2011年3月18日星期五

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Vatican praises EU decision on crucifixes in class (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 05:08 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2009 file photo, a crucifix hangs from the wall of a Naples elementary school's classroom, Italy. The European Court of Human Rights is preparing to rule on whether crucifixes are acceptable in public school classrooms. The ruling will be binding on all 47 countries that are members of the Council of Europe, the continent's human rights watchdog. In November 2009, the court ruled that the crucifix could be disturbing to non-Christian or atheist pupils. Several European countries appealed the ruling, and the final decision by the court's Grand Chamber is expected Friday, March 18, 2010. The court is based in Strasbourg, France. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta, Files)AP - Crucifixes in public school classrooms do not violate a student's freedom of conscience, a European high court ruled Friday in a verdict welcomed by the Vatican in its campaign to remind the continent of its Christian roots.

Papers show rapport between Thatcher, Carter (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 05:05 PM PDT

AP - Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan were political soul mates, right-wing Cold Warriors who helped define the 1980s.

Unknown Renoir seized in Polish customs bust (AFP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 04:37 PM PDT

A man looks at a painting AFP - Polish customs officers have seized an unknown painting by French Impressionist master Auguste Renoir in a package destined for the United States, investigators said Friday.

Wall rings the changes to take lead in Sicily (AFP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 03:59 PM PDT

Anthony Wall, pictured here in 2009, surged to the lead at the midway point of the Sicilian Open here on Friday, thanks to help from an unusual source.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Anthony Wall surged to the lead at the midway point of the Sicilian Open here on Friday, thanks to help from an unusual source.

Gadhafi anti-aircraft guns a danger for NATO (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 02:43 PM PDT

U.S. Air Force, background, and Navy, foreground, airplanes are seen at Sigonella NATO military base, Sicily, Italy, on Friday, March 18, 2011. Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told a special session of parliament's defense and foreign affairs on Friday that Italy would offer its ''active'' participation in the intervention, including base use. (AP Photo/Carmelo Imbesi)AP - If NATO mounts an operation to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya, it will almost certainly establish quick superiority over Moammar Gadhafi's outdated air force. But diplomats and analysts — relying on lessons learned from NATO's intervention in the Balkans in the 1990s — caution that any attempts to launch airstrikes against Gadhafi's ground forces would be far more dangerous, and could result in serious losses.

Amid uncertainty, allies prepare for no-fly zone (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 02:35 PM PDT

This undated image made available by the Ministry of Defence in London, Friday March 18, 2011, shows a Tornado GR4 of the Royal Air Force, one of the types of aircraft designated to take part in the operation of a no-fly zone over Libya. The strike/attack aircraft carries Storm Shadow stand-off missiles and Brimstone anti-armour missiles. British Prime Minister David Cameron told lawmakers that Britain will join a U.N.-authorized operation to stop Moammar Gadhafi launching 'a brutal attack using air, land and sea forces' on the rebel-held city of Benghazi.(AP Photo/Ministry of Defence, ho, file) EDITORIAL USE ONLY:AP - Britain and France took the lead in plans to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya on Friday, sending British warplanes to the Mediterranean and announcing a crisis summit in Paris with the U.N. and Arab allies.

Vatican hails 'historic' ruling on crucifixes in schools (AFP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 12:47 PM PDT

A crucifix is seen on a wall as a teacher writes on a blackboard in a classroom in Viterbo, Italy, in 2010. The Vatican on Friday welcomed as AFP - The Vatican on Friday welcomed as "historic" a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that said displaying crucifixes in schools in Italy did not breach the rights of non-Catholics.

Long Run feels no pain as dentist rides to Cup glory (AFP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 12:19 PM PDT

Jockey Sam Waley-Cohen celebrates after riding AFP - Favourite Long Run won the Cheltenham Gold Cup here on Friday to become the first six-year-old winner since Mill House in 1963.

US agrees to improve human rights record (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 12:13 PM PDT

AP - The United States on Friday disavowed torture and pledged to treat terror suspects humanely, but set aside calls to drop the death penalty, as the United Nations carried out its first review of Washington's human rights record.

Italy seeks to 'safeguard interests' after Parmalat deal (AFP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 12:09 PM PDT

Italian Finance minister Giulio Tremonti is pictured in February 2011. The Italian government said Friday it would take measures to protect AFP - The Italian government said Friday it would take measures to protect "strategic companies" after French cheese giant Lactalis said it had become the top shareholder in Italian dairy firm Parmalat.

Int'l court warns Gadhafi not to attack civilians (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 09:04 AM PDT

AP - The International Criminal Court prosecutor said Friday his first Libyan war crimes investigation could be completed in May, and he will discuss with the U.N. Security Council how to execute arrest warrants.

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Posted: 18 Mar 2011 07:46 AM PDT

AP - Foreign minister says Italy's military bases will be used in Libyan no-fly intervention.

British Airways worker jailed for bomb plot (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 06:42 AM PDT

AP - A British judge has sentenced a former British Airways computer specialist to 30 years in prison for plotting with U.S.-born extremist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki to blow up an airplane in an attack intended to kill hundreds of people.

Monaco's Princess Antoinette dies at 90 (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 05:04 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 14, 2008 file photo, Princess Antoinette, late Prince Rainier's sister, attends Prince Albert II's ceremony marking Albert II's fiftieth birthday in Monaco. Princess Antoinette died overnight Friday March, 18, 2011 in Monaco. She was 90. (AP Photo/Eric Gaillard, Pool, file)AP - Princess Antoinette of Monaco, the late Prince Rainier III's older sister and a prominent advocate for animal rights, has died at age 90.

John Paul II relics appear as beatification nears (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 04:47 AM PDT

The sash that Pope John Paul was wearing when he was shot in a failed assassination attempt in 1981, still shows signs of his blood and is on display at the Jasna Gora shrine in Czestochowa, Poland, on Friday March 18, 2011. This is one of a growing number of objects linked to John Paul's life that are being venerated as he approaches beatification on May 1, though not yet a saint, relics of John Paul are appearing in his homeland, including a vial of his blood, however some critics reject the veneration of relics, saying it smacks of medieval practices. ( AP Photo/Wojtek Barczynski)AP - Pope John Paul II is not yet a saint, but objects donated by his longtime secretary are already being venerated as relics in his staunchly Roman Catholic homeland.

Diana's dressmaker: Kate's style will be different (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 02:25 AM PDT

Designer dressmaker Elizabeth Emmanuel, who designed the wedding gown for the late Princess Diana for her 1981 wedding to Britain's Prince Charles, talks about the pressures of coping with the commission to design a royal wedding dress, to the Associated Press in London, Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Emmanuel says that the mystery designer for the wedding dress to be worn by Kate Middleton for her royal wedding to Prince William is probably more than a bit anxious right now, as the April 29 date for wedding approaches. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Only a handful of insiders know which designer Kate Middleton has chosen to create her top-secret wedding gown, but at least one person — dressmaker Elizabeth Emanuel — understands what that person is going through.

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