2011年3月8日星期二

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Cameron rates happiness at '6 out of 10': BBC (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 04:52 PM PST

Prime Minister David Cameron, pictured on March 6, Tuesday rated his happiness at AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron Tuesday rated his happiness at "six out of 10" and claimed he was "incredibly lucky" despite a torrid few weeks.

Prince William to visit New Zealand, Australia (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 04:26 PM PST

Britain's Prince William (L) and his bride-to-be Kate Middleton are seen in Northern Ireland. Prince William will take time out from wedding planning to visit disaster-stricken areas of New Zealand and Australia later this month, royal officials have said.(AFP/POOL/Stephen Davison)AP - Prince William will visit New Zealand and Australia next week to tour and show the royal family's support for people in areas devastated by recent natural disasters, royal officials said Tuesday.

Precious Agatha Christie ivories to go on show in London (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 04:24 PM PST

A technician holds a carved ivory motif of a suckling calf from ancient Assyria during a press preview of a recently aquired collection of objects from ancient Iraq, at the British Museum, in London, on March 7.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Precious ivory artefacts which crime author Agatha Christie cleaned using her face cream after her husband had excavated them have been bought by the British Museum, it was reported Tuesday.

Obama and Cameron weigh no-fly zone for Libya (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 04:07 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron discussed a potential no-fly zone for Libya on Tuesday, but both countries insisted that any intervention must have broad international support.

Cameron: World cannot let Kadhafi do 'terrible' things (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 03:07 PM PST

Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi arrives at the Rixos hotel in the capital Tripoli. Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday the world cannot let Kadhafi do AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday the world cannot let Libya's Moamer Kadhafi do "terrible" things to his people, after discussing action, including a possible no-fly zone, with US President Barack Obama.

Messi puts Barca in Champions League quarterfinals (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 02:31 PM PST

Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (R-up) is congratulated by his teamates during their Champions League round of 16, 2nd leg football match FC Barcelona vs Arsenal at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona. A Messi brace helped Barcelona to a 3-1 victory over 10-man Arsenal on Tuesday to put them into the quarter-finals of the Champions League on a 4-3 aggregate.(AFP/Josep Lago)AFP - A Lionel Messi brace helped Barcelona to a 3-1 victory over 10-man Arsenal on Tuesday to put them into the quarter-finals of Champions League on a 4-3 aggregate.

Missing US student found dead in Madrid river (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 01:52 PM PST

San Diego State University students hold candles during a vigil for missing student Austin Bice Monday, March 7, 2011, in San Diego. Police, family and friends have stepped up a search for a San Diego State University exchange student who went missing in after visiting a nightclub in Madrid more than a week ago. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)AP - The body of a U.S. exchange student from California was pulled out of a Madrid river on Tuesday, 10 days after he disappeared following a night on the town, a police official said.

Gadhafi loyalists stop migrants from leaving Libya (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 01:36 PM PST

Men, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, line up as they wait for food in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Tuesday, March 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - Soldiers loyal to Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi have blocked some 30,000 migrant workers from fleeing into Tunisia and forced many to return to work in the Libyan capital, a Red Crescent official said Tuesday.

Int'l criminal court summons 6 notable Kenyans (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 01:33 PM PST

AP - The International Criminal Court summoned six leading Kenyans Tuesday to face crimes against humanity charges for the deadly postelection violence that tore through the country after its disputed 2007 presidential vote.

RBS CEO awarded $7.2 million in shares (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 12:52 PM PST

AP - The Royal Bank of Scotland, Britain's largest government-owned bank, said Tuesday Chief Executive Stephen Hester has been awarded a shares bonus currently valued at 4.5 million pounds ($7.2 million) under a long-term incentive plan.

Paris police find $25M in stolen jewels in sewer (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 12:30 PM PST

AP - French investigators have found jewels valued at euro18 million ($25 million) hidden in a Paris rain sewer — part of the spectacular 2008 heist from luxury jeweler Harry Winston's Paris boutique.

World court rules on Nicaragua-Costa Rica dispute (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 12:29 PM PST

Nicaraguan ambassador Carlos Jose Arguello Gomez, left, shakes hands with Costa Rica's Foreign Minister Rene Castro Salazar, right, as the World Court delivered its ruling in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday March 8, 2011, on Costa Rica's request for emergency measures amid a border dispute with Nicaragua. Costa Rica in January appealed to the world court to order Nicaraguan troops away from the mouth of the San Juan river that runs along the countries' border and halt dredging there. Costa Rica claimed the troops illegally set up camp on its territory in October as part of a dredging project. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AP - The International Court of Justice ordered both Costa Rica and Nicaragua Tuesday to keep their military, police and civilian personnel out of a disputed border region along the San Juan river that separates them.

UK: Middle East peace process is too vital to fail (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 12:20 PM PST

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, reacts, as he walks with Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, not seen, after reviewing an honor guard, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, March 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)AP - Britain warned on Tuesday of a risk that the Middle East peace process could fall victim to the unrest sweeping the region if Israel and the Palestinians don't return quickly to stalled talks.

Brazilian soccer stars beat Chechnya's team 6-4 (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 11:42 AM PST

Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri, known as Dunga, left, arrives in Grozny, Chechen capital Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Some of Brazil's biggest soccer stars of the past arrived Tuesday in Chechnya for a friendly game against a team to be led on the pitch by Ramzan Kadyrov, the local strongman of the blood-soaked Russian region. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Brazilian soccer legends took a 6-4 win Tuesday over a team led by Chechnya's strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, who was still the star of the friendly match played in the stadium where his father was killed in a terrorist bombing.

Chirac skirts trial yet again in corruption case (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 11:12 AM PST

Former French President Jacques Chirac leaves his office in Paris, Monday March 7, 2011. A long-awaited French corruption case is expected to go to trial Monday with an unusually influential defendant: former President Jacques Chirac. Chirac, 78, is accused of embezzlement, breach of trust and conflict of interest, based on allegations linked to his tenure as Paris mayor - before he became president from 1995 to 2007. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - Years in the making, Jacques Chirac's day in court will have to wait a bit longer.

Court: Retired Bosnian army general free on bail (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 10:45 AM PST

Bosnian people display the Bosnian war time flag and photos of retired Bosnian Army general Jovan Divjak, during a protest against his detention, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Saturday, March 5, 2011. Over 5,000 people protested Saturday against the arrest of a retired Bosnian Army general whom Serbia is accusing of war crimes. Jovan Divjak, a Serbian colonel who defected to Bosnia's army at the start of the 1992-95 war between the two sides was detained Thursday evening at the Vienna airport on Serbia's request. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)AP - An Austrian court on Tuesday ordered the release of a former Bosnian army general whom Serbia accuses of war crimes, while extradition proceedings continue.

Intl court orders 2 Darfur rebels tried for attack (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 10:28 AM PST

Sudanese evacuees, originally from the Darfur region, are seen after arriving to Malha from Libya March 7, 2011. About 60 people, mostly women and children, arrived by truck on Sunday from villages in South Libya after protests against the government against the Muammar Gadafi government in the northern African country. Local authorities in Malha are expecting 40 more trucks from Libya for the coming days and have asked help from the UN agencies to attend them. Picture taken March 7, 2011. REUTERS/Albert Gonzalez Farran/UNAMID/Handout (SUDAN - 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 - International Criminal Court judges on announced on Tuesday that two Darfur rebels will stand trial on charges of taking part in a 2007 attack that left 12 peacekeepers dead in Sudan.

Kate vs. Catherine; the royal name dilemma (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 10:11 AM PST

Kate Middleton flips a pancake watched by Ellie Tang, 6, and Britain's Prince William, at a display by the charity Northern Ireland Cancer Fund for Children outside the City Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday March 8, 2011. Police kept watch from the rooftops for a visit that brought the center of Belfast to a standstill. Some 50 to 100 people gathered in the bright sunshine near the imposing city hall to greet the couple, who arrived in a convoy of five black Range Rovers, but the crowd swelled to several hundred as shoppers realized something special was happening.(AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - Call her Kate, at least for now.

2 arrested in Athens over hunger strike (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 09:45 AM PST

AP - Greek authorities arrested two women on Tuesday following claims they prevented hospital staff giving food to immigrants who have been on hunger strike for more than 40 days in a bid to gain residence permits.

Expert: No-fly zone may not halt Gadhafi offensive (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 09:32 AM PST

AP - A no-fly zone over Libya would likely have a limited impact on Moammar Gadhafi's offensives against rebel forces and civilians, military experts said Tuesday, as pressure appeared to be intensifying for restrictions.

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