2009年9月7日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

David backs British Open as battle of sexes looms (AFP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 04:39 PM PDT

World number one Nicol David of Malaysia, seen here in 2008, has offered careful backing to the British Open, the sport's oldest tournament, as squash battles over declining prize money and sex equality.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - World number one Nicol David has offered careful backing to the British Open, the sport's oldest tournament, as squash battles over declining prize money and sex equality.

Last loyalist paramilitaries vow to give up arms in NIreland (AFP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 04:20 PM PDT

A father and daughter walk past an Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) mural on the Shankhill Road, West Belfast in 2005. The last remaining loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland have pledged to decommission weapons within six months, a milestone on the road to peace after years of unrest, officials said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Cathy Mcarthur)AFP - The last remaining loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland have pledged to decommission weapons within six months, a milestone on the road to peace after years of unrest, officials said Tuesday.

British police charge 8th suspect in jewel heist (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 03:02 PM PDT

AP - Police say they have charged an eighth man in one of Britain's biggest heists.

Traffic congestion plunges thanks to recession (AFP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 02:59 PM PDT

Cars drive the Park Lane in central London. Congestion in Britain has dropped by almost a third in the last two years as motorists struggle through the worst recession in decades, according to research released Monday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Congestion in Britain has dropped by almost a third in the last two years as motorists struggle through the worst recession in decades, according to research released Monday.

UK court convicts 3 of plot to blow up airliners (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 01:21 PM PDT

This is a 3-pic combo made from undated London Metropolitan Police photos, showing Abdulla Ahmed Ali, left; Assad Sarwar, centre, and Tanvir Hussain, right, who were convicted Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, of conspiring to kill thousands of civilians by blowing up trans-Atlantic flights in mid-air with liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks. A jury at a London courthouse found Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 28, Assad Sarwar, 29, and Tanvir Hussain, 28, guilty of conspiracy to murder by detonating explosives on aircraft. The trial started in February. The jury found that they were the ringleaders of a conspiracy to carry out the biggest terrorist attack since 9/11. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police/PA)AP - Three British Muslims were convicted Monday of plotting to murder thousands by downing at least seven airliners bound for the U.S. and Canada in what was intended as the largest terrorist attack since Sept. 11.

Libya rules out payments to IRA victims' families (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 12:20 PM PDT

Reuters - Libya will fight any claims for compensation by the families of people killed by Irish republican bombs they say were made using Libyan-supplied explosives, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said.

Britain to back IRA victims' lawsuit against Libya (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 12:18 PM PDT

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam (right) holds hands with freed Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi in late August 2009. Libya will resist demands for compensation over attacks by Irish paramilitary group the IRA, Islam said as the fall-out from the Lockerbie bomber's release rumbles on.(AFP/File)AP - Britain's sudden decision to support a lawsuit against Libya by Irish Republican Army victims raised hopes Monday that thousands maimed or bereaved by IRA bombs might one day receive compensation.

Lampard warns England to keep cool against Croatia (AFP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 12:18 PM PDT

Frank Lampard, seen here in August 2009, has warned England to keep cool if Wednesday's crucial World Cup qualifier against Croatia threatens to turn nasty.(AFP/File/Chris Ratcliffe)AFP - Frank Lampard has warned England to keep cool if Wednesday's crucial World Cup qualifier against Croatia threatens to turn nasty.

Group fears port works will sink Venice (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 12:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2008 file photo, people wade through high water by Venice's Rialto Bridge, northern Italy. Italian authorities plan to expand Venice's port into a bustling shipping hub, further endangering the fragile lagoon and contributing to the sinking of the treasured city built on water, a conservation group said Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini, File)AP - Italian authorities plan to expand Venice's port into a bustling shipping hub, further endangering the fragile lagoon and contributing to the sinking of the treasured city built on water, a conservation group said Monday.

Brazil says negotiating for French fighter jets (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 11:51 AM PDT

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, speaks during the Independence Day parade, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Sep. 7, 2009. Sarkozy is on a two-day official visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - Brazil's president said Monday his country is negotiating with France for the purchase of 36 Rafale combat jets, a sign that Dassault SA is the clear favorite over U.S. and Swedish companies to win the $2 billion-plus contract.

Neuroscientist, chemist win 2009 Balzan prizes (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 11:46 AM PDT

AP - Discoveries on human memory and the development of a solar panel that imitates the workings of plants were among the achievements that earned four researchers Balzan prizes on Monday.

UK child abuse detective guilty of sex with teen (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 11:20 AM PDT

AP - A former British child abuse detective pleaded guilty Monday to having sex with a 15-year-old girl whose family he had befriended during an investigation.

Iran risks more sanctions as UN warns of stalemate (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 10:54 AM PDT

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei is seen prior to the start of the IAEA's 35-nation board meeting at Vienna's International Center, in Vienna, Austria, on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Hans Punz)AP - Iran veered closer toward the possibility of being slapped with tough new international sanctions Monday after its president refused to stop enriching uranium and the U.N. nuclear watchdog warned of a "stalemate" with the country.

Britain releases terror suspect from house arrest (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 10:41 AM PDT

AP - Britain's government released a man from a house arrest program only weeks before it would have been forced to disclose intelligence to justify his detention, his lawyer said Monday.

Germany urges caution on Afghan criticism (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 10:04 AM PDT

AP - Germany struggled Monday to defend the decision to call in a deadly airstrike in northern Afghanistan last week, deflecting international criticism of the attack that came just weeks after NATO ordered a clampdown on the use of air power.

Amid swine flu France kissing goodbye to 'la bise' (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 09:24 AM PDT

Students sit in the park of their high school Monday Sept.7, 2009 in Saint Maur les Fosses, outside Paris, and where Swine flu was reported in a class. The 'bise' — the cheek-to-cheek peck with which the French say hello or goodbye — is under pressure from a truly globalized threat: swine flu. Some schools and a Health Ministry hot line are telling students to avoid the social ritual out of fear the pandemic could make it the kiss of death, or at least illness, as winter approaches. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - It's a ubiquitous French tradition, as familiar as a baguette or an espresso at the neighborhood cafe. Now, "la bise," the cheek-to-cheek peck that the French use to say hello or goodbye, has come under pressure from a globalized threat: swine flu.

Chavez walks Venice Film Fest red carpet (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 08:42 AM PDT

AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is getting a movie star reception at the Venice Film Festival.

German AIDS video uses Hitler look-alike (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 07:42 AM PDT

AP - An AIDS awareness video is using an Adolf Hitler lookalike to illustrate its point that "AIDS is a mass murderer."

Roche: few cases of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 07:08 AM PDT

Packs of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu are pictured in a pharmacy near Bonn in this April 28, 2009 file photo. Isolated cases of resistance to Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu are likely to occur in pandemic H1N1 swine flu, in line with what has been seen in clinical trials, a Roche executive said on Monday. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/FilesAP - Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding AG said Monday that it has had reports of 13 cases of pandemic swine flu becoming resistant to Tamiflu, which it calls a very low percentage.

(AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 06:58 AM PDT

AP - UK jury finds ringleader of transatlantic airline plot case guilty of conspiring to kill.

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