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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Most prefer French left to Sarkozy for 2012: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 12:19 PM PDT

Reuters - More than half of France's voters would prefer a candidate from the political left to conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy for the 2012 election, a survey said on Sunday.

Govt worried over Iraq jailbreak of aid worker's killer (AFP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 12:05 PM PDT

This undated picture released by CARE International in 2004 shows their Iraq country director Margaret Hassan. The government said it was AFP - The government said it was "very concerned" Sunday after it emerged that a man convicted of murdering a British aid worker had escaped from prison in Iraq a year ago.

WikiLeaks founder warned of a smear campaign: report (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 11:59 AM PDT

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange attends a seminar at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation headquarters in Stockholm August 14, 2010. REUTERS/Scanpix/Bertil EricsonReuters - The founder of WikiLeaks, accused of molestation in Sweden, said Australian intelligence had warned him of plans to discredit the whistle-blower website as it prepares to release more secret U.S. files on the war in Afghanistan.

WikiLeaks founder points at Pentagon over rape claims (AFP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 11:08 AM PDT

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, pictured on August 14, said in an interview published Sunday he believed the Pentagon could be behind a rape allegation against him that was swiftly dropped by Swedish authorities.(AFP/SCANPIX/File/Bertil Ericson)AFP - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said in an interview published Sunday he believed the Pentagon could be behind a rape allegation against him that was swiftly dropped by Swedish authorities.

Fergie could face punishment over BBC snub (AFP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 10:47 AM PDT

Sir Alex Ferguson, pictured on August 16, could face punishment from the Premier League after the Manchester United manager maintained his stance of not giving interviews to the BBC.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson could face punishment from the Premier League after the Manchester United manager maintained his stance of not giving interviews to the BBC.

Fulham, Manchester United in 2-2 draw at Craven Cottage (AFP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 10:37 AM PDT

Manchester United's Nani (R) and Fulham's Johnathan Greening (L) vie during their Premiership match at home to Fulham at Craven Cottage football stadium, London. The match ended 2-2.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Brede Hangeland salvaged a point for Fulham against Manchester United in a 2-2 draw at Craven Cottage when the defender headed a 90th minute equaliser after scoring an own goal just moments earlier.

Berlusconi ally pushes for early elections (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:30 AM PDT

Reuters - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's main coalition ally said early elections were the only way out of Italy's political crisis, as the premier and his estranged partners kept up an acrimonious war of words.

Kremlin critic Nemtsov detained at Russia rally (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:20 AM PDT

Reuters - Police detained opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, a vocal critic of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, and about 20 other people on Sunday when they tried to march down a main Moscow avenue without permission.

Priest says prayed for Sarkozy heart attack over Roma (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:18 AM PDT

Reuters - Several churchmen joined the chorus on Sunday criticizing President Nicolas Sarkozy's decision to expel dozens of Roma from France, with one priest praying for Sarkozy to be divinely struck by a heart attack.

Russian police detain opposition leaders (AP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:17 AM PDT

Yury Shevchuk, a rock star who attracted wider fame after a televised confrontation with Putin, performs at a protest rally on the Pushkinskaya Square in central Moscow, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010, with a police officer cordoning off an improvised podium in the foreground. The rally was a part of the broad campaign to try to stop the destruction of a centuries-old oak forest that is soon to be cut down so a highway can be built from the northwestern outskirts of Moscow to St. Petersburg. Opposition activists won the support of some of Russia's best-known rock musicians to play at the rally that drew more than 1,000 people. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Police prevented about 100 opposition activists from marching through Moscow on Sunday with a giant Russian flag and detained three of their leaders, including prominent politician Boris Nemtsov.

UK official decries video game with Taliban role (AP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 08:26 AM PDT

AP - A video game that allows players to adopt the role of the Taliban is a "tasteless product," Britain's defense secretary said Sunday, calling on retailers to show their support for troops by not selling it.

Spain says US to take Cuba prisoners (AP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 05:26 AM PDT

A well-wisher, left, hugs Cuban dissident Juan Carlos Herrera, center, upon his arrival at a hotel in Madrid, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Two more Cuban political prisoners arrived accompanied by dozens of relatives in Spain on Thursday as part of Cuba's pledge to free 52 dissidents jailed since 2003. The arrival brought to 25 the number of released inmates that have come to Spain in the past two weeks. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)AP - The United States is prepared to take in Cuban political prisoners following their release from jail, Spain's Foreign Ministry said Sunday.

Tensions simmer in Spanish enclave in North Africa (AP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 02:58 AM PDT

People carrying goods are seen near the border between Melilla and Morocco, in Melilla, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Melilla, a centuries-old vestige of the Spanish empire perched on Africa's shoulder constitutes, with Ceuta, the other Spanish enclave in North Africa, the only land borders between the two continents. The potential for trouble at the border is seemingly great, because on one side of it there is so much desperation and on the other so much promise. Every day more than 30,000 Moroccans trudge into Spain to do menial labor or shop, often smuggling goods back home. (AP Photo/Francisco Garcia)AP - In this crowded and muggy speck of Europe perched on Africa's shoulder, with the Mediterranean to one side and gigantic Morocco to the other, a person might be forgiven for going a little stir crazy.

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