2010年9月6日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Gerrard cool under siege before Switzerland match (AFP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 03:09 PM PDT

England skipper Steven Gerrard takes part in a press conference in Basel. Gerrard admits being captain of England right now feels like a man under siege as he prepares to lead his team into a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier against Switzerland here on Tuesday desperately trying to keep the focus on football.(AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - Steven Gerrard admits being captain of England right now feels like a man under siege as he prepares to lead his team into a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier against Switzerland here on Tuesday desperately trying to keep the focus on football.

Troubles mount for EU bid to re-draw economic government (AFP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 02:15 PM PDT

European Union President Belgian Herman Van Rompuy (R) speaks with Belgium Finance Minister Didier Reynders before a meeting on Economic Governance at the EU headquarters in Brussels. Plans to radically re-draw cross-border economic government across Europe hit a stumbling block on Monday 10 days from a deadline for concrete action set by European Union leaders.(AFP/John Thys)AFP - Plans to radically re-draw cross-border economic government across Europe hit a stumbling block on Monday 10 days from a deadline for concrete action set by European Union leaders.

France to strip nationality for killing police: Sarkozy (AFP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 01:33 PM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee palace in Paris. Sarkozy said Monday he wants to strip French nationality from immigrants if they kill or try to kill police or public officials, as part of a controversial law and order drive.(AFP/Eric Feferberg)AFP - President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday he wants to strip French nationality from immigrants if they kill or try to kill police or public officials, as part of a controversial law and order drive.

Spain not convinced new Basque truce is credible (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 12:25 PM PDT

In this video grab provided by ETA to Gara.net, members of the Basque Separatist militant group ETA gesture as they make a statement. The Basque separatist militant group ETA has issued a video on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010, declaring a cease fire. The video appeared on Basque newspaper Gara's website and was also made available to the British broadcaster BBC. It showed three masked militants making a statement in Basque, in usual ETA style. Gara accompanied the video with a transcription of the statement in Basque and Spanish. (AP Photo/Gara.net)AP - How many cease-fires can you announce and break before everyone stops paying attention?

Russia's Putin hints at Kremlin return in 2012 (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 12:21 PM PDT

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the development of the North Caucasus Federal District in Sochi, September 6, 2010. REUTERS/Ria Novosti/Pool/Alexei NikolskyReuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave a strong hint on Monday that he would run for president in 2012, a step that would almost certainly give him a second spell as Kremlin chief.

Spain rejects ETA truce, demands permanent disarming (AFP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 12:17 PM PDT

A screen grab taken from the website of pro-independence Basque newspaper Gara shows an image of ETA members declaring a ceasefire in the northern Spanish town of Guernica. Spain's government has rejected a ceasefire by Basque fighters ETA as totally inadequate and demanded it renounce guns and bombs forever in its battle for an independent homeland.(AFP/BBC/GARA)AFP - Spain's government Monday rejected a ceasefire by Basque fighters ETA as totally inadequate and demanded it renounce guns and bombs forever in its battle for an independent homeland.

UN nuke agency warns monitoring of Iran hampered (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 12:15 PM PDT

A suspected uranium-enrichment facility near Qom, 156 km (97 miles) southwest of Tehran, is seen in this September 27, 2009 satellite photograph released by DigitalGlobe on September 28, 2009. REUTERS/DigitalGlobe/Handout/FilesAP - The U.N. atomic agency expressed alarm Monday about Iran's decision to bar some of its inspectors, suggesting that its efforts to monitor the country's nuclear program were suffering as a result.

Sarkozy faces mass protest against raising retirement to 62 (AFP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 12:13 PM PDT

Hundreds of teachers demonstrate in the streets of Paris against reforms proposed by the ministry of education. French teachers went on strike Monday on the eve of a nationwide general stoppage called by trade unions opposed to President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to raise the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62.(AFP/Bertrand Langlois)AFP - Strikes broke out in France on Monday as unions geared up for a nationwide general stoppage to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to raise the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62.

French unions launch strike over pension overhaul (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 11:51 AM PDT

AP - French train traffic began tapering off Monday at the start of what promises to be a major strike over unpopular conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62.

Eccentric Russian regional strongman to step down (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 11:29 AM PDT

AP - A Russian regional leader who claims to have visited an alien spaceship says he is retiring.

Train crashes into truck in Spain; 2 dead, 8 hurt (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 10:10 AM PDT

A helicopter flies over the site where a passenger train crashed into a heavy-duty dump truck near Carmonita, southwestern Spain on Monday, Sep. 6, 2010. . (AP Photo/Brigido Fernandez)AP - A passenger train crashed into a heavy-duty dump truck in southwestern Spain on Monday, killing two people and injuring eight others, a government official said.

Yad Vashem gets access to Polish archives (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 09:16 AM PDT

AP - Israel's Holocaust museum Yad Vashem signed an agreement with Poland on Monday that gives it access to World War II-era documents held in archives across the eastern European country.

Rare color footage of London blitz found (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 07:33 AM PDT

AP - Rare color footage of the bomb damage inflicted on London during World War II has surfaced on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Blitz.

Report: 2,000 more NATO troops may be Afghan-bound (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 07:03 AM PDT

People are reflected in the mirrors at a roadside shop in Kabul September 6, 2010. Afghanistan will hold parliamentary elections on September 18. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION ELECTIONS POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - NATO may deploy 2,000 more soldiers to Afghanistan to join the 140,000-strong international force already there, an official said Monday.

Police hunt for 2 people in slain UK spy case (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 06:58 AM PDT

AP - Police investigating the mystery death of a British spy say they are hunting for two people seen entering his apartment block.

UK minister jailed for 4 years over sham marriages (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 06:53 AM PDT

AP - A British judge sentenced a Church of England minister to four years in jail on Monday for his part in a sham-marriage scam which saw hundreds of African men marry European women so they could stay in Britain.

Japanese stem cell researcher wins Balzan prize (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 05:32 AM PDT

AP - The Balzan Foundation says its prize for the biology of stem cells has gone to a Japanese researcher for discovering a way to transform adult cells into cells with the characteristics of stem cells.

French minister pledges to help save Iranian woman (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 04:38 AM PDT

Iranian human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei, right,who defended a woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, left, and French philosopher Bernard Henry Levy, background, during a press conference, in relation to the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two who has been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery has attracted worldwide attention, in Paris, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says he is willing to "do anything" to save an Iranian woman sentenced to death on an adultery conviction and has offered to travel to the Iranian capital to plead her case.

Report: Van der Sloot concedes extorting Holloways (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 03:56 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 4, 2010 file photo Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot is escorted by police officers outside a Peruvian police station, near the border with Chile in Tacna, Peru. A newspaper has quoted the Dutchman charged with killing a 21-year-old Peruvian woman and suspected in the disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway as confessing to extorting money from Holloway's parents, it was reported, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro, File)AP - The Dutchman charged with killing a 21-year-old Peruvian woman and suspected in the disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway has acknowledged extorting money from Holloway's parents and says he did it to get back at them.

Blair may cancel London appearance over protests (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 02:13 AM PDT

A protester demonstrates outside Eason book store in Dublin, Ireland, as Irish police look on, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair appeared for a public book signing at the Eason book store as anti-war protesters hurled shoes and eggs at him as he arrived for his first public signing of his fast-selling memoir. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - Tony Blair says he could cancel a planned public appearance in London to promote his new memoir amid security concerns.

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