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Yahoo! News: Europe News

German Protestant leader quits after DUI incident (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 06:36 PM PST

AP - Germany's top Protestant cleric resigned on Wednesday after she was caught driving with a blood-alcohol level three times the legal limit, an incident that she said had undermined her authority.

Rock groups Kasabian, Muse lead major British awards (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 06:01 PM PST

Tom Meighan from the english band Kasabian is seen here performing at a rock festival in Lisbon. Rockers Kasabian scooped best album and best album artwork awards for AFP - Rock groups Kasabian and Muse were the kings of a major British music awards ceremony, while US superstar Lady Gaga's outlandish outfits were praised and attacked in equal measure.

Spurs boss sees future for forgotten man 'Pav' (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 05:51 PM PST

Tottenham Hotspur's manager Harry Redknapp is seen during their FA Cup fifth round replay match against Bolton Wanderers at White Hart Lane, London, on February 24. Tottenham won 4-0.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp backed his in-form striker Roman Pavlyuchenko to fire his team towards Wembley after the Russian's two goals helped them cruise into the FA Cup quarter-finals.

UK prime minister apologizes to child migrants (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 05:41 PM PST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown addresses former child migrants at Westminster, in London, on Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010. Prime Minister Brown has made an official apology to the many thousands of poor British children who were sent to former British colonies such as Australia, where many are known to have suffered terrible abuses. An estimated 150,000 British children were sent to distant colonies under a series of programs that ran until the 1960s, and were intended to provide orphaned or abandoned children with a fresh start, but many suffered abuses after their enforced migration. (AP Photo / Peter Macdiarmid, pool)AP - Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologized Wednesday to the tens of thousands of poor British children shipped to former colonies such as Australia, where instead of a better life many were treated to harsh conditions, neglect and abuse.

Mancini feels the heat as City silverware hopes crushed (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 05:39 PM PST

Manchester City's manager Roberto Mancini leaves the pitch after his team were beaten 3-1 by Stoke City during the FA Cup Fifth round replay match at The Britannia stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England, on February 24.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini insisted he is not under any pressure despite watching Stoke City end his side's hopes of silverware this season by dumping them out of the FA Cup.

Argentina presses for UN help in Falklands dispute (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 04:14 PM PST

Falklands war veterans, one holding up a sign that reads in Spanish 'The islands are Argentine,' referring to the Falklands islands, demonstrate in front of the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010. Argentina's Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana said he asked U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to continue his efforts to resolve a dispute with Britain over their competing claims to a vast swath of the southern Atlantic Ocean, that includes the Falklands, where Britain has begun drilling for oil.(AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Argentina's foreign minister asked the head of the United Nations on Wednesday to help resolve a dispute with Britain over a vast swath of the southern Atlantic Ocean where Britain has begun drilling for oil.

Polar explorer Hadow takes on Arctic Ocean trek (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 04:07 PM PST

In this undated image obatined from www.catlinarcticsurvey.com, British explorer Pen Hadow drills to measure ice thickness in the North Pole. Hadow on Thursday unveiled his latest challenge, leading a team of scientists to investigate rising acid levels in the Arctic Ocean that threaten marine life.(AFP/HO/File/Martin Hartley)AFP - British polar explorer Pen Hadow on Thursday unveiled his latest challenge, leading a team of scientists to investigate rising acid levels in the Arctic Ocean that threaten marine life.

Ukraine's Yanukovich to take oath,Tymoshenko snarls (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 03:32 PM PST

Ukrainian president-elect Viktor Yanukovich takes part in the wreath laying ceremony at the monument of soldiers who fought in Afghanistan in Kiev, February 15, 2010. The ceremony marked the 21st anniversary of the withdrawal of the Soviet troops from Afghanistan. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY)Reuters - Ukraine's Viktor Yanukovich will take the oath of office as president on Thursday in a low-key ceremony reflecting a bitterly-fought and disputed election which has highlighted deep divisions in the country.

Italy convicts 3 Google execs in abuse video case (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 03:31 PM PST

File - In an Oct. 14, 2009 file photo a sign designates the Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Three Google executives were convicted of privacy violations Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 in Italy because juveniles posted a video online of an autistic boy being abused. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma/file)AP - It seems that when it comes to letting the Web be the Web, it could be the United States against the world.

Italy's Google Convictions Set a Dangerous Precedent (PC World)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 03:06 PM PST

PC World - A few years ago, I got a hateful letter in the mail. Hey, it's all good -- these things happen. But now, I'm going to see if I can get my mailman jailed for delivering it.

Spain takes 1st Guantanamo inmate, Albania takes 3 (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 01:02 PM PST

Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba gestures during a joint press conference with his Portuguese counterpart Rui Pereira, not in picture, in Oeiras, Portugal, on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)AP - The United States got help from Europe on Wednesday in its troubled drive to shut down Guantanamo Bay, as Spain accepted a former inmate from the prison for terror suspects and the tiny Balkan nation of Albania took in three more.

Man convicted of Omagh bomb acquitted in retrial (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 11:28 AM PST

AP - The only man ever convicted of involvement in the 1998 car-bomb slaughter in Omagh was acquitted Wednesday in a retrial judgment that angered the survivors of Northern Ireland's deadliest blast.

Spanish Senate approves new abortion law (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 11:21 AM PST

AP - Spain on Wednesday approved a sweeping new law that eases restrictions on abortion, declaring the practice a woman's right and doing away with the threat of imprisonment, in part of a drive toward liberal policies that has angered conservatives and the Catholic Church.

Turkish court charges 12 officers in coup plot (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 10:35 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2010 file photo, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his lawmakers at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey. A Turkish court formally charged and ordered jailed seven senior Turkish military officers for allegedly plotting to overthrow Erdogan's Islamic-leaning government, in Istanbul Wednesday. Prosecutors were questioning Wednesday several other high-ranking officers, including former chiefs of the Navy, Air Force and Special Forces. About 50 commanders were detained Monday. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)AP - The struggle between the secular Turkish military and the Islamic-oriented government reached new heights Wednesday as a court jailed 12 senior officers — including five admirals, an army general and six other officers.

Strikes, clashes up pressure on Greek government (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 10:31 AM PST

Police clash with protesters in Athens on Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010. Police fired tear gas and clashed with demonstrators in central Athens on Wednesday as violence broke out after a large protest march against government austerity measures intended to fix the country's debt crisis. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - Some 50,000 Greek workers took to the streets Wednesday and a few protesters threw paint and scuffled with police during the widest strike yet against the government's austerity plan aimed at fixing the country's debt crisis.

Israeli Nobel candidate rejects nomination (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 08:55 AM PST

FILE - This April 21, 2004 file photo shows Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu following his release outside Shikma Prison in the coastal city of Ashkelon, Israel. A Nobel Peace Prize official says Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 Vanunu wants jurors to disregard his nomination for the 2010 award. Permanent secretary Geir Lundestad says Vanunu sent a letter saying he doesn't want an award previously given to Israeli President Shimon Peres. Lundestad says the letter refers to Peres — who shared the 1994 prize when he was foreign minister — as the father of Israel's secret nuclear weapons program. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)AP - Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu has asked the Nobel Peace Prize committee to disregard his nomination for the prestigious award, a Nobel official said Wednesday.

Former guard says Demjanjuk was at Nazi camp (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 08:39 AM PST

Accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk arrives in a courtroom in Munich, southern Germany Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010. Demjanjuk, a 89-year-old former U.S. auto worker, is on trial in Germany facing charges he helped force 27,900 Jews into gas chambers in the Sobibor extermination camp in 1943. (AP Photo/Tobias Hase, Pool)AP - John Demjanjuk served as a guard at a Nazi concentration camp in Bavaria during World War II, a former Soviet soldier who was taken prisoner by the Germans testified at the retired Ohio autoworker's trial Wednesday.

Russian general: Arms deal with US reached 'soon' (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 07:26 AM PST

AP - Russia's top military officer says that Moscow and Washington are likely to sign a new nuclear arms control deal soon.

Russia hints politics to blame in Iran arms delay (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 07:23 AM PST

AP - Russia's foreign minister suggested Wednesday that a delay in delivering air-defense missiles to Iran is connected with concerns about regional tensions.

Dog of war: UK Lab fetches medal for bomb-sniffing (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 07:15 AM PST

Treo, an eight-year-old black Labrador from the Military Working Dogs, who is to be presented Wednesday with Britain's Dickin medal, awarded for bravery and commitment in wartime, the highest military honor an animal can expect, poses with the medal at the Imperial War Museum in London, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. Treo is being decorated for his work sniffing out explosives in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - A perky British Labrador whose bomb-sniffing exploits helped save lives in Afghanistan was decorated for canine courage in a ceremony at London's Imperial War Museum Wednesday.

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