2009年10月24日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

UN nuclear inspectors head to Iran to visit site (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 04:55 PM PDT

U.N inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) check in at Vienna's International Airport on their way to Iran, Vienna, Austria, Saturday Oct. 24, 2009. A team of U.N. inspectors is heading to Iran to visit a recently revealed nuclear site. The International Atomic Energy Agency experts are slated to examine an unfinished uranium enrichment facility near the holy city of Qom to verify it is for peaceful purposes. Disclosure of its existence last month raised international suspicion over the extent and aim of the country's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Hans Punz)AP - A team of U.N. inspectors went to Iran on Saturday to visit a recently revealed nuclear site, amid new efforts to curb Iran's nuclear program.

Singer Morrissey in hospital after collapsing on stage (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 04:04 PM PDT

Singer Morrissey, pictured here during an April 2009 performance, was rushed to hospital after collapsing on stage Saturday with breathing problems, emergency services said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevin Winter)AFP - Singer Morrissey was rushed to hospital after collapsing on stage Saturday with breathing problems, emergency services said.

Brown vows credit card clampdown (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 02:42 PM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday he would force credit card companies to end AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday he would force credit card companies to end "sharp practices" and make it harder for people to get themselves into debt.

Last Titanic survivor's ashes scattered at sea (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 01:51 PM PDT

Titanic survivor Elizabeth Gladys Dean is pictured at the Titanic Voices Exhibition at the Maritime Museum in Southampton in 2002. Friends and relatives of Dean, the last survivor of the Titanic, gathered on Saturday to scatter her ashes at the point where the ill-starred ocean liner set sail in April 1912.(AFP/File/Gerry Penny)AFP - Friends and relatives of the last survivor of the Titanic gathered on Saturday to scatter her ashes at the point where the ill-starred ocean liner set sail in April 1912.

New German government to slash taxes (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 01:12 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel presents the government programme in Berlin. Germany's newly elected government unveiled its plans for the next four years on Saturday, spearheaded by 24 billion euros of tax cuts in spite of the country's mammoth debt mountain.(AFP/DDP/Axel Schmidt)AFP - Germany's newly elected government unveiled its plans for the next four years on Saturday, spearheaded by 24 billion euros of tax cuts in spite of the country's mammoth debt mountain.

Talks set for Monday on British post strikes (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:49 PM PDT

Postal workers picket outside the NorthWest mail distribution centre in Warrington on October 22. Fresh talks are to be held on Monday in a bid to resolve a postal workers dispute, where a further three days of mail strikes are looming, the Trades Union Congress said Saturday.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Fresh talks are to be held on Monday in a bid to resolve a postal workers dispute, where a further three days of mail strikes are looming, the Trades Union Congress said Saturday.

White and Easter join England injury list (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:47 PM PDT

Leicester's Julian White, pictured in June 2009, became the latest England front-row to be ruled out of next month's Tests at Twickenham after tearing a hamstring in Saturday's 18-12 Premiership loss away to London Irish.(AFP/File)AFP - England's plans for next month's Tests suffered yet more disruption on Saturday when forwards Julian White and Nick Easter joined an already extensive injury list.

Poll boost for BNP after TV first (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:24 PM PDT

A viewer watches a broadcast of BNP leader Nick Griffin's appearance on the BBC's flagship political programme AFP - Nearly a quarter of adults would consider voting for the far-right British National Party, a poll out Saturday said, after its leader made a controversial appearance on a BBC show.

Lampard double puts Chelsea on top of Premier League (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:20 PM PDT

Chelsea's midfielder Frank Lampard (L) celebrates scoring a goal with striker Nicolas Anelka during their English Premier League football match against Blackburn at Stamford Bridge in London. Lampard scored twice as Chelsea leapfrogged champions Manchester United into top spot in the English Premier League with a 5-0 rout of Blackburn Rovers.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Frank Lampard scored twice as Chelsea leap-frogged champions Manchester United into top spot in the English Premier League with a 5-0 rout of Blackburn Rovers at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

Belgian prosecutor wants Citibank to repay 'duped' savers: report (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:13 PM PDT

Pedestrians walk by a Citibank branch office in San Francisco, California. Prosecutors in Belgium want US lender Citibank to pay back 128 million euros to Belgian customers who claim they were duped into buying high-risk financial products from failed investment bank Lehman Brothers, media reports said Saturday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Prosecutors in Belgium want US lender Citibank to pay back 128 million euros to Belgian customers who claim they were duped into buying high-risk financial products from failed investment bank Lehman Brothers, media reports said Saturday.

Russian president defends vote that helped Kremlin (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:57 AM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at a meeting with leaders of Russian State Duma opposition parties at Barvikha outside Moscow, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Alexander Natruskin, Pool)AP - Russia's president on Saturday defended recent local elections that drew fraud allegations, inspired an opposition walkout of parliament and strengthened the Kremlin's grip on power.

Scandal hits Italy leftist party (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:47 AM PDT

AP - A scandal has rocked Italy's main opposition party on the eve of a nationwide primary Sunday designed to select a new leader and relaunch the party's sagging fortunes.

German politicians agree to form new government (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:09 AM PDT

AP - Germany's new center-right coalition government pledged Saturday to reform the health-care system, cut taxes and pull all remaining nuclear weapons from the country, a promise that could hurt relations with NATO already strained over the military deployment in Afghanistan.

Last Titanic survivor's ashes scattered in England (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 07:35 AM PDT

AP - The ashes of the last Titanic survivor have been scattered at the English port where the ship began its ill-fated maiden voyage in 1912.

Ghanaian cardinal to head Vatican's peace office (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 07:29 AM PDT

Ghanian Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson talks to journalists during a press conference at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, concluding a three-week Vatican meeting on the role of the Catholic Church in Africa which he had headed. Pope Benedict XVI has tapped Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson to head the Vatican's justice and peace office. The high-profile job cements Turkson's reputation as a possible papal candidate. Turkson had told reporters three weeks ago that there was no reason there couldn't be a black pope, particularly after Barack Obama was elected U.S. president. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - The pope appointed Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana to head the Vatican's justice and peace office Saturday, a high-profile post that cements his reputation as a possible future papal candidate.

Russian airliner lands safely after damage report (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 04:15 AM PDT

AP - A Russian airliner with 279 people aboard landed safely Saturday in the Russian capital following reports of possible damage to its landing gear, an airport spokesman said.

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