2009年4月26日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Swiss heartland voters ban nude hiking in Alps (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 05:48 PM PDT

People in Appenzell Inner Rhodes, Switzerland, vote by raising their hands on Sunday, April 26, 2009. Voters have banned naked hiking after dozens of mostly German nudists started rambling through their picturesque region. By a show of hands citizens of the tiny canton of Appenzell Inner Rhodes voted overwhelmingly at their traditional open-air annual assembly to impose a 200 Swiss franc ($176) fine on violators. (AP Photo/KEYSTONE/Ennio Leanza)AP - Voters in the heart of the Swiss Alps on Sunday passed legislation banning naked hiking after dozens of mostly German nudists started rambling through their picturesque region.

Wenger says Arsenal can beat 'everybody' (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 05:22 PM PDT

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger (pictured) said his side could beat AFP - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said his side could beat "everybody" when they were at their best as he urged them to be fearless against Manchester United in Wednesday's Champions League semi-final first leg clash at Old Trafford.

Swine flu fears prompt quarantine plans, pork bans (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 05:07 PM PDT

Axel Sanchez wears a protective face mask as he waits for his flight at the airport in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, April 26, 2009. In Mexico, 86 deaths are suspected to be from a new strain of swine flu, with 22 of those confirmed, and nearly 1,400 people are believed infected. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Canada became the third country to confirm human cases of swine flu Sunday as global health officials considered whether to raise the global pandemic alert level.

Attenborough, Branagh honoured at Baftas (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 04:24 PM PDT

Kenneth Branagh (2nd R), Richard Cottan, Philip Martin, Francis Hopkinson pose with their British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) for Best Drama Series award for 'Wallander' in London.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Naturalist David Attenborough, actor Kenneth Branagh and comedy duo French and Saunders were honoured Sunday with gongs at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) awards.

Kremlin pick wins Sochi mayoral election (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 04:13 PM PDT

AP - The Kremlin favorite won an overwhelming victory in Sunday's mayoral election in the Russian city that will host the 2014 Winter Olympics, the top election official said.

Giggs wins players' player of the year award (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 03:35 PM PDT

Manchester United's Ryan Giggs, seen here during a game in March 2009, was named here on Sunday as the English Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Player of the Year for the first time despite starting just 12 league games this season.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Manchester United great Ryan Giggs was named here on Sunday as the English Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Player of the Year for the first time despite starting just 12 league games this season.

King, Maguire set longest frame record (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 02:26 PM PDT

Mark King and Stephen Maguire, seen here in action in January 2009, crawled to a world championship record on Sunday when the second frame of their second round clash became the longest ever played at the Crucible Theatre since it started staging the event in 1977.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Mark King and Stephen Maguire crawled to a world championship record on Sunday when the second frame of their second round clash became the longest ever played at the Crucible Theatre since it started staging the event in 1977.

Berlin religion referendum fails (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 01:46 PM PDT

Two election ballot papers for the referendum on religion and ethics lessons at school is photographed at a polling station in Berlin.(AFP/DDP/Michael Gottschalk)AFP - Ethics classes imposed after an "honour killing" in Berlin's Muslim minority will stay compulsory after supporters of religion lessons failed on Sunday to force a change via referendum.

Cook ready to be put to the Test (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 01:42 PM PDT

Essex batsman Alastair Cook, seen here in action in March 2009, said he was fit for next month's first Test against the West Indies after scoring an unbeaten 74 against the tourists for Essex here on Sunday.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - Alastair Cook said he was fit for next month's first Test against the West Indies after scoring an unbeaten 74 against the tourists for Essex here on Sunday.

Irish PM pledges battle for economy will be won (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 01:17 PM PDT

Recession-hit Ireland's economic problems will be solved by the series of emergency measures being taken by the government, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, pictured here on April 7, 2009, pledged on Sunday.(AFP/File)AFP - Recession-hit Ireland's economic problems will be solved by the series of emergency measures being taken by the government, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen pledged on Sunday.

'Producers' co-author has old memories of Berlin (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 10:18 AM PDT

AP - As a Berlin theater prepared to open its production of "The Producers," Mel Brooks, the actor, comedian and director behind the show, reminisced to The Associated Press about past visits to Germany and reflected on the symbolism of playing the Third Reich for laughs in the German capital.

Changing times: 'Springtime for Hitler'_ in Berlin (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 10:17 AM PDT

FILE - This June 25, 2008 file photo shows Cornelius Obonya, left, in the role of Max Bialystock and Andreas Bieber as Leo Bloom performing during a dress rehearsal for Mel Brook's musical 'The Producers' at Vienna's Ronacher theater. (AP Photo/Stephan Trierenberg, file)AP - A musical in Berlin with swastikas, goose-stepping and a catchy tune called "Springtime for Hitler" might be expected to draw outrage from a German public sensitive to playing the Nazi past for comedy.

Iceland's leftist coalition win general election (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 09:50 AM PDT

Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir casts her ballot in Hagaskoli, Iceland Saturday April 25 2009. Icelanders voted Saturday in an early parliamentary election expected to see them turn their backs on the lawmakers who were in charge when the tiny Nordic nation's financial system collapsed last year. With the country's banking system collapsed, and its national debt soaring, voters are expected to endorse the parties in the caretaker government — an alliance of Social Democrats and Left-Greens led by Sigurdardottir — turning their minority coalition into a majority in Iceland's parliament, the Althingi. ( AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti )AP - Iceland's leftist coalition was confirmed on Sunday as the winner of the country's general election — a blow for the pro-business Independence Party that many blamed for the collapse of the country's banking system.

Cruise ship fends off pirate attack with gunfire (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 09:21 AM PDT

This image shows the Italian cruise ship Msc Melody entering the port of Messina May 15, 2008. The commander of an Italian cruise ship says his crew successfully fended off an attack by pirates off Somalia, returning fire when the pirates attacked. Cmdr. Ciro Pinto tells Italian state radio that he ordered his security forces to return fire when six men in a small white boat opened fire on the Msc Melody on Saturday night April 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Roberto Munao)AP - An Italian cruise ship with 1,500 people on board fended off a pirate attack far off the coast of Somalia when its Israeli private security forces exchanged fire with the bandits.

Pope Benedict XVI names 5 new saints (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 07:02 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI arrives to lead an open-air canonization ceremony for five new saints, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 26, 2009. Benedict XVI canonized five new saints, including Portugal's 14th century independence leader and an Italian monk who died of the plague after tending to the sick. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)AP - Pope Benedict XVI named five new saints Sunday, including Portugal's 14th century independence leader and a priest who ministered to factory workers at the dawn of the industrial era.

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