2010年12月28日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News


England win fourth cricket Test to retain Ashes (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 05:03 PM PST

England's Tim Bresnan (2nd right) is seen on the fourth day of the fourth Ashes cricket Test match in Melbourne on December 29, 2010. England won the fourth Test by an innings and 157 runs to retain the coveted Ashes prize.(AFP/William West)AFP - England won the fourth Test by an innings and 157 runs to retain the Ashes against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday.


Itar-Tass: Russian military flight crash, 11 dead (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 04:25 PM PST

AP - A Russian Antonov military cargo plane crashed Tuesday on the border between Russia's Tula and Oryol regions, killing all 11 crew members aboard, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.

Bowyer gives stunned United draw blues (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 02:39 PM PST

Manchester United's midfielder Darron Gibson (2nd L) clashes with Birmingham City's midfielder Lee Bowyer (2nd R) during their English Premier League football match at St Andrews in Birmingham. Bowyer's controversial late equaliser saw Birmingham City deny Premier League leaders Manchester United victory in a 1-1 draw.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Lee Bowyer's controversial late equaliser saw Birmingham City deny Premier League leaders Manchester United victory in a 1-1 draw at St Andrews on Tuesday.


European anarchists grow more violent, coordinated (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 02:23 PM PST

A Carabinieri car is parked in front of the Danish Embassy in Rome, Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. A package bomb was found at the Greek Embassy in Rome on Monday, four days after similar mail bombs exploded at two other embassies injuring two people. On Monday, police responded to suspicious packages at the embassies of Venezuela, Monaco and Denmark; all were false alarms. 'We don't take any chances in this situation,' Danish Foreign Ministry spokesman Klavs A. Holm told the AP in Copenhagen. He said the embassy had received a parcel that staffers considered suspect. The embassy briefly evacuated its staff and called Italian authorities, who checked the parcel to find out it was a bottle of red wine. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - A loosely linked movement of European anarchists who want to bring down state and financial institutions is becoming more violent and coordinated after decades out of the spotlight, and may be responding to social tensions spawned by the continent's financial crisis, security experts say.


Putin wants Russia to ease foreign investor rules (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 02:08 PM PST

Reuters - Russia plans to change a key law regulating foreign investment in so-called "strategic" sectors in 2011 in a bid to bring "smart" money into the country, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.

German Jews mustn't just criticize: Council head (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 01:54 PM PST

Dieter Graumann addresses a news conference in Frankfurt after his election as the new President of the central council of Jews in Germany, November 28, 2010. REUTERS/Alex DomanskiReuters - Jews must move beyond the role of victims and moral critics in German society, the new head of the country's leading Jewish organization said in a newspaper interview.


Belarus' authoritarian leader appoints new premier (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 12:46 PM PST

AP - The authoritarian leader of Belarus has appointed a new prime minister after last week's disputed presidential election.

Elton John and partner become parents (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 12:16 PM PST

Pop superstar Elton John(R) with his partner Canadian filmmaker David Furnish, seen here in 2005, have become the parents of a baby boy born to a surrogate mother in California.(AFP/File/Andy Stuart)AFP - Pop superstar Elton John and his partner David Furnish are the proud parents of a baby boy born on Christmas Day to a surrogate mother in California, the singer's agent said Tuesday.


West Ham stay in drop zone as Everton take a point (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 11:56 AM PST

Everton's Spanish midfielder Mikel Arteta(L) vies with West Ham's Portuguese midfielder Luis Boa Morte during their English Premier League football match at Upton Park, in East London. The two teams tied 1-1.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - West Ham missed a chance to climb out of the relegation zone as Everton fought back to earn a 1-1 draw at Upton Park on Tuesday.


French hostages in Afghanistan appeal for freedom (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 11:16 AM PST

AP - Two French TV journalists held hostage in Afghanistan appeal in a recent video to France's government to help release them.

Group: US refuses Poles help in CIA prison probe (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 07:58 AM PST

AP - A human rights group said Tuesday the U.S. government has refused assistance to Polish prosecutors investigating whether the CIA maintained a secret prison in Poland.

Russian senator gets life in jail for 14 killings (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 07:43 AM PST

AP - A former Russian senator was sentenced to life in jail for ordering multiple killings and financing a criminal group.

Leading experts try to save UK forensics lab (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 06:26 AM PST

AP - More than 30 leading international scientists Tuesday warned the British government that planned closure of its high-profile forensics science center would hurt Britain's crime-fighting capacity.

Robbers with guns in baby carriage kill dog-walker (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 06:06 AM PST

AP - Russian investigators say that robbers carrying assault rifles in a baby carriage fatally shot two guards and a man walking his dog and got away with more than $800,000 worth of cash in St.Petersburg.

France's spy service bulks up amid terror threats (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 05:33 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2010 file photo, general view of the building of France's secretive international spy agency, the DGSE, in Paris France. The service, the French answer to the CIA, is recruiting, getting more funding and opening its cloak as part of President Nicolas Sarkozy's efforts to keep France a step ahead of its 21st-century enemies and threats like terrorism and nuclear proliferation.(AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - There's no French James Bond. But a new push may set the stage for one.


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