2011年1月18日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Henin beats Baltacha in Australian Open 2nd round (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 05:42 PM PST

Elena Baltacha, seen here hitting a return during her second round women's singles match against Justine Henin of Belgium on the third day of the Australian Open tournament in Melbourne, on January 19. Henin won 6-1, 6-3.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Former world number one Justine Henin beat Elena Baltacha 6-1, 6-3 to move into the third round of the Australian Open.

Irish PM Cowen survives leadership challenge (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:58 PM PST

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen (L) waves to photographers with his wife Mary Cowen during a brief photocall at the Govenment buildings in Dublin. Cowen survived a leadership challenge from his foreign minister Tuesday, winning a confidence vote that will see him lead the ruling party into elections expected in March.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen survived a leadership challenge from his foreign minister Tuesday, winning a confidence vote that will see him lead the ruling party into elections expected in March.

The Upside and Downside of European Union Bailouts (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:52 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Wall Street types cynically refer to the "PIGS," a group of countries with debt problems that create a financial drag on the wealthier eurozone countries. The "PIGS" are Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain.

Corruption probe targets 4 Russian officials (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:51 PM PST

AP - British police said Tuesday they are investigating corruption allegations against four Russian officials working at an international financial institution based in London.

Irish Prime Minister Cowen wins confidence vote (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:47 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 - Prime Minister Brian Cowen won a confidence vote Tuesday in his leadership of Ireland's Fianna Fail party, putting him on course to lead his long-dominant party to a widely expected election defeat within weeks.

City dump old boss Eriksson out of FA Cup (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:36 PM PST

Manchester City's Adam Johnson celebrates scoring against Leicester City during their English FA Cup Third Round replay football match at The City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester. City won 4-2.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Manchester City dumped their former manager Sven Goran Eriksson out of the FA Cup as the Premier League side beat Leicester 4-2 in a third round replay at Eastlands on Tuesday.

Russia's Medvedev backs independent Palestine (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:23 PM PST

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas shake hands during their joint news conference in the West Bank city of Jericho January 18, 2011. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev endorsed a Palestinian state on Tuesday, saying Moscow had recognized independence in 1988 and was not changing the position adopted by the former Soviet Union.

European finance ministers in a bind with Spain, Portugal debt (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:14 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - The recession's repercussions are still felt in Europe, as two more countries may have financial crises. Both Spain and Portugal face possible bailouts even after selling some of their debt at auctions Jan. 12 and Jan. 13.

City show no mercy to Eriksson in FA Cup (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:09 PM PST

Manchester City's Adam Johnson celebrates scoring against Leicester City during their English FA Cup Third Round replay football match at The City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester. City won 4-2.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Manchester City secured an FA Cup fourth round tie against Notts County with a 4-2 victory over Sven Goran Eriksson's Leicester at Eastlands on Tuesday.

Irish PM survives confidence vote: state media (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 01:33 PM PST

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen (L) waves to photographers with his wife Mary Cowen during a brief photocall at the Govenment buildings in Dublin. Cowen survived a leadership challenge from his foreign minister Tuesday, winning a confidence vote that will see him lead the ruling party into elections expected in March.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen survived a challenge from his foreign minister on Tuesday, winning a confidence vote in his leadership of the ruling party, state broadcaster RTE said.

Catholic church uneasy over Berlusconi probe (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 12:58 PM PST

FILE - In this photo taken on Sept. 30, 2010, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi looks on at the Senate, in Rome. Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi had sex with a significant number of prostitutes, Milan prosecutors alleged Monday, Jan. 17, 201, in documents seeking authorization to search some of his properties. The prosecutors are leading a probe aimed at determining if the 74-year-old media mogul paid for sex with a 17-year-old Moroccan girl who attended parties at one of his villas last year. Prostitution isn't a crime in Italy, but exploiting or aiding prostitution with minors is. The prosecutors allege that Berlusconi had sex with a 'significant' number of young female prostitutes and used apartments to compensate the women, along with cash payments. Berlusconi has denied wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)AP - An influential Italian Catholic newspaper said Tuesday that the prostitution probe into Premier Silvio Berlusconi's encounters with a Moroccan teenager is like a "devastating tornado" damaging the country's image, but Berlusconi dismissed any idea he might resign.

Police in Belarus fingerprint dead journalist (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 12:54 PM PST

AP - Police in Belarus have fingerprinted a deceased journalist in an increasing crackdown on dissent following presidential elections that were seen as fraudulent.

Vatican warned Irish bishops not to report abuse (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 12:24 PM PST

This image shows a copy of a newly revealed 1997 letter from the Vatican, obtained by Irish broadcasters RTE and provided to The Associated Press, warning Ireland's Catholic bishops not to report all suspected child-abuse cases to police, a disclosure that victims groups described as 'the smoking gun' needed to show that the Vatican enforced a worldwide culture of cover-up. The letter documents the Vatican's rejection of a 1996 Irish church initiative to begin helping police identify pedophile priests following Ireland's first wave of publicly disclosed lawsuits. (AP Photo/RTE)AP - A 1997 letter from the Vatican warned Ireland's Catholic bishops not to report all suspected child-abuse cases to police — a disclosure that victims' groups described as "the smoking gun" needed to show that the church enforced a worldwide culture of covering up crimes by pedophile priests.

Filipino gov't, rebels confirm peace talks (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 11:42 AM PST

Mediator Ture Lundh, centre, of the Norwegian Foreign Department flanked by Philippine government representative Alexander A. Padilla, left, and Luis G.Jalandoni of the communist National Democratic Front (NDF) shake hands after the conclussion of the informal talks between negotiating panels of the Philippine government and NDF in Asker, Norway, some 20 km south of Oslo Tuesday Jan. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Gorm Kallestad) NORWAY OUTAP - Negotiators from the Philippines government and communist rebels agreed Tuesday to resume peace talks after informal meetings in Norway.

Hotel owners fined for refusing gay couple a room (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 10:58 AM PST

Steven Preddy, left, and Martin Hall outside Bristol County Court, south western England, Tuesday Jan. 18, 2011, after a judge ruled that Christian hotel owners Peter and Hazelmary Bull acted unlawfully when they refused the couple a double room at their hotel late in 2008. In a written ruling at Bristol County Court on Tuesday, Judge Andrew Rutherford awarded the gay couple 1,800 pounds (about $2,900) each in damages. (AP Photo/PA, Ben Birchall) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - A Christian couple were fined Tuesday for refusing to allow a gay couple the use of a double room at their hotel in southern England, capping a case that has drawn national attention and which the judge himself described as very difficult.

UK government blocks release of Blair Iraq notes (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 09:43 AM PST

AP - British authorities have refused to publish notes that Tony Blair sent to President George W. Bush before the Iraq war, prompting a complaint Tuesday from the chief of a public inquiry into the divisive conflict.

Poland faults Russians in president's crash (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 09:42 AM PST

AP - Russian air traffic controllers failed to warn the crew of Polish President Lech Kaczynski's plane that it was off course shortly before it crashed last year in Russia, Polish investigators said Tuesday.

Composer of Romanian anti-communist hymn dies (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 09:25 AM PST

AP - The composer of a song that inspired Romanians in their struggle against vestiges of the communist regime has died. He was 46.

Rwandan goes on trial for genocide in Germany (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 08:48 AM PST

AP - A Rwandan man went on trial in Germany Tuesday over accusations that he organized massacres and incited killings as a mayor during the African country's 1994 genocide.

Royal wedding sparks debate on UK succession (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST

The Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the world's Anglicans, welcomed the forthcoming wedding of Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton, seen here on December 12, in his Christmas Day sermon.(AFP/HO/File/Mario Testino)AP - Lawmakers say it would be the perfect wedding gift â€" changing Britain's rules of succession so any daughter born to Prince William and wife-to-be Kate Middleton would enjoy an equal right to the throne.

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