2009年9月9日星期三

Yahoo! News: Europe News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Europe News

Europe Moves Closer to Banning Bluefin-Tuna Trade (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 03:20 PM PDT

Time.com - With bluefin-tuna stocks plummeting, the European Commission has agreed to a move that will probably list the fish as endangered. Environmentalists are applauding, but fishermen are unhappy

White stuff sees Australia to victory against England (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 03:12 PM PDT

Australia's Cameron White (L) is congratulated on his century by Michael Clarke (R) during their third one day International match against England at the Rose Bowl, Southampton. Australia won by 6 wickets.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Cameron White's maiden one-day international century was the cornerstone of Australia's six-wicket win against England here on Wednesday as they went 3-0 up in the seven-match series.

A glance at the history of the Gulag prison system (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 02:41 PM PDT

AP - _History: The network of forced-labor camps was started by a Soviet decree of April 15, 1919. In 1930, under Josef Stalin, it became Glavnoye Upravleniye Ispravitelno-Trudovykh Lagerey (Chief Administration of Corrective Labor Camps), known by its Russian acronym, Gulag.

Beatlemania returns with rollout of CD, video game (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 02:31 PM PDT

Alan Harrington, who queued from 3 am to be the first customer, reacts at a HMV store in London, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, where The Beatles remastered albums and the game 'The Beatles: Rock Band' was launched. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - Beatlemania is back with the rollout Wednesday of the Fab Four's remastered CDs and first-ever video game, reaching out to a whole new generation decades after their parents — and even grandparents — first succumbed.

Cases of euthanasia jump in Belgium after new law (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 02:18 PM PDT

AP - Cases of euthanasia in Belgium's Flanders region soared to nearly 2 percent of all deaths in 2007 after the country legalized the practice a few years earlier, a medical study has shown.

Brown hails hero soldier killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 02:17 PM PDT

Afghan men weep over the body of Afghan journalist Sultan Munadi at a hospital in Kunduz province on September 8, 2009. The government hailed the courage Wednesday of a soldier killed in a raid to free a New York Times reporter held by the Taliban in Afghanistan, while lamenting the death of his Afghan translator.(AFP/File)AFP - The government hailed the courage Wednesday of a soldier killed in a raid to free a New York Times reporter held by the Taliban in Afghanistan, while lamenting the death of his Afghan translator.

Five-star England head for South Africa in style (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 02:07 PM PDT

Frank Lampard(R) of England shoots to score from the penalty spot as goalkeeper Vedran Runje of Croatia tries to save during their Group Six FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifier at Wembley stadium. England won 5-1 to book their spot in the World Cup finals.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard grabbed two goals each as England booked their place in next year's World Cup in style with a convincing 5-1 win over Croatia at Wembley on Wednesday.

Fugitive caught in Netherlands: police (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 01:58 PM PDT

A Dutch policeman. Dutch police have arrested one of Britain's most wanted men after six years on the run, authorities said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Anoek)AFP - Dutch police have arrested one of Britain's most wanted men after six years on the run, authorities said Wednesday.

Northern Ireland's World Cup bid suffers hammer blow (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 01:53 PM PDT

Stanislav Setak of Slovakia celebrates after scoring the first goal during the Group Three 2010 World Cup qualifier between Northern Ireland and Slovakia at Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Slovakia won 2-0.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - Northern Ireland's hopes of reaching the World Cup for the first time since 1986 suffered a hammer blow as Slovakia won 2-0 at Windsor Park on Wednesday.

Perfect Dutch end Scotland's hopes (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 01:45 PM PDT

Darren Fletcher of Scotland reacts at the final whistle after being defeated by the Netherlands 1-0 in their Group Nine FIFA 2010 World Cup qualifier at Hampden Park, Glasgow.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Scotland's hopes of reaching the World Cup finals suffered a heartbreaking end on Wednesday when Holland kept up their 100 percent record in Group Nine with a 1-0 win at Hampden.

'Gulag' book, once banned, is now required reading (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 01:36 PM PDT

AP - The book that made "Gulag" a synonym for the horrors of Soviet oppression will be taught in Russian high schools, a generation after the Kremlin banned it as destructive to the Communist cause and exiled its author.

Papers publish excerpts in Berlusconi scandal (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 01:04 PM PDT

Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi gestures at the opening of a textile industry fair in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. Defiant in the face of a sex scandal, Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Monday Sept. 7, 2009, that he is still popular because Italians secretly want to be like him. He denied any strains with the Catholic Church and denounced what he called a 'subversive campaign' to unseat a democratically elected leader. (AP Photo/Alberto Pellaschiar)AP - Thirty women. Eighteen parties. Guests willing to supply sex "if the need arises."

US pilot returns to site of WWII crash (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 12:54 PM PDT

Former B-24 pilot Bernerd Harding of New Hampshire, exits the cellar of a German farmhouse assisted by his stepson Peter Kelley, left, in Klein Quenstedt, eastern Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. Harding came to Germany to search for his pilot's wings buried in a cellar after he was shot down July 7, 1944. Harding, now 90, did not find the wings Wednesday, nor was he convinced that any of the houses he saw were the site of his captivity. But he said returning to the village after so much time and speaking with Germans who remembered that day was more than worth the trip. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz)AP - Bernerd Harding eased down the farmhouse's narrow staircase and leaned on his metal cane, straining to match 65-year-old memories with the layout of the dim, cobwebby cellar.

Flash floods slam Istanbul, kill at least 20 (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 11:52 AM PDT

Rescue workers evacuate passengers who were trapped in a bus in Ikitelli, Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. Flash floods gushed across an Istanbul arterial road on Wednesday, killing 14 people and stranding dozens in their vehicles, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported. As waters rose more than a meter (3 feet) high in the city's Ikitelli district, motorists climbed on roofs of their vehicles waiting to be rescued. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)AP - The heaviest rainfall in at least eight decades sent flash floods barreling across a major highway and into busy business districts in Turkey's largest city on Wednesday, trapping factory workers and truck drivers in their vehicles and drowning at least 20 people.

Lawmakers OK Kremlin bill on military force abroad (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 10:38 AM PDT

AP - A Kremlin bill expanding the legal reasons for using military force abroad won a quick preliminary approval in the lower house of parliament Wednesday.

Swedish museum settles dispute on Nazi-looted art (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 10:10 AM PDT

AP - A Swedish art museum said Wednesday it had settled a six-year dispute over a painting claimed by the heirs of a Jewish businessman who lost it when he fled Germany in 1939 to escape Nazi persecution.

UK pardons fan convicted of attempted murder (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 09:57 AM PDT

Liverpool football supporter Michael Shields gestures, following his release from prison by the British government after being convicted of attempted murder in Bulgaria, Liverpool, England, Wednesday Sept. 9, 2009. British football fan convicted of attempted murder in Bulgaria was pardoned Wednesday by the British government. Justice Secretary Jack Straw said he pardoned Shields after new evidence 'profoundly changed the credibility of the various accounts of what actually happened in this case.' (AP Photo/Jon Super)AP - Britain on Wednesday pardoned an English soccer fan who spent four years in prison for attempted murder in Bulgaria, saying another man had confessed to the crime.

Muslim woman presses French panel for burqa ban (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 09:27 AM PDT

FILE - This Friday, June 19 ,2009, file photo shows a woman wearing the niqab, a veil worn by the most conservative Muslims that exposes only a woman's eyes, walking in Marseille, southern France. A parliamentary panel starts hearings Wednesday Sept.9, 2009 on body- and face-covering Islamic garments like the burqa, forced to tread a fine line after President Nicolas Sarkozy prejudged the debate earlier this year by saying such robes turn women into prisoners and won't ever be welcome in France. (AP Photo/Claude Paris,file)AP - Her voice trembling with emotion, the leader of an advocacy group for Muslim women and girls urged a French parliamentary panel on Wednesday to press for laws that would ban the wearing of Islamic body- and face-covering veils.

Italy hosts conference on violence against women (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 09:24 AM PDT

A view of participants at the International Conference against Violence on Women, at the Italian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Rome, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)AP - The global economic downturn may be leading to increased violence against women worldwide, both by pushing them into unsafe jobs and by raising tensions within their families, U.N. officials said Wednesday.

US warns Iran is nearing nuclear capabilities (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 09:11 AM PDT

An Iranian technician works at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in February 2009. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki handed over Iran's new package of proposals relating to its controversial nuclear programme to the envoys of six world powers.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)AP - The United States warned Wednesday that Iran is close to having the capabilities to produce a nuclear weapon and urged Tehran to join in fresh talks with key allies about its disputed intentions.

发贴者：iwvck18 时间 17:30 0 条评论

bnzv