2010年8月2日星期一

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Bad Russian wheat harvest boosts US farmers (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:26 PM PDT

AP - A severe drought destroyed one-fifth of the wheat crop in Russia, one of the world's largest exporters, and now wildfires are sweeping in to finish off some of the fields that remained.

EU opens anti-trust probe of IBM mainframe (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:32 PM PDT

Reuters - European Union competition regulators launched two anti-trust investigations against International Business Machines Corp, suspecting it of abusing its dominant position in the mainframe computer market.

Pakistan president to raise Cameron's 'uncalled for remarks' (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:31 PM PDT

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari delivers a speech after a meeting with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Zardari will address Prime Minister David Cameron's AFP - President Asif Ali Zardari will address Prime Minister David Cameron's "uncalled for" criticism of Pakistan's stance on terrorism at a meeting this week, the Pakistani leader's spokesman said.

Plane crash in northern Siberia kills at least 11 (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:40 PM PDT

AP - A twin-engine passenger plane crashed early Tuesday near a northern Siberia town, killing at least 11 of the 15 people on board, Russia's Emergencies Ministry said.

Briton jailed over stolen Shakespeare text (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:06 PM PDT

A portrait of William Shakespeare. A court jailed a British antiques dealer for eight years Monday for smuggling a stolen William Shakespeare manuscript to the United States and then trying to sell it to pay for his playboy lifestyle.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - A court jailed a British antiques dealer for eight years Monday for smuggling a stolen William Shakespeare manuscript to the United States and trying to sell it to pay for his playboy lifestyle.

Pakistani president's Europe trip clouded by terror claims (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:31 PM PDT

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari delivers a speech after a meeting with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Zardari held talks with Sarkozy on Monday at the start of a trip to Paris and London overshadowed by British allegations that Pakistan AFP - President Asif Ali Zardari vaunted Pakistan's partnership with France in talks with Nicolas Sarkozy Monday, before heading to London for a visit clouded by British allegations Pakistan "exports terror".

Sarkozy urges Pakistan leader to ramp up terror fight (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:21 PM PDT

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) shakes hands with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari as he arrives for a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris August 2, 2010. REUTERS/Benoit TessierReuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari on Monday to step up his country's fight against terrorism, during a visit overshadowed by a spat between Pakistan and Britain.

At least 7 dead in Siberia plane crash: ministry (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:18 PM PDT

Reuters - A Russian passenger plane crashed as it came into land near a Siberian oil town on Monday, killing at least seven of the 15 people on board, an Emergencies Ministry spokeswoman said.

Russia to miss chemical weapons deadline: statement (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:02 PM PDT

Reuters - Russia will miss a 2012 deadline for eliminating its chemical weapons stockpiles due to cutbacks caused by the global financial crisis, a Russian region involved in the disarmament process said on Monday.

(AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 11:32 AM PDT

AP - Russia's Emergencies Ministry says 15 people have died in a passenger plane crash in Siberia

Holocaust museum to Romania: scrap 'racist' coin (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 11:18 AM PDT

AP - Romania's central bank has issued a special coin commemorating a prime minister and religious leader who stripped Jews of their citizenship before World War II. The move prompted protest Monday from Romanian Jews as well as a director at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Chechen rebel leader says on YouTube he's retiring (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:04 AM PDT

FILE - This undated frame grab image taken from files made available by IntelCenter and taken from a video posted on a pro-rebel Web site Wednesday March 31, 2010, purports to show Chechen militant leader Doku Umarov. The leader of Chechnya's separatist militants, who claimed responsbility for the Moscow subway bombings that killed 40 people in March, has announced in a purported video posted on YouTube on July 25, 2010, that he is stepping down. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File) ** MANDATORY CREDIT INTELCENTER **AP - The leader of Islamists waging an insurgency in Chechnya and neighboring Russian provinces says in a video posted on YouTube that he is resigning after years of attacks including a Moscow subway bombing that killed 40 people.

Trial starts for 10 in Sweden chopper heist (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:54 AM PDT

FILE - This is a file image taken Sept. 23, 2010 released by Swedish Police of a robber breaking into an armored cage seen in this surveillance camera photo taken during a robbery in Stockholm, Sweden on Sept. 23, 2009. Ten men accused of stealing nearly 40 million kronor ($5 million) in the commando-style helicopter raid against a cash depot pleaded innocent as prosecutors opened their trial in Stockholm, Monday Aug. 2, 2010. (AP Photo / Swedish Police, ho, FILE ) ** SWEDEN OUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - Ten men accused of stealing nearly 40 million kronor ($5 million) in a commando-style raid of a Swedish cash depot pleaded innocent Monday as prosecutors opened their trial with surveillance video of the brazen helicopter heist.

UK's new security adviser to step down (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:34 AM PDT

FILE - This is a Friday April 2, 2004 file photo of British diplomat Peter Ricketts, at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Rickett's who became Britain's first national security adviser is to leave his post, the government confirmed Monday Aug. 2. 2010 less than three months after the official took up the newly created role. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)AP - Britain's first national security adviser is to leave his post, the government confirmed Monday — less than three months after the official took up the newly created role.

Obese mom dies in Romania, 5 months after birth (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:20 AM PDT

In this Feb. 17, 2010 file picture Victoria Lacatus, a 25-year-old pregnant woman weighing 528 pounds (240 kilograms), is lifted by fire fighters out of an ambulance in Bucharest, Romania. A 25-year-old Romanian woman weighing 528 pounds (240 kilograms) who gave birth to a baby girl more than 5 months ago has died.Relatives of Victoria Lacatus say she has died Sunday of a heart attack after developing a high fever and breathing problems.(AP Photo/ Florin Ardelean/ Adevarul Daily) **ROMANIA OUT**AP - A 25-year-old Romanian woman who weighed 528 pounds (240 kilograms) when she gave birth to a baby girl more than 5 months ago has died, media reported Monday.

Doctors give France's Sarkozy clean bill of health (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 06:13 AM PDT

AP - Doctors for French President Nicolas Sarkozy have given the 55-year-old leader a clean bill of health a year after he collapsed while jogging.

WWF, Oxfam punished for anti-Saudi act at UN talks (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:40 AM PDT

AP - The U.N. has sanctioned two activist groups after a Saudi Arabian nameplate was vandalized at a recent climate change conference.

Eastern Europe under spotlight on art restitution (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:23 AM PDT

Visitors view the collection of paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, July 30, 2010. Uncounted works of art which are hanging on museum walls in many cities were once the property of Jews, who were coerced into handing them over by the war time Nazi henchmen, or simply abandoned them as they fled for their lives, but modern times have highlighted provenance issues, with destroyed evidence of ownership and disputed restitution policies in many formerly communist eastern European countries. A tug-of-war in the United States over who owns a huge art trove seized by Hungary's Nazi henchmen is perhaps the most prominent example. (AP Photo/Peter Kohalmi)AP - A tug-of-war in the United States over who owns a huge art trove seized by Hungary's Nazi henchmen is the most prominent example of disputed restitution policies in formerly communist eastern Europe — but by no means the only one.

Change of date for Prince Albert's 2011 wedding (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:01 AM PDT

AP - The nuptials of Prince Albert II of Monaco and Charlene Wittstock, a former Olympic swimmer from South Africa, have been moved up by a week.

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