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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Bomb explodes outside Basque Socialist Party HQ: police (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 12:43 AM CST

File image shows a Spanish Civil Guard officer in the northern Spanish Basque city of Bilbao. A bomb exploded Monday outside the headquarters of the Basque Socialist Party in the town of Lazkao after a warning call from the armed separatist group ETA, police in Spain's Basque region said.(AFP/File/Rafa Rivas)AFP - A bomb exploded Monday outside the headquarters of the Basque Socialist Party in the town of Lazkao after a warning call from the armed separatist group ETA, police in Spain's Basque region said.

2 escape Athens prison by helicopter, for 2nd time (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 10:19 PM CST

In this image made from amateur video footage provided by Alter TV, a helicopter is seen flying above Korydallos prison, as two robbers make their escape from the high security prison, in Athens, Greece, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. For the second time in their lives, two robbers escaped from a high-security Greek prison on Sunday by scaling a rope ladder to a hovering helicopter, authorities said. The escape came amid a gunbattle with guards. Vassilis Paleokostas, 42, and Alket Rizaj, 34, were picked up by a helicopter that flew over the courtyard of Athens' Korydallos prison on Sunday afternoon. The inmates climbed a ladder thrown to them by a woman passenger, the Ministry of Justice said.AP - For the second time in their lives, two robbers escaped from a high-security prison Sunday by scaling a rope ladder to a hovering helicopter amid a gun battle with guards.

US probe 'ignores Swiss sovereignty': UBS (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 10:15 PM CST

A pigeon flies above a logo of the Swiss banking giant UBS in Lausanne. UBS has accused the United States government of ignoring Swiss sovereignty and forcing its employees to break the law, as lawyers seek to fend off an IRS fraud probe into the firm.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - Banking giant UBS has accused the United States government of ignoring Swiss sovereignty and forcing its employees to break the law, as lawyers seek to fend off an IRS fraud probe into the firm.

Nationalized UK bank to expand mortgage book (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 07:05 PM CST

AP - Britain's government is throwing nationalized lender Northern Rock back into the home loan business in a bid to spur the market for mortgages, a government official said Sunday.

Elephant fans tune in to Belgian on-line birthing (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 06:27 PM CST

A newborn elephant stands amongst the other elephants in at a zoo in the Netherlands. Thousands of elephant fans have registered on an on-line site promising live footage of the first birth of an elephant in Belgium.(AFP/ANP/File/Koen Suyk)AFP - Thousands of elephant fans have registered on an on-line site promising live footage of the first birth of an elephant in Belgium.

Briton offered job after roadside sandwich-board ad (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 04:41 PM CST

A man walks past a recruitment company window displaying job vacancies in southwest London, in January 2009. Amidst the highest level of unemployment in Britain in a decade, a 39-year-old man has been offered a job after standing by a major highway advertising his services as an engineer on a sandwich board.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Amidst the highest level of unemployment in Britain in a decade, a 39-year-old man has been offered a job after standing by a major highway advertising his services as an engineer on a sandwich board.

UK lawyer: Guantanamo inmate release due Monday (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 04:33 PM CST

In this file photo dated 2000 and released by the human rights and legal defense organization Reprieve, Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed is pictured in London. Mohamed, a former U.K. resident who alleges he was tortured while in U.S. custody will soon be released from Guantanamo Bay and sent back to Britain, authorities said Friday, Feb. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Reprieve, File)AP - A Guantanamo Bay inmate who claims he was tortured while in U.S. custody will be released on Monday and returned to Britain, his lawyer said Sunday.

EU leaders back sweeping financial regulations (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 04:24 PM CST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, and the Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, from left, address the media after a meeting in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts a meeting of key European leaders to help prepare for an April international summit on combating the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Herbert Knosowski)AP - European leaders mounted a united front against the global financial crisis Sunday, proposing sweeping new market regulations, but it remained unclear whether economic giants like the United States and China would go along.

Comeback king Carter seals Welsh Open title (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 03:59 PM CST

A snooker player lines up a shot. England's Ali Carter fought back from 5-2 down to defeat Northern Ireland's Joe Swail 9-5 in the Welsh Open final on Sunday.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - England's Ali Carter fought back from 5-2 down to defeat Northern Ireland's Joe Swail 9-5 in the Welsh Open final on Sunday.

Mysterious $1.2 million highway robbery in Russia (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 12:05 PM CST

AP - Police in central Russia were searching Sunday for suspects accused of stealing more than $1 million in cash in a highway robbery — one of the country's biggest armed robberies in years.

Suspect in Chechen's slaying arrested in Poland (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 09:06 AM CST

AP - Polish police have arrested a man suspected of killing a refugee from Chechnya who was gunned down in Austria last month after filing a criminal complaint against the president of the Russian region, officials said Sunday.

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