2010年12月14日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

'Do or die' for Europa League holders Atletico (AFP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 05:16 PM PST

File photo of Atletico Madrid's Sergio Leonel, who was on target twice as Atletico won 2-0 against Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday, sending them up to sixth in La Liga, and assistant coach Fran Escriba insists morale is good ahead of the trip to Germany.(AFP/Scanpix/File/Kallestad, Gorm)AFP - Holders Atletico Madrid are one of several high-profile sides whose continued participation in this season's Europa League will be at stake when the group phase concludes on Wednesday and Thursday.

Banking rescue bill sinks to 512 bln pnds: watchdog (AFP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 04:10 PM PST

The bill for banking-sector bailouts has plunged since the peak of the global financial crisis but currently stands at about 512 billion pounds, the government's spending watchdog said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The bill for banking-sector bailouts has plunged since the peak of the global financial crisis but currently stands at about 512 billion pounds, the government's spending watchdog said Wednesday.

Khodorkovsky verdict tests Kremlin will for reform (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 03:47 PM PST

Jailed Russian former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky (C) and his business partner Platon Lebedev (R) stand behind a glass wall during a court session in Moscow November 2, 2010. REUTERS/Alexander NatruskinReuters - The verdict read out when jailed former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky appears in court on Wednesday facing a possible six extra years in prison will be a test of President Dmitry Medvedev's promises to reform Russia.

UK's upper house approves tuition fee hike (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 03:36 PM PST

AP - Britain's unelected upper house has endorsed government plans to let U.K. universities charge up to 9,000 pounds ($14,000) a year — three times higher than the current limit.

Irish parliament to vote on EU/IMF bailout (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 03:30 PM PST

Reuters - Ireland's parliament will vote on a controversial multi-billion euro EU/IMF bailout loan on Wednesday, putting pressure on opposition parties critical of the aid package ahead of a general election early next year.

Upper house of parliament backs tuition fees hike (AFP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 02:52 PM PST

Mounted riot police clash with protestors during student demonstrations in Parliament Square, in London, on December 9. The coalition government on Tuesday got through another test in its bid to hike tuition fees, after the plans were backed by the upper house of parliament despite an attempt to block them.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - The coalition government on Tuesday got through another test in its bid to hike tuition fees, after the plans were backed by the upper house of parliament despite an attempt to block them.

Berlusconi wins confidence vote in Italy — barely (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 02:10 PM PST

Cars and a van are engulfed in flames following clashes between demonstrators and police in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Outside parliament, thousands of demonstrators marched, smashed shop windows, destroyed bank ATMs and set at least three vehicles on fire. At one point they even entered a bank, prompting staffers to try to barricade themselves inside. Police fired tear gas as the protesters neared Berlusconi's residence. Premier Silvio Berlusconi won back-to-back votes of confidence in the Italian parliament Tuesday to survive one of the toughest tests of his political life. But he was left with a razor-thin majority that will make it hard for him to govern effectively. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Silvio Berlusconi pulled off another astonishing escape from the political dead, scraping through two confidence votes Tuesday in a dramatic parliamentary showdown. But the Italian leader's hold on power remains precarious as his razor-thin victory makes political gridlock a near certainty — and violent street protests show growing unease with his rule.

Spanish government urges extension of state of alert (AFP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 01:25 PM PST

Commuters look out at grounded Iberia planes as they wait for flights at Madrid's Bajaras airport on December 4. The Spanish government on Tuesday called on parliament to extend until mid-January a state of alert over a wildcat strike by air traffic controllers, Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said.(AFP/File/Dominique Faget)AFP - The Spanish government on Tuesday called on parliament to extend until mid-January a state of alert over a wildcat strike by air traffic controllers, Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said.

Clashes as Berlusconi survives no-confidence vote (AFP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 01:23 PM PST

Policemen walk at Piazza del Popolo after clashes with youths during a protest to demand a change of government. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday survived a crucial no-confidence vote in parliament by three votes, as violent clashes broke out in the streets of Rome in protest against his rule.(AFP/Filippo Monteforte)AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday survived a crucial no-confidence vote in parliament by three votes, triggering violent clashes in the streets of Rome that left 90 people injured.

Assange back in British jail after bail ruling challenged (AFP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 01:22 PM PST

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is pictured through the heavily tinted windows of a police vehicle as he arrives at Westminster magistrates court in London. Assange was set for another night in a British jail Tuesday after he first won bail but prosecutors then said they would appeal the decision.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange won bail from a British court Tuesday over sex crimes claims but must stay in jail for at least another night after Swedish prosecutors appealed against the decision.

Report: KLA behind deadly human kidney trade (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 12:43 PM PST

AP - A European investigator has issued a report claiming civilian detainees of the Kosovo Liberation Army were shot to death in Albania so their kidneys could sold on the black market.

UK Mosque: Stockholm bomber didn't seem violent (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 11:17 AM PST

Farasat Latif, the mosque secretary, speaks to The Associated Press in his office at the Luton Islamic Center in Luton, England Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Embarrassed officials at the Luton Islamic Center on Tuesday defended their decision not to report Taimour Abdulwahab to police after his extremist views alienated worshippers in this small city north of London. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Embarrassed officials at the Luton Islamic Center on Tuesday defended their decision not to report Taimour Abdulwahab to police after his extremist views alienated worshippers in this small city north of London.

World pays tribute to Holbrooke: "The Bulldozer" (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 09:44 AM PST

A US flag flying at half staff in front of the US embassy in Bosnian capital of Sarajevo on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. US flag was lowered to mark the death of veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke who was the chief architect of the Dayton peace agreement which ended Bosnia's 1992-95 war. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)AP - They remembered him as "The Bulldozer" — a U.S. diplomat with such a forceful persona he could drag politicians, military brass and even warlords to the negotiating table in a quest for peace.

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Posted: 14 Dec 2010 09:26 AM PST

AP - Swedish prosecutors will challenge bail, Julian Assange to remain in UK jail.

German police raid homes linked to Islamist groups (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 09:14 AM PST

** ADDS THE NAME OF THE ISLAMIC GROUP OF THE WORSHIPPERS ** FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2010 file picture, members of the Islamic group Invitation to Paradise pray at the market square in downtown Moenchengladbach, western Germany. The German Interior Ministry says Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, authorities have searched buildings connected to two radical Islamist groups in three cities. Ministry spokesman Stefan Paris said in a statement the raids early Tuesday in the western cities of Moenchengladbach, Braunschweig and Bremen were directed against the Islamist groups Invitation to Paradise and Islamic Culture Center Bremen. (AP Photo/dapd, Roberto Pfeil, File)AP - German authorities raided homes and religious schools connected to two radical Islamist groups with suspected terrorist links on Tuesday morning, the Interior Ministry said.

Russian arms sales to reach $10 billion this year (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 07:38 AM PST

AP - A senior Russian official says the country will set a new post-Soviet record in arms sales this year.

Key events in Silvio Berlusconi's political career (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 07:13 AM PST

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi applauds following a confidence vote at the lower chamber in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Premier Silvio Berlusconi has won back-to-back votes of confidence in the Italian parliament but has been left with a razor-thin majority that will make it hard for him to govern effectively. In the second and most dramatic of Tuesday's votes, Berlusconi survived a no-confidence motion in the lower house by three votes. Voting was briefly interrupted after scuffles broke out during the tense session. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Key events in Premier Silvio Berlusconi's political career.

WHO claims gains in global fight against malaria (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 06:30 AM PST

AP - The World Health Organization says a massive malaria control program since 2008 has helped reduce infections across Africa and eradicate the disease in Morocco and Turkmenistan.

Protester: UK police dragged him from wheelchair (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 06:16 AM PST

AP - British police say they will investigate a report that a demonstrator with cerebral palsy was hauled out of his wheelchair during protests in London against raising university tuition fees.

EU decries no-show of Farinas for rights prize (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 06:06 AM PST

Cuba's dissident Guillermo Farinas speaks during a press conference in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. Farinas spent three weeks in the hospital early this year after a 134-day hunger strike to force the government to release opposition leaders jailed since 2003. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)AP - The European Union parliament has criticized Cuba for not allowing a dissident protester to travel to collect its biggest human rights award.

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