2009年1月30日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

N'Zogbia refuses to play after Kinnear 'insult' (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 02:40 AM CST

Charles N'Zogbia, seen here on January 10, said Thursday he would never play for Newcastle again while Joe Kinnear remains manager, accusing him of insulting him by apparently forgetting his name in a television interview.(AFP/File/Graham Stuart)AFP - Charles N'Zogbia said Thursday he would never play for Newcastle again while Joe Kinnear remains manager, accusing him of insulting him by apparently forgetting his name in a television interview.

Miliband and Darling pull out of Davos (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 02:31 AM CST

Foreign Secretary David Miliband, seen here on January 25, 2009, and Chancellor Alistair Darling have pulled out of the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, their offices said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Dominique Faget)AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Chancellor Alistair Darling have pulled out of the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, their offices have said.

Military chief admits complacency in Afghan fight (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 02:27 AM CST

The head of Britain's military, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, seen here in 2008, admitted his troops in Afghanistan had been AFP - The head of Britain's military has admitted his troops in Afghanistan were initially "smug" and "complacent," resting too much on the laurels of their record in Northern Ireland.

Turkish PM welcomed home after Gaza spat in Davos (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 01:58 AM CST

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey, left, speaks just before he leaves the stage in front of Shimon Peres, right, President of Israel during a plenary session on Middle East Peace at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. Erdogan later stalked off the stage after verbally sparring over Gaza with Peres. (AP Photo/Keystone/Laurent Gillieron)AP - Turkey's prime minister received a hero's welcome home Friday after he reproached Israel's president over the Gaza offensive and stalked off the stage at the World Economic Forum.

Britain rejects massacre inquiry: Malaysian activists (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 01:49 AM CST

Black arm-bands and white flowers left by the British high commission building in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysian activists said on Friday Britain has rejected their petition for an inquiry into the 1948 massacre of unarmed villagers by British troops(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)AFP - Malaysian activists said on Friday Britain has rejected their petition for an inquiry into the 1948 massacre of unarmed villagers by British troops.

Madoff 'couldn't happen' in Britain: Prince Andrew (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 12:46 AM CST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) and Prince Andrew attend a meeting in London in December. Prince Andrew, Britain's special representative for international trade and investment, told the Financial Times on Friday that the alleged fraud by US financier Bernard Madoff could never happen in London.(AFP/Pool/File/Oli Scarff)AFP - Prince Andrew, Britain's special representative for international trade and investment, told the Financial Times on Friday that the alleged fraud by US financier Bernard Madoff could never happen in London.

Russia's S7 cancels Boeing 787 order (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 07:30 PM CST

Reuters - Russia's S7 has become the first airline to cancel a major contract for Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner, as the country's airlines face their worst-ever financial crisis.

British govt promises broadband access for all (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 05:42 PM CST

Every home in Britain will be guaranteed access to broadband Internet under plans unveiled by the government on Thursday, which put the technology on a par with telephones as an essential service. AFP - Every home in Britain will be guaranteed access to broadband Internet under plans unveiled by the government on Thursday, which put the technology on a par with telephones as an essential service.

Simmons and Barath force England to toil (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 04:34 PM CST

Lendl Simmons, seen here in action in 2006, smashed an unbeaten 171 while teenage opener Adrian Barath blasted 132 as West Indies A made England toil on the first day of a three-day tour match at Warner Park on Thursday.(AFP/File/Asif Hassan)AFP - Lendl Simmons smashed an unbeaten 171 while teenage opener Adrian Barath blasted 132 as West Indies A made England toil on the first day of a three-day tour match at Warner Park on Thursday.

At Davos, sometimes sorry is the hardest word (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 03:43 PM CST

Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor of the Columbia University, USA talks on the corridor during the opening day of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan28, 2009. The overarching theme of the World Economic Forum, WEF, annual meeting which will take place from Jan. 28 to feb. 1st is 'Shaping the Post-Crisis World'. (AP Photo/Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella)AP - At Davos, it seems, sorry is the hardest word.

Priest in Italy defends Holocaust-denier (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 03:34 PM CST

Photo taken Sept. 9, 2007 of Rev. Floriano Abrahamowicz, during a service in Lanzago di Silea, near Treviso, northern Italy. A priest in an ultraconservative society recently rehabilitated by Pope Benedict XVI has defended a bishop in his group and joined him in expressing doubts about the Holocaust. While making more cautious remarks than rehabilitated Bishop Richard Williamson, Rev. Floriano Abrahamowicz echoed doubts that Jews were gassed during World War II in an interview published Thursday by an Italian daily. 'I know gas chambers existed at least to disinfect, I can't say if anybody was killed in them or not,' Abrahamowicz told 'La Tribuna di Treviso,' a local newspaper in northern Italy. Contacted by phone in Treviso, Abrahamowicz said the interview was correct, but declined to comment further. (AP Photo/Nicola Mattiuzzo)AP - A priest in an ultraconservative society recently rehabilitated by Pope Benedict XVI has defended a bishop in his group and joined him in expressing doubts about the Holocaust.

UN nuclear chief supports US-Iran talks (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 03:12 PM CST

AP - The U.N. nuclear chief said Thursday that Iran should fully disclose its nuclear programs at the same time that the U.S. starts a dialogue with Tehran without preconditions. Iran's foreign minister said that President Obama must declare how his policies would differ from those of former President Bush.

Spanish judge probes Israel's attack on Hamas (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 02:50 PM CST

AP - A Spanish judge on Thursday began an investigation into seven current or former Israeli officials over a 2002 bombing in Gaza that killed a Hamas militant and 14 other people, including nine children.

Georgian opposition call for Saakashvili's removal (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 02:30 PM CST

AP - Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili's opponents on Thursday pressed their demand for his resignation in the wake of the August war with Russia, urging new elections and threatening protests in the coming months.

London Underground to cut jobs (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 02:19 PM CST

AP - London Underground, which operates the British capital's subway system, said Thursday it is cutting 1,000 jobs.

London's Saatchi Galley shows Middle Eastern Art (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 12:51 PM CST

A woman walks past a sculpture by Syrian-American artist Diana Al-Hadid entitled 'The Tower of Infinite Problems 2008' at an exhibition of New Middle East Art at the Saatchi gallery in London Thursday, Jan 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant )AP - Hirsute, paunchy men recline voluptuously against each other, dressed in flimsy scraps of pink. In another room, shimmering rows of veiled women modeled from twisted and scrunched aluminum foil kneel in anonymous submission.

No sign Poland's WWII PM was killed before crash (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 12:33 PM CST

AP - Forensic tests have turned up no evidence that Poland's exiled World War II leader was murdered before his plane crashed into the sea, according to experts probing a death that spawned decades of conspiracy theories.

Pope decries pessimism about marriage (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 12:33 PM CST

AP - Pope Benedict XVI decried what he called a spreading pessimism about marriage, saying Thursday it is not the impossible undertaking many make it out to be.

Valerie Jarrett reaches out to int'l community (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 12:19 PM CST

Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison, Office of the President of the United States, Valerie Jarrett speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday Jan. 29, 2009. Business and world leaders meet for a second day of work and will continue to discuss ways of overcoming the global financial and economic crisis. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - Valerie Jarrett, a top adviser to President Barack Obama, said Thursday the U.S. is prepared to lead and pledged policies of global cooperation in a short speech that drew on themes from her boss' inaugural address.

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