2010年11月26日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Bosnian entities' leaders agree to get closer to EU (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 03:32 PM PST

Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik is seen at a polling station in Banja Luka on October 2010 in the Serb-run Republika Sprska. Dodik, who was elected president of the Bosnian Serb entity Republika Srpska in October polls, met earlier with Zlatko Lagumdzija, the head of the Social Democratic party (SDP), which won the election in the Muslim-Croat entity.(AFP/File)AFP - The leaders of Bosnia's Serb and Muslim-Croat entities edged closer Friday to forming a government with the goal to get their country closer to the European Union.

Voters hammer Irish government (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:57 PM PST

Reuters - Ireland's government saw its parliamentary majority cut to two on Friday, as voters in one of the ruling party's heartlands punished it for seeking an EU/IMF bailout and instead backed nationalists Sinn Fein.

US briefs allies about next WikiLeaks release (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:06 PM PST

AP - U.S. allies around the world have been briefed by American diplomats about an expected release of classified U.S. files by the WikiLeaks website that is likely to cause international embarrassment and could damage some nations' relations with the United States.

Worries over Europe debt, Korea support Treasurys (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:05 PM PST

AP - Treasurys rates moved lower on Friday, driven down by fears over Europe's debt crisis and tensions between North and South Korea.

No help from Poles or Portuguese in refs' strike (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:48 PM PST

The row over the referees' strike in Scottish football took another twist on Friday when Portuguese officials joined their Polish counterparts in performing an about-turn after being drafted in to officiate games this weekend.(AFP/File/Giuseppe Cacace)AFP - The row over the referees' strike in Scottish football took another twist on Friday when Portuguese officials joined their Polish counterparts in performing an about-turn after being drafted in to officiate games this weekend.

Envoy: Joint NATO-Russia missile defense likely (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:31 PM PST

AP - Russia's envoy to NATO is optimistic about the feasibility of a proposed joint missile defense system with NATO.

Stocks slide on worries over Korea, European debt (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:18 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2010 file photo, specialist Jennifer Klesaris works at her post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.(AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)AP - Stocks sank during Friday's shortened session as jittery traders were afraid to commit to any holdings ahead of the weekend amid lingering uncertainty surrounding Europe's debt troubles and North Korea's war threats.

Tensions in Europe, Koreas boost dollar (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:17 PM PST

AP - The dollar jumped Friday as a major credit ratings agency downgraded the debt of Ireland's banks and investors worried that Portugal would become the third European country to need a bailout this year.

EU says Italy may face fines over Naples rubbish (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:11 PM PST

A woman on a sidewalk covers her mouth near a pile of garbage in downtown Naples October 22, 2010. REUTERS/AgnfotoReuters - Italy has failed to comply with a European court ruling on the chronic Naples garbage crisis and could face fines if it does not solve the problem, a top EU official said on Friday.

Portugal adopts budget, denies bailout pressure (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:27 AM PST

Reuters - Portugal approved its 2011 austerity budget on Friday, vowing to spur growth and apply tough spending cuts as it seeks to avoid an Irish-style bailout.

Karzai's aide: UK 'to blame' for Taliban impostor (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:09 AM PST

AP - A senior Afghan official has blamed the British secret service for bringing a Taliban impostor to take part in top-level peace talks with the Afghan government, newspapers reported Friday.

Czech Jew who fought with UK during WWII dies (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 09:37 AM PST

FILE - This Jan. 27, 2009 file photo shows Colonel Jan Wiener, one of the last veterans of the Czechoslovak 311th bombing wing of the Rotal Air Force, attending the funeral of architect Jan Kaplicky in Prague. Wiener, a Jew who fought in the British air force during World War II after fleeing Nazis in Germany and Czechoslovakia, has died. He was 90 years old. Jiri Pehe, an official at Prague's branch of New York University, said Friday Nov. 26, 2010, that Wiener died Wednesday at Prague's military hospital. The cause of death was not given.(AP Photo/CTK, file, Eva Korinkova) SLOVAKIA OUTAP - Jan Wiener, a Czech Jew who fought in the British air force during World War II after fleeing Nazis in Germany and Czechoslovakia, has died. He was 90 years old.

UN official: Bosnia war rapes must be prosecuted (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 08:41 AM PST

AP - A U.N. official said Friday that a better job needs to be done in prosecuting rape cases that occurred during the Bosnian war nearly two decades ago, and in other armed conflicts worldwide.

Russian royal family's letters to be auctioned (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 08:22 AM PST

AP - Some 2,000 letters, postcards and photographs sent by the last Russian czar's siblings to their private tutor will go under the hammer in Geneva next month.

Russia opens key plant to destroy chemical weapons (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 08:20 AM PST

A Russian officer walks through a laboratory at Russia's plant for the destruction of chemical weapons in Pochep, 250 miles southwest of Moscow, Russia, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. Russian officials on Friday inaugurated the plant which will be key to meet the country's commitment to destroy all of its chemical weapons arsenal. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)AP - Russia will miss a 2012 deadline for destroying all of its chemical weapons, officials said Friday as they inaugurated a major new plant to dispose of them.

Serbia seeks suspected Nazi from US (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 08:15 AM PST

AP - Serbia is seeking extradition from the U.S. of a naturalized American citizen who is suspected of serving in a Nazi unit that killed around 17,000 Jewish and other civilians during World War II, the justice minister said Friday.

Bastille prison had 5-star comforts, exhibit shows (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 07:46 AM PST

This photo provided Friday Nov.26, 2010 by the National Library of France shows 'L'homme au masque de Fer' (The man with iron mask) in La Bastille prison around 1789. Copious wine, warm beds, cozy fires : the portrait of Paris' notorious Bastille prison that emerges in a new exhibit looks like that of a provincial French inn. Pulling together archives on the prison for the first time, the exhibit shows what life was like for prisoners of the Bastille, and why despite its relative comfort, angry mobs stormed it in 1789, helping spark the French Revolution. (AP Photo/Bibliotheque Nationale de France) NO SALES - EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - A roaring fireplace, a warm bed, some wine and little pastries welcomed people to La Bastille. This was no charming inn, but the notorious French prison, stormed by an angry Parisian mob on July 14, 1789, in an outburst that helped set off the French Revolution.

With UN presidency comes Swiss-made reform talks (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 07:35 AM PST

AP - The Swiss politician who's heading the U.N. General Assembly this year is adding his voice to President Barack Obama's call for a major shake-up in the top levels of the world organization.

Russian parliament: Stalin ordered Katyn massacre (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 07:20 AM PST

AP - The World War II Katyn massacres were committed on the direct order of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, Russia's lower house of parliament said Friday — a statement hailed by Polish officials.

UK turkey magnate Bernard Matthews dies at 80 (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 06:11 AM PST

Dec 12 1979 picture of Bernard Matthews holding a 30lb turkey outside No 10 Downing Street, residence of Britain's Prime Minister. Matthews, whose investment in 20 eggs in 1950 laid the foundation for Britain's biggest turkey business, has died at age 80, his company said Friday Nov 26 2010. In recent years, however, the company was targeted by animal rights groups over its intensive farming and sales were hit in 2007 when one farm reported Britain's first outbreak of bird flu. One of the company's products, Turkey Twizzlers, was singled out five years ago by TV chef Jamie Oliver as an example of excessively fatty food in school meals, and the product disappeared from many lunch menus. (AP Photo/ PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - Bernard Matthews, who parlayed an investment in 20 eggs into a business that became Britain's biggest turkey processor — once raising the birds in the rooms of a large country home — has died at age 80.

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