2010年1月31日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Somalia kidnap couple in urgent plea for help (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 05:14 PM PST

Briton Rachel Chandler (L) is examined by Somali doctor Abdi Mohamed Helmi AFP - A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates in October said they were not being well treated and needed urgent help, according to an AFP reporter who met them in captivity.

Fergie hopes for a favour from Arsenal (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 05:09 PM PST

Manchester United's Scottish midfielder Darren Fletcher (L) vies with Arsenal's Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas (R) during their English Premier League football match against Arsenal at the Emirates in London. United won 3-1.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson has delivered a hammer blow to Arsenal's title hopes but the Manchester United manager believes Arsene Wenger's side can do his team a favour at Chelsea next weekend.

Continental on trial for Concorde Paris crash (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 04:09 PM PST

Photo taken in 2000 at Gonesse shows part of the nose cone after an Air France concorde crashed during take-off killing 113 people. US airline Continental and two of its employees go on trial this week for the manslaughter of 113 people who died in a Concorde crash that put an end to the dream of supersonic travel.(AFP/Securite Civile/File/Joachim Bertrand)AFP - US airline Continental and two of its employees go on trial this week for the manslaughter of 113 people who died in a Concorde crash that put an end to the dream of supersonic travel.

There's no Juventus deal, insists Benitez (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 03:38 PM PST

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez, pictured on January 26, on Sunday denied that he has struck a deal with struggling Italian giants Juventus to take over at the end of the season.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez on Sunday denied that he has struck a deal with struggling Italian giants Juventus to take over at the end of the season.

Germany divided over buying secret Swiss bank data (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 02:42 PM PST

Reuters - German politicians were divided at the weekend over whether to buy the bank data of up to 1,500 possible tax evaders with accounts in Switzerland that media say an informant has offered to sell authorities.

Fiat unions chafe at boss's aggressive decisions (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 02:18 PM PST

Workers of Italian carmaker Fiat during a protest 2009 in front of Fiat headquarters in Turin.(AFP/File/Giuseppe Cacace)AFP - Admiration for Sergio Marchionne, the dynamic boss of Italian automaker Fiat, is giving way to grumbling as unions and the government question some of his more aggressive decisions.

Rewriting European privacy law for digital age (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 01:44 PM PST

European legislation covering the protection of private data is being dragged into the digital age in a potential threat for social networking sites like Facebook where users display foibles, often without a thought for consequences.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - European legislation covering the protection of private data is being dragged into the digital age in a potential threat for social networking sites like Facebook where users display foibles, often without a thought for consequences.

Russian police break up protests, scores detained (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 01:31 PM PST

OMON, riot police, officers detain a participant of an unauthorized anti-Kremlin protest in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. Riot police quickly broke up the protest and detained several dozen demonstrators. The timing was a nod to the 31st Article of the Russian constitution, which guarantees the right of assembly.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)AP - Russian police broke up anti-Kremlin protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg on Sunday, and detained more than 100 demonstrators, including several opposition leaders.

Stars come out for British premiere of Mandela rugby film (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 01:26 PM PST

US actor Matt Damon with his wife Luciana Barroso arrive in London's Leicester Square. Hollywood stars Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman took to the red carpet in London on Sunday for the British premiere of AFP - Hollywood stars Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman took to the red carpet in London on Sunday for the British premiere of "Invictus", about Nelson Mandela and the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

BMW sued over gearbox supply contract (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:56 AM PST

BMW logo on top of the headquarters of German car manufacturer BMW in Munich. The company charged with selling off General Motors' unwanted assets is suing BMW for breaking the terms of a contract to buy gearboxes, a GM factory spokesman said on Sunday.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - The company charged with selling off General Motors' unwanted assets is suing BMW for breaking the terms of a contract to buy gearboxes, a GM factory spokesman said on Sunday.

UN chief visits Cyprus to boost peace talks (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 10:41 AM PST

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, is welcomed by Cypriot Foreign Minister Marcos Kyprianou, second left, and with U.N Special Adviser for Cyprus, Alexander Downer, third left, after arriving in Larnaca airport to re-energize slow-moving talks to reunify the ethnically split island of Cyprus, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. Ban's first-ever visit to Cyprus is seen as a personal show of support for the open ended talks between the island's Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias and breakaway Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Cyprus on Sunday in a bid to re-energize slow moving talks aimed at reunifying the ethnically divided island.

5-day Davos forum ends on note of humility (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 06:41 AM PST

From left, Senior Managing Editor for the Associated Press Michael Oreskes, Chairman of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank, Josef Ackermann, Chairman and CEO of Archer Daniels Midland, USA, Patricia Woertz, Chairman of Wipro, India, Azim Primji, Group Chief Executive of Standard Chartered Bank, UK, Peter Sands and Chairman and CEO of Aetna, USA, Ronald Williams during a session 'A Roadmap to Sustainable Recovery' at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - The world's foremost gathering of business and government leaders wrapped up a five-day meeting Sunday with widespread agreement that a fragile recovery is under way but no consensus on what's going to spur job growth and prevent another global economic meltdown.

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