2010年11月10日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

British PM urges greater political freedom in China (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 04:47 PM PST

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (left) shakes hands with China's President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. British Prime Minister David Cameron has urged China to work closely with the G20 and introduce greater political freedoms on the final day of a trade mission shadowed by human rights issues.(AFP/Pool/Petar Kujundzic)AFP - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday urged China to work closely with the G20 and introduce greater political freedoms on the final day of a trade mission shadowed by human rights issues.

Govt to withhold welfare cheques from some unemployed (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 04:21 PM PST

A man enters a Job Centre in north London. The government unveiled a radical shake-up of the welfare state Thursday, saying it would withhold benefit payments for up to three years from those who refuse to take jobs.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The government unveiled a radical shake-up of the welfare state Thursday, saying it would withhold benefit payments for up to three years from those who refuse to take jobs.

Honours even after dour Manchester derby (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 02:39 PM PST

Manchester City's Argentinian striker Carlos Tevez (R) vies with Manchester United's English defender Rio Ferdinand during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Manchester United at the City Of Manchester Stadium in Manchester. The match ended in a 0-0 draw.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Manchester United lost ground in the Premier League title race after being held to a dour 0-0 draw against bitter rivals Manchester City at Eastlands on Wednesday.

UK: 2 Kurds jailed for life for 'honor killing' (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 02:37 PM PST

AP - Two Kurdish men have been jailed for life by a London court for murdering a relative because her family disapproved of her boyfriend.

Chamakh in a hurry as Arsenal down Wolves (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 02:27 PM PST

Arsenal's French-Morrocan striker Marouane Chamakh (2nd L) scores the opening goal of the English Premier League football match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Arsenal at Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton. Chamakh scored Arsenal?s fastest ever Premier League goal and added a late second to maintain Arsene Wenger's hoodoo over Mick McCarthy.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Marouane Chamakh scored Arsenal?s fastest ever Premier League goal and added a late second to maintain Arsene Wenger's hoodoo over Mick McCarthy.

UK police suggest Yemen bomb disarmed accidentally (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 02:27 PM PST

Emergency personnel work near a grounded UPS cargo jet as the plane is searched by law enforcement officials at Philadelphia International Airport October 29, 2010. Two suspicious packages being flown from Yemen to U.S. were found in UK and Dubai. REUTERS/Tim Shaffer/FilesAP - British police released new details Wednesday about their discovery of a mail bomb bound from Yemen for the United States, suggesting they might have disarmed the bomb accidentally rather than by design.

Essien nets winner for Blues then sees red (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 02:23 PM PST

Chelsea's Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien (R) fights for the ball with Fulham's US midfielder Clint Dempsey (L) during their English Premier League football match at Stamford Bridge in London. Chelsea won 1-0.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Michael Essien fired Chelsea to a 1-0 win over local rivals Fulham before being sent off in the final minute as the champions strengthened their hold on the top of the Premier League on Wednesday.

Renault gets green light to call its car 'Zoe' (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 02:21 PM PST

In this photo provided by French car maker Renault, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, shows the Renault Zoe concept car. France's 35,000 Zoes will face merciless playground teasing and off-color come-ons if Renault goes ahead with plans to call its new electric car after the popular first name, a lawyer hoping to force the French carmaker into re-baptizing the model has insisted. (AP Photo/Renault/HO) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY ** MANDATORY CREDIT RENAULTAP - It could be the French version of "A Boy Named Sue" — a car named Zoe.

Thousands of UK students protest tuition fees hike (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 02:07 PM PST

Demonstrators burn protest banners outside Millbank Tower, housing the headquarters of the Conservative Party, during a protest in London Wednesday Nov. 10, 2010, against an increase in university tuition fees. Organizers said 50,000 students, lecturers and supporters were demonstrating against plans to raise the cost of studying at a university to 9,000 pounds ($14,000) a year - three times the current rate.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Tens of thousands of students marched through London on Wednesday against plans to triple university tuition fees, and violence erupted as a minority battled police and trashed a building containing the headquarters of the governing Conservative Party.

Wigan's Rodallega frustrates Liverpool in Premier League (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 02:06 PM PST

Liverpool's English midfielder Steven Gerrard reacts after missing a chance during the English Premier League football match between Wigan Athletic and Liverpool at The DW Stadium, Wigan. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Liverpool were brought back down to earth as their three-game game winning run came to a halt after Hugo Rodallega gave Wigan a 1-1 draw at the DW Stadium on Wednesday.

Ambassador says Austria treats Turks like 'virus' (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 01:59 PM PST

FILE - in this June 19, 2008 file photo a woman with a head scarf stands behind a Turkish flag at the 'Brunnenmarkt' in Vienna, Austria. In an extensive interview with the Die Presse daily, Turkish ambassador to Austria Kadri Ecved Tezcan took issue with Austria's policy of integrating immigrants and lashed out at Interior Minister Maria Fekter, known for her tough stance on foreigners. 'Austrians are only interested in other cultures when they're on vacation,' Tezcan said. 'You have to learn to live together with other people. What's Austria's problem?' (AP Photo/Hans Punz, File)AP - The Turkish ambassador accused Austria of treating his countrymen like a virus, blasting his host nation in a scathing interview published Wednesday that prompted high-level protests.

3 French hostages taken in Nigeria released (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 11:07 AM PST

AP - Three French citizens who were kidnapped two months ago while working at an oil platform off the coast of Nigeria were released Wednesday, France's foreign minister and the company said.

Italian PM Berlusconi's aide hints time may be up (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:45 AM PST

AP - Premier Silvio Berlusconi's top adviser has hinted that, after months of political crisis and personal scandal involving the premier, the government's time may soon be up.

Clarification: Pope story (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 09:25 AM PST

AP - In a story Nov. 7, The Associated Press reported that Barcelona architect Antoni Gaudi died a few years after the Sagrada Familia basilica was begun. Gaudi died in 1926; construction on the still-unfinished basilica began in 1882.

Czechs under fire for defying court ruling on Roma (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 09:10 AM PST

AP - Human rights groups said Wednesday they filed a complaint with the EU accusing the Czech government of failing to comply with a court order that it stop placing thousands of healthy Roma children in schools for the mentally disabled.

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Posted: 10 Nov 2010 08:53 AM PST

AP - British police say forensic evidence shows Yemen mail bomb could have exploded over eastern US.

Bosnia inaugurates newly elected presidency (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST

Newly elected members of Bosnia and Herzegovina's tripartite Presidency, from left, Bakir Izetbegovic, Nebojsa Radmanovic, and Zeljko Komsic, enter the room for the official ceremony of Presidency inauguration, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. The new members of the Presidency were elected through Bosnia's general elections held on Oct. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)AP - The three ethnic leaders who share the presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina expressed sharp disagreement on Wednesday over EU and NATO membership, key issues in the nation's future.

Poland honors plane crash dead with new memorial (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 05:12 AM PST

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, twin brother of late Polish President Lech Kaczynski flashes the V-sign as he mourns his brother's death seven months after the April 10 plane crash, in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. Ceremonies are held on the 10th of each month throughout the country to remember Kaczynski and the 95 who died with him in the crash in Russia. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - Sirens wailed and a military band played Poland's national anthem as the country on Wednesday inaugurated a new memorial to the late president and 95 others killed in a plane crash earlier this year.

Correction: Swiss tank crash story (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 05:08 AM PST

AP - In a Nov. 9 story about an accident involving four Swiss army vehicles, The Associated Press erroneously identified the vehicles as tanks. They were 'Piranha' armored vehicles equipped with wheels instead of tracks.

Slander conviction for beaten Russian reporter (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 04:55 AM PST

Journalist Mikhail Beketov, who was brutally beaten and left brain-damaged in 2008, is seen arriving at a court in Moscow's suburb of Khimki, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010. Beketov, a staunch critic of plans to cut down a local forest to build a highway, stands trial for libel against the town's mayor Vladimir Strelchenko. A reporter for a suburban Moscow paper was beaten up Monday, two days after another Moscow journalist was bludgeoned on the head, arms and legs in a brutal attack that was captured on video and has caused a national uproar. No motivation for either attack has been determined, but both men wrote about efforts to stop developers from cutting down trees in forests around Moscow to build highways. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)AP - A muckraking Russian reporter left handicapped by a 2008 attack he linked to his work was convicted Wednesday of defaming one of the officials he criticized.

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