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Arizona shooting victim arrested after threat

2011-01-16 08:16:02 GMT2011-01-16 16:16:02(Beijing Time) SINA.com

A gun for sale is seen under glass at the Crossroads of the West Gun Show at the Pima County Fairgrounds in Tucson, Arizona Jan 15, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

PHOENIX - One of the Arizona shooting victims was arrested Saturday and then taken for a psychiatric evaluation after authorities said he took a picture of a tea party leader at televised town hall meeting and yelled "you're dead."

James Eric Fuller, 63, objected to something Trent Humphries said during the forum in Tucson that was taped for a special edition of ABC's "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour, Pima County sheriff's spokesman Jason Ogan said.

Fuller was in the front row and apparently became upset when Humphries suggested that any conversations about gun control should be delayed until all the dead were buried, KGUN-TV in Tucson reported.

Fuller was arrested on misdemeanor disorderly conduct and threat charges, Ogan said. While Fuller was being escorted out, deputies decided he needed a mental health evaluation and he was taken to a hospital, where he remained Saturday evening.

The hospital will determine when he will be released, Ogan said.

Fuller was one of 19 people shot at a Safeway store January 8. Six people died and Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords remains in critical condition with a bullet wound to the head.

Fuller described the shootings as "a bad crime drama" in an interview on CBS' "The Early Show." He said he felt a bullet that hit his knee but didn't know he had also been struck in the back. Fuller, a naval air veteran, drove himself to Northwest Hospital after being shot, according to the Arizona Daily Star. He was later taken to University Medical Center where he was released two days later.

The show was videotaped at St. Odilia's Catholic Church in Tucson. Victims, witnesses, emergency responders and some of those hailed as heroes after the shooting discussed the tragedy.

The special will air Sunday on "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour.

(Agencies)

Australian Open Preview: Three possible results of men's singles

2011-01-16 08:44:27 GMT2011-01-16 16:44:27(Beijing Time) Xinhua English

MELBOURNE, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Two or three years ago, people did not hesitate to say this is the era of Roger Federer. Following Rafael Nadal's victory in the U.S. Open last year, people began to turn their heart and claimed "see! it's time for Nadal era".

It is hard to come up with a consistent conclusion of the exact time when Federer era turns into Nadal era, and perhaps the most appropriate way to say 2011 is "Federer and Nadal's era".

Counting since 2005, when Nadal win his first grand slam title, the last six seasons, all 24 majors and 23 titles are claimed by either Federer or Nadal. Federer has won a male record 16 Grand Slam singles titles, while Nadal won nine. The first 2011 Grand Slam Australian Open, looks to be another tournament occupy by the two "predators", will come with nothing more than three possible results.

RAFA SLAM

Rafa Slam is a term the media used to describe Nadal holding all four major titles at once. Although this is just the beginning of 2011, the term has fast becoming known in Melbourne.

It was a moment of lightheartedness from the world No.1, who appeared relaxed despite finding himself on the brink of making personal history. He won Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open on the bounce last year to create the potential of "Rafa Slam". Australian Open would be a significant career milestone, however Nadal said he did not recognizes himself as the favorite for the men's singles title at Australian Open 2011, and he thought of winning a second Australian Open title is more than enough to motivate him.

Last week, the Spaniard has been infect by illness which almost forced him to withdraw from his most recent event in Doha of Qatar, and prompted fears of a setback to his Australian Open preparations. Nadal earlier claimed that he has been recovering from the illness, and hopefully he will completely shake off from it before the first round starts in Melbourne.

KING RETURNS

Although Federer was unwilling to admit that 2010 is a disappointing season for him, result shows that the year was his lowest compared the last six seasons.

Wining the Australian Open 2010 has increased Federer' s Grand Slam title to 16. However, his record of entering 23 consecutive Grand Slam semi-finals has ended in Paris of France last year. More surprisingly, Federer fell out the 2010 Wimbledon in quarter-final stage, a tournament which he has won the title for six times. It was a year he recorded the worst performance in 8 years, and has sank to World No.3, the first time since 2003.

The media reported that it is time for the 29-year-old King to step down. However, the Swiss refused to give up. After defeating Nadal in the ATP World Tour Finals to close 2010, Federer has already added one title to his resume in 2011, Doha. Earlier this month, Federer beat Nikolay Davydenko 6-3 6-4 to win the Qatar ExxonMobil Open without dropping a set. It was his third title in Doha following wins in 2005 and 2006.

Meanwhile, Roger Federer's coach Paul Annacone warned Rafael Nadal that the Swiss star has the hunger to clinch another four grand-slam titles before he retires. "I don't see an end to it," Annacone said. "He can win every tournament he plays. He's probably not going to, but if you look at how good he is, he can win every time he plays."

THIRD PARTY

In addition to Nadal and Federer, Novak Djorkovic, Andy Murray can be counted as the "third person" who hold a chance to win the title.

The No. 3 seed, Serbian Novak Djorkovic has won one Grand Slam singles title, the 2008 Australian Open, when he successfully defeat the defending champion Federer in the semi-finals. He has becoming the first player representing Serbia to win a Grand Slam singles title and the youngest player in the open era to have reached the semifinals of all four Grand Slam events.

Meanwhile, 23 year-old British number one, Murray is also one of the high hopes. Federer earlier commented that Murray is very close to the Grand Slam champion. However, Murray might have to be advanced to the semi-finals over No. 4 seed, Sweden Robin Soderling.

Nadal once said the situation of "Federer and Nadal's era" will not last much longer, so let us keep an eye to the battle of power in next week's Melbourne of Australia. Enditem

Struggling Stuttgart, Bremen win at German Bundesliga

2011-01-16 08:51:41 GMT2011-01-16 16:51:41(Beijing Time) Xinhua English

Bayern Munich's Anatoliy Tymoshchuk challenges VfL Wolfsburg's Diego (L) during their German first division Bundesliga soccer match in Wolfsburg January 15, 2011. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Bayern Munich's Thomas Mueller and Mario Gomez (R) celebrate Mueller's goal against VfL Wolfsburg during their German first division Bundesliga soccer match in Wolfsburg January 15, 2011. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

BERLIN, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- German record champion Bayern Munich suffered a late equalizer against Wolfsburg to lose touch to top position on Saturday in Bundesliga, the first division soccer league.

At other matches, Bremen earned a last second victory with a terrific shot by Thorsten Frings while 17th positioned, and struggling Stuttgart stunned second positioned Mainz with a winner by Martin Harnik.

With the start of the second half of the season German powerhouse Bayern Munich had to close the gap to leading team Dortmund.

The Bavarians caught Wolfsburg on the hop when they opened the scoring at the seventh minute through youngster striker Thomas Mueller who capitalized on an error by Wolfsburg goalkeeper Diego Benaglio.

Mueller deflected a clearance attempt by Benaglio into the goal to give his team the lead. Bayern controlled the happening on the pitch while Wolfsburg gave the Bavarians the opportunity in the 21st minute to extend the lead as Wolfsburg midfielder Ashkan Dejagah fouled Bayern midfielder Danijel Pranjic inside penalty area.

Defender Philipp Lahm stepped up to convert the penalty for Bayern but, his shot rattled the left inside post. As the match progressed Wolfsburg started to take over meanwhile Bayern faded away.

At the 42nd minute Wolfsburg midfielder Diego netted a direct free kick but referee Manuel Graefe denied the score due to an offside position by midfielder mate Santos Cicero.

However, referee Graefe gave the Wolves the chance to level the score at the additional time of the first half. Wolfsburg midfielder Ashkan Dejagah staged a blatant dive to spring a penalty. But, new starting youngster goalkeeper Thomas Kraft deflected the sloppy to save the neat lead.

After the break, Bayern was unable to hold the pace of Wolfsburg while the latter were unable to overcome Bayern's well-positioned defence. It had to come the 86th minute, and a black out by Bayern midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger who lost the ball at the left side of the penalty line.

Defender Marcel Schaefer introduced the equalizer when he assisted defender Sascha Riether who netted the cross from close distance to punish the German record champion for their poor chance conversion.

Wolfsburg slips from 13th to 14th position with 20 points while Bayern remains on fifth position with 30 points.

Struggling Bremen also had to stage a comeback as they are sitting on a disappointing 13th position. Hoffenheim took over from the start of the match while Bremen was only able to threat Hoffenheim with striker Claudio Pizzaro.

With 36 minutes into the match Bremen marked the surprising lead through striker Claudio Pizzaro. Pizzaro controlled a through ball and shrugged off Hoffenheim defender Andreas Iberstsberger to slot the ball home on one on one.

Hoffenheim recovered not until the 87th minute when midfielder Boris Vukcevic hammered the equalizer. Bremen kept it up and shocked Hoffenheim with a last second winner by midfielder Thorsten Frings who netted an indirect free kick from 28 meters at the 92nd minute.

Bremen climbed from 13th to 12th position with 22 points while Hoffenheim occupied the eighth position with 25 points.

The 17th positioned Stuttgart shocked Dortmund chaser Mainz 1-0 thanks to joker striker Martin Harnik who scored the winner of the match at the 78th minute.

Promoted St. Pauli shared points with Freiburg after a two all draw.

Bundesliga bottom team Monchengladbach edged Nuremberg 1-0 to seal three points.

Hamburg striker, and Dutchmen Ruud van Nistelrooy stopped Schalkes winning run when he scored the only goal of the match. Schalke remains on 10th position with 22 points while Hamburg jumps from ninth to seventh position with 27 points.

BP, Russian company sign deal on share swap

2011-01-16 09:01:43 GMT2011-01-16 17:01:43(Beijing Time) Xinhua English

A BP logo is seen on a petrol station in London November 2, 2010. (Reuters Photo)

LONDON, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- British Petroleum (BP) signed an agreement with Russia's state-controlled oil producer Rosneft on Friday evening, under which BP will swap 5 percent of its stock, valued at 7.8 billion U.S. dollars, for 9.5 percent of Rosneft.

The agreement also allows BP to explore three blocks in Russia's Arctic Ocean that BP said could contain billions of barrels of oil and gas.

"This is a historic moment for BP, for our industry and I believe for Russia and the wider world of energy globally," said Bob Dudley, who became BP's chief executive last October, at the signing ceremony in central London.

This is the first significant equity-linked parternership between a major international oil company and a major national oil company, Dudley added.

"Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, told us today in our meeting in Moscow it is an alliance based on mutual advantage and recognition of the great strengths that bring each of us together in our cooperation," said Dudley.

The signing ceremony came hours after Dudely met Russia's prime minister Vladimir Putin at his Moscow residence.

BP had an existing 1.2-percent stake in Rosneft before this deal, after BP spent 1 billion dollars on the shares during Rosneft's initial pubilic offering in July 2006.

When asked whether BP is "turning to the east" after the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, Dudley said the discussions with Rosneft had been going on for a number of months and "are not a reaction to anything in the U.S."

With exploration in the Gulf of Mexico still at a standstill and with no new wells drilled since the accident last April, the deal is generally seen as BP shifting its sights to the east.

There has been a rising prospect for BP to pay a some 20-billion-dollar compensation fund for the well explosion at the Gulf of Mexico, since U.S. officials concluded this week that the root causes of the disaster were repeated failures of management on the part of BP and some other companies involved.