2009年12月4日星期五

Yahoo! News: Europe News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Europe News

Knox convicted, sentenced to 26 years in Italy (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 05:03 PM PST

U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox is accompanied by a penitentiary police officer prior to a final hearing before the verdict, at the court in Perugia, Italy, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. An Italian jury has begun deliberations in the yearlong trial of American student Knox, who is charged with murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher in 2007 with her former boyfriend Italian murder suspect Raffaele Sollecito. A verdict is expected later Friday. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - American college student Amanda Knox was found guilty of murdering her British roommate and sentenced to 26 years in prison early Saturday after a year-long trial that gripped Italy and drew intense media attention.

Italian court convicts Knox of roommate's murder (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 05:02 PM PST

American university student Amanda Knox leaves the court at the end of the last murder trial session before the verdict in Perugia December 4, 2009. Knox, the American accused of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in Italy during a drunken sex game, thanked friends, family and even her accusers on Thursday in a last appeal before the court passes judgment. Defendants Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are on trial for the November 2007 murder. REUTERS/Max RossiReuters - An Italian court convicted American student Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito early on Saturday of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in a drunken sex game.

Blast in Russian nightclub kills at least 94 (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:50 PM PST

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) chairs a meeting on the blasts at an arms depot in Ulyanovsk, November 24, 2009. Medvedev on Tuesday sacked several senior generals over a series of explosions at an arms depot in central Russia this month in which 10 people were killed. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Mikhail Klimentyev (RUSSIA POLITICS MILITARY)Reuters - At least 94 people were killed and 139 injured Friday when a blast caused by fireworks ripped through a packed Russian nightclub, causing a stampede, the Emergencies Ministry said.

Brown rejects 'flat-earth' climate sceptics (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:40 PM PST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown gestures as he answers a question about the forthcoming UN Climate Change summit in Copenhagen, in London. World leaders heading to UN climate talks next week must not be distracted by AFP - World leaders heading to UN climate talks next week must not be distracted by "flat-earth" sceptics who deny humans are to blame for global warming, Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Saturday.

Reports: Russian nightclub blast kills at least 94 (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:18 PM PST

Map locates Perm, Russia, where a blast at a nightclub killed scoresAP - An explosion apparently caused by pyrotechnics tore through a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm early Saturday, killing at least 94 people, according to news reports in the country.

Amanda Knox guilty, jailed for 26 years (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:08 PM PST

US student Amanda Knox (L), accused of taking part in the killing of British student Meredith Kercher in 2007, is comforted by her lawyer during a session of her trial on at the courthouse in Perugia. Italian jurors withdrew Friday to decide whether 22-year-old Knox should spend the rest of her days in prison for the 2007 murder of her British housemate.(AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - American Amanda Knox was found guilty early Saturday of murdering and sexually assaulting her British housemate Meredith Kercher in 2007 and sent to prison for 26 years.

Gino crowned King of the "I'm A Celebrity" Jungle (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 03:22 PM PST

Italian chef Gino D'Acampo was crowned king of the AFP - Italian chef Gino D'Acampo was crowned king of the "I'm a Celebrity" jungle on Friday after swallowing a stomach-churning meal of rotten eggs, cockroaches and a crocodile's tongue in his final trial.

(AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 03:14 PM PST

AP - Jury in Italy also convicts Knox's ex-boyfriend, sentences him to 25 years

Italian jurors mull verdict for Knox in sex murder trial (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 02:02 PM PST

VIDEO: With just two days to go for jurors to reach a verdict over the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy, a lawyer for the accused, American Amanda Knox, began summing up the case for her acquittal on December 2. Duration: 00:40(AFPTV)AFP - Italian jurors withdrew Friday to decide whether 22-year-old American Amanda Knox should spend the rest of her days in prison for the 2007 murder of her British housemate.

Ex-Files: British military ends its UFO hot line (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 01:22 PM PST

This May 25, 1992 document made available by the British National Archives shows a UFO sighting report. Britain's military has closed a hotline that took reports of unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, after determining that the money is better spent in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defense says that the phone service and an associated e-mail address were taken offline earlier this week, and said Friday, Dec. 4, 2009 that 50 years of UFO sightings had not revealed any evidence of alien life or threats to the U.K. (AP Photo/British National Archives)AP - The truth — and the UFOs — may be out there, but nobody in the British military is listening anymore.

Fugitive in husband's Tucson killing caught (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:22 AM PST

AP - Austrian police have arrested an American woman sought in connection with the killing of her ex-husband, who died when a pipe bomb exploded in his car more than a decade ago, law enforcement officials said Friday.

Renowned Soviet-era statue back in view (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:30 AM PST

Fireworks seen over the famous monument 'The Worker and the Collective Farmer' unveiled after restoration in Moscow, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. One of the iconic monuments of the Soviet era, AP - A gigantic sculpture that is one of the most admired examples of Soviet socialist realism is back on view in Moscow after six years of restoration.

North Korea-made designer jeans launched in Sweden (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:26 AM PST

This undated photo provided by Noko Jeans shows a model wearing the Kara Slim Fit style of Noko Jeans. North Korea is making an unlikely foray into designer denim as the 'Noko Jeans' label is launched in Sweden Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Noko Jeans) NO SALESAP - A trio of Swedish entrepreneurs launched a line of designer jeans made in North Korea, saying Friday they hope to help break the country's isolation by joining the handful of foreign manufacturers operating in the communist nation.

UK sailors held by Iran return to Britain (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 08:30 AM PST

Luke Porter, second right, one of the five British yachtsmen detained in Iran but later freed, opens a bottle of champagne with other yachtsmen Oliver Smith, right, Oliver Young, left, Sam Usher, second left, and their family members as they are reunited at a hotel in west London, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. Four of the British sailors flew back to London on Friday morning. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori, Pool)AP - A group of yachtsmen held briefly by Iran after their boat crossed into Iranian waters returned to Britain on Friday.

Sapling from Anne Frank tree planted in Amsterdam (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 08:24 AM PST

Residents and staff of the Jewish home for the elderly Beth Shalom are seen next to the the seedling of the Anne Frank Tree which was planted in Amstelveen, on the outskirts of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. The seedling is from the chestnut tree that grew outside the secret annex in Amsterdam where Holocaust victim Anne Frank hid from the Nazis. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AP - The ancient chestnut tree that cheered up Jewish teenager Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis is dying, but thanks to a planting campaign now under way its descendants will live on around the globe.

Ex-UK defense chief: US declared Iraq win too soon (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 07:55 AM PST

AP - A former British military chief says the United States decided that it had won the war in Iraq too soon.

Troop contribution for Afghan surge (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 07:28 AM PST

AP - Key allied pledges to the NATO-led international force in Afghanistan, in addition to the deployment of 30,000 U.S. reinforcements announced by President Barack Obama.

Mob turncoat alleges Berlusconi tie to Mafia (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 06:49 AM PST

Gaspare Spatuzza speaks behind a curtain, center left, during the appeals trial of Italian Sen. Marcello Dell'Utri at the Turin court, Italy, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. Spatuzza, a convicted mob hit man turned prosecution witness has linked Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi to a purported deal with the Mafia in the 1990s. (AP Photo/Alberto Ramella)AP - A convicted mob hit man testified Friday that he was told Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi made a deal with the Mafia in the 1990s, offering unspecified benefits in exchange for political support.

Vatican's Christmas tree arrives from Belgium (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 06:40 AM PST

A giant Christmas tree is set up in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. The 30-meter (84-foot) tree arrived overnight from the Wallonia region in Belgium. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)AP - Workers are setting up the Vatican's Christmas tree in St. Peter's Square, keeping up a 27-year tradition of decorating the vast square for the holiday.

发贴者：iwvck18 时间 17:11 0 条评论

bnzv