2010年12月23日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Romanian flings himself from parliament balcony (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:05 PM PST

Adrian Sobaru, an electrician at the national television station gestures before throwing himself from a balcony in Romania's Parliament, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010, just as the prime minister began to speak ahead of a no-confidence vote. Sobaru suffered fractures to the face, and other non life-threatening injuries, according to a hospital official.(AP Photo/Bogdan Stamatin/Mediafax Foto) ROMANIA OUT: CREDIT MANDATORYAP - A Romanian television engineer apparently distraught that budget cuts had reduced benefits for his autistic teenage son dived more than 20 feet (about seven meters) from a balcony onto the floor of Romania's parliament Thursday, then shouted "Freedom!" as emergency workers took him out on a stretcher.

Rome embassy blasts wound 2; anarchists suspected (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:05 PM PST

Forensic police arrive at the Swiss Embassy in Rome, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. A package exploded Thursday at the Swiss Embassy in Rome, wounding one person, police said. The Foreign Ministry called it a 'deplorable act of violence'' against the Swiss. The explosion occurred when the package was opened by an embassy staffer, who was wounded and subsequently taken to the hospital, said a spokesman at the Carabinieri police in Rome. (AP Photo/Angelo Carconi)AP - Mail bombs exploded in the hands of employees at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome on Thursday, seriously wounding two people and triggering heightened security checks at diplomatic missions just as holiday deliveries deluge their mailrooms.

Pope talks of God's 'surprises' in Christmas radio message (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:55 PM PST

This handout picture made available by the BBC in London shows a picture released by The Vatican press ofiice, of Pope Benedict XVI recording a message for BBC radio's AFP - Pope Benedict XVI will say that God is faithful to his promises but often surprises us by how he fulfils them, in a message for for BBC radio's "Thought for the Day" to be broadcast later Friday.

Assange says 'high chance' he would be killed in US jail (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:17 PM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, pictured on December 17, said in an interview published Thursday there was a AFP - WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange said in an interview published Thursday there was a "high chance" he would be killed in a US jail if he were to be extradited from Britain on espionage charges.

Queen praises role of sports in Christmas message (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:02 PM PST

AP - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II praises Britons who get active in parks, pools and playing fields in her annual Christmas message to the nation.

Russian Duma could ratify START within days (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:56 PM PST

Reuters - Russian lawmakers said they could approve a nuclear arms reduction pact that is crucial to the "reset" in ties with the United States as early as Friday if a successful U.S. Senate vote left the terms of the treaty intact.

Obama and Medvedev discuss START in Thursday call (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:56 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday discussed a new nuclear weapons treaty expected to deepen ties between the two nations, the White House said.

Anarchists claim responsibility for Rome bombs (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:41 PM PST

Firefighters walk out of the Swiss embassy downtown in Rome, December 23, 2010. A package exploded at the Swiss embassy in Rome on Thursday, Italy's foreign ministry said on Thursday and Ansa news agency reported that one person was seriously injured. REUTERS/Alessandro BianchiReuters - An Italian anarchist group claimed responsibility for parcel bombs on Thursday that wounded two people at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome, a reminder of Europe's home-grown threats at a time of political instability.

Kremlin hails Senate's approval of nuclear treaty (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:49 PM PST

US President Barack Obama(L) and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev shaking hands after signing the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in Prague in April 2010. The landmark treaty on nuclear arms is set for ratification Wednesday after an arduous Senate battle, handing Obama a major diplomatic triumph(AFP/File/Yuri Kadobnov)AP - President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday welcomed the U.S. Senate's decision to ratify a landmark U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control treaty, but Russian legislators said they need to study a resolution until January accompanying the document before following suit.

Despite Greece's 2011 austerity budget, a financial chill deepens in Europe (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:05 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - As an unseasonable freeze settles over much of Europe, even the Continent's balmier southern climates are suffering. But their freeze relates to cash, not the cold.

Ivory Coast TV pulled from air outside Abidjan (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 12:34 PM PST

UN forces patrol a street, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. A top opposition figure called Wednesday for the international community to use force to oust Laurent Gbagbo from the presidency after the disputed election, as France urged its citizens to get out amid growing fears of civil war. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - Ivory Coast state television disappeared from the airwaves outside the main city of Abidjan late Thursday in an apparent victory for the man who the international community says won the disputed presidential election. The U.N., meanwhile, said at least 173 people had died in violence over the vote.

Germany welcomes EU probe on Hungarian media law (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 12:03 PM PST

AP - Germany has called on Hungary to respect freedom of the press and welcomed an investigation by the European Commission into the country's new media law that expands the Hungarian government's power to penalize independent media.

UK royal security reviewed after attack on prince (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:06 AM PST

ALTERNATIVE CROP TO LMD120 Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall react as their car is attacked, in London, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. Angry protesters in London have attacked a car containing Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. 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 - British police say they have made changes in their royal protection procedures after student protesters attacked the car of Prince Charles and his wife.

3 arrested in UK for stealing Stradivarius violin (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:06 AM PST

AP - Three people were arrested for stealing a 1.2 million-pound ($1.85 million) antique violin from an internationally acclaimed musician while she stopped for a snack at a London sandwich bar, British police said Thursday.

Pope to give UK Christmas message on British radio (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 08:29 AM PST

AP - Pope Benedict XVI will deliver a message to Britain on Christmas Eve on BBC radio.

(AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 08:19 AM PST

AP - Italy's interior minister says anarchists may be responsible for Rome embassy blasts

Wife of beaten Belarus candidate blocked from jail (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 06:50 AM PST

British actor Ian McKellen, right, talks to other protesters as they gather for a rally across the street from the Belarusian embassy in London, Tuesday Dec. 21, 2010. Dozens of protesters gathered to protest against the clampdown in Belarus following the recent elections. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko was declared on Monday the overwhelming winner of the presidential election, securing a fourth term in office as truncheon-wielding police arrested hundreds of opposition supporters, including seven other presidential candidates, who were protesting against alleged fraud in the poll. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - The wife of an arrested presidential candidate in Belarus said Thursday authorities are not letting her into the jail to see how badly he was beaten.

Activists: Live animals freezing in nativity scene (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:39 AM PST

AP - Animal rights activists are protesting the use of live animals amid freezing temperatures at an outdoors nativity scene in northern Poland.

Austrian bank fraud case to see retrial (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:02 AM PST

AP - Austria's Supreme Court has ordered the retrial of seven people convicted in a major Austrian bank fraud case linked to the 2005 collapse of New York-based commodities brokerage Refco Inc.

Despite protests, Greek Socialists win budget vote (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:31 AM PST

A general view of the Greek parliament during a budget debate in Athens, late Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. Around midnight, lawmakers will vote on the budget. The budget foresees another year of stringent austerity, seeking to save euro5 billion ($6.6 billion) through higher consumer taxes and health and defense cuts. (AP Photo/Eurokinissi, Vaios Hassialis) GREECE OUTAP - Greece's governing Socialists won a key budget vote in Parliament early Thursday, calling for deeper austerity measures in the crisis-hit country and promising to avoid default despite a soaring national debt.

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