2010年12月16日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Judge grants bail to WikiLeaks' Julian Assange (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 08:09 PM PST

Shot through a tinted window, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange reacts from inside a prison van as he arrives at the High Court in London for his bail appeal hearing, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. A judge is set to decide Thursday whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be freed or remain in prison, as authorities appeal a court's decision to grant him bail. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - A U.K. judge has rejected an appeal and granted bail to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who will be freed from a British jail.

WikiLeaks' Assange free on bail, vows to clear name (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 07:46 PM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange celebrates as he prepares to address the media outside the High Court in central London. Assange pledged to clear his name of allegations of sexual assault and pursue his work with the whistleblowing website after he was freed on bail by a London court.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange vowed to clear his name and pursue his work releasing secret documents, as he enjoyed his first day of freedom Friday after being released on bail by a London court.

A year in English football: Wayne's world unravels (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 07:10 PM PST

The fluctuating fortunes of Wayne Rooney this year once again highlighted English football's age-old tendency of flattering to deceive as the Premier League lost some of its sparkle.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - The fluctuating fortunes of Wayne Rooney this year once again highlighted English football's age-old tendency of flattering to deceive as the Premier League lost some of its sparkle.

Europe throws euro fresh lifeline (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 07:06 PM PST

Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates (L) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy talk prior to a working session of the EU summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels. European leaders signalled a willingness to grant troubled nations a fresh financial lifeline, ring-fencing the euro in a bid to fend off market vultures once and for all.(AFP/Pool/Jennifer Jacquemart)AFP - European leaders signalled a willingness to grant troubled nations a fresh financial lifeline, ring-fencing the euro in a bid to fend off market vultures once and for all.

Defence Secretary cancels Sri Lanka trip (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 06:59 PM PST

File photo of Defence Secretary, Liam Fox, who has cancelled a private visit to Sri Lanka this weekend, officials said, amid reports the foreign ministry feared it would upset London's approach to Colombo.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Defence Secretary Liam Fox has cancelled a private visit to Sri Lanka this weekend, officials said, amid reports the foreign ministry feared it would upset London's approach to Colombo.

Blair urges West to follow China development example (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 04:38 PM PST

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks on AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair said Thursday that China sets a good example for Western governments seeking to help Africa develop.

EU sets up post-2013 crisis fund; ECB ups capital (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 04:25 PM PST

A large euro sign installation is seen in front of the European Central bank (ECB) headquarters prior to the monthly news conference of ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet in Frankfurt, November 4, 2010. REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachReuters - European Union leaders have agreed to create a permanent financial safety net from 2013 and the European Central Bank moved to increase its firepower to fight the debt crisis that has rocked the euro zone.

Smell it like Beckham: celebrity scents lure UK men (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 04:13 PM PST

Reuters - British and Italian men will be hoping to catch a whiff of celebrity this Christmas, according to a survey released on Friday.

Govt heads new offensive against EU spending (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 04:02 PM PST

British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks to media upon arrival at the EU summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels. The government rallied major partners for a fresh offensive Thursday to cut the 27-nation European Union's spending in line with a wave of national austerity policies, diplomats said.(AFP/Georges Gobet)AFP - The government is rallying major partners for a fresh offensive to cut the 27-nation European Union's spending in line with a wave of national austerity policies, diplomats said Friday.

US official says Russia, Georgia talks progress (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 02:58 PM PST

AP - A senior U.S. diplomat says talks have progressed between Russia and Georgia over issues remaining from the two countries' conflict in 2008.

Guantanamo detainee lawyers ask Poles for probe (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 01:02 PM PST

U.S. lawyer Joseph Margulies tells reporters in Warsaw, Poland that he and other lawyers for a Guantanamo terrorism suspect, Abu Zubaydah, have asked Polish authorities on Thursday, Dec.16, 2010 to open an investigation into allegations that American agents subjected him to abuse at a now-shuttered secret CIA prison in Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - Lawyers for a terrorism suspect at Guantanamo asked Polish authorities Thursday to open an investigation into allegations that American agents abused him at a now-shuttered secret CIA prison in Poland.

Suicide bombing stirs Sweden's far-right (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 11:55 AM PST

This undated image provided by SITE Intelligence Group and taken from a jihadist web site purports to show Taimour Abdulwahab, a 28 year-old an Iraqi-born Swede who spent much of the past decade in Britain, and the man whom Swedish authorities say blew himself up in a botched suicide bombing in Stockholm Saturday Dec. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALESAP - The bombs had barely exploded in Stockholm's bustling shopping district before members of the far-right, Islam-bashing Sweden Democrats rushed to their blogs and Twitter feeds. "Told you so," said one. "Finally" tweeted another.

Pope calls Christians the most persecuted (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 11:50 AM PST

AP - Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday that Christians suffer more religious persecution than any other group, denouncing lack of freedom of worship as an "intolerable" threat to world security.

UN rights chief tells AP Sudan blocking access (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 11:45 AM PST

AP - Sudan's government is blocking aid workers from entering the country before next month's referendum on independence for the south, a vote that could result in violent unrest if it isn't respected by all sides, the U.N.'s human rights chief said Thursday.

Italy: court upholds man's conviction in Knox case (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 11:26 AM PST

Amanda Knox, foreground, sits next to her lawyer Maria del Grosso during a hearing in her appeals trial, at Perugia's courthouse, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. The 23-year-old American student was convicted of murder and sexual assault in the 2007 death of her flatmate, British student Meredith Kercher, and sentenced to 26 years in prison. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Italy's highest criminal court on Thursday upheld the conviction and 16-year prison sentence of a young man from the Ivory Coast for the 2007 murder of a British student.

NIreland government to probe child abuse cover-ups (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 10:56 AM PST

AP - Northern Ireland's government says it will investigate decades of cover-ups of child abuse in boarding schools and other institutions run by the Catholic Church, Protestant denominations and the state.

Putin: Russian secret services don't kill traitors (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 10:33 AM PST

AP - The "swine" who exposed the 10 Russian sleeper spies in the United States will not be tracked down and killed, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday, saying Russia has abandoned the Soviet-era practice of killing turncoats.

Kosovo's PM: Report 'monstrous' and 'scandalous' (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 10:32 AM PST

Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci arrives to make an address broadcast live on Kosovo's public television during his first public appearance since the publication of the report by Council of Europe investigator Dick Marty, in Kosovo's capital Pristina on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Thaci said Thursday a report suggesting he was the head of a criminal gang behind a grisly trade in the kidneys of slain civilian detainees is 'monstrous' and 'scandalous.' ( AP Photo / Visar Kryeziu)AP - Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said Thursday that a report suggesting he was the head of a criminal gang behind a grisly trade in the kidneys of slain civilian detainees was "monstrous" and "scandalous."

Russia's Putin: Khodorkovsky 'should sit in jail' (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 09:35 AM PST

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is seen on TV screens during a live broadcasting on Russian State Television channel at a shop in Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Violent rampages outside the Kremlin have highlighted the need to strengthen public order and raise police prestige, Putin said on TV Thursday. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin declared Thursday that former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is a proven criminal and "should sit in jail," a statement denounced as interference in the trial of a Kremlin foe whose case has come to symbolize the excesses of Putin's rule.

Illegal migrants abused in Ukraine, group says (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 09:33 AM PST

FILE- Ukrainian border guard speaks over the phone on the Ukrainian island of Tuzla, in this file photo dated Friday, Oct. 24, 2003. According to a Human Rights Watch report, released Thursday Dec. 16, 2010, migrants and asylum seekers who are caught in Ukraine en route to other European Union countries, or are caught in neighboring countries and sent back to Ukraine through a deportation program with the EU, risk severe abuse that sometimes even amounts to torture. Boris Marchenko, spokesman for the Ukrainian Border Guard Service, said the agency will conduct a thorough investigation based on the Human Rights Watch report, but called Human Rights Watch findings 'subjective and one-sided.' (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)AP - Liban Farah fled violence-torn Somalia with dreams of refuge in the European Union. He made it to new member state Slovakia — but was arrested and sent back to neighboring Ukraine, where human smugglers had helped him cross the border.

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