2010年2月28日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Europeans introduce avalanche air bags in Utah (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 05:10 PM PST

AP - Europeans are bringing expertise on avalanche safety to Utah.

AIG in 35 bln dollar sale of Asian arm to Prudential: source (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:20 PM PST

US insurance giant AIG has accepted a deal to sell its Asian arm, AIA, to British insurer Prudential for around 35 billion dollars, a source close to the deal said Sunday.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)AFP - US insurance giant AIG has accepted a deal to sell its Asian arm, AIA, to British insurer Prudential for around 35 billion dollars, a source close to the deal said Sunday.

Conservatives prepare for 'real fight' in election (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:15 PM PST

The leader of the opposition Conservative Party, David Cameron, delivers a keynote speech during the Conservative Party Spring Conference in Brighton. Opposition leader David Cameron has squared up for a AFP - Opposition leader David Cameron on Sunday squared up for a "real fight" with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the general election as a poll showed his giant lead had evaporated.

Car makers emerge from gloom into Geneva glitz (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 03:30 PM PST

A general view shows the 79th Geneva Car Show in Geneva in 2009. Car makers will emerge from the gloom of 2009 by presenting about 100 new models at the Geneva motor show over the coming week, hoping to counter uncertainty by wooing drivers with dreams, AFP - Car makers will emerge from the gloom of 2009 by presenting about 100 new models at the Geneva motor show over the coming week, hoping to counter uncertainty by wooing drivers with dreams, "downsizing" and discounts.

Opel to launch inner-city electric car (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 03:06 PM PST

The Adam Opel house can be seen in Ruesselsheil, western Germany in 2009. Ailing carmaker Opel is considering launching an electric car for inner-city use to tap what it sees as a high-potential market, the firm's boss said in an interview Sunday.(AFP/DDP/File/Thomas Lohnes)AFP - Ailing carmaker Opel is considering launching an electric car for inner-city use to tap what it sees as a high-potential market, the firm's boss said in an interview Sunday.

UK, Iceland in contact on Icesave, no new meetings (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 01:22 PM PST

A page from icesave online bank is seen on a computer screen, in London October 7, 2008. REUTERS/Dylan MartinezReuters - Icelandic negotiators may return home on Monday from London if no new meetings are called with British officials over the Icesave debt crisis, Icelandic Radio quoted a finance ministry spokesman as saying.

British Cold War nuclear bunker up for sale on eBay (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 01:15 PM PST

A Cold War-era nuclear bunker in Britain has been put up for sale on online auction site eBay, and by Sunday bidders had pushed the price up to more than 27,000 pounds (30,000 euros, 40,000 dollars).(AFP/File/Jacques Demarthon)AFP - A Cold War-era nuclear bunker in Britain has been put up for sale on online auction site eBay, and by Sunday bidders had pushed the price up to more than 27,000 pounds (30,000 euros, 40,000 dollars).

MacDougall's dream debut wins Melbourne world crown (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 01:05 PM PST

Melbourne Storm captain Cooper Cronk celebrates beating Leeds Rhinos in the Rugby League World Club Challenge at Elland Road, in Leeds.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Wing Luke MacDougall scored a try on his debut to ensure Melbourne exacted revenge on Leeds in the World Club Challenge at Elland Road.

Spain hails arrest of alleged ETA chief (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 12:30 PM PST

A man takes a picture of a car belonging to presumed members of the armed Basque separatist organisation ETA in Cahan, northwestern France, where the presumed military chief of ETA Ibon Gogeascoechea Arronategui, 54, was arrested.(AFP/Kenzo Tribouillard)AFP - Spain's interior minister hailed the arrest in France on Sunday of the suspected military chief of the armed Basque separatist group ETA.

Death toll hits 53 as storms lash Europe (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 12:19 PM PST

View taken in La Rochelle, western France, shows a van crushed by a tree. Hurricane-force winds, surging seas and driving rain lashed western Europe on Sunday, leaving at least 53 people dead and more than a million households without power.(AFP/Xavier Leoty)AFP - Hurricane-force winds, surging seas and driving rain lashed western Europe on Sunday, leaving at least 53 people dead and more than a million households without power.

Greek police arrest 2 with valuable antiquities (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 11:27 AM PST

This image made available on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010 by Greek police shows in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki a bronze statue of emperor Alexander the Great flanked by two bronze heads from the Roman period. Police arrested two individuals trying to sell these and other antiquities on Saturday. The asking price for the Alexander statue alone was 7 million euros. Experts say the statue is likely from the workshop of Lysippos, a 4th century BC Greek sculptor who was Alexander's contemporary and personal sculptor. (AP Photo/Greek Police)AP - Greek police arrested two men trying to sell several artifacts, including a bronze sculpture of emperor Alexander the Great from the 4th century B.C., for which the asking price was euro7 million ($9.5 million), authorities said Sunday.

Fierce storms in Europe kill 51, mostly in France (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 11:25 AM PST

The roof of an apartment building hangs to the side of the house after the heavy storm Xynthia passed through Mainz, western Germany. Hurricane-force winds, surging seas and driving rain lashed western Europe on Sunday, leaving at least 53 people dead and more than a million households without power.(AFP/DDP/Torsten Silz)AP - A violent late winter storm with fierce rain and hurricane-strength winds ripped across western Europe on Sunday, battering France and four other countries, leaving at least 51 people dead.

Cameron: British election will be close contest (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 08:53 AM PST

David Cameron, leader of Britain's Conservative party, delivers his keynote speech during the party's annual spring conference, in the southern coastal city of Brighton, Sunday Feb. 28, 2010. The Conservatives held their conference ahead of the English General Election which is anticipated for later this year. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Britain's main opposition leader David Cameron acknowledged Sunday the country's looming national election will likely be a closer contest than predicted, but vowed to oust Prime Minister Gordon Brown and win office.

UK's UFO unit says it will shred ex-X files (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 06:54 AM PST

AP - Britain's defense ministry says it will shred records of UFO sightings after a huge rise in the number of reports submitted by the public.

Spain says ETA chief arrested in France (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 05:48 AM PST

This undated photo released by Spain's Interior Ministry shows the suspected military leader of the Basque separatist group ETA, Ibon Gogeaskoetxea. Spain's Interior Minister said Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010 that three armed suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA including its 'military leader' have been arrested in a village in northwest France Sunday morning. Spanish and French police arrested Ibon Gogeaskoetxea, suspected of being in charge of ETA's terror operations and two others in Cahan. ETA has killed more than 825 people since launching a violent campaign in the 1960s aimed at carving an independent Basque homeland. (AP Photo/Spanish Interior Ministry)AP - The leader of the armed Basque group ETA was arrested in France on Sunday, officials said, in another setback for the separatists, who have seen five of their commanders taken into custody in the last two years.

Bosnian Serb leader to have his say in court (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 05:36 AM PST

FILE - In this July 31, 2008 file photo, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic stands in the courtroom during his initial appearance at the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands. 64-year old Karadzic is scheduled to appear in court Monday March 1, 2010, to outline his defense at the resumption of his trial on various charges relating to alleged genocide carried out in former Yugoslavia during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. (AP Photo/ Jerry Lampen, Pool, file)AP - Radovan Karadzic, accused of the greatest mass murder in Europe in half a century, is having his day in court.

Ukraine's Yanukovych heads West but looks East (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 05:15 AM PST

Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych holds a Bulava, a historical symbol of power, after he taking oath in the parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Viktor Yanukovych has been inaugurated as Ukraine's President, five years after his first bid failed amid massive protests over vote fraud. (AP Photo/Anastasia Sirotkina, Pool)AP - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych makes his first foreign trip to Brussels on Monday, but the gesture of goodwill toward Europe may ring hollow days later when he goes to strike concrete deals with the Kremlin.

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