2010年5月10日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

UK's Gordon Brown to resign as prime minister (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 05:36 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaking to the media outside his official London residence, No.10 Downing Street, Monday, May, 10 2010. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Monday he will resign by September — a dramatic move that improves his Labour Party's chances of staying in power in a possible coalition government with the third-place Liberal Democrats. Brown said Labour, which came a distant second to the Conservatives in Thursday's national election, would begin a leadership contest to replace him while he focused on talks aimed at breaking Britain's election deadlock. (AP Photo/Simon Dawson)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a dramatic bid to keep his beleaguered Labour Party in power after it was punished in elections last week, announcing he will resign by September at the latest even if the Liberal Democrats — being wooed by the Conservatives — decide to join his party in government.

UK's two big parties court Lib Dems, Brown to quit (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 05:23 PM PDT

Britain's Liberal Democrat Party leader Nick Clegg speaks to the media as he leaves his home in London May 10, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - Britain's two big rival political forces planned to resume wooing the smaller Liberal Democrats on Tuesday after Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he would step aside to try to keep his Labour Party in power.

Obama revives civilian nuclear deal with Russia (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 05:17 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement about the monthly job numbers from the White House in Washington May 7, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - President Barack Obama revived an agreement with Russia on Monday in which the two countries would cooperate on civilian nuclear energy, almost two years after it was shelved over Russia's war with Georgia.

Brown falls on sword, seeking post-poll deal (AFP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 04:17 PM PDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here addressing the media outside 10 Downing Street, announces he will stand down as Labour leader and that his party is to hold formal talks on a possible power-sharing deal with the Liberal Democrats.(AFP)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Monday he will stand down, falling on his sword in a dramatic move which could see his Labour party keep power despite losing a deadlocked poll.

Summary Box: Stocks surge on European debt plan (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 03:06 PM PDT

AP - INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH: The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 405 points, or 3.9 percent, for its biggest advance in more than a year after the European Union and the International Monetary Fund agreed to put up $1 trillion to stop a debt crisis in Greece from spreading to other weak European countries.

Morgan makes light of KP absence as Kiwis exit World Twenty20 (AFP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 02:41 PM PDT

English batsman Eoin Morgan plays a shot during the ICC World Twenty20 Super Eight match between New Zealand and England at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, St Lucia. England proved there was more to their batting than Kevin Pietersen as they knocked New Zealand out of the World Twenty20 with a three-wicket win here on Monday.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - England proved there was more to their batting than Kevin Pietersen as they knocked New Zealand out of the World Twenty20 with a three-wicket win here on Monday.

Stocks surge on plan to ease European debt crunch (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 02:41 PM PDT

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, May 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Stocks rocketed to their biggest gain in a year and bond prices fell Monday after a nearly $1 trillion plan to contain Europe's debt crisis reassured investors.

Europe faces fresh flight disruptions from ash cloud (AFP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 02:17 PM PDT

This handout picture captured by NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board the Aqua satellite shows Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano continuing to emit a dense plume of ash and steam. Air traffic over southern Europe faced more disruption Monday from the ash cloud, even as clearer skies in some areas let flights resume after a weekend of cancellations.(AFP/NASA)AFP - Air traffic over southern Europe faced more disruption Monday from an ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano, even as clearer skies in some areas let flights resume after a weekend of cancellations.

Interest rates surge as Europe launches bailout (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 02:12 PM PDT

AP - Interest rates surged in the bond market Monday after European leaders and central banks around the world agreed to rescue measures to help stem growing debt problems in Europe.

Correction: Nuclear Agency-Israel story (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 11:33 AM PDT

AP - In a May 7 story about Israel's nuclear capability, The Associated Press, relying on a diplomat and a former official, erroneously reported that the International Atomic Energy Agency for the first time put the topic on the proposed agenda of the IAEA board meeting next month. The IAEA says Israel's nuclear capability appeared on the agency's board meeting agendas in 1988, 1989 , 1990 and 1991.

Death toll in Russian mine blasts hits 32 (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 09:43 AM PDT

Emergency workers gather near the destroyed ventilation unit at the Raspadskaya mine, hit by explosions, in the city of Mezhdurechensk in the west Siberian region of Kemerovo, Russia, Monday, May 10, 2010. Two explosions tore through the Russia's largest underground coal mine in western Siberia, over the weekend with the death toll still rising, Monday, and a rescue operation is underway for about 60 people who are still trapped underground, according to government officials. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Rescuers plunged into the dangerous rubble of Russia's largest coal mine Monday in search of 58 trapped miners, but the head of the rescue operation said hope was dimming for finding them still alive in the city-sized maze of black and smoky tunnels deep underground.

NIreland leader supported despite election loss (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 08:44 AM PDT

Northern Ireland First Minister and Democratic Unionist Party leader Peter Robinson looks dejected after he lost his seat in East Belfast during the election count at Newtownards Leisure centre, Northern Ireland, Friday, May, 7, 2010. Robinson held the seat for 31 years. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - The leader of Northern Ireland's power-sharing government, Peter Robinson, has received the united support of his own party's lawmakers despite his surprise loss last week in the British parliamentary election.

Mass grave of Kosovo victims found in Serbia (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 08:24 AM PDT

Serbia's war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic speaks during a news conference in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, May 10, 2010. A mass grave has been discovered in Serbia believed to contain the bodies of 250 ethnic Albanians who were killed in Kosovo during the 1998-99 Serb crackdown against the separatists. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)AP - Acting on tips from witnesses, Serbian war crimes prosecutors have discovered a mass grave believed to contain the bodies of 250 Albanians who were killed in Kosovo during the 1998-99 war there, then transported to Serbia and secretly buried to hide the atrocities, officials said Monday.

Pope finishes second book on Jesus Christ (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 08:14 AM PDT

AP - The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI has finished writing the second installment on the life of Jesus Christ, though it will be several months before the volume hits bookstores.

Spain's super judge falls from grace (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 07:30 AM PDT

Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon speaks during the presentation of a book about the rights of the indigenous people of Latin America in Madrid, on Thursday, May 6, 2010. Garzon, who tried to probe wartime atrocities by forces loyal to Gen. Francisco Franco, is now indicted on charges of overstepping his jurisdiction for launching the investigation in the first place. (AP Photo /Arturo Rodriguez)AP - As a young man Baltasar Garzon pumped gas to work his way through law school. Decades later, as a crusading judge, he went after the likes of Augusto Pinochet and Osama bin Laden.

Belgian woman sentenced on terrorism charges (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 07:27 AM PDT

AP - A Belgian court has convicted a 50-year-old Belgian woman of setting up, directing and financing a terrorist group and sentenced her eight years in prison.

Signals appear those of crashed Air France jet (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 06:18 AM PDT

AP - A senior French aviation official says investigators are confident that signals detected last year following the crash of an Air France jet on its way from Rio de Janeiro to Paris that killed 228 people were those of the Airbus airliner's black boxes.

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