2009年11月1日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

UK; 3 big banks to sell 100s of branches (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 05:01 PM PST

AP - Big British banks bailed out by taxpayers in the wake of the credit crunch will have to sell off large chunks of their businesses in exchange for the billions in state aid they received during the crisis, the government said Sunday.

Hoy wheels away in fresh triumph (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 01:00 PM PST

Sir Chris Hoy, pictured in 2008, won his third gold at the Track World Cup here on Sunday as Great Britain ended the meeting with yet more medals.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Sir Chris Hoy won his third gold at the Track World Cup here on Sunday as Great Britain ended the meeting with yet more medals.

Britain to create three new retail banks: official (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 12:39 PM PST

The London headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland. Britain's government is to create three new high street banks from bailed out lenders Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group and Northern Rock, finance minister Alistair Darling said Sunday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Britain's government is to create three new high street banks from bailed out lenders Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group and Northern Rock, finance minister Alistair Darling said Sunday.

Norwegian warship in sea-battle off Somali coast: EU (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 12:30 PM PST

French soldiers training on the deck of the French warship 'Nivose' in seas between Kenya and the Seychelles in April, 2009. Two sailors were killed in an exchange of fire off the northeast coast of Somalia on Sunday, after apparently trying to attack a Norwegian warship, Somali officials and an EU naval commander said.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)AFP - A Norwegian warship inspecting fishing boats off the coast of Somalia for suspected pirate activity was caught in heavy gunfire in the early hours of Sunday, a European Union naval commander said.

Miliband in Russia to thaw ties (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 12:11 PM PST

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (R) shakes hands with Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband during their meeting in Moscow. The Foreign Office said earlier that Miliband intends to meet with politicians and business leaders and discuss topics ranging from Afghanistan and Iran to climate security and the global economic crisis.(AFP/Pool)AFP - David Miliband was starting the first visit by a British foreign secretary to Russia for five years on Sunday, seeking to mend relations damaged by the poisoning in London of a Kremlin critic.

Given the hero as Man City deny Birmingham (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 11:11 AM PST

Birmingham City's Lee Bowyer (L) runs with the ball pursued by Manchester City's Nigel De Jong (R) during the Premiership match at St. Andrews in Birmingham. The amtch ended in a 0-0 draw.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Shay Given was Manchester City's hero as the goalkeeper produced several fine saves to earn Mark Hughes's men a point in their goalless Premier League draw away to Birmingham City.

Italian police arrest fugitive mafia brothers (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 11:01 AM PST

Italian carabinieri police escort reputed mafia boss Pasquale Russo, on Italy's list of the 10 most wanted fugitives, after he was arrested early on Sunday in Sperone, about 30 kilometres (20 miles) east of Naples, southern Italy. Russo was arrested in a crackdown that also nabbed two of his brothers accused of organised crime, police said.(AFP/Giulio Piscitelli)AFP - Italian police arrested on Sunday two brothers suspected of ruling over a Naples mafia clan, less than 24 hours after capturing another sibling who had also been on the run for years.

Putin tells EU of risk to gas supply via Ukraine: reports (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 10:19 AM PST

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, pictured on October 30, warned the European Union on Sunday that gas supplies via Ukraine may be disrupted because of a payment dispute with Kiev, news agencies quoted his office as saying.(AFP/RIA/File/Alexey Nikolsky)AFP - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned the European Union on Sunday that gas supplies via Ukraine may be disrupted because of a payment dispute with Kiev, news agencies quoted his office as saying.

Dominant Fisher claims World Match Play crown (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 09:23 AM PST

British Ross Fisher holds his trophy after winning the Volvo World Match Play Championship in Casares, southern Spain. England's Ross Fisher beat American Anthony Kim four and three to claim the Volvo World Match Play Championship at the Finca Cortesin Golf Club here on Sunday.(AFP/Jorge Guerrero)AFP - England's Ross Fisher beat American Anthony Kim four and three to claim the Volvo World Match Play Championship at the Finca Cortesin Golf Club here on Sunday.

Former President Clinton unveils statue in Kosovo (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 08:46 AM PST

Former US president Bill Clinton, center, greets ethnic Albanians during his visit to Pristina, Kosovo on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Thousands of ethnic Albanians braved low temperatures and a cold wind in Kosovo's capital Pristina to welcome former President Bill Clinton on Sunday as he attended the unveiling of an 11-foot (3.5-meter) statue of himself on a key boulevard that also bears his name. Clinton is celebrated as a hero by Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority for launching NATO's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia in 1999 that stopped the brutal Serb forces' crackdown on independence-seeking ethnic Albanians. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)AP - Thousands of ethnic Albanians braved low temperatures and a cold wind in Kosovo's capital Pristina to welcome former President Bill Clinton on Sunday as he attended the unveiling of an 11-foot (3.5-meter) statue of himself on a key boulevard that also bears his name.

Russian military plane crashes, 11 dead (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 06:14 AM PST

FILE-- In this June 24, 2000 file photo, a Russian heavy-lift military cargo plane Ilyushin Il-76, the same model as the one that crashed Sunday in Siberia, takes off at a military airfield near Ryazan, 150 km (93 miles) southeast of Moscow. The plane crashed on takeoff Sunday, Nov, 1, 2009, from Mirny in the Sakha Republic in Siberia, killing all 11 crew members on board, officials said. The plane hit a slag heap from an old mine and crashed, exploding on impact. The cause of Sunday's crash was not yet known. (AP Photo/File)AP - A Russian heavy-lift military cargo plane crashed on takeoff Sunday in Siberia, killing all 11 crew members on board, officials said.

Last round of climate talks open before Copenhagen (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:52 AM PST

AP - Negotiators from nearly 180 countries hope to nail down the outline of a plan to provide tens of billions of dollars a year to fight climate change, in their final round of talks before a decisive conference in Copenhagen next month.

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