2010年4月30日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Spain jobless rate over 20 pct, adding to woes (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2010 file photo, Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero pauses during a news conference at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid. Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's on Wednesday April 28, 2010, has downgraded Spain in another widening of Europe's government debt crisis.The move Wednesday follows its reductions of Portugal and Greece, which sent shock waves through world markets. (AP Photo / Paul White, File)AP - Spain's jobless rate has risen over 20 percent for the first time since 1997, the government said Friday — more dismal news for a recession-plagued economy that is being dragged into Europe's debt crisis.

Britain's candidates agree: This race is wide open (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:04 PM PDT

** CORRECTS TO POOL PHOTO ** Conservative Party leader David Cameron takes part in Britain's third televised election debate along Labour's Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Liberal Democrat Party leader Nick Clegg (unseen) in Birmingham, England, Thursday, April 29, 2010. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is seeking political redemption in his country's third and final live televised debate after an open microphone caught him dismissing a retired Labour voter as a 'bigoted woman.' (AP Photo / Gareth Fuller, Pool)AP - Divided over the country's ballooning debt, the economy and the contentious issue of immigration, the three front runners in Britain's general election can still agree on one thing: This race is anyone's to win.

Robertson closes in on final (AFP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 03:38 PM PDT

Neil Robertson of Australia plays agains Ali Carter during the semi-final of the World Championship Snooker tournament at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Robertson opened up a 15-9 lead over Carter on Friday to move closer to the world snooker championship final.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Australia's Neil Robertson opened up a 15-9 lead over Ali Carter on Friday to move closer to the world snooker championship final.

UK's Brown hit by poll, media back rivals (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 03:19 PM PDT

Britain's opposition Conservative Party leader David Cameron (L), Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) take part in the third and final televised party leaders' election campaign debate in Birmingham, April 29, 2010. REUTERS/Jeff Overs/BBCReuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's faltering election campaign suffered fresh blows on Friday as support for his Labour Party slid in one new poll and leading newspapers came out in support of his rivals.

Belgium's Muslims lash out at looming burqa ban (AFP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 02:04 PM PDT

Muslim women are shown wearing a Hidjab (top left), a Niqab (top right) a Tchador (bottom left) and a Burqa. Belgium has become Europe's first country to vote for a ban on the full Islamic veil or burqa, sparking dismay among Muslims and warnings of a dangerous precedent with France set to follow suit.(AFP/File/Afp Photo)AFP - Muslims in Belgium hit out Friday at a looming public ban on the full-face Islamic veil or burqa, saying claims it was being introduced for security reasons were simply an excuse to crack down.

Blair seeks to salvage Brown's fading poll hopes (AFP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 01:25 PM PDT

Former premier Tony Blair visits a health centre in London. Blair has returned to Britain's campaign trail to help his embattled successor Gordon Brown, struggling to keep his party's re-election hopes alive six days before national polls.(AFP/POOL/Dominic Lipinski)AFP - Ex-premier Tony Blair returned to Britain's campaign trail Friday to help his embattled successor Gordon Brown, who is struggling to keep his re-election hopes alive six days before national polls.

Mild beer making a UK comeback after 50 years (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:55 PM PDT

Reuters - Mild beer, last in fashion when the Beatles were still at school, is making a comeback in Britain, according to a real ale lobby group.

Irish drinks maker C&C sells liquor unit to Grant (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:51 PM PDT

AP - Irish drinks maker C&C has sold its whiskey and other liquor brands to the family-owned Scottish distillers William Grant & Sons in a euro300 million ($399.75 million) deal, the two companies announced Friday.

Fulham cleared in 'weak team' row (AFP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:49 PM PDT

Fulham's Ghanaian defender John Pantsil(R) and goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer celebrating their qualification for the UEFA Europa League final. Fulham, buoyed by reaching the Europa League final, were celebrating again on Friday after being cleared of fielding a weak team in a Premier League match against Hull on March 27.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Fulham, buoyed by reaching the Europa League final, were celebrating again on Friday after being cleared of fielding a weak team in a Premier League match against Hull on March 27.

Berlusconi defiant despite gov't infighting (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:44 PM PDT

A man reads an Italian magazine with photos of Noemi Letizia in 2009 in Rome. Letizia, the aspiring model who calls Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi AP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi insisted Friday that his government would serve out the remaining three years of its term, despite mounting infighting and trouble within his coalition.

Tens of thousands of Albanians protest in Tirana (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:38 PM PDT

AP - Tens of thousands people thronged the main square of the Albanian capital Friday, vowing to stay there until the government allows a partial recount of an election the opposition claims involved vote-rigging.

Pope at Vatican meeting on Legionaries of Christ (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 10:46 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 - Pope Benedict XVI took part Friday in a Vatican meeting over the fate of the Legionaries of Christ after revelations that the group's founder had fathered children and abused seminarians.

Ireland mourns loss of top broadcaster Gerry Ryan (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 10:11 AM PDT

AP - Ireland mourned the shock loss Friday of one of the nation's best-known broadcasters, Gerry Ryan, who was found dead in his Dublin apartment after failing to broadcast his morning radio show, an Irish institution.

Belfast cops warn of dissident IRA election attack (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 10:01 AM PDT

AP - Northern Ireland police warned Friday that Irish Republican Army dissidents hope to overshadow the British election in the province with violence.

UK: Ex-royal aide avoids charges for prison escape (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 09:38 AM PDT

AP - Authorities say a convicted murderer who once served as the personal assistant to the duchess of York will not face charges for escaping from a British prison.

German court orders Eichmann files released (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 09:00 AM PDT

AP - A federal court has ordered the government to release secret files kept by the German intelligence service on top Nazi Adolf Eichmann after World War II.

Downed U-2 pilot's son on own mission in Russia (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 08:03 AM PDT

U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers' son, Francis Gary Powers Jr., speaks during an interview with Associated Press Television News, with the charred wreckage of his father's U-2 spy plane in the background, at the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow, Friday, April 30, 2010. Fifty years ago Saturday, U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down while flying a U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union, a dramatic episode of the Cold War that pushed the rival superpowers closer to confrontation. Now his son has come to Moscow on a mission of his own. By telling his late father's story, he hopes to help preserve Cold War history and prevent future generations of Russians and Americans from ever again facing the threat of nuclear war. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - Fifty years ago Saturday, U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down while flying a U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union, a dramatic episode of the Cold War that pushed the rival superpowers closer to confrontation.

Prince Harry passes British army pilot's course (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 06:26 AM PDT

Britain?s Prince Harry smiles as he leaves Holy Trinity Church in 2008. Prince Harry has passed his army helicopter pilot's course, his office said Friday, boosting his hopes of returning to frontline fighting in Afghanistan.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AP - Just call him Your Royal Fly-ness: Prince Harry has earned his wings, his office said Friday.

Germany, Mexico trying to push climate talks ahead (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 02:33 AM PDT

European Commission President Jose Barroso (L) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) during a joint press-statement at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China pledged to take a greater role in global issues Thursday as it vowed to work with the European Union on nuclear non-proliferation, energy security and climate change.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AP - Five months after the troubled United Nations conference in Copenhagen, Germany and Mexico are teaming up in an effort to break the deadlock in negotiations on a global climate deal.

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