2009年6月28日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Pope: Scientific analysis done on St. Paul's bones (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 05:31 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI, at center, arrives with other prelates for a solemn vespers service for St. Peter and St. Paul, in St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica, in Rome, Sunday, June 28, 2009. The pontiff said recent scientific tests on what are believed to be the remains of the Apostle Paul 'seem to conclude' that they do indeed belong to the Roman Catholic saint. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - The first-ever scientific test on what are believed to be the remains of the Apostle Paul "seems to confirm" that they do indeed belong to the Roman Catholic saint, Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday.

Blur comeback brings Glastonbury to a close (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 05:22 PM PDT

Damon Albarn (left) and Alex James of Blur perfom on the Pyramid stage on the final evening of the annual Glastonbury festival in Somerset, England, on June 28. Indie rockers Blur returned to the festival for the first time in 11 years to close out three days of music that included sets by Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Indie rockers Blur returned to Glastonbury Festival for the first time in 11 years to close out three days of music that included sets by Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young.

Vodafone mulls offer for T-Mobile UK: FT (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 04:43 PM PDT

A man pictured speaking on his mobile walks past a Vodafone logo at the CeBIT computer, digital IT and telecommunications fair in Hanover, central Germany, in 2007. Britain's Vodafone, the world's biggest mobile phone company by revenue, is exploring a bid to buy T-Mobile UK, the Financial Times reported on Monday.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - Britain's Vodafone, the world's biggest mobile phone company by revenue, is exploring a bid to buy T-Mobile UK, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

Pollsters say P.M. Berisha leads Albania elections (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 02:51 PM PDT

AP - Early exit polls are indicating that Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha's Democratic Party has won another term in office in parliamentary elections Sunday.

Paris menswear week winds down with Dior, Lanvin (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 01:52 PM PDT

A Model presents a creation by Belgium designer Kris Van Assche as part of his Men's Spring-Summer 2010 fashion collection for Dior in Paris, Sunday, June 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - The French capital's spring-summer 2010 menswear displays wound down Sunday with a harder-than-usual silhouette from romantic label Lanvin, a retro rocker at British dandy Paul Smith and a sheer, shorn look at Dior Homme that sparked catty rumors about the possible departure of the luxury house's designer, Kris Van Assche.

Exit polls see Albania's ruling Democrats winning (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 01:35 PM PDT

Albanians wait to cast their votes at the polling station in the village of Bathore, some 10 km north from capital Tirana, June 28, 2009. REUTERS/Oleg PopovReuters - Albania's ruling Democrats appeared poised for victory on Sunday, according to exit polls, in an election the government, opposition and international observers said was fair.

Italian PM boosts diplomacy amid problems at home (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 12:20 PM PDT

Italian Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks to the press on the Ionian island of Corfu, northwestern Greece, on Saturday, June 27, 2009, during a NATO-Russia Council. The foreign ministers of NATO and Russia are set to resume formal military ties in their first meeting since last year's war between Russia and Georgia. The talks will be followed Sunday by a meeting of foreign ministers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, whose rotating chairmanship Greece currently holds.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris,POOL )AP - Premier Silvio Berlusconi is expanding his presence on the world stage leading into next week's Group of Eight summit with a flurry of diplomacy aimed, at least in part, at diverting attention from the starlet scandal that has engulfed him at home.

Govt condemns expulsion of Honduran president (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 11:55 AM PDT

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya answers questions during a press conference in Tegucigalpa on June 26, 2009. Honduran troops arrested Zelaya in an apparent military coup Sunday to stop him pressing ahead with a constitutional referendum, in a move triggering global concern.(AFP/File/Orlando Sierra)AFP - The government condemned the expulsion of Honduras President Manuel Zelaya in an apparent military coup on Sunday, calling for the restoration of democratic and constitutional government in the country.

Rains, flooding hit parts of Czech Republic (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 11:52 AM PDT

AP - Heavy rains are flooding southern parts of the Czech Republic, with mudslides damaging houses and roads in the region.

Thatcher to leave hospital Monday: spokesman (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 11:33 AM PDT

Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher is due to leave hospital on Monday, more than two weeks after being admitted with a broken arm, her spokesman said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher is due to leave hospital on Monday, more than two weeks after being admitted with a broken arm, her spokesman said.

Solana: EU keen to restart nuclear talks with Iran (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 10:00 AM PDT

European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, right , talks with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg during an 0SCE Informal Ministerial meeting on Sunday, June 28, 2009. Foreign ministers from OSCE member states are holding a two-day meeting on the western Greek resort island of Corfu. On the sidelines of the talks, EU foreign ministers will discuss the developments in Iran.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - The European Union wants to restart talks on Iran's nuclear program, the bloc's top foreign policy official said Sunday, even as its foreign ministers condemned the country for its crackdown on demonstrators and rights groups.

UK calls embassy detentions in Iran 'unacceptable' (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 08:10 AM PDT

British Foreign Minister David Miliband looks on ahead a meeting of EU foreign ministers on Iran on the island of Corfu, Greece, on Sunday, June 28, 2009. The talks came after a two-day informal meeting of OSCE foreign ministers on Corfu. Miliband said his government is 'deeply concerned' at the arrest and detention of 'about nine' British Embassy employees in Tehran. He said some of the employees were released. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - Britain's foreign secretary categorically denied Sunday that his country had helped foment postelection discontent in Iran.

More clashes in Russia's North Caucasus kill 5 (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 06:13 AM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Professor of Medicine Vladimir Fedorov speak at a Moscow hospital late Monday, June 22, 2009. Wounded Ingush President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov was brought to this hospital on Monday. A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy carrying the president of the troubled Russian province of Ingushetia Monday, critically wounding him and killing two bodyguards, the latest in a string of assassination attempts that have roiled the North Caucasus. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)AP - A Chechen terrorist group with ties to the late warlord Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing attack on a North Caucasus regional leader that killed three, according to a statement posted on a rebel-linked Web site Sunday.

73-year-old Scottish man dies of swine flu (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 05:59 AM PDT

A man wearing a face mask waits for a relative at Rio de Janeiro's international airport in May 2009. Brazil reported its first swine flu fatality on Sunday, saying the woman died after returning to South America's most populous nation from a trip to neighboring Argentina.(AFP/Antonio Scorza)AP - Health officials in Scotland say a 73-year-old man infected with swine flu has died at a hospital outside Glasgow.

Swiss police uncover int'l child pornography ring (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 04:11 AM PDT

AP - Swiss police say they have uncovered a child pornography ring involving more than 2,000 people in 78 countries.

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Posted: 28 Jun 2009 03:33 AM PDT

AP - British Foreign Secretary says UK 'deeply concerned' at arrest of embassy staff in Tehran.

US announces big shift in Afghanistan drug policy (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 10:39 PM PDT

In this June 20, 2009 image, U.S. Marines from the 2nd MEB, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines pass through a poppy field during operations against the Taliban near Now Zad in Afghanistan's Helmand province. The U.S. announced a new drug policy Saturday, June 27, 2009, for opium-rich Afghanistan, saying it was phasing out funding for eradication efforts and using the money for drug interdiction and alternate crop programs instead. The U.S. envoy for Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, told The Associated Press that eradication programs weren't working and were only driving farmers into the hands of the Taliban. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - The U.S. is shifting its strategy against Afghanistan's drug trade, phasing out funding for opium eradication while boosting efforts to fight trafficking and promote alternate crops, the U.S. envoy for Afghanistan said Saturday.

Amid Jewish revival, Poland gets openly gay rabbi (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 10:26 PM PDT

In this June 12, 2009 photo, Rabbi Aaron Katz is seen during a service at the progressive Judaism Synagogue in Warsaw. He is Poland's first openly and unabashedly gay rabbi. Katz settled in Warsaw with Kevin Gleason, a former Hollywood producer with whom he entered into a registered domestic partnership in Los Angeles two years ago. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)AP - When Rabbi Aaron Katz walks the streets of Warsaw's former Jewish quarter, scenes of that lost world fill his imagination: Families headed to synagogue, women in their kitchens cooking Sabbath meals, his father as a boy with the sidecurls of an Orthodox Jew.

NATO and Russia resume military ties (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 08:12 PM PDT

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer speaks on the Ionian island of Corfu, northwestern Greece, on Saturday, June 27, 2009, during a NATO-Russia Council. The foreign ministers of NATO and Russia are set to resume formal military ties in their first meeting since last year's war between Russia and Georgia. The talks will be followed Sunday by a meeting of foreign ministers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, whose rotating chairmanship Greece currently holds.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - NATO and Russia agreed to resume military ties Saturday in their first high-level meeting since Russia's war with Georgia disrupted their relations 10 months ago.

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