2009年4月14日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Chelsea will stop Liverpool: Hiddink (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2009 04:01 AM PDT

Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard scores a penalty during their Premier League match against Bolton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge on April 11. Guus Hiddink believes Chelsea's unbreakable team spirit will stop Liverpool staging a famous revival in their Champions League quarter-final second leg match on April 14.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Guus Hiddink believes Chelsea's unbreakable team spirit will stop Liverpool staging a famous revival in Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg.


Philips posts euro59 million loss, recalls Senseos (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2009 03:58 AM PDT

AP - Royal Philips Electronics NV, the Dutch lighting and consumer products maker, posted a first quarter net loss of euro59 million ($78 million) on Tuesday and said it would recall millions of defective coffee makers that may pose a safety risk.

Alleged power station protesters released on bail (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2009 03:46 AM PDT

A protester is arrested near Kingsnorth power station in Kent in August 2008. More than 100 people arrested for allegedly planning to target a power station in a protest about climate change have been released on bail, police said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - More than 100 people arrested for allegedly planning to target a power station in a protest about climate change have been released on bail, police said on Tuesday.


EU starts action against Britain over data privacy (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2009 03:24 AM PDT

Reuters - The European Commission started legal action against Britain on Tuesday for what the EU executive called a failure to keep people's online details confidential.

Toll in Polish hostel inferno hits 22 (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2009 02:50 AM PDT

Polish firefighters battle a fire sweeping through a shelter for homeless and poor families in Kamien Pomorski. Twenty-two people died after fire ravaged a home for low-income families in northwestern Poland, according to a new toll.(AFP)AFP - Twenty-two people died after fire ravaged a home for low-income families in northwestern Poland, according to a new toll issued on Tuesday by local authorities.


Death toll 22 in Polish homeless shelter (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2009 02:12 AM PDT

AP - A Polish mayor says the number of people killed in a fire at a shelter for homeless people in northwestern Poland has risen to 22.

British cricketers trek up Everest for heady game (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2009 02:07 AM PDT

Cricketers Gareth Wesley (L), Rebecca Stephens (C) and Richard Kirtley at Lords cricket ground in London on April 9, 2009. Two British cricket teams are on their way to Mount Everest to play the sport's highest-ever match -- lugging bats, pads and even their own pitch with them.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Two cricket teams from Britain are on their way to Mount Everest to play the sport's highest-ever match -- lugging bats, pads and even their own pitch with them.


Brown denies ministers involved in smear efforts (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2009 02:06 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 has insisted that no government ministers were involved in efforts by one of his former top aides to spread unfounded allegations about opposition lawmakers.


London stocks hold steady after Easter break (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2009 01:50 AM PDT

Stocks in London held steady at the open on Tuesday as dealers returned to their desks following the Easter holiday break.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Stocks in London held steady at the open on Tuesday as dealers returned to their desks following the Easter holiday break.


Save the Children pledges aid for poor -- at home (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2009 01:46 AM PDT

Job seekers outside a Job Centre in Chatham, in southeast England on March 19, 2009. Save the Children is known for its work in poverty- and crisis-hit hotspots around the world. But the British charity is now turning its attention closer to home -- giving aid to the growing poor in the credit-crunched country.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Save the Children is known for its work in poverty- and crisis-hit hotspots around the world. But the British charity is now turning its attention closer to home -- giving aid to the growing poor in the credit-crunched country.


Iraq murders court-martial to continue Tuesday (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2009 12:45 AM PDT

AP - The court-martial of a U.S. soldier accused of masterminding the execution of four bound and blindfolded Iraqi prisoners in 2007 was continuing Tuesday.

Freeing US skipper wins praise, escalation feared (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 05:58 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.


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