2010年12月12日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Europe News


Chelsea back on track, insists Ancelotti (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 06:00 PM PST

Chelsea's Italian Manager Carlo Ancelotti (L) talks with Chelsea's Ivory Coast footballer Didier Drogba, during a team training session. Ancelotti insists Chelsea are back on track even though the champions squandered a golden opportunity to end their dismal run in a dramatic 1-1 draw against Tottenham.(AFP/File/Ian Kington)AFP - Carlo Ancelotti insists Chelsea are back on track even though the champions squandered a golden opportunity to end their dismal run in a dramatic 1-1 draw against Tottenham.


Swedes shocked by 1st terror attack in 3 decades (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 05:57 PM PST

Sama Sarsour from Swedish Muslims for Peace and Justice (SMFR) participates in a peace demonstration at Sergels square in central Stockholm Sunday Dec. 12, 2010 .   Swedish police said Sunday that two explosions in central Stockholm were an act of terrorism, in what appeared to be the first attack in the Nordic country by a suicide bomber. The suspect, who was not named, killed himself and injured two people on a busy shopping street Saturday.   (AP photo/Scanpix Sweden/Marc Femenia)  SWEDEN OUTAP - No one died except for the suspected bomber, but two explosions in Sweden's capital tore at the fabric of this tolerant and open nation — a society that hadn't seen a terrorist attack in more than three decades.


Higgins rallies to win UK in final frame thriller (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 05:38 PM PST

John Higgins, pictured in 2009, completed his return to top-flight snooker by staging a remarkable rally to beat Mark Williams 10-9 in the final of the UK Championship in Telford on Sunday.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - John Higgins produced what he said was his "finest hour" in snooker as he marked his return to top-flight competition by staging a remarkable rally to beat Mark Williams 10-9 in the UK Championship final in Telford, central England, on Sunday.


Sweden blasts 'terrorist' attack claimed by Islamists (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 05:29 PM PST

A passer-by stand stands at the corner of Bryggaregatan and Drottninggatan street in central Stockholm. About 10 minutes before Saturday's blasts, the TT news agency and Saepo received an email, which included audio files in both Swedish and Arabic, in which the suspected attacker addresses AFP - Sweden probed two bomb blasts that killed a person in central Stockholm as a "terrorist crime", as an Al-Qaeda-linked website claimed one of its militants had carried out the suicide attack.


Amsterdam says preschool pedophile arrested (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 05:21 PM PST

AP - A man who worked for at least two preschools is feared to have molested dozens of young children and used them to make child pornography in one of the worst cases of sexual abuse in the Netherlands, the city's mayor said Sunday.

Sweden 'bomber' studied at British university: reports (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 04:38 PM PST

A passer-by stand stands at the corner of Bryggaregatan and Drottninggatan street in central Stockholm. A man claimed by an Al-Qaeda-linked website to be behind bomb blasts in Sweden studied and lived in Britain, reports said Monday.(AFP/Jonathan Nackstrand)AFP - A man claimed by an Al-Qaeda-linked website to be behind bomb blasts in Sweden studied and lived in Britain, reports said Monday.


Hundreds protest against Russian government (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 04:26 PM PST

Police officers detain protesters during a rallyin central Moscow on Sunday Dec 12, 2010.  Hundreds of people protest at separate rallies in Moscow, with opposition activists calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and nationalists demanding greater rights for ethnic Russians.(AP Photo/ Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Hundreds of people protested against the Russian government Sunday at two separate rallies in Moscow, with opposition activists calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and nationalists demanding greater rights for ethnic Russians. Several opposition activists were detained.


Exit poll: Ruling party leads Kosovo elections (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 04:22 PM PST

Kosovo's prime minister and Leader of Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) Hashim Thaci shows thumbs up at his office as unnoficial vote tally is showing his party leading in Kosovo general elections in capital Pristina on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010.The exit poll conducted Sunday by Kosovo-based Gani Bobi Center shows Thaci winning 31 percent, with the LDK, or Democratic League of Kosovo, trailing with 25 percent of the vote and newcomer Albin Kurti winning 17 percent in his political debut.(AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)AP - Incumbent Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has claimed victory in Kosovo's first general election since the province declared independence from Serbia, as an independent exit poll showed his Democratic Party of Kosovo 6 percentage points ahead of its rivals.


Berlusconi's survival hopes finely balanced (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 03:23 PM PST

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attends a meeting with Belgium's Prime Minister Yves Leterme at Chigi palace in Rome November 4, 2010. REUTERS/Max RossiReuters - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's hopes of surviving a crucial no confidence motion in parliament hung by a thread on Sunday as political commentators predicted the outcome could be decided by as little as a single vote.


(AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 10:54 AM PST

AP - Independent exit poll shows Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's party leading Kosovo elections.

Report: Cables show US concern at Swiss Iran plan (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 10:43 AM PST

AP - Leaked U.S. embassy cables show American diplomats were concerned that Switzerland's unilateral efforts in nuclear negotiations with Iran had sent a "wrong message" and undercut international pressure on the Islamic republic.

Finnish, Russian leaders ride new fast train (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 10:34 AM PST

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, and Finnish President Tarja Halonen chat in the high speed train at the railway station in Vyborg, Russia, some 160 km (100 miles) west of St. Petersburg, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010. Halonen and Putin inaugurated the first high-speed rail link between the EU and Russia as new trains start running between Helsinki and St. Petersburg, shortening travel time by nearly half, boosting business travel and tourism.(AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool)AP - The president of Finland and the prime minister of Russia zipped along Sunday on a new high-speed train linking Helsinki and St. Petersburg, becoming among the first passengers to use the new service.


Rival: Berlusconi wants to stay PM to avoid trials (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 09:32 AM PST

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi greets supporters as he walks in downtown Milan, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. The 74-year-old leader faces a no-confidence vote next week that will determine the fate of his government. Just weeks ago, it appeared Berlusconi had little chance of winning after his biggest ally withdrew his backing, effectively depriving him of the votes he would need to survive Tuesday's challenge. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)AP - Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi's estranged coalition ally claimed Sunday — ahead of crucial confidence votes — that the media magnate wants to cling to power solely to avoid criminal trials related to his business empire.


Obama calls Turkish PM over leaked cables (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 08:05 AM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Dec.  7, 2009 file photo President Barack Obama listens as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.  Obama called Turkey's prime minister to mend ties following the release on the WikiLeaks website of U.S. diplomatic cables containing negative comment about the Turkish leadership, the government said Sunday Dec. 12, 2010. Obama called Erdogan on Saturday and told him that some of the comment in the cables does not reflect the view of the current U.S. government, and that the U.S.-Turkish alliance is vital, Erdogan's office said in a statement on its website. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP - President Barack Obama called Turkey's prime minister to mend ties following the release on the WikiLeaks website of U.S. diplomatic cables containing negative comment about the Turkish leadership, the government said Sunday.


UK says attack students made 'contact' with royals (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 06:05 AM PST

Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, react as their car is attacked by angry protesters in London, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. An Associated Press photographer saw demonstrators kick the car in Regent Street, in the heart of London's shopping district. The car then sped off. Charles' office, Clarence House, confirmed that 'their royal highnesses' car was attacked by protesters on the way to their engagement at the London Palladium this evening, but their royal highnesses are unharmed.' (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - Student protesters made physical contact with the wife of Prince Charles during an attack on the couple's car that has sparked a review of royal security, a British government minister said Sunday.


Pope: Dictatorships can only be destructive (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 05:57 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a mass at the St. Massimiliano Kolbe parish church on the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Pope Benedict XVI, who spent his youth in Hitler's Germany, says dictators boast that they will change the world, but just bring destruction.


Pastor who threatened to burn Quran plans UK visit (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 04:36 AM PST

AP - Britain's interior minister said Sunday she will consider barring from the country a Florida pastor who threatened to burn a Quran on the anniversary of 9/11.

Royal photos show relaxed, loving William and Kate (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 03:42 AM PST

This is one of two official portrait photographs taken on Nov. 25, 2010 in the Cornwall Room in St James's Palace, London and released by Clarence House Press Office on Sunday Dec. 12, 2010  to mark the engagement of Britain's Prince William, left, and Catherine Middleton, right.  (AP Photo/Clarence House Press Office/Copyright 2010 Mario Testino, ho).  MANDATORY CREDIT,  NO SALES , EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NOT APPROVED FOR SOUVENIRS AND MEMORABILIA. THE PHOTOGRAPHS MUST NOT BE DIGITALLY ENHANCED, MANIPULATED OR MODIFIED AND MUST BE USED IN THEIR ENTIRETYAP - Prince William and Kate Middleton look relaxed, poised and very much in love in official photos released to mark their engagement.


Explosions kill 1, injure 2 in central Stockholm (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 11:36 PM PST

In this image from video, showing emergency services as they attend the scene after a car exploded in the center of Stockholm on Saturday Dec. 11, 2010.  Two separate explosions shook the busy shopping area in central Stockholm on Saturday. This car exploded and another unexplained explosion happened shortly after leaving one person dead, rescue officials said. (AP photo/TV4)  SWEDEN OUTAP - A car explosion and what appeared to be a suicide attack injured two people, killed the apparent bomber, and caused panic among Christmas shoppers in Stockholm Saturday.


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