2009年5月22日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

UK Expense scandal whistleblower defends actions (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 02:55 PM PDT

AP - A former SAS officer said Friday he acted as a middleman to help leak details of British lawmakers' expenses bills to a newspaper, sparking a scandal that has ousted the speaker of the House of Commons speaker and ruined the reputations of scores of legislators.

UK mother gives birth to sextuplets (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 02:14 PM PDT

AP - A British hospital says a mother in Northern Ireland has given birth to sextuplets.

Reports: DNA expert in Italy trial of US suspect (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 02:03 PM PDT

Italian Forensic Police officer Patrizia Stefanoni, right, shakes hands with prosecutor Giuliano Mignini at a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial, in Perugia, Italy, Friday May 22, 2009. Murder suspects Amanda Knox of the US and her former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, are on trial for the murder of Knox's British roommate, student Meredith Kercher, found dead in the house they shared in Nov. 2007. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)AP - A police forensic expert testified Friday that a knife prosecutors say might have been used to slay a British student bore traces of the DNA of a U.S. co-defendant in the murder trial in Perugia, Italian news reports said.

Man probed by McCanns over girl's disappearance (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 01:49 PM PDT

This picture from West Yorkshire police, made available Friday, May 22, 2009, shows Raymond Hewlett, in 1995. Detectives working for the parents of missing British child Madeleine McCann are investigating a convicted pedophile in connection with the her disappearance, family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said Friday. The Daily Mirror tabloid said Briton Raymond Hewlett was living an hour away from Praia da Luz, Portugal, where the girl disappeared two years ago when she was 3 years old. The paper cited Alan and Cindy Thompson, who it said had met Hewlett while he was in Portugal, as the source of its information. It quoted the Thompsons as saying Hewlett denied having anything to do with Madeleine's disappearance. (AP Photo/West Yorkshire Police/PA)AP - Detectives working for the parents of missing Madeleine McCann are investigating a convicted pedophile in connection with the her disappearance, family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said Friday.

Italy to consider US Guantamo request (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 01:08 PM PDT

AP - Italian news reports say Italy is considering a U.S. request to take two Tunisian prisoners from Guantanamo.

Mother, stepfather of Baby P jailed (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 12:55 PM PDT

The mother of Baby P has, seen here at 12 months, has been jailed indefinitely for her role in the horrific abuse and death of her 17-month-old son.(AFP/ITV News/File)AFP - The mother and stepfather of Baby P, whose death after months of brutal abuse shocked the country and triggered an urgent review of childcare policy, were jailed Friday for their roles in his death.

Casey holds midway lead at Wentworth (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 12:32 PM PDT

English golfer Paul Casey, seen here watching his drive from the 14th tee, led the field at the midway point of the BMW PGA Championship here on Friday but the final two rounds will be played without a host of top-notch players.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Englishman Paul Casey led the field at the midway point of the BMW PGA Championship here on Friday but the final two rounds will be played without a host of top-notch players.

Germany prefers Magna for Opel, decision next week (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 12:29 PM PDT

Magna CEO, Siegfried Wolf talks to journalists at the Magna Europe headquaters during a press conference in Oberwaltersdorf. Germany will decide next week which of three bidders is its preferred choice to take over GM unit Opel, but Canadian auto parts maker Magna International is in pole position, officials said on Friday.(AFP/Dieter Nagl)AFP - Germany will decide next week which of three bidders is its preferred choice to take over GM unit Opel, but Canadian auto parts maker Magna International is in pole position, officials said on Friday.

Geithner carries fat fiscal burden but thin wallet (Reuters)

Posted: 22 May 2009 12:08 PM PDT

Reuters - What's in the wallet of Timothy Geithner, whose hands as U.S. Treasury secretary are on some of the fattest government purse strings in the world?

Amy Winehouse cancels London comeback show (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 11:41 AM PDT

British singer Amy Winehouse, seen here in March 2009, has cancelled a planned comeback show in Britain after a prolonged holiday in St. Lucia clouded by reports of ill-health, her management said Friday.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Troubled British pop singer Amy Winehouse has cancelled a planned comeback show in London after a prolonged holiday in St. Lucia clouded by reports of ill-health, her management said Friday.

WHO to consider severity of 'sneaky' swine flu (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 11:19 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 18, 2009 file picture shows China's Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization as she speaks during a plenary session the first day of the 62nd World Health Assembly, WHA, at the European headquarters of the United Nations, UN, in Geneva, Switzerland. Swine flu is a 'sneaky virus' that is likely to keep spreading to new parts of the world and inside countries already affected, the head of the World Health Organization said Friday May 22, 2009. At least 42 countries have confirmed cases of the disease that has sickened 11,168 people and caused 86 deaths, most of them in North America. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron; File)AP - The World Health Organization said Friday it will change the rules for declaring a swine flu pandemic, a virus the agency's chief called "sneaky" because of its ability to spread quickly from person to person and potentially mutate into a deadlier form.

Pope 2.0: Vatican launches Facebook application (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 10:49 AM PDT

A view of the the Pope2You web site, on a computer screen in Rome, Friday May 22, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI, at the center of the home page, has entered the world of social networking sites and smartphones with a Vatican portal that includes Facebook and iPhone applications. The Pope2You Web site was launched Thursday and allows Facebook users to send virtual postcards with photos of Benedict. An application for iPhone and iPod Touch gives surfers video and audio news on his travels and speeches, as well as on Catholic events worldwide. The new portal is the latest update in the Vatican's efforts to broaden the pope's audience and reach out to young people. Earlier this year, Benedict got his own YouTube channel. While wary of the potential pitfalls of new media, Benedict has also encouraged young Catholics to use the Internet to spread the church's message. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Web surfers can now send virtual postcards of Pope Benedict XVI to their Facebook friends or follow the pontiff's travel on their iPhones.

Serbia investigates video of rehab center beating (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 10:31 AM PDT

AP - Serbian authorities are investigating a church-backed drug rehab facility after the publication of a video showing one of the patients being beaten with a shovel and brass knuckles.

French presidential couple video a hit (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 10:22 AM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and wife, First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy wave to well-wishers in April 2009. Shot this month during an informal interview between Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and competition winners from a women's magazine, the Internet footage shows Sarkozy dropping in apparently unannounced.(AFP/File/Michel Gangne)AP - A video clip of Nicolas Sarkozy's surprise visit with his wife during her interview at the Elysee Palace with readers of a French women's magazine has become worldwide internet hit.

Ronald Reagan statue being built in central London (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 09:54 AM PDT

AP - Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan is being honored with a statue in central London.

Israeli tourism poster withdrawn after complaints (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 08:52 AM PDT

Close up of an Israel tourism poster, which depicts Israel incorporating the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the Gaza strip and Golan Heights, is seen at an underground station in London, Friday, May 22, 2009. An Israeli tourism poster is being pulled from the London subway after the Syrian Embassy complained that the map on it appeared to show the Golan Heights and Palestinian territories within Israel's boundaries, officials said Friday. Britain's Advertising Standards Authority received more than 300 complaints about the ad, a promotion for the Israeli Red Sea resort town of Eilat, according to the agency's spokesman Matt Wilson. The Syrian Embassy and pro-Palestinian groups complained about it because the featured map appeared to show the territories Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war — the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights — within the borders of the Jewish state, according to the Israeli Tourism Ministry and the British standards authority. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - An Israeli tourism poster is being pulled from the London subway after the Syrian Embassy complained that the map on it appeared to show the Golan Heights and Palestinian territories within Israel's boundaries, officials said Friday.

Church pays little of Ireland's child-abuse bill (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 08:16 AM PDT

John Kelly, coordinator of Survivors of Child Abuse (SOCA) is pictured after a press conference to launch the five-volume, 2,500-page report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse in state-funded Roman Catholic Church-run institutions dating back to the 1930s. Sexual abuse was AP - Ireland's Roman Catholic religious orders resisted growing demands Friday for them to pay more for the abuse of thousands of children behind the closed doors of state-funded schools.

Clinton's sax sold at auction for AIDS research (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 08:03 AM PDT

American actress Sharon Stone, right, and American actor Joshua Jackson, center, look on as German actress Diane Kruger, left, as she rides a segway on stage for the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, during the 62nd Cannes International film festival, in Antibes, southern France, Thursday, May 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - Bill Clinton's saxophone and Robert Pattinson's lips have helped a star-studded charity event raise money to fight AIDS.

Germany marks federal republic's 60th birthday (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 07:52 AM PDT

German President Horst Koehler delivers a speech during the official act of state to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Federal Republic of Germany, in Berlin, Friday, May 22, 2009. Germany on Friday was celebrating the 60th birthday of the post-World War II federal republic that became a leading and peaceful political and economic power. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)AP - Germany on Friday marked the 60th birthday of its post-World War II federal republic, under which the country has become a stable and respected democracy with global political and economic clout.

Muslims protest alleged defacement of Quran (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 07:42 AM PDT

AP - Authorities fired tear gas and stun grenades at hundreds of Muslims in central Athens on Friday as they protested a Greek policeman's alleged defacement of a Quran owned by an Iraqi immigrant.

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