2009年11月10日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Protests at Prince Charles, Camilla Montreal visit (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 05:42 PM PST

Protesters shout AFP - Prince Charles and his wife Camilla have encountered a group of anti-royalty protesters, including egg throwers, who shouted "Majesty go home" and blocked the entrance to a military armory the royal couple were visiting here.

UA pilot charged with being over alcohol limit (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 05:14 PM PST

A commercial airliner prepares to land at London's Heathrow airport. Police arrested a United Airlines pilot on suspicion of being drunk as he was about to help fly a passenger plane from London's Heathrow Airport, an officer and the airline said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AP - A United Airlines pilot who was pulled from his trans-Atlantic flight to Chicago shortly before takeoff has been charged with having too much alcohol in his system, British police said Tuesday.

Irishman wins euro46,000 after island home disappears (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 04:58 PM PST

This is the former Tory Island home of filmmaker Neville Presho pictured in 1976 before it was demolished. Presho has won euro46,000 ($69,000) in damages after his Irish island home was transformed into a parking lot while he was overseas. Presho successfully sued Patrick Doohan, owner of a Tory Island hotel off Ireland's northwest coast, after he returned from New Zealand to find no trace of his six-bedroom house. In its place stood a septic tank and parking lot for Doohan's newly built business. (AP Photo)AP - A Northern Ireland filmmaker has won euro46,000 ($69,000) in damages after a judge ruled that his Irish island home was transformed into a parking lot while he was overseas for six years.

Dutch arrest Somali terror suspect wanted by US (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 04:38 PM PST

AP - Dutch prosecutors said Tuesday they have arrested a 43-year-old Somali man wanted by U.S. authorities for allegedly financing Islamic extremist terrorists.

Pilot charged with being over alcohol limit at Heathrow (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 04:24 PM PST

A commercial airliner prepares to land at London's Heathrow airport. Police charged a United Airlines pilot late Tuesday after his arrest on suspicion of being drunk as he was about to help fly a passenger plane from Heathrow Airport, a spokesman said.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Police charged a United Airlines pilot late Tuesday after his arrest on suspicion of being drunk as he was about to help fly a passenger plane from Heathrow Airport, a spokesman said.

Anger over Afghan war as 6 UK war dead mourned (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 03:40 PM PST

People wearing t-shirts bearing an image of Guardsman Jimmy Major react as the coffin of Major and five other British soldiers are driven through Wootton Bassett, England, after being repatriated at RAF Lyneham, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Hundreds gathered in this small English market town Tuesday to pay tribute to six soldiers killed in Afghanistan, five of whom were shot to death by an Afghan police officer who turned against them. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - Grieving over the death of her son in Afghanistan, the woman tore into British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

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Posted: 10 Nov 2009 03:24 PM PST

AP - British police charge United Airlines pilot with being over alcohol limit while on the job.

Belgian police find child's body in river (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 03:20 PM PST

A funeral van (background) is pictured reportedly carrying away the dead body of four-year-old Younes Jratlou in Comines, after it was found in the Lys river. Belgian police Tuesday found the body of a child in a river which appeared to be that of a missing four-year-old boy, a prosecutor said.(AFP/BELGA/Peter Deconinck)AFP - Belgian police Tuesday found the body of a child in a river which appeared to be that of a missing four-year-old boy, a prosecutor said.

Briton jailed for racist murder of Indian student (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 01:50 PM PST

AFP - An unemployed Briton was jailed for life Tuesday for the racist murder of an Indian naval officer whose throat was slashed with a knife as he walked to a restaurant.

Soldiers' bodies flown home from Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 01:04 PM PST

A military policewoman is consoled by a member of the public after the funeral cortege of six British soldiers passed through the streets of Wootton Bassett. The bodies of six British troops killed in Afghanistan have been flown home, as Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologised to a dead soldier's mother for a botched condolence letter.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Another six British soldiers' bodies were given an emotional homecoming from Afghanistan Tuesday, in a small English town grown bleakly used to mourning as the Afghan death toll mounts.

Pope prays to musical accompaniment in new CD (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 12:47 PM PST

AP - Pope Benedict XVI sings and prays along to a mix of modern music and ancient church chants in a new album presented Tuesday before its release at the end of the month.

Officials deny nepotism claims about Sarkozy's son (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 08:50 AM PST

French actor and director Dany Boon (R) listens to the speech given by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy before receiving the AP - French officials have denied reports suggesting that President Nicolas Sarkozy's office used its clout to try to help one of his sons win a grant for hip-hop music projects.

Carbon storage? Not under my house! (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 08:49 AM PST

View of the area of Barendrecht near the filling station where plans for underground storage of CO2 in Barendrecht, Netherlands, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. The people of the small Dutch town of Barendrecht are not against pumping tons of carbon dioxide into the ground to fight global warming. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AP - The people of this small Dutch town are not against pumping tons of carbon dioxide into the ground to fight global warming.

Ex-Liberia president says US sought to oust him (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 08:17 AM PST

FILE - In this July 13, 2009 file photo former Liberian President Charles Taylor is seen at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, Netherlands. Charles Taylor claims Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, he was indicted for war crimes as part of a U.S. 'regime change' plan to gain control of West African oil reserves. Taylor has made the allegation in a typically defiant final day of direct testimony in his own defense at the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The international tribunal is trying Taylor on allegations he controlled and supported rebels who murdered and mutilated thousands of civilians during Sierra Leone's 1992-2002 civil war. (AP Photo/Robin van Lonkhuijsen, Pool, File)AP - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor clashed with a war crimes trial attorney Tuesday just minutes after she began cross examining him about his repeated denials of responsibility for atrocities by rebels during Sierra Leone's brutal civil war.

France urges Palestinian leader not to step down (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 07:52 AM PST

AP - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy urged Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to stay in power to keep hopes for Mideast peace alive.

Russia sends research module to space station (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 07:24 AM PST

AP - A new Russian research module is on its way to the International Space Station.

NATO hopes to boost training teams in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 06:14 AM PST

FILE - In this Friday Oct. 23, 2009 file photo U.S. Secretary for Defense Robert Gates, left, shares a word with U.S. Military commander in Afghanistan General Stanley McChrystal, right, and the top allied commander for Europe Admiral James Stavridis, center, during a round table meeting of NATO defense ministers in Bratislava, slovakia. NATO leaders expect member states to commit more troops to train Afghanistan's expanding security forces at a meeting of alliance military representatives later in November, officials said on Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009. The one-day conference by military officials fits into a plan by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, to expand the Afghan National Army from its present strength of 94,000 troops to its authorized level of 134,000. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)AP - NATO leaders expect member states to commit more troops to train Afghanistan's expanding security forces at a meeting of alliance military representatives this month, officials said Tuesday.

Merkel wants climate action from US, China, India (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 06:13 AM PST

AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Tuesday for the U.S., China and India to make substantive pledges of action against global warming in order to prevent the failure of next month's climate summit in Copenhagen.

Berlusconi's allies move to shield him from trials (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 05:09 AM PST

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attends a meeting in Rome September 4, 2009. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/FilesAP - Lawmakers allied with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will introduce a bill within days that could cut short his pending trials on tax fraud and corruption charges, one of the premier's most powerful backers in parliament said Tuesday.

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