2009年6月20日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Thousands in France rally to back Iran exile group (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 05:48 PM PDT

A woman demonstrates against the official Iranian election result, during a protest in Hamburg, Germany, on Saturday, June 20, 2009. More than 1,000 demonstrators took to the streets in Hamburg, according to police, as people gather to express their solidarity with opposition supporters in Iran who risk confrontation with police if they take to the streets in their country. (AP Photo/Axel Heimken)AP - Thousands of people gathered north of Paris on Saturday to support Iranian opposition protesters and an Iranian exile group pushing to be rid of a terrorist label.

Tsvangirai shouted down by Zimbabwean exiles in London (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 04:09 PM PDT

Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai addresses the assembled congregation and Zimbabwean exiles at Southwark Cathedral in London. Tsvangirai was booed and shouted down by exiles during a speech in London on Saturday when he pleaded with them to return home to help rebuild the shattered country.(AFP/POOL/Akira Suemori)AFP - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was booed and shouted down by exiles during a speech in London on Saturday when he pleaded with them to return home to help rebuild the shattered country.

Brazil takes radar plane off Air France jet search (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 03:24 PM PDT

This picture released on June 17, 2009 by the Brazilian Navy show seamen from a Brazilian frigate recovering wreckage of the Air France A330 aircraft that crashed while in midflight over the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil's military said Saturday it was taking a specialized aircraft with on-board radar out of the search for more remains from the Air France plane disaster in the Atlantic.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Brazil's military said Saturday it was taking a specialized aircraft with on-board radar out of the search for more remains from the Air France plane disaster in the Atlantic.

Pagans, partygoers gather for Stonehenge solstice (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 02:45 PM PDT

AP - Thousands of neo-Druids, New Age followers and the merely curious were flocking to Stonehenge on Saturday to await the sunrise over the prehistoric monument and celebrate the longest day of the year.

Two British hostages feared dead in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 02:39 PM PDT

Reuters - Two Britons taken hostage in Iraq in 2007 were feared dead after bodies were handed to British officials in Iraq and three others still missing were in "grave danger," the British government said on Saturday.

Official: 2 hostages' bodies handed over in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 01:35 PM PDT

Foreign Secretary David Miliband arrives at Downing Street in central London for the weekly cabinet meeting, June 9, 2009. Miliband said Saturday two bodies had been handed over to British authorities in Iraq but it was too early to say if they were those of hostages seized in May 2007.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AP - The bodies of two British hostages kidnapped in Iraq in 2007 have been handed over to U.K. officials, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Saturday. He said the government feared three other Britons taken hostage with them were in grave danger.

Bodies feared to be those of Iraq hostages recovered (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 01:19 PM PDT

A handout photo from the Ministry of Defence shows a convoy of British armoured vehicles pulling out from Basra Palace, 2007. Two bodies feared to be those of British hostages were handed over to British authorities in Iraq as Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday his thoughts were with their families.(AFP/MOD-HO/File)AFP - Two bodies feared to be those of British hostages were handed over to British authorities in Iraq as Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday his thoughts were with their families.

Thousands march in Spain to condemn killing blamed on ETA (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 01:06 PM PDT

Thousands of people march to protest against the killing of the Spanish policeman Eduardo Puelles in the northern Spanish Basque city of Bilbao. Banner reads AFP - Spanish politicians and grieving relatives led tens of thousands in a march Saturday to condemn the killing of the head of an anti-terror unit in an attack by suspected Basque separatists.

British government spells end of 'i before e' rule (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 12:49 PM PDT

The clockface of Saint Stephen's Tower, commonly known as AP - It's a spelling mantra that generations of schoolchildren have learned — "i before e, except after c."

Britain's Thatcher to remain in hospital: son (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 12:38 PM PDT

Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, seen here on June 2, 2009, is likely to remain in hospital for several more days following an operation on her broken arm, her son said Saturday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher is likely to remain in hospital for several more days following an operation on her broken arm, her son said Saturday.

New Acropolis Museum opens with lavish party (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 11:54 AM PDT

Journalists walk amongst statues during a tour of 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 - Gods, heroes and long-dead mortals stepped off their plinths into the evening sky of Athens on Saturday during the lavish launch of the new Acropolis Museum, a decades-old dream that Greece hopes will also help reclaim a cherished part of its heritage from Britain.

Reports: Coroner testifies at Italian trial (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 09:00 AM PDT

US murder suspect Amanda Knox is escorted by a penitentiary police officer, not seen, as she arrives for a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial, in Perugia, Italy, Saturday, June 20, 2009. Knox 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 coroner told a jury Saturday that a stab wound to the neck of a British student slain in Italy was caused by a shorter knife than the one believed to be the murder weapon, lawyers said.

Zimbabwe PM urges diaspora to come home (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 08:39 AM PDT

AP - Angry protesters shouted Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai off stage Saturday when he appealed to exiles to return to the battered African nation.

Italian police arrest 14 in child porn crackdown (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 08:28 AM PDT

AP - Italian police said Saturday they had arrested 14 people and seized some 150,000 computer files in a major crackdown on online child pornography.

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Posted: 20 Jun 2009 08:09 AM PDT

AP - Foreign secretary says bodies of 2 British hostages have been handed over to UK forces in Iraq.

Sarkozy wants new European rocket launcher (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 07:45 AM PDT

View of the Canadian company Bombardier's stand with the Learjet85 at the foreground, at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris, during the 48th Paris Air Show, Tuesday June 16, 2009. Visible in background are mock up of Ariane V, left, and Ariane IV, right.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Saturday for a Europe-wide effort to design a new-generation rocket launcher to replace the Ariane-5.

Russia wants US assurances on missile defense (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 06:18 AM PDT

AP - Russia is ready for deep cuts of strategic nuclear weapons in a new deal with the United States if the U.S. eases Moscow's concerns about plans for a missile defense system, President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday.

Thatcher's son says surgery successful (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 04:51 AM PDT

AP - The son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher says she had a good night after a successful operation to insert a pin in her broken arm.

Nokia Siemens in deal to buy Nortel wireless units (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 04:29 AM PDT

AP - Nokia Siemens Networks said Saturday it will buy the wireless operations of Canadian-based Nortel Networks in a $650 million (euro465 million) deal to strengthen its position in North American markets.

British PM vows to stay despite expense fallout (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 04:24 AM PDT

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said fallout over the recent lawmaker expense scandal has marked the worst time in his political life, but he has no immediate plans to step aside.

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