2011年1月29日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News


Train crash in Germany kills 10, injures 33 (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 06:10 PM PST

AP - A head-on train crash in eastern Germany killed 10 people and injured at least 33 others, eight of them severely, local firefighters said Sunday, and police feared the death toll could rise.

Celtic will be hard to stop warns Lennon (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 05:50 PM PST

Kris Commons, pictured in action in 2009, scored on his debut as Celtic steamrollered into the League Cup final with a 4-1 thrashing of Aberdeen at Hampden on Saturday.(AFP/File)AFP - Celtic manager Neil Lennon says his side will be hard to stop after watching the Hoops demolish Aberdeen 4-1 at Hampden to clinch a spot in the League Cup final.


10 dead in German train collision: rescuers (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 05:38 PM PST

This file photo shows regional trains approaching a train station in Germany. At least 10 people died when a regional passenger train collided with a goods train late on Saturday in Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, according to police and rescuers.(AFP/File/Thomas Kienzle)AFP - Ten people died when a regional passenger train collided with a goods train in eastern Germany, according to police and firemen.


Russia identifies airport bomber as Caucasus man (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 05:24 PM PST

A man wounded in a blast is carried away at Domodedovo airport in Moscow, Monday, Jan. 24, 2011. An explosion ripped through the international arrivals hall at Moscow's busiest airport on Monday, killing dozens of people and wounding scores, officials said. The Russian president called it a terror attack. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)AP - The suicide bomber who killed 35 people at Moscow's busiest airport was deliberately targeting foreigners, investigators said Saturday, which would mark an ominous new tactic by separatist militants in southern Russia if he was recruited by an Islamist terror cell.


Aussie Open 'final frontier' for Djokovic, Murray (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 05:09 PM PST

Andy Murray hopes to end Britain's 75-year Grand Slam drought against Novak Djokovic (pictured) at the Australian Open on Sunday, the first major final without Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer for three years. Murray is aiming to become the first British man to win a Grand Slam since Fred Perry in 1936, while Serbian Djokovic is favourite to claim his second Slam crown.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Andy Murray hopes to end Britain's 75-year Grand Slam drought against Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open on Sunday, the first major final without Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer for three years.


Irish senate passes bailout bill ahead of election (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 02:27 PM PST

Ireland's upper house of parliament passed Saturday a key finance bill needed to secure the country's bailout package, paving the way for embattled Prime Minister Brian Cowen, pictured on January 22, to call elections.(AFP/File)AFP - Ireland's upper house of parliament passed Saturday a key finance bill needed to secure the country's bailout package, paving the way for embattled Prime Minister Brian Cowen to call elections.


Dutch freeze contacts with Iran after hanging (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 01:51 PM PST

AP - The Dutch government froze official contacts with Iran on Saturday to protest the hanging of a Dutch-Iranian woman, the Foreign Ministry said.

Kerry says Mubarak needs to respond to his people (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 01:34 PM PST

AP - U.S. Sen. John Kerry said Saturday that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak must respond to the concerns of his people and their issues, days after anti-government protests rocked the country.

Souvenir condoms rolled out for UK royal wedding (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 01:08 PM PST

Souvenir key fobs for the royal wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton are pictured in a shop in central London, on January 20. While Britain has a public holiday to celebrate Prince William's wedding, one company is taking the party one step further with souvenir condoms that urge lovers to AFP - While Britain has a public holiday to celebrate Prince William's wedding, one company is taking the party one step further with souvenir condoms that urge lovers to "lie back and think of England".


Hernandez saves United blushes as Saints downed (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 11:56 AM PST

Manchester United's striker Javier Hernandez (2nd L) slides in to score the equalising goal past Southampton's goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski (R) during their FA Cup fourth round football match at St Mary's Stadium in Southampton. Hernandez saved Manchester United's blushes as the Premier League leaders came from behind to defeat Southampton 2-1(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Javier Hernandez saved Manchester United's blushes as the Premier League leaders came from behind to defeat Southampton 2-1 and advance to the last 16 of the FA Cup on Saturday.


(AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 03:59 AM PST

AP - Russian investigators say Domodedovo Airport suicide bomber was 20-year-old man from Caucasus.

At Davos, men outnumber women by over 5 to 1 (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 03:58 AM PST

Undersecretary General, UN Women, New York, Michelle Bachelet speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. In a nod to the post-crisis atmosphere, the World Economic Forum shifts its attention on Friday to austerity measures and priorities for improving the economy. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - Research shows that investing in women is good business and some companies have taken significant steps to increase their female staff, especially at the top — but at the world's premier economic gathering, men still outnumber women by a ratio of more than five to one.


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