2010年4月17日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News


Turkish Cypriots go to polls in crucial vote (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 04:25 PM PDT

Reuters - Turkish Cypriots vote in a presidential election Sunday which could shape the future of Cyprus's fragile reunification process and Turkey's bid to join the European Union.

Dutch, German airlines say no damage in test flights (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 04:02 PM PDT

Reuters - Dutch and German airlines carried out test flights over Europe on Saturday and said their planes appeared undamaged by a volcanic ash cloud that has forced airports to close across the continent.

Couple stranded by volcano take vows online (AFP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 04:02 PM PDT

This arial photo shows the Eyjafjallajokull volcano bilowing smoke and ash during an eruption. A British-Australian couple's wedding guests watched them take their vows over the Internet on Saturday after the volcanic ash cloud disrupting European flights left them stranded in Dubai.(AFP/Halldor Kolbeins)AFP - A British-Australian couple's wedding guests watched them take their vows over the Internet on Saturday after the volcanic ash cloud disrupting European flights left them stranded in Dubai.


A glance at flight disruptions due to volcanic ash (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 03:55 PM PDT

This aerial image shows the crater at the summit of the volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier Saturday April 17, 2010. A lingering volcanic ash plume forced extended no-fly restrictions over much of Europe Saturday, as Icelandic scientists warned that volcanic activity had increased and showed no sign of abating — a portent of more travel chaos to come. Although the ash plume has grown, a northerly wind was expected to allow enough visibility for scientists to fly over the volcano Saturday.    (AP Photo/Jon Gustafsson /Helicopter.is)  ** ICELAND OUT **AP - Here is a glance of the flight disruptions and airspace closures across Europe and beyond, caused by a lingering volcanic ash plume drifting from Iceland.


AP Exclusive: How the pope got his US lawyer (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 03:44 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI prays  in the Saint Paul church in Rabat, Malta, Saturday, April 17, 2010. (AP Photo / Osservatore Romano, pool)AP - The Vatican has long let cardinals or its official spokesmen do its talking when scandal hits.


Poland to bury president, ash cloud deters Obama, Merkel (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 03:43 PM PDT

Reuters - Poland prepared on Sunday to bury President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria, killed in a plane crash last weekend, but a volcanic ash cloud over Europe prevented many world leaders from attending.

Britain extends flight ban until 1200 GMT Sunday (AFP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 03:25 PM PDT

A man sleeps as other passengers queue at Stansted Airport. Britain has extended a ban on most flights in its airspace until at least 1200 GMT Sunday due to the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland, air authorities announced.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Britain has extended a ban on most flights in its airspace until at least 1200 GMT Sunday due to the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland, air authorities announced.


Poland holds public memorial for crash victims (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 03:11 PM PDT

Poland's former Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, and twin brother of the late President Lech Kaczynski, kneels before the coffins of his brother and  first lady Maria Kaczynska during a service at the Warsaw Cathedral,in Poland, Saturday, April 17, 2010. Polish President Lech Kaczynski was killed in a plane crash in Russia last Saturday. (AP Photo/Ludmila Mitregai)AP - Some 100,000 Poles filled Warsaw's biggest public square Saturday, joining together for a memorial and funeral Mass for the 96 people killed in a plane crash a week earlier.


World champion Higgins comes through opener (AFP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 02:34 PM PDT

Reigning champion John Higgins, pictured in 2009, avoided the embarrassment of a first round exit at the World Championship with a hard-fought 10-6 win over Barry Hawkins at the Crucible Theatre on Saturday.(AFP/File/James Baylis)AFP - Reigning champion John Higgins avoided the embarrassment of a first round exit at the World Championship with a hard-fought 10-6 win over Barry Hawkins at the Crucible Theatre on Saturday.


Pope on pilgrimage in nation hit by sex scandal (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 01:25 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI is seen through the window of his Popemobile as he prepares to leave La Valletta's international airport soon after his arrival at Malta, Saturday, April 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday began a pilgrimage in Malta, a Catholic nation buffeted by the worldwide clerical sex abuse scandal and where victims are hoping to meet with him as a way to deal with their pain.


Cardinal: late pope backed priest-shielding (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 01:20 PM PDT

AP - Spanish media are quoting a retired Vatican cardinal as saying the late Pope John Paul II backed his letter congratulating a French bishop for risking jail for shielding a priest convicted of raping minors.

Hydrogen still in the eco-car race (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:00 AM PDT

AP - Hydrogen, one of Earth's most abundant elements, once was seen as green energy's answer to the petroleum-driven car: easy to produce, available everywhere and nonpolluting when burned.

Priest involved in sex case has left job in Italy (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 07:36 AM PDT

AP - An Indian priest who pleaded no contest to assaulting a 15-year-old girl in Florida and was found by an Associated Press investigation to be posted in Italy has given up his job at the Italian church, officials said Saturday.

Glance at some of those who died in plane crash (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 03:25 AM PDT

AP - A glance at some of the most prominent victims of the crash of Poland's presidential plane April 10, according to the official passenger list, released by the president's office.
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