2010年10月13日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Liverpool owners block sale with US court order (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:39 PM PDT

Liverpool Football Club's managing director, Christian Purslow (L), chairman, Martin Broughton (C), and director, Ian Ayre leave the High Court in central London. Liverpool's American owners have blocked the sale of the English football giants to the owners of baseball's Boston Red Sox with a temporary restraining order granted by a US court, their lawyers said.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Liverpool's American owners have blocked the sale of the English football giants to the owners of baseball's Boston Red Sox with a temporary restraining order granted by a US court, their lawyers said.

EU eyes tighter regulation of audit industry (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 02:42 PM PDT

AP - The European Union on Wednesday fired the first shot in a process that could lead to tighter supervision of auditing firms, saying that the dominance of four big companies poses "systemic risks" to the financial system.

AP source: NATO aids Taliban contacts with Afghans (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 02:27 PM PDT

AP - NATO has provided safe passage for top Taliban leaders to travel to Kabul for face-to-face negotiations with the U.S.-backed Afghan government, a senior alliance official said Wednesday.

Chelsea lose Benayoun for six months (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:50 PM PDT

English Premier League champions Chelsea will be without Israeli national captain Yossi Benayoun, pictured in August 2010, for virtually the rest of the season after he underwent an operation to repair a torn Achilles tendon.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - English Premier League champions Chelsea will be without Israeli national captain Yossi Benayoun for virtually the rest of the season after he underwent an operation to repair a torn Achilles tendon.

France fuel supply threatened by pensions stand-off (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:27 PM PDT

A railway worker from state-run company SNCF uses a flare to write something on the road during the nationwide day of protest against pension reform in Chenove, eastern France. France faced the threat of fuel shortages on Wednesday as a wave of strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reform plans shut down 70 percent of its oil refining capacity.(AFP/Jeff Pachoud)AFP - France faced the threat of fuel shortages on Wednesday as a wave of strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reform plans shut down 70 percent of its oil refining capacity.

Serbia apologises after Italy football clashes (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:26 PM PDT

Serbian supporters burn an Albanian flag before the European 2012 qualifying football match between Italy and Serbia was suspended due to fan violence at Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genoa on October 12. Serbia apologised to Italy on Wednesday after clashes between Serbian fans and Italian police that forced the cancellation of a Euro 2012 qualifying match, as football officials mulled sanctions.(AFP/File/Giuseppe Cacace)AFP - Serbia apologised to Italy on Wednesday after clashes between Serbian fans and Italian police that forced the cancellation of a Euro 2012 qualifying match, as football officials mulled possible sanctions.

Mideast conflict blamed for Christian exodus (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:22 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI receives bishops of the Middle East synod at the end of his weekly general audience, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Benedict XVI says he is praying for the rescue of the 33 miners in Chile trapped underground for 69 days. The pope said in Spanish that he 'continues with hope to entrust to God's goodness' the fate of the men trapped in the collapsed mine in Chile's Atacama desert. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Bishops summoned to the Vatican to discuss the flight of Christians from the Middle East have blamed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for spurring much of the exodus and warned that the consequences could be devastating for the birthplace of Christianity.

German train makes first Channel tunnel test trip (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:22 PM PDT

A German ICE high-speed train enter the Channel tunnel between France and England. A German high-speed train entered the Channel tunnel between France and England for the first time Wednesday on a test run aimed at breaking French-built trains' monopoly on the route.(AFP/Denis Charlet)AFP - A German high-speed train entered the Channel tunnel between France and England for the first time Wednesday on a test run aimed at breaking French-built trains' monopoly on the route.

Afghan war commander briefs NATO (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:01 PM PDT

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks with the media during his monthly press briefing at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. NATO ministers will this week consider changes in the alliance's mission statement designed to bridge a rift between the U.S., which favors a greater international role for the alliance, and European nations that want it to retain its traditional defensive focus. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - NATO's top commander in Afghanistan offered a cautiously optimistic assessment of the transition of security duties to Afghan forces during a briefing with alliance representatives Wednesday, a U.S. official said.

Kremlin lambasts governor for "worm" tweet (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 11:54 AM PDT

An attendee tweet on a laptop as Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, Inc., gives the keynote speech at the 140: Twitter Conference LA in Los Angeles September 22, 2009. REUTERS/Phil McCartenReuters - A tweet by a Russian regional governor about earthworms served at a Kremlin reception has drawn anger from President Dmitry Medvedev's aide, who on Wednesday said the official should be sacked for "idiocy."

Spanish police arrest former Guatemalan minister (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 11:16 AM PDT

AP - Spanish police say they have arrested former Guatemalan Interior Minister Carlos Vielman, who was wanted in connection with the alleged killing of seven prisoners in 2006.

Holbrooke backs US alert to travelers in Europe (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 10:44 AM PDT

AP - U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said Wednesday that the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks "wouldn't have happened" if Americans had been warned to be on the lookout for terrorism beforehand.

Court cuts jail for plot to kill US troops in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 10:40 AM PDT

AP - A Dutchman of Iraqi decent convicted and sentenced to 25 years in the U.S. for plotting to kill American troops in Iraq will be set free late Wednesday after a Dutch court slashed his sentence.

Lawyer: Hungarian sludge firm CEO faces no charges (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 10:27 AM PDT

An aerial view of Kolontar village covered by toxic red mud, 164 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 after the dyke of a reservoir containing red mud of an alumina plant in nearby Ajka broke eight days earlier, and over one million cubic meters of the poisonous chemical sludge inundated three villages, killing eight people and injuring over hundred. (AP Photos/MTI, Sandor H. Szabo)AP - A judge on Wednesday dismissed prosecution demands that the head of a metals company linked to Hungary's devastating red sludge spill be charged with negligence and he has been released from police custody, his lawyer said.

AP Interview: Serb govt vows far-right crackdown (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 10:14 AM PDT

Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic, right, addresses the media while standing in front of a Red Star soccer club graffiti on a street in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Dacic says the state will react resolutely against the burgeoning far-right groups which are trying to destabilize the government. More than 150 people were injured on Sunday in downtown Belgrade in running battles with police as thousands of far-right demonstrators tried to disrupt a pride march by hurling Molotov cocktails and stun grenades at police. An Italy-Serbia European championship qualifier game was abandoned on Tuesday in Italy when Serbia fans rioted on the stands. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)AP - Serbia's interior minister said Wednesday the government will crack down on rising far-right groups trying to destabilize the Balkan country's pro-Western government.

Norway slams restrictions on Nobel winner's wife (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 09:07 AM PDT

Security guards watch over a park outside the residential compound where Liu Xia, the wife of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, is being held under house arrest in Beijing, China on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. The wife of the imprisoned Chinese dissident said she hopes to travel to Norway to collect the Nobel Peace Prize on his behalf, though for now she can only leave her Beijing home under police escort. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - A diplomatic rift between Norway and China deepened Wednesday as Oslo asked Beijing to lift restrictions imposed on the wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo and China canceled a string of meetings with Norwegian officials.

Hugs seen around the world as rescue goes global (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 08:22 AM PDT

Customer Alan Frame stands in front of television screens showing the rescue of trapped miners in Chile in a store in London, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Plane crashes, terror threats, oil spills, toxic leaks. The TV news diet is often dire, rarely joyous. And then there were the pictures Wednesday of brave, dignified miners who had been trapped beneath the ground for more than two months being brought to the surface, to breathe fresh air and to hug their loved-ones. Communications technology — including live video from within the mine — turned the entire world into a global village hoping for the safe release of men they did not know and would probably never meet. (AP Photo/Lennart Preiss)AP - Plane crashes, terror threats, oil spills, toxic leaks. The TV news diet is often dire, rarely joyous. And then there were the pictures Wednesday of brave, dignified miners who had been trapped beneath the ground for more than two months being brought to the surface, to breathe fresh air and to hug their loved-ones.

(AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 07:45 AM PDT

AP - Lawyer: Hungary court decides not to charge head of firm linked to sludge spill, sets him free.

Clinton wraps up Balkans tour with Kosovo visit (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 07:05 AM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a reception for civil society leaders at the Aero Club in Belgrade, Tuesday Oct. 12, 2010. (AP Photo / Mandel Ngan, Pool)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton got a warm welcome from large pro-American crowds in the capital of Kosovo on Wednesday as she closed out a three-nation tour of the restive, ethnically splintered Balkans.

Sudan FM says 'won't object' to independence vote (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 06:04 AM PDT

AP - Sudan's foreign minister on Wednesday said that though the government is opposed to splitting up the country, it "won't object" if southerners vote for independence in an upcoming referendum.

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