2009年1月1日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Ukraine students seek to save their White House (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 02:36 AM CST

AP - Its paint is peeling, its grounds are scruffy and there are no Secret Service agents in sight. But the 19th-century mansion otherwise bears an uncanny resemblance to one of the world's most famous residences — the White House.

Report: Gazprom starts cutting gas to Ukraine (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 02:18 AM CST

AP - Russian state radio says Gazprom has cut gas supplies to Ukraine by 75 percent, citing the chief engineer at the pumping station.

Royal Marine killed by explosion in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 10:47 PM CST

A British soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force talks with Afghan children during a patrol on the outskirts of Kabul in July 2008. A soldier was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday by an explosion during a routine patrol, the Ministry of Defence here said.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - A soldier was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday by an explosion during a routine patrol, the Ministry of Defence here said.

Govt. ready to take Guantanamo prisoners (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 10:30 PM CST

Razorwire-topped fences outside of the AFP - The government is now preparing to take in detainees from Guantanamo Bay to help US president-elect Barack Obama shut down the prison camp, The Times said Thursday, citing government sources.

World bids adieu to a rocky 2008; worries over '09 (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 09:16 PM CST

The pre-midnight New Year's Eve fireworks based on the Aboriginal theme 'Creation Storm' explodes above the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. Over 1.5 million Sydneysiders and tourists have lined the harbour foreshores to watch 120,000 pyrotechnics usher in the new year.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AP - Revelers around the world greeted 2009 with fireworks, bell ringing and a tinge of optimism Thursday — amid hopes they'd seen the last of 2008's disappearing jobs and slumping stocks.

London Eye a ring of fire as Britain welcomes in 2009 (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 08:36 PM CST

Fireworks are seen over the Millenium Wheel as part of the official New Year's Eve celebrations in London. Revellers braved freezing conditions in London to see the New Year fireworks spectacular on the banks of the River Thames, which engulfed the London Eye in a blaze of colour.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Revellers braved freezing conditions in London to see the New Year fireworks spectacular on the banks of the River Thames, which engulfed the London Eye in a blaze of colour.

Slovak euro entry, Czech presidency deepen Czechoslovak split (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 08:33 PM CST

People celebrate in front of a building in the main square of Bratislava with the Euro logo projected onto it. Slovakia adopted the euro as of Thursday to become the 16th member of the eurozone, exactly ten years after the single European currency was introduced.(AFP/Samuel Kubani)AFP - Former Czechoslovak federation peers made European Union history on Thursday as the Czech Republic took over the EU presidency while Slovakia became the 16th member of the eurozone.

'Mamma Mia!' Britain's biggest-selling DVD ever (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 07:55 PM CST

A general view of the marquee at the premiere of AFP - "Mamma Mia! The Movie" is the biggest-selling DVD in Britain, the Official UK Charts Company announced Thursday, despite it being released only five weeks ago.

Fireworks but long shadows as New Year reaches Americas (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 02:29 AM CST

Former president Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton celebrate the New Year with New Yorkers in Times Square. Revellers rang in the New Year in the Americas, hard on the heels of celebrations in Europe and Asia, as global economic jitters, conflict in the Middle East and tragedy in Thailand cast a long shadow on the dawn of 2009.(AFP/Getty Images/Jemal Countess)AFP - Revellers rang in the New Year in the Americas, hard on the heels of celebrations in Europe and Asia, as global economic jitters, conflict in the Middle East and tragedy in Thailand cast a long shadow on the dawn of 2009.

US dollar mostly lower in European morning trading (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 06:45 PM CST

AP - The U.S. dollar was mostly lower against other major currencies in European trading Wednesday morning. Gold fell.

Sarkozy announces Israel trip over Gaza violence (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 03:53 PM CST

AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy will travel to the Middle East next week, his office announced, as France kept up the pressure on Israel to end fighting in Gaza despite Israel's rejection of a temporary truce.

UK turns Iraqi suspects over to Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 02:56 PM CST

AP - Two men accused of killing British soldiers have been turned over to Iraqi authorities in defiance of Europe's top human rights court, Britain's defense secretary said Wednesday.

Gunman wounds 2 Israelis in Denmark mall shooting (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 01:43 PM CST

Danish police talk during the investigation of a shooting in Rosengaardscentret, a shopping center in Odense, Denmark, 167 km (103 miles) west of Copenhagen Wednesday Dec. 31, 2008. Two people were wounded in the shooting, Danish police say the victims were Israeli. (AP Photo/Polfoto, Nicolai Brix)AP - A gunman shot and wounded two Israelis working at a packed central Denmark shopping mall Wednesday, police said.

Playwright Harold Pinter buried in London (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 10:09 AM CST

AP - Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter was buried at a London cemetery Wednesday in a small private funeral attended by family and close friends.

EU worried about 'threats' against Nobel laureate (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 09:46 AM CST

AP - France has summoned the Iranian ambassador for talks to protest pressure on Nobel Peace Prize winner Shahin Ebadi.

Bomb explodes in Spain's Basque area, 1 injured (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 08:56 AM CST

AP - A car bomb exploded Wednesday outside a regional television station in northern Spain following a warning call from the armed separatist group ETA, police said.

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