2010年4月21日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Why it's possible to fly near Iceland's volcano (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 05:17 PM PDT

Seen from near Hvolsvollur, Iceland, a plume of ash, dust and steam from a volcano erupting beneath Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier towers into the sky, Wednesday, April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - It seems like a disconnect: Most of the media stories about flights grounded because of Iceland's volcanic eruption were accompanied by spectacular aerial photographs of the volcano.

Recriminations erupt in ash-fueled aviation crisis (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 05:03 PM PDT

A couple embrace each other after they were re-united at the arrival hall of Gatwick airport, near London, England, Wednesday, April 21, 2010. Britain's Heathrow Airport — Europe's busiest hub — has seen the first flight land in London since airspace across the continent was closed by the giant plume of ash spewed during a volcanic eruption in Iceland.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Airlines toted up losses topping $2 billion and struggled to get hundreds of thousands of travelers back home Wednesday after a week of crippled air travel, as questions and recriminations erupted over Europe's chaotic response to the volcanic ash cloud.

Questions over Lib Dem leader's funding before TV debate (AFP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 04:56 PM PDT

Opposition Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg addresses journalists at a press conference in central London. Clegg was accused of irregular funding arrangements Thursday as party leaders geared up for the second pre-election TV debate.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, was accused of irregular funding arrangements Thursday as party leaders geared up for the second pre-election TV debate.

Robertson wins after lengthy world snooker opener (AFP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 04:17 PM PDT

Neil Robertson of Australia, seen here on April 20, won through to the last 16 of the World Championship at the Crucible Theatre here on Wednesday with a hard-fought 10-5 first round win over Fergal O'Brien.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Australia's Neil Robertson won through to the last 16 of the World Championship at the Crucible Theatre here on Wednesday with a hard-fought 10-5 first round win over Fergal O'Brien.

Don't blame sports stars for young fans boozing: study (AFP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 04:05 PM PDT

Manchester United supporters drink beer in Rome in 2009. The boozy behaviour of footballers pictured stumbling out of nightclubs in the early hours does not seem to lead their young fans to drink more alcohol, research out Thursday found.(AFP/Tiziana Fabi)AFP - The boozy behaviour of footballers pictured stumbling out of nightclubs in the early hours does not seem to lead their young fans to drink more alcohol, research out Thursday found.

Belgium lawmakers set to ban Islamic burqa Thursday (AFP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 03:52 PM PDT

Belgian lawmakers are set Thursday to impose a ban on wearing the Islamic burqa in public, the first clampdown of its kind in Europe, unless the nation's political crisis disrupts their vote.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - Belgian lawmakers are set Thursday to impose a ban on wearing the Islamic burqa in public, the first clampdown of its kind in Europe, unless the nation's political crisis disrupts their vote.

Villa move up EPL table as Hull suffer (AFP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 03:36 PM PDT

Aston Villa's Richard Dunne (L) and Hull City's Dutch forward Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink compete for the ball during their English Premier League football match at The KC Stadium in Hull. Villa won 2-0.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Aston Villa climbed into sixth place in the English Premier League and in sight of a spot amongst Europe's elite next season as they edged Hull nearer relegation with a 2-0 away win on Wednesday.

Ash cloud has jet fighters grounded in Europe (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 03:34 PM PDT

An aerial view showing a plume of ash rising from the volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier, Wednesday, April 21, 2010. Airlines lost at least $1.7 billion in revenue during the volcanic ash crisis, an industry group said Wednesday as the debate heated up over whether European governments were justified in shutting down their airspace for so long. In Iceland, where all the trouble began with an April 14 eruption, there was no sign Wednesday that the Eyjafjallajokull volcano would stop erupting anytime soon, according to Pall Einarsson, a geophysicist at the Institute of Earth Sciences in Reykjavik. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti)AP - When an Icelandic volcano erupted last week, it didn't just wreak havoc with commercial flights. It grounded American jet fighters and some of the most advanced air forces in the world.

NATO to debate future of nuclear arms in Europe (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 03:27 PM PDT

Reuters - NATO ministers meeting in Estonia on Thursday will debate the future of battlefield nuclear weapons and relations with Russia after Washington and Moscow agreed a major arms reduction treaty this month.

European skies open but airline schedules scrambled (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 03:00 PM PDT

Reuters - Europe's skies were open for business on Wednesday but, with so many planes having been grounded by the volcanic ash from Iceland, it could take days or even weeks to clear the backlog.

Report: German bishop offers to quit (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 02:15 PM PDT

AP - A German bishop is offering his resignation after a flap over allegations of physical abuse and financial misconduct, his hometown newspaper reported Wednesday.

From up close, volcano shows off might and beauty (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 01:48 PM PDT

Activity is seen from the volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier, Wednesday, April 21, 2010. Geologists continued to keep a close watch on the Iceland volcano Eyjafjallajokull on Wednesday, as observers noticed a change in the eruption pattern. Instead of thick black smoke, the plume was almost white... and more like steam than black ash. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti )AP - The volcano threw magma chunks the size of cars into the air and rocked our helicopter with a vicious explosion that sent a visible shock-wave through the air, a reminder of its power.

Pope promises action against clerical sex abuse (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 01:00 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI waves at the end of his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 21, 2010. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION PROFILE)AP - Pope Benedict XVI pledged Wednesday that the Catholic Church would take action to confront the clerical sex abuse scandal, his first public remarks calling for change since the crisis erupted.

Sarkozy to submit bill banning Islamic face veils (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 12:21 PM PDT

A woman wearing a niqab walks at Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris June 24, 2009. France is moving towards a ban on wearing face-covering Islamic veils in public, with the government set to examine a draft bill next month amid heated debate over women's rights and religious freedom. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/FilesAP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday ordered legislation that would ban women from wearing Islamic veils that hide the face in the street and other public places.

Bosnian war veterans clash with police (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 11:15 AM PDT

Bosnian war veterans carry an injured man during clashes with police as they stormed the Bosnian federal government building in Sarajevo, on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. Police fired teargas at thousands of veterans of Bosnia's 1992-95 war who smashed windows of government buildings they were trying to break into during a protest on Wednesday against cuts to their benefits (AP Photo/Amel Emric)AP - War veterans protesting proposed cuts in state benefits set fire to a regional government building in Bosnia on Wednesday and drove back riot police who tried to disperse them.

Chechen leader allegedly ordered killing of rivals (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 09:33 AM PDT

In this Sept. 16, 2007 file photo, Sulim Yamadayev, seen at Hankala airport, a military base outside Grozny, Chechnya, southern Russia. Sulim Yamadayev, gunned down last March in Dubai, is a brother of former warlord Isa Yamadayev who claimed Wednesday April 21, 2010 that Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov ordered the killing. (AP Photo, File)AP - The brother of two murdered opponents of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov claimed in a letter published Wednesday that the Kremlin-backed Chehen leader has ordered the killing of him and the remaining brothers.

UK's Clegg laughs off leaked debate notes (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 09:04 AM PDT

Leader of Britian's Liberal Democrat party, Nick Clegg speaks during a press conference in Cardiff, Wales, Monday April 19, 2010. The Labour party dominance of Welsh politics is coming to an end, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg declared Monday. Britain goes to the polls in a General Election on May 6.(AP Photo / Chris Radburn, PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES **AP - Secret documents found in a taxi. Private campaign plans publicized in high-octane tabloids. Embarrassing revelations about plans to steal a rival's approach. Instructions to characterize Prime Minister Gordon Brown as "weird."

3 Auschwitz thieves are no-shows at Polish prison (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 08:52 AM PDT

AP - The three men found guilty last month of secondary roles in the theft of the notorious Auschwitz sign failed to show up to prison this week when they were supposed to start their sentences, a judge said Wednesday.

Srebrenica survivor testifies he hid under corpses (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 08:48 AM PDT

Profile of Radovan Karadzic. A witness on Wednesday showed judges trying Karadzic for crimes against humanity the scars of a cross he said Serb captors carved into his chest under torture.(AFP/Graphic)AP - A Muslim man told judges Wednesday at the U.N. trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic that he survived the Srebrenica massacre by feigning death beneath the bodies of men gunned down around him.

Campaigning UK Conservative leader hit with egg (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 07:30 AM PDT

A police officer leads away a youth who threw an egg at British opposition Conservative party leader David Cameron, unseen, during his election campaign visit to Cornwall College in Saltash, near Plymouth, south-west England on Wednesday April 21, 2010. The politician laughed off the missile, which hit him on the shoulder as he left a college in the town of Saltash, saying it was the 'first of the campaign.' (AP Photo/Johnny Green, PA)AP - First came the chicken, then the egg.

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