2010年9月19日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Europe News


A look at Sweden's candidates for prime minister (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT

AP - Sweden's candidates for prime minister:

Swedish gov't loses majority as far-right surges (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 03:58 PM PDT

Voters fill the booths at a polling station during general elections in Stockholm, Sweden Sunday Sept. 19, 2010. Voting started Sunday in Sweden's election with polls showing the center-right government heading for a historic second term, but an Islam-bashing far-right group could spoil its majority. (AP Photo / Janerik Henriksson)AP - A far-right party entered the Swedish Parliament for the first time in elections Sunday, spoiling the center-right government's victory and majority, and plunging the country into political disarray, preliminary results showed.


Centre-right wins Swedish vote but short of majority (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 03:56 PM PDT

Leader of the Centre Party Maud Olofsson (2nd R) speaks at a campaign rally with Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (R), Christian Democrats leader Goran Hagglund (L) and Liberal People's Party leader Jan Bjorklund in Stockholm September 18, 2010. Swedes will go to the polls in national elections on September 19. REUTERS/Bob StrongReuters - Sweden's prime minister became the nation's first sitting center-right leader to win re-election on Sunday, but he was deprived of a majority by the entry into parliament of an anti-immigrant party.


Britain raises Pakistan flood aid to 134 million pounds (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 03:23 PM PDT

A young Pakistani flood survivor prepares mud toys at their makeshift tent in Johi village. Britain said Sunday it would more than double its aid to Pakistan to 134 million pounds in response to a United Nations appeal to help the flood-hit country recover.(AFP/Rizwan Tabassum)AFP - Britain said Sunday it would more than double its aid to Pakistan to 134 million pounds in response to a United Nations appeal to help the flood-hit country recover.


Swedish vote ends in hung parliament: near final results (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 03:06 PM PDT

Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt arrives with his wife Filippa to cast his vote at a polling station in Stockholm. Sweden's ruling centre-right coalition came in first in Sunday's election but fell short of a majority, near final results showed, as the far-right was seen entering a key position in a hung parliament.(AFP/SCANPIX/Pontus Lundahl)AFP - Sweden's ruling centre-right coalition came in first in Sunday's election but fell short of a majority, near final results showed, as the far-right was seen entering a key position in a hung parliament.


'Hacktivity 2010' tackles computer security in Hungary (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 02:44 PM PDT

Caterpillars, roaches and worms crawl on a computer, which represents an infected computer, next to a clean one, in a display that illustrates computer safety at Hacktivity, in Budapest. The major hackers' conference wrapped up in Hungary Sunday after higlighting protection against increasingly sophisticated computer piracy as the Internet becomes ever more present in daily life.(AFP/Attila Kisbenedek)AFP - A major hackers' conference wrapped up in Hungary Sunday after higlighting protection against increasingly sophisticated computer piracy as the Internet becomes ever more present in daily life.


Pope beatifies convert in climax of British visit (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 02:35 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI leaves Oscott College in Birmingham after speaking to bishiops. The Pope beatified a 19th century Catholic convert on Sunday in the finale of his historic visit to Britain.(AFP/POOL/Matt Cardy)AFP - Pope Benedict XVI beatified a 19th century Catholic convert on Sunday in the finale of his historic visit to Britain.


Woman opens fire in German town, four killed (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 02:31 PM PDT

Reuters - Four people were killed and at least one person seriously injured when a woman armed with a gun opened fire in and around a hospital in the southern German town of Loerrach, authorities said on Sunday.

Four killed in Germany shootings: police (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 02:31 PM PDT

Police stand in front of the St. Elisabethen hospital in Loerrach, soutwestern Germany. A toddler was among four people killed after a woman armed with a shotgun went on the rampage before being shot dead by police in the town of Loerrach, southwest Germany, police told AFP.(AFP/Sebastien Bozon)AFP - A toddler was among four people killed after a woman armed with a shotgun went on the rampage before being shot dead by police in the town of Loerrach, southwest Germany, police told AFP.


Lamb gives former club the boot as Irish go second (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 02:25 PM PDT

London Irish fly-half Ryan Lamb, pictured in action in 2008, put the boot into former club Gloucester as the Exiles secured a 23-16 victory to move up to second in the Premiership table on Sunday.(AFP/Getty Images/File)AFP - London Irish fly-half Ryan Lamb put the boot into former club Gloucester as the Exiles secured a 23-16 victory to move up to second in the Premiership table on Sunday.


Germany: 4 die after blast, shooting (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 02:15 PM PDT

Firefighters stand in front of a house where an explosion occured in Loerrach, southern Germany, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010.  Shortly after the explosion in the house that is situated close to the St. Elisabethen hospital a woman opened fire killing at least one person and wounding several others, before being fatally wounded. (AP Photo/dapd, Winfried Rothermel)AP - Four people died and a policeman was seriously wounded in a town in southwestern Germany on Sunday, after an explosion in an apartment building and a shooting in the neighboring hospital that authorities believe are linked, a prosecutor said.


Armenian Christians celebrate rare Mass in Turkey (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 12:41 PM PDT

AP - Several thousand Armenian Christian pilgrims took boats to an ancient island cathedral in eastern Turkey on Sunday for the first Mass held in the church since it was abandoned during the mass killings of Armenians 95 years ago.

Report: Protest in Turkey over Quran desecration (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 12:13 PM PDT

AP - A news report says thousands of people have protested incidents of Quran desecration in the United States.

Dutch arrest alleged UK terror suspect at airport (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 11:57 AM PDT

AP - Dutch police on Sunday arrested a British man of Somali ancestry at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport for possible links to a terrorist group, a spokesman for the Dutch prosecutors said.

(AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 11:02 AM PDT

AP - TV Exit poll: center-right government to win Swedish election with 49.1 percent of the vote.

Remorseful US vet returns French war flag to Paris (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 09:53 AM PDT

AP - On the day Paris was liberated from the Nazis in 1944, a young American soldier nabbed a souvenir of epic proportions: He took home the French flag that hung from the Arc de Triomphe, a symbol of the end of four years of struggle and shame.

Basque separatists want peace talks with Spain (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 08:12 AM PDT

Spanish Civil Guard officer is seen under a banner supporting several Basque prisoners,  as he control the street where  an  alleged member of the Basque armed separatist group ETA was detained  in the Basque city of San Sebastian, northern Spain, Tuesday Sept. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)AP - The armed Basque separatist group ETA said Sunday that it is willing to accept international mediation to help solve its long-running conflict with Spain's government.


Quadruple amputee swims across English Channel (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 05:29 AM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010 photo, Philllipe Croizon as he crosses the English Channel. A Frenchman whose arms and legs were amputated swam across the English Channel this weekend using leg prostheses that have flippers attached. Philippe Croizon, 42, had expected the tough crossing to take up to 24 hours and instead, he finished in only 13 and a half.  (AP Photo/ Jeremy Croizon)AP - A Frenchman whose arms and legs were amputated swam across the English Channel this weekend using leg prostheses that have flippers attached.


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