2008年9月16日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Inflation hits 16-year high in August (AFP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 04:51 AM CDT

A woman shops at a London supermarket. Annual inflation surged to a 16-year high point of 4.7 percent in August, official data has shown.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Annual inflation surged to a 16-year high point of 4.7 percent in August, official data showed on Tuesday.

BoE pumps £20bln into the money markets (AFP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 04:44 AM CDT

The Bank of England, seen here, has injected 20 billion pounds into money markets, four times the amount it had offered on Monday after the collapse of Lehman Brothers.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The Bank of England on Tuesday injected 20 billion pounds into the money markets, four times the amount it had offered Monday after the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

Briton kidnapped in Nigerian oil hub (AFP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 04:40 AM CDT

A motocyclyst rides past a school in Port Harcourt. Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped a British national overnight in southern Nigeria's oil hub Port Harcourt, a Nigerian army officer has said.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a British national overnight in southern Nigeria's oil hub Port Harcourt, a Nigerian army officer said Tuesday.

Defiant Ramos vows Spurs will bounce back (AFP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 04:38 AM CDT

Aston Villa's English midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker (L) celebrates scoring during their Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane, London, 15 September. Under-pressure Juande Ramos has insisted that Tottenham can still break into the English Premier League's top four this season, despite the London club's worst start to a league campaign in 34 years.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Under-pressure Juande Ramos has insisted that Tottenham can still break into the English Premier League's top four this season, despite the London club's worst start to a league campaign in 34 years.

Ukraine's pro-Western ruling coalition collapses (AFP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 04:37 AM CDT

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko waves as he leaves the Elysee Palace after talks with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy (not in picture) on September 9. The governing coalition in Ukraine has collapsed in a crisis brought on by Russia's war with Georgia that raises the prospect of the country being knocked off its pro-Western course.(AFP/File/Eric Feferberg)AFP - The governing coalition in Ukraine collapsed on Tuesday in a crisis brought on by Russia's war with Georgia that raises the prospect of the country being knocked off its pro-Western course.

NATO chief: Enlargement will continue (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 04:36 AM CDT

AP - NATO's chief says the alliance will continue to expand despite Russian opposition.

Verdict due in porn trial of Shannon's stepfather (AFP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 04:33 AM CDT

A court is to rule on whether the stepfather of the schoolgirl Shannon Matthews, seen here, is guilty of downloading over 100 indecent images of children onto his computer.(AFP/West Yorkshire Police/File)AFP - A court was on Tuesday to rule on whether the stepfather of the schoolgirl Shannon Matthews was guilty of downloading over 100 indecent images of children onto his computer.

Dutch police recover stolen 17th-Century paintings (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 03:32 AM CDT

AP - Dutch police have recovered five 17th-Century paintings, including a Jan Steen, that were stolen from the Frans Hals Museum in 2002, the museum said Tuesday.

Gay bar becomes a haven in storm-ravaged Galveston (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 03:22 AM CDT

Reuters - As Galveston told its remaining residents on Monday to leave the Texas island devastated by Hurricane Ike, Robert's Lafitte, a gay bar, was planning a pre-curfew drag show and Tina Turner sing-along.

French army rescues 2 held by Somali pirates (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 03:12 AM CDT

AP - France's army rescued two French hostages in a gunbattle with Somali pirates that left one of the kidnappers dead and six captured, the president's office announced Tuesday.

Ukraine governing coalition collapses (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 02:32 AM CDT

Russian soldiers talk to each other at a checkpoint in Kareleti on September 13. The governing coalition in Ukraine has collapsed in a crisis brought on by Russia's war with Georgia that raises the prospect of the country being knocked off its pro-Western course.(AFP/File/Vano Shlamov)AP - The speaker of the Ukrainian parliament has announced the collapse of the pro-Western governing coalition.

Judge to open hearing in case of slain UK student (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 02:02 AM CDT

The parents of slain British student Meredith Kercher, Arline, left, and John, attend a press conference at a hotel in Perugia, Italy, Monday, Sept. 15, 2008. The parents and sister of Meredith Kercher, slain last year in Perugia, have read a statement to the press on Monday, on the eve of a closed-door preliminary hearing that will decide whether to indict three suspects, including American Amanda Knox. The family of Meredith say they are relieved the trial over her death is moving into a critical phase. Meredith, a 21-year-old student from Leeds University in England, was found dead in November from a stab wound in the apartment she shared with Knox in the university town of Perugia. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)AP - A judge must decide whether three suspects will be charged in the slaying of a British college student who was fatally stabbed in the neck last year, shocking this small town in central Italy.

New coin for Prince Charles' 60th birthday (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 04:09 PM CDT

AP - Britain's Royal Mint has issued a new collectors coin featuring images of Prince Charles and his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, to celebrate his 60th birthday.

Holocaust scholars urge al-Bashir prosecution (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 02:40 PM CDT

AP - Holocaust scholars appealed Monday to the International Criminal Court prosecutor to pursue his indictment of Sudan's president on charges of genocide in Darfur.

Pope: Accept death "at the hour chosen by God' (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 12:07 PM CDT

Handicapped pilgrims on wheelchairs face the Basilica of the Rosary as Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a special Mass for the sick in Lourdes, southwestern France, Monday, Sept. 15, 2008. The pope closed a visit to the Lourdes shrine reputed for its healing powers. His four-day trip to Paris and Lourdes was his first to France since his election as pontiff in 2005. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)AP - People must accept death at "the hour chosen by God," Pope Benedict XVI told ailing pilgrims Monday in an anti-euthanasia message at Lourdes, the shrine that draws the desperate, sick and dying.

Passengers demand — and get — plane change (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 11:10 AM CDT

AP - Anxious passengers on a flight to Portugal successfully petitioned Germany's Air Berlin to change their plane after a technical problem prompted the pilot to scrap two attempts to take off, the airline said Monday.

Reports: Pilot acted strangely in Russia jet crash (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 11:10 AM CDT

A fuselage piece of a Boeing-737-500 with the company's name Aeroflot, partly seen, lies at the crash site on the outskirts of the city of Perm in central Russia, few hours after the crash, early Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008. The Boeing-737-500 passenger jet, which was operated by an Aeroflot subsidiary and traveling from Moscow, crashed as it was preparing to land early Sunday, killing all 88 people aboard, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Komsomolskaya Pravda-Perm)AP - The pilot of the Aeroflot jet that crashed killing all 88 people on board ignored commands from air traffic controllers, probably contributing to Russia's worst air disaster in two years, according to news reports Monday.

German court rules Nazi-era officer fit for trial (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 09:56 AM CDT

AP - A 90-year-old former officer in the Nazi army is fit enough to stand trial on charges he ordered the reprisal killings of 14 civilians in Italy during World War II, a Munich court ruled Monday.

NATO chief, envoys visit Georgia to show support (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 08:22 AM CDT

NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer gives thumbs up upon arrival to Tbilisi, Georgia Monday, Sept. 15, 2008. NATO's chief arrived in Georgia to show support for the pro-Western nation after its war with Russia. De Hoop Scheffer is leading a delegation of ambassadors from all 26 alliance members for a two-day visit starting Monday. (AP Photo/ Shakh Aivazov)AP - Georgia's president said Monday he hopes a visit from NATO's chief will accelerate his nation's drive to join the Western alliance, pressing for sustained international support following its defeat by Russia in a brief and bitter war.

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