2009年10月29日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

EU leaders clear major hurdle to reform treaty (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 03:44 PM PDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown gives a press conference during an European Union summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels. European Union leaders on Thursday cleared a major obstacle holding up the massive Lisbon reform treaty, paving the way for a new-look EU with its first-ever president.(AFP/John Thys)AFP - European Union leaders on Thursday cleared a major obstacle holding up the massive Lisbon reform treaty, paving the way for a new-look EU with its first-ever president.

EU leaders debate climate aid to poor at summit (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 03:38 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Wednesday Oct. 28, 2009 an oil refinery is seen in the port of Antwerp, Belgium. EU leaders will hold two day summit talks beginning on Thursday, Oct. 29, 209. On the agenda are solving Czech President's misgivings over signing a reform treaty and trying to reach an aid figure to offer poor countries at global climate change talks in December. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)AP - The European Union fought Thursday to live up to its self-proclaimed leadership on combating climate change, with the 27 EU leaders at odds over how much to offer poorer nations to join the global battle.

EU leaders agree on Czech treaty demands (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 03:35 PM PDT

AP - The European Union's stalled reform treaty overcame a crucial hurdle Thursday after EU leaders agreed to last-minute demands from the Czech Republic in return for the country's ratification of the ambitious deal.

Iran lauds nuke 'cooperation' — but hedges on deal (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 03:27 PM PDT

U.N. nuclear inspectors arrive at Vienna's Schwechat airport, on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, from a visit to a previously secret Iranian uranium enrichment site. What the inspectors saw, and how freely they were allowed to work, will be key in deciding whether six world powers engaging Iran in efforts to reduce fears that it seeks to make nuclear weapons seek a new round of talks with Tehran. (AP Photo/Hans Punz)AP - Iran's president pledged Thursday to work with the West to resolve a standoff over its nuclear program even as his country reportedly balked at a U.S.-backed deal to limit its uranium enrichment and curb its ability to make a nuclear warhead.

EU leaders fail to agree on climate aid figure (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 02:40 PM PDT

AP - European Union leaders say the bloc has so far failed to agree on how much aid to offer to poorer nations in global climate deal.

Blair's chances of winning EU president role slip (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 01:37 PM PDT

Middle East envoy Tony Blair speaks during the Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem October 20, 2009. REUTERS/Gali Tibbon/PoolReuters - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's chances of becoming president of the European Union receded on Thursday when he failed to win the blessing of European socialists, the allies of his governing Labour Party.

Naples killing shown on video (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 01:31 PM PDT

AP - Italian prosecutors have released a video of a gangland-style slaying on a Naples street in May in hope of finding the killer.

UK couple asleep as Somali pirates hijacked yacht (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 01:27 PM PDT

In this undated photo made available by the family, Paul and Rachel Chandler, who went missing when sailing from the Seychelles to Tanzania after sending a distress signal on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, are seen at an unknown location. The British navy on Thursday found an empty yacht in international waters belonging to the missing British couple and a defense official said Somali pirates may have transferred them to another vessel. International naval forces have been searching for the couple for days. Paul and Rachel Chandler were heading to Tanzania in their yacht, the Lynn Rival, when a distress signal was sent last Friday. (AP Photo) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - A British man kidnapped by Somali pirates while vacationing on a yacht with his wife said in an interview released Thursday that the sea bandits had crept aboard with guns while he was asleep and demanded money.

Govt aims to complete first swine flu vaccinations within weeks (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 01:18 PM PDT

Syringes with influenza virus vaccine sitting on a tray. Britons with the highest risk of catching swine flu should receive vaccinations by mid-December, the government said Thursday as the numbers catching the illness rose.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Britons with the highest risk of catching swine flu should receive vaccinations by mid-December, the government said Thursday as the numbers catching the illness rose.

Byron letters sale breaks record (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 01:09 PM PDT

A collection of correspondence by Lord Byron broke the world record price Thursday for a group of letters or manuscript by a British Romantic poet, auction house Sotheby's said.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AFP - A collection of correspondence by Lord Byron broke the world record price Thursday for a group of letters or manuscript by a British Romantic poet, auction house Sotheby's said.

German troops OK in calling for airstrike (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 01:06 PM PDT

AP - A top German general said Thursday that a NATO investigation of an airstrike against a pair of hijacked Afghan tanker trucks showed the attack was appropriate and that it could not be confirmed that "uninvolved persons" were killed.

Berlusconi and magistrates spar again (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 12:20 PM PDT

In this photo taken Saturday, June 2, 2007, then opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi, left, and Lazio Region President Piero Marrazzo are seen during the Republic Day parade in Rome. A number of sex scandals have recently hit Italy: Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been in the headlines for months for his alleged relations with young women, including an escort, and Marrazzo resigned Tuesday in a scandal over his encounter with a transsexual prostitute. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)AP - With fraud and corruption trials looming, Premier Silvio Berlusconi is sparring with Italy's magistrates, who threatened on Thursday to go on strike to protest his branding them as communists targeting a billionaire.

US security adviser in Moscow nuclear arms talks (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 11:06 AM PDT

Visiting U.S. National Security Adviser James Jones, background centre, meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, foreground, in Moscow, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. U.S. National Security Adviser James Jones met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday, opening a day of negotiations expected to focus on downsizing nuclear arsenals and the Iran issue. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - Russia and the United States are scrambling to address disagreements over a new nuclear arms reduction treaty with a little over a month left until the existing agreement between the Cold War adversaries expires.

New site promotes French luxury labels in China (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 10:54 AM PDT

China's Ambassador to France Kong Quan, left, Francoise Montenay, CEO of Chanel, center, and Yves Carcelle, chairman and CEO of Louis Vuitton, right, chat during a ceremony in Paris, Thursday Oct. 29, 2009. An association of French luxury labels has launched a new Web site to promote the brands in China, one of the sector's key emerging markets. In a lavish ceremony Thursday held in the Chinese embassy in Paris, the heads of Christian Dior, Chanel and dozens of other French labels celebrated the launch of the site, which is aimed at showcasing the houses to brand-hungry Chinese consumers. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - A new Web site launched Thursday gives China's 1.3 billion people a chance to ogle French luxury, from designer clothing to diamond-dripping watches and glittering gold jewelry, as part of a bid by French houses to tap into the Asian giant's growing hunger for high-end goods.

Swiss historian Jean-Francois Bergier dies (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 10:29 AM PDT

AP - Swiss historian Jean-Francois Bergier, who led a highly critical probe of Switzerland's conduct during World War II, has died. He was 77.

Mystery ship back in Malta (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 10:22 AM PDT

AP - Authorities say a Maltese-flagged freighter that mysteriously disappeared in the Atlantic over the summer has returned to Malta.

Czech farmers protest low milk prices (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 10:13 AM PDT

AP - Farmers sprayed milk onto fields across the Czech Republic on Thursday to protest low prices.

Alcohol content makes trouble for British lemonade (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 09:48 AM PDT

Two bottles of Fentimans Victorian lemonade are seen, Croydon, south London, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. The century-old British lemonade has run into trouble in the U.S. because a high school student complained that the company's Victorian-style drink contains alcohol. The complaint prompted high school officials in Maine to contact the police, who are seeking a legal opinion from the Maine attorney general about whether the lemonade can be sold to minors. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - A British lemonade brand boasting an old-style Victorian brew has sparked a police inquiry in Maine because of its alcohol content.

Honduras takes Brazil to world court over Zelaya (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 09:10 AM PDT

Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, right, displays his hat to Thomas Shannon, center, U.S Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs and Hugo Llorens, left, U.S ambassador to Honduras, before a meeting at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - Honduras' interim government has filed a case at the U.N.'s highest court accusing Brazil of meddling in internal Honduran affairs by allowing ousted President Manuel Zelaya to stay at its embassy in Tegucigalpa, the court announced Thursday.

French police seek witnesses after American killed (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 08:57 AM PDT

AP - Paris police are urging witnesses to come forward following the unsolved killing of a 21-year-old Oregon man killed this month while vacationing in France.

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