2010年12月26日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Europe News


We'll miss Korean duo, admits Celtic boss Lennon (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 06:08 PM PST

File photo of South Korean football player Cha Du-Ri. Celtic manager Neil Lennon admitted his Scottish Premier League giants will be hit hard when South Korean duo Cha Du Ri and Ki Sung-Yeung miss a month of the campaign because of January's Asian Cup.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - Celtic manager Neil Lennon admitted his Scottish Premier League giants will be hit hard when South Korean duo Cha Du Ri and Ki Sung-Yeung miss a month of the campaign because of January's Asian Cup.


Man. United's Fergie shrugs off Rooney goal drought (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 06:06 PM PST

Sunderland's Dutch midfielder Boudewijn Zenden (R) goes head to head with Manchester United's French defender Patrice Evra (L) during the match at Old Trafford in Manchester, north-west England on December 26, 2010. United defeated Sunderland 2-0.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson insists he's unconcerned about Wayne Rooney's goal drought, believing the England striker is close to once again becoming the country's deadliest striker.


England build lead over Australia at Ashes Test (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 05:59 PM PST

England batsman Alastair Cook drives a ball on the second day of the fourth Ashes cricket Test match in Melbourne on December 27, 2010. Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott stabilised the England innings after the early loss of both openers on the second day of the fourth Ashes Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Monday.(AFP/William West)AFP - Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott stabilised the England innings after the early loss of both openers on the second day of the fourth Ashes Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Monday.


Spurs serious about title push, says Redknapp (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 05:36 PM PST

Tottenham Hotspur's Dutch player Rafael van der Vaart celebrates scoring the opening goal of the English Premier League football match between Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur at Villa Park in Birmingham, West Midlands. Spurs won 2-1.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp insists his team should be viewed as Premier League title contenders following their victory at Aston Villa.


Man City's Milner set to survive Mancini changes (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 05:35 PM PST

Manchester City's Argentinian striker Carlos Tevez (R) celebrates with James Milner (L) after scoring during the English Premier League football match between Newcastle United and Manchester City at St James' Park, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. City won 3-1.(AFP/Graham Stuart)AFP - James Milner is likely to keep his place when Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini makes changes for Tuesday's home match against Aston Villa after starring in a 3-1 victory away to Newcastle United.


Support for coalition drops sharply: poll (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 04:30 PM PST

Prime Minister David Cameron addresses the media at 10 Downing Street in central London. Support for the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government has fallen sharply since it came to power in May, a poll showed Monday.(AFP/POOL/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Support for the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government has fallen sharply since it came to power in May, a poll showed Monday.


Khodorkovsky faces verdict in test for Russia (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 04:15 PM PST

Reuters - A judge will start reading the verdict on Monday in jailed former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's second trial, which has shaped up as a test of Russia's ruling tandem and the Kremlin's will for reform ahead of a 2012 vote.

Thousands greet Turkish protest ship (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 03:43 PM PST

People, holding Turkish and Palestinian flags, cheer as the Mavi Marmara ship, in the background, the lead boat of a flotilla headed to the Gaza Strip which was stormed by Israeli naval commandos in a predawn confrontation in the Mediterranean May 31, 2010, returns to Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. Thousands of pro-Palestinian activists on Sunday welcomed back to Istanbul the ship that was the scene of bloodshed during an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May.  Images along the boat show the nine passengers killed in the botched raid that provoked international outrage and a diplomatic crisis.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Thousands of pro-Palestinian activists on Sunday welcomed back to Istanbul the ship that was the scene of bloodshed during an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May. Activists meanwhile, promised to send more ships in an effort to break the Gaza blockade.


Thousands rally in Moscow against ethnic violence (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 03:02 PM PST

AP - Several thousand people rallied Sunday in Moscow to protest the ethnic clashes that have rocked Russia, holding posters reading "Fascists disgrace Russia" and chanting "No to Fascism!"

Family fails to meet detained journalists in Iran (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 02:17 PM PST

FILE - In this undated file image made available by Amnesty International in London July 8, 2010, 43-year-old Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery is pictured.  Germany's foreign ministry says Sunday Dec. 26, 2010  relatives of two journalists detained in Iran in connection with a highly publicized stoning case have traveled to Tehran hoping to see them.The two journalists were arrested in October while interviewing the son and lawyer of 43-year-old Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who was sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery. (AP Photo/Amnesty International, File)** EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES**AP - Relatives of two German journalists detained in Iran since October were disappointed Sunday after traveling to Tehran in hopes of seeing them during the Christmas holidays, but the reporters' employer said Iranian officials had promised to arrange a meeting Monday.


Dutch clear 5 of 12 detained Somalis of terrorism (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 01:34 PM PST

A view of the Banadir Internet cafe in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. Dutch authorities searched the shop after police arrested 12 Somali men in the key port city of Rotterdam on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack, the public prosecutor said. The men, aged 19 to 48, were detained Friday on a tip from the intelligence services that they were planning an attack shortly in the Netherlands. There was no immediate information on the alleged target, but Rotterdam is Europe's biggest port and a hub of maritime commerce, with huge oil and gas storage facilities and dozens of massive docks. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski) .AP - Dutch authorities on Sunday cleared five of the 12 Somali men who were detained Christmas Eve on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack in the Netherlands.


Pope lunches with poor, denounces church attacks (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 08:34 AM PST

Vatican Swiss guards leave following Pope Benedict XVI's 'Urbi et Orbi' (to the City and to the World) message, in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI in his Christmas Day message Saturday urged Catholics loyal to him in China to courageously face limits on religious freedom and conscience. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Lasagna, veal and cake were on the menu Sunday as Pope Benedict XVI invited about 250 poor people to join him for a post-Christmas lunch and denounced as "absurd" new attacks on the faithful around the globe.


8 militants killed in Russia's North Caucasus (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 04:06 AM PST

AP - Officials say one militant leader and seven suspected militants have been killed in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region.
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