2009年12月20日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Europe News


BBC says Persian service being jammed (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 05:44 PM PST

File photo shows pedestrians walking past the doors of the BBC's Bush House in London. The BBC said Monday that its Persian television signal was being jammed, adding that it was continuing to broadcast into Iran.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - The BBC said Monday that its Persian television signal was being jammed, adding that it was continuing to broadcast into Iran.


Dutch teen sailor found in Caribbean (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 05:42 PM PST

FILE - This Aug. 24, 2009 file photo shows, from left, Dick Dekker, his daughter Laura Dekker and her lawyer Peter de Lange during a news conference in the courtroom in Utrecht, Netherlands. Dutch police on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009 said teenage sailor Laura Dekker, who made headlines when she went to court to fight for the right to sail solo around the world, has been missing since Friday. (AP Photo/ Bart Muhl, File) NETHERLANDS OUTAP - Police confirmed Sunday they have tracked down 14-year-old Dutch sailor Laura Dekker in the Caribbean territory of St. Maarten, days after she ran away from home leaving her boat behind.


Police recover stolen Auschwitz sign (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 05:35 PM PST

File photo of the sign over the main gate of the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. Polish police said early Monday they have recovered the Nazi German AFP - Polish police said early Monday they have recovered the Nazi German "Arbeit macht frei" sign stolen from the site of the Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland and arrested the alleged thieves.


Polish police retrieve damaged Auschwitz gate sign (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 05:34 PM PST

This two photo combination shows above: a Polish Police handout showing the entrance to the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz Birkenau, without the Nazi infamous iron sign inscription declaring 'Arbeit Macht Frei',  German translated to  'Work Sets You Free', which was stolen from the entrance of the former Auschwitz death camp, Polish police said, in Oswiecim, southern Poland, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The photo below shows an exact replica of the sign, produced when the original received restoration work years ago, which was quickly hung in its place, Friday Dec. 18, 2009. (AP Photo)AP - Polish police found the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign that was stolen from the gate of the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz after an intensive three-day hunt and arrested five suspects, police said early Monday. The sign was found cut into three pieces.


Mullen worries about Iran running out clock on US (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 05:06 PM PST

U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen speaks to the news media in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009. America's top military officer says there's no evidence that the takeover of an oil well in southern Iraq by Iranian forces is an attempt to influence Iraq's upcoming elections. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)AP - The top U.S. military officer said Sunday he does not assume Iran's brief seizure of an Iraqi oil well is part of an orchestrated plan in Tehran to threaten its neighbors.


Polish police recover Auschwitz sign (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 05:05 PM PST

Tourists walk underneath the replacement of the sign Reuters - Polish police have recovered the metal sign that hung over the entrance to the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz and detained five suspects over the theft that sparked worldwide condemnation, state television said on Monday.


Sinn Fein chief Adams says father was child sex abuser (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 04:41 PM PST

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, pictured in March 2009, revealed Sunday that his father subjected family members to sexual and physical abuse.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams revealed Sunday that his father subjected family members to sexual and physical abuse.


Mullen applauds air strikes against al-Qaida (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 02:23 PM PST

Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stops to talk to local officials during a walk through the Abu Ghraib market, in Abu Ghraib outside of Baghdad, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009. Mullen is on a tour of the region and stopped to touch base with local military commanders. (AP Photo/Joe Barrentine - The News Tribune)AP - Adm. Mike Mullen is applauding a military strike in Yemen against suspected members of the al-Qaida terrorist group.


Web crusade stops British Christmas no.1 shoo-in (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 01:31 PM PST

Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against The Machine performs in 2008. US rap metal band Rage Against The Machine's expletive-ridden 1992 hit AFP - An Internet campaign to stop the winner of Britain's top television show from once again claiming the coveted Christmas number one single triumphed against the odds Sunday.


Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams: my father was abuser (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 01:10 PM PST

AP - Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams said Sunday his late father was a man who emotionally, physically and sexually abused members of his family.

French WWII babies shed shame, find German roots (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 09:10 AM PST

This Nov. 28, 2009 photo shows Jean-Jacques Delorme holding a photo of himself with his German half-sister and half-brother in Caen, France. Delorme was born in October 1944 in a Normandy town freshly purged of Nazi forces. In adolescence, a furtive glance at a medical record deepened Delorme's doubts about who he was. Throughout adulthood, piece by piece, Delorme unearthed relics of his history, of a shame-tainted union between his French kitchen servant mother and German officer father. (AP Photo/David Vincent)AP - Ugly words on the playground were his first hurtful clue.


3rd Guantanamo detainee heading to Italy (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 06:52 AM PST

AP - State-run and private television stations say a third Tunisian detainee from Guantanamo Bay is being moved to Italy to face international terrorism charges for having allegedly recruited fighters for Afghanistan.

(AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 05:07 AM PST

AP - Dutch police say teenage sailor Laura Dekker has been missing since Friday.

Germany's Merkel defends climate accord (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 02:00 AM PST

AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is defending the much-criticized outcome of the Copenhagen climate summit as a first step that paves the way for action.
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