2008年9月1日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

EU to mull Russia ties at emergency summit (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:49 AM CDT

Interactive graphic on the Caucasus, highlighting the main zones of conflict and tension between ethnic groups in the region.(AFP iactiv)AFP - European Union leaders will put the bloc's relations with Moscow under scrutiny at an emergency summit on Monday, although sanctions against Russia are not in the cards.

Commerzbank buys Dresdner for 9.8 bln euros (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:44 AM CDT

Headquarters of the Dresdner Bank in Frankfurt. German insurance giant Allianz has said it will sell the nation's third largest private bank, Dresdner Bank, to number two Commerzbank for 9.8 billion euros (14.4 billion dollars) in a major step towards consolidation of the sector.(AFP/DDP/File/Thomas Lohnes)AFP - German insurance giant Allianz has said it would sell the nation's third-largest private bank, Dresdner Bank, to number two Commerzbank for 9.8 billion euros (14.4 billion dollars).

UK downturn could help fuel terrorism: memo (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:43 AM CDT

Reuters - A economic downturn in Britain could aggravate racial tensions and grievances that help to feed terrorist recruitment, according to a leaked government document.

Economic slump may encourage crime: report (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:41 AM CDT

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith speaks at the annual Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth in 2007. A leaked letter from the Home Office has warned the nation could be hit by a rise in violent crime and extremism over the economic downturn.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The nation could be hit by a rise in violent crime and extremism as the economic downturn continues, a leaked letter from the Home Office warned Monday.

Russia warns West against Georgia support (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:37 AM CDT

Georgian soldiers carry the national flag draped coffins of comrades killed during the conflict with Russia at a funeral ceremony in Mukhadgverdi outside Tbilisi on August 30. European Union leaders will put the bloc's relations with Moscow under scrutiny at an emergency summit on Monday, although sanctions against Russia are not in the cards.(AFP/File/Zviad Nikolaishvili)AP - Russia warned the West on Monday against supporting Georgia's leadership and called for an arms embargo against the ex-Soviet republic nation until a different government is in place.

MTV Networks to launch international HD channel (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:31 AM CDT

Reuters - Viacom Inc's (VIAb.N) MTV Networks International will launch its first high definition cable channel outside the United States this month, with more in Europe and Latin America by the end of the year, as it tempers its growth plan with stricter cost controls.

Police search for missing teenager in burnt-out mansion (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:24 AM CDT

Police continued to search for missing teenager Kirstie Foster after the first of the two charred bodies found in the burnt-out mansion was identified as that of her mother.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - Police continued to search for missing teenager Kirstie Foster Monday after the first of the two charred bodies found in the burnt-out mansion was identified as that of her mother.

Nazi fears stopped me snorting cocaine: Mirren (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:16 AM CDT

Oscar-winner Helen Mirren, pictured in April 2008, admitted she loved snorting cocaine and only stopped due to the capture of Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie, in an magazine interview out this month.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Gottschalk)AFP - Oscar-winner Helen Mirren admitted she loved snorting cocaine and only stopped due to the capture of Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie, in an magazine interview out this month.

Adecco bids for Dutch employment firm (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 02:58 AM CDT

File photo of an Adecco agency in Paris. Switzerland's Adecco, the world's largest staff recruitment group, said on Monday it is offering 56 million euros (82 million dollars) for Dutch human resources firm DNC De Nederlanden Compagnie.(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)AFP - Switzerland's Adecco, the world's largest staff recruitment group, said on Monday it is offering 56 million euros (82 million dollars) for Dutch human resources firm DNC De Nederlanden Compagnie.

GDF Suez reports solid earnings rise (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 02:55 AM CDT

A logo of French group GDF Suez, which said Monday its first half net profit and sales rose by double digits, allowing it to confirm its forecasts for the year.(AFP/File/Jean Ayissi)AFP - New French energy giant GDF Suez said Monday its first half net profit and sales rose by double digits, allowing it to confirm its forecasts for the year.

Russia promises military aid to South Ossetia (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 04:00 PM CDT

An elderly South Ossetian woman carries water cans in front of the houses destroyed during a Georgian assault in Tskhinvali, regional capital of Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. A brief war broke out between Russia and Georgia following Georgia's assault on South Ossetia's capital, Tskhinvali, on Aug. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Russia's president said Sunday his country will give military aid to the two separatist regions at the center of the war with Georgia — signaling Moscow has no intention of backing down in the face of Western pressure.

EU leaders to assess fraying relations with Russia (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 02:21 PM CDT

AP - European Union leaders seeking to punish Russia for invading Georgia face limited options and are likely to choose diplomatic pressure to isolate Moscow at their summit Monday.

Russia support for separatists could have ripples (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 01:53 PM CDT

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, and Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, speak aboard a helicopter while flying to a Russian Academy of Sciences reserve in Russia's Far East on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. On Sunday Putin took part in the national program for preserving the population of the Ussuri tiger conducted by researchers of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)AP - Russia's conflict with Georgia and recognition of its small breakaway territories as independent states may have broad repercussions for separatist movements in the former Soviet sphere and around the world.

Hundreds of thousands trapped by India floods (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 01:15 PM CDT

A domesticated elephant and people wade through a flooded national highway in in Puthimari village about 45 kilometers (28 Miles) west of Gauhati, India, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. The Puthimari river in lower Assam breached four embankments Saturday night at inundating 50 villages.(AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)AP - Stranded by hundreds of miles of floodwaters and trapped on rooftops and trees, desperate villagers stormed rescue boats on Sunday as they tried to escape the flooding that tore through a riverbank and spilled over northern India's vast plains.

Deputy says Russian police kill Web site owner (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 09:23 AM CDT

AP - The owner of an independent Web site critical of authorities was shot and killed Sunday by police in a volatile province in southern Russia, his colleague said.

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