2010年10月8日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

UK ticket-holder wins record 129 million euros: lottery (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:50 PM PDT

This handout pitcure released by France's national lottery games' operator La Française des Jeux (FDJ), in 2009 shows its logo. A ticket-holder in Britain has won a record 129 million euros on the Euromillions lottery, organisers Francaise des Jeux announced Friday.(AFP/FDJ-HO/File)AFP - A ticket-holder in Britain has won a record 129 million euros on the Euromillions lottery, organisers Francaise des Jeux announced Friday.

9/11 link to militant in Europe terror alert (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:44 PM PDT

In this Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 photo Ahmet Yazici, the deputy head of the Alliance of Islamic Communities in Northern Germany poses inside a mosque in Hamburg, northern Germany. Hamburg security officials shuttered the al-Quds mosque, later dubbed Taiba mosque, in August, forcing its members to scatter. But authorities insist they have the city's estimated 200 extremist Muslims — including 45 al-Qaida followers — under surveillance and have sought to downplay Hamburg's role in the international terror scene. Yazici said 'Those extremists are a bunch of retards who perverted our religion. That has nothing to do with Islam'. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)AP - The Islamic militant whose disclosures under U.S. interrogation in Afghanistan triggered Europe's terror alert is an old friend of a man convicted in the 9/11 attacks and, as the strikes were being planned, frequented the same mosque where the Hamburg-based plotters often met, officials say.

Irish police arrest 9 IRA dissidents, seize arms (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:22 PM PDT

AP - Ireland's police force says its detectives have arrested nine suspected Irish Republican Army dissidents and seized weapons.

Chemical tanker being towed toward French coast (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:41 PM PDT

AP - A chemical tanker carrying thousands of tons of a gasoline product was being towed toward France's northwestern coast Friday after it collided with another ship, the boat's manager and maritime officials said.

Italy frustrated by Northern Ireland (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 02:16 PM PDT

Italy forward Atonio Cassano (2nd L) vies with Northern Ireland's Gareth McAuley (L) and Stephen Craigan (R) during their Euro 2012, Group C qualifying football match at Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Italy were held to a goalless draw by Northern Ireland in their Euro 2012 qualifying match here Friday, dropping their first points of the campaign in a dour battle.(AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - Italy were held to a goalless draw by Northern Ireland in their Euro 2012 qualifying match here Friday, dropping their first points of the campaign in a dour battle.

Defensive Scots go down in Prague (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 02:06 PM PDT

Tomas Necid of Czech Republic (R) fights for a ball with Darren Fletcher of Scotland during their Euro 2012 qualifying football match in Prague. The Czechs won 1-0.(AFP/Michal Cizek)AFP - Scotland slipped to the first defeat of their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign on Friday after a Roman Hubnik goal gave the Czech Republic a well-deserved 1-0 win in Prague.

French ports strike grows, fuel shortages feared (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 11:58 AM PDT

Dockers at the ports of Marseille, France's biggest, and nearby Fos-sur-Mer began a stoppage on Friday morning, a day ahead of the start of a weekend nationwide port strike called by the CGT, France's biggest union.(AFP/Anne-Christine Poujoulat)AFP - A growing strike blocked French Mediterranean ports Friday as dockers joined oil terminal workers whose action against port reforms entered its 12th day, raising fears of fuel shortages.

England defender Jagielka ruled out of Euro clash (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 11:49 AM PDT

England defender Phil Jagielka, seen here in 2009, has been ruled out of Tuesday's Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro after suffering a hamstring injury in training on Friday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - England defender Phil Jagielka has been ruled out of Tuesday's Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro after suffering a hamstring injury in training on Friday.

Newcastle striker Carroll signs five-year contract (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 11:36 AM PDT

Newcastle striker Andy Carroll, seen here in August 2010, signed a new five-year contract with the Premier League club on Friday.(AFP/File/Graham Stuart)AFP - Newcastle striker Andy Carroll signed a new five-year contract with the Premier League club on Friday.

New UK opposition Labour chief appoints new team (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 08:28 AM PDT

AP - Britain's new opposition leader Ed Miliband defused another potential family feud on Friday, handing a high-flying husband and wife duo key jobs in his new team — two weeks after defeating his own brother to be named Labour Party chief.

Int'l court orders trial to resume (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 07:48 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 26, 2009 file photo made available by the International Criminal Court, alleged Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga, right, smiles in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. The International Criminal Court is announcing Friday Oct. 8, 2010 whether it will halt the court's first trial and release the defendant, an alleged Congolese warlord. Aborting the case against Thomas Lubanga, who is charged with using child soldiers in a brutal conflict in eastern Congo in 2002-2003, would be a serious blow to prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo. (AP Photo/ ICC-CPI/Michael Kooren, HO, Files)AP - The International Criminal Court ruled Friday that the trial of an alleged Congolese warlord should resume after a three-month suspension, but reprimanded the prosecutor for defying court orders.

Sarkozy seeing pope amid Gypsy crackdown fallout (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 06:16 AM PDT

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy listens to Pope Benedict XVI during a private audience on Friday Oct. 8, 2010 at The Vatican. French President Nicolas Sarkozy met Friday with Pope Benedict XVI in an audience that was largely seen as a fence-mending visit following France's controversial crackdown on Gypsies.(AP Photo/Christophe Simon, pool)AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy met Friday with the pope and top Vatican officials in a fence-mending visit following France's controversial crackdown on Gypsies, while a top Vatican cardinal urged France to welcome immigrants and those who have been persecuted.

Germany: Iran has to come clean on nuclear program (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:51 AM PDT

An Iranian flag is erected as part of preparations for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 's visit to Lebanon as U.N. peacekeepers, serving with the United Nations Interim Force (UNIFIL) in Lebanon, patrol on their vehicles the area along the border between Lebanon and Israel in the village of Kfar Kila, southern Lebanon, October 8, 2010. Ahmadinejad is expected to visit Lebanon from October 13-14 and tour villages in southern Lebanon. REUTERS/ Ali Hashisho (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)AP - Germany's foreign minister has urged Iran to comply with its international duties and show full transparency regarding its nuclear program.

Austrian policeman's assault trial adjourns (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:20 AM PDT

AP - The trial of an undercover Austrian police officer accused of assaulting an American teacher in a subway station after mistaking him for an African drug dealer has been adjourned until January.

Chinese dissident Liu wins Nobel Peace Prize (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:09 AM PDT

Pro-democracy protesters hold the picture of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo with Chinese words 'Release Liu Xiaobo' during a demonstration outside the China Liaison Office in Hong Kong Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for using non-violence to demand fundamental human rights in his homeland. (AP Photo/Apple Daily) ** HONG KONG OUT, NO SALES **AP - Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for using nonviolence to demand fundamental human rights in his homeland. The award ignited a furious response from China, which accused the Norwegian Nobel Committee of violating its own principles by honoring "a criminal."

Turkey's Kurds: a peace role for rebel chief? (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 02:57 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb.18, 1999 file photo provided by the Turkish Intelligence Service, Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan poses in front of Turkish flags before being interrogated by Turkish officials at the prison-island of Imrali near Istanbul, Turkey. The Turkish state vilified Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned chief of Kurdish rebels, at the height of the war in the 1990s. Today, it is a crime to praise him. Now come reports that Turkish officials have held secretive talks with Ocalan, possibly in recognition that he cannot be ignored in any deal to end the long conflict. (AP Photo/Turkish Intelligence Service-MIT/Anatolia, File)AP - Maniac, terrorist, baby-killer, traitor. The Turkish state vilified Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned chief of Kurdish rebels, for his deadly attacks on soldiers and civilians in the 1990s. Today, it is a crime to praise him. Now come reports that Turkish officials have held secretive talks with Ocalan, possibly in recognition that he cannot be ignored in any deal to end the long conflict.

(AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 02:55 AM PDT

AP - Greenpeace warns of "surprisingly high" levels of arsenic and mercury in Hungarian sludge.

Nobel Prizes: Glance at 2010 (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 02:20 AM PDT

AP - Five Nobel Prizes have been announced. The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, which is not an original Nobel Prize but was created in 1968 in Nobel's memory by the Swedish central bank, will be announced on Monday

The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize citation (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 02:17 AM PDT

AP - The complete text of the citation awarding the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiabo.

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