2010年11月21日星期日

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Irish seek aid as Europe tries to ensure stability (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 05:19 PM PST

Reuters - The EU and IMF agreed on Sunday to help bail out Ireland with loans to tackle its banking and budget crisis in a bid to protect Europe's financial stability.

Tigers could be extinct in 12 years if unprotected (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:26 PM PST

James Leape, Director General of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) International looks on at the International Tiger Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010. The WWF gathering in St. Petersburg is being seen as an unprecedented chance to agree on ways to boost the world wide population of tigers. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)AP - Wild tigers could become extinct in 12 years if countries where they still roam fail to take quick action to protect their habitats and step up the fight against poaching, global wildlife experts told a "tiger summit" Sunday.

Huge Jesus statue consecrated in Poland (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:25 PM PST

Roman Catholic faithful attend the consecration of a giant statue of Jesus Christ in Swiebodzin, Poland, on Sunday Nov. 21, 2010. People in the western Polish town boast that the statue with outstretched arms dubbed 'Christ the King' is the world's largest, rising even higher than Rio de Janeiro's famous Christ the Redeemer. Local businesspeople hope the monument, which was completed on Nov. 6, will attract tourists and pilgrims and give the area an economic boost. But some Poles accuse the priest who created it of megalomania and say its grandiosity violates Christ's spirit of humility.(AP Photo/Pawel Kalinowski)AP - Roman Catholic priests consecrated what local officials claim is the world's largest statue of Jesus Christ in the presence of hundreds of Polish faithful on Sunday.

Analysis: Irish EU bailout may not stop Portugal follow-up (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:22 PM PST

Reuters - The European Union's bailout of Ireland may give short-term relief to markets, but despite euro zone hopes, may not prevent markets from pushing Portugal to get EU assistance too, unless a more general solution is found soon.

Ireland swallows bitter pill, asks EU for loan (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:22 PM PST

Houses stand vacant in the Castlemoyne development in North Dublin, Ireland, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. This development is one of the many, so called, ghost estates that have been been largely abandoned and left unfinished across many parts of Ireland due to the financial crisis which has struck Ireland. Irish officials said Friday that talks are under way in Dublin involving various government departments and agencies together with more than 40 officials from the European Central Bank and Washington-based IMF, as tough negotiations are taking place to avert the crisis over the Irish government debt. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - Debt-crippled Ireland formally applied Sunday for a massive EU-IMF loan to stem the flight of capital from its banks, joining Greece in a step unthinkable only a few years ago when Ireland was a booming Celtic Tiger and the economic envy of Europe.

Yoplait chief sees Nestle as 'ideal' partner: report (AFP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 03:08 PM PST

An employee monitors a production line at a Yoplait plant in 2008. The head of French dairy food company Yoplait said in a newspaper interview on Sunday that Swiss food giant Nestle would make an AFP - The head of French dairy food company Yoplait said in a newspaper interview on Sunday that Swiss food giant Nestle would make an "ideal" partner, with major investment planned in China and India.

Gates warns anew of fallout if Russia treaty fails (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 02:43 PM PST

AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is sharpening his warnings about consequences for the United States if the Senate fails to approve a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia.

Ireland to ask for financial bailout (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 02:30 PM PST

Reuters - Ireland's government on Sunday accepted the recommendation of its finance minister to seek a bailout from international lenders, a move to shore up its battered banks and secure cheaper state funding.

Instant View: EU ministers back Ireland bailout (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 02:25 PM PST

Reuters - Ireland has asked for help under the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), a temporary budget safety net, and finance ministers from the group have approved the help.

Elections confirm popularity of Polish government (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 02:22 PM PST

AP - Poles voted Sunday in local elections that appeared to reward the government's go-slow approach in trimming the welfare state in the EU's largest new member — the only one in Europe to avoid a recession.

Pope's praise of Pius dismays Holocaust survivors (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 09:31 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI walks with the pastoral staff during a mass in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010. The Pontiff formally created 24 new cardinals on Saturday amid cheers in St. Peter's Basilica, bringing a mostly Italian group into the elite club that will eventually elect his successor. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - A Holocaust survivors group has voiced dismay over Pope Benedict XVI's assertion in a new book that wartime pontiff Pius XII was a "great righteous" man who saved more Jews than anyone else.

German paper rejects spy claim about its reporters (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 05:59 AM PST

AP - A German newspaper on Sunday dismissed as "absurd" Iranian suggestions that two of its reporters detained in connection with a highly publicized stoning case were spying, and called for their immediate release.

Ex-Congo VP Bemba to go on trial at int'l court (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 02:52 AM PST

AP - The war crimes trial begins Monday of the most senior political figure in the custody of the International Criminal Court, a former vice president of Congo who is being held to account for mass rape and murder of civilians by his followers in the neighboring Central African Republic.

Obama says understands ire over airport screenings (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 01:49 AM PST

In this Nov. 19, 2010 photo, passengers prepare for security screening at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. As passengers get ready to run the security check gantlet during some of the busiest flying days of the year, travel experts say dressing sensibly and packing wisely can help people breeze through screenings with their dignity intact. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - President Barack Obama has asked security officials whether there's a less intrusive way to screen U.S. airline passengers than the pat-downs and body scans causing a holiday-season uproar.

With Afghan control by 2014, Obama sees combat end (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 01:48 AM PST

US President Barack Obama gives a media briefing at the end of a NATO summit in Lisbon on Saturday Nov. 20, 2010. NATO planned Saturday to deliver a historic invitation for Russia to join a missile shield protecting Europe against Iranian attack, a milestone for an alliance that was built to defend against Soviet forces.(AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday said for the first time he wants U.S. troops out of major combat in Afghanistan by the end of 2014, the date he and other NATO leaders set for moving Afghans into the lead role in fighting the Taliban.

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