2011年5月2日星期一

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Parents remember Maddie 4 years after disappearance (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 04:27 PM PDT

A poster placed on a van shows the picture of three-year old Madeleine McCann outside the Ocean club apartment hotel in Praia de Luz in 2007. The parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann were Tuesday to mark the fourth anniversary of her disappearance as they prepared to release a book to boost dwindling search funds.(AFP/File/Vasco Celio)AFP - The parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann were Tuesday to mark the fourth anniversary of her disappearance as they prepared to release a book to boost dwindling search funds.

UK expels Libyan ambassador after embassy attacked (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 03:36 PM PDT

AP - Britain's Foreign Office says that the Libyan ambassador to the U.K. has been expelled from the country following attacks on the British embassy in Tripoli.

Swiss freeze Kadhafi, Mubarak, Ben Ali millions (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 03:35 PM PDT

An image grab taken from Libyan state television on April 30 shows Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi delivering a televised speech in Tripoli. Switzerland said Monday it had frozen 830 million francs ($960 million/646 million euros) in funds belonging to north African strongmen since the start of this year's popular uprisings.(AFP/LIBYAN TV/File)AFP - Switzerland said Monday it had frozen 830 million francs ($960 million/646 million euros) in funds belonging to north African strongmen since the start of this year's popular uprisings.

Canaries fly back to heady heights of Premier League (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 03:29 PM PDT

Norwich were promoted to the Premier League on Monday after they defeated Portsmouth 1-0 and join champions Queens Park Rangers among the elite for next season.(Norwich)AFP - Norwich were promoted to the Premier League on Monday after they defeated Portsmouth 1-0 and join champions Queens Park Rangers among the elite for next season.

Higgins crowned world snooker champion (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 03:19 PM PDT

John Higgins of Scotland poses with his family after winning the final of the World Championship Snooker tournament against Judd Trump of Britain at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Scotland's John Higgins won the snooker world championship for the fourth time here on Monday beating England's new star Judd Trump 18-15 in the best of 35 frames final.

Swiss identify nearly $1 billion assets to freeze (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 02:47 PM PDT

AP - The Swiss government said Monday it has identified potential assets to be frozen worth 830 million Swiss francs ($957 million) belonging to Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi and the ousted presidents of Egypt and Tunisia.

Cameron says Bin Laden's death a 'great relief' (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 02:31 PM PDT

Websites of different newspapers reporting on the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday hailed news of bin Laden's death, saying it would AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday hailed news of Osama bin Laden's death, saying it would "bring great relief to people across the world".

AP Interview: 'Osama would have chosen death' (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 01:47 PM PDT

Carmen BinLadin, former sister in law of Osama Bin Laden, talks about him to The Associated Press, Monday, May 2, 2011, at a downtown Geneva hotel. She said hours after the al-Qaida chief was killed by U.S. forces in a hideout in Pakistan that her former brother-in-law would have chosen death over capture. (AP Photo/John Heilprin)AP - Osama bin Laden would have chosen death over capture, the al-Qaida chief's former sister-in-law said Monday, hours after he died in a firefight with American forces at a hideout in Pakistan.

Norwich promoted to Premier League (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 01:43 PM PDT

Norwich were promoted to the Premier League on Monday after they defeated Portsmouth 1-0 and join champions Queens Park Rangers among the elite for next season.(Norwich)AFP - Norwich were promoted to the Premier League on Monday after they defeated Portsmouth 1-0 and join champions Queens Park Rangers among the elite for next season.

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Posted: 02 May 2011 12:54 PM PDT

AP - Swiss say have identified over $400M possibly belonging to Moammar Gadhafi or his entourage.

Faithful give thanks for John Paul beatification (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 12:16 PM PDT

The reliquary containing the blood of late Pope John Paul II is carried in procession prior to a thanksgiving Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Monday, May 2, 2011. Tens of thousands of Catholic faithful have filled St. Peter's Square for a Mass of thanksgiving for the beatification of John Paul II. The Mass is being celebrated by the Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. Among the large crowds entering the square Monday were many Poles overjoyed at Sunday's beatification of the Polish-born pontiff. After Sunday's beatification, about 250,000 faithful filed past John Paul's simple wooden coffin in St. Peter's Basilica. The pope had been buried in the grottoes underneath the church, but his closed casket was brought to the church's center aisle ahead of the beatification. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - For the second straight day, Roman Catholic faithful filled St. Peter's Square on Monday in an outpouring of thanks for the fast beatification of John Paul II, a joyous celebration of the much-loved late pontiff.

Europe tightens security against revenge attacks (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 11:35 AM PDT

Barriers and police car are seen in front of the U.S. embassy in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, May 2, 2011. Bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of people was slain in his luxury hideout in Pakistan early Monday in a firefight with U.S. forces, ending a manhunt that spanned a frustrating decade. (AP Photo/ Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr)AP - Several European nations tightened security Monday and urged citizens to stay vigilant as Interpol warned of possible retaliatory attacks for the U.S. killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

Jews march to Auschwitz to honor Holocaust victims (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 11:31 AM PDT

Participants of the traditional 'March of the Living' walk behind a railway track inside the former Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi Death Camp near Oswiecim, southern Poland, Monday, May 2, 2011. Thousands of people from around the world take part in the annual March of the Living paying tribute to the victims of the Holocaust at the former Nazi Death Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - About 7,000 Jews marched to the former German Nazi death camp of Auschwitz on Monday in memory of the 6 million Holocaust victims.

Watchdog: 102 journalists killed in 2010 (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 10:09 AM PDT

AP - A total of 102 journalists were killed in 2010, eight fewer than the year before, a media watchdog said Monday.

Vatican fires outspoken Australian bishop Morris (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 06:59 AM PDT

AP - Pope Benedict XVI has fired an outspoken Australian bishop who had called on the church to consider ordaining women and married men.

Officials: Unearthed treasure includes royal bling (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 06:55 AM PDT

Visitors look at part of a buried treasure exhibited at Austria's department of national antiquities in Vienna, Austria, Monday, May 2, 2011. A trove of medieval jewelry and other precious objects found by a man working in his backyard includes pieces made for a royal court and may be worth as much as 100,000 euros ($150,000) government experts said Monday. (AP Photo/Lilli Strauss)AP - A trove of medieval jewelry and other precious objects found by a man working in his backyard includes pieces made for a royal court and may be worth as much as 100,000 euros ($150,000) government experts said Monday.

France counts half of 16 dead in Morocco bombing (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:06 AM PDT

AP - France's Foreign Ministry has confirmed eight French nationals were among 16 people killed in a terror bombing at a cafe popular with tourists in Morocco.

Turkey temporarily shuts embassy in Tripoli, Libya (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:05 AM PDT

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (3rd L) and his half-brother Mohamed Gaddafi (2nd L) pray during the funeral of Saif Al-Arab Gaddafi, the youngest son of Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed after air strikes by coalition forces last Saturday, at the El Hani cemetery in Tripoli May 2, 2011. Crowds chanting Muammar Gaddafi's name gathered in Tripoli on Monday for the funeral of his son and three grandchildren, killed in a NATO airstrike that has raised new questions about the role of Western powers in the uprising against the Libyan leader. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST OBITUARY IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - Turkey on Monday temporarily closed its embassy in the Libyan capital due to deteriorating security and its staff traveled to Tunisia, an official said.

Greece vows tougher tax policy (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 03:10 AM PDT

AP - Greece's cash-strapped government is promising to raise an additional euro11.8 billion ($17.5 billion) through 2013, with a crackdown on tax evasion.

Spain's Almadraba fishing faces uncertain future (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 03:02 AM PDT

'Almadraba' tunas are surrounded by fishing nets during the opening of the season for tuna fishing off the coast of Barbate, Cadiz province, southern Spain, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Almadraba tuna is caught in an elaborate and age-old Andalusian fishing method, used in Spanish coastal areas close to the Strait of Gibraltar since Phoenician times. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - The season for an ancient and spectacular tuna-fishing technique has begun off Spain's southwest coast amid fears it could disappear because fleets of factory ships in international waters are overfishing stocks.

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