2010年10月7日星期四

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Toxic red sludge reaches the Danube River (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 05:10 PM PDT

A worker, wearing a protective gear,discards furniture from a house damaged by flooding toxic mud in the village of Kolontar, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. Monday's flooding was caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at a metals works in western Hungary and has affected seven towns near the Ajkai, 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Budapest. The flood of toxic mud killed a yet unknown number of people, injured more than one hundred, with some people still missing. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Red sludge flowed into the Danube River on Thursday, threatening a half-dozen nations along one of Europe's key waterways. Monitors took samples every few hour to measure damage from the toxic spill and emergency officials declared one Hungarian tributary dead.

Accused airline bomber "not radicalized at UK university" (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 04:03 PM PDT

Reuters - A Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner was not radicalized during his days as a student in Britain, a report on Friday said, challenging suggestions he was recruited on campus.

UK university says it didn't radicalize bomber (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 04:01 PM PDT

AP - A Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up an international flight above the United States did not become radicalized during his years as an undergraduate in London, the university where he studied said Thursday.

Chinese dissident hot bet for Nobel Peace Prize (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:41 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2009 file photo, pro-democracy activists hold pictures of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who was arrested after co-authoring a bold manifesto urging civil rights and political reform, outside the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong. Hong Kong police arrested five pro-democracy protesters after demonstrators scuffled with officers guarding the central Chinese government's local liaison office Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. The clash broke out when about 100 protesters marked National Day by marching to the liaison office denouncing Beijing's 'authoritarian rule' and demanding the release of dissident Liu, who is serving an 11-year jail term for inciting subversion. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)AP - Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo tops speculation for the Nobel Peace Prize — one betting site has already declared him the winner — though some experts expect a more low-key choice on Friday.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a hockey superhero! (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:20 PM PDT

Reuters - Pow! Wap! Goal!

Hungary toxic sludge spill reaches Danube (AFP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:07 PM PDT

Hungarian civic workers clean the sludge-covered streets of Kolontar. Hungary's toxic sludge spill has reached the Danube river, threatening to contaminate the waterway's ecosystem. The spill has already killed four people.(AFP/Attila Kisbenedek)AFP - Dead fish floated in the Danube Thursday after a toxic sludge spill that killed four people in Hungary reached Europe's second longest river, threatening to decimate marine life, officials said.

Labour unveils members of new top team (AFP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:06 PM PDT

Leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Ed Miliband(L) with deputy leader Harriet Harman in September 2010 in Manchester. The 19 politicians who will make up the team, known as the shadow Cabinet, were voted for by Labour lawmakers and their roles will now be finalised by party leader Miliband.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The Labour party announced the members of its new top team Thursday, with a married couple thought to be vying for the key job of finance spokesman.

Airbus says military certification advances US tanker bid (AFP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 01:07 PM PDT

A picture released by Airbus Military in 2009 shows an Airbus A330 MRTT (Multi Role Tanker Transport) demonstrating simultaneous refuelling of two Spanish Air force F/A-18A jetfighters. European giant Airbus said Thursday that military certification of its new aerial refueling tanker moves forward its bid against Boeing for a huge US defense contract.(AFP/Airbus)AFP - European giant Airbus said Thursday that military certification of its new aerial refueling tanker moves forward its bid against Boeing for a huge US defense contract.

French police keep 'illegal' ethnic lists of Roma: lawyers (AFP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 01:00 PM PDT

Security forces arrive to evacuate the Corbeil-Essonnes, part of an illegal Roma camp set up in three cities Corbeil-Essonnes, Ormoy and Villabe, west of Paris. French police are keeping secret lists of Roma and other travelling minorities in breach of laws on ethnic profiling, lawyers for rights groups alleged in a formal complaint seen by AFP on Thursday.(AFP/Bernard Gaudin)AFP - French police are keeping secret lists of Roma and other travelling minorities in breach of laws on ethnic profiling, lawyers for rights groups alleged in a formal complaint seen by AFP on Thursday.

China's Liu leads Kohl, EU in Peace Nobel race - TV (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 12:39 PM PDT

Pro-democracy protesters hold a sign and a poster of one of China's best known dissidents Liu Xiaobo, outside the Chinese liaison office, during a protest in Hong Kong urging for Liu's release in this January 25, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/FilesReuters - Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is the leading candidate to win the Nobel Peace Prize with the European Union and former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl also among the contenders, Norway's main television networks said on Thursday.

Russian students create erotic calendar for Putin (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 10:39 AM PDT

AP - Vladimir Putin received an unusual birthday gift Thursday from 12 female journalism students, who posed in lacy underwear and used sexual innuendo to create a calendar dedicated to Russia's macho prime minister.

France's constitutional watchdog endorses veil ban (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 10:38 AM PDT

France's top legal authority approved a law banning full-face veils in public, the last hurdle for the ban, which aims to protect women's rights but has been criticised as stigmatising Muslims. Prime Minister Francois Fillon, pictured on October 6, immediately hailed the judgment as AP - France's constitutional watchdog on Thursday endorsed a divisive law forbidding face-covering Islamic veils anywhere in public, but expressed concern about applying it in places of worship such as a mosque.

Controversial Swedish artist finishes lecture (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 10:22 AM PDT

AP - A Swedish artist who angered Muslims by caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad has given a lecture on artistic freedom at a location heavily guarded by police.

Rare Titanic survivor letter to be auctioned (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 10:16 AM PDT

This is a photograph of Titanic survivors Laura Francatelli, standing second right, and her employers Lady Lucy Duff-Gordon, standing 3rd left, and Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, standing directly behind Lady Lucy, standing on the rescue ship Carpathia, made available by auctioneers Henry Aldridge and Son on Thursday Oct. 7, 2010. Francatelli heard a terrible rumbling noise, then anguished cries for help as her rowboat pulled away from the sinking ocean liner Titanic that dreadful night in 1912. (AP Photo/Henry Aldridge and Son, Ho) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES **AP - She heard a terrible rumbling noise, then anguished cries for help as her rowboat pulled away from the sinking ocean liner Titanic that dreadful night in 1912.

Roman helmet auctioned for more than $3 million (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 09:43 AM PDT

AP - A rare Roman helmet found in an open field in Cumbria has been sold by a London auction house for nearly 2.3 million pounds ($3.6 million) — about eight times more than had been expected.

Mother learns while on TV missing girl was slain (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 08:40 AM PDT

AP - An Italian mother whose anguish over her missing daughter gripped the nation for weeks was told on live TV that the teenager had been slain, allegedly by the girl's uncle, whose house was hosting the show.

Former Yugoslav premier Milka Planinc dies at 86 (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 08:34 AM PDT

AP - The Croatian state-run news agency HINA says Milka Planinc, who was prime minister in the 1980s in what was then communist Yugoslavia, has died at the age of 86.

US foundation pledges $140 million for Albania (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 07:39 AM PDT

AP - A U.S.-backed investment corporation says it has raised $140 million to fund projects in tourism and education.

Austrian cop pleads not guilty to attack on US man (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 07:13 AM PDT

U.S. citizen Mike Brennan, 34, from Jacksonville, Fla., talks to journalists in front of a court room at Vienna's main court, Austria, on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. An undercover police officer has pleaded not guilty to assaulting the black American teacher after mistaking him for an African drug dealer at a subway station in the Austrian capital. But his lawyer Bernd Gahler acknowledged that he made mistakes and used force during the Feb. 11, 2009 incident that injured Mike Brennan, a former football player from Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)AP - An Austrian undercover police officer pleaded not guilty Thursday to assaulting an American teacher after mistaking him for an African drug dealer at a subway station in Vienna.

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Posted: 07 Oct 2010 07:09 AM PDT

AP - Hungarian Science Academy says heavy metal content of red sludge well below danger levels.

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