2010年2月19日星期五

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Amy Williams sets new track record, set for gold (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 05:26 PM PST

Britain's Amy Williams is seen competing in the women's Skeleton heat at the Whistler Sliding Centre during the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Williams shrugged off a US protest to set a new track record in the event and stay on target to give Britain its first gold medal of the Winter Games.(AFP/Oliver Lang)AFP - Amy Williams shrugged off a US protest to set a new track record in the women's skeleton and stay on target to give Britain its first gold medal of the Winter Games.

United fans have 'right to complain' - Ferguson (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 04:54 PM PST

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson listens to questions during a press conference on February 15 in Milan. Ferguson stood up for the right of United supporters to continue their AFP - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson stood up for the right of United supporters to continue their "green and gold" protest against the club's American ownership.

Russia: Iran's noncooperation `very alarming' (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:18 PM PST

AP - Russia's foreign minister said Friday he is "very alarmed" over Iran's failure to prove its nuclear program is peaceful, suggesting Moscow may be closer to acceding to Western demands for new U.N. sanctions against Tehran.

Strike forces Lufthansa to cancel flights (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:11 PM PST

The logo of German flag carrier Lufthansa on an airbus A380 tailplane in Hamburg, northern Germany. Lufthansa announced Friday it had cancelled 800 flights daily from Monday to Thursday due to a planned pilots' strike.(AFP/DDP/File/Philipp Guelland)AFP - German flag carrier Lufthansa announced Friday it had cancelled 800 flights daily from Monday to Thursday due to a planned pilots' strike.

London opens fashion week with silence for McQueen (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:02 PM PST

Messages for late British designer Alexander McQueen are pictured on a wall on the first day of the London Fashion Week. London Fashion Week opened with a minute's silence for McQueen, as it mourned one of Britain's most daring and innovative designers who hanged himself earlier this month.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - London Fashion Week opened Friday with a minute's silence for Alexander McQueen, as it mourned one of Britain's most daring and innovative designers who hanged himself earlier this month.

Argentina rules out military action in Falklands (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 01:42 PM PST

AP - Argentina has ruled out military action to reassert its sovereignty claims over the Falkland Islands, but insists on negotiations with Britain over oil exploration in what Argentina considers to be its territorial waters, a top diplomat said Friday.

Chelsea players given behaviour warning (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 01:32 PM PST

Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay, seen here in 2009, and coach Carlo Ancelotti held a 10-minute meeting with the players this week in a bid to avoid a repeat of the kind of lurid headlines that cost John Terry the England captaincy and have once again seen Ashley Cole making front-page news.(AFP/File/Ian Kington)AFP - Chelsea's players have been warned of "severe disciplinary consequences" if their private lives tarnish the Premier League leaders' image, club officials revealed on Friday.

Ukraine's Yanukovich moves to force out Tymoshenko government (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 01:21 PM PST

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko waves as she leaves the court building in central Kiev February 16, 2010. REUTERS/Alexander Prokopenko/PoolReuters - The party of Ukrainian President-elect Viktor Yanukovich on Friday launched moves in parliament to oust the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, his rival who is contesting his election.

The rain in Spain leaves bulls skinny and in pain (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 01:12 PM PST

In this July 14, 2009 file photo a bull from the Nunez del Cubillo ranch is seen during a bullfight at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain. Alvaro Nunez, owner of the Nunez del Cuvillo ranch, which is due to supply bulls in major upcoming fights, on Friday Feb. 19, 2010, noted that bulls have lost a huge amount of weight. Bulls in southern Spain are loosing a huge amount of weight, and are reported to be in very poor condition because of the very wet winter conditions which still persist in the region.(AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza, FILE)AP - As bullfighting aficionados await the pageantry and trumpet blasts of a new season, breeders are fretting their beasts might not be up to snuff: a tad skinny, tender-footed and achy, and even sporting longer hair, all because of a miserably wet winter.

Ukraine court hears Tymoshenko poll challenge (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 01:01 PM PST

Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (pictured) has appealed for Ukraine's presidential polls to be declared void as a court began hearing her claim that she lost the election to Viktor Yanukovych because of fraud.(AFP/Sergei Supinsky)AFP - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko Friday appealed for Ukraine's presidential polls to be declared void as a court began hearing her claim that she lost the election to Viktor Yanukovych because of fraud.

UK police seek evidence from Guantanamo detainee (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 12:20 PM PST

Ethiopian born former terror suspect Binyam Mohamed is pictured in central London in August, 2009. The former Guantanamo Bay inmate was shackled and warned he would AP - British police investigating allegations that the country's spies colluded in torture are seeking evidence from a Guantanamo Bay detainee who alleges he had his head beaten against a wall while a U.K. intelligence officer looked on, lawyers told a court Friday.

Report: US missile plans holding up nuclear treaty (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 11:52 AM PST

AP - A Russian official said Friday that U.S. plans for a revamped missile defense system in Romania are stalling talks on a new nuclear arms reduction treaty.

AP Interview: US suspect calls arms charges "lies" (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:30 AM PST

American Richard Chichakli speaks to The Associated Press in an interview in Moscow, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010, after being accused in offences connected to alleged arms trafficing. Chichakli told The AP in Moscow that his indictment by federal prosecutors in New York, U.S.A., was 'absurd' and 'crazy,' and that he feared he would not get a fair trial in U.S., on charges of conspiracy and wire fraud related to allegations that a firm based in Tajikistan sought to buy two Boeing aircraft in 2007, in violation of U.N. and U.S. arms sanctions. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - An American indicted in the U.S. with accused arms trafficker Viktor Bout called the charges "lies" on Friday and vowed to return home from Russia to challenge them in court.

Thousands in Germany confess to tax evasion (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 08:39 AM PST

AP - About 2,500 people in Germany have confessed to tax evasion to avoid punishment amid a heated debate over whether authorities should buy stolen data from Swiss bank accounts, experts said Friday.

Moscow policeman gets life for fatal shootings (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 07:41 AM PST

In this Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009, file picture, police Maj. Denis Yevsyukov, center, is seen at a court room in Moscow. On Friday Feb. 19, 2010, Yevsyukov was sentenced to life in prison for the killing of two and wounding of seven others, in a drunken shooting spree at a Moscow supermarket in April 2009.(AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, file)AP - A Moscow court sentenced a police precinct chief to life in prison Friday for a drunken shooting spree that killed two people and wounded seven.

Iraq rejects call to abolish death penalty (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 06:48 AM PST

AP - Iraq has rejected calls to abolish or suspend capital punishment made during a review by the U.N.'s top human rights body.

Saudi prince accused of murder appears in UK court (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 06:25 AM PST

AP - A Saudi Arabian prince has appeared in a British court charged with murdering his assistant in a luxury London hotel room.

Winner's kiss might come from gay men in Holland (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 05:08 AM PST

AP - To the winner goes the cup, the champagne and a kiss from a couple of pretty girls, right?

Mother Mary MacKillop becomes 1st Australian saint (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 04:51 AM PST

FILE - Undated file image provided by Mary MacKillop Place showing Australian nun Mary MacKillop and made available Friday Feb. 19, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI approved sainthood for Mother Mary MacKillop on Friday Feb. 19, 2010, for her work among Australia's needy, making her Australia's first saint. The pope made the announcement during a ceremony at the Vatican and set the formal canonization for Oct. 17, 2010, in Rome. MacKillop founded the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, an order that built dozens of schools for impoverished children across the Australian Outback in the 1800s, as well as orphanages and clinics for the needy. (AP Photo/Mary MacKillop Place, FILE) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Pope Benedict XVI approved sainthood for Mother Mary MacKillop on Friday, making the woman known for her work among the needy Australia's first saint.

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Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:43 AM PST

AP - Pope approves sainthood for Mother Mary MacKillop — Australia's first saint.

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