2009年8月13日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Iceland PM appeals to British, Dutch on Icesave (AFP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 05:51 PM PDT

Iceland's Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir urged Britain and the Netherlands to show understanding over the repayment of billions of euros after the collapse of the Icesave bank in an article Friday.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)AFP - Iceland's Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir urged Britain and the Netherlands to show understanding over the repayment of billions of euros after the collapse of the Icesave bank in an article Friday.

Reindeer herders battle alcohol on Russia's edge (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 05:09 PM PDT

A woman walks with a Yaranga, the chukchis' traditonal hide tent in the background, near the village of Kanchalan in Chukotka, Juky 20, 2009. REUTERS/Robin PaxtonReuters - * Russia's natives driven to drink by "perestroika"

Nadal restores normal service with quick-fire Montreal win (AFP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 04:09 PM PDT

Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a shot to Philipp Petzschner of Germany during the Rogers Cup at Uniprix Stadium in Montreal, Canada. Nadal won 6-3, 6-2.(AFP/Getty Images/Matthew Stockman)AFP - Rafael Nadal gave his fragile confidence a huge boost Thursday with a 6-3, 6-2 defeat of German Philipp Petzschner for a place in the quarter-finals of the ATP Montreal Masters.

Aegon raises 1 bln euros through shares to repay state investment (AFP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 03:46 PM PDT

The logo of Dutch insurer Aegon is seen at the firm's headquarters in The Hague. Aegon raised one billion euros Thursday by issuing shares to repay part of a state investment after reporting a second-quarter loss of 161 million euros (229 million dollars).(AFP/ANP/File/Koen Suyk)AFP - Dutch insurer Aegon raised one billion euros Thursday by issuing shares to repay part of a state investment after reporting a second-quarter loss of 161 million euros (229 million dollars).

Has Kremlin mastermind given game away in novel? (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 02:58 PM PDT

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R), First Deputy Chief of Staff Vladislav Surkov (L) and Kremlin Chief of Staff Sergei Naryshkin prepare the state of the nation address at Gorki residence outside Moscow, November 2, 2008. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Dmitry AstakhovReuters - "Close to Zero" is the tale of a Russian publisher operating in a murky political system featuring paid-off media, corrupt officials, dubious politicians and law enforcement agencies on the take.

Arabs ask for EU support on Israel nuke resolution (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 02:29 PM PDT

AP - Arab states are lobbying the European Union for support in their drive to force Israel to open up its secretive nuclear program to international perusal, documents made available to The Associated Press show.

Volkswagen, Porsche seal merger deal: companies (AFP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 01:46 PM PDT

Logo of German luxury sportscar manufacturer Porsche standing in front of the company's development center in Weissach, southern Germany. The supervisory boards of Europe's biggest auto giant Volkswagen and luxury car maker Porsche said on Thursday they had approved a deal to merge their two companies by 2011.(AFP/DDP/File/Sascha Schuermann)AFP - Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, and luxury auto manufacturer Porsche said on Thursday they had approved a plan to merge by 2011 and create an automotive giant.

US speaks out against possible Lockerbie bomber release (AFP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 01:40 PM PDT

Convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi (C) is escorted by security officers in Tripoli in 1992. Families of victims of the Lockerbie disaster reacted with a mixture of anger and compassion Thursday to reports that the convicted bomber would be freed from a British jail next week as he is dying.(AFP/File/Manoocher Deghati)AFP - The US spoke out against the prospect of an early release for the Lockerbie bomber Thursday after media reported he will be freed on compassionate grounds next week due to his prostate cancer.

Shoot at the pirates? West weighs arming ships (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 01:27 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Turkish military, Turkish commandos, rear are seen closing in on five pirates in the Gulf of Aden, off Somalia, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. The Turkish military said Tuesday navy commandos aboard the Turkish frigate TCG Gaziantep, part of a NATO force patrolling the seas, have captured five pirates after commandos raided the skiff Tuesday . (AP Photo/Turkish Military HO )AP - Challenging a global aversion to guns aboard ships, France has put troops on tuna boats in the Indian Ocean, and Belgium is offering military units to its merchant vessels off the Horn of Africa. Now, U.S. lawmakers are weighing similar action to fight piracy.

Disabled UK student wins case against Abercrombie (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 12:39 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday June 24, 2009 file photo. Riam Dean arrives for an employment tribunal in London. A disabled woman won her suit for wrongful dismissal Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009, against Abercrombie & Fitch after she was made to work in the London store's stockroom. A British employment tribunal said that the teen apparel merchant unlawfully harassed 22-year-old Riam Dean when it refused to allow her to wear a cardigan to cover her prosthetic arm, saying the sweater violated the store's 'look policy.' Dean said she was asked by an employee from the company head office whether it would be possible 'to keep you in the stockroom until the winter uniform arrives.' She said she later received an e-mail from management saying she had been 'erroneously placed on the shop floor.' (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)AP - A disabled woman won her suit for wrongful dismissal Thursday against Abercrombie & Fitch after she was sent to work in the London store's stockroom.

Italy's record lotto jackpot climbs to euro135.9m (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 12:13 PM PDT

A German would-be millionaire, one of the 140 winners of a contest organized by a German top-selling newspaper who flew them from Berlin to Milan, shows her Lotto ticket at the airport Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009. Besides the free seats, the winners were being treated to a heaped plateful of pasta, a cup of espresso and the opportunity to buy Superenalotto tickets. Germans, Austrians and other foreigners are heading into Italy to play the lottery ahead of a record euro 131.5 ($186 million) jackpot, whose six-number combination will be announced by about 8:30 p.m. local time Thursday. The writing on the jersey is a play with words as it sounds like the 'O sole mio' popular Italian song, with the word 'Kohle', a German slang for money. (AP Photo/Alberto Pellaschiar)AP - Italy's record-breaking state lottery on Thursday once again disappointed millions of Italians as well as foreigners who had crossed the border to join the hunt for the rising jackpot.

4 policemen, 7 civilians shot dead in south Russia (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 12:09 PM PDT

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left) visits Ingush President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov in a Moscow hospital in July 2009. Russia has restored Ingushetia's president to his post to battle a security crisis in the Caucasus region, even though he is still recovering at a Moscow sanatorium after an attempt on his life.(AFP/RIA Novosti/File/Aleksey Nikolskyi)AP - Gunmen shot and killed four police officers and seven civilians in a restive Russian province near Chechnya on Thursday, officials said.

France, Germany return to growth in 2nd quarter (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 11:30 AM PDT

AP - Government programs to support the auto industry helped Germany and France return to economic growth in the second quarter, rebounds that stoked hopes the recession in the wider 16-country euro area may also end sooner than thought.

Scotland considers freeing Lockerbie bomber early (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 11:22 AM PDT

In this undated photo released by the British Crown Office, showing Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer, who was convicted in a Scottish court on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2001, of murder in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, and sentenced him to life in prison. News reports on Wednesday Aug. 12, 2009, state that Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi may be released on compassionate grounds, as he is terminally ill with cancer, and he may be released imminently, but the final decision lies with Scottish Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill. (AP Photo / CROWN OFFICE via PA )AP - Scottish officials said Thursday they were considering early release for the Lockerbie bomber — igniting debate between victims' relatives in the United States and Britain over whether he should be allowed to return home to Libya.

German candidate campaigns on Merkel cleavage (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 11:15 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2009 file photo Vera Lengsfeld, candidate of the Christian Democratic Union, CDU, at Berlin's Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district, shows her campaign poster for the upcoming general election showing herself and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, in Berlin, Germany. Sentence on the poster reads 'We have more to offer'. Debate is raging in Germany over whether that campaign poster using a now infamous photograph of Chancellor Angela Merkel in a deep-cut evening gown is cleverly ironic or downright tacky. However you see it, the poster is adding some spice to what is shaping up to be an otherwise dull campaign leading up to Sept. 27 German parliamentary elections. The poster shows a picture of Christian Democrat candidate Vera Lengsfeld, 57, in a low-cut evening gown alongside a well-known 2008 photo of Merkel, the party leader, taken at her appearance at the gala opening of Oslo's opera house. 'We have more to offer,' reads the slogan under the revealing photos of the two women's chests - a twist on the Christian Democrats official slogan, 'We have the power.' (AP Photo/Gero Breloer, File)AP - Debate is raging in Germany over whether a campaign poster using a now infamous photograph of Chancellor Angela Merkel in a deep-cut evening gown is cleverly ironic or downright tacky.

Hitler's infamous manifesto sold in UK (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 11:11 AM PDT

A copy of his infamous manifesto Mein Kampf signed by Adolf Hitler which was to be sold at Mullock's auctioneers at Ludlow, 124 miles (200 kilometers) northwest of London Thursday Aug. 13, 2009. The book signed by Hitler to a fellow inmate of Landsberg Prison in 1925. Mein Kampf outlines Hitler's anti-Semitic ideology. It was written in 1924, and was banned from publication in Germany after World War II. The book is expected to fetch 25,000 pounds ($41,500). (AP Photo/Barry Batchelor/PA)AP - More than 80 years after it was first published _and later outlawed_ in Germany, a signed copy of Adolf Hitler's infamous manifesto "Mein Kampf" was sold Thursday for 21,000 pounds ($34,900).

Military: 3 British soldiers killed in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 10:55 AM PDT

Afghan Hazara men dance during a reception for a groom before a wedding in Bamiyan, located in central Afghanistan on August 13, 2009. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (AFGHANISTAN SOCIETY)AP - Britain's military says three of its soldiers have been killed by an explosion in Afghanistan's Helmand Province.

Investigators across Europe join search for ship (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 10:16 AM PDT

In this Dec. 29, 2008 photo the cargo ship the Arctic Sea is seen in Kotka, Finland. The Arctic Sea, a Maltese-flagged cargo ship, was supposed to make port in Algeria with its cargo of timber on August 4. More than a week later, there's no sign of the ship or its Russian crew. (AP Photo/Pekka Laakso/Lehitukuva)AP - The disappearance of a Russian-manned cargo ship in the Atlantic more than two weeks ago spawned a variety of theories and intriguing reports Thursday as the search drew in investigators from across Europe.

Vatican newspaper hails Swiss-US bank deal (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 09:55 AM PDT

AP - The Vatican's newspaper on Thursday praised as a step toward "ethical finance" a deal announced by the Swiss and U.S. governments to settle American demands for the identities of suspected tax dodgers.

Ukrainian president rejects Russian criticism (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 08:55 AM PDT

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko speaks during a address to the nation, Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009. Yushchenko rejected sharp criticism from his Russian counterpart, saying the Kremlin is to blame for a downturn in bilateral ties. He was responding to an open letter from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who has accused him of conducting a hostile policy toward Russia.(AP Photo/Mykola Lazarenko)AP - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday rejected sharp criticism from his Russian counterpart, saying the Kremlin is to blame for a downturn in bilateral ties.

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