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Yahoo! News: Europe News

UK mulled N.Korea visa denial for 1966 World Cup (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 05:58 PM PDT

The North Korean flag is seen at the hardline communist state's embassy in Beijing. Britain considered denying visas to the North Korean football team to attend the 1966 World Cup finals over fears their presence could spark an international storm, official documents showed.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Britain considered denying visas to the North Korean football team to attend the 1966 World Cup finals over fears their presence could spark an international storm, official documents showed.

EU's Van Rompuy says strong euro masked problems (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 04:55 PM PDT

Reuters - The strength of the euro masked underlying fiscal problems within the euro zone, the President of the European Union, Herman Van Rompuy said in an interview published on Monday.

Sarah Brown to write memoir: publisher (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 04:30 PM PDT

Sarah Brown, pictured in 2009, wife of former prime minister Gordon Brown, is to write a memoir which will lift the lid on living in Downing Street, her publisher said Monday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The wife of former prime minister Gordon Brown is to write a memoir which will lift the lid on living in Downing Street, her publisher said Monday.

Chinese investors Fosun buy Club Med stake (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 04:29 PM PDT

Chinese investment company Fosun bought a seven-percent stake in French leisure group Club Med, which is looking to tap the growing Chinese tourism market, the two companies said on Sunday.(AFP/File/Stephane de Sakutin)AFP - Chinese investment company Fosun bought a seven-percent stake in French leisure group Club Med, which is looking to tap the growing Chinese tourism market, the two companies said on Sunday.

Flemish separatists triumph in Belgian election (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 04:19 PM PDT

French-speaking socialist party (PS) President Elio Di Rupo (C) arrives at a polling station during Belgium's general elections in Mons June 13, 2010. REUTERS/Sebastien PirletReuters - A Flemish party that wants to split Belgium triumphed in a parliamentary election on Sunday, a result that could make it hard to form a coalition quickly and deliver austerity to contain a rising national debt.

Westwood wins US Open tuneup in playoff (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 04:19 PM PDT

Lee Westwood of England waves to the crowd after making birdie putt on the second hole during the final round of the St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. Westwood won the St. Jude Classic in a dramatic playoff Sunday, giving himself a boost days before the start of the US Open championship at Pebble Beach.(AFP/Getty Images/John Sommers II)AFP - England's Lee Westwood won the St. Jude Classic in a dramatic playoff Sunday, giving himself a boost days before the start of the US Open championship at Pebble Beach.

Swiss man leaves Libya as 2 nations end dispute (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 03:09 PM PDT

Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey, right, arrives for meetings in Tripoli, Libya, Sunday, June 13, 2010. On Thursday Libya released Max Goeldi, a Swiss businessman held for nearly two years at the center of a diplomatic row, according to a prison official and the man's lawyer, but as of Sunday morning he was not yet believed to have left the country. (AP Photo/Abdel Meguid al-Fergany)AP - Libya said Sunday that Switzerland has paid $1.5 million for mistreating Moammar Gadhafi's son during his arrest there in 2008, and a Swiss citizen who had been held in Tripoli left for home as the countries ended a two-year diplomatic row.

Separatist party wins big in Belgian election (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 03:00 PM PDT

Chairman of the NVA, New Flemish Alliance Party, Bart De Wever , gestures on the podium after the results of the election in Brussels, Belgium, on Sunday, June 13, 2010. De Wever, who polls indicate may be Belgium's next premier, passionately advocates the end of Belgium calling its 6 million Dutch-speakers and 4.5 million Francophones a hopeless mismatch. Linguistic disputes have long hounded Belgium and dominated the campaign. (AP Photo/Thierry Schmidt)AP - A separatist party that advocates independence for the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium, leaving the country's Francophones to fend for themselves, scored an unprecedented win in Sunday's general election.

Flemish separatists demand re-drawn Belgium after poll win (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 02:52 PM PDT

N-VA chairman Bart De Wever leaves a booth at a polling station in Berchem during the country's legislative elections. Flemish separatists scored an unprecedented victory in Sunday's general election and immediately called for sweeping change across Belgium as negotiations to form a government begin.(AFP/BELGA/Dirk Waem)AFP - Flemish separatists scored an unprecedented victory in Belgium's general election on Sunday and demanded a re-drawn federal state in negotiations to form a government.

Hamilton leads McLaren 1-2 at Canadian Grand Prix (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 12:40 PM PDT

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates with champagne after winning the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix in Montreal.(AFP/Don Emmert)AFP - Britain's Lewis Hamilton expressed delight on Sunday after winning the Canadian Grand Prix and taking the lead in the drivers' championship standings with a stunning drive.

No winner for $5 million African leadership prize (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 10:01 AM PDT

AP - For the second year in a row, organizers of a $5 million annual prize for good governance in Africa say they have decided not to give out the award.

Pope praises priests, despite scandal (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 08:19 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful as he celebrates the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Sunday, June 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Pope Benedict XVI hailed priests on Sunday as gifts to the world for their generous and courageous work, in a speech that didn't mention the clergy sex abuse scandal.

(AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 07:02 AM PDT

AP - Interfax says Russia has sent a paratroop battalion to increase security at its air base in Kyrgyzstan.

Slovenian student slain in WWII beatified (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 06:46 AM PDT

A photo of Lojze Grozde is displayed in front of Roman Catholic priests attending the mass in Celje, Slovenia, Sunday, June 13, 2010. Grozde, who died in 1943 at the age of 20, is the first beatified martyr in the predominantly Roman Catholic country, ruled by the communists until its 1991 independence. (AP Photo/Filip Horvat)AP - A Slovenian student who was captured, tortured and killed by communists during World War II was beatified on Sunday by Pope Benedict XVI's state secretary at a Mass attended by thousands.

Head of British military to leave job early (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 05:56 AM PDT

FILE - Britain's Air Chief Marshall Sir Jock Stirrup arrives to give evidence to the Iraq Inquiry, being held in London, in this Feb. 1, 2010 file photo. Defense Secretary Liam Fox says the head of the armed forces, Air Chief Marshall Jock Stirrup, will leave his job about six months early. His term had not been due to end until April 2011. Foreign Secretary William Hague said Sunday June 13, 2010 the men were not being punished for the rising death toll in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)AP - The head of Britain's armed forces is leaving his post six months early, the government announced Sunday, shuffling its top military team as it grapples with the unpopular conflict in Afghanistan.

Slovak PM says he will try for coalition (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 04:52 AM PDT

Slovakia's Prime Minister and Chairman of the Social Democratic party Smer Robert Fico looks on after a press conference acknowledging results of the general elections in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, June 13, 2010. The Statistics Office said the governing left-leaning party of Fico was the clear overall winner, with 35.1 percent of the vote, or 63 seats in the 150-seat Parliament with votes from 5,757 of the 5,929 polling stations counted early Sunday. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - Slovakia's prime minister said Sunday he would try to put together a governing coalition even after voters handed him a setback by giving the center-right opposition a majority.

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