2010年4月12日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Russia points to human error in fatal Polish crash (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:30 PM PDT

Polish soldiers stand guard near a sea of candles in front of the President Palace two days after Polish President Lech Kaczynski died in a plane crash, in Warsaw, early Monday, April 12, 2010. Kaczynski, his wife and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday, when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - Russian investigators suggested human error may have been to blame in the plane crash that killed the Polish president and 95 others, saying Monday there were no technical problems with the Soviet-made plane.

Vatican to bishops: follow law, report sex abuse (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:30 PM PDT

FILE - This Thursday, March 25, 2010 file photo shows a view of St. Peter's Basilica during a youth meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's square, at the Vatican. The Vatican on Monday, April 12, 2010 for the first time made it clear that bishops and other high-ranking clergy should report clerical sex abuse to police. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca, file)AP - The Vatican on Monday responded to allegations it long concealed clerical sex abuse by making it clear for the first time that bishops and clerics worldwide should report such crimes to police if they are required to by law.

6 charged with left-wing terrorism in Greece (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:25 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Greek Police, Nikolaos Maziotis, one of the arrested six people suspected of being members of the Revolutionary Struggle terrorist group in Athens on Sunday April 11, 2010. Revolutionary Struggle has claimed responsibility for several attacks, including the shooting of a riot policeman last year and an anti-tank rocket strike against the U.S. Embassy in 2007. Police spokesman Athanasios Kokalakis says, 'The six arrested individuals will appear before a prosecutor to be charged with membership in Revolutionary Struggle.' (AP Photo/Greek Police, HO)AP - A Greek prosecutor charged six people Monday with membership in the country's most active far-left terrorist group, which has claimed a string of bombings and a rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy in Athens.

Cambridge University society offers pole dancing tuition (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:07 PM PDT

A renowned debating society at Britain's Cambridge University said Monday it would offer pole dancing tuition to members, in a building more used to the presence of international statesmen.(AFP/File/Juan Mabromata)AFP - A renowned debating society at Cambridge University said Monday it would offer pole dancing tuition to members, in a building more used to the presence of international statesmen.

Morningstar to acquire British fund researcher (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:54 PM PDT

AP - Morningstar said its British subsidiary has acquired Old Broad Street Research Ltd. in the United Kingdom for about $18.3 million.

Polish leader's death reshapes political landscape (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 02:13 PM PDT

Twin brother of the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski, Jaroslaw kneels in front of the coffin with his brother after the coffin's arrival at the military airport in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, April 11, 2010. Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday, April 10, 2010, when the presidential plane crashed as it came for landing in fog near Smolensk, western Russia. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)AP - Before the plane crash that killed him, President Lech Kaczynski was facing likely defeat in fall elections as voters turned away from his conservative message.

iPhone Visual Search App Dies as Google Acquires Plink (NewsFactor)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 01:47 PM PDT

NewsFactor - Google has acquired Plink Search, which has developed a visual search engine for Android-compatible handsets. The search giant's deal for Plink -- which is based in the United Kingdom -- has been completed under undisclosed financial terms, a Google spokesperson said.

US delegation to visit Moscow to discuss adoptions (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 01:27 PM PDT

AP - A delegation of high-level State Department officials will visit Moscow for consultations after Russia threatened to freeze adoptions for U.S. families, the U.S. Embassy said Monday.

German tablet PC sets out to rival Apple's iPad (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 01:11 PM PDT

The new 'WePad' tablet PC is photographed during a news conference in Berlin, Germany,Monday April 12, 2010. The German maker of a new tablet computer is setting out to rival Apple's iPad with the promise of even more sophisticated technology. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)AP - The German maker of a new tablet PC is setting out to rival Apple's iPad with the promise of even more technology such as a bigger screen, a webcam and USB ports.

Italian judge says profit behind Google verdict (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 01:06 PM PDT

AP - A Milan judge convicted three Google employees of violating the privacy of an autistic teen because the Internet giant sought profit when it hosted an online video of him being bullied, according to the judicial reasoning obtained Monday by The Associated Press.

Hungary to add jobs, cut graft to fight far right (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:26 PM PDT

Viktor Orban, former prime minister and candidate of Fidesz, Hungary's main center-right party, attens an international press conference welcoming the election result of his party in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, April 12, 2010. Center-right Fidesz took a commanding lead in the first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday, while Jobbik, a far-right party with an anti-Gypsy and extreme nationalist agenda, was a strong third just behind the governing Socialists. The second round of voting is due to take place on April 25. Front banner reads in Hungarian: 'The time is here!' (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Hungary's prime minister in waiting on Monday linked the striking weekend electoral surge of a militia-backed far-right party to corruption and unemployment and pledged to address those problems.

German military could send more troops abroad (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:59 AM PDT

German chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and German minister of defense Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, 3rd right, stand among mourners watching the coffins after a service for three German soldiers in the church of Selsingen, Germany, Friday, April 9, 2010. The soldiers died in a combat last Friday near Kunduz in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, Pool)AP - Germany's military restructuring could free up more soldiers for international missions, potentially bringing it in line with other countries' efforts, the defense minister said Monday.

Landslide derails train in northern Italy, 9 dead (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:34 AM PDT

Firefighters search the wreckage of a train derailed near Merano, northern Italy, Monday, April 12, 2010. A landslide hit and derailed a train in northern Italy on Monday, killing 11 people and leaving some 30 injured, officials said. The accident happened near Merano, a small town close to the Austrian border about 300 kilometers (185 miles) north of Venice. With the wreckage still on the tracks, rescuers were working to pull out bodies and find possible survivors. The area was cordoned off, said Giuseppe Marazzi of the local firefighters. (AP Photo/Matteo Rensi)AP - A mass of mud and water slammed into a small commuter train traveling in the Italian Alps Monday, knocking the front car into a ditch and killing nine people aboard, officials said.

Moscow judge who sentenced neo-Nazis shot to death (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:10 AM PDT

This undated image released by the Moscow City Court on Monday April 12, 2010 shows Eduard Chuvashov, a judge of Moscow's City Court, who Russian officials say has been shot to death Monday in the stairwell of his apartment building. The state news agency RIA Novosti says Chuvashov was the judge in several high-profile cases, including the February sentencing of nine skinhead gang members who killed six non-Slavs. (AP Photo/ Moscow City Court, HO) ** NO SALES **AP - A judge who sentenced neo-Nazis to prison for hate killings was gunned down Monday, marking the latest murder in a surge of violence against activists and officials opposed to Russian nationalists.

Jews honor Holocaust victims, Polish officials (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 08:47 AM PDT

People walk through the former Nazi death camp of Birkenau (Auschwitz II) in Oswiecim, southern Poland, April 12, 2010. Jewish youths from all over the world gathered for the annual AP - Thousands of young Jews along with Holocaust survivors marched Monday at Auschwitz to remember those who perished in the Nazi death camp, and to honor Poland's late president.

World's deepest known undersea volcanic vent found (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 08:03 AM PDT

This undated photo released by the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, England, Monday April 12, 2010, shows a cloud of smoky water billowing from the top of a tower of metal ore at a volcanic vent five kilometers (more than three miles) beneath the surface of the Caribbean. The vent, located in the Cayman Trough, is the deepest ever discovered, a British scientific expedition says. Experts hope that studies of the vent and the exotic creatures which bask in its warmth will yield insight into how life formed on earth, and perhaps elsewhere too.(AP Photo/National Oceanography Centre)**EDITORIAL USE ONLY**AP - Scientists using a remote-controlled submarine have discovered the deepest known volcanic vent and say the superheated waters inside could contain undiscovered marine species and perhaps even clues to the origin of life on earth.

Bomb rattles British spy HQ in Northern Ireland (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 07:46 AM PDT

Police close a road that leads to where a car bomb exploded near the Palace Barracks Army base in Holywood, County Down. A car bomb exploded near the headquarters of MI5 in Northern Ireland, police said, coinciding with the completion of a key stage in the peace process.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AP - Northern Ireland's Catholic and Protestant leaders elected a new justice minister Monday, reaching a new peacemaking milestone despite an audacious bomb attack hours earlier on the province's British spy headquarters.

UK judge OKs extradition in Colorado murder case (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 07:04 AM PDT

AP - A British judge on Monday approved the extradition of a man wanted in Colorado on suspicion of the murder of his wife.

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Posted: 12 Apr 2010 07:01 AM PDT

AP - Vatican makes clear for first time that bishops and clerics should report sex abuse to police.

Woman mosque leader seeks new Muslim in Europe (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:33 AM PDT

Yassmine el Ksaihi poses in the prayer hall of the Polder Mosque in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Uniquely in the Netherlands, men and women pray together in her mosque, albeit segregated, with the women praying in the back of the prayer hall. Devotions and sermons are conducted mostly in Dutch rather than Arabic. And non-Muslims are welcome. Across Europe Muslims are seeking a formula that lets them be an inseparable part of their country while maintaining their loyalty to their faith and origin. (AP Photo/ Evert Elzinga)AP - Yassmine el Ksaihi doesn't see herself as a feminist rebel. She covers her head and wears modest clothing. She learned to read the Quran at age 5 and promotes traditional Muslim values.

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