2009年7月15日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Oldest woman to give birth dies, leaving twins (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:49 PM PDT

The Sant Pau Hospital in Barcelona where Carmen Bousada, 67, gave birth to twins in December 2006, becoming the world's oldest mother. Bousada has died from cancer, media reports say.(AFP/File/Cesar Rangel)AP - She devoted years to caring for her mother, who died at age 101. Then Maria del Carmen Bousada embarked on a quest to become a mom herself. She lied to a California fertility clinic to skirt its age limit, and later pointed to her mother's longevity as a reason to expect she'd be around to care for her kids.

Car explodes in front of Albanian parliament (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 02:56 PM PDT

AP - Police say a car parked in front of Albania's Parliament has exploded, but there were no injuries.

Iceland PM says parliament vote on EU bid very close (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 02:17 PM PDT

Reuters - Iceland's parliament moved into the final stretch of marathon debates Wednesday over starting accession talks with the European Union with the prime minister predicting the vote would be very tight.

Perry Mason stumps U.S. Supreme Court nominee (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 01:57 PM PDT

Reuters - Call it The Case of the Forgetful Supreme Court Nominee.

Fire near Paris stops local, UK, Belgium-bound trains (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 01:43 PM PDT

Reuters - Domestic high speed trains in northern France and international services to Britain and Belgium resumed late on Wednesday after a fire near railtracks in a Parisian suburb caused widespread disruption.

Terry not for sale, Chelsea insist (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 01:41 PM PDT

Chelsea warned big-spending Manchester City once again on Wednesday that captain John Terry, seen here in June 2009, is not for sale.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Chelsea warned big-spending Manchester City once again on Wednesday that captain John Terry is not for sale.

British bishop bans holy water to halt swine flu (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 01:36 PM PDT

Holy water front at a church. A bishop in Britain has advised his diocese to ban holy water from churches in a bid to halt the spread of swine flu.(AFP/OFF)AFP - A bishop in Britain has advised his diocese to ban holy water from churches in a bid to halt the spread of swine flu.

L'Oreal heiress faces court scrutiny of huge gifts (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 01:31 PM PDT

Reuters - A French court will examine whether the elderly heiress to the L'Oreal fortune, Europe's richest woman, was in her right mind when she lavished gifts worth close to $1.4 billion on a younger male friend.

Hartson battles cancer (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 12:56 PM PDT

Former Wales, Arsenal and Celtic striker John Hartson, seen here in 2004, has been diagnosed with cancer, it was revealed on Monday.(AFP/File/Lluis Gene)AFP - Former Wales, Arsenal and Celtic striker John Hartson has been diagnosed with cancer, it was revealed on Monday.

Britain prepares to open first Supreme Court (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 12:49 PM PDT

A partial view of Britain's new Supreme Court is seen for the first time ahead of the court opening in October, in central London, Wednesday July 15, 2009. Britain's first Supreme Court opens in October, when the Law Lords — 12 senior judges who sit as members of Parliament's House of Lords and serve as the country's highest court of appeal — make a formal procession across London's Parliament Square to their new courthouse home. As they take the short walk, the newly titled Justices of the Supreme Court will correct one of Britain's ancient constitutional quirks and deliver on the government's promise to separate the country's judicial and legislative powers after hundreds of years of messy compromise. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - They've already ditched the wigs and hung up their ermine-trimmed robes. Now Britain's most senior judges are preparing to leave the House of Lords entirely, moving from Parliament's upper chamber to a dedicated Supreme Court in a major upheaval of Britain's messy — and unwritten — constitution.

French petrochemical explosion kills 2 (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 11:57 AM PDT

AP - An explosion at a petrochemical plant owned by the French oil giant Total killed two people and injured six on Wednesday, the company said.

Russian activist abducted in Chechnya found slain (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 11:53 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2007 file photo Natalya Estemirova, a human rights activist, seen in the Chechen capital, Grozny, southern Russia. Natalya Estemirova, a prominent human rights advocate, was kidnapped and killed in Chechnya Wednesday July 15, 2009. Her body with gunshot wounds was found in the neighboring region of Ingushetia. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)AP - A well-known Russian rights activist was found slain execution-style on Wednesday, hours after being kidnapped in Chechnya — the latest in a series of brazen murders targeting critics of the Kremlin's violent policies in the war-torn North Caucasus.

EU urges Iran to resolve nuclear standoff (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 11:36 AM PDT

AP - The European Union said Wednesday that Iran has a few months, at best, to find a diplomatic resolution with the international community over its contested nuclear program.

Liberia's Taylor rejects war crimes charges (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 09:53 AM PDT

In this image made from television broadcast Tuesday, July 14, 2009 by the International Criminal Court, former Liberian President Charles Taylor, address the U.N. backed Special Court for Sierra Leone. Wearing a gray double-breasted suit and dark glasses, Taylor spoke confidently as he introduced himself to the three-judge panel as the 21st president of the Republic of Liberia. It was his first time on the witness stand. Taylor is charged with 11 counts of murder, torture, rape, sexual slavery, using child soldiers and spreading terror during Sierra Leone's 1991-2002 civil war. He is the first African leader to stand trial for war crimes. (AP Photo/ICC)AP - The American CIA and Libya's leader Moammar Gadhafi both had a hand in Charles Taylor's rise to power as Cold War politics and pan-African struggles helped propel him to the presidency in Liberia, according to his testimony Wednesday at his war crimes trial.

Italian art dealer's looting conviction upheld (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 09:28 AM PDT

AP - An appeals court on Wednesday upheld the antiquities trafficking conviction of an Italian art dealer whose case led Italy to launch a global search for looted ancient artifacts.

French auto workers threaten to blow up factory (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 09:10 AM PDT

Outside view of the New Fabris car parts manufacturer in Chatellerault, central France, Wednesday July 15, 2009.A local official dismissed a threat by laid-off French workers to blow up their auto parts factory, saying the gas canisters, center left, they placed outside the plant are apparently empty. The factory's more than 350 workers were fired last month. They are demanding Euros 30,000 ($41,000) each by the end of the month in compensation from the main clients, PSA and Renault, union officials say. Some 150 of them are occupying the factory, where some equipment has already been burned. Writing on wall reads: 'Garro we want the bonus 30,000 euros net'. Garro refers to Italian Florindo Garro, who heads ZEN owners of factory Fabris..(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - Laid-off auto-parts workers huddled Thursday around gas canisters tied to an electrical cable, threatening to blow up a factory in the latest example of extreme French resistance to cost-cutting in the economic downturn.

Rare 1502 hymnal given to UK university library (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 08:46 AM PDT

AP - A church is donating a rare 1502 hymnal to a Manchester University library, where church members say it can receive better care.

Britain presents plans to cut emissions, add jobs (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 08:40 AM PDT

AP - The British government detailed ambitious plans Wednesday to cut carbon emissions substantially by 2020, and said 40 percent of the country's electricity by then would come from renewable sources.

US sailors train Georgians in show of support (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 08:20 AM PDT

A U.S. servicemen show moves onboard the guided missile destroyer the USS Stout during training exercises between the US Navy and the Georgian coast guard at Georgia's Black Sea port of Batumi, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. U.S. sailors and Georgian coast guard crews have held training exercises aboard an American warship visiting Georgia in a show of U.S. support. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)AP - U.S. Navy sailors and Georgian coast guard crews held training drills aboard an American warship visiting the former Soviet republic Wednesday in a show of support as tensions with neighboring Russia persist following last year's war.

(AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 08:19 AM PDT

AP - Authorities say explosion at petrochemical plant in eastern France kills 2, injures 5.

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