2008年8月27日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Russia: NKorea should continue nuclear shutdown (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 05:39 AM CDT

AP - Russia says it regrets North Korea's decision to halt nuclear disablement.

Russian warns Moldova over separatist region (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 05:37 AM CDT

AP - Russia's ambassador to Moldova has warned the country's leaders to avoid a "bloody and catastrophic trend of events" in a separatist Moldovan region.

US ship carrying aid docks at Georgian port (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 05:25 AM CDT

In this image provided by the US Navy the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas heads to sea in Souda Bay, Crete with a load of humanitarian assistance supplies for the Republic of Georgia Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. The United States has canceled plans to try to dock the military ship carrying humanitarian aid in the Georgian port of Poti, where Russian forces are posted on the outskirts, a U.S. Embassy spokesman said Wednesday Aug. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/US Navy - Paul Farley)AP - A U.S. military ship carrying humanitarian aid docked at the Georgian Black Sea port of Batumi on Wednesday, avoiding the port of Poti, which is still controlled by Russian forces.

GM to cut production in Spain due to slowdown (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 05:19 AM CDT

Reuters - General Motors will trim production at its Figueralas plant in Zaragoza in eastern Spain due to the slowdown in its main markets, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

Market research firm GfK scraps plans for TNS takeover (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 04:57 AM CDT

German market research firm GfK said that it has ditched plans for a takeover of British peer Taylor Nelson Sofres, which faces a hostile bid from global advertising giant WPP.(WPP/HO/File)AFP - German market research firm GfK said Wednesday that it has ditched plans for a takeover of British peer Taylor Nelson Sofres, which now faces a hostile bid from global advertising giant WPP.

Spanair says crashed plane had earlier problem (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 04:57 AM CDT

Beatriz Reyes, one of the survivors of the Spanair plane crash, speaks during a news conference before being discharged from a Madrid hospital August 26, 2008. Only 18 people survived after the MD-82 Spanair jet crashed on take-off for a flight to the Canary Islands on August 20, 2008. Reyes, who saved two children who were trapped underneath their seats, said anyone would have done the same. REUTERS/Stringer (SPAIN)AP - Spanair says the plane that crashed last week in Madrid had landing gear trouble that forced it to abandon a takeoff attempt last month on a flight from Spain to Denmark.

Fifth man detained over alleged plot to kill PM (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 04:50 AM CDT

Police have arrested a fifth person in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Gordon Brown, pictured here.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - Police on Wednesday said they had arrested a fifth person in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Home builder Taylor Wimpey posts £1.4bln loss (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 04:26 AM CDT

Construction workers work on the rooftop of a new home under construction. Home builder Taylor Wimpey has suffered a massive first-half net loss of 1.419 billion pounds because of AFP - Home builder Taylor Wimpey said Wednesday that it suffered a massive first-half net loss of 1.419 billion pounds because of "challenging" housing markets in Britain, Spain and the United States.

Couple escapes prosecution in Jersey abuse probe (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 04:17 AM CDT

Mont Orgueil castle on the island of Jersey. A couple arrested by Jersey police in relation to a probe into allegations of child abuse have escaped prosecution because of AFP - A couple arrested by Jersey police in relation to a probe into allegations of child abuse have escaped prosecution because of "insufficient evidence", the island's top legal official has said.

US ship docks at Georgian port (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 03:48 AM CDT

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas, second of U.S. vessels on their way to Georgia with humanitarian aid, sails through the Bosphorus in Istanbul, August 24, 2008. (Fatih Saribas/Reuters)AP - A U.S. military ship on Wednesday docked at the Georgian port of Batumi to bring humanitarian aid following a devastating war with Russia earlier this month.

Kouchner says Russia has broken international law (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 03:39 AM CDT

A Russian armoured vehicle leaves the tunnel in the territory of South Ossetia as it heads towards the Russian border, August 26, 2008. REUTERS/Sergei KarpukhinAP - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Wednesday accused Russia of breaking international law by recognizing the independence of the Georgian territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

5th arrest in alleged plot to kill British PM (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 03:28 AM CDT

Police have arrested a 24-year-old man for alleged terror offences, after three others from the same town were detained over a reported plot to kill Prime Minister Gordon Brown, pictured here.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AP - Police in Britain say that a fifth suspect has been arrested in an alleged plot to kill British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Quake strikes Russia's Siberian region (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 01:50 AM CDT

AP - Russian emergency officials say a powerful earthquake has struck a Siberian region that includes Lake Baikal, but no casualties were immediately reported.

Russia says Georgian attack negated UN resolutions (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2008 07:28 PM CDT

A Russian armoured vehicle leaves the tunnel in the territory of South Ossetia as it heads towards the Russian border, August 26, 2008. REUTERS/Sergei KarpukhinAP - Russia's U.N. ambassador said Tuesday he doesn't think Russia's recognition of two separatist regions in Georgia will lead to a new Cold War though he predicted a difficult period ahead in relations with the West.

Dutch police ground flight after threat (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2008 02:53 PM CDT

AP - Airport police evacuated a passenger plane that was grounded for hours Tuesday due to a telephone threat. Three passengers were detained in connection with the incident, a spokesman said.

Karadzic says he has no hope of a fair trial (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2008 02:36 PM CDT

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic stands in the court room of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at the start of his initial appearance in The Hague July 31, 2008. (Jerry Lampen/Reuters)AP - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has called for the U.N. genocide and crimes against humanity case against him to be dismissed because negative publicity means he can not get a fair trial.

Text of Medvedev's Georgia announcement (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2008 02:23 PM CDT

AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced Tuesday that Moscow has recognized the Georgian separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent. The following is the Kremlin translation of Medvedev's televised address:

Key events in Georgia crisis (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2008 02:07 PM CDT

AP - Key developments in conflict over Georgia's South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions:

Iran helps to identify Kyrgyz jet crash victims (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2008 12:30 PM CDT

The remains of a crashed passenger plane lie in a field just outside Bishkek on August 25. Iran will conduct DNA identification of bodies recovered from a passenger jet that crashed after take-off from Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek, killing 65 people, Kyrgyz health ministry officials told AFP Tuesday.(AFP/Vyacheslav Oseledko)AP - Iranian forensic experts flew into Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday to help identify the remains of 56 people killed in a plane crash in the Central Asian nation.

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