2010年7月26日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Sarkozy vows to punish Qaeda killers of Frenchman (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 03:05 PM PDT

Michel Germaneau, the late French hostage, is seen in this undated handout picture released by the city of Marcoussis July 26, 2010. President Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed on Monday that the 78-year-old French hostage Germaneau who was held by Al Qaeda's North African wing was dead and urged French citizens to avoid travel to the Sahel region. REUTERS/Handout/Mairie de Marcoussis/Association EnmilalReuters - President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed on Monday to punish al Qaeda's north African wing for killing a 78-year-old French hostage after a commando raid in Mali failed to free him.

BP boss expected to quit but new payoff row looms (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 02:16 PM PDT

BP chief executive Tony Hayward was expected to quit imminently with a payoff of up to 12 million pounds despite being lambasted over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, media reported Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - BP chief executive Tony Hayward was expected to quit imminently with a payoff of up to 12 million pounds despite being lambasted over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, media reported Monday.

Report: 4 bodies found at Romania crash site (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 02:08 PM PDT

AP - A rescue official said four bodies have been found in a mountainous area where a helicopter carrying a Romanian and six Israelis crashed Monday during military training exercises, a Romanian news agency reported.

US officials warned Scotland over al-Megrahi (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 02:08 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2009 file photo, Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, gestures on his arrival at an airport in Tripoli, Libya. President Barack Obama says he welcomes any additional information about what led to the decision to free the Lockerbie bomber from jail last year and send him home to Libya. The Obama administration has asked the governments of Scotland and Britain to review the decision to release al-Megrahi. Oil giant BP has acknowledged that it urged the British government to sign a prisoner transfer agreement with Libya, but says it did not specifically discuss al-Megrahi's case. (AP Photo/File)AP - American officials were dead-set against the release of the Lockerbie bomber and warned Scottish authorities that scenes of jubilation in Tripoli over his return would upset victims' families, a newly released document showed Monday.

Hayward boosted BP's bottom line, but not safety (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 02:07 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 28, 2010 photo, BP CEO Tony Hayward is aboard the Discover Enterprise drill ship during recovery operations in the Gulf of Mexico, south of Venice, La. Hayward, who became the face of BP's flailing efforts to contain the massive Gulf oil spill, will step down as chief executive in October and be offered a job with the company's joint venture in Russia, a person familiar with the matter said Monday, July 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Sean Gardner, Pool, File)AP - Two decades ago, Tony Hayward was a "turtle" — one of a handful of young high fliers at BP earmarked for great things, named after the cartoon warriors, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

iPhone 4 Will Go on Sale in 17 Additional Countries (NewsFactor)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 02:05 PM PDT

NewsFactor - Apple's iPhone 4 will ramp up its world tour Friday, reaching new markets in North America, Asia, Europe and Australia. The popular but trouble-plagued handset has been available since late June in France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom for the same cost as the U.S. version, $199 for the 16-gigabyte model and $299 for the 32-gigabyte iPhone. Apple has not announced price points for the new markets.

Mayor under fire for German Love Parade tragedy (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 01:59 PM PDT

People walk through the tunnel where panic broke out in a tunnel during the Love Parade in Duisburg, western Germany. The mayor of the German city of Duisburg resisted on Monday calls to quit over the deadly stampede at the Love Parade music festival, as the death toll rose to 20 and more than 500 injured.(AFP/Patrik Stollarz)AFP - The mayor of the German city of Duisburg resisted on Monday calls to quit over the deadly stampede at the Love Parade music festival, as the death toll rose to 20 and more than 500 injured.

Israeli military helicopter crashes in Romania (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 01:39 PM PDT

Reuters - An Israeli military transport helicopter carrying seven soldiers crashed in a mountainous area of central Romania Monday during a joint exercise, Romania's Defense Ministry and the Israeli military said.

EU, Canada adopt new sanctions against Iran (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 01:29 PM PDT

AP - The European Union and Canada on Monday adopted new sanctions against Iran, targeting the country's foreign trade, banking and energy sectors.

Six Israeli soldiers die in Romania helicopter crash: report (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 01:23 PM PDT

An Israeli air force CH-53 helicopter flies during an air show in 2008. Six Israeli soldiers and one Romanian were killed Monday when a military helicopter crashed in central Romania, local media said, quoting defence sources. On July 18, the defence ministry announced an Israeli CH-53 helicopter participating in this exercise had made a crash landing after AFP - Six Israelis and one Romanian were killed on Monday when a military helicopter crashed in mountainous terrain in central Romania, local media said, quoting defence sources.

WikiLeaks: Group vows to put more documents online (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 12:46 PM PDT

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks during a press conference in London Monday July 26, 2010. Assange said Monday he believes there is evidence of war crimes in the thousands of pages of leaked U.S. military documents relating to the war in Afghanistan. The remarks came after WikiLeaks, a whistle-blowing group, posted some 91,000 classified U.S. military records over the past six years about the war online, including unreported incidents of Afghan civilian killings and covert operations against Taliban figures. (AP Photo/Lizzie Robinson, PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - It has no headquarters and its public face — a wiry, silver-haired Australian with a physics Ph.D. — carries his desktop computer in a backpack as he moves from place to place.

Sarkozy: French aid worker executed in Africa (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 11:06 AM PDT

AP - A 78-year-old ailing French aid worker was executed "in cold blood" by al-Qaida's North African branch three months after his capture, in retaliation for a failed rescue attempt that killed six militants, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday.

France upgrades diplomatic ties with Palestinians (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 09:55 AM PDT

AP - France is upgrading its diplomatic relations with the Palestinian Territories to try to spur international efforts toward creating a Palestinian state, the French foreign minister said Monday.

Russia rejects Iran's criticism on sanctions (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 09:11 AM PDT

AP - Russia has rejected Iran's criticism of Moscow's support for United Nations sanctions against Tehran as "unacceptable."

Russia, US uncover nascent cocaine trade scheme (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 07:11 AM PDT

Viktor Ivanov, head of the Russian anti-narcotics agency, foreground, speaks as the U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle looks at him during a news conference in Moscow Monday, July 26, 2010. The top Russian drugs official says Russia and the United States have uncovered a cocaine trade scheme that involved a high-profile Russian impresario eager to set up business in Moscow. (AP Photo/ Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - Russia and the United States have uncovered a cocaine trade scheme involving a high-profile Russian impresario eager to set up business in Moscow's expensive night clubs, Russia's top drugs control officer said Monday.

(AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 04:43 AM PDT

AP - WikiLeaks founder says there appears to be evidence of war crimes in leaked US Afghan documents.

A Russian milestone: 1st black elected to office (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 09:00 PM PDT

In this July 20, 2010 photo, Russian councilman Jean Gregoire Sagbo smiles in Novozavidovo, a village 100 kilometers (65 miles) north of Moscow. People in this Russian town used to stare at Jean Gregoire Sagbo because they had never seen a black man. Now they say they see in him something equally rare — an honest politician. Sagbo last month became the first black to be elected to office in Russia. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - People in this Russian town used to stare at Jean Gregoire Sagbo because they had never seen a black man. Now they say they see in him something equally rare — an honest politician.

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