2010年6月12日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News


England, USA draw 1-1 in World Cup (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 03:54 PM PDT

England's goalkeeper Robert Green picks up the ball after US midfielder Clint Dempsey scored against England during the Group C first round 2010 World Cup football match England vs. USA at Royal Bafokeng stadium in Rustenburg. England and the United States drew 1-1 in their opening World Cup Group C match on Saturday after a blunder by Green helped the US equalise Steven Gerrard's goal.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Fabio Capello has played down the damage done to England's World Cup campaign by the blunder from goalkeeper Robert Green that handed the United States a point in their group C opener here on Saturday.


Belgians to vote after debate on splitting country (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 03:29 PM PDT

Reuters - Belgians vote in a parliamentary election Sunday for a government that could move toward breaking up the country and that will need to curb the third-highest debt ratio in Europe.

England keeper Green vows to forget howler, be ready to play (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 03:23 PM PDT

England's goalkeeper Robert Green reacts during the Group C first round 2010 World Cup football match England vs. USA at Royal Bafokeng stadium in Rustenburg. Green offered no excuses for the blunder which handed the United States a 1-1 draw on Saturday and declared himself ready to play again in the World Cup.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - England goalkeeper Robert Green offered no excuses for the blunder which handed the United States a 1-1 draw on Saturday and declared himself ready to play again in the World Cup.


Slovak center-right well ahead in vote: exit polls (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 03:15 PM PDT

Leader of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union-Democratic Party Iveta Radicova casts her vote in the village of Nova Dedinka, about 20 km (12 miles) from Bratislava, June 12, 2010. Slovaks went to the polls on Saturday to choose between economic liberals whose reforms led Slovakia into the European Union and the outgoing leftist government, which has taken a tough line on protecting workers. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa (SLOVAKIA - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS)Reuters - Slovak center-right parties looked set to win a big majority in Saturday's election, exit polls showed, raising hopes for a coalition that could cut the budget deficit and improve strained ties with neighbor Hungary.


Exit poll: Opposition winning Slovak election (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 03:09 PM PDT

AP - An exit poll suggests that the center-right opposition appears to be winning a parliamentary election in Slovakia.

Spain, Portugal celebrate 25 years in European community (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 02:57 PM PDT

Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero gives a speech during the ceremony to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the signing of Spain's Treaty of Accession to the European Community. Twenty-five years after they joined what was then the European Economic Community, Spain and Portugal Saturday called for more economic coordination to pull the EU out of a crisis.(AFP/Dani Pozo)AFP - Twenty-five years after they joined what was then the European Economic Community, Spain and Portugal Saturday called for more economic coordination to pull the EU out of a crisis in which they are both deeply embroiled.


British soldier killed in Afghanistan blast (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 12:55 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron addresses British soldiers at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, on June 11. A British soldier was killed Saturday by an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London said.(AFP/Pool/File/Stefan Rousseau)AFP - A British soldier was killed Saturday by an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London said.


Hamilton on pole for Canadian Grand Prix (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 12:51 PM PDT

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain pumps his fist after taking pole position during qualification for the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix in Montreal. Hamilton claimed his first pole position of 2010 and ended the qualifying supremacy of the Red Bulls in a dramatic qualifying session for Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix.(AFP/Don Emmert)AFP - Lewis Hamilton claimed his first pole position of 2010 and ended the qualifying supremacy of the Red Bulls in a dramatic qualifying session for Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix.


Obama tells Britain no hard feelings over spill (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 12:04 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, centre, addresses British soldiers, at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, during his two day visit to Afghanistan, Friday June 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Stefan Rousseau, Pool)AP - President Barack Obama reassured Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday that his frustration over the mammoth oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is not an attack on Britain as the two leaders tried to soothe trans-Atlantic tensions over the disaster.


Germans protest against Merkel's savings package (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 11:58 AM PDT

Reuters - Tens of thousands of Germans protested on Saturday against Germany's biggest austerity drive since World War Two, adding to pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel's increasingly unpopular coalition.

Alleged Mossad spy arrested in hit-squad case (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 11:26 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 24, 2010 file photo a Palestinian youth walks out of a store covered with posters of of assassinated Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, one of the founders of Hamas military wing, near his family house in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip. A spokesman for Germany's federal prosecutor's office says Polish authorities have arrested an alleged Mossad agent who is wanted in connection with the slaying of the Hamas leader in Dubai. He told The Associated Press on Saturday, June 12, 2010, that Germany is now seeking extradition of  Uri Brodsky, who is suspected of working for a foreign spy agency in Germany and having facilitated the issuing of a German passport to one of the members of the Mossad's hit squad that was allegedly behind the killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in January. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)AP - An alleged Mossad spy from Israel wanted in connection with the hit-squad slaying of a Hamas agent in Dubai has been arrested in Poland, officials said Saturday.


Poland wants NATO to plan an end to Afghan mission (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 10:54 AM PDT

AP - Poland's prime minister says he wants NATO to develop a timetable to end its mission in Afghanistan.

Horse wins again in UK's annual equine-human race (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 10:14 AM PDT

AP - Four legs have triumphed over two once again, with a horse galloping to victory in Britain's annual Man vs. Horse race.

Finland's governing party picks female leader (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 09:31 AM PDT

AP - Finland's governing Center Party elected a young woman as its new leader on Saturday, hoping to reunite the party and reverse the trend of waning support ahead of next year's parliamentary election.

British food critic Egon Ronay dies at 94 (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 08:34 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2006 file photo, Hungarian born food critic Egon Ronay. Food critic Egon Ronay, whose eponymous restaurant guides helped Britain embrace fine dining after years of postwar austerity, died Saturday June 12, 2010. He was 94. (AP Photo/Lewis Whyld, PA)  ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT  **AP - Food critic Egon Ronay, whose eponymous restaurant guides helped Britain embrace fine dining after years of postwar austerity, died Saturday. He was 94.


Small French cinema chain protests Israeli raid (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 08:31 AM PDT

AP - A small French cinema chain has made waves by postponing this month's showing of an Israeli comedy to protest the country's deadly May 31 raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla.

Belgians vote on future, united country in doubt (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 07:56 AM PDT

AP - Belgium's 6.5 million Dutch and 4 million French-speakers are locked in an unhappy, quarrelsome union, and voters in a general election Sunday might well favor the prospect of a political divorce down the road.

Russia won't immediately send troops to Kyrgyzstan (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 07:10 AM PDT

Ethnic Uzbek gather near the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border in southern Kyrgyzstan, on Saturday, June 12, 2010, trying to seek refuge in Uzbekistan from mobs of Kyrgyz men attacking the minority Uzbek community. The country's second-largest city, Osh, slid into chaos Friday when gangs of young Kyrgyz men armed with firearms and metal rods marched on Uzbek neighborhoods and set their homes on fire. Thousands of terrified ethnic Uzbeks were fleeing toward the nearby border with Uzbekistan.(AP Photo/D. Dalton Bennett)AP - The Kremlin says it won't immediately send Russian troops to Kyrgyzstan, which has asked Moscow for military assistance to help quell ethnic violence.


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Posted: 12 Jun 2010 06:59 AM PDT

AP - The Kremlin says it will not immediately send Russian troops to Kyrgyzstan.

UK celebrates queen's birthday with military pomp (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 06:11 AM PDT

Foot Guard soldiers from the Household Division march to the Horse Guards Parade, for the Trooping the Colour ceremony, to mark The Queen's official birthday, in London, Saturday, June 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Hundreds of soldiers in scarlet tunics and bearskin hats marched in London Saturday to celebrate the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II.


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