2009年12月14日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News


Insituform to cut 35 jobs from European operations (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 04:50 PM PST

AP - Insituform Technologies Inc. said Monday that it will reorganize its European operations, cutting 35 jobs there as part of a plan to save $3 million annually.

Attack on Italian PM reveals nation's divisions (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 03:39 PM PST

This video image made available by RAI TG3 shows Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi sitting in his vehicle after an attacker hurled a statuette striking the leader in the face at the end of a rally in Milan, Italy on Sunday Dec. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/RAI TG3 via APTN)AP - Even hospitalized and in pain, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi can polarize Italians.


Verizon Business Lights up 100G Backbone in Europe (PC World)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 03:00 PM PST

PC World - Verizon Business has deployed 100Gb-per-second equipment on a fiber link between Paris and Frankfurt, activating the next generation of optical networking for commercial services to enterprises.

Officials: World power meeting on Iran canceled (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 02:48 PM PST

This satellite image released by Digitalglobe in September 2009 shows Iranian suspected facility in Qom, Iran. The administration of President Barack Obama pushed Monday for tougher sanctions on Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions after driving home the point that its near year-long diplomatic engagement with Tehran had yielded little.(AFP/DigitalGlobe/File)AP - An upcoming meeting by five world powers on trying to curb Iran's nuclear program has been canceled at China's request, senior officials from three of the countries involved said Monday.


UK court issued arrest warrant for Livni: report (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 02:08 PM PST

Reuters - A British court issued an arrest warrant for former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni on war crimes charges but withdrew it on finding she had canceled a planned trip to Britain, the Guardian newspaper reported.

Canada gets the Yes Men treatment in climate talks (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 02:00 PM PST

AP - The news release read too good to be true.

Berlusconi in hospital at least till Wednesday: doctor (AFP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 01:54 PM PST

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (C) reacts after being assaulted in Milan on December 13. Berlusconi was nursing a broken nose Monday after an assault at a political rally that raised doubts over the competence of his security detail.(AFP/Pool/File/Livio Anticoli)AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will remain in hospital at least another two nights after an attack that left him with a broken nose, his doctor said Monday.


Austria takes over bank Hypo Alpe Adria (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 01:50 PM PST

Finance Minister Georg Fahrenschon, right, speaks at a news conference in Vienna, on Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, where it was announced that Austria has moved to nationalize Hypo Alpe Adria, a unit of German public-sector bank BayernLB. Austria is taking its 67.08 percent stake in Hypo Alpe Adria for the symbolic price of 1 euro (US dlrs 1.46). Standing at left is CEO of BayernLB Michael Kemmer. (AP Photo/Georges Schneider)AP - Austria nationalized troubled financial institution Hypo Alpe Adria, a unit of German public-sector bank BayernLB, on Monday, bank and government officials said.


U.S., EU urge China to release prominent dissident (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 12:58 PM PST

Reuters - The European Union and the United States called on China on Monday to release a prominent pro-democracy writer and rights activist who faces trial on charges of subversion.

UK appeals court decision over Guantanamo detainee (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 12:50 PM PST

A view of Camp Delta at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba. London's high court ruled Tuesday that the last British resident in Guantanamo Bay should be allowed to see classified documents that his lawyers believe could help win his freedom.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AP - A lawyer for the British government argued Monday that two judges acted irresponsibly when they ordered officials to disclose confidential documents relating to the alleged torture of a former Guantanamo detainee.


Spain: 11 guilty of belonging to terror group (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 11:41 AM PST

AP - A Spanish court has found 11 men guilty of belonging to a terrorist organization that was plotting to stage what would have been the country's first suicide attacks, judges said in a statement Monday.

Eiffel Tower's first stairs sold at Paris auction (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 11:04 AM PST

AP - A section of the Eiffel Tower's original staircase has sold for euro105,400 ($154,380) in an auction of Paris memorabilia.

Court rules Basescu winner of Romanian election (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 10:03 AM PST

AP - The Constitutional Court on Monday declared Traian Basescu the winner of Romania's disputed presidential election.

Officials say priest attacks menorah in Moldova (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 09:35 AM PST

AP - Dozens of people led by an Orthodox priest smashed a menorah in Moldova's capital, using hammers and iron bars to remove the candelabra during Hanukkah, officials said.

France returns wall paintings sought by Egypt (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 09:03 AM PST

One of the five fragments of an ancient wall painting that France plans to return to Egypt on Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, is seen displayed at the Elysee Palace during a ceremony with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak, unseen, on Monday in Paris. The move is ending a feud over the ownership of the fragments. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, pool)AP - Fragments of an ancient wall painting that caused a feud between Egypt and the Louvre Museum are heading home.


Israeli says some time left for diplomacy on Iran (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 05:18 AM PST

AP - Israel's defense minister urged the world Monday to agree to tough new sanctions on Iran, suggesting that military strikes remained a final option should Tehran refuse to heed U.N. Security Council demands to curb its nuclear activities.

US envoy says he's encouraged by talks in NKorea (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 04:38 AM PST

AP - The special U.S. envoy to North Korea says he has been encouraged by his meetings with North Korean officials.

Italy politics: Sex, thighs and 'Videocracy' (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 04:23 AM PST

This Sept. 20, 2009 photo shows Italian television showgirl Melita Toniolo during the show Colorado Cafe, aired on the Mediaset channel Italia Uno network in Milan, Italy. The undress-for-success formula is rarely challenged in Italy, where flaunting sex appeal is a way of life. Cleavage and barely clad behinds are the signature feature of the lowbrow entertainment that is the mainstay of the Mediaset TV empire that made Premier Silvio Berlusconi one of the world's wealthiest men and launched him into politics in the early 1990s. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Aresu)AP - Take a sex scandal dogging Silvio Berlusconi, add plenty of scantily clad young women on Italian TV and throw in some of the first serious scrutiny of a national culture where television lies at the nexus of power and politics.


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