2008年9月23日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Many killed in Finnish school shooting: fire chief (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 05:11 AM CDT

Map locating Kauhajoki where a gunman went on the rampage in one of the town's schools.(AFP Graphic)AFP - A gunman has killed many people in a shooting spree at a school in the southwestern Finnish town of Kauhajoki, the local fire chief told AFP on Tuesday.

Police say gunman opens fire in Finnish school (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:47 AM CDT

AP - Finnish police say the have disarmed a gunman at a school for adults in western Finland after he opened fire on students.

Gunman arrested after Finnish school shooting: police (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:44 AM CDT

Map locating Kauhajoki where a gunman went on the rampage in one of the town's schools.(AFP Graphic)AFP - Police said they had arrested a gunman Tuesday who went on a rampage inside a Finnish school.

BA cancels Pakistan flights indefinitely (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:37 AM CDT

A soldier stands at the devastated Marriott Hotel in Islamabad following a suicide bombing. British Airways has AFP - British Airways has "indefinitely" cancelled all flights to the Pakistani capital Islamabad amid security concerns after the bombing of the Marriott hotel, the airline said Tuesday.

BoE injects £22bln into money markets (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:31 AM CDT

The Bank of England again pumped nearly 22 billion pounds into money markets in a bid to ease credit-crunch pressures.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The Bank of England on Tuesday again pumped nearly 22 billion pounds into money markets in a bid to ease credit-crunch pressures.

Gunman opens fire in Finnish school: police (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:29 AM CDT

A student who shot and killed several other students at his school in Finland has killed himself, the mayor of the town of Kauhajoki said on Tuesday. (Graphic/Reuters)Reuters - A male student opened fire at a vocational school in the town of Kauhajoki in western Finland on Tuesday and was still in the building, local police said.

Dad rang mother after killing daughters, says friend (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:20 AM CDT

A father who smothered his two young daughters to death over the weekend, rang their mother to tell her they had AFP - A father who smothered his two young daughters to death over the weekend, rang their mother to tell her they had "gone to sleep forever" before hanging himself, a family friend has said.

Georgia says it shot down Russian drone (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:17 AM CDT

Hansjoerg Haber, the Head of European Union Observers Mission in Georgia, speaks to the media in Tbilisi, September 22, 2008. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili (GEORGIA)AP - A Georgian Interior Ministry spokesman says Georgian forces have shot down a Russian drone near the breakaway province of South Ossetia.

Brown aims to silence rebels in crunch speech (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:13 AM CDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown is hoping to silence critics with a make-or-break speech to the Labour Party conference, which is convulsed with talk of plotting against him.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown was hoping to silence critics on Tuesday with a make-or-break speech to the Labour Party conference, which is convulsed with talk of plotting against him.

Sheffield Utd claim tribunal success on Tevez saga (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:11 AM CDT

Sheffield United said that a Football Association arbitration hearing had ruled in their favour of their compensation claim against West Ham over the Carlos Tevez, seen here in January 2008, transfer saga.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Sheffield United said Tuesday that a Football Association arbitration hearing had ruled in their favour of their compensation claim against West Ham over the Carlos Tevez transfer saga.

Alitalia hangs out For Sale sign again (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 02:09 AM CDT

A woman walks past the Alitalia headquarters in Rome, Monday Sept. 22, 2008. Italian aviation authorities warned that Alitalia could be grounded within days if no deal is reached to sell the bankrupt airline. Alitalia's bankruptcy administrator said the airline's chances for survival looked bleak. 'There are no prospects for a rescue in a reasonable time,' Augusto Fantozzi told reporters. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)AP - Alitalia is hanging out a "For Sale" sign yet again — the bankrupt airline is publishing a notice in four newspapers Tuesday seeking offers to buy any or all parts of its assets.

Big Brother's cafe watches you eat (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 05:30 PM CDT

An employee pays for her lunch at the cafeteria of the University in Wageningen, Netherlands, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. The 3 million euro (US$4.5 million) Restaurant of the Future is run by scientists of Wageningen University and Research Center to investigate the influences on eating behavior and to carry out studies for the food industry. Discreet ceiling cameras can zoom in on a face or a plate, or pull back to view a table or broad section of the lunchroom. They record not only what food you selected, but what you almost selected and how long you paused before deciding. Facial recognition software analyzes your level of enjoyment. In the control room, technicians watch the action on individual screens and on a large overhead screen. (AP Photo/ Arthur Max)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.

Russian court finds 13 guilty of ethnic killings (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 02:04 PM CDT

AP - A Moscow court on Monday convicted 12 teenage boys and a man of committing a series of vicious ethnic attacks, including the murder of a chess champion who was a member of Russia's Yakut ethnic group.

Poles abroad mull returning to thriving economy (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 01:44 PM CDT

WITH STORYPOLAND COMING HOME BY VANESSA GERA File ** Marek Tomasikiewicz reads news from friends back in England on Aug. 20, 2008, in Slupsk, in northern Poland. Earlier this year he decided to return home to Poland having spent years in London, where he and his family had emigrated for better wages. Now, when Western economies are slowing down and Poland's economy and currency are taking on more value, they have decided to return home. (AP Photo)AP - Marek Tomasikiewicz and his family left Poland a few years ago for higher wages and better schools in Britain, but times have changed.

Germany: Knut's keeper found dead (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 01:34 PM CDT

AP - The zookeeper who gained fame for hand-rearing the beloved polar bear Knut was found dead in his Berlin apartment Monday.

French assembly votes to continue Afghan mission (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 01:17 PM CDT

France's Premier Francois Fillon delivers his speech at French Parliament in Paris, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008 prior to a vote on whether to continue France's military role in Afghanistan, after an ambush there that killed 10 French soldiers last month. The vote is the first under a constitutional amendment approved in July that requires lawmakers to vote on any foreign military operation lasting more than four months. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - The lower house of France's parliament authorized the government Monday to continue its military commitment in Afghanistan, and the prime minister pledged to add 100 extra troops following a deadly ambush there last month.

UK experts say Stonehenge was place of healing (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 01:17 PM CDT

President of the Society of Antiquaries, Geoff Wainwright, holds a fragment of bluestone after a press conference at the Society of Antiquaries of in London to reveal preliminary findings about the purpose of the prehistoric Stonehenge monument, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. Two British archeologists say the first excavation at the site of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has shed new light on the purpose of the landmark. Professors Geoffrey Wainwright and Timothy Darvill told journalists Monday that Stonehenge was a kind of primeval Lourdes. They say the stone circle was a center of healing which attracted the sick and infirm from all over prehistoric Europe. They also say they have dated the first stone monuments at the site to about 2,300 B.C. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - The first excavation of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has uncovered evidence that the stone circle drew ailing pilgrims from around Europe for what they believed to be its healing properties, archeologists said Monday.

North Korea asks UN agency to pull reactor seals (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 11:56 AM CDT

A satellite image taken September 11, 2005, of the 50-megawatt reactor site at Yongbyon nuclear facility in North Korea. REUTERS/DigitalGlobe-ISIS/FilesAP - North Korea asked the U.N. nuclear watchdog Monday to remove seals and surveillance equipment from the Yongbyon nuclear reactor, the agency chief said, heightening concerns that the communist nation may be preparing to restart its nuclear program.

Opposition aims to take power in Slovenia (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 11:23 AM 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 maneuvered Monday to wrest control of the government from Premier Janez Jansa's center-right party.

France says virginity lie shouldn't annul marriage (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 11:22 AM CDT

AP - A court decision to annul a Muslim couple's marriage because the bride lied about being a virgin discriminates against women and should be overturned, state prosecutors argued Monday.

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