2010年6月30日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Russia and U.S. downplay spy case; suspect on run (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 02:31 PM PDT

Waldomar Mariscal, son of Vicky Pelaez, who was arrested by the FBI for allegedly serving as spies for Russia, walks back into the house where his mother was arrested in Yonkers, New York, June 29, 2010. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - Russian and the United States sought to shield improving ties from fallout in a Cold War-style espionage case on Wednesday, while a key suspect went missing after jumping bail in Cyprus.

Cypriot police say Russian spying suspect vanished (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 02:26 PM PDT

AP - Cypriot police began searching late Wednesday for an alleged Russian spy wanted in the United States who vanished after being released on bail a day earlier in the Mediterranean island nation.

Moody's puts Spain 'on review' for downgrade (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 02:16 PM PDT

A banner reading, AFP - Moody's Investor Service warned Spain on Wednesday it had placed the country's sovereign debt rating "on review for possible downgrade" due to the weak growth prospects of its fragile economy.

Russian spy suspect jumps bail in Cyprus (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 02:11 PM PDT

Reuters - An alleged Russian spy wanted by the United States has gone missing 24 hours after being released on bail in Cyprus, police on the Mediterranean island said on Wednesday.

Pope shuffles Vatican bureaucracy before vacation (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 02:04 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI is helped by Monsignor Georg Gaenswein to wear the Saturn as he arrives in St. Peter's square at the Vatican for his weekly general audience, Wednesday, June 30, 2010. The Vatican announced on Wednesday that Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet was named chief to its powerful Congregations for Bishops, which vets bishop appointments around the world, and that Italian Monsignor Rino Fisichella has been tapped to head a new Vatican office to fight secularization and re-evangelize the West. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Preoccupied for months by the clerical sex abuse scandal, the pope on Wednesday shuffled the Vatican bureaucracy before heading off on vacation. His most significant appointment: the head of a new office designed to fight secularism in the West.

WTO rules some EU Airbus subsidies illegal (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 02:00 PM PDT

An EADS Airbus A380 aircraft gets a welcome ceremony after its first test landing in Munich on June 2. The WTO on Wednesday dealt the European Union a blow in a transatlantic trade dispute over multibillion dollar subsidies for US and European aircraft, ruling some state support for Airbus illegal.(AFP/File/Christof Stache)AFP - The WTO on Wednesday dealt the European Union a painful blow in a transatlantic trade row over multibillion dollar subsidies for US and European aircraft, ruling some state support for Airbus illegal.

Britain had driest start to year since 1929: forecasters (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 01:59 PM PDT

A tourist holds his broken AFP - Britain has had the driest first six months of the year for more than eight decades, weather forecasters said Wednesday, amid warnings the lack of rain was putting pressure on water supplies.

Revolt mars German presidential victory for Merkel (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 01:46 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes her way to cast her second round vote during the German presidential election at the Reichstag in Berlin June 30, 2010. The German presidential vote on Wednesday went to a second round after Merkel's conservative candidate Christian Wulff failed to win an absolute majority for a single-round win victory against the centre-left's candidate, Joachim Gauck. REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschReuters - Rebels inside German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition made her endure three rounds of voting before securing the presidency for her candidate on Wednesday, in a dramatic display of disenchantment with her leadership.

Federer defeat denies charity's betting coup (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 01:45 PM PDT

Switzerland's Roger Federer reacts to a lost point to Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych during their Wimbledon quarterfinal. One of Britain's leading charities was left lamenting Federer's quarter-final loss at Wimbledon here on Wednesday as it meant it missed out on more than 100,000 pounds as a result of a bet from beyond the grave.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - One of the country's leading charities was left lamenting Roger Federer's quarter-final loss at Wimbledon here on Wednesday as it meant it missed out on more than 100,000 pounds as a result of a bet from beyond the grave.

Merkel's candidate elected German president (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 01:36 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and Christian Wulff, German presidential candidate of the ruling coalition arrives react at the announcing of the results of the election during the Federal Assembly in the Berlin at the Reichstag building, Wednesday, June 30, 2010. In the first round, Christian Wulff candidate of the ruling coalition failed to secure his majority. The Federal Assembly has to elect a new president after President Horst Koehler's resignation on May 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - Chancellor Angela Merkel's candidate was elected German president Wednesday in a lackluster victory that took an embarrassing three rounds of voting and dashed hopes of a strong show of support from her governing coalition.

(AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 12:17 PM PDT

AP - Chancellor Angela Merkel's candidate, Christian Wulff, elected as new German president.

Icelandic leader in milestone gay marriage (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 11:50 AM PDT

FILE - This is a Monday June 15, 2009 file photo of Iceland's Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir as she speaks at a press conference, during the Nordic Prime Minister's Summit meeting in Egilssataoir, Iceland. Iceland's prime minister Johanna Sigurdardottir has married her partner under a new law legalizing same-sex marriage in the country. One of her advisers, Hrannar B. Arnarsson, said Monday June 28, 2010 that the prime minister and writer Jonina Leosdottir were officially married Sunday, the day the law came into force. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti, File)AP - Iceland's prime minister made history last week when she wed her longtime girlfriend, becoming the world's first head of government to enter a gay marriage.

Suicide bomber strikes Chechen capital, 7 injured (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 11:15 AM PDT

AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up in the capital of Russia's restive Chechnya on Wednesday, outside a theater where the region's Kremlin-appointed president was waiting for a concert to begin, officials said.

French prosecutors seek 10-year term for Noriega (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 11:06 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 1989 file photo Panamanian military strongman Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega talks to reporters in Panama City. Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega's lawyers argued for his release as he went on trial in France on Monday June 28, 2010, saying he should be set free instead of facing money laundering charges that could put him back in jail for a decade. Noriega, who spent 20 years in U.S. custody for drug trafficking, started his testimony with a stumble, when he was asked about discrepancies in his date of birth on different legal documents. (AP Photo)AP - The prosecutor in a French money laundering case against former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega asked Wednesday that he be sentenced to 10 years in prison, but his defense lawyers countered that the charges were part of a political plot against him.

French parliament hosts hearing about WCup fiasco (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 10:01 AM PDT

Outgoing French soccer team coach Raymond Domenech, left, and head of the French soccer federation Jean-Pierre Escalettes attend a hearing at the National Assembly in Paris, Wednesday June 30, 2010. The France team's outgoing coach and federation president get grilled about the World Cup fiasco in a closed-door hearing in parliament, despite warnings from FIFA about French government meddling in football affairs. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - French legislators huddled behind closed doors to investigate an issue of national importance — not terrorism or recession, but the French football team's meltdown at the World Cup.

Ban on crucifixes in Italian schools is appealed (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 09:54 AM PDT

AP - A European ruling banning crucifixes in Italian schools should be overturned, nine European governments said in an appeal Wednesday.

UK court denies soldiers' human rights challenge (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 09:49 AM PDT

AP - Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out a plan to offer troops at war protection under human rights law, saying the policy could leave military commanders concerned more about legal issues than enemy fire.

Ex-prosecutor says Demjanjuk story inconsistent (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 09:15 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 15, 2010 file photo, accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk, arrives in a courtroom in Munich. A court session in John Demjanjuk's trial has been called off after the 90-year-old defendant was hospitalized with dangerously low blood hemoglobin levels. Presiding Judge Ralph Alt said Tuesday june 29, 2010 that Demjanjuk was taken to a Munich hospital for a blood transfusion after his hemoglobin level registered 7.7. Normal levels are about 14 to 18.The former Ohio autoworker is being tried on nearly 28,000 counts of accessory to murder over allegations he was a guard at the Nazis' Sobibor death camp. He says he is a victim of mistaken identity and never served as a guard at any camp. (AP Photo/Christof Stache, Pool, File)AP - A former U.S. attorney who prosecuted John Demjanjuk in the United States testified Wednesday that he felt the retired Ohio autoworker who is accused of being a Nazi guard lied about where he was during World War II.

US army plane makes emergency landing in Germany (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 08:48 AM PDT

AP - Authorities say a U.S. military aircraft made an emergency landing in western Germany, slightly injuring one of the two pilots aboard.

Spain court will study challenge to abortion law (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 08:45 AM PDT

AP - Spain's highest court agreed Wednesday to study whether a new abortion law allowing the procedure without restrictions in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy is constitutional.

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