2010年11月16日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Europe, IMF launch 'urgent' Irish rescue mission (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 06:23 PM PST

Pedestrians walk past a shop advertising a 'Closing down sale' in Dublin, on November 15, 2010. Europe and the International Monetary Fund announced the launch of an urgent mission to Dublin to finalise emergency support for Ireland's devastated banking sector.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - Europe and the International Monetary Fund announced the launch of an urgent mission to Dublin to finalise emergency support for Ireland's devastated banking sector.

Greece: 3 former ministers face land swap charges (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 06:22 PM PST

AP - Greece's parliament has voted to indict three former ministers over real estate deals between the state and a wealthy monastery which blew up into a major political scandal.

Tremlett, Bresnan strike for England in tour match (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 06:18 PM PST

England's second-string bowlers backed skipper Andrew Strauss's (pictured) decision to bowl after winning the toss to have Australia A in strife on the opening morning of their four-day tour.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - England's second-string bowlers backed skipper Andrew Strauss's decision to bowl after winning the toss to have Australia A in strife on the opening morning of their four-day tour.

England lock Palmer wants to make most of Wallaby leap (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 05:38 PM PST

The England rugby squad bows as a mark of respect during a minute of silence for Remembrance Day before the game against Australia during the Autumn International rugby union match at Twickenham Stadium, southwest London, on November 13. England played a brand of positive, running rugby, built on physicality, pace and precise handling against the Wallabies, posting a dramatic 35-18 win.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - In-form England lock Tom Palmer has urged the side to make sure they use last weekend's dramatic 35-18 victory over Australia as a springboard to further success and not let it be a glorious one-off.

EU-IMF mission to discuss steps to help Ireland (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 05:35 PM PST

Reuters - Euro zone ministers have agreed to send a joint European-IMF mission to Ireland that could prepare the way for a bailout to prevent its debt crisis spreading to other countries.

Vows of EU support but no bailout yet for Ireland (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:46 PM PST

A newspaper seller in Dublin, Ireland, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. Debt-burdened Ireland is talking with other European Union governments about how to handle its troubled finances, officials said Monday as the continent's debt crisis plagued markets and policymakers across Europe. Irish officials however denied they were seeking a lifeline from the EU's bailout fund, while Greece revealed revised figures showing a bigger budget deficit. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - An anxiously awaited meeting of European finance ministers ended Tuesday without an agreement to bail out Ireland's debt-stricken government, though both Irish and EU officials vowed to stabilize the banks at the center of the crisis and keep it from spreading to other fragile economies connected by the euro.

Pink diamond sells for record $46M at auction (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:14 PM PST

A Sotheby's employee displays a 24.78 carat fancy intense pink emerald-cut diamond ring during an auction press preview at Sotheby's in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. The ring will be offered on sale Nov. 16, 2010 with a pre-sale estimate of $38 million. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - A rare pink diamond smashed the world record for a jewel at auction Tuesday, selling for more than $46 million to a well-known gem dealer.

A royal wedding next year for Prince William, Kate (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:01 PM PST

Image from video of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton during a television interview recorded and aired on the day they announced their engagement Tuesday Nov.16, 2010. Prince William revealed that he proposed using the engagement ring of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, to make sure she 'didn't miss out on the excitement'. William and his long-term girlfriend, Kate Middleton, got engaged on holiday in Kenya last month and will marry next year. (AP Photo/pool)AP - Thirty years after the fairy-tale nuptials with the unhappy ending, Britain will finally have another big royal wedding: its dashing helicopter-pilot prince — second in line to the throne — will marry the lovely commoner who may someday become queen.

Prince William seals engagement with Diana's ring (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 03:48 PM PST

Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton pose for photographers during a photocall to mark their engagement, in the State Rooms of St James?s Palace, central London. Prince William will marry his girlfriend Kate Middleton next year, the royal family said Tuesday, in the biggest royal wedding in Britain since his parents Charles and Diana married in 1981.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Prince William's fiancee Kate Middleton said Tuesday she was daunted but happy to be marrying into the royal family next year after he proposed using his late mother Diana's engagement ring.

Irish police probe killings of 4 children, 2 women (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 12:46 PM PST

AP - Irish police say two children in Cork have been strangled by their father, who then burned himself to death in his car, while another man in neighboring Limerick has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing to death two children, his wife and his sister-in-law.

British couple freed by Somali pirates return home (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 12:40 PM PST

Paul Chandler, rear right and his wife Rachel arrive back in the UK at Heathrow Airport after being freed from being held captive by Somali pirates for more than a year, Tuesday Nov.16, 2010. Their return brings to an end a 388-day ordeal that began in October 2009, when their yacht was seized by armed pirates as it sailed from the Seychelles towards Tanzania. (AP Photo/Steve Parsons/PA ) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - Paul and Rachel Chandler — the British couple held hostage by Somali pirates for 388 days — arrived home in the U.K. on Tuesday following their release from captivity.

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Posted: 16 Nov 2010 12:31 PM PST

AP - Rare pink diamond sells for world record price of $46 million at auction.

Media watchdog says 2 Germans in Iran not spies (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 10:22 AM PST

FILE - The Sept. 11, 2007 file photo shows Mina Ahadi of the German Committee for Ex-Muslims as she talks during a press conference following the launch of the Dutch 'Committee for Ex-Muslims' in The Hague, Netherlands. The human rights activist on Tuesday, Nov 16, 2010 has alleged that two Germans detained in Iran in connection with a highly publicized stoning case were likely pressured by the authorities to make false accusations against her. Iranian state TV said in a Monday broadcast that the two Germans, whom Iran has accused of being spies, confessed they had been hired by Germany-based Mina Ahadi to speak with the son and lawyer of 43-year-old Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. (AP Photo/ Fred Ernst)AP - An international media watchdog on Tuesday strongly rejected spying accusations against two German reporters detained in Iran in connection with a highly publicized stoning case and called for their immediate release.

Meeting at UN seeks Cyprus talks breakthrough (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 09:03 AM PST

Turkish soldiers take part in an army parade in the Turkish occupied area of Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. Nov. 15 marks the 26th anniversary of the unilateral declaration of independence by the occupation regime, recognized only by Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)AP - The United Nations's secretary-general will meet with the rival leaders of divided Cyprus this week to prevent a collapse of reunification talks that could cement the island's partition and derail Turkey's EU membership hopes.

Denmark: no sign US surveillance was illegal (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 07:46 AM PST

AP - Denmark's intelligence service says it has known since 2004 that the U.S. Embassy conducts surveillance activities from a location outside the mission's premises.

A royal title awaits Kate, but which? (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 07:20 AM PST

FILE - This Dec. 15, 2006 file photo shows Kate Middleton, who is to marry Britain's Prince William in 2011, according to an announcement by Clarence House in London, Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010. Further details about the wedding day will be announced in due course. (AP Photo/Ben Gurr, PA, File) UNITED KINGDOM OUT: NO SALES: NO ARCHIVEAP - Queen Catherine? She must wait for that one.

Croatian bishops: Pope to visit on June 4-5 (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 07:18 AM PST

AP - The Croatian Bishops' Conference says pope Benedict XVI will visit Croatia for the first time on June 4-5.

Polish, US officials unveil Kosciuszko monument (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 05:56 AM PST

Archbishop Kazimierz Nycz blesses the Tadeusz Kosciuszko monument during the unveiling ceremony in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. The monument is a replica of the Kosciuszko monument in Washington D.C., USA, and is the first monument in Warsaw dedicated to Tadeusz Kosciuszko, the 18th century Polish and American hero. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)AP - Poland's president and the U.S. ambassador have inaugurated a monument to Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a Pole who played a role in the American Revolution in the 18th century.

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