2009年8月15日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Wenger stays calm after Arsenal destroy Everton (AFP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 06:11 PM PDT

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, pictured, has refused to get carried away after his side routed their opponents Everton 6-1 on the opening day of the Premier League season.(AFP/File/Ian Kington)AFP - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger refused to get carried away after his side routed Everton 6-1 on the opening day of the Premier League season at Goodison Park.

Police arrest 19 in demo against British far-right (AFP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 05:19 PM PDT

Anti-British National Party protesters face police near an event organised by the far-right political party, the British National Party in Codnor. 19 people have been arrested during a protests against the BNP festival.(AFP/Max Nash)AFP - Police have said they had arrested 19 people after violence briefly marred a demonstration against a festival being held by the far-right British National Party (BNP).

Britain's Brown trails badly in two opinion polls (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 05:10 PM PDT

Reuters - Britain's ruling Labour Party trails the opposition Conservatives by up to 17 points in the polls with a parliamentary election less than a year away, according to two surveys published on Sunday.

Britain may tighten laws on bankers' pay: Darling (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 04:43 PM PDT

Reuters - The British government is prepared to tighten the laws on bankers' pay and bonuses if companies continue to reward excessive risk-taking, finance minister Alistair Darling told the Sunday Times newspaper.

Britain suffers 200th Afghanistan death (AP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 04:16 PM PDT

Transfer vehicle guide, U.S. Air Force Airman Mercedes McCoy-Garrett, prepares to close the doors of the vehicle after the transfer case containing the remains of Marine Sgt. William J. Cahir, of Washington, D.C., was loaded at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009. According to the Department of Defense, Cahir was killed August 13, 2009 in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - A British soldier wounded in an explosion in Afghanistan died Saturday, the defense ministry said, bringing the country's military death toll there to 200.

Madonna turns 51 on concert stop in Poland (AP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 04:14 PM PDT

AP - Polish fans joined together in song to wish Madonna a happy birthday at a concert in Warsaw Saturday evening — just hours before she turned 51.

Murray deposes Nadal as world number two (AFP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 03:55 PM PDT

Andy Murray of Scotland serves to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France during the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup at Uniprix Stadium in Montreal, Canada. Murray defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 7-6 (10/8) Saturday in the semi-finals of the ATP Montreal Masters to rise to second in the world for the first time in his career.(AFP/Getty Images/Matthew Stockman)AFP - Andy Murray defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 7-6 (10/8) Saturday in the semi-finals of the ATP Montreal Masters to rise to second in the world for the first time in his career.

200th British soldier dies in Afghanistan: MoD (AFP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 03:35 PM PDT

A British soldier stops journalists at the site of a suicide attack outside the NATO military headquarters in Kabul. A British soldier died Saturday of wounds sustained in operations in Afghanistan, bringing to 200 the number of British troops to die since the 2001 US-led invasion, the Ministry of Defence said.(AFP/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - A British soldier died Saturday of wounds sustained in operations in Afghanistan, bringing to 200 the number of British troops to die since the 2001 US-led invasion, the Ministry of Defence said.

Sussex clinch English Twenty20 title (AFP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 03:10 PM PDT

Sussex won the English Twenty20 Cup for the first time on Saturday when they defeated Somerset by 63 runs in the final at Edgbaston. West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Smith, pictured here in action in April 2009, hammered 59 off only 26 deliveries with seven fours and three sixes to help Sussex reach 172 for seven after being put into bat.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)AFP - Sussex won the English Twenty20 Cup for the first time on Saturday when they defeated Somerset by 63 runs in the final at Edgbaston.

Arsenal enjoy six of best in early Premiership title warning (AFP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 02:52 PM PDT

Arsenal's striker Eduardo da Silva (L) fights for the ball with Everton's defender Joseph Yobo (R) during their English Premier League football match at Goodison Park in Liverpool. Arsenal started the Premier League season with a show of intent on Saturday, demolishing Everton 6-1 here at Goodison Park to finish the opening day on top of the table.(AFP)AFP - Arsenal hammered out an early English Premier League title warning on Saturday when they crushed Everton 6-1 at Goodison Park, a timely reminder to Manchester United who begin their championship defence on Sunday.

(AP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 02:22 PM PDT

AP - British military says soldier wounded in Afghanistan dies, taking death toll to 200. (Corrects APNewsAlert that said soldier was wounded in Afghanistan. He died in Britain.)

Missing ship: a foggy saga of rumors, few clues (AP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 01:23 PM PDT

FILE- In this Dec. 29, 2008 file photo the cargo ship the Arctic Sea is seen in Kotka, Finland. The Russian-manned cargo ship that vanished last month in the Atlantic was found Friday, Aug. 14, 2009, near Cape Verde off the coast of West Africa, according to French and Russian officials. There was no immediate information about the condition of the crew or whether there was anyone else on board. (AP Photo/Pekka Laakso, Lehitukuva, File)AP - The workaday cargo ship the Arctic Sea, which for decades plowed the world's waterways in obscurity, just had to disappear to be thrust into a swirling drama of rumors and intrigue. The plot thickened Saturday as a Russian maritime expert reported signals from the ship's tracking device and Finnish authorities said there was a ransom demand.

Turkey marks 25 years of Kurd rebellion (AP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 11:25 AM PDT

Turkey's Interior Minister Besir Atalay, secon right, and Ahmet Turk, chairman of pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party, DTP, second left, shake hands as Selahattin Demirtas, a pro Kurdish lawmaker, right, and Abdulkadir Aksu, deputy cairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party, look on before a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009. Atalay's visit to DTP, in a show of reconciliation, though the government has yet to unveil a highly publicized plan aimed at resolving Turkey's Kurdish conflict.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Turkey marked 25 years Saturday since the first Kurdish rebel attacks, with political leaders calling for reconciliation, though the government has yet to offer a new plan for ending the conflict.

Arrests as protesters target UK far-right festival (AP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 11:14 AM PDT

Anti-fascist protesters demonstrate against the British National Party's Red, White and Blue festival in Codnor, England Saturday Aug. 15, 2009. Almost 1,000 anti-fascist protesters have demonstrated against a festival being held by the far-right British National Party. Police say they made 19 arrests after scuffles broke out during the rally. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, PA)AP - Hundreds of anti-fascist protesters tried to block people Saturday from attending a festival held by the far-right, anti-immigrant British National Party, which has been encouraged by recent electoral success.

New images released in London jewel thief hunt (AP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 10:59 AM PDT

In this image made from CCTV footage and released by Britain's Metropolitan Police Saturday Aug. 15, 2009, the two main suspects in one of Britain's biggest jewel heists approach Graff Diamonds in London Tuesday Aug. 4, 2009, two days before jewels with a retail value of 40 million pounds, or $65 million, were taken from the store. British police say a reward of 1 million pounds ($1.65 million) is being offered for information leading to the capture of the thieves. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police)AP - Police say thieves behind one of Britain's biggest jewel heists abandoned an initial robbery attempt two days before the crime.

2 police officers killed in Dagestan shootings (AP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 09:54 AM 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 - Two policemen were killed in separate sniper attacks in Russia's violent republic of Dagestan on Saturday, authorities said, the latest in three days of bloodshed that has claimed more than 20 lives in the North Caucasus.

'Ghost bus' takes migrants on trip to Russia (AP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 07:58 AM PDT

In this May 31, 2009 photo, Uzbek labor migrants approach their Russia-bound bus in the steppe of south-western Kazakhstan. Hundreds of thousands of Uzbeks flock to Russia annually in search of jobs. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - On paper, the bus does not exist.

1 killed in explosion in Istanbul (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 11:41 PM PDT

AP - An explosion inside a trash container in Istanbul has killed one person and injured one other, police and news reports said Saturday.

Italian hotel mistakenly offers 1-cent weekend (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 11:37 PM PDT

AP - You had to be quick, but what a deal.

Glaxo starts testing its swine flu vaccine (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 11:31 PM PDT

AP - Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Friday it has started testing its swine flu vaccine in humans.

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