2009年9月4日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Racing: Fallon forced to settle for second on comeback (AFP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 03:26 PM PDT

Irish jockey Kieren Fallon, seen herebefore the Felbridge Handicap race at Lingfield racecourse, had to settle for second place in his first race in Britain since 2006.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Former champion jockey Kieren Fallon on Friday had to settle for two second places as rode in Britain for the first time since 2006.

G20 seek to bridge splits over bankers' bonuses (AFP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 01:54 PM PDT

Protestors demonstrate in central London ahead of the G20 finance ministers meeting. European finance chiefs called Friday for an end to the bonus culture among bankers, highlighting a split with the US at G20 talks also debating the winding down of emergency support to the world economy.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - European finance chiefs called Friday for an end to the bonus culture among bankers, highlighting a split with the US at G20 talks also debating the winding down of emergency support to the world economy.

Johnson strikes as Australia edge ODI opener (AFP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 01:38 PM PDT

England's Matt Prior(L) looks on as Australia's Micheal Clarke bats during the first international one day cricket match at The Oval in London. Callum Ferguson's career-best 71 was the centrepiece of Australia's 260 for five against England in the first one-day international.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Mitchell Johnson took three wickets as Australia edged England by four runs in the first of seven one-day internationals at the Oval here on Friday.

Zheng gets Celtic go-ahead (AFP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 01:34 PM PDT

China captain Zheng Zhi, seen here in 2008, was given the green light on Friday to start his career with Scottish giants Celtic after being granted a work permit.(AFP/File/Karim Jaafar)AFP - China captain Zheng Zhi was given the green light on Friday to start his career with Scottish giants Celtic after being granted a work permit.

PM joins thousands in British carbon-cutting pledge (AFP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 01:25 PM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has put his name to a campaign for a 10-percent cut in Britain's carbon emissions, his office said Friday, as the list of signatories to the pledge reached almost 11,000.(AFP/POOL/Shaun Curry)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has put his name to a campaign for a 10-percent cut in Britain's carbon emissions, his office said Friday, as the list of signatories to the pledge reached almost 11,000.

Jews who escaped Nazis as kids recreate train trip (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 01:09 PM PDT

Nicholas Winton, left, talks to Tal Cohain at Liverpool Street station in London, Friday, Sept. 4, 2009. A vintage train carrying Holocaust survivors pulled into London on Friday, ending a three-day trip across Europe that marked the 70th anniversary of their extraordinary rescue by a young British stockbroker. Waiting to greet them at London's Liverpool Street Station was Nicholas Winton, age 100, who organized the rail 'kindertransports' that carried hundreds of mostly Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to safety in 1939. Tal Cohain's, grandmother Hanna Slome was one 22 children saved by Sir Nicolas Winton. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Elderly Holocaust survivors were reunited at a London railway station Friday with the man who saved them on the eve of World War II — a now 100-year-old former stockbroker who rescued hundreds of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.

Trade win for Boeing — rival Airbus got unfair aid (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 04:14 PM PDT

RESEND of graphic that moved on 090209; chart shows historic aircraft deliveries from Boeing and AirbusAP - In a victory for Boeing Co., the World Trade Organization sided with the American aviation giant Friday in finding that European countries had provided billions in illegal subsidies to chief competitor Airbus.

UK teens accused of school plot filmed with bombs (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 12:51 PM PDT

AP - Two British teens accused of planning a massacre inspired by the Columbine school shootings in the United States filmed themselves making and detonating explosives, a prosecutor said Friday.

Mobile technology may help city dwellers hitch ride (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 12:31 PM PDT

Surfers hitchhike down A1A in Delray Beach, Florida, in this September 3, 2004 file photo. REUTERS/Marc SerotaReuters - Hitch-hikers have always used their thumbs to get a ride. Now a new invention aims to update the technique -- allowing mobile phone users to dial-a-driver.

EU to Report on Intel's Complaint in Antitrust Case (PC World)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 12:20 PM PDT

PC World - The ombudsman for the European Union has confirmed receiving a complaint from Intel about the way its antitrust case was handled in Europe and said he will publish a summary of his decision later this month.

Officials: Serbia may offer Iraq air force planes (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 11:26 AM PDT

AP - Serbia may offer Iraq some planes from its aging air force and train pilots to partly make up for fighter jets sent here for maintenance during the Saddam Hussein era that have now been deemed useless, officials said Friday.

Portuguese award goes to Helen Keller nonprofit (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 11:26 AM PDT

AP - The Helen Keller International nonprofit organization has won a euro1 million (US$1.4 million) prize from a Portuguese foundation for its work in preventing blindness in the developing world, the foundation said Friday.

British author Keith Waterhouse dies at 80 (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 09:48 AM PDT

FILE -- This is a March 18, 2003 file photo of playwright Keith Waterhouse. British novelist and playwright Keith Waterhouse has died at the age of 80. The writer's family says he died peacefully in his sleep early Friday, Sept. 4, 2009. A versatile writer with a strong streak of curmudgeonly humor, Waterhouse was known for the novel 'Billy Liar,' which became a film starring Tom Courtenay. He also wrote screenplays including 'Whistle Down the Wind' and plays such as 'Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell.' (AP Photo/Myung Jung Kim/PA/file)AP - British writer Keith Waterhouse, a raconteur and wit whose works include the enduringly popular novel "Billy Liar," has died at the age of 80.

BP admits concerns about Libyan prisoner transfer (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 09:42 AM PDT

Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond, left, gestures at Justice Secretary Kenny McAskill during First Minister's Questions in the Scottish Parliament, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday Sept. 3, 2009. The session was was dominated by the controversial decision to release Libyan Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi.(AP Photo/Andrew Milligan-pa)AP - British oil company BP PLC said Friday that it had expressed concern to the government about progress on a prisoner transfer deal with Libya, but said it had not raised the case of the Libyan agent convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.

Transsexual to be transferred to women's prison (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 09:20 AM PDT

AP - A British court issued a landmark ruling Friday, allowing a transsexual prisoner serving life for manslaughter and attempted rape to be transferred to a women's prison.

(AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 09:14 AM PDT

AP - Iran, in document obtained by AP, accuses US of "fabricated, baseless" nuclear allegations.

Dutch investigators: Man acted solo in royal crash (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 08:58 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 30, 2009 file photo, a car ploughs through spectators in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. Dutch investigators said Friday, Sept. 4, 2009 that a man who attempted to slam his car into an open-topped bus carrying Dutch Queen Beatrix was acting alone and deliberately targeted the royal family. Karst Tates killed seven bystanders and himself when he plowed through spectators waiting to catch a glimpse of the royal family on April 30, the Queen's Day national holiday. (AP Photo/Robin Utrecht, Pool-File)AP - An unemployed recluse who attempted to slam his car into an open-topped bus carrying Queen Beatrix was acting alone and targeting the royal family, police said Friday.

Brown defends troop presence in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 08:16 AM PDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, and British Defense Secretary Bob Ainsworth, left, attend a question and answer session following a keynote speech on Afghanistan, at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, in central London, Friday, Sept. 4, 2009. Brown says British troops will remain in Afghanistan until the country's own security forces can fight the Taliban and al-Qaida without assistance. (AP Photo/Shaun Curry, Pool)AP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended Britain's military presence in Afghanistan on Friday — a major policy speech that came as a defense aide quit over the mission's strategy and a soldier was court-martialed for refusing to return to the war-torn country.

World stocks up as US job losses ease (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 07:44 AM PDT

A man walks past the New York Stock Exchange after trading hours in New York August 17, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonAP - Stock markets mostly rose Friday after official data showed U.S. job losses eased somewhat in August, suggesting the world's largest economy is recovering, although sluggishly.

EU makes new appeal to Iran over nuclear program (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 07:37 AM PDT

AP - The European Union issued a new demand Friday for Iran to return to international negotiations over its nuclear program, warning that a confrontation and tougher sanctions could be ahead if the standoff continued.

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