2010年3月16日星期二

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Russian prosecutors say priest's killer slain (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:31 PM PDT

People take part in the funeral ceremony of the slain Orthodox priest Daniil Sysoyev at a Moscow cemetery, November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Denis SinyakovReuters - Prosecutors claimed on Tuesday to have solved the high-profile slaying of a Russian Orthodox priest in Moscow, saying a man shot dead by police in the Dagestan province was carrying the gun used to kill the priest.


French policeman slain in shootout (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:17 PM PDT

AP - A French police officer was killed Tuesday in an exchange of fire with assailants east of Paris, and one suspect was taken into custody, a police official said.

Mourinho hails perfect Inter after Chelsea revenge mission (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:01 PM PDT

Inter Milan's Cameroonian forward Samuel Eto'o (front) fights for the ball with Chelsea's Nigerian midfielder John Obi Mikel during their second leg in the round of 16 UEFA Champions League match at home to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge football stadium, London. Milan won 1-0.(AFP/Giuseppe Cacace)AFP - Jose Mourinho insisted Inter Milan's 1-0 victory - 3-1 on aggregate - over his former club Chelsea in the Champions League on Tuesday was just reward for the perfect performance.


Dublin archbishop: Catholic Church must tell truth (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:41 PM PDT

AP - Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin declared Tuesday that his Catholic colleagues in Ireland must tell "the entire truth" about their decades of covering up child abuse in the priesthood — or else the Irish government may have to broaden its own investigations.

UK union in talks with Teamsters over BA strike (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:36 PM PDT

AP - Britain's Unite union said Tuesday that it was in talks with the U.S. International Brotherhood of Teamsters regarding the seven days of strikes it plans against British Airways.

German bishop surprised at number of abuse cases (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:31 PM PDT

Wolfgang Blaschka is seen during an interview in Munich, southern Germany, on Thursday, March 11, 2010. Wolfgang Blaschka, who was a student at the Domspatzen Preschool in Pielenhofen, talked with journalists of the Associated Press. Wolfgang Blaschka told The Associated Press that while he was a student at the Etterzhausen school just outside Regensburg, corporate punishment was the rule, not the exception. German educators sharply criticized Roman Catholic church officials on Thursday for their handling of a spiraling child abuse scandal - comments that came a day before the country's highest bishop was to meet Pope Benedict XVI in Rome. The criticism came as more victims of the alleged abuse stepped forward, including a one-time member of the famed all-boys choir that was led by the Rev. Georg Ratzinger, the pope's brother, from 1964-1994.  (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)AP - The Roman Catholic bishops in Pope Benedict XVI's native Bavaria sought Tuesday to deal with a sexual abuse scandal whose ever-widening scope has left church leaders baffled.


Pope to visit England, Scotland in September (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:08 PM PDT

AP - Pope Benedict XVI will visit Scotland and England in September in a four-day visit combining preaching and diplomacy, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday.

Villa push for Europe back on track (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 02:58 PM PDT

Aston Villa's English forward Gabriel Agbonlahor (L) vies with Wigan Athletic's Scottish defender Gary Caldwell (C) and Wigan Athletic's English goalkeeper Chris Kirkland during the English Premier league football match at the DW Stadium, Wigan. Villa won 2-1.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - James Milner put Aston Villa back at the heart of the battle for Champions League football next season with the decisive strike in a 2-1 win over Wigan here on Tuesday.


Eto'o gives Mourinho revenge over Chelsea in Champions League (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 02:52 PM PDT

Inter Milan's Cameroonian forward Samuel Eto'o (front) fights for the ball with Chelsea's Nigerian midfielder John Obi Mikel during their second leg in the round of 16 UEFA Champions League match at home to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge football stadium, London. Milan won 1-0.(AFP/Giuseppe Cacace)AFP - Inter Milan manager Jose Mourinho got his revenge on Chelsea as a late goal from Samuel Eto'o sealed a 1-0 last 16 second leg victory over his former club at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday for a 3-1 aggregate victory.


Inter Milan beat Chelsea to reach last eight (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 02:44 PM PDT

Inter Milan's Cameroonian forward Samuel Eto'o (front) fights for the ball with Chelsea's Nigerian midfielder John Obi Mikel during their second leg in the round of 16 UEFA Champions League match at home to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge football stadium, London. Milan won 1-0.(AFP/Giuseppe Cacace)AFP - Italian champions Inter Milan coached by former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho qualified for the Champions League quarter-finals here on Tuesday beating Chelsea 1-0 in their last 16 second leg match, 3-1 on aggregate.


Most US forces in Afghanistan to be under NATO (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:50 PM PDT

Afghan National Army officers march during a graduation ceremony in Kabul March 16, 2010.  REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - A major reorganization of allied forces in Afghanistan will centralize both American and other foreign troops under the direct command of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the senior U.S. and NATO commander in the theater.


Ukraine to pass law scrapping NATO ambitions (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:29 PM PDT

Britain's Amir Khan celebrates after retaining the WBA world light-welterweight title against Ukrainian-born U.S. boxer Dmitriy Salita in Newcastle, northern England December 5, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Nigel RoddisAP - Ukraine's new governing coalition in parliament said Tuesday it will pass a law against joining military alliances such as NATO, a move that is sure to please Russia while tilting Ukraine away from its previous pro-Western course.


First post-op images of Egyptian president appear (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 09:50 AM PDT

AP - Egypt's president appeared on state television talking with his doctors Tuesday in his first appearance since an operation in Germany 10 days earlier, quelling speculation over the state of his health.

Defense seeks end to trial of ex-SS man (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 09:39 AM PDT

AP - The defense attorney for a former member of the Nazi SS who has confessed to killing three Dutch civilians during World War II says the case against him should be thrown out because he has already been tried in the Netherlands for the same crimes.

Vatican completes probe of Legionaries scandal (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 09:07 AM PDT

AP - Vatican investigators have completed their probe into the Legionaries of Christ, the conservative order that was once hailed by Rome but fell into scandal after it revealed that its founder had fathered a child and had molested seminarians.

Britain retreats on mandatory dog insurance plan (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 08:47 AM PDT

AP - It seems the British government's bark is worse than its bite.

Witness statement questioned at Demjanjuk trial (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 08:40 AM PDT

Accused former death camp guard John Demjanjuk is brought into a courtroom in Munich, southern Germany Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Demjanjuk, an 89-year-old former U.S. auto worker, is on trial in Germany facing charges he helped force 27,900 Jews into gas chambers in the Sobibor extermination camp in 1943.  (AP Photo/Oliver Lang, pool)AP - An expert witness called into question Tuesday the worth of a statement being used against John Demjanjuk, testifying that it came from a KGB interrogation in which the prisoner may have been physically abused.


UN climate envoy expects dual-track negotiations (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 06:18 AM PDT

AP - Talks on a new global climate change accord, bogged down for years in contested negotiations among nearly 200 countries, will increasingly move outside the sluggish U.N. framework and focus on a streamlined group of countries, special U.N. envoy Gro Harlem Brundtland said Tuesday.

London Jewish Museum reopens after major facelift (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:05 AM PDT

AP - A museum tracing the history of Britain's 300,000-strong Jewish community is reopening after a 10 million pound ($15 million) expansion.

French rail co. falsely announces train explosion (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:55 AM PDT

AP - France's railway operator says an "internal error" caused it to post a false statement on its Web site saying a train explosion had killed 102 people.
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