2009年12月15日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Climate conference emits its share of carbon (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST

The driver of a luxury sedan of the Bahamas delegation exits his vehicle, as the Turkish COP15 delegation vehicle is seen at right, outside a hotel in the center of Copenhagen Tuesday Dec. 15, 2009. The Copenhagen climate conference is leaving a giant carbon footprint. What are world leaders doing to cut their own carbon trail? Who's taking a commercial flight instead of a private jet, and who's taking the train? (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AP - If they fail to reach a climate deal in Copenhagen, world leaders flying in their private jets and huddling in five-star hotels will have little to show for their efforts beyond a big, fat carbon footprint.

Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 03:59 PM PST

British soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan. Two British soldiers were killed Tuesday in a suicide bomb blast in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said, taking the total number of deaths this year to 102.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)AFP - Two British soldiers were killed Tuesday in a suicide bomb blast in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said, taking the total number of deaths this year to 102.

No plans to sign Russia nuclear deal this week: U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 03:52 PM PST

Reuters - The White House on Tuesday played down chances the United States and Russia would sign an agreement to reduce their nuclear arms stockpiles this week during the Copenhagen climate summit.

Miller at the double as Rangers go top (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 02:37 PM PST

Kenny Miller, seen here in September 2009, struck twice as Rangers returned to the top of the Scottish Premier League with a 3-0 win over Dundee United in a rearranged game at Tannadice on Tuesday.(AFP/DDP/File/Oliver Lang)AFP - Kenny Miller struck twice as Rangers returned to the top of the Scottish Premier League with a 3-0 win over Dundee United in a rearranged game at Tannadice on Tuesday.

Five-star Birmingham keep on climbing (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 02:21 PM PST

Birmingham City's Cameron Jerome (R) celebrates scoring his second goal with Birmingham City's Barry Ferguson against Blackburn Rovers during a Premier League match at St Andrews in Birmingham. Birmingham won 2-1.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - A Cameron Jerome double gave Birmingham a 2-1 win over Blackburn as Alec McLeish's side claimed a fifth consecutive win in the Premier League for the first time in the club's history on Tuesday.

United too strong for weakened Wolves (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 02:16 PM PST

Manchester United's English forward Wayne Rooney (L) scores a penalty against Wolverhampton Wanderers during their English Premier League football match at Old Trafford in Manchester. United won 3-0.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson's 900th league game as Manchester United manager ended the same way as so many of those that had gone before, in victory, this one a routine 3-0 affair over Wolves.

United keep pressure on Chelsea with Wolves win (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 02:07 PM PST

Manchester United's English forward Wayne Rooney (C) celebrates scoring a penalty against Wolverhampton Wanderers during their English Premier League football match at Old Trafford. United won 3-0.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Manchester United beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 at Old Trafford on Tuesday to draw level on points with Premier League leaders Chelsea.

Hundreds evacuated after quake rocks central Italy (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 02:06 PM PST

Reuters - Italian authorities evacuated hundreds of people from their homes after a magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook the Umbria region of central Italy on Tuesday, causing slight damage to buildings but no injuries.

No plans for Russia nuclear deal this week: White House (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 02:03 PM PST

Reuters - The White House said on Tuesday there were no plans for President Barack Obama to sign a new nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia during his brief visit to Denmark for U.N. climate talks this week.

Britain vows to end arrest threats to Israeli VIPs (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 01:42 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2008 file photo, then Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, center, looks at the damage to the classroom of a school, caused by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza, in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba. Israel says Britain had issued an arrest warrant for former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. A foreign ministry statement on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 provided no details but urged Britain to make such legal actions impossible.(AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill, Files)AP - Britain pledged Tuesday to reform a peculiar legal power that lets judges order the arrest of visiting politicians and generals — a threat currently focused on Israeli visitors that, one day, might be invoked against Barack Obama or Vladimir Putin.

World mayors compare notes on saving climate (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 12:55 PM PST

New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg reacts during an interview outside City Hall in Copenhagen Tuesday Dec. 15, 2009. The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference is underway in Copenhagen, aiming to secure an agreement on how to protect the world from calamitous global warming. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AP - The Obama administration should have sent federal stimulus money not to the U.S. states, but to cities, where "most of the environmental damage is done and most of the chances for improvement are," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday.

Quake shakes central Italy; no injuries reported (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 12:10 PM PST

AP - Authorities say a magnitude 4.2 earthquake has shaken the Italian region of Umbria but caused no injuries.

US counting on cows to reduce emissions (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 11:04 AM PST

FILE - In this March 11, 2009 file photo, a line of Holstein dairy cows feed through a fence at a farm outside Jerome, Idaho. The United States is counting on cows to help reduce its carbon footprint. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, in Copenhagen, announced a plan Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the dairy industry 25 percent by 2020, mostly by convincing farmers to capture the methane from cow manure that otherwise would be released into the atmosphere. (AP Photo/Charlie Litchfield, File)AP - The United States is counting on cows to save the planet.

Thieves rob German gold transport of $1.45 million (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 10:29 AM PST

AP - German authorities say thieves posing as police officers have made off with euro1 million ($1.45 million) in gold and jewelry.

Europe marks 150th birthday of Esperanto creator (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 09:08 AM PST

AP - Pomoj and pantalono — Esperanto for apples and trousers — went on sale in some Warsaw shops Tuesday as Europe marked 150 years since the birth of the creator of the international language.

Body of British soldier returns to England (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 08:47 AM PST

Relatives of British soldier Lance Corporal Adam Drane, father Desmond, rear right, mother Jackie, rear left, and fiancee Sian Goodenough, right, react as his coffin is driven through Wootton Bassett, England, after his body was flown back from Afghanistan to Britain, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. Drane, 23, was killed at a checkpoint in Afghanistan's restive Helmand Province on Dec. 7. He was the 100th British soldier to die this year in Afghanistan, a grim milestone that renewed debate over Britain's role in the country. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - The road out of this quiet market town was strewn with red and yellow roses on Tuesday, flowers that fell from the hearse carrying the body of Lance Corporal Adam Drane — the 100th British soldier to die this year in Afghanistan.

Demjanjuk witness probed for link to WWII crimes (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 08:24 AM PST

FILE - John Demjanjuk, third from right, is taken from his home in Seven Hills, Ohio by immigration agents as his granddaughter Olivia Nischnic looks on, in this April 14, 2009 file photo. Demjanjuk is being deported to Germany to face charges he was a guard at a Nazi death camp during World War II. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)AP - German authorities are investigating whether a man due to testify at the war-crimes trial of John Demjanjuk may have committed killings himself as a concentration camp guard, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Berlusconi attacker apologizes to premier (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 07:49 AM PST

This video image made available by RAI TG3 shows Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi after an attacker hurled a statuette at Berlusconi striking the leader in the face at the end of a rally in Milan, Italy on Sunday Dec. 13, 2009 leaving the 73-year-old media mogul with a bloodied mouth and looking stunned. (AP Photo/RAI TG3 via APTN) ITALY OUTAP - The man who attacked Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi apologized to him for his "superficial, cowardly and uncontrolled" attack as a judge considered whether he should be transferred to a psychiatric hospital.

Abkhazia says Nauru recognizes its independence (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 06:31 AM PST

AP - Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia on Tuesday won recognition by the South Pacific island nation of Nauru, one of the world's smallest states.

Berlusconi joins long list of targeted politicians (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 05:40 AM PST

This video image made available by LA7-L'INFEDELE shows Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi being struck in the face by a statuette hurled by an attacker at the end of a rally in Milan, Italy on Sunday Dec. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/LA7-L'INFEDELE via APTN)AP - The souvenir-flinging man who attacked Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi joins a long list of gatecrashers, shoe-throwers and other security breachers who have embarrassed, bruised and even killed leaders worldwide.

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