2010年3月4日星期四

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Birdsong proves welcome wake-up (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 05:08 PM PST

Reuters - Britons love to wake up to the sound of a bird tweeting or warbling, according to a poll which showed that birdsong is the most popular alarm tone after the traditional beep.

Around 50 ships stuck in Baltic Sea ice: maritime authorities (AFP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 04:23 PM PST

A handout photo released by the Swedish Coast Guard shows a large cargo ship stuck in the ice in the Baltic Sea. Around 50 ships, including large ferries carrying thousands, were stuck in the ice in the Baltic Sea Thursday and many were not likely to be freed for hours, Swedish maritime authorities said.(AFP/SCANPIX/HO)AFP - Around 50 ships, including large ferries carrying thousands, were stuck in the ice in the Baltic Sea Thursday and many were not likely to be freed for hours, Swedish maritime authorities said.

North Korean who shopped for dictators goes public (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PST

Former highly decorated North Korean colonel Kim Jong Ryul gestures at a news conference in Vienna, on Thursday, March 4, 2010, on the occasion of the presentation of the book 'Im Dienst des Diktators' ('At the Dictator's Service') by Ingrid Steiner-Gashi and Dardan Gashi. The highly decorated North Korean colonel who spent two decades going on European shopping sprees for his country's rulers has revealed how the late dictator Kim Il Sung lived in luxury and pampered himself with expensive cars and delicacies as the hungry masses outside his opulent palaces struggled to survive. (AP Photo/Hans Punz)AP - A North Korean colonel who spent two decades going on European shopping sprees for his country's rulers said Thursday the late dictator Kim Il Sung lived in luxury while many people struggled to survive in his impoverished communist nation.

1,000 trapped on ferry stuck in Baltic Sea ice (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 03:45 PM PST

In this handout photo released by the Swedish Coast Guard, a cargo ship is seen trapped in ice in the Baltic Sea on Thursday, March 4, 2010. Sweden's sea rescue service says four passenger ferries with more than 1,000 people on board are trapped in ice in the Baltic Sea. The Swedish Maritime Administration says that there are 1,133 passengers and crew on the four ships, which have been stuck for hours just off the Swedish coast. (AP Photo / Swedish Coast Guard via Scanpix) (AP Photo/ HO / Scanpix )AP - Dozens of ships including a passenger ferry with nearly 1,000 people on board were trapped Friday in heavy pack ice in the Baltic Sea off Sweden's east coast, officials said.

EU urged to level playing field for Web browsers (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 01:58 PM PST

Reuters - Makers of six small Web browsers are urging the European Union to push Microsoft Corp to provide them more visibility in its browser choice website.

Brown resists S.Africa pressure on Zimbabwe sanctions (AFP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 01:44 PM PST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown(L) and South African President Jacob Zuma arrive for a press conference at 10 Downing Street. Brown insisted that Zimbabwe should make more progress before sanctions can be lifted, resisting pressure from Zuma.(AFP/Peter Macdiarmid)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday insisted that Zimbabwe should make more progress before sanctions can be lifted, resisting pressure from South African President Jacob Zuma.

British boy kidnapped in Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 01:33 PM PST

Akila Naqqash holds a picture of her five-year-old son Sahil Saeed in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Robbers have kidnapped a five-year-old British boy in Pakistan demanding a ransom of 100,000 pounds, prompting his mother to make a tearful plea for the return of her AFP - Robbers kidnapped a five-year-old British boy in Pakistan on Thursday demanding a 100,000-pound ransom, prompting his mother to make a tearful plea for the return of her "sweet little boy".

AIG's swaps with European banks may linger a bit (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 01:19 PM PST

Reuters - Insurance-like guarantees that American International Group wrote on more than $100 billion in assets held by European banks could remain on the insurer's books longer than anticipated, according to a regulatory filing.

Turkey recalls ambassador to US over genocide vote (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 01:13 PM PST

AP - Turkey says it is recalling its ambassador to the U.S. for consultations following a resolution declaring the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I genocide.

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Posted: 04 Mar 2010 01:02 PM PST

AP - Turkey's government says it is recalling ambassador in Washington following genocide vote.

Russia's Olympic flop sparks Soviet nostalgia (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 11:38 AM PST

FILE- In this Thursday June 22, 2006, file photo President of Russian Olympic Committee, Leonid Tyagachev, seen during the first round of the selection process for the Host City of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games at the head office of the IOC in Lausanne, Switzerland. Russian news agencies said Tyagachev resigned Wednesday, March 3, 2010, in the wake of Russia's worst performance at the Winter Games. President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin suggested a reshuffling of sports officials after Russia won only three gold medals among a total of 15 medals. (AP Photo/Keystone/Olivier Maire, File)AP - Anger and Soviet nostalgia are sweeping Russia after its dismal showing at the Vancouver Olympics, triggering a purge of sporting officials in an effort to prevent another humiliation when the nation hosts the Winter games in Sochi in 2014.

Reasons of Knox guilty verdict released in Italy (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 10:52 AM PST

American university student Amanda Knox leaves the court at the end of the last murder trial session before the verdict in Perugia December 4, 2009. REUTERS/Max RossiAP - The brutal murder of a British college student in Italy by American Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend was not premeditated, the judges who convicted them said in a document released Thursday.

UK to restrict prosecution for war crimes abroad (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 09:20 AM PST

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday he would block private groups from launching war crimes prosecutions against visiting foreign dignitaries, following a controversy inflamed by an arrest warrant for former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.

SAfrican leader lobbies UK on Zimbabwe sanctions (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 09:04 AM PST

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, right, and South African President Jacob Zuma, react, at the start of the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace, in London, Wednesday March 3, 2010. Queen Elizabeth II gave South African President Jacob Zuma a ringing welcome at a state visit Wednesday, greeting him at Horse Guards Parade before a carriage procession to Buckingham Palace. (AP Photo/ Lewis Whyld, Pool)AP - South African President Jacob Zuma pressed Britain on Thursday to loosen European Union sanctions on Zimbabwe, which he said are limiting the effectiveness of that country's power-sharing government.

Grass, flowers, trees for Paris' Champs-Elysees (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 08:42 AM PST

AP - Paris' Champs-Elysees will be cleared of traffic and blanketed with grass, flowers and trees for three days in May — giving Parisians a chance to picnic there or stroll down the famous avenue barefoot.

4 convicted for plot targeting US sites in Germany (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 08:32 AM PST

Defendants Adem Yilmaz, from left, Atilla Selek , Fritz Gelowicz and Daniel Schneider are seen in this combination photo in a courtroom in Duesseldorf, western Germany on Thursday March 4,2010. The defendants who are accused of belonging to a radical Islamic terror cell that plotted to attack U.S. targets in Germany, await their conviction. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)AP - Two German converts to Islam and two Turks were found guilty Thursday of plotting a thwarted attack that a judge said could have killed large numbers of U.S. soldiers and civilians in "a terrible bloodbath."

UN rights chief condemns 'honor killings' of women (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 08:23 AM PST

AP - The U.N.'s top human rights official is condemning domestic violence and the killing of women in the name of honor.

US looking into helping train Somali forces (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 07:45 AM PST

AP - The U.S. is considering joining a European Union effort to train a new army for Somalia, whose government is engaged in a war against al-Qaida-linked Islamic militants, a senior military official said Thursday.

Brother of Sinn Fein leader surrenders to police (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 06:50 AM PST

AP - Police say the brother of Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams has surrendered to Irish authorities to face 23 charges of sexually abusing his daughter.

Syria denies concealing nuclear activities (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 06:37 AM PST

AP - Syria on Thursday denied hiding nuclear activities from the world and said Israel was the source of suspicious uranium particles found at a Syrian desert complex bombed two years ago by the Jewish state.

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