2009年1月19日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Ukrainian PM heads to Moscow to sign gas deal (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 03:01 AM CST

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, greets Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko who is in Moscow for talks aimed at restoring Russian natural gas supplies to Europe, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. Yulia Tymoshenko met with Vladimir Putin briefly before they both headed to the Kremlin for a broader conference. Ukrainian, Russian and European officials held talks in Moscow on Saturday in an effort to restore Russian natural gas supplies to Europe after a damaging 11-day halt in deliveries piped across Ukraine. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)AP - The Ukrainian prime minister is heading to Moscow to sign a deal aimed at restoring gas supplies to Europe.

RBS expects full-year loss up to 28 billion pounds (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 02:59 AM CST

AP - Royal Bank of Scotland says that its losses for the full year could be as much as 28 billion pounds ($41.3 billion). That would be the biggest loss ever by a U.K. corporation.

Iraqi shoe thrower to seek Swiss asylum: lawyer (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 02:51 AM CST

AP - A Swiss lawyer working on behalf of the Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush says his client will seek political asylum in Switzerland.

Britain adds new funds to tackle toxic assets (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 02:26 AM CST

A city worker reads a newspaper opposite the Bank of England. Britain on Monday unveiled an insurance scheme to protect banks from so-called toxic assets as it seeks to boost lending by British banks crippled by the credit crisis.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Britain on Monday unveiled an insurance scheme to protect banks from so-called toxic assets as it seeks to boost lending by British banks crippled by the credit crisis.

Deutsche Post expects rough 2009 (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 02:18 AM CST

AP - Mail and logistics company Deutsche Post AG said Monday it met its 2008 earnings before interest and taxes target of euro2.4 billion ($3.2 billion) excluding nonrecurring effects, but expects a difficult business climate this year.

Russia's plunging ruble hits a new low (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 02:15 AM CST

AP - Russia's ruble took another big hit Monday morning, reaching a new historic low as the Central Bank continued a policy of controlled devaluation that has seen the ruble shed more than 1 percent of its value almost daily.

RBS heads for record $30 billion pound loss (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 02:06 AM CST

A man uses a RBS cash machine in central London June 10, 2008. (Rob Bodman/Reuters)Reuters - Royal Bank of Scotland said it made a loss of over 20 billion pounds ($30 billion) last year, the biggest loss in British corporate history, including a huge goodwill hit on its purchase of parts of ABN AMRO in 2007.

Royal Bank of Scotland expects annual loss up to 8.0 bn pounds (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 02:03 AM CST

Royal Bank of Scotland, majority-owned by the taxpayer because of the credit crisis fallout, said Monday it estimated an underlying annual loss of up to 8.0 billion pounds(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Royal Bank of Scotland, majority-owned by the taxpayer because of the credit crisis fallout, said Monday it estimated an underlying annual loss of up to 8.0 billion pounds.

UK government announces second bank bailout (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 01:59 AM CST

AP - Britain says it will spend hundreds of billions of pounds in a second bank bailout partly by loosening up credit markets.

Europe sceptical over new Russia, Ukraine gas accord (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 01:32 AM CST

A man lights a candle in front of two small portraits of Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin with a text reading AFP - Russia and Ukraine were set to finalise a deal on Monday to get natural gas flowing again, but the European Union remained sceptical about an imminent end to its worst-ever gas crisis.

Merkel party makes winning start to election year (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 04:04 PM CST

AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives won a closely watched state vote Sunday, months before national elections, while their center-left rivals suffered a crushing defeat.

Video threatens Germany over Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 03:13 PM CST

AP - German authorities said Sunday that they believe a purported al-Qaida video in which a man threatens Germany over its military presence in Afghanistan is authentic.

Italian designers go from riches to rags (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 02:02 PM CST

Model wear creations of Prada men's Fall-Winter 2009/2010 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Jan 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)AP - In these shaky economic times, Italian designers have chosen rags over riches for their fall-winter 2009-2010 menswear collections, currently previewing on the Milan runway.

Famed French taxidermy store rises from ashes (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 12:33 PM CST

Louis Albert De Broglie is seen with stuffed animals in the Deyrolle shop in Paris, Monday, Oct. 20 , 2008. Paris' most famous taxidermy shop, the 178-year-old Deyrolle, lost 90 percent of its stuffed animals and many of its brilliantly plumed birds and butterflies in a devastating fire. Fourteen months later, it is rising from the ashes. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - Paris' most famous taxidermy shop, Deyrolle, is rising anew, a year after being gutted by fire.

UK television presenter Tony Hart dies aged 83 (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 12:28 PM CST

AP - British television presenter Tony Hart, who charmed generations of children with his artsy antics, died early Sunday morning, his agent said. He was 83.

US lawyer: Court ruling won't affect executions (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 12:01 PM CST

AP - The International Court of Justice is due to rule Monday on a complaint that the United States defied the court when it executed a Mexican convicted rapist and murderer last year.

Russia eyes Ukraine's vast pipeline network (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 08:18 AM CST

This is a Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006, file photo of pipes seen in a gas storage and transit point in Boyarka, just outside Kiev. In the cold war between Russia and Ukraine over gas shipments to Europe, the grand prize may be control of Ukraine's sprawling pipeline network, Moscow's main conduit for pumping the fuel to its most lucrative markets. Ukraine's pipelines remain Kiev's only leverage in a dispute that threatens to shatter the reputations of both Russia and Ukraine as reliable energy partners, and poison relations between the neighbors for the foreseeable future. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)AP - In the confrontation between Russia and Ukraine over natural gas shipments to Europe, the grand prize may yet be control of Ukraine's sprawling pipeline network, Moscow's main conduit for pumping the fuel to its most lucrative markets.

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