2008年8月29日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

S.Africa win toss and field against England (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 04:50 AM CDT

South Africa stand in captain Jacques Kallis (seen here in action on August 26) has won the toss and decided to field in the third one-day international against England at the Oval.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - South Africa stand in captain Jacques Kallis won the toss and decided to field in the third one-day international against England at the Oval on Friday.

Karadzic to enter pleas on war crimes charges (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 04:44 AM CDT

Sarajevo residents lay flowers on 28 August after the unveiling of a memorial wall for the victims of the 1995 bombing in the Bosnian capital. Six weeks after his sensational arrest, Radovan Karadzic will be asked Friday by a judge in The Hague to plead guilty or not guilty to a host of war crimes, not least the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.(AFP/Elvis Barukcic)AP - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will either refuse to enter pleas or plead not guilty Friday at the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal to 11 charges including genocide and crimes against humanity, his legal advisers said.

Olympic hero Zabaleta to join Man City (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 04:31 AM CDT

Argentina's Pablo Zabaleta celebrates after Argentina beat Nigeria to win the men's Olympic final during the 2008 Beijing Olympic games on August 23. Espanyol's Zabaleta is to join Manchester City after the English club agreed to pay the eight-million-euro buy-out clause in his contract, the Spanish side said.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Espanyol's Pablo Zabaleta, part of Argentina's Olympic gold medal-winning team, is to join Manchester City after the English club agreed to pay the eight-million-euro buy-out clause in his contract, the Spanish side said Friday.

Allianz 'to sell Dresdner Bank to Commerzbank' (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 04:25 AM CDT

A building of the Dresdner Bank is pictured in front of the headquarters of the Commerzbank in Frankfurt. The board of German insurer Allianz will probably recommend its Dresdner Bank unit be sold to Commerzbank, press reports have said.(AFP/DDP/File/Thomas Lohnes)AFP - The board of German insurer Allianz will probably recommend its Dresdner Bank unit be sold to Commerzbank, press reports said on Friday.

South Ossetia: Russia intends to absorb region (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 04:16 AM CDT

REFILE - CORRECTING LOCATION Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks during an interview with CNN in the Black Sea resort Sochi, August 28, 2008. Putin said on Thursday he suspected someone in the United States provoked the conflict in Georgia in an attempt to help a candidate in the U.S. presidential election. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Pool (RUSSIA)AP - Officials in South Ossetia said Friday that Russia intends eventually to absorb the breakaway Georgian province.

Russia hits back at Western "bias" over Georgia (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 04:10 AM CDT

Soldiers cover the coffins of comrades with the Georgian national flag during a funeral of servicemen killed in the South Ossetia conflict, at a cemetery in Tbilisi August 28, 2008. (David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)Reuters - Russia accused the Group of Seven nations of "bias" on Friday in a fresh attempt to counter condemnation of Russia's actions in Georgia that has included talk in the European Union of sanctions.

Celtic's Strachan upbeat over Champions League draw (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 03:54 AM CDT

Celtic boss Gordon Strachan (seen here in July 2008) has said he is looking forward to another Champions League clash with old rivals Manchester United but he believes they will be even harder to beat than before.(AFP/File/Miguel Riopa)AFP - Celtic boss Gordon Strachan has said he is looking forward to another Champions League clash with old rivals Manchester United but he believes they will be even harder to beat than before.

Bradford & Bingley bank says suffers first-half loss (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 03:35 AM CDT

A branch of British mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley pictured in London, June 2008. Bradford & Bingley has said it endured a net loss of 17.2 million pounds in the first half of 2008.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - British mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley said on Friday that it had endured a net loss of 17.2 million pounds (21.3 million euros, 31.4 million dollars) in the first half of 2008.

Kadhafi son brands Lockerbie victims' families 'greedy' (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 03:20 AM CDT

The son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, Seif al-Islam, announces his withdrawal from political life in the town of Sebha, 800 kilometres (500 miles) south of the capital Tripoli, August 20. Seif al-Islam has said Tripoli only accepted responsibility for the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing to get sanctions lifted and slammed the victims' AFP - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's son on Friday said Tripoli only accepted responsibility for the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing to get sanctions lifted and slammed the victims' "greedy" families.

London student raped in Calais migrant camp (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 03:00 AM CDT

Migrants group together near the port in Calais, northern France, December 2007. A London journalism student has been raped in an isolated forest near Calais as she reported on a makeshift camp housing illegal immigrants trying to get to Britain, officials said.(AFP/File/Philippe Huguen)AFP - A London journalism student was raped in an isolated forest in northern France as she reported on a makeshift camp housing illegal immigrants trying to get to Britain, officials said Thursday.

West faces stark choice over Georgia (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 02:05 AM CDT

Georgian honor guard soldiers hold a national flag over a coffin at a funeral of Georgian soldiers killed during Georgian-Russian war in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)AP - Russia's invasion of Georgia presents the West with a difficult choice: Punish Moscow by kicking it out of clubs like the Group of Eight or pursue a strategy of placating it that could invite further bullying in places like Ukraine, the Baltic states or Moldova.

Russia criticized at UN over S. Ossetia, Abkhazia (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 05:26 PM CDT

Kugia, a villager, looks for transport between checkpoints controlled by Georgian policemen and Russian troops near the towns of Odaisi and Akhmaji, on the border of South Ossetia, 50 km (31 miles) northwest of Georgia's capital Tbilisi, August 27, 2008. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)AP - Georgia and its backers in the U.N. Security Council on Thursday decried Russia's recognition of two breakaway provinces. Russia responded by accusing its critics of bias and hypocrisy in an emergency meeting that turned bitter and personal.

Italy museum defies pope anger over crucified frog (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 03:39 PM CDT

In this photo taken May 24, 2008 a view of a green frog nailed to a cross outside an office, during a protest inside the 'Museion' museum in Bolzano , northern Italy. Museum officials said Thursday Aug. 28, 2008 the sculpture that has angered Pope Benedict XVI and local officials will continue to be on display. The board of the foundation of the 'Museion', voted to keep the work by the late German artist Martin Kippenberger, the museum said in a statement. Earlier in August the pope had written a letter to Franz Pahl, the president of the Trentino-Alto Adige region that includes Bolzano, denouncing the sculpture. '(It) has offended the religious feelings of many people who consider the cross a symbol of God's love and of our redemption,' (AP Photo/Othmar Seehauser)AP - An art museum in northern Italy said Thursday it will continue displaying a sculpture portraying a green frog nailed to a cross that has angered Pope Benedict XVI and local officials.

Putin:19 US poultry producers barred from Russia (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 03:10 PM CDT

AP - Vladimir Putin says 19 U.S. poultry producers will be barred from exporting their products to Russia.

UK: 3 men charged with terror offenses (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 02:20 PM CDT

A motorist drives past a sign of airport operator BAA, seen on the entrance road to London's Heathrow airport, Wednesday Aug. 20, 2008. BAA, the owner of Heathrow, may have to sell three of its seven British airports, a British competition watchdog said Wednesday. The Competition Commission released a provisional report finding that BAA's dominant market position has resulted in a lack of airport capacity, slow development of new routes, higher charges for users and poor response to customers' requests. The commission is now in the process of deciding which two of London's three major airports including Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted BAA should be required to sell, and which of either Glasgow or Edinburgh airports it should sell. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Three British men questioned about an online threat to assassinate Prime Minister Gordon Brown have been charged with a range of terror offenses, police said Thursday.

After 1,500 years, pagans plan Acropolis prayer (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 02:18 PM CDT

AP - A small group of pagans pledged Thursday to hold a protest prayer among the ruined Acropolis temples, more than 1,500 years after Christians stamped out worship of the ancient Greek gods.

US plans to close 15 Army facilities in Germany (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 02:17 PM CDT

AP - The U.S. Department of Defense says the United States plans to cease operations at 15 minor Army facilities in Germany amid a wider effort to realign the military's overseas structure.

70 African migrants missing in Mediterranean (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 12:47 PM CDT

AP - A harrowing boat journey across the Mediterranean left some 70 African migrants missing after rough seas capsized the craft, the U.N. refugee agency said Thursday, calling on Malta to release the eight survivors from detention.

Court allows extradition of hacker to US (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 11:56 AM CDT

AP - The European Court of Human Rights has cleared the way for the extradition of a British man who allegedly hacked into secret U.S. military computers, his lawyer said Thursday.

AP interview: prosecutor expects Mladic's arrest (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 11:22 AM CDT

Serbia's war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic gestures as he speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Belgrade, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Vukcevic said he expects a quick arrest of top war crimes fugitive Gen. Ratko Mladic, but predicted that the wartime Bosnian Serb military commander is not hiding in disguise like his recently captured political leader Radovan Karadzic. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic)AP - Serbia's war crimes prosecutor said Thursday he expects the quick arrest of top war crimes fugitive Gen. Ratko Mladic, but predicted that the wartime Bosnian Serb military commander is not hiding in disguise like Radovan Karadzic was.

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