2010年7月15日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Londonderry named first British city of culture (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 04:54 PM PDT

Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness arrives in Downing Street, in central London, in 2009. A Northern Irish city which endured years of unrest during the province's troubled past was Thursday selected to be Britain's first city of culture.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - A Northern Irish city which endured years of unrest during the province's troubled past was Thursday selected to be Britain's first city of culture.

BP stops Gulf oil flow for first time since April (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 04:19 PM PDT

This still image from a live BP video feed shows apparently no oil leaking in the Gulf of Mexico. BP engineers Thursday stopped oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time since April as they shut all valves on a new cap placed on top of a fractured wellhead, a BP official said.(AFP/BP)AFP - BP stopped the oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday for the first time in three months as it began key tests hoping to stem the spill for good.

No oil flowing into Gulf as test starts: BP (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 02:26 PM PDT

This still image from a live BP video feed shows apparently no oil leaking in the Gulf of Mexico. BP engineers Thursday stopped oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time since April as they shut all valves on a new cap placed on top of a fractured wellhead, a BP official said.(AFP/BP)AFP - BP engineers Thursday stopped oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time since April as they shut all valves on a new cap placed on top of a fractured wellhead, a BP official said.

Facebook page praising Moat removed after row (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 02:15 PM PDT

The creator of a Facebook tribute to the killer who shot himself dead after a standoff with police removed the page Thursday after it sparked condemnation, including from the prime minister.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The creator of a Facebook tribute to the killer who shot himself dead after a standoff with police removed the page Thursday after it sparked condemnation, including from the prime minister.

Bikinis in Moscow: Europe wilts in heat wave (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 01:32 PM PDT

Women enjoy sun in Kolomenskoye park in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 15, 2010. A heat wave across much of Europe is causing crops to wither, forest fires to ignite and roads to melt, while refrigerators and fans are buckling in the searing sun. From Russia's Urals mountains to western Germany, a week of temperatures hovering stubbornly in the mid-30s C (mid-90s F) has baked northern parts of Europe, which are usually spared the heat of the Mediterranean — and forecasters are warning of more to come over the next week.(AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - It's so hot that women in bikinis are sunbathing in Moscow.

Vatican revises its rules on clerical sex abuse (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 01:22 PM PDT

Monsignor Charles Scicluna, the Vatican's sex crimes prosecutor, left, and Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi talk to the media during a briefing to present a new set of norms The Vatican issued to respond to the worldwide clerical abuse scandal, cracking down on priests who rape and molest minors and the mentally disabled, at the Vatican, Thursday, July 15, 2010. The norms extend from 10 to 20 years the statute of limitations on priestly abuse and also codify for the first time that possessing or distributing child pornography is a canonical crime. But the document made no mention of the need for bishops to report abuse to police and doesn't include any 'one-strike and you're out' policy as demanded by some victims' groups. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - The Vatican revised its in-house rules to deal with clerical sex abuse cases Thursday, targeting priests who molest the mentally disabled as well as children and doubling the statute of limitations for such crimes.

McIlroy seizes two-stroke Open lead with historic 63 (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 01:21 PM PDT

Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy (R) and US golfer Lucas Glover on the 17th tee during his opening round on the first day of the British Open Golf Championship at St Andrews in Scotland. Rory McIlroy fired the lowest first round in British Open history, a nine-under par 63, to seize a two-stroke lead on Thursday and outshine top-ranked Tiger Woods at the famed Old Course.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Rory McIlroy fired the lowest first round in British Open history, a nine-under par 63, to seize a two-stroke lead on Thursday and outshine top-ranked Tiger Woods at the famed Old Course.

Mistake to free Lockerbie bomber: ambassador (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 01:05 PM PDT

Freed Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi at a hospital in Tripoli in 2009. The British government believes that the decision by Scotland to free the Lockerbie bomber was a mistake, London's envoy to the United States said Thursday.(AFP/File/Mahmud Turkia)AFP - The government believes that the decision by Scotland to free the Lockerbie bomber was a mistake, London's envoy to the United States said Thursday.

Freed prisoners describe life in Cuban jails (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 12:33 PM PDT

Released Cuban political prisoner Jose Luis Garcia Paneque (2nd L) gestures next to Normando Hernandez (2nd R) before a news conference organized by 'Reporters without Borders' in Madrid, July 15, 2010. REUTERS/Andrea ComasReuters - Seven of the 11 Cuban political prisoners freed and flown to Madrid this week described conditions in Cuban jails on Thursday, where they lived among rats and the threat of tuberculosis.

Authorities in Belarus disperse pillow fight (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 12:09 PM PDT

Belarusian youth activists attend a 'pillow fight' flash mob in Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, July 15, 2010 In Belarus, an authoritarian, former Soviet nation, even a pillow fight can be seen as a threat to national security. On Thursday, club-wielding police dispersed about 400 pillow-wielding youths who gathered to humorously commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald which stopped an invasion of German Catholic crusaders in Eastern Europe 600 years ago. Some 50 of the youths were detained. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)AP - In Belarus, an authoritarian, former Soviet nation, even a pillow fight can be seen as a threat to national security.

Madrid zoo bids to buy Octopus Oracle from Germany (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:37 AM PDT

In this picture provided by the Sea Life Aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, shows octopus Paul swimming next to a golden cup similar to the World Cup trophy Monday July 12, 2010. No more World Cup, no more octopus oracle. Paul, the octopus who became a pop culture sensation by correctly predicting the outcome of as many World Cup matches as he has legs - all seven of Germany's games plus the Spain-Netherlands final - is going to retire. However, Paul took one last curtain call on Monday. Aquarium employees presented the octopus with a golden cup - similar to the official World Cup trophy. (AP Photo/ho/Sea Life)AP - The Madrid Zoo said Thursday that it has made an offer to buy Paul, the octopus who became a pop culture sensation by correctly predicting the outcome of as many World Cup matches as he has legs - all seven of Germany's games plus the Spain-Netherlands final.

France looking into '$21 billion' Haiti hoax (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 09:56 AM PDT

AP - France's Foreign Ministry says it is considering legal action against the alleged perpetrators of an Internet hoax that claimed France would pay a huge indemnity Haiti demanded 125 years ago.

Russian regional strongman resigns amid criticism (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 09:52 AM PDT

AP - A longtime regional leader from central Russia has resigned amid allegations of corruption and human rights violations.

Sweden: 2 guilty in Muhammad artist's home attack (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 09:47 AM PDT

AP - A Swedish court convicted two brothers of trying to burn down the home of an artist whose Prophet Muhammad depiction infuriated some Muslims, and sentenced each of them Thursday to more than two years in prison.

Court orders Congolese war crimes suspect freed (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 09:46 AM PDT

AP - Judges at the International Criminal Court ordered a suspected Congolese war lord freed Thursday after prosecutors refused to give information to the defense about the identity of a person connected with the case.

Activists detained at Zagreb construction site (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 09:12 AM PDT

AP - More than 100 activists were detained in Croatia's capital Thursday as they protested against a construction project to turn an old downtown block into a posh housing and shopping area, police said.

World parliaments criticize Israel, Cambodia (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 08:56 AM PDT

AP - Representatives of world parliaments on Thursday criticized Israel, Cambodia and 19 other countries for their treatment of lawmakers.

APNewsBreak: Dutch lawmaker forms anti-Islam group (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 08:46 AM PDT

Geert Wilders poses during an interview with The Associated Press in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, July 15, 2010. Maverick Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders says he is launching an international 'freedom alliance' to spread his anti-Islam message across the West. He said he will launch the international movement late this year, initially in five countries: the United States, Canada, Britain, France and Germany. (AP Photo/Cynthia Boll)AP - An anti-Islam lawmaker in the Netherlands is forming an international alliance to spread his message across the West in a bid to ban immigration from Islamic countries, among other goals.

UN: Vatican child rights report 13 years overdue (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 08:16 AM PDT

VIDEO: Catholic faithful are shaken by the priest sex scandals. Originally filed: 260310. Duration: 01:40(AFPTV)AP - The Vatican has failed to send the United Nations a report on child rights that is now almost 13 years overdue, the head of a U.N. panel has told The Associated Press.

Cuban prisoners say they shared cells with rats (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 08:14 AM PDT

Cuban dissident Ricardo Gonzalez, centre speaks alongside Julio Cesar Galvez, left and Jose Luis Garcia who were released from jail in Cuba, at the news conference in Madrid Thursday July 14, 2010. Nine Cuban dissidents who flew into Spain face an uncertain future in a nation mired in Europe's debt crisis. (AP Photo/Paul White)AP - Rats and diseases infested Cuban prison cells so badly that some inmates tried to kill themselves and other did themselves harm, according to freed political prisoners who spoke Thursday in Spain.

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