2009年11月22日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

BA warns cabin crew over strike: report (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 05:03 PM PST

British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh, pictured in January 2009, warned his cabin crew Monday that he will not compromise on cost-cutting measures ahead of possible strike action next month.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh warned his cabin crew Monday that he will not compromise on cost-cutting measures ahead of possible strike action next month.

Federer ready for revenge over Murray (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:58 PM PST

Roger Federer of Switzerland plays against Fernando Verdasco of Spain in a Singles match during the Barclays ATP World Tour Tennis Finals in London. Federer dug deep to begin his ATP World Tour Finals campaign with a hard-fought 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 victory over Verdasco on Sunday.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - World number one Roger Federer is looking forward to the chance for revenge over home favourite Andy Murray in the ATP World Tour Finals in London on Tuesday.

Recession triggers upheaval in British business: employers (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 03:05 PM PST

Richard Lambert, Director General of the Confederation of British Industry, (CBI) attends the CBI Interactive Conference 2007, in central London. British business will reshape the way it works as a consequence of the recession, with innovative lending practices and commercial models emerging, the nation's top employers' body said Monday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - British business will reshape the way it works as a consequence of the recession, with innovative lending practices and commercial models emerging, the nation's top employers' body said Monday.

Federer fights back to subdue Verdasco (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 03:01 PM PST

Roger Federer of Switzerland plays against Fernando Verdasco of Spain in a Singles match during the Barclays ATP World Tour Tennis Finals in London. Federer dug deep to begin his ATP World Tour Finals campaign with a hard-fought 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 victory over Verdasco on Sunday.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - World number one Roger Federer dug deep to begin his ATP World Tour Finals campaign with a hard-fought 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 victory over Spain's Fernando Verdasco on Sunday.

Spanish PM vows sweeping reforms to boost economy (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 02:39 PM PST

With Spain facing its worst recession in decades, the government will approve this week a sweeping package of reforms aimed at changing the nation's economic growth model, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, pictured on November 19, said Sunday.(AFP/ANP/File/Valerie Kuypers)AFP - With Spain facing its worst recession in decades, the government will approve this week a sweeping package of reforms aimed at changing the nation's economic growth model, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Sunday.

Jedward end dream run on X Factor (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 01:57 PM PST

Simon Cowell attends a fundraiser in Hollywood, California, in March 2005. Super-quiffed Irish twins John and Edward Grimes were dumped from the X Factor on Sunday, ending their dream run, despite Cowell's prediction the teenagers were an AFP - Super-quiffed Irish twins John and Edward Grimes were dumped from the X Factor on Sunday, ending their dream run, despite Simon Cowell's prediction the teenagers were an "unstoppable machine."

UK checks safety of 1,800 bridges after storms (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 01:48 PM PST

An aerial view of the destroyed Northside bridge, in Workington England Friday Nov. 20, 2009 as floods submerge large parts of Cumbria. Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable boats rescued scores more as floods on Friday swamped northern England's picturesque Lake District. (AP Photo/ Peter Byrne/PA)AP - Police and army experts say they're urgently checking the safety of about 1,800 bridges in northern England amid some of the worst storms ever recorded in Britain.

Five-star Defoe as Spurs put nine past Wigan (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 01:36 PM PST

Tottenham Hotspur's Jermain Defoe (L) shoots past Wigan Athletic's Dutch player Mario Melchiot (R) during the Premiership match at White Hart Lane in London. Tottenham Hotspur won the game 9-1.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Jermain Defoe scored five goals as Tottenham Hotspur thrashed Wigan Athletic 9-1 at White Hart Lane here on Sunday, a record victory for the hosts in the top-flight.

Romanian president, rival face run-off vote: exit polls (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 01:24 PM PST

Incumbent president Traian Basescu casts his vote at a polling station in Bucharest. Romania's incumbent president and his Social-Democrat rival will face a run-off after Sunday's first round election, exit polls showed, as the recent EU member tries to recover from a political crisis and a deep recession.(AFP/Daniel Mihailescu)AFP - Romania's incumbent president and his Social-Democrat rival will face a run-off after Sunday's first round election, exit polls showed, as the country aims to recover from a political crisis and a deep recession.

Exit polls: No clear winner in Romania's election (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 01:04 PM PST

Presidential candidate for the Social Democracy Party Mircea Geoana flashes victory sign upon seeing exit polls in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday Nov. 22, 2009. Romania held presidential elections, the first since the country joined the European Union in 2007.According to exit polls President in office Traian Basescu leads after the first round followed by the Social Democracy Party candidate Mircea Geoana. An election runoff will be held on Dec. 6.(AP Photo/Adriana Neagoe)AP - A presidential election aimed at helping Romania emerge from a political and economic crisis failed to produce a winner on Sunday, and the top two candidates will compete in a runoff next month, according to two exit polls.

Scientist: Leak of climate e-mails appalling (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 09:56 AM PST

AP - A leading climate change scientist says the leak of documents stolen from a British research institute may be aimed at undermining talks at next month's Copenhagen global climate summit.

Report: Leaked UK documents detail Iraq war chaos (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 09:42 AM PST

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks after he addressing delegates attending the Sierra Leone Trade and Investment Forum on 'Why I am supporting Sierra Leone', in London Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Blair is believed to be one of the candidates for the position of the first full-time President of the European Union, whose appointment will be decided by EU leaders at a dinner in Brussels, Thursday Nov. 18, 2009.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Leaked British government documents call into question ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's public statements on the buildup to the Iraq war and show plans for the U.S.-led 2003 invasion were being made more than a year earlier, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Russian cosmonaut Feoktistov dies at 83 (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 09:07 AM PST

FILE --In this 1965 file photo Russian spaceship designer and space traveler Konstantin Feoktistov, bottom, seen with other Soviet cosmonauts during the nation's Cosmonaut Day ceremony in Moscow. Yuri Gagarin, first spaceman, left, and Valery Bykovsky are seen in the background. Feoktistov, the only non-Communist space traveler in history of the Soviet space program, died late Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, at the age of 83.(AP Photo/File)AP - Russian spaceship designer Konstantin Feoktistov, the only non-Communist space traveler in the history of the Soviet space program, has died at the age of 83.

Police: IRA dissidents plant car bomb in Belfast (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 06:28 AM PST

Forensic officers are seen outside the police-reform headquarters, near the site where a 400-pound (180-kilogram) car bomb was found, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. Northern Ireland's police commander says Irish Republican Army dissidents left a 400-pound (180-kilogram) car bomb outside the police-reform headquarters in Belfast but the homemade device failed to detonate. (AP Photo)AP - Irish Republican Army dissidents left a 400-pound (180-kilogram) car bomb outside police reform headquarters in Belfast but the homemade device failed to detonate, Northern Ireland's police commander said Sunday.

Life requested for US suspect in Italy murder case (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 06:09 PM PST

U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox reacts prior to the start of a hearing at Perugia's court, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. Prosecutors are set to make their sentencing requests for an American student and her former boyfriend accused of killing a British woman in Italy. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)AP - Prosecutors on Saturday requested life in prison for an American student and her ex-boyfriend accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate during a drug-fueled sex game — charges the U.S. woman dismissed as "pure fantasy."

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