2010年4月5日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Brown to begin campaign for May 6 election (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 06:52 PM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here in London, will kick off a month-long general election campaign Tuesday, set to be a neck-and-neck race dominated by the country's recession-hit economy.(AFP/Pool/File/Peter Macdiarmid)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown will kick off a month-long general election campaign Tuesday, set to be a neck-and-neck race dominated by the country's recession-hit economy.

Official: Britain to hold national election May 6 (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 02:14 PM PDT

British Shadow Chancellor George Osborne, unveils the Conservative Party's new campaign poster in London, Monday April 5, 2010. The Labour party will stamp on the green shoots of recovery if they remain in power, George Osborne said today as he unveiled the latest Conservative campaign poster, ahead of the upcoming General Election. (AP Photo/Lewis Whyld, PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES **AP - Britain's first national election in five years will take place on May 6, Prime Minister Gordon Brown planned to announce Tuesday, launching a monthlong campaign that could end in his ouster and the return of the opposition Conservative Party to power for the first time in 13 years.

Brown to call UK election for May 6 on Tuesday (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 02:09 PM PDT

Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will announce on Tuesday that a parliamentary election will take place on May 6, a source in the ruling Labor Party said on Monday.

Newcastle clinch promotion, Peterborough relegated (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 01:50 PM PDT

Newcastle United' and manager Chris Hughton, seen here in 2009, were promoted to the Premier League on Monday after Nottingham Forest's 0-0 draw with Cardiff confirmed the Magpies will finish in the Championship's top two positions.(AFP/File/Chris Ratcliffe)AFP - Kevin Nolan got Newcastle's Premier League promotion party started as his superb strike clinched a 2-1 win over Sheffield United on Monday.

Russia eyes $5 billion in arms sales to Venezuela: Putin (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 01:33 PM PDT

Reuters - Russian may sell $5 billion worth of weapons to Venezuela, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday after a visit to the South American nation.

Vatican: Cooperated with extraditing Indian priest (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 01:25 PM PDT

Attorney Jeff Anderson points to a poster-size photo of Rev. Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul during a news conference Monday, April 5, 2010 in St. Paul, Minn. to draw attention to the case of the Catholic priest charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Minnesota and demand he be suspended and returned to face justice in the United States. Jeyapaul is working in his home diocese in India and has no plans to return to the U.S. to face the courts, he and his bishop told The Associated Press on Monday. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - The Vatican says it has cooperated with U.S. law enforcement officials working to extradite an Indian priest charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Minnesota.

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Posted: 05 Apr 2010 01:07 PM PDT

AP - Vatican says it suggested accused Indian priest be defrocked, cooperating with extradition.

Britain's Labour narrows gap on Conservatives: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 01:06 PM PDT

Reuters - Britain's ruling Labour party has cut the opposition Conservative party's lead to just four points ahead of an election expected to be held on May 6 and could remain the largest party in parliament, a poll showed.

Bosnian colleges draw Turks avoiding headscarf ban (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 01:00 PM PDT

Reuters - About 1,000 Turkish students have left home to attend university in Bosnia, attracted by the low cost of living, good food and -- for women -- the right to wear an Islamic headscarf.

Turkish police detain 19 in coup plot (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 12:38 PM PDT

AP - Turkish police detained 19 officers, including four generals, as part of an investigation into an alleged plot by elements of the fiercely secular military seeking to topple the Islamic-rooted government, the state news agency said Monday.

Pope visits Malta mid-month, sex abuse cases await (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 08:10 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI looks up during the Regina Coeli prayer from the window of his summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, in the hills south of Rome, on Easter Monday, April 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI visits Malta in two weeks, and some victims of sex abuse by priests on the predominantly Roman Catholic island say they want him to use the trip to apologize for their suffering.

Putin: Russian arms to Venezuela may be $5B (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 06:11 AM PDT

AP - Arms exports to Venezuela may reach as much as $5 billion, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday, a few days after he traveled to the country.

Russia: Bomber kills 2, Islamic insurgency spreads (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 05:13 AM PDT

AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police station in a troubled Russian province Monday, killing two officers and wounding two others as Islamic insurgency continues to spread across the region.

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