2009年10月3日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Capello won't rest England stars for last qualifiers (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 05:56 PM PDT

England manager Fabio Capello (2nd right) is pictured during a team training session for the forthcoming World Cup 2010 qualifying match against Croatia, on September 8. Capello insists he will not rest Wayne Rooney or any of England's star players for his side's final two World Cup qualifiers against the Ukraine and Belarus.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Fabio Capello insists he will not rest Wayne Rooney or any of England's star players for his side's final two World Cup qualifiers against the Ukraine and Belarus.

Prince Charles to visit Canada in November (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 04:55 PM PDT

Prince Charles (L) will visit Canada with his wife Camilla between November 2 and 12, the Canadian government said on Saturday.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Prince Charles will visit Canada with his wife Camilla between November 2 and 12, the Canadian government said on Saturday.

MacArthur retires from sailing to focus on environment (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 04:04 PM PDT

Yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur, pictured here in 2008, revealed on Sunday that she has retired from competitive sailing on Sunday to focus on environmental campaigning.(AFP/File/Mychele Daniau)AFP - Yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur revealed on Sunday that she has retired from competitive sailing on Sunday to focus on environmental campaigning.

Top UK general says UK ready to boost Afghan force (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 03:27 PM PDT

Afghan National Army Lt. Hussein, center, stands with a fellow Afghan soldier, left, and U.S. Marine Cpl. Nick Gonzales, of Tolleson, Ariz., with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 5th Marines before a joint patrol in Nawa district, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - The U.K. is ready to send more soldiers to Afghanistan, if asked to by the commander of the U.S. and NATO forces there, the British army's new chief has been quoted as saying.

Beckham close to Milan return (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 02:54 PM PDT

David Beckham, pictured here in September 2009, admitted on Saturday he is close to agreeing a return to AC Milan as he steps up his bid to feature in Fabio Capello's England World Cup squad.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Frazer Harrison)AFP - David Beckham admitted on Saturday he is close to agreeing a return to AC Milan as he steps up his bid to feature in Fabio Capello's England World Cup squad.

EU relief as Ireland backs key treaty in poll re-run (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 02:23 PM PDT

A supporter of 'Ireland For Europe' celebrates at Dublin Castle. Irish voters backed the EU's Lisbon Treaty by 67.13 percent in favour compared to 32.87 percent against, according to final results of a re-run referendum published Saturday.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Ireland voted overwhelmingly to ratify the EU's Lisbon Treaty in a second referendum, overturning a previous No vote and taking a key step towards ending the expanding bloc's deadlock, leaders said Saturday.

Negligence factor in Russian power plant accident (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 01:28 PM PDT

AP - Russia's top industrial safety oversight official said Saturday that negligence was a major factor in a devastating accident at the country's biggest hydroelectric power plant, and hinted that high-level officials could face trial over the disaster that killed 75 workers.

Official: Standard Chartered, RBS deal breaks down (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 01:23 PM PDT

AP - An attempt by Standard Chartered to buy Asian assets of the Royal Bank of Scotland has failed due to disagreements over how much it should pay for the deal, an official briefed on the negotiations said Saturday.

100,000 protest for press freedom in Rome (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 01:23 PM PDT

Demonstrators gather in Rome's Piazza del Popolo during a rally for press freedom. More than 100,000 people rallied for press freedom in Rome's central square on Saturday, protesting that scandal-plagued Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi wants to muzzle the media.(AFP/Filippo Monteforte)AFP - More than 100,000 people rallied for press freedom in Rome's central square on Saturday, protesting that scandal-plagued Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi wants to muzzle the media.

United held as Pompey finally win in Premier League (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 01:21 PM PDT

Manchester United's midfielder Paul Scholes (L) pushes the ball past Sunderland's midfielder Lee Cattermole during their English Premier League football match at Old Trafford in Manchester. Manchester United wasted a chance to cement their position at the top of the Premier League after being held to a 2-2 draw at home to ten-man Sunderland.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Manchester United wasted a chance to cement their position at the top of the Premier League after being held to a 2-2 draw at home to ten-man Sunderland on Saturday.

Prehistoric site found near UK's Stonehenge (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 01:15 PM PDT

AP - Archaeologists have discovered a smaller prehistoric site near Britain's famous circle of standing stones at Stonehenge.

Across Europe, the embattled left loses its clout (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 12:03 PM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 1, 2009 file phot shows Christoph Matschie, leader of the local Social Democratic Party, SPD, and top candidate for governor in Thuringia, addressing the media after a party meeting in Erfurt, central Germany. Just when you might think capitalism's global crisis would breathe new life into the left, it's looking increasingly divided and tired. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's re-election a week ago is highlighting a conservative surge in her country and Europe's other powerhouse economies, Britain, France and Italy, where the center-right is either firmly in power or about to get there. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)AP - Pity Europe's Socialists. It's getting lonely on the left.

Love between German and Pole survives Iron Curtain (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 12:02 PM PDT

In this July 21, 2009 photo, Elvira Profe holds up the photo of Fortunat Mackiewicz that she carried in her wallet for half a century, in Mieszkowice, Poland. The German woman and Polish man fell in love at the end of World War II but were torn apart when Germans were expelled from Poland. But their love never died. She carried his photograph in her wallet for half a century and when the Berlin Wall came down, sought him out. Today, they live together in a small town on the Polish-German border. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - For five decades, she kept his picture in her wallet — a black-and-white snapshot of a handsome young Polish man with brooding eyes.

Socialists favored to win Greece's election (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:35 AM PDT

AP - Greeks vote Sunday in a general election that is likely to result in a change in government.

G-7 finance ministers warn recovery 'fragile' (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:17 AM PDT

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, the IMF, seen during a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Oct, 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Finance ministers from the Group of Seven rich countries warned the recovery remains "fragile" and tried to talk up the U.S. dollar amid fears it could fall farther and disrupt the global economy.

Rally held in Rome to defend press freedom (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:42 AM PDT

A view of the microphone mounted at center-stage, during a demonstration to defend the freeedom of the press, in Piazza del Popolo (People square) during a demonstration to defend press freedom, in Rome, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. Many thousands of people, including journalists and media rights activists, gathered in Rome's Piazza Del Popolo Saturday to defend press freedom, accusing Premier Silvio Berlusconi of trying to silence critical voices, but the media owner magnate, Berlusconi dismissed the accusations as a 'joke'. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Tens of thousands of people, including journalists and media rights activists, gathered in a Rome square Saturday to defend press freedom, accusing Premier Silvio Berlusconi of trying to silence critical voices.

Greece's Kokosalaki serves up elegant draping (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:18 AM PDT

A model displays a creation by Greek fashion designer Sophia Kokosalaki for her Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2010 fashion collection, Paris, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - Greek designer Sophia Kokosalaki served up on Saturday a spring-summer 2010 ready-to-wear collection of artfully draped cocktail dresses that would have done her ancestors proud.

Germany marks 19th anniversary of reunification (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:13 AM PDT

AP - Germany celebrated the anniversary of its reunification Saturday with festivals, concerts and parades across the country.

Spain says 36-man crew on hijacked boat safe (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:12 AM PDT

AP - A trawler hijacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean has been spotted by navy aircraft and the 36-man crew is safe, the Spanish government said Saturday.

Berlusconi: Sicily death toll could reach 50 (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:11 AM PDT

A view of downtown Giampilieri, near Messina, southern Italy, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, after rivers of mud unleashed by heavy rains flooded parts of the Sicilian city of Messina, causing injuries and leaving several people missing. (AP Photo)AP - Rescue workers dug for a second day Saturday through piles of mud and debris as they searched for about 30 missing people from a mudslide that has killed at least 21 in Sicily.

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