2009年7月23日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Asafa Powell brands British sprinters lazy (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 06:00 PM PDT

Former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell, seen here, branded British sprinters lazy and said they were unlikely to beat the world's best, reports said Friday(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - Former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell branded British sprinters lazy and said they were unlikely to beat the world's best, reports said Friday.

Berlusconi's call girl accuser a liar: FM (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 05:18 PM PDT

A call girl who claims to have spent a night with Italy's scandal-ridden Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, seen here, is on the payroll of journalists and a liar, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said(AFP/File/Giuseppe Cacace)AFP - A call girl who claims to have spent a night with Italy's scandal-ridden Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is on the payroll of journalists and a liar, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said.

British anti-Semitic attacks surged post Gaza: report (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 04:30 PM PDT

A view of the New West End Synagogue in West London. The government said it was AFP - The government said it was "deeply concerned" by a report Friday revealing an upsurge of anti-Semitic attacks this year in the wake of Israel's devastating three-week offensive in Gaza.

Authorities arrest three in Brazil waste probe (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 04:14 PM PDT

Piles of rubbish. Authorities in Britain arrested three people Thursday over the alleged illegal shipment of tonnes of waste including baby diapers and syringes to Brazil, officials said Thursday.(AFP/Aris Messinis)AFP - Authorities arrested three people Thursday over the alleged illegal shipment of tonnes of waste including baby diapers and syringes to Brazil, officials said Thursday.

UK swine flu cases jump as millions log on for help (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 03:17 PM PDT

A person enters a clinic in East London on July 20. The Department of Health has said that an estimated 100,000 new cases of swine flu have been recorded over the last week in England.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - Around 100,000 new cases of swine flu were diagnosed in Britain in the last week, officials said Thursday, as millions rushed to consult a new website to identify symptoms and order drugs.

Swimsuit issue: Sport's leaders say 'Not so fast' (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 03:16 PM PDT

FILE -- This is a Feb. 12, 2008, file photo showing Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Michael Phelps adjusting his Speedo LZR racer swimsuit following a news conference introducing the high technology suit in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)AP - The swimmers on the pool deck in Rome are ogling each other's high-tech bodysuits like fashionistas on the runways of Milan, thinking of gliding into history with yet another record-smashing time.

Vigil held for slain Russian activist (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 02:50 PM PDT

People hold portraits of killed human rights activist Natalya Estemirova during a rally in downtown Moscow, Thursday, July 23, 2009. Dozens of people gathered Thursday in cenetral Moscow to remember Natalya Estemirova, a Russian human rights activist who was murdered last week. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - Several dozen people attended a somber vigil in Moscow on Thursday for slain human rights activist Natalya Estemirova, who was abducted last week outside her home in Chechnya and found dead later the same day.

Rising casualties raise doubts abroad on war (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 01:47 PM PDT

An Army carry team carries the transfer case of Army Pfc. Anthony Lightfoot during a dignified transfer on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 in Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Lightfoot, from Riverdale, Ga., was killed in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Rising casualties in Afghanistan are raising doubts among U.S. allies about the conduct of the war, forcing some governments to defend publicly their commitments and foreshadowing possible long-term trouble for the U.S. effort to bring in more resources to defeat the Taliban.

Current troop levels and deaths in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 01:47 PM PDT

AP - Current troop levels and deaths since 2001 among leading members of the NATO-led force and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan:

New tapes released in Italian PM sex scandal (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 01:47 PM PDT

Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, center, is seen after greeting workers at the opening of the construction works for the Brescia, Bergamo, Milano (BREBEMI) highway, in Urago d'Oglio near Brescia, Italy, Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Berlusconi has joked that he is 'no saint'' as he remains entangled in a sex scandal over his alleged encounters with young women, including a high-class prostitute. The comments, which came during a ceremony in northern Italy, were Berlusconi's first reference to the scandal since the recordings were released. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)AP - An Italian magazine released more tapes Thursday of purported conversations between Silvio Berlusconi and a high-class prostitute, keeping up the pressure in the sex scandal engulfing the Italian premier.

Biden brings tough love to Georgia (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 01:45 PM PDT

Visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks after receiving an award from Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili, not seen, during a reception in honor of Biden, Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, July 22, 2009. U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden has told Georgia that 'America stands with you and will continue to stand.' Biden arrived in Georgia Wednesday from Ukraine on a mission to reassure both former Soviet nations that the United States will not abandon them as it seeks to improve badly strained ties with Russia. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)AP - A year after Georgia's disastrous war with Russia, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden assured the small country on Thursday that the United States stands behind it in their continuing conflicts with their region's dominant power.

Paris police chief during 1968 uprising dies (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 12:30 PM PDT

FILE -- This is a April 22, 1998 file photo of Maurice Grimaud, a former Paris police chief. Grimaud, who as Paris police chief played a key role in keeping order and avoiding bloodshed during France's student uprising in May 1968, has died. He was 95. Grimaud died July 16, according to the Paris police headquarters, and was buried at the renowned Pere-Lachaise cemetery on Tuesday, July 21, 2009. No cause of death was given. Visible in background are Grimaud's book 'In May, Do as you like', and a biography of General de Gaulle. (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz/file)AP - Maurice Grimaud, who as Paris police chief played a key role in avoiding major bloodshed during France's student uprising in May 1968, has died. He was 95.

Dutch return severed head of Ghana chief (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 12:13 PM PDT

Ahanta tribal chief Nana Etsin Kofi II, center, signs a document as Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen, second from right, looks on, during a ceremony at the Dutch Foreign Ministry in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, July 23, 2009. The family of an African chief who was hanged and decapitated by a Dutch general 171 years ago reluctantly accepted his severed head Thursday, visibly angry at a violation of tribal protocol as the Dutch tried to right an historical wrong. (AP Photo/Rob Keeris)AP - The descendants of an African chief who was hanged and decapitated by a Dutch general 171 years ago reluctantly accepted the return of his severed head Thursday, still angry even as the Dutch tried to right a historic wrong.

Marseille fire under control after evacuations (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 12:13 PM PDT

AP - France's prime minister accused Foreign Legionnaires of "serious professional errors" Thursday for firing tracer bullets blamed for a fire that spread across countryside to the city of Marseille.

Amy Winehouse: I'm too short to have hit tall fan (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 12:12 PM PDT

British singer Amy Winehouse arrives at the City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Thursday, July 23, 2009, charged with assault over claims she hit a fan at the End Of Summer Ball in London, on September 25, 2008. She pleaded not guilty at a hearing earlier this year. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)AP - Amy Winehouse told a London court Thursday that she was too short to have punched a fan in the face, saying her trademark beehive makes her look taller than she is.

Inmates break out of Belgian prison in helicopter (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 11:58 AM PDT

AP - Belgian authorities say three inmates made a dramatic escape from prison by helicopter.

Austrian foundation: 2 Mozart works discovered (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 10:49 AM PDT

AP - The International Mozarteum Foundation said Thursday it has discovered two more works composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

French parliament approves law on Sunday labor (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 10:18 AM PDT

AP - France's parliament has given final approval to a law allowing more businesses to stay open Sundays despite protest from labor unions.

2 passenger ferries collide in Swedish port (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 10:07 AM PDT

Damage is seen to the ferry Gotlandia II in the harbour in Nynashamn Thursday July 23 , 2009 after two passenger ferries bound for the Swedish island of Gotland, M/S Gotland and HSC Gotlandia II, collided in the sea outside the town of Nynashamn just before lunchtime. It was foggy at the time of the collision. Three passengers were said to be lightly injured. (AP Photo/Maja Suslin/Scanpix)AP - Two large passenger ferries collided outside a port south of Stockholm on Thursday, injuring 15 people, police said.

Karadzic want to prove Srebrenica toll exaggerated (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 09:22 AM PDT

AP - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic said Thursday he wants access to DNA from mass graves in an attempt to show that the death toll in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of Muslim men has been exaggerated.

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