2009年6月17日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Minister becomes latest victim of expenses row (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 03:23 PM PDT

The sun sets on the Houses of Parliament in London. The parliamentary expenses row claimed another victim Wednesday with the resignation of a junior finance minister, in a new blow to the government of embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - The parliamentary expenses row claimed another victim Wednesday with the resignation of a junior finance minister, in a new blow to the government of embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Serbia complains to U.N. about Kosovo property claims (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 03:13 PM PDT

Reuters - Tens of thousands of Serbs would like to return to Kosovo but have been stonewalled in their attempts to recover illegally seized property, a Serbian minister told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday.

Darling urges shake-up of banking boardrooms (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 03:00 PM PDT

Chancellor Alistair Darling, seen here in April 2009, will on Wednesday demand big changes to banking boardrooms, blaming their poor judgement for the financial crisis that dragged the world into a downturn.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Chancellor Alistair Darling called Wednesday for big changes to banking boardrooms, blaming their poor judgement for the financial crisis that dragged the world into a downturn.

French crash investigation advancing: official (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 02:47 PM PDT

Reuters - French investigators are getting closer to understanding the cause of an Air France crash that killed 228 people, but difficult search conditions in the Atlantic Ocean are hampering the process, France's chief air disaster investigator said on Wednesday.

The Pirate Bay helps Iran critics dodge censorship (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 02:07 PM PDT

AP - Popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay said Wednesday it has helped launch an Internet network in support of Iranian election critics allowing users to dodge the regime's censorship rules by surfing anonymously.

Greece to open new Acropolis Museum this weekend (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 01:58 PM PDT

An ancient marble male portrait is displayed in the new Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece, Wednesday, June 17, 2008, as the ancient Parthenon temple is seen in the background. Greece's Orthodox Church on Wednesday formally blessed the new museum, which is scheduled to open this weekend. Greek officials hope one day to display the British Museum's Elgin Marbles from the Acropolis in the glass and concrete museum despite repeated refusals from London. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - About 1,500 years after Christian zealots vandalized the Parthenon's pagan sculptures, Greece's Orthodox Church Wednesday formally blessed the new Acropolis Museum, set to open this weekend after years of delays.

Iran to US: Put soothing words into action (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 01:50 PM PDT

AP - A senior Iranian delegate to the U.N. nuclear watchdog urged Washington on Wednesday to end what he called provocations and act on President Barack Obama's pledge of honest dialogue with the Islamic Republic.

Boy, 8, saves sister and drunk adults from fire (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 01:32 PM PDT

AP - Police in Poland say an 8-year-old boy saved his sister and three drunk adults from a fire by calling police and fighting the flames before help arrived. The fire started outside the door of the boy's apartment in the western town of Miedzyrzecz late Monday.

Belarus removes customs posts on Russia's border (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 11:58 AM PDT

In this Sunday, June 22, 2008, file photo Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and his Belarus counterpart Alexander Lukashenko tour the the 19-century built Brest Fortress, where in 1941 Red Army garrison held the line against the Nazi Germany's Army attack for over a month, (225 miles) southwest of Belarusian capital Minsk. Belarus stayed away from the summit of a Moscow-led security alliance Sunday, June 14, 2009, to protest a Russian ban on Belarusian dairy products, deepening a politically-charged dispute between the ex-Soviet neighbors. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)AP - Russia and Belarus stepped back from their growing trade dispute Wednesday, as Minsk said it would dismantle new customs posts following Moscow's agreement to resume dairy imports from its western neighbor.

US asks Spain to take 4 inmates from Guantanamo (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 11:51 AM PDT

AP - The United States has asked Spain to accept four prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay prison for terrorism suspects, the foreign minister said Wednesday.

Woman found guilty in sex-games slaying of banker (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 11:45 AM PDT

Beatrice David-Weill, left, widow of murdered French financier Edouard Stern, and lawyer Marc Bonnant, right, leave the court house after the verdict, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 17, 2009. The Swiss court has ruled that the former mistress is guilty of the murder of one of France's richest men during sex games four years ago. A 12-member jury at Geneva's Court of Assizes found Cecile Brossard guilty on Wednesday June 17, 2009 of shooting to death her lover Edouard Stern. Brossard, 40, admitted killing the banker but said it was because he enraged her by suggesting she was a $1 million prostitute. Stern's body was found in his penthouse apartment in Geneva in 2005. The sentence is expected Thursday. ( AP Photo/Keystone/Martial Trezzini)AP - A Swiss jury convicted the former mistress of one of France's richest men of murder Wednesday after she admitted killing him during an argument over $1 million as he was dressed in a latex suit and tied up in a chair during their sex game.

Prosecutor in French infanticide trial urges jail (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 10:41 AM PDT

AP - The prosecutor in an infanticide trial that has riveted France asked Wednesday that the defendant, a 41-year-old Frenchwoman accused of killing three of her newborn children, be sentenced to 10 years in prison, if convicted.

Austria: Man convicted of glorifying Nazi ideas (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 10:30 AM PDT

AP - An Austrian court has convicted a man of glorifying Nazi ideology and sentenced him to two years in prison.

Caribbean cruise turned away over swine flu fears (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 10:04 AM PDT

AP - A Spanish cruise ship was turned away from two Caribbean ports Wednesday because of fears of swine flu among crew members, the vessel's owner said.

Italy official in row over apparent fascist salute (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 09:37 AM PDT

AP - Italy's tourism minister faced calls for her resignation Wednesday after a video posted by an Italian newspaper apparently showed her making a fascist salute.

Sex selling for less amid economic downturn (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 09:06 AM PDT

In this picture made Friday, May 8, 2009, Eva, left, and Dana, right (full names not given) pose inside the Artemis brothel in Berlin. Like so many other businesses, Europe's largest legalized prostitution industry is having to adapt to the economic downturn. In response, clubs and brothels are increasingly marketing themselves either as high-class, exclusive spas, or as bargain basements of delight. (AP Photo/Franka Bruns)AP - It's past midnight in downtown Berlin, and the prostitutes pace in front of the Hackescher Markt's stores. Signs of a slow economy are everywhere — a sportswear store offers 40 percent markdowns, and bars advertise discounted drinks.

Gunmen kill Greek anti-terror police officer (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 08:49 AM PDT

A police officer gathers evidence at the scene of a suspected terrorist attack where a policeman was shot dead, in Athens on Wednesday, June 17, 2009. The murdered officer was guarding a witness in a terrorism trial. The murdered officer is seen in the background, in the car covered with a white sheet. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - Gunmen killed an anti-terrorist policeman guarding a witness in central Athens on Wednesday in a brazen escalation of domestic militant attacks prompted by massive riots in December.

Russia detains former lawmaker suspected of murder (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 08:35 AM PDT

AP - Russian investigators say a former lawmaker has been detained on suspicion of organizing a triple murder.

American engineers win Spanish prize (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 07:12 AM PDT

AP - Two American engineers who were instrumental in developing e-mail and mobile phones on Wednesday won one of Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias awards for revolutionizing the way people communicate.

Racist attacks in Belfast send Roma fleeing homes (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 07:05 AM PDT

A Romanian woman covers her head as she arrives at a Belfast City Leisure centre, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, June, 17, 2009. More than 100 Romanian people who were forced to flee their homes in south Belfast have been moved to a leisure centre in the city. The group of about 20 families spent Tuesday night in a church hall after a spate of racist attacks on their homes over the past week. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - Racist thugs armed with bricks and bottles forced more than 100 Romanian Gypsies from their Belfast homes in a wave of attacks that sent them fleeing to the safety of a nearby church.

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