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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Spanish police seize ETA collaborator: reports (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 05:39 PM PST

A Spanish Civil Guard officer stands outside a flat in in the northern Spanish Basque city of Bilbao during an operation against Basque separatist group ETA. Police have detained overnight a man who was sentenced to two years in jail for cooperating with the separatist group ETA, Spanish media have reported.(AFP/File/Rafa Rivas)AFP - Spanish police detained overnight a man who was sentenced to two years in jail for cooperating with the armed Basque separatist group ETA, Spanish media reported Friday.

Immigrants and Italian police clash: report (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 05:33 PM PST

Scuffles have broken out between Italian police and hundreds of immigrant workers in the southern city of Rosarno, injuring several people, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.(AFP/File/Marcello Paternostro)AFP - Scuffles have broken out between Italian police and hundreds of immigrant workers in the southern city of Rosarno, injuring several people, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.

Brown dismisses plot as 'storm in a teacup' (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:43 PM PST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown is pictured at the launch of a Growth Strategy project at the Department of Business in London. Brown dismissed as a AFP - Embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown dismissed as a "storm in a teacup" Thursday a new plot questioning his leadership, a few months before a general election.

EU nations divided on use of airport body scanners (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:39 PM PST

Members of staff are seen demonstrating a new full body security scanner at Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, Thursday Jan. 7, 2010. Airline passengers bound for the United States faced a hodgepodge of security measures across Europe and airports did not appear to be following a U.S. request for increased screening of passengers from 14 countries. (AP Photo/Jon Super).AP - Fearing a rift with the United States, the European Union said Thursday it may force resistant member states to use the full-body scanners being pushed by the Obama administration in the wake of the failed Christmas Day bombing.

More Eurostar misery as winter chill brings mayhem (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:11 PM PST

A man digs a car out from under the snow in Pathhead in Scotland. Eurostar passengers faced new winter misery Thursday with another high-speed train breaking down in the Channel Tunnel, while heavy snow also left thousands in Britain with no electricity.(AFP/Derek Blair)AFP - Eurostar passengers faced new winter misery Thursday with another high-speed train breaking down in the Channel Tunnel, while heavy snow also left thousands in Britain with no electricity.

UK police probe death of young lottery winner (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:57 PM PST

FILE - This is a Nov. 24, 2007 file photo of one of Britain's youngest lottery winners Stuart Donnelly. Police say they are investigating the death of Stuart Donnelly who became a millionaire in Britain's lottery when he was 17. Dumfries and Galloway Police said Thursday Jan. 7, 2010 they are looking into the death of 29-year-old Stuart Donnelly. He was found dead at his home in Castle Douglas in southwest Scotland earlier this week. (AP Photo/PA, File)AP - Police were investigating Thursday the death of a man who became a millionaire after winning Britain's National Lottery when he was 17.

Vieira set for Manchester City move (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:57 PM PST

Patrick Vieira, pictured in 2008, appeared to be moving nearer joining Manchester City on Thursday and so completing a dramatic return to English football.(AFP/File/Marcello Paternostro)AFP - Inter Milan midfielder Patrick Vieira confirmed on Thursday he is set to complete a dramatic return to English football by joining Manchester City.

Eurostar disrupted after new Channel tunnel breakdown (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:56 PM PST

Eurostar passengers queue for trains at St Pancras station in north London. Eurostar passengers are facing further disruptions after one of its high-speed trains broke down in the Channel Tunnel again, less than three weeks after a major breakdown caused by snow.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Eurostar passengers are facing further disruptions after one of its high-speed trains broke down in the Channel Tunnel again, less than three weeks after a major breakdown caused by snow.

Wife says CIA bomber hated the United States (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:22 PM PST

Suspected suicide bomber Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi is seen in this handout photo released January 6, 2010. The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officers at a U.S. base in Afghanistan last week was an al Qaeda double-agent from Jordan, NBC News reported on Monday, citing unnamed Western intelligence officials. The CIA had no immediate comment on the NBC report, which identified the alleged bomber as Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, 36, an al Qaeda sympathizer from Zarqa, Jordan. REUTERS/Handout (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - A Jordanian doctor-turned-suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees at a base in Afghanistan is regarded by his family as a martyr in Islam's holy war against the United States, his wife said Thursday.

UK: 14-year-old prodigy offered place at Cambridge (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:18 PM PST

In this photo released by the Fernandez family on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, home-schooled Arran Fernandez, 14, poses with the offer he received to join Fitzwilliam College at Cambridge University in October, in London. Fernandez is set to become the university's youngest undergraduate since William Pitt the Younger in 1773, on condition that he passes his physics A-level exam. (AP Photo/PA, Neil Fernandez)AP - A 14-year-old math prodigy has been offered a place at Britain's prestigious Cambridge University — if he can pass just one more exam.

Pope thanks guards for keeping him, Vatican safe (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 11:37 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI kisses a child during a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica to mark Epiphany, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. The Epiphany day, is a joyous day for Catholics in which they recall the journey of the Three Kings or Magi to pay homage to Baby Jesus. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday thanked the Carabinieri police who maintain Vatican security for their "humble yet indispensable work."

Correction: Hidden Explosives story (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 09:32 AM PST

AP - In a Jan. 6 story about an explosive hidden by Slovak authorities in an unsuspecting traveler's check-in bag as part of a security test, The Associated Press reported erroneously in the headline that the man was jailed.

British troops feared civilian casualties in Basra (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 09:19 AM PST

AP - A senior British army commander said Thursday his troops were unwilling to help the Iraqi army in air strikes against militias in the city of Basra because they feared killing civilians.

Slovak police chief resigns over plane explosives (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 08:45 AM PST

AP - Slovakia's interior minister has accepted the resignation of senior police official Tibor Mako after a failed security test led to explosives being carried on board a flight to Ireland.

Britain digging out after heavy snow, cold snap (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 07:58 AM PST

People ride on sledges at the Town Moor in Newcastle, northeast England, Thursday Jan. 7, 2010, as the severe weather continues across England. People across Britain are digging out after some of the heaviest snowfalls in decades, which caused the closure of airport runways and roads, and led to train delays across the country, with the worst-hit areas receiving a foot and a half (50 centimeters) of snow. Forecasters say the cold snap brought by an Arctic weather system will continue through next week.(AP Photo/Scott Heppell)AP - People across Britain dug out Thursday after some of the heaviest snowfalls in decades, as forecasters warned the cold snap brought by an Arctic weather system would continue through next week.

Eurostar train delayed in Channel Tunnel (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 05:56 AM PST

Eurostar passengers wait to board their trains on the check-in platform, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010 at the Gare du Nord railway station in Paris. Eurostar says a train traveling from Brussels to London broke down in the Channel Tunnel Thursday because of a technical fault. Late last month, the high-speed rail link between Britain and the Continent came to a standstill because of train breakdowns that left thousands of passengers stranded in the tunnel. The company identified the problem that time as unusually dry, powdery snow that got into the engines. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - Eurostar was hit by new problems Thursday as a high-speed train traveling from Brussels to London became stuck in the Channel Tunnel for about two hours because of a technical problem.

Envoy: prosecutions spur release of child soldiers (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:29 AM PST

AP - The U.N.'s special envoy on child soldiers said Thursday the prosecution of rebel leaders for exploiting children in war is persuading some groups to release underage fighters.

Anthrax outbreak linked to heroin (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 03:26 AM PST

AP - Health officials say contaminated heroin may have caused at least a dozen recent cases of anthrax including six deaths in Glasgow.

Russian police kill 2 rebels after suicide blast (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 03:11 AM PST

People, police officers and investigators seen at the site of an explosion at the traffic police station on the outskirts of Makhachkala, the capital of Russia's Dagestan region, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. A suicide bomber blew up an explosives-packed car at the police station in Russia's troubled North Caucasus on Wednesday, killing at least six officers and wounding 16, police said. (AP Photo/News Team, Abdula Magomedov)AP - Police in Russia's south killed two suspected militants early Thursday in a counterterrorism operation launched in response to a suicide blast that took the lives of six officers.

Correction: Finnish train story (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:14 AM PST

AP - In a Jan. 4 story about a train accident, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Finnish Rail Administration and the Finnish Transport Agency, reported erroneously that the train hit the Holiday Inn Hotel in Helsinki.

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