2010年11月2日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News


Brilliant Bale helps Spurs sink Euro champs Inter (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 03:43 PM PDT

Tottenham Hotspur's English striker Peter Crouch(L) celebrates scoring the second goal with Welsh defender Gareth Bale during their UEFA Champions League group A match against Inter Milan at White Hart Lane, in London. The Spurs won 3-1.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Tottenham enjoyed one of the most memorable nights in the club's history as Gareth Bale inspired a 3-1 win over holders Inter Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday.


Soldado brace sets up Valencia's Rangers romp (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 03:25 PM PDT

Valencia's forward Roberto Soldado (R) celebrates his goal with Valencia's forward Aritz Aduriz during their UEFA Champions League football match against Glasgow Rangers at Mestalla stadium in Valencia. Valencia won 3-0.(AFP/Jose Jordan)AFP - Spain forward Roberto Soldado scored a brace as Valencia defeated Rangers 3-0 at the Mestalla Stadium on Tuesday to boost their chances of reaching the knockout stage of the Champions League.


Susan Boyle to sing for Prince Charles (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 03:25 PM PDT

Reality television sensation Susan Boyle, seen here in February 2010, said Tuesday she will sing in front of Britain's Prince Charles, weeks after performing for the pope when he visited Scotland.(AFP/File/Tiziana Fabi)AFP - Reality television sensation Susan Boyle said Tuesday she will sing in front of Prince Charles, weeks after performing for the pope when he visited Scotland.


Man Utd eye last 16 after Bursaspor rout (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 03:12 PM PDT

Manchester United's Darren Fletcher(R) celebrates with Gabriel Obertan after scoring against Bursaspor during their UEFA Champions League football match at Ataturk Stadium in Bursa. Manchester won 3-0.(AFP/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - Manchester United virtually assured themselves of a place in the Champions League knockout rounds here Tuesday with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Turkish side Bursaspor.


Greek police: Suspicious package examined in Italy (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 03:07 PM PDT

A police car carries two men, not seen inside car, who were detained after an explosion at a private delivery company in Athens, Monday, Nov. 1, 2010.  A woman was wounded after a package exploded at a private delivery company, while two other suspected mail bombs were destroyed by police in controlled blasts in the capital, police officials said. The two men suspected of taking part in the attacks were arrested, carrying handguns, wigs, and one of them was also wearing a bulletproof vest, they said. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - Greek police say a suspicious package addressed to Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi and found on board a private mail courier company plane is being examined at Bologna airport.


10-year-old gives birth in southern Spain (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 03:04 PM PDT

AP - A 10-year-old girl has given birth in southern Spain and authorities are evaluating whether to let her and her family retain custody of the baby, an official said Tuesday. The baby was born last week in the city of Jerez de la Frontera, said Micaela Navarro, the Andalusia region's social affairs minister.

Serbia police search 3 sites for Mladic (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 02:47 PM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010, a dog passes by graffiti that depicts Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army commander and a war crimes fugitive and reads 'Serbia', in Belgrade, Serbia. Serbia's government says it has increased its reward for the capture of Europe's most wanted war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic from Euro 1 million ($1.4 million) to Euro 10 million.  Other graffiti is unintelligible. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)AP - Serbian authorities conducted another unsuccessful hunt for Europe's most-wanted war crimes fugitive Tuesday, pledging to meet a European Union demand to arrest Ratko Mladic.


Fifteen hurt as gas explosion flattens homes (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 02:34 PM PDT

Photo provided by Greater Manchester Fire Service(GMFS) shows firefighters attending the scene of a gas explosion in Irlam. Fifteen people were injured in the explosion.(AFP/GMFS-HO)AFP - Fifteen people were injured Tuesday when a gas explosion ripped through a row of houses in northwest England, but firefighters said it was miraculous more people were not hurt.


Explosives found in package sent to Merkel's office (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 02:04 PM PDT

Reuters - German police Tuesday intercepted a package containing explosives sent from Greece to Chancellor Angela Merkel's office in Berlin after a series of parcel bomb attacks in Athens by suspected Greek guerrillas.

Berlusconi: Better to love women than gays (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 01:55 PM PDT

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures while speaking during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010. EU leaders on Friday agreed on tougher rules for spendthrift nations whose overspending threatens Europe's single currency and risks triggering a debt crisis. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)AP - Premier Silvio Berlusconi dismissed calls Tuesday to resign over his involvement with an underage Moroccan runaway — and even created a new uproar by claiming it was better to love beautiful girls than gays.


Suspected remains of '73 IRA victim found at beach (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 12:50 PM PDT

AP - Forensics specialists searching for unmarked graves of Irish Republican Army victims announced Tuesday they have found the suspected remains of a 21-year-old man who disappeared from Catholic west Belfast in 1973.

Turkey: suicide bomber was PKK member (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:50 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 8, 2009 file photo, Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, is seen. Kurdish rebels on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, denied any involvement in the suicide bombing in a crowded Istanbul square that wounded 32 people, half of them police, and announced the extension of a unilateral cease fire in hope of opening talks with Turkish leaders. The suicide bomber, who has not been identified, blew himself up near riot police stationed at Taksim square, a popular location in central Istanbul for shoppers, tourists and demonstrators. ( AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)AP - Turkey on Tuesday identified the suicide bomber who blew himself up in Istanbul, wounding 32 people, as a member of the country's main autonomy-seeking Kurdish rebel group.


UK group says it's suing over US execution drug (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 10:22 AM PDT

AP - A group opposed to the death penalty filed suit Tuesday to try to prevent a British company from exporting a drug that could be used in the execution of an American inmate.

Israeli politician cancels visit to Britain (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 10:15 AM PDT

AP - An Israeli government minister canceled a visit to London over fears he might be arrested on suspicion of committing war crimes, a British-Israeli group said Tuesday.

French police say baby survives 8-floor fall (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 10:11 AM PDT

AP - French police say an 18-month-old boy has survived a fall from an eighth-floor window of a Paris apartment by bouncing off an awning and into someone's arms, apparently uninjured.

Spokesman for Belgium's Catholic archbishop quits (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 09:40 AM PDT

AP - The spokesman for Andre Leonard, Belgium's ultraconservative archbishop, quit Tuesday, saying he can no longer speak for a "loose canon," who has shocked Catholics by sympathizing with priests accused of pedophilia and condemning homosexuals.

Student guilty of Iraq attack on UK lawmaker (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 09:34 AM PDT

AP - A student opposed to the Iraq war was convicted Tuesday of trying to murder a British lawmaker in retaliation for his support for the conflict.

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Posted: 02 Nov 2010 08:29 AM PDT

AP - German federal police say suspicious package received at Angela Merkel's office.

Serbian leader to visit mass grave of 200 Croats (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 07:45 AM PDT

AP - Serbia's president will lay wreaths at the mass grave of Croats slain by Serbs during the 1991 war, becoming the first Serbian leader to pay his respects to the victims of a massacre that remains a potent symbol of wartime brutality.
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