2008年10月6日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

London shares plunge in early trade (AFP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2008 04:07 AM CDT

London shares plummeted by a massive 5 percent in early trading amid increased fears about the global financial crisis.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - London shares plummeted by a massive five percent in early trading on Monday amid increased fears about the global financial crisis.

Bosnians vote along ethnic lines in local polls (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2008 03:54 AM CDT

A Bosnian man holds an umbrella as he walks by a wall decorated with posters of political parties and candidates for the upcoming elections in central Sarajevo October 4, 2008. (Danilo Krstanovic/Reuters)Reuters - Bosnian Serbs, Muslims and Croats voted mostly along ethnic party lines in a local election Sunday, keeping them in power some 13 years after the war, preliminary results showed early Monday.

European central banks offer more cash to markets (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2008 03:34 AM CDT

AP - The European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the Swiss National Bank offered more than $60 billion to markets Monday to try to keep the financial sector flush with cash.

Europe backs off of U.S.-style economic rescue plan (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Oct 2008 03:00 AM CDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The leaders of Europe's largest economies on Saturday vowed to "respond with one voice" to the global financial crisis. But a one-day summit in Paris did not produce a $300 billion rescue plan, similar to the $700 billion US rescue plan, or any other far-reaching plans to reform Europe's struggling banking sector.

If Russia's leaving, S. Ossetia town asks: Why build a new road? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Oct 2008 03:00 AM CDT

The Christian Science Monitor - On Sunday, Russian troops began to vacate checkpoints in Georgia set up after the brief war in August. Russia faces a deadline of Friday to pull all of its troops from Georgia under cease-fire terms agreed upon with the European Union.

German gov't, banks agree to $69B bailout for Hypo (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2008 02:43 AM CDT

Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and Finance Minster Peer Steinbrueck, right, give a statement in the Berlin Chancellery on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008. 'We will not allow the distress of one financial institution to distress the entire system,' Merkel told reporters while talks between government and business leaders continued in the capital. 'For that reason, we are working hard to secure Hypo Real Estate.' (AP Photo/Rainer Jensen,pool)AP - Germany on Sunday guaranteed all private bank accounts and negotiated a 50 billion euro ($69 billion) bailout deal for Hypo Real Estate AG as Europe's second largest economy sought to ward off financial crisis.

Govt considers buying shares to recapitalise banks: reports (AFP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2008 02:25 AM CDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling is pictured at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester on September 22. Darling is considering shoring up ailing banks with billions of pounds in return for shares, media reports have said, as Germany raised the stakes in efforts to tackle the financial crisis.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - The government is considering shoring up ailing banks with billions of pounds in return for shares, media reports said Monday, as Germany raised the stakes in efforts to tackle the financial crisis.

Medicine award kicks off Nobel Prize announcements (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2008 02:22 AM CDT

AP - Two scientists who have won acclaim for research into the growth of cancer cells could be candidates for the Nobel Prize in medicine when the 2008 winners are presented on Monday, kicking off six days of Nobel announcements.

Glasto sells half of all tickets with eight months to go (AFP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2008 02:14 AM CDT

The audience cheers during a performance at the Glastonbury music festival in June 2008. Half the tickets for the Glastonbury music festival were snapped up on the first day they went on sale, organisers said -- despite the event not taking place for another eight months.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Half the tickets for the Glastonbury music festival were snapped up on the first day they went on sale, organisers said -- despite the event not taking place for another eight months.

Scolari expects Terry to play through pain barrier for England (AFP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2008 02:07 AM CDT

Chelsea's French striker Nicolas Anelka celebrates after scoring the second goal against Aston Villa during their premiership football match at home to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge stadium. Chelsea won 2-0.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Luiz Felipe Scolari expects John Terry to play through the pain barrier in England's World Cup qualifiers as the Chelsea defender struggles to shake off a back injury.

Europeans scramble to save failing banks (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 01:07 PM CDT

A pedestrian passes the entrance to German lender Hypo Real Estate bank in Berlin in this September 30, 2008 file picture. Officials from the German government, central bank and financial regulator met on Sunday, October 5, in an effort to save lender Hypo Real Estate after a Berlin-brokered deal to rescue the imperilled bank unravelled. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski/File (GERMANY)AP - Germany joined Ireland and Greece on Sunday in guaranteeing all private bank accounts, putting Europe's biggest economy at odds with calls for a unified European response to the global financial meltdown.

UK prime minister makes more government changes (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 01:04 PM CDT

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced more changes to his government Sunday, completing a shake-up intended to strengthen the government as it faces the global economic crisis.

Russian troops start dismantling Georgia posts (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 12:42 PM CDT

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint news conference with Ukranian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, unseen, after their talks in Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is accusing Ukraine of sending military personnel to fight against Russia in Georgia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)AP - Russian troops on Sunday began dismantling positions in the so-called security zones inside Georgia that they have occupied since August's war, Georgian and EU officials said, a sign Russia will fulfill its pledged pullback.

Tradition of `sworn virgins' dying out in Albania (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 10:00 AM CDT

Diana Rakipi speaks at a bar in the seaside town of Durres, Albania, in this July 2 2008 photo. Albanian society, particularly in the cities, has changed dramatically and women are no longer as disenfranchised and marginalized as they were. There are women in parliament, in ministries, even in the police force. (AP Photo / Hektor Pustina)AP - Drene Markgjoni spent 12 years in a hard-labor camp, punished for her fiance's attempt to flee Albania's regime, then one of the world's most repressive and isolationist. She swore she would never suffer like that for somebody else again.

Pope decries godless nature of modern societies (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 05:54 AM CDT

In this picture made available by the Italian Presidency press office, Pope Benedict XVI waves from his car as he leaves the Quirinale Presidential palace, in Rome, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, at the end of his official visit. (AP Photo/Antonio Di Gennaro, Italian Presidency press office)AP - Pope Benedict XVI warned Sunday that modern culture is pushing God out of people's lives, causing nations once rich in religious faith to lose their identities.

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