2010年7月22日星期四

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US Senate panel denies asking Blair to testify (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 06:00 PM PDT

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (left) meets Libyan Leader Moamer Kadhafi in Libya in late May 2007. A US Senate panel has categorically denied having asked Blair to testify about whether BP lobbied for the release of the Lockerbie bomber.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - A US Senate panel categorically denied Thursday having asked former British prime minister Tony Blair to testify about whether BP lobbied for the release of the Lockerbie bomber.

US Senate asks ex-UK PM Blair to Lockerbie hearing (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:41 PM PDT

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (left) meets Libyan Leader Moamer Kadhafi in Libya in late May 2007. Blair has been invited to testify before a US Senate committee examining whether BP lobbied for the release of the Lockerbie bomber, reports said Friday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Former British prime minister Tony Blair has been invited to testify before a US Senate committee examining whether BP lobbied for the release of the Lockerbie bomber, reports said Friday.

"Saw" movie franchise to get Guinness world record (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:38 PM PDT

Reuters - The "Saw" horror movie franchise is getting a place in the Guiness World Records as the "Most Successful Horror Movie Series," one of the film's producers, Mark Burg, said on Thursday.

UK dividends to fall 6.5% in 2010 due to BP: study (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 04:02 PM PDT

Reuters - Dividend payments by London-listed companies will fall 6.5 percent this year, mainly because BP suspended payouts after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Capita Registrars Dividend Monitor said.

U.S. blames fax for diplomatic gaffe over Russian (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 03:32 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States has apologized to Russia for failing to give it prompt notice that a Russian citizen was in U.S. custody and blamed the error on an official hitting the wrong fax button, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.

Sister monument to Stonehenge may have been found (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 03:14 PM PDT

** FILE ** This is a Sept. 15, 2004. file photo of tourists looking at The Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain in England. Scientists scouring the area around Stonehenge said Thursday July 22, 2010 they have uncovered the foundations of a second circular structure only a few hundred meters (yards) from the world famous monument. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin, File )AP - Scientists scouring the area around Stonehenge said Thursday they have uncovered a circular structure only a few hundred meters (yards) from the world famous monument.

Summary Box: Nokia 2Q earnings drop on flat sales (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 03:00 PM PDT

AP - DOWN ARROW: Nokia Corp. posts 40 percent drop in second-quarter net profit as the world's largest mobile phone maker lost market share and sales remained flat.

Kremlin aims to "tighten screws" on corrupt cops (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 02:56 PM PDT

Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday he had signed new laws to "tighten the screws" on corrupt police after a wave of beatings and murders blamed on them in recent months caused a groundswell of anger.

Scottish ministers skip US Lockerbie hearing (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 02:32 PM PDT

AP - Scottish ministers have declined a request to attend a U.S. Senate hearing into the circumstances surrounding the release of the Lockerbie bomber, a spokesman for the Scottish government said Thursday.

Mali confirms military action by border (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 02:29 PM PDT

Reuters - Military action involving unidentified aircraft took place overnight in northern Mali where a French national is believed held by al Qaeda, Malian officials said on Thursday.

Spain takes in 3rd inmate from Guantanamo Bay (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 12:09 PM PDT

AP - Spain has taken in a third former inmate from the U.S. prison for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, the Interior Ministry said Thursday.

World court says Kosovo's independence is legal (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 11:32 AM PDT

A woman passes by a graffiti that reads 'Kosovo is the heart of Serbia' in Serbian Latin letters in central Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, July 22, 2010. The United Nations' highest court will issue an advisory opinion Thursday on whether Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia was legal, a ruling that could set a precedent for separatist regions around the world. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)AP - The United Nations' highest court ruled Thursday that Kosovo's declaration of independence was legal, dealing a blow to Serbia, which vowed never to accept its former province as a separate state and warned the ruling could embolden separatist movements around the world.

UK proposes tighter universal jurisdiction rules (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 10:52 AM PDT

AP - Britain will introduce new rules to make it harder for its courts to arrest foreigners accused of serious human rights violations, the Ministry of Justice said Thursday.

Watchdog warns over rogue Irish Republicans (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 09:51 AM PDT

AP - Britain's terrorism laws watchdog says dissident Irish Republican paramilitaries could mount attacks on the U.K. mainland for the first time in about a decade.

Sotheby's to sell jewels owned by Wallis Simpson (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 09:49 AM PDT

An emerald, ruby and diamond brooch by Cartier, that once belonged to Wallis Simpson, is seen displayed at Sotheby's auction rooms in London, Thursday, July 22, 2010. The brooch, one of twenty pieces that belonged to Wallis Simpson and King Edward VII that are being auctioned, is expected to realise 100,000-150,000 pounds (US$ 152,000- 230,000) at the sale on Nov. 30. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Sotheby's says it is auctioning about 3 million pounds ($4.6 million) worth of jewelry once owned by Wallis Simpson, the American socialite who became Duchess of Windsor.

3 new Cuban dissidents arrive in Spain (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 09:26 AM PDT

AP - Three more Cuban political prisoners arrived in Spain on Thursday as part of Cuba's pledge to free 52 dissidents jailed since 2003.

Hello kitty: Baby leopards make Paris zoo debut (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 09:17 AM PDT

Southeast Asian clouded leopard clubs, (Neofelis Nebulosa) play at Jardin des Plantes Zoological in Paris, Thursday, July 22, 2010. The two female cubs, named Pati and Jaya, born on May 14, 2010, recently made their first appearance in public. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - A Paris zoo has announced the birth of two rare Southeast Asian clouded leopards.

Belgium buries Australian soldier 93 years later (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 08:42 AM PDT

Members of the Australian Federation Guard carry the coffin of Australian World War One soldier, Private Alan James Mather during a re-burial ceremony at Prowse Point Cemetery in Ploegsteert, Belgium, on Thursday, July 22, 2010. Mather, originally from Invernell, NSW, Australia was one of 216,000 men from Australia, New Zealand and the UK who fought in the Battle of Messines from June 7-14, 1917. The body of Mather was discovered by a British archeological team in 2008 and further DNA tests by a Belgian laboratory revealed his full identity. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - A ceremonial guard fired three volleys into the sky Thursday as a final salute for Australian Pvt. Alan James Mather, who was buried 93 years after he fell in Flanders Fields.

Soccer oracle Octopus Paul honored by Spanish town (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 07:52 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 9, 2010 file picture octopus oracle Paul chooses a mussel from a glass tank marked with a Spanish flag in the SeaLife Aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany. Psychic octopus Paul may have retired but he's still basking in the glory of his perfect World Cup predictions. Paul's German aquarium says the eight-legged oracle was declared an 'honorary friend' of a Spanish town in a ceremony Thursday July 22, 2010 and presented with gifts including a bronze likeness of himself. Paul correctly predicted the outcome of all seven of Germany's games plus Spain's victory over the Netherlands in the final. (AP Photo/dapd, Roberto Pfeil,File)AP - Psychic octopus Paul — still basking in the glory of his perfect World Cup predictions — is heading off to a new job as a fundraiser for sea turtles.

(AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 06:56 AM PDT

AP - World Court says Kosovo's declaration of independence did not violate international law.

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