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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Brown, Robinson hand Capello double quit snub (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 02:25 PM PDT

Manchester United defender Wes Brown, pictured in 2009, became the second England player on Sunday to retire from international football, dealing another worrying snub to coach Fabio Capello.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Manchester United defender Wes Brown became the second England player on Sunday to retire from international football, dealing another worrying snub to coach Fabio Capello.

Death toll rises to 11 in flooding in Europe (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 02:00 PM PDT

Residents walk past destroyed road after a flash floods hit the town of Bogatynia, Poland, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. The flooding has struck an area near the borders of Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic.(AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - The death toll in flooding in central Europe rose to 11 as Poland's interior minister said Sunday that two more people had died in the southwestern region of the country.

Michelle Obama meets Spain's king (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 01:41 PM PDT

Spain's King Juan Carlos, right, welcomes U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha, 9, on their arrival at the Marivent Palace, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. The White House says first lady Michelle Obama is in Spain for a private trip with longtime family friends. (AP Photo/Manu Mielniezuk)AP - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha had lunch with Spain's king and queen on Sunday at the royal family's holiday retreat on the resort island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean.

Broad charged after throwing ball at Zulqarnain (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 01:26 PM PDT

England bowler Stuart Broad appeals to the umpire after an appeal for the dismissal of Pakistan batsman Zulqarnain Haider on the third day of the second NPower Test match at Edgbaston in Birmingham. Broad was summoned to a disciplinary hearing after throwing the ball at Pakistan's Zulqarnain Haider on the third day of the second Test at Edgbaston Sunday.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - England fast bowler Stuart Broad was summoned to a disciplinary hearing after throwing the ball at Pakistan's Zulqarnain Haider on the third day of the second Test at Edgbaston Sunday.

Zulqarnain leads remarkable Pakistan cricket Test rally (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 12:22 PM PDT

Pakistan batsman Zulqarnain Haider plays a shot against England on the third day of the second NPower Test match at Edgbaston in Birmingham. Zulqarnain kept England at bay with a superb 88 as Pakistan at last restored some pride in the second Test at Edgbaston on Sunday.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Debutant Zulqarnain Haider kept England at bay with a superb 88 as Pakistan restored some pride in the second Test at Edgbaston on Sunday.

Robbie Williams marries US actress: spokesman (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:47 AM PDT

Robbie Williams, pictured in March 2010, has married the US actress and longtime partner Ayda Field, whom he credits with making him a AFP - British pop star Robbie Williams has married the US actress and longtime partner Ayda Field, whom he credits with making him a "more centred person," his spokesman said on Sunday.

14 dead, thousands evacuated in central Europe floods (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:36 AM PDT

A young woman walks across a damaged bridge with her dog in Bogadynia, southern Poland. Floods caused by torrential rain left 14 people dead and several others missing in central Europe over the weekend, with residents rescued from rising waters in boats, buses and helicopters.(AFP/Michal Cizek)AFP - Floods caused by torrential rain left 14 people dead and several others missing in central Europe over the weekend, with residents rescued from rising waters in boats, buses and helicopters.

Aussies clinch field hockey's 11th Champions Trophy (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:26 AM PDT

Australian hockey player Luke Doerner, pictured in March 2010. Australia won a third successive Champions Trophy, and 11th in all, with a comprehensive 4-0 mauling of England on Sunday, shrugging off a 60-minute rain delay in the process.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - Australia won a third successive Champions Trophy, and 11th in all, with a comprehensive 4-0 mauling of England on Sunday, shrugging off a 60-minute rain delay in the process.

Manchester United deliver early blow to title rivals Chelsea (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 09:20 AM PDT

Manchester United's Michael Owen (2nd L) holds off a challenge from Chelsea's Ashley Cole (2nd R) during the FA Community Shield at Wembley Stadium in London. Manchester United won 3-1.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Manchester United delivered an early blow to title rivals Chelsea with a 3-1 victory over the Premier League champions in the Community Shield at Wembley on Sunday.

Iran stoning case lawyer seeking asylum in Norway (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 08:17 AM PDT

Iranian lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei answers reporters' questions at a press conference in Oslo, Norway Sunday Aug. 8, 2010. Mostafaei has applied for political asylum in Norway after he was released from a detention center in Istanbul. Mostafaei fled Iran for Turkey after defending his client, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who was convicted of cheating on her husband and sentenced to death by stoning in Iran. Tehran says it will not carry out the stoning against Ashtiani for the time being, but the mother of two could still face execution by hanging. (AP Photo/Scanpix Norway/ Hakon Mosvold Larsen) **NORWAY OUT **AP - The lawyer defending a woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran said on Sunday that he has applied for asylum in Norway, but hopes Iranian authorities will allow him eventually to return to his practice.

Moscow vows support for breakaway Georgian regions (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 07:59 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, an Ossetian boy lights a candle during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the Russian-Georgian war in Tskhinvali, the capital of the Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia. In 2008, Georgia lost control of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Russian forces crushed the Georgian army in the five-day war that sent Moscow's ties with the West to Cold War levels. (AP Photo/Sergey Karpov)AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pledged Sunday to provide further support to breakaway Georgian regions on the anniversary of the Russian-Georgian war.

Moscow opens anti-smog centers as fires burn (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 07:57 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, a newly married couple, no name given, share a tender moment despite the deep layer of smog from wildfires covering the ancient Russian city of Ryazan, some 180 km (111 miles) southeast of Moscow. Nearly 600 separate blazes were burning nationwide Saturday, mainly across western Russia, according to the Emergencies Ministry, which said that the area affected had increased over the past 24 hours. Hundreds of forest and peat bog fires have ignited amid the country's most intense heat wave in 130 years of record-keeping. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Moscow authorities on Sunday opened more than 120 "anti-smog" centers to give residents an escape from record-breaking heat and choking smoke from wildfires blazing around the capital. Dozens of flights were grounded at local airports.

Report: Groom kills 3 guest in accidental shooting (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 06:15 AM PDT

AP - The state-run news agency says a groom has killed his father and two aunts after opening fire into the air with an automatic weapon to celebrate his wedding.

Russian man dies in searing heat at sauna contest (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 06:14 AM PDT

Spectators react at the final at the World Sauna Championships in Heinola, Finland, on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. The championships begin with preliminary rounds and end in the finals, where the best six men and women see who can sit in the sauna the longest. (AP Photo / LEHTIKUVA / Sari Gustafsson) ** FINLAND OUT NO SALES **AP - A Russian man trying to win the Sauna World Championships died after collapsing with severe burns in the final stage of an event that required contestants to sit in a 230-degree (110 Celsius) room as water was tossed onto a searing stove, officials and witnesses said.

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