2011年2月12日星期六

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England beat Italy 59-13 in Six Nations rugby (AFP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 05:21 PM PST

England's right wing Chris Ashton dives over the line to score the opening try against Italy during their Six Nations rugby union match at Twickenham Stadium. Ashton scored four tries as England overwhelmed Italy 59-13 to maintain their unbeaten start to the championship.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Martin Johnson has warned England they must improve if they are to defeat reigning Six Nations champions France when the northern hemisphere heavyweights collide at Twickenham later this month.

Rangers' Smith happy with new charges (AFP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 04:47 PM PST

Rangers kept the pressure on Scottish Premier League leaders Celtic as Croatian striker Nikica Jelavic, pictured in 2009, scored a hat-trick as the Gers routed Motherwell 6-0 at Ibrox on Saturday.(AFP/File/Joe Klamar)AFP - Walter Smith says he is happy with the way his new signings are integrating into his side after they shone in Rangers' 6-0 thrashing of Motherwell on Saturday.

Weir's Saddam bribery profits go to Iraq good causes (AFP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 04:46 PM PST

Profits confiscated from British engineering firm Weir for paying illegal kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's regime are to be ploughed into Iraqi good causes, the Scottish government announced Sunday.(Weir)AFP - Profits confiscated from British engineering firm Weir for paying illegal kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's regime are to be ploughed into Iraqi good causes, the Scottish government announced Sunday.

"King's Speech" tipped for glory at BAFTA awards (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 04:31 PM PST

Reuters - "The King's Speech," in which Colin Firth plays stammering King George VI, is the bookmakers' favorite to be crowned best film at Britain's top movie accolades the BAFTA awards on Sunday.

Newbury probe after two horses die in paddock (AFP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 01:27 PM PST

An investigation has been launched after two horses died in the paddock at Newbury racecourse on Saturday.(Newbury The Racecourse)AFP - An investigation has been launched after two horses died in the paddock at Newbury racecourse on Saturday.

Pictures and paintings to save Bucharest historic district (AFP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 12:54 PM PST

A man, wearing a gas mask, carries a suitcase during a protest against the demolition of an old building in the center of Bucharest. A hundred people equipped with cameras, brushes and paints protested Saturday against the authorities' plan to demolish one of the oldest marketplaces in the Romanian capital.(AFP/Andrei Pungovschi)AFP - A hundred people equipped with cameras, brushes and paints protested Saturday against the authorities' plan to demolish one of the oldest marketplaces in the Romanian capital.

Italy ferries Tunisians off Sicilian island (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 12:29 PM PST

Would-be migrants believed to be from Tunisia are seen on the shores of the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, Friday, Feb. 11, 2011 after arriving there by boat. Some 1,000 Tunisians have fled the chaos in their homeland and arrived by boat on a tiny Italian island, prompting Italy to demand Friday that the European Union take stronger action to prevent an uncontrolled wave of migrants from North Africa. Since Jan. 16, about 1,600 Tunisians have landed in Italy, the U.N. refugee agency says, mostly on the island of Lampedusa, which is closer to Africa than the Italian mainland. Half of them arrived in recent days. (AP Photo/Elio Desiderio)AP - Italy ferried hundreds of Tunisians off a tiny Sicilian island Saturday to detention centers amid government fears that terrorists could mix in among the boatloads of people fleeing turmoil in North Africa.

Wales beat Scotland in Six Nations rugby (AFP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 12:27 PM PST

Sean Lamont of Scotland tackles Wales' centre Jamie Roberts (R) to deny a try during their Six Nations rugby union match at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. Wales won 24-6.(AFP/Ian Macnicol)AFP - After eight games and almost a year without a victory, Wales finally got that winning feeling back on Saturday with a dour 24-6 victory over Scotland in the Six Nations.

Rooney magic seals United's derby triumph (AFP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 11:51 AM PST

Blackburn Rovers' forward Roque Santa Cruz shows his frustration during a match in 2008. Newcastle United were unable to repeat the heroics of their stunning comeback against Arsenal as they were held to a dreary 0-0 draw at Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Wayne Rooney produced a moment of match-winning magic as his stunning overhead kick gave Manchester United a crucial 2-1 victory over Manchester City in Saturday's derby at Old Trafford.

Police check 'mystery woman' in missing twins hunt (AFP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 11:49 AM PST

Missing Swiss six year-old twins Livia and Alessia. French police were checking Saturday a report of a mystery woman who was seen with missing Swiss six-year-old twins and their father in Corsica before he committed suicide, as the girls mother said she had still not AFP - French police were checking Saturday a report of a mystery woman who was seen with missing Swiss six-year-old twins and their father in Corsica before he committed suicide, as the girls mother said she had still not "lost hope."

Anti-Berlusconi protesters bang pots, pans (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 11:14 AM PST

A demonstrator holds a pan cover with a picture of a caged Berlusconi during a protest against Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, in Rome, Saturday, Feb.12, 2011. Protestors are demanding Berlusconi's resignation following allegations he paid for sex with a 17-year-old girl and used his office to cover it up. Italian prosecutors want to put Italian Premier Berlusconi on trial over the allegations. Berlusconi has dismissed the allegations as a smear campaign. 'I'm not worried in the slightest,' Berlusconi said of the prostitution case. 'I am a wealthy gentleman who can spend the rest of his life building hospitals for children like I've always wanted to.' (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Hundreds of demonstrators have banged pots and pans in Rome and Milan demanding scandal-plagued Premier Silvio Berlusconi resign.

4 militants, politician killed in southern Russia (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 09:19 AM PST

AP - Four Islamic militants and a local politician have been killed in drive-by shootings, shootouts with police and accidental bombings in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region, officials said Saturday.

Egypt's revolt met with wide support, censorship (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 08:19 AM PST

Pro-Egyptian demonstrators, among them Zohra Khalilzada, 18, from Afghanistan, center in a pink abaya, hold their mobile phones and flash the V-sign in support of Egypt, during a rally in central London'sTrafalgar Square, on Saturday Feb. 12, 2011. Amnesty International and other groups staged the rally in London as part of a global protest event. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - From London to Gaza City to Seoul, the world was savoring the spectacular fall of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, with demonstrators rallying in the thousands Saturday in cities across the world. But other authoritarian regimes weren't celebrating — and some were trying to censor the news.

Moscow police detain 14 protesters (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 07:56 AM PST

Police officers detain a protester in Moscow, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011, during a protest against corruption, rising prices and to increase democratic rights. Russian police detained Saturday an opposition leader and other activists during a rally in Moscow that drew hundreds of protesters. Several hundred activists headed by Sergei Udaltsov of the anti-Kremlin Left Front group braved a blizzard and freezing temperatures to rally in central Moscow Saturday to protest what they said was the Kremlin's stifling of democracy, as well as corruption and rising prices. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Russian police detained an opposition leader and a dozen activists during a rally in Moscow on Saturday that drew hundreds of protesters.

Swiss police: 5 killed in plane crash were French (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 07:42 AM PST

Rescue workers inspect the debris of a plane that crashed near the Weisshorn, situated in the Swiss canton of Valais and one of the major peaks in the Alps, in Anniviers, Switzerland, Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. Swiss police say a private plane has crashed in a southern region, claiming aproximatly five lives. (AP Photo/Keystone/Laurent Gillieron)AP - Swiss police say all five people who died in the crash of a private plane on Friday were French citizens.

Swiss police in Corsica to assist search for twins (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 07:11 AM PST

Photo provided by Swiss police shows the two missing six years old Swiss girls Alessia and Livia Schepp. Swiss media say police have confirmed that the father of missing Swiss twins wrote about killing himself and the girls. Swiss news agency SDA reports that police on Friday Feb. 11, 2011 said that Matthias Kaspar Schepp had written a letter saying he had killed the 6-year-old girls and would kill himself. The letter was sent from Italy on Feb. 3, the same day Schepp was found dead in an apparent suicide. Police in Switzerland, France and Italy are searching for the missing twins Alessia and Livia.The search is focusing on Corsica, where Schepp took the girls. (AP Photo/Keystone, Polizei Waadt) - NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT-AP - Two Swiss police officers have arrived in Corsica to assist their French counterparts in the search for the twin 6-year-old girls who disappeared almost two weeks ago.

French foreign minister to snub Mexican festival (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 05:31 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2005 file photo, French citizen Florence Cassez is shown to the press during a police reenactment for the media of her actual arrest the day before on the outskirts of Mexico City. An appeals court on Thursday Feb. 10, 2011 upheld her conviction and 60-year-sentence for kidnapping. (AP Photo, File)AP - The French foreign minister said Friday that she plans to snub France's yearlong festival celebrating Mexican culture because of a court case that has strained the countries' ties.

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