2009年4月13日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Poland in mourning after hostel blaze kills 21 (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 04:42 PM PDT

The gutted remains of a shelter for homeless and poor families in northwest Poland. Poland's deadliest fire in nearly three decades tore through a homeless shelter Monday, claiming 21 lives and forcing parents to toss children from windows to rescuers.(AFP)AFP - Poland on Tuesday started three days of mourning after the country's worst fire in nearly three decades tore through a homeless shelter, claiming 21 lives and forcing parents to toss children from windows to rescuers.

Freeing US skipper wins praise, escalation feared (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 02:36 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, says that the U.S. will seek to halt the increasing threat of piracy off the Horn of Africa as he also praised the U.S. military's successful rescue of merchant Capt. Richard Phillips, who had been held hostage for several days by Somali pirates, Monday, April 13, 2009, during remarks at the Transportation Department in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama and the U.S. military drew high praise Monday for the liberation of an American sea captain held by Somali pirates, but some military experts fear the fatal shooting of three pirates will lead to an escalation of the conflict off Somalia's coast.

114 arrested before protest near UK power station (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 02:33 PM PDT

AP - British police arrested 114 people Monday on suspicion of planning a disruptive environmental protest at a coal-fired power station.

Two killed as gunman opens fire in French town (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 01:22 PM PDT

French special forces (GIPN) arrest a man after he opened fire with a rifle on a village street, holed up in his house, killing at least two people in Douchy-les-Mines, northern France. A 65-year-old man holed up in his house opened fire in a northern French village on Monday, killing a young couple, emergency services and witnesses said.(AFP/Francois Lo Presti)AFP - A 65-year-old man holed up in his house opened fire in a northern French town on Monday, killing a young couple before surrendering after a two-hour siege, officials said.

21 people killed in Poland homeless shelter blaze (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 12:55 PM PDT

Smoke billows out of a shelter for people waiting for social housing, in Kamien Pomorski, northwestern Poland, Monday, April 13, 2009. A fast-moving fire tore through a three-story building housing homeless people in northwestern Poland early Monday, killing at least 21 people and injuring 20 more, including an infant, officials said. (AP Photo)AP - Survivors of a fire that killed 21 people at a three-story shelter for homeless families in Poland on Monday described a fast-moving inferno that forced some to jump from windows into trees.

Police detain dad for driving with sons in trunk (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 12:51 PM PDT

AFP - Spanish police said Monday they had detained an Ecuadoran man caught driving with his two sons in the trunk of his car.

Easter Monday hostel blaze kills 21 in Poland (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 12:45 PM PDT

The gutted remains of a shelter for homeless and poor families in northwest Poland. Poland's deadliest fire in nearly three decades tore through a homeless shelter Monday, claiming 21 lives and forcing parents to toss children from windows to rescuers.(AFP)AFP - Poland's deadliest fire in nearly three decades tore through a homeless shelter Monday, claiming 21 lives and forcing parents to toss children from windows to rescuers.

US soldier pleads not guilty at court-martial (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 12:11 PM PDT

AP - The lawyer for a U.S. Army soldier accused of masterminding the execution of four bound and blindfolded Iraqi prisoners in 2007 said Monday that physical evidence of the crime did not exist as he cast doubt on the murder charges.

Benitez wants Liverpool to show spirit of Istanbul (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 12:10 PM PDT

Liverpool's Spanish manager Rafael Benitez, seen here addressing the press, will call on Liverpool to show the spirit of Istanbul in Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg against Chelsea.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Rafa Benitez will call on Liverpool to show the spirit of Istanbul in Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg against Chelsea.

PM denies ministers involved in smear efforts (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 11:47 AM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Downing street in London on April 1. Brown faces awkward questions when he returns from his Easter break after his special advisor quit after sending AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted Monday that no government ministers were involved in efforts by one of his former top aides to spread unfounded allegations about opposition lawmakers.

Italian Jews aid World War II saviors hit by quake (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 11:24 AM PDT

From left, Italia Tagliacozzo, Ester Di Segni, Emma Di Segni, earthquake survivor Nello De Bernardinis and Alberto Di Consiglio, pose for a group photo in the Casentino tent-camp, near L'Aquila, central Italy, Monday, April 13, 2009. Italian Jews and Holocaust survivors are rushing to aid communities that sheltered them during World War II and were hit by last week's devastating earthquake. Di Consiglio found Nello De Bernardinis, 74, the son of a couple who sheltered Di Consiglio's father and eight other relatives during the war. (AP Photo/Sandro Perozzi)AP - More than 65 years after villagers provided shelter to Italian Jews fleeing from the Nazis, a group of those who evaded capture rushed to repay that sacrifice in rural communities hard-hit by an earthquake.

Elderly man in north France opens fire on 3 people (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 10:58 AM PDT

Police officers from the police special forces arrest a man, center, Monday April 13, 2009 in front of a house in Douchy-les-Mines, northern France. A 65-year-old man was holed up in a house in a town in northern France after he opened apparently random fire on three people. Three victims were walking on a street in the town on Douchy-les-Mines when the man began shooting Monday. An official said at least two of the victims were killed. The state of the third victim was not immediately clear. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)AP - A 65-year-old man who opened fire Monday on three people apparently at random, killing two, has surrendered, a police official said.

Protesters camp near Georgian leader's residence (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 10:40 AM PDT

A supporter of the Georgian opposition, reacts, at a rally in front of the Georgian parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, Monday, April 13, 2009. Thousands of demonstrators in Georgia's capital are demanding the president's resignation in the fifth day of peaceful protests. The number of protesters has declined since the demonstrations began, but they are still capable of blocking main roads, and some are calling for more forceful action. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)AP - Demonstrators set up tents outside the Georgian president's residence Monday, trying to turn up the heat on the fifth day of peaceful protests demanding Mikhail Saakashvili resign.

Serbia to seek extradition of Nazi suspect from US (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 09:31 AM PDT

AP - Serbia will seek the extradition of a naturalized American who allegedly served in a Nazi unit that killed about 17,000 civilians during World War II, the Balkan country's war crimes prosecutor said Monday.

No changes for Berlin zoo even after bear attack (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 09:25 AM PDT

AP - The Berlin zoo doesn't plan to change security measures even after a polar bear attacked a woman who managed to jump into the bears' enclosure last week, an incident caught on video.

Russian court ousts Lebedev from Olympic city race (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 08:42 AM PDT

This is Wednesday Oct. 8, 2008 file photo of Russian billionaire banker Alexander Lebedev speaking during an interview in his house in Moscow. A court ruled Monday, April 13, 2009, that Lebedev's registration as a candidate in the mayoral race in the Olympic city of Sochi is illegitimate, his spokesman said. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)AP - A Russian court ruled on Monday that tycoon Alexander Lebedev's registration as a mayoral candidate in the Olympic city of Sochi is invalid, the billionaire said, and he vowed to appeal a decision that Kremlin critics called part of a dirty campaign to ensure victory for the government favorite.

Spain: Basque group in missile attack plot on king (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:11 AM PDT

AP - The armed Basque separatist group ETA considered assassinating King Juan Carlos by attacking his plane or helicopter with a surface-to-air missile, Spain's interior minister said Monday.

Woman reportedly jumps into polar bear enclosure (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:03 AM PDT

An empty box of a life belt is seen next to the polar bear enclosure at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, Friday, April 10, 2009. Police say a woman jumped into the polar bear enclosure and was bitten several times on her arms and legs by one of the four older polar bears in the enclosure. The woman was not bitten by the famous Knut, who took Germany by storm as a cub after he was hand-raised by a keeper. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)AP - Police say a woman jumped into a polar bear enclosure at Berlin Zoo and was bitten several times on her arms and legs.

Pope offers blessings from retreat (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 03:47 AM PDT

AP - Pope Benedict XVI has offered Easter greetings from the papal summer retreat in the hills south of Rome.

US dollar mostly lower in Europe (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 03:40 AM PDT

AP - The U.S. dollar was mostly lower against other major currencies in European trading Monday morning.

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