2010年8月3日星期二

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Cloned cow offspring meat in food chain: officials (AFP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:08 PM PDT

Cows waiting to be milked with milking machines at a farm. Food safety officials said Tuesday that meat from the offspring of a cloned cow had entered the country's food chain last year.(AFP/File/Mychele Daniau)AFP - Food safety officials said Tuesday that meat from the offspring of a cloned cow had entered the country's food chain last year.

Pakistan's leader says world losing Afghan war (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:06 PM PDT

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari addresses reporters following his meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday Aug. 2, 2010.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - The U.S.-led coalition's battle against the Taliban has already been lost because of its failure to win over the Afghan people, Pakistan's president warned Tuesday before tough talks this week with Prime Minister David Cameron, who has accused the country of exporting terrorism.

Austria probes diary linked to Haider (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 03:53 PM PDT

** FILE ** In this April 18, 2004 file picture, Austrian right-wing politician and Governor of the province of Carinthia Joerg Haider, left, hands over presents to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, right, near Tripoli, Libya. Austrian authorities said Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, they are probing the authenticity of a diary that reportedly contains details about alleged money flows between the country's late far-right politician Joerg Haider and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, as well as with Saddam Hussein and his sons. (AP Photo/Gert Eggenberger, File)AP - Austrian prosecutors said Tuesday they were investigating after a respected weekly newspaper published excerpts of what it claimed was a diary suggesting there were transfers of money from Moammar Gadhafi and Saddam Hussein to late far-right politician Joerg Haider's inner circle.

Meat from cloned cow offspring in UK food chain (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 02:56 PM PDT

AP - Meat from the offspring of a cloned cow in the United States entered the British food chain without official authorization, the UK's Food Standards Agency said Tuesday.

Spanish resort city readies to host Michelle Obama, daughter (AFP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:19 PM PDT

This handout picture shows the hotel Villa Padierna in Marbella, where US First Lady Michelle Obama is expected to stay during her vacation in Spain, according to the Spanish press. Michelle Obama will travel to Spain this week on a AFP - The Spanish resort of Marbella, often associated with Arab princes and crime lords, geared up Tuesday to welcome US First Lady Michelle Obama, with authorities eyeing a boost in tourist revenues.

BP's Dudley to visit Russia 2 years after ejection (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:18 PM PDT

A boat motors through oil sheen from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off East Grand Terre Island, where the Gulf of Mexico meets Barataria Bay, on the Louisiana coast, at sunset on Saturday, July 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - BP PLC's incoming Chief Executive Robert Dudley and the man he will succeed, Tony Hayward, are heading to Russia this week to build bridges with investors and the government, barely two years after Dudley was thrown out of the country in a corporate dispute.

Spanish air traffic controllers to go on strike (AFP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:03 PM PDT

Passengers wait in the check in area of Malaga Airport, southern Spain, in 2006. Spanish air traffic controllers voted Tuesday to strike over government changes to their work hours that reduce their overtime pay, a move that could disrupt flights at the peak of the tourist season.(AFP/File/Jose Luis Roca)AFP - Spanish air traffic controllers voted Tuesday to strike over government changes to their work hours that reduce their overtime pay, a move that could disrupt flights at the peak of the tourist season.

Torres pledges future to Liverpool (AFP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:30 AM PDT

Spain striker Fernando Torres, seen here in July 2010, pledged his immediate future to Liverpool on Tuesday, ending speculation that the World Cup winner could be heading out of Anfield.(AFP/File/Pierre-Philippe Marcou)AFP - Spain striker Fernando Torres pledged his immediate future to Liverpool on Tuesday, ending speculation that the World Cup winner could be heading out of Anfield.

NYSE Euronext reports $184M profit for 2Q (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2009 file photo, a sign is shown at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Trans-Atlantic stock exchange operator NYSE Euronext said Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, that it made a net profit of $184 million in the second quarter compared with a loss of $182 million a year ago as it reduced one-off costs and revenue from derivatives trading increased.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, file)AP - Trans-Atlantic stock exchange operator NYSE Euronext said Tuesday it earned $184 million in the second quarter as it saw a jump in revenue from derivatives trading and eliminated one-time charges recorded last year.

Pakistan's Zardari says war with Taliban being lost (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:49 AM PDT

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari speaks to journalists after a meeting with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris August 2, 2010. REUTERS/Benoit TessierReuters - Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari said on Tuesday the international community was losing the war against the Afghan Taliban and rebuked Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron for questioning Islamabad's resolve.

Extra security for model Campbell at Taylor trial (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:53 AM PDT

British supermodel Naomi Campbell is seen here on June 1. Lawyers for Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor want to delay supermodel Naomi Campbell's testimony, set for Thursday, about a AP - War crimes judges have barred photographers from dogging fashion model Naomi Campbell when she testifies at the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.

Some wildfires raging out of control in Russia (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:36 AM PDT

Anatoly Simaletov, 72, stands at the court yard of his house after it was destroyed by a forest fire at the village Shuberskoe 20 km North of the town of Voronezh, Russia, Monday, Aug. 2, 2010. At least 34 people have died in wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and burned through vast spans of tinder-dry land, but firefighters are making headway and the blazes are dying down, a Russian official said Monday.(AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - Some of the devastating wildfires sweeping western Russia are out of control, Russia's emergency chief said Tuesday, as fears grew there were not enough firefighters to battle them.

Russia pushes back chemical weapons deadline (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:36 AM PDT

AP - Russia will delay its deadline for destroying chemical weapons stockpiles by as much as three years due to budget and technical problems, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

Protesters in Poland block cross from being moved (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:10 AM PDT

Supporters of late Polish President Lech Kaczynski scuffle with municipal guards as they try to break a barrier in front of the Presidential palace in Warsaw, Poland Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Authorities failed to move a cross commemorating Poland's late leader Lech Kaczynski from in front of the presidential palace after fierce protests by Roman Catholic groups and Kaczynski's followers. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - Protesters shouting "Defend the cross!" scuffled with police Tuesday but managed to prevent Polish officials from moving a cross erected outside the presidential palace in memory of the late President Lech Kaczynski.

Inquest begins in secret UK bomb experiment death (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 08:24 AM PDT

AP - The parents of a British scientist killed during secret anti-terrorism experiments with homemade bombs told an inquest into his death Tuesday that the expert's work had helped save many lives.

US official: Nuclear inspection in Syria possible (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 07:40 AM PDT

AP - The U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency will likely consider a special inspection of Syria to answer nagging questions over its nuclear activities, the U.S. ambassador to the organization said Tuesday.

Berlusconi's political future uncertain (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 07:35 AM PDT

File photo of Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as he talks to reporters as he arrives in his private residence at Grazioli palace in Rome January 11, 2010. REUTERS/Max Rossi/FilesAP - Silvio Berlusconi has survived corruption charges, a sex scandal and a nasty public divorce, but a break with a key ally could spell the beginning of the end of a 16-year political career for the multibillionare businessman.

Protests in England over tests for 11-year-olds (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:49 AM PDT

AP - School test results for 11-year-olds were released Tuesday across England, and one result was certain: A large number of educators and parents consider the tests a waste of time.

Dissident IRA car bomb targets Ulster police base (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:26 AM PDT

AP - Irish Republican Army dissidents detonated a bomb in a hijacked taxi Tuesday outside a police base in the Northern Ireland city of Londonderry, damaging buildings but wounding no one despite the attackers' inaccurate warning, police said.

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