2010年8月13日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Tyson Gay sprints to 100m season best (AFP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 05:45 PM PDT

US athlet Tyson Gay (R) competes during the Men's 100 metres final in the Samsung Diamond League meeting, at Crystal Palace, London. Gay has followed up his Stockholm triumph over Usain Bolt by clocking the fastest 100m time this season in a blistering triumph at a rain-soaked London Diamond League meeting.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - America's Tyson Gay has followed up his Stockholm win over Usain Bolt by clocking the fastest 100m time this season in a blistering triumph at a rain-soaked London Diamond League meeting.

One dead, three injured in Dutch bus accident: officials (AFP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 04:52 PM PDT

French firefighters carry an injured person out of a Eurolines bus from the Netherlands which crashed on highway A2 near Crespin, northern France. At least one person died and five were badly injured.(AFP/Francois Lo Presti)AFP - A Eurolines bus from the Netherlands ran off a motorway in northern France Friday, leaving at least one person dead and three others seriously injured, rescue officials said.

Gay sprints to 100m season best (AFP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 01:11 PM PDT

Tyson Gay of the US crosses the finish line to win the Men's 100 metres final during the Samsung Diamond League meeting at Crystal Palace in London. Gay won in 9.78sec, the fastest 100m time this year.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - America's Tyson Gay followed up his Stockholm triumph over Usain Bolt by clocking the fastest 100m time this year to clinch the London Diamond League meeting on Friday.

Spanish air controllers in deal to avoid strike (AFP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 12:44 PM PDT

Passengers wait in the check in area of Malaga Airport, southern Spain, in 2006. Spain's air traffic controllers' union Friday signed a deal with management to end a dispute over working conditions that had threatened to spark a strike at the height of the tourist season.(AFP/File/Jose Luis Roca)AFP - Spain's air traffic controllers' union Friday signed a deal with management to end a dispute over working conditions that had threatened to spark a strike at the height of the tourist season.

Russia says to start up Iran Bushehr plant August 21 (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 12:42 PM PDT

A general view shows the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, about 1,215 km (755 miles) south of Tehran, November 30, 2009. REUTERS/Vladimir SoldatkinReuters - Russia said on Friday it will begin loading nuclear fuel into the reactor of Iran's first atomic power station on August 21, an irreversible step marking the start-up of the Bushehr plant after nearly 40 years of delays.

Germany drives record Europe recovery, but experts fear peak (AFP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 12:34 PM PDT

Construction cranes work in Berlin, 2007. Powerhouse Germany posted its best economic growth since reunification on Friday, driving Europe past the United States in a four-year record but analysts warned the recovery could be peaking out.(AFP/Barbara Sax)AFP - Powerhouse Germany posted its best economic growth since reunification on Friday, driving Europe past the United States in a four-year record but analysts warned the recovery could be peaking out.

Murray ends Nalbandian winning streak (AFP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 12:06 PM PDT

Andy Murray of Great Britain serves to David Nalbandian of Argentina during the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup in Toronto, Canada. Murray won 6-2, 6-2.(AFP/Getty Images/Matthew Stockman)AFP - Andy Murray turned in an impressive performance to bring David Nalbandian's 11-match winning streak to an end with a 6-2, 6-2 quarter-final victory at the Toronto Masters on Friday.

Rain refreshes Moscow, but wildfires still burning (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 11:31 AM PDT

People walk at the Moscow Red Square, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, enjoying the respite from the smog due to a change in the wind direction. The skies were clear over Moscow Thursday, giving residents a desperately needed break from air pollution thanks to favorable winds and some success in fighting wildfires that have choked the capital with clouds of acrid smog.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - Heavy downpours cooled the Russian capital after weeks of no rain and unprecedented heat, but dozens of wildfires still raged around Moscow on Friday and a new blaze was spotted near the country's top nuclear research center.

Guido De Marco, ex-president of Malta, dies (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 11:27 AM PDT

AP - Guido De Marco, a former president of Malta who helped the island nation win European Union membership, has died. He was 79 years old.

London says Myanmar elections will lack legitimacy (AFP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 11:13 AM PDT

London said Myanmar's elections, set Friday for November 7, would lack all credibility on the international stage unless unless Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, seen here in 2002, is allowed to participate.(AFP/File/Stephen Shaver)AFP - London said Myanmar's elections, set Friday for November 7, were designed to keep the military junta in power and would lack all credibility on the international stage.

Turkey discovers ancient underground tomb (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 09:04 AM PDT

This Thursday Aug. 12, 2010 photo shows Turkish Culture Minister Ertugrul Gunay inspecting an ancient marble coffin inside an underground tomb in Milas, western Turkey. Police raided a house used by people suspected of digging illegally for antiquities and discovered two tunnels leading to the tomb. The Culture Ministry says the coffin is some 2,800 years old and probably belonged to Hecatomnus, who ruled over Milas. (AP Photo/Durmus Genc, Anatolian) ** TURKEY OUT **AP - Police have raided a house used by people suspected of digging illegally for antiquities and discovered two tunnels leading to an underground tomb that housed an ancient marble coffin and frescoes, officials said Friday.

Britain's Princess Anne turns 60 (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 08:22 AM PDT

FILE - This is a Sept. 15, 1955 file photo of Britain's Princess Anne and her mother, Queen Elizabeth II, as they make a two-woman job of adjusting the bridal on 'Greensleeves,' the princess' pony, at Balmoral castle in Scotland. Princess Anne celebrates her 60th birthday Sunday Aug. 14, 2010. (AP Photo, File)AP - Britain's Princess Anne is turning 60, and the hardworking royal says she has no intention of slowing down.

Turkey, Mexico concerned over Arizona law (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 07:30 AM PDT

AP - The foreign ministers of Turkey and Mexico have voiced concern over the immigration law in the U.S. state of Arizona.

Court rules to allow Belgian clergy abuse inquires (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 07:24 AM PDT

AP - A Brussels appeals court ruled Friday to allow an investigating magistrate to continue looking into alleged sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy, in cases that came to light after police seized documents, computers and data discs from the Belgian archbishop's residence in June.

Venice soon to have 1st official woman gondolier (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 07:17 AM PDT

AP - Venice is on its way to having its first official female gondolier.

Peres' Romania comment criticized by Jewish center (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 07:14 AM PDT

Israel's President Shimon Peres attends a memorial service for the 6 Israeli military personnel killed last month in an air crash in Romania at the Holocaust Memorial in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. At the end of July a Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter slammed into a mountain in central Romania killing six Israelis and one Romanian during a military exercise. Peres is the first Israeli President to visit Romania since the the creation of the state of Israel.(AP Photo)AP - The Simon Wiesenthal Center criticized Israeli President Shimon Peres on Friday for thanking Romania for saving Jews, saying he should have condemned the Romanian state for the tens of thousands of Jews who were killed there during World War II.

German judge sets alleged Israeli spy free on bail (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 06:56 AM PDT

Police officers guard a police van that is thought to transport suspected Israeli spy Uri Brodsky at the Chopin airport in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, prior to his extradition to Germany. A Polish appeals court on Aug. 5 upheld a lower court's decision to hand over to Germany an alleged Mossad agent wanted in the slaying of a Hamas leader. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - An alleged Israeli spy wanted in connection with the slaying of a Hamas leader in Dubai earlier this year was set free on bail Friday by a German judge, a spokesman for prosecutors said.

Freed Russian analyst Sutyagin yearns for home (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 06:48 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 7, 2004 file photo, Igor Sutyagin stands behind bars as he listens to a verdict at a courtroom in Moscow. The Russian analyst convicted of spying for the West who was released from prison and flown to Britain as part of a spy swap says he is yearning to return home. Sutyagin said Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 on Ekho Moskvy radio that he has been granted a six-month work visa by Britain but does not intend to stay. (AP Photo, File)AP - A Russian analyst convicted of spying for the West who was released from prison and flown to Britain as part of a spy swap said Friday he is yearning to return home.

UK defense chief plans cuts, major changes (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 06:04 AM PDT

British Defense Secretary Liam Fox gives a speech on the Ministry of Defense budget in Westminster, London Friday Aug. 13, 2010. Fox said negotiations are ongoing with the Treasury over who will pay for a 20 billion pounds (US$32 billion) upgrade to the country's nuclear weapons system. Amid sweeping cuts to public spending, Treasury chief George Osborne has said Britain's defense ministry will likely need to pay for the program entirely from its own budget. Previously, the central government has paid a share of the costs, as a nuclear deterrent has been seen a key national asset. (AP Photo/Katie Collins/PA Wire) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - Britain's defense secretary said Friday that senior military posts could be axed as he prepares major spending cuts and a sweeping overhaul of the country's armed forces.

Bosnian court confirms genocide indictment (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 06:03 AM PDT

AP - Bosnia's top war crimes court has confirmed genocide indictments against four former Bosnian Serb soldiers suspected of killing more than 800 people in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.

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