2009年9月21日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

US says British ties solid despite Lockerbie row (AFP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 06:00 PM PDT

Freed Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi sits on a wheelchair during a meeting with an African delegation at a hospital in Tripoli on September 9. The US government said it was AFP - US officials sought Tuesday to calm the row over the release of the Lockerbie bomber, saying the government was "looking to move on" and stressing the British-US relationship was still solid.

Germany's Merkel turns caution to strength (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 05:07 PM PDT

An election campaign poster of Angela Merkel, German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is pictured in Berlin September 16, 2009. REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschReuters - Hans-Ulrich Beeskow still recalls the quiet determination of teenager Angela Kasner as she swept aside male rivals to reach the local, regional and then national math championships in communist East Germany.

Brown says Tobin Tax 'worth a look' (AFP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 04:39 PM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks during a press conference before a European Union working dinner at the EU Council headquarters on September 17, 2009 in Brussels. Brown said the introduction of a global tax to reduce risky behaviour by banks was AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the introduction of a global tax to reduce risky behaviour by banks was "worth looking at", as he prepares for a G20 summit next weekend.

UK's Brown says summit to discuss rebalancing (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 04:07 PM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks during a press conference before a European Union working dinner at the EU Council headquarters on September 17, 2009 in Brussels. Brown said the introduction of a global tax to reduce risky behaviour by banks was AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said leaders of 20 rich and developing countries must start to sketch out the outlines of a new global economic order when they meet in Pittsburgh later this week, as well as making sure that the fledgling recovery sustains itself.

Paul Smith gives collection a Congolese makeover (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 02:43 PM PDT

A model wears a creation by British designer Paul Smith at London Fashion Week in London Monday, Sept. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/ Alastair Grant)AP - Celebrated designer Paul Smith took London Fashion Week on a side trip to Africa Monday night with a startling show inspired by styles worn by young men in the Congo.

UNESCO race down to 2 candidates (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 12:49 PM PDT

Egyptian Culture Minister Hosni Farouk is seen at the UNESCO headquarters, Thursday Sept. 17, 2009 in Paris. Farouk, who is campaigning to be the next head of the U.N. office that promotes cultural diversity, outraged many Jews with his comments in April 2008 vowing to burn any Israeli books found in Egypt's famed Library of Alexandria. Unesco delegates began voting on their new secretary-general Thursday. (AP Photo / Jacques Brinon)AP - An Egyptian culture minister who once threatened to burn Israeli books will face off against a career diplomat from Bulgaria in the race to lead the U.N.'s agency for learning and culture.

Italy cardinal denounces attack on Catholic editor (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 12:45 PM PDT

AP - A top Italian cardinal complained Monday that civility was on the decline in Italy after a prominent Catholic editor was forced to resign after a newspaper loyal to Premier Silvio Berlusconi exposed a scandal in his past.

Afghan migrants brace for eviction from French 'jungle' (AFP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 12:33 PM PDT

Partial view of makeshift tents in a wooded area known as AFP - More than 200 mostly Afghan boys and men braced Monday for a showdown with French riot police preparing to raze the "jungle," a makeshift migrant camp on the Channel coast they call their home.

Germans focus on Afghanistan after al-Qaida threat (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 12:15 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel briefs the media at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Sept. 21, 2009. A new pair of threats by al-Qaida and fierce criticism of a German-ordered airstrike that killed dozens in northern Afghanistan have moved Germany's Afghan mission toward the forefront of a national election campaign despite attempts by candidates in Sunday's vote to avoid it. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - New threats by al-Qaida and fierce criticism of a German-ordered airstrike that killed dozens have pushed Germany's mission in Afghanistan to the forefront of this country's national election campaign.

Wave of European milk protests gathers force (AFP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:57 AM PDT

French milk farmers spray milk in a field near by a Lactalis milk group factory in Isigny-le-Buat, northern France, during a protest against plummeting milk prices in different European countries. A wave of European milk protests gathered force on Monday as dairy farmers poured out their disgust at collapsed prices that threaten bankruptcy for tens of thousands of producers.(AFP/Kenzo Tribouillard)AFP - A wave of European milk protests gathered force on Monday as dairy farmers poured out their disgust at collapsed prices that threaten bankruptcy for tens of thousands of producers.

State funeral in Italy for troops killed in Kabul (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:56 AM PDT

Seven-year old Martin Fortunato, son of Lieutenant Antonio Fortunato, one of the victims of an attack on an Italian military convoy in Kabul that killed six Italian troopers on Thursday Sept. 17, reacts in front of his father's coffin during the state funerals in St. Paul's Outside the Walls Basilica, in Rome, Monday, Sept. 21, 2009. Italy bid farewell to six soldiers killed in Afghanistan with a day of national mourning and a state funeral that drew the country's top officials and thousands of people. (AP Photo/Sandro Pace)AP - Italy held a state funeral Monday for six soldiers killed in Afghanistan, and teary-eyed relatives, officials and thousands of citizens saluted their flag-draped coffins and observed a national day of mourning.

Russia: Better NATO ties largely up to alliance (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:18 AM PDT

AP - Russia on Monday welcomed the new NATO chief's call for better ties, but said it's largely up to the alliance to make it happen.

Ex-premier Villepin stars in French slander trial (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:00 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 27, 2007 file photo former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin addresses the media after he appeared before judges at a Paris courthouse. Villepin will stand trial starting Monday Sept. 21, 2009 in the so-called Clearstream scandal, over suspicions he had a hand in a campaign to smear Nicolas Sarkozy before Sarkozy was elected president. (AP Photo/Laurent Baheux, file)AP - Former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin lashed out at French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday at the start of a slander trial involving alleged dirty tricks by top politicians and businessmen.

Kasparov, Karpov set for chess clash in Spain (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 10:44 AM PDT

Former chess world champion Garry Kasparov, foreground, and Anatoly Karpov, background, attend a news conference in Valencia, Spain Sept. 21, 2009. Chess eminences Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov are dusting off their knights and pawns for an exhibition rematch marking the 25th anniversary of their first title bout — a grueling one that lasted five months and was eventually halted on grounds both were exhausted. (AP Photo)AP - Chess eminences Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov are dusting off their knights and pawns for an exhibition rematch marking the 25th anniversary of their first title bout — a grueling one that lasted five months and was eventually halted.

Sanofi to deliver swine flu vaccine in October (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 10:34 AM PDT

A US woman is given a shot during trials of an A(H1N1) vaccine in Iowa City. Top of the agenda for the World Health Organization's Western Pacific meeting this week will be how to combat the swine flu pandemic in developing nations. The US, Australia, Brazil, Britain, France, Italy, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland have said they will make donations to nations without vaccines.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Greedy)AP - Sanofi-Aventis SA will begin delivering the first doses of its new swine flu vaccine in the United States by mid-October, the head of France's largest pharmaceutical company said Monday.

Experts: US Russia face tough arms control talks (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 09:31 AM PDT

Viktor Yesin, left, Vladimir Dvorkin, right, speak at a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept. 21, 2009. Retired Gen. Vladimir Dvorkin says President Barack Obama's decision to scrap the previous administration's plan for a missile shield in Eastern Europe has removed one key obstacle in the arms control talks.(AP Photo/\Mikhail Metzel)AP - A new round of Russian-U.S. arms control talks began Monday, and Russian military experts predicted they will not be easy, despite President Barack Obama's decision to scrap plans for an Eastern Europe-based missile shield that Moscow opposed.

UK's Brown wants summit for climate change pact (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 09:09 AM PDT

People take part in a mobile phone 'Wake-up Call' flashmob at Parliament Square in London, Monday, Sept. 21, 2009. The campaigners on Monday used their mobile phones to call on Gordon Brown to attend the Copenhagen climate change summit this December. The event was one of more than 2,000 'Global Wake-up Call' events happening worldwide on Monday, to pressure world leaders to step up action on climate change. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - World leaders need to attend a key climate change summit in Copenhagen to avert the "grave danger" that nations will fail to agree a new global pact tackling climate change, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown declared Monday.

French workers strip to try to save their jobs (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 08:55 AM PDT

AP - Workers at a struggling heater factory in northwest France are taking it all off in a bid to save their jobs: They posed nude for a calendar to call attention to their plight.

Danish court rejects attempt to ban soldier's book (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 08:28 AM PDT

Danish Lt.Col. H.C. Mathiesen talks to the press in front of the court in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday, Sep. 21, 2009. A Danish court has rejected the military's request to stop the publication of a book by a former special forces soldier. The Danish armed forces had asked the Bailiff's Court in Copenhagen to ban the book for national security reasons. Thomas Rathsack's book describes operations that he took part in as a member of an army ranger unit in Afghanistan and Iraq. The court dismissed the request because the contents of the book have already been released by Danish newspapers and are available on the Internet. Monday's ruling said 'a ban can no longer prevent the unwanted spread of the information. It was unclear whether the military would appeal. The Politiken newspaper printed Rathsack's manuscript in a special insert last week to protest what it called military interference with freedom of expression. (AP Photo/Polfoto, Carsten Snejbjerg)AP - A Danish court on Monday rejected the military's request to stop a book by a former special forces soldier from being published.

German teen who attacked school awakes from coma (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 08:26 AM PDT

German policemen block a road in front of the Carolinum school (R) in Ansbach near Nuremberg September 17, 2009. Police have arrested a man and evacuated a school building in the Bavarian town of Ansbach after four students were injured, police said on Thursday. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (GERMANY POLITICS CRIME LAW)AP - A German teenager who wounded nine students and a teacher in a terrifying ax and arson attack on his school was motivated by a "hatred for humanity" and had been planning the rampage since April, officials said Monday.

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