2009年6月23日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Most Romanians intimidated in Belfast leaving city (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 04:37 PM PDT

A Romanian mother and her child look down at the media after their house was attacked in East Belfast, Northern Ireland, Thursday, June, 18, 2009. In recent days Romanian homes have been attacked in Belfast which has resulted in over 100 Romanians taking shelter in a church. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - More than 100 Romanian Gypsies who suffered racist attacks and intimidation in Belfast are being flown back home at taxpayer expense, the Northern Ireland government said Tuesday.

Prince Charles costs taxpayers more despite spending cut (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 04:05 PM PDT

Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (L) and his wife Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall arrive at the race course for the first day of Royal Ascot , in Berkshire, west of London, on June 16, 2009. Prince Charles cost the taxpayer almost 25 percent more last year than the previous 12 months, his accounts showed Tuesday -- despite cutting his costs by almost half a million pounds.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Prince Charles cost the taxpayer almost 25 percent more last year than the previous 12 months, his accounts showed Tuesday -- despite cutting his costs by almost half a million pounds.

U.S., EU act against China on raw material exports (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 03:09 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States and European Union took action against China on Tuesday for restricting exports of industrial raw materials, intensifying a trade struggle at a delicate time for the global economy.

Huntsman gets $1.7B settlement from banks (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 03:05 PM PDT

AP - Huntsman Corp. said Tuesday two investment banks will pay it a $1.7 billion settlement over its accusation they schemed to scuttle a $6.5 billion buyout of the chemicals maker last year.

Report: Italy's Berlusconi denies he paid women (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 02:49 PM PDT

AP - Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has told a gossip magazine he has never paid a woman for sex, as he continues to be dogged by suspicions stemming from his purported fondness for young models and starlets.

Report: Daughter says Thatcher is recovering well (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 02:43 PM PDT

AP - The daughter of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's says her mother is recovering well from her operation and should be released from the hospital within days.

Netanyahu slams Iran at start of Europe trip (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 02:20 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks during a joint press conference with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Rome's Palazzo Chigi. Netanyahu harshly criticised Iran on Tuesday as he began his first trip to Europe since taking office, saying the country's current turmoil revealed its AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu harshly criticised Iran on Tuesday as he began his first trip to Europe since taking office, saying the country's current turmoil revealed its "true nature."

UK Muslim group faults Sarkozy over burqa remarks (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 02:10 PM PDT

FILE - This Friday, June 19 ,2009, file photo shows a woman wearing the niqab, a veil worn by the most conservative Muslims that exposes only a woman's eyes, walks in the Belsunce district of downtown Marseille, central France. In the first presidential address to parliament in 136 years, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday, June 21, the Muslim burqa would not be welcome in France, calling the full-body religious gown a sign of the 'debasement' of women. The terms 'burqa' and 'niqab' often are used interchangeably in France. The former refers to a full-body covering worn largely in Afghanistan with only a mesh screen over the eyes, whereas the latter is a full-body veil, often in black, with slits for the eyes. (AP Photo/Claude Paris,file)AP - A top Muslim group in Britain lashed out at Nicolas Sarkozy as "patronizing and offensive" on Tuesday, after the French president said body- and face-covering Islamic garments such as the burqa turn women into prisoners.

Zola waves his magic wand to capture Chilean 'Wizard' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 01:53 PM PDT

Italian champions' Inter Milan's Chilean international striker Luis Jimenez, seen here in May 2008, was snapped up on loan by English Premier League side West Ham on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - Italian champions' Inter Milan's Chilean international striker Luis Jimenez was snapped up on loan by English Premier League side West Ham on Tuesday.

Britain expels Iran diplomats (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 01:50 PM PDT

Iranian students demonstrate outside the British embassy in Tehran. Britain has expelled two Iranian diplomats and European nations hauled in ambassadors to express alarm over fresh post-election violence on the streets of Tehran.(AFP/Maryam Hasanzadeh)AFP - Britain Tuesday ordered the expulsion of two Iranian diplomats as US President Barack Obama pushed international condemnation of Tehran to a new level, questioning its presidential election and declaring the world "appalled" by the violence there.

France announces Cabinet shake-up (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 01:37 PM PDT

AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy revamped France's Cabinet on Tuesday, turning to conservative loyalists and ousting two poorly performing ministers in the second reshuffle of the government since he took office in 2007.

WWIII? British release secret planning manual (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 01:05 PM PDT

FILE--In this May 9, 2006 file photo shows a man as he looks at a map of Britain in the Control Room at the York Bunker built in 1961 at the height of the Cold War. British civil servants, who for decades rehearsed how they would govern Britain in the days before and after World War III. The details are included in the 'War Book,' a secret Cold War planning manual declassified this month for the first time. (AP Photo/ John Giles/PA, File)AP - It's October 1968, and the Soviet Union has just landed cosmonauts on the moon. Warsaw Pact troops are massing on the Austrian border, and nuclear showdown looms between east and west.

Italy backs Netanyahu's peace plans (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 12:53 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, looks on as his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi talks to the media during a joint press conference they held at Rome's Palazzo Chigi Government office, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu got a warm and supportive welcome Tuesday from Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, while postponing a potentially less comfortable meeting with President Barack Obama's Mideast envoy.

Police: 24 Paris schoolchildren have swine flu (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 12:41 PM PDT

AP - French police say 24 children in primary school and pre-kindergarten at two southwest Paris schools have swine flu.

Tit-for-tat expulsions trouble UK, Iran ties (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 12:31 PM PDT

AP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown criticized Iran on Tuesday for expelling two U.K. diplomats from Tehran for alleged spying, and announced that two Iranian diplomats were being sent home in retaliation.

Replica of letter on Henry VIII divorce unveiled (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 10:32 AM PDT

AP - Officials on Tuesday unveiled a replica of a 1530 parchment sent by members of England's House of Lords to Pope Clement VII to support the divorce of King Henry VIII.

Google trial in Italy: freedom v. responsibility (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 09:50 AM PDT

AP - An Italian court on Tuesday postponed the trial against four Google executives accused of defamation and violating privacy for allowing a video to be posted online showing an autistic youth being abused.

Israeli prime minister postpones Mitchell meeting (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 09:41 AM PDT

AP - A meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama's special Middle East peace envoy, former Sen. George Mitchell, has been postponed.

Iran remains key trade partner for Europe (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 09:25 AM PDT

AP - Iran is big business for Europe, whose companies sell it everything from rail equipment to turbines and even cell phone technology that has been used to block communications between protesters seeking to overturn disputed election results.

Serb convicted for killing of Croatian POWs (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 08:22 AM PDT

AP - Serbia's war crimes court convicted a Croatian Serb on Tuesday for his role in the 1991 torture and killing of 200 Croatian prisoners at a pig farm during the Balkan conflicts.

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