2010年10月27日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Emir of Qatar meets Prince Charles on Britain visit (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 04:29 PM PDT

Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, makes a speech as his wife Sheikha Mozah (R), the Lord Mayor of London Nick Anstee (2-R) and the Duchess of Gloucester (L) listen, after a banquet held in his honour at the Guildhall in the City of London.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - The emir of Qatar met Prince Charles on Wednesday on the second day of a state visit to Britain aimed at strengthening ties and boosting trade between the countries.

Why is the E.U. Sending Armed Guards to Greece? (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 04:20 PM PDT

Time.com - As Greece struggles to cope with a flood of illegal immigrants across its border with Turkey, the European Union is for the first time sending its rapid-response force to help

Bond's Aston Martin sold at auction for 2.6 million (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 04:05 PM PDT

A machine gun barrel is hidden behind a front light on the Aston Martin DB5 driven by actor Sean Connery as James Bond in the Goldfinger and Thunderball movies, on display in September, 2010 at Sotheby's in New York. James Bond's famous Aston Martin car sold at auction in London Wednesday for a lower-than-expected 2.6 million pounds.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)AFP - James Bond's famous Aston Martin car, complete with gadgets including ejector seat and revolving number plates, sold at auction in London Wednesday for a lower-than-expected four million dollars.

US air travel security rules spark Europe debate (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 03:58 PM PDT

A British Airways passenger jet taxis past parked BA jets at Heathrow airport in London July 30, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorAP - European officials accused the United States of imposing unnecessary and overly intrusive air travel security measures, calling on the Obama administration Wednesday to re-examine policies ranging from X-raying shoes to online security checks for Europeans.

Croatian PM survives no-confidence vote (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 03:30 PM PDT

AP - Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor has survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament, with the opposition blaming her for the nation's economic decline and corruption in the upper echelons of her party.

Russia appeals to Iraq to not execute Aziz (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 02:41 PM PDT

Reuters - Russia called on Iraq on Wednesday not to carry out the death sentence on Tareq Aziz on humanitarian grounds, its foreign ministry said.

Arsenal cruise into League Cup last eight (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 02:34 PM PDT

Arsenal's Danish striker Nicklas Bendtner (C) celebrates scoring against Newcastle United with Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas (L) and Ivorian defender Emmanuel Eboue (R) during the Carling Cup fourth round football match at St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne. Arsenal won 4-0.(AFP/Graham Stuart)AFP - England winger Theo Walcott scored twice as Arsenal cruised into the quarter-finals of the League Cup on Wednesday with a 4-0 rout of Newcastle at St James Park.

PM vows to fight EU budget rise (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 02:08 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron, seen here on October 25, pledged Wednesday he would fight a planned 5.9 percent increase in the European Union's budget, calling it AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron pledged Wednesday he would fight a planned 5.9 percent increase in the European Union's budget, calling it "completely unacceptable".

Pope's Legion delegate warns of `shipwreck' (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 01:44 PM PDT

AP - The papal official running the disgraced Legionaries of Christ has warned that the conservative order faces "certain shipwreck" unless its superiors and members work together to change course following revelations that their founder led a double life.

Report: French minister calls terror threat 'real' (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 01:17 PM PDT

AP - France's interior minister says the risk of a terrorist attack against the country is "real," even as he downplays al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden's threats against French citizens.

Russian supply ship sent to resupply space station (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 12:37 PM PDT

AP - Russia's space agency says an unmanned cargo ship has blasted off successfully on a mission to deliver supplies to the international space station.

French police recover missing Roman treasures (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 11:46 AM PDT

AP - France's custom authority says police have recovered sunken Roman coins and a gold plate snatched from an underwater site 25 years ago.

Terror suspect gets victim status in Polish probe (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:48 AM PDT

FILE -- In this Oct. 28, 2000 file photo, Yemeni fishermen pass by the damaged destroyer USS Cole in the port of Aden, Yemen, after a powerful explosion ripped a hole in the U.S Navy destroyer, killing at least 17 sailors and injuring some 30 others. Polish officials investigating a now-shuttered secret CIA prison in Poland, have given a Saudi terror suspect victim status, a legal advance in the detainee's effort to show he was mistreated by interrogators, officials said Wednesday Oct. 27, 2010. Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi national accused in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole warship, was apprehended by the U.S., taken to secret CIA prisons in Poland and Thailand and subjected to harsh treatment, according to former U.S. intelligence officials. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)AP - Ten years ago this month, al-Qaida terrorists drove an explosives-laden boat into the USS Cole Navy destroyer as it was refueling in Yemen, killing American 17 sailors. But the man suspected of engineering that attack still hasn't been brought to trial.

Nobel Foundation snubs Swedish far-right leader (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:31 AM PDT

AP - The Nobel Foundation said Wednesday it will not invite the leader of a far-right political party to the Nobel Prize banquet in Stockholm along with other Swedish party heads because of his party's nationalist agenda.

Court rejects bid to bar testimony on Demjanjuk (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:31 AM PDT

File - Accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk sits in a wheelchair as he arrives in a courtroom in Munich in this Tuesday June 8, 2010 file photo. German judges admitted as evidence Wednesday Oct. 27 2010 statements made to Soviet authorities by a now-deceased guard at the Nazis' Sobibor death camp who apparently said he remembered John Demjanjuk serving there, despite defense objections and questions of their validity. (AP Photo / Michael Dalder, Pool, file)AP - German judges heard a deceased Sobibor guard's statements made to Soviet authorities that he remembers John Demjanjuk from the Nazi death camp Wednesday despite defense objections.

Who's to blame for torture? Lawyers probe logs (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:29 AM PDT

A woman walks past a television set displaying Al Jazeera news channel telecasting news coverage on secret US documents obtained by WikiLeaks, in Silver Spring, Maryland, on October 22. The United States on Monday defended its record probing civilian deaths and abuse in Iraq after graphic revelations in leaked secret documents triggered concern around the world.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AP - It has been one of the most bitter legal debates during the so-called war on terror — who's to blame for torture and how many degrees of separation are needed to dodge a lawsuit?

Romania's government survives no-confidence vote (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:07 AM PDT

AP - An official from Romania's Parliament says the country's government has survived a no-confidence vote.

France's parliament approves pension reform (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 07:58 AM PDT

Aerial view of oil tankers and other vessels waiting off the coasts of Marseille where oil terminals are blocked by striking workers, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010. Nationwide protests and strikes over raising the retirement age from 60 to 62 have disrupted French life and the country's economy for weeks, canceling trains, causing school closures and shutting down one gas station in four. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)AP - France's parliament has given final approval to a bill to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, a reform that has sparked weeks of strikes and street protests.

UK: Fire aboard fish processing ship under control (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 06:46 AM PDT

In this image released by the French Navy life rafts from the factory fishing vessel 'Athena' are seen in the sea Wednesday Oct. 27, 2010 in the Atlantic Ocean. A fish processing ship with 111 people aboard was ablaze Wednesday in the Atlantic Ocean off England's southwestern tip, British coast guards said. The Maritime and Coast Guard Agency said 81 people had taken to lifeboats and 30 remained aboard the vessel Athena fighting the fire. There were no reports of injuries. Nearby commercial vessels were heading to the area, 230 miles (370 kilometers) southwest of the Scilly Isles, to rescue the crew, which includes Chinese, Russian, Peruvian and Scandinavian personnel. (AP Photo/French Navy photo released by the British Maritime Coast Guard, HO) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - Nearly 100 crew members of a fish processing ship that caught fire hundreds of miles out at sea were plucked from life rafts in the Atlantic on Wednesday, as 13 workers stayed aboard to bring the blaze under control, British coast guards said.

Germany hopes to make forced marriage a crime (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 06:07 AM PDT

AP - Germany's government on Wednesday proposed criminalizing forced marriage, a tradition that some Muslim immigrant families impose on their children, even ones who were raised in Germany's more liberal society.

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