2008年12月24日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Officers Club collapses, but most stores are sold (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 02:56 AM CST

AP - The majority of The Officers Club's menswear stores were sold on Wednesday, a day after the company went into administration. The deal will save more than 900 jobs, but adds yet another name to the growing list of British shops that have failed to survive the financial downturn.

Belarus may recognise Georgian rebels in 2009: Lukashenko (AFP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 01:27 AM CST

File photo of Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko. Belarus early next year will consider following Russia's lead in recognising the independence of two Georgian rebel regions, the country's president Alexander Lukashenko said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Alexander Nemenov)AFP - Belarus early next year will consider following Russia's lead in recognising the independence of two Georgian rebel regions, the country's president Alexander Lukashenko said Wednesday.

Dubai 'sex on the beach' Briton returns home: lawyer (AFP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 01:19 AM CST

An Emirati man walks past the Dubai Courts where the trial of a British couple accused of having sex on a beach was held in September. Michelle Palmer, 36, convicted of having sex on the beach. has returned home, her lawyer said on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AFP - A British woman convicted of having sex on the beach in the booming city-state of Dubai has returned home, her lawyer said on Wednesday.

French investor takes life after massive losses in Madoff scandal (AFP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 01:08 AM CST

Bernard L Madoff walks down Lexington Ave to his apartment December 17, in New York City. A French investment manager who ploughed 1.5 billion euros (2.1 billion dollars) into Madoff's fraud-hit scheme was found dead Tuesday in his New York office, police say, in what a friend says was a suicide.(AFP/File/Don Emmert)AFP - A French investment manager who plowed 1.5 billion euros (2.1 billion dollars) into Bernard Madoff's fraudulent scheme was found dead in his New York office, in what a friend says was a suicide.

Let it snow: China builds "world's largest" ice Santa (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 12:59 AM CST

Reuters - China's freezing northern city of Harbin is building what organisers say is the world's largest Santa Claus ice sculpture.

Costume drama as Taiwan MPs look gift pandas in the mouth (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:31 PM CST

Reuters - Two Taiwan legislators danced in giant panda costumes in parliament on Wednesday to mock the much-ballyhooed arrival of two goodwill gift pandas from China which they see as an unwelcome interference from the mainland.

Uyghur group hails European moves to take Gitmo detainees (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 09:51 PM CST

The US flag flies over a razorwire fence in Guantanamo Bay. The Uyghur American Association, a group representing a Turkic language-speaking minority from western China who claim they have suffered repression under communist rule, have welcomed indications that European governments were willing to resettle Uyghur Guantanamo Bay detainees if the US closed the military prison.(AFP/Pool/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - The Uyghur American Association welcomed Tuesday indications that European governments were willing to resettle Guantanamo Bay detainees if the US closed the military prison.

European countries consider taking Gitmo detainees (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 06:06 PM CST

Razorwire-topped fences are seen at the AP - When the U.S. government asked years ago that countries take in detainees freed from the Guantanamo military prison, only tiny Albania answered the call.

Venezuela's Chavez denies Iran-Syria weapons connection (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 04:35 PM CST

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, seen here on December 17, 2008, on Tuesday dismissed as fiction a report alleging that Iran is dodging UN sanctions by using Venezuelan aircraft to ship missile parts to Syria.(AFP/File/Evaristo Sa)AFP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday dismissed as fiction a report alleging that Iran is dodging UN sanctions by using Venezuelan aircraft to ship missile parts to Syria.

GlaxoSmithKline working with Archemix (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 04:24 PM CST

AP - GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Archemix Corp. said Tuesday they will work together to develop drugs for inflammatory diseases in a deal that could be worth as much as $1.4 billion.

Irish man steals from his business to free family (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 03:49 PM CST

AP - The director of an Irish security company was forced Tuesday to steal euro1.2 million ($1.7 million) from his own company and deliver it to an armed gang that had kidnapped his wife and daughter, police said.

Dutch university says it has tribal chief's head (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 03:42 PM CST

AP - It's a brutal 19th century revenge story: An African tribal chief kills two Dutch emissaries and hangs their heads from his throne. In retaliation, a Dutch general has him killed and decapitated.

New sex-abuse scandal divides Irish Catholics (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 02:57 PM CST

AP - Ireland's most prominent Roman Catholic leader, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin, questioned Tuesday whether all of his fellow bishops adequately protect children from sexually abusive priests.

Good heavens: Vatican rehabilitating Galileo (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 01:45 PM CST

This undated file image shows an etching of astronomer Galileo Galilei. Galileo is going from heretic to hero. The Vatican is rehabilitating its most famous victim of the Inquisition, just in time for the 400th anniversary of Galileo's telescope and the U.N.-designated International Year of Astronomy next year. (AP Photo, File)AP - Galileo Galilei is going from heretic to hero.

Amanda Knox spending 2nd Xmas in Italian jail (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:58 AM CST

AP - The family of an American student accused of killing her British roommate says she is heading into her second Christmas in jail disappointed at a trial delay but "holding up pretty well under the circumstances."

French seize 10 tons of counterfeit chocolates (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:00 AM CST

An unidentified customs officer shows a counterfeit chocolates seizure in Orly, north of Paris, Tuesday Dec. 23, 2008. French customs officials seized 10 tons of counterfeit chocolates in an unusual operation at a vast wholesale food market, just as the country readies its holiday feasts and treats. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - Ten tons of chocolate bonbons could stuff a lot of stockings this holiday season — but instead they will be under the lock and key of French customs agents.

Russia accuses foreign nationals in Georgia war (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 07:25 AM CST

A Russian armoured vehicle drives through the Georgian village of Kvemo-Achebeti in August 2008. A Russian probe has alleged that Georgia committed genocide in its August conflict with Russia, the latest accusation in a bitter war of words between the two foes.(AFP/File/Dmitry Kostyukov)AP - Russian investigators on Tuesday charged that volunteers from the United States and a number of other countries fought on the side of Georgia in its war against Russia.

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