2010年7月1日星期四

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Owen defends under-fire Rooney (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 01:48 PM PDT

Manchester United striker Michael Owen on Thursday defended under-fire teammate Wayne Rooney, pictured on June 27, following his lacklustre performance for England in the World Cup.(AFP/File/Francois-Xavier Marit)AFP - Manchester United striker Michael Owen on Thursday defended under-fire teammate Wayne Rooney following his lacklustre performance for England in the World Cup.

Cyprus hunts for alleged Russian spy paymaster (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 01:27 PM PDT

Undated handout photo released from the Cyprus police on Thursday, July 1, 2010, showing alleged Russian spy Christopher Robert Metsos, 54, who they are looking for after he skipped bail and vanished. Metsos, who identified himself as a Canadian citizen, is wanted in the US on charges that he supplied money to a spy ring that authorities say operated under deep cover in America's suburbs. Metsos was arrested Tuesday in Cyprus as he tried to board a flight for Budapest, Hungary, but a Cypriot judge freed him on euro27,000 (US$33,000) bail, and he has now gone missing but is thought to still be on the Mediterranean island. (AP Photo/Cyprus Police, HO)AP - Russian money and influence have long made a splash on this Mediterranean resort island where a suspected Russian spy paymaster vanished after being allowed to walk free on bail.

Top UN nuclear inspector Olli Heinonen resigns (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 01:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2007 file picture Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Olli Heinonen attends in a meeting in Tehran, Iran.The International Atomic Energy Agency says senior nuclear inspector Olli Heinonen will be leaving his post at the end of August. Heinonen has headed the Vienna-based watchdog's all-important safeguards department, which is responsible for making sure that nuclear material is not used for weapons. He is perhaps the most high-profile official at the agency after Director General Yukiya Amano and led Iran and Syria investigations. IAEA spokeswoman Gill Tudor said Thursday July 1st, 2010 that Heinonen, 63, informed Amano of his resignation and that he was doing so for personal reasons. She said no decisions have been made on a successor. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian,File)AP - The International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday that its senior and key nuclear inspector, Olli Heinonen, will be leaving his post at the end of August.

Canadians gush over queen's nod to hockey (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:54 PM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth greets well-wishers during a garden reception at Rideau Hall Ottawa, Canada, on June 30. The Queen celebrated Canada's 143rd birthday Thursday before a crowd of tens of thousands of people who cheered her on as she saluted the Canadian men's hockey team's recent Olympic win.(AFP/File/Geoff Robins)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II celebrated Canada's 143rd birthday Thursday before a crowd of tens of thousands of people who cheered her on as she saluted the Canadian men's hockey team's recent Olympic win.

Saatchi gives modern art collection to the nation (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:42 PM PDT

A work of art by artist Tracey Emin entitled 'My Bed' is pictured at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, in 2008. British art collector Charles Saatchi, credited with discovering Damien Hirst and Emin, will give more than 200 art works worth £25 million to the nation, his publicists have announced.(AFP/File/Ed Jones)AFP - British art collector Charles Saatchi, credited with discovering Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin, will give more than 200 art works worth 25 million pounds to the nation, his museum said Thursday.

Italy claims Palestinian, European support for Gaza visit (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:07 PM PDT

Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini is pictured in June 2010. Italy drew initial support from Palestinian and European leaders as it prepares to lead a European ministerial delegation to the Hamas-run Gaza enclave, the Italian foreign ministry said on Thursday.(AFP/File/Attila Kisbenedek)AFP - Italy drew initial support from Palestinian and European leaders as it prepares to lead a European ministerial delegation to the Hamas-run Gaza enclave, the Italian foreign ministry said on Thursday.

Turkey lays out conditions for better ties (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:02 PM PDT

A souvenir shop displays the Palestinain (R) and Turkish flags in Gaza City in June, 2010. The United States welcomed Thursday secret talks by Israel and Turkey to repair relations, saying its two allies have played a AP - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu laid out Turkey's conditions for improved ties with Israel during a secretly held meeting with an Israeli Cabinet minister, his spokesman said Thursday.

Tate and Lyle sells historic sugar refining business (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 11:25 AM PDT

British firm Tate & Lyle said it has agreed to sell its historic European sugar business to American Sugar Refining Inc, to cut debt and focus on speciality food ingredients.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Tate and Lyle is bailing out of the business in which it built its fame and fortune, selling its European sugar operations to a US group on Thursday in order to focus on speciality products.

Britain moves towards closer ties with UAE, India: Hague (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 11:16 AM PDT

British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, delivers his first foreign policy speech at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. Britain launched a AFP - Britain launched a "taskforce" with the United Arab Emirates Thursday to boost bilateral ties and premier David Cameron will seek a similar initiative with India in an upcoming visit, a minister said.

Serena, Zvonareva survive tough Wimbledon semis (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 11:14 AM PDT

Russia's Vera Zvonareva plays against Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova during a women's semi-final match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in London. Zvonareva won 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.(AFP/Pool/Matthew Stockman)AFP - Serena Williams and Vera Zvonareva set up a Wimbledon final clash as they successfully navigated their way past plucky unseeded opponents in the semis on Thursday.

Sweden charges 2 with attack on cartoonist's home (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 10:41 AM PDT

AP - A Swedish prosecutor charged two men with arson Tuesday for an attempted attack on the home of an artist whose cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad infuriated some Muslims.

Uzbek farmers fear hunger in ravaged Kyrgyz fields (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 10:25 AM PDT

An Uzbek sows his field in the village of Shark near Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, July 1, 2010. Uzbek farmers, returning to Kyrgyzstan after fleeing a blood-drenched wave of ethnic violence, are finding their crops plundered, choked by weeds and withering in the fierce sun. The implications of a ruined harvest in this poor agricultural country go beyond hunger, with the United Nations warning that food shortages and rising prices could spark another flare-up of the slaughter that devasted the south of this Central Asian country in June. (AP Photo/Dalton Bennett)AP - Uzbek farmers, returning to Kyrgyzstan after fleeing a blood-drenched wave of ethnic violence, are finding their crops plundered, choked by weeds and withering in the fierce sun.

Blair: Gaza to get construction material soon (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 10:17 AM PDT

Quartet special envoy to the Middle East and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, speaks during a news conference with Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, unseen at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Thursday, July 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul White)AP - Mideast envoy Tony Blair said Thursday he expects badly needed construction material to start flowing into the Gaza Strip in two to three weeks now that Israel has agreed to ease its blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory.

Sweden scraps military conscription (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 10:01 AM PDT

AP - Sweden on Thursday abolished a 100-year tradition of compulsory military service for men during peacetime, replacing it with a voluntary system with rigorous requirements to join.

Sweden fines activists for nuclear plant break-in (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 08:51 AM PDT

AP - A Swedish court has ordered 29 Greenpeace activists to pay fines of up to 17,000 kronor ($2,200) each for breaking into the grounds of a nuclear energy plant.

Parents recount night fox attacked their twins (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 08:33 AM PDT

AP - The parents of the twin baby girls that were mauled by a fox say they found their children covered in blood after the animal crept into their upstairs cribs last month.

German government struggles for unity after poll (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 08:13 AM PDT

AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition tried to downplay divisions on Thursday, a day after her candidate was narrowly elected as Germany's new president, but political commentators persisted in describing the poll as a public rebuke.

UK's vows to extend hand to neglected allies (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 07:35 AM PDT

Britain's Foreign Secretary, William Hague delivers his first foreign policy speech at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, Thursday, July 1, 2010. The speech outline the Coalition Government's vision for a distinctive' British foreign policy. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, Pool)AP - British Foreign Secretary William Hague vowed Thursday to woo allies left neglected in London's rush to cozy up to the White House, promising a sweeping overhaul of the country's "patchy" foreign policy.

Icelandic leader in milestone gay marriage (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 07:14 AM PDT

FILE - This is a Monday June 15, 2009 file photo of Iceland's Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir as she speaks at a press conference, during the Nordic Prime Minister's Summit meeting in Egilssataoir, Iceland. Iceland's prime minister Johanna Sigurdardottir has married her partner under a new law legalizing same-sex marriage in the country. One of her advisers, Hrannar B. Arnarsson, said Monday June 28, 2010 that the prime minister and writer Jonina Leosdottir were officially married Sunday, the day the law came into force. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti, File)AP - Iceland's prime minister made history last week when she wed her girlfriend, becoming the world's first head of government to enter a gay marriage.

Petraeus briefs NATO on progress in Afghan war (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 06:53 AM PDT

Newly appointed U.S. and NATO forces commander in Afghanistan U.S. Army General David Petraeus listens to questions from journalists during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday, July 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - Gen. David Petraeus, NATO's newly appointed commander of Afghanistan, sought to reassure allies Thursday that the war against the Taliban was going well despite rising military casualties and problems regaining control over key parts of the country.

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