2009年9月22日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Brown to offer to cut nuclear sub fleet: Downing Street (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 04:54 PM PDT

A handout photo from the Ministry of Defence shows the HMS Vanguard. Prime Minister Gordon Brown will announce Britain is prepared to scale back its nuclear capability as part of global disarmament efforts, Downing Street confirmed Wednesday.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown will announce Britain is prepared to scale back its nuclear capability as part of global disarmament efforts, Downing Street confirmed Wednesday.

Brown to offer to cut nuclear sub fleet: reports (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 04:40 PM PDT

A handout photo from the Ministry of Defence shows the HMS Vanguard. Prime Minister Gordon Brown will announce Britain is prepared to scale back its nuclear capability as part of global disarmament efforts, Downing Street confirmed Wednesday.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown will announce Britain is prepared to scale back its nuclear capability as part of global disarmament efforts, reports here said Wednesday.

Liverpool and Arsenal edge into League Cup fourth round (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 04:00 PM PDT

Arsenal's Mexican striker Carlos Vela (L) celebrates scoring the second goal with teammate Sanchez Watt (R) during their Carling Cup 3rd round match against West Bromwich Albion at the Emirates, London. ARsenal won 2-0.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Premier League big-guns Liverpool and Arsenal scraped into the League Cup fourth round with hard-fought wins over Leeds and West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday.

Haye vows to knock out giant Valuev (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 03:52 PM PDT

Russian boxer Nikolai Valuev (L) and his challenger British boxer David Haye pose during apress conference about the WBA world heavyweight championship in Nurenberg, southern Germany. Haye has vowed to knock-out WBA heavyweight champion Valuev when the pair meet on November 7 - even if he is struggling to find sparring partners tall enough.(AFP/DDP/Joerg Koch)AFP - British challenger David Haye has vowed to knock-out WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev when the pair meet on November 7 - even if he is struggling to find sparring partners tall enough.

Financial watchdog urges 'radical change' (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 03:29 PM PDT

Financial Services Authority (FSA) Chairman Adair Turner, pictured in April 2009. The country's financial watchdog called Tuesday for AFP - The country's financial watchdog called Tuesday for "radical change" in the financial sector to restore public trust in the wake of the global economic crisis, ahead of the G20 summit.

Bulgarian diplomat wins UNESCO race (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 03:09 PM PDT

Irina Bokova, Bulgarian ambassador to France, poses at the Unesco headquarters in Paris, Tuesday Sept. 22, 2009. Vying for the top Unesco job to lead the U.N.'s agency for learning and culture, Bokova will face off against Farouk Hosni, a veteran Egyptian government minister dogged by allegations that he is anti-Israel, after he threatened to burn Israeli books. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - A Bulgarian diplomat on Tuesday became the first woman to lead the U.N.'s agency for culture and education, beating out a controversial Egyptian candidate whose one-time threat to burn Israeli books had galvanized opposition.

Britain preparing for possible Afghan troop hike (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 02:53 PM PDT

A Chinook helicopter lands in Malgir, Helmand province as British soldiers from B Company, 2 Mercian, wait to board before setting off on an operation, July 27, 2009. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniReuters - Britain is readying plans to deploy more troops to Afghanistan should Washington pursue a larger ground campaign, as advocated by the U.S. and NATO commander there, the British army's commander said on Tuesday.

In big chess rematch, Kasparov leads Karpov 2-0 (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 02:52 PM PDT

Former chess world champions Garry Kasparov, right, and Anatoly Karpov, left, play an exhibition rematch in Valencia, Spain, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. Chess eminences Kasparov and 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. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)AP - Garry Kasparov beat Anatoly Karpov in two games Tuesday at the start of an exhibition chess match marking the 25th anniversary of their first title bout, a grueling event that was eventually ended after five months.

Ambassador: US-UK ties intact despite Lockerbie (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 02:38 PM PDT

AP - The U.S. ambassador to London said Tuesday that the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi has not hurt relations between Britain and the United States.

Ngog sends Liverpool's stand-ins into fourth round (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 02:32 PM PDT

David Ngog, pictured in 2008, guided Liverpool into the League Cup fourth round as Rafa Benitez's under-strength side ground out a 1-0 win at League One leaders Leeds United.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - David Ngog guided Liverpool into the League Cup fourth round as Rafa Benitez's under-strength side ground out a 1-0 win at League One leaders Leeds United.

Burberry's back — bringing the celebrities with it (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 02:29 PM PDT

Victoria Beckham arrives for the show by designer Burberry during Fashion Week, in London, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)AP - Burberry and its creative director Christopher Bailey made a triumphant return to London on Tuesday night, winning over a star-studded audience at the glitziest event of the capital's fashion week.

A glance at UNESCO's next leader (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 12:32 PM PDT

AP - A look at Bulgarian Irina Bokova, elected Tuesday to head the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO.

French police bulldoze immigrant camp near Calais (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 10:45 AM PDT

Bulldozers clear the makeshift camp known as the 'Jungle' after migrants were evacuated in Calais, northern France, Tuesday Sept. 22, 2009. French police on Tuesday cleared out a squalid, sprawling forest camp known as the 'jungle' harboring hundreds of illegal migrants dreaming of slipping across the English Channel into Britain. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)AP - French police razed a squalid camp used by illegal immigrants in scrubland near the English Channel port of Calais on Tuesday, using backhoes and buzz saws to clear away the precarious dwellings of a fragile population, mostly Afghan minors, who were led away stunned and sometimes sobbing.

(AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 10:38 AM PDT

AP - UNESCO says Bulgarian diplomat defeats controversial Egyptian in race for leadership.

UN prosecutors decline to trim Karadzic case (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 08:53 AM PDT

Bosnian men set photos of several U.N. war crimes tribunal judges on fire during a protest against the possible shortening of Radovan Karadzic's indictment in front of the U.N. office in Sarajevo, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. Some 150 members of various victims associations gathered Wednesday to urge the U.N. court not to further cut anything from Karadzic's genocide indictment. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)AP - Yugoslav war crimes tribunal prosecutors are resisting calls by the U.N. court's judges to further streamline their case against Radovan Karadzic, saying it could mean dropping key charges against the former Bosnian Serb leader.

Show on 2nd half of Renoir's career opens in Paris (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 07:49 AM PDT

A visitor looks at 'Autoportrait', (Self-portrait), an oil on canvas by French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, seen at the Grand Palais, in Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, as part of the 'Renoir in twentieth-century' exhibition running from Sept. 23 untill Jan. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - An exhibit opening Tuesday in Paris showcases artwork from the second half of Auguste Renoir's career, when he changed course in his 40s to experiment with a more classical style.

5 killed in German bus crash (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 07:41 AM PDT

AP - A bus came off the road and plunged down a river embankment in western Germany on Tuesday, killing five people and injuring several others, authorities said.

2 Serbs acquitted in killing of American brothers (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 07:34 AM PDT

AP - The Serbian war crimes court acquitted two former Serb policemen Tuesday of collaborating in the execution-style slaying of three Albanian-American brothers in 1999.

EU nations fail to agree on bluefin tuna ban (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 06:35 AM PDT

FILE -- In this May. 29, 2004 file photo Giuseppe Campo shows two caught tunas outside his fish shop in Favignana island's harbor, in southern Italy. Protecting the threatened bluefin tuna received a further setback Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, when the European Union's Mediterranean nations failed to back a ban on hunting for the sushi favorite of gourmets around the globe. The EU's executive commission wanted EU governments to back plans for a temporary ban until the stocks recovered but Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Spain, France and Italy — many with strong fishermen's lobbies at home — insisted on continuing the hunt despite the precarious state of the stock. For many, it means a further step toward the commercial extinction of the species. (AP Photo/ Alessandro Fucarini/file)AP - A sharply divided European Union failed Tuesday to protect the threatened bluefin tuna, as the bloc's Mediterranean nations refused to back even a temporary a ban on catching the fish prized by sushi aficionados.

Far-right party goes after German candidates (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 06:34 AM PDT

AP - A far-right party has sent letters to 30 politicians of foreign descent who are candidates in Germany's national election on Sunday, telling them to leave the country.

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