2009年1月5日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Gunmen attack Greek riot police unit, 1 injured (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 03:57 AM CST

Police forensic experts investigate the area where police officer was seriously wounded in Athens on Monday Jan. 5, 2009. Gunmen attacked a riot police unit in Athens Monday, seriously wounding a policeman in an escalation of violence after the fatal police shooting of a teenager last month sparked Greece's worst riots in decades. The pre-dawn attack was aimed at a riot police unit stationed outside the Culture Ministry in the center of the capital, police spokesman Panagiotis Stathis said, adding that the policeman had been hospitalized in serious condition. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - Gunmen sprayed Athens riot police with automatic weapons fire early Monday, seriously wounding a policeman in an escalation of violence that erupted last month when a teenager was killed in a police shooting.

London market up (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 03:56 AM CST

The London stock market opened higher on Monday after finishing up on Friday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The London stock market opened higher on Monday after global markets started the new year on Friday with a strong advance despite more gloomy economic news.

Russia-Ukraine gas dispute cuts supplies to Croatia (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 03:01 AM CST

Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko makes a statement on Russian gas supplies in Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine, January 1, 2009. (Mykola Lazarenko/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - Russian gas flows to Croatia have fallen by 7 percent because of the deepening row between Moscow and Kiev that has placed more strain on natural gas supplies to Europe, Croatia's pipeline operator said on Monday.

Waterford Wedgwood calls in administrators (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 02:48 AM CST

AP - Waterford Wedgwood PLC said Monday that its U.K. operations are being placed in administration and a receiver has been appointed for its Irish businesses after it failed to secure new financing.

China fines UK students for 'illegal map-making': state media (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 02:43 AM CST

A general view of Korla in the majestic Tian Shan mountain range in China's far west Xinjiang region. Chinese authorities have fined three British geology students for AFP - Chinese authorities have fined three British geology students for "illegal map-making activities" in the politically tense Muslim region of Xinjiang, state media reported on Monday.

Waterford Wedgwood says units face collapse, shares suspended (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 02:10 AM CST

File photo shows a Wedgwood china coffee cup sustaining the weight of a 1.6-tonne Jaguar car during a promotional event. Waterford Wedgwood, the Irish maker of china and glass, said Monday that some of its businesses were close to bankruptcy as trading in the group's shares was suspended here.(AFP/Kim Jae-Hwan)AFP - Waterford Wedgwood, the Irish maker of china and glass, said Monday that some of its businesses were close to bankruptcy as trading in the group's shares was suspended here.

France's tireless Sarkozy strides into Middle East (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 02:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - – French President Nicolas Sarkozy is no longer head of the European Union. But that has not stopped the peripatetic dynamo from a ceaseless search for a Middle East cease-fire.

Britain details muddy battles with Taliban in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 12:14 AM CST

British soldiers in Afghanistan in August 2008. British, Afghan and coalition forces captured four key Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan during a massive operation that saw them fight at close quarters, knee-deep in mud.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - British, Afghan and coalition forces captured four key Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan during a massive operation that saw them fight at close quarters, knee-deep in mud, it emerged Sunday.

Jackie Stewart says time for F1 supremos to go (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 09:15 PM CST

Former world champion Sir Jackie Stewart, seen here, blasted Formula One chiefs Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley in an interview Monday, saying the time had come for them to step aside(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Thompson)AFP - Former world champion Sir Jackie Stewart blasted Formula One chiefs Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley in an interview Monday, saying the time had come for them to step aside.

Man United stay on course for quadruple (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 08:02 PM CST

Manchester United's Danny Welbeck (right) watches as his header goes toward the net against Southampton(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson may have said it was "not realistic" for Manchester United to win a unique European and domestic quadruple but he still believes his squad can compete on four fronts.

ICRC: Israel, Hamas must stop targeting civilians (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 02:43 PM CST

AP - The international Red Cross says Israel and Hamas must stop killing and wounding civilians in the Gaza fighting.

German city disposes of 4 WWII bombs (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 12:10 PM CST

AP - Experts disposed of four unexploded World War II bombs in a western German city in an operation Sunday that prompted authorities to evacuate some 15,000 residents.

Accused 9/11 plotter Mohammed faces a French trial (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 11:20 AM CST

AP - The self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks goes on trial in absentia in France on Monday for allegedly ordering a deadly Tunisian synagogue bombing less than a year after the assault on New York and Washington.

Britain: No US request to resettle Gitmo inmates (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 06:05 AM CST

AP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the U.S. has not asked Britain to accept Guantanamo Bay detainees if the camp for terrorist suspects is closed.

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