2008年10月19日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Palin drops in on "Saturday Night Live" (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 03:05 AM CDT

Reuters - Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin put in a widely anticipated appearance on "Saturday Night Live," sharing the stage with a host of top stars including Mark Wahlberg, Alec Baldwin and of course Tina Fey, the former SNL star whose impression of Palin has garnered almost as much attention as the Alaska governor herself.

US, European leaders to hold summits on financial crisis (AFP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 02:30 AM CDT

US President George W. Bush listens to remarks by French President Nicolas Sarkozy at Camp David, Maryland. US and European leaders have agreed to hold a series of summits to reform the global financial system to make it more resilient and ensure continued prosperity in the world.(AFP/Mike Theiler)AFP - US and European leaders have agreed to hold a series of summits to reform the global financial system to make it more resilient and ensure continued prosperity in the world.

Hamilton has Formula One title within tantalising reach (AFP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 01:08 AM CDT

McLaren Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain walks to his car during the qualifying session for the Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit on October 18. Hamilton will be racing for a place in the record books Sunday when he lines up in pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix.(AFP/Aly Song)AFP - Briton Lewis Hamilton will be racing for a place in the record books Sunday when he lines up in pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix.

Afghanistan stability 'not mission impossible': Miliband (AFP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 12:15 AM CDT

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband denied on Sunday that the international community was failing in its mission in Afghanistan.(AFP/File/Dominique Faget)AFP - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband denied on Sunday that the international community was failing in its mission in Afghanistan.

Bush, European leaders agree on financial crisis summits (AFP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 09:04 PM CDT

US President George W. Bush listens to remarks by French President Nicolas Sarkozy at Camp David, Maryland. Bush, Sarkozy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso agreed to a series of summits with world leaders on the global financial crisis.(AFP/Mike Theiler)AFP - US President George W. Bush, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso agreed to a series of summits with world leaders on the global financial crisis.

South Korea joins global rescue as crisis summit planned (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 02:26 AM CDT

Chairman of the Financial Services Commission Jun Kwang -woo speaks during a news conference at a main office of the Korea Federation of Banks in Seoul October 19, 2008. South Korea announced on Sunday sweeping measures to try to rescue its markets dragged down in the global financial crisis, offering a state guarantee on foreign debt and promising to recapitalise financial firms. Asia's fourth-largest economy has looked as one of the region's most vulnerable to the credit crunch with its banks struggling to find the dollars to pay foreign loans and frightened investors hammering down the won to its lowest in over a decade. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)Reuters - South Korea joined worldwide efforts to shore up banks and markets pummelled by the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression that world leaders say calls for a coordinated global response.

Beckham has England future, says Capello (AFP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 08:39 PM CDT

David Beckham, seen here in September, still has an international future with the World Cup finals just two years away, according to England manager Fabio Capello(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - England manager Fabio Capello believes David Beckham still has an international future with the World Cup finals just two years away.

Brown's crisis handling fails to win over voters: poll (AFP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 08:36 PM CDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown gives a press conference at the headquarters of the European Council on October 16 in Brussels. Brown may have won international praise for taking the lead in the financial crisis, but his performance has failed to improve his prospects at home, a poll Sunday showed.(AFP/File/John Thys)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown may have won international praise for taking the lead in the financial crisis, but his performance has failed to improve his prospects at home, a poll released Sunday showed.

Spanish banks face income hit, restructuring (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 08:34 PM CDT

Bank of Spain Governor Miguel Angel Fernandez Ordonez speaks on how to help Spaniards handle their finances in Madrid May 19, 2008. (Susana Vera/Reuters)Reuters - Rising loan defaults, slowing business and higher financing costs are likely to hurt Spanish bank income and lead to restructuring, bank leaders said in a television program broadcast on Saturday.

Benitez feeling the strain but Reds keep winning (AFP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 08:22 PM CDT

Liverpool's forward Dirk Kuyt celebrates after scoring the winning goal against Wigan Athletic during their English Premier League football match at Anfield in Liverpool. Kuyt hit an 85th-minute winner as Liverpool snatched a late victory for the second successive game in a five-goal thriller against 10-man Wigan at Anfield on Saturday.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Rafael Benitez has paid tribute to the character of his Liverpool players after another second-half fightback kept them hot on the heels of Chelsea at the top of the Premier League.

London WWII-era bombproof tunnels up for sale (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 08:21 PM CDT

AP - For sale: A labyrinth of bombproof tunnels hidden about 100 feet beneath central London. Great location, mysterious past. And the price tag? Well, that's a secret.

Militants kill 2 Russian soldiers in Caucasus (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 07:24 PM CDT

AP - At least two Russian soldiers were killed and 10 others were wounded Saturday when rebels ambushed a military convoy in a volatile Russian province near Chechnya, officials said.

Steinmeier crowned as chancellor candidate (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 06:47 PM CDT

AP - Germany's center-left Social Democrats on Saturday selected the country's popular foreign minister as their candidate for chancellor as the party embarks on an uphill battle to unseat conservative Angela Merkel.

Titanic survivor sells items to pay nursing home (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 05:32 PM CDT

An auction house representative in Wiltshire, England, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008 shows the 100-year-old suitcase belonging to Millvina Dean, the last remaining survivor of the Titanic, which is up for auction. Millvina Dean was just two months old when she was wrapped in a sack and lowered into a lifeboat from the deck of the sinking RMS Titanic. Now, more than 95 years later, Dean, the last living survivor of the disaster, is hoping to help pay her nursing home fees by selling artifacts of her rescue — a suitcase and other mementos expected to auction for about 3,000 pounds (US$5,200). Rescued from the bitterly cold Atlantic night by the steamship Carpathia, Dean, her brother and her mother were taken to New York with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Before returning home to England, they were given a small wicker suitcase of clothing, a gift from New Yorkers, to help them rebuild their lives. (AP Photo/Ben Birchall/PA)AP - When 2-month-old Millvina Dean arrived in New York with her mother and brother after surviving the Titanic sinking, city residents gave them a suitcase full of donated clothing to help rebuild their life.

Prosecutor seeks life term for Italy slay suspect (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 02:26 PM CDT

In this Sept. 26, 2008 file photo, American murder suspect Amanda Knox is escorted by Italian penitentiary police officers to Perugia's court at the end of a hearing, central Italy. Italian news reports on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008 say Knox, who is suspected in last year's slaying of her British flatmate Meredith Kercher, has again proclaimed her innocence. The news agencies, reporting from Perugia on a closed-door court hearing Saturday, said Amanda Knox greeted the judge in Italian, then spoke in English to deny any role in the slaying. Knox, her former Italian boyfriend, and a young man from the Ivory Coast are all suspects in the murder of the British student. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, files)AP - Italian prosecutors on Saturday accused an American student of fatally stabbing her British house mate in a Satanic rite and asked a court to put an alleged African accomplice in prison for life, defense lawyers said.

Vatican still objects to Pius caption in Israel (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 02:24 PM CDT

AP - The Vatican denied assertions Saturday that a caption displayed at Israel's Vad Yashem Holocaust museum alleging Pius XII didn't do enough to save Jews during World War II would keep Pope Benedict XVI from visiting Israel.

Monetary fund chief investigated over relationship (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 01:40 PM CDT

AP - The International Monetary Fund, a key institution in the global financial crisis, has hired a law firm to investigate whether its chief had an improper relationship with a female employee.

Putin tries satellite navigation device on his dog (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 01:12 PM CDT

Wearing a collar containing satellite-guided positioning equipment Putin's dog Koni walks ahead of his owner, now Russia's Prime Minister, right, in Putin's Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. Russia's GLONASS satellite navigation system isn't fully operational yet, but it seemed to function Friday at Putin's Novo-Ogaryovo residence when he tried the equipment on his black labrador. The government had promised to make GLONASS fully operational by the beginning of this year, but it was delayed by equipment flaws and other technical problems. GLONASS was developed during the Soviet times as a response to the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, but it has been slow to take shape amid the post-Soviet economic meltdown.(AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)AP - Russia was the first to put a dog in space. Now, 50 years later, it has brought space to a dog, and not just any dog but Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's beloved black Labrador.

Czechs vote for Senate, regional representatives (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 12:44 PM CDT

AP - The main opposition Social Democratic Party has made huge gains in regional elections in the Czech Republic on Saturday, possibly threatening plans to host part of a U.S. missile shield in the country.

Anand, Kramnik draw in 4th game of chess match (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 12:41 PM CDT

Russia's Vladimir Kramnik, left, and the world champion Viswanathan Anand, from India, look at the figures during the first game of the Chess World Championship between Kramnik and Anand in the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Ferderal Republic of Germany in Bonn, Germany, on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz)AP - Defending champion Viswanathan Anand of India played to a 29-move draw with Russian challenger Vladimir Kramnik on Saturday in the fourth game of their world chess championship match.

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