2009年1月20日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Russia restarts gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 03:10 AM CST

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, looks at his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko as they speak to the media early Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, shortly after their talks aimed at restoring Russian natural gas supplies to Europe. Russia and Ukraine announced a deal Sunday to end the bitter dispute that has blocked Russian natural gas from Europe for nearly two weeks and deeply shaken Europeans' trust in the two as reliable energy suppliers. (AP Photo/Aleksandr Prokopenko, Pool)AP - Russian natural gas began flowing Tuesday into Ukraine after a nearly two-week cutoff that left large parts of Europe cold and dark and underscored the continent's vulnerability and dependence on Russia's energy.

France gears up for auto industry summit (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 03:00 AM CST

AP - French auto industry chiefs gathered in Paris on Tuesday for a government-sponsored meeting designed to address collapsing car sales.

South Korea, EU narrow differences over free trade (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 02:49 AM CST

AP - South Korea and European Union said Tuesday they have narrowed differences standing in the way of a free trade agreement, but that another round of negotiations was needed.

Russia says gas flowing again into Ukraine (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 02:49 AM CST

A pressure gauge is pictured at a Ukrainian gas compressor station in the village of Boyarka near the capital Kiev January 19, 2009. (Konstantin Chernichkin/Reuters)Reuters - Russian natural gas has started flowing into Ukraine on the way to Europe, Russian gas firm Gazprom said on Tuesday, two weeks after a contract row cut supplies to European countries in mid-winter.

Air France-KLM warns of loss in 3rd quarter (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 02:48 AM CST

AP - Air France-KLM warned Tuesday it was likely to fall to an operating loss for the last three months of 2008, when it said sales were hurt by the global economic turmoil.

Japan stocks lose ground amid Europe bank woes (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 02:44 AM CST

AP - Japan stocks joined a regional sell-off Tuesday, as a new round of jitters about the health of global banks swept through the markets.

Share trading in Fiat is suspended ahead of statement (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 02:37 AM CST

Trading in Fiat shares was suspended on the Milan stock exchange on Tuesday ahead of a statement from the group, market authorities said, amid reports the Italian automaker was negotiating a partnership with Chrysler.(AFP/Fiat/File)AFP - Trading in Fiat shares was suspended on the Milan stock exchange on Tuesday ahead of a statement from the group, market authorities said, amid reports the Italian automaker was negotiating a partnership with Chrysler.

Burberry 3Q revenue up 30 pct, cuts over 500 jobs (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 02:35 AM CST

AP - Luxury goods maker Burberry Group PLC reported Tuesday a 30 percent rise in revenues in the final three months of 2008, but said it plans to lay off more than 500 workers in its British and Spanish operations.

Russian gas shipments to Europe resume: Gazprom (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 02:33 AM CST

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshchenko shake hands at a meeting to sign gas accords in Moscow. Russian gas supply pumped to Europe through Ukraine resumed on Tuesday after Ukraine began transiting shipments, a Gazprom official at a gas metering station on the Russia-Ukraine border told AFP.(AFP/Pool/Alexey Druzhinin)AFP - Russian gas supply pumped to Europe through Ukraine resumed on Tuesday after Ukraine began transiting shipments, a Gazprom official at a gas metering station on the Russia-Ukraine border told AFP.

RBS shareholders count cost (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 02:16 AM CST

Royal Bank of Scotland said it expected an annual loss of up to 28 billion pounds -- a record in British corporate history -- due to the credit crisis and its part-takeover of ABN Amro.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Royal Bank of Scotland shareholders are facing up to heavy losses on Tuesday after the bank's shares lost almost 70 percent in value following the forecast of annual losses of up to 28 billion pounds -- a record in British corporate history .

Police: Greek shipping magnate released (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 08:30 PM CST

AP - Kidnappers freed an elderly Greek shipping magnate early Tuesday, eight days after abducting him at gunpoint from a seaside suburb of Athens, police said.

World Court says US defied order in death row case (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 04:28 PM CST

Joel Antonio Hernandez Garcia, legal adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, centre right, and Jorge Lomonaco Tonda, Ambassador of Mexico for the Netherlands, left, are seen in the Great Hall of Justice at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Jan. 19, 2009. The verdict given by the International Court of Justice here, ruled that the United States defied its order when U.S. state of Texas executed a Mexican citizen last year who was convicted rape and murder. The U.N.'s highest court said the U.S. is still obliged to review the cases of about 50 other Mexicans on death row because they were denied access to their consulate after they were arrested, as required by an international treaty. (AP Photo/ Bas Czerwinski)AP - The International Court of Justice ruled Monday that the United States defied its order last year when authorities in Texas executed a Mexican convicted of rape and murder.

Human rights lawyer, journalist killed in Moscow (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 03:22 PM CST

Investigators and forensic experts work near the body of slain lawyer Stanislav Markelov at the crime site in downtown Moscow, Monday, Jan. 19, 2009. Lawyer Stanislav Markelov, who had opposed the early release of a Russian colonel convicted of killing a Chechen woman, was shot and killed Monday after a press conference in central Moscow, officials said. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - A Russian human rights lawyer renowned for his work on abuses in Chechnya was shot to death Monday by a masked gunman who followed him from a news conference, officials said. A young journalist who tried to intervene also was gunned down.

2 Chinese leopard cubs born in Paris zoo (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 01:24 PM CST

AP - A Paris zoo officially introduced its newest — and cutest — arrivals Monday, two Chinese leopard cubs, six-week-old brothers Wei, or "big and strong," and Xun, meaning "fast" or "quick."

German woman missing 12 years found in Swiss woods (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 01:08 PM CST

AP - A German woman missing for 12 years has been found living in the woods on the outskirts of the Swiss capital with nothing more than an umbrella and tarpaulin for shelter, police said Monday.

Europeans seek ways to make Gaza truce last (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 12:09 PM CST

Israeli tanks return from the Gaza Strip to Israel, Monday, Jan. 19, 2009. Israel hopes to pull all its troops out of the Gaza Strip by the time Barack Obama is inaugurated as president of the United States on Tuesday, Israeli officials said.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - European nations accustomed to taking a back seat to the United States have taken a lead role in the bid to permanently quell the fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.

Russia: arms sales to Georgia will draw sanctions (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 11:50 AM CST

AP - President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the Russian government to introduce economic sanctions against countries supplying weapons to Georgia, the neighboring country with which it fought a war in August.

Moldovan poet Grigore Vieru dies in car crash (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 11:35 AM CST

Moldovan poet Grigore Vieru, admired for his courage in promoting Romanian, the country's native language, when Moldova was a Soviet republic looks on during a traditional music event in Chisinau, Moldova, on Feb. 15, 2005. Vieru died Sunday in a hospital in Chisinau, Moldova's capital city, after suffering multiple serious injuries in a car crash there on Friday Jan. 16 2009. He was 73. (AP Photo/Tudor Iovu)AP - Moldovan poet Grigore Vieru, admired for his courage in promoting Romanian, the country's native language, when Moldova was a Soviet republic has died. He was 73.

3 men deny conspiring with London transit bombers (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 11:11 AM CST

AP - A prosecutor on Monday accused three British Muslims of scouting out potential targets on behalf of suicide bombers who killed 52 commuters on London's transit system in 2005.

Killers denied doctor's licenses in Sweden (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 11:09 AM CST

AP - Sweden's national health authority on Monday said it will refuse to issue medical licenses to would-be physicians convicted of murder and other grave crimes even after they have paid their debt to society.

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