2010年12月19日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Thousands try to storm govt building in Belarus (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 04:47 PM PST

Protesters rally as they denounce the Belarus presidential election saying it was falsified in the capital, Minsk, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus' authoritarian leader, a frequent antagonist of both Russia and the West, seeks a fourth term in Sunday elections, and his opponents claim he's prepared to commit fraud to get it. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)AP - In the biggest challenge to authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko in 16 years in power, thousands of demonstrators massed outside the main government office to protest alleged vote fraud in Sunday's presidential election, but club-swinging riot police drove them off and beat many.

US seeks legal pursuit of 'hi-tech terrorist' Assange: Biden (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 04:45 PM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange prepares to speak to the media in the grounds of Ellingham Hall in Norfolk, eastern England, on December 17. US vice president Joe Biden on Sunday blasted Assange as a dangerous AFP - US vice president Joe Biden on Sunday blasted Julian Assange as a dangerous "hi-tech terrorist" and said Washington was exploring a legal pursuit of the WikiLeaks founder.

Belarus puts down anti-Lukashenko election protest (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 04:38 PM PST

Protesters clash with riot police during a rally in Minsk. Belarus police Monday arrested hundreds of protestors including four opposition candidates as they used force to break up a mass demonstration against the expected re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko in disputed polls.(AFP/Andrey Smirnov)AFP - Belarus police Monday arrested hundreds of protestors including four opposition candidates as they used force to break up a mass demonstration against the expected re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko in disputed polls.

Prince William approves wedding souvenirs for sale (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 04:01 PM PST

Britain's Prince William (R) and his fiancee Kate Middleton arrive at The Thursford Collection in Norfolk, England, December 18, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer (BRITAIN - Tags: ROYALS)AP - Britain's royal wedding is still four months away, but the first official memorabilia went on sale Monday — a range of wedding china personally approved by the couple.

Crackdown in Belarus as Alexander Lukashenko heads for win (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 03:43 PM PST

Supporters carry presidential candidate Vladimir Neklyayev to his campaign headquarters after he was beaten during a rally in Minsk, December 19, 2010. REUTERS/Julia DarashkevichReuters - Police in Belarus beat demonstrators with batons and rounded up opposition leaders in a violent crackdown after an election on Sunday that was certain to return President Alexander Lukashenko for a fourth term.

Kremlin to pitch fighters, nuclear deal in India (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 03:22 PM PST

Reuters - President Dmitry Medvedev will try to convince India to buy Russian fighter planes and seal a nuclear deal when he travels there this week for talks aimed at boosting ties with the second-fastest growing economy the world.

Osborne: Europe debtors should solve 'own problems' (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 02:46 PM PST

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne leaves 10 Downing Street in central London, in November 2010. Osborne offered some tough love to Europe on Sunday, saying the nations in the region haunted by mounting deficits need individually to AFP - Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne offered some tough love to Europe on Sunday, saying the nations in the region haunted by mounting deficits need individually to "resolve their own problems."

Weather strands Christmas travellers at Heathrow (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 02:16 PM PST

The tailfin of a British Airways plane is pictured surrounded by snow at Gatwick airport in West Sussex. Christmas travellers stranded at London Heathrow faced another night camped at the airport as severe disruption caused by freezing weather looked set to stretch into Monday.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Christmas travellers stranded at London Heathrow faced another night camped at the airport as severe disruption caused by freezing weather looked set to stretch into Monday.

Italy's Padoa Schioppa, architect of euro, dies (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 02:13 PM PST

In this photo taken Sept. 3, 2010, Tommaso Padoa Schioppa attends the 'Intelligence on the World, Europe, and Italy' economic forum, at Villa d'Este, in Cernobbio, on the Como Lake, Italy. Italian economist Tommaso Padoa Schioppa, one of the intellectual architects of the euro and a member of the European Central Bank's first executive board, has died at age 70. Padoa Schioppa, economy minister under Premier Romano Prodi, died Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010 after suffering a heart attack during a dinner with friends, an unexpected passing that stunned Italy's political and business elite. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)AP - Italian economist Tommaso Padoa Schioppa, one of the intellectual architects of the euro and a member of the European Central Bank's first executive board, has died. He was 70.

Belarus police arrest hundreds of protestors: AFP (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 01:41 PM PST

Protesters clash with riot police during a rally in Minsk. Belarus police arrested hundreds of protestors as they used force to break up a mass demonstration against the expected re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko in disputed polls on Sunday.(AFP/Andrey Smirnov)AFP - Belarus police on Sunday arrested hundreds of protestors as the security forces cleared a square in central Minsk where the opposition held a mass protest over elections, an AFP correspondent reported.

2 die as private jet crashes near Swiss ski resort (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 12:47 PM PST

AP - A private jet crashed Sunday near the glitzy Swiss ski resort of St. Moritz, killing both people aboard, police said.

(AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 12:26 PM PST

AP - Thousands of opposition demonstrators in Belarus try to storm main government building.

Prince Harry pays tribute to Berlin Wall victims (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 10:08 AM PST

Britain's Prince Harry places a wreath during his visit of the Bernauer Strasse Wall Memorial in Berlin, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. The Prince lay a wreath for those who lost their lives on Berlin’s East-West border. The Bernauer Strasse Wall Memorial consists of a restored section of Berlin’s former East-West border, including the Wall and the area behind it known as the ‘death strip’. (AP Photo/Kai-Uwe Knoth)AP - Britain's Prince Harry paid tribute Sunday to the people killed trying to escape communist East Germany across the Berlin Wall, and also made a private visit to the German capital's Holocaust memorial.

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