2010年6月20日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Polish liberal ahead in presidential election (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 09:30 PM PDT

Parliament speaker, acting president and presidential candidate Bronislaw Komorowski greets supporters in Warsaw after acknowledging exit polls for the early presidential elections in Poland. Komorowski placed first in elections to replace head of state Lech Kaczynski after his air crash death, but faces a run-off against the late leader's twin, exit polls showed.(AFP/Janek Skarzynski)AFP - Polish interim president Bronislaw Komorowski was slightly ahead in the first round of a presidential election with 41.22 percent of the vote, early results showed.

Runoff looms in Polish presidential election (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 09:07 PM PDT

A Polish woman casts her vote in to the ballot box during Poland's presidential elections in a polling station in Wilkow, a village situated in the recently flooded area. Polish interim president Bronislaw Komorowski placed first in elections Sunday to replace head of state Lech Kaczynski after his air crash death, but faces a run-off against the late leader's twin, exit polls showed.(AFP/Wojtek Radwanski)AP - A somber election season in Poland was prolonged by two weeks Sunday when a first round of voting produced no immediate successor to Lech Kaczynski, the president killed more than two months ago in a plane crash.

McDowell wins US Open golf championship (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 08:17 PM PDT

Ernie Els of South Africa waves to the gallery on the fifth hole during the final round of the 110th U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links, on June 20. Els finished third with a 73 for 286, behind Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell and Frenchman Gregory Havret.(AFP/Getty Images/Harry How)AFP - Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell won the US Open, holding steady as Pebble Beach buffeted a bevy of golf's big names to claim his first major championship.

UK to dodge Greek fate with tough budget: Osborne (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 07:19 PM PDT

Britain's Finance Minister, George Osborne (L), speaks to BBC journalist Andrew Marr during a televised interview in London June 20, 2010. REUTERS/Jeff Overs/HandoutReuters - The biggest threat to Britain's economy is its huge budget deficit, and an emergency budget on Tuesday will save the country from the fate of debt-stricken Greece, British finance minister George Osborne said on Sunday.

Report: Van der Sloot mentally ill, mother says (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 06:25 PM PDT

Joran Van der Sloot, left, awaits transportation on a police aircraft. Van der Sloot has long been a prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of American Natalee Holloway, who went missing after a night of drinking with him on the Caribbean island of Aruba.(AFP/File/Claudio Santana)AP - Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in the murder of one woman and the disappearance of another, suffers mental problems, his mother was quoted Sunday as saying.

New Agers, neo-pagans at Stonehenge for solstice (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 06:06 PM PDT

AP - New Agers and neo-pagans descended on Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice, each hoping to catch a glimpse of the sun as it rises above the ancient stone circle early Monday morning.

Airline alliances prove their worth (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 04:42 PM PDT

The major airline alliances -- Star Alliance, SkyTeam and Oneworld -- are proving their worth as carriers cope with troubled times and target China, one of the fastest growing travel markets.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)AFP - The major airline alliances -- Star Alliance, SkyTeam and Oneworld -- are proving their worth as carriers cope with troubled times and target China, one of the fastest growing travel markets.

Israelis flock 'back' to Germany (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 04:24 PM PDT

Berlin's landmark TV tower can be seen at the end of a street as the sun sets in 2009. AFP - "My grandmother was three when she had to escape Nazi Germany with her family," says Shiri Rosen, one of thousands of Israelis to have moved "back" to Germany in recent years.

BP chief yacht outing draws fire as oil effort slogs on (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 03:17 PM PDT

Oil lays down the marsh grass in Bay Jimmy near Port Sulpher, Louisiana, on June 19. BP chief Tony Hayward came under scathing attack on Sunday, with the White House calling his attendance at a yacht race another big mistake and complaining bitterly of the energy giant's foot-dragging response to the Gulf oil spill.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Sean Gardner)AFP - US politicians on Sunday blasted BP chief Tony Hayward for attending a yacht race complaining bitterly of the energy giant's foot-dragging response to the two-month-old Gulf oil spill.

Govt welcomes Israel's plans to ease Gaza blockade (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 02:43 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens to an IDF air force general at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office. Israel announced on Sunday it will allow all strictly AFP - The government on Sunday welcomed Israel's announcement of its plans to ease its Gaza blockade, hailing "an important step in the right direction."

(AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 11:01 AM PDT

AP - Exit polls show Komorowski leading Kaczynski in Polish election; runoff needed July 4.

Vatican pledges help in Italian corruption probe (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 08:51 AM PDT

AP - The Vatican pledged Sunday that Naples' cardinal would cooperate with an investigation by Italian prosecutors into a sprawling scandal for alleged corruption while he led the Holy See office bankrolling missionary work abroad.

Turkish PM vows to crush Kurdish rebels (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 04:05 AM PDT

Former Iraqi prime minister Iyad Allawi, seen in April 2010, said in an interview Monday he had been warned of plots to assassinate him.(AFP/File/Khaled Desouki)AP - Turkey's prime minister traveled to his country's border with Iraq to assess security on Sunday and vowed that Kurdish rebels who killed 12 Turkish soldiers in cross-border attacks will "drown in their own blood."

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