2010年6月24日星期四

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Serena upset after being shunted off Wimbledon show courts (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:31 PM PDT

Serena Williams of the US returns the ball to Russia's Anna Chakvetadze, on day 4 of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in southwest London, on June 24. Williams was forced to play on Court Two at the All England Club as tournament organisers decided to give women's third seed Caroline Wozniacki a Centre Court appearance. Serena won 6-0, 6-1 in just 49 minutes.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Serena Williams took a swipe at Wimbledon officials after the defending women's champion was asked to play her second round match against Russia's Anna Chakvetadze away from the show courts.

G8, G20 summits must live up to hype, says Cameron (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:40 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron, pictured in May 2010, urged G20 and G8 nations to start delivering on their pledges, suggesting ahead of two key summits that such meetings had become merely AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron urged G20 and G8 nations to start delivering on their pledges, suggesting ahead of two key summits that such meetings had become merely "grand talking shops."

Cameron faces diplomatic test at G-20 (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:05 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron center, boards a plane at London's Heathrow airport, Thursday June 24, 2010 to depart for Canada, for his first summits of the G8 and G20 groups of major world powers as Prime Minister. The three days of talks will focus on the global recovery from recession, as well as banking reform, overseas aid, peace and security. And Mr Cameron will have his first one-on-one talks with US President Barack Obama as PM on Saturday, when the BP oil spill and the situation in Afghanistan are likely to be on the agenda.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron steps into a potential hornets' nest of trans-Atlantic conflict when he makes his global debut this week at the G-20 summit in Canada — with tensions over Afghanistan, Europe's debt crisis and the BP oil spill gaining in intensity.

Govt says payouts for Afghan civilian deaths treble (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 03:56 PM PDT

Soldiers of A Company from the 1st Battalion of Royal Gurkha Rifles stop a motorist during a patrol at dawn in Nahr e Saraj village, in Helmand. The government paid compensation for the deaths of more than 100 Afghan civilians last year, around three times the amount handed out in 2008, Ministry of Defence (MoD) records showed Thursday.(AFP/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - The government paid compensation for the deaths of more than 100 Afghan civilians last year, around three times the amount handed out in 2008, Ministry of Defence (MoD) records showed Thursday.

Belgian church offices raided in abuse inquiry (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 03:18 PM PDT

Reuters - Belgian investigators looking into sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests raided two main Church offices and the home of a former archbishop Thursday, taking away computers and files in a search for evidence.

Train kills 13 crossing tracks to Spanish festival (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 03:04 PM PDT

Reuters - Thirteen people were killed when a high-speed train slammed into them late Wednesday as they tried to cross a railway line to get to a festival on a beach near Barcelona.

For US and Russia, it's now a walk in the park (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:58 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walk through Lafayette Park in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2010, from the White House to a attend a meeting at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The president of the United States and the president of Russia enjoyed quite a summer's day on Thursday: Grab some burgers, joke about Twitter, take a walk in the park.

Broadside sets up England win over Aussies (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:58 PM PDT

England's Stuart Broad celebrates after taking the wicket of Australia's Tim Paine during the second International One Day cricket match against Australia at The Swalec Stadium in Cardiff. Broad took four wickets as England beat Australia to go 2-0 up in their five match one-day series against the world champions at Sophia Gardens here on Thursday.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Birthday boy Stuart Broad took four wickets as England beat Australia to go 2-0 up in their five match one-day series against the world champions at Sophia Gardens here on Thursday.

Queen makes first visit to Wimbledon in 33 years (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:52 PM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II shakes hands with defending champion Serena williams, as she attends the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, for the first time in 33 years, Thursday June 24, 2010.(AP Photo/Oli Scarff, pool)AP - Queen Elizabeth II made her first appearance at Wimbledon in 33 years Thursday — applauding Briton Andy Murray as he won his second match and shaking hands with a giddy Serena Williams, who showed off her curtsy.

Bomb rocks Greek law enforcement ministry, 1 dead (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:26 PM PDT

A car enters the Public Order Ministry building just outside central Athens, on Thursday, June 24, 2010. Police say a bomb disguised as a parcel exploded Thursday evening in the heavily guarded building, near minister Michalis Chryssohoidis' office, killing a close ministerial aid. No group has claimed the attack. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - A bomb disguised as a gift exploded inside the Greek law enforcement ministry on Thursday night, killing a close ministerial aide in Greece's highest profile attack in years.

Police raid offices, home of retired archbishop (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 01:11 PM PDT

File - In this Sunday, April 3, 2005 file photo Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels leans on his staff while leading a memorial Mass for Pope John Paul II at the St. Michael church in Brussels. The Brussels prosecutor's office says police have raided the home and office of Belgium's recently retired Archbishop Godfried Danneels as part of a sex-abuse investigation, it was reported on Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)AP - Police raided the home and former office of the recently retired archbishop of Belgium on Thursday, carrying off documents and a personal computer as part of an investigation into the sexual abuse of children by Roman Catholic priests, officials said.

Monaco's Prince Albert sees summer 2011 wedding (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 12:47 PM PDT

Prince Albert of Monaco poses with Charlene Wittstock in Monaco in this June 23, 2010 handout photo released by the palace. Prince Albert II of Monaco, son of the late Hollywood actress Grace Kelly, is to marry former South African Olympic swimmer and model Wittstock, the prince's office said in a statement on Wednesday. REUTERS/Amedeo M.Turello/Palais Princier/HandoutAP - Monaco will see a royal wedding in the summer of 2011, Prince Albert II was quoted as saying Thursday as his future father-in-law described him a "nice chap."

French court sentences cannibal to 30 years (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 12:37 PM PDT

AP - A French court on Thursday convicted a man dubbed "the cannibal of Rouen" of killing his cellmate and eating part of the man's lung and sentenced him to 30 years in prison.

Correction: Climate change story (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 10:46 AM PDT

AP - In a June 23 story about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, The Associated Press misstated the number of scientists picked by the U.N. body to write its fifth report on global warming. The correct number of scientists involved is 831, not 861.

Vienna black American assault case to higher court (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 10:43 AM PDT

U.S. citizen Mike Brennan, 34, from Jacksonville, Fla., enters the court room in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday, June 24, 2010. A policeman is accused of attacking Brennan on Feb. 11 2009 when two undercover police officers mistook him for a drug dealer, assaulted him and left the scene when they realized he was not the person they were seeking. Brennan has lived in Austria for about four years and teaches at an international school in the Austrian capital. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)AP - An Austrian judge sent the case of a black American mistaken for a drug dealer and tackled by an undercover policeman to a higher court Thursday, saying the matter was too serious to be handled by a district court.

3 Guantanamo inmates on hunger strike in Slovakia (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 09:12 AM PDT

AP - Amnesty International says three inmates from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay who were taken in by Slovakia are on a hunger strike to protest conditions at a detention camp where they're being held.

Youths attack Jewish dance group in Germany (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 08:22 AM PDT

AP - Arab youths threw stones at a Jewish dance group during a street festival in Hannover, injuring one dancer and forcing the group to cancel its performance, German police and dance officials said Thursday.

Floods in Bosnia wash away mine fields (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 07:39 AM PDT

AP - Floods in Bosnia displaced thousands this week as they washed away homes, crops and bridges. The torrents may have also swept loose a perhaps even bigger concern: land mines planted during the Bosnian war.

British man gets 5 years for plot to kill Blair (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 06:45 AM PDT

AP - A man who urged British Muslims to join a plot to assassinate former British prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown is being jailed for five years.

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