2009年9月25日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Europe News


Russia won't put missiles in Kaliningrad: Medvedev (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 04:05 PM PDT

Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday he will call off his decision to deploy missiles in the enclave of Kaliningrad, his response to the United States scrapping missile shield plans in Europe.

New Iran uranium enrichment site raises concerns (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 03:34 PM PDT

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the 64th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 23, 2009. REUTERS/Mike SegarAP - Iran's newly revealed uranium enrichment plant is a heavily guarded, still-unfinished underground facility in the arid mountains near the holy city of Qom that will be able to produce nuclear fuel — or the payload for atomic warheads, Western intelligence officials and diplomats said Friday.


New video seeks al-Qaida recruits in Germany (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 02:47 PM PDT

Long Island Railroad trains sit under the lights in the yard on the Hudson River at dawn Sunday Sept. 20, 2009 ready for weekend commuters. The lights of Weehawken, N.J. can be seen on the far side of the river. (AP Photo/Mike Musielski)AP - The release of a third al-Qaida video message in German this week shows that Germany must remain on alert before weekend parliamentary elections, officials said.


Taliban threatens Germany ahead of vote: official (AFP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 02:44 PM PDT

German soldiers stand guard at a hospital in the northern city of Kunduz on September 5. German authorities have uncovered a new video threatening attacks against the country over its military engagement in Afghanistan ahead of this weekend's pivotal elections, an official said Friday.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - German authorities have uncovered a new video threatening attacks against the country over its military engagement in Afghanistan ahead of this weekend's pivotal elections, an official said Friday.


More veterans in UK justice system than in combat (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 02:14 PM PDT

AP - Depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse are behind an alarming rise in the number of former British soldiers ending up in prison, a report says — and more veterans have had tangles with the law than there are British troops in Afghanistan.

Morgan, Collingwood guide England to victory (AFP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 02:03 PM PDT

England cricketer Eoin Morgan plays a shot off the ball of Sri Lankan cricketer Lasith Malinga during their ICC Champions Trophy match in Johannesburg. Morgan steered England to a morale-boosting six-wicket victory.(AFP/Alexander Joe)AFP - Eoin Morgan steered England to a morale-boosting six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka with a solid half-century in the Champions Trophy here on Friday.


Kadhafi says he met families of Lockerbie victims (AFP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 01:55 PM PDT

President Moamer Kadhafi of Libya addresses the UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 23, 2009. Kadhafi told CNN Friday he had met with some of the families of those who died in the 1988 bombing of a US jet over Lockerbie to offer his condolences.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi told CNN Friday he had met with some of the families of those who died in the 1988 bombing of a US jet over Lockerbie to offer his condolences.


European committee recommends Wyeth's Prevenar 13 (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 01:50 PM PDT

AP - Wyeth said Friday European Union regulators are recommending approval for a new version of its children's pneumococcal vaccine, Prevenar 13.

Wenger ends Arsenal's Chamakh pursuit (AFP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 01:28 PM PDT

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Friday that he will not continue his pursuit of highly-rated Morocco striker Marouane Chamakh, seen here in August 2009, when the transfer window reopens in January.(AFP/File/Pierre Andrieu)AFP - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Friday that he will not continue his pursuit of highly-rated Morocco striker Marouane Chamakh when the transfer window reopens in January.


Video threat suspect arrested before German vote (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 01:24 PM PDT

Reuters - German police said on Friday they had arrested a 25-year-old Turkish man they suspected of posting an al Qaeda Internet video threatening Germany with an attack after Sunday's federal election.

Swiss: Libya detaining 2 Swiss in unknown location (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 11:34 AM PDT

AP - Switzerland and Libya reached a new low point in their relations Friday as the Swiss government announced that two of its citizens are being held at an undisclosed location in the Arab country.

AP may sell stake in its German Service (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 10:36 AM PDT

AP - The Associated Press said Friday that it is in talks with German news agency DDP about selling a stake in AP's German language news service to the Berlin-based company.

Toxic algae complaints piling up in France (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 10:30 AM PDT

AP - The prosecutor's office is studying up to 300 complaints linked to noxious green algae after the death of a horse this summer on a beach in Brittany, a judicial official said Friday.

French military teaches recruits about Holocaust (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 10:18 AM PDT

AP - The French official choked on the words he read to a room of Defense Ministry recruits and swallowed back tears as he tried to kick off an unusual program aimed at teaching about the Holocaust.

Poll: German election outcome tight (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 09:44 AM PDT

AP - A poll published Friday underlined expectations of a tight outcome in Germany's weekend election, finding that Chancellor Angela Merkel's preferred center-right alliance is level with its rivals.

Defense witness testifies at Italy murder trial (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 09:41 AM PDT

U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox, right, escorted by a penitentiary police officer, as she arrives for a hearing in the murder trial for Meredith Kercher at Perugia's courthouse, Italy, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, her former boyfriend, are charged with murder in the 2007 slaying of British student Meredith Kercher, with whom Knox shared a rented flat in the Italian city of Perugia. Both defendants deny wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)AP - A neurologist testified Friday at the trial of an American student accused of killing her British roommate that stress could have affected her memory during questioning, news reports and a lawyer said.


Russian activist in court over Chechen lawsuit (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 08:41 AM PDT

AP - A Russian human rights activist on trial over a defamation claim filed by Chechnya's strongman president said Friday he stands by his statements blaming the Kremlin-backed provincial leader for a fellow activist's slaying in July.

German president signs EU's Lisbon treaty (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 08:21 AM PDT

AP - German President Horst Koehler's office says he has signed the European Union's reform treaty — completing its ratification by the 27-nation bloc's most populous nation.

Renowned British chef apologizes to sick diners (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 08:19 AM PDT

Top chef Heston Blumenthal, seen here in March 2009, apologised Friday to more than 500 diners taken ill after an outbreak of norovirus at his British restaurant The Fat Duck, considered one of the world's best eateries.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AP - Chef Heston Blumenthal has apologized to diners who fell ill after eating at his celebrated restaurant The Fat Duck — and invited them to return as his guests.


Oil leak shuts down StatoilHydro platform (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 07:32 AM PDT

AP - State-controlled Norwegian oil company StatoilHydro ASA was forced to shut down its Statfjord C offshore oil platform Friday after it leaked water contaminated by oil into the North Sea.
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