2011年4月4日星期一

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Britain sends telecoms equipment to Libyan rebels (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT

Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague speaks during a news conference after the Libya Conference at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London Tuesday March 29, 2011. World powers agreed Tuesday that Moammar Gadhafi should step down after 42 years as Libya's ruler but did not discuss arming the rebels who are seeking to oust him. (AP Photo/Toby Melville, Pool)AP - Britain has announced it will supply communications equipment to Libyan rebels to help them withstand attacks by Moammar Gadhafi's forces.

Cameron urges fresh start with Pakistan on visit (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 04:24 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron leaves after addressing the House of Commons in central London in March 2011. British Prime Minister David Cameron was to call for a AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron was to call for a "fresh start" in relations with Pakistan Tuesday on a visit to Islamabad, nine months after accusing it of turning a blind eye to terrorism.

Lawmakers: UK misjudged Middle East arms sales (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 04:02 PM PDT

AP - Britain approved the export of shotguns and tear gas to Libya, machine guns and sniper rifles to Bahrain, and miltary technology to Yemen over the last three years, lawmakers disclosed Tuesday in a report criticizing the governments involved.

Kussa Lockerbie meeting 'within days': Scottish govt (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 03:42 PM PDT

Scottish officials investigating the Lockerbie bombing will interview defected Libyan foreign minister Mussa Kussa, pictured in March 2011, within AFP - Scottish officials investigating the Lockerbie bombing will interview defected Libyan foreign minister Mussa Kussa within "the next few days", the country's Crown Office confirmed Monday.

Our atom plants safe, U.S. and Europe regulators say (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 02:55 PM PDT

Reuters - Nuclear power plants in the United States and Europe are safe, regulators said on Monday, promising to look at ways to strengthen safety further in the wake of Japan's atomic disaster.

Promotion-bound QPR move nine points clear (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 02:48 PM PDT

Championship leaders Queens Park Rangers took another huge step towards promotion to the Premier League with a 3-0 win over struggling Sheffield United on Monday.(QPR)AFP - Championship leaders Queens Park Rangers took another huge step towards promotion to the Premier League with a 3-0 win over struggling Sheffield United on Monday.

Lithuanians turn against nuclear energy (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 02:37 PM PDT

AP - A new poll shows nearly half of Lithuania's population have turned against nuclear energy following the catastrophe at a Japanese reactor.

Leaders decry IRA dissidents' `war against peace' (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 01:46 PM PDT

AP - Irish Republican Army dissidents responsible for killing a new Catholic police recruit in Northern Ireland are waging a pointless "war against peace" that has unified the community in anger, Northern Ireland's security and political leaders declared Monday.

Merkel, Netanyahu likely to discuss Iran bank: source (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 01:31 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during her speech at the opening ceremony of the Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu are likely to discuss a German bank providing financial services to Iran when they meet this week, a source said Monday.

Spain gets world's first 'contactless' bank machines (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 01:26 PM PDT

Spain's biggest savings bank, La Caixa, said Monday it has installed AFP - Spain's biggest savings bank, La Caixa, said Monday it has installed "contactless" automatic teller machines in three Spanish cities, making it the world's first bank to use the techology.

US to withdraw strike jets from Libya mission (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 12:07 PM PDT

A soldier walks past a military helicopter aboard the flagship ITS Etna, docked in Naples' Port, Italy, Monday, April 4, 2011. Commander of the Allied Naval Command Naples, Vice Admiral Rinaldo Veri and Rear Admiral Gualtiero Mattesi, commander of the Naval Group carrying out embargo operations in Libyan waters, expressed their satisfaction about how NATO, under Italian command, is enforcing the arms embargo towards Libya. They met the press inside the ITS Etna, the Flagship of the Naval Group implementing the embargo. In the background at left is Mt. Vesuvius volcano. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)AP - The U.S. military was pulling its warplanes from front-line missions Monday and shifting to a support role in the Libyan conflict, officials said.

APNewsBreak: Massacre suspect wanted in Spain (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 11:55 AM PDT

AP - A Spanish judge has issued an international arrest warrant seeking the extradition of a former Guatemalan soldier suspected of involvement in a brutal 1982 massacre during Guatemala's civil war, a court official said Monday.

Italy rejects Gadhafi regime's diplomatic push (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 11:55 AM PDT

Libyan National Transitional Council's Foreign Minister Ali al-Essawi, left, and Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, during a press conference, in Rome, Monday, April 4, 2011. Italy on Monday recognized the opposition Libyan National Transitional Council as the only legitimate voice in the north African nation, the Italian foreign minister said. Rome also dismissed a diplomatic push in Europe by Moammar Gadhafi's government to discuss an end to the fighting. Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said that any solution to the Libyan conflict involved the departure of Moammar Gadhafi and his family. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - A diplomatic push by Moammar Gadhafi's regime ran into trouble Monday as opponents at home and abroad rejected any solution to the Libyan conflict that would involve one of his sons taking power.

(AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 11:12 AM PDT

AP - France's Sarkozy authorizes French troops in Ivory Coast to take part in UN operations there.

UN: Judge hasn't asked Gaza report to be nixed (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 11:01 AM PDT

AP - The U.N.'s top human rights body that commissioned an investigation of Israel's 2009 incursion into Gaza will continue to treat it as a legitimate working document, even though the lead author has backtracked from some of the report's most damning allegations against Israel.

Swiss: Google Street View must guarantee anonymity (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 10:30 AM PDT

AP - A Swiss court has ruled that Google Inc. must guarantee anonymity before publishing faces and license plates captured in Switzerland for the popular street view service.

3 men guilty in theft of Cyprus ex-leader's corpse (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 10:06 AM PDT

AP - A jailed Cypriot murderer ordered his brother to dig up the corpse of the island's former president and hide it so he could negotiate his own release from prison, a court ruled Monday.

New furor over France's Muslims as veil ban looms (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 09:59 AM PDT

FILE - This May 18 2010 file photo shows a woman, who gave her name as Najat, holding her passport during a press conference in Montreuil, east of Paris. For Muslim women who cover their faces with veils, it is the moment for making plans. Police may be on the prowl when a divisive law against the garments takes effect April 11, 2011. The force of the law is about to fall as the furies rage over what many French Muslims see as a new, broader jab at their religion. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, file)AP - Karima has a plan. If police stop her for wearing a veil over her face, she'll remove it — then put it back on once they're out of sight. If that doesn't work, she'll stay home, or even leave France.

Kenya asks ICC to dismiss election violence cases (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 09:27 AM PDT

AP - Kenya has asked an international court to drop cases against six senior leaders accused of orchestrating the violence that erupted after its disputed 2007 presidential elections.

Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect detained (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 08:42 AM PDT

AP - Serbian police say they have detained a war crimes suspect accused by Croatia of ordering the shelling of its ancient walled city of Dubrovnik in 1991.

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