Yahoo! News: Europe News

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• ZenithOptimedia lifts ad forecast on U.S. and Europe (Reuters)
• Oosthuizen wins British Open golf title (AFP)
• Boeing's Dreamliner completes first flight outside US (AFP)
• Spanish parliament to debate ban on public burqas (AP)
• UK to raid dormant bank accounts to fund charity (Reuters)
• Trouble for Brazil-Paris flight for 4th time (AP)
• French police arrest rioters for shooting (AFP)
• Dexia, KBC have passed bank stress tests: paper (Reuters)
• 'Strong blow' for Merkel as another ally jumps ship (AFP)
• Off death watch, BP's future still open question (AP)
• Balkan Pink Panthers stuff of local legend (AP)
• No autos on the autobahn: Germans party on highway (AP)
• Spain to take 9 more Cuban political prisoners (AP)

ZenithOptimedia lifts ad forecast on U.S. and Europe (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 04:06 PM PDT Reuters - Leading media buyer ZenithOptimedia raised its 2010 global advertising growth forecast for the third time following a faster-than-expected recovery in the United States and Western Europe.

Oosthuizen wins British Open golf title (AFP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 03:47 PM PDT AFP - Rank outsider Louis Oosthuizen won the British Open on Sunday, capturing golf's biggest prize by a stunning seven strokes with an accomplished display of front-running.

Boeing's Dreamliner completes first flight outside US (AFP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 02:41 PM PDT AFP - Boeing's 787 Dreamliner jet, whose delivery to clients likely faces fresh delay, landed here Sunday after its first flight outside of the United States ahead of a major airshow.

Spanish parliament to debate ban on public burqas (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 02:36 PM PDT AP - Spanish lawmakers will debate barring burqas in public, joining other European countries considering similar moves on the grounds that the body-covering garments are degrading to women, the leading opposition party said Sunday.

UK to raid dormant bank accounts to fund charity (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 02:09 PM PDT Reuters - Money from dormant British bank accounts will be used to help fund community work by charities and voluntary groups which would otherwise struggle to secure funding, Prime Minister David Cameron will say Monday.

Trouble for Brazil-Paris flight for 4th time (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 01:55 PM PDT AP - Air France says a Rio de Janeiro to Paris flight has been canceled because of electronic problems. It is the fourth incident in eight days involving an Air France passenger jet from Brazil.

French police arrest rioters for shooting (AFP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 01:12 PM PDT AFP - French police Sunday arrested four men for attempted homicide following two nights of rioting in the Alpine city of Grenoble that saw youths open fire at police and torch scores of cars.

Dexia, KBC have passed bank stress tests: paper (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 11:53 AM PDT Reuters - Belgian financial services group KBC and Franco-Belgian banking group Dexia have passed tests designed to assess their health in the event of a downturn, two Belgian newspapers said over the weekend.

'Strong blow' for Merkel as another ally jumps ship (AFP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 11:46 AM PDT AFP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, wrapping up an Asian tour, ran into fresh turmoil at home Sunday when yet another key ally, Hamburg mayor Ole von Beust, announced he was resigning.

Off death watch, BP's future still open question (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 11:41 AM PDT AP - The future of BP PLC has shifted in recent days from a death-watch discussion to a debate about how valuable the British oil giant will be after it finishes paying for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

Balkan Pink Panthers stuff of local legend (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 11:05 AM PDT AP - Their nickname comes straight from Peter Sellers and Inspector Clouseau, but there's nothing bumbling about them.

No autos on the autobahn: Germans party on highway (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 11:02 AM PDT AP - Germany's autobahns are renowned for average speeds well in excess of 80 miles (130 kilometers) an hour. But the average dropped near zero Sunday as tens of thousands of people sat at a 37-mile table for a cultural celebration titled, appropriately enough, "Still Life."

Spain to take 9 more Cuban political prisoners (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 03:20 AM PDT AP - Nine more Cuban political prisoners will fly this week to freedom in Madrid along with around 50 of their relatives, Spain's foreign minister said.

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