2009年10月30日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

World's largest cruise ship sails for US port (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:23 PM PDT

This Oct. 30, 2009 photo released by Royal Caribbean shows Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas departing a ship yard in Finland. The Oasis of the Seas, the largest passenger vessel ever built, is set to be handed over to Royal Caribbean International on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/ Royal Caribbean) NO SALESAP - It's five times larger than the Titanic, has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater. The world's largest cruise ship is finally finished and Friday it began gliding toward its home port in Florida.

Blow for England as Tindall limps out of Gloucester loss (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:14 PM PDT

England's Mike Tindall, seen here in February 2009, faces a fight to be fit for his country's autumn internationals after the Gloucester star limped out of Friday's 28-23 Premiership loss at Sale.(AFP/File/Ian Kington)AFP - England's Mike Tindall, faces a fight to be fit for his country's autumn internationals after the Gloucester star limped out of Friday's 28-23 Premiership loss at Sale.

Somali pirates want 7 mln dlrs for British couple: official (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:30 PM PDT

Map locating the area where a British couple's yacht went missing. Somali pirates holding a British couple kidnapped from their yacht have demanded a ransom of seven million dollars (4.7 million euros) to set them free, the Foreign Office said Friday.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Somali pirates holding a British couple kidnapped from their yacht have demanded a ransom of seven million dollars (4.7 million euros) to set them free, the Foreign Office said Friday.

BBC: Pirates want $7 million ransom for UK couple (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:04 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 - The BBC said Friday that Somali pirates called the broadcaster to demand $7 million for the release of a British couple whose yacht was hijacked off the coast of Africa.

Guide on BBC children's show killed by elephant (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:02 PM PDT

AP - The BBC says that a British guide working on a children's television show in Tanzania was killed after being charged by an elephant.

Top anti-drugs adviser sacked (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 02:01 PM PDT

A bag containing seized ecstasy pills. The government's chief drug adviser has criticised the current classification of substances, claiming that alcohol and tobacco were both more harmful than ecstasy, LSD and cannabis.(AFP/File/Douanes Francaises)AFP - The government's top adviser on drugs was forced to resign Friday after saying that cannabis, LSD and ecstasy were no more dangerous than alcohol and cigarettes.

Medvedev: Soviet-era terror cannot be justified (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 01:39 PM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin seen during their meeting at the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)AP - President Dmitry Medvedev told Russians Friday that there can be no justification for the Soviet government's crimes against its own people, lamenting millions of deaths and "maimed destinies" in some of the strongest criticism of the Communist era to come from the Kremlin since Vladimir Putin came to power a decade ago.

Britain set for fresh post strikes (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 01:30 PM PDT

A Royal Mail postbox is pictured in central London, on October 21, 2009. Postal workers would stage more strikes next week, trade union leaders said Friday, as their battle with bosses over modernisation, pay and jobs escalated.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Postal workers would stage more strikes next week, trade union leaders said Friday, as their battle with bosses over modernisation, pay and jobs escalated.

BP hit with record US fine for safety violations (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 12:41 PM PDT

Workers sift through debris at the BP facility in Texas City 55 kilometers (35 miles) south of Houston in March 2005, after an explosion. British oil giant BP has been hit with a record US fine of 87.4 million dollars for safety violations at a Texas refinery where 15 people were killed in a 2005 explosion, officials said Friday.(AFP/File/William Philpott)AFP - British oil giant BP has been hit with a record US fine of 87.4 million dollars for safety violations at a Texas refinery where 15 people were killed in a 2005 explosion, officials said Friday.

Air France gets Europe's first A380 superjumbo (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 12:29 PM PDT

An Air France A380 prepares for take off for Paris after the handing over ceremony at Airbus' plant in Hamburg. Air France on Friday became the first European airline to take delivery of the new Airbus A380 superjumbo passenger jet, which it says will make it great savings in tough economic times.(AFP/DDP/Nigel Treblin)AFP - Air France on Friday became the first European airline to take delivery of the new Airbus A380 superjumbo passenger jet, which it says will make it great savings in tough economic times.

UK drug adviser fired after marijuana comments (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 11:57 AM PDT

AP - Britain's top drug adviser was fired Friday after saying that marijuana, Ecstasy and LSD were less dangerous than alcohol.

Vatican: pope to meet Anglican chief (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 11:29 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leads his weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican October 28, 2009. REUTERS/Max RossiAP - Pope Benedict XVI will meet with the Archbishop of Canterbury next month in the leaders' first encounter since the Catholic church moved to make it easier for disenchanted Anglicans to convert to Catholicism, a Vatican spokesman said Friday.

Russia plans research to support Arctic claim (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 11:26 AM PDT

AP - Russia is planning extensive research to support its claim to a broad swath of energy-rich territory beneath the Arctic Sea, a top official of the nation's icebreaker fleet said Friday.

Iran undermines heart of Western nuclear offer (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 11:04 AM 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 insists on simultaneously exchanging its low-enriched uranium for nuclear fuel produced overseas, the state news agency said Friday, calling the demand a "red line" that will not be abandoned.

France's Jacques Chirac ordered to stand trial (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 10:56 AM PDT

FILE - Former French President Jacques Chirac gestures during a news conference, in this file photo from Dec. 8, 2001, in Belgrade. A judicial official said Friday Oct. 30, 2009 the former French President Jacques Chirac is ordered to stand trial in corruption case. Chirac was mayor of Paris from 1977-95 and president of France from 1995 until 2007. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic-File)AP - A French judge ordered former President Jacques Chirac to stand trial on embezzlement charges predating his presidency — a case that could mark the first time a former leader of modern France is forced to defend himself in court.

World stocks fall on drop in US consumer spending (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:58 AM PDT

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - European and U.S. stock markets fell Friday after data showing American consumers are still holding off on spending underscored the fragility of a recovery in the world's largest economy.

EU can't agree on how much climate aid to give (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:50 AM PDT

EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso addresses the media during the EU summit in Brussels, Thursday Oct. 29, 2009. EU leaders opened a difficult summit, facing an east-west rift over who should pay most to entice developing nations to sign up to a new global climate change pact. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)AP - European Union leaders failed to agree Friday on how much to give poorer nations to counter the effects of a warming climate — squandering the last chance that global greenhouse gas talks in December will produce real results.

Europea faces tough path to recovery (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:01 AM PDT

AP - Europe may join the United States in leaving recession when growth figures come out next month — but lackluster jobs and inflation data released Friday strongly suggest the continent's hoped-for recovery will be slow and fragile.

UN panel faults Russia's support for human rights (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 08:52 AM PDT

AP - From Russia's North Caucasus to the streets of Moscow, those who find themselves at odds with authorities can wind up as targets of deadly violence. So increasingly, some are working quietly or have abandoned their efforts altogether.

Date set for Croatian presidential election (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 08:38 AM PDT

AP - Croatians will vote on Dec. 27 to elect a new president.

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