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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Weisz, Rylance win acting prizes at Olivier awards (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 04:59 PM PDT

British actor Jude Law arrives for the Laurence Olivier Awards 2010, at an hotel in central London, Sunday, March 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)AP - Rachel Weisz added a stage accolade to Hollywood stardom Sunday, winning the best-actress prize at London's Laurence Olivier theater awards for her role in "A Streetcar Named Desire."

Volcano erupts in Iceland, hundreds flee (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 04:51 PM PDT

The Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupts in southern Iceland early March 21, 2010. The volcano erupted overnight, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate the area and diverting flights after authorities declared a local state of emergency, officials said on Sunday. REUTERS/Ragnar AxelssonReuters - A volcano erupted in the south of Iceland overnight, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate the area and diverting flights after authorities declared a state of emergency, officials said on Sunday.

British Airways and union claim advantage in strike (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 04:20 PM PDT

British Airways passenger jet flys over other British Airways passenger jets parked at London's Heathrow Airport. British Airways and the union representing the airline's 12,000 cabin crew both claimed they held the upper hand on the second day of a three-day strike Sunday.(AFP/Max Nash)AFP - British Airways and the union representing the airline's 12,000 cabin crew both claimed they held the upper hand on the second day of a three-day strike Sunday.

Sarkozy takes drubbing in regional poll (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 04:08 PM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves a booth at a Paris polling station during the secound round of the regional elections. Sarkozy's party took a severe drubbing from French voters Sunday in nationwide regional elections that were his last big national test before he seeks re-election in 2012.(AFP/Pool/Philippe Wojazer)AFP - President Nicolas Sarkozy's party took a severe drubbing from French voters Sunday in nationwide regional elections that were his last big national test before he seeks re-election in 2012.

UK to launch $3 billion green investment bank (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 03:49 PM PDT

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling speaks during an interview on BBC television, in London, March 21, 2010. REUTERS/Jeff Overs/BBC/HandoutReuters - The Labour government will unveil a 2 billion pound ($3 billion) "green" investment bank in Wednesday's budget to help Britain's transformation to a low carbon economy, a government source said on Sunday.

French left beats Sarkozy's party in regional vote (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 03:19 PM PDT

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, centre left, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leave the polling station after casting their votes for the second round of the regional elections, in Paris, Sunday, March 21, 2010. President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party was bracing for a massive setback Sunday as frustrated French voters cast ballots in regional run-off elections likely to favor the opposition left and to set the stage for the 2012 presidential race. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - The long-flailing French left made a big-time comeback Sunday, crushing Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives in regional elections colored by voters' economic worries — and informally kicking off the 2012 presidential race.

Affairs abroad at risk from weak pound: lawmakers (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 01:54 PM PDT

The country's standing in the world has been jeopardised by a decision to stop protecting the Foreign Office's budget from exchange rate fluctuations, lawmakers warned on Sunday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The country's standing in the world has been jeopardised by a decision to stop protecting the Foreign Office's budget from exchange rate fluctuations, lawmakers warned on Sunday.

Sarkozy loses heavily in French regional polls (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 01:48 PM PDT

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech at the Elysee Palace in Paris March 20, 2010, as part of Francophonie International Day, organized by the International Francophonie (French-Speaking countries) Organization. REUTERS/Olivier Laban-Mattei/PoolReuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's center-right party suffered a comprehensive defeat in regional elections on Sunday, but pledged to push on with reform plans before the 2012 presidential race.

Fergie salutes Park after South Korean kills off Liverpool (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 01:40 PM PDT

Liverpool's Dutch forward Dirk Kuyt (C) challenges Manchester United's South Korean midfielder Park Ji-Sung (R) during their English Premier League football match at Old Trafford in Manchester. United won 2-1.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson saluted Park Ji-Sung after the South Korean clinched Sunday's crucial 2-1 win over arch rivals Liverpool.

Iceland volcano eruption causes hundreds to flee (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 01:21 PM PDT

A glow appears on the skyline in the region of the Eyjafjallajoekull glacier in Iceland. An Icelandic volcano has erupted following a week of small earthquakes, spewing lava and ash into the air and forcing hundreds to flee on Sunday, but causing no casualties.(AFP/Halldor Kolbeins)AFP - Iceland's first volcanic eruption in six years sent lava and ashes into the air, forcing hundreds to flee their homes and halting flights, but caused no damage or casualties.

(AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 12:37 PM PDT

AP - Partial official results show leftists defeat Sarkozy's conservatives in French regional vote.

Suspect nabbed in Cyprus Archbishops' tomb attack (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 11:19 AM PDT

AP - Cyprus police on Sunday arrested a Romanian man suspected of vandalizing the tombs of three Cyprus archbishops who led the island's Greek Orthodox church in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a police spokesman said.

Pope does not mention rebuke to Irish bishops (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 11:09 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI greets faithful during the Angelus prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged Catholics to refrain from judging sinners a day after he rebuked Irish bishops for their handling of a half-century of sexual abuse of minors by clergy.

US-Russian deal on nukes nearly completed (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 09:52 AM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, second right, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, third left, seen during a meeting at the Barvikha residence outside Moscow, Friday, March 19, 2010. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that American and Russian negotiators are 'on the brink' of agreement on a nuclear arms reduction treaty. Third right is Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)AP - Nearly a year after President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered negotiators to work on a new treaty to reduce their nuclear arsenals, the two countries say they are finally close to completing a deal.

Russia says ship resumes sailing off Japan (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 09:17 AM PDT

AP - The Russian Navy says one of its surveillance ships has resumed sailing through the Sea of Japan after reports that it was drifting and taking on water.

ETA suspect formally accused in policeman's death (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 08:38 AM PDT

AP - A judge has filed preliminary homicide charges against a suspected member of Basque separatist group ETA who was arrested after a shootout that killed a French police officer, the Paris prosecutor's office said Sunday.

Volcano erupts in Iceland, hundreds evacuated (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 04:27 AM PDT

This frame grab from APTN shows the volcano near the Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, the fifth largest glacier in Iceland, as it begins erupting early Sunday morning March 21, 2010. Fearing flooding from the glacier melt, authorities evacuated some 400 people in the area 160 kilometers (100 miles) southeast of the capital, Reykjavik, as a precaution but no damage or injuries have been reported according to authorities. The last time the volcano erupted was in the 1820s. (AP Photo/APTN)AP - Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland's civil protection agency said Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Suspect nabbed in Cyprus Archbishops' tomb attack (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 07:35 AM PDT

Police officers inspect the graves of two Cyprus Archbishops at a cemetery in the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Sunday, March 21, 2010, after grave robbers are thought to have plundered the graves of the two Archbishops. Grave robbers stole the remains of two Cyprus Archbishops who led the island's Greek Orthodox church in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, police said. Police spokesman Michalis Katsounotos said the Archbishops' coffins were found missing after officers responded to a pre-dawn fire at a downtown Nicosia graveyard where the tombs of Sofronios III and Kyrillos II are located.(AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)AP - Cyprus police on Sunday arrested a man suspected of vandalizing the tombs of three Cyprus archbishops who led the island's Greek Orthodox church in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a police spokesman said.

French regional elections seen as test for Sarkozy (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 03:41 AM PDT

AP - WHO VOTES: Any of France's 45 million registered voters.

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