2008年12月16日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Euro zone economy contracts at sharper pace in Dec (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 03:34 AM CST

AP - The euro zone economy contracted at a sharper pace in December, a closely watched survey showed Tuesday, suggesting the European Central Bank is likely to cut interest rates again early next year to prevent the economy from sliding deeper into recession.

UK's Royal Mail could consider part-privatization (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 03:07 AM CST

AP - An independent review of Britain's state-owned postal service, due to be published Tuesday, is expected to call for the company to be partly privatized and could put as many as 50,000 jobs at risk, according to media reports.

Sole-searching in China after shoe attack on Bush (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 03:00 AM CST

Reuters - China's Foreign Ministry spokesman said he would be watching out for journalists taking off their shoes in news conferences after an Iraqi reporter threw a pair at outgoing U.S. President George W. Bush in Baghdad.

Ferguson defends Club World Cup (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 02:57 AM CST

Manchester United head coach Alex Ferguson (centre) at a training session in Yokohama. Ferguson came to the defence of the Club World Cup Tuesday, calling it a prestigious tournament that was important for his team to win(AFP/Tadayuki Yoshikawa)AFP - Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson came to the defence of the Club World Cup Tuesday, calling it a prestigious tournament that was important for his team to win.

Berlin fears economy could contract by 3.0 percent in 2009: report (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 02:55 AM CST

A woman passes a giant poster for car-maker BMW in Munich, southern Germany on December 11. The German economy ministry has said it expects Europe's biggest economy to contract by 3.0 percent or more next year, a report has said.(DDP/AFP/File/Oliver Lang)AFP - The German economy ministry expects Europe's biggest economy to contract by 3.0 percent or more next year, a press report said on Tuesday.

London stocks up slightly (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 02:53 AM CST

London's stock market edged up in early trade on Tuesday ahead of the release of inflation figures expected to show a further sharp fall in November.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - London's stock market edged up in early trade on Tuesday ahead of the release of inflation figures expected to show a further fall in November.

Govt mulls selling stake in Royal Mail to foreign firm: report (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 02:35 AM CST

A woman sends a letter in central London. The government is considering selling a large stake of the state-owned postal service Royal Mail to a foreign company, a newspaper has reported.(AFP/File/Martin Hayhow)AFP - The government is considering selling a large stake of the struggling state-owned postal service Royal Mail to a foreign company, the Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday.

Tokyo businessman guilty of abducting Lucie (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 02:33 AM CST

File photo of Lucie Blackman, the murdered British bar hostess who disappeared in 2000 in Japan. A A Japanese court on Tuesday convicted a Tokyo businessman of abducting Blackman but not of killing her, partly reversing a controversial earlier acquittal.(AFP/Ho/File)AFP - A Japanese court on Tuesday convicted a serial rapist of abducting and mutilating the body of British bar hostess Lucie Blackman but not of killing her, partly reversing a controversial acquittal.

Miliband slams Mugabe for 'denial of reality' in Zimbabwe (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 02:30 AM CST

Foreign Secretary David Miliband, seen here on December 1, 2008, on Monday slammed AFP - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has slammed "the denial of reality" by Zimbabwean President Mugabe's regime as the UN Security Council reviewed the dire situation in the southern African country.

HSBC, RBS victims of alleged fraud (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 02:28 AM CST

Two of Britains biggest banking groups global banking giant HSBC and the Royal Bank of Scotland have said they are facing potentially massive losses as a result of a suspected multi-billion dollar fraud by US financier Bernard Madoff.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Two of Britain's biggest banking groups - global banking giant HSBC and the Royal Bank of Scotland - have said they faced potentially massive losses as a result of a suspected multi-billion dollar fraud by US financier Bernard Madoff.

Anti-Mafia raids under way in Italy (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 02:19 AM CST

AP - Italian police say they are carrying out scores of arrests in Palermo and other cities in Sicily in a large anti-Mafia operation.

Greek protesters find stronghold in campus haven (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 04:04 PM CST

Riot police officers shield themselves from an exploding petrol bomb during clashes with protesters in Athens, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008. Protesters remain on the streets of Greece, one week after the police shot dead 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos which sparked massive riots. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)AP - Inside the gates of Athens' main university, bonfires rage and masked gangs stockpile petrol bombs, broken paving stones and marble hacked from the neoclassical buildings. It's their arsenal for more possible clashes with weary police.

Russians sentenced for 19 hate killings (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 02:05 PM CST

Young Russian men convicted of murdering 19 people in a string of hate attacks enter a glass cage to hear their sentences in Moscow City Court, Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. Some of the defendants wear masks to cover their faces from the media. Moscow City Court said the two leaders of a skinhead group also convicted of 12 attempted murders received 10-year prison sentences, the maximum possible because they were minors at the time of the attacks. One defendant was sentenced to 20 years, and four others to terms ranging from six to 12 years. Prosecutors said the group videotaped some of their attacks.(AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Seven young men who murdered 19 people in a series of hate crimes were sentenced to prison Monday amid a surge in racist assaults, xenophobia and neo-Nazism in Russia.

Turkish intellectuals issue apology to Armenians (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 01:59 PM CST

AP - A group of about 200 Turkish intellectuals on Monday issued an apology on the Internet for the World War I-era massacres of Armenians in Turkey.

Madonna settles divorce for 50M pounds ($76M) (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 01:42 PM CST

Under pouring rain, U.S. singer Madonna, front, performs during a concert, part of her 'Sticky and Sweet' tour, as an assistant holds up an umbrella over her at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/ Ricardo Moraes)AP - Madonna has settled her divorce with ex-husband Guy Ritchie by also parting with at least 50 million pounds ($76 million), the singer's spokeswoman said Monday.

Rain shuts down Nero's palace in Rome (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 01:09 PM CST

AP - Authorities in Rome have closed Nero's Golden Palace to the public after days of heavy rain filled the monument with mud and damaged the electrical system.

Armed man reported stopped near president's office (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 12:29 PM CST

AP - A man wielding a hand-held electric self-defense weapon was arrested Monday while trying to enter the grounds of the French presidential palace, a police official said.

Scientist says he has found oldest spider web (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 12:01 PM CST

AP - The tiny tangled threads of the world's oldest spider web have been found encased in a prehistoric piece of amber, a British scientist said Monday.

Russian navy: Russian warships to visit Cuba (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 11:39 AM CST

A group of Russian warships including the Admiral Chabanenko, seen here participating in joint naval manoeuvers in Venezuelan waters earlier this month, will later this month visit the Communist island of Cuba, a long-time adversary of the United States and Moscow's ally in the Cold War, the Russian navy has said.(AFP/File/Maiquel Torcatt)AP - Russian warships will visit U.S. foe Cuba for the first time since the Soviet era, the navy said Monday.

Roman battlefield discovered in northern Germany (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 11:34 AM CST

Photo of a roman horse sandal made available by the office of preservation of ancient monuments of German state Lower Saxony on Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. The artifact was found in an archeological excavation area in a wood in Kalefeld, Germany. Archeologists found a battle field of Romans and Germanic people from the beginning of the 3rd century.(AP Photo/C.S. Fuchs/Office of preservation of ancient monuments of German state Lower Saxony)AP - Archaeologists say they have uncovered a third-century battlefield in northern Germany which could prove that Roman legions were fighting in the region much later than historians have long believed.

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