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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Goldman Sachs faces questions in Europe (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 05:21 PM PDT

As security looks on, people enter the Goldman Sachs headquarters in the Lower Manhattan area of New York, Friday, April 16, 2010. The government has accused Goldman Sachs & Co. of defrauding investors by failing to disclose conflicts of interest in mortgage investments it sold as the housing market was faltering. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)AP - Goldman Sachs is facing a potential backlash in Europe over the fraud case brought against it in the United States, with Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown calling for authorities there to investigate and accusing the investment bank of "moral bankruptcy."

European airlines test skies, press to end ban (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 05:17 PM PDT

The volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier sends ash into the air Saturday, April 17, 2010. The Icelandic volcano that has kept much of Europe land-bound is far from finished spitting out its grit, and offered up new mini-eruptions Saturday that raise concerns about longer-term damage to world air travel and trade. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti)AP - Major airlines that sent test flights into European air space found no damage Sunday from the volcanic ash that has paralyzed aviation over the continent, raising pressure on governments to ease restrictions that have thrown global travel and commerce into chaos.

Airlines challenge restrictions as ash snags 6.8 million passengers (AFP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 05:02 PM PDT

This aerial view shows the Eyjafjallajokull volcano billowing smoke and ash during an eruption. Europe remained a virtual no-fly zone for a fourth straight day Sunday as airlines urged an immediate re-think of flight restrictions to ease pressure on nearly seven million passengers grounded by volcanic ash.(AFP/Halldor Kolbeins)AFP - Airlines urged a re-think of flight restrictions as a volcanic ash cloud made Europe a virtual no-fly zone for a fourth straight day Sunday with nearly seven million passengers affected.

Ash clouds Blair's election plans (AFP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 04:18 PM PDT

Former prime minister Tony Blair, pictured in March 2010. Blair's plans for general election campaigning could be disrupted as he is stranded in Jerusalem, his spokesman said Sunday.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair's plans for general election campaigning could be disrupted as he is stranded in Jerusalem, his spokesman said Sunday.

EU calls for closer monetary alignment with Asia (AFP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 04:06 PM PDT

Spanish Economy Minister Elena Salgado gives a press conference at the end of an Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) at the Congress Palace of Madrid. Salgado, whose country currently holds the European Union chair, called on Sunday for closer alignment with Asia on monetary matters.(AFP/Dominique Faget)AFP - Spanish Finance Minister Elena Salgado, whose country currently holds the European Union chair, called on Sunday for closer alignment with Asia on monetary matters.

British Airways completes 'perfect' volcanic ash test flight (AFP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 04:00 PM PDT

A sign at the entrance to Heathrow Airport announces that the airport is closed. A British Airways test flight Sunday found AFP - A British Airways test flight Sunday found "no difficulties" as it gauged the safety of flying through the volcanic ash cloud, a BA spokesman said.

Britain working on Spanish hub for stranded nationals (AFP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 03:54 PM PDT

A cleaner works at a quiet Heathrow Terminal 5 in Middlesex. London and Madrid are working on ideas to fly Britons stranded by the volcanic ash cloud to a Spanish hub and then sailing them back home, officials said.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - London and Madrid are working on ideas to fly Britons stranded by the volcanic ash cloud to a Spanish hub and then sailing them back home, officials said.

Financial crisis shakes up sleepy Swiss shareholder meetings (AFP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 03:52 PM PDT

Company logo at a UBS branch in Basel. Shareholder meetings in Switzerland are usually rather uneventful and staid affairs: executives announce annual earnings and investors pass agenda items with overwhelming majorities. So when shareholders of the country's banking icon UBS revolted, it came as something of a shock to the Swiss corporate world.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - Shareholder meetings in Switzerland are usually rather uneventful and staid affairs: executives announce annual earnings and investors pass agenda items with overwhelming majorities.

Europe hopes half of flights will operate Monday (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 03:42 PM PDT

Reuters - European officials said they hoped half of flights would operate across the continent on Monday as they sought to ease four days of airline paralysis caused by a sprawling ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano.

Hendry edges past Chinese teenager (AFP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 03:19 PM PDT

Seven-time champion Stephen Hendry, pictured in 2001, was given a monumental scare by Chinese teenager Zhang Anda before securing his place in the second round of the World Championship on Sunday.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)AFP - Seven-time champion Stephen Hendry was given a monumental scare by Chinese teenager Zhang Anda before securing his place in the second round of the World Championship on Sunday.

Polish leader buried in ceremony of patriotism (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 02:43 PM PDT

Polish guard of honor escorts the coffins of late Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria Kaczynska during a funeral procession walk through Krakow, Poland, Sunday, April 18, 2010.The presidential couple lost their lives in a plane crash in Smolensk, Russia. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Tens of thousands of Poles bade farewell to President Lech Kaczynski on Sunday at a state funeral filled with pomp, pride and an outpouring of patriotism that his divisive and unpopular leadership had never generated.

Turkish Cypriot hard-liner wins election (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 01:33 PM PDT

Turkish Cypriot presidential candidate and the leader of the National Unity party (UBP) Dervis Eroglu (L) celebrates his victory with his wife Meral Eroglu at the party headquarters in Nicosia, in the Turkish-administered northern part of Cyprus, April 18, 2010. Eroglu, who is seeking broad autonomy for Turkish Cypriots, said on Sunday he would continue peace talks with the Greek Cypriots after winning an election for president in the breakaway region. AP - Hard-line challenger Dervis Eroglu won a key Turkish Cypriot leadership election Sunday, vowing to continue peace talks amid fears his victory could grind reunification negotiations with the Greek Cypriots to a halt and scuttle Turkey's bid for European Union membership.

Tearful pope says church will better protect young (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 12:59 PM PDT

Pope Bendict XVI arrives to celebrate a mass at the Granaries in Floriana, Malta, Sunday, April 18, 2010. The pope is in Malta for a two-day visit during which he met with the president and visited a grotto linked to St. Paul. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - With tears in his eyes, Pope Benedict XVI made his most personal gesture yet to respond to the clerical sex abuse scandal Sunday, telling victims the church will do everything possible to protect children and bring abusive priests to justice, the Vatican said.

Iceland's farmers try to save herds from toxic ash (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 12:23 PM PDT

Wearing a mask and glasses against the smoke, dairy farmer Berglind Hilmarsdottir from Nupur, Iceland, looks for cattle lost in ash clouds, Saturday, April 17, 2010. The volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier continued to send ash into the air Sunday. The Icelandic volcano that has kept much of Europe land-bound is far from finished spitting out its grit, and offered up new mini-eruptions Saturday that raise concerns about longer-term damage to world air travel and trade. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti)AP - In Europe, the volcanic ash danger travels at high altitudes, but for Iceland's farmers the problem is very much on the ground.

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Posted: 18 Apr 2010 11:44 AM PDT

AP - Final official results show hard-line challenger winning Turkish Cypriot leadership election.

3 Italian aid workers freed in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 10:55 AM PDT

AP - Afghan authorities released on Sunday three Italian medical workers who had been detained for a week, clearing them of allegations they were part of a Taliban plot to kill a provincial governor, Italian and Afghan officials said.

Turkish navy commandos capture pirates (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 07:39 AM PDT

This US Navy handout photo shows the US naval destroyer USS Farragut after it disabled a suspected pirate skiff in the Indian Ocean in March 2010. The USS Farragut has thwarted an attempt by suspected Somali pirates to seize a Thai-flagged ship in the Gulf of Aden, the multinational anti-piracy task force said.(AFP/US Navy/File)AP - Turkey's military says navy commandos aboard a frigate have captured 13 pirates in the Indian Ocean.

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

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 12:38 AM 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.

Hydrogen still in the eco-car race (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:23 PM PDT

in hhis picture taken March 23, 2010 laboratory assistant Miriam Grueneberg showsa model of a 250fold enlargement of a hydrogen storage device using a glass capillary structure in Berlin, Germany. Hydrogen, it turns out, was never completely out of the race as green energy's answer to the petroleum-driven car . Now Israeli scientists and entrepreneurs claim to have brought hydrogen energy a step closer by putting it in much smaller, lighter containers. Rather than using metal or composite cylinders of compressed gas that look like bulky scuba gear, hydrogen is packed into glass filaments which, once out of the lab, will be only slightly thicker than a human hair. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)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.

2 shows to honor German artist Neo Rauch (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 05:09 PM PDT

In this picture taken April 15, 2010, German painter Neo Rauch gestures in front of his painting 'Uhrenvergleich' (Synchronize Watches) in the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig, central Germany. The exhibition is the first big retrospective about the painter of the Leipzig School and takes place in cooperation with the Pinakaothek der Moderne in Munich. Some 60 artworks are displayed, some of which for the first time, starting on April 18, 2010 until Aug. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)AP - It looks like a typical German rural landscape: rolling hills, green lawns, blooming apple trees and silos. Perfect harmony, if it weren't for the disturbing sulfur-yellowish color of the sky, a black beast jumping into the foreground, and a red monster erupting from a field nearby.

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