2009年1月12日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Blair says Mideast cease-fire elements in place (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 03:43 AM CST

AP - Special Mideast envoy Tony Blair says elements are in place for a cease-fire to end the fighting in the Gaza Strip.

European stocks drop at start of trading (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 03:35 AM CST

French traders monitor shares prices in Paris, 2008. Europe's leading stock markets weakened at the start of trade, with London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares down 0.13 percent at 4,442.89 points.(AFP/File/Mehdi Fedouach)AFP - Europe's leading stock markets weakened at the start of trade on Monday, with London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares down 0.13 percent at 4,442.89 points.

Prince Harry apologises for racist language (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 03:34 AM CST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the public would give Prince Harry, seen here on January 8, the AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday the public would give Prince Harry the "benefit of the doubt" over his home movie showing him calling army colleagues "Paki" and "raghead."

Brown to unveil new jobs plan (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 03:33 AM CST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown talks to apprentice's at the Rolls-Royce Learning and Development Centre in Derby on January 7. Brown will unveil a 500-million-pound plan to help the long-term unemployed get back to work, by paying employers to recruit and train people.(AFP/Pool/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown will unveil a 500-million-pound plan on Monday to help the long-term unemployed get back to work, by paying employers to recruit and train people, according to reports.

Dutch printer maker Oce profits down 98 pct (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 03:32 AM CST

AP - Dutch printer maker Oce NV said Monday its earnings plunged 98 percent in the fourth quarter, as business slowed sharply amid the global economic downturn, and said it would seek to cut costs.

Norsk Hydro CEO to resign after 8 years in charge (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 03:31 AM CST

AP - Norsk Hydro's ASA's chief executive will resign after nearly eight years of leading the Norwegian aluminum and power generation group, the company announced Monday.

Gazprom: Ukraine signs gas monitoring deal (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 03:31 AM CST

Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom's headquarters is seen in Moscow, January 3, 2009. Russia sent a delegation to Brussels on Monday for new talks on saving a deal to restore Russian gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine, and its gas export monopoly said Ukraine had signed a new copy of the deal. REUTERS/Sergei KarpukhinAP - Ukraine signed a deal Monday to allow independent monitors to track natural gas supplies from Russia to Europe, with no conditions, Russia's gas giant Gazprom said.

Russia's Gazprom says Ukraine signs gas deal (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 03:30 AM CST

Pipelines are seen at a gas compressor station in Sudzha in Russia's Kursk region January 11, 2009. International monitors arrived on Sunday at a gas compressor station near the Ukrainian-Russian border to observe gas flows to Europe, a Reuters photographer said. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)Reuters - Russia sent a delegation to Brussels on Monday for new talks on saving a deal to restore Russian gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine, and its gas export monopoly said Ukraine had signed a new copy of the deal.

State to own 43% of new Lloyds banking giant (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 03:21 AM CST

A Lloyds TSB bank branch logo is pictured opposite St. Paul's Cathedral in London in 2006. The government will own 43 percent of the merged banking group formed by Lloyds TSB and HBOS after private investors shunned a new share issue by the crisis-hit lenders.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The government will own 43 percent of the merged banking group formed by Lloyds TSB and HBOS after private investors shunned a new share issue by the crisis-hit lenders, they said on Monday.

Germany working to finish new stimulus plan (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 02:56 AM CST

AP - Senior members of Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition are coming together Monday to hammer out the final details of a broad new multibillion-euro economic stimulus package.

Vatican diplomat Cardinal Pio Laghi dead at 86 (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 06:37 PM CST

This March 5, 2003 file photo shows retired Cardinal Pio Laghi, Pope John Paul II's envoy, during a news conference in Washington following a meeting with President Bush. Cardinal Pio Laghi, a longtime Vatican diplomat who went to Washington in 2003 to personally try to dissuade President George Bush from launching the Iraq war, has died, the Vatican said Sunday Jan. 11, 2009. He was 86. Laghi died Saturday evening in Rome, said Vatican spokesman the Rev. Ciro Benedettini. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP - Cardinal Pio Laghi, a longtime Vatican diplomat who went to Washington to try to dissuade U.S. President George W. Bush from launching the 2003 invasion of Iraq, has died. He was 86.

Lawmakers, Muslims criticize prince over comments (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 04:21 PM CST

Britain's Prince Harry listens as his brother Prince William (not pictured) delivers a speech in west London Thursday Jan. 8, 2009. A British newspaper says it has video footage of Prince Harry allegedly using offensive and racist language. The Sunday tabloid The News of The World reported that Harry, third in line to the British throne, used offensive terms to refer to people from Pakistani and people of Arab descent. Britain's St. James's Palace — the office of Harry and his elder brother Prince William — said on Saturday that Harry was sorry for any offense caused. The newspaper said the video was recorded three years ago. It alleged he called one person a 'paki' and referred to others as 'ragheads.' (AP Photo/Toby Melville, pool)AP - Lawmakers, Muslim groups and the Pakistani public criticized Prince Harry on Sunday after a British newspaper published video footage of him using offensive and racist language.

French actor Samy Naceri charged in Paris stabbing (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 02:17 PM CST

This May 25, 2006 file photo shows actor Samy Naceri during a photo call for the film 'Indigenes' (Days of Glory) at the 59th International film festival in Cannes, southern France. Naceri is questioned Friday Jan. 9, 2009, by police after using a knife against a friend of his former girlfriend, Thursday in Paris. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)AP - French actor Samy Naceri, who starred in the World War II film "Days of Glory," was jailed Sunday after being charged with stabbing his ex-girlfriend's companion in a confrontation on a Paris street, judicial officials said.

Turkey coup plot arrests now at more than 100 (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 01:43 PM CST

Weapons, dug up from a hidden cache during an investigation into an alleged coup plot, are displayed at the local police headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. A Turkish court formally arrested nine people on charges of being part of an alleged secularist plot to bring down the Islamic-rooted government and police detained 33 more suspects while displaying weapons, dug up from a hidden cache. Prosecutors say the alleged plot aimed to destabilize Turkey through a series of attacks and trigger a coup in 2009. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)AP - A Turkish court formally arrested 14 more people Sunday for ties to an alleged secularist plot by ultranationalists to bring down the Islamic-rooted government, bringing the total of people involved in the case to more than 100.

Analysis: EU now has chance to curb gas corruption (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 12:40 PM CST

A system engineer of the FGSZ Ltd, Hungary's natural gas transporting company, checks the screens showing the country's gas pipeline system in Siofok, Hungary, Saturday, Jan. 10. 2009. Hungary is using its gas reserves from storage facilities as Russia's gas shipments to Europe via Ukraine stopped after the two countries continued to dispute pricing, transit fees and outstanding debt. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin insisted Saturday that a written agreement on deployment of EU monitors to Ukraine must be signed before Russia resumes gas shipments to a freezing Europe. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - The European Union was dragged unwillingly into the Russia-Ukraine gas war, but analysts say the EU's role as mediator now gives it the chance to seek reforms of Russia's multibillion-dollar gas trade.

Officials: 7 killed in Siberian helicopter crash (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 10:27 AM CST

AP - A helicopter carrying a group of Russian officials on a hunting trip has crashed in South Siberia's mountains, killing seven people, officials said Sunday.

Leading British Jews seek end to Gaza conflict (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 08:46 AM CST

AP - Leading British Jews said Sunday that Israel's government must end its military action in Gaza to achieve security.

2 young British climbers killed on Mont Blanc (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 07:17 AM CST

AP - The family of a renowned British climber killed in an accident in the French Alps said Sunday they were devastated by the deaths of their son and his mountaineering companion.

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