2009年11月23日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Marriage proposals for French bank heist hero: lawyer (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:09 PM PST

French police handout of a recent photograph of Tony Musulin. A suspected bank robber may not be most girls' idea of Mr Right, but women are proposing marriage to a jailed French van driver accused of stealing million of euros, his lawyer said Monday.(AFP/Police/HO)AFP - A suspected bank robber may not be most girls' idea of Mr Right, but women are proposing marriage to a jailed French van driver accused of stealing million of euros, his lawyer said Monday.

Stress-free Christmas? Cheap hotels for British mother-in-laws (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:05 PM PST

The door of 10 Downing Street is reflected in a bauble on the traditional Downing Street Christmas tree in 2008. A hotel chain offered Tuesday to take some of the stress out of Christmas this year with a special room rate in Britain for mother-in-laws.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - A hotel chain offered Tuesday to take some of the stress out of Christmas this year with a special room rate in Britain for mother-in-laws.

Belgian says he was alert but mute for 23 years (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:05 PM PST

AP - For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry out.

Big Bang atom smasher records first proton hits (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 03:26 PM PST

German Rolf-Dieter Heuer, right, Director General of CERN, and Steve Myers, left, CERN's Director for Accelerators and Technology, seen, during a press conference on the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) restart at CERN (the European particle physics laboratory) in Meyrin, near Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Scientists turned on the Large Hadron Collider on Friday night, Nov. 20, 2009, for the first time since the machine suffered a failure more than a year ago and had to be shut down shortly after the start. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)AP - The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time and causing the first particle collisions in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, organizers said.

Wigan refund fans who witnessed Spurs massacre (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 01:29 PM PST

Wigan's Won-Hee Cho(C) controls the ball during the Premier League clash against Tottenham Hotspur on November 22. Wigan's shell-shocked players have offered to refund supporters who travelled to London to watch their side being thrashed 9-1 by Tottenham.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Wigan's shell-shocked players on Monday offered to refund supporters who travelled to London to watch their side being thrashed 9-1 by Tottenham.

Residents return to survey cost of devastating floods (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 01:25 PM PST

Emergency rescue workers float past a 'Merry Christmas' sign as they look to rescue residents stranded by floods in Cockermouth, Cumbria. Residents of the flood-hit northwest have began returning to their homes but police are warning it could take years to recover from the devastation left by the heaviest rainfall on record.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Residents in the flood-hit northwest began returning to their homes Monday but police warned it could take years to recover from the devastation left by the heaviest rainfall on record.

KLM flies world's first "passenger flight on biofuel" (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 01:24 PM PST

The KLM airplane which runs on biokerosene is seen at Schiphol airport, near Amsterdam. A Boeing 747, one of four engines powered by a 50-percent biokerosene mix, circled the Netherlands for an hour on Monday for what airline KLM called the world's first passenger flight using biofuel.(AFP/ANP/Lex Lieshout)AFP - A Boeing 747, one of four engines powered by a 50-percent biokerosene mix, circled the Netherlands for an hour on Monday for what airline KLM called the world's first passenger flight using biofuel.

Executives on trial in Airbus insider trading probe (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 12:45 PM PST

French former co-president of European aerospace group EADS Noel Forgeard (L) arrives at a hearing in Paris. France's markets watchdog have begun hearings into claims 17 current and former EADS aerospace executives made huge profits with inside information about delays in the Airbus A380 project.(AFP/Fred Dufour)AFP - The French markets watchdog heard claims Monday that 17 current and former EADS aerospace executives saved themselves millions by exploiting insider knowledge of problems with the A380 superjumbo project.

Police agree compensation for De Menezes shooting (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 12:24 PM PST

A handout photo of Jean Charles De Menezes. British police have agreed a compensation deal with the family of an innocent Brazilian who was shot dead in London four years ago after being mistaken for a suicide bomber.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Police said Monday they have agreed a compensation deal with the family of an innocent Brazilian who was shot dead in London four years ago after being mistaken for a suicide bomber.

Cadbury shares rise on report of Nestle interest (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 12:09 PM PST

In this photo made Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, chocolate moves down the production line at the Cadbury factory in Birmingham, England. Shares in British chocolate maker Cadbury PLC hit their highest level in at least five years Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, on reports that another rival, Switzerland's Nestle SA, may make a takeover bid. (AP Photo/Simon Dawson)AP - Shares in British chocolate maker Cadbury PLC hit their highest level in at least five years Monday on reports that another rival, Switzerland's Nestle SA, may make a takeover bid.

UK begins inquiry on Iraq war (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 10:31 AM PST

AP - A panel investigating Britain's role in the Iraq war begins questioning witnesses this week in an inquiry that critics hope will humble former Prime Minister Tony Blair and expose alleged deception in the buildup to conflict.

UK's Thatcher sweeps back to 10 Downing Street (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 10:19 AM PST

Former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, center, meets with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, and his wife Sarah Brown as she arrives at 10 Downing Street in London Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Thatcher will unveil a portrait of herself inside the prime minister's official London residence. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Former British leader Margaret Thatcher returned to London's Downing Street Monday as she unveiled her own portrait, which has been installed in the official residence of Britain's prime minister.

Former aide to Duchess of York escapes from prison (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 10:13 AM PST

AP - A convicted murdered who once served as the personal assistant to the duchess of York has escaped from a low-security prison in southern England, British officials said Monday.

4 UK lawmakers could face charges over expenses (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 09:45 AM PST

AP - Four British lawmakers could face criminal charges over the expenses they claimed from taxpayers, prosecutors said Monday, marking the latest twist in a scandal over lavish spending by elected officials.

Romania's president, rival in runoff election (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 09:43 AM PST

Romania's President in office, Traian Basescu, smiles 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 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 / Vadim Ghirda)AP - The third-place candidate in Romania's presidential election threw his support Monday behind the Western-backed socialist who faces the centrist president in a runoff seen as key to the country's emergence from political and economic crisis.

Camus' children torn over Pantheon transfer bid (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 08:43 AM PST

FILE - 1956 file portrait of French writer Albert Camus. Albert Camus' children are split about whether to support a proposal by President Nicolas Sarkozy for the Nobel Prize-winning author's remains to be moved from southern France to the Pantheon in Paris the final resting place of other French greats like Voltaire and Victor Hugo. (AP Photo, File)AP - Albert Camus' children are torn about whether to allow the Nobel Prize-winning author's remains to be moved from southern France to Paris' Pantheon, the final resting place of other French greats like Voltaire and Victor Hugo.

London police settle with slain Brazilian's family (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 07:45 AM PST

AP - British police have reached a compensation deal with the family of a Brazilian man who was shot dead by police after he was mistaken for a terrorist.

Report: Russian billionaire buys Hitler's car (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 07:26 AM PST

FILE - File photo dated Sept. 28, 1938 showing Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, at left in foreground, and Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, at right, taken just before the four power conference in Munich, Germany. As a gesture of friendship, Hitler met Mussolini with his car at the Italo-German frontier. Benito Mussolini was a fierce anti-Semite, who proudly said that his hatred for Jews preceded Adolf Hitler's and vowed to 'destroy them all,' according to previously unpublished diaries by the Fascist dictator's longtime mistress. According to the diaries, Mussolini also talked about the warm reception he got from Hitler at the 1938 Munich conference - he called the German leader a 'softie' - and attacked Pope Pius XI for his criticism of Nazism and Fascism. The dairies kept by Claretta Petacci, Mussolini's mistress, between 1932 and 1938 are the subject of a book coming out the week beginning Monday Nov. 16, 2009, in Italy, entitled 'Secret Mussolini.' Excerpts were published Monday by Italy's leading daily Corriere della Sera and confirmed by publisher Rizzoli. On a more intimate note, Mussolini was explicit about his sexual appetites for his mistress and said he regretted having affairs with several other women. (AP Photo/File)AP - A German newspaper is reporting that Adolf Hitler's original Mercedes has been sold to an unidentified Russian billionaire for several million euros.

Blast at Russian arsenal kills 8 during cleanup (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 07:15 AM PST

AP - Russia's Defense Ministry says eight military personnel were killed when a truckload of ammunition exploded as they cleaned up after a huge conflagration at a munitions depot earlier this month.

EU: Nearly half of unemployed out of work a year (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 05:49 AM PST

AP - Nearly half of Europe's unemployed stay out of work for at least a year, a European Union report said Monday, far more than in the U.S.

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