2009年6月19日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Nadal vows to bounce back from Wimbledon withdrawal (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 05:34 PM PDT

World number one Rafael Nadal (seen here on June 18) insists his decision to withdraw from Wimbledon is not a sign that his powers are on the wane. Nadal opted not to defend his All England Club title after accepting that he would be performing at less than 100 percent because he has yet to fully recover from knee tendinitis.(AFP/File/Ian Kington)AFP - World number one Rafael Nadal insists his decision to withdraw from Wimbledon is not a sign that his powers are on the wane.

Britain's Thatcher has successful arm operation: son (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 02:59 PM PDT

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher seen here June 2, 2009. Thatcher had a successful surgery to insert a pin into her arm Friday, her son said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Britain's former prime minister Margaret Thatcher had successful surgery to insert a pin into her arm Friday, her son said, after she broke it in a fall last week.

New Acropolis Museum seeks missing frieze return (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 01:57 PM PDT

Ancient figures are projected onto the wall of a building watched by Athenians and tourists outside the new Acropolis museum in Athens on Friday, June 19, 2009. Greece opens its long-anticipated new Acropolis Museum Saturday, boosting its decades-old campaign for the return of 2,500-year-old sculptures removed from the ancient citadel by a 19th century British diplomat. After years of delays and legal wrangling, the museum opens its doors to the public on Sunday at a nominal 1 Euro ($1.40) charge the price of a public bus ticket. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - Greece opens its long-anticipated new Acropolis Museum Saturday, boosting its decades-old campaign for the return of 2,500-year-old sculptures removed from the ancient citadel by a 19th century British diplomat.

Police investigate lawmakers' expenses (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 01:48 PM PDT

The sign outside New Scotland Yard in London. A small number of lawmakers and lords will face criminal investigations into allegations they abused the expenses system, police said Friday.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)AFP - Police said Friday that lawmakers would face criminal investigations into their expenses claims, in the latest twist of a scandal that has rocked the country's politics.

Policeman killed in ETA car bombing: official (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 01:46 PM PDT

Spanish police inspect the wreckage after a car bomb in the northern town of Arrigorriaga. A bomb blast blamed by officials on the Basque separatist group ETA killed a Spanish policeman Friday, drawing widespread condemnation from politicians, trade unions and the Catholic Church.(AFP/Rafa Rivas)AFP - A bomb blast blamed by officials on the Basque separatist group ETA killed a Spanish policeman Friday, drawing condemnation from politicians, trade unions and the Catholic Church.

Air France had nine speed probe incidents in past year: report (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 01:35 PM PDT

Wreckage from the Air France plane which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009. Air France Airbus jets experienced at least nine incidents in which airspeed probes iced over in the past year, according to an internal company report obtained by AFP Friday.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Air France Airbus jets experienced at least nine incidents in which airspeed probes iced over in the past year, according to an internal company report obtained by AFP Friday.

Mathews, Dilshan see SLanka into World T20 final (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 01:06 PM PDT

T.M. Dilshan of Sri Lanka bats against the West Indies during the semi final stage of the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup at the Oval in London. Dilshan's 96 not out was the centrepiece of Sri Lanka's 158 for five.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Angelo Mathews's astonishing first over treble strike and Tillekaratne Dilshan's 96 not out helped see Sri Lanka into the World Twenty20 final with a 57-run win over the West Indies at the Oval Friday.

Terry blasts Drogba and Bosingwa bans (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 01:00 PM PDT

Chelsea captain John Terry, seen here on June 05, 2009, on Friday criticised the punishments meted out to his team-mates Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa for their reactions to the club's Champions League loss to Barcelona.(AFP/File/Alexander Nemenov)AFP - Chelsea captain John Terry on Friday criticised the punishments meted out to his team-mates Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa for their reactions to the club's Champions League loss to Barcelona.

Mosley predicts victory in F1 turmoil (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 12:42 PM PDT

FIA president Max Mosley, seen here talking to reporters in Silverstone, claimed that next year's Formula One world championship would go ahead with all eight rebel teams involved, despite the turmoil threatening to tear the sport apart.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - FIA president Max Mosley on Friday claimed that next year's Formula One world championship would go ahead with all eight rebel teams involved, despite the turmoil threatening to tear the sport apart.

F1 driver Hamilton happy, Button below his best (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 12:01 PM PDT

McLaren Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton, seen here in the paddock of the Silverstone circuit, enjoyed his 'home-coming' on Friday when he clocked the seventh-best time in free practice for Sunday's British Grand Prix.(AFP/Fred Dufour)AFP - Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton enjoyed his 'home-coming' on Friday when he clocked the seventh-best time in free practice for Sunday's British Grand Prix.

BBC enlisting new satellites to broadcast in Iran (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 11:54 AM PDT

AP - The BBC said Friday it is using two extra satellites to broadcast its Farsi-language service after days of jamming it blamed on Iran, as several Western broadcasters seek to overcome obstacles to transmitting coverage of the country's political turmoil.

Catholic paper urges Berlusconi to clarify scandal (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 11:53 AM PDT

AP - An influential Catholic newspaper urged Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Friday to respond to allegations that women were paid to attend his parties.

UN: World hunger reaches 1 billion mark (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 11:53 AM PDT

FILE- Indian workers are seen silhouetted as they load rice sacks onto a truck at a grain market on the eve of World Food Day in Amritsar, India, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008. The U.N. agency Food and Agriculture Organization is reporting on Friday June 19, 2009, that over 1 billion people across the world are hungry, according to FAO, an historic high level of hunger that is the result of the financial downturn combined with persistently high food prices. The agency's Director-General Jacques Diouf has said 'The silent hunger crisis, affecting one-sixth of all of humanity, poses a serious risk for world peace and security'.(AP Photo/ Altaf Qadri, FILE)AP - The global financial meltdown has pushed the ranks of the world's hungry to a record 1 billion, a grim milestone that poses a threat to peace and security, U.N. food officials said Friday.

British WW1 vet becomes world's oldest man (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 11:09 AM PDT

AP - Guinness World Records said Friday that 113-year-old British World War I veteran Henry Allingham has become the world's oldest man.

Mother of US murder suspect testifies in Italy (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 10:58 AM PDT

Edda Mellas, mother of US murder suspect Amanda Knox arrives for a hearing at Perugia's court room, Italy, Friday, June 19, 2009. Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito are on trial for the murder of Knox's roommate British student Meredith Kercher, found dead in the house they shared in Nov. 2007. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)AP - The mother of an American student on trial for allegedly killing her British roommate testified Friday that her daughter was horrified at the discovery of the woman's body in their apartment in this medieval Italian city.

Northern Ireland police search houses in Belfast (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 10:47 AM PDT

AP - Police investigating a series of attacks on Romanian families in Northern Ireland searched houses in Belfast and arrested two teenagers Friday.

UK summons Iran's ambassador over Khamenei speech (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 10:37 AM PDT

AP - Britain's Foreign Office said Friday it had told an Iranian diplomat it was concerned by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's criticism of Britain, which he called evil.

French government supports study of burqa wear (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 10:05 AM PDT

AP - France wants to study the small but growing trend of burqa wear, with an eye to possibly banning the Islamic garment from being worn in public, the government's spokesman said Friday.

Georgian police raid opposition tent camp (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 09:38 AM PDT

AP - Masked Georgian police ransacked an opposition tent camp outside the presidential residence Friday and arrested six activists, witnesses and opposition leaders said.

Thief view: Police nab twins snapped on Google (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 08:53 AM PDT

AP - Dutch police have arrested twin brothers on suspicion of robbery after their alleged victim spotted a picture of them following him on Google's Street View map application, a spokesman said Friday.

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