2010年9月9日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Beckham lined-up for possible Galaxy return (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 06:10 PM PDT

David Beckham, seen here in August, and who has been sidelined since March with a torn achilles tendon, is hoping to take the field for the Los Angeles Galaxy against Columbus Crew on September 11.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mike Stobe)AFP - A six-month injury absence has David Beckham champing at the bit to get back on the pitch and provide a boost for his Los Angeles Galaxy teammates - and perhaps eventually again for England.

Serbia backs compromise U.N. resolution on Kosovo (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:30 PM PDT

Reuters - In a concession to the European Union that it hopes to join, Serbia supported a compromise U.N. resolution on Kosovo on Thursday that dropped its earlier demands to reopen talks on the status of its former province.

Humpback whale caught in buoys in Scotland (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:31 PM PDT

In this undated image provided by The Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, issued Thursday Sept. 9, 2010, showing a humpback whale which is caught in creel fishing buoys as it flounders in the sea off the coast of the Shetland Islands, a remote archipelago off northeast Scotland. Animal safety officials are consulting with various international animal experts to find a way of rescuing the 40-feet (12-meter) long whale, but rough wether is making the operation more difficult.(AP Photo/SPCA)AP - A rescue operation was planned to untangle a humpback whale caught in creel buoys near a remote Scottish island. Officials said the rescue would be difficult because of rough weather conditions.

German central banker in race row resigns (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:21 PM PDT

German central bank executive Thilo Sarrazin attends a public reading to present his book 'Deutschland schafft sich ab' (Germany does away with itself) in Potsdam, September 9, 2010. REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschReuters - A German central bank board member who caused outrage with remarks about Muslim immigrants and Jews resigned on Thursday after coming under pressure from political leaders including Chancellor Angela Markel.

Clegg to visit Washington (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:59 PM PDT

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, pictured in August 2010, will visit Washington for talks with US Vice President Joe Biden on September 23, the White House said Thursday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will visit Washington for talks with US Vice President Joe Biden on September 23, the White House said Thursday.

Suicide car bombing in southern Russia kills 17 (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 01:59 PM PDT

In this image made from television, cars destroyed in a suicide car attack are seen in a square outside a market in Vladikavkaz, North Caucasus, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. A suicide car bomber hit the central market of Vladikavkaz on Thursday, killing more than a dozen and wounding more than 130 people in one of the worst terror attacks in the volatile region in years, officials said. (AP Photo/NTV Russian Channel) ** IMAGE FROM TV** TV OUT **AP - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin blamed extremists "without souls, without hearts" for a suicide car bombing that killed 17 people Thursday in the crowded central market of a city in the North Caucasus.

Jail sentence extended for Austrian right-winger (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 01:54 PM PDT

AP - A jailed right-wing Austrian author has been found guilty of violating a prohibition on glorifying Nazi ideology and sentenced to an additional two years in prison.

French PM: more changes would derail pension reform (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 01:52 PM PDT

A man holds a placard which reads Reuters - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon ruled out Thursday offering more concessions to trade unions on a planned pension reform, saying this would derail efforts to balance a system costing billions of euros each year.

German central banker resigns after 'racism' furore (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 01:39 PM PDT

Germany's Bundesbank announced late Thursday the resignation of controversial central bank board member Thilo Sarrazin, pictured on September 6, who has been accused of making racist remarks in a book published last month.(AFP/File/Johannes Eisele)AFP - A board member of Germany's central bank dramatically resigned on Thursday after causing weeks of uproar with inflammatory comments on immigrants and Jews.

Belgian abuse probe to continue despite ruling (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 01:31 PM PDT

AP - The government said Thursday that an investigation into sexual abuse in the Catholic Church can continue even though a June raid on the archdiocese has been ruled illegal.

Venice unveils part of Doge's Palace facade (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 12:09 PM PDT

AP - Officials in Venice have unveiled part of the exterior of the Doge's Palace in St. Mark's Square after years of being concealed behind huge sheets for restoration work.

Minister condemns German lawmaker comment on WWII (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 11:35 AM PDT

AP - Germany's foreign minister condemned on Thursday comments by a lawmaker that suggested Poland provoked Nazi Germany ahead of the World War II.

Versailles goes manga: Murakami shows at chateau (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:37 AM PDT

AP - It's just about the last thing you'd expect to see in the Hall of Mirrors, the long, gilded gallery that's considered the jewel of France's most awe-inspiring of palaces, Versailles: Two oversized, tendril-sprouting globes covered with cartoonish grinning flowers in eye-popping pinks, greens and yellows.

EU Parliament criticizes France on Roma treatment (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:01 AM PDT

An elderly Romanian Roma woman watches youngsters dance in Costesti, Romania, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Romanian Gypsy leader Iulian Radulescu, not pictured, on Wednesday compared French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Romania's pro-Nazi wartime leader, dictator Marshal Ion Antonescu, following what he called the unfair expulsion of hundreds of Gypsies from France, speaking during an annual Gypsy feast held in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains of Romania. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)AP - The European Parliament demanded Thursday that France immediately suspend its expulsion of Gypsies but France's immigration minister dismissed the resolution as "a political measure" and insisted the practice would continue.

Dutch archive finds stock share from 1606 (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:50 AM PDT

AP - An archive in the Netherlands has uncovered what it says is the oldest known share of stock in a company.

Correction: English murder law story (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:38 AM PDT

AP - In a story Sept. 8 about prospective changes to England's homicide laws, The Associated Press erroneously attributed a statement made to the BBC supporting such reforms.

UK Catholic group hopes pope meets abuse victims (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:31 AM PDT

Cardinal Keith O'Brien poses with the worlds first Papal Visit plaid, in Edinburgh, Scotland September 9, 2010. The St. Ninian's Day tartan, designed by Scottish Tartans Museum director Matthew Newsome of North Carolina, is a limited edition and has been specially created to mark the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Scotland. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN - Tags: RELIGION)AP - A church group says it's making arrangements so the pope can possibly meet victims of clerical sex abuse during his four-day trip to Britain.

British lawmaker demands Murdoch faces Parliament (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:07 AM PDT

FILE- In this April 13, 2010 file picture Andy Coulson, the Conservative Party's Director of Communications, speaks on the phone in Battersea Power Station following the launch of his party's manifesto in London, England. One of Britain's best-selling newspapers denied Monday that it engaged in widespread phone hacking, but police said they might reopen an investigation into claims its reporters illegally eavesdropped on scores of politicians and celebrities.The allegations against the tabloid News of the World — sensational even by the knockabout standards of the British press — are rattling Prime Minister David Cameron's government. Andy Coulson, the former News of the World editor who stepped down after one of his reporters was convicted of hacking, is now Cameron's PR chief.(AP Photo/Oli Scarff, Pool)AP - British legislators authorized a sweeping inquiry Thursday into illicit snooping on politicians and celebrities by tabloids, as one lawmaker called for media tycoon Rupert Murdoch to testify over allegations one of his newspapers illegally hacked into cell phones.

Fearless honey badger escapes from Prague zoo (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 08:50 AM PDT

AP - Prague zoo said Thursday one of its fearless honey badgers is on the run.

Cuban dissident: Castro should be tried (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 08:13 AM PDT

Recently released Cuban dissident Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta talks to journalists in Parliament in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Sept.9, 2010 about human rights abuses in Cuba. He said that Cuban leader Fidel Castro should be judged by the international community. (AP Photo)AP - Fidel Castro should face an international tribunal for alleged crimes against his own people, a recently released Cuban dissident said Thursday.

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