2010年7月13日星期二

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Italy nabs 300 mobsters, reveals new mob structure (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 06:34 PM PDT

An unidentified man doffs his hat, as he rides in a Carabinieri (Paramilitary police) car after being arrested in Reggio Calabria, southern Italy, Tuesday, July 13, 2010, following one of the biggest operations ever against the powerful 'ndrangheta crime organization, in which 300 people were arrested including top bosses, and million of dollars (euros) in property seized. The pre-dawn raids Tuesday involved some 3,000 police across the country. Charges include murder, extortion, arms and drug trafficking and criminal association. Investigators described the operation as one of biggest blows ever to an organization that today is considered more powerful than the Sicilian Mafia. (AP Photo/Adriana Sapone)AP - Anti-mafia prosecutors claimed a major victory over the powerful and growing 'ndrangheta crime syndicate, infiltrating intimate weddings, baptisms and other events to gather information that led to the arrests Tuesday of 305 people, including top bosses, and the seizure of more than euro60 million ($76 million) in cash and property.

U.S. deports another person in Russian spy probe (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 04:20 PM PDT

This courtroom drawing shows the ten alleged spy suspects in a New York courtroom on July 8. The United States has expelled a man who was reported to be a 12th Russian agent in the espionage ring that end last week with a Cold War-style spy swap, a US official said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Shirley Shepard)Reuters - The FBI's investigation into a Russian spy ring that operated in the United States has resulted in another Russian being detained and then deported, U.S. government officials said on Tuesday.

'Thuggery' slammed as N.Ireland riots flare (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 04:05 PM PDT

Cars burn during Nationalist rioting in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast, Northern Ireland on July 12. Northern Ireland's leaders on Tuesday condemned rioting by Catholics opposed to Protestant marches in Belfast, which left 82 police officers injured.(AFP/File/Stephen Wilson)AFP - Northern Ireland's leaders on Tuesday condemned rioting by Catholics opposed to Protestant marches in Belfast, which left 82 police officers injured.

World Cup final referee Webb has no regrets (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 03:02 PM PDT

World Cup final referee Howard Webb, pictured on July 11, arrived home in England on Tuesday insisting he had done a tough job in difficult circumstances to the best of his ability.(AFP/File/Lluis Gene)AFP - World Cup final referee Howard Webb arrived home in England on Tuesday insisting he had done a tough job in difficult circumstances to the best of his ability.

7 Cuban dissidents find freedom in Spain (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 01:39 PM PDT

Cuban dissidents wave for press photographers upon the arrival at Madrid's Barajas airport on Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Seven Cuban political prisoners and members of their families arrived in Madrid on Tuesday, the first of a group of inmates the government in Havana has promised to release, an official said. Together with their families they numbered around 35, the official said. It was the start of a mass liberation of dissidents promised by Cuba — actions once seemed unthinkable. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - Seven former political prisoners from Cuba smiled and gave victory signs Tuesday after they and their families were flown to freedom in Madrid, the first of 52 dissidents the Cuban government has promised to free in a historic policy shift.

Redknapp signs new Tottenham contract (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 01:31 PM PDT

Harry Redknapp, pictured in March 2010, on Tuesday signed a new contract with Tottenham tying him to the London club until 2013.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Harry Redknapp on Tuesday signed a new contract with Tottenham tying him to the London club until 2013.

ICC prosecutor lauds new charges against al-Bashir (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 01:10 PM PDT

International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo gestures during a press conference, in Paris, Tuesday July 13, 2010. Ocampo reacts to the court's long-sought decision to hand Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir charges of genocide in Darfur. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court on Tuesday called the new genocide charges filed against Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir the "last chance to stop genocide in Darfur."

French parliament approves ban on face veils (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 01:02 PM PDT

FILE - This May 18 2010 file photo shows France's Najat addressing reporters during a press conference in Montreuil, east of Paris. After a debate in which many lawmakers described their visceral reaction to face-covering veils, France's lower house of parliament looks set to approve a ban Tuesday July 13, 2010.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File)AP - France's lower house of parliament overwhelmingly approved a ban on wearing burqa-style Islamic veils Tuesday, part of a determined effort to define and protect French values that has disconcerted many in the country's large Muslim community.

Italian police seize alleged Calabrian mafia boss (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 12:53 PM PDT

This video grab released by Italian State Police shows a meeting between Ndrangheta mafia boss Domenico Oppedisano (R) and other unknown people in Siderno southern Italy on February 3. In a major blow to Italy's most powerful mafia, police on Tuesday said they had arrested more than 300 suspected members of the 'Ndrangheta syndicate, including its top boss, 80-year-old Oppedisano.(AFP/HO)AFP - Italian police dealt a major blow to the country's most powerful mafia clan, arresting the top boss of the 'Ndrangheta syndicate and more than 300 other suspected members, officials said Tuesday.

French lawmakers approve full veil ban (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 12:33 PM PDT

French lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to ban the wearing of face-covering veils in public spaces, as Europe toughens its approach to integrating Muslim immigrant communities.(AFP/File/Fred Dufour)AFP - French lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to ban the wearing of face-covering veils in public spaces, as Europe toughens its approach to integrating Muslim immigrant communities.

3 injured in Spain's running of the bulls (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 12:11 PM PDT

Revelers run on the Estafeta corner in front of El Pilar ranch fighting bulls during the seventh run of the San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona northern Spain, Tuesday July 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)AP - A man was gored in an arm and two others were injured in a fast-paced penultimate running of the bulls at Spain's San Fermin festival Tuesday, officials said.

Ex-US security chief mulls lessons of terror war (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 10:07 AM PDT

AP - The first director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge, said Tuesday that terrorist groups can be targeted best with agents and informers — but such missions are fraught with prohibitive dangers and ethical dilemmas.

UK: Anna Chapman's citizenship, passport revoked (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:21 AM PDT

FILE - This undated file image taken from the Russian social networking website 'Odnoklassniki', or Classmates, shows a woman journalists have identified as Anna Chapman. Chapman, along with 10 others, was arrested on charges of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without notifying the U.S. attorney general. The caption on Odnoklassniki reads 'Russia, Moscow. London, Stone age.' (AP Photo, File) NO SALESAP - A redheaded sleeper agent who became the most high-profile figure in the U.S.-Russia spy case has had her British citizenship revoked, the government announced Tuesday.

Lebanese general seeks court record in Hariri case (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 08:58 AM PDT

Former Lebanese army general Jamil al-Sayyed is seen in the courtroom of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Jamil al-Sayyed asked an international court to release his secret case file in the 2005 assassination of ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri to learn why he was jailed for nearly four years without charge. The hearing by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, the first to be attended by reporters, is the first since Maj. Gen. Jamil al-Sayyed, the former chief of general security, and three other pro-Syrian army officers were freed from a Lebanese jail for lack of evidence in April 2009. (AP Photo/Valerie Kuypers, Pool)AP - A former Lebanese army general asked an international court on Tuesday to release his secret case file in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri to learn why he was jailed for nearly four years without charge.

(AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 08:48 AM PDT

AP - British government revokes UK citizenship of accused Russian spy Anna Chapman.

Troubled treasurer of Sarkozy's party to resign (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 07:27 AM PDT

French labor minister Eric Woerth addresses reporters as he leaves the Elysee Palace following the weekly cabinet meeting in Paris, Tuesday July 13, 2010. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday that Eric Woerth, who is in charge of a difficult pension reform, would keep his job in the government.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - The treasurer of Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party says he will resign at the end of the month, amid pressure from the French president and a scandal involving allegations of illegal campaign financing.

82 police injured in Belfast's 2 nights of riots (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 07:10 AM PDT

A nationalist protester runs from a flaming car during clashes with police in Belfast, Northern Ireland, early Tuesday July 13, 2010. Police struggled Monday overnight till early Tuesday, to quell rioting by Irish Catholic nationalists in several parts of Northern Ireland following a day of mass Protestant parades, an annual event that often pushes sectarian animosity past boiling point. (AP Photo)AP - Northern Ireland leaders condemned Irish nationalist rioters Tuesday who wounded 82 police officers during two nights of street clashes sparked by the province's annual parades by the British Protestant majority.

2 policemen killed in Russia's Dagestan region (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 04:04 AM PDT

AP - Gunmen killed two policemen in separate shootings in Russia's violence-plagued Dagestan region, including one whose father, mother and sister died in previous attacks, officials said Tuesday.

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