2010年9月23日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

HSBC chief executive to step down in major shake-up: reports (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:50 PM PDT

HSBC chief executive Michael Geoghegan, pictured in March 2010, is to step down at the end of the year as part of a major shake-up of the bank's top management, reports said Friday.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - HSBC chief executive Michael Geoghegan is to step down at the end of the year as part of a major shake-up of the bank's top management, reports said Friday.

Stocks weaken on Europe worries and job numbers (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 02:59 PM PDT

In this photo taken Sept. 20, 2010, trader Gregg Maloney looks at his screens while working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks closed lower, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, as new worries emerged about Europe's economy and the U.S. job market. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - A September stock rally weakened on Thursday as investors were disappointed by a jump in unemployment claims and more signs of trouble for Europe's economy.

England to compete at Commonwealth Games (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 02:19 PM PDT

Indian paramilitary soldiers patrol near the Commonwealth Games village entrance in New Delhi. England will compete at the crisis-hit Commonwealth Games in Delhi, team officials announced on Thursday, after AFP - England will compete at the crisis-hit Commonwealth Games in Delhi, team officials announced on Thursday, after "unanimously" agreeing the decision with its 17 member sports.

Khan-Maidana fight confirmed for Vegas (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:59 PM PDT

WBA light welterweight boxing champion Amir Khan (L) of England and Marcos Maidana of Argentina pose for photographers at a press conference in central London. Maidana will challenge Khan for his WBA title on December 11 in the US.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Britain's Amir Khan will defend his World Boxing Association 140-pound world title on December 11 in Las Vegas, taking on Argentina's Marcos Maidana, Golden Boy Promotions confirmed Thursday.

Beckham to sue over US magazine 'lies' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:58 PM PDT

David Beckham, seen here in August 2010, said on Thursday he will sue an American weekly magazine that published allegations that the former England captain had slept with a prostitute.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mike Stobe)AFP - David Beckham said on Thursday he will sue an American weekly magazine that published allegations that the former England captain had slept with a prostitute.

France protests pension reform (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:50 PM PDT

A protestor holds a flare during a demonstration in Paris. Mass street protests and strikes across France Thursday turned into a battle of figures as both the government and unions said they were winning the bitter war over raising the retirement age to 62.(AFP/Fred Dufour)AFP - Mass street protests and strikes across France Thursday turned into a battle of figures as both the government and unions said they were winning the bitter war over raising the retirement age to 62.

New strikes in France over retirement age (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:41 PM PDT

Protestors shout slogans during a march Thursday Sept.23, 2010 in Paris. French commuters squeezed onto limited trains or fought for rare parking spots Thursday as a second round of strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62 hobbled trains, planes and schools across the country. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - French authorities estimated nearly 1 million protesters filled the streets Thursday to try to force President Nicolas Sarkozy to drop his plan to raise the retirement age two years to 62, while strikes also disrupted airports, train stations and schools for the second time this month.

Old London subway station to open for Blitz tours (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:33 PM PDT

An actor dressed in 1940's style sits in a 1938 tube train at Aldwych Underground station in London, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. As part of a series of commemorative events taking place in London to mark the 70th anniversary of the Blitz and the Battle of Britain, visitors are being allowed to descend into the disused Aldwych Underground station, public tickets have sold out already.The station has been transformed to recreate the feel of what it was like during the 1940s when thousands of people took refuge in the Underground from the bombs that rained on the capital. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - A London subway station used as a shelter during World War II bombing raids is opening to the public to mark the 70th anniversary of the Blitz, officials said Thursday.

Diabetes drug Avandia banned in Europe, restricted in US (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:21 PM PDT

A bottle of the diabetes drug Avandia. The diabetes drug Avandia will no longer be available to patients in Europe and will be restricted in the US over fears it increases the risk of heart attack and strokes, regulators said Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AFP - The diabetes drug Avandia will no longer be available to patients in Europe and will be restricted in the US over fears it increases the risk of heart attack and strokes, regulators said Thursday.

No parliamentary majority for Swedish PM: final count (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:35 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 on September 20. Reinfeldt's centre-right bloc missed out on a parliamentary majority by two seats Thursday, a final count of votes cast in a weekend election showed.(AFP/File/Jonathan Nackstrand)AFP - Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's centre-right bloc missed out on a parliamentary majority by two seats Thursday, a final count of votes cast in a weekend election showed.

In Italy mobsters use lotto to launder dirty cash (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:04 AM PDT

AP - Police say Italian mobsters are buying winning lotto tickets to launder millions of euros (dollars) in cocaine profits.

Czechs to send more troops to Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:51 AM PDT

AP - The Czech Defense Ministry says it's planning to increase the number of troops in Afghanistan by 200 next year.

Swedish vote confirmed: Gov't loses majority (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:28 AM PDT

AP - Final results have confirmed that Sweden's center-right government has lost its control of Parliament in a national election.

Diplomats: Iran ends seat bid on UN nuclear board (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 08:10 AM PDT

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano of Japan adjusts his earphones at the beginning of the afternoon session of the general conference of the IAEA, at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)AP - Iran on Thursday withdrew its bid at the last minute for a seat on the decision-making board of the same U.N. nuclear agency probing its activities for evidence that Tehran may be interested in making atomic weapons, officials said.

Controversial British writer visits Holocaust site (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 07:13 AM PDT

AP - British historian David Irving, who once served prison time in Austria after being convicted of denying the Holocaust, says he is leading a tour of former Nazi death camps in Poland because people want to hear his view.

UK police arrest 6 men in suspected Quran burning (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 05:35 AM PDT

AP - British police say they have arrested six men on suspicion of stirring racial hatred after they posted a video on the Internet in which they appear to burn two Qurans on Sept. 11.

In Austria, castles aren't just for kings (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:54 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010 Robert Tidmarsh who lives in former servant quarters on the grounds of Schoenbrunn palace shuts a window of his apartment in Vienna, Austria. Tidmarsh lives on the premises of the UNESCO world heritage site that members of the royal Habsburg dynasty once called home when they ruled the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In Austria — unlike in most other European countries — several state-owned former imperial properties aren't just museums. They're now homes for ordinary citizens. (AP Photo/Lilli Strauss)AP - Robert Tidmarsh's eyes light up when he talks about the sprawling park surrounding Schoenbrunn Palace, one of Austria's most famous landmarks — and his to enjoy every time he comes home.

New Labour leader will be Miliband: But which one? (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:46 AM PDT

FILE - British Labour leadership candidates David Milliband, left, his brother Ed Milliband at a trades union congress in Southport, England, Monday, June 7, 2010. Britain's brother-versus-brother fight for the soul — and leadership — of the opposition Labour Party comes to an end Saturday Sept 25 2010, promising to determine whether the organization keeps the centrist philosophy of Tony Blair or returns to its working class roots. (AP Photo/Tim Hales, file)AP - Britain's brother-versus-brother fight for the soul — and leadership — of the Labour Party comes to an end Saturday, promising to determine whether the opposition force keeps the centrist philosophy of Tony Blair or returns to its working class roots.

Relics of Scott's South Pole trek fetch $580,000 (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:28 AM PDT

Christie's specialist Helena Ingham holds Captain Oates's sleeping bag case in front of a silk union flag from Captain Robert Falcon Scott's British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913, at the Christie's auction house in London, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. The items form part of a collection of relics that belonged to Charles Seymour Wright from Scott's British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1913 and will be sold at auction in London on Sep. 22, 2010. The sleeping bag case is estimated to fetch between 25,000 and 35,000 pounds ($38,934 to $54,508 and 29,820 to 41,748 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 - A collection of skis, photos, scientific instruments and other relics from Capt. Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole have sold at auction for more than 370,000 pounds ($580,000).

Russia gives Poland more Katyn massacre files (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 03:52 AM PDT

Russian officials carry two boxes with 20 new files from a probe into the 1940 Katyn massacre to turn over to Polish envoy to Russia Piotr Marciniak, unseen, in Moscow, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. The World War II massacre of some 20,000 Polish officers by Soviet secret police has long soured relations between the countries.Russia has turned over to Poland 20 new files from a probe into the 1940 Katyn massacre, signaling a further rapprochement between the nations.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - Russia on Thursday turned over to Poland 20 new files from a probe into the 1940 Katyn massacre that could be key in proving that Soviet secret police carefully planned the killing of thousands of Poles.

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