2010年10月2日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Four British, two Peruvians killed in small plane crash (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 04:57 PM PDT

This picture released by the National Cultural Institute of Peru in 2009 shows part of the Nazca culture's geoglyph known as AFP - Four British tourists and two Peruvian crew members were killed Saturday when the tiny aircraft they were flying in to see the famous Nazca lines from above crashed south of Lima, police told AFP.

US to tell US citizens to be vigilant in Europe (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 04:36 PM PDT

This image from video provided by the SITE Intelligence Group shows the still picture of Osama bin Laden shown on the video released on jihadist forums on Oct. 1, 2010. Al-Qaida released a new audio tape of Osama bin Laden Friday Oct. 1, 2010 in which the leader of the terror network calls for the creation of a relief body to aid Muslims harmed in natural disasters and wars. The authenticity of the tape could not be immediately verified. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group) MANDATORY CREDIT: SITE INTELLIGENCE GROUP; ON-SCREEN LOGO MUST NOT BE OBSCURED; NO SALESAP - The Obama administration will warn U.S. citizens to be vigilant as they travel in Europe, providing updated guidance prompted by al-Qaida threats, American and European officials told The Associated Press on Saturday.

Latvians opt for political stability in key poll (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 04:34 PM PDT

Latvian President Valdis Zatlers casts his ballot at a polling station in Riga, Latvia, Saturday, Oct. 2. 2010. Parliamentary elections in Latvia mark the first time in the country's 20 years of independence that a pro-Russia party could win the most seats in Parliament. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov)AP - Voters in Latvia, which has suffered one of the world's worst recessions, agreed to endure more painful economic reforms by re-electing the country's center-right government, a nearly complete vote count in Saturday's election shows.

Ruling centre-right wins election in slump-struck Latvia (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 04:03 PM PDT

Prime Minister of Latvia Valdis Dombrovskis casts his ballot a polling station in Ligatne. Latvia's centre-right government came out top in the slump-struck Baltic state's general election Saturday, with voters appearing to have handed it a new mandate despite a draconian austerity drive.(AFP/Aovars Liepins)AFP - The embattled Baltic state of Latvia Sunday braced for talks on forming a new coalition government, after voters gave the ruling centre-right a mandate to pursue a draconian austerity drive.

Bosnians vote amid pessimism and divisions (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 03:14 PM PDT

Reuters - Bosnians vote on Sunday in an election that may decide whether their ethnically divided country moves closer toward the European Union and NATO in the next four years or sinks deeper into stagnation.

Capello banking on Rooney for Montenegro test (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 03:05 PM PDT

Fabio Capello is hoping Wayne Rooney, pictured in September 2010, can solve England's striker crisis if Sir Alex Ferguson gives him permission to select the forward to face Montenegro in this month's Euro 2010 qualifier.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Fabio Capello is hoping Wayne Rooney can solve England's striker crisis if Sir Alex Ferguson gives him permission to select the forward to face Montenegro in this month's Euro 2010 qualifier.

Gleeson double helps Maguire's Wigan win Grand Final (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 01:54 PM PDT

Wigan centre Martin Gleeson, pictured in 2008 returned to haunt former employers St Helens with two tries as the Warriors beat their arch-rivals 22-10 to win the Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford here on Saturday.(AFP/File)AFP - Australian coach Michael Maguire saw his Wigan side win the Super League Grand Final at his first attempt after two tries from centre Martin Gleeson helped them beat arch-rivals St Helens 22-10 at Old Trafford here on Saturday.

French unions keep up pressure with latest pension protest (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 01:48 PM PDT

People rally at the Bastille square in Paris, during a demonstration against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age. French unions on Saturday brought millions of protestors onto the streets, they said, shunning strikes for rallies in their latest salvo against Sarkozy's pensions reform plan.(AFP/Miguel Medina)AFP - French unions said Saturday they had brought millions onto the streets to protest government plans to reform pensions, but ministers disputed the figures and suggested the protests had peaked.

U.S. may alert Americans to be vigilant in Europe (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 01:37 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States is considering formally alerting Americans to be vigilant as they travel in Europe in light of intelligence pointing to threatened attacks by al Qaeda militants, a U.S. official said on Saturday.

Italian protestors call for Berlusconi's resignation (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 01:23 PM PDT

Demonstrators gather in St. Giovanni Square as they take part in the AFP - Tens of thousands of people marched in the Italian capital on Saturday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, but the event attracted less of a turnout than last year.

Druids recognized as religion for first time in UK (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 12:52 PM PDT

FILE - This Tuesday Aug. 10, 1999 photo from files shows Arch Druid Ed Prynn as he calls down the sun during his sun dance around a ring of stones, in St. Merryn, England. The druid dance is to celebrate the total eclipse of the sun, which is due in this part of southwest England on August 11. Druidry has been officially recognized as a religion in Britain under charity law. The Charity Commission has granted the Druid Network charitable status, giving it tax breaks and equal status to mainstream religions like Christianity. The commission said Saturday that druidry has a coherent and serious set of beliefs and that it offers a beneficial ethical framework. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin, File)AP - Druids have been worshipping the sun and earth for thousands of years in Europe, but now they can say they're practicing an officially recognized religion.

Divers join efforts to find US balloonists (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 07:37 AM PDT

This image provided by Robin Macey shows balloonists Carol Rymer Davis, left, and Richard Abruzzo launching for the Gordon Bennett gas balloon race at Bristol, England, on Saturday Sept. 25, 2010. Abruzzo and Davis were participating in the 54th Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race when contact was lost Wednesday morning, Sept. 29, 2010, over the Adriatic Sea. (AP Photo/Robin Macey)AP - Scuba divers joined in the search efforts Saturday for two American balloonists who went missing in the Adriatic Sea, but searchers said that hope of finding them alive is fading.

Nobel experts predict low-key prize after Obama (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 04:10 AM PDT

Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, speaks to The Associated Press at the academy's headquarters in Stockholm, Monday Oct. 1, 2010. Englund said the academy has chosen this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, and will announce it on Oct. 7 after a formal vote.(AP Photo/Scott Lakey)AP - As the secretive Nobel Prize committees huddle for their final deliberations to select the 2010 winners, the question looms large: Are the jurors preparing another Obama-style shocker?

9/11 conspiracy theories rife in Muslim world (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 04:09 AM PDT

FILE - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in this Sept. 23, 2010 file photo. Amhadinejad declared to the United Nations that most people in the world believe the United States was behind the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Surveys show that a majority of the world does not in fact believe that. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)AP - About a week ago, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared to the United Nations that most people in the world believe the United States was behind the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Train derails on Norway-Sweden border, injuring 40 (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 03:10 AM PDT

AP - Police say a train has derailed on the Norway-Sweden border, injuring 40 people.

65 years after WWII, a family blank is filled (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 02:41 AM PDT

AP - As a child, Frank Seiffers didn't have a fond impression of his older cousin, Cornelis Brouwenstijn. He says he thought of the young man as something of a scoundrel.

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