2010年4月26日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Scottish nationalists mount BBC legal challenge (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 05:45 PM PDT

Scotland's first minister, and leader of the pro-independence Scottish National party, Alex Salmond (second left) holds a Scottich flag while celebrating the right for Scotland to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The Scottish National Party is set to mount a legal challenge against the BBC over the exclusion of the political party from the final British election TV debate.(AFP/File/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)AFP - The Scottish National Party (SNP) is set to mount a legal challenge against the BBC over its exclusion from the final British election TV debate.

Murphy gets better of Ding as Rocket sinks Williams in snooker (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 03:11 PM PDT

Ronnie O'Sullivan of England plays a shot during his World Championship Snooker match against Mark Williams of Wales, at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. O'Sullivan racked up three century breaks in the space of seven frames as he powered past Mark Williams and into the last eight of the World Championship here on Monday.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - China's number one Ding Junhui crashed out of the snooker World Championship on Monday as 2005 champion Shaun Murphy moved into the quarters with a 13-10 victory.

Depressed? You must like chocolate (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 01:53 PM PDT

Reuters - People who are depressed eat more chocolate than people who are not, U.S. researchers said on Monday, in a study that puts numbers behind the link between mood and chocolate.

King accepts resignation of Belgian government (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 01:31 PM PDT

Belgium's King Albert II (L) and his chief of Office Jacques van Ypersele de Strihou (R) leave the Laeken Royal Palace in Brussels April 23, 2010. Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has gone to King Albert to tender his government's resignation, a minister said after an emergency cabinet meeting on Thursday, after no agreement was reached on the electoral boundaries Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde (BHV) -- a complex and highly divisive issue that French and Dutch speakers have argued about for decades. REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS)AP - Belgium King Albert II accepted the government's resignation Monday after negotiations failed to resolve a long-simmering dispute between Dutch- and French-speaking politicians over a bilingual voting district in and around Brussels, the country's capital.

Muslim says mistresses are the French way of life (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 01:23 PM PDT

In this Friday, April 23, 2010 picture Lies Hebbadj, left, and his wife who refused to be identified, speak to reporters in Nantes, western France. She was fined for driving a car with a veil covering all but her eyes. Now, her husband is suspected of polygamy. The situation appears to be a boon to President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is trying to rush through controversial legislation forbidding burqa-style Islamic veils that cover the face on the grounds they don't respect French values or women's dignity.(AP Photo/David Vincent)AP - A Muslim Frenchman at the center of a firestorm over polygamy said Monday that keeping mistresses is the French way of life.

Bereaved twin runs for Polish president (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 12:58 PM PDT

Polish opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, seen here on April 10, has announced he will run in June's contest to become president in succession to his identical twin after his death in an air crash in Russia.(AFP/File/Maksim Malinouski)AFP - Polish opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski announced Monday that he would run in June's snap election to become president in succession to his identical twin who was killed in an air crash in Russia.

British envoy to Yemen escapes suicide bombing (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 12:53 PM PDT

Yemeni police and soldiers secure the site of a suicide bombing that targeted the convoy of the British ambassador in Sanaa. Britain's envoy to Yemen Timothy Torlot narrowly escaped a bomb triggered by a suicide bomber who threw himself at the ambassador's convoy in the capital Sanaa.(AFP/Mohamed Huwais)AFP - Britain's envoy to Yemen Timothy Torlot Monday narrowly escaped a bomb triggered by a suspected Al-Qaeda suicide attacker who hurled himself at the ambassador's convoy in a Sanaa street, officials said.

Belgium's government falls, future unity on line (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 12:42 PM PDT

Belgium's Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and of Institutional Reforms Didier Reynders leaves the Chairmen conference at the Belgian chamber, in Brussels. Belgium's King Albert II on Monday accepted the resignation of prime minister Yves Leterme's government, the palace said, two months from taking up the European Union chair.(AFP/BELGA/Julien Warnand)AFP - Belgium's government collapsed on Monday amid a breakdown between Dutch and French-speaking parts, hurtling the country towards elections that cast a doubt over its future as a unified state.

French Muslim says has mistresses, not a polygamist (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 12:41 PM PDT

Lies Hebbadj (L), husband of Anne, an assumed name, a 31-year old French woman who has been fined for wearing a niqab while driving, speaks to the media during a news conference in Nantes, western France, April 26, 2010. REUTERS/Stephane MaheReuters - A French Muslim threatened with being stripped of his passport for practicing polygamy on Monday denied the accusation, saying he had only one wife and several mistresses.

Pedophile priest was volunteer in Dutch church (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 12:25 PM PDT

AP - The Dutch Catholic Church rejected criticism Monday for failing to check the background of a volunteer who had served a seven-year prison sentence in the U.S. for child abuse.

Rome priest on trial for abuse in Vatican backyard (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 12:05 PM PDT

Former Styria province governor Waltraud Klasnic addresses a news conference in Vienna April 26, 2010. Klasnic, who has been appointed victims' representative by the Roman Catholic Church to investigate child abuse cases, presented her team to the public on Monday. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (AUSTRIA - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS HEADSHOT)AP - The bishop responsible for a politically connected priest accused of molesting seven boys has admitted in court papers obtained by The Associated Press that he knew of the allegations for two years but didn't remove the priest from working with children.

Britain's odd election: Where third equals first? (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 11:29 AM PDT

AP - In Britain's wildly unpredictable election, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's faltering Labour Party could finish third — but still end up running the country. The surging Liberal Democrats could get a third of the vote and a small fraction of the seats.

Ukraine leader says Chernobyl reactor a threat (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 10:41 AM PDT

A woman places a framed photograph of her husband, who died during clean-up operations following the Chernobyl explosion, during commemorations to mark the 24th anniversary of the disaster, at the monument to Chernobyl victims in Ukraine's capital Kiev, Monday, April 26, 2010. The 1986 explosion of the fourth reactor at the plant in Ukraine spread radiation over much of Europe, forcing evacuation of swaths of countryside. Thirty-one people died of radiation illnesses in the first two months after the blast, and there is debate over how many eventually will fall victim. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)AP - Ukraine's president warned Monday on the 24th anniversary of the world's worst atomic accident that the Chernobyl nuclear reactor remains a serious threat to Europe.

(AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 09:59 AM PDT

AP - Belgian King Albert II has accepted the government's resignation.

Austrian slaying probe sees link to Chechen leader (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 09:57 AM PDT

FILE - This is a Monday, March 2, 2009 file photo of President of Russian region of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov as he speaks at his residence in capital Grozny. An Austrian official said Monday April 26, 2010 that a probe into the killing of a Chechen man has revealed a connection to a close advisor of the Kremlin-backed Chechen president. Umar Israilov, 27, was shot dead Jan. 13, 2009 on a street in the Austrian capital of Vienna. Officials say they have no proof that the killing was political, but human rights activists say his slaying was linked to his opposition to Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov. (AP Photo/Musa Saduayev, File)AP - An Austrian investigation into the street slaying of a former bodyguard for the Chechen president has revealed a connection between a man detained in the slaying and a close adviser to the Chechen leader, an official said Monday.

Iranian foreign minister visits Bosnia (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 09:49 AM PDT

Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki, left, is greeted by Bosnian Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj, right, during visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, on Monday, April 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)AP - Iran's foreign minister held talks with Bosnian leaders Monday as part of a campaign to avert another round of U.N. sanctions.

Late Poland president's twin runs to replace him (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 08:29 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, July 10, 2006 file photo leader of Poland's ruling party Law and Justice Jaroslaw Kaczynski speaks after he was named Poland's new Prime Minister, in Warsaw, Poland. Poland's parliament speaker on Wednesday April 21, 2010 set June 20 as the date for an early presidential election after the death of President Lech Kaczynski in a plane crash, kicking off an election season overshadowed by the tragedy. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)AP - Polish opposition party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said Monday he will run in summer elections to replace his twin brother, the incumbent president who was killed in a plane crash.

Gored Spanish bullfighter recovering in Mexico (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 07:58 AM PDT

AP - A top Spanish matador who suffered a horrendous, near-fatal goring in Mexico is recovering, his manager said Monday.

Early days: the schooling of a British politician (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 06:51 AM PDT

Britain's Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg smiles as he is surrounded with students at the Newcastle Aviation Academy, Newcastle England Friday April 23, 2010. Since the fresh-faced Clegg stole the show in two elections TV debates this month, more young people have been tuning in with a little help from Facebook. (AP Photo/Gareth Fuller/PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - In the early 1980s, Nick Clegg, a young challenger riding a surge of voter disgust with Britain's political heavyweights, was a boy at the elite Westminster School in London, a short walk from the Parliament that he seeks to transform in elections on May 6. His routines were hardly ordinary.

EU to push for piracy prosecutions in Africa (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 05:44 AM PDT

File photo of an armed pirate keeping vigil along the coastline at Hobyo town, northeastern Somalia. The European Union offered support Monday to Kenya and the Seychelles to continue to judge and jail suspected Somali pirates, as Nairobi moves to cancel agreements on their prosecution.(AFP/File/Mohamed Dahir)AP - The European Union's foreign affairs and security chief will visit Africa next month to press for more help in prosecuting pirates arrested by European warships patrolling the Gulf of Aden, she told a meeting Monday.

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