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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Polls show Cameron won final election TV debate (AFP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 04:37 PM PDT

British opposition Conservative party leader, David Cameron participates in the final of three live televised debates, at the University of Birmingham. Cameron, was the winner of the final leaders' TV debate Thursday ahead of next week's general election, according to two instant polls.(AFP/POOL/Gareth Fuller)AFP - The leader of the Conservatives, David Cameron, was the winner of the final leaders' TV debate ahead of next week's general election, according to instant polls.

Britain's Cameron judged winner of election debate (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 04:26 PM PDT

Reuters - Polls declared Conservative leader David Cameron the winner Thursday of a final TV debate before next week's British election, giving him a boost going into the closing stages of the campaign.

Chavez exhorts Fidel, Morales to Twitter (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:53 PM PDT

Reuters - Delighted at his cyber success, Venezuela's new Twitter convert President Hugo Chavez on Thursday invited Cuba's Fidel Castro and Bolivian President Evo Morales to join the micro-blogging site too.

Brown fails to win back voters in last British debate (AFP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:39 PM PDT

Labour Party leader Gordon Brown participates in the final of three live televised debates, at the University of Birmingham. Brown sought to recover from a major gaffe by trumpeting his economic credentials in the final pre-election TV debate Thursday, but polls showed he failed to convince voters.(AFP/POOL/Gareth Fuller)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown sought to recover from a major gaffe by trumpeting his economic credentials in the final pre-election TV debate Thursday, but polls showed he failed to convince voters.

Robertson eyes snooker world championship final (AFP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:26 PM PDT

Neil Robertson, bidding to become Australia's first world championship finalist in 35 years, pictured on April 20, opened up a 6-2 lead over England's Ali Carter in the semi-finals on Thursday.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Neil Robertson, bidding to become Australia's first world championship finalist in 35 years, opened up a 6-2 lead over England's Ali Carter in the semi-finals on Thursday.

Russia's Medvedev pushes high-tech project (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:07 PM PDT

Reuters - President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that Russia must move fast to create a home for innovative companies in high-tech industries, pushing a project he hopes can be a showcase of his presidency.

Credit-rating agencies under fire in Europe crisis (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:01 PM PDT

A man talks on a phone as another rubs his face in the City of London, Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Global stocks markets convulsed with selling for a second day Wednesday amid fears that Europe's worsening debt crisis would throw the world economic recovery off track.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - The downgrading of European debt is turning up the heat on the firms that issue the ratings.

Forlan, Atletico compound Liverpool misery (AFP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:01 PM PDT

Atletico Madrid's forward Diego Forlan celebrates after scoring during their UEFA Europa League Semi Final second leg football match against Liverpool at Anfield, in Liverpool. Forlan's 102nd minute goal ended Liverpool's hopes of a first trophy in four years as Rafa Benitez's side were denied a place in the Europa League final by Atletico Madrid on the away goals rule.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Diego Forlan's 102nd minute goal ended Liverpool's hopes of a first trophy in four years as Rafa Benitez's side were denied a place in the Europa League final by Atletico Madrid on the away goals rule.

Belgium bans burqa-type dress in public (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:01 PM PDT

AP - Belgium's lower house of parliament on Thursday banned burqa-type Islamic dress in public, but the measure faces a challenge in the Senate which will delay early enactment of the law.

Britain's third party leader grabs spotlight (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:34 PM PDT

Britain's Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg answers questions from students, during a visit to South Birmingham College in Birmingham, England, Thursday April 29, 2010, while campaigning for the May 6 General Election.(AP Photo/Gareth Fuller-pa) **UNITED KINGDOM OUT: NO SALES: NO ARCHIVE:**AP - Fans compare him to Barack Obama. Young people greet him like a rock star. In a measure of his success, some newspapers are now on a mission to drag him down — so far to no avail.

UK police: We had July 7 bomber's fingerprints (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:12 PM PDT

AP - British police acknowledged Thursday that they had long held the fingerprints of one of the Islamist suicide bombers who blew themselves up in the July 7, 2005 attacks on London's transit network.

Italy: Brunello regains US trust (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:59 PM PDT

AP - Italy's agriculture minister says Brunello di Montalcino wine has regained U.S. trust and no longer needs special approval for shipment to American markets.

Dutch honor victims of would-be killer of queen (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:38 PM PDT

AP - A somber Queen Beatrix laid a white rose Thursday next to a new monument to seven spectators killed by an unemployed recluse who tried to slam his car into a bus carrying the Dutch royal family during last year's national day celebrations.

Reporters in Belarus complain of harassment (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 11:58 AM PDT

AP - Four independent journalists in authoritarian Belarus said Thursday the state security service has interrogated them and seized their computers and documents as part of an investigation into a libel suit.

Lawyer: Iranian in Italy arms probe out of jail (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 11:40 AM PDT

AP - A lawyer for an Iranian journalist jailed in Rome in March in a probe of alleged arms sales to Iran in defiance of an international embargo says his client's been given house arrest.

UN pays out $590 million from Iraqi oil fund (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 11:36 AM PDT

AP - A U.N. panel has approved $590 million in compensation payments for victims of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

Prosecutors investigate Ukraine parliament chaos (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 11:33 AM PDT

Smoke from smoke bombs fill the session hall during ratification of the Black Sea Fleet deal with Russia, in parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Ukraine's parliament has voted to extend Russia's lease of a Crimean naval port for the Black Sea Fleet in a chaotic session during which eggs and smoke bombs were thrown. The countries' presidents agreed last week to extend the Russian navy's use of the Sevastopol port for another 25 years after the old lease expires in 2017. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)AP - Ukrainian prosecutors said Thursday they are considering filing charges against parliament members who hurled eggs and set off smoke bombs in the chamber as lawmakers ratified a controversial agreement with Russia.

Legionaries break silence on founder's sex abuse (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:03 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2004 file photo, Pope John Paul II gives his blessing to late father Marcial Maciel, founder of Christ's Legionaries, during a special audience the pontiff granted to about four thousand participants of the Regnum Christi movement, at the Vatican. Speaking at Rome daily La Repubblica, Rev. Luis Garza Medina, the No. 2 official in the Legionaries of Christ, has broken his silence on the eve of a Vatican meeting to discuss the fate of the order following revelations that its late founder led a double life, saying he only realized the accusations against Rev. Marciel Maciel were true in 2006, when the Vatican ordered the founder to spend the rest of his life in penance and prayer. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri, File)AP - The No. 2 official in the conservative Legionaries of Christ order has broken his silence on revelations that the group's founder had fathered children and abused seminarians, giving an interview on the eve of a Vatican meeting to discuss the order's fate.

Putin tags polar bear in Russia's Arctic (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:01 AM PDT

AP - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin played the eco-warrior in Russia's Arctic on Thursday, helping scientists track endangered polar bears and calling for a cleanup of the region.

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