2009年12月29日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Chinese execution triggers British, EU protests (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 05:15 PM PST

Handout photo provided by legal aid group Reprieve shows Briton Akmal Shaikh, who has been executed in China. The Briton, said to have serious mental health problems, was executed for drug smuggling despite last-minute pleas for clemency, sparking condemnation from London, the EU and rights groups.(AFP/Reprieve/File/Luis Belmonte Diaz)AFP - Britain called in China's ambassador to vent its fury at the "unacceptable" execution of a mentally ill Briton, as the affair triggered a sharp chill between London and Beijing, and an EU protest.

Elephant gift to Ireland a "weighty baby" problem (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 05:14 PM PST

Tanzania's gift of an elephant to Ireland in 1980 left Dublin with a AFP - Tanzania's gift of an elephant to Ireland in 1980 left Dublin with a "weighty baby" problem -- and having to pay the transport costs, according to archive files made public Wednesday.

Intel report: Iran seeking to smuggle raw uranium (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 05:10 PM PST

Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi (C) receives condolences for the death of his nephew Seyed Ali Habibi-Mousavi, on December 28 in Tehran. The 35-year-old nephew of Mousavi was shot dead in Tehran during protests on December 27 which turned into the bloodiest showdown between opposition protesters and security forces in months.(AFP/Arash Ashourinia)AP - Iran is close to clinching a deal to clandestinely import 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan, according to an intelligence report obtained by The Associated Press. Diplomats said the assessment was heightening international concern about Tehran's nuclear activities.

US appeals court nixes Vatican Bank Holocaust suit (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:38 PM PST

AP - An American appeals court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by Holocaust survivors who alleged the Vatican bank accepted millions of dollars of their valuables stolen by Nazi sympathizers.

No-nonsense, whisky-loving Thatcher exposed in secret files (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:27 PM PST

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is pictured in June 2009. High standards, a short temper and a taste for whisky -- Margaret Thatcher's personality is laid bare in secret files released in Britain Wednesday which cover the first few months of her premiership.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - High standards, a short temper and a taste for whisky -- Margaret Thatcher's personality is laid bare in secret files released in Britain Wednesday which cover the first few months of her premiership.

Files show panic over Iran shah's plan to move to Britain (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:24 PM PST

Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi (R) and his wife Farah pose in exile in Marrackech in January 1979. Britain was desperate for the shah of Iran not to move near London after the 1979 revolution despite previously supporting him, even planning a cloak-and-dagger mission to the Bahamas to put him off.(AFP/File)AFP - Britain was desperate for the shah of Iran not to move near London after the 1979 revolution despite previously supporting him, even planning a cloak-and-dagger mission to the Bahamas to put him off.

Secret files show British PM hostile to Vietnam boat people (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:16 PM PST

A portrait dated April 1979 of British Conservative party leader Margaret Thatcher in London. Thatcher was unsympathetic to the fate of Vietnamese boat people in 1979, saying it would be AFP - Margaret Thatcher was unsympathetic to the fate of Vietnamese boat people in 1979, saying it would be "quite wrong" for them to get social housing here ahead of white Britons, secret files showed Wednesday.

England mull Commonwealth Games pull out over security fears: report (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:14 PM PST

Scotland Yard chief Paul Stephenson speaks at a security conference in Mumbai in November 2009. England is seriously considering pulling out of next year's Commonwealth Games in India over fears its athletes will be victims of a terrorist attack, a report said on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - England is seriously considering pulling out of next year's Commonwealth Games in India over fears its athletes will be victims of a terrorist attack, a report said on Wednesday.

Iran threatens Britain with 'slap in mouth' (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:09 PM PST

Police motorcycles burn as an Iranian opposition protester aims a stone at security forces during clashes in Tehran on December 27. Iran's foreign minister lashed out at Britain on Tuesday for its criticism of a crackdown on an opposition protest, threatening a AFP - Iran's foreign minister lashed out at Britain on Tuesday for its criticism of a crackdown on an opposition protest, threatening a "slap in the mouth."

Torres late show leads Liverpool to Villa victory (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 03:21 PM PST

Aston Villa's Carlos Cuellar (L) jumps for an aerial ball with Liverpool's Fernando Torres during their Premiership match at Villa Park in Birmingham. Torres's stoppage-time goal saw Liverpool to a 1-0 win.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Fernando Torres's stoppage-time goal saw Liverpool to a 1-0 win away to Aston Villa on Tuesday as the Merseysiders reignited their bid for a Champions League place.

Piracy-related events in the past year (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 12:06 PM PST

AP - Somali pirates have hijacked more than 80 ships in the past two years. Tuesday's hijackings brought the number of attacks in the Gulf of Aden and off Somalia to 214 this year, with 47 vessels hijacked.

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Posted: 29 Dec 2009 10:29 AM PST

AP - Intelligence report says Iran is seeking to smuggle 1,350 tons of uranium from Kazakhstan.

Robber takes euro100,000 in jewels from Paris shop (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 10:23 AM PST

AP - French police say an armed robber has burst into a jewelry store in southern Paris and made off with euro100,000 ($144,330) worth of watches and jewels.

Ukraine front-runner questions democratic reforms (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 09:55 AM PST

Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Dec.28, 2009. The rise of democracy in Ukraine has not been worth the price of order, said the pro-Russian frontrunner in the presidential race, Viktor Yanukovych, pledging to promote a version of democracy based on the rule of law if he is elected next month. The sign in the background reads 'Yanukovych is Our President.' (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)AP - Ukraine has paid too high a price for the democratic reforms ushered in by the 2004 Orange Revolution, according to the pro-Russian front-runner in the country's presidential race, who pledges to bring back the "rule of law" if elected next month.

Poland turns to Sweden in probe of Auschwitz theft (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 09:37 AM PST

This police handout shows Polish police escorting one of the alleged thieves of the AP - Poland will formally seek Sweden's help in investigating the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz memorial, confirming that Polish authorities suspect a Swedish link in the crime.

Putin urges US to share missile defense data (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 09:10 AM PST

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, meets with employees of an auto assembling plant in Vladivostok, capital of Russian Far East, on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. (AP Photo)AP - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia wants the U.S. to share detailed data about its planned missile shield under a new arms control treaty, signaling potential new difficulties in the ongoing negotiations between Moscow and Washington.

Reports: Suspicious package detonated in Milan (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 06:22 AM PST

AP - Bomb experts detonated a suspicious package found Tuesday at Milan's Malpensa airport, an airport spokeswoman said.

Serbian official quits over failure to get Mladic (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 05:57 AM PST

Rasim Ljajic, former government official in charge of cooperation with the U.N. court in The Hague seen during the government session in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. Ljajic, the Serbian official in charge of capturing war criminals has quit the post because his team has failed to arrest the the most wanted war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic. Ljajic has pledged on several occasions that the former Bosnian Serb army commander will be handed over to a U.N. war crimes tribunal by the end of 2009. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)AP - A Serbian official in charge of capturing war criminals resigned Tuesday because his team has failed to arrest Ratko Mladic, who allegedly orchestrated the massacre of more than 7,000 Muslims in Bosnia.

Russian president bans tax crime suspects' jailing (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 05:26 AM PST

AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a bill banning the jailing of people suspected of tax crimes and has fired another senior prison official following the death in custody of a tax lawyer in November.

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