2009年7月21日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

US backs Ukraine wish to join NATO: Biden (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 04:46 PM PDT

US Vice President Joe Biden (L), seen here with Ukrainian President of Viktor Yushchenko in Kiev, reassured Ukraine on Tuesday of US support for its right to join NATO and promised a AFP - Vice President Joe Biden was due in Georgia Wednesday after reassuring Ukraine of US support for its right to join NATO and promising a "reset" of Washington's relations with Moscow would not undermine warm ties with Kiev.

Govt passes oversight law in wake of expenses scandal (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 04:31 PM PDT

Justice Secretary Jack Straw arrives at 10 Downing Street in central London, in May 2009. Measures aimed at cleaning up politics following a hugely damaging expenses scandal that rocked Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government passed into law late Tuesday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Measures aimed at cleaning up politics following a hugely damaging expenses scandal that rocked Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government passed into law late Tuesday.

Resigning junior foreign minister joins Afghan resources row (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 04:16 PM PDT

Resigning junior foreign minister Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, pictured in 2008, said Wednesday more helicopters were needed in Afghanistan, piling pressure on Prime Minister Gordon Brown amid a row over adequate resources for troops.(AFP/File/Ishara S. Kodikara)AFP - Resigning junior foreign minister Lord Mark Malloch-Brown said Wednesday more helicopters were needed in Afghanistan, piling pressure on Prime Minister Gordon Brown amid a row over adequate resources for troops.

Michelin workers briefly detain managers at factory (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 04:11 PM PDT

French tyre maker Michelin's workers and unions demonstrate in June 2009, in Noyelles-les-Seclin, northern France. Workers at a plant owned by French tyre manufacturer Michelin briefly detained four managers on Tuesday night, preventing them from leaving a factory in another case of AFP - Workers at a plant owned by French tyre manufacturer Michelin briefly detained four managers on Tuesday night, preventing them from leaving a factory in another case of "boss-napping."

Biden: Ukraine need not worry about US-Russia ties (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 04:03 PM PDT

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, left, and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speak in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Biden arrived in Ukraine for a three-day working visit. (AP Photo/Mykhailo Markiv)AP - Vice President Joe Biden assured a nervous Ukraine that its interests won't be sacrificed as the United States tries to mend ties with Moscow.

Teenager Daley wins stunning 10m world gold (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 02:54 PM PDT

Britain's 15-year-old Thomas Daley poses on the podium of the men's diving 10m plateform at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Rome. Daley won ahaead of China's Qui Bo and Zhou Luxin.(AFP/Filippo Monteforte)AFP - Britain's 15-year-old Thomas Daley was a shock winner of the men's 10m platform event at the World Championships here on Tuesday.

Four firefighters die battling Spain blaze (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 02:44 PM PDT

Firefighters take cover as a plane drops water on a fire burning in the Cerro del Castillo hill, near the town of Collado Mediado, northeast of Madrid, which forced the evacuation of some 2,000 people, the mayor of the town, Maria Rubio, told news radio Cadena Ser. Four firefighters were killed and two were seriously injured as they battled a wind-fuelled wildfire in a natural park in Spain.(AFP/Pedro Armestre)AFP - Four firefighters were killed and two seriously injured Tuesday as they battled a wildfire in northeastern Spain, while several other blazes raged across the country, local officials said.

Global health officials mull how to slow swine flu (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 02:30 PM PDT

U.S. students wave to journalists from the fenced off courtyard of the Yanxiang Hotel, where groups of students are being kept in quarantine, in Beijing, China, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Students from the U.S. and U.K have been quarantined at the hotel after classmates were diagnosed with swine flu. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - Some Muslim countries are advising pregnant women not to attend the hajj pilgrimage. China is quarantining any visitor suspected of having a fever, while priests in New Zealand have been banned from placing Communion wafers on worshippers' tongues.

Call girl scandal deepens for Italy's Berlusconi (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 02:18 PM PDT

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gives a press conference following a ministers' council on July 15, 2009, at Palazzo Chigi in Rome. A scandal linking Berlusconi to a call girl deepened Tuesday with the posting of a new audio clip seemingly proving the liaison, as the flamboyant prime minister's approval rating sank.(AFP/File/Christophe Simon)AFP - A scandal linking Italy's Silvio Berlusconi to a call girl deepened Tuesday with the posting of a new audio clip seemingly proving the liaison, as the flamboyant prime minister's approval rating sank.

Ireland goal gives City first win in South Africa (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 02:01 PM PDT

Manchester City's Stephen Ireland(C) beats Kaizer Chiefs' goalkeeperThela Ngobeni(L) as defender Punch Masenamela looks on during their friendly football match in Durban. Manchester won 1-0 with a goal by Ireland.(AFP/Alexander Joe)AFP - Stand-in skipper Stephen Ireland scored at the end of the first half to give Manchester City a 1-0 victory over Kaizer Chiefs on Tuesday in the Vodacom Challenge.

28 finalists named in '7 Wonders of Nature' poll (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 12:11 PM PDT

The Matterhorn mountain, one of the finalists, is seen on a screen, as Swiss Bernard Weber, founder and president of the 'New 7 wonders' campaign, announces the 28 finalists of the New 7 Wonders of Nature global campaign in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. The competition is similar to that for the seven Man-Made Wonders of the world chosen in 2007. The winner then were the Colosseum, Italy; the Great Wall of China; the Taj Mahal, India; Petra, Jordan; Christ the Redeemer Statue, Brazil; Machu Picchu, Peru; and the Pyramid at Chichen Itza, Mexico. (AP Photo/Christian Hartmann,Pool)AP - The Grand Canyon, the Matterhorn and the Great Barrier Reef are competing with 25 other spectacular natural landmarks in the final phase of the global poll to choose the "New 7 Wonders of Nature."

Georgia seeking US monitors on conflict lines (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 12:09 PM PDT

AP - Georgia urged the United States on Tuesday to help monitor the boundaries with its two Russian-supported breakaway regions, and a U.S. official said it was a possibility.

Ireland: Report shows `horrific acts of depravity' (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 12:05 PM PDT

AP - A new report by investigators into the Catholic Church's cover-up of child abuse in Dublin details "horrific acts of depravity" that went for decades without prosecution, Ireland's justice minister said Tuesday.

Spanish minister to visit disputed Gibraltar (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 11:53 AM PDT

AP - Spain's foreign minister made a historic border crossing to the disputed British colony of Gibraltar on Tuesday, the first by a Spanish Cabinet minister since the Rock was ceded almost 300 years ago.

NATO chief treated for blood clot after fainting (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 11:04 AM PDT

Outgoing NATO Secretary General Nato Jaap de Hoop Scheffer arrives at British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's official residence for a meeting at 10 Downing Street, in central London, Monday July 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - NATO's outgoing Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer was treated at a hospital Tuesday for a blood clot after fainting during Belgian National Day festivities, officials said.

Russian pupils to have choice of religion, ethics (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 10:46 AM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev looks on during his meeting with the leaders of Russia's main religious denominations at the Barvikha presidential residence outside Moscow, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. (AP Photo/ Alexander Nenenov, Pool)AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced a pilot project Tuesday that will require schoolchildren to take classes in religion or secular ethics.

Kenyan banker, Malawian group win Norwegian prize (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 10:45 AM PDT

AP - Norway's Yara Foundation says a Kenyan banker and a Malawian farmers' group have won its annual prize promoting former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's call for a green revolution in Africa.

Lithuania to stick to compensation plan (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 10:39 AM PDT

AP - Lithuania will not amend a plan to compensate the loss of Jewish property seized during World War II, despite criticism from Jewish organizations that it fails to repay the properties' full value, the Baltic state's justice minister said Tuesday.

Scuffles at Warsaw market over eviction plan (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 09:51 AM PDT

Security guards try to enter a market hall in downtown Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Bailiffs are trying to enforce a city authorities decision to shut down and relocate the market, but traders are refusing to leave the place. A museum of modern art is planned on the site of the market hall. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)AP - Traders at a Warsaw market clashed Tuesday with police and other officials trying to evict them from the hall where their stalls are located, leaving 12 officers injured.

Opposition takes on scandal-plagued Berlusconi (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 09:48 AM PDT

AP - Italy's opposition charged Tuesday that Premier Silvio Berlusconi's sex scandal has damaged the image of the Italian government, as a news weekly released more recordings of what appear to be conversations he had with a prostitute.

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