2009年10月22日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Far-right leader appears on BBC show amid protests (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 04:13 PM PDT

A viewer watches a broadcast of British National Party leader Nick Griffin's appearance on the BBC's flagship political programme AFP - The BBC controversially gave a far-right party leader a first appearance Thursday on its flagship political panel show as angry protesters besieged its headquarters.

UK far-right leader in controversial TV appearance (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 04:07 PM PDT

Anti-fascist demonstrators clash with British police officers outside the offices of the BBC in west London, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the BBC Television Center in an increasingly rowdy rally against British National Party chief Nick Griffin, who is due to appear on the broadcaster's 'Question Time' program. At one point about 25 people breached a police cordon and ran into the center's lobby. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - The leader of Britain's far-right party outlined his vision in a controversial television debut that critics fear could help his whites-only party ease into the political mainstream.

U.S. airliner loses contact, overflies destination (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 03:49 PM PDT

Reuters - A Northwest Airlines flight carrying 144 passengers from San Diego to Minneapolis lost contact with air controllers for more than an hour and overflew its destination by 150 miles, officials said on Thursday.

100,000 women say they're offended by Berlusconi (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 02:51 PM PDT

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi arrives for a meeting with Libya's Prime Minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, not seen, in Italian government's Palazzo Chigi headquarters, in Rome, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. (AP photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - More than 100,000 women have signed a petition saying they are offended by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi — an initiative launched by a newspaper after the premier made a sexist remark to an opposition politician.

Benfica, Shakhtar on song in Europa League, Andreolli saves Roma (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 02:37 PM PDT

Benfica's Javier Saviola celebrates after scoring against Everton during their Europa League group I football match against Benfica at Luz Stadium in Lisbon.(AFP/Francisco Leong)AFP - Everton sank to a first Europa League defeat of the season with a 5-0 loss at Benfica on Thursday, while reigning champions Shakhtar Donetsk thrashed Toulouse and Roma rescued a draw at Fulham.

UK troops in Afghanistan could be cut by 2014: General (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 02:30 PM PDT

British soldiers from B Company, 2 Mercian, board a Chinook helicopter on an operation in Malgir, Helmand province, July 27, 2009. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniReuters - British troop numbers in Afghanistan could be scaled back in five years as the Afghan army is strengthened, though some will have to stay behind in a support role, the British army's new chief said on Thursday.

Income, wealth of some famous Norwegians (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 01:26 PM PDT

AP - A glance at the finances of some famous Norwegians, from an online database by national broadcaster NRK, based on government tax records (numbers reflect only income taxable in Norway, which for Norwegians working abroad may mean only a fraction of what they earn):

Lutefisk and loot: Tax records open in Norway (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 01:21 PM PDT

FILE- In this undated file photo released by Sony Pictures Classics, Liv Ullman, who plays Marianne in the film 'Saraband,' returns to visit her ex-husband Johan, played by Erland Josephson. In a move that would be unthinkable in most countries, tax authorities in left-leaning Norway have issued the 'skatteliste,' or 'tax list,' for 2008 to domestic media under a law designed to safeguard the country's tradition of transparency. The tax list stirs up a media frenzy, with splashy headlines revealing headlines revealing who is oil-rich Norway's wealthiest man, woman and celebrity couple. (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Classics, Bengt Wanselius, File)AP - It's the moment nosy Norwegian neighbors have been waiting for — the release of official records showing the annual income and overall wealth of nearly every taxpayer in the Scandinavian country.

Sarkozy's son drops drive for plum public job (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 01:19 PM PDT

Reuters - The 23-year-old son of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has dropped his bid to run the agency that oversees Paris's wealthy business district, saying on Thursday he wanted to remove any suspicion of nepotism.

Sarkozy son renounces top job after nepotism row (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 12:18 PM PDT

French elected councillor in Neuilly, Jean Sarkozy gestures prior to answer journalist's questions during France 2 eight o'clock news in Boulogne-Billancourt, west of Paris. President Nicolas Sarkozy's 23-year-old son Jean, at the centre of a bitter row over alleged nepotism, on Thursday abandoned his bid for a job managing France's wealthiest business district.(AFP/Pool/Bertrand Langlois)AFP - President Nicolas Sarkozy's 23-year-old son Jean, at the centre of a bitter row over alleged nepotism, on Thursday abandoned his bid for a job managing France's wealthiest business district.

NATO chief calls for perseverance in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 11:55 AM PDT

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen pauses before speaking during a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Bratislava, Thursday Oct. 22, 2009. Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday that Afghanistan is the most complex challenge the alliance has ever faced but that it must remain engaged there to prevent the country from turning back into an al-Qaida training ground. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - Afghanistan is the most complex challenge that NATO has ever undertaken, but the alliance must remain engaged there to prevent the country from turning back into an al-Qaida training ground, the organization's top official said Thursday.

Karadzic threatens to boycott start of his trial (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 11:42 AM PDT

AP - Radovan Karadzic has threatened to boycott his genocide trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, saying in a letter released Thursday he needs more time to prepare.

Biden says shorter-range missiles threaten Europe (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:33 AM PDT

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrives at the Cotroceni Presidential palace in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Biden arrived in Romania late Wednesday on the highest-level visit yet by the Obama administration to the country(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)AP - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that Europe was threatened by medium and short-range missiles and a new missile defense system would help protect it.

Vatican offer may lure Church of England priests (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:07 AM PDT

Britain's Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, left, from the Anglican church listens as Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols, unseen, from the Roman Catholic Church speaks during a news conference in London, held in reaction to the announcement of a new church structure for Anglicans who want to join the Catholic Church, Tuesday Oct. 20, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI has created a new church structure for Anglicans who want to join the Catholic Church, responding to the disillusionment of some Anglicans over the ordination of women and the election of openly gay bishops. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - On the surface, it looks like a polite tug of war between two of the world's great churches, each saying nice things about the other.

EU probes mismanagement in prized Spanish wetland (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 07:18 AM PDT

A boat is seen in a wetland gone dry in Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park, in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. The European Union has launched an investigation into a prized Spanish wetland that has turned bone dry through mismanagement of water resources and is now on fire underground. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)AP - The European Union has launched an investigation into a prized Spanish wetland that has turned bone dry through mismanagement of water resources and is now on fire underground, white smoke now rising from areas where fish once swam.

EU awards rights prize to Russian activists (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 05:12 AM PDT

AP - The European Union's parliament on Thursday awarded its annual Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought to three prominent Russian rights activists, in recognition of the difficult conditions they face in defending human rights in Russia today.

Slovak PM criticizes US over Iraq war (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 04:46 AM PDT

AP - The host of a meeting of NATO defense ministers is harshly criticizing the U.S. over its 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Britain publishes doomsday climate change vision (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 03:59 AM PDT

Ed Miliband, Britain's Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, speaks during a press conference following the conclusion of the Major Economies Forum in London, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. The forum is seeking agreement on funding from the developed world for poorer countries, to help them adapt to changes in the earth's climate that threaten to flood coastal regions, make farming unpredictable and spread diseases. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - Two British Cabinet ministers showed off a doomsday vision of disappearing cities and rising seas on Thursday, part of an effort to push nations to strike a new pact on curbing emissions of global warming gasses.

World markets drop on China growth worrries (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 03:37 AM PDT

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 14, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidAP - World stock markets fell sharply Thursday as investor optimism was dented by a broker downgrade of U.S. bank Wells Fargo and concerns about future Chinese economic growth.

Sweden OKs release of Bosnian Serb ex-president (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 01:21 AM PDT

AP - The Swedish government has approved the early release of former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison by a war crimes tribunal.

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