2011年5月30日星期一

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Indy 500 worth $2.6 mn for Wheldon (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 06:07 PM PDT

Dan Wheldon (pictured) won the 100th anniversary edition of the Indy 500 in dramatic style, when leader J.R. Hildebrand (not pictured) crashed in the final turn of the final lap.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Nick Laham)AFP - Dan Wheldon received $2,567,255 for winning the Indianapolis 500, which might come in handy for the English driver who calls himself "unemployed".

Swansea hit English Premier League jackpot (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:35 PM PDT

Swansea City have clinched a lucrative promotion to the Premier League with a 4-2 victory over Reading in the Championship play-off final.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers admits his club have hit the jackpot as they clinched a lucrative promotion to the Premier League with a 4-2 victory over Reading in the Championship play-off final.

Commander warns over troop cuts in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:59 PM PDT

British army soldiers sit on their Jackal patrol vehicle in Trikh Nawar, Afghanistan, in 2010. The army general leading British soldiers in Afghanistan on Tuesday warned leading politicians that a significant reduction in troop levels could undo the gains made since last year's US surge.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AFP - The army general leading British soldiers in Afghanistan on Tuesday warned leading politicians that a significant reduction in troop levels could undo the gains made since last year's US surge.

AP Interview: Serbia's Tadic says EU must act (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:53 PM PDT

Serbian President Boris Tadic speaks during an interview to The Associated Press, in Belgrade, Serbia, on Monday, May 30, 2011. Tadic said that after arresting Mladic , Serbia should move forward in its bid to join the European Union. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)AP - Serbia's president Boris Tadic says it's time for the European Union to do its part by boosting his nation's efforts to join the bloc, arguing the arrest of war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic proves it is serious about rejoining the international fold.

UK general warns against Afghanistan pullout (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:07 PM PDT

Australian soldiers patrol in Tirin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan province, Afghanistan in 2007. Two Australian soldiers have been killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan, the Defence Department said Tuesday, with one of them being shot dead by a local trooper.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AP - Britain's most senior general in Afghanistan says that there must be no significant pullout of troops from the country until late 2012.

New sex scandal forces France to confront macho politics (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:28 PM PDT

Civil Service Junior Minister Georges Tron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, in January 2011. Who will be next to fall? That's the question on many French lips after one of President Nicolas Sarkozy's ministers resigned over rape accusations amid heated debate over the chronic machismo of Paris politics.(AFP/File/Lionel Bonaventure)AFP - Who will be next to fall? That's the question on many French lips after one of President Nicolas Sarkozy's ministers resigned over rape accusations amid heated debate over the chronic machismo of Paris politics.

14 dead in Germany as cucumber crisis grows (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:19 PM PDT

A slice of a German cucumber. Germany on Monday held crisis talks amid reports that at least 14 people have died and hundreds are ill in an outbreak of a highly virulent strain of bacteria found on imported cucumbers.(AFP/Johannes Eisele)AFP - Germany on Monday held crisis talks amid reports that at least 14 people have died and hundreds are ill in an outbreak of a highly virulent strain of bacteria found on imported cucumbers.

German nuclear shutdown sets global example: Merkel (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:14 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a press conference at the chancellery in Berlin. Merkel said Germany could serve as a global trailblazer with its decision Monday to phase out nuclear power by 2022 but France, Europe's biggest producer, said it will not follow suit.(AFP/John MacDougall)AFP - Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany could serve as a global trailblazer with its decision Monday to phase out nuclear power by 2022 but France, Europe's biggest producer, said it will not follow suit.

Russian ex-tycoon Khodorkovsky files for parole (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Reuters - A jailed former Russian oil tycoon kept up his fight against the Kremlin on Monday, filing for parole following last week's court decision to keep him in jail for 13 years.

Renault taps Nissan executive as new COO (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:10 PM PDT

AP - French automaker Renault says it has named a top executive of Nissan Americas as its chief operating officer — an effort to get past an embarrassing scandal over false accusations of espionage.

Gaza flotilla organizers mark raid anniversary (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:27 PM PDT

Palestinian Muhammed Zindan, one of Pro-Palestinian activists, speaks at a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, May 30, 2011 as they marked the first anniversary of a deadly raid by Israel on a Turkish aid ship bound for the Gaza Strip by gathering on the deck of the same boat, refitted and preparing to sail for Gaza once again next month. An international coalition of activists said Egypt's removal of a 4-year-old blockade of the Gaza Strip last weekend will not affect their plans for a new flotilla, which will depart from various European ports in an attempt to breach Israel's sea blockade. (AP Photo)AP - Pro-Palestinian activists on Monday marked the first anniversary of a deadly raid by Israel on a Turkish aid ship bound for the Gaza Strip by gathering on the deck of the same boat, refitted and preparing to sail for Gaza again next month.

Israel minister: Strike on Iran could be necessary (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:24 PM PDT

AP - An Israeli Cabinet minister said the civilized world must take joint action to avert the Iranian nuclear threat, including a pre-emptive strike if necessary.

Italy presents 5 Libyan generals who have defected (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:21 AM PDT

Defecting from Gadhafi's regime Almbrok Ahmed Hmimida meets the journalists in Rome, Monday, May 30, 2011. Five Libyan army generals who defected from Moammar Gadhafi's side are appealing to fellow officers to join them in backing the rebels. Italian foreign ministry officials presented the generals, two colonels and a major at a news conference in Rome Monday. Gen. Melud Massoud Halasa estimates Gadhafi's forces are only 20 percent as efficient as they were before the rebellion began and that at most 10 generals are still loyal to Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)AP - Eight top Libyan army officers, including five generals, who have defected from Moammar Gadhafi's regime appealed to their fellow officers Monday to join the revolt to hasten the end of Gadhafi's 40-year rule.

(AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:18 AM PDT

AP - Serbia's president says last war crimes fugitive Goran Hadzic will be arrested.

Cambodia-Thailand border dispute at UN court (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:12 AM PDT

Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong is seen at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, May 30, 2011. Thailand and Cambodia will face off at the United Nations' highest court Monday, in the latest move to settle a decades-old battle for control of a disputed border region that has erupted into deadly military clashes. Cambodia is asking the court to order Thailand to withdraw troops and halt military activity around a temple at the center of the dispute between the Southeast Asian neighbors. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski)AP - Thailand and Cambodia traded barbs Monday at the United Nations' highest court, accusing each other of launching illegal cross-border attacks around a historic temple in a disputed border region.

Russia's church, lawmakers want to limit abortion (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 09:38 AM PDT

AP - Russia's Orthodox Church teamed with Conservative parliamentarians Monday to push legislation that would radically restrict abortions in a nation struggling to cope with one of the world's lowest birthrates.

Mladic will face heavy evidence from earlier cases (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 09:31 AM PDT

A Bosnian Serb man holds a photo of former Gen. Ratko Mladic during a protest in Kalinovik, Bosnia, hometown of the Bosnian Serb wartime military leader, 70 kms southeast of Sarajevo, Sunday, May 29, 2011. Approximately 3,000 Bosnian Serbs, gathered to show support and anger after the arrest of Mladic. Protestors carried banners and flags and sang songs in his support, he was arrested after 16 years in hiding from the International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague. Mladic is to face trial on 15 accounts of war crimes including genocide in Srebrenica in 1995. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)AP - One of Ratko Mladic's most senior commanders was in no doubt who was ultimately responsible for the massacre of 8,000 Muslims in the Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica in July of 1995.

Denmark: hotel bomber found guilty of terror (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 09:11 AM PDT

AP - A Chechen-born man was convicted of attempted terrorism Monday for accidentally setting off a letter bomb that investigators believe was intended for a Danish newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad.

William and Kate on multi-city Canada, US tour (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 09:00 AM PDT

AP - Royal officials say Prince William and his bride will travel thousands of miles (kilometers) from Canada's north to Southern California on their first official overseas trip.

UN expert: Video proves Sri Lanka war crimes (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 08:58 AM PDT

AP - A U.N. human rights expert says gruesome new footage from the final days of Sri Lanka's civil war is authentic and proves war crimes took place there, challenging the government's claim that videos showing the army executing captured rebels in May 2009 are faked.

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