2010年6月28日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Under pressure, UK promises torture guidelines (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 04:54 PM PDT

AP - The British government promised Monday to quickly issue its spies a fresh set of guidelines on how to avoid being complicit in torture.

CBI boss to step down in 2011 (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 04:23 PM PDT

Richard Lambert, Director General of the Confederation of British Industry, (CBI), pictured in 2007, will step down next year, it announced on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The boss of the biggest employers' organisation, the Confederation of British Industry, will step down next year, it announced on Tuesday.

U.S. arrests 10 for allegedly spying for Russia (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 04:09 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. authorities said on Monday they have broken up a spy ring that carried out deep-cover work in the United States to recruit political sources and gather information for the Russian government.

Queen Elizabeth II makes nine-day Canada visit (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 03:22 PM PDT

Queen Elizabeth II, pictured on June 12, launched a nine-day visit to Canada on Monday, although Quebec, where anti-British sentiment has lingered, was not on the itinerary.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II launched a nine-day visit to Canada on Monday, although Quebec, where anti-British sentiment has lingered, was not on the itinerary.

Protestors urge Tate museum to cut BP ties (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 02:43 PM PDT

A Tate employee cleans the ground outside the Tate Britain after protesters belonging to a group of 'artists' calling themselves 'The Good Crude Britannia', who want the Tate to cut its ties with British Petroleum (BP), threw feathers and a substance thought to be molasses, as the gallery holds its summer party.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Protesters staged a demonstration outside a major London museum on Monday, calling on its bosses to cut their ties with BP over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Le Monde to discuss takeover with bidders (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 02:17 PM PDT

In this Friday, June 25, 2010 photo, a man enters Le Monde newspaper headquarters in Paris. The supervisory board for France's Le Monde is meeting Monday June 28, 2010 to choose a new owner for the iconic but debt-saddled newspaper — an owner who will take financial control out of the journalists' hands for the first time since 1951. A leading bidder, a group that includes the owner of Spain's El Pais and France's former state telecoms monopoly, said hours before the meeting that it would pull out. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)AP - Le Monde said Monday it would hold talks with a team of three businessmen seeking a controlling stake of the iconic but cash-strapped French newspaper, a move that would end the financial control that its journalists now have over it.

Germany wants bank levy of up to 15 percent net profit (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 01:57 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a press conference in Berlin on June 14. Germany wants to impose a levy on banks not to exceed 15 percent of their annual net profit to create a fund to prepare for potential future banking crises, according to a document seen by AFP on Monday.(AFP/File/Barbara Sax)AFP - Germany wants to impose a levy on banks not to exceed 15 percent of their annual net profit to create a fund to prepare for potential future banking crises, according to a document seen by AFP on Monday.

No-nonsense Webb eyes English path to final (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 01:47 PM PDT

After a series of high-profile refereeing errors at the World Cup, Howard Webb restored pride for his profession with an authoritative display in Brazil's 3-0 defeat of Chile on Monday.(AFP/Monirul Bhuiyan)AFP - After a series of high-profile refereeing errors at the World Cup, Howard Webb restored pride for his profession with an authoritative display in Brazil's 3-0 defeat of Chile on Monday.

Vatican admonishes Austrian cardinal for comments (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 01:12 PM PDT

Thousands of priests attend a mass marking the end of the Year for Priests, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 11, 2010. REUTERS/Tony Gentile/FilesAP - The Vatican on Monday issued an unprecedented rebuke of a top cardinal who had accused the retired Vatican No. 2 of blocking clerical sex abuse investigations, publicly dressing down a man who had been praised for his criticism of church abuse cover-ups.

Panama ex-dictator Noriega on trial in France (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 01:06 PM PDT

A 1990 photo shows former Panama dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega inside a prison in Miami, Florida. Noriega has fought charges of laundering drug money at a new trial in France where he faces another 10 years in jail after spending two decades in a US prison.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Panama's ex-dictator Manuel Noriega on Monday fought charges of laundering drug money at a new trial in France where he faces another 10 years in jail after spending two decades in a US prison.

Belgium trumps Vatican on chuch abuse probes (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 12:58 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leads the Angelus prayer from the window of his private apartment in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican June 27, 2010. REUTERS/Max RossiAP - Belgium insisted Monday in a dispute with the Vatican over credibility that Belgian law enforcement authorities — not the potentially biased Catholic Church — will investigate sexual abuse cases involving clergy.

Court lets most of Catalan self-rule charter stand (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 12:42 PM PDT

AP - Spain's highest court upheld most of a charter granting sweeping new powers of self rule to the wealthy Catalonia region, handing a defeat Monday to conservatives who complained the blueprint undermined the idea of Spain as a unified state.

Ex-Panama dictator Noriega goes to trial in France (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 11:28 AM PDT

A 1990 photo shows former Panama dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega inside a prison in Miami, Florida. Noriega has fought charges of laundering drug money at a new trial in France where he faces another 10 years in jail after spending two decades in a US prison.(AFP/HO/File)AP - As Manuel Noriega went on trial in France for money laundering, the former Panamanian dictator was not allowed to wear his trademark military fatigues and appeared confused about the most basic of biographical information: his age.

ETA suspect wanted by Spain used fake Belfast ID (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 10:54 AM PDT

Fermin Vila Michelena arrives at Lagonside Courts, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Monday, June, 28, 2010. ETA terror suspect Vila Michelena arrested last week in Belfast has admitted to a Northern Ireland court that he lived for two years using a false identity. A Belfast judge refused bail Monday for Fermin Vila Michelena after hearing evidence about the 40-year-old Basque separatist's fake ID documents. Spain wants him extradited to face accusations of taking part in deadly ETA car bombings in 2000 and 2001. (AP Photo) UK and Ireland Out)AP - An alleged car-bomber from the Basque terror group ETA admitted Monday he has lived in Northern Ireland since 2007 using a false identity designed to flummox Spanish detectives.

Trial of Serb for attack on NY student postponed (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 07:57 AM PDT

** FILE ** This is a August 18 2008 file photo showing Miladin Kovacevic,a Serbian student and basketball player wanted by U.S. Kovacevic who fled the United States after a bar brawl that left a fellow American college student Bryan Steinhauer hospitalized for months will go on trial in his native country on Monday June 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic, File)AP - Serb judges on Monday postponed until September the trial of a former college basketball player charged with beating an American student into a coma and then fleeing to his native Serbia after jumping bail in the U.S.

US tops list of unpaid London traffic toll fees (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 06:59 AM PDT

Traffic is pictured near Heathrow Airport, in west London. The European Commission announced it had sent a final warning to Britain over its failure to comply with EU air quality rules, due to the levels of dangerous airborne particles in London and Gibraltar.(AFP/File/Edmond Terakopian)AP - Britain's Foreign Office named the United States embassy Monday as the worst offender among diplomatic missions that have racked up 36 million pounds ($54 million) in disputed traffic congestion charges.

Iceland PM weds partner as gay marriage legalized (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 06:39 AM PDT

AP - Iceland's prime minister has married her partner under a new law legalizing same-sex marriage in the country.

Bosnian police arrest 2 suspects in fatal blast (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 05:52 AM PDT

AP - Bosnian authorities say two suspects have been arrested in connection with an explosion at a police station that left one officer dead and five injured.

Police seize stolen Caravaggio, make arrests (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 05:51 AM PDT

AP - Police say they have recovered a stolen Caravaggio painting and arrested four members of an international gang of art thieves in the German capital.

Turkey closes airspace to some Israeli flights (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 02:24 AM PDT

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey makes a statement at his press closing press conference as the G20 Summit Toronto, Sunday, June 27, 2010 (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - Turkey has closed its airspace to some Israeli military flights following a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship, the Turkish prime minister and officials said Monday. An official said civilian commercial flights were not affected.

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