2010年9月11日星期六

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In Venice, Helen Mirren is Prospera in new take on 'Tempest' (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 04:10 PM PDT

British Dame Helen Mirren poses during a photocall for AFP - Shakespeare's Prospero changed his sex Saturday as the Venice film festival wrapped up with Julie Taymor's adaptation of "The Tempest" starring Helen Mirren.

UK says needs global military force post-Afghan (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 03:52 PM PDT

British soldiers from the First Battalion The Royal Welsh mobilise for Operation Moshtarak, a combined force of 15,000 troops launching major assaults on Taliban strongholds in Helmand Province, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan February 13, 2010. REUTERS/SSgt Will Craig/The British Army/Ministry of Defence/Crown Copyright/HandoutReuters - British Defense Secretary Liam Fox said on Saturday that Britain's "battle against terrorism" in Afghanistan was not the end of the global struggle, and the country must be prepared to act elsewhere in future.

9,000 demonstrate for Catalonia's independence: report (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 03:51 PM PDT

A graffiti reading, AFP - Around 9,000 people demonstrated Saturday in the centre of Barcelona for the independence of the northeastern Catalonia region, burning a Spanish flag and a photo of King Juan Carlos, media reported.

England win first field hockey World Cup bronze (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 03:41 PM PDT

England's players celebrate after they defeated Germany 2-0 in the field hockey third place match for the women's World Cup 2010, in Rosario, Argentina.(AFP)AFP - England celebrated their first World Cup women's bronze medal on Saturday after beating Germany 2-0 in front of a near capacity crowd of 10,000 fans.

Denmark raises terror preparedness after hotel blast (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 03:24 PM PDT

Reuters - Denmark raised its terror attack preparedness Saturday, the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States, after a man set off a small explosion in a Copenhagen hotel Friday.

Former Iceland PM should be tried for crisis: lawmakers (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 02:52 PM PDT

Iceland's former prime minister Geir Haarde, pictured in 2008, and three ministers should be tried for negligence that led to the country's 2008 banking and financial meltdown, a parliamentary commission said Saturday.(AFP/LEHTIKUVA/File/Antti Aimo-Koivisto)AFP - Iceland's former prime minister Geir Haarde and three ministers should be tried for negligence that led to the country's 2008 banking and financial meltdown, a parliamentary commission said Saturday.

Priest abuse victims in Britain speak out before pope visit (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 02:40 PM PDT

Protesters hold placards during a rally London calling for the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI over abuse scandals rocking the Church in March 2010. Victims of abuse by Catholic priests in Britain Saturday urged AFP - Victims of abuse by Catholic priests in Britain Saturday urged "action not words" ahead of Pope Benedict XVI's visit, demanding the Vatican do more to help those targeted by paedophile clergymen.

Ex-bishop in Belgian abuse scandal goes to hiding (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 02:10 PM PDT

AP - The former Belgian bishop who resigned in April after admitting he sexually abused a nephew for years said Saturday he would go into hiding to assess his future, despite calls for him to leave the church immediately.

BAE Systems to sell some US assets: report (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 01:51 PM PDT

People walk past the BAE Systems plant at Warton near Preston, Lancashire. Britain's BAE Systems, the world's top maker of military equipment, is selling some of its North American commercial aerospace business, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Britain's BAE Systems, the world's top maker of military equipment, is selling some of its North American commercial aerospace business, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.

Bath counting cost after last-gasp win (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 01:47 PM PDT

Bath were left counting the cost of a bruising last-gasp victory over London Irish on Saturday which sent the West Country giants to the top of the Premiership. A late try from full-back Nick Abendanon, pictured here in June 2010, secured the points for Bath.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mike Stobe)AFP - Bath were left counting the cost of a bruising last-gasp victory over London Irish on Saturday which sent the West Country giants to the top of the Premiership.

Attacks in southern Russia kill 2 police, wound 5 (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 01:10 PM PDT

Relatives mourn Gusalov Alan, 42, killed in a suicide car attack in a square outside a market in Vladikavkaz, North Caucasus, Saturday, Sept., 11, 2010. The Thursday bombing on the edge of the central market of the capital of the North Ossetia republic where a suicide car bombing killed 17 people and wounded more than 140 was the most serious terrorist attack in Russia since the March subway bombings in Moscow that killed 40. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Several attacks in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region have left two police officers dead and another five wounded, officials said Saturday.

Greek protesters confront government on economy (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 12:54 PM PDT

Plain clothes police officers arrest an elderly man after he threw a shoe at Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou who had just inaugurated an annual trade fair in Thessaloniki, Greece on Saturday Sept. 11, 2010. The projectile landed wide of its target, and police arrested the alleged shoe-thrower. Unions are staging protests in Thessaloniki ahead of an annual weekend speech on the state of the economy by Prime Minister George Papandreou. Unions are angry at plans by Papandreou's Socialist government to sell-off and reform loss-making state enterprises and relax labor rules as part of an effort deal with Greece's acute debt crisis. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)AP - Greece's prime minister promised Saturday to lower corporate taxes to help revive the debt-plagued country's shrinking economy, while thousands of protesters marched — mostly peacefully — against the government's harsh austerity measures.

Danes say minor hotel blast could be terror attack (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 10:27 AM PDT

Police guard a cordon in central Copenhagen, Friday, Sept. 10, 2010, after it was suspected that the man tried to detonate a small bomb in Hotel Joergensen in central Copenhagen. The man received minor injuries in his face and on his arms. The hotel was evacuated and there were no reports of other injuries. (AP Photo/Polfoto, Kenneth Meyer) ** DENMARK OUT **AP - Danish officials said this week's small explosion at a Copenhagen hotel could be terror related, as the French-speaking suspect proclaimed his innocence in court Saturday while being ordered held in custody.

Catholics in England suffered long repression (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 09:58 AM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, Lord Camoys speaking to the Associated Press in the 14th century chapel next to his country home in Stonor, England. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - For nearly three centuries after the Reformation, Catholics in England were outlaws.

UK says missionary freed from Gambian jail (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 08:57 AM PDT

AP - Britain's Foreign Office says that a missionary has been freed from a Gambian jail after serving nearly two years for sedition.

Serbia charges 9 ex-troops with Kosovo war crimes (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 05:12 AM PDT

AP - Serbia's war crimes prosecutor has charged nine former paramilitary fighters with war crimes for the brutal killing of more than 40 civilians during the war in Kosovo, the prosecutor's office said Saturday.

Spy chief: Terror risk high in France (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 05:02 AM PDT

AP - The risk of a terrorist attack on French soil has never been higher, the head of the country's counterespionage agency said in an interview released Saturday.

EU ministers discuss relationship with Turkey (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 04:58 AM PDT

AP - European Union foreign ministers sought to step beyond their vexed relationship with Turkey and instead look for ways to deepen ties with a nation that is becoming a key player on the global stage even as talks to join the bloc languish.

Senior US diplomat confident Japan base will stay (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 01:23 AM PDT

AP - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg says Washington would prefer to keep its military base on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa despite local opposition.

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