2010年6月5日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Murdered Solidarity priest to be beatified (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 06:41 PM PDT

Polish priest Jerzy Popieluszko, chaplain of the Solidarity democracy movement who was kidnapped, strangled and drowned, 19 October 1984 by a communist SB security police commando led by Grzegorz Piotrowski. Pope Benedict XVI on December 19, 2009 approved the beatification of Popieluszko(AFP/File)AFP - Up to 250,000 faithful are expected Sunday in Warsaw for the beatification of Jerzy Popieluszko, a Roman Catholic priest and opposition activist murdered 25 years ago by Poland's communist secret police.

'Swinging Sixties' photographer Brian Duffy dies (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 06:10 PM PDT

A view of central London. Brian Duffy, the British photographer whose pictures captured the mood of the 'Swinging Sixties', has died aged 76.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Brian Duffy, the British photographer whose pictures captured the mood of the 'Swinging Sixties', has died aged 76, a statement on his website has confirmed.

Pope urges support for Mideast Christians (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 05:45 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI, left, reviews the honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace of the Republic of Cyprus Island in capital Nicosia, on Saturday, June 5, 2010. Greek Cypriot leaders made a blistering attack on Turkey for its occupation of northern Cyprus as Pope Benedict XVI began a pilgrimage to the divided island Friday bringing a message of peace to the region. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - Pope Benedict XVI appealed Saturday for support for embattled Christian communities in the Middle East, calling them a vital force for peace in the region.

Britain to give 19 million pounds to Gaza (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 04:26 PM PDT

Palestinian schoolchildren attend a lesson under a tent at the yard of their Islamic school which was destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip in 2009. Britain is to give 19 million pounds to help support schools and health clinics for Gazan refugees, the government said Saturday.(AFP/File/Said Khatib)AFP - Britain announced Sunday it was giving 19 million pounds for refugees in Gaza and repeated calls for Israel to lift its blockade of the territory.

BP to pay legitimate claims 'for as long as it takes' (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 04:07 PM PDT

A worker collects small globs of oil that have washed up on Pensacola Beach from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in Florida. BP has paid out 46 million dollars in claims since the start of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and will continue to compensate all those who have been damaged AFP - BP has paid out 46 million dollars in claims since the start of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and will continue to compensate all those who have been damaged "for as long as it takes," a company official said Saturday.

Google to provide data to European authorities (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 03:41 PM PDT

Reuters - Google Inc said on Saturday it would hand over data it collected through wireless networks to French, German and Spanish authorities as it faces mounting legal issues concerning its data collection.

Acrobatic group Spelbound win Britain's Got Talent (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 02:54 PM PDT

The logo of the television talent search show AFP - Gymnastic group Spelbound won the final of Britain's Got Talent on Saturday after another dazzling display of acrobatics, securing a huge cheque and a chance to perform in front of the queen.

Hungary government commits to budget goal (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 01:44 PM PDT

Hungary's State Secretary Mihaly Varga speaks during a news conference about the state of the Hungarian economy in Budapest June 5, 2010. REUTERS/Laszlo BaloghReuters - Hungary's government said on Saturday it aimed to meet this year's budget deficit target, seeking to draw a line under "exaggerated" talk of a possible Greek-style debt crisis that has unnerved global markets.

Thousands in Europe vent anger at Israel after deadly raid (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 12:48 PM PDT

People demonstrate in Lyon, to protest Israel's storming of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that left nine pro-Palestinian activists dead. Tens of thousands protested across Europe Saturday against the killing of activists during a botched raid on an aid fleet, as Israel peacefully boarded another ship trying to defy its blockade of Gaza.(AFP/Jean-Philippe Ksiazek)AFP - Tens of thousands protested across Europe Saturday against the killing of activists during a botched raid on an aid fleet, as Israel peacefully boarded another ship trying to defy its blockade of Gaza.

Bayer hit by lawsuit over pregnancy test: report (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 12:30 PM PDT

A view of the Bayer plant in Wuppertal-Elberfield, Germany. Bayer Schering Pharma, a unit of the German chemicals group Bayer, has been hit by a lawsuit over a pregnancy test that allegedly caused birth defects, Der Spiegel reported Saturday.(AFP/DDP/File)AFP - Bayer Schering Pharma, a unit of the German chemicals group Bayer, has been hit by a lawsuit over a pregnancy test that allegedly caused birth defects, Der Spiegel reported Saturday.

Germany, Russia: We support new Iran nuke sanction (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 10:58 AM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrive for bilateral talks at the government guest house Schloss Meseberg,north of Berlin, Saturday, June 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Tobias Schwarz, Pool)AP - Germany and Russia declared Saturday that the five world powers negotiating with Iran support a fresh set of international sanctions, and Chancellor Angela Merkel said they could pass soon.

D-Day Pointe du Hoc site gets facelift to save it (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 10:55 AM PDT

A US Air Force plane flies above the Pointe du Hoc in france, as a giant crane is seen in background, as workers try to reinforce the cliff and the bunker built on it by the nazis, Saturday June 5, 2010. The cliffs at Pointe du Hoc, the Normandy promontory where the Rangers stared down death, have eroded by 10 meters (33 feet) since June 6, 1944. Today, the job is to strengthen the cliffs, not conquer them, and keep the bunker used by the Nazis as an observation point from falling into the pounding sea.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - The Nazis thought the jagged cliffs were unassailable until the elite U.S. Rangers scaled them in a valiant D-Day assault. Now the rocks are undergoing major surgery to save them from an even greater force — Mother Nature.

UK police study family feud over mass shootings (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 05:42 AM PDT

Flower tributes are left for Garry Purdham at the site of where he was gunned down at Boonwood, Cumbria, England Friday, June 4, 2010, one day after taxi driver Derrick Bird drove around the area on a shooting spree across a tranquil stretch of northwest England. bird killed 12 people and woundin gmany others before turning the gun on himself. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)AP - A British taxi driver was being investigated by tax officials before he fatally shot 12 people including his twin brother, police said Saturday.

Rightist group jolts Sweden's tolerant self-image (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 03:24 AM PDT

AP - From his party's office in the basement of a Stockholm parking garage, Jimmie Akesson is running for Parliament, preaching sharp cuts in immigration and calling Islam the greatest threat to Swedish society.

(AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 07:31 PM PDT

AP - Swedish Ship to Gaza organization says Irish Gaza aid ship is followed by 3 Israeli war ships.

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