2010年8月30日星期一

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Libyan leader's visit to Italy stumbles into controversy (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 03:19 PM PDT

Italian Prime Mnister Silvio Berlusconi (R) and Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi shake hands during their meeting at at the Libyan Cultural centre in Rome. Kadhafi's visit to Rome to mark the second anniversary of a friendship treaty with former coloniser Italy stumbled into controversy Monday after he said Europe should convert to Islam.(AFP/Filippo Monteforte)AFP - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's visit to Rome to mark the second anniversary of a friendship treaty with former coloniser Italy stumbled into controversy Monday after he said Europe should convert to Islam.

Gunman kills 7, wounds 15 in Slovakia (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 02:39 PM PDT

The provided by Slovakian Daily SME on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 shows a man that SME identified as the gunman who killed six people and wounded at least nine in an attack in a neighborhood of Bratislava and then committed suicide. The attacker, armed with a machine gun and two pistols, could not immediately be identified and his motive was not known, said police chief Jaroslav Spisiak. (AP Photo/DAILY SME) ** SLOVAKIA OUT **AP - A gunman went on a rampage in Slovakia's capital on Monday, killing seven people and wounding 15, then committed suicide, officials said.

Pro-Vatican politicians irked by Gadhafi in Rome (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 02:34 PM PDT

A woman holds a copy of the Koran after a meeting with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, at the Libyan Academy near the Libyan ambassador's residence in Rome, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010 where Gadhafi will be staying. Gadhafi has given a lesson on Islam and copies of the Quran to a few hundred Italian women as he arrived in Rome for his fourth visit in a year, participants in the encounter said. Between 200 and 500 women, recruited by a modeling agency and paid an undisclosed sum to attend, arrived by bus at the Libyan ambassador's residence just as Gadhafi's plane was landing at Rome's Ciampino airport at the start of a two-day visit. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)AP - Premier Silvio Berlusconi threw a gala evening for his "friend" Moammar Gadhafi Monday, thanking him for strengthened ties between Tripoli and Rome and dismissing as behind the times those criticizing the Libyan leader for trying to convert Italians to Islam during the visit.

Gaddafi causes storm in Italy with Islam comments (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 02:33 PM PDT

A woman speaks with the media as she arrives with about 200 other young women for a meeting with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi at a Libyan cultural centre in Rome August 30, 2010. Gaddafi's attempt to convert dozens of young women to Islam during a visit to Italy led to an angry reaction from Italian media on Monday. The mercurial Gaddafi invited a large group of young women hired by a hostess agency to an event at the centre in Rome on Sunday and tried to convert them to Islam and the event was due to be repeated on Monday. Gaddafi is in Rome for a two-day visit. REUTERS/Max RossiReuters - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's invitation to hundreds of young women to convert to Islam overshadowed a two-day visit to Italy intended to cement the growing ties between Tripoli and Rome.

Sport chiefs vow swift action in cricket 'fixing' scandal (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 01:55 PM PDT

Police keep watch over the Pakistani cricket team bus at the Pakistani team's London hotel. Cricket's world governing body on Monday vowed to take swift action if betting scam allegations against Pakistan were proven as damaging claims threatened the sport's credibility.(AFP/Max Nash)AFP - Cricket's world governing body on Monday vowed to take swift action if betting scam allegations against Pakistan were proven as damaging claims threatened the sport's credibility.

France to step up deportations of foreign thieves, beggars (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 01:10 PM PDT

French Immigration Minister Eric Besson attends a press conference in Paris, after the French government has launched a high profile crackdown on travelling minorities and several hundred Roma gypsies living illegally in France have been expelled. French President Nicolas Sarkozy also vowed to dismantle illegal camps, including those belonging to French Gypsy communities.(AFP/Bertrand Guay)AFP - France said Monday it will step up deportations of foreigners caught stealing or begging aggressively as part of a high-profile crackdown on the Roma minority that has sparked condemnation around the world.

Mascherano completes Barcelona transfer (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 12:53 PM PDT

Argentinian international midfielder Javier Mascherano acknowledges BArcelona fans during his official presentation at Camp Nou's stadium after completing his 17.25 million pounds (26.6m dollar) transfer from Liverpool.(AFP/Josep Lago)AFP - Argentinian international midfielder Javier Mascherano completed his 17.25 million pounds transfer to Spanish champions Barcelona from English Premier League giants Liverpool on Monday.

Walesa shuns Solidarity 30th anniversary sessions (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 12:48 PM PDT

Former Polish President and first Solidarity trade union leader Lech Walesa smiles after lay a wreath at the Shipyard Workers Monument in Gdansk, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, ahead of the 30th anniversary of signing the August 1980 accords allowing the establishment of Solidarity, Eastern Europe's first free trade union that initiated the fall of communism. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - Solidarity founder Lech Walesa shunned several of the movement's 30th anniversary sessions Monday, saying he is tired and disillusioned with the Polish trade union's current state.

London rocks to reggae beat at Caribbean carnival (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 12:35 PM PDT

A performer takes part in the Notting Hill Carnival as hundreds of thousands celebrate in the streets of London soaking up the Caribbean spirit at Europe's biggest street party..(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Hundreds of thousands of revellers partied at London's Notting Hill Carnival on Monday, soaking up the Caribbean spirit at Europe's biggest street party.

French government divided over Gypsy expulsions (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 10:59 AM PDT

Roma are escorted by police officers before being expelled from France at Roissy airport, north of Paris, Thursday Aug. 26 2010. The Archbishop of Paris, Andre Vingt-Trois has added to mounting criticism of the French government's crackdown on Gypsies, or Roma, calling it a 'circus.' A poll says the French are split on the issue, and meanwhile the government puts more Roma on planes home to Eastern Europe. Citizens of Romania and Bulgaria, both EU member states, benefit from free circulation within the bloc, but the French labour market is not fully open to them and if they do not have a job and lodging after three months they are required to leave the country(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - France's crackdown on Gypsies, which has been criticized by the Vatican and the United Nations, is now exposing cracks in President Nicolas Sarkozy's government.

Putin belittles Russia's political opposition (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 09:14 AM PDT

In this photo taken Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks with road makers, not seen, while traveling on a newly opened highway Chita- Khabarovsk, in Russia's Far Eastern region of Amur, some 6,100 kilometers (3,800 miles) southeast of Moscow. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)AP - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin disparaged Russian dissidents in crude street language in an interview Monday and said they would keep getting beaten if they continued to hold unauthorized rallies.

Red Cross: 15,000 still missing from Balkan wars (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 08:40 AM PDT

AP - The Red Cross says nearly 15,000 people are still missing from the wars fought in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.

Belgian cardinal: I was 'naive' to meet victim (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 08:33 AM PDT

AP - The former head of Belgium's Roman Catholic Church has acknowledged that he should not have held a meeting with a victim of serial sexual abuse and suggested a cover up until the offending bishop retired.

Prosecutors say Croatia ethnically cleansed Serbs (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 08:16 AM PDT

AP - U.N. war crimes prosecutors said Monday that Croatian forces shelled civilians and torched their homes in a deliberate effort to expel tens of thousands of Serbs during a lightning 1995 campaign to seize back land occupied early in the Balkan wars.

Suicide blaze kills 9 in Russian nursing home (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 07:59 AM PDT

AP - A despondent 86-year-old man apparently doused himself in gasoline and set off a fire Monday that killed nine people in a Russian nursing home, investigators said.

Ex-Congo VP says he lacks funds for a fair trial (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 06:20 AM PDT

AP - Lawyers for former Congo Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba complained to the International Criminal Court on Monday they cannot conduct a fair defense because prosecutors have seized his assets.

Greece: Fur farms raided, 50,000 minks set loose (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 05:08 AM PDT

AP - Police say break-ins at two fur farms have set more than 50,000 minks on the loose in northern Greece.

(AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 03:18 AM PDT

AP - Slovak news agency TASR says gunman kills 6, injures at least 12 in suburban Bratislava.

Growing Hurricane Earl threatens north Caribbean (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 11:31 PM PDT

A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image shows Hurricane Danielle (Top-R) and Hurricane Earl (Bottom-R) churning in the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Earl surged into the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean early Monday after strengthening to a Category Two storm with 110 mile-an-hour winds, weather authorities said.(AFP/NOAA)AP - Hurricane Earl lashed northern Leeward Islands with heavy rain and strong winds Monday after strengthening into a Category 2 storm. Hotels were shut tightly overnight as tourists sought shelter inside their rooms.

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