2009年12月26日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

McGinn makes Old Firm derby case (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 05:44 PM PST

Celtic's manager, Tony Mowbray, singled out Niall McGinn's performance for praise in Saturday's 2-0 win over Hamilton and said he was quickly establishing himself as a first-team star.(AFP/File/Graham Stuart)AFP - Celtic's Niall McGinn hopes his stunning strike which lit up Saturday's 2-0 win over Hamilton could force him into Tony Mowbray's starting line-up for next week's Old Firm derby.

US bomb suspect was denied British visa: source (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:12 PM PST

A police officer enters the entrance building in central London where a student who is alleged to have attempted to blow up a plane flying from Amsterdam to Detroit is thought to live. A London-educated Nigerian man charged with attempting to blow up a US airliner was barred from returning to Britain earlier this year, a government source confirmed Saturday.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - A London-educated Nigerian man charged with attempting to blow up a US airliner was barred from returning to Britain earlier this year, a government source confirmed Saturday.

Irish finance minister diagnosed with cancer (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 02:42 PM PST

Reuters - Ireland's Finance Minister Brian Lenihan, 50, has been diagnosed with cancer, Irish media reported on Saturday.

Europe tightens security after foiled U.S. attack (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 02:12 PM PST

A sign reading No Third Runway is attached to a lampost in front of a road sign for Heathrow Airport at Sipson near London, December 8, 2009. Airports and airlines across Europe moved rapidly to tighten security on U.S.-bound flights on Saturday after a man tried to set off explosives on a plane flying from Amsterdam to Detroit. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - Airports and airlines across Europe moved rapidly to tighten security on U.S.-bound flights on Saturday after a man tried to set off explosives on a plane flying from Amsterdam to Detroit.

Trapped cavers in France found safe and well (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 01:12 PM PST

Jean-Luc Carron (L), Marc Jouin (2ndL), amateur cavers, leave the Romy chasm on December 25 near La Pierre-Saint-Martin. Three cavers who spent four days trapped deep underground in the Pyrenees mountains in southwestern France were found safe and well on Saturday, a rescue official told AFP.(AFP/File/Guillaume Bonnaud)AFP - Three cavers who spent four days trapped deep underground in the Pyrenees mountains in southwestern France were found safe and well on Saturday, a rescue official told AFP.

Police search London flat in US attack probe (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:42 PM PST

A police van pictured outside a building in central London where a Nigerian student who tried to blow up a US airliner flying from Amsterdam to Detroit is thought to have lived. Police on Saturday were searching several buildings in central London as part of an investigation into the Nigerian man, a spokeswoman said.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Police searched a flat in central London on Saturday, among other addresses, as the investigation into a Nigerian suspected of trying to blow up a US airliner took an international dimension.

Bomb squad searches Lufthansa jet in Iceland (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:43 AM PST

Reuters - A Lufthansa flight en route from Frankfurt to Detroit with about 200 passengers made an emergency landing in Iceland on Saturday after it was found to be carrying luggage whose owner had not boarded the plane.

Mancini off to winning start as Chelsea stutter again (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:31 AM PST

Chelsea's midfielder Florent Malouda (L) is challenged by Birmingham City's midfielder Lee Bowyer during a Premier League match at St Andrews, Birmingham. Carlo Ancelotti has insisted he will not be hitting the January sales, but the Chelsea manager may rethink his strategy after his side were held to a 0-0 draw at Birmingham.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Roberto Mancini's reign as Manchester City manager began on a winning note on Saturday but it was another frustrating day for his fellow Italian Carlo Ancelotti as Premier League leaders Chelsea were held to a goalless draw by Birmingham.

Italy toy store opens at 4 a.m. to help frantic mother (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:06 AM PST

Reuters - An Italian toy store opened at 4 a.m. on Christmas morning to help a frantic mother whose gifts for her children had been stolen from a basement.

Pope in good shape 2 days after Xmas scare (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:47 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful prior to delivering the Angelus prayer from his studio's window overlooking St. Peter's square, at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. The Vatican will review security procedures after a woman jumped a barrier and rushed at Pope Benedict XVI for the second time in two years, this time managing to knock him down before being pulled away by guards. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI appeared in good shape on Saturday as he addressed the faithful two days after a woman knocked him down at the start of Christmas Eve Mass.

Last Kon-Tiki crew member dies at age 92 (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 09:16 AM PST

FILE - This is a Sept. 29, 1947 file photo of the Kon-Tiki expedition crew waves from the homemade balsa wood and bamboo raft upon arrival in San Francisco, Ca., from the South Pacific. From left are, Thor Heyerdahl, leader of expedition; Bengt Danielson; Erik Hesselberg; Torstein Raaby; Herman Watzinger, second in command and designer of the raft; and Knut Magne Haugland. A museum official says Knut Magne Haugland, the last of six crew members who crossed the Pacific Ocean on board the balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki, has died. He was 92. Kon-Tiki Museum Director Maja Bauge said Saturday Dec. 26, 2009 that the former Norwegian resistance fighter and explorer died of natural causes in an Oslo hospital on Friday. (AP Photo, File)AP - A museum official says Knut Magne Haugland, the last of six crew members who crossed the Pacific Ocean on board the balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki, has died. He was 92.

Vatican to review security after papal knockdown (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:40 AM PST

In this photo released by the Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano newspaper, Pope Benedict XVI delivers hsi address to the faithful during the 'Urbi et Orbi' (to the City and to the World) blessing and message in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 25, 2009. The pontiff delivered his traditional Christmas Day blessing Friday, looking tired and unsteady but otherwise fine hours after being knocked down by a woman who jumped the barrier at the start of Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, HO)AP - The Vatican will review security procedures after a woman jumped a barrier and rushed at Pope Benedict XVI for the second time in two years, this time managing to knock him down before being pulled away by guards, the Vatican spokesman said.

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