2011年4月11日星期一

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Chernobyl tours offered 25 years after blast (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 04:14 PM PDT

FILE- This June 20, 2000 file photo shows a Ferris wheel in the town of Pripyat, near the Chernobyl nuclear power station, Ukraine. Pripyat's most affecting point may be its rusting amusement park, where a Ferris looms as an inadvertent monument. No giddy couples ever rode the wheel; it was to have opened the week after the explosion at Chernobyl in 1986. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, FILE)AP - For the visitor, Chernobyl makes heavy demands on the imagination — much of what's important can be seen only in the mind's eye.

Libya's Koussa speaks for first time since fleeing (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 04:14 PM PDT

AP - The highest profile insider to break with Moammar Gadhafi's regime since Libya's conflict began warned on Monday that the country risked becoming engulfed in civil war like Somalia.

UN rights expert denied WikiLeaks suspect visit (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 04:10 PM PDT

AP - A U.N. torture investigator said Monday he is frustrated at being denied an unmonitored visit to a U.S. Army private suspected of giving classified material to WikiLeaks.

Kussa warns Libya could be 'new Somalia': BBC (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 03:53 PM PDT

Libya's former foreign minister Mussa Kussa, pictured in March 2011, who is in Britain after defecting from Moamer Kadhafi's regime, said Monday the restive nation could become a AFP - Libya's former foreign minister Mussa Kussa, who is in Britain after defecting from Moamer Kadhafi's regime, said Monday the restive nation could become a "new Somalia" if civil war broke out.

Rugby player Cueto set for World Cup after nine week ban (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 03:42 PM PDT

Mark Cueto, pictured in February 2011, will be able to play for England at this year's World Cup after he received a nine week suspension instead of an 18 week one here on Monday for gouging an opponent in his club Sale's English Premiership clash with Northampton on April 2.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Mark Cueto will be able to play for England at this year's World Cup after he received a nine week suspension instead of an 18 week one here on Monday for gouging an opponent in his club Sale's English Premiership clash with Northampton on April 2.

Applebee's to retrain staff after mixed-drink mixup (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 03:21 PM PDT

Reuters - The company that owns the Applebee's restaurant chain said on Monday it was immediately retraining its workers nationwide after a server at a suburban Detroit location accidentally served alcohol to a toddler.

Carroll double hits City Champions League hopes (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 02:14 PM PDT

Liverpool's forward Andy Carroll (L) celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Manchester City, at Anfield stadium in Liverpool. Liverpool won 3-0.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Record signing Andy Carroll delivered a blow to Manchester City's Champions League ambitions as Liverpool cruised to a 3-0 victory over Roberto Mancini's side at Anfield on Monday.

Belarus metro blast kills 11, Lukashenko sees plot (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:51 PM PDT

Reuters - A blast tore through a crowded metro station in the Belarus capital Minsk in evening rush hour on Monday, killing 11 people in what President Alexander Lukashenko said was an attempt to destabilize the country.

Belarus president: Subway blasts kills 11 (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:49 PM PDT

People carry a victim of a blast on a stretcher in central Minsk, April 11, 2011. REUTERS/Anton MotolkoAP - An explosion tore through a key subway station in the Belarusian capital of Minsk during evening rush hour Monday killing 11 people and wounding 126. An official said the blast was a terrorist act.

Tunisian boat people riot on Italian migrant island (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:45 PM PDT

Police intervene to restore order in a temporary detention center on the Italian island of Lampedusa, after migrants set a fire and tried to escape. Tunisian boat people rioted Monday on the Italian island of Lampedusa in a protest against their imminent deportation under a controversial deal struck between Rome and Tunis last week.(AFP/Filippo Monteforte)AFP - Tunisian boat people rioted Monday on the Italian island of Lampedusa in a protest against their imminent deportation under a controversial deal struck between Rome and Tunis last week.

French ban on Islamic veils enters force (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:24 PM PDT

An unidentified veiled woman, right, is taken away by plain clothed police officers, left and second left, as she is accompanied by two friends, cente left and right, in Paris Monday, April 11, 2011. France's new ban on Islamic face veils was met with a burst of defiance Monday, as several women appeared veiled in front of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral and two were detained for taking part in an unauthorized protest. France on Monday became the world's first country to ban the veils anywhere in public. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - The world's first ban on Islamic face veils took effect Monday in France, meaning that women may bare their breasts in Cannes but not cover their faces on the Champs-Elysees.

Activists plan new Gaza aid convoy in late May (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 12:52 PM PDT

AP - Pro-Palestinian activists said Monday they are planning to send a new convoy of humanitarian aid ships to the Gaza Strip, a year after a raid by Israeli forces on a similar mission left nine Turks dead.

(AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:04 AM PDT

AP - Belarusian state news agency says 7 dead, 35 wounded in subway blast.

Fraught emotions as Russia, Poland mark crash date (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:01 AM PDT

Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, left, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, attend a ceremony marking the one-year anniversary of the Polish presidential plane crash at the crash site near Smolensk, western Russia, Monday, April 11, 2011. The Polish Presidential plane crashed on April 10, 2010 near Smolensk in Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - In a poignant ceremony, the presidents of Russia and Poland put aside their nations' simmering tensions to honor the 96 victims of the plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski on Russian soil last year.

Swedish think-tank: Global arms spending slows (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:01 AM PDT

AP - The world's military spending grew by only 1.3 percent in 2010, thanks to budget constraints caused by the global financial crisis, with the top three arms investors being the United States, China and Britain, a think-tank said Monday.

Danes free 18 hostages held by Somali pirates (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 09:59 AM PDT

A pirate stands on a rocky outcrop on the Somali coast. The UN Security Council on Monday called for the establishment of specialized international courts and prisons and new laws to combat Somali pirates.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)AP - Danish naval officials say one of its assault teams freed 16 Pakistanis and two Iranians held by suspected Somali pirates.

Laws on Muslim veils and headscarves (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 09:51 AM PDT

AP - Here is a look at legislation and debate about face-covering Muslim veils and Muslim headscarves in various countries:

Official: EU to ease Myanmar sanctions (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 09:31 AM PDT

AP - A European Union official says the EU is likely to ease sanctions on the government of Myanmar on Tuesday.

Wills, Kate to NW England in last pre-wedding trip (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 09:26 AM PDT

Britain's Prince William accompanied by his fiancee Kate Middleton, arrives at Witton Country Park, Darwen, England, Monday April 11, 2011. Prince William and Kate Middleton will marry on April 29. (AP Photo/Tim Hales)AP - Prince William and fiancee Kate Middleton brought their electric smiles to northwest England on Monday for the last trip in their pre-wedding tour of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Cameron: Just say yes to UK royal wedding parties (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 09:11 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron makes royal bunting with pupils at the English Martyrs RC Primary School in Manchester, England Monday April 11, 2011. Prince William and fiancee Kate Middleton plan to marry April 29 at Westminster Abbey in London. (AP Photo/Owen Humphreys/PA Wire, Pool)AP - Britons: your country needs you to party.

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