2011年5月28日星期六

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'Nice-guy' Berrer lets Murray off hook (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 05:42 PM PDT

Andy Murray grimaces in pain after a point against Germany's Michael Berrer during their third round match in the French Open tennis championship at the Roland Garros stadium, on May 28, in Paris. Despite injuring his ankle at the start of the second set, Murray finished the match with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 win.(AFP/Alexander Klein)AFP - Michael Berrer was left bemoaning his lack of a killer instinct at the French Open on Saturday after he let an injured Andy Murray off the hook.


Van der Sar signs off on a low note (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 04:30 PM PDT

Manchester United's Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar reacts at the end of the UEFA Champions League final football match FC Barcelona vs. Manchester United at Wembley stadium in London. Barcelona won 3 to 1.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Edwin van der Sar admitted Barcelona had ruined his final fling as the Manchester United goalkeeper's last match before retirement ended in a 3-1 defeat in the Champions League final.


Obama back in Washington after European tour (Reuters)

Posted: 28 May 2011 03:59 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama arrived back in the Washington area late Saturday afternoon following a weeklong tour that took him to Ireland, Britain, France and Poland.

Messi the master as brilliant Barca win Champions League (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 03:55 PM PDT

Manchester United's English forward Wayne Rooney (L) comforts Manchester United's Mexican forward Javier Hernandez aka Chicharito (R) at the end of the UEFA Champions League final football match FC Barcelona vs. Manchester United at Wembley stadium in London. Barcelona won 3 to 1.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Barcelona confirmed their place in the pantheon of football's greatest sides here Saturday, outclassing Manchester United 3-1 at Wembley to claim their second Champions League crown in three years.


'Best ever' Barca gave us a hiding - Fergie (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 03:47 PM PDT

Barcelona's Spanish coach Josep Guardiola (C) shakes hands with Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson (R) prior to the UEFA Champions League final football match FC Barcelona vs. Manchester United at Wembley stadium in London. Ferguson hailed Barcelona as the best side he has ever faced after the Spanish giants outclassed Manchester United to lift the Champions League at Wembley on Saturday.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson hailed Barcelona as the best side he has ever faced after the Spanish giants outclassed Manchester United to lift the Champions League at Wembley on Saturday.


Berlusconi risks defeat in local election run-offs (Reuters)

Posted: 28 May 2011 03:35 PM PDT

Reuters - Italians begin voting on Sunday in local election run-offs where Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's center-right coalition risks humiliating defeat in his home town of Milan for the first time in nearly 20 years.

Villagers say Mladic arrest a surprise (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 03:22 PM PDT

People look into the yard of the house where former Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic was found in the village Lazarevo, about 50 kilometers north of Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, May 28, 2011. Bosnian Serb genocide suspect Ratko Mladic was arrested on Thursday in this village after 16-years on the run.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)AP - It's hard to keep a secret in this leafy village in northern Serbia — and that's what makes war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic's arrest such a surprise.


Latvian president moves to dissolve Parliament (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 02:49 PM PDT

AP - Latvian President Valdis Zatlers on Saturday called for the dissolution of the country's parliament after lawmakers blocked an anti-corruption investigation against a prominent politician.

Barcelona win Champions League (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 01:36 PM PDT

Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Champions League final football match FC Barcelona vs. Manchester United, at Wembley stadium in London. Barca won 3-1.(AFP/Lluis Gene)AFP - Barcelona won the Champions League at Wembley here on Saturday after beating Manchester United 3-1.


Yorkshire in 'advanced' Tour de France talks (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 01:21 PM PDT

The pack ride past sunflowers during the 2010 Tour de France. Yorkshire, England's biggest county, said Saturday its bid to host the opening stages of the Tour de France was being positively viewed by the organising committee.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AFP - Yorkshire said Saturday its bid to host the opening stages of the Tour de France was being positively viewed by the organising committee.


Lawyer: Mladic knows he's headed to the Hague (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 11:32 AM PDT

In this photo provided by Press newspaper, Saturday May 28, 2011, the Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who was arrested Thursday, May 26, 2011, is seen at an undisclosed location at an unknown time after his arrest in Serbia after years in hiding. Mladic is eating strawberries and receiving family visits in a Serbian jail, but as early as Monday the ex general could be on his way to face a war crimes tribunal in The Hague, possibly joining his former ally Radovan Karadzic on trial for some of the worst horrors of the Balkan wars. (AP Photo/ Press Newspaper) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Serb authorities have stepped up security ahead of a nationalist rally opposing the extradition of former Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic to face war crimes charges before an international court.


Obama exhorts US, allies to bolster Arab spring (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 11:08 AM PDT

The President of the United States Barack Obama speaks during a  press conference after meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw, Saturday, May 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)AP - Holding out Poland's transformation to democracy as a model for the world, President Barack Obama on Saturday exhorted Western allies and the American public alike to extend their support, energy and vision to those now reaching for democracy in the Middle East and North Africa.


Pope makes rare mention of life under Nazis (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 10:47 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing as he recites the rosary prayer, at the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome Thursday, May 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI, who was forced to join the Hitler Youth as a child, has made a rare mention of life in Germany under the Nazis, calling it a "dark time."


Italy wants to reduce its Lebanon troops (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 10:29 AM PDT

AP - Italy says it wants to reduce its contingent in a peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, a day after six Italian peacekeepers were wounded by a roadside bomb on a U.N. convoy there.

Auction house: Camera fetches record euro1.3 million (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 10:18 AM PDT

In this Picture publicly provided by the Westlicht auction house in Vienna, Austria a Leica camera is displayed on a screen while unidentified auctioneers clap their hands in Vienna Saturday May 28, 2011. The Austrian auction house says the 88-year-old camera has sold for a record  euro1.3 million (US$1.9 million). Westlicht says the rare Leica is part of a small series dating back to 1923 and was valued at up to euro450,000 euro  (US$ 643,640). It says the camera, which had a starting price of euro200,000 (US$286,000), went to a private Asian collector after a nailbiting, 20-minute bidding process. Westlicht claims Saturday's auction makes the Leica the most expensive camera ever sold.  (AP Photo/ho/Westlicht) MANDATORY CREDIT - EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO SALES-AP - An Austrian auction house says an 88-year-old Leica camera has sold for a record euro1.3 million ($1.9 million).


(AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 08:19 AM PDT

AP - Military tells Spiegel Online top German commander in Afghanistan wounded in suicide attack.

Rights group: 7 activists arrested in Belarus (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 08:09 AM PDT

AP - A Belarusian human rights group says seven activists have been arrested while taking part in a round-table discussion in the country's capital.

Speeding bus hits 6 during Stockholm Marathon (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 07:42 AM PDT

A wrecked bus stands in the middle of a city square in Stockholm, Sweden after it careened out of control down a flight of steps hitting bystanders outside a metro station during the Stockholm Marathon Saturday May 28, 2011. At least five people were seriously hurt, but the child in the mangled stroller hit by the bus escaped injury. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Maja Suslin)   SWEDEN OUTAP - A bus raced out of control down a set of steps and into a busy square during the Stockholm Marathon on Saturday, injuring six people and causing a panic among spectators, officials and witnesses said.


More than 30 arrested at Moscow gay rights demos (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 07:06 AM PDT

Russian police officers detain a gay activist during an attempt to hold a gay pride parade in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 28, 2011.  Opponents of gay rights scuffled with the demonstrators and with police in the Saturday actions. A police spokesman, Maxim Kolosvetov, told Russian news agencies that 18 gay activists and 14 opponents were arrested. Moscow authorities routinely ban gay rights demonstrations. Although homosexuality was decriminalized in post-Soviet Russia, anti-gay sentiment is high and authorities justify the bans on the grounds of trying to prevent fights.  (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - Moscow police arrested more than 30 people trying to hold two unauthorized gay-rights demonstrations in the capital on Saturday.


Bosnia tensions live on despite Mladic capture (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 06:51 AM PDT

Bosnian Serb people wave Serbian flags and chant slogans with banner (partially seen at left) reading 'Genaral, we are with you'  to support Gen. Ratko Mladic, in war time stronghold Pale, 20 kms from Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Friday, May 27 2011. More than 2000 people gathered and marched along the streets to give their support to Gen. Ratko Mladic, who has been arrested on charges relating to alleged war crimes thought to have been committed by him during the Bosnian 1992-95 war. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)AP - With Ratko Mladic's capture, the main perpetrators of Bosnia's war are either behind bars or dead. But the ethnic divisions they fomented live on, in a dysfunctional country tormented by the same mistrust that provoked Europe's worst bloodshed since World War II.


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