Yahoo! News: Europe News

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• Europe debt crisis spreads to Portugal (AP)
• Panama's ex-dictator Noriega jailed in France (AP)
• Gov warns nationals against travel to Thailand (AFP)
• Daimler posts Q1 profit on strong US, China sales (AP)
• Deutsche Bank makes $2.4 bln profit in Q1 (AP)
• Summary Box: Commodities sell-off on Europe woes (AP)
• Stocks pull back on Europe's deepening debt woes (AP)
• Treasurys jump as Europe's debt crisis deepens (AP)
• Robertson roars towards semis as Davis struggles (AFP)
• UK Lib Dems see scope for Labour pact, without Brown (Reuters)
• Rome priest on trial for abuse defends pope (AP)
• Austria probe links slaying to Chechen president (AP)
• Scottish police once believed in Loch Ness monster (AP)
• Lawmakers brawl in Ukraine over pro-Russia measure (AP)
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• Russia considers new powers for KGB successor (AP)
• First Elvis, now US TV. UK's Labour taps "24" (AP)
• French legislator wants full veil banned in Sept. (AP)
• Austrian cop faces trial in attack on American (AP)
• Hungary's Gypsies fear post-election bad times (AP)

Europe debt crisis spreads to Portugal (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 05:06 PM PDT AP - Greece was pushed to the brink of a financial abyss and started dragging another eurozone country — Portugal — down with it Tuesday, fueling fears of a continent-wide debt meltdown.

Panama's ex-dictator Noriega jailed in France (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 04:03 PM PDT AP - Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, fresh out of a Miami prison where he spent two decades, was sent back behind bars in France on Tuesday to await a new legal battle — this time on charges he laundered cocaine profits by buying luxury apartments in Paris.

Gov warns nationals against travel to Thailand (AFP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 03:58 PM PDT AFP - The government on Tuesday extended a warning against visiting Thailand, urging its nationals to avoid all but essential travel to the whole country due to "violent incidents of an unpredictable nature."

Daimler posts Q1 profit on strong US, China sales (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 03:50 PM PDT AP - German carmaker Daimler AG on Tuesday reported a first quarter net profit of euro612 million ($817 million), up from a loss of euro1.3 billion a year earlier, as rising sales of its luxury cars in the U.S. and China helped the company's turnaround.

Deutsche Bank makes $2.4 bln profit in Q1 (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 03:47 PM PDT AP - Deutsche Bank AG reported Tuesday a 50 percent rise in profit for the first quarter of the year due to booming earnings in investment banking.

Summary Box: Commodities sell-off on Europe woes (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 03:10 PM PDT AP - FLEEING RISK: Commodities followed stocks lower after Standard & Poor's downgraded the debt of Greece and Portugal, sending investors into safer assets like the U.S. dollar.

Stocks pull back on Europe's deepening debt woes (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 03:09 PM PDT AP - Investors are again worried that debt problems in Greece and Portugal could threaten the global economic recovery.

Treasurys jump as Europe's debt crisis deepens (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 03:01 PM PDT AP - Interest rates fell in the bond market Tuesday as investors responded to Europe's debt crisis by seeking the safety of Treasurys.

Robertson roars towards semis as Davis struggles (AFP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 02:56 PM PDT AFP - Neil Robertson was on the brink of a place in the semi-finals at the World Championship as the Australian ended Tuesday with a 12-4 lead in his quarter-final against six-time champion Steve Davis.

UK Lib Dems see scope for Labour pact, without Brown (Reuters) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 02:52 PM PDT Reuters - The head of Britain's third party indicated on Tuesday that the departure of Prime Minister Gordon Brown could open the way to a coalition with ruling Labour if next week's election has no clear-cut winner.

Rome priest on trial for abuse defends pope (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 02:12 PM PDT AP - A politically connected priest on trial for allegedly sexually molesting young boys proclaimed his innocence Tuesday and denounced what he said was "mud" being thrown on the pope concerning the clerical abuse scandal.

Austria probe links slaying to Chechen president (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 02:01 PM PDT AP - Austrian investigators have concluded that Chechnya's president ordered the kidnapping of one of his critics and former bodyguards in Vienna and that the man was shot to death there when the abduction went awry, an official said Tuesday.

Scottish police once believed in Loch Ness monster (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 01:14 PM PDT AP - What lurks beneath the dark waters of Scotland's Loch Ness? Newly released documents on display Tuesday in Scotland show that during the 1930s, police in Scotland were convinced some sort of creature inhabited the Highlands lake — so sure, in fact, that they worried about how to protect it from big-game hunters.

Lawmakers brawl in Ukraine over pro-Russia measure (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 12:27 PM PDT AP - The speaker of Ukraine's parliament huddled under umbrellas as eggs rained down and smoke bombs filled the chamber with an acrid cloud. Then the lawmakers attacked each other, punching and brawling in the aisles.

(AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 09:59 AM PDT AP - Judge orders former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega jailed in France.

Russia considers new powers for KGB successor (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 09:33 AM PDT AP - Russia's parliament is considering a government-drafted bill that would increase the power of the security services and restore practices once associated with their Soviet predecessor, the KGB.

First Elvis, now US TV. UK's Labour taps "24" (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 09:27 AM PDT AP - Britain's governing Labour Party says it has tapped a director of the American TV series "24" to shoot its latest election ad.

French legislator wants full veil banned in Sept. (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 07:53 AM PDT AP - A leading lawmaker in President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party says he hopes a bill forbidding Islamic veils is passed in September.

Austrian cop faces trial in attack on American (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 07:35 AM PDT AP - Austrian prosecutors said Tuesday that they have charged an undercover policemen with assaulting a black American teacher after mistaking him for a drug dealer at a Vienna subway station.

Hungary's Gypsies fear post-election bad times (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 07:17 AM PDT AP - Robert Csorba and his son were murdered a year ago for being Gypsies. Now his relatives are using the bricks from his burned out house to wall off their home as they brace for more possible violence ahead.

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