2009年11月20日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 05:28 PM PST

In this image provided by Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze shows a finger attributed to Galileo Galilei. A Florence museum says, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, two fingers and a tooth believed to belong to Galileo Galilei have been found and will go on display next spring. Three fingers and a tooth were taken from the astronomer's body in 1737 and placed in a container. Paolo Galluzzi, director of the Museum of the History of Science, said a private collector had bought a container at auction containing two fingers and a tooth. The collector contacted Florence cultural officials and the parts and the container were found to match descriptions of the Galileo relics in historical documents. Galileo, who died in 1642, was branded a heretic by the Vatican for saying the Earth revolved around the Sun. In the early 1990s, Pope John Paul II rehabilitated him. (AP Photo/Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze/ho)AP - Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday.

Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 05:28 PM PST

In this Aug. 12, 2000 file photo, The Holy Shroud, a 14 foot-long linen revered by some as the burial cloth of Jesus, is shown at the Cathedral of Turin, Italy. A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus' burial cloth. The claim made in a new book by historian Barbara Frale drew immediate skepticism from some scientists, who maintain the shroud is a medieval forgery. Frale, a researcher at the Vatican archives, said Friday that she used computers to enhance images of faintly written words in Greek, Latin and Aramaic scattered across the shroud. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, file)AP - A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud being a medieval forgery.

Europe stunned by football match-rigging bombshell (AFP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 05:14 PM PST

A betting shop is pictured in Berlin. Around 200 football matches in nine European countries including at least three Champions League games are implicated in a new match-fixing scandal, German prosecutors said on November 20.(AFP/DDP/Philipp Guelland)AFP - European football was reeling on Saturday from what one UEFA official called the continent's worst ever match-fixing scandal, with 200 games under suspicion of having been rigged in nine countries.

Federer and Nadal ready to battle for number one spot (AFP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 05:02 PM PST

Rodger Federer of Switzerland (L) and Rafael Nadal of Spain pose for pictures in London. Federer and Nadal will stage the last chapter of their battle to finish the year as world number one when the ATP Tour Finals get under way in London on Sunday.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will stage the last chapter of their battle to finish the year as world number one when the ATP Tour Finals get under way in London on Sunday.

Injured Beckham vows to play MLS Cup final (AFP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 04:58 PM PST

David Beckham of the Los Angeles Galaxy speaks at a press conference at Qwest Field in Seattle, Washington. Beckham has a bone bruise in his right ankle, but he still expects to play for his US club Los Angeles Galaxy in the Major League Soccer championship match Sunday. Beckham said Friday he w(AFP/Getty Images/Otto Greule Jr)AFP - England midfielder David Beckham has a bone bruise in his right ankle, but he still expects to play for his US club Los Angeles Galaxy in the Major League Soccer championship match Sunday.

Tories say would pull troops out of Germany (AFP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 04:36 PM PST

Liam Fox, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, speaks on the final day of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, north-west England, on October 2009. Opposition Conservatives, tipped to win power in an election next year, said Saturday they would pull the country's 25,000 troops out of Germany as part of a reorganisation of NATO forces.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Opposition Conservatives, tipped to win power in an election next year, said Saturday they would pull the country's 25,000 troops out of Germany as part of a reorganisation of NATO forces.

Albania opposition protests to demand vote recount (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 03:24 PM PST

Supporters of the opposition Socialist Party march during a protest against the government in Tirana November 20, 2009. The protesters demand a recount of votes from June's general election which they say was stolen. The Socialists have been boycotting parliament since the June 28 election which gave the ruling Democratic Party a second mandate by the smallest margin in any election since the end of communism in Albania. REUTERS/Arben CeliReuters - Tens of thousands of Albanian opposition Socialist Party supporters launched their latest protest Friday to demand the government either recount the vote in a controversial June 28 election or hold another.

Floods devastate UK Lake District, much of Ireland (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 03:22 PM PST

Resisdents of the village of Cockermouth, England, are seen being rescued from their homes by members of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), who were mobilized to help the residents after heavy rain caused local flooding in the picturesque village, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. The Royal Air Force and RLNI rescue services have joined efforts to rescue around 200 people who are stranded by rising floodwater in the northern England tourist town.(AP Photo/Scott Heppell)AP - Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes.

Afghan govt would fall if NATO withdraws: UK minister (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 02:42 PM PST

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai (R) speaks as British Foreign Secretary David Miliband listens during a meeting at the presidential palace in Kabul November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Massoud Hossain/PoolReuters - The Afghan government would quickly be overthrown if NATO troops pulled out of the country now, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday.

Kidnapped Britons say Somali pirates may kill them (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 02:15 PM PST

An undated handout photo provided in October 2009 by the European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) shows the Lynn Rival yacht, belonging to British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler sailing in the Indian Ocean. A British couple held hostage by Somali pirates said in a video telecast Friday that their captors are AP - A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they could be killed within a week or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom demand is not paid.

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Posted: 20 Nov 2009 02:04 PM PST

AP - Spokesman says world's largest atom smasher circulates beam of protons after yearlong repairs.

6 world powers press Iran on nuclear issue (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 01:46 PM PST

Map locating Iran's known nuclear sites. Major world powers were meeting in Brussels to plot their next move after Iran rejected a nuclear fuel deal, as the UN atomic watchdog's chief warned that Tehran risked losing a AP - Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapon, as the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency warned Tehran not to miss the opportunity to resolve the dispute.

WHO investigating Norway swine flu mutations (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 11:26 AM PST

AP - The World Health Organization said Friday it is investigating samples of variant swine flu linked to two deaths and one severe case in Norway, but that so far the significance of the mutation is unclear.

Italian prosecutor: Knox hated murder victim (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 10:50 AM PST

U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox, right, is escorted by a penitentiary police officer as she arrives at Perugia's court, Italy, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Italian prosecutors have begun their closing arguments in the trial of American student Knox, accused of killing her British roommate Meredith Kercher. Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, her former Italian boyfriend, are charged with murder in the 2007 slaying of Kercher, with whom Knox shared a rented flat in the Italian city of Perugia. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)AP - An American student accused of fatally stabbing her British roommate in Italy had a growing hatred for the victim and killed her in retaliation during a drug-fueled sex game, a prosecutor contended Friday in closing arguments at her murder trial.

The new EU chiefs: Rompuy-pumpy and Cathy Who? (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 10:41 AM PST

Newly appointed European Council President-elect Herman Van Rompuy sits in his car as he leaves the Belgian Parliament in Brussels, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. The European Union's new president is a soft-spoken figure with a penchant for haiku poetry who spent most of his career in the background of Belgian politics. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)AP - Catherine Ashton: International woman of mystery.

Russia's Gorbachev considers political comeback (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 08:59 AM PST

AP - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized Kremlin policies Friday and toyed with the ambitious idea of attempting a political comeback.

Queen, Prince Philip mark 62 years of marriage (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 08:19 AM PST

AP - Buckingham Palace says the queen and her husband Prince Philip are celebrating 62 years of marriage quietly — without the fanfare of two years ago, when they marked their diamond anniversary.

UK man cleared of wife's death during nightmare (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 08:09 AM PST

AP - A British man who said he strangled his wife during a nightmare about fighting off an intruder has been found innocent in her death.

Cosmonaut says Russia falling behind in space race (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 07:34 AM PST

AP - Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and risks losing its place as a leader in space travel, a veteran Russian cosmonaut said in an interview published Friday.

Midday shooting in central Paris kills 1, wounds 2 (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 06:23 AM PST

AP - Police say a man with an automatic rifle opened fire on a car near a Paris train station, killing one man and wounding two others.

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