2010年1月11日星期一

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NIreland head steps down after wife's teen affair (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 05:12 PM PST

Arlene Foster, acting Northern Ireland First Minister, speaks to the media at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Northern Ireland, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. Northern Ireland's Protestant leader temporarily stepped down Monday, forced out of office by a torrid scandal over his wife's affair with a teenager. Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson had been under pressure since it was revealed that his wife Iris had a 19-year-old lover whom she helped raise tens of thousands of pounds (dollars) for his business. She was 58 at the time. (AP Photo / Peter Morrison)AP - The peace process faces a new challenge as Northern Ireland's leader was forced to step down — at least temporarily — amid outrage following revelations of his wife's affair with a teenager.

Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank, dies at 100 (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 05:12 PM PST

FILE - In this 1998 photo Miep Gies displays a copy of her book 'Anne Frank Remembered' at her apartment in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Anne Frank called them the Helpers. They provided food, books and good cheer while her family hid for two years from the Nazis in a tiny attic apartment. On Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009, the last surviving helper, Miep Gies, celebrates her 100th birthday, saying she has won more accolades for helping the Frank family than she deserved as if, she says, she tried to save all the Jews of occupied Holland. The Anne Frank Museum says Gies, who helped the teenage diarist's family hide from the Nazis, died Monday Jan. 11, 2010. She was 100. (AP Photo/Steve North, FILE)AP - The Anne Frank Museum says Miep Gies, who helped the teenage diarist's family hide from the Nazis, has died. She was 100. The Miep Gies Web site said the woman who rescued Anne Frank's diary after the family was arrested in 1944, died after a short illness Monday.

Simon Cowell quits reality show 'American Idol' (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 05:12 PM PST

TV personality Simon Cowell seen here in Hollywood, California in March 2009. Cowell confirmed Monday he will quit talent show AFP - Simon Cowell confirmed he will quit the talent show "American Idol" later this year to concentrate on launching a US version of his British hit "The X Factor."

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Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:13 PM PST

AP - The Anne Frank Museum says Miep Gies, who helped the Frank family hide from the Nazis, is dead.

Tevez treble guides City into fourth place (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 02:56 PM PST

Manchester City's Argentinian forward Carlos Tevez celebrates after scoring the third goal during the English Premier League football match against Blackburn Rovers at The City of Manchester stadium, Manchester. Tevez scored a hat-trick as City moved up into fourth place in the English Premier League table with a 4-1 win.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Carlos Tevez scored his first Manchester City hat-trick as they went fourth in the English Premier League table with a 4-1 win over Blackburn Rovers at Eastlands here on Monday.

Murphy defeats Hendry as Williams masters McLeod (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 02:46 PM PST

Shaun Murphy, seen here in 2009, beat six-times champion Stephen Hendry 6-4 in an engrossing first round tie at the Masters snooker tournament at Wembley Arena here on Monday.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Shaun Murphy beat six-times champion Stephen Hendry 6-4 in an engrossing first round tie at the Masters snooker tournament at Wembley Arena here on Monday.

Michel joins Birmingham's Yeung generation (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 02:02 PM PST

Miguel Marcos Michel, pictured in 2009, has become the first major signing of Carson Yeung's reign as Birmingham City owner after the Blues announced Monday they'd signed him from Spanish side Sporting Gijon.(AFP/File)AFP - Miguel Marcos Michel has become the first major signing of Carson Yeung's reign as Birmingham City owner after the Blues announced Monday they'd signed him from Spanish side Sporting Gijon.

UN chief praises intensified talks in Cyprus (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 01:50 PM PST

AP - Rival leaders on the divided island of Cyprus launched a round of intensified talks Monday aimed at paving the way for a peace deal this year.

US envoy seeks European support for Mideast push (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 01:46 PM PST

AP - U.S. envoy George Mitchell is asking for French and European Union support for a renewed push for peace in the Middle East.

Officials: 6-nation meeting on Iran being planned (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 12:38 PM PST

The United States, Russia, China, Britain France and Germany will meet late this week to discuss sanctions over Iran's nuclear program, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, pictured on January 2008, said Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)AP - The United States and five other countries have tentatively agreed to meet this weekend to discuss what to do about Iran's nuclear defiance of the U.N. Security Council, officials told The Associated Press on Monday.

UK: Gurkha veterans lose court battle for pensions (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 11:03 AM PST

AP - A British court on Monday rejected a bid by retired Gurkha soldiers to win the right to be paid the same pensions as military personnel from Britain.

Turkey lashes out at Israel (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 09:39 AM PST

AP - Turkey's prime minister accused Israel on Monday of threatening peace in the region and using disproportionate force against Palestinians.

Berlusconi back in Rome after attack (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 08:55 AM PST

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi smiles as he arrives at his private residence for a meeting with his allies on possible tax and justice reforms, in Rome, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. Berlusconi, who returned to Rome after about a month away from the public eye, following an attack in Milan that broke his nose and two teeth, said he was feeling well. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)AP - Premier Silvio Berlusconi returned to a busy political schedule Monday after a monthlong recovery from an attack that broke his nose and two teeth.

Blair's top spin doctor to be quizzed on Iraq role (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 08:42 AM PST

FILE - This is a Monday July 9, 2007 file photo of Alastair Campbell as he arrives at offices of ITV in London, to give television interviews, Alastair Campbell, was British Prime Minister Tony Blair's powerful chief spin doctor between 1997 and 2003. Campbell testifies Tuesday Jan 12, 2010 before the Iraq Inquiry. The communications director for former Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to face harsh questioning about his role in preparing the controversial dossier, which claimed in 2002 that Iraq's Saddam Hussein could have nuclear weapons within a year and could launch chemical weapons within 45 minutes. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)AP - Did he "sex up" the infamous intelligence dossier that made Britain's case for war with Iraq? That is the key question for spin doctor supreme Alastair Campbell when he testifies Tuesday before the Iraq Inquiry.

McCain awarded 'Hero of Georgia' order (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 08:08 AM PST

U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), right, meets with residents of Georgia's Black Sea Port of Batumi on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. McCain as well as U.S. Sen John Thune and U.S. Sen. John Barrasso are in Georgia on a two-day visit. (AP Photo/ Irakli Gedenidze, pool)AP - Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has decorated visiting U.S. Senator John McCain with a "National Hero of Georgia" order, recognizing his support in the August 2008 war with Russia.

UK vicar invokes God's blessing on BlackBerrys (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 06:37 AM PST

AP - God bless this BlackBerry.

German FM: New info on kidnapped Germans in Yemen (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 06:17 AM PST

Backdropped by a mural showingYemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle delivers a statement to the media after his meeting with the Yemeni president at his office in the defense ministry in the capital San'a, Yemen Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle met with Yemen's president in talks Monday likely dealing with the fate of a missing German family reportedly held hostage by al-Qaida. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - Yemen has new information on the possible whereabouts of a missing German family and a British man reportedly held hostage by al-Qaida, Germany's foreign minister said Monday, expressing hope they would be freed soon.

Somali faces terror charge for cartoonist attack (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 06:06 AM PST

A man charged with the attempted murder of Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard is carried into court on a stretcher in Aarhus, Denmark, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010. Police shot a Somali man wielding an ax and a knife after he broke into the home of an artist whose cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad with a bomb-shaped turban outraged the Muslim world, the head of Denmark's intelligence agency said Saturday. (AP Photo/Polfoto, Ernst van Norde) DENMARK OUTAP - Prosecutors filed a preliminary charge of terrorism Monday against a Somali man accused of trying to kill a Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad.

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