2010年11月22日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Ireland set for nervy two weeks until budget vote (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 05:17 PM PST

Reuters - Ireland begins two nervous weeks of political maneuvering on Tuesday as the government dares the opposition to block an austerity budget on which a multi-billion euro EU/IMF bailout is riding.

Pope seeks to start debate on condoms and AIDS (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 05:08 PM PST

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful during an audience he held for newly appointed cardinals and their relatives, in the Pope Paul II hall at the Vatican, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. At right is his personal aide Rev. Georg Gaenswein, and Archbishop James Harvey Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal Household. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Pope Benedict XVI sought to "kick-start a debate" when he said some condom use may be justified, Vatican insiders say, raising hopes the church may be starting to back away from a complete ban and allow condoms to play a role in the battle against AIDS.

Irish premier faces early election over EU bailout (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 05:27 PM PST

The euro and European stock markets faltered, giving up early gains as investors questioned whether Ireland's EU/IMF bailout would really herald the end of the eurozone's debt crisis.(AFP/File/Charly Triballeau)AP - The Irish government stood on the brink of collapse Monday, a day after being forced to accept a massive bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.

AP Exclusive: Troubles stop Iran nuke enrichment (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 02:52 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2010 file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech in a public gathering at the city of Bojnord, northeastern Iran. In one of President Ahmadinejad's first major policy speeches back in 2005, he laid out some bedrock principles: Iran will never halt uranium enrichment and the West needs to deal with the Islamic Republic on equal footing. Jump ahead to today, and Iran's stance remains unchanged as it and world powers prepare to resume talks on Tehran's nuclear program on Dec. 5. That puts the new round of negotiations already on shaky ground. (AP Photo/IIPA, Abolfazl Nesaei, File)AP - Iran's nuclear program has suffered a recent setback, with major technical problems forcing the temporary shutdown of thousands of centrifuges enriching uranium, diplomats told The Associated Press on Monday.

Everton's Arteta forces draw with Sunderland (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 02:46 PM PST

Everton's Spanish midfielder Mikel Arteta celebrates scoring against Sunderland during an English FA Premier League football match at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland. The match ended in a 2-2 draw.(AFP/Graham Stuart)AFP - A late goal by Everton's Spanish midfielder Mikel Arteta forced a 2-2 draw with in-form Sunderland in their Premier League clash here on Monday.

Opel says it heads for loss of 1.4 billion euros this year (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 02:00 PM PST

The Adam Opel house can be seen in Ruesselsheil, western Germany in 2009. Opel, the European unit of US auto group General Motors, expects to report a loss of 1.4 billion euros this year, Opel head Nick Reilly said in a magazine interview on Monday.(AFP/DDP/File/Thomas Lohnes)AFP - Opel, the European unit of US auto group General Motors, expects to report a loss of 1.4 billion euros this year, Opel head Nick Reilly said in a magazine interview on Monday.

Summary Box: Swiss wary as firms seek low tax (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 12:47 PM PST

AP - SIMMERING BACKLASH?: Swiss financial officials say their country could face political pressure from the United States and European Union if foreign companies continue taking advantage of its low tax rates by moving their corporate headquarters to Switzerland.

Orange, T-Mobile to subsidize Apple iPad in Europe (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 12:31 PM PST

A salesman displays an Apple iPad during its launch in Singapore July 23, 2010. REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - Orange and T-Mobile plan to subsidize Apple's iPad in Britain and France, hoping to tie more customers into service contracts by making the expensive gadgets seem more affordable.

Russia could shun European rights court--top judge (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 12:18 PM PST

Reuters - Russia's top judge said it may no longer honor judgments handed down by Europe's influential Court of Human Rights, but a Kremlin official played down the idea, calling it a "backwards" step.

Holocaust-denying bishop threatened with expulsion (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 11:24 AM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009 file photo, Catholic Bishop Richard Williamson, second from left in foreground, is escorted out of Heathrow airport by police and security officers after arriving on a flight from Argentina, in London. Williamson who denied the Holocaust has been threatened with expulsion from his traditionalist order for hiring a lawyer allegedly linked to the neo-Nazi movement in Germany. The Society of St. Pius X said Monday, Nov. 22, 2010, it ordered Bishop Richard Williamson to reverse his decision and release the lawyer for his Nov. 29 appeal against an incitement conviction. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)AP - A Catholic bishop who denied the Holocaust is facing expulsion from his traditionalist order for hiring a lawyer linked to the neo-Nazi movement.

Germany to scrap conscription mid-2011 (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 11:03 AM PST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a meeting of German insurance companies in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. Slogan in the background reads 'Security'. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)AP - Germany's defense minister announced Monday the nation will end conscription in July 2011 and switch to a slimmed-down volunteer military service of some 185,000 troops focused on missions abroad.

Congo's Bemba pleads not guilty to murder, rape (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 10:55 AM PST

Congo's former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba, left, is seen in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. The trial of Bemba, 48, on charges of rape, murder and pillaging is only the third to get under way at the International Criminal Court since it began work in 2002. Bemba has not yet entered pleas to three counts of war crimes and two crimes against humanity covering murder, rape and pillaging by his forces. Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo said Bemba's case will set a precedent for the conduct of war everywhere. (AP PhotoMichael Kooren, Pool)AP - Congo's former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he gave his private army free rein to rape and murder men, women and children in neighboring Central African Republic.

Reichstag security tightened over terror concerns (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 10:46 AM PST

Police officers block a street with a security fence in front of the Reichstag building, Germany's house of parliament, in Berlin on Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. After Germany's Interior Ministry raised the country's terrorist threat level last week, Germany's parliament said it is closing down the cupola of the Reichstag building to visitors over security concerns. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - Germany closed down the famous glass and steel dome and rooftop terrace of the Reichstag parliament building to visitors Monday over concerns of a possible terror attack.

Experts demand better protection for sharks (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 10:23 AM PST

FILE - In this undated photo released by the Australian Customs Service on April 5, 2006, an officer holds drying shark fins found on a suspected illegal fishing boat in the waters off Cape Wessel in the Northern Territory of Australia. Sharks are in trouble, and scientists say the world has a chance to protect them by setting Atlantic catch limits at international conservation conference this week in Paris. While fishing is tightly regulated, there are almost no rules when it comes to catching sharks, scientists say. (AP Photo/Australian Customs Service, HO)AP - With their pointy teeth and fearsome reputations, sharks may not be the best poster child for species in danger, but environmentalists say the predators are in dire need of protection.

Serbia prosecutors to appeal 2 war crimes verdicts (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 10:02 AM PST

AP - Serbia on Monday sentenced two men to 15 and six years each in prison for the wartime torture and killing of 700 Muslims in eastern Bosnia — but the prosecutor's office called the sentences too lenient and said it will appeal.

WikiLeaks: New release 7 times size of Iraq files (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 09:14 AM PST

AP - WikiLeaks says that its next release will be seven times the size of the Iraq war logs, some 400,000 secret documents that amounted to the biggest leak in U.S. intelligence history.

Man to challenge Twitter 'threat' conviction (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 08:23 AM PST

AP - A man who was convicted and fined for tweeting that he planned to blow up an airport will take his case to Britain's High Court in a test of the limits of free speech on the Internet, his lawyers said Monday

Nazi suspect dies before Germany trial (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 07:08 AM PST

This photo made available by Yad Vashem Photo Archive in Jerusalem shows Nazi guards at Belzec death camp in occupied Poland in 1942. Samuel Kunz, one of the world's most-wanted Nazi suspects who was under indictment on allegations he was involved in killing hundreds of thousands of Jews at a concentration camp in occupied Poland, has died, a Bonn court said Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Yad Vashem Photo Archive)AP - Samuel Kunz, one of the world's most-wanted Nazi suspects who was under indictment on allegations he was involved in killing hundreds of thousands of Jews at a concentration camp in occupied Poland, has died, a Bonn court said Monday.

10 alleged Somali pirates go on trial in Germany (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 06:29 AM PST

FILE - In this image released by the Royal Dutch Navy Monday April 5, 2010, a boarding party slides down a rope from the frigate Tromp's Lynx helicopter onto the MV Taipan. Ten Somali men went on trial Monday, Nov. 22, 1010 in Hamburg on piracy charges for allegedly hijacking a German container ship earlier this year. (AP Photo/Royal Dutch Navy)AP - The country's first piracy trial in hundreds of years got off to a shaky start Monday, with the court struggling to get even the most basic information from 10 Somali men and youth charged with hijacking a German container ship earlier this year.

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