2011年6月26日星期日

Teenage UK hacking suspect jailed until Monday (AP)

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LONDON – A British teenager accused of attacks on a series of websites is being kept in custody until a Monday bail hearing.

Ryan Cleary was granted bail by City of Westminster Magistrate's Court on Saturday, but prosecutors have appealed the move, meaning he must remain behind bars.

The 19-year-old is accused of a series of cyberattacks last year linked to the amorphous hacking group known as Anonymous and a more recent attack on the website of Britain's FBI equivalent, the Serious Organized Crime Agency.

If he's granted bail Monday it would be on condition that he not access the Internet.


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Nadal into Wimbledon last 16 (AFP)

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LONDON (AFP) – Defending champion Rafael Nadal reached the Wimbledon last 16 on Saturday with a 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/5), 6-0 win over Gilles Muller of Luxembourg.

Nadal will face either Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina or Gilles Simon of France for a place in the quarter-finals.

It was a satisfying win for Nadal, who had lost to Muller in the second round at Wimbledon in 2005, the last time the two had faced each other.

"It was a difficult match," Nadal said. "I didn't have a chance to break him. But I'm happy about how I played the tie breaks, especially my serve. So I'm very happy with my performance."

Remarkably Nadal made only three unforced errors throughout the match, which resumed on Court One after rain halted play following the first set on Friday.

The second set was almost identical to the first, with neither player giving an inch on serve to force a tie-break.

Nadal's class told in the tie-break however, and he forged into a two-set lead when a Muller backhand into the net gave him a set point at 6/5 which the Spanish world number one duly converted to go 2-0 up.

The tie-break loss shattered Muller's resolve and Nadal scored three consecutive breaks and held to wrap up the third set 6-0 in only 31 minutes to advance to the next round.


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Sri Lanka win toss and field against England (AFP)

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BRISTOL, England (AFP) – Sri Lanka captain Thilina Kandamby won the toss and elected to field against England in the lone Twenty20 international here on Saturday.

Both sides were being led by first time captains with Stuart Broad replacing the dropped Paul Collingwood as skipper of England's World Twenty20 winning side while Kandamby was leading Sri Lanka in the ongoing absence of Tillakaratne Dilshan with a broken thumb.

England gave Twenty20 international debuts to spin bowling all-rounder Samit Patel and seamer Jade Dernbach. Meanwhile they recalled Ravi Bopara in place of in-form batsman Ian Bell.

The match also saw the return of England's World Twenty20-winning opening pair of Craig Kieswetter and Michael Lumb.

England beat Sri Lanka 1-0 in the preceding three-Test match series following the rain-affected draw at the Rose Bowl this week.

Sri Lanka welcomed back several players who missed the Tests through retirement from the five-day format or injury including fast bowler Lasith Malinga, all-rounder Angelo Mathews and Sanath Jayasuriya.

Veteran batsman Jayasuriya, controversially, is set to play in just this match and the first of five one-day internationals at The Oval on Tuesday, rather than the whole series, before retiring from international cricket.

Jayasuriya, now an MP, has reportedly been given a recall after nearly two years out of international cricket due to political interference.

England: Craig Kieswetter (wkt), Michael Lumb, Kevin Pietersen, Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Samit Patel, Luke Wright, Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad (capt), Graeme Swann, Jade Dernbach

Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara (wkt), Angelo Mathews, Thilina Kandamby (capt), Jeevan Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thisara Perera, Lasith Malinga, Suraj Randiv, Suranga Lakmal

Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (ENG) and Nigel Llong (ENG)

TV umpire: Robert Bailey (ENG)

Match referee: Alan Hurst (AUS)


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Britain has no E.coli cases: food watchdog (AFP)

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LONDON (AFP) – Britain's food watchdog said on Saturday there were no cases of E.coli poisoning in the country after France linked vegetable seeds sold by a British company to a French outbreak.

"No cases of food poisoning have been reported in the UK linked with the outbreak in France," the Food Standards Agency said in a statement.

"We have asked for further information from the French authorities... to help us carry out investigations in the UK," it added.

Frederic Lefebvre, French secretary of state for consumer affairs, on Friday linked seed sprouts sold by British company Thompson & Morgan to ten suspected cases of E.coli poisoning in Bordeaux, southwestern France.

The majority of those taken ill were hospitalised, suffering from bloody diarrhea.

While health officials said tests showed two people were infected by the same potentially deadly strain of E.coli as that found recently in Germany, they have not said whether there is a link between the two outbreaks.

Lefebvre called for the Thompson & Morgan's mustard and rocket seed sprouts to be withdrawn from sale while an analysis was conducted.

However he stressed that "the link between the symptoms and eating of the sprouts... has not been definitively established."

Thompson & Morgan, based in the town of Ipswich, eastern England, have not yet responded to AFP inquiries over the accusations.

An outbreak of a killer strain of E. coli bacteria in Germany has killed at least 43 people, health authorities there said. That outbreak is blamed on organic vegetable sprouts grown in northern Germany.


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Armenia, Azerbaijan talks produce little progress (AP)

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By MANSUR MIROVALEV and LYNN BERRY, Associated Press Mansur Mirovalev And Lynn Berry, Associated Press – Fri?Jun?24, 3:15?pm?ET

MOSCOW – The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan failed on Friday to approve a set of basic principles for a peaceful settlement to their long-standing dispute over the breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, despite U.S. and Russian efforts to mediate the conflict in the strategic Caucasus region.

The war over the predominantly ethnic Armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan ended in 1994 leaving 30,000 dead and more than 1 million displaced. Since then, talks to resolve one of the most worrisome "frozen conflicts" in the former Soviet Union have dragged on with the enclave controlled by Armenian and separatist forces.

Hopes were high for Friday's Kremlin-hosted talks in the Volga River city of Kazan on approving the set of basic principles, but after three hours of talks the parties reported little progress.

Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's President Serge Sarkisian said they "reached an understanding on a number of issues" but provided no details.

Both leaders face fierce domestic pressure not to compromise, but their countries also have been eager to overcome the consequences of the war.

President Barack Obama spoke to the leaders by telephone on Thursday and urged them to endorse the basic principles and take a "decisive step toward a peaceful settlement."

Ambassador Robert Bradtke, the U.S. diplomat involved in international efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, described the talks as "probably the most important point in the process since 2001, when there were efforts made to get a peace agreement at Key West."

Both separatist and Azeri governments report sporadic skirmishes and shootings of each other's servicemen on the border.

Azerbaijan, an energy-rich, predominantly Muslim country on the Caspian Sea, has struggled to cope with the hundreds of thousands of people driven out of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas that also fell under Armenian control.

Impoverished, landlocked and mostly Christian Armenia has been hurt economically by Turkey's closing of the border in 1993 in support of Azerbaijan. Turkey shares close ethnic and linguistic ties with Azeris. An agreement between Turkey and Armenia in 2009 intended to open the way to diplomatic ties and the reopening of the border foundered over Turkey's demand that Armenian troops withdraw from Nagorno-Karabakh.

In the Communist era, Nagorno-Karabakh was an autonomous region within Soviet Azerbaijan. Nagorno-Karabakh is a Russian-Turkish term that means "mountainous black garden." Ethnic Armenians that now account for virtually the entire population, call the region Artsakh.

Before becoming part of czarist Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan had long been dominated by Iran and Ottoman Turkey.


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Diplomats draw up plans for post-Gadhafi Libya (AP)

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LONDON – International officials and Libya's opposition have drawn up detailed plans to rebuild the North African nation's economy and society following the removal of Moammar Gadhafi, British diplomats said Friday.

Preparations for maintaining law and order, resuming oil production and the potential deployment of U.N. peacekeepers as cease-fire monitors have all been drafted during talks over the last month, which have also discussed how officials currently tied to Gadhafi's regime could be integrated into an interim administration.

A senior British diplomat, who demanded anonymity to discuss the work, said Friday that a team of officials from the U.K., United States, Italy, Turkey, Denmark and other nations has spent several weeks in eastern Libya discussing scenarios with opposition leaders.

"We are planning carefully and comprehensively for the days, weeks and months after Gadhafi has gone," the diplomat said.

The plans, which are expected to be completed next week, include a proposed timetable for resuming oil production in Libya's east. Officials believe there is little serious damage there to hamper production and predict work could begin again three to four weeks after Gadhafi leaves office.

The team also has discussed developing Libya's civil society institutions.

Draft proposals "will inform the international effort, led by the U.N., in response to the requirements expressed by the Libyan people," the diplomat said.

Libya's Transitional National Council intends to run the country until parliamentary and presidential elections can take place — a process that is expected to take many months to prepare for.

The British diplomat acknowledged officials have been mindful of recent failures in post-conflict planning. The U.S. and Britain have been sharply criticized over preparations in Iraq for the fall of Saddam Hussein.

"We have learned the lessons of previous conflicts, this is precisely why the U.K. has been at the forefront of supporting the Libyan people's preparations," the diplomat said.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said he had faith in the ability of the Libyan opposition to guide the country toward democratic elections.

"I believe we need to show real support for the Transitional National Council, who I believe are demonstrating they are not extremists, they are not Islamists, they are not tribal. They want a united Libya, but a more democratic Libya," he said, speaking at a European Union summit in Brussels.

Military officials and diplomats in Britain insisted that Gadhafi is being eased out of power, despite his refusal to quit so far.

British military spokesman Maj. Gen. Nick Pope told reporters that a meeting on Tuesday in London of the nations involved in the air campaign in Libya had underscored their resolve. The talks had illustrated the "determination to carry the operation through to a successful conclusion," Pope said.

Attack helicopters and fighter jets have flown 12,000 sorties and struck about 2,400 targets since the campaign began on March 19, he said.

The British diplomat insisted that pressure would soon force Gadhafi to step down. "The anger against him is simmering. The question is not if he will go, but when," he said.

Meanwhile, at the European Union summit on Friday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy derided the low U.S. profile in the international campaign in Libya, saying that France and Britain are carrying most of the burden and will stay until Gadhafi leaves.

While other European leaders pushed for a political solution in Libya, the French leader strongly defended the NATO-led military operation — and NATO itself. He rebutted comments by U.S. Defense Minister Robert Gates that the alliance's future could be in doubt because of European reluctance to exercise military might.

"I wouldn't say that the bulk of the work in Libya is being done by our American friends," Sarkozy told reporters at the summit. "The French and English and their allies are doing the work."

The United States has insisted on a backseat role in Libya. It led the initial coalition airstrikes in March, but in April withdrew U.S. forces from the direct combat role, limiting them to battlefield surveillance, aerial tanking and other support roles.

Seven NATO members are now participating in air strikes: Britain, France, Belgium, Canada, Norway, Denmark and Italy. But, as Gates said, most of NATO's 28 members, including Germany, have refused to join the strike mission in Libya.

Sarkozy wouldn't give a timeline for an eventual end to the 3-month-old air campaign, saying that would play into Gadhafi's hands and "I don't think that would be constructive."

"Things are progressing. I would have liked them to progress more quickly, but they are progressing," he said. "We must continue until Mr. Gadhafi leaves."

There has been mounting frustration in European capitals over the rising costs of NATO's military campaign at a time of severe financial austerity, and over the alliance's failure to deal a knockout blow to Gadhafi's forces, despite an overwhelming advantage in firepower.

After Sarkozy and Cameron briefed the other EU leaders on the Libya campaign, other EU leaders were keen to stress political solutions.

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Angela Charlton and Slobodan Lekic contributed to this report from the EU summit in Brussels.


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PETA urges pope to say no to leather in popemobile (AP)

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ROME – An animal rights group has urged Pope Benedict XVI to "truly go green" and insist that the next popemobile is made without leather.

PETA said it has written to the pope with the request following the Vatican's confirmation Wednesday that Germany's Mercedes-Benz auto company is making a study of a hybrid, energy-saving popemobile. The car would replace the current Mercedes vehicle used when the pope travels abroad.

PETA spokeswoman Ashley Gonzalez says leather production is not only "toxic to the environment, it's also hell for cows."

The letter, which is dated June, 22 and also sent to The Associated Press, said PETA counts many Catholics among its members and suggested that a leather-free car could "help the environment and prevent animal suffering."

The Vatican press office said Friday it hadn't seen the letter and couldn't comment.

Benedict has made conserving resources an important concern of his papacy. Vatican officials say a green popemobile would be a sign of his efforts to promote sustainable energy and take care of the planet.

When he is outside the Vatican, Benedict usually rides in a modified white Mercedes-Benz outfitted with bulletproof windows. It has room for two passengers in addition to the pope, who sits on an elevated chair to wave to crowds.

Through the years, a number of different models have been donated to the Vatican.


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