2009年12月21日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

British army accused of 'waterboarding' in 1970s (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:27 PM PST

A little girl looks at British soldiers as they stand guard at a checkpoint in Belfast in 1976. Evidence is emerging that the British army used waterboarding during interrogations on prisoners in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, according to a report Tuesday.(AFP/File)AFP - Evidence is emerging that the British army used waterboarding during interrogations on prisoners in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, according to a report Tuesday.

China blasts claim it 'hijacked' climate talks (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:08 PM PST

Britain's Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband listens to a question during a Q&A event on the Copenhagen Summit at a conference center in London, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - China dismissed Tuesday a British editorial accusing it of "hijacking" the U.N.-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen as baseless and politically motivated.

Mancini sets City's sights on Premier League title (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 05:31 PM PST

New Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini poses for photographers at the City of Manchester stadium in Manchester, as he takes over from the recently departed Mark Hughes.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Roberto Mancini crowned an eventful first news conference as Manchester City manager by saying he wanted to bring the English Premier League title to Eastlands next season.

Dutch police seek to explain young sailor's trip (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 05:20 PM PST

Laura Dekker, center, arrives accompanied by local authorities to board a flight at the Princess Juliana International Airport on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. Dekker, a fourteen-year-old Dutch girl who made headlines around the world earlier this year when she unsuccessfully went to court to be allowed to go on a single-handed round-the-world sailing voyage, was found by the police after she ran away from home in the Netherlands. (AP Photo/Gromyko Wilson)AP - Her dream of becoming the youngest person to sail solo around the world shattered and under scrutiny over her quest, Dutch teenager Laura Dekker ran away from home — to the Caribbean 5,000 miles away. Two days after she was reported missing, police managed to track the 14-year-old girl down on the island of St. Maarten.

China set to execute British man for drug smuggling (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 05:04 PM PST

Britain will intensify pressure on China to show clemency for British man Akmal Shaikh, seen here in an October handout from Reprieve, and who is set to he executed this month for drug smuggling, voicing alarm over his case, officials said Monday.(AFP/REPRIEVE-HO/File/Handout)AFP - Britain will intensify pressure on China to show clemency for a British man set to he executed this month for drug smuggling, voicing alarm over his case, officials said.

Report: Guinea massacre 'crime against humanity' (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 04:09 PM PST

AP - U.N. investigators say there is sufficient reason to believe that Guinea's wounded junta leader is directly responsible for the mass killings and rapes of protesters in September, which they consider crimes against humanity, a U.N. diplomat said Monday.

Saab hopeful after Spyker removes bid deadline (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 03:10 PM PST

Workers stand outside the Swedish automakers Saab factory in Trollhattan, Sweden, on February 2009. Saab said Monday it was hopeful about its future after Dutch company Spyker removed the deadline for US automaker General Motors to respond to its new bid for the loss-making Swedish brand.(AFP/File/Erik Abel)AFP - Saab said Monday it was hopeful about its future after Dutch company Spyker removed the deadline for US automaker General Motors to respond to its new bid for the loss-making Swedish brand.

UK parties agree to unprecedented live TV debates (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 02:15 PM PST

AP - Britain's three major political parties have agreed to participate in an unprecedented series of U.S.-style television debates, a coalition of broadcasters said Monday.

Europe feels left out in cold on climate deal (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 02:05 PM PST

Britain's Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband listens to a question during a Q&A event on the Copenhagen Summit at a conference center in London, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - It's a climate deal that has Europe feeling left out in the cold.

Party leaders to hold TV election debates (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 01:52 PM PST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown(R) with Conservative Party Leader David Cameron in November 2009. The leaders of Britain's three main political parties will take part in a series of televised debates before next year's general election, broadcasters and politicians said Monday.(AFP/POOL/File/Peter Macdiarmid)AFP - The leaders of Britain's three main political parties will take part in a series of televised debates before next year's general election, broadcasters and politicians said Monday.

Polish police recover Auschwitz gate sign, damaged (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 12:28 PM PST

FILE- This two photo combination shows above: a Polish Police handout provided Dec. 18, 2009 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. Police said early Monday Dec. 21, 2009 that they have found the infamous 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign that was stolen on Friday from the gate of the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. Police spokeswoman Katarzyna Padlo said that the sign was found in northern Poland. She said police also detained five men aged between 25 and 39 who are being transported them to Krakow for questioning. (AP Photo)AP - The three pieces of the infamous sign proclaiming "Arbeit Macht Frei" ("Work Sets You Free)" will be welded together and restored to the main gate at the former Auschwitz death camp after an improved security system is put in place to guard against another theft.

Russia Communists: don't slight Stalin on his bday (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 12:24 PM PST

Russian Communists leader Gennady Zyuganov, 2nd left, smiles as others hold portraits of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin after laying flowers at his grave to mark the 130th anniversary of Stalin's birth Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - The Russian Communist Party asked the nation Monday for a daylong moratorium on criticizing Soviet dictator Josef Stalin as they celebrate his 130th birthday.

Missing US doctor OK to be questioned by police (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:41 AM PST

This image provided by 'America's Most Wanted' web site shows Dr. Mark Weinberger, 46, of Merrillville, Ind., who was arrested earlier this week on a mountain in Val Ferret, Italy where he was living in a tent, police in the nearby town of Aosta said. Weinberger, who's been on the run for five years as charges of fraud and malpractice mounted against him back home, was arrested as he was camping on a snowy mountain in northern Italy, and stabbed himself in the neck as he was taken into custody, police said Thursday Dec. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/America's Most Wanted) NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Doctors in Italy gave permission Monday for police to question a fugitive American doctor who was found in a tent at the snowy foot of Mont Blanc last week, a hospital spokesman said.

Official: Russia-US arms deal likely early 2010 (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:33 AM PST

AP - Russia and the U.S. are likely to sign a new nuclear arms control deal early next year, but they are still facing "serious difficulties" in talks, Russia's top military officer said Monday.

UK officials: China sets execution date for Briton (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:24 AM PST

AP - China plans to execute a British man convicted of drug smuggling before the end of the year, officials said Monday, ignoring a personal appeal from Prime Minister Gordon Brown to spare the man's life.

Pope says visit to Holocaust memorial 'upsetting' (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 09:45 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI, at center holding a staff with a crucifix, leaves St. Peter's Basilica after a solemn Vespers service for University students, at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Monday described a visit to Israel's Holocaust memorial as a disturbing encounter with hatred, days after his decision to move the controversial World War II-era pope closer to sainthood angered Jewish groups.

UN: Ugandan rebel attacks may have been war crimes (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 08:54 AM PST

AP - The U.N. on Monday accused the Ugandan-based Lord's Resistance Army of killing, mutilating and raping villagers in Sudan and Congo in what may have been crimes against humanity.

US rejects Austrian criticism over Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 08:41 AM PST

AP - The U.S. ambassador is rejecting Austrian suggestions that Washington has pushed too aggressively for more Austrian troops in Afghanistan.

Demjanjuk trial witnesses tell of loved ones lost (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 08:33 AM PST

Accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk sits in a wheelchair as he arrives in a courtroom in Munich Monday Dec. 21, 2009. The trial of Demjanjuk, an 89-year-old former U.S. auto worker, facing charges for helping force 27,900 Jews into gas chambers in Sobibor extermination camp in Poland in 1943, resumed on Monday. (AP Photo/Michaela Rehle,Pool)AP - A Dutch man recalled losing his parents and girlfriend at the Sobibor death camp, while a man whose pregnant mother was killed said Monday he was testifying at John Demjanjuk's trial on behalf of his unborn brother or sister.

Sarkozy demands Eurostar restart Tuesday (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 08:15 AM PST

Passengers wait at the Eurostar terminal at St. Pancras Station in London December 21, 2009. Eurostar halted trains for a third day to probe a weekend breakdown of services through the Channel Tunnel, prompting a frustrated French government to call its own investigation into an outage that stranded thousands of passengers. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TRANSPORT TRAVEL BUSINESS)AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy summoned the head of the French train authority to the Elysee Palace on Monday and ordered him to get the Eurostar moving again after a three-day suspension of the cross-Channel train service that has wreaked havoc on the holiday travel plans of some 40,000 people.

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