2009年1月15日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

SABMiller beer volumes fall in 3Q (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 05:33 AM CST

AP - SABMiller PLC, the brewer of Grolsch, Miller Genuine Draft and Peroni Nastro Azzurro lagers, reported an unexpected fall in beer shipments in the third quarter as the global economic slowdown took hold in key markets.

Trial to open Friday for US suspect in Italy (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 05:18 AM CST

AP - The slaying of a 21-year-old British woman allegedly while fighting off a sexual attack shocked Italy and cast a dark cloud over the privileged world of young people studying abroad.

Miliband condemns war on terror as 'mistaken' (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 05:13 AM CST

AP - Britain's foreign secretary strongly criticized the U.S.-led war on terror Thursday as he called for the international community to respond to future attacks by "championing the rule of law, not subordinating it."

Russian ruble dips to decade low (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 05:06 AM CST

AP - Russia's ruble fell to its lowest point in more than a decade against the dollar Thursday as the Central Bank continued a policy of controlled devaluation.

Miliband spends night in Indian village (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 05:04 AM CST

A file photo of an Indian farmer relaxing on a traditional AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband spent the night in the hut of a Dalit or "untouchable" in an Indian village, sleeping on a wooden cot, reports said Thursday.

British government approves new Heathrow runway (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 04:56 AM CST

AP - The British government has decided to approve a new runway for congested Heathrow Airport despite widespread opposition from environmentalists and lawmakers.

Russia and Ukraine PMs to meet for gas row talks (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 04:53 AM CST

Workers stand near pipes at a gas compressor station in the Ukrainian settlement of Orlovka, about 280 km (174 miles) west of the Black Sea port of Odessa, January 15, 2009. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)Reuters - The Russian and Ukrainian prime ministers will meet on Saturday to try to resolve a gas row that has cut back supplies to a freezing Europe.

Reports: Russian oligarch seeks British newspaper (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 04:49 AM CST

AP - British media are reporting that Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev is trying to buy London's Evening Standard newspaper.

'Slumdog Millionaire' leads nominations for BAFTAs (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 04:48 AM CST

Director Danny Boyle and actors Freida Pinto and Dev Patel after winning a Golden Globe on January 11. AFP - "Slumdog Millionaire," the rags-to-riches tale of an Indian game show winner, scooped 11 nominations for the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) on Thursday, days after leading the way at the Golden Globes.

Airbus sees 2009 orders dipping below deliveries (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 04:38 AM CST

Airbus CEO and President Tom Enders delivers his speech as he launches the A350 final assembly line in Toulouse, southwestern France, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. As Airbus reaches a key milestone in the the development of its A350 XWB commercial jet program, a top executive at the company vowed Wednesday not to repeat the mistakes that marred the launch of the A380 superjumbo. The company is on track to start delivery of the A350 in 2013, Chief Operating Officer Fabrice Bregier told a news conference at Airbus headquarters in Toulouse. The aircraft is designed to compete with Boeing Co.'s 787. (AP Photo/Manuel Blondeau)AP - Airbus expects orders to dip below deliveries in 2009 for the first time in six years as airlines curb spending amid the economic crisis, the planemaker's head said Thursday.

Czech ex-President Havel still seriously ill (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 03:09 AM CST

AP - A doctor says former Czech President Vaclav Havel's condition has improved slightly but remains serious three days after he underwent minor throat surgery.

Vatican secret confession tribunal opens up (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 04:36 PM CST

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his speech during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 14 , 2009. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - One of the Vatican's most secrecy shrouded tribunals, which handles confessions of sins so grave only the pope can grant absolution, is giving the faithful a peek into its workings for the first time in its 830-year history.

Doctors call for halt to Gaza assault (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 04:30 PM CST

Wounded Israeli soldiers are rushed into Soroka Hospital in the southern Israeli town of Beersheba, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. Israel showed no signs of slowing its bruising 19-day offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers, striking some 60 targets on Wednesday. Israel launched the onslaught on Dec. 27, seeking to punish the Hamas militant group for years of rocket attacks on southern Israel. The offensive has killed more than 940 Palestinians, half of them civilians, according to Palestinian hospital officials. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - International doctors called for an end to the violence in Gaza, saying hospitals were scenes of "nightmarish havoc" in articles published Wednesday in The Lancet medical journal. In a special report detailing the human toll of the Gaza offensive, the Lancet said Gaza City's Al Shifa hospital asked for extra refrigeration equipment before the bodies of patients with severe wounds began decomposing.

6 acquitted in French trial over hormone deaths (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 02:00 PM CST

Michele Jolivet, right, who lost her son Emmanuel, is comforted as she cries at the courthouse, after a Paris court acquitted six people Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, over the deaths of at least 114 people who contracted a brain-destroying disease after being treated with tainted human growth hormones. The verdict followed a 16-year investigation into the deaths from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or CJD. Person at left is unidentified. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - A French court acquitted six doctors and pharmacists Wednesday in the deaths of at least 114 people who contracted a brain-destroying disease after being treated with tainted human growth hormones.

Greek terror group claims attacks on police (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 01:49 PM CST

AP - The Greek terrorist group Revolutionary Struggle has claimed responsibility for recent attacks on police in Athens, authorities said Wednesday.

Police nab Mafia fugitive who fled through sewer (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 12:28 PM CST

Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police officers look at a passage in a room reportedly used by top mafia fugitive Giuseppe Setola, to elude capture and escape from his hideout into the sewer in Caserta, southern Italy, Monday Jan. 12, 2009. Carabinieri Col. Domenico Forte said police were closing in on Giuseppe Setola's hideout in Caserta, near Naples, on Monday when he and a bodyguard managed to escape through a series of false walls and trap doors and into the sewage system. (AP Photo/Franco Castano')AP - A Mafia fugitive who narrowly eluded arrest this week by fleeing though a small town's sewer system was captured Wednesday as he scrambled across a rooftop in another daring escape bid, police said.

Monaco's Prince Albert II visits South Pole (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 12:15 PM CST

AP - Monaco's Prince Albert II has reached the South Pole after a two-day-long cross-country ski trip across Antarctica, fraught by wind and fog.

Flying car leaves London for Timbuktu (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 11:47 AM CST

British adventurer Neil Laughton, front, poses with his Parajet Skycar with his team in London, during the launch of the expedition in his Parajet Skycar from London to Timbuktu, Tuesday. Jan. 13, 2009. The Parajet Skycar, the world first road legal. bio-fueled flying car will start from England, Wednesday, to Timbuktu in Mali through France, Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara and Mauritania. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - A group of adventurers set out from London for Timbuktu on Wednesday, planning to travel by flying car.

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