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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Syrian leader visits Spain (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 01:32 PM PDT

Spain's King Juan Carlos (L) welcomes the President Syria Bashar al-Assad before a dinner at the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid. Assad arrived in Spain Sunday for a two-day official visit that follows a tour of Latin America.(AFP/Dominique Faget)AFP - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Spain Sunday for a two-day official visit that follows a tour of Latin America.

Exit polls in Polish election give Komorowski edge (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 01:28 PM PDT

Parliament Speaker, acting president Bronislaw Komorowski casts his ballot, as his wife Anna looks on, in a voting station in Mackowa Ruda, northeast Poland, Sunday, July 4, 2010. Poles are choosing their new president in the runoff presidential elections, between Komorowski and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, twin brother of the late President Lech Kaczynski who was killed in a plane crash. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)AP - Interim president Bronislaw Komorowski appeared Sunday to have held off a last-minute surge from the identical twin brother of the late president, who died in an April plane crash that shocked the country and forced early elections.

German state bans smoking at Oktoberfest (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 01:22 PM PDT

AP - Smokers heading to Germany's famous annual beer festival, Oktoberfest, will be stuck lighting up outside after voters Sunday supported a total smoking ban in Bavarian for restaurants, bars, cafes and beer tents.

Two French ministers quit in row over perks (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 01:11 PM PDT

Two French ministers resigned after rows over spending thousands of euros of taxpayers' money on a private jet and cigars at a time when budget cuts are hitting the public. Development Minister Alain Joyandet, pictured here in April 2010, and Christian Blanc, a junior minister tasked with overseeing development of a Greater Paris region, both tendered their resignation.(AFP/File/Bertrand Guay)AFP - Two French ministers resigned Sunday after rows over the spending of thousands of euros of taxpayers' money on a private jet and cigars at a time when budget cuts are hitting the public.

Kaczynski concedes defeat in Polish presidential bid (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 01:07 PM PDT

Parliament Speaker, acting president and presidential candidate Bronislaw Komorowski waves to supporters after exit polls for the early presidential elections in Warsaw. Polish conservative opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski conceded defeat Sunday in a presidential vote forced by his identical twin's air-crash death, after exit polls indicated he had lost to rival Bronislaw Komorowski.(AFP/Janek Skarzynski)AFP - Polish ex-premier Jaroslaw Kaczynski conceded defeat Sunday in a presidential vote forced by his identical twin's air-crash death, after exit polls indicated he had lost to rival Bronislaw Komorowski.

Komorowski wins Polish presidential election (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 12:42 PM PDT

A Polish nun walks past a picture of late Polish President Lech Kaczynski outside the presidential palace in Warsaw July 3, 2010. REUTERS/Wolfgang RattayReuters - Bronislaw Komorowski, the candidate of Poland's ruling pro-business Civic Platform (PO), won Sunday's presidential election run-off, removing a potential obstacle to reforms needed to repair battered public finances.

Ton-up Bopara roars for Lions against Windies A (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 12:39 PM PDT

Ravi Bopara, pictured here in May 2010, made 168 as the England Lions crushed West Indies A by 124 runs in their triangular series one-day match at New Road here on Sunday.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - Ravi Bopara made 168 as the England Lions crushed West Indies A by 124 runs in their triangular series one-day match at New Road here on Sunday.

Two scandal-tainted French junior ministers resign (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 12:28 PM PDT

Combination of file photos show French Junior Minister in charge of the greater Paris area Christian Blanc (R) leaving the Elysee Palace June 16, 2010 and France's Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophone Affairs Alain Joyandet (L) leaving the Elysee Palace June 2, 2010. Joyandet resigned on Sunday after being widely criticized for spending state funds on chartering a private jet while Blanc had come under fire for purchasing 12,000 euros ($15,000) worth of cigars with public money. REUTERS/Staff/FileReuters - Two French junior ministers resigned on Sunday over spending scandals, a move likely to embarrass President Nicolas Sarkozy's unpopular government at a time when it is preaching sobriety and austerity.

France trims budget piecemeal to ward off protest (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 12:06 PM PDT

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy waits for guests at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday, June 30, 2010.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - Officially, France has no single grand plan to cut the enormous national debt that has contributed to fears about Europe's financial stability.

Queen unveils 'Magna Carta' cornerstone for Canada museum (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 12:04 PM PDT

Queen Elizabeth II leaves the Sunday Service at the Cathedral Church of St James in Toronto, Canada. Queen Elizabeth II hailed the special contribution to Canada's culture made by the country's native peoples, attending a performance of indigenous dance and visiting the site of a future museum for human rights.(AFP/Getty Images/Chris Jackson)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II hailed the special contribution to Canada's culture made by the country's native peoples, attending a performance of indigenous dance and visiting the site of a future museum for human rights.

(AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 11:03 AM PDT

AP - Exit polls show Komorowski has slight edge over Kaczynski in Polish election.

Clinton seeks to broker Armenia-Azerbaijan dispute (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 10:11 AM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks at the Schindler Factory Museum in Krakow, Poland, Saturday, July 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer, Pool)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday appealed to Armenia and Azerbaijan for a peaceful resolution of a long-running territorial dispute between the neighboring ex-Soviet states, but there were no outward signs of fresh diplomatic progress.

Pope praises life of 13th-century pontiff who quit (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 10:07 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful in front of the remains of Celestine V at the end of a mass in Sulmona, Italy, Sunday, July 4, 2010. The Pontiff has traveled to a central Italian town to pay homage to Celestine V, the 13th-century hermit pontiff who resigned, saying he was not up to the task. Benedict urged the faithful Sunday to learn from Celestine's sober and simple life. He praised Celestine for his detachment from material things such as money and clothes. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that "for all our weaknesses" priests have an important role in the world.

Britain's queen making first visit to Ground Zero (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 07:53 AM PDT

The Queen arrives at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Saturday, July 3, 2010. After attending church services on Sunday, the Queen, a well known horse-racing enthusiast, is to attend the 151st annual running of the Queen's Plate. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Adrien Veczan)AP - Queen Elizabeth II will visit Ground Zero for the first time and make her first address to the U.N. General Assembly in over half a century when she arrives in New York on Tuesday.

Medvedev: Trying to downplay US gains fruitless (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 07:37 AM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, with a national flag in the background, seen during a boat trip on the Amur River in the Far Eastern city of Blagoveshchensk, Russia, Saturday, July 3, 2010. Medvedev is on tour in the Far East Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)AP - In the wake of a spy scandal, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says efforts to minimize the importance of recent advances with the United States won't be successful.

Cyprus: how an alleged Russian spy eluded capture (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 03:53 AM PDT

This undated handout photo released by the Cyprus police on Thursday, July 1, 2010, shows Christopher Robert Metsos, an alleged member of a Russian spy ring. Authorities say Metsos, who operated under deep cover in America's suburbs vanished in Cyprus on Wednesday, June 30, a day after being released on bail. The tale of how Metsos eluded authorities is one of the more intriguing episodes in a spy saga recalling the cloak-and -dagger days of the Cold war. (AP Photo/Cyprus Police)AP - The alleged paymaster of a Russian spy ring in the United States spoke no more than necessary. He stayed in modest hotels and dressed for the Mediterranean heat: shorts and untucked shirts. He wore spectacles and a clipped mustache.

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