2009年8月26日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

GM returns to Cold War fear in talks to sell Opel (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 03:57 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 30, 2009 photo, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill seen in Putin's Volga car after attending a foundation stone laying ceremony of a church complex in the village of Usovo outside Moscow. Behind the politics and posturing in General Motors' effort to dump its money-losing European car business lies a cold war story line: Keep U.S. technology out of Russian hands. (AP Photo/Alexei Druzhinin, Pool, file)AP - Behind GM's hesitation to sell its unprofitable car business in Europe lies a Cold War fear: American technology will fall into Russian hands.

Newcastle, West Brom escape in League Cup drama (AFP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 03:22 PM PDT

Newcastle United's English midfielder Kevin Nolan, pictured in February 2009. Newcastle and West Bromwhich Albion, both relegated from the English Premier League last season, escaped an early League Cup exit on Wednesday as they edged seven-goal thrillers.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Newcastle and West Bromwhich Albion, both relegated from the English Premier League last season, escaped an early League Cup exit on Wednesday as they edged seven-goal thrillers.

Netanyahu in Europe: Hopes for Renewed Peace Talks (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 03:10 PM PDT

Time.com - Meeting with leaders in London and Berlin this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hinted at movement towards restarting peace talks between Israel and Palestine, giving his hosts some rare, but tentative, hope

Eduardo's deception helps Arsenal beat Celtic (AFP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 02:37 PM PDT

Arsenal's Brazilian forward Eduardo (R) and Arsenal's French defender Bacary Sagna (L) celebrate after Eduardo's successful penalty during their UEFA Champions League Play-Off Round second leg against Celtic at home to Arsenal at the Emirates football stadium, London. Arsenal won 3-1.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Arsenal moved into the Champions League group stages in controversial fashion as Eduardo's dive helped secure a 3-1 victory over Celtic in Wednesday's play-off second leg.

British bobbies hunt burqa-clad bandit (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 02:28 PM PDT

AP - British police say they're on the trail of a burqa-clad bandit, or bandits, who robbed three different locations in the past two months.

Splat! Tomato fans paint town red in Spain (AFP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 02:10 PM PDT

A man bathes in tomatoes during the AFP - Tens of thousands of people from around the world hurled tonnes of ripe tomatoes at each other Wednesday in an annual food fight that leaves the eastern Spanish town of Bunol covered in red pulp.

Russia to seek help probing Arctic Sea mystery (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 01:28 PM PDT

In this video image broadcast by Russia TV Channel on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 a man identified as the suspected hijacker is led handcuffed by Russian marines to a bus on the Cape Verde island of Sal. (AP Photo/Russian TV Channel)AP - Russian authorities said Wednesday they will run the investigation into the alleged Arctic Sea hijacking but will ask other nations to help solve the mystery of the cargo ship's bizarre voyage.

Football: Britain vows clampdown as hooliganism flares (AFP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 01:19 PM PDT

Police officers arrange barriers in London. British police were Wednesday hunting those responsible for AFP - British authorities vowed Wednesday to clamp down hard on hooligans following "large-scale" violence at a London derby in some of the country's worst football-related thuggery in years.

U.N. chief says welcomes criticism after Norway memo (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 12:52 PM PDT

Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday he welcomed criticism, responding to a scathing internal memo by a Norwegian diplomat that was leaked to a newspaper last week.

London police 'steal' from unlocked cars (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 12:27 PM PDT

AP - British police are combing the upscale London neighborhood of Richmond, looking for things to steal.

Israeli, Palestinian leaders likely to meet soon (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 11:59 AM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at 10 Downing Street in London for talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, unseen, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. Netanyahu's talks in Europe this week will force the Israeli leader to balance the demands of his right-leaning ruling coalition against an international front opposed to Israeli settlements. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - The Israeli and Palestinian leaders are likely to hold their first meeting in the coming weeks, both sides indicated Wednesday, in what would be an important step toward a formal resumption of peace talks and a signal achievement for President Barack Obama.

Sarkozy criticizes Iran's leaders, al-Qaida (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 10:21 AM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, gestures as he speaks during a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. French President Nicolas Sarkozy assigned a leading conservative and leading Socialist to figure out how to spend money from an exceptional government bond issue meant to stimulate the recession hit economy.(AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy criticized Iranian leaders for their handling of contested elections and their nuclear program, and pleaded for a new push for peace in the Middle East in a sweeping diplomatic strategy speech Wednesday.

Group: US is monitoring journalists in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 08:35 AM PDT

AP - The International Federation of Journalists complained Wednesday that news people covering the war in Afghanistan are being monitored by the U.S. military to see if they are sympathetic to the American cause.

Rome mayor latest victim of airport baggage delays (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 08:04 AM PDT

AP - It's an enduring problem in the eternal city — seemingly endless baggage delays at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport.

Revelers paint Spanish town red in tomato fight (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 07:31 AM PDT

A girl plays with tomato pulp during the annual 'Tomatina' tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol, near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. Bunol's town hall estimated more than 40,000 people, some from as far away as Japan and Australia, took up arms Wednesday with 100 tons of tomatoes in the yearly food fight known as the 'Tomatina' now in its 64th year. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)AP - Tens of thousands of revelers pelted each other with tons of ripe tomatoes in a good-natured battle that filled the streets of a Spanish town with rivers of red pulp.

Drama in Moscow court over lesbian marriage (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 06:20 AM PDT

Russian couple, Irina Fedotova-Fet, left, and Irina Shipitko kissing each other in a court in Moscow, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. The debate over whether to allow a lesbian couple to marry in Russia has sparked an angry exchange inside a Moscow courtroom while outside the women in question locked lips to protest a holdup in proceedings. Homosexuality is decriminalized in Russia but there is little support for gay rights. The court postponed Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, hearing a complaint from the gay couple over a refusal to allow them to marry, citing their failure to appear. The couple, Irina Fedotova-Fet and Irina Shipitko, arrived 10 minutes after the hearing ended. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - The debate over whether to allow a lesbian couple to marry in Russia sparked an angry exchange inside a Moscow courtroom Wednesday, while outside the women locked lips to protest a holdup in proceedings.

Dutch court: Web site must remove copyright works (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 06:17 AM PDT

AP - A civil court on Wednesday ordered Dutch Web site Mininova to remove within three months all files on its servers that point to copyrighted works or face a fine of up to euro5 million ($7.16 million).

World leaders rush to pay tribute to Kennedy (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 05:49 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2008 file photo, then-Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., smiles with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., during a rally at American University in Washington where Kennedy endorsed Obama. Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate, has died after battling a brain tumor. He was 77. Kennedy's family announced his death in a brief statement released early Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)AP - World leaders lionized U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy on Wednesday as a towering figure in American politics, praising his dedication to causes ranging from health care reform to peace in Northern Ireland.

Paris hopes Americans boost flagging tourism (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 05:24 AM PDT

FILE -- In this Friday, Aug. 14, 2009 file photo a shopper walks by a store in Paris, France. Paris is counting on American tourists — and a new law allowing more stores to open on Sundays — to boost tourism revenues pinched by the global financial downturn. The French capital registered a 11.1 percent drop in foreign visitors in the first half of this year compared to the first half of 2008, according to figures released Wednesday, Aug, 26, 2009, by the Paris Tourism Office. The number of Americans in Paris — long the largest contingent of foreigners here — dived last year because of U.S. economic woes and the expensive euro. But it started to pick up again, by 1.1 percent, in the second quarter of this year, the tourism office said. (AP Photo/Francois Mori/file)AP - Paris is counting on American tourists — and a new law allowing more stores to open on Sundays — to boost tourism revenues pinched by the global financial downturn.

Ex-Bosnian Serb chief: US helped Iran arm Muslims (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 05:19 AM PDT

AP - Radovan Karadzic is seeking evidence that the U.S. turned a blind eye to weapons shipments from Iran to Muslim forces fighting in the Bosnian war, to support his claim that Serbs acted in self-defense during the conflict.

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