2010年9月20日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Israel angry at Russian plan to sell Syria missiles (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 05:44 PM PDT

Reuters - Israel criticized Russia on Monday for planning to sell anti-ship cruise missiles to Syria, saying the advanced weapons could be transferred to Hezbollah guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon.

Germany debating privacy with Google and peers (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 04:30 PM PDT

Phillipp Schindler, IT firm Google's north and central Europe head, attends a geo-data conference in Berlin, September 20, 2010. REUTERS/Thomas PeterReuters - German officials met internet firms on Monday to try to reconcile Germany's strict data protection rules with programs like Google's "Street View" mapping system, as calls for regulation intensify.

France raises terror security, new threat reported (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 02:22 PM PDT

France's Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux, centre, meets Police Head of Paris security Martine Monteil, left, at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. Authorities have received an 'array of clues' within the last few hours that show France is facing an elevated threat of terrorism, the interior Minister said Thursday. Brice Hortefeux pointed to the kidnapping of five French nationals in Africa overnight and a bomb alert Tuesday that led to the evacuation of the Eiffel Tower. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - France is on alert for possible terrorism after intelligence suggested that attackers might target a public gathering place, with one lead pointing to a female suicide bomber, a counterterrorism official said Monday.

Pakistan draw level as cricket 'fix' row rages (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 02:12 PM PDT

Pakistan's Umar Gul (L) celebrates bowling England's Stuart Broad for 2 and winning the fourth Natwest One Day International cricket match in London. Pakistan beat England by 38 runs.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Pakistan beat England by 38 runs to level their one-day international series at 2-2 at Lord's here on Monday in a match the hosts had thought about giving up on as the 'fixing' row escalated.

Trott-Riaz row 'closed matter' says ECB chief (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 02:02 PM PDT

The altercation between England's Jonathan Trott, seen here in August 2010, with Pakistan's Wahab Riaz ahead of the fourth one-day international here at Lord's on Monday, was now a AFP - England batsman Jonathan Trott's pre-match altercation with Pakistan's Wahab Riaz ahead of the fourth one-day international here at Lord's on Monday was now a "closed matter" according to England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive David Collier.

Corrected: Irish PM says to stay on after challenge (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 01:36 PM PDT

Reuters - Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen said on Monday he would stay in his job and continue economic reforms despite facing the first public calls to quit from within his party since a radio blunder last week.

Anti-immigration sentiment grows in Sweden (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 01:13 PM PDT

AP - A far-right group's election breakthrough has shattered Sweden's reputation as a bastion of tolerance after years of being seemingly inoculated against the backlash on immigration seen elsewhere in Europe.

Political stalemate looms in Sweden amid far-right rise (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 12:33 PM PDT

Sweden's Prime Minister and leader of the Moderate party Fredrik Reinfeldt talks to the press a day after the elections in Stockholm. Reinfeldt pleaded for calm Monday after being re-elected at the head of a minority government, while ruling out a deal with the country's surging far-right.(AFP/Jonathan Nackstrand)AFP - Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt pleaded for calm Monday after being re-elected at the head of a minority government, while ruling out a deal with the country's surging far-right.

Sweden faces minority government but currency gains (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 12:04 PM PDT

Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt speaks to supporters following national elections in Stockholm September 19, 2010. REUTERS/Bob StrongReuters - Sweden's ruling center-right coalition faced the prospect of forming a minority government after losing its parliamentary majority in a Sunday election and seeing its overtures to the opposition Green Party rebuffed.

Spain grounds Eurofighter jets (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 12:01 PM PDT

The Eurofighter performs a flying display in 2009. Spain has followed Germany's lead and grounded its Eurofighter combat aircraft until an inquiry into a possible ejector seat problem is completed, a defence ministry spokeswoman said Monday.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)AFP - Spain has followed Germany's lead and grounded its Eurofighter combat aircraft until an inquiry into a possible ejector seat problem is completed, a defence ministry spokeswoman said Monday.

2 Belgian bishops want debate on priest celibacy (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 11:40 AM PDT

AP - Two Belgian bishops openly questioned mandatory celibacy for Roman Catholic priests, rekindling a debate Monday within the scandal-hit church.

Quadruple amputee plans swim from Europe to Africa (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 11:07 AM PDT

Philllipe Croizon, a Frenchman whose arms and legs were amputated jokes during a press conference in Wissant, northern France, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010 after crossing the English Channel this weekend using leg prostheses that have flippers attached. 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/ Michel Spingler)AP - Just days after swimming across the English Channel, quadruple amputee Philippe Croizon is already dreaming of a new challenge: crossing from Europe to Africa in the Strait of Gibraltar.

Macedonia: Moderate Muslims seek help against sect (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 09:56 AM PDT

AP - Moderate Muslims in Macedonia are urging the government and the international community to crack down on radical Wahhabi groups on the rise in the country.

Airbrush alert: UK wants to keep fashion ads real (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 09:35 AM PDT

This Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010 photo shows a man as he walks by an advert on a billboard on New Bond Street in London, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. If British government officials get their way, fashion ads in Britain may soon have to label a photo if it has been retouched. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Beware those impossibly tiny waists and never-ending legs: looking at too much airbrushed beauty in glossy magazines can be hazardous to your health.

Germany: Woman killed estranged husband, son (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 09:02 AM PDT

A police officer guards the entrance of St. Elisabethen hospital in Loerrach, southern Germany, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. On Sunday evening a women killed a man and a child in a nearby house, then she went to the hospital where she killed a hospital employee before she was shot by police. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)AP - A woman who went on a shooting spree at a hospital in southwest Germany had allegedly killed her estranged husband and five-year-old son at a nearby apartment shortly before, authorities said Monday.

Relics of Scott's Antarctic expedition up for sale (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 07:57 AM PDT

Adrian Raeside from Canada, holds a photograph of his grandfather Sir Charles Seymour Wright and great-uncle Thomas Griffith Taylor in front of a silk union flag that belonged to captain Robert Falcon Scott and was used on the two expeditions he led to the Antarctic at the Christie's auction house in London, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. The photograph and flag are part of Charles Seymour Wright's collection of relics from Scott's British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1913 and will be sold at auction in London on Sep. 22, 2010. The photograph taken during their Antarctic exhibition on Jan. 5, 1911 by Herbert Ponting, is estimated to fetch 1,500 to 2,500 pounds ($2,336 to $3,893 and 1,789 to 2,982 euro) and the flag is expected to fetch 60,000 to 80,000 pounds ($93,443 to $124,591 and 71,568 to 95,424 euro). (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - They are testament to one of the most heroic of British failures.

War crimes prosecutor: Keep pressure on Serbia (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 07:31 AM PDT

AP - Serbia still is not doing all it can to arrest key Bosnian war fugitive Gen. Ratko Mladic and the European Union must keep the pressure on Belgrade to hunt him down, the chief prosecutor for the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal said Monday.

Woman who dumped cat charged with animal cruelty (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 07:19 AM PDT

AP - An animal protection group says it is taking legal action against a British woman who horrified animal lovers when she was recorded dumping a cat into a garbage bin.

US to keep pressuring Iran over nuclear program (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 07:04 AM PDT

This 2009 picture, released from Korean Central News Agency, shows a firing drill staged by a N.Korean army unit at an undisclosed location. N.Korea beefed up its military arsenal near its border with the South last year despite a severe economic downturn, according to a government source in Seoul.(AFP/KCNA via KNS/File)AP - The United States will continue to pressure Iran to meet its international commitments and come clean about its nuclear program, a senior U.S. official said Monday as diplomats gathered for the U.N. nuclear agency's annual meeting.

Report: Turkish prez won't meet Israel's Peres (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 05:50 AM PDT

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, greets Israel's President Shimon Peres at a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at U.N. headquarters in New York Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/David Karp)AP - Turkey's president says he will not meet his Israeli counterpart on the sidelines of the United Nations' General Assembly in New York.

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