2009年9月10日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Texas death row inmate appeals to Londoners (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 04:24 PM PDT

Brian Capaloff, a supporter of Reprieve, an organisation concerned with the human rights of prisoners, displays a message from Linda Carty, while standing next to her cardboard cut-out, on the Fourth Plinth at Trafalgar Square, in London, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Linda Carty,a British grandmother on death row in the U.S. after being convicted of ordering the murder of her neighbour, recorded her speech from her Texas prison. Brian Capaloff, a homelessness manager used his slot in Antony Gormley's One & Other project to raise awareness of her case. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Texas death row inmate Linda Carty's voice was broadcast into London's Trafalgar Square on Thursday, begging Britons to help save her life.

Country 'close' to beating swine flu, says official (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 04:14 PM PDT

A person enters a new clinic in East London in July 2009. Britain is AFP - Britain is "tantalisingly close" to beating swine flu, the chief medical officer said Thursday, as figures showed the death toll had risen by five over the past week to 75.

Minister upbeat about carmaker Vauxhall's future (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 02:34 PM PDT

Astra cars on the assembly line at the Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire in March 2009. Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said Thursday he was upbeat about the future for Vauxhall's workforce despite the firm being sold to a Canadian auto components group Magna.(AFP/Pool/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said Thursday he was upbeat about the future for Vauxhall's workforce despite the firm being sold to a Canadian auto components group Magna.

Queen's son Edward visits troops in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 02:18 PM PDT

Prince Edward, pictured in 2008, spent 24 hours visiting British troops on the front line in Afghanistan, Buckingham Palace said Thursday. Queen Elizabeth II's youngest child arrived in the troubled southern Helmand Province late Tuesday and left on Wednesday, a palace spokesman said.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Prince Edward spent 24 hours visiting British troops on the front line in Afghanistan, Buckingham Palace said Thursday.

Prince Edward visits British troops in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 01:52 PM PDT

AP - Britain's Ministry of Defense says Prince Edward recently spent two days visiting troops in Afghanistan.

Rival bidders pull out all stops for Brazil fighter jet deal (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 01:47 PM PDT

Handout picture recently released by French defense company Dassault shows its high-tech Rafale fighter jets in the air during tests in an unidentified location. French President Nicolas Sarkozy wrote a personal letter to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva guaranteeing Brazil AFP - Rival bidders trying to sell fighter jets to Brazil on Thursday made a final push for the multi-billion-dollar contract, which looked all but sewn up by France's Dassault.

Armani feeling great after hepatitis battle (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 01:36 PM PDT

AP - Designer Giorgio Armani said Thursday he was feeling "marvelously well" after winning a months-long battle with hepatitis.

GM says Magna, Sberbank to acquire Opel (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 01:31 PM PDT

A sign painted by a demonstrator is seen at the Opel car manufacturer plant in Bochum, western Germany, Thursday Sept. 10, 2009. General Motors Co. said Thursday that a consortium of Canada's Magna International Inc. and Russian lender Sberbank would acquire a majority stake in its European subsidiary Opel. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)AP - General Motors Co. will sell European unit Opel to Canadian auto parts maker Magna International and Russia's Sberbank in a deal that preserves GM's ability to develop new cars with its longtime subsidiary.

Berlusconi says he won't resign over sex scandal (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 01:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009 file photo, Italian escort Patrizia D'Addario smiles during an Italian style party named 'I love Silvio', in Paris. Premier Silvio Berlusconi brushed off questions about any possible resignation over his sex scandal, saying Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 that he has been Italy's best premier ever. Berlusconi also said he was considering suing the woman at the center of the scandal. Patrizia D'Addario, a self-proclaimed prostitute, claims she tape-recorded Berlusconi during a night she says they spent together at the premier's home last year. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, files)AP - Premier Silvio Berlusconi brushed off questions about any possible resignation over his sex scandal Thursday, saying he has been Italy's best premier ever.

GM picks Canadian-Russian alliance for Opel (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 01:07 PM PDT

GM Europe President Carl-Peter Forster (R) and the leader of the Opel works council Klaus Franz (L) address the press at the Opel plant in Ruesselsheim, western Germany, after US automaker General Motors has agreed to sell its Opel unit to Canadian auto parts maker Magna.(AFP/DDP/Thomas Lohnes)AFP - General Motors said Thursday it had agreed to sell its European unit Opel to a Canadian company backed by Russian finance, two months after the US auto giant emerged from bankruptcy.

Venezuela recognizes Georgian separatist regions (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 12:22 PM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, welcomes Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez at the Barvikha presidential residence, outside Moscow on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez says his country has recognized the independence of the Georgian separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gave Moscow a boost Thursday by recognizing the independence of two Russian-supported Georgian separatist regions, and President Dmitry Medvedev promised to sell Chavez whatever weapons he wants.

French minister defends racist-sounding remark (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 12:13 PM PDT

AP - France's interior minister has been caught on camera making what sound like anti-Arab remarks, infuriating anti-racism groups, even as he insisted Thursday that his words were innocent and misconstrued.

European envoy asks Russia about NGO killing (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 11:53 AM PDT

AP - The Council of Europe's commissioner on human rights says Russia must prosecute the killers of a human rights activist in Chechnya this year, if it is to break a cycle of violence in the region.

Brown, Obama discuss Lockerbie bomber release (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 10:40 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, September 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jim YoungAP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday discussed the release of the Lockerbie bomber with President Barack Obama in their first talks since U.S. officials criticized Scotland's decision to free the man.

Italy wraps up women conference (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 10:25 AM PDT

Italian Equal Opportunities Mara Carfagna, left, and Afghan Women Affairs Minister Hosn Banu Ghazanfar look on during a press conference at the end of the first day of the International Conference on Violence against Women, at the Italian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Rome, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. 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. (AP Photo / Riccardo De Luca)AP - Participants at a conference on violence against women vowed Thursday to put women's rights at the center of the international agenda, saying world peace and security depended on women's leadership in government and society.

UK cabbies protest killer joining their ranks (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 10:06 AM PDT

London black taxis take part in a protest, in London, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. The drivers of London's iconic black taxis are protesting a decision that could allow a man convicted of manslaughter to join their ranks. The 38-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty in 2001, released in 2005 and is no longer on parole. He has applied to take 'The Knowledge', a comprehensive test that all London cabbies must pass to drive a black taxi. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Hundreds of drivers of London's iconic black taxis Thursday protested a decision that could allow a man to become a cabbie despite having been convicted of manslaughter for strangling his wife.

Czech constitutional court cancels early elections (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 10:01 AM PDT

AP - The Czech Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that early national elections scheduled for Oct. 9-10 will not take place because the law that allowed them to occur suspended the constitution.

Health Agency: Fat Duck outbreak caused by virus (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 09:51 AM PDT

AP - The vomiting and diarrhea that hit patrons of one of Britain's most celebrated restaurants was caused by a virus that was probably introduced by contaminated shellfish, the country's Health Protection Agency said in a report published Thursday.

Top French general: Iran intervention not viable (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 09:47 AM PDT

Iraqi police vehicles block one of the entrances leading to Camp Ashraf, home to the People's Mujahedeen, Iran's main exiled opposition, in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad, in July 2009. Christopher Hill, the US ambassador to Iraq, sought Thursday to reassure lawmakers who fear for the safety of more than 3,000 Iranian dissidents in a camp in Iraq.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - The head of the French military says military intervention is not a viable option to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear capability.

Swiss to keep painting taken from Jews during WWII (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 09:32 AM PDT

AP - Swiss law bars a museum from surrendering a 19th-century painting that it was given after it had been stolen from a Jewish family in Paris by the pro-Nazi Vichy French regime during World War II, authorities said Thursday.

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