2009年8月5日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Reports: Ex-Greek junta minister dies at 90 (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 04:14 PM PDT

AP - Nikolaos Makarezos, one of the leaders of the military dictatorship that ruled Greece from 1967-1974, has died at age 90, according to media reports.

Britons willing to pay for enhanced media services (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 04:01 PM PDT

City workers make phone calls outside the London Stock Exchange in Paternoster Square in the City of London at lunchtime October 1, 2008. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - Britain's recession-hit consumers would rather cut back on eating out and holidays than give up their broadband, mobile phone and pay-TV services, according to a new report from media regulator Ofcom.

Washington will not get involved in GM sale of Opel: official (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 01:57 PM PDT

The logo of German car manufacturer Opel in Berlin. President Barack Obama's administration will not get involved GM's sale of its European Opel unit or any other aspect of the automaker's daily operations, a top advisor said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Kaveh Rostamkhani)AFP - President Barack Obama's administration will not get involved in GM's sale of its European Opel unit or any other aspect of the automaker's daily operations, a top advisor said Wednesday.

K-G-Beefcake: Putin bares his chest in Siberia (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 01:18 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Monday, Aug. 3, 2009, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin seen feeding a horse in the mountains of the Siberian Tyva region (also referred to as Tuva), Russia, during his short vacation. (AP Photo/ RIA Novosti, Alexei Drizhinin, Pool)AP - The Czar-boro man? When Vladimir Putin rode a horse bare-chested through a rustic region of Siberia, it produced astonishing images casting him as a rugged Russian outdoorsman.

Swiss security: Is that metal in your cheese? (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 12:47 PM PDT

AP - Swiss cheese is supposed to have holes in it, not bits of metal. But what to do when you've lost a spring and you're pretty sure it's in one of the expensive cheeses you planned to sell? Why, trundle them over to airport security.

France seeks more time to recover millions in farm aid (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 12:35 PM PDT

France's agriculture minister Bruno le Maire, pictured here in July 2009. France on Wednesday demanded more time to work out plans to recover hundreds of millions of euros (dollars) in state aid from its farmers after the European Union deemed the subsidies were illegal.(AFP/File/Dani Pozo)AFP - France on Wednesday demanded more time to work out plans to recover hundreds of millions of euros (dollars) in state aid from its farmers after the European Union deemed the subsidies were illegal.

Italy's president drawn into Berlusconi scandals (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 12:17 PM PDT

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks to President Giorgio Napolitano in Rome in a May 8, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Chris HelgrenReuters - The scandal over Silvio Berlusconi's private life took a new twist Wednesday when Italy's president was forced to deny he had told newspaper directors not to publish salacious transcripts in their possession.

Football: Samaras creates European history for Celtic (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 12:02 PM PDT

Greek international Georgios Samaras, seen here in 2008, scored a goal in added on time on Wednesday to give Scottish giants Celtic a superb 2-0 victory over Dynamo Moscow in their Champions League third preliminary round second leg clash to progress 2-1 on aggregate.(AFP/File/Ed Jones)AFP - Greek international Georgios Samaras scored a goal in added on time here on Wednesday to give Scottish giants Celtic a superb 2-0 victory over Dynamo Moscow in their Champions League third preliminary round second leg clash to progress 2-1 on aggregate.

One dead as power cable strikes Ingushetia market (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 11:37 AM PDT

Reuters - One person died and as many as 20 others were injured on Wednesday when a ruptured power cable fell onto a local market in Russia's Ingushetia region, causing several explosions.

Lloyds shares up on smaller than expected loss (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 11:16 AM PDT

AP - Lloyds Banking Group PLC shares rose sharply Wednesday after the part-nationalized bank reported a smaller-than-expected loss for the first half of the year and declared its belief that the worst was over.

Radiohead song honors UK's last WWI survivor (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 09:24 AM PDT

AP - Radiohead has recorded a song in tribute to Britain's last World War I survivor.

Rabbi Loew exhibition opens in Prague (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 09:09 AM PDT

AP - An exhibition has opened at Prague Castle to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of Rabbi Yehuda Loew, one of the greatest Jewish scholars and philosophers.

Scottish justice minister meets Lockerbie bomber (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 09:02 AM PDT

AP - A decision on whether the Lockerbie bomber will be handed over to Libyan authorities will be made in the next few weeks, Scottish government officials said Wednesday.

UN envoys says no pressure for Cyprus deal (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 08:55 AM PDT

United Nations envoy Alexander Downer catchs his glasses as talks during an interview in his office at the UN buffer zone in the divided capital of Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. Downer says the island's Greek Cypriot president Dimitris Christofias and breakaway Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat have made significant progress since September when they restarted deadlocked talks. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)AP - Rival leaders in Cyprus have made "significant" progress in talks to reunite the island but pressure to reach a deal quickly could unravel what yearlong talks have achieved, a United Nations envoy said Wednesday.

Plane engine catches fire in Paris, 8 injured (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 08:49 AM PDT

AP - Panicked passengers scrambled and pushed to the emergency exits of an Airbus 320 preparing to carry 165 passengers from Paris to a vacation city in Spain after an engine suddenly caught fire Wednesday, a passenger said.

Russia's Obama: No, he can't, at least not now (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 08:40 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Thursday, July 30, 2009, Joaquim Crima, 37, waves greeting the people in a local bus in the village of Srednyaya Akhtuba, outside Volgograd, 900 kilometers (550 miles) southeast of Moscow, Russia. The African-born farmer is making an improbable run for office in Russia, inspired by President Barack Obama and undaunted by racial attitudes that have changed little in decades. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)AP - An African-born farmer is making an improbable run for office in Russia, inspired by President Barack Obama and undaunted by racial attitudes that have changed little in decades.

South Ossetia seeks to go it alone (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 08:16 AM PDT

Ossetians walk among the rubble of destroyed buildings in the village of Avnevi near Tskhinvali, regional capital of Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009.(AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - A year after their soldiers helped repel Georgian troops battling for this separatist-held capital, South Ossetians say they are grateful for Russia's patronage and recognition of their independence claims.

Britain seeks backyard beekeepers to fight decline (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 07:51 AM PDT

Beehive designer Johannes Paul looks at a brood frame colonized with bees as he poses by the 'beehaus' beehive on the roof of his house in London, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. Natural England, the government conservation agency, is urging urban householders to consider keeping bees in their gardens, rooftops or even balconies to help protect declining honeybee populations and is backing the launch of the new easy to use design of beehive, the 'beehaus'. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - What's the well-dressed urbanite wearing this summer? Baggy white coveralls and a beekeeping helmet.

Georgia: Uneasy peace a year after war with Russia (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 07:43 AM PDT

Ossetians inside a building which was partially destroyed during a Georgian assault in August 2008 in Tskhinvali, regional capital of Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia, Monday, Aug. 3, 2009. The situation near South Ossetia has become increasingly tense as the first anniversary of the conflict approaches on Aug. 7, with Georgia and Russia blaming each other for provocations and intentions to resume fighting. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Along this de-facto border where Russia's war with Georgia broke out last year, homes still lie in rubble, apple orchards have been burned and residents who once traveled freely across the disputed territory face armed checkpoints.

Russia confirms submarine patrols near US (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 07:21 AM PDT

File picture shows a new Russian nuclear submarine, the Yuri Dolgoruky, off northern city of Arkhangelsk in July. Two Russian nuclear-powered submarines have been patrolling off the US East Coast in recent days, the first such move in several years and one that has US officials concerned, the New York Times said Wednesday.(AFP/Pool/File/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - A senior Russian military official said Wednesday that Russian nuclear-powered attack submarines spotted off the U.S. East Coast were on a legitimate training mission.

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