2009年2月5日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Recessionistas in and fashionistas out in bad economy (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 01:19 AM CST

Reuters - Move over fashionistas -- there's a new girl in town.

Iran protests to EU over opposition 'terror' tag removal (AFP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 01:17 AM CST

Iranian riot police stand guard outside the British embassy in Tehran on January 28 as demonstrators protest against the European Union's decision to remove an exiled Iranian opposition movement from its terrorist list. Iran summoned the envoys of European Union nations in Tehran to protest at the removal of an opposition group from the EU list of terror groups, local newspapers reported(AFP/Atta Kenare)AFP - Iran summoned the envoys of European Union nations in Tehran to protest at the removal of an opposition group from the EU list of terror groups, local newspapers reported on Thursday.

Briton charged in Thailand for organising 'swinging' parties (AFP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 12:37 AM CST

File image shows a Thai policeman walking through a busy downtown intersection in Bangkok. A British man was charged in Thailand Thursday for organising so-called AFP - A British man was charged in Thailand Thursday for organising so-called "swinging" parties during which couples swap sexual partners, tourist police said.

Obama administration moves to heal rift with Europe (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 12:35 AM CST

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks before signing the $32.8 billion expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP, at the White House in Washington February 4, 2009. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will seek to break with the unilateralist tilt of the Bush years by emphasizing cooperation and diplomacy in a major weekend foreign policy speech in Germany, U.S. officials said.

Reports: Most-wanted Nazi died in Cairo in 1992 (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 11:32 PM CST

In this 1950 file photo released by the State Office of Criminal Investigation in Stuttgart, southern Germany, Dr. Aribert Heim, a former Nazi concentration camp doctor and wanted war criminal, is seen at unknown location. Documents have surfaced in Egypt showing the world's most-wanted Nazi war criminal, concentration camp doctor Aribert Heim, died in Cairo in 1992, Germany's ZDF television and The New York Times reported Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009. The report said Heim was living under a pseudonym and had converted to Islam by the time of his death from intestinal cancer. (AP Photo/State Office of Criminal Investigation of Baden-Wuerttemberg) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY *AP - Documents have surfaced in Egypt showing the world's most-wanted Nazi war criminal, concentration camp doctor Aribert Heim, died in Cairo in 1992, Germany's ZDF television and The New York Times reported Wednesday.

U.S.-born caucasian to run for Taiwan parliament (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 10:25 PM CST

Reuters - An American-born caucasian is running for Taiwan's parliament next month, a first for the island, to fill a seat vacated over a flap involving the previous lawmaker's U.S. citizenship.

Farm protests grip Europe as prices slump (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 09:13 PM CST

Bulgarian farmers clash with police during a protest against low milk prices at a ferry-boat crossing to Romania at the Danube city of Oryahovo on February 4. Bulgarian farmers blocked border crossings and roads in the north and south of the country, demanding higher prices for agricultural products.(AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff)AFP - From Greece to Bulgaria and Latvia, European farmers are mounting increasingly unruly protests as the economic crisis causes prices -- especially for milk -- to collapse.

Poles mark 20 years since talks toppled communism (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 08:16 PM CST

Supporters of the outlawed Polish trade union Solidarity wave a banner during an event to mark the visit by Pope John Paul II in the Baltic port city of Szczecin in early June 1987. Twenty years after Poland's ruling communist party and the Solidarity freedom movement sat down for watershed talks, participants in the negotiations are recalling how they sped the collapse of the entire Soviet bloc.(AFP/File/Marcel Mochet)AFP - Twenty years after Poland's ruling communist party and the Solidarity freedom movement sat down for watershed talks, participants in the historic negotiations are recalling how they sped the collapse of the entire Soviet bloc.

British Council suspends operations in Tehran (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 05:52 PM CST

Chief Executive of the British Council Martin Davidson speaks to the press in 2008. The British Council cultural organisation said Wednesday it had suspended its operations in Tehran after the AFP - The British Council cultural organisation said Wednesday it had suspended its operations in Tehran after the "intimidation" of local staff by the Iranian authorities.

British Council says harassed in Iran, halts work (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 05:43 PM CST

Reuters - The British Council, the cultural arm of the government, has halted operations in Tehran, complaining its local staff have been intimidated.

Quotes by Holocaust-denying bishop on gas chambers (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 05:22 PM CST

AP - The following are some quotes by Bishop Richard Williamson, who the Vatican said Wednesday must recant his position on the Holocaust:

Vatican turnaround: Holocaust denier must recant (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 05:16 PM CST

This undated image from video shows British-born Bishop Richard Williamson, center, conducting a Mass at an unknown location. On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, the Vatican distanced itself from Williamson, a prelate who denied the Holocaust, and demanded that he recant. The Vatican also said that Pope Benedict XVI didn't know about Bishop Richard Williamson's views when he agreed to lift the bishop's excommunication last month. (AP Photo/Courtesy SVT)AP - The Vatican, bowing to the growing furor over Pope Benedict XVI's decision to accept a return to the church of a prelate who denied the Holocaust, made a dramatic turnaround Wednesday and demanded the bishop recant.

UK court rules to keep Guantanamo documents secret (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 05:06 PM CST

AP - A British court ordered Wednesday that intelligence documents detailing a Guantanamo detainee's alleged abuse should be kept secret — shifting the burden to President Barack Obama to disclose information that was hidden under the Bush administration.

French FM defends 'honor' in face of scathing book (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 03:11 PM CST

French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner leaves the weekly cabinet meeting in Paris, Wednesday Feb. 4, 2009. Kouchner is traveling to Washington later this week for his first meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - France's foreign minister delivered a heartfelt defense of his "honor" in parliament Wednesday against a new book that threatens to damage his popular image as a champion of the poor and the sick.

6-nation talks on Iran in Germany (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 02:04 PM CST

AP - Countries leading the drive to resolve concerns about Iran's nuclear program welcomed Wednesday the new U.S. administration's readiness to engage with Tehran, a German official said.

Catholic order says founder committed misconduct (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 01:51 PM CST

AP - A staunchly conservative religious order favored by Pope John Paul II said Wednesday that there had been unspecified misconduct by its founder.

Britain seeks new talks on nuclear disarmament (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 01:27 PM CST

AP - Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband says he wants major world powers to begin new talks aimed at ridding the world of nuclear weapons.

Group claims attack on Greek police station (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 01:05 PM CST

AP - Greek authorities said Wednesday a previously unknown group has claimed responsibility for a gunfire and grenade attack on an Athens precinct.

Assembly agrees EU should take in inmates (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 12:18 PM CST

AP - The European Parliament urged EU nations on Wednesday to help President Barack Obama by accepting inmates from the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay.

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