2010年1月17日星期日

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Story of Newton's encounter with apple goes online (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 05:10 PM PST

AP - An 18th-century account of how a falling piece of fruit helped Isaac Newton develop the theory of gravity is being posted to the Web, making scans of the fragile paper manuscript widely available to the public for the first time.

Britain facing decade of economic pain: forecasters (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:05 PM PST

Shoppers are pictured on Oxford Street, in central London, in 2009. Britain faces the prospect of a decade of economic pain, after binging on cheap debt, and its recovery will rely on trading more with Asian tigers like China, forecasters warned on Monday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britain faces the prospect of a decade of economic pain, after binging on cheap debt, and its recovery will rely on trading more with Asian tigers like China, forecasters warned on Monday.

Ukraine PM Tymoshenko faces old rival in runoff (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 03:46 PM PST

A woman leaves a voting booth at a polling station in Dnipropetrovsk January 17, 2010. REUTERS/Vasily FedosenkoReuters - Ukraine faces a run-off vote next month between opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich and populist Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko after an election for president produced no outright winner, exit polls showed.

Foe of Orange revolt tops Ukrainian vote (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 03:36 PM PST

Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych waves at a polling station during presidential election in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)AP - The archenemy of Ukraine's pro-democracy movement won a first-place finish in the initial round of presidential voting Sunday, setting him up for a showdown with the heroine of the 2004 Orange Revolution, exit polls showed.

Netanyahu, Merkel to meet on Iran, Palestinian issues (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 03:26 PM PST

Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will spend Monday in Germany for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel that are likely to focus on efforts to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions and renew stalled Middle East peace talks.

Airport scanners may breach rights: watchdog (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 02:34 PM PST

A security officer poses for photographers in the body scanner at Manchester Airport, Manchester. An equality watchdog warned on Sunday that plans to introduce body scanners at airports after the failed Christmas Day bombing of a US plane could breach human rights.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - An equality watchdog warned on Sunday that plans to introduce body scanners at airports after the failed Christmas Day bombing of a US plane could breach human rights.

Many countries report missing and dead in Haiti (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 01:06 PM PST

AP - A glance at countries reporting dead and missing in Haiti:

Ukraine vote heads for tense run-off: exit polls (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 12:56 PM PST

Ukraine's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko smiles as she greets people after casting her vote in Dnipropetrovsk during the first round of the presidential elections. Ukraine braced for a nail-biting run-off between two old rivals in presidential elections after Sunday's first round vote eliminated discredited Orange Revolution hero President Viktor Yushchenko.(AFP/Sergei Supinsky)AFP - Ukraine braced for a nail-biting run-off between two old rivals in presidential elections after Sunday's first round vote eliminated discredited Orange Revolution hero President Viktor Yushchenko.

Saab drivers hit the road to support car brand (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 12:47 PM PST

A man puts a sign AFP - More than 2,000 Saab drivers gathered in their cars in the Swedish brand's hometown Sunday to show support for the iconic mark that owner General Motors said it would wind down, an organiser said.

Israel says Turkey ties warm; analysts skeptical (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 12:22 PM PST

Turkish honour guard soldiers hold an Israeli, right, and Turkish flag, left, after Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and his Turkish counterpart Vecdi Gonul reviewed the military guard of honour before their talks in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. Barak visits Turkey, where he is expected to work to improve relations following last year's war in Gaza and an Israeli official's humiliation of the Turkish ambassador.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Israel's defense minister said Sunday that a daylong visit to Turkey had helped end an ugly diplomatic feud but analysts expressed skepticism that the trip would ease tensions rising since Israel's Gaza war.

Sarkozy party chief: France must ban full veil (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 11:58 AM PST

Faiza Silmi, a 32-year-old Moroccan , is seen during an interview with the Associated Press in Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, 38 kilometers (24 miles) southwest of Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. Silmi has taken her plight to the European Court of Human Rights. But her fate could be decided before the case is heard if France passes a law making such dress taboo, which appears increasingly likely. Full-body robes are a rare sight in the streets of France, although France is home to an estimated 5 million Muslims, the largest such population in western Europe. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - The head of President Nicolas Sarkozy's party said Sunday he wants a law to ensure that Muslim women who wear face-covering veils do not acquire French nationality.

Pope defends Pius against Jewish critics (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 11:31 AM PST

A member of Rome's Jewish Community walks past by Rome's main synagogue as a TV technician prepares cable to broadcast the upcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. The pontiff's visit to Rome's main synagogue next Jan. 17, has sharply divided Italian Jews, with some angered by his moves to push World War II Pope Pius XII toward sainthood. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - In a synagogue visit haunted by history, Pope Benedict XVI and Jewish leaders sparred Sunday over the record of the World War II-era pope during the Holocaust and agreed on the need to strengthen Catholic-Jewish relations.

(AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 10:04 AM PST

AP - Exit poll says leaders Yanukovych and Tymoshenko to face off in Ukraine presidential vote

EU says Haiti envoy died in earthquake (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 09:26 AM PST

AP - The European Commission says its envoy to Haiti died in the country's devastating earthquake.

Fashion goes live on line (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 08:28 AM PST

AP - The fall-winter 2010-2011 preview presentations, the first shows of the new decade, got under way over the weekend with a new fashion passion: live online showcasing.

UN: over 70 rescued from Haitian rubble (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 08:12 AM PST

A man pushes a wheel barrow with food supplies through a street of a suburb of Port-Au-Prince January 17, 2010. World leaders pledged aid to rebuild Haiti after what the United Nations called the worst humanitarian crisis in decades, but earthquake survivors were still waiting on Sunday for food, water and medicine. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)AP - A U.N. spokeswoman says rescue workers have saved more than 70 people from the rubble of Haiti's earthquake.

Eco-activist arrested in India on terror charges (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 05:48 AM PST

AP - A London-based environmental campaigner traveling around the world in a biofuel-driven bus has been arrested in India on terrorism-related charges, his family and Italian officials said Sunday.

UN's Ban heads for Haiti to support relief efforts (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 05:30 AM PST

People hold candles while attending 'Strength Through Unity,' a prayer service for Haiti held at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is on his way to Haiti to discuss how to support relief efforts in the earthquake-hit nation.

Pope gunman to face medical after release (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 02:59 AM PST

FILE - This is a Friday, Jan. 20, 2006 file photo of Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, as he is surrounded by journalists and plainclothes policemen, at police headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey. Agca said Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010 he would answer questions about the 1981 attack after he is released from prison next week. Little is known about what led Agca to shoot at the pope while he was greeting the faithful in St. Peter's Square, but rumors have swirled about whether foreign powers had conspired to have the Polish-born pontiff killed. (AP Photo/Osman Orsal, File)AP - The gunman who wounded Pope John Paul II will be forcibly taken to a military facility to assess his fitness for military service when he is released after nearly 30 years in prison, his lawyer said Sunday.

Polls open in Ukraine's presidential ballot (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 10:27 PM PST

A couple walk through a high end shopping street in down town Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. The first round of voting in Ukraine's presidential election is scheduled for January 17. After years of political paralysis and a severe economic recession, one recent poll showed a majority of voters are concerned the election could be rigged. Many Ukrainian voters seem to expect little from Sunday's presidential election. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)AP - Polls have opened in Ukraine for the first presidential ballot since the 2004 Orange Revolution.

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