One of the most famous American painters of his generation, Cy Twombly, has died at the age of 83. He'd been suffering from cancer for a number of years. Twombly was best known for his canvases that combined painting, drawing and calligraphic texts, many of them reflecting classical themes and motifs. After an early career in the United States, where he became part of an
influential
group of artists that included Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, Twombly worked in Europe from the late 1950s onwards.
That's the BBC News.
周三,英国议会召开罕见的紧急辩论,讨论新闻国际集团(News International)丑闻问题。据称,该集团下属《世界新闻报》曾经窃听被谋杀的女孩米莉(Milly Dowler)失踪期间的手机。该报当时的编辑Rebekah Brooks称对该指控感到非常震惊。Naomi Grimley报道。
这表明手机窃听丑闻的事态已经非常严重,英国下院将针对最新的指控进行辩论。这已经不仅仅是几个明星或政客的隐私问题,而是关于记者职业道德的更大的问题。最新的指控表明,为世界新闻报工作的一名私人侦探在被谋杀的女孩失踪期间曾窃听她的语音留言。在另外一起单独的案件中,被一名恋童癖者杀害的两名女孩的父母也被告知她们的语音信箱曾被窃听。
荷兰一上诉法庭发现,荷兰应该为1995年波斯尼亚冲突期间斯雷布列尼察三名穆斯林男子的死亡负责。当时大约8,000名穆斯林男人和男孩被杀害。Chris Morris报道。