2008年9月5日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Asia, Europe markets sink after Wall Street plunge (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 05:06 AM CDT

Pedestrians are reflected on an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 319.05 to close the morning session at 12,238.61. At one point, the Nikkei index lost 371.19. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Asian stock markets plunged Friday in the wake of a sell-off on Wall Street amid mounting concerns about a slump the U.S. economy and its impact on the global economy. European shares also opened lower.

Hotel apologises for turning away injured soldier (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:56 AM CDT

British soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) listen to a speech by Prime Minister Gordon at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province in late August 2008. A hotel in Surrey has been forced to apologise for turning away an injured soldier on leave from Afghanistan, after it provoked public outrage and an intervention from a government minister.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - A hotel in Surrey was forced to apologise Friday for turning away an injured soldier on leave from Afghanistan, after it provoked public outrage and an intervention from a government minister.

Musical taste "defines personality" (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:54 AM CDT

A man plays the saxophone in New York's Central Park October 12, 2007. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - Fans of classical music and jazz are creative, pop lovers are hardworking and, despite the stereotypes, heavy metal listeners are gentle, creative types who are at ease with themselves.

Magpies told to sort out problems as hunt begins for new boss (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:52 AM CDT

League Managers' Association (LMA) chief executive Richard Bevan on Friday called on Newcastle to sort out their structural problems to ensure their next manager does not suffer the same fate as Kevin Keegan, seen here in April 2008.(AFP/File/Ian Kington)AFP - League Managers' Association (LMA) chief executive Richard Bevan on Friday called on Newcastle to sort out their structural problems to ensure their next manager does not suffer the same fate as Kevin Keegan.

Polish prosecutors probe possible CIA jail (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:48 AM CDT

A guard shuts the gate to the airport in Szymany in northeastern Poland in this file 2005 picture. Human Rights Watch identified the airport as a potential site of alleged CIA prisons used to interrogate al Qaeda captives. Poland strongly denied it was hosting such facilities. (FORUM/Tomasz Marek/Reuters)Reuters - The Polish prosecutor's office is investigating allegations that there was a CIA prison in Poland where al Qaeda suspects were questioned and guards might have used methods close to torture, the prime minister's top adviser said on Friday.

BMW sales rise in August thanks to Mini and Asian demand (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:47 AM CDT

German car maker BMW posted stronger August sales, mainly owing to its Mini model and Asian demand.(DDP/AFP/File/Sascha Schuermann)AFP - German car maker BMW posted on Friday stronger August sales, mainly owing to its Mini model and Asian demand.

Official: No Russian military reaction to US ships (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:27 AM CDT

AP - The Russian Foreign Ministry says Russia plans no military actions in response to the increased presence of U.S. ships in the Black Sea.

NATO to top talks between Cheney, Ukrainian leader (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:24 AM CDT

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, left, is greeted upon arrival in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has arrived in Ukraine, as part of a tour of several ex-Soviet republics amid an escalating standoff with Russia over the war in Georgia. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)AP - Ukraine's push for NATO membership will top the agenda for talks Friday between Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Vice President Dick Cheney — on a tour of three ex-Soviet republics that are alarmed about Russian assertiveness.

Greek rural postmen top odd book title list (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:18 AM CDT

AP - It may not be a best-seller, but "Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers" has won a literary accolade: oddest book title of the past 30 years.

Magazine: Russia's Putin sexy, but not that sexy (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:18 AM CDT

In this Aug. 13, 2007 file photo, Vladimir Putin, then Russian President, fishes in the headwaters of the Yenisey River, Siberia, Russia. In its September 'Sexy Rating' list, Russia's Sex & the City magazine ranked now Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the second sexiest politician. Ahead of the pack is Boris Nemtsov, a former leader of opposition party Union of the Right Forces now viewed by many as a spent force. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)AP - He reportedly saved a TV crew from the jaws of a tiger and flexed his muscles before cameras in Siberia.

US naval flagship to arrive in Georgian port (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 03:18 AM CDT

A man paddles a makeshift raft, past Georgian coast guard vessels in the Black Sea port of Batumi, Georgia, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Most of Georgia's coast guard vessels were destroyed by Russian forces during the recent conflict. The flagship of the U.S. 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, the USS Mount Whitney, is scheduled to arrive at this Georgian port on Friday carrying much needed humanitarian aid. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)AP - The U.S. Embassy says the flagship of the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean fleet is to arrive in the Georgian port of Poti on Friday.

Hendrix, Beatles, Elvis memorabilia sold (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 09:35 PM CDT

A gallery worker holds Jimmy Hendrix's 1965 Fender Stratocaster guitar during a presentation in London, Wednesday Sept. 3, 2008. The instrument will be auctioned on Sept. 4 and is estimated to fetch 500,000 pounds (US$895,000; 615,000euro). (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - A guitar set alight onstage by Jimi Hendrix during a concert in London was sold at auction on Thursday for $497,557 to a collector from the United States.

Hungarian dentists seeking patients in UK (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 01:49 PM CDT

AP - The Hungarian dentist will see you now. In his inflatable office. Getting your jaw X-rayed by a foreign practitioner in a blowup tent may sound like a hard sell to British patients, but a group of Hungarian dentists is arguing otherwise. Their blowup dental clinic is touring the U.K. to showcase their hygiene, professionalism and affordability to the British.

Progress seen in talks on US-India nuclear deal (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 01:05 PM CDT

U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns speaks to reporters in Vienna, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008, where a nuclear supplier group resumed closed-door talks on a deal that would allow the U.S. and other nations to supply India with nuclear material and technology for civilian use. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)AP - Nations that export nuclear equipment and technology edged closer to a compromise Thursday on a contentious U.S. plan to sell peaceful atomic technology to India despite its longtime refusal to sign global nonproliferation accords.

Britain must disclose Iraq intelligence memos (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 12:53 PM CDT

In this Sunday, March 10, 1991 picture, geysers of flame and thick, toxic smoke spew forth from just a few of the hundreds of Kuwaiti oil wells set afire by fleeing Iraqi troops after the Iraqi occupation. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson)AP - Britain's Information Commissioner ruled Thursday that the government must publish memos and e-mails related to a 2002 intelligence dossier on Iraq's supposed weapons of mass destruction.

Spain moves to amend strict abortion law (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 11:21 AM CDT

AP - Spain has taken a first step toward amending its restrictive law on abortion, a government minister said Thursday, moving to fill one of the last big gaps in a drive for sweeping social change in this traditionally Roman Catholic country.

UK report says ice caused hard landing at Heathrow (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 11:20 AM CDT

AP - Ice in fuel lines probably caused a British Airways jet to lose power and make a jarring emergency landing in London in January, investigators said Thursday.

Ex-Serb diplomat jailed in US crime case probe (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 09:55 AM CDT

AP - A former Serb diplomat suspected of helping a Serbian college student charged with assault to flee the United States was told Thursday he must spend 30 days in jail while an investigation is done.

German anti-war poster hails soldier's death (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 08:30 AM CDT

AP - Germany's defense minister has condemned as an insult to the country's troops an anti-war poster that calls the death of a soldier in Afghanistan a "step to disarmament."

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