2009年3月29日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Obama envoy: Time to act on climate change (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 10:25 AM PDT

Demonstrators hold flags and placards as they march for jobs, justice, peace and the climate in central London, Saturday March 28, 2009. Thousands of people joined the march through the streets of the British capital to call on the G20 leaders, who are scheduled to meet in London April 2 for talks on the global economic crisis to 'put people first' and to listen to their concerns.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Once booed at international climate talks, the United States won sustained applause Sunday when President Barack Obama's envoy pledged to "make up for lost time" in reaching a global agreement on climate change.

Former colony votes on becoming fully French (AFP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 09:59 AM PDT

People arrive to vote in Mamoudzou on the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte. The Indian Ocean island of Mayotte looked set Sunday to become an integral part of France after a referendum that could end local traditions like Islamic courts and polygamy.(AFP/Richard Bouhet)AFP - The Indian Ocean island of Mayotte looked set Sunday to become an integral part of France after a referendum that could end local traditions like Islamic courts and polygamy.

Violence mars Turkish vote, AK Party to win mandate (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 09:48 AM PDT

Reuters - At least five people were killed on Sunday as Turks voted in local elections likely to give the ruling AK Party a new mandate to press on with key reforms in the European Union candidate country.

UK minister apologizes for porn movies on expenses (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 09:47 AM PDT

Richard Timney, the husband of Britain's Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, outside his home in Redditch, southern England, giving his apologies for claiming adult entertainment on expenses, Sunday March 29, 2009. Britain's Home Secretary apologized Sunday for claiming on parliamentary expenses for the cost of five movies — including two adult ones — screened at her home. Jacqui Smith claimed for two unnamed adult movies that were shown on pay-per view television channels at her family home in April 2008. They were rated 18, which means they are not suitable viewing for anyone under that age. The classification is given to movies that depict graphic sex or extreme violence. Smith admitted Sunday that she should not have claimed for any of the movies and said all money would be paid back. 'I am sorry that in claiming for my Internet connection, I mistakenly claimed for a television package alongside it,' she said in a statement. 'As soon as the matter was brought to my attention, I took immediate steps to contact the relevant parliamentary authorities and rectify the situation.' (AP Photo/PA)AP - Britain's Home Secretary apologized Sunday for putting five pay-per-view movies on her parliamentary expense account — including two X-rated ones screened by her husband.

Oxford overpower Cambridge to win Boat Race (AFP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 08:46 AM PDT

Members of the Oxford boat crew (right) celebrate as they cross the finish line to beat Cambridge by a comfortable margin during the 155th Oxford versus Cambridge boat race. Oxford University lived up to their billing as favourites to beat Cambridge University to win the 155th Boat Race on the River Thames.(AFP/Geoff Caddick)AFP - Oxford University lived up to their billing as favourites to beat Cambridge University to win the 155th Boat Race on the River Thames here on Sunday.

Danish employment model put to test in meltdown (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 08:45 AM PDT

Unemployed bricklayer Dennis Harmon stands outside a local office of the United Federation of Danish Workers in the Valby district of Copenhagen, Feb. 17, 2009. Denmark's labor model blending flexible rules for employers to fire workers with ample benefits for the unemployed is being put to the test in the global meltdown. (AP Photo/Karl Ritter)AP - Dennis Harmon lost his job, but that doesn't mean he'll lose his livelihood.

Thousands march in Spain against abortion reforms (AFP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 08:05 AM PDT

People hold banners during a demonstration to protest the government's plans to liberalise the abortion law in Madrid. Tens of thousands of demonstrators crowded central Madrid, waving banners and chanting slogans against government plans to liberalise the country's abortion laws.(AFP/Pierre-Philippe Marcou)AFP - Tens of thousands of demonstrators crowded central Madrid on Sunday, waving banners and chanting slogans against government plans to liberalise the country's abortion laws.

Smith red-faced over husband's porn films (AFP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 07:50 AM PDT

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, seen here in 2008, apologised after she AFP - Home Secretary Jacqui Smith apologised Sunday after she "mistakenly" submitted an expenses claim which included adult films watched by her husband.

Spain may decide Guantanamo probe this week (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 07:37 AM PDT

Reuters - Spanish prosecutors may decide this week whether to press ahead with a probe into six former Bush administration officials in connection with the torture of detainees at the U.S. military's Guantanamo Bay prison, court sources said.

Hungary parties fail to pick new PM (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 07:27 AM PDT

Reuters - Hungary's Socialists and liberal Free Democrats failed once again to agree on a new prime minister on Sunday but promised to continue negotiations on Monday, Free Democrat Chairman Gabor Fodor said.

Environmentalists hail Earth Hour as a big success (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 05:04 AM PDT

People wave their glow sticks after the switching off of lights as part of the worldwide movement dubbed as Earth Hour Saturday, March 28, 2009 in Manila, Philippines. The switching off of lights is a worldwide effort of people around the globe to take the seriousness of global warming. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - For environmental activists, the message was clear: Earth Hour was a huge success.

Spanish court considers trying former US officials (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2009 08:41 PM PDT

In this Jan. 6, 2005 file photo, then-Attorney general nominee Alberto Gonzales testifies during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill. A Spanish court has agreed to consider opening a criminal case against six former Bush administration officials, including former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, over allegations they gave legal cover for torture at Guantanamo Bay, a lawyer in the case said Saturday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP - A Spanish court has agreed to consider opening a criminal case against six former Bush administration officials, including former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, over allegations they gave legal cover for torture at Guantanamo Bay, a lawyer in the case said Saturday.

Estonian accused of post-WWII genocide dies (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2009 01:51 PM PDT

In this May 20,2008 file photo Estonian Arnold Meri seen in Tallinn, Estonia. Arnold Meri, a decorated Red Army veteran charged with genocide for deporting hundreds of his Estonian countrymen to Siberia in 1949, has died. He was 89. Meri, a former communist party official and the cousin of late Estonian President Lennart Meri, died at his home in Tallinn late Friday, his family said Saturday. (AP Photo/NIPA, Timur Nisametdinov)AP - Arnold Meri, a decorated Red Army veteran charged with genocide for deporting hundreds of his Estonian countrymen to Siberia in 1949, has died. He was 89.

European protesters march in G20 rallies (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2009 12:43 PM PDT

Demonstrators march for jobs, justice and climate back-dropped by Big Ben, St. Stephen's Tower, in central London, Saturday, March 28, 2009. Thousands of working people joined the march from Victoria Embankment to Hyde Park to call on the G20 leaders, who will have a meeting on the global economic crisis in London on April 2, to 'put people first' and to listen to their concerns. Other demonstrations aimed at the G20 summit took place in Europe on Saturday. Some 15,000 people gathered in Berlin, and a demonstration also was held in Frankfurt, Germany's banking capital under the slogan: 'We won't pay for your crisis.' (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - Thousands of people marched through European cities Saturday to demand jobs, economic justice and environmental accountability, kicking off six days of protest and action planned in the run-up to the G20 summit next week in London.

Witness: Suspect in Italy murder trial had knife (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2009 12:29 PM PDT

US murder suspect Amanda Knox, right, is escorted ny an Italian penitentiary police officer, as she arrives for a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial, in Perugia, Italy, Saturday, March 28, 2009. Knox and her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, are on trial for the murder of Knox's roommate British student Meredith Kercher, found dead in the house they shared in Nov. 2007. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)AP - An Albanian man told an Italian trial court in sometimes confusing testimony Saturday that an American student charged with the murder of her British roommate had brandished a knife outside their apartment house.

Bosnia's jobless rate at 43 percent and rising (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2009 10:46 AM PDT

AP - If anyone ever stood a chance of escaping the global financial crisis, it might have been Almija Muminovic.

Soyuz sensor malfunction prompts manual docking (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2009 10:28 AM PDT

Specialists are busy at Russia's mission control center in Korolyov, outside Moscow, as Soyuz capsule carrying a Russian cosmonaut, an American astronaut and U.S. billionaire tourist Charles Simonyi docks at the international space station Saturday, March 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)AP - A Russian cosmonaut was forced to dock a Soyuz capsule carrying U.S. billionaire tourist Charles Simonyi manually at the international space station Saturday after a sensor monitoring the engines apparently malfunctioned.

Turkey says Muslims oppose Dane's NATO candidacy (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2009 09:41 AM PDT

AP - Turkey's prime minister has said there is strong opposition from Muslim nations to Denmark's prime minister becoming the next NATO chief and indicated the candidacy threatened to harm the alliance.

Hitting reset: US, Russia face tough nuclear talks (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2009 09:05 AM PDT

In this May 29, 2007 file photo, a new intercontinental ballistic missile, called the RS-24, is launched at the Plesetsk launch, northwestern Russia. Russia has started deploying a new type of missile that can carry multiple warheads called the RS-24. Washington says it's just an upgrade of an existing model, a violation of START. When Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev meet for the first time on April 1, 2009, the two presidents are expected to press the reset button to try not only to warm bilateral ties that have chilled to Cold War temperatures. (AP Photo, File)AP - When Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev meet for the first time on April 1, a big part of "pressing the reset button" will be to rescue the two countries' dying arms control treaty and prevent a return to Cold War nuclear rivalry.

Issues weighing on US-Russia relations (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2009 08:34 AM PDT

AP - • ARMS CONTROL: The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, a Cold War accord that cut nuclear arsenals and set up a mutual inspection system, expires Dec. 5. Both Moscow and Washington say they want to negotiate a successor treaty.

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