2009年7月28日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Study: Tanning beds as deadly as arsenic (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 04:28 PM PDT

AP - International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming them as deadly as arsenic and mustard gas.

Vienna Holocaust researchers quit over archives row (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 03:41 PM PDT

Reuters - A new Holocaust research centre designed to build on the work of Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal was in jeopardy on Tuesday because of a row between researchers and a Jewish group over access to archives.

Heavyweights Byatt and Coetzee on Booker longlist (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 02:56 PM PDT

Literary heavyweights AS Byatt and JM Coetzee, pictured in 2004, were named on the 13-strong longlist for the 2009 Booker Prize, released on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Tiziana Fabi)AFP - Literary heavyweights AS Byatt and JM Coetzee were named on the 13-strong longlist for the 2009 Booker Prize, released on Tuesday.

Flight 'incident' puts speed sensors in spotlight (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 02:30 PM PDT

AP - The pilot of an Air France plane flying from Rome to Paris this month spent a minute without information on the speed of the aircraft, which was equipped with new generation speed sensors installed after the June crash of another flight, the newspaper Le Figaro reported in an article for its Thursday edition.

Pilots report problem with Air France speed sensors (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 01:56 PM PDT

The new Air France logo on a Boeing 777 300-ER is unveiled in Everett, Washington, April 10, 2009. REUTERS/Marcus R DonnerReuters - An Air France flight from Rome to Paris earlier this month briefly lost its speed readings due to faulty sensors, pilots said on Tuesday, in the latest safety scare involving speed sensors.

Man dies in wildfire in Spain: authorities (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 01:41 PM PDT

A man and his dog run in a street to escape from a wildfire in Mombeltran near Avila. A man died in a wildfire Tuesday when flames swept through a house in western Spain, the first civilian death in blazes that also claimed the lives of six Spanish firefighters last week, authorities said.(AFP/Pedro Armestre)AFP - A man died in a wildfire Tuesday when flames swept through a house in western Spain, the first civilian death in blazes that also claimed the lives of six Spanish firefighters last week, authorities said.

Britons question Afghan war as more bodies flown home (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 01:09 PM PDT

Mourners in the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett pay their respects to four young soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan. Most Britons believe the increasingly bloody war in Afghanistan is AFP - Most Britons believe the increasingly bloody war in Afghanistan is "unwinnable" and want troops pulled out, an opinion poll said Tuesday, as more soldiers' bodies were flown home.

Spofforth smashes world record as she takes title (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 12:25 PM PDT

Great Britain's Gemma Spofforth celebrates after winning gold and beating a world record during the women's 100m backstroke final at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Rome. Spofforth clocked 58.12 to win ahead of Russia's Anastasia Zueva and Australia's Emily Seebohm.(AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - British swimmer Gemma Spofforth won the 100 metres backstroke world title in a world record of 58.12 seconds here on Tuesday.

Ireland unveils plan to combat child abuse (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 12:25 PM PDT

AP - Ireland unveiled a plan Tuesday to better protect children from abuse after investigators documented decades of chronic molestation and brutality in Catholic-run facilities for kids.

Reputed Russian 'godfather' wounded in Moscow (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 12:21 PM PDT

AP - Moscow police say a gunman has wounded Vyacheslav Ivankov, whom U.S. prosecutors have called a godfather of Russian organized crime.

Norway, Morocco in row over track champion's kids (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 11:38 AM PDT

AP - The Norwegian ambassador to Morocco denied on Tuesday that he breached his diplomatic duties by helping the children of a Moroccan Olympic cross-country champion return with their mother to Norway.

British government tells civil servants to tweet (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 09:32 AM PDT

AP - The British government has told civil servants: Go forth and tweet.

Fate of Holocaust institute teeters amid dispute (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 09:18 AM PDT

AP - The future of an Austrian institute for Holocaust studies was in doubt Tuesday over a dispute with the city's Jewish community.

Chimp's memoir among contenders for Booker Prize (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 09:15 AM PDT

AP - The purported autobiography of a movie-star chimpanzee is among the contenders for Britain's most prestigious literary award.

Skull pieces found in Ukraine likely journalist's (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 08:39 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 2000 file photo, investigative journalist Heorhiy Gongadze is seen in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, just a month before his abduction and killing. Ukrainian authorities have arrested a former government official who had been at large for nine years and charged with the slaying of an investigative journalist, officials said Wednesday, July 22, 2009. The decapitated body of Gongadze was found outside Kiev several months after his disappearance in September 2000. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov, File)AP - Ukrainian investigators on Tuesday found what they believe are the remains of the skull of a journalist who was kidnapped and decapitated nearly nine years ago, officials said.

Some sample UK, US government tweets (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 07:28 AM PDT

AP - A sampling of recent Downing Street tweets:

Charity questions UK over extraordinary rendition (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 07:19 AM PDT

AP - A legal advocacy group sought Tuesday to compel Britain's government to investigate a Pakistani man's claim that he was aboard an extraordinary rendition flight that made a refueling stop in Diego Garcia, a British island in the Indian Ocean.

Turkey urges Iraq to stop Kurdish rebel attacks (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 05:27 AM PDT

Turkey's Interior Minister Besir Atalay speaks to the media with Iraq's Minister of State for National Security Shirwan al-Waili, unseen, after a security meeting with Turkish, U.S. and Iraqi officials aimed at coordinating the struggle against Turkish Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Turkish, U.S. and Iraqi officials held a security meeting to coordinate the struggle against Turkish Kurdish rebels based in neighboring Iraq. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Iraq must do more to stop Kurdish rebels using hideouts in its territory to launch deadly attacks in Turkey, a Turkish minister said Tuesday after meeting with Iraqi and U.S. officials to discuss the issue.

Poll: UK public sees the Afghan war as unwinnable (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 04:04 AM PDT

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband gestures while speaking during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday July 27, 2009. Miliband said Monday that the Afghan government must use the opportunity created by the allied military surge to reconcile with moderate Taliban guerrillas willing to join the political process. Twenty British soldiers have died in Afghanistan in July, the deadliest month of the war, setting off a heated political debate about Britain's role in the war and raising doubts over whether the military has the proper equipment. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - A majority of people in Britain see the Afghan war as impossible to win, according to a new poll taken amid steeply rising casualties and growing government emphasis on finding a political solution to the conflict.

Swedish tourists miss island due to GPS typo (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 03:50 AM PDT

AP - Officials say a Swedish couple looking for the pristine waters of the popular island of Capri ended some 400 miles (660 kilometers) away in the northern industrial town of Carpi after misspelling the destination on their car's GPS.

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