2011年1月16日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Strauss backs out-of-form Collingwood (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:48 PM PST

England captain Andrew Strauss insists Paul Collingwood, pictured on January 12, is still a vital part of his team's World Cup plans after he was dropped for Sunday's one-day international against Australia.(AFP/File/Krystle Wright)AFP - England captain Andrew Strauss insists Paul Collingwood is still a vital part of his team's World Cup plans after he was dropped for Sunday's one-day international against Australia.

Irish PM faces party leadership crisis (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:45 PM PST

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen speaks during a press conference at the Alexander Hotel in Dublin. A crisis in Ireland's ruling party escalated Sunday after the foreign minister tendered his resignation and said he would not back Cowen in a confidence vote this week.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - Ireland's political crisis escalated Monday after a top minister offered to quit and said he would not back Prime Minister Brian Cowen in a confidence vote on his leadership of the ruling party.

Ding crushes Fu to clinch Masters (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 03:23 PM PST

Ding Junhui of China plays during a World Masters snooker final match against Marco Fu of Hong Kong at Wembley Arena, London. Ding brushed aside Marco Fu of Hong Kong 10-4 on Sunday to take the Masters title in the first all-Asian final in the history of snooker's major tournaments.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - China's Ding Junhui brushed aside Marco Fu of Hong Kong 10-4 on Sunday to take the Masters title in the first all-Asian final in the history of snooker's major tournaments.

Le Pen daughter inherits French far-right leadership (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 03:01 PM PST

Former president of French far-right party Front national (National Front), Jean-Marie Le Pen and his daughter, newly elected FN president Marine Le Pen, give a press conference during the party's congress in Tours, western France.(AFP/Miguel Medina)AFP - France's National Front crowned founder Jean-Marie Le Pen's daughter Marine its new leader Sunday, looking to soften the anti-immigrant party's image before next year's presidential polls.

Daughter succeeds dad at French far-right party (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 02:51 PM PST

Marine Le Pen reacts after her election as leader of the French far right party National Front during their national congress in Tours, western France, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011. Le Pen, the 42-year-old daughter of far-right firebrand Jean Marie Le Pen, won slightly more than two-thirds of the vote in an election for its new president. The 82-year-old party founder bid his farewell Saturday with an impassioned defense of his polemic anti-immigration, anti-Islam platform. He created the party in 1972. A mother of three, Marine is widely seen as the kinder, gentler face of a party known for its extreme stances.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - France's far-right National Front party elected the daughter of its founder, Jean-Marie Le Pen, as its new leader Sunday, who says she wants to broaden the appeal of a party known best for its anti-immigration, anti-Islam platform.

Irish PM calls confidence motion on leadership (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 02:10 PM PST

Reuters - Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen defied calls to resign as head of the ruling Fianna Fail party on Sunday and instead offered colleagues the chance to vote on his leadership in a secret ballot this week.

3 young women die in stampede at Hungarian disco (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 02:07 PM PST

AP - Three young women died in a stampede at a Hungarian nightclub, police said Sunday. Five people, including the organizers of the event, were taken into custody.

Irish premier won't quit over Ireland debt crisis (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 01:29 PM PST

Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen speaks to the media in Dublin, Ireland, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011. Cowen announced Sunday he won't resign despite intense criticism of his management of the country's European-record deficit and its international bailout. Cowen's declaration follows several days of talks with lawmakers in his Fianna Fail party. Many wanted him to quit immediately so that a new leader can lead the party into a spring election that, under Cowen's leadership, it is widely expected to lose. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen faced a fight for political survival Sunday as he rebuffed pressure to resign and a senior Cabinet colleague announced he would challenge him for the party leadership.

Berlusconi says he never paid for sex (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 12:23 PM PST

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi holds a glass of wine, before the AC Milan against Inter Milan Italian Serie A soccer match, at San Siro stadium in Milan in this September 28, 2008 file photo. Berlusconi on January 16, 2011 said he has been in a steady relationship since separating from his wife, as he stepped up efforts to beat back allegations that he paid for sex with a nightclub dancer. Picture taken September 28, 2008. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/Files (ITALY - Tags: POLITICS)Reuters - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Sunday said he has been in a steady relationship since separating from his wife, as he stepped up efforts to beat back allegations that he paid for sex with a nightclub dancer.

United back on top of Premier League after Spurs draw (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 12:13 PM PST

Tottenham Hotspur's French defender William Gallas (R) vies with Manchester United's Welsh midfielder Ryan Giggs (L) during their English Premier League football match Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United at White Hart Lane in London. Ten-man Manchester United returned to the top of the Premier League here Sunday after holding Tottenham to a 0-0 draw.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Ten-man Manchester United returned to the top of the Premier League here Sunday after holding Tottenham to a 0-0 draw in a match that failed to live up to expectations.

Paper: Iran still trying to buy nuclear technology (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 10:26 AM PST

AP - Despite a tightening net of sanctions, Iran has continued covert attempts to purchase technology for its controversial nuclear program through more than 350 companies, the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten reported Sunday.

Royal couple may ask guests to make charity gifts (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 09:00 AM PST

AP - Call it a charity bonanza. Royal aides say Prince William and Kate Middleton are considering asking guests at their April 29 wedding to make donations to charity instead of sending them wedding gifts.

Pope is joyous about beatifying John Paul II (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 07:28 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI waves at faithful at the end of the Angelus prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011. Benedict told pilgrims that he was praying for people in Australia, Brazil, the Philippines and Sri Lanka who are suffering because of 'devastating' flooding. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that everyone who knew or admired John Paul II shares his joy that he will beatify his predecessor on May 1 — a ceremony in St. Peter's Square that could bring 2 million people into Rome.

Princess, Dutchess, Countess: What to call Kate? (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 06:54 AM PST

FILE - Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton at St. James's Palace in London, Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010, after they announced their engagement. She could end up as Her Royal Highness Princess William of Wales. Kate Middleton's royal title is not yet clear and some of the options available are not very good. Queen Elizabeth II is unlikely to clear this up until just before the royal wedding April 29. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, file)AP - If you're invited to the royal wedding, don't go buying Kate Middleton an engraved gift — the poor woman doesn't know yet what her title's going to be.

Turkey, Qatar, Syria to discuss Lebanon crisis (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 05:09 AM PST

Lebanon's former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora (L-R), Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, Member of Parliament Bahia al-Hariri and Member of Parliament Samir al-Jiser attend their majority parliamentary bloc meeting in Beirut January 16, 2011. Lebanon's Hezbollah Chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday his group and its allies would not back caretaker Prime Minister Hariri to form a new government in talks expected to begin on Monday. REUTERS/Dalati Nohra/Handout (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - A news agency says the leaders of Turkey, Qatar and Syria will meet in the Syrian capital Damascus to discuss the political crisis in Lebanon after a Hezbollah-led coalition toppled the country's Western-backed government.

Through schooling, a few Gypsies join middle class (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 02:46 AM PST

AP - The Balazova family lived on nothing but potatoes and rice one month as they struggled to pull together the money to buy an electric typewriter for their teenage daughter.

Serbia looks to improve image with peacekeeping (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 02:43 AM PST

Staff Sgt. Alexander Beocanin, 31, from Pancevo, and Cpl. Ivan Jonovic, 31, rear, from Smederevo, sit inside a United Nations peacekeeping force camp in Athienou village, situated adjacent to a U.N.-controlled buffer zone separating the internationally recognized Greek Cypriot south and the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north of the ethnically divided island, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. To help the Serbian military shed the notoriety it earned in the Balkan wars, the country's pro-Western government has embraced participation in overseas peacekeeping missions as the key to improving the army's tarnished image. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)AP - Not long ago, Serbian troops were notorious for nationalism, aggression and even war crimes. Now they want to be known as international guardians of peace.

Migrant ship sinks off Corfu; 22 reported missing (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 12:49 AM PST

AP - Greek authorities say a ship carrying a reported 263 migrants has sunk west of the island of Corfu and 22 passengers are missing.

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

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 09:01 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, March 2, 1998 file picture, a Serbian police officer kicks an ethnic Albanian during riots in Pristina, the capital of restive Kosovo province. A half-century ago, the world had dozens of examples to study as countries around the globe won their independence from European colonial powers. But today the addition of a new country to the world map is something unusual. So while comparisons can only be imprecise, the first steps of East Timor and Kosovo offer a guide to the challenges facing the battered yet exultant people of Southern Sudan. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic, File)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.

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