2009年11月25日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Ferguson annoyed at ref as United's home run ends (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 05:20 PM PST

Besiktas' Rodrigo Tello celebrates after scoring against Manchester United during their UEFA Champions League Group B match at Old Trafford in Manchester. Besiktas won 1-0.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson claimed his side were denied a 'stonewall' penalty by French referee Stephane Lannoy after Manchester United's long unbeaten home record in Europe was ended by Besiktas.

Ex-head of MI6 attacks govt over Afghan conflict (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:09 PM PST

Richard Dearlove, former head of MI6's overseas intelligence service, pictured in 2008. Dearlove criticised Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government over its funding for and handling of the Afghan mission.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - A former head of MI6's foreign intelligence service Wednesday criticised Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government over its funding for and handling of the Afghan mission.

McCartney says he 'revisits' Beatles members in songs (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:05 PM PST

Paul McCartney, pictured in June 2009, said Wednesday his music was a way of making contact with other former members of the Beatles and his late wife Linda, as he launched his new album and DVD in London.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Paul McCartney said Wednesday his music was a way of making contact with other former members of the Beatles and his late wife Linda, as he launched his new album and DVD in London.

Probe into ex-royal aide's escape from prison (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 03:55 PM PST

Justice Secretary Jack Straw in London on November 11. Officials launched an investigation on Wednesday into the escape from prison of a convicted murderer and former aide to the Duchess of York who spent almost three days on the run.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Officials launched an investigation on Wednesday into the escape from prison of a convicted murderer and former aide to the Duchess of York who spent almost three days on the run.

Early goals take Hull away from drop zone (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 02:56 PM PST

Hull City's English manager Phil Brown, pictured on November 8. An early three-goal salvo gave Hull City three vital points in securing a 3-2 win over Everton in the English Premier League on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - An early three-goal salvo gave Hull City three vital points in securing a 3-2 win over Everton in the English Premier League on Wednesday.

Anelka clinches Chelsea group win on the nod (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 02:09 PM PST

Chelsea FC's forward Nicolas Anelka from France (L) celebrates after scoring against FC Porto with teammate forward Didier Drogba from Ivory Coast (R) during their UEFA Champions League group D football match at the Dragao Stadium in Porto. Chelsea won 1-0.(AFP/Miguel Riopa)AFP - A second half header from Nicolas Anelka handed Chelsea victory in Champions League Group D on Wednesday, securing a 1-0 win over Porto to clinch top spot.

Besiktas end United's unbeaten home Champions League run (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 02:04 PM PST

Besiktas' Rodrigo Tello celebrates after scoring against Manchester United during their UEFA Champions League Group B match at Old Trafford in Manchester. Besiktas won 1-0.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Rodrigo Tello scored the only goal as Besiktas became the first team to win in the Champions League at Old Trafford in almost five years with a 1-0 victory over Manchester United on Wednesday.

Govt wants Israeli proposal to help revive peace talks (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 01:53 PM PST

A Palestinian laborer clears the debris from a construction site of a new housing project in the Israeli West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumin between Jerusalem and Jericho on November 25. Britain said Wednesday it wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal for a temporary halt in settlement building to help resume Middle East peace talks.(AFP/File/Gali Tibbon)AFP - The government said Wednesday it wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal for a temporary halt in settlement building to help resume Middle East peace talks.

Soul-searching debates on the French identity (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 01:29 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct.21 2009 file French Immigration Minister Eric Besson leaves the Elysee Palace after the weekly cabinet meeting. Besson formally launched the national soul-searching, dubbed the Great Debate, on Nov. 2 with a Web site where citizens are contributing their thoughts on what it means to be French. Talking points for the debates include French history, culture, religion or language. Ultimately, they are meant to address a handful of proposals such as the meaning of national symbols like the flag or whether youths should be obliged to sing the national anthem at least once a year, and how to share values with immigrant citizens (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)AP - What does it mean to be French?

IAEA chief: Iran must accept nuclear proposal (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:24 PM PST

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) embraces his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez, upon his arrival at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas. Ahmadinejad vowed Wednesday beside firebrand Chavez that Iran and Venezuela would AP - The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency urged Iran on Wednesday to endorse a plan that would strip it of most of its enriched uranium, saying Tehran could not defuse fears about its nuclear program with proposals that included keeping the material.

Jet-winged adventurer ditches in Atlantic, unhurt (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:10 PM PST

In this image from video released by organizers Webtel.mobi, Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy gestures from the doorway of a rescue helicopter after ditching in the sea Wednesday Nov 25 2009 while trying to fly from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings. Rossy took off Wednesday from Tangiers but halfway through an expected 15-minute flight he went down into wind-swept waters. (AP Photo/ Webtel. mobi)AP - A Swiss adventurer trying to soar from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings ditched safely into the Atlantic on Wednesday after hitting turbulence and clouds so thick he could not tell if he was flying up or down.

Putin's rare Siberian tiger goes missing (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 11:57 AM PST

FILE -- In this Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008, file photo Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a head of the tranquilized five-year-old Ussuri tiger as a researcher puts a collar with a satellite tracker on the animal in a Russian Academy of Sciences reserve in Russia's Far East. Putin's Siberian tigress cannot be traced anymore — as other giant felines of her rare breed may approach extinction, a leading animal-protection group said. Russia's Prime Minister placed a tracking collar on a female Siberian tiger in August 2008, and Moscow pledged to hold a 'tiger summit' next September to help double the global tiger population.(AP Photo/File)AP - A rare Siberian tiger that Vladimir Putin fitted with a radio-tracking collar is alive and well, the Russian prime minister's spokesman said Wednesday, easing concerns raised when an environmentalist said the tracking device had gone silent.

Man wanted in US on fraud charges denied UK bail (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 11:08 AM PST

AP - A former security consultant wanted in the U.S. on charges of defrauding a client of more than $2 million was refused bail in a British court Wednesday.

Russian ministry: lawyer was fine before death (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:28 AM PST

AP - Russian investigators have defended their treatment of a lawyer whose death in a Moscow prison last week has prompted deep concern and criticism.

Greece to restore birthplace of classical theater (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 09:55 AM PST

AP - The ruined theater under the Acropolis where the works of Euripides and other classical playwrights were first performed some 2,500 years ago will undergo partial restoration over the next six years, Greek officials said Wednesday .

Officials say Iraq not UK's main worry before war (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 09:31 AM PST

Anti-war protesters from the 'Stop the War' group, wearing masks depicting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, center and former US president George W. Bush, left, pose for the photographers, outside the conference center where the Iraq war inquiry is taking place, in central London, Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. In the most sweeping inquiry by any nation involved in the Iraq war, a panel investigating Britain's role in the conflict begins questioning witnesses Tuesday in hearings that critics hope will humble former Prime Minister Tony Blair and expose alleged deception in the buildup to conflict. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Iran and Libya, not Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime, were Britain's main security concerns before the invasion of Iraq, Foreign Office officials testified Wednesday at an inquiry probing Britain's role in the war.

UK: NATO to offer 5,000 troops for Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 09:30 AM PST

Displaced Afghans from the town of Musa Qala, sit near a fire in Mokhtar refugee camp outside Lashkar-gah, the provincial capital of the southern Helmand Province, in this February 8, 2007 file photo. In Afghanistan, an estimated 65 percent of young people are unemployed, illegal opium is worth about half the country's GDP, and the informal sector accounts for about 80 percent of the economy, according to a British-led study earlier this year. To match feature AFGHANISTAN-LOANS/ REUTERS/Abdul Qodus (AFGHANISTAN BUSINESS CONFLICT POLITICS SOCIETY)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that several NATO nations will jointly offer 5,000 more troops for Afghanistan, as London and Washington push allies to take on a greater share of the war burden.

(AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 09:17 AM PST

AP - Swiss minister sees 'no reason' to appeal Polanski's bail.

2 Beefeaters fired for bullying female colleague (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 09:11 AM PST

Moira Cameron, the first female Beefeater who was appointed in 2007. Two Beefeaters at the Tower of London have been suspended and a third is under investigation over allegations they bullied the first woman ever to join their ranks, an official has said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AP - Two ceremonial guards known as Beefeaters at the historic Tower of London were fired Wednesday after an internal investigation found that they harassed their first and only female colleague.

Serb nationalist's war crimes trial to resume (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 06:11 AM PST

AP - Judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal have ordered the resumption of a Serb nationalist's trial almost a year after it was suspended amid claims of witness intimidation, the court announced Wednesday.

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