2010年6月22日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Europeans act alone on bank tax before G20 (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 06:20 PM PDT

A security guard opens the door of an office building in the financial district with a sign reading Reuters - Germany, France and Britain announced plans on Tuesday to introduce a bank levy to help meet the costs of the financial crisis, without waiting for a G20 summit this week, underscoring a rift with key partners.

Medvedev to tour Silicon Valley, seek investors (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 06:14 PM PDT

President Dmitry Medvedev chairs a meeting at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow, Monday, June 21, 2010. Medvedev ordered the state-controlled gas monopoly Monday to cut gas supplies to ex-Soviet neighbor Belarus over its debt for Russian natural gas supplies. The order follows Medvedev's warning to Belarus last week to start paying off the $200 million debt to Gazprom or face cuts. Belarus has challenged the Russian claim and refused to pay. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti,Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press service)AP - Russia's Dmitry Medvedev visits Silicon Valley for the first time on Wednesday, eager to reinvent his country's outmoded, oil-dependent economy — and lure talent and money from the high-tech capital.

Wimbledon buzzing with Queen's visit (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 06:10 PM PDT

An umpire watches play at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, on June 22, 2010. Wimbledon is abuzz with excitement ahead of Queen Elizabeth II's visit to the tennis championships on Thursday, in her first appearance in the royal box since 1977.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Wimbledon is abuzz with excitement ahead of Queen Elizabeth II's visit to the tennis championships on Thursday, in her first appearance in the royal box since 1977.

Capello still believes in England dream (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:02 PM PDT

England's coach Fabio Capello (R), seen here at practice, insisted that after a stuttering start England are finally ready to take off at the third attempt in South Africa and qualify for the World Cup last 16.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Fabio Capello has insisted he wasn?t crazy to believe England could reach the World Cup final even though his side face potential elimination at the first hurdle if they fail to beat Slovenia in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday.

New auction record for Manet painting in London (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:59 PM PDT

Sotheby's Employees carry Edouard Manet's 'Self-Portrait with a Palette' at Sotheby's in London on June 11. The painting sold for 22.4 million pounds setting a new record for a work by the master impressionist.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - A self-portrait by Edouard Manet sold for 22.4 million pounds at Sotheby's auction house in London on Tuesday, setting a new record for a work by the master impressionist.

Russian minister says unaware of tycoon oil theft (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:56 PM PDT

Jailed former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky speaks behind a glass wall as he attends a court session in Moscow June 22, 2010. REUTERS/Alexander NatruskinReuters - Russia's industry minister testified in the trial of Mikhail Khordokovsky on Tuesday that buying oil cheaply from a subsidiary was not a crime, which the ex-tycoon's lawyers said would help with their defense.

Now scientists read your mind better than you can (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:23 PM PDT

Reuters - Brain scans may be able to predict what you will do better than you can yourself, and might offer a powerful tool for advertisers or health officials seeking to motivate consumers, researchers said on Tuesday.

England beat Australia in first one-day international (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:03 PM PDT

England's Eoin Morgan hits a 4 against Australia during the first Natwest One Day International series at The Rose Bowl in Hampshire. Morgan's unbeaten 103 saw England to a come from behind four-wicket win over Australia in the first one-day international at the Rose Bowl here on Tuesday.(AFP/Olly Greenwood)AFP - Eoin Morgan's unbeaten 103 saw England to a come from behind four-wicket win over Australia in the first one-day international at the Rose Bowl here on Tuesday.

Cuban dissident leaves jail in case that irked EU (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:48 PM PDT

Reuters - A Cuban court on Tuesday convicted a political dissident of buying cement on the black market, but decided to let him out of prison, resolving a case that sparked a diplomatic spat between Cuba and several European Union nations.

Oil execs close ranks behind BP, slam drilling ban (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:37 PM PDT

A plume of smoke from an oil burn is seen near the Discover Enterprise at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana Saturday, June 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, Pool)AP - After weeks of suffering the ire of the White House over the Louisiana rig spill, the oil industry is fighting back.

Lasers uncover first icons of Sts. Peter and Paul (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 01:16 PM PDT

AP - Twenty-first century laser technology has opened a window into the early days of the Catholic Church, guiding researchers through the dank, musty catacombs beneath Rome to a startling find: the first known icons of the apostles Peter and Paul.

Italy: bacteria made mozzarella blue (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 11:23 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 21, 2008 file photo, Buffalo mozzarella cheese is prepared at a dairy in Caserta, near Naples. Italian police confiscated some 70,000 balls of mozzarella in Turin after consumers noticed the milky-white cheese quickly developed a bluish tint when the package was opened. Agriculture Minister Giancarlo Calan ordered ministry laboratories to investigate what he called a disturbing development. State TV said Saturday, June 19, 2010, that a customer called police after noticing the mozzarella, made in Germany for an Italian company, turned blue after contact with air, and that several merchants in Turin received similar complaints about the cheese. (AP Photo/Franco Castano', File)AP - Batches of Mozzarella balls turned blue because of bacterial contamination during production in Germany, Italian prosecutors and health officials said Tuesday, after more than a ton of the suspect cheese was seized.

Finnish lawmakers elect new prime minister (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 08:53 AM PDT

AP - Finland's Parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly elected the new leader of the governing Center Party as the country's prime minister, after Matti Vanhanen resigned last week.

Central America called free of antipersonnel mines (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 08:02 AM PDT

AP - Nicaragua has become the last country in Central America to clear its territory of anti-personnel mines, government officials said Tuesday.

Komorowski: pullout from Afghanistan in 2012 (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 07:12 AM PDT

AP - Poland's interim president said Tuesday he will end his country's military mission in Afghanistan in 2012, if he wins next month's runoff election.

Suspected Kurdish rebels kill 5 in bombing (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 07:03 AM PDT

A damaged bus with shattered windows and a damaged trunk is seen in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, June 22, 2010, after a roadside bomb attack. Suspected Kurdish rebels detonated a remote-controlled bomb in Istanbul Tuesday, killing four people and wounding 12 on a bus carrying military personnel and their families, the governor said. (AP Photo ) -- TURKEY OUT --AP - Kurdish rebels detonated a remote-controlled bomb in Istanbul Tuesday, killing five people and wounding 12 on a bus carrying military personnel and their families, officials said. Authorities stepped up security across Turkey, fearing more attacks.

(AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:57 AM PDT

AP - UK Treasury chief says Queen Elizabeth II accepts freeze on financial support from government.

Britain's 150-year-old budget box takes last bow (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:31 AM PDT

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, third right, holds his Budget Box as he poses for the media with Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander, 2nd right, and unidentified aides outside his official residence at 11 Downing Street in central London, Tuesday, June 22, 2010. The British government is expected to cut spending, raise taxes on capital gains and give a break to the poorest taxpayers when it announces its emergency budget plans.(AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - A red box that has carried the government's budget to the House of Commons for scores of years has made its last official appearance.

Report: Van der Sloot boasts of marriage offers (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:11 AM PDT

FILE -- In a June 4, 2010 file photo Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot is escorted by police officers outside a Peruvian police station, near the border with Chile in Tacna, Peru. A Dutch newspaper that interviewed Van der Sloot in his prison cell says he has retracted his confession in the killing of a young woman in Peru. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro/file)AP - Murder suspect Joran van der Sloot is talking plenty — just not to the judge investigating his case.

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