2010年8月16日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Fergie wants United to keep pressure on Chelsea (AFP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 06:01 PM PDT

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson celebrates his team's 3-0 win over Newcastle United at Old Trafford on August 16, 2010. Ferguson has insisted that keeping pace with Chelsea is United's main priority.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson insists keeping pace with Chelsea is Manchester United's main priority despite the Premier League season only being days old.

Airports strike on holiday weekend averted (AFP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 05:43 PM PDT

Unite union members stage a picket in support of striking British Airways cabin crews outside London's Heathrow Airport in March 2010. A strike that would have shut down six airports on a key holiday weekend has been averted after management agreed to a wage hike for aggrieved workers, a spokesman for the Unite union has said.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - A strike that could have shut down six airports on a key holiday weekend was averted on Monday after management offered a new pay deal to workers, both sides said.

John Lennon's letter to British singer arrives 34 years late (AFP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 04:05 PM PDT

John Lennon's circa early 1970s handwritten letter to Bhaskar Menon, then Chairman of Capitol Records is displayed at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC in 2009 in New York City. A British folk singer who expressed fears that success and wealth could ruin his songwriting revealed Monday how Lennon sent him a letter of reassurance -- but it did not reach him for 34 years.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Astrid Stawiarz)AFP - A British folk singer who expressed fears that success and wealth could ruin his songwriting revealed Monday how John Lennon sent him a letter of reassurance -- but it did not reach him for 34 years.

British airports strike averted after talks: union (AFP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 01:21 PM PDT

A Unite union picket supporting striking British Airways cabin crews outside London's Heathrow Airport during a strike by BA cabin crews in March 2010. A strike that would have shut down six British airports on a key holiday weekend was averted after talks between unions and management on Monday, a spokesman for the Unite union said.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - A strike that would have shut down six British airports on a key holiday weekend was averted after talks between unions and management on Monday, a spokesman for the Unite union said.

Israeli PM urges patience on new Palestinian talks (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 12:37 PM PDT

Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, talks to his Greek counterpart George Papandreou in Athens, Monday Aug. 16, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Athens on Monday, a week after being visited by his Greek counterpart in Tel Aviv and at a time of deteriorating relations between Israel and Turkey, Greece's neighbor and traditional rival. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)AP - The Israeli prime minister said Monday that patience was needed in restarting direct negotiations with the Palestinians, but that launching the talks would not take years or even months.

Blair to give memoir proceeds to veterans' charity (AFP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 12:31 PM PDT

Former prime minister Tony Blair, seen here in May 2010, will give all the proceeds of his forthcoming autobiography to a charity that helps war veterans, his office announced Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Tony Blair, the prime minister who led Britain into the Iraq and Afghan wars, will give the multi-million dollar proceeds of his autobiography to a veterans' charity, his spokesman said on Monday.

Derbyshire joins Birmingham on loan (AFP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 12:11 PM PDT

English striker Matt Derbyshire, seen here in March 2010, has joined Birmingham City on a season-long loan from Olympiakos, the Premier League club announced on their website on Monday.(AFP/File/Nicolas Tucat)AFP - English striker Matt Derbyshire has joined Birmingham City on a season-long loan from Olympiakos, the Premier League club announced on their website on Monday.

Russia detains Romanian diplomat for spying (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 11:33 AM PDT

Reuters - Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said it detained a senior Romanian diplomat on Monday after he was caught trying to obtain military intelligence.

Russia's Medvedev asks tycoons for wildfire help (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 11:21 AM PDT

A resident walks through the smoke from a wildfire near the village of Kartanosovo in Ryazan region, some 200 km (124 miles) southeast of Moscow, August 14, 2010. REUTERS/Mikhail VoskresenskyReuters - President Dmitry Medvedev asked Russia's business elite Monday to help rebuild villages destroyed by fierce wildfires after rain and strong winds looked set to end weeks of unprecedented heat.

Russia expels Romanian diplomat accused of spying (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 10:03 AM PDT

AP - Russian authorities said a Romanian diplomat was caught spying Monday and given 48 hours to leave the country.

Eruption at Iceland volcano slows, but not over (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 08:48 AM PDT

AP - Seismic activity is petering out at the Icelandic volcano that caused major European air traffic disruption earlier this year, though the eruption has not yet been declared officially over, authorities in Iceland said Monday.

WikiLeaks founder to write columns in Sweden (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 08:08 AM PDT

AP - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he will write bimonthly columns for a left-leaning Swedish newspaper.

UK: Body of slain aid worker returned to Britain (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 08:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 23, 2010 file photo, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., talks about the recent appointment of Gen. David Petraeus to command forces in Afghanistan, on Capitol Hill in Washington. A woman hit U.S. Sen. Carl Levin in the face with an apple pie during the Armed Services Committee chairman's meeting with constituents in northern Michigan, authorities said Monday Aug. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The family of a British medical worker killed in northern Afghanistan with nine colleagues from an aid charity praised their daughter's bravery Monday, as her body was flown back to the U.K.

Dimitrios Ioannidis, who toppled Greek junta, dies (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 07:05 AM PDT

AP - Dimitrios Ioannidis, the feared security chief who led a countercoup against Greece's military leaders and provoked Turkey's invasion of Cyprus in 1974, has died. He was 87.

Tony Blair to donate profits of memoir to charity (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 06:21 AM PDT

AP - Tony Blair, who took Britain to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, is donating millions in earnings from his forthcoming memoir to a charity for injured troops.

Spain debates enshrining bullfighting as culture (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 06:04 AM PDT

Spanish bullfighter Victor Puerto performs during a bullfight at the Las Ventas Bullring in Madrid, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. Bullfighting is an ancient tradition in Spain and the season runs from March to October. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)AP - Ernest Hemingway was fascinated by bullfighting and artist Goya depicted it in some of his most famous paintings. Now Spain's leading opposition party wants to enshrine it as part of the nation's cultural heritage — and stop efforts to ban the bloody pastime.

Teams set off on global 'zero emissions' race (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 05:31 AM PDT

AP - Teams from Australia, Germany and Switzerland have set off from Geneva for what they hope will be the first carbon neutral race around the world.

Turks see Ottoman legacy in new light (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 03:48 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2008 file photo, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, center, is accompanied by Orthodox church leaders as he leads the Sunday mass at the patriarchal cathedral of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey. For most of the last century, Turks were told to look askance at the Ottoman Empire. Today, the legacy of the Ottomans is enjoying a makeover. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta, File)AP - This month, a troupe of 100 musicians, dancers, acrobats and robed actors is performing an Ottoman-style spectacle near Topkapi Palace, once home to the sultans. An exhibition of Ottoman poetry is on display at Istanbul's international airport. Ottoman cuisine, a fusion of flavors from old imperial lands, is in vogue.

Russian wildfires shrink as cold front advances (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 03:26 AM PDT

Workers construct houses for the homeless residents of the village of Mokhovoye destroyed by a forest fire two weeks ago, outside the site of the fire, in place called Novoye (New) Mokhovoye, some 135 km (84 miles) southeast of Moscow, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. Russia has been battling the fires for nearly three weeks. The fires have destroyed provincial towns and villages, and together with the drought have cost Russia a third of its wheat crop. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has promised new housing before winter for those made homeless, as well as 200,000 rubles ($6,700) in compensation.(AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)AP - Russian firefighters have succeeded in pushing back wildfires while an advancing cold front is expected to finally put an end to a two-month heat wave, officials said Monday.

UK forecaster: Britain could return to recession (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 02:04 AM PDT

AP - The head of Britain's new Treasury watchdog says he can't be sure the country won't slide back into recession.

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