2009年10月6日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

List of recent Nobel Prize in chemistry winners (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 04:59 PM PDT

AP - Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation:

In Paris, Chanel's "Simple Life" mega-production (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 03:40 PM PDT

Models present creationby British fashion designer Alexander McQueen for his Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2010 fashion collection, presented in Paris, Tuesday Oct. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - From Karl Lagerfeld's take on "The Simple Life," with a rustic chic collection at Chanel to Alexander McQueen's history of life and the universe in 30 cocktail dresses, Paris' spring-summer 2010 ready-to-wear collections had something for everyone Tuesday.

Ronnie struggles through to book Higgins meeting (AFP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 03:13 PM PDT

Ronnie O'Sullivan, pictured in January 2009, struggled into a British Grand Prix second-round encounter with world champion John Higgins on Tuesday after the world number one beat Scotland's Jamie Burnett 5-3 in a hot-and-cold showing at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Ronnie O'Sullivan struggled into a British Grand Prix second-round encounter with world champion John Higgins on Tuesday after the world number one beat Scotland's Jamie Burnett 5-3 in a hot-and-cold showing at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall.

Hillary Mantel wins Booker Prize (AFP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 03:03 PM PDT

Hilary Mantel after receiving her Commander of the British Empire (CBE) award from from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, in London, in 2006. Mantel was named winner of the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday, beating the likes of J.M. Coetzee and A.S. Byatt.(AFP/Pool/File/Fiona Hanson)AFP - British author Hilary Mantel was named winner of the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday, beating the likes of J.M. Coetzee and A.S. Byatt.

Expenses scandal forces out Irish parliament chief (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 03:00 PM PDT

AP - The embattled speaker of Ireland's parliament says he will resign rather than face a no-confidence vote demanded by opposition leaders over his lavish spending on staff and travel.

Judge: Nobel literature prizes 'too Eurocentric' (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 02:06 PM PDT

Peter Englund the new permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, gestures during an interview in Stockholm Tuesday, Oct 6, 2009 . The new frontman of the Nobel literature prize jury believes the secretive panel has been too 'Eurocentric' in picking winners and says there are plenty of American writers who would qualify for the coveted award. Peter Englund's comments two days before the prize announcement contrast with his predecessor's view that U.S. literature is too insular and too sensitive to trends in its own mass culture. (AP Photo/Niklas Larsson)AP - American authors, you may be back in the Nobel running.

3 UK men accused of providing aid to aircraft plot (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 01:56 PM PDT

AP - A British prosecutor accused three men Tuesday of conspiring with the mastermind of a plot to kill thousands of airline passengers by blowing up their trans-Atlantic flights using liquid explosives.

Italy's top court mulls stripping Berlusconi's immunity (AFP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 01:31 PM PDT

Italy's Constitutional Court on Tuesday began mulling whether to strip Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, pictured in September 2009, of immunity from prosecution on pending corruption charges.(AFP/File/Andreas Solaro)AFP - Italy's Constitutional Court on Tuesday began mulling whether to strip Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of immunity from prosecution on pending corruption charges.

Italy's top court debates Berlusconi immunity law (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 01:31 PM PDT

Reuters - Italy's top court debated on Tuesday whether a law granting immunity to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi violates the constitution, in a politically sensitive ruling that could reopen trials against him.

Three more in British court over transatlantic bomb plot (AFP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:46 PM PDT

Police vans carrying alleged Islamist extremists Nabeel Hussain and Mohammed Shamin Uddin at the City of Westminster Magistrate's Court in l London in 2006. Hussain, Uddin and fellow suspect Adam Khatib appeared in court Tuesday accused of conspiring with the jailed ringleader of a plot to blow up transatlantic jets in 2006.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)AFP - Three alleged Islamist extremists went on trial Tuesday accused of conspiring with the jailed ringleader of a plot to blow up transatlantic jets in 2006.

Eiffel Tower lit up with colors of Turkish flag (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:38 PM PDT

AP - The Eiffel Tower has been lit up in red and white, the colors of the Turkish flag, as part of festivities in a French cultural season celebrating Turkey.

Polanski loses first round in extradition battle (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 14 2008 file photo, Polish-born filmmaker Roman Polanski arrives for the opening ceremony at the 8th Marrakech Film Festival in Marrakech. Film director Roman Polanski agreed to pay his sexual assault victim $500,000 to settle a lawsuit 15 years after he fled the United States, according to court documents (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar, File)AP - Roman Polanski lost the first round Tuesday in his battle to avoid extradition to the U.S. for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl. Already locked in a Zurich cell for the last dozen days, Polanski learned he will remain incarcerated for an extended period as the Swiss Justice Ministry rejected his plea to be released from custody.

List of Greece's new Socialist government (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 10:50 AM PDT

AP - A list of Greece's government ministers announced Tuesday, after Sunday's election victory by the Socialist PASOK party. The Cabinet comprises 15 ministers and 20 deputies.

Greek Socialist premier sworn in, names Cabinet (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 10:49 AM PDT

Greece's Socialist leader George Papandreou,countersigns the appointment to his post after he was sworn in as a Prime Minister, at the presidential mansion, in Athens, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. Papandreou, a 57-year-old former foreign minister and scion of one of Greece's top political families, now follows in the footsteps of his father Andreas and grandfather and namesake George, both of whom served several terms as prime ministers. (AP Photo/ Petros Giannakouris)AP - Greece's new Socialist Prime Minister George Papandreou will personally handle foreign affairs in the Cabinet he announced Tuesday, which merges existing portfolios, creates a new Environment Ministry and places women in key posts.

Find: Stonehenge could be part of funeral complex (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 10:03 AM PDT

This is an artists impression provided by the University of Manchester, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, of the Blue Stonehenge in western England. The drawing shows how scientists believe the AP - The discovery of a small prehistoric circle of stones near Stonehenge may confirm the theory that the mysterious monument in southwest England was part of a massive funeral complex built around a river, researchers said Tuesday.

Slain Russian activist's children ask for justice (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 09:53 AM PDT

From left, Editor at Novaya Gazeta Sergei Sokolov, Ilya Politkovsky, son of murdered Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, and Vera, daughter of Anna Politkovskaya, seen at a news conference in Moscow, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. Three years after their mother was shot dead, the son and daughter of Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya say they have little hope the killers will be brought to justice, despite an announcement that new suspects have been found. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - Three years after their mother was gunned down in her Moscow apartment building, Anna Politkovskaya's son and daughter said Tuesday they are losing hope the killers will ever be brought to justice.

Demjanjuk trial in Germany to start Nov. 30 (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 09:35 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 14, 2009 file picture, John Demjanjuk, second from right, is taken from his home in Seven Hills, Ohio by immigration agents. A German court has ruled Friday Oct. 2, 2009 that John Demjanjuk can be tried on charges of being an accessory to the murder of thousands at a Nazi death camp. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)AP - John Demjanjuk's trial on charges of being an accessory to the murder of thousands at a Nazi death camp will begin Nov. 30, his German lawyer said Tuesday.

Legality of Italian premier's immunity considered (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 09:12 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2009 file photo Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi gestures at the opening of a textile industry fair in Milan, Italy. Italian Silvio Berlusconi says he was 'astounded' by a court ruling ordering his Fininvest holding company to pay €750 million ($1 billion) to a rival for its controversial 1990s takeover of the Mondadori publishing house. The conservative premier and media mogul on Monday, Oct. 5, 2009 criticized last week's ruling and implied it was politically motivated. In a statement, he called the ruling 'a judicial absurdity' and said he would continue as premier until the end of his five-year mandate. (AP Photo/Alberto Pellaschiar/Files)AP - Silvio Berlusconi's lawyers asked an Italian court Tuesday to uphold an immunity law that has shielded the Italian premier from a corruption trial in Milan — a decision that could determine the future of his government.

(AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 09:09 AM PDT

AP - Lawyer for John Demjanjuk says his trial will start Nov. 30.

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