2010年5月8日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Blast hits Russia's largest coal mine, 8 dead (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT

AP - A methane explosion tore through Russia's largest underground coal mine on Saturday, killing eight workers and injuring 24 others, a regional emergency services official said.

Corrected: At least 8 dead in Russian coal mine blast (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2010 05:01 PM PDT

Reuters - (Corrects to indicate Korchagin did not confirm reports of second blast)

British opposition leaders in talks to end deadlock (AFP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 04:10 PM PDT

British opposition Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg (L), British opposition Conservative party Leader David Cameron (C) and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) attend a VE Day memorial service at the Cenotaph in central London. Protestors rallied in London demanding voting reform as opposition parties haggled over a power-sharing deal to resolve the political deadlock.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Britain's opposition leaders Saturday held their first face-to-face talks on thrashing out a pact to enter government and end the political deadlock left by the general election.

Germans vote in state poll, big test for Merkel (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2010 03:29 PM PDT

Reuters - Germans vote in a state election on Sunday that risks weakening Chancellor Angela Merkel's government just months into her second term in office.

Anger as NATO prepares to join Red Square parade (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2010 03:11 PM PDT

Reuters - NATO troops will march across Red Square on Sunday as Russia marks the 65th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany, a gesture of friendship to the West which has won praise from President Barack Obama but enraged Communists.

Pietersen sets up England win over South Africa (AFP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 03:00 PM PDT

England cricketer Kevin Pietersen plays a shot during The ICC World Twenty20 Super 8 match between England and South Africa at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. England won by 39 runs.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - Kevin Pietersen laid the platform for a commanding 39-run victory over his native South Africa as England took a giant stride towards the World Twenty20 semi-finals here on Saturday.

Britain's Cameron, Clegg hold post-vote talks (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2010 02:55 PM PDT

Britain's Conservatives on Friday sought a Reuters - The leaders of Britain's Conservatives and Liberal Democrats met for over an hour of talks on Saturday aimed at resolving the stalemate from this week's election.

Pope accepts resignation of German bishop (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 02:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 2, 2009 file picture Walter Mixa, Catholic Bishop of Augsburg, waits for the beginning of the Spring Assembly of the German Bishop's Conference in Hamburg, northern Germany. The leading bishop from Pope Benedict's XVI's German homeland who is being investigated by prosecutors for alleged sex abuse of his post Saturday May 8, 2010, the latest casualty of the pontiff's housecleaning of prelates stained by accusations of molesting minors. Benedict formally accepted the resignation offer made April 21 by Bishop Walter Mixa, an outspoken conservative voice in the German church and a military chaplain for Germany, as well as head of the Augsburg diocese. Mixa is also under probe for alleged financial misconduct at a children's home under his direction. He had admitted slapping children decades ago when he was a priest, but his lawyer has denied press reports prosecutors are investigating him on a sexual abuse complaint. (AP Photo/Focke Strangmann,File)AP - A leading German bishop who has acknowledged slapping children and is being investigated for sexual abuse of minors and financial misconduct lost his job Saturday as Pope Benedict XVI continued cleaning house.

Pietersen leaving World T20 for birth of first child (AFP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 02:15 PM PDT

English batsman Kevin Pietersen celebrates a half-century during the ICC World Twenty20 Super Eight match between England and South Africa at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. Pietersen is to return home from the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean to be with his pregnant wife for the birth of the couple's first child.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - England batsman Kevin Pietersen is to return home from the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean to be with his pregnant wife for the birth of the couple's first child.

UK's voting system could see fundamental reform (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 12:25 PM PDT

AP - Britain's messy, unresolved election may have created the conditions for fundamental change of a voting system that has inspired democracies from the United States to India.

Andor Lilienthal, chess grandmaster, dies at 99 (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 11:37 AM PDT

AP - Andor Lilienthal, the last surviving member of 27 original grandmaster chess players, died Saturday in Budapest at the age of 99, the Hungarian Chess Federation said.

Spain's king undergoes lung surgery (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 08:59 AM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2009 file photo, Spanish King Juan Carlos holds the two volumes of 'New Grammar of the Spanish Language' during the book's presentation at the academy's headquarters in Madrid. Spain's Royal Palace said Saturday, May 8, 2010 that King Juan Carlos is undergoing lung surgery to remove a growth. The palace said the 72-year-old monarch is being operated on in Barcelona. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)AP - King Juan Carlos of Spain successfully underwent lung surgery to remove a small benign growth, doctors said Saturday.

UK Liberal Democrats mull pact with Conservatives (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 07:55 AM PDT

Britain's Liberal Democrats party leader Nick Clegg arrives at the Local Government Offices in London for a meeting, Saturday, May 8, 2010. Clegg is to meet with lawmakers from his party to discuss a possible deal to support a Conservative-led government following the inconclusive national election. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Britain's center-left Liberal Democrats debated on Saturday whether to resolve an undecisive election by joining the Conservative party in an unlikely right-wing/center-left coalition that would share common ground on economic policy but split over electoral reform and key issues in foreign affairs.

Lithuania's first gay pride march draws protests (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 07:34 AM PDT

Participants of the annual Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Pride Parade march in Vilnius, Lithuania Saturday May 8, 2010. About 400 people took part in the two-hour march, dubbed 'For Equality', in a sealed-off area in downtown Vilnius. Holding large rainbow flags and dancing to music blaring from loudspeakers, they walked along a road near the city's Neris river. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)AP - Opponents of Lithuania's first gay pride parade threw smoke bombs and tried to break through a barrier Saturday but were stopped by police firing tear gas.

Russia gives Poland long-sought Katyn files (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 06:29 AM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and acting Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski meet at the Kremlin in Moscow, Saturday, May 8, 2010. President Dmitry Medvedev presented scores of volumes relating to the Katyn massacre to Poland's acting president. (AP Photo/Denis Sinyakov, Pool)AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday turned over scores of volumes from an investigation into the Katyn massacre to his Polish counterpart, a move underlining Moscow's new willingness to repair long-troubled relations with Warsaw.

Pope appoints a new top church leader in Poland (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 05:17 AM PDT

AP - Roman Catholic officials say the pope has appointed Archbishop Jozef Kowalczyk, the papal nuncio to Poland, as the country's top church official.

Turkish warplanes hit northern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 05:12 AM PDT

AP - Turkey's military says its warplanes have struck Kurdish rebel targets inside northern Iraq.

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