2011年1月15日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News


Mancini hails Tevez magic after City thriller (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 05:38 PM PST

Manchester City's manager Roberto Mancini has hailed unsettled captain Carlos Tevez after his brace helped the squad move to the top of the Premier League.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini hailed unsettled captain Carlos Tevez after his brace helped City move to the top of the Premier League.


Chelsea sink Rovers to ease Ancelotti's blues (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 05:27 PM PST

Chelsea's Italian manager Carlo Ancelotti. Nicolas Anelka and Branislav Ivanovic struck second-half goals that secured Chelsea's 2-0 victory over Blackburn and eased the pressure on Blues boss Ancelotti.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Nicolas Anelka and Branislav Ivanovic struck second-half goals that secured Chelsea's 2-0 victory over Blackburn and eased the pressure on Blues boss Carlo Ancelotti.


QPR back on track says Warnock (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 04:40 PM PST

QPR manager Neil Warnock, pictured in 2007, insists his Championship leaders are back on track after they ground out a 0-0 draw at Burnley.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - QPR manager Neil Warnock insists his Championship leaders are back on track after they ground out a 0-0 draw at Burnley.


Gazza to sue over phone-hacking scandal: report (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 03:51 PM PST

Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne (R) arrives at Newcastle Magistrates court in December 2010. Gascoigne is planning to sue a top British newspaper alleging that he was a victim of a major phone-hacking scandal, a report said Saturday.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne is planning to sue a top British newspaper alleging that he was a victim of a major phone-hacking scandal, a report said Saturday.


France's Le Pen bids adieu to National Front party (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 03:35 PM PST

French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen is seen  before the election of the new leader to the far right party during their national congress in Tours, western France, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011. The daughter of French firebrand Jean-Marie Le Pen, is considered the favorite to win this weekend's race to succeed her father, but says she wants to soften the image of her far-right political party.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - France's right-wing firebrand Jean-Marie Le Pen bid adieu Saturday to the National Front party he founded nearly 40 years ago with an impassioned defense of his polemic anti-immigration, anti-Islam platform.


Fu, Ding set-up all-Asian Masters final (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 03:27 PM PST

Hong Kong's Marco Fu, pictured in 2010, came back from 4-1 down to defeat Northern Ireland's Mark Allen 6-4 and reach his first Masters final at Wembley on Saturday.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - China's Ding Junhui and Marco Fu of Hong Kong set up the first all-Asian final in the history of snooker's major tournaments on Saturday with victories in the semi-finals of the Masters at Wembley.


Teenager: Berlusconi gave her EUR7,000 ($9,350) (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 03:24 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 file photo Moroccan girl nicknamed Ruby attends a party in a disco in Genoa, Italy. Italy's leading newspaper is reporting that Premier Silvio Berlusconi is under investigation in a prostitution case involving a then-17-year-old Moroccan girl. Corriere della Sera reported online Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, that the 74-year-old premier is suspected of abusing his power in trying to cover up his alleged encounters with the girl, nicknamed Ruby. Berlusconi's office said it had no immediate comment. (AP Photo/str, File)AP - A teenager at the heart of the latest criminal probe of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Saturday the billionaire media mogul gave her EUR7,000 ($9,350) when she came to a Valentine's Day soiree at his villa but reiterated she didn't have sex with him.


British actress Susannah York dies aged 72: report (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 03:13 PM PST

British actress Susannah York is pictured during a rehearsal for a Tennessee Williams' play at the New End Theatre in north London in 2009. York, a 1960s beauty who was nominated for an Oscar for the 1969 film AFP - British actress Susannah York, a 1960s beauty who was nominated for an Oscar for the 1969 film "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?", has died at the age of 72, a newspaper reported Saturday.


Tevez at the double as Man City go top of Premiership (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 01:59 PM PST

Manchester City's striker Carlos Tevez celebrates after scoring their second goal during their English Premier League football match against Wolverhampton Wanderers at The City of Manchester Stadium. Manchester City went top of the Premier League on Saturday after Tevez's double, plus goals from brothers Kolo and Yaya Toure, helped them overcome Wolves in a 4-3 goalfest.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Carlos Tevez scored twice as Manchester City survived a late fightback to beat Wolves 4-3 and move to the top of the English Premier League on Saturday.


Grant defiant over Hammers future (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 01:20 PM PST

West Ham United's manager Avram Grant yells commands during their English Premier League football match against Arsenal at the Boleyn Ground in Upton Park. Grant remained defiant over his future at Upton Park on Saturday after a demoralising 3-0 defeat by Arsenal had followed a day of speculation that he was about to be sacked.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - West Ham manager Avram Grant remained defiant over his future at Upton Park on Saturday after a demoralising 3-0 defeat by Arsenal had followed a day of speculation that he was about to be sacked.


Russia releases opposition leader after 15 days (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 09:08 AM PST

AP - Russia released an opposition leader Saturday after his arrest 15 days ago at an anti-government rally that had been authorized by officials.

Amanda Knox team encouraged by witness conviction (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 08:08 AM PST

Cast member Hayden Panettiere answers a question at the Lifetime Television panel for the movie AP - A defense lawyer for Amanda Knox, the U.S. college student serving a 26-year prison sentence for the murder of her British roommate, expressed optimism Saturday that a drug charge conviction of a prosecution witness might help the American in her appeal in Italy.


Former Anglican bishops ordained Catholics (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 07:02 AM PST

Three former Anglican bishops, John Broadhurst, left, Andrew Burnham, second left, and Keith Newton, right, stand with Archbishop Vincent Nichols, the leader of Catholics in England and Wales, after they were ordained as Catholic priests in Westminster Cathedral, London, Saturday Jan. 15, 2011. The three have become the first to take advantage of a program announced by the Vatican in 2009 to accommodate Anglicans unhappy about the direction their church is taking. (AP Photo/John Stillwell/PA)  UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - Three former Anglican bishops were ordained as Catholic priests Saturday, becoming the first ex-bishops to take advantage of a new Vatican system designed to make it easier for Anglicans to embrace Roman Catholicism.


For world's newest states, road ahead can be hard (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 03:32 AM PST

AP - When East Timor voted for independence in 1999, militia loyal to the departing Indonesian rulers went on a rampage that took more than 1,000 lives. War engulfed Kosovo in the late 1990s after it said it was splitting from Serbia, and some 10,000 people died.

Father goes underground to seek son's killers (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 02:54 AM PST

Francisco Holgado, better known as 'Father Courage,' reacts during an interview with The Associated Press in Jerez de la Frontera, southern Spain, on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Juan Holgado was working as a night shift gas station clerk on Nov. 22, 1995 when he was killed in Jerez. The defendants were acquitted for lack of sufficient evidence in two trials. But Francisco Holgado, a mild-mannered bank teller, disguised himself in a salt-and-pepper wig, put on a tough-guy voice and plunged into the criminal underworld to find the killer. (AP Photo/Miguel Gomez)AP - Francisco Holgado sits in his white van at a gas station, staring at a white wall bearing some of his angry graffiti: "14 years. Justice for Juan Holgado."


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