2009年5月19日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Britain's Parliament speaker quits over expenses (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 05:41 PM PDT

Media gather outside Parliament following the resignation of the speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin, in London. The Speaker resigned over an MPs' expenses scandal which has plunged Britain into its worst political crisis for years and outraged voters.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - The speaker of the House of Commons resigned over an MPs' expenses scandal which has plunged Britain into its worst political crisis for years and outraged voters.

RHJ is third bidder for GM's Europe operations: FT (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 05:39 PM PDT

Cars are being assembled at the General Motors' owned Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, north-west England. Brussels-listed car parts holding company RHJ International is a serious contender to buy a stake in General Motors' European operations, according to the Financial Times.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Brussels-listed car parts holding company RHJ International is a serious contender to buy a stake in General Motors' European operations, according to the Financial Times.

WHO seeks swine flu vaccine help for poor nations (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 05:22 PM PDT

Japanese junior high school students wear masks as precaution against swine flu during a school tour at the upper house of the Parliament in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Japan confirmed dozens more swine flu cases overnight bringing its tally to 176, health officials said Tuesday, as the government considered scaling down quarantine checks at airports while focusing on its domestic outbreak. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - The World Health Organization urged drugmakers to reserve some of their pandemic swine flu vaccine for poor countries, but received few concrete offers as experts disclosed that an effective flu shot is still months away.

MI5 'overstretched' before 2005 bombings (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 02:51 PM PDT

Police look at the remains of a London bus that was destroyed by a bomb near Tavistock Square in London, July 7, 2005. Security services lacked the resources to carry out extra checks on the man who would go on to lead the 2005 suicide bombings of London's transport system, an official report said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Security services lacked the resources to carry out extra checks on the man who would go on to lead the 2005 suicide bombings of London's transport system, an official report said Tuesday.

Italy recovers lost Byzantine frescos from Greece (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 02:14 PM PDT

AP - Italian cultural authorities said Tuesday they had recovered two precious Byzantine-era frescos ripped from a church in southern Italy by looters 27 years ago that ended up at the home of a shipping heiress on a remote Greek island.

Pregnant woman in Laos tells mom she was not raped (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 01:50 PM PDT

An undated photo provided by the British justice advocacy group Reprieve shows Samantha Orobator. Orobator, who is pregnant and has been awaiting trial in Laos on drugs charges, has said she was not raped while in prison, her mother said Tuesday.(AFP/Reprieve-HO/File)AFP - A pregnant British woman awaiting trial in Laos on drugs charges has said she was not raped while in prison, her mother said Tuesday.

British expense scandal ousts lower house speaker (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 01:31 PM PDT

Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin is seen here in 2008, will reportedly quit in the first such resignation for over 300 years as MPs reel from an expenses scandal behind their worst political crisis for decades.(AFP/File/Matt Dunham)AP - For the first time in three centuries, the speaker of the House of Commons has resigned — the biggest casualty in a widening scandal in which lawmakers expensed such things as installing a chandelier or cleaning a moat at a country home.

VP Biden slams Bosnian leaders over tensions (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 12:54 PM PDT

Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden , center left, walks with Bosnian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sven Alkalaj, far left, and U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia Charles English, second left, upon arrival at Sarajevo airport in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Biden's trip begins in Sarajevo and moves to Serbia and Kosovo. It is aimed at demonstrating an intensified U.S. engagement in the region. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)AP - Vice President Joe Biden sharply rebuked Bosnia's leaders Tuesday and warned that continued ethnic divisions threatened to return the country to the chaos of the bloody Balkans conflicts of the 1990s.

UK parliamentary speaker steps down over scandal (Reuters)

Posted: 19 May 2009 12:49 PM PDT

Reuters - The speaker of Britain's lower house said on Tuesday he would step down after lawmakers from all the main parties demanded he resign over an expenses scandal that has tarnished the reputation of parliament.

Big names and bucks back nuclear 'bank' (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 12:18 PM PDT

AP - Buffett's bankroll, Obama's clout and the partnership of a savvy ex-Soviet strongman may turn the steppes of central Asia into a nuclear mecca, a go-to place for "safe" uranium fuel in an increasingly nervous atomic age.

Ireland braces for report on Catholic child abuse (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 10:12 AM PDT

AP - For decades, thousands of Irish children suffered soul-crushing lives of forced labor, beatings and molestation in spartan institutions run by Roman Catholic religious orders. Campaigners for the abused believe that a measure of justice may finally be arriving — despite the church's best efforts to keep the past a secret.

Pakistani army commander briefs NATO commanders (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 09:28 AM PDT

AP - Pakistan's military chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, briefed NATO's top officers on Tuesday about the fighting in northwestern Pakistan, where the army is conducting a major offensive against Taliban militants, officials said.

Obama's stance on two-state solution heartens EU (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 09:18 AM PDT

AP - The European Union on Tuesday welcomed President Barack Obama's appeal to Israel to commit to a two-state solution — Jewish and Palestinian nations living side by side — calling it the "way forward" to peace in the Middle East.

UK examines intelligence on 2005 London bombings (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 09:07 AM PDT

AP - Campaigners allege police and intelligence officers missed vital chances to stop the July 7, 2005 London bombs. Here is a list of the key dates before the 2005 attacks.

Angelina Jolie watches child soldiers trial (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 08:56 AM PDT

This handout from the International Criminal Court(ICC) shows US actress Angelina Jolie(L) next to the ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo as she tours the ICC in The Hague. Angelina Jolie attended an audience of the war crimes trial of Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga.(AFP/ICC-HO/Kim Vermaat)AP - Movie star and activist Angelina Jolie has attended the International Criminal Court trial of a Congolese warlord charged with using child soldiers.

UK missed chance to stop 2005 London bombers (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 08:43 AM PDT

AP - Britain's MI5 spy agency and anti-terrorism police missed chances to identify the key men behind the 2005 London suicide bombings, but could have done little more to halt the attacks given an alarming lack of resources, lawmakers said Tuesday.

Reporter convicted for killing fish with shampoo (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 08:22 AM PDT

AP - A Danish TV reporter has been convicted of animal cruelty for killing 12 aquarium fish with shampoo for a consumer affairs show.

Russian, US diplomats launch arms control talks (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 07:37 AM PDT

AP - Russian and U.S. negotiators sat down for difficult nuclear arms control talks Tuesday amid hopes that warming relations could help the two former superpowers reach an agreement seen as essential for global stability.

Italian police capture leading Naples mobsters (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 07:26 AM PDT

AP - Italian police arrested one of the country's "most-dangerous" fugitives in raids early Tuesday that netted at least 70 suspected members of the the Naples-based Camorra crime syndicate. The search for dozens more was still under way, police said.

Russian commission to guard against false history (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 07:10 AM PDT

AP - Russia announced Tuesday it has created a commission to fight what President Dmitry Medvedev says are efforts to hurt his country by falsifying history — part of a campaign to promote the Kremlin's views and silence those who question them.

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