2009年2月21日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Europe seeks harmony for crisis summit (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 11:58 PM CST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a govenment cabinet's meeting in Berlin. The heads of Europe's biggest economies meet Sunday to try and forge a common position on the global financial crisis despite simmering disagreements over the way forward.(DDP/AFP/File/Axel Schmidt)AFP - The heads of Europe's biggest economies meet Sunday to try and forge a common position on the global financial crisis despite simmering disagreements over the way forward.

European leaders eye G20 boost (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 10:31 PM CST

Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa speaks during a news conference at the bank in Tokyo February 19, 2009. Shirakawa said that the outlook for Japan's economy was highly uncertain and that GDP was likely to stay bleak in the first half of this year. (Michael Caronna/Reuters)Reuters - European leaders meet on Sunday to form a consensual approach to tackle the global economic crisis, while U.S. President Barack Obama is due to unveil an ambitious plan to cut the ballooning deficit in half by 2013.

Cotto stops Jennings in fifth round to claim WBO welterweight title (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 10:27 PM CST

Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto (seen here in 2008) has claimed the World Boxing Organization welterweight title by stopping Britain's Michael Jennings in the fifth round at at Madison Square Garden.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jeff Zelevansky)AFP - Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto has claimed the World Boxing Organization welterweight title by stopping Britain's Michael Jennings in the fifth round at at Madison Square Garden.

Terminally ill British TV star to marry, as cameras roll (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 09:02 PM CST

File photo of British actress Jade Goody who gets married Sunday, the latest installment in her very public fight with terminal cancer which has enchanted and unnerved the British in near equal measure.(AFP/File/Pal Pillai)AFP - Rags-to-riches reality-TV star Jade Goody gets married Sunday, the latest installment in her very public fight with terminal cancer which has enchanted and unnerved the British in near equal measure.

Ex-PM Blair sets up consultancy: watchdog (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 08:21 PM CST

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, seen here in January, has established a commercial partnership to offer advice to potential clients on economic and political matters, a government watchdog confirmed Sunday.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair has established a commercial partnership to offer advice to potential clients on economic and political matters, a government watchdog confirmed Sunday.

Cancer-stricken star 'unwell' ahead of marriage (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 07:45 PM CST

Cancer-stricken reality TV star Jade Goody and her fiance Jack Tweed, right, share a kiss on the drive way of her home in Upshire, southern England Saturday Feb. 21, 2009. The couple are scheduled to marry Sunday in a lavish ceremony at a country house hotel just eight miles from her home. The ceremony will be aired on cable television, and the photographs printed in OK! magazine. A brash young British reality TV star whose ups and downs have captivated the nation is approaching her death the same way she has lived — on television. Given just months to live from cervical cancer that spread to her liver and bowels, 27-year-old Jade Goody sees no reason to turn the cameras off now. (AP Photo/Chris Radburn/PA Wire)AP - A dying British reality television star was feeling unwell from "overdoing it" the day before her televised wedding, her publicist said Saturday, and it was not clear whether she would be well enough to continue with a ceremony that has gripped the country.

Injuries worry Man United ahead of Inter Milan clash (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 07:30 PM CST

Manchester United's midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo (L) clashes with Blackburn's defender David Dunn (R) during their Premier League football match at Old Trafford in Manchester. Manchester United lost their impressive defensive record Saturday, but Ronaldo's winner saw them escape with a 2-1 victory over Blackburn at Old Trafford that moved them eight points clear at the top of the Premier League.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Manchester United are facing mounting defensive concerns ahead of their last 16 Champions League game against Inter Milan.

Europe aims to restore G20 reform momentum (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 06:10 PM CST

Reuters - European leaders will meet in Berlin Sunday determined to inject new momentum into efforts to overhaul the global financial system and show they can come up with a coordinated response to a historic economic downturn.

Austerity and irreverance at London Fashion Week (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 06:08 PM CST

A model walks down the catwalk wearing clothes from designer Vivienne Westwood's Red Label, part of the Autumn/Winter 2009 collection, on the second day of London Fashion Week. Westwood took her inspiration from naughty schoolgirls for her latest collection on Saturday as London Fashion Week swung into action with a mix of austerity and irreverance.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Vivienne Westwood took her inspiration from naughty schoolgirls for her latest collection on Saturday as London Fashion Week swung into action with a mix of austerity and irreverance.

Banks must be servants of economies, not masters: Brown (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 05:50 PM CST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here on February 19, 2009, said Saturday banks must be reformed so that they are the servants of economies and societies rather than the masters.(AFP/File/Vincenzo Pinto)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday banks must be reformed so that they are the servants of economies and societies rather than the masters.

Vivienne Westwood show makes prep-school look sexy (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 05:25 PM CST

British designer Vivienne Westwood, foreground right, holds flowers as she takes her bow next to Jo Wood, left, during her catwalk show at London Fashion Week, in west London, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. The designers are showing their Autumn/Winter 2007/8 collections. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)AP - Trust punk priestess Vivienne Westwood to turn London Fashion Week upside down.

Christopher Nolan, Irish novelist, dies at 43 (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 04:04 PM CST

AP - Christopher Nolan, an Irish poet and novelist who refused to let cerebral palsy get in the way of his writing, has died. He was 43.

Priest who aided lepers in Hawaii to become saint (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 03:34 PM CST

In this photo provided by Hawaii State Archive, Father Damien is seen in this portrait taken two months before his death in 1889 at the leprosy settlement in Kalaupapa, Hawaii. The Vatican says a 19th century Belgian priest who ministered to leprosy patients in Hawaii will be declared a saint Oct. 11. The Vatican confirmed the Rev. Damien de Veuster's canonization date during a meeting Saturday Feb. 21, 2009 between Pope Benedict XVI and cardinals. (AP Photos/Hawaii State Archive, FILE)AP - A 19th-century Belgian priest who ministered to leprosy patients in Hawaii, and died of the disease, will be declared a saint this year at a Vatican ceremony presided over by Pope Benedict XVI.

100,000 protest in Dublin over impact of recession (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 03:04 PM CST

AP - Around 100,000 people filled the streets of the Irish capital Saturday in protest at the government's handling of the country's economic crisis, police said.

Saint Laurent art auction _'sale of the century' (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 01:33 PM CST

A member of the media views a 1914 painting by Picasso entitled 'Instruments de musique sur un gueridon', which is part of the Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Berge art collection, presented Saturday Feb. 21, 2009 at the Grand Palais in Paris. A pure-lined Mondrian; a Picasso from his cubist period; a Roman sculpture dating from the 1st century; two bronze animal heads that disappeared from a Chinese palace in 1860. Those are among the more than 700 pieces that made up the eclectic collection of late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, which is slated to be auctioned off next week and observers are already calling the 'auction of the century.' (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - From the Picassos that graced his walls to historic artifacts and hundreds of sculptures, the artwork that inspired late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent went on display Saturday, three days before it is auctioned.

12 die in collision between train, bus in Slovakia (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 09:43 AM CST

AP - A train collided with a bus in central Slovakia on Saturday, killing 12 people and injuring 21 others, officials said.

Russians protest Putin's management of crisis (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 08:21 AM CST

Police officers detain an activist from the Young Russia pro-Kremlin youth group for interrupting a sanctioned opposition rally in Moscow, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. An anti-Kremlin rally organized by the Solidarity, a new Russian opposition movement, was held in downtown Moscow on Saturday. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - A few hundred Russian opposition sympathizers on Saturday held an anti-Kremlin rally in central Moscow demanding the resignation of the government.

Pope decries discrimination based on genetics (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 08:19 AM CST

AP - Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday that any type of discrimination based on genetic factors, such as a risk for cancer or other ailments, is an attack against all of humanity.

Spanish judge Garzon released from hospital (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 06:44 AM CST

AP - Spain's National Court says prominent Judge Baltasar Garzon has been released from a Madrid city hospital where he was admitted following an anxiety attack.

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