2009年3月12日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

More Michael Jackson concert dates announced (AFP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:56 PM PDT

Michael Jackson making his comeback announcement in London on March 05, 2009. Additional Michael Jackson comeback concerts were announced Thursday, the second such day in a row, increasing the number of gigs the AFP - Additional Michael Jackson comeback concerts were announced Thursday, the second such day in a row, increasing the number of gigs the "King of Pop" will perform in London to over 40, organisers said.

German police suspect chat room posts were faked (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:14 PM PDT

A mother comforts her daughter as they mourn in front of the Albertville school in Winnenden, Germany, Thursday, March 12, 2009. A 17-year-old wielding a Beretta 9 mm pistol burst into classrooms at his former high school here on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 and gunned down students in a rampage that ended with 15 dead before he took his own life, authorities said. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)AP - The psychological profile of a teenager who went on a shooting spree at his former school and killed 15 people began to take shape Thursday, as investigators described a withdrawn young man from an intact family who broke off psychiatric treatment for depression.

Seven arrests after Amsterdam 'terrorist' threat (AFP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 03:31 PM PDT

Dutch policemen evacuate the shopping mall ''Villa Arena'' in Amsterdam. Dutch police arrested seven people Thursday after what they termed a AFP - Dutch police arrested seven people Thursday on suspicion of planning a "terrorist" attack in Amsterdam after a threat that caused shop closures and the cancellation of a rock concert.

Aid group pulls out after Darfur workers kidnapped (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 03:30 PM PDT

Sudanese women greet Sudanese President Omar al Bashir, not pictured, who is wanted by an international court on war crimes charges, during a rally organized by the Sudanese Women's Union at the Prime Minister's headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, March 12, 2009. The women wave flags and banners and hold the portrait of President Omar al Bashir. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)AP - Armed men stormed an aid agency compound in Darfur and kidnapped three Westerners, heightening fears that foreigners will be targeted in the backlash over the international arrest warrant for Sudan's president.

Dutch police arrest 7 suspected of planning attack (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 03:25 PM PDT

AP - Dutch police on Thursday arrested seven people suspected of preparing a terrorist attack in Amsterdam, including a relative of one of the attackers who died in the 2004 bombings in Madrid.

City sitting pretty for UEFA Cup quarters (AFP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 03:07 PM PDT

Manchester City's Brazilian forward Robinho (R) vies with AaB Aalborg's Brazilian midfielder Caca during their UEFA Cup Fourth round 1st leg football match at the City of Manchester stadium, Manchester. City won 2-0.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Manchester City put one foot in the UEFA Cup quarter-finals with a 2-0 win over Danish side Aalborg in Thursday's last 16 first leg tie at Eastlands.

Canadian prisoners used nail clippers to escape (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 02:50 PM PDT

Reuters - Six high-risk prisoners escaped a Canadian jail last summer after spending four months chipping a path to freedom with nail clippers and other makeshift tools, according to a government report released on Thursday.

Ireland's police seek to stop dissident IRA bomb (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 02:49 PM PDT

The coffins of British soldiers Mark Quinsey, 23, from Birmingham, and Patrick Azimkar, 21, from London, leave Massereene army barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland, Thursday, March, 12, 2009. The two British soldiers were shot Saturday by Irish Republican dissidents. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - The commanders of Ireland's two police forces pursued a common strategy Thursday for catching Irish Republican Army dissidents responsible for a new wave of violence, amid fears their next attack could be a car bomb.

Sombre farewell to soldiers murdered in NIreland (AFP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 02:10 PM PDT

British soldiers(R) pay their respects as two hearses bearing the bodies of soldiers Patrick Azimkar and Mark Quinsey drive past during a memorial service Massereene Barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - The colleagues of two soldiers executed by paramilitaries in Northern Ireland bade a sombre farewell to their coffins Thursday.

German school shooter 'made Internet threat' (AFP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 02:01 PM PDT

A mourner kneels down next to a sea of flowers and candles left by residents in Winnenden. A teenager who went on a rampage in his old school announced his intentions on the Internet just hours earlier, an official said Thursday, as Germany mourned the 15 people he gunned down.(AFP/DDP/Torsten Silz)AFP - A teenager who went on a rampage in his old school announced his intentions on the Internet just hours earlier, an official said Thursday, as Germany mourned the 15 people he gunned down.

Some heart patients undoing drug benefits (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 01:01 PM PDT

AP - European heart patients are taking more medication than ever before to lower their blood pressure and cholesterol, but bad habits such as overeating and smoking are undermining the drugs, a new study says.

Pope: Vatican made errors in Holocaust denial case (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 12:49 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, right, greets Shear-Yashuv Cohen, the chief rabbi in the Israeli city of Haifa, on the occasion of the pontiff's meeting with with a delegation of Israel's chief rabbinate, part of regularly planned consultations to discuss aspects of Catholic and Jewish religious teachings, at the Vatican, Thursday, March 12, 2009. Benedict XVI has acknowledged Vatican mistakes over a Holocaust-denying bishop and his efforts to reach out to ultraconservatives, saying in a highly unusual critical review that he was saddened that even Catholics attacked him with open hostility. The pope made a personal analysis of the case in a letter to the world's Catholic bishops made public by the Vatican on Thursday, seeking to end one of the most serious crises of his nearly four-year papacy. At center is German cardinal Walter Kasper. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Pope Benedict XVI has made an unusual public acknowledgment of Vatican mistakes and turmoil in his church over an outreach to ultraconservatives that led to his lifting the excommunication of a Holocaust-denying bishop.

UK officials were worried about Iraq dossier (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 11:32 AM PDT

In this Dec. 14, 2008 file photo, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi throws a shoe at President George W. Bush during a new conference with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, Iraq. A court convicted an Iraqi journalist of assault Thursday, March 12, 2009 for hurling his shoes at George W. Bush and sentenced him to three years in prison, prompting an outburst from his family and calls for his release from Iraqis who consider him an icon for a nation decimated by war. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)AP - Officials drafting an intelligence dossier that was used to help justify the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq discussed worries that Britain risked exaggerating the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's regime, documents released on Thursday disclosed.

Scientists warn of 'irreversible' climate shifts (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 11:19 AM PDT

AP - Hundreds of leading scientists warned Thursday that global warming is accelerating beyond the worst predictions and threatening to trigger "irreversible" climate shifts on the planet.

Chelsea pensioners add women to the ranks (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 11:16 AM PDT

Winifred Phillips, 82, second from left, and Dorothy Hughes, 85, third from left, pose with male colleagues as they are welcomed as the first women Chelsea pensioners at the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London, Thursday March 12, 2009. The former servicewomen will wear the same distinctive scarlet uniforms as the men. Pensioners are former soldiers in the British Army who are older than 65, who surrender their army pensions and in return get free room, board, and medical care for the rest of their lives. The hospital opened in 1692, and about 300 pensioners currently live there. (AP Photo/Dominic Lipinski-pa)AP - They've been men-only for three centuries.

Fat Duck restaurant reopens after food scare (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 09:28 AM PDT

A car passes The Fat Duck restaurant in Bray near Maidenhead, England, in this Friday March 6, 2009 file photo. A world-renowned British restaurant at the center of a health scare can reopen, health officials said Wednesday, March 11, 2009. Britain's Health Protection Agency said it still hadn't determined what caused the outbreak of diarrhea and vomiting linked to The Fat Duck, a Michelin-starred restaurant in the village of Bray, 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of London but it said that preliminary findings suggested it was safe to reopen the establishment. (AP Photo / Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)AP - Lovers of snail porridge, mustard ice cream and jelly of quail, rejoice.

Dutch study says Rembrandt oil was part of series (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 09:23 AM PDT

AP - "Night Watch," one of Rembrandt's most famous paintings, was part of a series of portraits by leading Dutch artists of his day, and was meant to be displayed alongside the others, the Netherlands National Museum said Thursday.

13 Serbs sentenced for 1991 massacre of POWs (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 09:13 AM PDT

AP - Thirteen Serbs were convicted of war crimes and sentenced to prison Thursday for the execution-style killings of some 200 Croats — one of the worst massacres of POWs during the bloody Balkan conflicts of the 1990s.

Contents of Versace's villa to be auctioned in UK (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 08:43 AM PDT

AP - The contents of late fashion designer Gianni Versace's fabulous Italian villa will be sold in London next week, giving curious fans a chance to see a display of his artwork and furniture.

Transcript of German school shooter plan chat (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 08:03 AM PDT

AP - Transcript provided by German authorities of an Internet chatroom conversation that they said a teen identified as Tim Kretschmer had with another 17-year-old about six hours before attacking his former high school and killing 15.

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