2011年2月19日星期六

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William and Kate reveal wedding guest list (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 04:06 PM PST

Prince William and Kate Middleton have invited 1,900 guests to their wedding in April, palace officials said Sunday, filling Westminster Abbey, pictured here in 2010, with a vast array of royals, diplomats, family and friends.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Prince William and Kate Middleton have invited 1,900 guests to their wedding in April, palace officials said Sunday, filling Westminster Abbey with a vast array of royals, diplomats, family and friends.


Queen Elizabeth posts invites for royal wedding (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST

Britain's Queen Elizabeth records her Christmas Day broadcast to the Commonwealth in the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace, west of London, December 15, 2010, in this photograph released December 23, 2010. REUTERS/John Stillwell/PoolReuters - Britain's Queen Elizabeth has sent out nearly 2,000 gold-embossed invitations to the wedding of her grandson Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29, the royal household said Sunday.


Check the mailbox: Royal wedding invites posted (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 04:01 PM PST

In this photo taken Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011 at Buckingham Palace in London, a member of the Lord Chamberlain's Office, no name given, places invitations into envelopes, to the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, before posting them to the lucky guests who will be present at the April 29, 2011 royal wedding to be held in Westminster Abbey.  (AP Photo/PA, John Stillwell) UNITED KINGDOM OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVEAP - Keep an eye on the mailbox — Britain's Prince William and bride-to-be Kate Middleton have posted out invites to their hotly anticipated royal wedding to around 1,900 guests, officials said Sunday.


How Turkey poll was done (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST

AP - The Associated Press-GfK Poll in Turkey, on attitudes and opinions of Turks, was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications from Nov. 1 to Dec. 11, 2010. It is based on a national random sample of 1,200 Turks age 18 and older from different interviewing locations.

Turks like leaders but worried about economy (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST

AP - Unlike people in many other countries of the Middle East, Turks actually like their government and their leaders. But they still don't like the way their country is headed.

Turkey plays growing political role in Middle East (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST

AP - As Egypt erupted a few weeks ago, one fellow Muslim country insistently urged President Hosni Mubarak to respond to popular demands. That country was Turkey.

Hoy survives keirin spill (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 03:24 PM PST

Britain's Chris Hoy (L) competes with France's Gregory Bauge (R) in the men's Keirin second round during the 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics in Manchester. Hoy survived a spectacular crash in the keirin at the UCI track cycling World Cup meeting, winning an event which saw Malaysian Azizulhasni Awang cross the line with a seven-inch splinter of wood embedded in his leg.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Sir Chris Hoy survived a spectacular crash in the keirin at the UCI track cycling World Cup meeting in Manchester on Saturday, winning an event which saw Malaysian Azizulhasni Awang cross the line with a seven-inch splinter of wood embedded in his leg.


Merkel party faces state election loss in Hamburg (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 03:11 PM PST

Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats face a bruising defeat in a state election in Hamburg Sunday to the opposition Social Democrats (SPD), which would make it harder for her coalition to pass laws.

High winds topple U.S. National Christmas tree (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 02:49 PM PST

Reuters - America's National Christmas Tree came tumbling down Saturday in a windstorm that battered the U.S. capital.

EU launches aid mission over Italy's migrant crisis (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 01:47 PM PST

Illegal immigrants who arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa stand in line inside a temporary accomodation centre as they wait for a bus. The European Union said Saturday it will launch an aid mission to help Italy process the scores of illegal migrants from North Africa that recently reached the Mediterranean country.(AFP/Roberto Salomone)AFP - The European Union said Saturday it will launch an aid mission to help Italy process the scores of illegal migrants from North Africa that recently reached the Mediterranean country.


Issa reaps benefits of Kate Middleton's support (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 12:46 PM PST

A model wears an outfit by Daks at London Fashion Week in London, Saturday, Feb.  19, 2011. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Issa took center stage at London Fashion Week Saturday, showing why the exuberant Brazilian-born designer is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the upcoming royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.


EU border agency to help Italy stem migrant flow (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 10:02 AM PST

AP - The EU says it is deploying its border agency assets to help Italy handle the flow of Tunisian and other migrants from Northern Africa in the wake of political upheavals in that region.

Attackers kill 3 tourists in Russian resort area (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 08:44 AM PST

AP - A group of camouflage-clad men claiming to be security forces killed three Russian tourists and wounded two others in a Caucasus region afflicted by rising insurgent violence, police said Saturday.

Germany: Iran releases 2 journalists (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 07:29 AM PST

AP - Germany's Foreign Ministry says two journalists arrested in Iran after interviewing the son of a woman condemned to die by stoning have been released.

(AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 07:20 AM PST

AP - Germany: Iran has released 2 detained journalists

Clashes erupt at German far-right rally (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 06:36 AM PST

AP - German police fired tear gas and water cannons to keep apart groups of far-right supporters and thousands of counterdemonstrators trying to hinder their rally in an eastern city Saturday, police said.

Brown's wife recalls Berlusconi's eye for Campbell (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 05:15 AM PST

AP - The wife of Britain's ex-leader Gordon Brown says she spotted Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi asking for model Naomi Campbell's phone number at an official dinner.

UK royal wedding draws tasteless merchandise (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 02:52 AM PST

This image made available Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011, shows a Royal Wedding souvenir for those who are less that enthusiastic about the forthcoming wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton - a special edition sick bag. The bags, similar to those used on airlines and decorated with a crown, a drawing of the royal couple and the slogan 'Throne Up',  sell for three pounds (US$ 4.83; euro 3.58), and are the idea of illustrator Lydia Leith, who is selling via her website.(AP Photo/Lydia Leith, ho)  EDITORIAL USE ONLY:AP - Fancy a royal wedding condom? Or maybe a commemorative sickbag?


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