2010年8月25日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Nazi ballerina spy stole battle plans in WWII: files (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 04:49 PM PDT

A former ballerina working as a Nazi spy may have been behind the defeat of an Anglo-French force fighting to retake Norway from the Germans during World War II, files showed Thursday.(AFP/File/Timothy A. Clary)AFP - A former ballerina working as a Nazi spy may have been behind the defeat of an Anglo-French force fighting to retake Norway from the Germans during World War II, files showed Thursday.

Man shot in head felt bullet only 4 years later (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 04:39 PM PDT

The X-ray photo released by German police in Herne Tuesday, Aug 24, 2010 shows the skull of a man with a bullet in the back of his head. Police said a Polish man living in Germany was shot in the back of his head, but that it took him five years to realize it. Police said Tuesday that the 35-year-old men was hit by a .22-caliber bullet in the western town of Herne as he was out in the street partying drunk on New Year's Eve five years ago. They say the man recalled receiving a blow to the head, but told them he didn't seek medical assistance at the time. (AP Photo/Polizei Herne)AP - A 35-year-old man who walked around for five years with a bullet lodged in the back of his head says he suspected for a while something was there but only went to doctors after he started getting headaches.

UK declassifies file on glamorous German spy (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 04:01 PM PDT

AP - She was thought to be one of Germany's prized secret agents, described as beautiful and languid and capable of infiltrating an enemy camp, obtaining secret plans of attack, and then delivering them to her bosses.

Police probe death of 'spy' in London (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:51 PM PDT

The MI6 building. Police were investigating Wednesday the suspicious death of a man in London who was reportedly a spy working for the foreign intelligence agency MI6.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Police were investigating Wednesday the suspicious death of a man in London who was reportedly a spy working for the foreign intelligence agency MI6.

Cameron names daughter after Cornish village (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:33 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron, seen here on August 24, and his wife have named their new baby Florence Rose Endellion, giving her a Cornish name to mark the region where she was born, his office said Wednesday.(AFP/Pool/File)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha have named their new baby Florence Rose Endellion, giving her a Cornish name to mark the region where she was born, his office said Wednesday.

Crouch treble sends Spurs into Champions League group stage (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:19 PM PDT

Tottenham's Peter Crouch scores the first goal of the match during their Champions League Play-off second leg match at White Hart Lane stadium, London. Tottenham romped into the group stages of the Champions League after Crouch's hat-trick inspired a 4-0 victory over Young Boys.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Tottenham romped into the group stages of the Champions League after Peter Crouch's hat-trick at White Hart Lane inspired a 4-0 victory over Young Boys in the play-off second leg on Wednesday.

Newcastle, Everton, Fulham cruise into third round (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:17 PM PDT

Newcastle United's manager Chris Hughton, pictured in 2009. Premier League sides Newcastle, Everton and Fulham strolled into the League Cup third round with convincing wins over lower league opponents on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Chris Ratcliffe)AFP - Premier League sides Newcastle, Everton and Fulham strolled into the League Cup third round with convincing wins over lower league opponents on Wednesday.

UK woman says sorry for dumping cat in trash (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:46 PM PDT

AP - A British woman who outraged pet lovers around the world after she was caught on surveillance camera dumping a cat in a garbage bin apologized on Wednesday for what she called misjudgment and said the situation has gotten "out of control."

Swedish police to question WikiLeaks founder (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:12 PM PDT

Reuters - Swedish police are to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over alleged molestation, Sweden's chief prosecutor said on Wednesday, but a second case against him has been dropped, she said.

Bettencourt saga 'does not impact' L'Oreal: chief executive (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:11 PM PDT

The legal cases surrounding L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt do not impinge on the day-to-day business of the cosmetics giant, its chief executive Jean-Paul Agon, pictured in April 2010, said in a rare statement Wednesday.(AFP/File/Miguel Medina)AFP - The legal cases surrounding L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt do not impinge on the day-to-day business of the cosmetics giant, its chief executive Jean-Paul Agon said in a rare statement Wednesday.

Daughter of PM Cameron gets Cornish middle name (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:05 PM PDT

AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron has named his newborn daughter Florence Rose Endellion Cameron.

Body of suspected British spy found (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 12:44 PM PDT

A British Community Police Support Officer stands quard outside a house in central London, near the headquarters of MI6, where a man believed to be a British spy has been found dead in a flat, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. British authorities who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the investigation said the body of the man in his 30s was found stuffed in a bag in the bathroom Monday.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Detectives searching for a missing British spy said Wednesday they had launched a murder investigation after a body matching the man's description was discovered stuffed in a bag in his apartment near the headquarters of the MI6 spy agency.

3 arrested in Moldova in uranium smuggling plot (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 12:31 PM PDT

AP - Two former policemen and another person were arrested in Moldova on suspicion of trying to sell four pounds (nearly two kilograms) of uranium on the black market, authorities said Wednesday, although the amount was too small to be used in a nuclear warhead or a "dirty bomb."

European royals attend Greek island wedding (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 12:21 PM PDT

Prince Nikolaos, son of deposed Greece's King Nikolaos, kisses his bride Tatiana Blatnik after their wedding ceremony at Agios Nikolaos church on the island of Spetses August 25, 2010. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: ROYALS)AP - Prince Nikolaos, the second son of former King Constantine of Greece, married a fashion events planner on Wednesday in a ceremony on a southern Greek island attended by royals from across Europe.

WikiLeaks founder cleared of sex allegations (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 11:07 AM PDT

**ADDS THAT AUTHORITIES HAVE REVOKED ARREST WARRANT** This Aug. 14, 2010 photo shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, in Stockholm, Sweden. A Stockholm prosecutor issued an arrest warrant for Assange on Friday Aug. 20, 2010, saying he was suspected of rape and molestation in two separate cases. But chief prosecutor Eva Finne withdrew the warrant within 24 hours. (AP Photo/Scanpix/Bertil Ericson, File) SWEDEN OUTAP - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange no longer faces sex abuse charges in Sweden after a prosecutor decided Wednesday to investigate only one of two complaints against him, and not as a sexual offense.

Former Communist Party leader in Romania dies (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:37 AM PDT

In this photo taken on March 13, 1969, high ranking Communist party officials, Gheorghe Apostol, second from right, claps along with, Chivu Stoica, right, and Ion Gheorghe Maurer, second from left, as former comunist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, left, looks on, in Bucharest, Romania. Gheorghe Apostol, a veteran Communist politician who gained international attention in 1989 by publicly criticizing Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, has died. He was 97. Apostol died Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010 in Bucharest, apparently at his home, Romanian media reported Wednesday. The cause of death was not given.(AP Photo/ Fototeca Online a Comunismului Romanesc) ** MANDATORY CREDIT **AP - Gheorghe Apostol, a veteran Communist politician who gained international attention in 1989 by publicly criticizing Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, has died. He was 97.

World War II flying ace Marcel Albert dead at 92 (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:35 AM PDT

AP - Marcel Albert, a widely decorated World War II flying ace hailed as a hero of the French "Normandie-Niemen" squadron based in the Soviet Union, has died, officials and a relative said Wednesday. He was 92.

Putin fires darts at gray whale from crossbow (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:00 AM PDT

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin aims a crossbow as he is on a rubber boat at the Olga Harbor of Kamchatka Peninsula during a scientific expedition, to study grey whales on Wednesday, Aug.25, 2010. (AP Photo/ RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, pool)AP - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin fired darts from a crossbow at a gray whale off Russia's Far Eastern coast on Wednesday in the latest in a series of man-versus-nature stunts designed to cultivate the image of a macho leader.

UN agency makes unusual Pakistan aid appeal (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:55 AM PDT

AP - As Washington demands more transparency from Pakistan on how it's spending its flood aid money, a U.N. agency has launched an unusual appeal for relief funds to be sent directly to a Pakistani or Swiss bank account — with none of the usual monitoring safeguards.

Vivienne Westwood to open London footwear exhibit (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:37 AM PDT

British designer Vivienne Westwood poses, as she launches, ' Vivienne Westwood Shoes - An Exhibition 1973-2010' , a collection of nearly 200 shoes, at a department store, in London, Wednesday Aug. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Ian West, PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - An exhibition of nearly 200 shoes by British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, charting her styles over the last four decades, opens at London's Selfridges department store Thursday.

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