2008年12月13日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Foes ready to test Obama overseas (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 03:08 AM CST

AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev chose the day after Barack Obama's election victory to brandish a threat of ballistic missiles. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said of the president-elect: "I hope he doesn't end up being one more imperialist."

Italian quits just short of rowing the Pacific solo (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 01:25 AM CST

Handout picture shows Italian adventurer Alex Bellini gesturing in front of his row boat (R) after arriving in the port city of Newcastle, about 120 km (75 Miles) north east of Sydney, December 13, 2008. (Gino Nalini/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - An Italian adventurer rescued near exhaustion after 10 months rowing the Pacific solo said on Saturday he did not feel like a loser and never felt alone during his voyage due to thousands of e-mails from fans.

US auto industry on brink as EU seals huge recession package (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 12:06 AM CST

The entrance to a Ford car plant. The United States is mulling urgent new steps to prevent the collapse of its embattled auto sector as the European Union announced the sealing of a massive US$260 billion bailout package to fight off the global recession.(AFP/File/Jean-Pierre Muller)AFP - The United States mulled urgent new steps to prevent the collapse of its embattled auto sector as the European Union sealed a huge 260 billion dollar package to fight off the global recession.

Four marines killed in Afghanistan blasts (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 11:41 PM CST

British Royal Marine Commandos patrol the mountains in eastern Afghanistan in 2002. Four British troops were killed in two separate explosions Friday in troubled southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said.(AFP/POOL/File/Joe Raedle)AFP - Four British troops were killed in two separate explosions Friday in troubled southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said.

Scotland Yard slammed after killing verdict (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 09:55 PM CST

The family of Jean Charles De Menezes -- a Brazilian mistakenly killed by anti-terror police in London -- have slammed an inquest into his death as a AFP - British newspapers on Saturday blasted Scotland Yard over the 2005 killing of an innocent Brazilian man by anti-terror police and called for lessons to be learned from the inquest into the shooting.

Rice to discuss Zimbabwe crisis at UN as cholera toll mounts (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 09:21 PM CST

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Panama City on December 10. Rice is set to hold talks next week with the UN on Zimbabwe, as Harare blamed Britain for a AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to hold talks next week with the UN on Zimbabwe, as Harare blamed Britain for a "genocidal" cholera outbreak and President Robert Mugabe ignored mounting calls to quit.

Scientists find 2,000-year-old brain in Britain (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 08:20 PM CST

This image issued by the York Archaeological Trust on Friday Dec. 12, 2008 shows brain material as dark folded matter at the top of the head in this computer-generated view into the skull. British archaeologists working at a university campus have unearthed an ancient skull carrying a startling surprise — an unusually well-preserved brain still inside. Scientists said Friday that the more than 2,000-year-old mass of gray matter was the oldest ever discovered in Britain. One expert unconnected with the find called it 'a real freak of preservation.' The skull — which was severed from its corpse sometime before the Roman invasion of Britain — was found in a muddy pit during a dig at the University of York in northern England in the fall of this year, according to Richard Hall, a director of York Archaeological Trust. (AP Photo/York Archaeological Trust, Ho)AP - British archaeologists have unearthed an ancient skull carrying a startling surprise — an unusually well-preserved brain. Scientists said Friday that the mass of gray matter was more than 2,000 years old — the oldest ever discovered in Britain. One expert unconnected with the find called it "a real freak of preservation."

Benitez challenges Liverpool to cement pole position (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 08:00 PM CST

Rafa Benitez, seen here, believes Liverpool will be on course for a season to remember if they are still top of the Premier League table when European action resumes in two months time(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Rafa Benitez believes Liverpool will be on course for a season to remember if they are still top of the Premier League table when European action resumes in two months time.

United face crunch time at Tottenham (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 07:54 PM CST

Manchester United forward Carlos Tévez (C), forward Wayne Rooney (R) and midfielder Nani, seen on December 10. Sir Alex Ferguson admits Manchester United's Premier League clash against Tottenham on Saturday is one of the champions' most important games of the season.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson admits Manchester United's Premier League clash against Tottenham on Saturday is one of the champions' most important games of the season.

Arsenal aim to banish inconsistency (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 07:43 PM CST

Arsenal's Spanish goalkeeper Manuel Almunia. Arsenal's season appears to be stuck on a perpetual loop as the north Londoners combine beating England's finest with alarming lows which inevitably follow such euphoric highs(AFP/File/Miguel Riopa)AFP - Arsenal's season appears to be stuck on a perpetual loop as the north Londoners combine beating England's finest with alarming lows which inevitably follow such euphoric highs.

Vatican hardens opposition to stem cell research (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 04:16 PM CST

Monsignor Elio Sgreccia, the Vatican's top official on bioethical questions, answers questions during a press conference on bioethics, at the Vatican press room, Friday Dec. 12, 2008. The Vatican raised its opposition to embryonic stem cell research, the morning-after pill, in vitro fertilization and human cloning to a new level Friday in a major new document on bioethics. But in the document, the Vatican also said it approved of some forms of gene therapy and encouraged stem cell research using adult cells. It said parents could in good conscience inoculate their children with vaccines produced with cells derived from aborted fetuses. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)AP - The Vatican hardened its opposition Friday to using embryos for stem cell research, cloning and in-vitro fertilization. But in a major new document on bioethics, it showed flexibility on some forms of gene therapy and left open questions surrounding embryo adoption.

EU hails climate deal as example for the world (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 04:02 PM CST

Renewable energy share of total energy consumption in EU member states. European Union leaders closed in Friday on agreements for a 200 billion euro plan to combat the recession and a climate change package on the second and final day of a crunch summit in Brussels.(AFP/Graphics)AP - European nations on Friday dared the United States, Russia and China to follow their lead on global warming after agreeing on a plan to meet the so-called "20-20-20" targets: reducing greenhouse emissions by 20 percent and ensuring that 20 percent of energy comes from wind, sun and other renewable sources by 2020.

Week of Greek rioting taps into wider discontent (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:56 PM CST

Riot police attempt to assist a colleague covered in flames from a petrol bomb thrown by protesters, during clashes in central Athens, Friday Dec. 12, 2008. Greek youths were hurling rocks and broken paving stones at riot police who responded with volleys of tear gas, on the seventh straight day of unrest over the fatal police shooting of a teenager last Saturday night(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Protesters took to the streets of Athens for the seventh consecutive day Friday, vowing to maintain pressure on the government with both peaceful demonstrations and violent clashes that left one police officer engulfed in flames.

Heavy rains pound Italy, Rome declares emergency (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:15 PM CST

A view of St. Peter's Basilica as a swollen Tiber River flows beneath the Sant'Angelo Bridge, in Rome, on Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. Residents in some neighborhoods of Rome were on alert Friday for possible overflowing of the River Tiber as heavy rain battering much of the country caused three more deaths, officials said. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)AP - Rome declared a state of emergency as the swollen Tiber river threatened to flood Friday and the death toll from the heavy rains battering much of Italy rose to four.

Brothers fire 100 people after vote on Sark island (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:12 PM CST

In this Oct. 31, 2000, file photo Sir David Barclay, left, and his twin brother Sir Frederick are pictured at London's Buckingham Palace after receiving their knighthoods from the Queen. The two wealthy brothers abruptly closed their businesses on the Channel Island of Sark and shut off new investment after their candidates for the island's first elected parliament were largely rejected by voters. Their decision put more than 100 people out of work on an island with only 600 residents. Sir David Barclay had said that he and his twin brother, Sir Frederick Barclay, would be tempted to walk away from their investment in Sark, a 1,350-acre (545-hectare) island 25 miles (40 kilometers) off the French coast, if their opponents did well in Wednesday's Dec. 10, 2008, elections. The Barclays, whose assets include London's Ritz Hotel and Britain's Telegraph newspapers, have agitated for change since they established a castle home on Brecqhou, an 87-acre islet just 80 yards (meters) west of Sark, in 1993. (AP Photo/Michael Stephens/PA/file)AP - After 450 years of rule by feudalism, residents on the tiny Channel island of Sark knew their first democratic election would bring changes — but no one expected that 100 people would be immediately tossed out of work.

Protesters briefly block Champs-Elysees (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:06 PM CST

AP - Demonstrators rallying in support of protesters in Greece scuffled with police and spilled onto the Champs-Elysees Friday, partly blocking the capital's most famous avenue.

Fur flies: BBC won't air dog show over breeds row (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 01:46 PM CST

AP - The BBC will not televise Britain's biggest dog show for the first time in more than 40 years after a controversy about canine inbreeding.

Medvedev heckled at Kremlin (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 01:31 PM CST

AP - It's not every day that Kremlin gets a heckler.

Blagojevich case makes headlines in Serbia (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 01:19 PM CST

Illinois Gov.Rod Blagojevich looks down from his front porch after meeting with three clergymen at his home in Chicago, Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - The case of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is not just making headlines in America. It is also top news in Serbia, the country of Blagojevich's ancestors.

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