2010年9月26日星期日

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France seeks talks with Qaeda kidnappers: Sarkozy's office (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 05:01 PM PDT

A Nigerien soldier sits inside a car escorting press members outside France's state-owned nuclear giant Areva's uranium mine in Arlit. Five French hostages and two other foreigners kidnapped in Niger by an Al-Qaeda gang are alive and being held in the mountains of northern Mali, President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said Sunday.(AFP/Issouf Sanogo)AFP - Five French hostages and two other foreigners kidnapped in Niger by an Al-Qaeda gang are alive and being held in the mountains of northern Mali, President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said Sunday.

British Library posts Greek manuscripts to Web (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 04:21 PM PDT

In this photo taken Sept. 24, 2010, an early 10th century Greek manuscript 'Dialogues of Lucian' with marginal commentaries by the first owner of the manuscript, Arthas of Patre, Archbishop of Caesarea, which has been digitized, is seen at the British Library in London. British Library has digitized over a quarter of its Greek manuscripts (284 volumes) for the first time and made them freely available online. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - One of the world's most important caches of Greek manuscripts is going online, part of a growing number of ancient documents to hit the Web in recent years.

Rights group: Hold UK torture inquiry in public (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 04:01 PM PDT

AP - Britain's Equality and Human Rights Commission on Monday urged the head of an inquiry into allegations the U.K. colluded in the torture of suspected terrorists overseas to hold as many hearings as possible in public.

Resource giants spar over disputed DRCongo mine (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 03:46 PM PDT

Copper is extracted in Kolwezi in March 2010. A bitter dispute between two London-listed mining giants over copper assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo has shone a spotlight on business risks in one of the world's most corrupt countries.(AFP/File/Gwenn Dubourthoumieu)AFP - A bitter dispute between two London-listed mining giants over copper assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo has shone a spotlight on business risks in one of the world's most corrupt countries.

German police: 12 dead in crash of Polish bus (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 02:36 PM PDT

The wreckage of a bus that carried Polish tourists stands on the highway after it crashed in Schoenefeld east of Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. German police say at least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in the accident. (AP Photo/dapd, Timur Emek)AP - At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured Sunday when a bus carrying Polish tourists crashed on the highway southeast of Berlin, police said.

Spain braced for general strike, but impact may be limited (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 02:26 PM PDT

People hold Union flags during a demonstration called by Spanish Unions in Sevilla, in June 2010. Spain's Socialist government, forced to impose unpopular measures to fix a battered economy, faces a general strike on Wednesday with unions angry over what they see as a policy U-turn.(AFP/File/Cristina Quicler)AFP - Spain's Socialist government, forced to impose unpopular measures to fix a battered economy, faces a general strike on Wednesday with unions angry over what they see as a policy U-turn.

French police dismantle mobile phone hacking ring (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 02:16 PM PDT

French police have busted a network of mobile phone hackers, a fraud worth millions of euros, and arrested nine people, including employees of cellular phone companies, investigators said Sunday.(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)AFP - French police have busted a network of mobile phone hackers, a fraud worth millions of euros, and arrested nine people, including employees of cellular phone companies, investigators said Sunday.

Abbas meets with Jewish community in Paris (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 02:12 PM PDT

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas meets with local Jewish leaders in Paris. Abbas held talks Sunday with influential members of the French-Jewish community in Paris about the Israeli-Palestine peace negotiations, during his visit to France.(AFP/Miguel Medina)AFP - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas held talks Sunday with influential members of the French-Jewish community in Paris about the Israeli-Palestine peace negotiations, during his visit to France.

British national abducted in Afghanistan: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 01:57 PM PDT

A soldier mans his position at the rear of a British helicopter as it is flown over the Helmand province of Afghanistan in August 2010. The British foreign ministry said Sunday that one of its nationals had been abducted in Afghanistan.(AFP/Pool/File/Andrew Winning)AFP - The British foreign ministry confirmed Sunday that one of its nationals had been abducted in Afghanistan, amid reports she was an aid worker seized while driving through the northeast of the country.

Miliband rejects 'lurch to the left' (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 01:38 PM PDT

The new leader of the Labourt Party Ed Miliband attends the opening session on the first day of the annual Labour Party conference in Manchester. Miliband insisted he would not drag the opposition leftwards to steer the party back to power, as their annual conference started Sunday.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Newly-elected Labour leader Ed Miliband said Sunday he would not drag the opposition party leftwards to steer it back to power, as its annual conference opened here.

ETA willing to declare permanent cease-fire (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 11:51 AM PDT

In this undated photo released by the Basque newspaper Gara Sunday Sept. 26, 2010, two unidentified and masked ETA members are seen at a table. The Basque separatist group ETA says it is willing to declare a permanent and verifiable ceasefire, and go further, in a bid to settle the troubled region's long-running conflict with the Spanish government. The two masked ETA members say in an interview published in Gara on Sunday that the violent, armed group is prepared to abide by such conditions as set out in March in a document called the Brussels Declaration by 19 people, including four Nobel peace laureates. (AP Photo/Gara)AP - Basque separatist group ETA reportedly says it is willing to declare a permanent cease-fire, verified by international observers, in a bid to settle the troubled region's long-running conflict with the Spanish government.

Palestinian leader meets with Jewish intellectuals (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 11:10 AM PDT

AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has met with Jewish writers and intellectuals in France, ahead of his planned talks with the French leader.

New Labour leader says he won't be "Red Ed" (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 11:00 AM PDT

Ed Miliband, newly-elected leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, waves to members of his party following the announcement at the start of the party's annual conference, in Manchester, England, Saturday Sept. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Britain's newly appointed opposition leader Ed Miliband insisted Sunday he won't force his Labour Party toward the political left-wing after he harnessed the support of leftist labor unions to beat his better-known brother in a dramatic election.

Afghan officials say British woman kidnapped (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 10:07 AM PDT

US troops at Forward Operating Base Ramrod in Kandahar Province, southern Afghanistan, in 2009. The US Army holds its first hearing Monday in a grisly war crimes case that charges five soldiers with killing Afghan civilians for sport and plotting a cover-up.(AFP/Pool/File/Jason Reed)AP - Afghan officials said a female British aid worker and three Afghan colleagues were kidnapped Sunday in the country's northeastern Kunar province.

Romanian president gives up police protection (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 09:09 AM PDT

AP - Romania's president has withdrawn police protection in response to an "illegal" protest by 6,000 officers facing wage cuts.

Jewish activists set sail for Gaza from Cyprus (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 08:00 AM PDT

A boat with 9 Jewish activists aboard sets sail from Famagusta harbour in the Turkish-occupied north of ethnically divided Cyprus in a bid to breach the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. The trip came nearly four months after Israeli commandos boarded a flotilla of Gaza-bound ships, killing nine activists. The voyage also came as Israelis, Palestinians and U.S. mediators sought a compromise that would allow Mideast talks to continue after an Israeli settlement slowdown expires at midnight. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) EDS NOTE: NO TRANSLATION AVAILABLE FOR WORDS ON SAIL.AP - A boat carrying Jewish activists from Israel, Germany, the U.S. and Britain set sail on Sunday for Gaza, hoping to breach Israel's naval blockade there.

Catherine Walker, designer to Princess Diana, dies (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 07:45 AM PDT

A file picture of Princess Diana wearing a dress by British designer Catherine Walker in London in 1997. Catherine Walker died at the age of 65, her family said.(AFP/File/Michel Domino)AP - Fashion designer Catherine Walker, whose work was championed by late Princess Diana, has died after suffering from cancer, her family said Sunday. She was 65.

Turkey: gallery attack ignites debate (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 04:04 AM PDT

Two women seen in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. The motives for the brazen attack this week in central Istanbul have yet to be fully explained, though half a dozen suspects were detained. Whether an isolated incident or not, it renewed debate about fast-paced change in Turkey, a cauldron of jostling influences: rich and poor, modern and traditional, secular and Islamic, democratic and authoritarian.(AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)AP - The gang of several dozen men with sticks and pepper spray moved methodically from one art gallery to the next, assaulting overflow crowds that had spilled into the streets during the joint opening of several exhibitions in the center of Istanbul.

Northern Ireland man faces terrorism charges (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 02:48 AM PDT

AP - Police in Northern Ireland say a man has been charged with terrorism offenses after police uncovered a suspected dissident Irish Republican Army weapons cache.

Bomb scare diverts plane; may have been a hoax (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 10:08 PM PDT

Swedish police anti-terrorist teams assemble under the belly of a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777 at Stockholm Arlanda International airport Saturday Sept. 25, 2010. The aircraft was en route from Toronto to Karachi, when Canadian authorities received a tip-off that a passenger could be carrying explosives and the plane was diverted to Stockholm. Swedish police detained a man described as a Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin aboard the plane, but a bomb squad that searched the Boeing 777 found nothing suspicious on board. (AP Photo/Fredrik Persson) SWEDEN OUTAP - Canadian police are investigating whether a phoned-in hoax caused a Pakistani jet to be diverted to Stockholm for several hours Saturday for fear that one of its passengers was carrying explosives.

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