2009年9月28日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Abuse led UK woman to kill disabled daughter, self (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:19 PM PDT

AP - Years of torment from young neighbors led a despairing single mother to kill herself and her disabled daughter, and police inaction contributed to the deaths, a British inquest jury ruled Monday.

France rushes to Polanski's defense (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:04 PM PDT

A woman signs a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski at the Cinematheque Francaise in Paris, Monday Sept. 28, 2009. The international tug-of-war over Roman Polanski escalated Monday as France and Poland urged Switzerland to free the 76-year-old director on bail and pressed U.S. officials all the way up to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the case. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - Was Roman Polanski "thrown to the lions because of ancient history?" That's what the French culture minister says — though not everyone in France agrees.

Crash scene overwhelmed by bees in Turkey (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:04 PM PDT

AP - A van carrying beehives crashed into a truck on Monday, and huge swarms of bees broke free and stung the injured and rescue workers at the scene.

Brown aims to revive Labour with policy blitz (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 03:20 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R), and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, look down after Darling's keynote speech at the Labour Party conference in Brighton, southern England September 28, 2009. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday will promise to clean up British politics, get tough on crime and heal the economy in a blizzard of policy moves aimed at avoiding a crushing election defeat next year.

Manchester City's apologetic Tevez sinks West Ham (AFP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 02:18 PM PDT

Manchester City's Argentinian forward Carlos Tevez waves after scoring against West Ham United during their English Premier League football match at The City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester. City won 3-1.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Carlos Tevez refused to celebrate as his double-strike inspired Manchester City's 3-1 win over his former club West Ham on Monday.

Obama to boost Chicago Olympic bid in Denmark (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 02:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama uses a light saber as he 'attacks' Olympic fencer Tim Morehouse who won a silver medal in Men's Saber Fencing at the Beijing Olympics. Obama will travel to Denmark to support Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, projecting the highest-ever White House profile in lobbying for the international event. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama is hitting the campaign trail again.

Bullied mother kills herself, daughter (AFP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 01:58 PM PDT

Policemen stand guard in east London in 2008. Police apologised Monday for failing to help a mother who killed herself and her disabled daughter by setting fire to their car after years of abuse from a gang of youths.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Police apologised Monday for failing to help a mother who killed herself and her disabled daughter by setting fire to their car after years of abuse from a gang of youths.

Champagne aroma comes from the bubbles (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 12:52 PM PDT

AP - Don Ho was right. It is the tiny bubbles.

US threats rule out peace in Korea: North's envoy (AFP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 12:31 PM PDT

Ja Song Nam, the Democratic People' Republic of Korea's (DPRK) Ambassador to the UK addresses members of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) on North Korea's nuclear policy during a conference in central London. There can never be peace and security on the Korean peninsula while the United States AFP - There can never be peace and security on the Korean peninsula while the United States "continues to threaten us with nuclear weapons", Pyongyang's ambassador to London said Monday.

Merkel signals cautious reforms in new coalition (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 12:26 PM PDT

Fresh from an election victory, Angela Merkel now is to steel herself for a rash of problems as German chancellor including an ailing economy and unpopular Afghanistan mission. But observers say her new centre-right coalition including the business-friendly Liberals could provide a lift to Europe's largest economy. Duration: 01:44(AFPTV)Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel signaled on Monday she would resist pressure for radical reforms from her likely new coalition partners, the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP), and stick to a path of gradual change.

Russian FM: Iranian missile tests cause concern (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 11:55 AM PDT

AP - Russia voiced concern Monday about the latest Iranian missile tests and urged Tehran to fully cooperate with a U.N. nuclear watchdog and answer questions about its secret nuclear facility, news reports said.

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Posted: 28 Sep 2009 10:49 AM PDT

AP - Reports: Russia's foreign minister says Iranian missile tests cause concern.

US officials: UN rights membership an 'experiment' (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 10:41 AM PDT

AP - The United States hopes to use the U.N. Human Rights Council to engage other countries in a dialogue on universal values, senior U.S. State Department officials said Monday.

Officials: Serbs took part in Sweden chopper heist (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 10:33 AM PDT

AP - Former Serb paramilitaries took part in last week's brazen helicopter raid of a cash depot in Stockholm, Serbian police officials said Monday.

24th suicide at France Telecom (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 10:17 AM PDT

AP - Officials say a France Telecom employee has killed himself, becoming the giant phone company's 24th worker to commit suicide in 18 months.

Czech trip was low-key, but pope is 'very happy' (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 10:10 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI arrives to celebrate a holy mass in Stara Boleslav, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. The Pontiff arrived to the Czech Republic for a three day visit. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Pope Benedict XVI wrapped up a low-key pilgrimage to the fiercely secular Czech Republic on Monday, reaching out to nonbelievers and calling on an increasingly diverse Europe to embrace Christian teachings.

Kiev scraps plan to build Babi Yar hotel (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 09:37 AM PDT

FILE- In this Sept. 29, 2003 file photo, a man cries as he remembers all his family killed by Nazis at Babi Yar ravine, at the monument to victims in Kiev, Ukraine. Jewish groups have condemned a plan by authorities in the Ukrainian capital to build a hotel near the memorial to the Babi Yar massacre, one of the most tragic chapters of the Holocaust. Kiev legislators last week approved a plan to build dozens of hotels over the next decade, including a three-star hotel on the edge of the Babi Yar memorial, lawmakers said Thursday. Proponents of the decision say Kiev does not have enough hotels. Opponents plan to contest the decision as immoral. The Simon Wiesenthal Center in Israel decried the decision, calling it an example of 'utter insensitivity' to the memory of the dead. More than 33,700 Jews were rounded up and executed at the edge of the ravine in Kiev between Sept. 29-30 1941. (AP Photo/ Efrem Lukatsky, File)AP - Kiev authorities, facing withering criticism, have reversed a decision to build a hotel on a killing field used by Nazis during the infamous 1941 Babi Yar massacre, officials said Monday.

UK can play only small role in Afghan troop surge (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 09:25 AM PDT

In this photo released by the U.S. Army at Fort Lewis, Wash., Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, shows Spc. Kevin J. Graham, of Benton, Ky., who is assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division at Fort Lewis. The Department of Defense announced Monday the 27-year-old soldier died Sept. 26 while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Graham was an infantryman on his first deployment. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)AP - Britain's defense secretary said Monday that the U.K. has only limited scope to send more troops to Afghanistan, despite calls from military leaders to support U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal's demand for extra soldiers.

Merkel vows quick deal on German coalition (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 09:14 AM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a party executive meeting of her Christian Democrats, CDU, as her supporters celebrate in Berlin, Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, the day after German general elections. Merkel, 55, who was voted back into office for a second term in Sunday's elections, will spend the coming weeks building a new government with the Free Democrats, whose leader Guido Westerwelle, 47, is widely expected to be tapped as her deputy and foreign minister. (AP Photo/Herbert Knosowski)AP - Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Monday to have a new center-right German government in place by the time Germany marks 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9. She said tax cuts were possible in 2011, but rejected spending cutbacks that might strangle an incipient economic recovery.

Ukraine PM to Russia: Hand over poisoning figures (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 07:52 AM PDT

FILE - These combination file photographs show Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, before and after his mysterious poisoning. On the left, Yushchenko is seen after he submitted his candidacy papers in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on July 4, 2004. On the right, Yushchenko, with his face disfigured by illness, is seen answering media question in Kiev Friday, Dec. 10, 2004. Yushchenko is again asking Russia to turn over key figures in his nearly lethal dioxin poisoning five years ago. Yushchenko said in an interview aired Sunday Sept. 27, 2009 on Channel 1+1 that testimony of the three men who were present at a dinner in Sept. 2004 during which he believes he was poisoned are key to finishing the probe.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)AP - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has urged Russia to turn over important figures in his nearly lethal dioxin poisoning five years ago.

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