2011年6月6日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Govt says military assets deployed near Yemen (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 04:06 PM PDT

Thousands of Yemeni anti-government protesters demonstrate in the city of Ibb, 190 kms southwest of Sanaa. The government confirmed the deployment of military assets near Yemen but did not verify reports that ships were on standby in the Gulf to evacuate its nationals.(AFP)AFP - The government confirmed the deployment of military assets near Yemen but did not verify reports that ships were on standby in the Gulf to evacuate its nationals.

The Bacterium That Ate a Continent: What E. Coli Is Doing to the E.U. (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 03:35 PM PDT

Time.com - The European Union prides itself on its complex systems and standards. But the introduction of a little bug may upset the way things are done in the future

Portugal's election winner set on fast-track to austerity (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 02:17 PM PDT

PSD party leader Pedro Passos Coelho walks away from a meeting with Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva (unseen) at the Belem presidential palace in Lisbon. Cavaco Silva asked the PSD leader to AFP - Portuguese election victor Pedro Passos Coelho received orders Monday to move quickly to form a new government as pressure mounted on Lisbon to enact reforms demanded by the EU and IMF in exchange for a massive bailout.

UN panel urges Ireland to probe Catholic torture (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 01:29 PM PDT

AP - A United Nations panel has urged Ireland to investigate allegations that for decades women and girls sent to work in Catholic laundries were tortured.

ECB: Having state property means Greece is solvent (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 01:18 PM PDT

Demonstrators shout slogans during a peaceful rally outside the Greek Parliament in Athens, on Sunday, June 5, 2011. Thousands of protesters have gathered for a 12th consecutive day to protest at fiscal austerity measures and demand that Greece stop paying its debtors. They have also denounced politicians of all stripes as incompetent and corrupt. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)AP - Financially troubled Greece can pay its debts if it is willing to sell off billions in state property and carry through on plans for budget cuts, a top European Central Bank official said Monday.

Ex-daredevil Kidd finishes London marathon after two months (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 01:14 PM PDT

Former British daredevil motorcyclist Eddie Kidd jumps over the Simatai section of the Great Wall of China in 1993. Kidd, who was left severely disabled after an accident, completed the London marathon after two months on the road.(AFP/File/Manuel Ceneta)AFP - Former daredevil motorcyclist Eddie Kidd, who was left severely disabled after an accident, on Monday completed the London marathon after two months on the road.

Killer bacteria source remains elusive (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 01:09 PM PDT

Staff of Berlin's Robert-Koch-institute wear protective gear as they investigate an organic farm that had been identified as a possible source of the deadly outbreak of E.Coli in the village of Bienenbuettel. The source of bacteria remained elusive after Germany announced that initial tests on suspected organic sprouts had proved negative, while the outbreak's death toll grew to 23.(AFP/Odd Andersen)AFP - The source of a killer bacteria remained elusive Monday after Germany announced that initial tests on suspected organic sprouts had proved negative, while the outbreak's death toll grew to 23.

Cook sets up victory shot against Sri Lanka (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 12:20 PM PDT

England's Steven Finn (L) celebrates taking the wicket of Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka for 49 runs, during the fourth day of the second Test cricket match at Lord's in London. England gave themselves a chance to win their Test series against Sri Lanka with a match to spare after losing skipper Andrew Strauss for a duck at Lord's here on Monday.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - England gave themselves a chance to win their Test series against Sri Lanka with a match to spare after losing skipper Andrew Strauss for a duck at Lord's here on Monday.

German Apple Store defaced with Windows logo (Digital Trends)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 11:56 AM PDT

Digital Trends - An Apple Store in Hamburg, Germany has suffered the ultimate brand humiliation: being plastered with a Windows logo. The store is currently under construction and doesn’t officially open until the end of September, but a group of motivated PC-loving pranksters pretending to be construction workers were able to slap Windows emblem on the side of the building (although it was upside down).

Serbia met obligation by nabbing Mladic: prosecutor (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 11:50 AM PDT

Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic appears in court at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in the Hague in this still image taken from video June 3, 2011. REUTERS/ICTY via Reuters TVReuters - Serbia met a key obligation to a U.N. war crimes tribunal by arresting Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic but still needs to explain why it took so long, the court's chief prosecutor said on Monday.

Montenegro nab suspected 'Pink Panther' (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 11:39 AM PDT

AP - Montenegrin police say they have arrested an alleged member of the international gang of jewel thieves known as the Pink Panthers.

UN nuke agency seeks results from Syria (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 10:01 AM PDT

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano from Japan, speaks during a news conference after the first meeting of the IAEA's board of governors at the International Center, in Vienna, Austria, on Monday, June 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)AP - The U.N. nuclear agency's chief on Monday demanded Syria show "concrete results" on its pledge to cooperate with inspectors seeking information on its nuclear program amid ongoing concerns that it hid attempts to build a nuclear reactor.

Ukraine professors defend Palestinian engineer (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 09:46 AM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, March 31, 2011 file photo, Palestinian engineer Dirar Abu Sisi speaks with journalists in a court room in Petah Tikva, central Israel. Israel claims a Palestinian engineer captured in Ukraine built missiles for the militant group Hamas and established a military academy in Gaza to train its fighters. His Ukrainian professors, though, told the Associated Press that they trained him only in civilian electricity generation, not in weapons systems as the Israeli indictment states. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)AP - Former professors of a Palestinian engineer captured in Ukraine and sent to Israel to face charges he built missiles for the militant group Hamas refute allegations in his indictment that he was taught weapons systems.

Macedonia conservatives win snap poll (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 09:43 AM PDT

A supporter of the conservative VMRO-DPMNE, talks by phone atop of a car, while celebrating the party's victory on the parliamentary elections, in downtown Skopje, Macedonia, late Sunday, June 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)AP - Macedonia's conservative prime minister won a general election in the Balkan country, but will need to form a coalition to govern for another four-year term, according to final results released Monday by the State Electoral Commission.

NATO chief to push nations for more help on Libya (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 09:35 AM PDT

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday, June 6, 2011. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the damaging or destroying of 1,800 military targets so far has degraded the power of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi to the extent that he will certainly be forced from power. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday he will ask some of the more reluctant allies to step up their participation in the military campaign against Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi.

Spain: Equipment with radioactive material stolen (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 08:12 AM PDT

AP - Spain's Nuclear Safety Council says thieves stole equipment that contains a low-level radioactive material, after a break-in at a construction company in Madrid.

Royal couple to get new London digs (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 07:06 AM PDT

Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, left, and Prince Harry wait for the start of the Derby during the Derby Festival at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Epsom, England, Saturday, June 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - Most everyone wants a pied a terre in London, a fine city that showcases the arts and music and at times fine food. But only a select few can get a small renovated apartment in Kensington Palace to call home when they are in town.

Lawyer: Mladic's family to visit him (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 06:55 AM PDT

Children hold pictures of Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic during a protest in support of Mladic in Kalinovik, 50 km (30 miles) southeast of the capital Sarajevo, May 29, 2011. REUTERS/Dado RuvicAP - Ratko Mladic's family plans to visit him this week at a U.N. war crimes detention unit in the Netherlands where he is awaiting a genocide trial for atrocities committed by Serb troops during Bosnia's 1992-95 war, his Serbian lawyer said Monday.

Vatican takes more time to mull Irish sex abuse (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 06:51 AM PDT

AP - The Vatican is taking several more months before making its recommendations on renewing the Catholic Church in Ireland following devastating revelations of clerical sex abuse and coverup.

Switzerland to prosecute Libya in Gadhafi son row (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 06:45 AM PDT

AP - The Swiss government has authorized prosecutors to open criminal proceedings against Libya for allegedly taking two Swiss men hostage following the 2008 arrest in Switzerland of Moammar Gadhafi's son.

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