2009年12月27日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Croatia: presidential election goes to runoff (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 05:00 PM PST

A combo shows three leading presidential candidates, Milan Bandic, left, Ivo Josipovic, center and Nadan Vidosevic. On Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009 Croatians will choose the country's third president since 1991 independence, to replace popular leader Stipe Mesic who has already served a maximum of two five-year mandates. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)AP - A leftist opposition legal scholar will face off against Zagreb's colorful mayor in Croatia's presidential runoff elections, the state-run Electoral Commission said early Monday.

Dark days at the center of Europe (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 04:14 PM PST

84-year-old Ludwik Trypucki gestures near his house in Purnuskes, about 25 km (16 miles) from the capital Vilnius December 9, 2009. REUTERS/Ints KalninsReuters - Surrounded by forest, a white granite pillar topped by a ring of golden stars near the village of Purnuskes marks "the geographical center of Europe." Things are looking bleak.

Opposition leader tops Croat presidential vote (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 03:42 PM PST

Ivo Josipovic, presidential candidate of Croatia's Social Democrats, smiles after the first unofficial results in the party headquarters in Zagreb December 27, 2009. REUTERS/Davor KovacevicReuters - An opposition Social Democrat won the most votes in the first round of Croatia's presidential election on Sunday and will compete against an independent candidate in a runoff ballot on January 10.

(AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 03:06 PM PST

AP - Opposition member, Zagreb mayor go to presidential runoff, electoral commission says.

Avalanches kill seven in Italian Alps: emergency services (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:33 PM PST

View of a snowy peak in the Alps. A series of avalanches in the Italian Alps killed seven people, including a 12-year-old German boy and four rescue workers sent out to help two tourists, Italian emergency services said Sunday.(AF/File)AFP - A series of avalanches in the Italian Alps killed seven people, including a 12-year-old German boy and four rescue workers sent out to help two tourists, Italian emergency services said Sunday.

Italy avalanches kill 7, including 4 rescuers (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 11:36 AM PST

In this undated photo released Sunday Dec. 27, 2009 by the 'Soccorso Alpino Val Di Fassa' alpine rescue team, rescuer Alessando Dantone poses for a photo during a training session in the Dolomite Alps Fassa Valley, northern Italy. Dantone and three colleagues were among seven people killed by avalanches in northern Italy, including a German teenager, Italian officials said Sunday. In the incident involving the rescuers, two Italian tourists were killed when an avalanche hit them in the Italian Alps near Canazei. Four rescuers who had been looking for them were hit by a subsequent avalanche and were also killed. The two tourists had gone missing Saturday afternoon while mountain climbing in the Trentino Alto Adige region, in northern Italy. (AP Photo/Soccorso Alpino Val DI Fassa, HO)AP - Seven people, including a German teenager, have been killed by avalanches in northern Italy, officials said Sunday.

Wenger upbeat despite supersub Fabregas's injury (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 08:25 AM PST

Arsenal's Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas (L) celebrates scoring the opening goal against Aston Villa during the Premiership match at the Emirates Stadium in London. Arsenal won 3-0.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was hopeful captain Cesc Fabregas had not done too much damage in suffering a hamstring injury after scoring twice in the Gunners' 3-0 win over Aston Villa.

Rooney lifts Manchester United past battling Hull (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 10:26 AM PST

Manchester United's English forward Wayne Rooney (R) celebrates with Scottish midfielder Darren Fletcher after scoring against Hull City during their English Premier League football match at The KC Stadium in Hull. United won 3-1.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Wayne Rooney scored one goal and was involved in three more during Manchester United's 3-1 win away to Hull here on Sunday that moved them to within two points of Premier League leaders Chelsea.

Rooney the key as United close on Chelsea (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 10:08 AM PST

Manchester United's English forward Wayne Rooney (R) celebrates with Scottish midfielder Darren Fletcher after scoring against Hull City during their English Premier League football match at The KC Stadium in Hull. United won 3-1.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Wayne Rooney went from hero to villain and back to hero again as Premier League champions Manchester United won 3-1 away to Hull City on Sunday.

Social Democrat and independent in Croatia run-off: exit polls (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:15 PM PST

Main opposition Social Democratic Party's presidential candidate Ivo Josipovic raises his glass as he celebrates first unofficial results of the first round of Croatian presidential elections in Zagreb. Josipovic of Croatia's opposition Social Democrats and independent Zagreb mayor Milan Bandic will face each other in a runoff presidential election, official results showed early Monday.(AFP)AFP - Ivo Josipovic of Croatia's main opposition Social Democrats and independent Zagreb mayor Milan Bandic will contest a presidential election run-off, exit polls showed after a first round Sunday.

Pope presses the flesh, visits Rome soup kitchen (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 09:29 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI delivers the Sunday Angelus address from the window of his studio at the Vatican, overlooking St. Peter's Square, marking Holy Family Day and issuing greetings in several languages, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)AP - Pope Benedict XVI waded into a crowd of well-wishers in Rome on Sunday, just days after he was knocked down by a woman at a Christmas Eve Mass.

Bomb suspect's teacher describes exemplary pupil (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 07:21 AM PST

Dutch citizen Maurice Molenaar (C) talks to the media while two other passengers listen at the international terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan after arriving on Northwest flight 253 from Amsterdam December 27, 2009. The FBI gave the AP - The Nigerian man charged with trying to bomb a U.S. airliner had many Christian friends and was so well-respected in high school that classmates nicknamed him "the Pope," his former teacher said Sunday.

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