2010年11月27日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Britain declares end to 'war on Christmas' (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 03:30 PM PST

Communities and Local Government Secretary, Eric Pickles, pictured in May 2010, declared the AFP - The Communities and Local Government minister declared the "war on Christmas" over Saturday, urging local authorities to stop avoiding the festival's Christian basis.

Europe set to bail out Ireland as debt crisis grows (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 03:05 PM PST

A protestor waves a tri-color flag outside Government Buildings in Dublin November 24, 2010. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughtonReuters - European ministers are expected to sign off on an 85 billion euro ($112.7 billion) rescue for Ireland on Sunday, making it the second euro member after Greece to require a bailout in the face of a crippling debt crisis.

Miliband launches review of Labour policy (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 02:13 PM PST

Labour party leader Ed Miliband on Saturday launched a wholesale review of the Labour Party's policies, saying it was starting with a clean slate.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Opposition leader Ed Miliband on Saturday launched a wholesale review of the Labour Party's policies, saying it was starting with a clean slate.

Hugo Chavez says Russia lends Venezuela $4 billion for arms (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 01:48 PM PST

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez addresses the audience during a ceremony in Havana November 8, 2010. REUTERS/Enrique De La OsaReuters - Russia gave Venezuela a $4 billion credit to buy weapons when President Hugo Chavez visited Moscow last month, adding to billions the socialist leader has already spent on re-equipping the army.

Chinese artist in London protest on Ai's 'Sunflower Seeds' (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 01:47 PM PST

Members of the media walk on ceramic seeds, during the launch of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's AFP - A man breached security Saturday at the Tate Modern to stage a demonstration on fellow Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's "Sunflower Seeds" exhibition.

Nadal downs Murray in thriller to reach ATP final (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 01:06 PM PST

Spain's Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Scotland's Andy Murray during their semi-final singles tennis match, on the seventh day of the ATP World Tour Finals, at the O2, in south-east London. Nadal clinched his first appearance in the final of the ATP World Tour finals after a thrilling 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 7-6 (8/6) win over Murray.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Rafael Nadal clinched his first appearance in the final of the ATP World Tour finals after a thrilling 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 7-6 (8/6) win over Andy Murray on Saturday.

New Zealand slam Wales in rugby (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:55 PM PST

New Zealand fly half Dan Carter (L) kicks this penalty during their Autumn International rugby union match against Wales at The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Hosea Gear scored two tries and Carter became Test rugby's leading all-time points scorer as New Zealand completed a 'grand slam' with a 37-25 win over Wales.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Hosea Gear scored two tries and Dan Carter became Test rugby's leading all-time points scorer as New Zealand completed a 'grand slam' with a 37-25 win over Wales at the Millennium Stadium here on Saturday.

Pope urges respect for embryos (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:16 PM PST

Pope Benedict XVI arrives to celebrate a vespers service to mark the beginning of Advent, the period leading up to Christmas when the faithful mark the birth of Christ, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010. The pontiff called for politicians, the media and other leaders to show more respect for human life at its earliest stages, saying embryos aren't just biological material but dynamic, autonomous individuals. This year, the Vatican urged bishops around the world to make the service a vigil for 'nascent human life'.(AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI called Saturday for politicians, the media and world leaders to show more respect for human life at its earliest stages, saying embryos aren't just biological material but dynamic, autonomous individuals.

Deal on Ireland's euro85B bailout could come Sunday (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:00 PM PST

In this photo taken on Nov. 25 2010 an exit sign hangs beside a sign from the Bank of Ireland at one of its branches in Central Dublin, Ireland. Senior bonds of Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland slumped Friday, Nov. 26, 2010, amid concern the government will force holders of such debt to share the cost of bailing out its financial system. (AP Photo / Peter Morrison)AP - An Irish government minister said Saturday he expects an agreement within the next 24 hours on an EU-IMF bailout loan for Ireland worth approximately euro85 billion ($115 billion), but he rejected reports that the aid could come with a punitively high interest rate.

ETA political wing announces new party 'against violence' (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 11:59 AM PST

Representatives of the Basque Nationalist Left, Marian Beitialarrangoitia and Rufi Etxeberria address journalists in the Northern Spanish city of Pamplona. The banned political wing of the armed Basque separatist group ETA announced Saturday plans for a new party that will reject the use of violence in the hope of standing in elections next year.(AFP/Rafa Rivas)AFP - The banned political wing of the armed Basque separatist group ETA announced Saturday plans for a new party that will reject the use of violence in the hope of standing in elections next year.

One scientist's hobby: recreating the ice age (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 11:58 AM PST

In this Oct. 25, 2010 photo, semi-wild Yakutian horses are seen at the Pleistocene Park, a 40,000 acre wilderness in northern Siberia, Russia. Russian scientist Sergey Zimov is trying to recreate conditions from the end of the Ice Age when this area was rich in wildlife and summer meadows. Zimov believes populating Siberia with grass-eating animals will regenerate grasslands, which are more effective at preventing the thaw of permafrost and slowing the emission of dangerous greenhouse gases. (AP Photo/ Arthur Max)AP - Wild horses have returned to northern Siberia. So have musk oxen, hairy beasts that once shared this icy land with woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats. Moose and reindeer are here, and may one day be joined by Canadian bison and deer.

3 hikers dead after avalanche in northern Italy (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 10:39 AM PST

AP - Three hikers have died after being caught in an avalanche in northern Italy.

Pope: Hiroshima anniversary a reminder to disarm (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 04:33 AM PST

AP - Pope Benedict XVI has said the 65th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki should serve as reminders of the continued threat nuclear weapons pose and the need to get rid of them.

Paris conservation meeting protects sharks (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 02:37 AM PST

AP - Environmental groups say delegates at an Atlantic conservation conference in Paris have taken measures to protect sea turtles and several types of sharks.

Hunters may have delivered fatal blow to mammoths (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 02:13 AM PST

In this photo taken Oct. 23, 2010 Russian scientist Sergey Zimov demonstrates for AP Television News the emission of methane trapped under the ice of a Siberian lake near the town of Chersky, Russia. Gas locked inside Siberia's frozen soil and under its lakes has been seeping out since the end of the last ice age. But recently, especially in the last five years as the Earth has warmed, the permafrost has thawed more rapidly, accelerating the release of methane, a greenhouse gas 23 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. (AP Photo/Arthur Max)AP - During the last Ice Age, shaggy mammoths, woolly rhinos and bison lumbered across northern Siberia. Then, about 10,000 years ago — in the span of a geological heartbeat, or a few hundred years — the last of them disappeared.

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