2009年6月18日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

$196 billion; little proof UN health programs work (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 05:11 PM PDT

AP - In the last two decades, the world has spent more than $196 billion trying to save people from death and disease in poor countries.

Formula One teams to launch alternative championship (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 04:49 PM PDT

McLaren Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton drives at the Silverstone racetrack in 2008. Formula One was thrown into disarray on Thursday days ahead of the British Grand Prix as the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) announced they would be setting up a rival championship to that organised by the sport's governing body the FIA next season.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Formula One was thrown into disarray on Thursday days ahead of the British Grand Prix as the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) announced they would be setting up a rival championship to that organised by the sport's governing body the FIA next season.

Swine flu sends cruise ship home early to Aruba (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 04:31 PM PDT

The Ocean Dream cruise ship sits docked near Guamache port in Margarita Island, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Venezuelan authorities are forcing the cruise's passengers and crew to remain onboard for 10 days while health officials monitor crew members who have tested positive for swine flu. (AP Photo/STR)AP - A cruise ship that found itself shunned by two Caribbean ports this week because of a swine flu outbreak headed back to its home base of Aruba on Thursday after dropping off some of its passengers in Venezuela.

Wimbledon doubts grow as Nadal beaten by Hewitt (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 03:22 PM PDT

Rafael Nadal of Spain switches end during an exhibition match against Lleyton Hewitt of Australia at The Hurlingham Club in West London, England. Nadal lost 6-4, 6-3.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Spain's world number one Rafael Nadal struggled here on Thursday as he lost 6-4, 6-3 to Australian Lleyton Hewitt to cast further doubt on whether he will be able to defend his Wimbledon title.

PM's wife hosts film screening for Myanmar's Suu Kyi (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 02:08 PM PDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's wife, Sarah Brown seen here in April 2009, hosted a private screening of a new film on Myanmar Thursday, on the eve of detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's 64th birthday, officials said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevin Winter)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's wife hosted a private screening of a new film on Myanmar Thursday, on the eve of detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's 64th birthday, officials said.

Expenses blackout: UK lawmakers' claims censored (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 02:08 PM PDT

AP - Britons won the chance on Thursday to see the lawmaker expenses claims that sparked a political scandal — but found the most outrageous details hidden by the thick black strokes of a censor's pen.

MPs could face charges, as expenses published (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 01:53 PM PDT

The sun sets on the Houses of Parliament in London. Police will decide within weeks whether to prosecute any MPs over an expenses scandal, they said Thursday as details of claims were published officially and another minister quit.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - Police will decide within weeks whether to prosecute any lawmakers over an expenses scandal, they said Thursday as details of claims were published officially and another minister quit.

Mother jailed in French 'freezer baby' trial (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 01:19 PM PDT

French Veronique Courjault hides herself with a blanket as she is driven outside of Tours courthouse. Jurors on Thursday sentenced a French woman to eight years in jail for killing three of her newborn babies, burning one corpse and hiding the others in a freezer.(AFP/Alain Jocard)AFP - A French woman who admitted killing three of her own babies, burning one corpse and hiding the others in the family freezer, was sentenced on Thursday to eight years in jail.

More protests in Europe against Iranian election (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:59 PM PDT

A man reacts as around 300 people attend a demonstration against the outcome of the Iran elections, in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, June 18, 2009. Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi called his supporters into the streets of Tehran Thursday for a fourth day of protests and urged them to dress in black to mourn those killed in violent clashes over the disputed presidential election. The call for opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to rally again was in open defiance of the country's supreme leader, who has urged the nation to unite behind the Islamic state. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AP - Iranians demonstrated in capitals around Europe on Thursday to protest the disputed Iranian presidential election and the regime's treatment of its critics.

French mother convicted of murdering 3 babies (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 22, 2006, Jean-Louis Courjault, left, and his wife Veronique answer reporters during a press conference in Tours, western France. Veronique Courjault is facing trial in Tours since June 9, 2009, suspected of killing three of her children. The prosecutor in an infanticide trial that has riveted France asked Wednesday June 17, 2009 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. (AP Photo/File)AP - A French court convicted a woman of murdering three of her newborn children and sentenced her Thursday to eight years in prison.

UK's Prince William hints at ambitions for combat (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:05 PM PDT

In this image made available by the Ministry of Defence in London, Thursday June 18, 2009, Britain's Prince William undergoes training at the Royal Air Force base at Shawbury, England. The Prince and his brother are both currently based at the home of the Defence Helicopter Flying School, as they undergo military helicopter training courses. William is training to become an RAF search and rescue pilot while his younger brother Harry is aiming to become a pilot with Britain's Army Air Corps.(AP Photo/Ian Foreshaw. Ministry of Defence, ho)AP - Britain's Prince William has hinted he would like to follow in the army-booted footsteps of his younger brother and fight on the front line.

A glance at British lawmakers' expense claims (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 10:30 AM PDT

AP - Britain's Parliament posted copies of lawmakers' expense claims online Thursday, weeks after uncensored files were leaked to a newspaper. Here are some of the new revelations about what legislators charged the public for:

Diplomats owe UK millions in fines (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 10:30 AM PDT

AP - Diplomats posted in Britain owe more than 27 million pounds ($44 million) in unpaid parking tickets, traffic fines and fees for driving in London's so-called congestion zone, the government said Thursday.

World markets rebound on strong US economic news (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 09:21 AM PDT

A woman walks past an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, June 18, 2009. Japanese stocks sank Thursday as a spike in the yen caused investors to sell shares that have risen rapidly in recent weeks. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average fell 137.13 points, or 1.39 percent, to 9,703.72. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - European and U.S. stock markets rose Thursday after a run of stronger than anticipated U.S. economic data renewed investors' hopes that the world's largest economy may recover from recession this year.

Greenpeace spoofs Int'l Herald Trib; IHT objects (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 09:09 AM PDT

AP - Greenpeace published a spoof edition of the International Herald Tribune on Thursday to highlight environmental issues and draw attention to the Copenhagen climate change conference in December.

Woman gets 8 1/2 years jail for sex-games slaying (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 09:01 AM PDT

Alec Reymond, left, and Pascal Maurer, right, defence lawyers, brief journalists after the sentence was announced on the last day of the trial of murdered French financier Edouard Stern, in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday June 18, 2009. The court has sentenced Cecile Brossard to eight and a half years in prison for murdering one of France's richest men by shooting him while he was tied up in a chair during sex games. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)AP - A Swiss court sentenced a woman to eight and a half years in prison Thursday for murdering one of France's richest men by shooting him while he was dressed in a latex suit and tied up in a chair during sex games.

UK may allow public hearings in Iraq war inquiry (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 08:55 AM PDT

US military police officers (L) stand guard during a graduation ceremony for Iraqi police officers in Baghdad in April 2009. US will meet a June 30 deadline to withdraw combat forces from all Iraqi urban areas, including the flashpoint northern city of Mosul, the US ambassador to Baghdad said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown backed down Thursday on a decision that an inquiry into the Iraq war be held in private, inviting the panel's chairman to indicate whether some sessions could be held in public.

Pope deplores priests' infidelities to their vows (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 08:30 AM PDT

AP - Pope Benedict XVI deplored priests who were unfaithful to their vows and called Thursday for a "frank and complete acknowledgment" of the Catholic Church's weakness in a letter to priests around the globe.

Russia-US talks on nuclear arms `constructive' (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 08:26 AM PDT

AP - Russia says talks with the United States on nuclear arms reductions have been constructive, but suggests a summit next month may not bring a new deal.

Attacks continue on Romanians in Northern Ireland (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 08:19 AM PDT

A Romanian woman reacts outside her house that was attacked in East Belfast, Northern Ireland, Thursday, June, 18, 2009. In recent days Romanian homes have been attacked by racists in Belfast which resulted in over 100 Romanians taking shelter in a church. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - Northern Ireland's police chief warned Thursday that recent attacks on Romanian immigrants that forced 20 families to flee their homes are damaging the region's economy and reputation.

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