2011年4月14日星期四

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Italian peace campaigner found dead in Gaza: Hamas (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 06:00 PM PDT

International activist Vittorio Arrigoni holds medical aid at Gaza seaport in this October 29, 2008 file picture. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem/FilesReuters - Security officials found the body of an Italian peace campaigner in an abandoned house in the Gaza Strip on Friday following his abduction by militants, a Hamas official said.


BP feels fishermen's fury over Gulf oil spill (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:01 PM PDT

Protestors stand outside the British Petroleum (BP) Annual General meeting at the ExCeL centre, in east London. BP faced protests from angry fishermen and disgruntled shareholders on Thursday at its first annual general meeting since the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - BP faced protests from angry fishermen and disgruntled shareholders on Thursday at its first annual general meeting since the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.


Belgian bishop admits abusing second nephew (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:27 PM PDT

FILE - This Feb. 15, 2007 file photo shows then Bishop of Bruges Roger Vangheluwe, in Bruges, Belgium. The Vatican has sanctioned Vangheluwe, who resigned last year after admitting he had sexually abused his nephew, saying he can no longer act as a priest in public and may risk further sanctions after receiving psychological treatment. The Vatican on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 clarified the sanctions against the former Bruges Bishop Roger Vangheluwe after Belgian bishops reported over the weekend that he had merely been sent outside Belgium for spiritual and psychological counseling. (AP Photo/Peter Maenhoudt, file)AP - A former Belgian bishop at the center of one of the Roman Catholic church's biggest pedophile scandals said Thursday that he had abused two nephews and insisted he had no plans to abandon the priesthood.


Libya future with Kadhafi 'unthinkable': Britain, France, US (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:04 PM PDT

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi is seen in Tripoli on April 10. A Libyan future including Kadhafi is AFP - A Libyan future including Moamer Kadhafi is "unthinkable" and would represent an "unconscionable betrayal" by the rest of the world, the leaders of Britain, France and the United States said Thursday.


Canada politician wants to torpedo Sheen's smoking (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 03:52 PM PDT

Reuters - Charlie Sheen, whose well-publicized list of bad habits includes smoking, is being offered a hand in kicking the tobacco habit by an Ontario cabinet minister, media reports said on Thursday.

NATO says Gadhafi must go but won't force him out (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 03:11 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is seen upon her arrival at Tegel Airport in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday April 14, 2011 on the eve of a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Berlin with Libya high on the agenda. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, pool)AP - The United States and its allies put up a united public front Thursday on the goals of NATO's stalemated military mission in Libya but failed to resolve behind-the-scenes bickering over how to achieve them.


AP Exclusive: 2 Frenchmen arrested in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 02:53 PM PDT

AP - Two suspected Islamist extremists from France have been arrested in Pakistan after meeting with a man accused of ties to al-Qaida, officials said Thursday.

Scuffles, protests mar BP shareholder meeting (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 02:47 PM PDT

American Diane Wilson, from Texas, covered in oil, protests against BP as British police officers block her from entering the conference center where BP held its annual general meeting of its shareholders, in London, Thursday, April 14, 2011. BP's annual shareholder meeting got off to a rowdy start on Thursday as crowds of protesters watched over by police held noisy demonstrations outside the venue. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Scuffles between protesters and security guards marred BP's first annual shareholder meeting since the Gulf oil spill Thursday, as investors registered their disapproval with sizable protest votes against company directors.


Porto lead Iberian charge into Europa last four (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 02:28 PM PDT

FC Porto's Ruben Micael (L) and Alvaro Pereira (R) celebrate their fifth goal against Spartak Moscow during their UEFA Europa legaue quarter final second leg football match in Moscow. Porto won 5-2 and 10-3 on aggregate.(AFP/Yuri Kadobnov)AFP - FC Porto led an Iberian lock-out of the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday, Jose Mourinho's former charges brushing aside Spartak Moscow.


Gaza group threatens to execute abducted Italian (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 01:56 PM PDT

Reuters - A Jihadist group in the Gaza Strip aligned with al Qaeda threatened on Thursday to execute an abducted Italian it is holding within hours, unless Hamas Islamists release the group's leader.

More than 20 hurt in Greek riot over landfill plan (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 01:26 PM PDT

Protesters attack with gas bombs and stone against riot police during clashes in the town of Keratea, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) southeast of Athens, Thursday, April 14, 2011. Greek protesters have used excavators to cut a shoulder-high trench on a busy road near a proposed new landfill, cutting off traffic outside Athens. Youths clashed later Thursday at the site with riot police, who responded with tear gas. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - Greek riot police clashed with residents of a town outside Athens who were protesting plans to build a landfill to store the capital's garbage. More than 20 were injured Thursday, officials said.


Wilton Wynn, longtime foreign correspondent, dies (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 12:14 PM PDT

AP - Wilton Wynn covered Mideast wars and peacemaking for years before he moved to Rome and covered the early days of John Paul II's history-changing papacy.

Britain bans exports of execution drugs to US (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 11:52 AM PDT

AP - Britain said Thursday it will block the export of three lethal injection drugs to the United States and is also urging a Europe-wide ban on American sales of the drugs.

Judge won't suspend Demjanjuk plea over FBI file (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 10:55 AM PDT

John Demjanjuk arrives at the court building in Munich, southern Germany, on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Ukrainian-born Demjanjuk, 90, is accused of 28,060 counts of accessory to murder for allegedly serving as a guard in the Nazis' Sobibor death camp. Demjanjuk's defense attorney says his client's trial on Nazi war crimes charges should be suspended in the wake of an Associated Press report showing the FBI believed the Soviet Union fabricated evidence in the case. (AP Photo/dapd, Sebastian Widmann, Pool)AP - A German court on Thursday rejected a defense request to suspend John Demjanjuk's trial over a declassified FBI report that cast doubt on the authenticity of a key piece of evidence.


UN judgments due in Croatian war crimes case (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 10:22 AM PDT

AP - A U.N. war crimes court is delivering its verdicts Friday in the case of three Croat generals accused of atrocities against Serbs in a 1995 military campaign.

British prime minister calls for immigration curbs (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 10:22 AM PDT

AP - Britain must cut immigration dramatically to ease social strain, Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday, telling supporters the influx of newcomers was putting serious pressure on some communities.

French/Italian dispute escalates over migrants (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 10:07 AM PDT

Expelled Tunisian migrants returning from the Italian island of Lampedusa leave Tunis airport, Monday April 11, 2011. Some 20,000 illegal migrants have reached Italy by the boatload through the small Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, which is close to Tunisia.  Italy sent an initial 30 Tunisians home on Friday, the first deportations since a wave of migrants began arriving on the tiny island of Lampedusa in January following a popular revolt. Starting Monday, Italy will begin sending them back on twice-daily flights.(AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)AP - An international dispute over a surge of Tunisian immigrants escalated on Thursday when the French foreign minister told Italy to send the migrants home instead of allowing them to travel to neighboring nations.


Prince William invites entire unit to his wedding (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 09:24 AM PDT

FILE - In this  Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, file photo  Britain's Prince William gestures as he walks across the airfield at RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire, England. Britain's monarchy has an enduring connection to the armed forces Prince William is part of the fourth successive generation to have served as a pilot. His grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, is the military's ceremonial chief and joined the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service during World War II, reaching the rank of junior commander and training as a driver.  (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth/file)AP - Members of Prince William's search-and-rescue unit say all 27 of them have been invited to attend the royal wedding later this month.


Vatican: China bishop may avoid excommunication (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 09:19 AM PDT

AP - A Chinese bishop whose ordination caused a crisis in the Vatican's relations with China may avoid excommunication because he may have been pressured into being consecrated without the pope's consent, the Vatican said Thursday.

NATO struggles to resolve dispute over Libya fight (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 09:04 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is seen upon her arrival at Tegel Airport in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday April 14, 2011 on the eve of a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Berlin with Libya high on the agenda. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, pool)AP - NATO nations struggled Thursday to overcome deep differences over the military campaign in Libya, failing to find new ground-attack aircraft for the fight despite French and British calls for more intense airstrikes against Moammar Gadhafi's forces.


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