2011年2月22日星期二

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Gruesome footage 'proves' Libya using heavy weapons: Times (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:58 PM PST

A picture of a screen taken from the television shows Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi delivering a nationwide address in Tripoli. The Times newspaper said Wednesday it had footage of severely wounded and dead protesters in a Libyan hospital which proved that heavy weapons were being used to crush the uprising.(AFP/Joel Saget)AFP - The Times newspaper said Wednesday it had footage of severely wounded and dead protesters in a Libyan hospital which proved that heavy weapons were being used to crush the uprising.

Anelka double eases pressure on Ancelotti (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:40 PM PST

Nicolas Anelka of Chelsea celebrates after his second goal against FC Copenhagen during their UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg football match at Parken stadium in Copenhagen. Chelsea won 2-0.(AFP/SCANPIX/Keld Navntoft)AFP - Nicolas Anelka eased the pressure on Carlo Ancelotti as his double-strike inspired Chelsea's 2-0 win over FC Copenhagen in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie at the Parken Stadium on Tuesday.

Battle for 2nd place in Irish election heats up (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:48 PM PST

CORRECTS SPELLING OF ACCUSED'S NAME A Congolese woman waits outside a mobile military tribunal prior to the sentencing of eleven soldiers accused of rape and crimes against humanity in the town of Baraka, Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Ten of eleven accused solders were found guilty of crimes against humanity including Lt. Col. Mutuare Daniel Kibibi who was sentenced to twenty years in prison. Mutuare is the highest ranking Congolese army officer to have been convicted of crimes against humanity. Soldiers under his command carried out a mass rape and looting campaign in the town of Fizi in January. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)AP - The fate of the party expected to finish second in the Irish election has emerged as a key issue in the shape of the country's next government.

Report: Libyan-sponsored attacker now free in Rome (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:34 PM PST

AP - The only terrorist who served prison time for the 1985 attack on Rome's airport that killed 16 people has been released after serving his term and is living and working legally in Rome, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

Thousands of UK lives lost to drink, experts warn (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:34 PM PST

A man sits on a bench in the Big Market area of Newcastle, November 25, 2005, as the first day of the new licensing laws for extended drinking hours in England and Wales took affect. REUTERS/Jeff J MitchellReuters - Failure to tackle Britain's persistent alcohol problem could lead to hundreds of thousands more people dying from liver disease in the UK than in many other European countries, health experts said on Monday.

Countries scramble to evacuate citizens from Libya (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:19 PM PST

A Jordanian woman evacuated from Tripoli is received by her family as she arrives in Queen Alia Airport near Amman, Jordan, Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Around 260 Jordanians evacuated from Tripoli arrived in Amman after deep cracks opened in Moammar Gadhafi's regime Monday, with Libyan government officials at home and abroad resigning, air force pilots defecting and a major government building ablaze after clashes in the capital of Tripoli.(AP Photo/ Zahran Zahran)AP - Governments scrambled by air and sea to pick up their citizens stranded by Libya's bloody unrest on Tuesday, with thousands of people crowding the airport and a stadium to await evacuation and Egyptians gathering at the border to escape the chaos.

Blackpool halt slide as Spurs downed (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:06 PM PST

Blackpool's English forward Brett Ormerod celebrates after scoring the third goal during the English Premier League football match against Tottenham at Bloomfield Road in Blackpool. Blackpool dealt a blow to Tottenham's hopes of securing Champions League qualification on Tuesday, scoring their first win in seven matches with a 3-1 victory at Bloomfield Road.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Blackpool dealt a blow to Tottenham's hopes of securing Champions League qualification on Tuesday, scoring their first win in seven matches with a 3-1 victory at Bloomfield Road.

Italy's close ties with Libya run deep (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 01:27 PM PST

AP - Few countries have as much at stake in Libya as Italy, an energy-poor country needing both Libya's oil and its cooperation in keeping potential boat people far from its nearby shores.

Oil prices soar amid Libya crisis (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 01:26 PM PST

Oil prices soared Tuesday amid deadly violence in Libya, the first major oil exporter to be hit with political turmoil that has spread across the Arab world.(AFP/DDP/File/Norbert Millauer)AFP - Oil prices soared Tuesday amid deadly violence in Libya, the first major oil exporter to be hit with political turmoil that has spread across the Arab world.

Ireland's Fine Gael widens poll lead, coalition likely (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 01:21 PM PST

Reuters - Ireland's main opposition party Fine Gael has extended its lead ahead of an election on Friday, but looks likely to fall short of an overall majority and form a government with the Labour Party, a new opinion poll showed.

Monarchy flag raised at Libyan Embassy in Sweden (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 12:55 PM PST

Demonstrators wave the old style Libyan flag during a protest against Moammar Gadhafi in front of the Libyan embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday, Feb. 22. 2011. About 100 Libyans gathered at the protest against Gadhafi's crackdown on peaceful protesters in Libya. (AP Photo/Bertil Ericson) SWEDEN OUTAP - Protesters have been allowed to enter the Libyan Embassy in Stockholm and have raised the flag of the monarchy that was toppled by Moammar Gadhafi's military coup in 1969.

Kosovo's parliment chooses country's president (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 09:55 AM PST

AP - Kosovo parliament has elected businessman Behgjet Pacolli as country's new president.

UK gov't: Adoption policy must be colorblind (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 09:54 AM PST

AP - Race should no longer be a key criteria for social workers seeking adoptive families for children in care, Britain's government said Tuesday — stressing that the priority must instead be to find a child a new home quickly.

Austrian Cabinet adopts new rules for foreigners (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 09:31 AM PST

AP - Austria's Cabinet on Tuesday approved new immigration and asylum rules, amid criticism from the United Nations and others.

UK warship redeployed to aid Libya evacuation (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 09:00 AM PST

AP - A British warship is being deployed off the Libyan coast in the event that it could be needed for a sea-borne evacuation of British citizens living there, the U.K.'s foreign secretary said Tuesday.

(AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 08:25 AM PST

AP - UK foreign secretary says warship redeployed closer to Libya to aid in evacuation effort.

Demjanjuk threatens hunger strike (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 08:13 AM PST

John Demjanjuk holds a sign 1627 — the number of a Soviet investigative file on him the defense says has hundreds of pages of details _as he is brought into the courtroom in Munich, southern Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. John Demjanjuk said he will go on hunger strike if a Munich state court does not pursue more evidence that he says could exonerate him of charges he served as a Nazi death camp guard. A former Soviet soldier during World War II, Demjanjuk is standing trial on 28,060 counts of accessory to murder on allegations that he agreed to serve the Nazis in the Sobibor death camp after being captured. He denies the charges. (AP Photo/Lukas Barth, pool)AP - John Demjanjuk told a Munich state court Tuesday he would go on hunger strike unless judges pursue more evidence which he claims could exonerate him of charges he served as a Nazi death camp guard.

Married German ordained as Catholic priest (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 07:45 AM PST

This image provided by the Archdiocese Cologne, shows priest Harm Klueting during a ceremony at the Roman Catholic priests college in Cologne Tuesday Feb. 22, 2011. In a rare move that needed the pope's approval, the Lutheran convert was ordained Tuesday as a Catholic priest in Germany and is being allowed to remain married to his wife - who has already become a nun. Pope Benedict XVI gave Klueting a special permission to remain married to his wife Edeltraut Klueting, who became a Catholic Carmelite nun in 2004. The Rev. Federico Lombardi, the Vatican's chief spokesman, said the exception is rare but there have been similar cases. (AP Photo/dapd/ PEK / Michael Kasiske) - MANDATORY CREDIT - EDITORIAL USE ONLY -AP - In a rare move that needed the pope's approval, a Lutheran convert was ordained Tuesday as a Catholic priest in Germany and is being allowed to remain married to his wife — who has already become a nun.

Honeymoon murder suspect hospitalized in UK (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 05:54 AM PST

AP - The British man accused of having his wife murdered during their honeymoon in South Africa has been hospitalized in southwestern England, a spokesman said Tuesday.

Medvedev sees `fires for decades' in Arab world (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 05:16 AM PST

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev makes an address at the Central Academic Theatre of the Russian Army in Moscow February 22, 2011. Russia will celebrate its annual Defender of the Fatherland day on February 23. REUTERS/Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA Novosti/Kremlin (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSAP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday predicted decades of instability in the Arab world if protesters whom he called fanatics come to power, adding no such scenario will be permitted at home.

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