2010年7月24日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News


Britain's royals post family pictures online (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 05:25 PM PDT

Queen Elizabeth II smiles as she tours UN Headquarters on July 6 in New York City. The British royal family has opened an account on photo-sharing website Flickr, Buckingham Palace announced Sunday, in their latest attempt to move with the times.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Jackson)AFP - The British royal family has opened an account on photo-sharing website Flickr, Buckingham Palace announced Sunday, in their latest attempt to move with the times.


Queen's photos go online at Flickr (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 04:07 PM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth speaks to victims' families after dedicating a wreath of flowers at the site of the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attack during her visit to New York July 6, 2010. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - Buckingham Palace said on Sunday it has launched an account with online photo management site Flickr.


18 killed in mass panic at Germany's Love Parade (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 04:02 PM PDT

** CORRECTION TO REMOVE SPECIFIC NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED ** Collapsed people get first aid after a panic on this year's techno-music festival 'Loveparade 2010' in Duisburg, Germany, on Saturday, July 24, 2010. More than a dozen people were killed and others injured when mass panic broke out in a tunnel at the Love Parade. (AP Photo/dapd/Hermann J. Knippertz)AP - Crowds of people streaming into a techno music festival surged through an already jammed entry tunnel on Saturday, setting off a panic that killed 18 people and injured 80 at an event meant to celebrate love and peace.


British royals expand online presence with Flickr (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 04:02 PM PDT

AP - These aren't your average family snapshots.

Seventeen killed in mass panic at German "Love Parade" (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 03:49 PM PDT

Reuters - A stampede killed at least 17 people after mass panic broke out in a tunnel at a "Love Parade" techno music festival in Germany on Saturday.

Stampede at Love Parade in Germany kills 18 (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 03:21 PM PDT

Participants of the Love Parade dance in Duisburg, western Germany. At least 18 techno music fans were crushed to death and 80 injured Saturday when mass panic triggered a stampede at the Love Parade festival in the German city of Duisburg, officials said.(AFP/Daniel Roland)AFP - At least 18 techno music fans were crushed to death and 80 injured Saturday when mass panic triggered a stampede at the Love Parade festival in the German city of Duisburg, officials said.


Putin pledges bright future to former spies in U.S (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 02:35 PM PDT

Members of a Russian spy ring are seen in this courtroom sketch during their appearance in Manhattan Federal Court in New York, July 8, 2010. REUTERS/Christine CornellReuters - Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Saturday he had met with Russian spies swapped in an exchange with the United States earlier this month, and promised them a bright future in Russia.


Turks protest Israeli volleyball team (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 01:15 PM PDT

Israel's volleyball team players listen to their national anthem before playing against Serbia for a CEV Women's European League tournament match in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, July 24, 2010. Dozens of protesters are scuffling with police near the venue. The game has been closed to spectators. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters scuffled with police Saturday near a hall where an Israeli volleyball team played in a game closed to the public because of security concerns.


Police to question billionaire L'Oreal heiress (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 01:09 PM PDT

Video grab taken from French television channel France 3 shows Liliane Bettencourt speaking to a TV presenter on July 14. French police will question the L'Oreal heiress next week, the latest development in a long-running legal case brought by her own daughter.(AFP/FRANCE3 BRETAGNE/File)AFP - Police will question a government minister and France's richest woman next week as what began as a simple lawsuit involving L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt threatens to become an affair of state.


Snooker champion 'Hurricane' Higgins dies, aged 61 (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 12:31 PM PDT

A snooker player lines up a shot. Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins, the former double world snooker champion, died on Saturday at the age of 61 after a long battle with throat cancer.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins, the former double world snooker champion, died on Saturday at the age of 61 after a long battle with throat cancer.


Former UK PM Brown 'very cheerful' as backbencher (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 11:08 AM PDT

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown read together with a pupil of Buganda Road Primary School in the Uganda capital city Kampala, Saturday, July 24, 2010. The school is funded under British Council Global Schools (GSP) partnership program that links the School to a primary school in Nottinghamshire UK. Gordon is in Uganda for the African summit.(AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)AP - Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he's looking forward to the future after his Labour party's loss in Britain's recent election.


Pope grants broad powers to Legionaries delegate (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 10:50 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful during the Angelus prayer at Castel Gandolfo, on the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, July 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - The pope has granted broad powers to the archbishop he selected to overhaul the Legionaries of Christ following revelations that the order's founder led a double life.


(AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 10:23 AM PDT

AP - German police raise death toll in stampede at Love Parade to 15.

Putin jumps on a Harley to praise motorbikes (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 08:53 AM PDT

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin waves while riding Harley Davidson Lehman Trike as he arrives for the meeting with Russian and Ukrainian motorbikers at their camp near Sevastopol in Ukraine's Crimea Peninsula, Saturday, July 24, 2010. Putin has lept on a Harley Davidson and roared into a international biker convention in southern Ukraine. Around 5,000 bikers from Europe and beyond are gathered in Sevastopol for the annual festival on Ukraine's Crimea peninsula. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin, Pool)AP - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin leaped on a Harley Davidson and roared into an international biker convention in southern Ukraine.


Germany offers asylum to 50 Iranian dissidents (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 06:27 AM PDT

AP - The German government says it is offering asylum to 50 Iranian dissidents who took part in the massive street protests that erupted after elections there last year.

2 killed, 5 hurt in Russian market shooting (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 04:58 AM PDT

AP - Gunmen opened fire on security guards at a provincial food market in the southern Russian city of Samara on Saturday, killing at least two and wounding at least five other people, investigators said.
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