2009年10月13日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

British support for Afghan mission waning: poll (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 05:36 PM PDT

Three hundred soldiers of 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh walk through Chester, in north west England, on September 25, as they say farewell to the city before being deployed on operations to Afghanistan. Calls for British forces to pull out of Afghanistan have risen sharply as casualties mount, according to a poll published on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Calls for British forces to pull out of Afghanistan have risen sharply as casualties mount, according to a poll published on Wednesday.

Congo forest protector shares alternative Nobel (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 05:27 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2007 file photo Canadian environmentalist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki gestures as he responds to a question during a news conference in Toronto, Canada. The honorary part of the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the 'alternative Nobel,' went to Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki, 73, for raising awareness of climate change, the Right Livelihood Foundation said Tuesday Oct. 13, 2009 in Stockholm. Two activists from Congo and New Zealand and a doctor from Australia won the Right Livelihood Award, for work to protect rain forests, improve women's health and rid the world of nuclear weapons. (AP Photo/CP, Adrian Wyld, File)AP - Rene Ngongo, honored with the "alternative Nobel" this week, grew up in a Congo where he could marvel at the wealth of animals and trees.

Basque separatist leader, 8 others arrested: sources (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 05:19 PM PDT

Former leader of banned Basque party Batasuna Arnaldo Otegi is being arrested by police during an operation against the new Mesa Nacional (National Board) of Batasuna, on October 13, in the northern spanish Basque city of San Sebastian. Otegi and other 8 people were arrested by Spanish National Police following orders of Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon.(AFP/Rafa Rivas)AFP - Police in Spain's northern Basque Country arrested an ex-leader of Batasuna, the banned political wing of the armed separatist group ETA, and eight other militants accused of seeking to rebuild the party, judicial and police sources said.

Clinton winds up trip with focus on Russian society (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 05:18 PM PDT

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as they meet at the presidential residence in Barvikha outside Moscow, October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Natalia Kolesnikova/PoolReuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds meetings involving local people in Moscow and Kazan on Wednesday to demonstrate a U.S. wish to reset relations with Russia as a whole.

Court rules against Stalin grandson in libel suit (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 05:16 PM PDT

Elderly supporters of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, one of them holding his photograph, gather outside a courtroom in Moscow, on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, before the hearings in a libel suit brought by Stalin's grandson against a Russian newspaper he accuses of questioning the Soviet dictator's honor and dignity. The grandson has contested the report that Stalin personally signed execution orders for thousands of Soviet and foreign citizens.(AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)AP - A Russian court ruled against Josef Stalin's grandson Tuesday in a libel suit over a newspaper article that said the Soviet dictator sent thousands of people to their deaths.

Nobel jury speaks out in defense of Obama prize (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 05:16 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 9, 2009 file photo, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjoern Jagland, holds a picture of President Barack Obama, in Oslo, Norway, after the announcement of Obama as winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Members of the Norwegian committee that gave Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize are strongly defending their choice against a storm of criticism that the award was premature and a potential liability for the U.S. president. (AP Photo/Jon-Michael Josefsen, Scanpix) NORWAY OUTAP - One judge noted with surprise that President Barack Obama "didn't look particularly happy" at being named the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Another marveled at how critics could be so patronizing.

Former world court chief joins UK Iraq inquiry (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 05:11 PM PDT

AP - Britain's official inquiry into the war in Iraq has appointed a former president of the International Court of Justice to help advise it on legal issues.

Invading giant snakes threaten U.S. wilderness areas (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 04:35 PM PDT

Reuters - Burmese pythons and other giant snakes imported as pets could endanger some of America's most important parks and wilderness areas if they are allowed to multiply, according to a report released on Tuesday.

MPs told to repay expenses after scandal (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 01:52 PM PDT

Conservative leader David Cameron, seen here on OCtober 8, has told his MPs to pay back disputed expense claims or be barred.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown and opposition leader David Cameron told lawmakers Tuesday to pay back disputed expense claims or risk losing their jobs as the scandal returned to haunt politicians.

Opel's Spanish unions fail to reach deal with Magna (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 01:46 PM PDT

Flags outside the Opel car factory building in Antwerp. Talks between Spanish unions and Opel's new Canadian parent company ended without agreement Tuesday on management plans to slash jobs and shift production, the unions said.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)AFP - Talks between Spanish unions and Opel's new Canadian parent company ended without agreement Tuesday on management plans to slash jobs and shift production, the unions said.

Gypsy laborer faces execution in Belarus (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 12:48 PM PDT

Belarusian Gipsy Varvara Yuzepchuk, 52, smokes as a picture of her son Vasily, who is convicted to face execution, lies at a table, foreground, in her home in the village of Tatarya, 320 km south-west of Minsk, Monday, Oct. 12 2009. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko let the deadline pass on midnight Monday for an appeal of the death sentence of Vasily Yusepchuk, an illiterate 30-year-old Gypsy laborer convicted in June in connection with the deaths of six elderly women. Belarus is the only country left in Europe that still conducts executions, according to Amnesty International. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)AP - His last hopes fading, a 30-year-old illiterate Gypsy laborer whose lawyers say was tortured into confessing to murder awaits his unannounced appointment with the executioner.

Twitter users undermine attempt to gag UK media (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 12:37 PM PDT

AP - Bloggers and Twitter users thwarted a legal attempt Tuesday to stop Britain's media from reporting the questions posed by a lawmaker in a parliamentary debate, spotlighting the power of new media to influence public policy.

France calls for plan to improve language teaching (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT

AP - French children generally spend years learning foreign languages in school, but the results are often dismal. So President Nicolas Sarkozy called Tuesday for an emergency plan to produce more bilingual students.

Russian FM: Iran sanctions threats won't work (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 11:44 AM PDT

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton seen during a news conference after their talks in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. Clinton is meeting with Russian leaders on Tuesday to urge their support in pressuring Iran to prove its nuclear program is peaceful. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, Pool)AP - Russia publicly pushed back Tuesday against U.S. efforts to threaten tough new sanctions if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful, dealing an apparent setback to President Barack Obama's hopes for Moscow's backing for fresh penalties against Tehran.

Milan police detain 2 more in barracks attack (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 11:24 AM PDT

Italian anti-terrorism prosecutor Armando Spataro, reads a statement at a press conference on the bomb attack at the Santa Barbara army barracks in Milan, Italy, Tuesday Oct. 13, 2009. Police arrested two more suspects in Monday's bomb attack on an army barracks and found a large quantity of explosives during searches overnight, the anti-terrorism prosecutors said Tuesday. The operation follows Monday's blast at the gates of Santa Barbara army barracks by a 35-year-old Libyan man, who was seriously wounded in the explosion. The motive is not known. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Aresu)AP - The Libyan accused of carrying out a small bombing of a Milan army barracks apparently opposed Italy's military missions overseas, the interior minister said Tuesday after police detained two more North Africans in the case.

Sarkozy says son has been thrown to the wolves (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 11:20 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 9, 2008 file photo, Jean Sarkozy the son of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and a member of the Conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) is seen in Neuilly Sur Seine, west of Paris. Critics are questioning a bid by President Nicolas Sarkozy's 23-year-old son for a job overseeing France's premier business district. Jean Sarkozy, a municipal official, is the key candidate to become chairman of EPAD, the agency that oversees billions of euros in contracts and business at La Defense on the western outskirts of Paris.(AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, file)AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy suggested Tuesday that his 23-year-old son had been thrown to the wolves by critics since he launched a bid for a highly visible job overseeing France's biggest business district.

Appeals panel rejects Karadzic immunity claim (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 10:15 AM PDT

AP - An appeals panel has rejected Radovan Karadzic's claim that he cannot be tried at the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal because he was promised immunity by an American envoy, according to a ruling released Tuesday.

Irish parliament chief makes defiant speech, quits (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 10:05 AM PDT

AP - The speaker of Ireland's parliament resigned Tuesday after his years of lavish expenses and foreign travel were exposed.

Activists: Clinton supports democracy in Russia (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 10:01 AM PDT

AP - Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton assured Russia's struggling independent journalists and rights activists Tuesday that U.S. efforts to improve ties with Moscow did not mean Washington was abandoning its support for democracy in Russia.

UK lawmakers told to repay disputed expense claims (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 09:49 AM PDT

AP - First it cost their reputations. Now it'll cost them cash.

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