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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Spanish crisis met with muted popular response (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 06:49 PM PDT

Demonstrators hold flags during a May Day demonstration in Madrid. Although May Day rallies drew tens of thousands of people protesting about the economic crisis, they were not on a scale or intensity that could alarm the government.(AFP/Dominique Faget)AFP - A deep recession that has led to soaring unemployment and austerity cuts has failed to spark popular anger in Spain, where the unions are reluctant to put pressure on the government, analysts say.

Robertson misses family as snooker final nears (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 06:27 PM PDT

Neil Robertson of Australia is seen during the semi-final of the World Championship Snooker tournament at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Robertson is bidding to become the first Australian to win the World Championship title since 1952(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Neil Robertson disputes the World Championship final with his girlfriend in labour and his family stuck Down Under as he bids to become the first Australian to win the title since 1952.

Greece poised to sign rescue deal with EU, IMF (Reuters)

Posted: 01 May 2010 06:25 PM PDT

Reuters - Greece appeared set to announce a deal with the European Union and the IMF for a multi-billion euro financial bailout on Sunday, a day after thousands protested in Athens against planned state cutbacks.

City stars told to treat Spurs clash as cup final (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 05:28 PM PDT

Manchester City's midfielder Adam Johnson (R) clashes with Aston Villa's midfielder James Milner (L) during their English Premier League football match at the City Of Manchester Stadium in Manchester. Manchester City's impressive comeback 3-1 win kept alive their top four hopes and killed off Aston Villa's Champions League.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has told his players to prepare for next week's showdown with fellow Champions League hopefuls Tottenham as though it is a cup final.

Spurs, Man City relishing fight for fourth (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Aston Villa's midfielder James Milner (L) falls with Manchester City's striker Emmanuel Adebayor (R) during their English Premier League football match at the City Of Manchester Stadium in Manchester. Manchester City's impressive comeback 3-1 win kept alive their top four hopes and killed off Aston Villa's Champions League prospects.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Spurs will go all-out to beat Manchester City in their clash for fourth place, Harry Redknapp said, while his opposite number Roberto Mancini refused to say his job depended on a win.

Australia's Robertson reaches world final (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 03:09 PM PDT

Neil Robertson of Australia plays a shot against Ali Carter of Great Britain during the semi-finals of the World Championship Snooker tournament at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, on April 30. Robertson became the first man from outside the British Isles to reach the World Championship final since 1983 with a 17-12 win over England's Ali Carter.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Australia's Neil Robertson became the first man from outside the British Isles to reach the World Championship final since 1983 with a 17-12 win over England's Ali Carter here on Saturday.

UK's Clegg emphasizes differences with Cameron (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 02:35 PM PDT

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg enjoys a pint of beer at the Nags Head in Malvern, Worcestershire, during a General Election Campaign visit to the region Saturday May 1, 2010. Britain goes to the polls in a general election May 6. (AP Photo/Gareth Fuller/PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - Opposition Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg appealed Saturday for an overhaul of British politics, saying he wanted changes to an electoral system that has kept the country's Labour and Conservative parties in power for generations.

Thousands join May Day protests in Europe (Reuters)

Posted: 01 May 2010 02:10 PM PDT

Reuters - Hundreds of thousands of people joined May Day rallies across Europe Saturday, many protesting against government austerity policies in the wake of the global financial crisis.

Cardiff sting Wasps to reach Challenge final (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 02:06 PM PDT

Cardiff Blues defeated Wasps 18-15 in the European Challenge semi-final on Saturday to set up a final clash against Toulon. Wing Leigh Halfpenny, pictured in 2009, scored a first-half try for Cardiff.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Cardiff Blues defeated hosts London Wasps 18-15 in the European Challenge Cup semi-final on Saturday to set up a final clash against Toulon.

Fresh poll blow to British PM as papers turn against him (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 02:02 PM PDT

Prime Minister and Leader of the ruling Labour Party, Gordon Brown (R), stands with members of his cabinet during the launch of his party's poster campaign in Birmingham. Brown vowed to AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Saturday vowed to "never give up" as his slim re-election hopes took a fresh blow after two leading newspapers turned against him, days before crucial May 6 polls.

Pope to name envoy to lead discredited Legionaries (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 11:05 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 cracked down Saturday on the scandal-plagued Legionaries of Christ, announcing that a papal envoy would take over and reform the conservative order that has been discredited by revelations that its founder sexually abused seminarians and fathered at least one child.

Workers demand better jobs, pay on May Day (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 10:23 AM PDT

People march to commemorate Labor Day near Revolution Plaza in Havana, Saturday, May 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Miguel Guzman Ruiz)AP - Tens of thousands of workers marched in cities from Hong Kong to Istanbul Saturday to mark international worker's day, demanding more jobs, better work conditions and higher wages.

Another prison death at Moscow jail being probed (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 09:42 AM PDT

AP - President Dmitry Medvedev ordered investigators Saturday to determine why another person has died in the same Moscow jail where lawyer Sergei Magnitsky died last year of an untreated illness.

Greek unions protest expected austerity measures (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 08:11 AM PDT

Police detained protesters during a demonstration in Athens, Saturday, May 1, 2010. Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in central Athens and other Greek cities Saturday for May Day rallies fueled by anger at expected harsh austerity measures needed to secure rescue loans for near-bankrupt Greece. (AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis)AP - Hundreds of youths rioted in Athens Saturday, throwing Molotov cocktails and stones at police who responded with tear gas at a May Day rally against austerity measures being enacted by the cash-strapped government to secure foreign loans to stave off bankruptcy.

(AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 05:08 AM PDT

AP - Pope to name envoy, commission to reform Legionaries of Christ after founder abused boys.

Wild scenarios emerge in UK's chaotic election (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 02:29 AM PDT

Britain's opposition Conservative Party leader, David Cameron, talks to children at the Western Springs Community primary school in Rugeley, central England, Friday, April 30, 2010. Cameron gained momentum Friday as a new poll declared him the winner of the final TV debate, a victory that comes less than a week before Britain's national election. Cameron's strong showing raised Conservative hopes of taking office in the May 6 election after 13 years as the main opposition to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour party. (AP Photo/Stefan Wermuth, Pool)AP - Will Labour finish third yet end up with the most seats — then dump the leader who stumbled into unlikely victory? Will the rightwing Tories enter an awkward alliance with the center-left Liberal Democrats?

Kurdish rebels kill 4 Turkish soldiers, wound 7 (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 01:38 AM PDT

AP - Kurdish rebels killed four Turkish soldiers and wounded seven others in eastern Turkey in the largest attack on troops in several months, authorities said Saturday.

Albanian opposition Socialists start hunger strike (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 12:13 AM PDT

AP - Twenty-two opposition Socialist lawmakers and 180 supporters have launched a hunger strike to press the government to allow a partial recount of an election they claim was tainted by vote-rigging.

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