2009年7月29日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Pro-West parties narrowly beat Moldova Communists (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 05:37 PM PDT

An election worker sticks his head into an upturned ballot box to make sure there are no more votes to be counted in Chisinau, Moldova Wednesday July 29, 2009. Three months after accusations of government vote-rigging touched off street violence, Moldovans voted Wednesday in parliamentary elections that could shift the former Soviet republic's focus away from Russia and toward the European Union. (AP Photo/John McConnico)AP - Moldova's pro-Western parties said Wednesday they'll forge an alliance after winning a narrow lead in parliamentary elections — a stinging setback to Europe's last communist-run government.

Spain blames separatists for car bomb, 64 wounded (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 05:34 PM PDT

Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba (C), surrounded by policemen, visits civil guard barracks after a car bomb exploded earlier in the day in the northern Spanish city of Burgos. The Spanish government accused the Basque separatist group ETA of trying to kill women and children Wednesday in a car bombing outside a police barracks in northern Spain which wounded more than 60 people.(AFP/Cesar Manso)AFP - The Spanish government accused the Basque separatist group ETA of targeting women and children in a powerful car bombing outside a police barracks in northern Spain which wounded more than 60 people.

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Posted: 29 Jul 2009 04:36 PM PDT

AP - Partial returns show pro-Western parties win more votes than Communists in Moldova election.

Fortune fails to favour Celtic as Dynamo grab vital away win (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 02:51 PM PDT

Celtic manager Tony Mowbray, pictured on July 26, 2009. Mowbray's first competitive match in charge of Celtic ended in disaster as he watched his side lose the first leg of a crucial third round Champions League qualifier 1-0 to Dynamo Moscow on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Ian Kington)AFP - Tony Mowbray's first competitive match in charge of Celtic ended in disaster as he watched his side lose the first leg of a crucial third round Champions League qualifier 1-0 to Dynamo Moscow on Wednesday.

Brown says two Iraq hostages 'very likely' dead (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 02:43 PM PDT

An image grab taken from a videotape broadcast on February 26, 2008 by the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya news network shows a British hostage held in Iraq, who gave his name as Peter Moore. Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday confirmed that two hostages from five Britons kidnapped in Baghdad were AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that two hostages from a group of Britons kidnapped two years ago in Baghdad were "very likely" dead, as the families pleaded for their release.

Britain and U.S. defend war effort in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 02:40 PM PDT

Reuters - Britain and the United States on Wednesday vowed a sustained effort in Afghanistan, despite growing public skepticism over the war after the deadliest month since it began in late 2001.

Court told release of 'torture' document endangers lives (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 01:56 PM PDT

Britain's national security could be put at risk if a document about alleged torture of former Guantanamo Bay inmate Binyam Mohamed, seen here in February 2009, is made public, a court was told Wednesday.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - Britain's national security could be put at risk if a document about alleged torture of a former Guantanamo Bay inmate is made public, a court was told Wednesday.

Europe's role in closing Gitmo gets Irish boost (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 01:42 PM PDT

Razor wire rises to the sky at the Camp 5 maximum security facility on the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The use of physicians at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay has forced medical professionals to violate their ethics codes, according to findings published Thursday in the UK journal Lancet.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AP - Ireland's agreement Wednesday to take two homeless Guantanamo prisoners demonstrates that patient diplomacy between the United States and Europe is starting to play its part in shutting down the notorious U.S. prison.

Govt vows to hang tough in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 01:38 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) looks on as British Foreign Secretary David Miliband answers a question during a joint press conference in the Treaty Room in Washington, DC. Britain won praise from its US ally Wednesday for the AFP - Britain won praise from its US ally here Wednesday for the "courage and sacrifice" of its troops serving in Afghanistan and vowed to see the mission through despite signs of eroding public support.

UK believes 2 British hostages in Iraq are dead (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 01:19 PM PDT

Two hundred soldiers of the Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment parade in Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, England, Monday July 13, 2009, following tours of Afghanistan and Iraq. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown is facing increasing criticism over Britain's role in Afghanistan, as the the overall death toll rose to 184. Brown continued to defend the war effort despite the high cost, telling a senior parliamentary committee Saturday, that military commanders in Afghanistan believe they are meeting their objectives. Brown has said repeatedly that fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan will help keep extremist groups from launching attacks inside Britain.(AP Photo/Chris Ison-pa)AP - Two hostages captured in a daring raid on Iraq's Finance Ministry two years ago have very likely died, Britain's prime minister said Wednesday.

New report: China remains world's top executioner (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 01:04 PM PDT

AP - The number of prisoners put to death worldwide decreased in 2008, a human rights group said Wednesday, adding that China retained its position as the world's top executioner.

French general takes over NATO command in Virginia (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:44 PM PDT

AP - In an unprecedented move, a French general will take over a key NATO command in Norfolk, Virginia, charged with transforming the Europe-centered Cold War alliance to tackle today's global challenges, NATO said Wednesday.

Benz on vacation causes German political scandal (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:27 PM PDT

Germany's health minister Ulla Schmidt arrives at Berlin Tegel airport from her vacation in Denia, Spain on Wednesday, July 29, 2009. German federal police say the health minister's official car that had been stolen in Spain has been found abandoned near city where it was stolen. The Social Democrat is facing widespread criticism for having her chauffeur drive her official car from Germany to the Spanish city of Alicante so she could use it during her vacation. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)AP - Germany's health minister has embarrassed her party ahead of national elections by bringing her official Mercedes and chauffeur on vacation in Spain, where the euro100,000 ($140,000) car was stolen.

UK: Intelligence sharing with the US threatened (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:04 PM PDT

In this January 19, 2009 file photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, a sign marks a closed-off area at Camp Justice, the location of the U.S. Military Commissions court for war crimes, at the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. When the first Guantanamo prisoners were led off a plane from Afghanistan and locked in open-air cages, it was clear to us conditions would be harsh. Just how notorious Guantanamo would become was not obvious. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/Pool/FilesAP - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the United States will restrict intelligence-sharing with the U.K. if a British court reveals secret details of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee's treatment, a British government lawyer said Wednesday.

Russia wants 2nd base in Kyrgyzstan (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 11:04 AM PDT

AP - A high-ranking Kremlin aide said Wednesday that Russia aims to establish a second military base in Kyrgyzstan, where the United State also has an important air base, Russian news agencies reported.

Sarkozy says health is 'good' (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 10:20 AM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech after the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee palace, in Paris, Wednesday, July 29, 2009. French President Nicolas Sarkozy sought to dispel worries about his health Wednesday during his first official appearance after an overnight hospital stay this weekend following his collapse while jogging. My health is good,' he told reporters outside the Elysee presidential palace following a Cabinet Meeting. 'I was really tired.' (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy insisted his health was "good" Wednesday, but he acknowledged he was "really tired" as he made his first official appearance since an overnight hospital stay following his collapse while jogging.

Car bomb in Spain proves ETA's resilience (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 09:48 AM PDT

Emergency workers are seen walking through the rubble after a car bomb, blamed on Basque separatist group ETA, exploded near a 14-storey Civil Guard barracks building in the northern city of Burgos, on Wednesday, July 29, 2009. The bomb detonated early Wednesday and left some 46 people slightly injured, mainly from flying glass and a crater that filled with water from broken underground pipes. (AP Photo) Eds note: car seen here is not the car bomb.AP - The Basque separatist group's No. 1 leader was nabbed in France as he slept late last year. His replacement lasted only a matter of weeks. Over the past couple of years, Spanish and French police have put most of ETA's leadership in jail, and with each arrest comes new claims the group has been decapitated.

Pope: 'Guardian angel' did not stop accident (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 09:25 AM PDT

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI takes a walk in the woods by his alpine chalet in Les Combes, northern Italy, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. The pontiff will move to his summer residence of Castelgandolfo, on the outskirts of Rome, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday that his guardian angel was clearly acting "on superior orders" when he let the pontiff fall and break his wrist this month.

Ex-detainees launch Gitmo inmates' rights group (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 08:31 AM PDT

File picture shows a cell block at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba. The US administration is to transfer a second inmate from the Guantanamo Bay prison for trial in a US federal court, legal documents said Friday.(AFP/POOL/File/Mark Wilson)AP - Former Guantanamo Bay detainees have launched an organization to help released inmates return to normal life and to lobby for the release or trial of those still held at the U.S. military prison, one of the founders said Wednesday.

UK families win fight over birth defects (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 07:35 AM PDT

AP - Britain's High Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of a group of young people, born with deformed hands and feet, who say pollution from a former steelworks contributed to their disabilities.

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