2008年9月8日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Britain mops up after storms and floods kill 6 (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 04:31 AM CDT

AP - Parts of Britain are mopping up after a weekend of storms and flooding that has been blamed for six deaths.

Zola in the frame for Hammers as Bilic sticks with Croatia (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 04:19 AM CDT

Former Chelsea player Gianfranco Zola poses after receiving the Order of the British Empire in Rome, 2004. Zola emerged as a strong favourite to become West Ham's new manager after Croatia boss Slaven Bilic was quoted as saying he does not want the job.(AFP/Pool/File/Filippo Monteforte)AFP - Gianfranco Zola emerged Monday as a strong favourite to become West Ham's new manager after Croatia boss Slaven Bilic was quoted as saying he does not want the job.

Briton pays 1.5 million pounds to fly with Red Arrows (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 04:15 AM CDT

Reuters - A British woman has paid 1.5 million pounds in a charity auction to fly with the Royal Air Force's aerobatic Red Arrows display jets, the Help for Heroes charity said on Monday.

French fake plastic surgeon gets 3-year jail term (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 03:49 AM CDT

Reuters - A French court sentenced a doctor on Monday to three years in jail for posing as a plastic surgeon and endangering patients by operating on them illegally in a derelict Marseille clinic.

Georgia and Russia in Hague court over conflict (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 03:35 AM CDT

A woman reacts in front of the ruins of her house that was destroyed during last month's fighting in Tskhinvali, the main city of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, September 7, 2008. (Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)Reuters - Georgian accusations that Russia committed human rights violations against ethnic Georgians in the breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia went before an international court on Monday.

European stocks soar in early trade, Paris up four percent (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 03:27 AM CDT

A stock trader observes the developments in the stock market in Frankfurt, March 2008. European and Asian stock markets surged after the US government grabbed control of ailing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, easing fears of a world financial crisis(AFP/DDP/File/Thomas Lohnes)AFP - European stock markets surged in early trading on Monday, mirroring sharp gains won across Asia after the US government seized control of ailing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Spain: Street violence after immigrant's death (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 03:24 AM CDT

AP - African immigrants clashed with Spanish police in a second night of violence triggered by the killing of a Senegalese man in an apparent drug dispute, the Interior Ministry said Monday.

Russia aims to corner energy markets: U.S. official (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 03:20 AM CDT

Reuters - Russia aims to corner energy markets, a senior U.S. official said on Monday as Vice-President Dick Cheney arrived in Italy during a tour that has taken in eastern European states which are important transit routes.

Data protection watchdog to be briefed over lapses (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 03:14 AM CDT

A policeman directs a prison van arriving at a London court, 2005. The Ministry of Justice will brief Information Commissioner Richard Thomas on the progress of an inquiry after a disc containing the personal details of 5,000 justice staff went missing in yet another embarrassing data loss blunder.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - The Ministry of Justice will brief Information Commissioner Richard Thomas Monday on the progress of an inquiry after a disc containing the personal details of 5,000 justice staff went missing in yet another embarrassing data loss blunder.

Brown gets personal as he squares up for fightback (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 03:01 AM CDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown will tell his ministers to face up to tough times ahead as he delivers a rallying call to his beleaguered government(AFP/File/John Thys)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown will tell his ministers to face up to tough times ahead as he delivers a rallying call to his beleaguered government Monday.

CERN fires up new atom smasher to near Big Bang (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 01:52 PM CDT

This undated photo provided by CERN on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 shows a view into the Grid PC farm at the CERN Computer Centre, where banks of computers process and store data produced on the CERN systems. When the LHC starts operation in September 2008, it will produce enough data every year to fill a stack of CDs 20 km tall. To handle this huge amount of data, CERN has also developed the Grid, allowing processing power to be shared between computer centres around the world. (AP Photo/CERN) ** MANDATORY CREDIT: CERN * NO SALES *AP - It has been called an Alice in Wonderland investigation into the makeup of the universe — or dangerous tampering with nature that could spell doomsday.

Georgian president vows to reclaim 2 provinces (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 01:44 PM CDT

A Georgian girl lights candles in an Orthodox Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. A month after the start of a brief war with Russia, many Georgian churchgoers remembered the dead and prayed for an end to the Russian military presence. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)AP - On the eve of a European Union shuttle mission to convince Russia to pull its troops back to prewar positions, Georgia's president vowed Sunday to regain control of two breakaway provinces with the help of "the rest of the world."

Sarkozy: unlikely diplomat in Russia-Georgia fight (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 01:00 PM CDT

In this Aug. 27, 2008 file photo, French President Nicolas Sarkozy addresses ambassadors to France during a conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris. He's not know for his diplomatic graces, but blunt-talking French President Nicolas Sarkozy looks like Europe's best bet for making peace between Russia and Georgia. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)AP - He's not known for his diplomatic graces, but blunt-talking French President Nicolas Sarkozy looks like Europe's best bet for making peace between Russia and Georgia.

Vast model ship armada on display in Germany (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 12:29 PM CDT

In this June 19, 2008 file photo, museum staffer Peter Christiansen sorts some of 36,000 miniature ships in showcases on deck 9 in the new International Maritime Museum in Hamburg, northern Germany. The museum in the historic warehouse district tells the history of 3,000 year shipping on 12,000 square meters. (AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach, File)AP - For Peter Tamm, the passion that launched a thousand ships — and Hamburg's newest museum along the port city's old docks — began with a gift from his mother in 1934.

Cheney holds talks in Italy on Georgia crisis (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 05:58 AM CDT

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, right, arrives at a global conference of political and business leaders in Cernobbio, by the Como lake, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. Cheney is in this resort on Lake Como to attend an annual gathering of global political and business leaders. His visit is part of a tour that has also included Georgia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)AP - Vice President Dick Cheney renewed his call for cooperation between Europe and Washington over the Georgia crisis, Italy's foreign minister said Sunday.

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