2010年12月13日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Ferguson slams 'stupid' Allardyce axe (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 04:01 PM PST

Sam Allardyce, pictured in 2009, was sacked as manager of Blackburn Rovers with immediate effect on Monday, the English Premier League club announced on their official website.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson blasted Blackburn Rovers' decision to sack manager Sam Allardyce on Monday, saying it was "stupid" and "confounded common sense".

Park puts United on top of Premier League (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 02:41 PM PST

Manchester United's South Korean midfielder Park Ji-Sung celebrates scoring against Arsenal during the English Premier League football match at Old Trafford in Manchester. Park scored the only goal of the game as United moved to the top of the Premier League table with a 1-0 win.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - South Korea international Park Ji-Sung's sixth goal of the season sent Manchester United two points clear at the top of the Premier League table after they beat former leaders Arsenal 1-0 at Old Trafford here on Monday.

Ireland blocks 40 million euros in bank bonuses (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 01:37 PM PST

The Irish government blocked plans on Monday by Allied Irish Bank to pay 40 million euros in bonuses to staff by threatening to cut off further financial aid to the lender.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The Irish government blocked plans on Monday by Allied Irish Bank to pay 40 million euros in bonuses to staff by threatening to cut off further financial aid to the lender.

Sweden bomber sought big targets; new threat made (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 01:24 PM PST

A police officer searches through a bag in Stockholm December 13, 2010 after Saturday's blast. A Middle East-born man who died in the blast in Stockholm was wearing an explosives belt and likely aimed to attack a crowded train station or department store when the device went off prematurely, an official said on Monday. REUTERS/Fredrik Sandberg/Scanpix (SWEDEN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY) NO COMMERCIAL SALES. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDENReuters - A Middle Eastern man killed in a blast in Stockholm was wearing a bomb belt and ready to attack a train station or department store when the device went off prematurely, Sweden's chief prosecutor said on Monday.

German minister under fire for Afghan 'PR' trip (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 12:47 PM PST

German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (R) and his wife Stephanie zu Guttenberg arrive at the military Bundeswehr base of Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, as she accompanies her husband visiting the Bundeswehr troops part of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).(AFP/POOL/Maurizio Gambarini)AFP - Germany's defence minister, touted as a possible future chancellor, was accused Monday of turning a trip to Afghanistan into a publicity stunt after taking his wife and a talkshow host with him.

EU launches Ivorian sanctions as tensions grow (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 12:27 PM PST

A motorcyclist rides along an empty street in Gagnoa, western Ivory Coast, November 29, 2010. REUTERS/Luc GnagoReuters - The European Union agreed to impose sanctions on Ivory Coast incumbent Laurent Gbagbo on Monday, and his army deployed near his rival's headquarters in a standoff later defused by the U.N. envoy.

French court annuls fine for driver in Muslim veil (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 12:22 PM PST

FILE - In this April 23, 2010 picture Lies Hebbadj, left, and his wife Sandrine Mouleres , speak to reporters in Nantes, western France. A French court on Monday Dec. 12, 2010 annulled a fine given to a woman driver wearing an Islamic face veil before France's nationwide ban on the garments goes into effect. Traffic police in the western city of Nantes had fined 31-year-old Sandrine Mouleres in April, saying she did not have a clear field of vision. The fine was just euros22, ($29) but drew widespread attention amid nationwide debate over the place of Islamic veils in today's France. (AP Photo/David Vincent, File)AP - A French court on Monday annulled a fine given to a woman driver wearing an Islamic face veil, months before a ban on wearing the garments goes into effect.

'Deliver Us from Evil' priest arrested in Ireland (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 11:57 AM PST

AP - A defrocked California priest made notorious by an award-winning documentary on sex abuse in the Catholic church has been detained by Irish authorities on child pornography charges, police said Monday.

Berlusconi pleads with lawmakers ahead of key vote (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 11:54 AM PST

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi holds his head during a session at the Senate, in Rome, Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. Berlusconi says political stability is necessary in the midst of an economic crisis in a speech to Parliament ahead of Tuesday's crucial confidence votes. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Premier Silvio Berlusconi battled for political survival Monday, warning lawmakers they risked plunging the country into financial instability unless they support his government in a pair of confidence votes.

UK: Gangs and hardcore activists behind violence (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 09:44 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 - Britain's Home Secretary said Monday that street gangs and hardcore activists infiltrated a protest last week in which demonstrators rampaged through London and attacked a car carrying Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla.

Kremlin vows to punish violent racists after clash (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 09:40 AM PST

Protesters rally in central Moscow on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. Hundreds of people gathered in the center of the city to protest the shooting death of a soccer fan Yegor Sviridov, 28, who was killed on Dec. 6, 2010, in an attack on soccer supporters. Police have detained a man from Russia's North Caucasus, in connection with the shooting. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)AP - The hooligans and racists who rampaged in Moscow this weekend will be tracked down and punished, President Dmitry Medvedev declared, warning Monday that Russia itself could be torn apart if seething ethnic tensions spin out of control.

French knifeman detained; preschoolers freed (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 09:10 AM PST

Elite gendarme officers release children from a school, after an hostage taking in Besancon, eastern France, Monday Dec.13, 2010. Gendarmes entered the pre-school where a 17-year-old armed with swords was holding several small children and their teacher hostage in eastern France. A city official says police have detained the 17-year-old, and that all the children have been released safely. (AP Photo)AP - Masked French gendarmes detained a 17-year-old armed with two knives who took a class full of preschoolers hostage Monday, releasing all the children safely after hours of tense negotiations that drew nationwide attention.

Germany lays out goals for Security Council tenure (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 08:03 AM PST

AP - Germany's ambassador to the United Nations said Monday his country hopes to use its two-year tenure on the influential Security Council to focus on fighting terrorism, peace-building and bringing climate-related threats to the forefront.

Austrian panda cub shies away from naming ceremony (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 07:35 AM PST

AP - Austria's panda cub snubbed a celebration in his honor Monday, preferring to remain in the cozy hideaway where he was born instead of basking in the limelight.

Ukraine to open Chernobyl area to tourists in 2011 (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 06:27 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2000 file photo the control room, with its damaged machinery, is seen inside reactor No. 4 in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Geiger counters registered about 80,000 microroentgens an hour, 16,000 times the safe limit. Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, exploded on April 26, 1986, sending a cloud of radiation over much of Europe. Next year, Ukraine will open up the contaminated zone around the Chernobyl reactor to visitors who wish to learn more about the nuclear tragedy that occurred there 24 years ago, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Monday Dec 13 2010. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, file)AP - Want a better understanding of the world's worst nuclear disaster? Come tour the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Germany: Media reports on Palestinians 'false' (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 04:36 AM PST

AP - The German government says reports are false that Germany proposed a resolution for the EU to recognize an independent Palestinian state within a year if no peace agreement is reached by then.

EU poised to impose sanctions on Ivory Coast (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 04:35 AM PST

Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo smiles during a meeting with Church leaders in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. The United States warned Laurent Gbagbo that he faces punitive sanctions if he continues to refuse to step down following a disputed election that the United Nations says were won by his opponent.(AP Photo)AP - The European Union is poised to impose sanctions on Ivory Coast unless the incumbent president recognizes his rival as the winner of last month's election, Finland's foreign minister said Monday.

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