2010年5月15日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

British Airways and union to hold strike talks Monday (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 05:11 PM PDT

British Airways aircraft sit parked at London Heathrow Airport in March 2010. Britain's conciliation service Acas said it would broker talks between British Airways and the Unite union on Monday aimed at halting four planned five-day strikes.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Britain's conciliation service Acas said it would broker talks between British Airways and the Unite union on Monday aimed at halting four planned five-day strikes.

Britain on lookout after ash disrupts N.Ireland airspace (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 04:58 PM PDT

This NASA Earth Observatory image obtained on May 14 shows the plume of ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull Volcano as it rises above a sea of cloud. British aviation authorities were keeping a close eye Sunday on the possible return of a cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland after it forced the closure of parts of Northern Ireland's airspace.(AFP/NASA/File)AFP - British aviation authorities were keeping a close eye Sunday on the possible return of a cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland after it forced the closure of parts of Northern Ireland's airspace.

Volcanic ash closes parts of N.Ireland airspace (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 04:31 PM PDT

This NASA Earth Observatory image obtained on May 14 shows the plume of ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull Volcano as it rises above a sea of cloud. British aviation authorities were keeping a close eye Sunday on the possible return of a cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland after it forced the closure of parts of Northern Ireland's airspace.(AFP/NASA/File)AFP - Parts of Northern Ireland's airspace will be closed early Sunday because of ash from an Icelandic volcano but no restrictions will be in place elsewhere in Britain, aviation officials said.

UK faces "enormous" economic challenge: Osborne (Reuters)

Posted: 15 May 2010 03:26 PM PDT

Britain's new Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne walks out of Treasury in Westminster, central London, May 12, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - The British economy is in a dire state and there will be difficult times ahead as the government takes action to tackle a record budget deficit, new finance minister George Osborne said.

Germany lashes out at Google for privacy breach (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 02:08 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 2, 2010 file photo a woman decorates a camera car of Google at the CeBIT exhibition in Hannover, northern Germany. Google Inc. issued an apology Friday May 14, 2010, acknowledging it has been vacuuming up and recording fragments of people's online activities broadcast over public Wi-Fi networks while expanding its street mapping feature. The German minister for consumer protection Ilse Aigner criticized Google on Saturday, May 15, saying the U.S. Internet giant still lacks an understanding of the need for privacy, calling it an 'alarming incident' happening apparently illegally over some years. (AP Photo/dapd/Joerg Sarbach, File)AP - Germany's consumer protection minister strongly criticized Google for a widespread privacy breach and insisted Saturday the U.S. Internet giant must cooperate better with data protection authorities.

Woman charged with stabbing lawmaker (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 01:29 PM PDT

A woman was charged on Saturday with the attempted murder of Stephen Timms, a former government minister who was stabbed while meeting constituents in London.(AFP/POOL/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - A woman was charged on Saturday with the attempted murder of a former government minister who was stabbed while meeting constituents in London.

German far-left party picks new leaders as co-founders retire (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 01:20 PM PDT

New co-leaders of the far-left party, Klaus Ernst (L) and Gesine Loetzsch receive flowers during a party congress in the north-eastern German city of Rostock.(AFP/DDP/Jens Koehler)AFP - Germany's far-left party Die Linke Saturday elected new leadership to replace its retiring co-founders, including well-known politician Oskar Lafontaine.

Eurostar services back on track after disruption (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 12:42 PM PDT

A Eurostar train arrives at Kings Cross St Pancras station in London. Eurostar passenger rail services between Britain and continental Europe have resumed, a spokeswoman told AFP, following a stand-still triggered by a fire alert.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Thousands of passengers travelling through the Channel Tunnel between Britain and continental Europe suffered heavy delays on Saturday after the tunnel was temporarily closed.

Belarus police break up gay pride march (Reuters)

Posted: 15 May 2010 12:31 PM PDT

Policemen detain a gay rights activist during an unsanctioned Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Pride Parade in the capital Minsk May 15, 2010. REUTERS/Vasily FedosenkoReuters - Belarussian police on Saturday broke up a gay and lesbian pride demonstration by about 20 participants who defied an official ban to gather on a side street in central Minsk and march with bright rainbow flags.

Essex duo Kaneria, Westfield arrested in 'betting' probe: report (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 12:20 PM PDT

Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria, pictured in 2009, and his Essex county colleague Mervyn Westfield have been arrested in connection with a police investigation into betting, a club official told the Press Association on Saturday.(AFP/File/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)AFP - Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria and his Essex county colleague Mervyn Westfield have been arrested in connection with a police investigation into betting, a club official told the Press Association on Saturday.

Pope: Bad seeds in priesthood can't obscure good (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 10:03 AM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday March 25, 2006 picture made available by Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Cardinal William Levada, right, receives the golden ring, symbol of the cardinals' commitment and fidelity to the church, from Pope Benedict XVI at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. While Levada, 73, has played a key role in several church sex-abuse reforms, in several cases as archbishop in California and Oregon he followed the path of many in the Roman Catholic hierarchy who kept some accused molesters in the church and failed to share some allegations with police or parishioners. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday lamented that the clerical abuse scandals were eclipsing the Catholic church's reputation as a place of hope, but insisted that bad seeds in the priesthood cannot eliminate the good the church does.

Woman charged after British lawmaker attacked (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 08:21 AM PDT

AP - A 21-year-old woman has been charged with attempted murder after a British lawmaker was stabbed during a weekly meeting with his constituents.

New British prime minister meets Afghan president (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 07:35 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron listens at the start of his meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, at Chequers, the country residence of the British prime minister in Wendover, England Saturday May 15, 2010. A Downing Street spokeswoman said Karzai is stopping in Britain on his way back from the United States, where he met with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Philip Ide, Pool)AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron met Saturday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, his first face-fo-face conversation with a foreign leader since he assumed office earlier this week.

Home of Swedish Muhammad cartoonist attacked (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 07:12 AM PDT

File - Swedish artist Lars Vilks talks during an interview with the Associated Press in Stockholm, Sweden, in this Wednesday March 10 2010 file photo. The artist who angered Muslims by depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog was assaulted Tuesday May 11 2010 while giving a university lecture about the limits of artistic freedom. Vilks told The Associated Press a man in the front row ran up to him and head-butted him during a lecture, breaking his glasses but leaving him uninjured. It wasn't immediately clear what happened to the attacker. (AP Photo / Bertil Ericson, Scanpix, file) ** SWEDEN OUT **AP - The home of a Swedish artist who once drew a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad as a dog has been hit by a suspected arson attack, police said Saturday.

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Posted: 15 May 2010 05:30 AM PDT

AP - Dutch news reports say boy who survived Libyan plane crash has arrived in Netherlands.

Second Miliband vies to lead UK Labour Party (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 03:56 AM PDT

Combination picture of former Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband, left, in London, Friday Dec. 19, 2008 and his brother, then Environment Secretary and later Foreign Secretary, David Miliband in Manchester, England, Wednesday Sept. 27, 2006. David Miliband, 44, has long been seen as the front-runner for the job of Labour Party leader following Gordon Brown but may face competition from his brother Ed. (AP Photos/Oli Scarff, pool, Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - The fight for the leadership of Britain's Labour Party appears — so far — to be a family affair.

Russia to sell jets, air defense systems to Syria (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 03:22 AM PDT

AP - The head of Russia's arms-trading agency says the nation has signed contracts to deliver fighter jets, air defense systems and armored vehicles to Syria.

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