2010年11月8日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

EU commissioner endorses Irish budget frontloading (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 04:58 PM PST

Ireland's decision to frontload a four-year 15-billion-euro (20.8-billion-dollar) deficit correction in next month's budget was endorsed Monday by EU economic commissioner Olli Rehn, pictured in September 2010.(AFP/File/John Thys)AFP - Ireland's decision to frontload a four-year 15-billion-euro (20.8-billion-dollar) deficit correction in next month's budget was endorsed Monday by EU economic commissioner Olli Rehn.

35 Iraqis hurt in Baghdad church attack arrive in France (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 04:15 PM PST

One of wounded Iraqis gets off a plane upon their arrival in France for hospital treatment at Orly airport in Paris. Thirty-four Iraqi Christians and a Muslim guard wounded in a deadly Al-Qaeda attack on a Baghdad church just over a week ago flew into France late Monday for admission to hospitals for treatment.(AFP/Bertrand Guay)AFP - Thirty-four Iraqi Christians and a Muslim guard wounded in a deadly Al-Qaeda attack on a Baghdad church just over a week ago flew into France late Monday for admission to hospitals for treatment.

Cameron seeks "much stronger" China relationship (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST

Prime Minister David Cameron, seen here at the Foreign Office in London, will arrive in China Tuesday with Britain's largest-ever delegation to the Asian nation for a business-boosting visit, amid pressure to challenge Beijing on human rights.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday he wanted to forge a "much stronger relationship" with China ahead of a business-boosting visit to the Asian superpower.

Irish banks, bonds hit as EU eyes survival plan (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:54 PM PST

AP - Shares in Ireland's banks hit record lows and national borrowing costs reached new euro-era highs Monday as the government presented its latest plans for financial survival to the European Union's economic commissioner, who has the power to order changes.

Chirac to be tried in 2nd corruption case (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:25 PM PST

Former French President Jacques Chirac, left, shakes hand with Chinese President Hu Jintao prior to their meeting in Paris, Friday Nov. 5, 2010. Chinese President Hu Jintao is on a three-day state visit to France. (AP Photo/Patrick Kovarik/Pool)AP - Former French President Jacques Chirac has been ordered to stand trial in a second party financing case dating back to his 1977-1995 tenure as Paris mayor, judicial officials said Monday.

PM comes to China for trade boosting visit (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:17 PM PST

Prime Minister David Cameron, seen here at the Foreign Office in London, will arrive in China Tuesday with Britain's largest-ever delegation to the Asian nation for a business-boosting visit, amid pressure to challenge Beijing on human rights.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron arrives in China Tuesday with Britain's largest-ever delegation to the Asian nation for a business-boosting visit, amid pressure to challenge Beijing on human rights.

Sanofi-Aventis warns Genyzme against taking 'poison pill' (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:57 PM PST

French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis Monday warned the management of Genzyme against taking threatened measures to block its 18.5-billion-dollar hostile takeover offer for the US biotechnology group.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AFP - French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis Monday warned the management of Genzyme against taking threatened measures to block its 18.5-billion-dollar hostile takeover offer for the US biotechnology group.

German police, activists gear up for nuclear showdown (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:52 PM PST

Police stand guard at the train station in the northern German town of Dahlenburg where a train carrying a cargo of nuclear waste stopped for the night. German police and protesters geared up Monday for the final journey of a shipment of 123 tonnes of nuclear waste that drew a wave of angry protests during its much-delayed trip from France.(AFP/DPA/Kay Nietfeld)AFP - German police and protesters geared up Monday for the final journey of a shipment of 123 tonnes of nuclear waste that drew a wave of angry protests during its much-delayed trip from France.

Arsenal appeal against Koscielny red (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:27 PM PST

Arsenal have appealed against the sending-off of central defender Laurent Koscielny, seen here in September 2010, the Football Association (FA) confirmed on Monday.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Arsenal have appealed against the sending-off of central defender Laurent Koscielny, the Football Association (FA) confirmed on Monday.

Summary Box: Shell sells Woodside stake (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:18 PM PST

AP - SALE DOWN UNDER: Royal Dutch Shell will sell a 10 percent stake in Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Australia's largest independent gas and oil company, for around $3.33 billion.

Meeting at UN will aim to help Cyprus peace talks (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 11:14 AM PST

AP - A meeting at U.N. headquarters next week will try to achieve a breakthrough in flagging talks to reunify ethnically split Cyprus, the island's president said on Monday.

Protesters around German depot get creative (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 10:58 AM PST

Demonstrators warm themselves at a bonfire as they block a road close the nuclear interim storage facility in Gorleben, Germany, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. A shipment of nuclear waste has arrived at a railway depot in northern Germany after a nearly three-day trip from France that was regularly disrupted by protests.The train carrying 11 containers of waste arrived Monday in the town of Dannenberg. The waste will now be loaded onto trucks for the final 12-mile (20-kilometer) leg of the trip to a storage site at Gorleben.(AP Photo/Ferdinand Ostrop)AP - A shepherdess hoping to block the transport of nuclear waste to a storage site in northern Germany herded her flock of 500 sheep and some 60 goats Monday across a road leading to the site — just one of hundreds people hoping to stop the shipment from reaching its final destination Tuesday.

Trains crash in Poland, leading to explosion (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 10:31 AM PST

AP - Firefighters say a train has run into another in northeastern Poland, causing a fire and explosion and injuring one of the train drivers.

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Posted: 08 Nov 2010 10:04 AM PST

AP - Officials: French Ex-President Jacques Chirac ordered to stand trial in 2nd corruption case.

Prosecutor to probe US surveillance in Sweden (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:36 AM PST

AP - A Swedish prosecutor said Monday he will investigate surveillance activities allegedly carried out by the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm without the country's knowledge.

Amanda Knox indicted on slander charges (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:29 AM PST

FILE - In this June 1, 2010 file photo, jailed US student Amanda Knox, right, is escorted by police as she arrives for a preliminary hearing in Perugia, Italy. On Monday, Nov. 8, 2010 Knox was indicted on slander charges for claiming she was beaten by police when questioned in 2007 about her roommate's slaying. She is serving a 26-year prison term after her conviction for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. (AP Photo/Fabrizio Troccoli, file)AP - An Italian judge on Monday ordered Amanda Knox to stand trial on slander charges for claiming she was beaten by police when questioned in 2007 about her roommate's slaying.

Prelates to discuss response to sex abuse scandal (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:21 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2006 file photo, Pope Benedict XVI delivers his speech as Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, seated at his right, and a delegation of Anglican Bishops listen, during their meeting at the Vatican. Five Church of England bishops announced Monday, Nov. 8, 2010 they are converting to Catholicism following an invitation to disaffected Anglicans from Pope Benedict XVI - the highest-profile defectors among conservatives opposed to gay bishops and female clergy. The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales said Bishop of Ebbsfleet Andrew Burnham, Bishop of Richborough Keith Newton, Bishop of Fulham John Broadhurst - as well as retired bishops Edwin Barnes and David Silk - have decided 'to enter into full communion with the Catholic Church.'(AP Photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Pool, file)AP - Pope Benedict XVI has summoned cardinals from around the world to a daylong summit in Rome next week on the clerical sex abuse scandal and other issues facing the Catholic church, the Vatican said Monday.

UK Catholics say 5 Anglican bishops converting (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:19 AM PST

FILE - This is a Sept. 20, 2006 file photo of Bishop of Ebbsfleet Andrew Burnham. Five Church of England bishops including Bishop of Ebbsfleet Andrew Burnham announced Monday Nov 8, 2010 they are converting to Catholicism following an invitation to disaffected Anglicans from Pope Benedict XVI the highest-profile defectors among conservatives opposed to gay bishops and female clergy. (AP Photo/David Jones/PA, File) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - Five Church of England bishops announced Monday they are converting to Catholicism following an invitation to disaffected Anglicans from Pope Benedict XVI — the highest-profile defectors among conservatives opposed to gay bishops and female clergy.

Dutch court bans eviction of squatters (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 07:41 AM PST

AP - Dutch courts have ordered Amsterdam to suspend plans to evict squatters from empty buildings, ruling that a new law banning squatting is in conflict with European human rights treaties.

Russian journalist attacked, second in 2 days (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 05:49 AM PST

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said those behind the brutal attack on leading journalist Oleg Kashin, seen here in 2009, will be found and punished, regardless of their position in society.(AFP/Kommersant/File/Svetlana Privalova)AP - A journalist who works for a suburban Moscow paper has been beaten up by two unknown men.

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