2010年7月7日星期三

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Polish court orders Mossad spy suspect extradited (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 11:02 AM PDT

Israeli citizen Uri Brodsky, center, covers his face as he is escorted into court in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday, July 7, 2010, where he was ordered to be extradited to Germany, suspected of being a Mossad agent involved in the slaying of a Hamas operative. Warsaw district court Judge Tomasz Calkiewicz on Wednesday ordered that Brodsky be extradited to Germany on charges of forgery, suspected of helping fake a German passport that was used by a member of a hit squad believed to be behind the killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai in January 2010. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - A Polish court on Wednesday ordered the extradition of an Israeli man suspected of involvement in the slaying of a Hamas operative, in a tangled case that could test relations among Germany, Poland and Israel.


No fair trial in Serbia for ex-Bosnian leader, court told (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 10:57 AM PDT

Bosnia's former President Ejup Ganic arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in central London, on July 5. Ganic could not get a fair trial in Serbia, where he is seen as the AFP - Former Bosnian leader Ejup Ganic could not get a fair trial in Serbia, where he is seen as the "demonised head of the hated enemy", his lawyer told an extradition hearing in London Wednesday.


Ole! Running of the bulls begins in Spain, 2 hurt (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 10:53 AM PDT

Revelers run next to Penajara ranch fighting bulls during the San Fermin fiestas on Wednesday, July 7, 2010, in Pamplona, Spain. (AP Photo/Ivan Aguinaga)AP - Thousands of daredevils dashed through Pamplona's historic old quarter Wednesday for a goring-free first bull run at the San Fermin fiesta, a raucous event that ushers in Spain's summer party season.


French PM rules out early reshuffle over scandal (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 10:51 AM PDT

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives for a family photo at the G20 Summit in Toronto, June 27, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Wednesday he would not be stampeded into an early cabinet reshuffle over allegations of illegal campaign donations and launched a counter-offensive against the accusers.


EU foreign affairs chief to visit Gaza, Israel: official (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 10:50 AM PDT

European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton, pictured in June 2010, will visit Israel and the Gaza Strip on July 17 and 18, her spokesman said on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Raveendran)AFP - European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton will visit Israel and the Gaza Strip on July 17 and 18, her spokesman said on Wednesday.


London bombings remembered five years on (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 10:41 AM PDT

People lay flowers at a memorial dedicated to the victims of the July 7, 2005 London bomb attacks, in Hyde Park in London. Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday said those killed in the 2005 London bombings would AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday said those killed in the 2005 London bombings would "never be forgotten", as low-key ceremonies marked the fifth anniversary of the attacks.


UK to withdraw troops from violent Afghan district (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 10:39 AM PDT

An Afghan Army soldier takes part in a joint patrol with US Army soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division in the village of Kuhak in Arghandab District, north of Kandahar July 7, 2010. REUTERS/Bob Strong (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CONFLICT)Reuters - Britain is to withdraw its 1,000 troops from the Sangin region of Afghanistan where they have suffered heavy losses and allow U.S. forces to take charge there, Defense Secretary Liam Fox said on Wednesday.


Russian spy claims swap in works for spies in US (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 10:38 AM PDT

A passenger reads the Daily Telegraph newspaper, featuring a front page interview with the ex-husband of accused Russian spy Anna Chapman, on the underground in London July 2, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorAP - The Cold War-style intrigue over a reputed spy ring nabbed in the United States deepened Wednesday as word emerged of a possible scheme to swap Russians who hid in American suburbia for an imprisoned arms-control researcher and others who passed secrets to the U.S.


Climate change scientists cleared of dishonesty (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 10:37 AM PDT

NASA image of planet Earth. Scientists at a top research unit in England embroiled in a row over climate research were cleared of dishonesty but their lack of openness was criticised.(AFP/NASA/File/Michael Benson)AFP - Scientists at a top British climate research unit embroiled in a row over their work were cleared of dishonesty by an independent probe on Wednesday, although their lack of openness was criticised.


Arsenal sign French defender Koscielny (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 10:31 AM PDT

Arsenal have signed defender Laurent Koscielny, pictured in 2009, from French club Lorient on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee, the English Premier League side announced on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Fred Tanneau)AFP - Arsenal have signed defender Laurent Koscielny from French club Lorient on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee, the English Premier League side announced on Wednesday.


Germany to take in 2 Guantanamo inmates (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 10:16 AM PDT

German interior minister Thomas de Maiziere (CDU) speaks at a federal news conference in Berlin on Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Germany's interior minister says his country plans to take in two inmates from the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Thomas de Maiziere declined Wednesday to give details of the two prisoners. He says the U.S. had asked Berlin to take in three inmates but he was only satisfied that two of them posed no risk.  He says the three prisoners considered were Syrian and Palestinian.  (AP Photo/dapd/Berthold Stadler)AP - After months of U.S. prodding, Germany has agreed to take in two inmates cleared for release from Guantanamo Bay detention facility.


Quake survivors clash with police in Rome protest (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 09:42 AM PDT

The mayor of L'Aquila, Massimo Cialente, confronts police during a protest organized by residents of earthquake-stricken L'Aquila in downtown Rome, Wednesday, July 7, 2010. The demonstrators, protesting against the delays in the reconstruction following the earthquake that killed over 300 people last year, clashed with police as they tried to get close to the office of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)AP - Protesters from the Italian region struck by a powerful quake last year have clashed with police near the premier's office in Rome.


Alleged al-Qaida plotter held in UK on US warrant (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 09:20 AM PDT

AP - Police in Britain on Wednesday arrested the alleged ringleader of an al-Qaida bomb plot after the United States issued a warrant for his arrest on terrorism charges.

Britain marks 5th anniversary of terror attack (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 07:42 AM PDT

FILE  - This is a Thursday July 7, 2005,  file photo of Paul Dadge, right, as helps injured tube passenger Davinia Turrell away from Edgware Road tube station in London following an explosion. Britain is marking the fifth anniversary of the suicide bombings that killed 52 commuters on London's transport network without a formal ceremony. (AP Photo/Jane Mingay, File)AP - Britain's domestic spy agency MI5 is tracking a number of terrorism plots against the U.K., despite successes in curbing the threat from extremists since deadly attacks on London's transit network five years ago, an official said Wednesday.


German artist revives names of Holocaust victims (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 07:28 AM PDT

Picture taken July 1, 2010 shows flowers around the so called 'Stolpersteine', or stumbling stone by German artist Gunter Demnig of Holocaust victim Johann 'Ruklli' Trollman set into the street at Fidicinstrasse in Berlin, Germany.   Demnig has set more than 25,000 of these stumbling stones which are shiny brass plaques in the size of a child's hand and which mark the lives of people lost to the Nazis between 1933 and 1945,  fixed in front of places were they once lived before they were killed in the Holocaust. One of the stones reads 'Davisco Asriel lived here. Born in 1882. Deported 25.1.1942. Murdered in Riga.' Artist Demnig said 'It's a social sculpture and if you look at it as a whole, it is the biggest art monument in the world.'  The inscription on this plaque reads: 'Johann 'Ruklli' Trollmann boxes here. Born in 1907. in 1933 German cruiserweight champion .1942 KZ Neuengamme. Strike dead at KZ Wittenberge 1944. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - Artist Gunter Demnig carefully pried a cobblestone out of the sidewalk on Friedrichstrasse in downtown Berlin and replaced it with a shiny square brass plaque.


(AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 06:53 AM PDT

AP - Court orders extradition to Germany of Israeli man suspected of involvement in Hamas killing.

French probe allegations around Sarkozy funding (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 03:34 AM PDT

Labor Minister Eric Woerth leaves the Elysee Palace after the weekly cabinet meeting in Paris, Wednesday, July 7, 2010. For weeks, President Nicolas Sarkozy and his government have defended Labor Minister Eric Woerth, who has been linked to suggestions of tax evasion involving L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt. The 87-year-old is No. 17 on Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest people worldwide. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - A judicial official in France says prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into allegations that the country's richest woman secretly funded President Nicolas Sarkozy's election campaign.


Vatican to issue long-awaited sex abuse document (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 02:46 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI, flanked by his secretary Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, delivers his blessing during a weekly general audience he held in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Wednesday, June  30, 2010. The Vatican announced on Wednesday that Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet was named chief to its powerful Congregations for Bishops, which vets bishop appointments around the world, and that Italian Monsignor Rino Fisichella has been tapped to head a new Vatican office to fight secularization and re-evangelize the West. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI will soon issue a document outlining the church's procedures for handling clerical sex abuse cases that will gather the norms now in use and make them permanent and legally binding, a Vatican official and canon lawyer said Tuesday.


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