2010年1月3日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Europe News


Chelsea won't get African Nations blues, says Ancelotti (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 05:45 PM PST

Chelsea's Daniel Sturridge celebrates after scoring against Watford during their FA Cup match at home at Stamford Bridge football stadium. Chelsea won 5-0.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Carlo Ancelotti remains convinced his Chelsea side can overcome the loss of their African Nations Cup stars after the holders started the New Year with a crushing 5-0 FA Cup home win over Watford.


Angry Ferguson to wield axe after FA Cup loss (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 05:23 PM PST

Leeds United's English midfielder Jonny Howson (2nd R, front) confronts Manchester United's English defender Wes Brown (R) during their English FA Cup football match at Old Trafford in Manchester. Leeds won 1-0.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Furious Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson threatened to wield the axe after his star-studded side slumped to a shock FA Cup defeat against fallen giants Leeds.


PM Brown named worst-dressed man (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 05:21 PM PST

File photo of Prime Minister Gordon Brown who has has received a pre-election kick in the pants, being named the worst-dressed man of the year by the British edition of GQ magazine.(AFP/File/Jean-Christophe Verhaegen)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has received a pre-election kick in the pants, being named the worst-dressed man of the year by GQ magazine.


Underdog Brown ready for election fight (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 03:44 PM PST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitted Sunday he was the underdog in this year's general election but pledged he would AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitted Sunday he was the underdog in this year's general election but pledged he would "not stop fighting" to win the poll.


Taylor powers to 15th world darts title (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 03:09 PM PST

England's Phil Taylor celebrates his 15th World champion title after defetaing Australia's Simon Whitlock in the final of the 2010 World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace, North London.(AFP/Max Nash)AFP - England's Phil Taylor won a 15th world darts title on Sunday when he defeated Australia's Simon Whitlock 7-3 in the final of the PDC world championship.


Mafia blamed for Italian court bomb: reports (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 01:29 PM PST

Italian Carabinieri military police officers collect evidence in front of the entrance of the Reggio Calabria's court. A powerful homemade bomb exploded Sunday at a court in a southern Italian city, in an attack the authorities blamed on the local mafia.(AFP)AFP - A powerful homemade bomb exploded Sunday at a court in a southern Italian city, in an attack the authorities blamed on the local mafia.


Serbia arrests war crimes suspect (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 12:23 PM PST

AP - Serbian police have arrested a war crimes suspect wanted for the killing of at least 19 civilians in eastern Bosnia and other atrocities of the 1992-95 war.

Leeds face Spurs in FA Cup fourth round (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 12:22 PM PST

A Leeds United supporter celebrates after his team beat Manchester United 1-0 in their English FA Cup football match at Old Trafford in Manchester. Leeds's reward for eliminating Manchester United from the FA Cup on Sunday was another away tie against Premier League opposition after they were drawn against Tottenham Hotspur in the fourth round.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Leeds's reward for eliminating Manchester United from the FA Cup on Sunday was another away tie against Premier League opposition after they were drawn against Tottenham Hotspur in the fourth round.


Swiss police: At least 4 people dead in avalanches (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 12:18 PM PST

AP - At least four people were killed in two separate avalanche incidents Sunday in the Swiss Alps, police said.

Sweden's cull of wolves nears its quota (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 11:31 AM PST

A female wolf lays on the snow after being shot down by hunters during a wolf hunt on January 2, near Kristinehamn. Hunters have only a few more wolves to kill to complete their quota in the first cull of the animal in Sweden for 45 years, according to a tally compiled by the press Sunday.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)AFP - Hunters have only a few more wolves to kill to complete their quota in the first cull of the animal in Sweden for 45 years, according to a tally compiled by the press Sunday.


UK knew US airline suspect had extremist ties (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 09:33 AM PST

A yemeni Girl passes the Sana'a Institute for Arabic Language in San'a, Yemen Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010.  Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the suspect in the Christmas Day airline attack, was an Arabic student at the institute in August. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - British intelligence officials knew that the Nigerian man suspected of trying to bomb a Detroit-bound airliner had ties to U.K. extremists but did not consider him enough of a high risk to alert American authorities, a senior British official said Sunday.


Plane comes off runway at Dortmund airport (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 08:22 AM PST

An aircraft belonging to German airline Air Berlin is seen after coming off the runway at the airport in Dortmund, western Germany, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010. A jet headed for Spain's Canary Islands came off the runway at Dortmund airport in western Germany on Sunday, but no one was injured, authorities said. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)AP - A jet veered off the runway at a western German airport Sunday, but no one was injured, authorities said.


2 trains collide in Turkey, 1 killed (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 05:58 AM PST

In this image made from television, an injured passenger is seen as he helped by rescue personnel in the wreckage of a train, following a collision near Bilecik, Turkey, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010. A passenger train crashed head-on into another train in northwestern Turkey on Sunday, killing one of the engine drivers and injuring several people, an official said. (AP Photo/Anatolia via APTN)AP - A passenger train crashed head-on into another train in northwestern Turkey on Sunday, killing one of the engine drivers and injuring 14 other people, an official said.


Pope's aide visits woman who knocked him down (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 05:36 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI, flanked by the Pontiff personal body guard Domenico Giani, left, approaches children upon his arrival at a soup kitchen in Rome, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009, despite raised security fears after he was knocked down by a woman on Christmas Eve. Escorted by heavy security, the pope traveled to the soup kitchen to share a meal with the poor. It was his first appearance outside the Vatican since the attack Thursday evening. The pope smiled at children, caressing the hands of some of them as he entered the center operated by the Sant'Egidio Community, a lay Catholic group based in Rome. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI's personal aide visited the mentally disturbed young woman who jumped over a barrier and knocked the pontiff down in St. Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve, a Vatican spokesman said Sunday.


Reports: Cartoonist attacker earlier held in Kenya (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 04:40 AM PST

FILE- In this Oct. 27, 2009 file photo, Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, sits in the offices of Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in Aarhus, Denmark. Police foiled an attempt to kill an artist who drew cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad that sparked outrage in the Muslim world, the head of Denmark's intelligence service said Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010.  Jakob Scharf, who heads the PET intelligence service, said a 28-year-old Somalia man was armed with an ax and a knife when he attempted to enter Kurt Westergaard's home in Aarhus shortly after 10 p.m. (2100 GMT) on Friday.(AP Photo/Polfoto)  DENMARK OUTAP - The Somali man who attacked an artist who depicted the Prophet Muhammad in a controversial cartoon has previously been arrested in Kenya, Danish media reported Sunday.


(AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 04:25 AM PST

AP - UK government closes British embassy in Yemen for security reasons.
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