plans to send 511 more soldiers to Afghanistan in response to President Barack Obama's request for more allied help to fight the Taliban.

Boulder on Greek highway crushes Italian engineer (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:04 AM PST

A crushed car lies next to huge fallen rocks on the verge of the main highway linking north and southern Greece at the Vale of Tempe, south of Thessaloniki, on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. An Italian engineer was crushed to death Thursday by a falling boulder while inspecting damage to the highway, after trying to shelter behind the car. Two more people with him escaped unhurt after diving into a ditch. The rock falls, which started late Wednesday after heavy rains, forced authorities to close the road indefinitely. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)AP - Greek authorities say a boulder has fatally crushed an Italian engineer who was inspecting a rockfall-damaged highway in central Greece.

Irish bishop resigns over Dublin sex-abuse scandal (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 09:57 AM PST

Bishop Donal Murray speaks in St John's Cathedral in Limerick, Ireland, Thursday Dec. 17, 2009, after resigning as as Bishop of Limerick. Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Murray, who was heavily criticized in an Irish investigation of clergy sex abuse of children and a church hierarchy cover-up, the Vatican said Thursday. The one-line announcement that Monsignor Donal Murray had resigned did not mention the scandal. It said, however, that Murray resigned under a Canon Law provision that allows bishops, younger than the mandatory retirement age of 75, to step down when they become 'unsuited' to continue in the post.(AP Photo/pa)AP - A Roman Catholic bishop in Ireland has resigned after an investigation into child sex abuse by clergymen accused him of ignoring reports of crimes by priests in his diocese, the Vatican said Thursday.

Vatican defrocks African archbishop for defiance (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 09:00 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2009 file photo Zambian prelate Emmanuel Milingo takes part in a TV show in Milan, Italy. The Vatican said Thursday Dec. 17, 2009 it has stripped charismatic African Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo of his priestly duties because he defiantly continues to ordain bishops despite already being excommunicated. A Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Ciro Benedettini, says Thursdays announcement of the defrocking means any future ordinations by the Zambian prelate will be considered invalid by the Catholic church. Milingo angered the Vatican when he got married in 2001 to a South Korean woman by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon of the Unification Church. He was excommunicated in 2006 after installing four married men as bishops. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni/Files)AP - The Vatican moved Thursday to thwart renegade African Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo from ordaining more bishops in defiance of the pope, stripping him of his priestly functions so any future ordinations by him would be invalid.

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