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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Medvedev says Russia 'nation to be reckoned with' (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 03:45 AM CDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev seen at a summit of leaders of the countries, members of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation in the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Russia scored an important diplomatic victory Friday when it secured support from six other former Soviet nations for its war in Georgia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says the war in the Georgian region of South Ossetia show Russia is a "nation to be reckoned with."

Iran rejects French warning of Israeli strike risk (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 03:38 AM CDT

Reuters - Iran dismissed on Saturday a warning by France's president that the Islamic Republic was taking a dangerous gamble over its nuclear program because one day its arch-foe Israel could strike.

Delegates: US-India nuclear deal talks in disarray (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 02:55 AM CDT

US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, William Burns, seen here in July 2008, said Thursday that Washington was making AP - Delegates to a nuclear meeting say U.S. negotiators are struggling to salvage a plan to trade nuclear technology with India after several nations blocked the deal in bitterly contested talks in Vienna.

Cheney holds Italy talks after vow of support for Georgia, Ukraine (AFP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 02:43 AM CDT

US Vice President Dick Cheney walks in front of the honour guard in Kiev, Ukraine. Cheney was to hold talks with world leaders Saturday on the last stop of a four-nation tour in which he has pledged support for ex-Soviet republics after Russia's conflict with Georgia.(AFP/Sergei Supinsky)AFP - US Vice President Dick Cheney held talks with world leaders Saturday on the last stop of a four-nation tour in which he pledged US support for ex-Soviet republics after Russia's conflict with Georgia.

Woman locked in cabin for nine years (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 02:26 AM CDT

Reuters - A 58-year-old man suspected of keeping a woman locked up in a tiny cabin in southern Sweden for nine years has been ordered by a court to be held in custody, local media reported.

Blair return would boost Labour Party: poll (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 10:25 PM CDT

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, seen in July. Blair is the only senior figure from the Labour Party who could revive its fortunes, according to a poll released Saturday.(AFP/File/John Thys)AFP - Tony Blair is the only senior figure from the Labour Party who could revive its fortunes, according to a poll released Saturday.

More than one million pounds spent on toddler hunt: McCanns (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 10:22 PM CDT

File photo of Madeleine McCann who went missing in Portugal in 2007. More than one million pounds has been spent in the search for missing British toddler Madeleine, her parents said in a newspaper interview out Saturday.(AFP/File)AFP - More than one million pounds has been spent in the search for missing British toddler Madeleine McCann, her parents said in a newspaper interview out Saturday.

European freighter detaches from space station (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 07:43 PM CDT

Graphic illustration of the ATV spacecraft which is positioning itself for a fiery, suicide descent into Earth's atmosphere(AFP)AFP - A European robot freighter decoupled from the International Space Station (ISS), positioning itself for a fiery, suicide descent into Earth's atmosphere.

Russia is testing West and Crimea could be target (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 07:34 PM CDT

AP - A key Czech leader said Friday that a resurgent Russia has begun testing the West and warned that Ukraine's strategic Crimea peninsula could become a target.

Teen killed as floods hit Britain (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 07:28 PM CDT

Raindrops fall near Waterloo Bridge in London, in July 2008. A 17-year-old girl was killed as floods struck Britain on Friday, forcing evacuations from homes as severe weather warnings were issued.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - A 17-year-old girl was killed as floods struck Britain on Friday, forcing evacuations from homes as severe weather warnings were issued.

ESA spacecraft completes flyby of Steins asteroid (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 05:50 PM CDT

A Feb. 25, 2007 file photo shows mission specialists at the ESA European Space Operation Center (ESOC) in Darmstadt, southwestern Germany, operating the Rosetta probe during it's fly-by of planet Mars. European Space Agency ESA scientists are preparing for the first fly-by of an asteroid by their deep-space explorer, Rosetta, on a mission to solve the mystery of the birth of the solar system. Rosetta is set to rendezvous with the Steins asteroid, also known as Asteroid 2867, just before 1900 GMT on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 at a distance of just less than 500 miles (800 kilometers). (AP Photo/Daniel Roland, File)AP - The Rosetta deep space probe successfully passed close to an asteroid 250 million miles from Earth, the European Space Agency said Friday night.

EU seeks unity on Russia via high-speed diplomacy (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 02:06 PM CDT

General Secretary of European Union Council Javier Solana speaks with the media during a press conference at a meeting of the European Union's foreign ministers, in Avignon, southern France, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. The European Union's foreign ministers are discussing how and when to send a planned mission of civilian monitors to Georgia during two day talks in Avignon. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)AP - The chilled champagne flowed before midday on a high-speed train that whisked the cream of Europe's diplomats to a two-day brainstorming session in the south of France.

US flagship reaches Georgian port held by Russia (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 01:59 PM CDT

The flagship of the U.S. 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, the USS Mount Whitney, is seen in the Georgian port of Poti, with more aid for Georgia, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)AP - The flagship of the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean fleet anchored Friday outside this key Georgian port, defiantly delivering humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged U.S. ally in a slap at Moscow.

Spanish police arrest suspected drug trafficker (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 12:56 PM CDT

AP - Spanish police have arrested a suspected Colombian drug trafficker listed among the most wanted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the police force said in a statement Friday.

Issues dividing Armenia, Turkey (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 12:42 PM CDT

AP - Issues dividing neighbors Armenia and Turkey:

Turkey, Armenia try to mend ties through soccer (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 12:42 PM CDT

In this July 23, 2008 file photo, Turkish President Abdullah Gul, right, is seen with Turkish officials as he visits Ani, ruined and now uninhabited capital of a medieval Armenian kingdom in Kars at the Turkey-Armenia border. Turkey and Armenia are hoping a little 'football diplomacy' will help them overcome decades of bad blood rooted in claims of Ottoman-era genocide. Gul travels to Armenia on Saturday to attend a soccer match between the two historic foes — becoming the first Turkish leader to set foot in Armenia since the ex-Soviet nation declared independence in 1991.(AP Photo/File)AP - Turkey and Armenia are hoping soccer diplomacy will help them overcome decades of antagonism rooted in Ottoman-era massacres of Armenians that many historians call a genocide.

US suspends sanctions against Belarus (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 12:23 PM CDT

AP - The U.S. administration has suspended some economic sanctions against this former Soviet nation, the U.S. Embassy said Friday.

Iran sentences 4 women activists to prison (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 11:28 AM CDT

AP - Iran has reportedly sentenced four female activists to six months in prison for writings demanding equality for women, a move denounced Friday by Sweden, which awarded a human rights prize to one of the activists earlier this year.

EU ministers call for Georgia-Russia probe (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 10:52 AM CDT

General Secretary of European Union Council Javier Solana, left, and Austria's Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik, arrive at a meeting of the European Union's foreign ministers, in Avignon, southern France, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. The European Union's foreign ministers are discussing how and when to send a planned mission of civilian monitors to Georgia during two day talks in Avignon. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)AP - European Union nations called for an international probe Friday to find out which country should shoulder responsibility for starting the conflict between Georgia and Russia.

Pavarotti to be remembered around the world (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 10:51 AM CDT

Nicoletta Mantovani poses next to the picture of her husband, late Italian Tenor Luciano Pavarotti, at a press conference at Rome's Culture Ministry building, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008, to commemorate the first anniversary of his death. Pavarotti died in Modena, Sept. 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - The world will mark the first anniversary of the death of Luciano Pavarotti with a series of concerts, an exhibit and other events, organizers and his family announced Friday.

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