2009年5月21日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Far-right party eyes first EU lawmaker (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 07:16 PM PDT

Streets dotted with boarded-up pubs; English flags fluttering from passing cars: Moston is fertile ground for the British National Party (BNP), battling for its first European lawmaker. That will likely be Nick Griffin, the Cambridge University-educated party chairman who has recast the party since taking over in 1999, emphasising grassroots activism over extreme-right ideology.(AFP/File/Scott Heppell)AFP - Streets dotted with boarded-up pubs; English flags fluttering from passing cars: Moston is fertile ground for the British National Party (BNP), battling for its first European lawmaker.

Politics partly to blame for S&P warning: press (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 06:48 PM PDT

Construction workers are seen assembling scaffolding on a building site in central London. Standard and Poor's grim warning on the British economy is as much an indictment of the political landscape in London as the perilous state of the public finances, according to newspapers.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Standard and Poor's grim warning on the British economy is as much an indictment of the political landscape in London as the perilous state of the public finances, according to newspapers.

Qatar acts over Prince Charles' criticism: report (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 05:43 PM PDT

Coldstream Guards are seen on the parade ground for the final time at Chelsea Barracks in London, in December 2007. Prince Charles has triggered a new row over his architectural views by urging Qatar's leaders to rethink a modern design for the barracks' new building.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - The Qatari developer of a landmark London building whose plans have drawn criticism from Prince Charles said Friday he may be willing to compromise on the scheme, the Financial Times reported.

New suspect identified in Madeleine McCann search: reports (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 04:23 PM PDT

Investigators probing the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal have identified a British paedophile as a possible suspect, British media and a spokesman for the girl's parents said Thursday.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Investigators probing the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal have identified a British paedophile as a possible suspect, British media and a spokesman for the girl's parents said Thursday.

Miliband urges coalition of West and Muslim world (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 04:20 PM PDT

Terrorism and past conflicts have AFP - Terrorism and past conflicts have "distorted" relations between western and Muslim nations but both sides must work together against global challenges, the foreign secretary said Thursday.

Rifts on energy and trade overshadow EU-Russia summit (Reuters)

Posted: 21 May 2009 03:42 PM PDT

Reuters - The leaders of the European Union and Russia will struggle to overcome deep rifts on energy supplies and trade at a summit on Friday near the Chinese border.

Two lawmakers forced out over expenses scandal (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 03:38 PM PDT

Undated handout photo from Heytesbury Bird Pavilions shows a AFP - Two lawmakers said Thursday they will quit after fresh embarrassing revelations over expenses, including that one claimed 1,600 pounds for a "duck island".

New French law on Internet piracy meets skepticism (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 02:13 PM PDT

FILE - This April 3, 2009, file photo shows French first lady Carla Bruni, right,and her husband French President Nicolas Sarkozy arriving at the Kurhaus in Baden-Baden, Germany,for a NATO function. A thousand French Internet users a day could be taken off-line following approval of Sarkozy's pet project -- an unprecedented law to cut the Internet connections of people who repeatedly pirate music and movies. As the husband of the supermodel-turned-pop star and friend to France's most powerful media figures, Sarkozy has long basked in his cozy ties to the entertainment industry, which welcomes the measure. . (AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - A thousand French Internet users a day could be taken off-line following approval of President Nicolas Sarkozy's pet project — an unprecedented law to cut the Internet connections of people who repeatedly pirate music and movies.

Britain announces climbdown on Gurkha settlement rights (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 01:31 PM PDT

British actress and Gurkha campaigner Joanna Lumley (C) celebrates with former Gurkha soldiers in central London. Jubilant Gurkha veterans won the right to settle in Britain Thursday, after a government climbdown in the face of a campaign spearheaded by Indian-born actress Lumley.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - Jubilant Gurkha veterans won the right to settle in Britain Thursday, after a government climbdown in the face of a campaign spearheaded by Indian-born actress Joanna Lumley.

UK's attempts to stop swine flu called flawed (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 01:20 PM PDT

File - People wear masks as they stand outside the Houses of Parliament in London, in this Monday, May 11, 2009 file photo, when British health officials confirmed seven new cases of swine flu, bringing the then national total to 55. British health authorities have confirmed three new cases of swine flu, bringing the country's total to 112. The Health Protection Agency said Thursday May 21 2009 that the new cases are all children living in the West Midlands. The children had all recently returned from an affected area in the U.S. The authority did not say where in the U.S. the children had visited. The virus in Britain has generally been mild and no one has died from swine flu in the country. Britain has relaxed its advice against travel to Mexico. But the Foreign Office Web site warns that parts of Mexico and the U.S. are still affected by the virus. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, file)AP - Flu experts are looking very closely at Britain — and some have decided that the U.K.'s swine flu-fighting tactics are seriously off the mark and may be hiding a much larger outbreak.

US vice president wraps up Balkan tour (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 12:13 PM PDT

Kosovo children cheer and wave U.S. and Kosovo flags as U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Kosovo's capital Pristina on Thursday, May 21, 2009. Biden is in Kosovo ending the three day visit to the region aimed at showing renewed U.S. commitment to the Balkans.(AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)AP - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday received a hero's welcome in the place where it was expected — among Kosovo Albanians who are thanking America for leading them to independence from Serbia.

Man disarmed in Serb president's office building (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 11:17 AM PDT

Members of Serbian SAJ-Special Anti-terrorist Unit take away man Thursday, May 21, 2009, who entered Serbian President's headquarters in Belgrade with a hand grenade and threatened to detonate the device if his court case was not settled. The man, identified by one official as bankrupt businessman Dragan Maric, was disarmed, and a court spokeswoman said no case connected to Maric was being tried at the moment. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic)AP - A man carrying a hand grenade holed up inside the president's headquarters for about five hours Thursday before police disarmed him.

Britain opens its doors to all Gurkha veterans (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 10:40 AM PDT

British actress and Gurkha rights campaigner Joanna Lumley, right, Gurkha veterans and supporters, react, outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Thursday, May 21, 2009. The government announced Thursday that it will allow retired Gurkha veterans to settle in the country. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - The storied Nepalese warriors who have served in the British military for nearly two centuries were given the automatic right Thursday to settle in Britain, gaining a hard-won victory after years of lawsuits and lobbying.

Spain: new homicide charges against US soldiers (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 10:03 AM PDT

AP - A Spanish judge reinstated charges Thursday against three American soldiers in the death of a Spanish journalist covering the Iraq invasion in 2003.

Georgian mutiny suspect killed, 2 wounded (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 09:38 AM PDT

AP - Police in Georgia shot dead a former military officer on Thursday and wounded two others suspected of plotting a recent mutiny that embarrassed the government and fueled opposition demands for the president to resign.

Walesa: no global crisis, only faulty banking (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 09:37 AM PDT

'This is my life now'' says Lech Walesa Poland's former president, as he leaves his hotel room with a computer and a suitcase in hand in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday, May 21, 2009. The Solidarity freedom movement founder has gone global giving speeches at universities and conferences around the world. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa says he does not believe the world is living through a major economic crisis. Instead, Poland's former president sees structural problems in the global banking sector that require reform. ( AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa said Thursday that he does not believe the world is living through a major economic crisis. Instead, the former Polish president sees problems in the global banking sector that require structural reform.

Gorbachev laments Russian rollback on democracy (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 06:33 AM PDT

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev smiles as he attends a conference marking the 20th anniversary of the first democratically-elected Soviet parliament in Moscow, Thursday, May 21, 2009. Gorbachev criticized Russia's political system, saying there has been a steady rollback from the democratic acheivements of his rule. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)AP - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev harshly criticized Russia's political system on Thursday, saying that the nation's leaders have steadily rolled back the democratic achievements of his rule.

WHO: Japan, San Marino top life-expectancy list (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 06:17 AM PDT

AP - A girl born in Japan today will likely live to celebrate her 86th birthday, the longest life expectancy anywhere in the world. Men fare best in the tiny European nation of San Marino, where the average boy will live to 81, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

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