2009年6月30日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Retailer Tesco mulling bid for major bank (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 05:32 PM PDT

Retail group Tesco is a potential bidder for nationalised bank Northern Rock, which the government is reportedly considering selling later this year, The Times newspaper has reported.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Retail group Tesco is a potential bidder for nationalised bank Northern Rock, which the government is reportedly considering selling later this year, The Times has reported.

US lawyer imprisoned in Belarus freed after pardon (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 04:18 PM PDT

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, left, welcomes a group of U.S. Congressmen, no names given, in Minsk, on Tuesday, June 30, 2009. At the meeting Lukashenko underscored the need to reactivate positive trends in Belarus-U.S. trade, Belarusian news agency Belta reported Tuesday. (AP Photo/ Belta, Nikolai Petrov)AP - An ailing American lawyer who was imprisoned in Belarus last year on charges of using fake documents and attempted industrial espionage walked free Tuesday night after a presidential pardon.

Di Matteo appointed West Brom manager (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 01:52 PM PDT

Former Italy midfielder Roberto Di Matteo, seen here in 2000, was named manager of relegated Premier League side West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday.(AFP/Philippe Desmazes)AFP - Former Italy midfielder Roberto Di Matteo was named manager of relegated Premier League side West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday.

EU competition chief eyes RBS, Lloyds asset sale (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 01:48 PM PDT

EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes, seen here on June 23, 2009, Neelie Kroes singled out Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group, saying they were only able to continue enjoying market-leading positions because of AFP - European regulators could compel Britain's state-controlled banks to sell chunks of their assets to comply with competition rules, the EU's top competition regulator said here Tuesday.

Jackson's London promoters say rehearsal video exists (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 01:32 PM PDT

A mourner lays flowers in memory of late US singer Michael Jackson outside the O2, in east London, on June 29, 2009. Footage of Michael Jackson rehearsing for his planned comeback concerts in London exists and could be released to the public at some point, the organisers of the shows said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - Footage of Michael Jackson rehearsing for his planned comeback concerts in London exists and could be released to the public at some point, the organisers of the shows said Tuesday.

Putin tells Russian casinos to cash in their chips (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 12:55 PM PDT

Michael Boettcher, the British founder of Storm International, a casino group, speaks to the Associated Press at one of his casinos in downtown Moscow, Monday, June 29, 2009. The government has ordered the closure of all casinos and gambling halls Wednesday, consigning gambling to four special zones in far-flung regions in Russia, some of them several thousands of miles and half-a-dozen time zones away from Moscow. 'They've killed the industry overnight,' said embittered Boettcher. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - Nearly two decades after the Soviet collapse set Russia's roulette wheels spinning again, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is calling in the chips on the gambling industry — a symbol of the glitz and excess of Russia's oil-fueled boom.

Top German court suspends ratification of Lisbon Treaty (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 12:40 PM PDT

The members of the German Federal Constitutional Court announce their verdict. Germany's top court on Tuesday delayed the ratification of the European Union's Lisbon Treaty but leaders expressed confidence that the landmark reforms would still be adopted soon.(AFP/DDP/Sascha Schuermann)AFP - Germany's top court on Tuesday delayed the ratification of the European Union's Lisbon Treaty but leaders expressed confidence that the landmark reforms would still be adopted soon.

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Posted: 30 Jun 2009 12:26 PM PDT

AP - U.S. lawyer imprisoned in Belarus on attempted espionage charge walks free after pardon.

Gas train derails in Italy, kills 14, burns 50 (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 12:19 PM PDT

Cars and houses are ablaze near Viareggio's railway station Tuesday, June 30, 2009. A freight train derailed in the middle of the night in northern Italy, setting off an explosion and a fire that killed at least 13 people and sent 50 others to the hospital, many with severe burns, officials said Tuesday. The 14-car train was traveling from the northern city of La Spezia to Pisa when a rear car plowed into a residential neighborhood beside the train station in the Tuscan seaside town of Viareggio just before midnight Monday. (AP Photo/Riccardo Dalle Luche)AP - Elia Quiroz was about to go to bed in his home near the railroad station in this Tuscan seaside town when the train rumbled by. His kitchen table started shaking.

US spy in rendition trial: 'I followed orders' (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 11:46 AM PDT

AP - A former CIA agent on trial for the alleged kidnapping of a Muslim cleric and terror suspect in Milan acknowledged in an interview published Tuesday that he had a role in the operation but insisted he was only following orders.

Vatican chapel with Michelangelo frescos restored (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 11:31 AM PDT

AP - The Vatican says the restoration of a chapel that includes two Michelangelo frescoes has been completed.

Russian corruption reporter dies from head injury (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 10:40 AM PDT

AP - A local corruption reporter in Russia died of head injuries on Monday in what police said Tuesday was a drunken fall. Colleagues, on the other hand, are sure it was a revenge attack for muckraking journalism.

Western observers pulling out of Abkhazia (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 09:59 AM PDT

AP - Western observers pulled out of Georgia on Tuesday after Russia blocked an extension of the mission to observe the cease-fire that ended last year's war.

Flight 447 black box search goes on past deadline (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 07:07 AM PDT

A Brazilian Navy diver checks a piece of debris from Air France flight AF447 out of the Atlantic Ocean, some 745 miles (1,200 km) northeast of Recife, in this handout photo distributed by the Navy June 17, 2009. REUTERS/Brazilian Navy/Handout/FilesAP - French investigators say the search for the black boxes of Flight 447 is continuing although they are no longer certain to emit signals.

Building starts on Warsaw's Jewish history museum (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 06:44 AM PDT

AP - For the second time in two years, Polish officials began building a new museum of Jewish history in Warsaw on Tuesday that they hope will become a major cultural landmark.

Spanish court ends Israel bombing probe (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 06:15 AM PDT

AP - A Spanish court on Tuesday shelved a judge's investigation of an Israeli air force bombing in Gaza in 2002 that killed a suspected Hamas militant and 14 civilians, siding with prosecutors who said Spain lacks jurisdiction.

Stavridis: Afghan security more than guns (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 05:43 AM PDT

The new commander of the United States European Command (US EUCOM), Admiral James G. Stavridis, left, applauds to his outgoing predecessor General John Craddock during the change of command ceremony at the Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Stavridis is taking over as head of the U.S. European Command in a changeover that also makes him NATO's top military commander. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)AP - The new commander of all U.S. forces in Europe on Tuesday said quelling the Afghan insurgency would take more than bullets, calling for efforts to rebuild roads, schools and farms to win local support against the Taliban.

Dutch Supreme Court upholds mustard gas conviction (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 05:29 AM PDT

AP - The Dutch Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the war crimes conviction of a businessman for selling chemicals to Saddam Hussein that his regime in Iraq turned into poison gas and unleashed on Kurds and Iranians.

Study: More sex may help damaged sperm (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 05:07 AM PDT

A doctor at the Alma Res fertility clinic in Rome prepares eggs and sperm for an attempt at artificial insemination, June 7. REUTERS/Alessandro BianchiAP - For men with fertility problems, some doctors are prescribing a very conventional way to have a baby: more sex.

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