2011年1月5日星期三

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Prior third centurion as England boost Ashes lead (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:14 PM PST

England batsman Matt Prior after scoring a half-century against Australia during the third day of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney. Prior made it to a century on the start of the fourth day Thursday, becoming the third centurion of the burgeoning England first innings with a thumping hundred off just 109 balls to rub further salt into Australia's wound. At drinks England were 584 for seven(AFP/Krystle Wright)AFP - Matt Prior became England's third centurion to increase the tourists' lead to 356 runs over hapless Australia on the fourth day of the final Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday.

Tottenham manager unsure over Beckham bid (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:12 PM PST

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp admitted after Wednesday's 2-1 loss to Everton at Goodison Park that he is in the dark over his side's bid to sign David Beckham, pictured in December 2010.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp admitted after Wednesday's 2-1 loss to Everton at Goodison Park that he is in the dark over his side's bid to sign David Beckham.

Autism-vaccine study was a 'fraud', journal says (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 05:53 PM PST

File photo shows a boy with autism at a Special Education and Training Center in Chengdu, China. In 1998, Andrew Wakefield, then a consultant at London's Royal Free Hospital, claimed that autism was linked to a triple vaccine for children. His study is blamed for a disastrous boycott of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - A study that unleashed a major health scare by linking autism to a triple vaccine was "an elaborate fraud," the British Medical Journal (BMJ) charged Thursday.

Premiership managers fight to survive (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 05:41 PM PST

Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson before the match against Blackburn Rovers on January 5. He did little to dampen speculation about his future after watching his side slide to a 3-1 defeat at Blackburn, cutting short his post-match press conference after just two minutes and three questions(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Carlo Ancelotti and Roy Hodgson were left fighting for their managerial lives after Chelsea and Liverpool both suffered shock losses on a night of Premier League upsets.

Curses! Romania's witches forced to pay income tax (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 05:32 PM PST

Romanian Bratara Buzea, 63, who was imprisoned for witchcraft under communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's repressive regime, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Mogosoaia, Romania, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Trouble is brewing for Romania's witches, whose toil is being taxed for the first time despite their threats of putting curses on the government. Also being taxed for the first time are fortune tellers, who probably saw this coming. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)AP - Everyone curses the tax man, but Romanian witches angry about having to pay up for the first time are planning to use cat excrement and dead dogs to cast spells on the president and government.

Avram Grant defiant as Newcastle beat West Ham 5-0 (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 05:30 PM PST

West Ham United's Israeli manager Avram Grant. The Premier League football squad boss has insisted his team would recover after a 5-0 drubbing at Newcastle that sent the London club back to the bottom of the table.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - West Ham manager Avram Grant insisted his team would recover after a 5-0 drubbing at Newcastle that sent the London club back to the bottom of the table.

Portugal pays higher rate to sell debt (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 05:23 PM PST

AP - Portugal has successfully raised euro500 million in a Treasury bill sale but had to pay sharply higher interest to attract investors, fueling fears its borrowing costs could spiral and force it to follow Greece and Ireland in seeking a multibillion-euro bailout.

7/7 hero jailed over £100 mln drug ring (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST

A view of the Number 30 double-decker bus is seen in Tavistock Square in central London July 8, 2005. A firefighter who rescued victims of the 2005 London bombings has been jailed for 14 years for his role in a huge cocaine-smuggling ring in Britain, officials revealed Wednesday.(AFP/POOL/File/Dylan Martinez)AFP - A firefighter who rescued victims of the 2005 London bombings has been jailed for 14 years for his role in a huge cocaine-smuggling ring in Britain, officials revealed Wednesday.

MPs warn against moratorium on deepwater drilling (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

Polar bears march in protest against proposed offshore oil drilling in London in 2000. A moratorium on oil drilling in deep waters off Britain would undermine the country's energy security, according to a report by lawmakers published on Thursday in response to the BP spill disaster last year.(AFP/File/Hugo Philpott)AFP - A moratorium on oil drilling in deep waters off Britain would undermine the country's energy security, according to a report by lawmakers published on Thursday in response to the BP spill disaster last year.

UK lawmakers: No need to stop deepwater drilling (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:01 PM PST

AP - A major oil spill at a deepwater well in the North Sea would be more difficult to handle than the Gulf of Mexico disaster, but a moratorium on drilling isn't necessary because Britain has tougher safety standards, a committee of lawmakers said Thursday.

Turkish Airlines flight safe after threat (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:03 PM PST

AP - A Turkish Airlines passenger claiming to have a bomb tried to force his way into the cockpit on a flight from Norway to Istanbul on Wednesday, but he was subdued by others and the plane landed safely, Turkish media reported.

France confirms explosion at its embassy in Mali (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 01:46 PM PST

AP - An assailant hurled an explosive at France's embassy in Mali's capital late Wednesday in an attack that wounded two Malian security guards. The blast appeared to be small, however, and caused only minor damage to an outer gate of the building.

Dutch firefighters tackle blaze at chemical plant (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 01:36 PM PST

A plume of smoke billows from a burning chemical plant as firefighters are seen outside the plant in the southern Dutch town of Moerdijk, Netherlands, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Local authorities warned residents to stay indoors and keep doors and windows shut Wednesday as a major blaze and explosions ripped through a chemical storage and packing company. (AP Photo/Joyce van Belkom) NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM OUTAP - Local authorities warned residents to stay indoors and keep doors and windows shut Wednesday as a major blaze and explosions ripped through a chemical storage and packing company.

UK pregnant women say contraceptive doesn't work (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 12:36 PM PST

AP - Hundreds of women in Britain have complained to the medical regulator after becoming pregnant despite using a contraceptive implant that is supposed to work for years.

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Posted: 05 Jan 2011 12:05 PM PST

AP - French Foreign Ministry confirms explosion at embassy in Bamako, Mali.

Pope brings toys, books to kids in Rome hospital (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:24 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI greets a child during a visit to the Rome Gemelli hospital, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI has brought stuffed animals, books and candy to children with spina bifida who are being treated at a Rome hospital. Benedict brought the gifts to mark Epiphany, when Catholics believe the three kings brought gifts to the newborn Jesus. Benedict told the children and their families that he wanted to be like the kings and give the children gifts to show his love and affection. The children, many in wheelchairs, gave Benedict little statues of the three kings and some drawings they'd made. He marveled at the artwork, kissed the children and blessed the babies who were brought to him. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI has brought stuffed animals, books and candy to children with spina bifida who are being treated at a Rome hospital.

Polish firefighters save deer drifting on ice (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:33 AM PST

In this picture taken on Tuesday, Jan.4, 2011 at the Baltic Sea coast near Ustronie Morskie, Poland, firefighters carry a roe-deer they had just saved from a sheet of ice drifting on the Baltic Sea. Tow deer were spotted stranded on ice off Poland's coast on Tuesday. One was chased back to land, but the other one drifted off to the sea. Firefighters took risks to save it. ( AP Photo/ Pawel Smaruj )AP - Polish firefighters dodged treacherous sheets of ice in a risky after-dark rescue of a terrified deer stranded on a floe in the Baltic Sea, a spokesman said Wednesday.

Mongolian spy chief fights extradition in UK court (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:24 AM PST

AP - A lawyer for a Mongolian spymaster who was clapped into handcuffs as his plane landed in London said Wednesday that the case should be a warning to other countries to be careful if they plan to send senior officials to Britain.

UK paper accused of phone hacking suspends worker (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:07 AM PST

AP - The British tabloid at the center of a phone-hacking scandal says it has suspended an employee after an allegation of misconduct.

2 icebound ships freed off Russia (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:13 AM PST

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin talks on the phone with captains of the ships trapped in ice of the Sea of Okhotsk, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. Two Russian icebreakers are trying to free a fishing trawler that among five ships with a total of more than 500 people aboard caught in heavy ice in the Sea of Okhotsk. (AP Photo / RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool)AP - Two Russian ships that were trapped in thick ice off the country's east coast made it to clear water on Wednesday, but one of the icebreakers sent to rescue them was stuck for hours.

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