2010年6月26日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News


US teen sailor reunited with brother after ordeal (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 06:12 PM PDT

Zac Sunderland, from California, right who sailed around the world at age 17, meets his sister Abby Sunderland, 16, on the French fisheries patrol boat 'Osiris', Saturday, June 26, 2010, at Saint Denis de la Reunion, in the Reunion island, a French oversea territory in the Indian Ocean. Zac is coming 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 - Sixteen-year-old Californian sailor Abby Sunderland got a big hug from her older brother Saturday on the appropriately named Reunion Island, and again defended her family for letting her try to sail around the world alone.


Argentina says Europe's fiscal focus is wrong (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 05:11 PM PDT

Reuters - Europe's focus on cutting deficits is "absolutely wrong," Argentine President Cristina Fernandez said on Saturday, citing her country's experience with austerity she said helped lead to a huge default in 2001.

Murray plans to hit the heights at crunch time (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Andy Murray celebrates after winning against French player Gilles Simon during the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in southwest London. Murray admits he will have to raise his game to new heights if he wants to win Wimbledon even though he raced through the first week at the Championships without dropping a set.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Andy Murray admits he will have to raise his game to new heights if he wants to win Wimbledon even though he raced through the first week at the Championships without dropping a set.


Britain, China agree need for deficit cuts: statement (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 04:43 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron arrives at the G8 summit on June 25 in Hunstville, Ontario. Chinese President Hu Jintao Saturday hailed Cameron's willingness to build a stronger relationship with China as they held their first face-to-face talks.(AFP/POOL/File/Eric Feferberg)AFP - Britain and China agreed on the need for "fiscal consolidation" to shore up the global economic recovery, Downing Street said Saturday, after the two nations' leaders met ahead of a G20 summit.


Obama and new British PM bond over beer, football (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 04:12 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama (R) and British Prime Minister David Cameron trade bottles of beer to settle a bet on the US-UK World Cup Soccer game during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Toronto.(AFP/POOL/Saul Loeb)AFP - US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron toasted the "special relationship" between their two countries Saturday, swapping bottles of beer after a World Cup bet.


Muse, Kylie take the stage at sweltering Glastonbury (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 03:51 PM PDT

Australian singer Kylie Minogue appears as a special guest with the Scissor Sisters on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury festival near Pilton.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - The Glastonbury Festival sweltered in soaring temperatures Saturday with a headline show from local boys and rock superstars Muse and a brief appearance by pop princess Kylie.


G8 chiefs slam Iran and North Korea (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 02:52 PM PDT

In a picture taken in May 2010, South Korean navy personnel stand guard next to the wreckage of the salvaged naval vessel Cheonan. The leaders of the world's richest nations condemned Saturday an alleged North Korean attack that sank a South Korean warship, and demanded Pyongyang refrain from hostility against its neighbor.(AFP/POOL/File/Lee Jae-Won)AFP - G8 leaders laid down the law to rogue operators Iran and North Korea on Saturday, putting up a tough front on the world's security challenges and vowing to tackle terrorism at its roots.


Obama, Europeans split on economic policy (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 02:32 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - TORONTO — They talked nice, but President Barack Obama and European leaders failed Saturday to bridge a fast growing divide over government spending and will emerge from a weekend summit charting different courses for ending the global recession.

Lithuania's former president Brazauskas dies at 77 (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 02:07 PM PDT

AP - Lithuania's first post-independence president, Algirdas Brazauskas, died at his home Saturday, his wife said. He was 77.

Hermes delivers perfect wardrobe for yacht getaway (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 01:52 PM PDT

Models wear creations by French fashion designer Veronique Nichanian for French fashion house  Hermes of her Men's Spring-Summer 2011 fashion collection, in Paris, Saturday June 26, 2010. ( AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - If you haven't yet picked out your wardrobe for the summer's yacht vacation, Hermes' spring-summer 2011 menswear collection Saturday was just the show for you.


Latin Americans in Spain demand train crash probe (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 01:21 PM PDT

People react during a memorial for the victims of a train speeding through the station in Castelldefels on Wednesday which ran over a group of young people crossing the tracks, killing 12 and injuring 17 in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, June 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)AP - Hundreds of Latin American immigrants on Saturday mourned a group of young summer solstice partygoers killed by an express train in northeast Spain, and demanded an investigation into how the accident happened.


Beduins, sadhus, assorted hermits hit Doma catwalk (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 12:05 PM PDT

A model wears a creation by German fashion designer Damir Doma as part of his Men's Spring-Summer 2011 collection, in Paris, Saturday June 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - The men on Damir Doma's spring-summer 2011 show Saturday looked like ascetics who'd stumbled upon the catwalk during their hermetic wanderings.


World's largest gold coin sells for $4 million (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 11:32 AM PDT

This undated photo released by the Dorotheum auction house in Vienna, Austria, shows the world's largest gold coin, which was auctioned Friday June 25, 2010, for euro 3.27 million (US dollar 4 million). The 2007 one million dollars Canadian Maple Leaf coin featuring an image of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II,  weighs 100 kilograms (220 pounds) and has a diameter of 53 centimeters (21 inches).  It was won by Spanish precious metal trading company Oro Direct. (AP Photo/Dorotheum Vienna) EDITORIAL USE ONLY; NO SALES; NO ARCHIVESAP - The world's largest gold coin has been sold at auction in Austria for euro3.27 million ($4 million).


Sequins need not apply: Dior does minimalism (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 09:46 AM PDT

A model wears a creation by Belgium fashion designer Kris Van Assche for Dior as part of the men's Spring-Summer 2011 fashion collection in Paris, Saturday, June 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)AP - Less was more at Dior Homme on Saturday, with a minimalist spring-summer menswear 2011 show of raw seams and flowing panels that proved you can spend more for fewer finishings.


Britain marks Armed Forces Day (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 07:06 AM PDT

Britain's Prince Charles takes the salute as the flags of the Royal British Legion parade through the streets of Cardiff, Wales to commemorate Armed Forces Day  Saturday June 26, 2010. Britain celebrates its second annual Armed Forces Day, an event aimed at boosting public support for the country's stretched military.   (AP Photo/David Jones/PA Wire)  ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT   **AP - Serving troops marched with veterans and cadets through the sun-soaked streets of Cardiff on Saturday as Britain marked its second annual Armed Forces Day.


Report: UK to impose temporary cap on migrants (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 06:56 AM PDT

AP - A newspaper is reporting that Britain's new government intends to impose a temporary limit on the number of foreign workers from outside the European Union it allows into the country.

Gay rights activists detained in St. Petersburg (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 06:52 AM PDT

Police officers detain a gay rights activist at the State Hermitage Museum  in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, June 26, 2010. Russian police detained several gay rights activists apparently for holding an unsanctioned rally. Two dozens activists unfurled banners and chanted 'Homophobia the shame of the country' and 'Marriage rights without compromises' before police moved in seizing six people, who offered little resistance. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)AP - Russian police on Saturday detained several gay rights activists in a public courtyard within St. Petersburg's noted State Hermitage Museum, apparently for holding an unsanctioned rally.


Vatican No. 2 increases criticism of Belgian raids (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 06:40 AM PDT

Police stand outside the St. Rombout Cathedral in Mechelen on June 24. The Vatican has angrily accused Belgian authorities of AP - The Vatican on Saturday stepped up its criticism of raids carried out by Belgian police investigating priestly sex abuse allegations, with the No. 2 official saying Saturday that the raids are unprecedented even under communism.


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