2010年5月17日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Eurozone nations defend currency union (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

EU Commissioner for Economic Affairs Olli Rehn gestures as he addresses the media on reinforcing economic governance at the EU Commssion headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday May 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)AP - Eurozone finance ministers defended the euro as a "credible" currency on Tuesday, despite its slide to four-year lows against the dollar, as they sought to tame the fears that have gripped financial markets in recent weeks.

Pope-bishop relationship key in sex abuse defense (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 04:59 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI, centre right meets Bolivia's President Evo Morales, during a private audience in the pontiff's studio, at the Vatican, Monday, May, 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)AP - The pope appoints bishops, issues rules bishops are supposed to follow and accepts their resignations. Bishops take a vow of obedience to the pontiff and can't switch jobs without his approval.

Ireland's top Catholic 'won't quit' over paedophile priest case (AFP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 04:46 PM PDT

Catholic Bishop Sean Brady carries teh relics of St John Vianney, the Patron Saint of Parish Priests, during a procession into a service at St Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh, Northern Ireland in April 2010. The embattled head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland signalled Monday he would not step down over his links to a clerical child sex abuse scandal.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - The embattled head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland signalled Monday he would not step down over his links to a clerical child sex abuse scandal.

Coupon site Groupon expands to Europe (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 04:13 PM PDT

AP - Online coupon provider Groupon said Monday that is acquiring Citydeal in a move to expand its reach beyond North America into Europe.

British officials relax safety rules over ash (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 03:35 PM PDT

Volcanic view : A view showing heavy clouds over dwellings set near the Eyjafjoell volcano in Iceland. (AFP/Heidar Kristjansson)AP - Aviation authorities introduced relaxed flight safety rules Monday to minimize more disruptions caused by a volcano eruption in Iceland, as three of Europe's busiest airports reopened after a dense volcanic ash cloud dissipated.

UK, Ireland set new flying zone, cut ash disruption (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 03:18 PM PDT

A fresh cloud of ash rises from the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland May 16, 2010. REUTERS/Ingolfur JuliussonReuters - Britain's air traffic control body said on Monday it had agreed the creation of a new flying zone with Irish officials and aircraft manufacturers to limit the disruption caused by ash emitted by an Icelandic volcano.

Iran deal to ship uranium abroad meets skepticism (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 02:02 PM PDT

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters is subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (bottom L) signs an agreement with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki (bottom C) and Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu in Tehran May 17, 2010. REUTERS/Morteza NikoubazlAP - Iran agreed Monday to a key big power demand, saying it was ready to ship much of its low-enriched uranium abroad — but immediately rolled out a new obstacle to compromise on its nuclear program by insisting it would continue enriching to higher levels.

Failed Icelandic bank seeks 197 million euros from former staff (AFP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 01:52 PM PDT

A man walks to the headquarters of Iceland's biggest bank Kaupthing in 2008 in Reykjavik. Failed Icelandic bank Kaupthing said Monday it would seek to recover 32 billion Icelandic kronur (197 million euros, 244 million dollars) from former executives who had taken loans to buy shares in the bank.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)AFP - Failed Icelandic bank Kaupthing said Monday it would seek to recover 32 billion Icelandic kronur (197 million euros, 244 million dollars) from former executives who had taken loans to buy shares in the bank.

Portugal's president ratifies gay marriage law (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 01:34 PM PDT

Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva arrives to deliver a statement at Lisbon's Belem presidential palace Monday, May 17, 2010. The conservative president announced he has decided to ratify a law allowing gay marriage in the predominantly Catholic country. The head of state's decision to permit the enactment of a bill passed by Parliament in January makes Portugal the sixth European country allowing same-sex couples to wed. (AP Photo/ Francisco Seco)AP - Portugal's conservative president announced Monday he is reluctantly ratifying a law allowing gay marriage, making the predominantly Catholic country the sixth in Europe to let same-sex couples wed.

Volcanic ash brings more air travel chaos to Europe (AFP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 12:47 PM PDT

A view showing heavy clouds over dwellings set near the Eyjafjoell volcano in Iceland. New clouds of volcanic ash from Iceland's Eyjafjoell volcano brought fresh misery for tens of thousands of air travellers on Monday as key European airports were forced to close.(AFP/Heidar Kristjansson)AFP - New clouds of volcanic ash from Iceland's Eyjafjoell volcano brought fresh misery for tens of thousands of air travellers on Monday as key European airports were forced to close.

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Posted: 17 May 2010 12:22 PM PDT

AP - Portugal's president says he is ratifying a bill allowing gay marriage.

Russian president boosts ties on visit to Ukraine (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 10:47 AM PDT

AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited Ukraine on Monday, where he oversaw the signing of several cooperation deals with the new Moscow-friendly leadership.

Arson attack on German synagogue (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 10:43 AM PDT

AP - A synagogue in western Germany has been hit by an arson attack, with unknown perpetrators setting fire to eight corners of the building and throwing a Molotov cocktail against a window, prosecutors said Monday.

Europe bristles at paying for Greek retirement (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 08:46 AM PDT

AP - In Greece, trombone players and pastry chefs get to retire as early as 50 on grounds their work causes them late career breathing problems. Hairdressers enjoy the same perk thanks to the dyes and other chemicals they rub into people's scalps.

NATO draft mission statement keys on Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 08:23 AM PDT

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright addresses the media after a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday, May 17, 2010. NATO must win the war in Afghanistan, expand ties with Russia, counter the threat posed by Iran's missiles, and assure the security of its 28 members, according to its new mission statement for the next decade.The draft document, released Monday, seeks to bridge a growing rift between the U.S., which favors a greater international role for NATO, and European nations that want it to retain its traditional defensive focus.(AP Photo/Yves Logghe)AP - NATO must win the war in Afghanistan, expand ties with Russia and even China, counter the threat posed by Iran's missiles, and assure the security of its 28 members, according to the alliance's proposed mission statement for the next decade.

Killer of ex-Iranian PM could be freed in France (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 07:37 AM PDT

AP - France's interior minister signed an expulsion order on Monday paving the way for the likely release of a man convicted of assassinating former Iranian Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar.

Germany: No clemency for leftist terrorist (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 07:35 AM PDT

FILE - This Nov. 5, 1996 file photo showing convicted leftist terrorist Birgit Hogefeld in a court in Frankfurt, Germany. German President Horst Koehler said Monday, May 17, 2010, he decided not to grant Hogefeld early release, rejecting a request for clemency after speaking personally with her to hear her plea. Hogefeld is serving a life sentence for the 1985 murder of a U.S. soldier and the deadly bombing of an American base.(AP Photo, File)AP - Germany's president said Monday he had rejected a request for clemency from a leftist terrorist serving a life sentence for the murder of a U.S. soldier and the deadly bombing of an American base.

Putin berates officials over deadly mine blast (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 07:29 AM PDT

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin addressing a commission investigating the Raspadskaya mine blast in a nationally broadcast video link from the government headquarters in Moscow, Monday, May 17, 2010. The sign in the background reads: The Russian Federation Government Situation Room. The sign in the foreground reads, The Government of Russia. Putin berated officials Monday over a blast at a Siberian coal mine earlier this month that claimed at least 66 lives. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)AP - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin berated officials Monday over a blast at a Siberian coal mine earlier this month that claimed at least 66 lives.

Spanish woman is 2nd to climb 14 highest peaks (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 07:27 AM PDT

AP - Spanish climber Edurne Pasaban is the second woman to scale the world's 14 highest peaks.

Court upholds Latvian's war crimes conviction (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 07:12 AM PDT

AP - Europe's highest human rights court has upheld the war crimes conviction of a Latvian man who was found guilty of ordering the killing of nine civilians while fighting for Soviet forces in Nazi-occupied Latvia in 1944.

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