2009年7月20日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Three fishermen die off Scotland after boat capsizes: officials (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 04:23 PM PDT

A fishermen unloads scallop shells from his boat. Three fishermen died after their boat capsized Monday in high seas off Scotland, coastguard and police said. One fisherman was rescued after the coastguard launched a search operation when the scallop boat overturned off Britain's Atlantic west coast, the coastguard said.(AFP/File/Mychele Daniau)AFP - Three fishermen died after their boat capsized Monday in high seas off Scotland, coastguard and police said.

Swine flu threatens British economy: study (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 01:45 PM PDT

A person enters a new clinic in East London. The British economy could contract as much as 7.5 percent this year if the swine flu pandemic continues to escalate, a report published Monday.(AFP/Max Nash)AFP - The British economy could contract as much as 7.5 percent this year if the swine flu pandemic continues to escalate, a report published Monday.

Georgian president proposes reforms, foes scoff (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 01:40 PM PDT

Police officers detain opposition activists who tried break through security cordon before the arrival of President Mikhail Saakashvili to Georgia's Parliament in the capital Tbilisi, Monday, July 20, 2009. Speaking in the parliament Saakashvili proposed moderate electoral reforms, called for political unity and evoked Russia as an occupier and an enemy. (AP Photo/ Shakh Aivazov)AP - Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili offered his opponents electoral reforms Monday, and called for political unity in the face of a common enemy — referring to Russia as an occupying foe with forces a few dozen kilometers (miles) from the capital.

Hawks deliver go-away message to Canada Post (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 01:35 PM PDT

Reuters - Two nesting hawks have managed to do what Canada's blizzards usually can't -- halt delivery of the mail to a few dozen homes in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

Ex-Liberian leader denies looting Sierra Leone (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 01:20 PM 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 - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Monday challenged anyone to find a bank account of his holding illicit funds or "blood diamonds" from the civil war in Sierra Leone.

Govt bids to quell flu fears (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 01:19 PM PDT

A security personnel stands next to a banner calling people to pay attention on the flu symptoms in front of the Health Ministry office in Jakarta on July 1. Chinese authorities quarantined dozens more foreign students as Britain tried to allay mounting fears over swine flu and Russia's top health official urged people to get vaccinations.(AFP/File/Adek Berry)AFP - The government announced plans Monday to vaccinate half the population against swine flu by year's end as Russian health officials warned the virus was now affecting all parts of Europe's largest country.

Italy magazine revives Berlusconi scandal (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 01:03 PM PDT

AP - An Italian newsweekly has released tape recordings of what it says was the night Silvio Berlusconi spent with a prostitute in which the premier is purportedly heard asking her to wait for him in bed while he showers.

GM: 3 bids received for Germany's Opel (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 12:58 PM PDT

AP - General Motors Corp. said Monday that it received three final offers from three companies for its Opel unit, but a decision was still yet to be taken.

Danish military unit involved in headscarf row (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 12:37 PM PDT

Maria Mawla, 27, wears a hijab in this Aug. 4 1999 photo at an unknown Danish location. A Danish military unit has become embroiled in a dispute about Muslim headscarves after it allowed a hijab-wearing woman to complete a training course. The Home Guard, a home defense corps of thousands of volunteer soldiers, does not allow headscarves and violated that rule when it allowed Maria Mawla, 27, to wear one during its 10-day basic training program, spokesman Joergen Jensen said Monday July 20 2009. The issue became national news in Denmark after the populist Danish People's Party, known for its anti-Muslim outbursts, expressed shock over an article about Mawla posted on the Home Guard's Web site. (AP Photo/ POLFOTO, Jens Dresling)AP - A Danish military unit has become embroiled in a dispute about Muslim headscarves after it allowed a hijab-wearing woman to complete a training course.

Mubarak in Paris talks on Mideast, Mediterranean Union (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 12:35 PM PDT

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak makes a speech during the Economic and Financial Forum for the Mediterranean, in Milan. Mubarak on Monday arrived for talks in Paris to revive the Mediterranean Union initiative and the Middle East peace process, the foreign ministry said.(AFP/Giuseppe Cacace)AFP - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Monday arrived for talks in Paris to revive the Mediterranean Union initiative and the Middle East peace process, the foreign ministry said.

Polish philosopher Leszek Kolakowski dead at 81 (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 12:24 PM PDT

AP - Leszek Kolakowski, a Polish philosopher and historian whose decision to disavow Marxism pushed him into exile and made him an inspiration for his nation's struggle against communism, has died. He was 81.

Queen watches as boatmen count her swans (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 12:01 PM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, front left, accompanied by Swan Marker David Barber, front right on the boat, in the steam launch 'Alaska', watches a swan upper place a swan back into the river during a swan upping census, the ancient ritual of her swans being counted, on the River Thames near Windsor, England, Monday, July 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, Pool)AP - Queen Elizabeth II took to the River Thames in a steam launch Monday to watch red-suited boatmen carefully count all her swans

Russia eases restrictions on rights groups, NGOs (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 11:31 AM PDT

AP - The Kremlin says President Dmitry Medvedev has signed legislation easing restrictions on human rights groups and other non-governmental organizations.

Even in death, McCourt's `Ashes' divides Limerick (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 10:12 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 13, 1998 file photo, Irish-American and Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Frank McCourt, author of 'Angela's Ashes,' listens as he is introduced at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York, in New York, where he was one of two people honored at the college's annual Irish Heritage celebration. Brother Malachy McCourt says Frank McCourt died Sunday afternoon July 19, 2009, at a Manhattan hospice in New York City at age 78. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)AP - Bitterness over Frank McCourt's memoir "Angela's Ashes" still smolders in his hometown of Limerick. Residents of the western Irish city have never agreed whether his Pulitzer-winning account of childhood survival amid soul-crushing poverty was more fact than fiction.

Bosnian Serbs convicted of burning Muslims alive (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 09:42 AM PDT

Milan Lukic, left, and Sredoje Lukic, right, await their verdict at the courtroom of the U.N. Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in the Hague, Netherlands, Monday July 20, 2009. U.N. judges deliver verdicts Monday in the case of two Bosnian Serb cousins accused of atrocities that allegedly include twice locking scores of Muslims into houses and torching them. Prosecutors have demanded life sentences for Milan and Sredoje Lukic if judges convict them on charges of extermination, murder, persecution and inhumane acts. (AP Photo/Ed Oudenaarden, Pool)AP - A U.N. war crimes court convicted two Bosnian Serb cousins Monday for a 1992 killing spree that included locking scores of Muslims in two houses and burning them alive.

UK drops terror alert level to lowest in 2 years (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 09:23 AM PDT

AP - Britain's government reduced its terror alert level Monday to its lowest level since the July 7, 2005 bombings of the London transport system but warned that the threat remains serious.

Little helpers' wedding opens Santa Congress (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 08:40 AM PDT

AP - While much of the annual Santa Claus World Congress is a joke, two of Santa's little helpers were completely serious when they exchanged vows in a civil ceremony Monday.

Britain's swine flu advice confuses public (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 07:27 AM PDT

A student plays volleyball while in quarantine at the Yanxiang Hotel in Beijing, China, Monday, July 20, 2009. Dozens of students from the U.S. and United Kingdom have been quarantined at the hotel after classmates were diagnosed with swine flu. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - Health officials in Britain have issued a torrent of conflicting advice on swine flu, telling people to avoid travel, stay away from crowds and even advising women to delay getting pregnant until the virus subsides.

Banks of Seine turn sandy in Paris summer ritual (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 06:30 AM PDT

View of the right bank of the Seine river with an artificial beach, palm trees, outdoor showers and hammocks on the first day of the Paris Plage event in Paris Monday July 20, 2009. Paris Plage, the artificial seaside stretching along the Seine has kept Parisians cool each summer since 2001.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - Families headed for the beach in the landlocked French capital on Monday for this year's launch of Paris Plages, which turns the Seine's urban riverbanks into sandy shores complete with palm trees and lounge chairs.

French workers back off threat to blow up factory (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 06:24 AM PDT

AP - Workers in central France have eased off a threat to blow up their auto parts factory unless they receive an extra euro30,000 ($42,270) each, removing gas canisters that surrounded the plant.

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