2011年5月3日星期二

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Sub recovers second black box from Rio-Paris flight (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 04:22 PM PDT

This handout picture taken on May 2, and released by France's Bureau of Investigation and Analysis (BEA), shows the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) of the Air France plane from Rio de Janeiro to Paris that crashed in 2009. A robot submarine has retrieved the second data recorder from the Air France plane, raising hopes the mystery of the crash will be solved.(AFP/BEA/ECPAD/Johann Peschel)AFP - A robot submarine has retrieved the second data recorder from an Air France plane that plunged into the Atlantic in 2009 en route from Rio to Paris, raising hopes the mystery of the crash will be solved.

Portugal reaches deal on 78 bn euro EU-IMF bailout: PM (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 04:02 PM PDT

A handout picture taken and released by the Prime Minister Cabinet shows outgoing Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates (L) arriving with Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira dos Santos to adress the nation from his official residence at Sao Bento palace in Lisbon. Portugal has reached a AFP - Eurozone member Portugal has reached a "good agreement" on a three-year bailout package worth 78 billion euros from the EU and IMF, outgoing Prime Minister Jose Socrates said Tuesday.

Portugal agrees on a 78-billion euro EU/IMF bailout (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 03:29 PM PDT

People enjoy the view along the Douro river in Porto April 8, 2011. REUTERS/Jose Manuel RibeiroReuters - Portugal has agreed a three-year, 78-billion-euro ($116 billion) bailout with the European Union and IMF, caretaker Prime Minister Jose Socrates said on Tuesday.

Cuban, breaking own record, rolls longest cigar (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 03:12 PM PDT

Reuters - A Cuban cigar roller broke his own record on Tuesday by rolling the world's longest cigar, a monster smoke that stretched 268 feet 4 inches (81.8 metres), or most of the length of a football field.

Britain pushes for Japan UN security seat after meeting (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 03:05 PM PDT

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto, pictured in April 2011. Britain on Tuesday backed Japan's claim for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and promised to support its economic integration with the EU after the two nations' foreign ministers met in London.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - Britain on Tuesday backed Japan's claim for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and promised to support its economic integration with the EU after the two nations' foreign ministers met in London.

Official: Portugal bailout to be $115 billion (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:25 PM PDT

A tram passes a poster of a big fish with an Euro currency sign, representing a banker, being chased away by small fish Sunday, May 1 2011, in Lisbon. The Portuguese government is negotiating a loan with the International Monetary Fund. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)AP - Hard-up Portugal has negotiated an international bailout worth euro78 billion ($115 billion) over a three-year period, officials said Tuesday.

Hungary tries Sandor Kepiro for Nazi war crimes (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:18 PM PDT

A picture taken in 2009 shows Hungarian pensioner Dr. Sandor Kepiro listening to the radio at his flat in Budapest. One of the world's most wanted Nazi war criminals, Sandor Kepiro, 97, goes on trial in Budapest Thursday charged with the murder of 36 Jews and Serbs in Novi Sad, Serbia in 1942.(AFP/File/Attila Kisbenedek)AFP - One of the world's most wanted Nazi war criminals, Sandor Kepiro, 97, goes on trial in Budapest Thursday charged with the murder of 36 Jews and Serbs in Novi Sad, Serbia in 1942.

Container with low radiation in Belgium port (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:17 PM PDT

AP - Authorities say they have found a container hailing from Japan in Zeebrugge harbor with low radiation levels.

Britain Arrests Five for Filming Nuclear Plant (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:11 PM PDT

The Atlantic Wire - The five Londoners had been filming the nuclear site, police said, and were picked up under a British anti-terrorism statute, "which allows officers to arrest people suspected of terrorist offences and hold them for 48 hours without charge," Reuters reported. N

UN rights chief seeks details on Bin Laden killing (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:41 PM PDT

AP - The U.N.'s top human rights official says the global body wants details on the death of Osama bin Laden.

Scientologists say Russia lifts publications ban (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:15 PM PDT

AP - The Church of Scientology says Russian authorities have lifted a ban on some of its publications.

Mother dies as Italian astronaut son is in orbit (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 file photo Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli, crew member of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, gestures prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Officials say the mother of Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli, who is on the International Space Station, has died in her hometown outside of Milan. Maria Motta died at the age of 78 at her home Monday May 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)AP - During 4 1/2 months in orbit, astronaut Paolo Nespoli was able to keep in touch with his ailing mother in Italy from the International Space Station via a video linkup.

Italy to try to seek date for end of Libya mission (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 12:18 PM PDT

AP - Italy pledged on Tuesday to seek an end date for NATO's Libya operations as Premier Silvio Berlusconi sought to placate a key government partner opposed to Italian participation in the bombing missions.

Voice recorder for 2009 Air France crash found (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 10:59 AM PDT

This photo provided Tuesday May 3, 2011 by France's air accident investigation agency, the BEA, shows the flight data recorder from the 2009 Air France flight that went down in the mid-Atlantic. French investigators have found and recovered the cockpit voice recorder from a 2009 Air France flight that plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 on board, the agency that probes air accidents said Tuesday. The machine that records cockpit conversations was located on Monday and raised from the ocean depths on Tuesday, a statement by the agency said. Investigators hope that the black box will help determine what caused the June 1, 2009 crash of Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to the French capital, Paris. (AP Photo/BEA, Johann PESCHEL) NO SALESAP - French investigators may be closer to solving the deadly 2009 crash of an Air France flight after the recovery early Tuesday of the cockpit voice recorder from deep in the Atlantic Ocean.

Finnish PM-elect starts talks on Portugal bailout (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 10:08 AM PDT

AP - Finland's prime minister-elect delayed government formation talks on Tuesday, throwing more uncertainty into the eurozone's plans for Portugal's bailout and other financial aid to cash-strapped member countries.

Media group calls 4 Mideast chiefs press predators (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 10:02 AM PDT

A riot police officer stand by a protest sign 'It's ink, not blood that should run' stenciled on the wall of Syrian embassy in Paris by Members of French watchdog organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Tuesday May 3, 2011. This action marks World Press Freedom Day. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - The presidents of Syria and Yemen had prominent spots on a list of press freedom "predators" issued Tuesday by media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders, along with a new arrival, the king of Bahrain.

Wiesenthal Center official acquitted of libel (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 09:42 AM PDT

AP - A court in Hungary has acquitted the head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center Jerusalem office of libel in a case filed against him by a former Hungarian police officer recently indicted for war crimes.

Lawyer: No comp for Austrian girl held in dungeon (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 09:24 AM PDT

AP - A lawyer says Austrian authorities have rejected a compensation claim from a woman who was held captive for 8 1/2 years by a man who tormented her both physically and verbally and locked her in a dungeon.

Defense lawyer assails case against Demjanjuk (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 08:16 AM PDT

John Demjanjuk arrives in his wheelchair at the court building in Munich, southern Germany, Tuesday, May 3, 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 start with the closing arguments. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)AP - John Demjanjuk's lawyer assailed Germany's prosecution of the 91-year-old on Tuesday, arguing that investigators have failed to offer concrete evidence of his involvement in Nazi war crimes and have been inconsistent in their efforts to pursue suspects.

Mother convicted of killing her 4 newborns (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 08:08 AM PDT

AP - A Dutch woman received a maximum 12-year prison sentence Tuesday for smothering her four newborns in an effort to conceal her pregnancies and keep up the appearance of being a perfect daughter.

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