2010年3月24日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Pig joins stars for 'Nanny McPhee' sequel premiere (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 06:22 PM PDT

Emma Thompson keeps a pig on a leash as she arrives for the world premiere of her latest film, 'Nanny McPhee & The Big Bang,' in London's Leicester Square, on March 24.(AFP/Max Nash)AFP - Actress Emma Thompson led a pig down a blue carpet for the world premiere in London of her new film "Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang."

Govt. hits rich in pre-election budget (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:57 PM PDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling poses for pictures with a briefcase containing the 2010 Budget Report outside 11 Downing Street in London. Darling cut his borrowing and growth forecasts in a pre-election budget that he said would help secure the nation's recovery from a record recession.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - The government vowed to hike taxes on the rich to help the poor hit by the global downturn, and to cut borrowing targets in a budget unveiled weeks before a knife-edge election.

Five-star Chelsea revive Premier League title bid (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:16 PM PDT

Chelsea's French midfielder Florent Malouda watches the ball during the English Premier League football match between Portsmouth and Chelsea at Fratton Park in Portsmouth, southern England. Chelsea won 5-0.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Chelsea closed to within just a point of Premier League leaders Manchester United with a 5-0 victory away to bottom-of-the-table Portsmouth on Wednesday.

Alstom says chiefs released in British corruption probe (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:13 PM PDT

A police officer leaves the London office of French engineering group Alstom. Three top executives of French engineering group Alstom in Britain were freed Wednesday without charge after having been arrested for alleged bribery and corruption, the firm and investigators said.(AFP/Warren Allott)AFP - Three top executives of French engineering group Alstom in Britain were freed Wednesday without charge after having been arrested for alleged bribery and corruption, the firm and investigators said.

Frenchman arrested, targeted Obama's Twitter account (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:11 PM PDT

Reuters - An unemployed Frenchman has been arrested for targeting the Twitter accounts of President Barack Obama and singer Britney Spears, French police said on Wednesday.

Silver lining for Rangers as their treble dream disappears (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Rangers' goalkeeper Allan McGregor, pictured in 2009. A last minute goal from David Robertson ended Rangers' dreams of a treble after Dundee United won their Scottish Cup quarter-final replay 1-0 at Tannadice on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Derek Blair)AFP - A last minute goal from David Robertson ended Rangers' dreams of a treble after Dundee United won their Scottish Cup quarter-final replay 1-0 at Tannadice on Wednesday.

French sex workers protest legal brothels (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:49 PM PDT

AP - Dozens of French sex workers proclaiming themselves proud to be prostitutes marched Wednesday to protest a lawmaker's proposal to legalize brothels in France, arguing that such a law would deny them the freedom to work on their own.

French police arrest alleged Twitter hacker (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:12 PM PDT

AP - French police say they have detained a 25-year-old who allegedly hacked Twitter accounts of numerous well-known figures, including Britney Spears and President Barack Obama.

Spurs set up nostalgic FA Cup semi-final for Redknapp (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:03 PM PDT

Tottenham's Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko celebrates scoring their second goal during the FA Cup Quarter Final replay football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham at White Hart Lane in London. Tottenham won 3-1.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp will take on his old club Portsmouth at Wembley after a second-half comeback earned his team a 3-1 win against Fulham in Wednesday's FA Cup quarter-final replay.

Police release Frenchman who hacked Obama Twitter page (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 02:55 PM PDT

French police have released a hacker who gained access to US President Barack Obama's account in one of his attacks on the wildly popular micro-blogging site Twitter, police said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)AFP - French police have released a hacker who gained access to US President Barack Obama's account in one of his attacks on the wildly popular micro-blogging site Twitter, police said Wednesday.

Runaway train cars crash in Norway, 3 dead (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 01:50 PM PDT

AP - Sixteen runaway train cars careened downhill for three miles (five kilometers) and crashed into a port building Wednesday, killing three workers, before two of the cars plunged into the water.

Wedding guest severely injured at Russian roulette (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 01:16 PM PDT

AP - Russian television has aired a video of a wedding guest shooting himself in the head with a rubber bullet in a game of Russian roulette.

Private guards kill Somali pirate for first time (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 12:25 PM PDT

This picture released by the EU's Navfor naval force shows the Spanish warship Navarra assisting an Iranian dhow on March 20. Private security guards on board a UAE-owned cargo ship have repelled a hijacking attempt at sea in skirmishes off Somalia that left one pirate dead, the EU's naval force in the area said Wednesday.(AFP/EU Navfor)AP - In the first killing of its kind, private security contractors shot dead a Somali pirate in a clash that left two skiffs riddled with bullet holes, officials said Wednesday.

Irish bishop resigns, apologizes to abuse victims (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 10:57 AM PDT

FILE - This is an undated file photo of Irish Bishop John Magee. The Vatican said Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Irish Bishop John Magee in the country's sex abuse scandal. The 73-year-old Magee has been accused of mishandling complaints against priests in his diocese of Cloyne. The Vatican said Wednesday March 24, 2010 without elaboration that the pope had accepted his resignation. (AP Photo/PA, File) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of an Irish bishop Wednesday for his failure to report child-molesting priests to police — and faced a renewed reminder of the German abuse case most closely linked to his own time in charge of Munich.

Swiss ready to lift travel ban on Libyan officials (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 10:21 AM PDT

AP - Switzerland says it will lift a travel ban on senior Libyan officials to ease tensions in a dispute that has drawn in much of Europe.

Moscow plans posters honoring Stalin (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 09:38 AM PDT

A monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin seen in a museum backyard in downtown Moscow, Wednesday, March 24, 2010. Posters of Josef Stalin may be put up in Moscow for the first time in decades as part of the May 9 observance of Victory Day, the annual celebration of the defeat of Nazi Germany. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Posters of Josef Stalin may be put up in Moscow for the first time in decades as part of the May 9 observance of Victory Day — the annual celebration of the defeat of Nazi Germany.

(AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 08:55 AM PDT

AP - Kremlin source: US and Russia reached agreement on 'all documents' for strategic arms treaty.

Northern Ireland firebrand makes Parliament exit (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 08:41 AM PDT

Northern Ireland Member of Parliament Ian Paisley speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London in this image taken from TV Wednesday March 24, 2010. Protestant firebrand Ian Paisley the Northern Ireland naysayer turned peacebroker made a final appearance Wednesday in Parliament, capping a 40-year career by lauding a peace process that he long opposed. (AP Photo/PA ) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - Protestant firebrand Ian Paisley — the Northern Ireland naysayer turned peacebroker — made a final appearance Wednesday in Parliament, capping a 40-year career by lauding a peace process that he long opposed.

Investigator: Demjanjuk on Nazi death camp papers (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 08:24 AM PDT

Accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk, center, arrives in a courtroom in Munich on Tuesday March 23, 2010. Demjanjuk, an 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 Sobibor extermination camp in 1943. (AP Photo/Michael Dalder, Pool)AP - A German police investigator says John Demjanjuk's name is on papers detailing the transfer of guards from an SS training camp to the Nazi's Sobibor death camp.

US-Russian nuclear deal to be signed in Prague (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 07:54 AM PDT

AP - Prague announced Wednesday it will host the signing of a new U.S.-Russian treaty to reduce long-range nuclear weapons — the clearest sign yet that Washington and Moscow are close to completing a deal to replace the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

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