Yahoo! News: Europe News

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• Think-tank unveils website to boost aid controls (AFP)
• New Europe flights give stranded passengers hope (AFP)
• U.S. business risks from volcano smolder (Reuters)
• European flights resume, new ash cloud on horizon (Reuters)
• The Cost of Europe's Volcanic Ash Travel Crisis (Time.com)
• Gould deals Fu painful hand as Rocket courts controversy (AFP)
• Liverpool stroll keeps heat on Hammers (AFP)
• Airline losses from ash climb over $1 billion (AP)
• A glance at flight disruptions due to volcanic ash (AP)
• Mission impossible: Escape from Europe (AP)
• Volcano spewing less ash as lava boils up (AP)
• NATO: F-16 fighters damaged by volcanic ash (AP)
• Pole wins key award for protecting forest valley (AP)
• Skeptics ask if Malta will be turning point (AP)
• Turkish Cypriot hard-liner wins election (AP)
• Nick Clegg's surge brings new twist to UK election (AP)
• Pope: I lead 'wounded, sinner' church (AP)
• Russia: US adoptions freeze to last for weeks (AP)
• Volcano causes Clinton to cancel visit to Finland (AP)

Think-tank unveils website to boost aid controls (AFP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 06:12 PM PDT AFP - Aid agencies can now ensure that companies contracted to carry aid and peacekeepers to disaster zones do not also engage in activities that spark conflict, a leading think-tank said Tuesday.

New Europe flights give stranded passengers hope (AFP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 05:28 PM PDT AFP - European governments opened the continent's airspace to new flights from Tuesday giving hope to passengers around the world trapped by the cloud of volcano ash that has grounded airlines there.

U.S. business risks from volcano smolder (Reuters) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 04:16 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. sellers of everything from cosmetics to cruises to car rentals were scrambling for options after a tower of ash from an Icelandic volcano turned much of Europe into a no-fly zone.

European flights resume, new ash cloud on horizon (Reuters) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 04:13 PM PDT Reuters - Flights from large parts of Europe are set to resume on Tuesday under a deal agreed by the European Union to free up airspace closed by a cloud of ash hurled into the sky by an Icelandic volcano.

The Cost of Europe's Volcanic Ash Travel Crisis (Time.com) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 04:05 PM PDT Time.com - As the cloud of volcanic ash hanging over Europe dissipates, E.U. authorities give the okay to fly again. But the recession-hit region won't emerge from the five-day travel ban unscathed

Gould deals Fu painful hand as Rocket courts controversy (AFP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 03:45 PM PDT AFP - Marco Fu was the first significant name to fall in the world championship after the Hong Kong star squandered an 8-6 lead to lose his first-round tie with Martin Gould 10-9 on Monday.

Liverpool stroll keeps heat on Hammers (AFP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 03:12 PM PDT AFP - First-half strikes from Yossi Benayoun and David Ngog and a second-half own goal from Robert Green earned Liverpool a 3-0 win Monday over struggling West Ham.

Airline losses from ash climb over $1 billion (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 03:11 PM PDT AP - Airline losses from the volcanic ash cloud climbed above $1 billion Monday, and the industry demanded compensation from the European Union as officials agreed to let flights resume on a limited basis.

A glance at flight disruptions due to volcanic ash (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 02:32 PM PDT AP - three klm passenger planes left schiphol airport in amsterdam on monday evening during daylight under visual flight rules bound for new york, dubai and shanghai. Airlines in Europe are expected to fly between 8,000 and 9,000 of the 28,000 scheduled flights Monday because of a flying ban in major parts of Europe, the Eurocontrol air traffic control agency said.

Mission impossible: Escape from Europe (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 12:27 PM PDT AP - Stranded travelers are piling into buses, trains and high-priced taxis in a frantic scramble to accomplish an increasingly tricky mission: Escape from Europe.

Volcano spewing less ash as lava boils up (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 11:11 AM PDT AP - The dramatic volcanic eruption that belched out the ash plume responsible for grounding much of Europe entered a new phase Monday — producing less smoke but bubbling with lava and throwing up chunks of molten rock.

NATO: F-16 fighters damaged by volcanic ash (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 10:53 AM PDT AP - A senior Western diplomat said Monday that several NATO F-16 fighters had flown through a cloud of volcanic ash and that that one had suffered engine damage.

Pole wins key award for protecting forest valley (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 10:47 AM PDT AP - A Polish conservationist won a key environment prize Monday for leading a campaign that halted a giant expressway that would have sliced through one of Europe's last swaths of undisturbed wilderness.

Skeptics ask if Malta will be turning point (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 10:07 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI's teary-eyed encounter in Malta with victims of sexual abuse by priests could be a turning point in his embattled papacy. But skeptics, unimpressed with melodrama, are holding out for accountability and action against church officials who protected pedophile clerics.

Turkish Cypriot hard-liner wins election (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 10:00 AM PDT AP - A hard-liner's victory in the Turkish Cypriot presidential election could bring deadlock to peace talks with Greek Cypriots and spell the end of Turkey's bid for European Union membership, analysts said Monday.

Nick Clegg's surge brings new twist to UK election (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 09:58 AM PDT AP - An unpredictable British national election has suddenly become more uncertain, with an unexpectedly stellar television debate performance from the leader of the Liberal Democrats sending the perenially third-ranked party to first place in some opinion polls.

Pope: I lead 'wounded, sinner' church (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 09:43 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI told cardinals on Monday that he doesn't feel alone while at the helm of a "wounded and sinner" church, the Vatican newspaper reported.

Russia: US adoptions freeze to last for weeks (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 08:19 AM PDT AP - All Russian adoptions to the United States will remain suspended until a new agreement is negotiated, which could take up to two months, the Kremlin's children's rights ombudsman said Monday.

Volcano causes Clinton to cancel visit to Finland (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 07:36 AM PDT AP - The American Embassy in Helsinki says U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has canceled a scheduled visit to Finland because of flight restrictions caused by the volcanic ash cloud.

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