2010年10月6日星期三

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Gold for Kipsiro as workers win race against time (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 01:12 PM PDT

Hockey fans watch group match between New Zealand and Malaysia at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 5, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Uganda's Moses Kipsiro took the first athletics gold of the Commonwealth Games after workers triumphed in their own desperate race to repair the track and get the infield ready at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.


Chinese, Afghan activists lead race for Peace Nobel (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 09:27 AM PDT

Afghan human rights activist Dr. Sima Samar in Boston, Massachusetts in this May 24, 2004 file photo. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/FilesReuters - A Chinese dissident and an Afghan women's campaigner lead candidates for the 2010 Nobel Peace prize as the Nobel Committee seeks a more traditional candidate after criticism of the 2009 choice of President Barack Obama.


Facebook unveils 'groups,' tightens user control (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:40 PM PDT

The Facebook logo is displayed on a computer screen in Brussels April 21, 2010. REUTERS/Thierry Roge/FilesReuters - Facebook on Wednesday unveiled a series of tools to give users more control over their personal information and help them interact with smaller, select circles of friends.


Liverpool agree sale but legal battle looms (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 01:45 PM PDT

A man walks past a Liverpool club crest on a gate outside the club's  Anfield stadium in Liverpool, northern England April 16, 2010.   REUTERS/Phil Noble/FilesReuters - Liverpool's board has agreed to sell the club to the owners of baseball's Boston Red Sox but the fate of England's most successful soccer team could yet be decided in court as an ownership dispute rages on.


Tendulkar Player of the Year, India dominates (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 07:53 AM PDT

Sachin Tendulkar laughs as he walks off the field in Colombo August 4, 2010. Sachin Tendulkar was named 2010 Cricketer of the Year on Wednesday. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/FilesReuters - Sachin Tendulkar won the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Cricketer of the Year award while team mate Virender Sehwag was adjudged the Test Cricketer of the Year on Wednesday.


Dancing Israeli soldier video goes viral (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 11:47 AM PDT

Palestinian Ihsaan Dabaabseeh poses in the doorway of her home in the West Bank village of Nuba near Hebron October 6, 2010. Two years after it was posted on YouTube, a video that appears to show an Israeli soldier dancing around a blindfolded and bound Palestinian woman detainee has gone viral on the Internet. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - Two years after it was posted on YouTube, a video that appears to show an Israeli soldier dancing around a blindfolded and bound Palestinian woman detainee has gone viral on the Internet.


ICC to update cricketers on anti-corruption before Cup (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 09:37 AM PDT

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat in London September 3, 2010. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/FilesReuters - Players and support staff will be updated on anti-corruption methods before next year's World Cup in the Indian sub-continent, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday.


U.S., Japanese team scientists win Nobel for atom binder (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 08:02 AM PDT

The winners of the 2010 Nobel Prize for Chemistry are projected on a screen during the announcement in Stockholm October 6, 2010.  Richard Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki shared the prize. REUTERS/Janerik Henriksson/Scanpix SwedenReuters - A U.S. and two Japanese scientists won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry on Wednesday for inventing new ways to bind carbon atoms with uses that range from fighting cancer to producing thin computer screens.


China, India propping up sluggish recovery - IMF (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 09:37 AM PDT

Labourers arrive for work at a railway yard in Chandigarh January 23, 2010. Emerging economies are set to grow nearly three times faster than rich nations next year as the fragile global recovery loses a step, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - Emerging economies are set to grow nearly three times faster than rich nations next year as the fragile global recovery loses a step, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday.


Film simulates Afghan capture of Prince Harry (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 06:05 AM PDT

Britain's Prince Harry (L) directs an Afghan man around a British Army cordon, with the help of an Afghan interpreter, in the desert in Helmand province in Southern Afghanistan February 21, 2008. REUTERS/John Stillwell/Pool/FilesReuters - A documentary film to be aired on British television this month will examine what might happen if Prince Harry, Queen Elizabeth's grandson, were kidnapped while on military duty in Afghanistan.


No gain without pain for Alonso (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 07:10 AM PDT

Ferrari Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of Spain at Montmelo circuit near Barcelona May 6, 2010. Alonso has warned his Ferrari team there can be no gain without pain as he sets his sights on a third win in a row and the Formula One championship lead in Japan this weekend.  REUTERS/Gustau Nacarino/FilesReuters - Fernando Alonso has warned his Ferrari team there can be no gain without pain as he sets his sights on a third win in a row and the Formula One championship lead in Japan this weekend.


Second Australian in trouble over finger gesture (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 08:35 AM PDT

Reuters - Bad-boy cyclist Shane Perkins became the second Australian to get into trouble for making rude gestures at the Commonwealth Games after reacting angrily to his disqualification from the keirin event on Wednesday.

Air travellers want more self-service, study finds (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 06:38 AM PDT

An aircraft prepares to land at the airport surrounded by slums in Mumbai July 20, 2010. International airline passengers want self-service extended from online booking and kiosk check-in to security and passport control and boarding their flights, an industry report said on Wednesday.  REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - International airline passengers want self-service extended from online booking and kiosk check-in to security and passport control and boarding their flights, an industry report said on Wednesday.


Seebohm smiles with relief after first gold in Delhi (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 08:14 AM PDT

Emily Seebohm of Australia celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's 100m backstroke finals during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 6, 2010. REUTERS/Danish IsmailReuters - Sinking under Australian expectation that she could win eight Commonwealth Games swimming titles, teenager Emily Seebohm spoke of her relief at claiming her first gold medal after three near misses on Wednesday.


Gunmen attack NATO supply trucks in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 07:22 AM PDT

Fuel tankers, which were carrying supplies to foreign forces in Afghanistan, explode after they were attacked in the outskirts of Quetta October 6, 2010. Gunmen in Pakistan attacked and set fire to 20 trucks transporting supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan on Wednesday, police said. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Gunmen in Pakistan set fire to 20 trucks carrying supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan on Wednesday, police said, the latest in a series of assaults on the logistical backbone of the war in Afghanistan.


Viv Richards bats for cricket's inclusion in Games (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 05:36 AM PDT

Former West Indian cricketer Viv Richards talks to journalists at a news conference ahead of the Cricket World Cup final in Barbados April 26, 2007. Cricket should be included in the Commonwealth Games and Olympics to help the game grow around the world, West Indies cricketing great Viv Richards said on Wednesday.  REUTERS/Tim Wimborne/FilesReuters - Cricket should be included in the Commonwealth Games and Olympics to help the game grow around the world, West Indies cricketing great Viv Richards said on Wednesday.


Liverpool sale worth 300 million pounds - chairman (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 05:45 AM PDT

A man walks past a Liverpool club crest on a gate outside the club's  Anfield stadium in Liverpool, northern England April 16, 2010. The Liverpool board has agreed to sell the Premier League club to New England Sports Ventures (NESV) for 300 million pounds ($477.6 million), chairman Martin Broughton said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Phil Noble/FilesReuters - The Liverpool board has agreed to sell the Premier League soccer club to New England Sports Ventures (NESV) for 300 million pounds ($477.6 million), chairman Martin Broughton said on Wednesday.


Are you sitting comfortably? Ask the chair (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 05:14 AM PDT

Reuters - Getting back pain from sitting still for too long or in a bad position could be a thing of the past thanks to a chair developed by a German scientist which makes noises to tell users when they need to move.

Charlie the smoking chimp dies at S.Africa zoo (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 05:14 AM PDT

Reuters - A chimpanzee once hooked on smoking by visitors offering it cigarettes has died at a South African zoo at the relatively advanced age of 52, officials said on Wednesday.
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