2010年12月30日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

City title talk just 'kidology' says Fletcher (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 05:01 PM PST

Manchester United's Darren Fletcher, pictured in October 2010, has insisted talk from title challengers Manchester City that the Premier League is the Red Devils to lose as nothing more than AFP - Manchester United's Darren Fletcher has insisted talk from title challengers Manchester City that the Premier League is the Red Devils to lose as nothing more than "kidology".

PM fires 2011 terror warning (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:37 PM PST

Prime Minister David Cameron, pictured on December 21, said Britain had to combat its home-grown Islamic extremism in 2011, in his New Year message released Friday.(AFP/POOL/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain had to combat its home-grown Islamic extremism in 2011, in his New Year message released Friday.

McDowell and Webb cap 2010 with honours (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:34 PM PST

US Open golf champion Graeme McDowell, pictured on December 5, who also struck the winning putt in the final match as Europe beat the United States to win the Ryder Cup in October, was made an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire).(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)AFP - US Open golf champion Graeme McDowell and World Cup final football referee Howard Webb were among the sports figures whose achievements were recognised Friday in Britain's New Year's Honours.

Pop diva Annie Lennox leads New Year's Honours (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:01 PM PST

Annie Lennox, who founded her SING campaign to raise awareness of AIDS in Africa, said she was AFP - Pop diva and charity campaigner Annie Lennox, actor David Suchet and fashion pioneer Katharine Hamnett are among those rewarded Friday in the list of New Year's Honours.

Former Irish PM Ahern quits politics (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 03:45 PM PST

Former Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern, pictured in 2008, announced Thursday that he was quitting politics after 33 years in parliament, including nearly 11 as premier.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - Former Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern announced Thursday that he was quitting politics after 33 years in parliament, including nearly 11 as premier.

Merkel tells Germans they need the euro (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 03:11 PM PST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses for photographs after her annual New Year's speech at the chancellery in Berlin. Merkel stressed on Friday the importance of the euro to Germany, after polls showed voters going cool on the single currency following the Greek and Irish debt crises.(AFP/POOL/File/Markus Schreiber)AFP - Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed on Friday the importance of the euro to Germany, after polls showed voters going cool on the single currency following the Greek and Irish debt crises.

British flu death toll hits 39 (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 02:48 PM PST

A patient is given a swine flu vaccination at the University College London Hospital in 2009. Britain's flu death toll has risen to 39 since October, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) announced Thursday, with 36 of the fatalities due to swine flu.(AFP/POOL/File/Lewis Whyld)AFP - Britain's flu death toll has risen to 39 since October, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) announced Thursday, with 36 of the fatalities due to swine flu.

Harsh U.S. words for Russia, but little impact on ties (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 02:44 PM PST

Reuters - The United States suggested on Thursday that an extended prison term for Russian former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky was an abuse of justice, and a senior U.S. official said it may impede Russia's entry to the World Trade Organization.

Fewer journalists killed in 2010 (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 02:42 PM PST

AP - Fewer reporters were killed worldwide in 2010 than in the previous year, but media advocacy groups warned Thursday that while the number slain in war zones has fallen, criminals and traffickers have become a greater threat to journalists.

Russia to keep Khodorkovsky in prison until 2017 (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 01:59 PM PST

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, left, and his co-defendant Platon Lebedev, right, talk behind a glass enclosure at a court room in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. Khodorkovsky, 47, is in the final year of an eight-year sentence after being convicted of tax evasion, and the new conviction on charges of embezzlement and money laundering could keep him behind bars for several more years. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr)AP - A judge read the sentence Thursday, but to supporters of jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky the words came straight from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin: Six more years in prison for stealing his own company's oil.

Swede sentenced to prison for Auschwitz sign theft (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 12:28 PM PST

Police lead Anders Hogstrom, from Sweden, second right, in to a session of court in Krakow, Poland, on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. The Polish court has approved prison terms for theSwedish man who has confessed to a role in the theft of the notorious Auschwitz sign and for two of his Polish aides. Judge Jaroslaw Gaberle of a regional court in the southern city of Krakow decided on Thursday to approve settlements that the three men have reached with the prosecutors. Hogstrom, accused of instigating the theft, was handed a 2 years and eight months prison term. The two Poles received two years and six months and two years and four months in prison. (AP Photo/Jerzy Rucinski)AP - A Swedish man was sentenced Thursday to two years and eight months in prison for instigating the theft a year ago of the notorious "Arbeit Macht Frei" ("Work Sets You Free") sign from the former Auschwitz death camp.

Queen Elizabeth II becomes great grandmother (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:37 AM PST

FILE -- In this Aug. 6, 2010 file photo, Peter Phillips, eldest grandson of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, and his wife Autumn attend the Festival of British Eventing 2010 at Gatcombe Park, England. According to an announcement from Buckingham Palace in London, Thursday Dec. 30, 2010, Autumn Phillips, has given birth to a baby girl, which is the queen's first great-grandchild and is 12th in line to the throne. The baby weighed 8 pounds (3.8 kilograms) and eight ounces. Peter Phillips was present at the birth. The palace said the queen and Prince Philip are delighted with the news.(AP Photo/Barry Batchelor-pa, file) UNITED KINGDOM OUT: NO SALES: NO ARCHIVE:AP - Queen Elizabeth was delighted with the birth of her first great-grandchild, Buckingham Palace said Thursday.

4 Spanish police convicted of torturing bombers (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:26 AM PST

AP - Four of Spain's Civil Guard police officers were convicted Thursday of torturing members of the Basque separatist group ETA after they were arrested for bombing Madrid's airport in 2006.

Austria and Qatar sign tax, air transport accords (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:22 AM PST

AP - Austria and Qatar have boosted their bilateral relations with agreements on double taxation and air transport.

UK's Thatcher appealed to Iran over US hostages (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 07:25 AM PST

FILE- In a June 7, 1984 file photo, President Ronald Reagan has a word in the ear of Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, at a reception given by the British Government at London's St. James Palace for leaders attending the Economic Conference. Newly disclosed records show Britain's iconic prime minister Margaret Thatcher snubbed aides who questioned Ronald Reagan's credentials as U.S. president. Files released on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2010 under the country's 30-year disclosure rule also show she made a previously unknown effort to intervene in the U.S. Embassy hostage-taking. (AP Photo, File)AP - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher made a previously unknown effort to secure the release of American hostages in Iran and predicted that Ronald Reagan would confound expectations following his election, newly disclosed files revealed Thursday.

Euro turns to problem for Eastern Europe (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 07:17 AM PST

Slovakia's Finance Minister Ivan Miklos during an exclusive interview with The Associated Press in Bratislava, Slovakia, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. In the dying days of 2010 — after the eurozone's debt crisis forced the bailouts of Greece and Ireland and painful austerity measures across the region_ one thing is clear: while Slovaks will again turn out in droves on Dec. 31, to welcome the New Year, the cheer will have nothing to do with belonging to the euro. The pride felt in 2008 at being the first in the former Soviet bloc to adopt the euro has been tempered by the responsibilities that come with sharing a common European currency. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - Bells pealed and fireworks shot across midnight skies in Bratislava two years ago, as Slovaks celebrated not only the New Year but also their country's long-sought entry to the club of nations using the continent's common currency, the euro.

3 copper miners killed after tremor in Poland (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 07:11 AM PST

AP - Three miners have been killed by falling rocks after a minor earthquake at a copper mine in southwestern Poland.

Report: 10 al-Qaida suspects detained in Turkey (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 06:06 AM PST

AP - Police have detained 10 people suspected of links to the al-Qaida terror network and accused of preparing to stage an attack before New Year's Eve, the state-run Anatolia news agency said Thursday.

Greek motorcycle bomb damages court buildings (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 05:42 AM PST

Police forensic experts gather evidence at the scene of a motorcycle bomb that damaged two court administration buildings in Athens, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. A bomb hidden on a parked motorcycle exploded outside two court buildings in central Athens on Thursday, damaging cars and shattering windows but leaving no one hurt, officials said. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - A powerful bomb hidden on a parked motorcycle exploded outside two court buildings in central Athens and a small bomb went off outside the Greek embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but neither caused injuries, officials said Thursday.

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