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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Will worries over Europe curb consumer spending? (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 03:12 PM PDT

AP - Europe has spooked stock investors. Will it spook shoppers, too?

BA runs 'more flights than planned' despite strike (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 02:23 PM PDT

British Airways said it had operated more flights than planned on Sunday as cabin crew started a new five-day strike with little sign of a resolution to the long-running dispute.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - British Airways said it had operated more flights than planned on Sunday as cabin crew started a new five-day strike with little sign of a resolution to the long-running dispute.

Angry Murray out of French Open (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:59 PM PDT

Andy Murray serves during his men's fourth round match against Czech Tomas Berdych in the French Open tennis championship at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. Murray crashed out of the French Open on Sunday losing 6-4, 7-5, 6-3.(AFP/Boris Horvat)AFP - Angry fourth seed Andy Murray crashed out of the French Open on Sunday losing 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 to Tomas Berdych, the 12th seeded Czech.

Europe debt crisis shows world troubles 'far from over' (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:45 PM PDT

Riot police guard the Interior Ministry in the center of Athens on May 25. The sovereign debt crisis in Europe shows that the world's economic woes are AFP - The sovereign debt crisis in Europe shows that the world's economic woes are "far from over" and highlights the need for reforms, the vice chairman of the World Economic Forum said on Sunday.

Coalition rocked after minister quits over expenses (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:25 PM PDT

A key minister in the new coalition government, Chief Treasury Secretary David Laws, pictured on May 12, said he was resigning following revelations over his expenses claims.(AFP/File/Geoff Caddick)AFP - The new coalition government was dealing with its first significant setback on Sunday after David Laws, a high-profile finance minister, quit over his expenses claims.

England tune up for rugby tour with Barbarians win (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:02 PM PDT

England's Mark Cueto (L) competes for the ball against Barbarians' Casey Laulala during the MasterCard trophy rugby union match at Twickenham in London. England tuned up for their tour of Australia and New Zealand with a confidence-boosting 36-26 win against the Barbarians at Twickenham on Sunday.(AFP/Olly Greenwood)AFP - England tuned up for their tour of Australia and New Zealand with a confidence-boosting 36-26 win against the Barbarians at Twickenham on Sunday.

Queen Elizabeth to miss Commonwealth Games (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 12:14 PM PDT

Queen Elizabeth II, pictured on May 27, will not attend the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October, Buckingham Palace confirmed Sunday -- the first time she has missed the event in decades.(AFP/Pool/File/David Parker)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II will not attend the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October, Buckingham Palace confirmed Sunday -- the first time she has missed the event in decades.

Tamim ton leads Bangladesh revival against England (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 11:59 AM PDT

Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal plays a shot on the fourth day of the first Test match against England at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. Iqbal marked his first Test at Lord's with a breathtaking century as Bangladesh fought back with the bat against England on the fourth day of their series opener here on Sunday.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Tamim Iqbal marked his first Test at Lord's with a breathtaking century as Bangladesh fought back with the bat against England on the fourth day of their series opener here on Sunday.

German coalition partners turn rivals in key state (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2010 11:37 AM PDT

Reuters - The leader of Germany's Free Democrats has given his party a green light to work with the opposition Social Democrats in a key western state, a move likely to deepen tensions in Chancellor Angela Merkel's embattled coalition.

Africa-France summit gives business a top billing (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 11:01 AM PDT

A French police car is parked outside the Congress Palace in Nice, southern France, Sunday, May 30, 2010 on the eve of the 25th Africa-France summit that will be held here May 31 and June 1st. 2010.(AP Photo/Bob Edme)AP - Piracy, terrorism and climate change get prime billing but business is the linchpin at a summit between France and African leaders that begins Monday.

Police use tear gas to prevent clashes in Kosovo (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 10:55 AM PDT

Police officers clash with Kosovo Albanians displaying Albanian flags as they demonstrate against Serbia's local elections held in the Serb-dominated part of Mitrovica, Sunday, May 30, 2010. Riot police used tear gas and pepper spray on Sunday to separate hundreds of ethnic Albanian protesters and Serbs voting in local Serbian elections in the tensely divided town of Mitrovica. NATO peacekeepers and European Union police units were also deployed to prevent clashes on the bridge that that splits the town into Serb north and Albanian south. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)AP - Riot police in Kosovo used tear gas and pepper spray Sunday to separate hundreds of ethnic Albanian protesters from rock-throwing Serbs voting in local Serbian elections in the tense, divided town of Mitrovica.

Georgians hold 1st vote since 2008 war with Russia (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 10:28 AM PDT

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili speaks to the media after voting, during the municipal elections at a polling station in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, May 30, 2010. Voters in Georgia were choosing local leaders Sunday in the first ballot since President Mikhail Saakashvili led the country into a disastrous war with neighboring Russia nearly two years ago. Saakashvili's rule has elevated Georgia's status in the West yet turned it into a bitter adversary of Russia. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)AP - Voters in Georgia chose local leaders Sunday in the first ballot since President Mikhail Saakashvili led the country into a disastrous war with neighboring Russia nearly two years ago.

Croatian president honors Serb victims in Bosnia (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 09:14 AM PDT

Croatian President, Ivo Josipovic, front, pays respects to Bosnian Serb victims of war in the northern Bosnian village of Sijekovac, on Sunday, May 30, 2010. In an effort to promote reconciliation in the Balkans, Croatia's president laid flowers Sunday to honor Serb villagers killed by Croats during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.(AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)AP - In an effort to promote reconciliation in the Balkans, Croatia's president laid flowers Sunday to honor Serb villagers killed by Croats during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.

Cyprus trip a political minefield for the pope (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 03:56 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI arrives for a special audience to celebrate the 400th anniversary of father Matteo Ricci's death, in the pope Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Saturday, May 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI, often under fire for political missteps on foreign trips, is heading into a potential diplomatic storm when he visits Cyprus this week, a pilgrimage to a divided island that could anger Turkey and the rest of the Muslim world.

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