2010年10月14日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Liverpool ownership fight heads for Texas court (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 06:01 PM PDT

Fans of Liverpool football club pose for pictures as they demonstrate outside the High Court in London, on October 12. Liverpool's ownership battle went into injury time on Thursday as Tom Hicks and George Gillett lost a High Court ruling in London but carried the fight to a Texas court room and a Friday hearing.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - Liverpool's ownership battle went into injury time as Tom Hicks and George Gillett lost a High Court ruling in London but carried the fight to a Texas court room and a Friday hearing.

Austria accused of violating child rights (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 02:52 PM PDT

AP - Austria should stop detaining children and halt the deportations of well-integrated foreign families that are denied asylum, Amnesty International and three other groups urged Thursday.

Margaret Thatcher skips party because of flu (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 02:19 PM PDT

AP - Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had to skip a reception Thursday to honor her 85th birthday because she was ill with the flu.

Thatcher too ill to attend 85th birthday party: Downing St (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 02:03 PM PDT

Former Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher, seen here in June 2010, is too unwell to attend the 85th birthday party being thrown for her at 10 Downing Street on Thursday because of a bout of flu.(AFP/POOL/Suzanne Plunkett)AFP - Former premier Margaret Thatcher harked back to her most famous speech in an apology for missing her own 85th birthday party Thursday after falling ill, saying: "The Lady is not for returning."

British Anti-Islam group seeks US Tea Party ties (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 01:45 PM PDT

FILE - A member of the English Defence league , a far-right group that campaigns against Islamic extremism, stand outside the American embassy, in this Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010 file photo in London, England on the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Tentative links are developing between supporters of the Tea Party movement in the United States and rightwing fringe groups in Britain that are opposed to what they call the 'Islamification' of Europe. The movements are not formally aligned, but the EDFis seeking guidance and inspiration from some U.S. figures taking a similiar stance. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo, File)AP - Tentative links are developing between supporters of the Tea Party movement in the United States and right-wing fringe groups in Britain that are opposed to what they call the "Islamification" of Europe.

Third day of protests in France as strikes grind on (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 01:31 PM PDT

High school students attend a demonstration with shipbuilding workers, Airbus workers, SNCF railway workers, teachers at the STX Les Chantiers de l'Atlantique site in Saint Nazaire October 14, 2010 during a third day of a nationwide protest against pensions reform. REUTERS/Stephane MaheReuters - French unions on Thursday called a nationwide strike for October 19, hoping to galvanize the country into a drawn-out confrontation with the government over a proposed rise in the retirement age.

US soldier may face punishment for British aid worker death (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 01:16 PM PDT

British aid worker Linda Norgrove who was killed during a rescue attempt as she was held hostage in Afghanistan. A US special forces soldier suspected of having accidentally killed a British aid worker held hostage in Afghanistan could face disciplinary action, officials said Thursday.(AFP/HO)AFP - A US special forces soldier suspected of having accidentally killed a British aid worker held hostage in Afghanistan could face disciplinary action, officials said Thursday.

US called 'partner' in Afghan talks with Taliban (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 01:10 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, meet with Turkey Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul, not seen. Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, at NATO headquarters in Brussels. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)AP - The Obama administration is a partner with the Afghan government in its peace talks with the Taliban, even though U.S. officials aren't sitting at the table, two top administration officials said Thursday.

Ready, set, snore! Spain holds siesta contest (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 12:53 PM PDT

A doctor checks as people sleep a siesta during the first Siesta Championship in Madrid, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010. The participants of the siesta contest win points for the first person to fall asleep, the loudest snorer, best original sleeping position and best dressed sleeper. Doctors are present to check if the contestants are really asleep. (AP Photo/Paul White)AP - Some clutched pillows or stuffed animals, others fought back giggles as they sought to take a siesta in public — all in the name of plugging a quintessential Spanish custom endangered by the demands of modern life.

Petraeus vows death probe is a 'priority' (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 12:50 PM PDT

The top NATO commander in Afghanistan, US General David Petraeus, Thursday assured Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron that a probe into the death of Brritish aid worker Linda Norgrove, seen here in a family handout, was a AFP - The top NATO commander in Afghanistan, US General David Petraeus, Thursday assured Prime Minister David Cameron that a probe into the death of a British aid worker was a "personal priority."

Serbia grapples with surge in far-right violence (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 11:42 AM PDT

File - In this Nov. 28, 2009 photo a femalePartizan Belgrade soccer fan throws a seat during the Serbian national soccer league derby match Red Star against Partizan, in Belgrade, Serbia. The football hooligans, who are also members of the far-right groups, have played major role in Serbia over the past 20 years, from taking part in wartime ethnic-cleansing campaigns in Croatian and Bosnia, to helping oust former President Slobodan Milosevic in 2000, protesting against Kosovo's secession, and the most recent street riots against the EU. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)AP - Thousands of black-clad young men rampage through downtown Belgrade, hurling Molotov cocktails and stun grenades at police trying to protect a gay-rights march. Soccer fans throw flares and fireworks onto the pitch during a championship qualifier match, forcing its cancellation.

French retiree on trial for attacking veiled woman (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 11:21 AM PDT

Lotfi Ouled Ben Hafsia, a laywer of an attacked veiled Muslim woman, answers reporters at a Paris court, Thursday Oct.14, 2010. A retired French schoolteacher goes on trial on accusations that she physically attacked a Middle Eastern woman in a Paris shop because she was enraged to see her wearing a face-covering Muslim veil. The attack came in February, as the government was at work on its recently passed law to ban such veils in public. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - A retired French schoolteacher went on trial Thursday on accusations that she attacked a Middle Eastern woman in a Paris shop because the woman wore a face-covering Muslim veil.

Riot police, protesters clash at Acropolis (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 11:09 AM PDT

Riot police at the gate of the ancient Acropolis site, Athens' most popular tourist site, which was blocked by protesting workers Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010. Police used tear gas to reopen the entrance of the monument. Culture ministry workers on short-term contracts are pressing the government to renew their contracts and are seeking backpay. (AP Photo/Petros Gianakouris)AP - Riot police clashed with protesting Culture Ministry workers barricading the ancient Acropolis on Thursday, using tear gas to clear the entrance to Greece's most famous landmark.

Official: US not funding NIreland dissident groups (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 10:54 AM PDT

AP - America's ambassador to Britain said Thursday there is no evidence that violent dissident groups in Northern Ireland are getting money from U.S. sources.

US counterterror official: Euro plot still active (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 10:24 AM PDT

AP - A European terrorist plot is still enough of a threat for the United States to keep its current travel advisory, the U.S. State Department's counterterrorism coordinator said Thursday.

NATO chief calls for anti-missile system (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 10:14 AM 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 allies are moving toward approving an anti-missile system that would protect Europe, the alliance's secretary general said Thursday, adding that he hoped Russia would join in creating such a shield.

Divided Cyprus' rival leaders open new crossing (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 09:14 AM PDT

President Dimitris Christofias, third right, and Turkish Cypriot Dervis Eroglu, third left, release two doves symbolizing peaceful coexistence between the two communities, as Stefan Fule, second left, member of the European Commission responsible for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy and, U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus Frank Urbancic, left, and UN Special Adviser for Cyprus, Alexander Downer, second right, look on during a ceremony to open a new crossing point at the U.N buffer zone that divides the Greek Cypriots, south, and Turkish Cypriots, north, controlled areas between Pyrgos and Limnitis villages in northwest of the Island of Cyprus, on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010. Rival Cypriot leaders opened a new crossing point linking the ethnically split island's Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities Thursday, offering a boost to plodding reunification talks. The island of Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded in response to a coup aimed at uniting the island with Greece. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)AP - Rival Cypriot leaders opened a new crossing point linking the ethnically split island's Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities Thursday, offering a boost to plodding reunification talks.

New right-wing Dutch Cabinet sworn in (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 09:02 AM PDT

AP - Mark Rutte assumed office Thursday as Dutch prime minister, pledging an era of austerity and tighter regulation of immigration but distancing himself from the anti-Islam philosophy of populist politician Geert Wilders, whose support is vital for the new minority government.

France frets about its image abroad (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 08:28 AM PDT

AP - Many in France see the country as open to the world and a champion of human rights, a nation bound by liberty, equality and brotherhood.

NATO chief says alliance helping Taliban talks (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 08:09 AM PDT

AP - NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the military alliance is helping the Taliban meet with the Afghan government.

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