2010年9月8日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Capello confirms he will quit after Euro 2012 (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:57 PM PDT

England manager Fabio Capello, pictured on September 7, has ruled out the possibility that he will continue in the job after the Euro 2012 tournament, killing off speculation that recent good performances could prolong his stay.(AFP/File/Sebastien Feval)AFP - England manager Fabio Capello has ruled out the possibility that he will continue in the job after the Euro 2012 tournament, killing off speculation that recent good performances could prolong his stay.

Goldman seen paying $30 million British fine (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 03:39 PM PDT

AP - Goldman Sachs & Co. is expected to be fined around $30 million by British authorities following an investigation of the big Wall Street bank's activities in London, according to news reports Wednesday.

Summary Box: Stocks rebound as Europe worries ease (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 03:18 PM PDT

AP - BACK ON TRACK: The Dow Jones industrial average and other market indicators rose Wednesday as concerns about Europe's financial system eased thanks to a successful sale of debt by Portugal. The Dow rose five out of the last six days.

FSA fines Goldman 20 million pounds: report (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 02:58 PM PDT

The Goldman Sachs booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The FSA has hit Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs with a 20-million-pound fine linked to US fraud charges, a report said Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Hondros)AFP - The country's financial watchdog has hit Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs with a 20-million-pound fine linked to US fraud charges, a report said Wednesday.

Stocks resume rally as European debt worries ease (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 02:57 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2010 file photograph, specialist Patrick Murphy, left, works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stock futures are rising slightly Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, as investors try to brush off fresh worries about the health of European banks. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)AP - Stocks resumed their rally Wednesday after a successful auction of Portuguese government debt eased worries about Europe's financial system.

Battle of oil titans as BP seeks to shift blame for spill (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 02:45 PM PDT

Oil covered brown pelicans found off the Louisiana coast and affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico wait in a holding pen for cleaning in Buras, Louisiana, in June 2010. A string of failures by BP and other companies led to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, the British energy giant concluded Wednesday as it sought to head off possible multi-billion-dollar US lawsuits.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - BP sought to spread the blame for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster Wednesday, setting off a battle of oil industry giants with tens of billions of dollars in potential fines and legal liabilities at stake.

Analysts: BP report supports case, buoys investors (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 02:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 21, 2010 file aerial photo taken in the Gulf of Mexico more than 50 miles southeast of Venice, La., the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is seen burning. Before the key piece of evidence has even been analyzed, oil giant BP PLC on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, planned to release the conclusions of its internal investigation into the rig explosion that killed 11 workers and led to the massive Gulf of Mexico spill. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - BP took a step Wednesday towards reassuring investors that it wasn't solely to blame for the Gulf oil spill — and that it won't have to foot the entire cost.

Aston Villa name Houllier as new manager (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 02:13 PM PDT

Former France coach Gerard Houllier, seen here in 2006, was named the new manager of English Premier League side Aston Villa on Wednesday, the club announced.(AFP/File/Javier Soriano)AFP - Former France coach Gerard Houllier was named the new manager of English Premier League side Aston Villa on Wednesday, the club announced.

Danish Muhammad cartoonist receives German prize (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 02:11 PM PDT

Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard speaks at a news conference before receiving the M100 Media Prize 2010 in Potsdam near Berlin, eastern Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Westergaard drew the most controversial of 12 caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, first published in a Danish newspaper in 2005, which many Muslims considered offensive. (AP Photo/Odd Andersen, pool)AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised the bravery of a Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad at an award ceremony honoring his achievements for freedom of speech.

European pressure mounts on Iran over stoning case (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 02:02 PM PDT

Demonstrators hold portraits of Iranian woman Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani during a protest in front of the Iran embassy in Rome, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The protesters asked Iran to lift its death sentence on the woman convicted of adultery. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - European Union nations and the continent's biggest human rights organization slammed Iran on Wednesday for its plan to stone a woman convicted of adultery, while Iran's ambassador to the Vatican said there is "hope" the punishment could be eased upon review by Iranian authorities.

Muslim mason immortalized at French cathedral (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:49 PM PDT

The gargoyle portraying wroker Ahmed Benzizine is seen at the Saint Jean cathedral in Lyon, central France, Wednesday Sept.8, 2010. The Muslim worker who spent nearly four decades helping to restore an ancient cathedral in Lyon has been immortalized before he retires, as a winged gargoyle peering from the facade of the edifice with the inscription 'God is Great' in French and Arabic. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)AP - A Muslim stonemason who spent nearly four decades helping to restore a Roman Catholic cathedral in France has been immortalized as a winged gargoyle peering out from its facade — with the inscription "God is great" written in French and Arabic.

Iran envoy: mitigation 'possible' in stoning case (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:28 PM PDT

AP - Iran's envoy to the Vatican says mitigation could be "possible" in the stoning sentence of an Iranian woman convicted of adultery because Islamic law allows for clemency.

Britain likely to tighten US-UK extradition law (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 10:27 AM PDT

FILE - This is a Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 file photo of Christopher Tappin as he reads a statement at a press conference in London. The retired businessman is accused by the United States of exporting missile components to Iran . Britain will overhaul its extradition laws amid concerns the United States is able to fly suspects out of the U.K. with little proof they have committed a crime, Home Secretary Theresa May said Wednesday Sept. 8, 2010. May said in a written statement to Parliament that a review of current laws would consider whether the present rules are 'unbalanced' in favor of the U.S. and against British citizens. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)AP - Britain is likely to overhaul its extradition laws amid concerns the United States is able to fly suspects out of the U.K. with little proof they have committed a crime, a senior government minister said Wednesday.

Romanian Gypsy leader compares Sarkozy to Nazis (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 09:59 AM PDT

A Romanian Roma woman holds a baby while attending a religious service at the Bistrita Monastery in Costesti, Romania, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. A Romanian Gypsy leader on Wednesday compared French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Romania's pro-Nazi wartime leader, following the expulsion of hundreds of Gypsies from France. Speaking during an annual Gypsy feast held on a hill at the foots of the Carpathian Mountains, Iulian Radulescu, not in picture, told the Associated Press that Gypsies also known as Roma are being unfairly expelled from France.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)AP - A Romanian Gypsy leader on Wednesday compared French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Romania's pro-Nazi wartime leader, following the expulsion of hundreds of Gypsies from France.

Father of UK PM Cameron dies on vacation in France (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 09:09 AM PDT

FILE - This is a March 18, 2010 file photo of Prime Minister David Cameron greeting his father Ian during a visit to The Sun Inn in Swindon, England Wednesday Sept. 8, 2010. British Prime Minister David Cameron unexpectedly flew to France Wednesday Sept. 8, 2010 after his father suffered a stroke while on vacation, the leader's office said. (AP Photo/Johnny Green/PA, File) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron's father died in France on Wednesday after suffering a stroke while on vacation, the leader's office said.

Former Polish leader denies knowledge of CIA site (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 08:42 AM PDT

AP - A former Polish president who was in office when the CIA is suspected of running a secret prison in his country says he has no knowledge of the facility or of harsh interrogation techniques allegedly used against terror suspects there.

Sinn Fein chief met priest involved in '72 bombing (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 08:03 AM PDT

FILE - This is a Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 file photo of the senior Sinn Fein politician in Northern Ireland's government Martin McGuinness as he speaks to the media as he leaves 10 Downing Street in London. McGuinness acknowledged Wednesday Sept. 8, 2010 that he did meet a Catholic priest responsible for a 1972 triple car bombing that killed nine civilians but insisted they never discussed the IRA attack. A British government-sanctioned report last month into the Claudy bombing found that police, government and church leaders conspired to shield the priest, James Chesney, from prosecution amid fears that his arrest would deepen community divisions and increase violence. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)AP - The senior Sinn Fein politician in Northern Ireland's government acknowledged Wednesday that he did meet a Catholic priest responsible for a 1972 triple car bombing that killed nine civilians but insisted they never discussed the IRA attack.

2 panda cubs born in Spanish zoo (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 07:55 AM PDT

This picture taken on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, and released on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, shows a person feeding one of the two giant panda cubs born at Madrid's Zoo on Sept. 7, 2010. An artificially inseminated female giant panda named Hua Zui Ba gave birth to the two panda cubs. (AP Photo/Spanish National Research Council)AP - Two newborn pandas are the latest additions to the Madrid Zoo.

US to push for UN expert on freedom of assembly (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 07:24 AM PDT

AP - The United States wants the United Nations to appoint an independent expert on freedom of assembly.

Senior UK prosecutor backs US-style murder charges (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 06:34 AM PDT

AP - One of Britain's top prosecutors said Wednesday he supports the idea of introducing U.S.-style homicide charges, backing legal reformers who claim that England's 17th century murder laws are long overdue for a change.

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