2009年12月10日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Nobel-winning Obama defends war in call for peace (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 05:12 PM PST

US President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama, gives his Nobel speech after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize at City Hall in Oslo, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Cornelius Poppe/ Scanpix Norway, Pool)AP - Newly enshrined among the world's great peacemakers, President Barack Obama offered a striking defense of war. Eleven months into his presidency, a fresh Obama doctrine. Evil must be vigorously opposed, he declared as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday. At the same time, he made an impassioned case for building a "just and lasting peace."

Deadly blaze exposed Russian corruption: Putin (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 05:07 PM PST

Reuters - Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin declared a crusade on corrupt bureaucrats after the country's most deadly blaze claimed the lives of 135 people in a nightclub fire in the Russian city of Perm.

EU seeks to preserve united front on climate (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 04:20 PM PST

Tuvalu's Prime Minister Apisai Lelemia addresses the Committee on Development of the European Parliament on 'Climate Change and its Effects on Small Island Developing States' at the European Parliament in Brussels, Thursday Dec. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Thierry Charlier)AP - The EU's self-proclaimed position as global leader in the fight against climate change was rocked Thursday by the bloc's failure to agree on how much they are willing to pay as a continent to help poor countries cope with and fight global warming.

Brown, Sarkozy unite behind bank bonus tax plans (AFP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 04:13 PM PST

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) confers with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown prior to an European Union summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels. Britain and France on Thursday placed a one-off AFP - Britain and France are to place one-off "community" taxes on bankers' bonuses at the heart of a joint bid to impose new social responsibilities on profitable financial firms.

Swedish company controls Nobel ceremony footage (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 04:06 PM PST

President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama, left, greets Norway's King Harald V at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at City Hall in Oslo, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Odd Andersen)AP - When President Barack Obama accepted his Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, a single Swedish company controlled the dissemination of his words.

O'Sullivan and Higgins reach semis (AFP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 03:39 PM PST

Four-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan, pictured in January 2009, set up a meeting Thursday with reigning world champion John Higgins in the semi-finals of the UK Championship.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Four-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan set up a meeting Thursday with reigning world champion John Higgins in the semi-finals of the UK Championship.

Defense minister denies bell-tower expenses claim (AFP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 03:32 PM PST

Defence minister Quentin Davies, seen here in September 2009, denied Thursday he had claimed thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money to fix a bell tower on his home, as a political expenses scandal flared up again.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Defence minister Quentin Davies denied Thursday he had claimed thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money to fix a bell tower on his home, as a political expenses scandal flared up again.

Europe exceeds US in bank bonus crackdown (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 03:06 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2009 file photoGoldman Sachs & Co. Chief Executive Officer testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Financial Services Committee. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s top executives will not receive cash bonuses this year, as the Wall Street giant bows to sharp criticism over its pay practices. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, file)AP - Better to be a banker in New York than Europe this bonus season.

Evocative pieces of Paris to be auctioned (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 02:35 PM PST

The sign of the helical painted iron staircase of the Eiffel Tower from 1889 is displayed in Nogent Sur Marne, outside Paris, Thursday Dec. 10, 2009. The element 16 of the Eiffel Tower and other Paris items, part of a collection called 'Paris Mon Amour', will be auctionned in Paris on Monday Dec. 14 at Drouot Auction House. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - Pieces of old Paris from a lamp post to a park bench go on the auction block next week, with the piece de resistance 40 iron steps from the Eiffel Tower, all 7.8 meters (25.6 feet) of them.

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Short stay miffs Norwegians (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 02:21 PM PST

President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama poses with his medal and diploma alongside Nobel committee chairman Thorbjorn Jagland at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at City Hall in Oslo, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/John McConnico)AP - President Barack Obama's decision to break with tradition and not follow the lead of past Nobel Peace Prize winners bewildered some Norwegians. Others thought he was being impolite.

How much EU countries committing to climate fund (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 02:10 PM PST

AP - European Union leaders worked at a summit Thursday to come up with money to help pay developing nations to cut emissions and adapt to climate change. Here are some of the pledges made by the 27 EU members so far, to cover the next three years until a new climate pact being negotiated in Copenhagen comes into effect in 2012:

Austrian parliament OKs gay civil unions (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 01:13 PM PST

AP - Austria's parliament passed legislation Thursday allowing same-sex couples to enter into civil unions, a move hailed by proponents as a historic win for gay rights in the country.

Obama talks of power of Nobel prize (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 01:06 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama says the Nobel Peace Prize has had "extraordinary power" to lift up those who would otherwise be forgotten.

World powers could hold Iran meeting next week (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 01:06 PM PST

Interactive graphic on the Iranian nuclear programme.(AFP iactiv)AP - World powers trying to end a standoff over Iran's nuclear program are weighing whether to meet next week to discuss tougher measures, a European Union official said Thursday as Russia reiterated its reluctance to agree to new sanctions.

Oye, new Spanish grammar guidelines unveiled (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 11:18 AM PST

Spanish King Juan Carlos, right, flips through one of the volumes of the 'New Grammar of the Spanish Language' during the book's presentation at the Spanish Royal Academy's headquarters in Madrid on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2009. The academic overseers of the language of Cervantes unveiled their first Spanish grammar guidelines in more than 70 years. The fruit of their efforts is a nearly 4,000-page tome in two volumes produced by the Spanish Royal Academy and 21 sister organizations in Latin America and other countries where Spanish is spoken, including the United States and the Philippines. It has taken them 11 years to compile. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)AP - Can a Barcelona truck driver be expected to speak like a Buenos Aires banker? Can rules be imposed on a language spoken by 400 million people stretching from Madrid to Manila?

New Russian missile may be behind Norwegian lights (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 11:07 AM PST

A strange light phenomenon is seen in the night sky above Skjervoy in northern Norway early Wednesday Dec. 9, 2009. According to some reports, the unexplained light may have been caused by the failure of a new Russian anti-submarine-based intercontinental missile which was being tested across the Norwegian-Russian border.(AP Photo/Anita Olsen, Scanpix, Norway)AP - The failure of a new Russian intercontinental ballistic missile during testing was the cause of spectacular spiraling blue lights in the skies over northern Norway, analysts said Thursday.

Kurdish rebels claim killing of 7 Turkish soldiers (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 10:31 AM PST

Thousands of Turks, including army officers, attend the funeral of Cengiz Saribas, one of seven slain Turkish soldiers, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. They shouted slogans to condemn the Kurdistan Workers Party, or the PKK, two days after assailants ambushed a military vehicle, killing seven soldiers, including Saribas, in the central province of Tokat. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)AP - Kurdish rebels on Thursday claimed responsibility for the ambush killing of seven Turkish soldiers, a Kurdish news agency said. The attack caused outrage and was seen as a blow to the government's efforts to reconcile with minority Kurds.

Pope sees signs of religious freedom in Cuba (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 10:10 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful as he arrives at the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican for his general audience, watched by his personal secretary Georg Gaenswein, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday there are growing signs of religious freedom in Cuba and that there is an opportunity for reconciliation between the communist nation and the United States.

Swiss stop pioneering geothermal project (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 10:08 AM PST

AP - Switzerland has ended a pioneering geothermal project, authorities said Thursday, three years after the deep drilling into the ground caused a series of earthquakes, scaring residents of the northwestern city of Basel.

Obama: Afghanistan troop drawdown won't be steep (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 09:23 AM PST

AP - President Barack Obama said Thursday that the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, set to start in 19 months, will be gradual and U.S. aid to that nation will last for years.

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