2010年2月13日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News


Economists urge Britain to cut deficit faster (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 04:22 PM PST

Shoppers carry shopping bags in Covent Garden in January 2010. Leading economists warned Sunday that Britain lacks a credible plan to cut its budget deficit, in a damaging attack on Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government just months before a tough election fight.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Leading economists warned Sunday that Britain lacks a credible plan to cut its budget deficit, in a damaging attack on Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government just months before a tough election fight.


Evans outlook positive after neck surgery (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 03:09 PM PST

Scotland wing Thom Evans, pictured in 2009, has undergone surgery on his neck after suffering an injury during his country's 31-24 Six Nations defeat by Wales here on Saturday.(AFP/File/Lionel Bonaventure)AFP - Scotland wing Thom Evans has undergone surgery on his neck after suffering an injury during his country's 31-24 Six Nations defeat by Wales here on Saturday.


Tymoshenko calls Ukraine vote rigged (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 02:06 PM PST

Tymoshenko, apparently narrowly beaten by just 3.5 percentage points, in last week's presidential vote, ended six days of silence on a defiant note Saturday, saying the vote had been rigged and she would challenge the result in court. (AP Photo/Alexander Prokopenko, Pool)AP - Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko — apparently defeated by a narrow margin in last week's presidential vote — ended six days of silence Saturday by saying the election had been rigged and she would challenge the result in court.


Tymoshenko to fight Ukraine election loss in court (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 01:00 PM PST

Ukraine's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko chairs a cabinet meeting in Kiev February 11, 2010. REUTERS/Gleb GaranichReuters - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko declared on Saturday that she had proof of cheating in a February 7 presidential election by her rival Viktor Yanukovich which she would take to court to contest his victory.


Tymoshenko to contest 'falsified' Ukraine poll (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 12:52 PM PST

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko leaves after a cabinet meeting in Kiev on February 11. Defeated candidate Tymoshenko on Saturday refused to recognise her rival Viktor Yanukovych as Ukraine's new president and said she would challenge the results of the presidential election in court.(AFP/File/Vladimir Sindeyev)AFP - Defeated candidate Yulia Tymoshenko on Saturday vowed to contest in court the results of Ukraine's presidential elections won by Viktor Yanukovych, raising the prospect of a crippling political crisis.


Thousands prevent neo-Nazi rally in Dresden (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 11:54 AM PST

Thousands of people stand at the start of a human chain with a banner reading AFP - Thousands of people gathered in Dresden Saturday to block for the first time an annual neo-Nazi march commemorating the Allied bombing of the German city during World War II.


Holders Chelsea ignore Terry absence to reach last eight (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 11:32 AM PST

Chelsea's Ivorian striker Didier Drogba celebrates scoring the opening goal of the FA Cup fifth round football match between Chelsea and Cardiff City at Stamford Bridge, west London. Chelsea won 4-1.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - FA Cup holders Chelsea shrugged off the absence of captain John Terry to cruise into the quarter-finals with a 4-1 win over Championship side Cardiff in the fifth round on Saturday.


Strike over pay hits French Ikea stores (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 11:11 AM PST

Clients walk past strikers at the Ikea store of Saint-Priest, near Lyon. Workers went on strike over pay at 23 of the 26 Ikea stores in France on Saturday but forced only one branch to close, the Swedish retail giant said.(AFP/Philippe Merle)AFP - Workers went on strike over pay at 23 of the 26 Ikea stores in France on Saturday but forced only one branch to close, the Swedish retail giant said.


Pope picks once-jailed cleric for Prague post (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 11:06 AM PST

AP - Pope Benedict XVI has picked a Czech bishop once jailed and forced into factory work under Communism to lead the Prague archdiocese.

Military 'pleased' with Afghan operation, one soldier killed (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 10:51 AM PST

In this handout photograph released by The Ministry of Defence (MOD), soldiers from the Afghanistan army combined with soldiers from the 1st Battalion the Royal Welsh (C) head over to the helicopter landing spot as they prepare for Operation Mushtarak at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, in which a combined force of 15,000 troops are launching major assaults on Taliban strongholds.(AFP/MoD/Ssgt Will Craig)AFP - NATO commanders are "very pleased" with the start of a major operation focusing on the Taliban stronghold of Marjah in southern Afghanistan, the military said Saturday.


Neo-Nazis rally on Dresden bombing anniversary (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 10:40 AM PST

AP - Thousands of protesters formed a human chain in Dresden on Saturday, determined to stop neo-Nazis from exploiting the German city's painful history on the 65th anniversary of its deadly Allied bombing in World War II.

(AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 10:38 AM PST

AP - Prime Minister Tymoshenko calls Ukraine's presidential vote rigged, vows to challenge in court.
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