2009年3月25日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Britain's PM asks 'whole world' to pressure Sudan (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 03:45 PM PDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left center, is accompanied by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right center, as he speaks during a press conference at the United Nations in New York, Wednesday March 25, 2009. (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday he wants "the whole world" to demand that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir reverse his expulsion of 13 foreign aid organizations and three local ones that worked in Darfur.

France sells 24 military helicopters to Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 03:26 PM PDT

A French Eurocopter helicopter is seen in 2006. France on Wednesday sealed a contract for the sale of 24 military helicopters to Iraq, its first arms deal with Baghdad since 1990.(AFP/File/Dominique Faget)AFP - France on Wednesday sealed a contract for the sale of 24 military helicopters to Iraq, its first arms deal with Baghdad since 1990.

Brits fail to net gold on track worlds opener (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 03:24 PM PDT

Racers compete in the men's point race 40km during the UCI Track World Championships at the BGZ Arena in Pruszkow. Olympic track cycling kings Britain failed to claim gold from any of the four finals on the first day of the world championships where France, Australia, New Zealand and Lithuania ruled the roost Wednesday.(AFP/Joe Klamar)AFP - Olympic track cycling kings Britain failed to claim gold from any of the four finals on the first day of the world championships where France, Australia, New Zealand and Lithuania ruled the roost Wednesday.

Third man charged over N. Ireland police murder (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 02:49 PM PDT

A Northern Irish policeman carries the coffin of murdered colleague Stephen Carroll in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, on March 13, 2009. A third man was charged Wednesday in connection with the shooting of a Northern Ireland policeman, hours after a former local councillor appeared in court charged with the officer's murder.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - A third man was charged Wednesday in connection with the shooting of a Northern Ireland policeman, hours after a former local councillor appeared in court charged with the officer's murder.

Brown urges pressure on Beshir to lift NGO ban (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 01:39 PM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown appealed to the world here Wednesday to pressure Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, seen here in Khartoum, into rescinding his expulsion of 13 international aid agencies from Darfur.(AFP/Ashraf Shazly)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown appealed to the world here Wednesday to pressure Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir into rescinding his expulsion of 13 international aid agencies from Darfur.

Flintoff backs under-fire coach Flower (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 01:25 PM PDT

England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, seen here in February 2009, on Wednesday threw his support behind caretaker coach Andy Flower who has overseen just one victory on the Caribbean tour.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff on Wednesday threw his support behind caretaker coach Andy Flower who has overseen just one victory on the Caribbean tour.

Labor unrest, executive pay issues in Europe (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 12:56 PM PDT

AP - A look at labor unrest and outrage over executive pay in Europe fueled by the global economic crisis.

EU presidency: US stimulus is 'the road to hell' (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 12:38 PM PDT

Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek delivers his speech Wednesday March 25, 2009 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. Topolanek has told the European Parliament that the collapse of his government will not affect his running of the EU presidency. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz)AP - The head of the European Union slammed President Barack Obama's plan to spend nearly $2 trillion to push the U.S. economy out of recession as "the road to hell" that EU governments must avoid.

Le Pen again calls gas chambers detail of history (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 12:24 PM PDT

French far right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen gestures is seen at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday March 25, 2009. As the oldest MEP, Le Pen is in line to chair parliament's inaugural session after June's European elections. Traditionally, parliament's oldest sitting MEP opens the first session until MEPs elect a new president who then presides over all future plenary meetings. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz)AP - French far right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen repeated his belief Wednesday that it "is a statement of fact" that the gas chambers where millions of Jews perished during World War II "were a detail of history."

German court: OK to reprint Nazi-era newspapers (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 12:22 PM PDT

AP - A German court ruled Wednesday that the state of Bavaria cannot use copyright law to prevent a new publication from reprinting newspapers produced by the Nazi regime in the early years of Adolf Hitler's rule.

Belfast judge orders alleged IRA dissidents freed (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 12:16 PM PDT

Brendan McConville, 37, a former Sinn Fein councillor, is led into court in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, March, 25, 2009. McConville was charged with the murder of a police officer, and possessing an assault rifle and ammunition. Constable Stephen Carroll, 48, was shot dead in Armagh on March 9. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - Northern Ireland's senior judge ordered the immediate release Wednesday of six suspected IRA dissidents being interrogated over recent killings of soldiers and police, ruling that their 11-day detention was illegal.

Iran accepts call to join US at Afghan meeting (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 11:30 AM PDT

AP - Iran has accepted an invitation to a conference on Afghanistan next week that also will be attended by the U.S., the conference's Dutch host said Wednesday.

French strikers hold 3M exec hostage amid talks (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 11:17 AM PDT

Continental employees of the Clairoix tire plant, northern France, burn tires and a photograph of plant director Louis Forzy during a demonstration Wednesday March 25, 2009 in Paris. Workers at the factory, which employs 1,120, agreed in 2007 to a 40-hour work week, up from France's standard 35-hour week, to boost productivity and keep the site open. German auto parts and tire company Continental AG recently said it would stop producing tires at its plant in Clairoix and reduce capacity at other sites in Europe, laying off workers as a result. Banner reads: 'Caviar for shareholders, workers out.' (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - Striking French workers for U.S. manufacturer 3M held their boss hostage amid labor talks Wednesday at a plant south of Paris, as anger over layoffs and cutbacks mounted around the country.

Vienna awash in speculation that ex-mayor was spy (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 10:37 AM PDT

In this Jan. 28, 2005 file picture, former Vienna mayor Helmut Zilk is shown during a press conference in Vienna, Austria. Was he or wasn't he a spy? Austria is awash in speculation that Zilk was an informant for the Czechoslovak secret service in the 1960s. The respected news magazine Profil reported this week that Zilk provided the Czech intelligence agency, StB, with details about Austrian politics between December 1965 and June 1968. (AP Photo/Hans Punz)AP - Was he or wasn't he a spy?

Nuclear watchdog agency to elect new head (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 10:21 AM PDT

This Feb. 5, 2009 file photo shows Japan's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano speaking during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in Vienna, Austria. A low-key Japanese diplomat could clinch the post as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, within days, when the organization charged with blocking the spread of nuclear arms meets to replace IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei. Both Yukiya Amano of Japan and South Africa's Abdul Samad Minty are the chief IAEA delegates of their countries and wield other formidable credentials, including senior national nonproliferation posts as well as chairmanships of IAEA and other nuclear meetings. (AP Photo/Hans Punz)AP - A low-key Japanese diplomat could become head of the International Atomic Energy Agency when the organization charged with blocking the spread of nuclear arms meets this week to replace chief Mohamed ElBaradei.

Vaccine scare threatens health in Ukraine (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 09:24 AM PDT

A medical worker prepares to administer a vaccine to Yaroslav, 16 month old, being held by his mother Oksana Vasylenko in a outpatient clinic in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, March 20, 2009. A widespread scare about vaccine side effects in Ukraine has led to a sharp drop in immunizations that could result in disease outbreaks spreading beyond the former Soviet republic, international and local health officials say. Hundreds of thousands of fearful Ukrainians have refused vaccines for diseases such as diphtheria, mumps, polio, hepatitis B, tuberculosis, whooping cough and others this year, according to official estimates. Authorities have canceled a measles and rubella vaccination campaign funded by U.S. philanthropist Ted Turner, and will have to collect and incinerate nearly 9 million unused doses in coming months. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)AP - A widespread scare about vaccine side effects in Ukraine has led to a sharp drop in immunizations that could result in disease outbreaks spreading beyond the former Soviet republic, international and local health officials say.

Whale tooth from Darwin trip for sale in London (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 09:21 AM PDT

An undated photo released by Bonham's Auction House Wednesday March 25, 2009 of a whale tooth memento of Charles Darwin's famous expedition to the Galapagos Islands which will be put up for sale this autumn. Darwin's 1831 voyage on the HMS Beagle changed the young Cambridge graduate's career and laid the foundation for his subsequent work on botany, geology, and evolution. He called the five-year, round-the-world trip 'by far the most important event in my life' and the account he published of his travels, 'Voyage of the Beagle,' cemented his reputation as a serious scientist. Specimens collected while on one of the Beagles' stops, in Ecuador's Galapagos Islands, would eventually help buttress the modern theory of evolution. Bonhams' said the whale's tooth was inscribed with a picture of Beagle cutting through rough seas against a mountainous backdrop. The 7-inch (18-centimeter) memento was decorated by James Bute, a Royal Navy marine private who served aboard the ship, the auctioneer said. Known as scrimshaw, whale bones and ivory were often carved by sailors in periods of idleness. Bonhams said the memento was expected to fetch up to 50,000 pounds (about $73,000) when it is offered up for sale during the auctioneer's travel and exploration-themed sale in London on Sept. 16.(AP Photo/HO Bonhams)AP - A whale tooth memento of Charles Darwin's famous expedition to the Galapagos Islands will be put up for sale this autumn, a British auctioneer said Wednesday.

UK foreign secretary: Iraq inquiry to be held soon (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 09:17 AM PDT

AP - An official inquiry into the 2003 Iraq war and its aftermath will begin soon after the bulk of British troops leave the country this summer, the foreign secretary said Wednesday.

Missile defense critics welcome Czech govt's fall (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 09:16 AM PDT

Czech Republic's President Vaclav Klaus, left, addresses the media after receiving the results of no-confidence vote that ousted the government from Parliament Chairman Miloslav Vlcek, right, at the Prague Castle Prague, Czech Republic Wednesday, March 25, 2009. Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek sought to reassure a worried European Union on Wednesday that his government's collapse will not affect the running of the bloc's presidency. . (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - Czechs opposed to hosting part of a U.S. missile shield hailed the collapse of their government as the latest setback for a defense system whose fate was already in doubt.

EU to label blended and traditional rose wine (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 08:50 AM PDT

AP - Blended, bled or crushed? Rose wine customers will get to know exactly how their grapes were treated to turn their tipple a blushing pink under new EU rules laid out Wednesday.

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