2008年10月11日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

No end to Afghanistan fight: top military chief (AFP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2008 03:52 AM CDT

Britain's Air Chief Marshall Sir Jock Stirrup, seen here with the former top US commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus (L), at 10 Downing Street in May, has said the international military mission in Afghanistan has AFP - The international military mission in Afghanistan has "no end point", the head of Britain's armed forces told a newspaper on Saturday.

Police say Austrian rightist Haider dead at 58 (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2008 02:44 AM CDT

This Aug. 9, 2008, file photo shows Joerg Haider, top candidate of the Alliance for the future of Austria, BZOE, for Sunday's national elections in Austria in Klagenfurt. Haider died in a car accident early Saturday morning Oct. 11, 2008 in the south of the country police said. Haider, 58, was governor of Carinthia and leader of the far-right Alliance for the Future of Austria at the time of his death. (AP Photo/Gert Eggenberger, file)AP - Austrian politician Joerg Haider, whose far-right rhetoric at times cast a negative light on the Alpine republic, has died in a car accident at age 58.

Ireland's economy ends long winning run (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 11:47 PM CDT

Ray Grehan, property developer, is shown at his development called 'The Grange' in Dublin, Ireland, on Sept. 26, 2008. Tens of thousands of Irish face a financial white-knuckle ride because Europe's longest-running winning streak, the vaunted Celtic Tiger economy, has come to an inglorious end. Last month, Ireland became the first country in the 15-nation euro zone to fall into recession. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - Davey McKeever was down to his last bet slip of the night, crumpled in a sweaty fist, at the Shelbourne Park greyhound track. The remnants of McKeever's first unemployment check would rise or fall on the ironically named Nest Egg.

Press demands some G7 credit crunch punch (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 11:42 PM CDT

Police clash with anti-capitalist protestors near the Bank of England in London. Newspapers have urged the world's powers to come up with a united, radical action plan this weekend to stop the global credit crunch from turning into a lasting depression(AFP/Geoff Caddick)AFP - Newspapers have urged the world's powers to come up with a united, radical action plan this weekend to stop the global credit crunch from turning into a lasting depression.

France withdraws contaminated Chinese sweets (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 10:51 PM CDT

Reuters - France banned on Friday the sale of two brands of Chinese-made sweets and biscuits that it said had been contaminated with malamine-tainted milk -- the latest country hit by the widening health scandal.

Capello lays down the law to Gerrard (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 08:19 PM CDT

Fabio Capello, seen here, has warned Steven Gerrard that he will have to sacrifice his ambition to be England's main man if he wants to keep his place in the national side(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Fabio Capello has warned Steven Gerrard that he will have to sacrifice his ambition to be England's main man if he wants to keep his place in the national side.

Iceland says will meet obligations despite meltdown (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 04:51 PM CDT

Customers leave the main branch of Landsbankinn Bank in Reykjavik October 9, 2008. (Bob Strong/Reuters)Reuters - Iceland sought on Friday to reassure international investors caught in its banking meltdown, saying it aimed to meet its obligations despite the turmoil which has ravaged a once-vibrant financial sector.

Dubai investors eye Charlton takeover (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 04:13 PM CDT

Championship strugglers Charlton could become the latest English club to have foreign owners after receiving an indicative offer from a group of Dubai-based investors, the club confirmed on Friday.(Charlton Athletic)AFP - Championship strugglers Charlton could become the latest English club to have foreign owners after receiving an indicative offer from a group of Dubai-based investors, the club confirmed on Friday.

It's l'amour for Chinese wedding couples (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 03:08 PM CDT

Newly-wed young Chinese couples wave in front of the Tours city hall, in France Loire's Valley after a wedding ceremony celebrated by the city mayor Jean Germain. Forty Chinese couples paid more than 3,000 euros (4,000 dollars) for the trip to France to realize their dream.(AFP/Alain Jocard)AFP - The forty couples may have already tied the knot at home but, for these young Chinese, getting married in France was a dream come true.

French police dismantle stolen-art ring (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 02:54 PM CDT

AP - The French Interior Ministry says police have dismantled a large network of stolen and trafficked art in western France.

PM: No early elections in Ukraine (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 02:52 PM CDT

Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko speaks during a news conference in Kiev October 7, 2008. (Konstantin Chernichkin/Reuters)AP - Ukraine's prime minister said Friday there will be no early parliamentary elections, defying a presidential decree and raising the stakes in her fierce political battle with the president.

Russia's Putin gets tiger cub for his birthday (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 01:51 PM CDT

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin poses with a two and a half month female tiger cub, no name yet given, looks at, at the Novo Ogaryovo residence of outside Moscow, on Thursday night, Oct. 9, 2008. The cub was presented to Putin on Oct. 7, when he was celebrating his 56 birthday.(AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, pool)AP - There's no doubt what Vladimir Putin's favorite birthday present is this year — a rare Ussuri tiger cub.

Israeli woman seeks father's Holocaust diary (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 12:12 PM CDT

In this file photo dated Sept. 30, 2008, pages from the original diary written by Baruch Milch during the Holocaust are seen in Warsaw. The journal is housed in Warsaw's Jewish History Institute, which has had possession of it since Milch gave it to them, but now the Holocaust survivor's Israeli-born daughter wants the journal closer to her home for her and her family. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, FILE)AP - Baruch Milch was hiding from the Nazis in occupied Poland in the summer of 1943. His wife and 3-year-old son had been killed in Hitler's Holocaust.

France: Russia only partly met Georgia obligations (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 12:03 PM CDT

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, left, seen with members of the European Union Monitoring Mission in an armoured vehicle in Tkviavi, some 90 km (55.9 miles) from Tbilisi, Georgia, Firday, Oct. 10, 2008. Russia has only partially met its obligations under a French-negotiated ceasefire in Georgia, a matter sure to figure as key in upcoming talks in Geneva, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on a visit to the Caucasus country on Friday. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)AP - Russia has only partially met its obligations in Georgia under an EU-negotiated ceasefire, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner declared Friday as he toured damaged villages and spoke to displaced people in Georgia.

NATO agrees on Afghan drug role for military (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 11:11 AM CDT

U.S. Defense Minister Robert Gates looks across the room during a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Budapest, Friday Oct. 10, 2008. NATO defense ministers on Friday agreed to authorize their troops in Afghanistan to attack the heroin trade which has been blamed for bankrolling the growing insurgency against international forces. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - NATO defense ministers Friday authorized their troops in Afghanistan to attack drug barons blamed for pumping up to US$100 million (euro74 million) a year into the coffers of resurgent Taliban fighters.

US official: Central Asia gas deal is close (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 10:42 AM CDT

AP - A U.S. official said Friday that a deal may be reached soon allowing natural gas from ex-Soviet nations to reach western Europe without crossing Russian territory.

France markets arms to Iraq after 2-decade lull (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 09:43 AM CDT

AP - France, which famously opposed the Iraq war, is in talks to resume sales of military equipment to Baghdad for the first time in nearly two decades, French and Iraqi officials say.

Serbia furious after neighbors recognize Kosovo (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 09:28 AM CDT

AP - Serbia expelled the Macedonian ambassador Friday, reflecting its fury over the recognition of Kosovo's independence by its closest neighbors.

Amnesty protests death penalty use worldwide (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 09:02 AM CDT

AP - Anti-death penalty activists staged a mock hanging outside the Japanese embassy Friday to mark the European day against the death penalty, calling on nations around the world to stop executions.

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