2011年5月15日星期日

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Grant sacked by relegated West Ham (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2011 12:54 PM PDT

West Ham United's Israeli manager Avram Grant before their English Premier League football match against Wigan Athletic at The DW Stadium in Wigan. Grant was sacked as West Ham United manager on Sunday in the aftermath of the club's relegation from the Premier League, the club announced.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Avram Grant was sacked as West Ham United manager on Sunday in the aftermath of the club's relegation from the Premier League, with the Israeli describing it as the saddest day of his 40-year career.

Europe's trade unions set to meet in Athens (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2011 12:29 PM PDT

The European and the Greek flags fly above the ancient temple of Parthenon atop the Acropolis hill in Athens on May 10. European trade unions gather Monday for their confederation's 12th congress, held this year in Athens because of its economic crisis with unionists saying austerity measures are not working.(AFP/File/Aris Messinis)AFP - European trade unions gather Monday for their confederation's 12th congress, held this year in Athens because of its economic crisis with unionists saying austerity measures are not working.

IMF chief's arrest won't stop Greek bailout debate (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2011 11:56 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 15, 2011, file photo International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn attends the IMF/World Bank spring meetings in Washington. Strauss-Kahn, 62, seen as the strongest potential challenger to French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2012 presidential elections, was pulled off a plane bound for Paris at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport Saturday May 14, 2011, and subsequently arrested in connection with the violent sexual assault of a New York hotel maid. Political rivals expressed shock at his arrest. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - The arrest of IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn complicates a key European meeting on whether to give Greece billions more in aid — but experts insisted one man's troubles won't keep the 17 eurozone nations from trying to contain a debt crisis that threatens them all.

Germany says Greek debt payment delay to include creditors (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2011 11:55 AM PDT

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, pictured in March 2011, said Sunday Greece could be granted an extension to the repayment of its massive debt but only if private creditors are also involved.(AFP/File/Johannes Eisele)AFP - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Sunday Greece could be granted an extension to the repayment of its massive debt but only if private creditors are also involved.

IMF chief's arrest rocks French presidential race (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2011 11:46 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 22, 2010 photo, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, speaks during a news briefing at the 2010 WB/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington. Strauss-Kahn has been taken into custody by New York City police and is being questioned in connection with a sexual assault of a hotel maid on Saturday, May 14, 2011. NYPD top spokesman Paul Browne says Dominique Strauss-Kahn was pulled off an Air France flight to Paris on Saturday afternoon at John F. Kennedy International Airport after he left the Manhattan hotel. Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the IMF, has not been charged. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Allegations of sexual assault in a New York hotel have torn France's presidential race asunder and savaged the reputation of the suave and self-assured Dominique Strauss-Kahn, chief of the International Monetary Fund.

Birmingham deep in trouble after Fulham defeat (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2011 10:35 AM PDT

Birmingham City's goalkeeper Ben Foster is seen during his team's Premier League football match against Fulham at St Andrews in Birmingham. Birmingham's bid to avoid relegation from the Premier League will go down to the final day of the season after Brede Hangeland's double gave Fulham a 2-0 win at St Andrew's on Sunday.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Birmingham's bid to avoid relegation from the Premier League will go down to the final day of the season after Brede Hangeland's double gave Fulham a 2-0 win at St Andrew's on Sunday.

West Ham relegated from Premier League (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2011 10:31 AM PDT

West Ham United's Israeli manager Avram Grant before their English Premier League football match against Wigan Athletic at The DW Stadium in Wigan. Grant was sacked as West Ham United manager on Sunday in the aftermath of the club's relegation from the Premier League, the club announced.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - West Ham United were relegated from the Premier League at the DW Stadium here on Sunday as they squandered a two-goal lead to allow Wigan Athletic to pull off an incredible 3-2 victory.

Spurs sink Reds to take control of race for Europe (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2011 10:21 AM PDT

Tottenham Hotspur's Brazilian midfielder Sandro controls the ball during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield, Liverpool. Tottenham are within touching distance of qualifying for the Europa League after moving above Liverpool with a 2-0 win at Anfield on Sunday.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Tottenham are within touching distance of qualifying for the Europa League after moving above Liverpool with a 2-0 win at Anfield on Sunday.

Arsenal undone by Bent, jeered off pitch (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2011 10:13 AM PDT

Arsenal's Alex Song (top) goes over the top of Arsenal's English player Kieran Gibbs (bottom) against Aston Villa during the Premiership football match at the Emirates Stadium in London. Arsenal were jeered off the pitch at the end of their final home game of the season after Darren Bent's double earned a 2-1 victory for Aston Villa at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Arsenal were jeered off the pitch at the end of their final home game of the season after Darren Bent's double earned a 2-1 victory for Aston Villa at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.

Switzerland votes against euthanasia restrictions (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2011 09:55 AM PDT

This picture taken in 2009 shows the building of assisted suicide clinic Dignitas in Pfaeffikon near Zurich, Switzerland. Voters in the Swiss region of Zurich, which has become known as a hub for AFP - Voters in the Swiss region of Zurich, which has become known as a hub for "death tourism", voted Sunday against plans to restrict assisted suicide to local residents.

Priest who defied Nazis beatified (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2011 09:49 AM PDT

The bishop of Wuerzburg, Friedhelm Hofmann, celebrates the beatification of a priest in the Cathedral of Wuerzburg, central Germany Sunday May 15, 2011. Georg Haefner, painting in background, was honored for practicing his Roman Catholic faith in defiance of the Nazis. Haefner died of hunger and disease in Dachau concentration camp in 1942. Friedhelm Hofmann said Haefner represented all members of the Catholic church who perished for their faith during the Nazi-era. (AP Photo/dapd/Timm Schamberger) GERMANY OUT AUSTRIA OUT SWITZERLAND OUTAP - Germans in Pope Benedict XVI's home state of Bavaria celebrated Sunday the beatification ceremony of a priest who was honored for practicing his Roman Catholic faith in defiance of the Nazis.

Italy: cardinal tells faithful of pastor's jailing (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2011 08:18 AM PDT

AP - Italy's top cardinal in a message read aloud Sunday at Mass informed shocked faithful in a Genoa suburb that their longtime pastor has been jailed for investigation of pedophilia and giving drugs to a minor.

Prosecutors put final touches to Libya indictment (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2011 06:44 AM PDT

Women march during an anti Moammar Gadhafi demonstration in central Benghazi, Libya, Saturday, May 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - Senior officials in the embattled government of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi have come forward to offer evidence to the International Criminal Court in its investigation of widespread murder and persecution, prosecutors said Sunday.

Berlusconi makes local vote test for him (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:15 AM PDT

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi casts his ballot in Milan, Italy, Sunday, May 15, 2011. Italians are voting in mayoral races, an election that Premier Silvio Berlusconi has billed as actually a vote on how they think he's doing as their national leader. Voting began early morning and continues until late night Sunday, and then resumes the next day. Results are expected after polls close at 3 p.m. (1300 GMT) Monday. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)AP - Scandal-mired Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has raised the stakes in Sunday's local elections, equating them to a kind of plebiscite on how he is faring as the country's leader.

Security, emotions high for queen's Irish visit (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2011 03:34 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 16, 2008 file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, is welcomed by children waving Britain's flag, upon her arrival at the British Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Encouraged by the largely successful peace process in Northern Ireland, which has made her sensitive visit feasible, the queen will become the first British monarch to set foot in the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday, May 17, 2011. When a British sovereign last came, a full century ago, all of Ireland was still part of the United Kingdom. (AP Photo/Firat Yurdakul, Pool)AP - This week's groundbreaking visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Ireland is raising passions and security fears in a nation that has traditionally cast a cold eye on its former master.

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