2009年3月18日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Incest father pleads guilty to charges, faces life (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 06:14 PM PDT

Defendant Josef Fritzl, center, is escorted to a break during the second day of his trial at the provincial courthouse in St. Poelten, Austria, on Tuesday March 17, 2009. The 73-year-old who fathered seven children with a daughter he held captive in a squalid cellar for 24 years refused to even speak to her for years, coming only to rape her, often in front of the youngsters, a prosecutor said. (AP Photo/Helmut Fohringer, Pool)AP - Josef Fritzl abruptly pleaded guilty to all of the charges against him Wednesday — a surprising twist amid disclosures that the daughter he imprisoned for 24 years in a dungeon where she bore him seven children secretly sat in on the trial.

Natasha Richardson dies after ski fall (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 06:10 PM PDT

British actress Natasha Richardson and actor Liam Neeson arrive at the premiere of the film Reuters - Award-winning actress Natasha Richardson, a member of Britain's Redgrave acting dynasty, died on Wednesday at age 45 after a suffering a severe injury in a skiing accident in Canada earlier this week.

Briton freed after 27 years as conviction quashed (AFP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 06:06 PM PDT

Sean Hodgson, 57, speaks to the media outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Hodgson, who spent 27 years behind bars for murder, said Wednesday he was AFP - A Briton who spent 27 years behind bars for murder said he was "ecstatic" to be free after new DNA evidence prompted the appeal court to quash his original conviction.

Actress Natasha Richardson dies after ski fall (AFP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 05:54 PM PDT

Actress Natasha Richardson, pictured in 2008, has died following a ski accident, a spokesman for her actor husband Liam Neeson said in a statement on Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Wintrow)AFP - Actress Natasha Richardson has died, according to a spokesman, two days after the daughter of British theater icon Vanessa Redgrave apparently suffered brain damage in what was initially dismissed as a minor ski accident.

North Pole explorers finally get vital supplies (AFP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 05:49 PM PDT

Polar explorers Pen Hadow and Ann Daniels on the Catlin Arctic Survey. The group of stranded British explorers fighting to survive at the North Pole received vital supplies of food, fuel and equipment Wednesday after a mission hampered by bad weather finally reached them, organizers of the aid effort said.(AFP/Catlin Arctic Survey/Ho/Martin Hartley)AFP - A group of stranded British explorers fighting to survive at the North Pole received vital supplies of food, fuel and equipment Wednesday after a mission hampered by bad weather finally reached them, organizers of the aid effort said.

Liverpool's Benitez ends saga, extends contract (AFP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:57 PM PDT

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez, pictured in February 2009, has ended months of speculation by signing a contract extension that will keep him at Anfield until 2014, the English Premier League club confirmed on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has ended months of speculation by signing a contract extension that will keep him at Anfield until 2014, the English Premier League club confirmed Wednesday.

Israel's envoy still concerned by UN racism draft (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 02:04 PM PDT

AP - Israel is dissatisfied with the latest draft declaration for next month's U.N. racism meeting because the Jewish state feels it is still being singled out for criticism, its ambassador in Geneva said Wednesday.

UK soldier killed in Northern Ireland laid to rest (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 01:53 PM PDT

British soldier Mark Quinsey's sister Jaime, second from right, follows his coffin as it leaves the Immanuel Church, Birmingham, England, Wednesday, March 18, 2009. Quinsey was shot to death in a drive-by ambush at an army base in Northern Ireland. Military engineer Mark Quinsey was only hours away from deploying to Afghanistan when he and another soldier died in a spray of gun fire outside the entrance of the Massereene army base in Antrim, Northern Ireland. They were picking up pizza at the time. The attack last week was claimed by a splinter group of the Irish Republican Army. (AP Photo/Chris Radburn/PA)AP - The family of an unarmed British soldier ambushed outside a Northern Ireland army base said at his funeral Wednesday that IRA dissidents stole his chance to prove himself in battle.

Rare wines hidden from Nazis sold at UK auction (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 01:50 PM PDT

AP - A British auction house says it has sold a stash of rare wines hidden away during the German occupation of the Channel Islands in World War II for 50,000 pounds (nearly $70,000).

Stars, family visit Richardson hospital (AFP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 01:41 PM PDT

A television crew (L) does a report outside Lenox Hill Hospital March 18, 2009 in New York where actress Natasha Richardson is reportedly being treated for a serious head injury sustained in a ski accident. The famous family of acclaimed actress Natasha Richardson gathered at a hospital here Wednesday, amid reports that a head injury she suffered during a ski accident left her near death.(AFP/Stan Honda)AFP - Family and friends from the acting world visited the New York hospital Wednesday where actress Natasha Richardson, daughter of British icon Vanessa Redgrave, was reported to be near death following a ski accident.

Russia bans baby seal hunting (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 11:59 AM PDT

AP - Russia said Wednesday it was banning the hunting of baby harp seals, weeks after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin reportedly called the hunt a "bloody industry."

Report: German school shooter called killing fun (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 11:55 AM PDT

Flowers and candles are seen in Winnenden, southern Germany, Sunday, March 15, 2009. A 17-year old gunman and former pupil of the Albertville high school killed 15 people before he turned the gun on himself Wednesday. (AP Photo/Winfried Rothermel)AP - A man held hostage by a teenager on a shooting spree said in an interview published Wednesday that the boy described killing 12 people at his former high school as "fun" and wanted to attack a second school.

Your $32 million takes a village in England (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 11:54 AM PDT

The village cemetery is seen in the grounds of St. Peter's Church, which dates to the 12th century, at the village of Linkenholt in southern England, Tuesday March 17, 2009. The whole estate is up for sale — as a whole — with the only part of Linkenholt not on the block is the local church. All the village's 21 cottages, grand manor house, lush green cricket pitch and accompanying pavilion, are part of an estate that also encompasses 1,500 acres of farmland and another 425 of woods. The 40 or so residents, many of whom have lived here all their lives, hope any new owner who will have to pay at least 23 million british pounds (some 32 million US dollars), will keep the estate together and resist the urge to parcel off the land located just 75 miles (120 kilometers) southwest of London. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Sheep dot green hills. Pheasants hop across country lanes. Quaint cottages sit next to a tiny stone church. Neighbors who've known each other since birth greet strangers warmly. And for about $32 million, this leafy, nostalgic slice of England could be yours.

Wiesenthal Center pursues new tack in Nazi hunt (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 11:38 AM PDT

A photo released by the State Office of Criminal Investigation in Stuttgart, southern Germany, shows suspect Aribert Heim, pictured in 1950 at unknown location. The Simon Wiesenthal Center filed a suit Wednesday March 18, 2009 asking Berlin prosecutors to open an investigation to try and determine if the family or attorneys of the world's most-wanted Nazi war criminal, SS doctor Aribert Heim, have been lying about whether he was dead or alive. (AP Photo/HO/State Office of Criminal Investigation Baden-Wuerttemberg) ** B/W ONLY * EDITORIAL USE ONLY *AP - The Simon Wiesenthal Center filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking Berlin prosecutors to investigate whether the family or attorneys of Nazi war criminal Aribert Heim have lied about whether he was dead or alive.

Analysis: France on collision course over NATO (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 11:21 AM PDT

AP - France's rejection of a global role for NATO puts Paris on a collision course with the bolder NATO ambitions of other powerful alliance members — most notably the United States and Britain.

UK man has murder conviction overturned (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 11:19 AM PDT

Sean Hodgson, left, with his brother Pete leaves the High Court following the quashing of his murder conviction in London, Wednesday, March 18, 2009. Sean Hodgson, who spent nearly three decades in prison has had his conviction overturned after DNA evidence cleared him of murder. Britain's Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that Sean Hodgson, 57, did not kill 22-year-old Teresa De Simone in 1979. De Simone was found strangled in her car outside the pub where she worked in southwest England. DNA tests were not available when Hodgson was tried in the early 1980s. Police said DNA evidence from the scene didn't match a sample provided by Hodgson. Hodgson had initially confessed to the crime but then pleaded not guilty. His lawyers argued their client wasn't well, was a pathological liar and that the confessions were false. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - A British man who spent 27 years in prison walked free Wednesday after his murder conviction was overturned because of new DNA evidence in a case that may help others who have been wrongly convicted.

Drunken mayhem mars St. Patrick's in Ireland (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 11:00 AM PDT

Students look out at riot police close to the Ormeau Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Hundreds of drunken students clashed with riot police while out celebrating St Patricks Day. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - Cars were torched, firefighters attacked and police bombarded in mayhem spawned by dusk-to-dawn drinking on St. Patrick's Day, Irish authorities said Wednesday.

Famous prisoner reaches out to Russia's president (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 09:44 AM PDT

Russian police lead jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky out of a police van into a Moscow court on March 6, 2009. A Moscow court on Tuesday rejected a defence request to throw out the new trial of Khodorkovsky on fresh charges of financial crimes.(AFP/File/Alexander Nemenov)AP - Imprisoned former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky challenged Russia's president in an interview published Wednesday to depart from the policies of his powerful predecessor .

Britain releasing secret detainee treatment rules (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 09:34 AM PDT

AP - Britain will release its secret rules governing the treatment of overseas detainees, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday in an attempt to bolster public faith after a string of allegations that the U.K. colluded in torture.

UK terror suspect wins payout for police beating (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 08:33 AM PDT

AP - A British terror suspect fighting extradition to the United States was awarded thousands of pounds (dollars) in compensation Wednesday for being assaulted by police during his 2003 arrest.

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