2009年2月17日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Commerzbank posts tiny 2008 profit of 3.0 mln euros (AFP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 01:43 AM CST

The second biggest German bank, Commerzbank, posted on Wednesday a 2008 net profit of 3.0 million euros (3.8 million dollars), down sharply from a profit of 1.9 billion euros a year earlier(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - The second biggest German bank, Commerzbank, posted on Wednesday a 2008 net profit of 3.0 million euros (3.8 million dollars), down sharply from a profit of 1.9 billion euros a year earlier.

Guadeloupe protesters shoot three police officers (AFP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 01:03 AM CST

French gendarmes face protesters in La Boucan, on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Armed youths fired rifles at police overnight, injuring three officers as economic protests on Guadeloupe escalated Wednesday.(AFP/Julien Tack)AFP - Armed youths fired rifles at police overnight, injuring three officers as economic protests on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe escalated Wednesday.

Russia, Japan discuss disputed island territory (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 12:44 AM CST

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, listens to Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, third right, during a meeting in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Sakhalin Island, Russia Far East, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009. With his summit meeting Wednesday with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Taro Aso is the first Japanese premier to visit Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in Sakhalin, part of which was once Japanese territory, since the end of World War II. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)AP - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso met Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on an island near disputed resource-rich maritime territory Wednesday, hoping to make progress toward resolving a dispute lingering since World war II.

SKorean minister confirms delay in EU trade talks (AFP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 12:36 AM CST

South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-Hoon (R) shakes hands with EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton (L) after talks in Seoul in January. South Korea's trade minister Wednesday confirmed the postponement of free trade negotiations with the European Union but said he still hopes to conclude them next month.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - South Korea's trade minister Wednesday confirmed the postponement of free trade negotiations with the European Union but said he still hopes to conclude them next month.

ECB bosses showed major flaws in Stanford deal: press (AFP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 12:33 AM CST

File picture from October shows England cricket captain Kevin Pietersen (L) with his Stanford Superstars counterpart Chris Gayle at the Stanford Cricket Ground in St John's, Antigua and Barbuda. Fraud accusations levelled against cricket promoter Allen Stanford raise serious questions about English cricket bosses' decision to go into business with him, newspapers said Wednesday(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - Fraud accusations levelled against cricket promoter Allen Stanford are a major embarrassment for the sport and raise serious questions about English cricket bosses' decision to go into business with him, newspapers said here Wednesday.

WSJ Europe revokes sponsorship of WTA Dubai Open (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 08:45 PM CST

Israel's Shahar Peer is seen here during Pattaya Tennis Open, in Thailand, on February 14. The Wall Street Journal Europe has revoked its sponsorship of the WTA Dubai Open women's tennis tournament because the United Arab Emirates has denied a visa to Peer.(AFP/File/Christophe Archambault)AFP - The Wall Street Journal Europe has revoked its sponsorship of the WTA Dubai Open women's tennis tournament because the United Arab Emirates has denied a visa to Israeli player Shahar Peer.

Wasps stung by England rugby trio's French leave (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 07:49 PM CST

Wasps have confirmed that England internationals Riki Flutey (seen here on February 14), James Haskell and Tom Palmer would all be joining French clubs next season.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Wasps have confirmed that England internationals Riki Flutey, James Haskell and Tom Palmer would all be joining French clubs next season.

Recession fans economic nationalism in Britain (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 07:14 PM CST

Workers pose for the media during a protest over the use of foreign workers outside the Total Lindsey refinery, near Grimsby, northern England in this February 4, 2009 file photo. (Nigel Roddis/Files/Reuters)Reuters - At the Job Center in Grimsby, a hard-knock town on Britain's east coast, security guards man the doors.

Henson to be questioned over pub antics claims (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 05:43 PM CST

Wales' star centre Gavin Henson, pictured in 2006, could be in more hot water about his off the field behaviour after the Welsh Rugby Union decided on Tuesday to question some of his team-mates over an allged incident at a pub on Sunday.(AFP/File/Damien Meyer)AFP - Wales' star centre Gavin Henson could be in more hot water about his off the field behaviour after the Welsh Rugby Union decided on Tuesday to question some of his team-mates over an allged incident at a pub on Sunday.

Nuclear firm fined for radioactive waste leak: court (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 05:02 PM CST

Cooling towers at a nuclear plant. A court Tuesday ordered a company which managed a nuclear power plant to pay 400,000 pounds after it was convicted of allowing radioactive waste to leak into the ground over a 14-year period.(AFP/File)AFP - A court Tuesday ordered a company which managed a nuclear power plant to pay 400,000 pounds after it was convicted of allowing radioactive waste to leak into the ground over a 14-year period.

Irish authorities monitoring 500-ton oil spill (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 04:29 PM CST

AP - Irish authorities said Tuesday they are monitoring a major oil spill that is drifting toward the Irish coast — the largest spill in the waters around Ireland in a decade.

Bolivia's Morales calls on Total to up investment (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 04:08 PM CST

Bolivian President Evo Morales waves as he arrives to deliver a speech at SciencesPo High School, in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009. Morales has held talks in Paris with executives from oil and gas giant Total and a French company keen to develop Bolivia's lithium reserves for electric cars.(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - Bolivian President Evo Morales called Tuesday on the French energy giant Total to step up investments in his gas-rich Andean country, threatening unspecified action if the company fails to live up to its contractual obligations.

Defense in Politkovskaya trial alleges fabrication (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 02:59 PM CST

Defense lawyer Murad Musayev addresses the media outside a court during the trial of three men charged with murdering Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009. Musayev on Tuesday accused the prosecution of fabricating evidence. The lawyer made the claim Tuesday in the defense's final arguments. He described the evidence against his client and two other defendants as 'dust, fluff and ash.' (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)AP - A defense lawyer in the trial of three men charged with murdering Russian reporter Anna Politkovskaya accused the prosecution on Tuesday of fabricating evidence, which he called "dust, fluff and ash."

Polish woman publishes letters from late pontiff (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 01:57 PM CST

Wanda Poltawska, 87, right, presents her book recollecting her family's relationship with late Pope John Paul II , during a press conference in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009. The book entitled 'The Beskidy Mountains Recollections,' recalls vacations with Karol Wojtyla and includes letters of spiritual guidance that he exchanged with her and her family, a correspondence that continued after he became pope. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)AP - A Polish survivor of a Nazi concentration camp published a book Tuesday recollecting her family's relationship and vacations with Pope John Paul II, including letters from the late pontiff.

8 British men tried for alleged airline bomb plot (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 01:44 PM CST

AP - Eight British Muslims plotted to kill thousands of civilians by blowing up at least seven trans-Atlantic passenger planes in mid-air with homemade liquid bombs disguised as soft drinks, a prosecutor said at their trial Tuesday.

Kosovo marks 1 year of independence from Serbia (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 12:26 PM CST

Ethnic Albanians gather in the main square of Kosovo capital Pristina to celebrate one year anniversary of Kosovo's independence Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009. Jubilant ethnic Albanians poured into the streets Tuesday to celebrate the first anniversary of Kosovo's independence from Serbia, as nationalist Serbian lawmakers joined their ethnic kin in northern Kosovo to try to undermine the tiny country. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)AP - Jubilant ethnic Albanians poured into the streets Tuesday to celebrate the first anniversary of Kosovo's independence from Serbia, as nationalist Serbian lawmakers joined their ethnic kin in northern Kosovo to try to undermine the tiny country.

2 escape French prison, take hostages, recaptured (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 12:19 PM CST

AP - Two convicts who broke out of a French prison and took bystanders hostage were captured Tuesday after a confrontation with police in a suburban Paris highway tunnel, the public prosecutor said.

British lawyer convicted in Berlusconi case (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 11:48 AM CST

AP - A British lawyer accused of taking $600,000 in exchange for false testimony designed to help Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was convicted of corruption Tuesday and sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison.

Vatican warns of ethical risks with gene progress (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 11:34 AM CST

Monsignor Rino Fisichella, who heads the Pontifical Academy for Life, right, listens to Chancellor of Pontifical Academy for Life Monsignor Ignacio Carrasco De Paula during a press conference at the Vatican press room, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009. The Vatican is warning of the 'relentless'' spread of a eugenics mentality with the advance of genetic testing. Monsignor Rino Fisichella made the warning Tuesday as he outlined the scope of an upcoming Vatican conference on the new frontiers of genetic science and the risks of eugenics. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - A Vatican official warned on Tuesday that advances in genetic testing were creating a slow but "relentless" spread of a eugenics mentality — the effort to improve the quality of the human race by controlling heredity.

Chechen rebel returns and denounces insurgency (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 11:07 AM CST

AP - A top rebel returned to Chechnya and denounced its insurgency Tuesday, according to a rebel Web site and the regional president who has been lauded for reconstruction but accused of rampant rights violations.

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