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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Rangers' Smith hails his squad's title success (AFP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 06:18 PM PDT

Rangers manager Walter Smith, pictured, saluted his side after clinching back-to-back Scottish Premier League titles courtesy of Kyle Lafferty's goal in a 1-0 win over Hibernian to lift some of the gloom amid well-documented financial struggles.(AFP/File/Cristina Quicler)AFP - Rangers manager Walter Smith saluted his side after clinching back-to-back Scottish Premier League titles courtesy of Kyle Lafferty's goal in a 1-0 win over Hibernian to lift some of the gloom amid well-documented financial struggles.

Burnley's Laws pleads for club's restoration job (AFP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:58 PM PDT

Liverpool's Argentine midfielder Maxi Rodriguez (second right) scores Liverpool's third goal past Burnley's Danish goalkeeper Brian Jensen (left) during the English Premier League football match between Burnley and Liverpool. Burnley manager Brian Laws insisted he would remain in charge of the club despite their 4-0 defeat to Liverpool condemning them to relegation.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Burnley manager Brian Laws insisted he would remain in charge of the club despite a 4-0 defeat to Liverpool condemning them to relegation after just one season in the top flight.

Rooney wins PFA player of the year award (AFP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:22 PM PDT

Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney has won the Professional Footballers' Association player of the year award and used the opportunity to declare his readiness for the World Cup.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney won the Professional Footballers' Association player of the year award at a ceremony here on Sunday and then declared his readiness for the World Cup.

Vatican says 'case closed' in gaffe over pope's visit (AFP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 03:42 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful at the Vatican. The Vatican moved Sunday to calm the waters after a British official document suggested the pope should open an abortion clinic and bless a gay marriage during his visit later this year.(AFP/File/Vincenzo Pinto)AFP - The Vatican moved Sunday to calm the waters after a British official document suggested the pope should open an abortion clinic and bless a gay marriage during his visit later this year.

French driving veil row escalates (AFP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 01:42 PM PDT

The husband (L) of a woman who called herself Anne -- not her real name (R) -- fined for driving while wearing a full-face veil, attends a press conference on April 23, in Nantes, western France. A political row over the case of a French woman fined for driving in an Islamic veil gathered pace Sunday as a leading Muslim scholar and a French far-right leader both weighed in.(AFP/File/Alain Jocard)AFP - A political row over the case of a French woman fined for driving in an Islamic veil gathered pace Sunday as a leading Muslim scholar and a French far-right leader both weighed in.

Hungary's Fidesz wins historic two-thirds mandate (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 01:39 PM PDT

A Hungarian woman casts her vote at a polling station during the second round of the parliamentary elections in Budapest April 25, 2010. REUTERS/Laszlo BaloghReuters - Hungary's next prime minister Viktor Orban said on Sunday voters had carried out a "revolution" by giving his party two thirds of the seats in parliament to rebuild Hungary after a near financial collapse.

Parties jostle as vote polls point to hung parliament (AFP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 01:29 PM PDT

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg addresses supporters during an election campaign visit to a supermarket in Norwich on April 23. With polls suggesting a hung parliament after the May 6 election, Clegg warned on Sunday he would not prop up a weakened Prime Minister Gordon Brown.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The leader of likely kingmakers in the May 6 election, the Liberal Democrats, warned Sunday he would not prop up a wounded Prime Minister Gordon Brown, as polls point to a hung parliament.

Hungarian conservatives win parliamentary majority (AFP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 01:25 PM PDT

Party leader and candidate of Fidesz Civic Party Viktor Orban waves to supporters in front of their election campaign center of Vorosmarty square in Budapest downtown. Hungary's conservative Fidesz party secured a two-thirds parliamentary majority after the second round of general elections on Sunday, giving it free reign to change the constitution.(AFP/Attila Kisbenedek)AFP - Hungary's conservative Fidesz party secured a two-thirds parliamentary majority after the second round of general elections on Sunday, giving it free reign to change the constitution.

Suspicion of polygamy stokes France's veil debate (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 12:00 PM PDT

A 31-year-old French veiled woman, no name released, address the media in Nantes, western France, Friday, April 23, 2010. Traffic police in the western city of Nantes fined her in early April based on sufficient field of vision, his lawyer Jean Michel Pollono said. The fine was small, 22 euro/US$29, but may illustrate what's to come as the president, Nicolas Sarkozy, pushes to outlaw the veils nationwide.(AP Photo/David Vincent)AP - She was fined for driving a car with a veil covering all but her eyes. Now, her husband is suspected of polygamy.

Iran makes little headway in diplomatic offensive (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 11:21 AM PDT

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki shakes hands with his Austrian counterpart Michael Spindelegger, from left, after a news conference following their talks at the foreign ministry in Vienna, Austria, on Sunday, April 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)AP - Iran's push to avoid new U.N. sanctions appeared to make little headway Sunday with Austria, with the Security Council member saying the onus was on Tehran to defuse international concerns about its nuclear agenda if it wanted to avoid fresh penalties.

Pope: priests must protect kids (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 08:09 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful during the Regina Caeli prayer in St. Peter's square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2010.The Pontiff is praising an Italian priest's group which battles pedophilia. Benedict's encouragement for clergy and lay people to work to prevent sexual and other abuse of children comes after weeks of accusations he and other top churchmen helped perpetuate systematic cover-ups of molester priests worldwide. The pope told pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter's Square Sunday that he was grateful for those who are supporting his papacy with prayers but made no direct mention of the accusations. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI told priests Sunday to safeguard children in their charge from evil and win the "absolute" trust of their flock, even as his own papacy is clouded by accusations he and other top churchmen failed to protect minors adequately from pedophile clergy.

UK apologizes to Vatican over Pope visit jokes (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 06:09 AM PDT

Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, foreground, greets Pope Benedict XVI, center, during a special audience for bishops following a meeting on the new media, in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, April 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Britain's Foreign Office issued a hasty apology Sunday to Pope Benedict XVI after publication of an internal memo in which officials joked he could open an abortion clinic, launch a range of condoms or sing a duet with Queen Elizabeth II during a four-day visit in September.

Europe studies lessons of living with volcanos (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:58 AM PDT

In this photo taken Friday, April 23, 2010, the Akureyi Airport is seen in Akureyi, Iceland. For the first time since the April 14 eruption, Iceland's major international airport was closed after shifting winds blew the ash cloud toward the capital of Reykjavik, west of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano. Trans-Atlantic flights on Icelandair that usually stop in Iceland were being rerouted through Glasgow in Scotland. Akureyi Airport remains open. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - In the ageless contest between man and nature, nature reasserted its primacy for an entire week, crippling air travel around the world and sending shudders through the global economy.

Top Spanish bullfighter gored in Mexico (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 03:47 AM PDT

AP - One of Spain's top matadors was seriously injured in Mexico when a 1,100-pound (500-kilogram) bull gored him in the groin and hoisted him into the air, causing major blood loss, his manager said Sunday.

Story on toxic waste wins Pearl reporting award (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 01:36 AM PDT

AP - A joint report by European journalists on the dumping of toxic waste in Ivory Coast has won the Daniel Pearl Award for international investigative reporting.

Swiss police: US, Moroccan die in cliff fall (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 12:41 AM PDT

AP - Swiss police say an American woman and a Moroccan man attending a prestigious Swiss boarding school have died after falling several hundred feet down a cliff.

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