2010年5月3日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Europe mobilises to get aid to Greece (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 07:09 PM PDT

Leftist protesters shout anti-government slogans during a march in Athens on May 3, 2010. Eurozone governments scrambled to get bailout money flowing to Greece as Athens pressed for huge new budget cuts and braced for strikes, and the markets looked on nervously.(AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff)AFP - Eurozone governments scrambled to get bailout money flowing to Greece as Athens pressed for huge new budget cuts and braced for strikes, and the markets looked on nervously.

Britain's loony leader fights Cameron with insanity (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 06:52 PM PDT

Alan AFP - If David Cameron is to become Britain's prime minister, his first act will be to shake the hand of the self-confessed biggest loony in the country.

Australia's Robertson wins snooker world championship (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 06:13 PM PDT

Australia's Neil Robertson, pictured in April, won the snooker world championship at The Crucible on Tuesday, beating Scotland's Graeme Dott 18-13 in the final.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Australia's Neil Robertson won the snooker world championship at The Crucible on Tuesday, beating Scotland's Graeme Dott 18-13 in the final.

Volcanic ash closes parts of UK airspace (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:54 PM PDT

Volcanic steam rises from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano April 21, 2010. The Icelandic volcano which grounded air traffic over Europe is still erupting, but it is spewing less ash, the meteorological office and experts said on Wednesday. Close monitoring of the neighbouring and potentially more dangerous Katla volcano was also taking place, but there have been no signs it has re-awakened, they added. REUTERS/Ingolfur Juliusson (ICELAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)Reuters - Parts of the airspace over Britain and Northern Ireland will close on Tuesday and operations from Irish airports will be restricted because of the cloud of volcanic ash drifting south from Iceland that wreaked havoc on European air travel last month.

Party leaders in last-ditch push for swing voters (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:25 PM PDT

Conservative Party leader David Cameron (right) with his wife Samantha are greeted by supporters as they leave Chepstow community garden in Blackpool on May 3. Party leaders targeted key marginal seats on Monday in a final push to win what looks like the closest general election in decades this week.(AFP/Pool/Carl de Souza)AFP - Party leaders targeted battleground seats in a final push to win what looks like the closest general election in decades this week.

Ireland, Britain order new ash flight bans: air authorities (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 04:15 PM PDT

Smoke and ash billowing from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano in April 2010. Ireland ordered a new flight ban for six hours Tuesday as ash from an Icelandic volcano drifted towards it, while a small section of British airspace was closed, air authorities said.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - Ireland ordered a new airspace closure for six hours Tuesday as ash from an Icelandic volcano drifted towards it, raising the prospect of fresh travel chaos, air officials said.

PM's wife 'looking forward to lie-in' after polls (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 04:06 PM PDT

Embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown's wife Sarah, pictured in 2009, is looking forward to a nice glass of wine and a lie-in after elections this week, she said in comments published Tuesday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown's wife Sarah is looking forward to a nice glass of wine and a lie-in after elections this week, she said in comments published Tuesday.

Rain-marred win just Super for Windies (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 04:01 PM PDT

West Indies cricketers Shivnarine Chaderpaul, (L) Andre Fletcher (C) and Chris Gayle celebrate the wicket of England cricketer Michael Lumb during their ICC World Twenty20 2010 match at the Providence Stadium in Guyana. West Indies won through to the second round of the World Twenty20 after beating England by eight wickets in a match whose context was completely changed by rain here on Monday.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - West Indies won through to the second round Super Eights of the World Twenty20 after beating England by eight wickets in a match turned on its head by rain here on Monday.

Two soldiers in same regiment die in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 03:07 PM PDT

British soldiers walk towards a military helicopter near the Pimon military camp in Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province in March 2010. Two soldiers from the same regiment were killed in southern Afghanistan on Monday in separate incidents, one in an explosion and the second in a traffic accident, defence officials said.(AFP/Pool/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - Two soldiers from the same regiment were killed in southern Afghanistan on Monday in separate incidents, one in an explosion and the second in a traffic accident, defence officials said.

Ireland shuts airports Tuesday as ash risk returns (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 02:52 PM PDT

An ash cloud from the Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption in southern Iceland near the village of Asolfsskali in this April 17, 2010 file photo. Parts of the airspace over Britain and Northern Ireland will close on Tuesday and operations from Irish airports will be restricted because of the cloud of volcanic ash. REUTERS/Thor Aegisson/FilesAP - All flights in and out of Ireland have been canceled Tuesday morning because of the renewed risk of volcanic ash drifting south from Iceland, the Irish Aviation Authority announced Monday.

Reporters Without Borders names press 'predators' (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 01:40 PM PDT

AP - Media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders on Monday put Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Hu Jintao on its annual list of press freedom "predators."

Merkel: $29.6 billion in aid for Greece planned (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 01:10 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel briefs the media after a special cabinet meeting to provide Greece with billions in aid as part of an EU bailout plan at the chancellery in Berlin, Monday, May 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cabinet approved legislation on Monday that would give Greece euro22.4 billion ($29.6 billion) over three years as part of a wider bailout, as the German government acknowledged that letting Greece go bankrupt could send the euro into a tailspin and hurt Germany's own economy.

(AP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 12:47 PM PDT

AP - Irish Aviation Authority says it is restricting flights to and from Ireland due to ash drift.

German terrorist suspect killed in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 09:46 AM PDT

AP - German officials said Monday that a suspected Islamic terrorist linked to a group convicted of plotting attacks on U.S. facilities in Germany appears to have been killed in Pakistan.

Too posh? Class may be an issue in UK's May 6 vote (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 09:20 AM PDT

** RETRANSMISSION TO REMOVE RESTRICTIONS- IMAGE IS POOL ** Conservative Party leader David Cameron runs along the seafront in Blackpool Monday May 3, 2010. Voters in the UK go to the polls Thursday to elect a new government. With less than 72 hours to go until polling stations open, the election is still poised on a knife edge, with opinion polls consistently pointing to a hung parliament. (AP Photo/Stefan Rousseau/Pool)AP - David Cameron's uppercrust background is well-suited for traditional British politics — he's white, Eton-educated, married to an aristocrat's daughter and speaks as if he still had the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth.

Belgian bishops to talk to pope about sex abuse (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 09:12 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives in St. Peter's square for his weekly general audience at the Vatican in April 2010. The head of the Belgian Catholic Church said AP - Belgian bishops stung by sex abuse revelations began a series of meetings at the Vatican on Monday that will culminate in talks later this week with Pope Benedict XVI.

UN: No comprehensive climate deal this year (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 06:34 AM PDT

Director of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC, Yvo de Boer, arrives at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Koenigswinter near Bonn, Germany, on Sunday, May 2, 2010. Mexico and Germany are starting three days of meetings with 45 countries, teaming up in an effort to break a deadlock in talks for a global climate deal. (AP Photo/dapd/Hermann J. Knippertz)AP - Outgoing U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer shot down expectations of a climate treaty this year, saying Monday that a major U.N. conference in December would yield only a "first answer" on curbing greenhouse gases.

Agency: Norway train crash due to safety failure (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 06:23 AM PDT

AP - Investigators say a lack of safety precautions was the cause of a train crash at an Oslo industrial port that killed three dock workers.

UN envoy: No backtracking on Cyprus peace talks (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 06:16 AM PDT

AP - Talks to reunify divided Cyprus will not start from scratch after a hard-liner won a Turkish Cypriot leadership election last month, a U.N. envoy said Monday.

UK election poll: Tories leading but no majority (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 06:13 AM PDT

Britain's Conservative Party leader David Cameron runs along the seafront in Blackpool Monday May 3, 2010. Voters in the UK go to the polls Thursday to elect a new government. With less than 72 hours to go until polling stations open, the election is still poised on a knife edge, with opinion polls consistently pointing to a hung parliament. (AP Photo/Stefan Rousseau/PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - Britain's three main party leaders fanned out across the country on Monday to campaign in target districts, as a new poll suggested the Conservatives were leading, but unlikely to win a majority.

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