2010年2月17日星期三

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Wenger blames ref over controversial Porto goal (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 06:13 PM PST

Arsenal's French coach Arsene Wenger is seen during their UEFA Champions League match against FC Porto at the Dragao Stadium in Porto, on february 17. Porto won 2-1.(AFP/Miguel Riopa)AFP - Arsene Wenger accused referee Martin Hansson of gifting Porto the winning goal in the Portuguese side's 2-1 victory over Arsenal in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie.


Powerful quake hits near China-Russia border (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 06:04 PM PST

Reuters - An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 hit near the China-Russia border on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

Diplomats to meet Israeli envoy in Hamas killing row (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 04:58 PM PST

An image grab taken from hotel surveillance camera footage, released by Dubai Police, allegedly shows two murder suspects dressed as tourists in tennis outfits, following Hamas militant Mahmud al-Mabhuh (out of camera range). Britain's prime minister pledged a full investigation into how faked British passports were linked to the killing of a top Hamas man in Dubai.(AFP/Dubai Police)AFP - Diplomats meet Israel's ambassador Thursday to discuss fake British passports used by alleged killers of a Hamas chief amid speculation its Mossad spy agency was behind the murder in Dubai.


Churchill demanded UFO briefing: secret files (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 04:14 PM PST

The statue of Winston Churchill stands under a tree heavely laden with snow in London in 2003. Hundreds of UFO sightings by Britons, including one who developed a skin condition after a supernatural encounter, emerged in files out Thursday which also show Winston Churchill's interest in the issue.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - Hundreds of UFO sightings by Britons, including one who developed a skin condition after a supernatural encounter, emerged in files out Thursday which also show Winston Churchill's interest in the issue.


Royal brothers plan S.Africa tour at World Cup (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 03:51 PM PST

Prince William (L) and Prince Harry, pictured in 2009, hope to visit South Africa during the World Cup, in their first joint overseas tour, sources close to the royal family said Wednesday.(AFP/Pool/File/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AFP - Prince William and Prince Harry hope to visit South Africa during the World Cup, in their first joint overseas tour, sources close to the royal family said Wednesday.


Argentina turns up the heat on Britain over Falklands (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 03:08 PM PST

File photo of Stanley from Mount Longdon, Falklands. Argentina ramped up pressure on Britain over the Falkland Islands on Wednesday, warning that it would take AFP - Argentina ramped up pressure on Britain over the Falkland Islands on Wednesday, warning that it would take "adequate measures" to stop British oil exploration in contested waters.


Cat stew lover skewered in Italy (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 02:51 PM PST

This Sept. 3, 2003 photo made available Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 shows cooking show host Beppe Bignazzi during the recording of the show 'La Prova del cuoco' (The test of the chef) on Italian state TV in Rome. Italian state TV has suspended Bignazzi after he shocked the nation by saying cat stew is a Tuscan delicacy he has enjoyed many times. RAI TV confirmed on Wednesday that it had suspended the 77-year-old host of a popular morning program that offers food tips and recipes in a country renowned for its cuisine. (AP Photo/Sandro Pace)AP - Italian state TV has suspended a cooking show host who shocked the nation by saying cat stew is a Tuscan delicacy he swears he has enjoyed many times.


Arsenal undone by Fabianski horrow show in Champions League (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 02:46 PM PST

Arsenal's goalkeeper from Poland Lukasz Fabianski (C) catches the ball during their Champions League football match against Porto at Dragao Stadium in Porto. Two errors from Fabianski allowed Porto to establish a 2-1 lead in the first leg of the Champions League last 16 tie here on Wednesday.(AFP/Francisco Leong)AFP - Two errors from Arsenal goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski allowed Porto to establish a 2-1 lead in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie here on Wednesday.


Bolton stay in relegation zone after stalemate at Wigan (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 02:42 PM PST

Bolton Wanderers' Scottish manager Owen Coyle, pictured in January 2010. Bolton remained in the Premier League relegation zone after grinding out a 0-0 draw against fellow strugglers Wigan on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Bolton remained in the Premier League relegation zone after grinding out a 0-0 draw against fellow strugglers Wigan on Wednesday.


Israel says no proof it carried out Dubai killing (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 02:16 PM PST

A combo of pictures released on February 15 by Dubai Police shows pictures of the 11 suspects the Gulf emirate's police announced they are searching for, for murder in a Dubai hotel room of Mahmud al-Mabhuh. Britain and Ireland said Tuesday that passports used by nine members of a suspected hit squad accused of assassinating a top Hamas commander in Dubai are fake.(AFP/Dubai Police)Reuters - Israel's foreign minister said on Wednesday the use of the identities of foreign-born Israelis by a hit squad suspected of killing a Hamas militant in Dubai did not prove the Mossad spy agency assassinated him.


France orders 5 former Gitmo inmates back to court (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 01:18 PM PST

AP - France's highest court on Wednesday overruled a lower court's acquittal of five former inmates at the Guantanamo Bay prison and ordered an appeals court to rehear the case centering on terrorism charges.

euro10 million search launched for crashed Flight 447 (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 12:36 PM PST

FILE  - In this Sunday, June 14, 2009 file photo  workers unload debris, belonging to crashed Air France flight AF447, from the Brazilian Navy's Constitution Frigate in the port of Recife, northeast of Brazi. A new euro 10 million ($13.73 million) international search for the remains of Air France Flight 447 will begin in mid-March, nearly nine months after the passenger jet crashed in the Atlantic depths, France's chief air accident investigator said Wednesday Feb. 17 2010.  (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)AP - A new euro10 million ($13.73 million) international search for the remains of Air France Flight 447 will begin in March, more than nine months after the passenger jet crashed in the Atlantic depths, France's chief air accident investigator said Wednesday.


UK TV reporter arrested after mercy killing claim (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 12:02 PM PST

AP - British police say they have arrested a TV reporter on suspicion of murder after he claimed to have smothered his dying lover in an act of mercy.

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Posted: 17 Feb 2010 11:48 AM PST

AP - Top French court overrules acquittals of 5 former Guantanamo inmates facing terror charges.

Irish defense minister wins `no confidence' vote (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 11:33 AM PST

AP - Ireland's defense minister, who falsely accused a political rival of running a brothel, has survived a no-confidence vote in the Irish parliament and kept his job.

Russia to put military base in Georgia's Abkhazia (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:15 AM PST

AP - President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia is to station a permanent military base in Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia.

Dutch Cabinet deadlocked over Afghanistan mission (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:00 AM PST

AP - The Dutch Cabinet was deadlocked Wednesday over extending the Netherlands' mission with NATO in Afghanistan, and it appears likely to reduce its 1,600 troop presence there.

Pope sprinkles ashes in Lent tradition (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 09:20 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI, second from left framed by Cardinals, walks in a procession with other prelates at the Santa Sabina Basilica for Ash Wednesday prayer service, in Rome, Wednesday Feb. 17 2010. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a solemn period of 40 days of prayer and self-denial leading up to Easter. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI is marking the start of the solemn Lenten season by sprinkling ashes on the bowed heads of faithful in a Roman Catholic tradition.


French extradition decision on Iranian postponed (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 09:14 AM PST

Iranian engineer Majid Kakavand, speaks to the media as he arrives in court  in Paris, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010. French judge weights whether to extradite Iranian engineer Majid Kakavand to the US where he is sought for purchasing electronics equipment over the internet to resell to Iran's military.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - A French judge postponed a sensitive decision Wednesday on whether to extradite an Iranian engineer to the United States, where he is accused of evading export controls to buy U.S. technology over the Internet for Iran's military.


Alexander McQueen hanged himself in London home (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 08:25 AM PST

FILE - This Monday, June 2, 2003 file photo shows Alexander McQueen posing for photographers after winning the International Award at the 2003 Council of Fashion Design Awards held in New York. Fashion designer Alexander McQueen was found hanging in the wardrobe of his London apartment last week with a note left nearby, a British coroner's official told an inquest Wednesday Feb. 17, 2010. No details of the note were released by the coroner's office, which is charged with formally identifying the circumstances of the designer's death.   (AP Photo / Stuart Ramson, File)AP - A bereaved Alexander McQueen left a note, then hanged himself in his apartment on the eve of his mother's funeral, a coroner's inquest said Wednesday, giving the cause of the fashion designer's death as asphyxiation and hanging.


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