2010年6月16日星期三

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BP chief: 'Unprecedented' string of failures led to spill (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT

BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg (R) and BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward (L) make their way to the West Wing of the White House for a meeting with US President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, DC. Hayward blamed Wednesday an unprecedented series of failures for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and said he was AFP - BP chief executive Tony Hayward blamed Wednesday an unprecedented series of failures for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and said he was "personally devastated" by the catastrophe.

Govt unveils post-crisis overhaul of financial regulation (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 04:19 PM PDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne attends the Lord Mayor's dinner to the Bankers and Merchants of the City of London at Mansion House in London.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - The government on Wednesday unveiled sweeping changes to its system of financial regulation, abolishing the framework set up by the last government which faced criticism for failures during the economic crisis.

Iran says UK backs group planning terrorist acts (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 03:41 PM PDT

Reuters - Iran accused Britain and other Western nations including France and Sweden on Wednesday of supporting an exiled group that the Islamic state says planned terrorist acts in the country, official media reported.

Britain to expand central bank's powers (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 02:25 PM PDT

AP - Britain's Treasury chief announced an overhaul of his country's financial regulatory system Wednesday, one which dissolves the country's finance watchdog and hands broad new powers to its central bank.

France raises retirement age in pensions reform (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 01:29 PM PDT

People demonstrate during a nationwide strike called by French union AFP - The French government on Wednesday unveiled plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 in a sweeping overhaul of the pensions system that labour unions immediately vowed to fight.

N.Ireland leader urges 'close the book' on Bloody Sunday (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 01:25 PM PDT

John Kelly (centre) celebrates as he and famlies of Bloody Sunday victims exit the Guild Hall in Londonderry, Northern Ireland June 15. Britain's press welcomed an official apology over the fatal shooting of civilians in Northern Ireland on Bloody Sunday, but warned against prosecuting soldiers involved in the killings.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - Northern Ireland leader Peter Robinson called on authorities Wednesday not to prosecute soldiers named in a report on Bloody Sunday, urging the troubled province to "close the book" on the episode.

IMF visit fuels speculation on Spain bailout despite denials (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 01:03 PM PDT

International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn speaks at the IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, in January 2010. The head of the International Monetary Fund is to visit Spain amid reports Madrid is seeking a bailout while the government bit the bullet and approved crucial reforms of its rigid job market Wednesday.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - The head of the International Monetary Fund is to visit Spain amid reports Madrid is seeking a bailout while the government bit the bullet and approved crucial reforms of its rigid job market Wednesday.

BP can cope with 20 billion oil fund commitment: analysts (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:50 PM PDT

BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg addresses the press after a meeting with US President Barack Obama at the White House. BP is strong enough financially to set aside 20 billion dollars to pay claims from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, although it would have to borrow more, analysts said Wednesday.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - BP is strong enough financially to set aside 13.6 billion pounds to pay claims from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, although it would have to borrow more, analysts said Wednesday.

McIlroy not in major hurry (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:28 PM PDT

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, seen here addressing the media at Pebble Beach Golf Links and who who added a first US PGA Tour title to his resume in storming style in May, isn't putting too much pressure on himself to follow up with a first major title at the US Open.(AFP/Getty Images/Scott Halleran)AFP - Rory McIlroy, who added a first US PGA Tour title to his resume in storming style in May, isn't putting too much pressure on himself to follow up with a first major title at the US Open.

Military: Turkish troops cross into northern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:23 PM PDT

AP - Turkey sent hundreds of elite troops into northern Iraq on Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas in an operation that could increase tensions within the region.

Italians think they have found Caravaggio's bones (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:10 AM PDT

Silvano Vicenti, president of the Italian National Committee for Historical, Cultural and Environment Heritage, holds the remains of Italian painter Caravaggio, during a press conference in Ravenna, Italy, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. The researchers announced results of their year-long project, saying they have likely identified the remains of Caravaggio 400 years after his death. However, the admit they can never be fully certain, saying the attribution can only be given with an 85 percent probability. (AP Photo/Enzo Russo)AP - Italian researchers believe they have found the remains of Caravaggio, but 400 years later some of the mysteries surrounding the death of the artist may never be solved.

Floods near Riviera leave at least 19 dead (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:51 AM PDT

The river Artuby floods Draguignan, southern France, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Regional authorities in southeastern France say at least a dozen people have been killed and many are missing in the aftermath of flash floods that followed powerful rainstorms.Unusually heavy rains recently in the Var region have transformed streets into muddy rivers that swept up trees, cars and other objects. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)AP - At least 19 people were killed in flash floods that hit the back hills of the French Riviera on Wednesday and turned streets into rivers of surging, muddy water, officials said.

Ex-Nazi camp official did not remember Demjanjuk (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:36 AM PDT

AP - A former administrator in a Nazi SS training camp told investigators that a camp ID card being used as evidence against John Demjanjuk appeared genuine, but that he did not remember Demjanjuk himself from the facility, according to evidence presented Wednesday.

Attacks threaten unusual Turkish outreach to Kurds (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 07:40 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo of Nov. 9, 2007 Turkish Kurd villagers in Turkey's pre-dominantly Kurdish southeast protest a surge in attacks by the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, in Calisan village in the province of Sirnak near Turkish-Iraqi border southeastern Turkey. A remarkable Turkish attempt to end the country's 26-year-old fighting against Kurdish rebels by granting cultural freedoms to a minority, whose existence once rejected and barred from speaking Kurdish in public appears to have deadlocked, as a dramatic escalation in rebel violence raises the prospect of a return to the grinding warfare that has killed about 40,000 people. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)AP - Kurdish rebels have dramatically stepped up attacks in Turkey this month in an escalation that poses a dire threat to a remarkable attempt at ending one of the world's longest guerrilla wars.

Bishop says he was pressured into resignation (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 07:35 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 2, 2009 file picture Walter Mixa, Catholic Bishop of Augsburg speaks at the beginning of the Spring Assembly of the German Bishop's Conference in Hamburg, northern Germany. The controversial former Roman Catholic bishop who lost his job over abuse allegations in Germany says his peers pressured him into offering his resignation and he might take legal action against it. Walter Mixa told Wednesday's June 16, 2010 edition of 'Die Welt' daily that he sent Pope Benedict XVI a resignation letter drafted by other clerics because he felt pressure 'similar to purgatory.' (AP Photo/Focke Strangmann,File)AP - A former German bishop said Wednesday his peers in the Roman Catholic church pressured him into resigning over abuse allegations and that he is considering appealing his case to the Vatican court.

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Posted: 16 Jun 2010 07:28 AM PDT

AP - Military: Turkish troops have crossed into northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels.

2 Sudanese war crimes suspects surrender to court (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 07:27 AM PDT

AP - Two men suspected in a deadly 2007 attack against African Union peacekeepers in Darfur have voluntarily surrendered to the International Criminal Court to face war crimes charges, the court said Wednesday.

Fin whale stranded in Danish fjord (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 06:42 AM PDT

A fin whale stranded in a shallow fjord on the western coast at Vejle, Denmark Wednesday June 16, 2010 is sprayed with water. Officials say a fin whale is stranded in a shallow fjord on the western coast of Denmark and is fighting for its life. Marine biologist Carl Christian Kinze says the 50-foot (15-meter) whale is unable to move and could be stuck on its belly. It is not known if the animal is ill or disoriented. (AP Photo/Polfoto/Benny F. Nielsen) ** DENMARK OUT **AP - Officials say a fin whale is stranded in a shallow fjord on the western coast of Denmark and is fighting for its life.

Flashy book dealer in limo for Shakespeare trial (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 06:25 AM PDT

Antique dealer Raymond Scott, 53, arrives for his court case at Newcastle Crown Court, Newcastle, England Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Scott was arrested in June 2008 on suspicion of taking a 1623 folio, a valuable first edition of Shakespeare's works, from Durham University in 1998. The investigation began after he walked into the world-renowned Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC with the 400-year-old book, claiming to have discovered it in Cuba, and asked for it to be verified as genuine. He has denied charges of theft, handling stolen goods, and removing criminal property . (AP Photo/Scott Heppell).AP - A flashy British book dealer accused of stealing a rare first edition of Shakespeare's plays appeared for trial Wednesday in a silver limousine, sporting a Panama hat and flashing victory signs at reporters.

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