2010年6月25日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Russia and Britain vow to relaunch strained ties (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 06:20 PM PDT

Heads of state and world leaders walk to the G8 Summit family photo in Huntsville, Ontario, on June 25. In their first face-to-face talks, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (4th from right) called for AFP - Russia and Britain agreed to work to renew ties strained in recent years by a series of controversies when the leaders of the two countries met in Canada.

Rose shines with 62 for PGA Travelers lead (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 05:29 PM PDT

Justin Rose of England celebrates a birdie on the second green during the second round of the Travelers Championship held at TPC River Highlands, on June 25, in Cromwell, Connecticut. Rose fired a sparkling eight-under par 62 to seize a four-shot lead over Kevin Sutherland in the event.(AFP/Getty Images/Michael Cohen)AFP - England's Justin Rose fired a sparkling eight-under par 62 to seize a four-shot lead over Kevin Sutherland in the US PGA Tour's Travelers Championship.

Glastonbury Festival kicks-off in sweltering sunshine (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 04:30 PM PDT

A reveller enjoys the evening sun at the Glastonbury festival near Pilton, Somerset. Celebrating it's 40th anniversary this year, the festival showcases some of the world's best artists from all areas of music and performance.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - The weather gods were smiling on 170,000 party-goers Friday as Glastonbury Festival got under way bathed in unexpectedly glorious sunshine.

Romanian court: Some budget cuts unconstitutional (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 04:23 PM PDT

Protesters scuffle with riot police trying to break through a fence during a protest against the government's plan to cut pensions by 15 percent and public sector salaries by 25 percent in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, June 25, 2010. Romania's Constitutional Court ruled against some of the sweeping austerity measures planned by the government, a move that may delay the approval of a crucial IMF (International Monetary Fund) loan. (AP Photo)AP - A top Romanian court ruled Friday that some of the austerity measures proposed by the government were unconstitutional — a move that will likely delay a crucial multibillion loan from the International Monetary Fund.

Vatican astonished at Belgian police raid (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 03:30 PM PDT

Police stand outside the St. Rombout Cathedral in Mechelen on June 24. The Vatican has angrily accused Belgian authorities of AP - The Vatican said Friday it was astonished and outraged that Belgian police investigating priestly sex abuse had conducted raids that also targeted the graves of two archbishops.

Working men storm Kris Van Assche catwalk (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 02:20 PM PDT

AP - For his spring-summer 2011 menswear collection Friday, Kris Van Assche sent out working men, their low-slung trousers and tank tops splattered with black paint and their hands covered in charcoal dust.

Police question sex scandal wife of N.Ireland leader (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 01:50 PM PDT

Democratic Unionist Party party leader Peter Robinson (C) and his wife Iris Robinson (R) are pictured in 2008. Northern Irish police have questioned Iris over allegations she helped her teenage lover obtain a large loan, security sources said on Friday.(AFP/File/Peter Muhley)AFP - Northern Irish police have questioned the wife of the province's top politician Peter Robinson over allegations she helped her teenage lover obtain a large loan, security sources said on Friday.

Chaplin's Tramp gets urban makeover at Galliano (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 01:44 PM PDT

AP - Charlie Chaplin emerged from inside a ticking gears of a massive watch to walk the runway at John Galliano's silent film-inspired spring summer 2011 menswear show on Friday.

French minister under more pressure over L'Oreal heiress (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 01:38 PM PDT

French Budget Minister Eric Woerth (R) arrives with his wife Florence at the Elysee palace in Paris in March 2010. Woerth, a high-flyer in President Nicolas Sarkozy's right-wing government, has denied his wife turned a blind eye to tax evasion as she helped manage Liliane Bettencourt's 16-billion-euro (19.8-billion-dollar) fortune.(AFP/File/Eric Feferberg)AFP - A government minister at the centre of a row over tax evasion by France's richest woman came under fresh pressure Friday when it emerged that prosecutors last year warned she might be dodging tax.

Brother braces to greet US teen sailor (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 12:30 PM PDT

Zac Sunderland, from California, who sailed around the world at age 17, arrives at Saint Denis de la Reunion, in the Reunion island, a French overseas territory in the Indian Ocean, Thursday, June 24, 2010. Zac comes to pick up his sister Abby Sunderland who was rescued by a French fishing boat after her boat became crippled by storms while trying to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo and nonstop. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)AP - A brother of the 16-year-old Californian sailor rescued in the Indian Ocean after her boat capsized says he's eager to greet Abby Sunderland as she comes back to civilization.

Whaling meeting delays decision on hunting 1 year (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 12:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan 23, 2009 file photo provided by Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, a pod of sperm whales are seen stranded on a sand bar off Perkins Island, Australia's Tasmania state. Levels of cadmium, aluminum, chromium, lead, silver, mercury and titanium together are the highest ever found in marine mammals, scientists who spent five years shooting nearly 1,000 sperm whales with tissue-sampling darts say, warning that the health of both ocean life and the people who consume seafood could be at risk. (AP Photo/Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, File) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - Native people of Greenland won a long battle Friday to extend their annual whale hunt to humpbacks, overriding objections from conservation-minded members of the International Whaling Commission.

Greek anti-terror police probe deadly bombing (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 11:49 AM PDT

A traffic police officer regulates traffic in front of the Public Order Ministry building just outside central Athens, on Friday, June 25, 2010. Greek anti-terrorist police are investigating a deadly Thursday's night bombing at the public order ministry in which a top ministerial aide was killed by a booby-trapped package. Police say forensic scientists Friday were analyzing the remains of the package, which exploded near the office of Michalis Chryssohoidis, the minister in charge of police, on the seventh floor of the heavily guarded building. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - A letter bomb that killed a close aide to Greece's law enforcement minister had originally been sent to the minister's political office before being taken to the heavily guarded ministry building where it exploded, police said Friday.

Italian mobster nabbed in France (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 11:29 AM PDT

AP - Italian officials say a mobster and one of the country's top 30 most wanted fugitives has been arrested in the south of France.

Dutch may use 'decoy Jews' to fight racism (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 10:44 AM PDT

Rabbi Eliezer Wolff, Dayan of Amsterdam, is seen near a parking meter in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, June 25, 2010. Reports of increased anti-Semitism and a secret video showing Jews harassed on the street in Amsterdam have prompted Dutch authorities to consider using 'decoy Jews', undercover officers wearing yarmulkes, to combat hate crimes. No decision has yet been made to use the tactic. Advocacy groups say intimidation has become a serious issue for Jews in the Netherlands. (AP Photo/ Evert Elzinga)AP - A hidden-camera video showing Jews being harassed on the street in a Moroccan neighborhood of Amsterdam has led Dutch authorities to consider combating hate crimes with "decoy Jews" — undercover police officers wearing yarmulkes.

Austrian church prepares abuse compensation (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 09:29 AM PDT

AP - A panel set up by Austria's Roman Catholic Church to help victims of abuse by clergy or church officials on Friday presented a model that would award up to euro25,000 ($30,700) for those most seriously mistreated.

Germany: Assisted suicide OK if patient consents (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 09:05 AM PDT

AP - Germany's top criminal court issued a landmark ruling Friday legalizing assisted suicide in cases where it is carried out based on a patient's prior request.

Court: same-sex marriage is not universal right (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 09:04 AM PDT

AP - European nations do not have to allow same-sex marriage, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled, though gay rights groups claimed a partial victory Friday because the court acknowledged growing agreement that their relationships should be recognized in law.

Macedonia: Police bust antiquities smuggling ring (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 08:52 AM PDT

A bronze figurine and silver plated icons, part of the antiquities seized by the police are presented in Macedonia's capital Skopje, on Friday, 25 June 2010. Macedonian police say they have arrested 48 people, including local politicians and archaeologists, in a nationwide crackdown on the illegal antiquities trade. Spokesman Ivo Kotevski says the operation started early Thursday in eight towns, and about 100 artifacts dating from prehistoric to Ottoman times have been seized. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)AP - Macedonian authorities said Friday they had broken up an antiquities smuggling ring and recovered thousands of exceptionally valuable artifacts in the country's largest-ever crackdown on the illicit trade.

Stalin monument dismantled in Georgian hometown (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 08:39 AM PDT

In this photo released by Gori region administration a statue of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin is dismantled at his home town of Gori, 80 kms (50 miles) west of the Georgian capital Tbilisi, Friday, June 25, 2010. Authorities in Georgia have torn down a monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in his birthplace of Gori to make way for a memorial to the fallen in the Russian-Georgian war of 2008. (AP Photo/Gori Region Administration, HO)AP - Authorities in Georgia on Friday tore down a monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in his birthplace of Gori to make way for a memorial to the fallen in the Russian-Georgian war of 2008.

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