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Yahoo! News: Europe News

EU strikes $670 billion crisis deal (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2010 05:57 PM PDT

A protestor wears a mask outside the Greek Parliament in Athens. Crisis-hit Europe has pushed to put in place a monster bailout that diplomats said could reach up to 600 billion euros.(AFP/Filippo Monteforte)Reuters - The European Union agreed on a 500 billion-euro ($670 billion) emergency fund in the early hours of Monday to protect highly indebted eurozone countries from the "wolfpack" of financial markets.

EU ministers agree on euro defense package (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 05:57 PM PDT

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, right, greets Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou during an emergency meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels, Sunday, May 9, 2010. EU finance ministers meet in Brussels Sunday to discuss establishing a new 'stabilisation mechanism' to prevent the Greek debt crisis from spreading. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - European Union finance minsiters agreed Monday on a euro720 billion EU and International Monetary Fund safety net for troubled eurozone countries, hoping it will keep markets from targeting the weaker members of the 16 countries that use the embattled euro.

Merkel coalition loses key German state poll (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 05:54 PM PDT

Supporters of Germany's social democratic SPD cheers as exit poll resuts are announced on state television at an election results party in the western German city of Duesseldorf. Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition suffered a bruising defeat in a regional election that cost it its majority in the upper house, exit polls said, amid voter anger over the Greek bailout.(AFP/DDP/Nigel Treblin)AFP - Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition suffered a stinging defeat in a pivotal German state poll that also cost it its majority in the upper house amid voter rage over a Greek bail-out.

EU agrees bumper eurozone aid deal: diplomat (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 05:44 PM PDT

Europe on Monday agreed a package of crisis aid for troubled eurozone countries totalling AFP - Europe on Monday agreed a package of crisis aid for troubled eurozone countries totalling "more than 500 billion euros," awaiting IMF top-up involvement, a European Union diplomat told AFP.

German state vote curbs Merkel's power (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 05:34 PM PDT

AP - Voters in Germany's most populous state dealt Chancellor Angela Merkel a painful setback Sunday, erasing her government's majority in the upper house of parliament and curbing its power after a stumbling start and criticism over the Greek debt crisis.

Euro up as Europe races to fix monster bailout (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 05:26 PM PDT

File photo shows traders at work at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The euro rose in volatile early Asia-Pacific trade Monday as crisis-hit Europe worked overnight to agree a monster bailout package that diplomats said could reach up to 600 billion euros.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - The euro rose in volatile early Asia-Pacific trade Monday as crisis-hit Europe worked overnight to agree a monster bailout package that diplomats said could reach up to 600 billion euros.

(AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 05:18 PM PDT

AP - EU source: EU approves package to defend euro of at least 500 billion euros.

Volcanic ash cloud returns, disrupting European flights (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 03:22 PM PDT

This handout picture captured by NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board the Aqua satellite on May 8, shows Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano continuing to emit a dense plume of ash and steam. Hundreds of flights at airports from Lisbon to Munich were cancelled Sunday and some European airspace was closed because of a volcanic ash cloud from Iceland.(AFP/NASA)AFP - Hundreds of flights at airports from Lisbon to Munich were cancelled Sunday and some European airspace was closed because of a volcanic ash cloud from Iceland that caused air travel chaos last month.

UK parties to resume government formation talks (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2010 03:16 PM PDT

Britain's Conservative Party foreign affairs spokesman William Hague (2nd L), accompanied by party finance spokesman George Osborne (2nd R) and party official Oliver Letwin (L), speaks to the media after a meeting with Liberal Democrat representatives in London May 9, 2010. REUTERS/Chris HelgrenReuters - Britain's Conservatives and Liberal Democrats will hold further talks on Monday to try to stitch together a deal to govern, with markets anxious for an agreement following an inconclusive election.

Ash disrupts Europe airspace, Germany, Italy reopen (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2010 03:13 PM PDT

Reuters - Italy and Germany reopened their airspace on Sunday after volcanic ash forced hundreds of flights to be canceled, leaving restrictions in place in parts of Portugal, Spain, Austria and the UK.

'Mountain to climb' for UK parties to reach deal (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 02:28 PM PDT

Britain's Conservatives party shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague, center, talks to members of the media as George Osborne, left, shadow finance minister, looks on as they arrive for their meeting with representatives of the Liberal Democrats party, in central London, Sunday May 9, 2010. Conservatives and Liberal Democrats were holding coalition government talks at the Cabinet Office following the previous week's indecisive general election. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - The two parties that could form Britain's next government held hours of closed-door talks Sunday without reaching a power-sharing deal, and there are fears that the political uncertainty could stoke market jitters when trading reopens Monday.

Outdated, unwanted, US nukes hang on in Europe (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 09:01 AM PDT

FILE -In this Nov. 24, 2006 file photo, Greenpeace activists hold reproductions of B-61 bombs outside the Italian Parliament during a protest, in Rome. The questions hanging over the B-61 bombs, an estimated 200 of them on six air bases across Europe, relate not just to why they're still here, but to how safe and secure they are. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, File)AP - Unseen beyond the grazing Holsteins and rolling pastures of eastern Belgium, the 12-foot-long tapered metal cylinders sit in their underground vaults, waiting for the doomsday call that never came. Each packs the power of many Hiroshimas.

Athens stray dogs mingle at protest rallies (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 07:56 AM PDT

AP - They roam the strees of Athens unperturbed, a blue collar around their necks indicating that they have been neutered by the city authorities.

Western troops march on Red Square for Victory Day (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 07:43 AM PDT

Russian troops march during the Victory Day Parade, which commemorates the 1945 defeat of Nazi Germany, Moscow, Sunday, May 9, 2010. U.S., French and British troops strode across Red Square for the first time Sunday in a Victory Day parade marked both by the usual impressive display of Russia's military might and an emphasis on international cooperation. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - U.S., French and British troops strode across Red Square for the first time Sunday in a Victory Day parade marked both by the usual impressive display of Russia's military might and by an unusual emphasis on international cooperation.

Chunks of mortar fall off Rome's Colosseum (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 06:44 AM PDT

AP - Rome archaeology officials say three chunks of mortar have fallen off from the Colosseum but that no one was hurt and tourist visits will go on as normal.

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