2010年8月20日星期五

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Dutch sailor girl set to leave on solo world trip (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 03:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 Laura Dekker hoists a flag of The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on her boat in the harbor of Den Osse, southwest Netherlands. The 14-year-old Dutch girl will try to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world when she sets off from Portugal on Saturday Aug. 21, 2010. Laura Dekker's ambition of completing the yearlong trip has fueled a global debate over the wisdom of allowing young sailors to take on the tremendous risks of sailing the high seas alone. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)AP - A 14-year-old Dutch girl will set off Saturday on a controversial attempt to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world, her representatives said.

Huang withdraws bid to buy Liverpool (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 02:04 PM PDT

Chinese businessman Kenny Huang, seen hre in 2009, on Friday ruled himself out of the running to buy English Premier League club Liverpool, in a statement released by his spokesperson.(AFP/File)AFP - Chinese businessman Kenny Huang on Friday ruled himself out of the running to buy English Premier League club Liverpool.

Oracle octopus gets behind England's 2018 World Cup bid (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 01:57 PM PDT

Reuters - Paul the oracle octopus has become an ambassador for England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup, officials said on Friday.

Britain warns Libya not to mark Megrahi release, a year on (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 01:55 PM PDT

London warned Libya that any celebrations to mark the one-year anniversary of the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohamet al-Megrahi, seen here in 2009, would be AFP - Britain warned Libya not to celebrate the first anniversary Friday of the freeing of the Lockerbie bomber from a Scottish prison, as the White House slammed his release one year ago as "wrong."

Berlusconi December poll warning brings rebels in line (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 01:27 PM PDT

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrives at Grazioli Palace his Rome residence. Rebel lawmakers who split from Berlusconi pledged on Friday to support him in a key vote after he warned that the country could face elections in December if they do not.(AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - Rebel lawmakers who split from Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pledged on Friday to support him in a key vote after he warned that the country could face elections in December if they do not.

Berlusconi urges allies to get back in line (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 12:39 PM PDT

AP - Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Friday warned coalition allies who recently split with him to back him in Parliament or prepare for elections as soon as December.

France defies critics to push on with Roma expulsions (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 12:34 PM PDT

French policemen look at people belonging to the Roma community who agreed to a so-called AFP - France defied mounting international criticism of its crackdown on Roma and Gypsy minorities on Friday, sending another planeload back to eastern Europe.

Summary Box: Germans wary of Google Street View (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 12:26 PM PDT

AP - THE BACKDROP: Germans have long harbored an obsession about protecting privacy. That's because of memories of Nazi-era denouncements of neighbors and East German secret police snooping.

Dutch teen set to depart Portugal for solo sailing bid (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 11:44 AM PDT

Seen is a map showing the route Laura Dekker plans to take on her global voyage. The Dutch teen will depart from Portugal on Saturday to start her bid to become the youngest person to sail around the world solo, her manager said.(AFP/Laurence Saubadu)AFP - Dutch teen Laura Dekker will depart from Portugal on Saturday to start her bid to become the youngest person to sail around the world solo, her manager said.

Pay row kills Acropolis moonlight opening (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 11:29 AM PDT

AP - For the first time in years, the Acropolis in Athens will be closed on the night of the August full moon next week, due to a pay dispute.

France expels Gypsies to Romania for second day (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 11:18 AM PDT

A Romanian gypsy family with their belongings, is escorted by French police officers to the check-in desk at Charles de Gaulle airport, in Roissy, near Paris , Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. France has expelled nearly 139 Gypsy or Roma, from Paris's airport to their native Romania as part of a very public effort by conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy to dismantle Roma camps and sweep them out of the country. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - More than 100 Gypsies, or Roma, were put on a charter flight to their native Romania on Friday, the second day in a row that France has expelled Roma in a much-criticized government crackdown.

UK warns Libya over Lockerbie bomber anniversary (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:52 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2009 file photo, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, leaves a police van at Glasgow International Airport, Glasgow, Scotland bound for Tripoli, after he was released on compassionate grounds. A year after Scotland's release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber from prison caused an uproar, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi is still stirring outrage simply by surviving. (AP Photo/Danny Lawson, File)AP - Britain's government says it has warned Libya that any celebration of Friday's anniversary of the release from jail of the Lockerbie bomber would be deeply offensive to the families of the mainly U.S. victims of the attack.

Russian base in Armenia to stay through 2044 (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:52 AM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and his Armenian counterpart Serge Sarkisian smile during a news conference in Yerevan, Armenia, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. Medvedev arrived in Armenia on a state visit. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)AP - Russia secured a long-term foothold in the energy-rich and unstable Caucasus region Friday by signing a deal with Armenia that allows a Russian military base to operate until 2044 in exchange for a promise of new weaponry and fresh security guarantees.

70 years on from WWII, Britain remembers 'the few' (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:50 AM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, Owen Burns, a veteran of the Royal Air Force (RAF) poses for a photograph in London. Seventy years after the Battle of Britain, Winston Churchill's daughter commemorated the pivotal air campaign Friday alongside surviving members of 'the few,' the Royal Air Force pilots who defied the odds to defend the country from German attack. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - In the words of Winston Churchill, it was Britain's "finest hour," a turning point in world history — though it didn't always feel that way at the time.

Veteran Dutch Mideast reporter Conny Mus dies (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:47 AM PDT

AP - Conny Mus, a veteran Dutch correspondent in the Middle East who covered conflicts from Romania's revolution to the wars in Iraq, died Friday while on vacation in his home country, the RTL broadcasting company said. He was 59.

Text of a statement issued by Mideast "Quartet" (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 08:19 AM PDT

AP - Here is the full text of a statement issued Friday by the Mideast "Quartet" — the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations:

Scottish scientists probe deaths of seals (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 08:09 AM PDT

AP - Scottish scientists are investigating the mysterious deaths of seals found with horrific corkscrew injuries the length of their bodies, officials said Friday.

US museum slams Romania for 'anti-Semitic' coin (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 08:09 AM PDT

A coin, depicting a former Romanian orthodox church patriarch who also served as prime minister, is seen after a press conference by the governor of Romania's central bank Mugur Isarescu, in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum says the refusal of Romania's central bank to withdraw a coin with an image of a prime minister who stripped Jews of their citizenship before World War II is 'insensitive' to the memory of Holocaust victims. The Anti-Defamation League also condemned the decision and urged President Traian Basescu Friday, Aug. 20, 2010, to ensure that information about the anti-Semitic actions of Miron Cristea is included with each coin. (AP Photo)AP - The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum says the refusal of Romania's central bank to withdraw a coin bearing the image of a prime minister who stripped Jews of their citizenship before World War II is "insensitive" to the memory of Holocaust victims.

Source: Israel, Palestinians to hold talks Sept. 2 (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 07:24 AM PDT

AP - A senior European diplomat says Israel and the Palestinians are expected to agree to hold direct talks beginning Sept. 2 in Washington.

Putin ousts forest agency chief over blazes (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 07:12 AM PDT

A Russian man attempts to put out a blaze 155 km south of Moscow in Shatura on August 13. Russia said it was beating back the country's worst ever wildfires, including one close to a secret nuclear site, as parts of the parched country were hit by thunderstorms and torrential rain.(AFP/File/Viktor Drachev)AP - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday sacked Russia's forestry agency chief, who had come under fierce criticism over the failure to prevent the summer's devastating wildfires.

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