2010年10月19日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Thatcher in hospital after flu: govt (AFP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:53 PM PDT

Former Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher was in hospital Wednesday undergoing precautionary tests as she struggles to recover from a bout of flu, her son and the government said.(AFP/POOL/File/Suzanne Plunkett)AFP - Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher was in hospital Wednesday undergoing precautionary tests as she struggles to recover from a bout of flu, her son and the government said.

UK's Cameron announces military austerity plan (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:28 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron addresses military staff at The Permanent Joint Headquarters in Northwood near London, Tuesday Oct. 19, 2010. Britain will lose thousands of troops, slash weapons programs and likely delay a major project to upgrade its nuclear-armed submarine fleet following a once-in-a-decade defence review being published Tuesday, leaving allies worried the cuts could damage the country's status as a global power. Cameron is scheduled to address the House of Commons with details of defense cuts that could total as much as 3 billion pounds ($4.8 billion) to the defence ministry's annual budget of about 37 billion pounds ($59 billion).(AP Photo/ Toby Melville, pool)AP - Britain will lose thousands of troops, reduce its ability to fight complex missions like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and delay a program to upgrade its nuclear defenses, Prime Minister David Cameron announced Tuesday.

UK ex-prime minister Thatcher admitted to hospital (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:21 PM PDT

AP - Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been admitted to the hospital following a recent bout of flu, officials said Tuesday.

Former UK PM Thatcher taken to hospital for tests (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 02:32 PM PDT

Reuters - Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, 85, was admitted to hospital in London on Tuesday for tests related to a recent flu illness, a government source said.

French retirement protests take violent turn (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 02:11 PM PDT

Youth jumps over a burning garbage bin during clashes in Lyon, central France, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010. Some airliners steered clear of France and police clashed with stone-throwing youths Tuesday as a new round of nationwide strikes and protests over a bill raising the retirement age to 62 kicked off. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)AP - Masked youths clad in black torched cars, smashed storefronts and threw up roadblocks Tuesday, clashing with riot police across France as protests over raising the retirement age to 62 took a radical turn.

Office 365 Beta Brings Microsoft Apps To the Cloud (NewsFactor)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 02:09 PM PDT

NewsFactor - Microsoft took the wraps off a new Office 365 cloud-computing platform Tuesday. The platform is rolling out in beta test mode to selected customers in Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The goal is to provide individuals, businesses, government agencies, and organizations with up-to-date access to Microsoft Office, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, and Lync Online applications, the software giant said.

Arsenal in cruise control as Shakhtar thrashed (AFP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 02:06 PM PDT

Shakhtar Donetsk's Henrikh Mkhitaryan(L) is challenged by Arsenal's midfielder Emmanuel Eboue of the Ivory Coast during their UEFA Champions League Group H football match in London. Arsenal won 5-1.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Arsenal took a giant stride towards the knockout phase of the Champions League here Tuesday, beating Shakhtar Donetsk 5-1 to take firm control of their qualifying group.

French strikers and marchers defy Sarkozy (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 01:25 PM PDT

French striking workers block the entrance of the oil refinery of Grandpuits, east of Paris, October 19 , 2010. REUTERS/Benoit TessierReuters - Striking public sector workers disrupted travel across France on Tuesday and sporadic violence flared at protest marches as opponents of President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reform made a last-ditch attempt to stop it.

Russia to go to NATO summit, eyeing missile role (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 01:09 PM PDT

Reuters - Russia will attend next month's NATO summit as it looks to reach a compromise over a Europe-wide missile defense shield, softening its stance after reassurances from France and Germany, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.

EU nations reach deal on tighter hedge fund rules (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 01:04 PM PDT

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, right, speaks with French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde during a round table meeting of eurogroup finance ministers at the Kiem Center in Luxembourg on Monday, Oct. 18, 2010. European finance ministers plan to hash out a deal on stricter budget rules to avoid another government debt crisis, as a surging euro casts doubt on the continent's fragile economic recovery. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - European finance ministers on Tuesday reached a deal on tighter regulation of hedge funds, the latest step in the European Union's effort to increase the stability of its financial system in the wake of the credit crisis.

1000's demand more money for Austrian universities (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 12:06 PM PDT

AP - Tens of thousands of students marched through Austrian cities Tuesday to demand more money for higher education in an unexpectedly large protest backed by university staff.

2 men steal euro500,000 Cartier ring in Rome (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 11:57 AM PDT

AP - Rome police are searching for two well-dressed thieves who walked into Cartier on Via Condotti, distracted a saleswoman, walked off with a euro500,000 ring and disappeared in a crowd of shoppers on the posh shopping street.

Islamic militants raid Chechen parliament, 6 dead (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 11:10 AM PDT

Special Force (OMON) officers are seen in front of Chechen parliament complex after a bomb blast in Grozny, Chechnya, southern Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010. Insurgents stormed the parliament complex in Russia's volatile Chechnya region on Tuesday, killing at least 2 police officers and one parliamentary official, authorities said. At least three insurgents were also killed, ending the attack, they said. One insurgent set off a bomb at the gates of the parliament complex in the provincial capital, killing himself and wounding others, Chechen police spokesman Ramzam Bekkhoyev told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)AP - Islamic insurgents attacked Chechnya's parliament Tuesday in a brazen suicide raid that left six people dead and 17 wounded, defying Kremlin claims of stability in the volatile southern region.

Hariri probe carries out controlled explosion (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 10:32 AM PDT

An Iraqi security guard stands outside a Syriac Catholic church in Baghdad in April 2010. Allowing priests to marry has contributed to the survival of the Christian faith in Iraq, said Lebanese Bishop Guy-Paul Noujaim Tuesday, on the sidelines of a Middle East synod at the Vatican.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AP - A U.N. tribunal carried out a controlled explosion Tuesday at a French military base as part of its investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Leader calls Polish attack 'politically motivated' (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 08:32 AM PDT

AP - A man wielding a gun and a knife fatally shot one person and seriously wounded another at Poland's main opposition party Tuesday amid a desperately bitter, divisive election campaign.

Anti-Islam lawmaker asks for hate speech acquittal (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 08:03 AM PDT

Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders, right, stands inside the courtroom in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Oct. 18, 2010. Wilders is charged with inciting hate and discrimination against Muslims, in a case seen as testing the limits of free speech versus religious freedom. (AP Photo/Marcel Antonisse, Pool)AP - Lawyers for a Dutch politician who has harshly criticized Islam argued at his trial Tuesday that he has the right to issue warnings about the religion's spread in Europe and should be acquitted of inciting hatred and discrimination.

Saudi prince convicted in UK of murdering servant (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 07:20 AM PDT

AP - A Saudi prince was convicted Tuesday of murdering one of his servants in a frenzied attack in a British hotel.

Turkish pres: Germany must help Turks integrate (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 06:25 AM PDT

German President Christian Wulff, center right, and his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul, second left, review a guard of honour during a ceremony for Wulff at the Cankaya Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010. German president is in Turkey for a four-day official visit. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Turkey's president on Tuesday urged politicians in Germany not to exploit the issue of immigration for political gain and said they should instead help Turks better integrate.

EU suspends Roma complaint against France (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 05:44 AM PDT

AP - The European Commission says it will temporarily suspend its human rights complaint against France for its expulsions of Gypsies, or Roma, after Paris promised to alter some of its laws to match EU regulations.

US: Trafficking victims subject to detention (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 05:13 AM PDT

AP - A U.S. official says growing numbers of countries are guilty of unfairly treating victims of human trafficking by detaining and deporting them at the first opportunity.

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