2010年4月3日星期六

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Obama inspires Cambridge to Boat Race victory (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 06:13 PM PDT

Cambridge University's Deaglan McEachern (C) celebrates after passing the finish line at Chiswick Bridge to beat Oxford University during the Boat Race on The River Thames in London. Cambridge defied the odds to win the 156th University Boat Race by more than a length, claiming victory over rivals Oxford for the first time in three years.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Barack Obama's "Yes We Can" slogan inspired Cambridge to defy the odds and beat Oxford in the University Boat Race, said their leader, who worked on the US president's election campaign.


O'Neill relieved as Villa get back on track (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 06:09 PM PDT

File photo of Aston Villa's Northern Irish manager Martin O'Neill, who was delighted with his side's 1-0 win over Bolton following their crushing defeat against Chelsea last week. Villa were thrashed at Stamford Bridge last week to derail their Champions League ambitions, but Saturday's victory helped get their season back on track and O'Neill was thrilled with the reaction he got from his squad(AFP/File/Ian Kington)AFP - Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill was delighted with his side's 1-0 win over Bolton following their crushing defeat against Chelsea last week.


Man. United count the cost of Rooney injury (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 06:06 PM PDT

Chelsea's Portuguese midfielder Deco (2nd L) breaks through the Manchester United defence at Old Trafford in Manchester, north-west England on April 3, 2010. Chelsea won the match 2-1.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson's angry tirade at the officials who handled Manchester United's 2-1 defeat by Chelsea may have temporarily blurred the picture.


Mancini eyes Champions League after Burnley floored (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 06:03 PM PDT

Manchester City's striker Emmanuel Adebayor celebrates scoring the opening goal of their English Premier League football match against Burnley at Turf Moor in Burnley. Adebayor scored twice as Manchester City climbed into fourth place in the Premier League with a crushing 6-1 win over struggling Burnley at Turf Moor on Saturday.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Roberto Mancini has his eyes firmly on playing in next season's Champions League after Manchester City's resounding 6-1 win over struggling Burnley in the Premier League moved them into fourth place.


Stretched Rangers feeling strain, says Smith (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 05:46 PM PDT

File photo of Ranger's coach Walter Smith, who said tiredness was behind his side's recent poor performances after Rangers laboured to a 1-0 win over Hamilton at Ibrox.(AFP/File/Cristina Quicler)AFP - Walter Smith said tiredness was behind his side's recent poor performances after Rangers laboured to a 1-0 win over Hamilton at Ibrox.


Anglican leader: Irish church lost all credibility (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 05:36 PM PDT

FILE -  In this Tuesday Oct. 20, 2009 file photo,  Britain's Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams from the Anglican church speaks during a news conference in London. The Archbishop of Canterbury says the Roman Catholic church in Ireland has lost all credibility because of its handling of abuse by priests. Rowan Williams, the spiritual leader of the Anglican community, made the comments to the BBC. Excerpts of the interview were released Saturday, April 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)AP - The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland has lost all credibility because of its mishandling of abuse by priests, the leader of the Anglican church said in remarks released Saturday. A leading Catholic archbishop said he was "stunned" by the comments.


Anglican leader regrets Irish Catholics comments (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 05:11 PM PDT

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams expressed AFP - The leader of the world's Anglicans expressed "deep sorrow and regret" for saying the Catholic Church in Ireland was "losing all credibility" over the paedophile priests scandal.


Impressive Haye retains WBA heavyweight title (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 04:27 PM PDT

David Haye of Great Britain (L) hits John Ruiz of the US during their WBA World Heavyweight fight at the MEN Arena in Manchester.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Britain's David Haye retained his WBA world heavyweight title on Saturday after John Ruiz's corner threw in the towel in the ninth round of their fight in Manchester.


Britain's Haye retains WBA heavyweight title (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 04:05 PM PDT

David Haye of Great Britain (L) hits John Ruiz of the US during their WBA World Heavyweight fight at the MEN Arena in Manchester.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Britain's David Haye retained his WBA world heavyweight title after John Ruiz's corner threw in the towel in the ninth round of their fight in Manchester on Saturday.


Pope celebrates Easter Vigil amid abuse scandal (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 02:59 PM PDT

Prelates and the faithful hold candles as Pope Benedict XVI celebrates an Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, April 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo  Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Easter Vigil on Saturday as the Vatican newspaper denounced what it called a "vile defamation operation" against him concerning the clerical abuse scandal.


Small coterie advises pope, but decisions his own (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 02:09 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI, at center, followed by Bishop Guido Marini, walks with a candle during the Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, April 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo  Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI has surrounded himself with a small group of men he feels he can trust, but he acts very much on his own. That isolation and shunning of advice have frequently created problems and are increasingly under scrutiny as the clerical sex scandal inches closer to him.


Hometown of Russian suicide bomber rattled (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 01:17 PM PDT

Relatives cry for a victim of the twin suicide bombings in the metro during a funeral ceremony in Moscow. Russia has identified a 17-year-old widow of an Islamist militant as one of the Moscow suicide bombers, officials said, as the country stayed on alert after attacks in the capital and the Caucasus.(AFP/Artem Korotayev)AP - When a 16-year-old girl married a militant Islamist separatist entangled in a long-running and bloody struggle against Russian government forces, her relatives in this dusty North Caucasus village say they disowned her immediately.


Document: Levada kept accused priest from US kids (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 12:52 PM PDT

FILE - Archbishop William J. Levada answers questions after being named by Pope Benedict XVI as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for the Catholic Church, the highest post held by an American prelate, during a news conference in San Francisco, in this Friday, May 13, 2005 file photo. Levada said in an article posted on the Vatican's Web site that a lengthy trial for the Rev. Lawrence Murphy would have been 'useless' because the priest was dying by the time his diocese initiated a canonical trial. Levada was critical of The New York Times, which first published details of the decision last week. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - A church document released by the Vatican's lawyer shows that Cardinal William Levada insisted that a priest accused of sexually abusing teenagers in the United States not work with children when he went back to church work after therapy.


2 former Gitmo inmates settling in new Swiss home (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 06:05 AM PDT

AP - A aid agency for migrants says two Chinese Muslim brothers who were resettled in Switzerland after being released from the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are studying French and are getting used to daily life.

Talat: Election loss would kill Cyprus peace talks (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 09:55 PM PDT

Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, second from left, exits his campaign bus during his a stop in Sirinevler village, in the Turkish occupied area of the divided island of Cyprus, Friday, April 2, 2010. The leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots says talks to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus would collapse if he loses to a hardliner in elections this month. Cyprus was split in 1974 when Turkey invaded after a coup by supporters of a union with Greece. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)AP - The leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots has warned that talks to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus would collapse if he loses to a hardliner in elections this month.


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