2008年9月22日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

'I want to do better,' Brown tells Labour (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 04:19 AM CDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here, has admitted he could do better as Foreign Secretary David Miliband -- the favourite to replace him should he step down -- prepares to take the platform at Labour's annual conference.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has admitted he could do better as Foreign Secretary David Miliband -- the favourite to replace him should he step down -- prepares to take the platform at Labour annual conference on Monday.

European stocks slip (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 04:12 AM CDT

A Wall Street roadsign near the entrance of the New York Stock Exchange on September 16. Asian share prices have risen on the back of the US government's rescue plan for the battered financial sector, with some markets also getting a sharp lift from domestic regulatory measures.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)AFP - European stock markets drifted lower Monday, despite earlier gains in Asia, on investor caution about a massive US rescue plan to relieve the financial system of toxic debt, dealers said.

Alitalia could be grounded in next four days: civil aviation head (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 04:06 AM CDT

An Alitalia plane takes off from Malpensa Airport, north of Milan, March 2008. Alitalia's licence could be suspended within four days if the troubled airline does not come up with a cost-reduction plan, Italy's civil aviation head has said, the ANSA news agency reported.(AFP/File/Giuseppe Cacace)AFP - Alitalia could be grounded within four days if the troubled airline does not come up with a cost-reduction plan, Italy's civil aviation head said Monday.

Alitalia could be grounded in next four days: report (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 03:44 AM CDT

An Alitalia plane takes off from Malpensa Airport, north of Milan, March 2008. Alitalia's licence could be suspended within four days if the troubled airline does not come up with a cost-reduction plan, Italy's civil aviation head has said, the ANSA news agency reported.(AFP/File/Giuseppe Cacace)AFP - Alitalia's licence could be suspended within four days if the troubled airline does not come up with a cost-reduction plan, Italy's civil aviation head said Monday, the ANSA news agency reported.

London stocks gain ground at open (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 03:30 AM CDT

The FTSE rose 0.18 percent in initial trade, as investors responded to a massive US rescue plan for the distressed financial sector.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The FTSE rose 0.18 percent in initial trade on Monday, as investors responded to a massive US rescue plan for the distressed financial sector.

Russian navy ships head to maneuvers in Venezuela (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 03:29 AM CDT

AP - A Russian navy squadron set off for Venezuela Monday, an official said, in a deployment of Russian military power to the Western Hemisphere unprecedented since the Cold War.

Europe halts world stock rally as U.S. plan eyed (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 03:29 AM CDT

A visitor to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in Sydney waits for trading to begin, September 22, 2008. (Will Burgess/Reuters)Reuters - European stocks halted a rally in world equities on Monday and the dollar fell as jittery investors awaited detail of Washington's $700 billion bailout to tackle the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

Women and minorities under-represented in top school jobs (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 03:24 AM CDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks with pupils at a computer training course at Lewisham College in London in 2007. Hundreds of thousands of teenagers are set to receive their GCSE grades, in what is expected to be another year of record results.(AFP/File/Chris Young)AFP - Women and ethnic minorities are filling too few roles at the top of the teaching industry, according to figures released Monday.

Three bodies found in garage (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 03:13 AM CDT

Hampshire Police are continuing to investigate following the discovery of three bodies at a commercial garage in Southampton.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - Hampshire Police are continuing to investigate Monday following the discovery of three bodies at a commercial garage in Southampton.

Two percent of pound coins are fake (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 03:02 AM CDT

The number of counterfeit one pound coins in circulation has doubled in the last five years, a report by the BBC has revealed.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The number of counterfeit one pound coins in circulation has doubled in the last five years, a report by the BBC revealed on Monday.

Iran moves closer to nuke weapons capacity (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 02:41 AM CDT

AP - Two years? One? Even less?

Slovenian election is too close to call (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2008 04:51 PM CDT

Slovenian opposition leader Borut Pahor casts his ballot at a polling station in Ljubljana, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008. Slovenians were voting in parliamentary elections Sunday, choosing whether to keep Prime Minister Janez Jansa, bruised by a corruption claim and criticized as too powerful, in power or to turn to the leftist opposition. (AP Photo/Matej Leskovsek)AP - Slovenia's opposition Social Democrats held a razor-thin lead over the ruling center-right party of Premier Janez Jansa in parliamentary elections Sunday, nearly complete results showed. But the vote was too close to predict the outcome with certainty.

Big Brother's cafe watches you eat (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2008 10:55 AM CDT

AP - At the university cafeteria, women linger longer than men over their lunch decisions. Given a choice, they tend to opt for meat labeled "animal friendly," while men likely will go for a new product.

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