2010年4月9日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Russia furious over adopted boy sent back from US (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 06:23 PM PDT

A swing set is seen in the backyard of Torry Hansen and Nancy Hansen's shared backyard in Shelbyville, Tenn. on Friday, April 9, 2010. Russia has threatened to suspend all child adoptions by U.S. families after a 7-year-old boy adopted by a woman from Tennessee was sent alone on a one-way flight back to Moscow with a note saying he was violent and had severe psychological problems. Artyom Savelyev was put on a plane by his adopted grandmother, Nancy Hansen. (AP Photo/Josh Anderson)AP - Russia threatened to suspend all child adoptions by U.S. families Friday after a 7-year-old boy adopted by a woman from Tennessee was sent alone on a one-way flight back to Moscow with a note saying he was violent and had severe psychological problems.

Confident Westwood on dream run for Masters crown (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:50 PM PDT

Lee Westwood lines up a putt on the 16th green during the second round of the 2010 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 9, in Augusta, Georgia. European number one Westwood is finally playing his best golf when it matters most and ready to set aside a history of near misses by finally claiming a major title Sunday at the Masters.(AFP/Getty Images/Andrew Redington)AFP - European number one Lee Westwood is finally playing his best golf when it matters most and ready to set aside a history of near misses by finally claiming a major title Sunday at the Masters.

EU leaders back Greece, markets bet on bailout (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 04:06 PM PDT

Riot police clash with demonstrators in Athens during a protest against the government's austerity plan to solve country's debt crisis, in March. European Union leaders backed Greece on Friday as Brussels agreed to levy lower than market interest rates if Athens is forced by its debt crisis to seek emergency EU-IMF action to prevent default.(AFP/File/Aris Messinis)AFP - European Union leaders backed Greece Friday as Brussels agreed to levy lower than market interest rates if Athens is forced by its debt crisis to seek emergency EU-IMF action to prevent default.

Russia eyes U.S. adoption freeze after boy sent back (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:52 PM PDT

Reuters - Russia said on Friday it planned to suspend adoptions of its children by U.S. citizens after an American woman sent her adopted son back to Moscow on a plane with a note disowning him.

Poulter ready for Masters breakthrough (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:11 PM PDT

Ian Poulter walks off the 18th green during the second round of the 2010 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. Poulter, better known until this year for his bizarre dress sense and brash off-the-wall comments, is finally living up to all the hype.(AFP/Getty Images/Harry How)AFP - Ian Poulter, better known until this year for his bizarre dress sense and brash off-the-wall comments, is finally living up to all the hype.

Coca-Cola takes majority stake in Innocent smoothies (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:04 PM PDT

Coca Cola billboard. US soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has taken a majority stake in fast-expanding smoothie maker Innocent Drinks, but its founders said Friday that operational control will stay in their hands.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - US soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has taken a majority stake in fast-expanding smoothie maker Innocent Drinks, but its founders said Friday that operational control will stay in their hands.

Vatican shows new transparency with online guide (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 01:25 PM PDT

People walk in front of St. Peter Basilica at The Vatican Friday April 9, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI is willing to meet with more victims of clerical sexual abuse, the Vatican spokesman said Friday. In comments to Vatican Radio, the spokesman defended the pope as a worthy pastor, deserving of respect and support in the face of 'unfounded'' allegations of covering up of sex abuse cases. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith — the office once known more chillingly as the Inquisition — has long epitomized the secrecy and mystery of the Vatican, with responsibility for banning books and meting out punishments as severe as excommunication and burning at the stake.

French far right leader won't run for president (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 12:38 PM PDT

AP - Jean-Marie Le Pen, the leader of the far right National Front, says he will not run in France's presidential election in 2012.

Spain approves extradition of pilot to Argentina (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 12:14 PM PDT

Reuters - Spain on Friday approved the extradition of a Dutch-Argentine pilot to Argentina to face charges of throwing political prisoners out of aircraft into the sea under the military dictatorship 30 years ago.

Radcliffe expecting second child (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 12:14 PM PDT

Britain's world marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe, seen here in 2009 and who has her sights set on London Olympic gold in 2012, revealed on Friday that she is expecting her second child at the end of September.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Trotman)AFP - World marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe, who has her sights set on London Olympic gold in 2012, revealed on Friday that she is expecting her second child at the end of September.

UK ambassador to Washington in 1970s has died (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 12:06 PM PDT

File - May 4, 1977 file photo of U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale offering remarks during a departure ceremony for President Jimmy Carter at the White House in Washington, DC, when Carter was going to London to meet with foreign leaders. From left are: Amb. Peter Ramsbotham of Great Britain; Mondale; Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal; Jeff Carter; first lady Rosalynn Carter; Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Affairs Advisor; and President Carter. Peter Ramsbotham, who served as Britain's ambassador to Washington during the Watergate era, died Friday, his wife said. He was 90. (AP Photo, File)AP - Peter Ramsbotham, who served as Britain's ambassador to Washington during the Watergate era, died Friday, his family said. He was 90.

Europe's Roma say woes deepen amid economic crisis (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 12:01 PM PDT

Children study at the mixed school of Roma and Romanian children in Darvari village, 30kms west from Bucharest on April 1. Victims of segregation and exclusion, Roma children in eastern Europe are still facing barriers to education, rights groups said on the eve of the 2nd European summit on this minority scheduled in Spain.(AFP/File/Daniel Mihailescu)AP - For many of Europe's estimated 12 million Gypsies, daily life is getting even worse and tens of thousands of children face shocking discrimination by authorities who shunt them off into schools for the mentally disabled, activists said Friday.

Public to get latest peek at Shroud (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 11:19 AM PDT

This image released Friday April 9, 2010 by the Dioceses Commission for the Shroud shows the Holy Shroud, a 14 foot-long linen revered by some as the burial cloth of Jesus, displayed at the Cathedral of Turin, Italy. The long linen with the faded image of a bearded man is the object of centuries-old fascination and wonderment, and closely kept under wrap. Now, for six weeks, both the curious and those convinced the Turin Shroud is the burial cloth of Jesus Christ can have a brief look. By late March, 1.3 million people had reserved their three-to-five-minute chance to gaze at the cloth, which is kept in a bulletproof, climate-controlled case. Organizers said earlier this year they hoped some 2 million pilgrims and tourists would see the linen during the special viewing from Saturday April 10 to May 23. (AP Photo/Dioceses Commission for the Shroud )AP - The long linen with the faded image of a bearded man is the object of centuries-old fascination and wonderment, and closely kept under wrap. Starting Saturday, and for six weeks, both the curious and those convinced the Turin Shroud is the burial cloth of Jesus Christ can have a brief look.

Signed & completed: US, Russia close nuclear talks (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 09:04 AM PDT

Chief U.S. negotiator Rose Goettemoeller, left, and Russian nuclear negotiator Anataoly Antonov meet in the U.S. mission in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, April 9, 2010, after the U.S. and Russia ended formal talks on the nuclear weapons treaty signed by Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - The U.S. and Russia have closed formal talks on the nuclear weapons treaty signed by Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev.

Abuse victim faults pope, demands compensation (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 08:57 AM PDT

In this Thursday, April 8, 2010 photo Wilfried Fesselmann looks out of a window after an interview with the Associated Press, in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany. The German man who says he was sexually abused by a priest as an alter boy, is accusing Pope Benedict XVI of failing to remove his abuser while serving as a Cardinal in Germany and is demanding compensation 'even if the church may go bankrupt over it.' Then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger failed to remove the priest from his pastoral duties despite clear knowledge of several abuse cases, Wilfried Fesselmann told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)AP - A German man who says a priest sexually abused him as an altar boy is demanding an apology from Pope Benedict XVI and compensation "even if the church goes bankrupt."

British doctors use inert gas to save baby (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 08:40 AM PDT

AP - British doctors say they have used an inert gas to prevent brain injury in a baby boy who was born in critical condition.

Vatican: Pope willing to meet sex abuse victims (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 08:31 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI is helped by his personal secretary Monsignor Georg Gaenswein during his weekly wednesday general audience in St. Peter square at the Vatican April 7, 2010. REUTERS/Tony GentileAP - The Vatican changed its tone and sought to reach out to victims of the sex abuse scandal rocking the Catholic Church, saying Friday that Pope Benedict XVI is willing to meet with them and take part in the church's healing process.

Post-Copenhagen climate talks begin amid discord (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 08:07 AM PDT

A Dnepr rocket carrying the European satellite CryoSat-2 launches into space from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome April 8, 2010. The CryoSat-2 will send back data on how ice is responding to climate change. Picture taken April 8, 2010. REUTERS/Stephane Corvaja/European Space Agency/Handout (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Differences emerged Friday at the outset of the first U.N. climate conference since the disappointing Copenhagen climate summit, as delegates from 175 countries began mapping out a path toward a hoped-for global warming deal by the end of this year.

Hungary's far right on verge of election gains (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 07:51 AM PDT

AP - A far-right party in Hungary is on the verge of winning second place in Sunday's parliamentary elections, appealing to those hard hit by the economic crisis and angry about the presence of Gypsies in the country.

German diocese files complaint against priest (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 07:46 AM PDT

AP - A German diocese said Friday it has given prosecutors the case of a priest accused of sexually abusing four boys several years ago, and he was suspended from his current post at a home for retirees.

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