2010年10月9日星期六

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Lack of schooling seen as root of Gypsy woes (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT

In this Sept. 24, 2010 photo, Roma child Abel Bot, 8, left, listens to his teacher Justin Lyot, right, after school in Choisy-le-Roi, France, south of Paris. Abel's fortunes have turned around since French police charged into his Gypsy squatter camp in the Paris suburb of Choisy-le-Roi and evicted everyone as part of President Nicolas Sarkozy's crackdown on illegal shantytowns. The action attracted attention from charities, which helped eight children sign up for school. For most, it was their first time inside a classroom. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - At age 8, Abel Bot is starting school a bit late. The past few weeks have been a crash course in how to be a schoolboy: how to hold a pencil, to raise a hand in class, to simply sit still.

Hamilton to take five-place grid penalty at Japanese Grand Prix (AFP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 04:43 PM PDT

McLaren-Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton drives in the rain during the third free practice session of the Formula One's Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka circuit in western Japan. Hamilton faces a five-place drop on the grid for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix after the team was forced to change the gearbox on the Briton's car.(AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - McLaren's Lewis Hamilton faces a five-place drop on the grid for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix after the team was forced to change the gearbox on the Briton's car.

Hungary sludge reservoir at risk of collapse (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 03:42 PM PDT

Bus drivers wait beside their buses on a highway to pick up evacuees outside Kolontar, Hungary, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. The Hungarian town of Kolontar near the toxic red sludge reservoir that flooded the area and killed at least seven people is under evacuation over fears of a new leak of the dangerous heavy metal waste, officials said. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - The cracking wall of an industrial plant reservoir appeared on the verge of collapse late Saturday, and engineers were working to blunt a possible second wave of the caustic red sludge that has already deluged several towns in western Hungary and killed seven.

More than 60,000 Germans protest railway project (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 03:41 PM PDT

AP - More than 60,000 people took to the streets of Stuttgart on Saturday to protest a disputed railway project in southwestern Germany that has become a headache for Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Al-Qaeda views West terror alert fears as victory: experts (AFP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 03:41 PM PDT

A soldier patrols on October 4, near the Eiffel tower in Paris. The US warning that stirred public panic in Europe over a possible Al-Qaeda attack at tourist hotspots has given a sense of victory to Islamist extremist networks, intelligence experts said.(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)AFP - The US warning that stirred public panic in Europe over a possible Al-Qaeda attack at tourist hotspots has given a sense of victory to Islamist extremist networks, intelligence experts said.

'Leave our geeks alone': Scientists protest cuts (AFP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 02:42 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron addresses delegates on the final day of the Conservative party conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, on October 6. Hundreds of scientists rallied outside the finance ministry on Saturday against planned government cuts they say will harm the country's international reputation as a research hub.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Hundreds of scientists rallied outside the finance ministry on Saturday against planned government cuts they say will harm the country's international reputation as a research hub.

Eight held in clashes at far-right protest (AFP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 01:46 PM PDT

A member of the extreme right-wing English Defence League (EDL) is arrested after scuffling with police officers during a protest in Leicester. Police arrested eight people Saturday in Leicester as far-right, anti-Islamist protesters clashed with riot officers and hurled bricks and smoke bombs, officials said.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Police arrested eight people Saturday in Leicester as far-right, anti-Islamist protesters clashed with riot officers and hurled bricks and smoke bombs, officials said.

British aid worker killed in botched Afghan rescue (AFP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 01:32 PM PDT

An undated photo shows British aid worker Linda Norgrove who was killed in Afghanistan. Foreign Secretary William Hague said Norgrove was killed by her captors during a rescue attempt.(AFP/Family Album)AFP - A British woman aid worker in Afghanistan was killed by her captors during a botched US rescue raid two weeks after being abducted at gunpoint in the war-torn country, British officials said Saturday.

Strikers cause disruptions at French ports (AFP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 01:03 PM PDT

People fish in front of tankers and other vessels waiting offshore near Marseille's port in Fos-sur-Mer on October 7. Ports across France experienced disruptions and in some cases total shutdown on Saturday as union-led workers protested against government plans to increase the retirement age.(AFP/File/Gerard Julien)AFP - Ports across France experienced disruptions and in some cases total shutdown on Saturday as union-led workers protested against government plans to increase the retirement age.

Thousands protest gay pride march in Serbia (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:52 PM PDT

AP - Several thousand supporters of the far-right protested Saturday in downtown Belgrade against a planned gay pride march, as fears mounted about possible violence during the event Sunday.

Pope has received letter from Ahmadinejad (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:27 PM PDT

AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sent a letter to the pope thanking him for opposing a Florida pastor's threat to burn the Quran and calling for cooperation against secularism, the Vatican and the Iranian presidency said Saturday.

Funeral held for girl whose killing shocked Italy (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:22 PM PDT

The coffin of 15-year-old Sarah Scazzi is carried through the crowd during her funeral in Avetrana, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. Thousands of people have walked past the coffin of a 15-year-old girl whose killing, announced to her mother on live TV, has shocked Italy. Sarah Scazzi disappeared Aug. 26 while walking in the town of Avetrana, in southern Italy. She remained missing for weeks while police searched for clues. The girl's mother, Concetta Serrano, was a guest on a live TV show Wednesday when she was told her daughter was likely dead and her brother-in-law had allegedly killed her. (AP Photo/Donato Fasano)AP - Thousands of people bid farewell at an open-air funeral Saturday to a 15-year-old schoolgirl whose killing — announced to her mother on live TV — has shocked this nation.

Red sludge only latest Hungarian calamity (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:56 AM PDT

Footsteps pick their way through the toxic red sludge which covers a yard in Devecser, Hungary, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. The population of the neighboring town of Kolontar was evacuated early this morning, and Devecser with a population of 5,300 is also in the likely path of a new sludge deluge. Authorities asked residents to put their most essential belongings into a single bag and prepare for possible evacuation. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - The disaster that buried three Hungarian villages in caustic red sludge this week is deepening the gloom of a country gripped by recession, polarization and the near-ubiquitous feeling that its people are doomed to be victims of calamity.

Empty ferry ablaze in Baltic Sea after explosion (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:27 AM PDT

Firefighting vessels work to extinguish a fire on the car ferry Lisco Gloria in the Baltic Sea, on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. The maritime emergencies center in Cuxhaven said that an explosion apparently occurred on the Lisco Gloria at about midnight. The Lithuanian-flagged ferry had more than 200 people on board and was traveling from the German port of Kiel to Klaipeda, Lithuania. German authorities said that all passengers and crew members have been rescued. (AP Photo/dapd, Axel Heimken)AP - A 650-foot ferry was ablaze in the Baltic Sea on Saturday after an explosion on the upper deck, and firefighting ships were spraying the vessel with water to keep it from breaking apart and spilling some 170 tons of fuel, officials said.

(AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 01:24 AM PDT

AP - Hungary's premier says red sludge reservoir walls 'very likely' to collapse

9/11 link to militant in Europe terror alert (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 08:40 PM PDT

A man reads the Quran inside a mosque in Hamburg, northern Germany, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. Hamburg security officials shuttered the al-Quds mosque, later dubbed Taiba mosque, in August, forcing its members to scatter. But authorities insist they have the city's estimated 200 extremist Muslims — including 45 al-Qaida followers — under surveillance and have sought to downplay Hamburg's role in the international terror scene. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)AP - The Islamic militant whose disclosures under U.S. interrogation in Afghanistan triggered Europe's terror alert is an old friend of a man convicted in the 9/11 attacks and, as the strikes were being planned, frequented the same mosque where the Hamburg-based plotters often met, officials say.

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