2011年2月4日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Iraqi interpreters sue government: lawyers (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 05:40 PM PST

This file photo shows an Iraqi army helicopter patrolling the skies above Baghdad's Green Zone. Forty Iraqi interpreters who worked for British forces in Iraq lauched a group action against the government at the High Court in London, arguing that it failed to protect them, according to their lawyers.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Forty Iraqi interpreters who worked for British forces in Iraq lauched a group action against the government at the High Court in London, arguing that it failed to protect them, according to their lawyers.

PM says multiculturalism has failed (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:42 PM PST

Prime Minister David Cameron speaks to media upon arrival at the EU summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels. Cameron will condemn Britain's long-standing policy of multiculturalism as a failure Saturday as he sets out his vision for how to combat home-grown Islamist extremism.(AFP/Georges Gobet)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron will condemn Britain's long-standing policy of multiculturalism as a failure Saturday as he sets out his vision for how to combat home-grown Islamist extremism.

England hold on to down Wales in Six Nations (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:33 PM PST

England's winger Chris Ashton celebrates scoring a try against Wales during their Six Nations International rugby union match at The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. England won 26-19.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - England withstood a furious fightback from Wales to open their Six Nations campaign with a 26-19 victory and end their eight-year losing streak in Cardiff on Friday.

EU talks competitiveness, saves details for later (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:09 PM PST

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, left looks towards Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez during a joint news conference at a one day summit between Spain and Germany, at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid Thursday Feb. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul White)AP - Germany and France gave their approval Friday to expand the bailout fund that has been propping up the eurozone's weaklings but pressed EU nations to strengthen their economies, kicking off what will likely be weeks of struggle between Europe's rich and poor over measures aimed at escaping the financial morass surrounding the euro.

Berlusconi dismisses legal troubles as 'farce' (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 03:42 PM PST

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrives at the EU summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels. Berlusconi on Friday dismissed his legal troubles as a AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday dismissed his legal troubles as a "farce" and vowed to stay on in power, amid a series of corruption and prostitution investigations against him.

Christian Dior group's net income surged 81 pct in 2010 (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 02:20 PM PST

Lebanese women sit on a bench in front of a poster announcing the opening of a Christian Dior shop in downtown Beirut 2009. The Christian Dior luxury holding giant said Friday net income surged 81 percent in 2010 from the previous year, an AFP - The Christian Dior luxury holding giant said Friday net income surged 81 percent in 2010 from the previous year, an "exceptional year" that has given the group fresh impetus to open new stores.

Barclays chief in line for £9 million bonus: report (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:51 PM PST

The head of Barclays bank, Bob Diamond, pictured in January 2011, is set to receive a bonus of more than £9 million ($14.5 million, 10.7 million euros) this year, it was reported Friday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The head of Barclays bank, Bob Diamond, is set to receive a bonus of more than £9 million this year, it was reported Friday.

Pakistan players charged with corruption (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:40 PM PST

British prosecutors charged Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt (R), Mohammad Asif (L) and Mohamed Aamer(C), seen here in file pictures, as well as an agent with corruption offences on Friday as an alleged spot-fixing scandal headed towards the courts.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - British prosecutors charged Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer as well as an agent with corruption offences on Friday as an alleged spot-fixing scandal headed towards the courts.

Europe leaders demand Egypt transition 'now' (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:25 PM PST

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) greets EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton at the EU summit in Brussels. Europe's 27 leaders on Friday demanded Egypt's transition start AFP - Europe's 27 leaders on Friday demanded Egypt's transition start "now" in a joint statement marking a policy U-turn in EU ties with its volatile neighbours on its southern flank.

EU leaders urge dialogue, end to violence in Egypt (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:13 PM PST

From left, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte share a word during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. EU leaders meet for a one-day summit on Friday, with energy, the eurozone debt crisis and unrest in Egypt set to dominate the agenda. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)AP - European Union leaders urged dialogue and an end to violence in Egypt in a cautious joint statement at the conclusion of a one-day summit in Brussels on Friday, ignoring calls by Britain's prime minister to take a stronger stance against a teetering regime.

Assange's Swedish sex crimes file is leaked online (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:18 PM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange holds up CD's containing data on offshore bank account holders, which he received from former Swiss private banker Rudolf Elmer at the Frontline club in London, January 17, 2011. REUTERS/Paul HackettAP - Leaked Swedish police documents on the Julian Assange sex cases raise key questions for both sides about the allegations. Was one of the WikiLeaks founder's Swedish lovers asleep during intercourse? Did she consent to unprotected sex? Those answers will determine whether rape was committed under Swedish law.

German theologians call for end to celibacy (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 11:58 AM PST

AP - University theologians in Germany have called on the Catholic Church to abandon the vow of celibacy for priests, open up the clergy for women and accept gays couples.

Officials: Unrest could affect EU, Israel security (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:19 AM PST

German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, left, Munich Security Conference Chairman Wolfgang Ischinger, center, and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen attend the opening of the Conference on Security Policy in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)AP - Top defense officials and diplomats warned Friday that growing unrest in Egypt and elsewhere could affect Israeli and European security, although it may provide new impetus to the Mideast peace process.

New anti-government protests in Albania (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:28 AM PST

Police prepare near a government building ahead of the anti-goverment opposition protest in capital Tirana Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. Albanian opposition parties are preparing to hold new rallies in four cities to demand the government's resignation for alleged corruption. Friday's planned marches come two weeks after three protesters were shot dead during clashes with security forces at an opposition demonstration in the capital, Tirana. Another 150 were injured. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)AP - Thousands of Albanians converged on central Tirana on Friday to demand the government step down over corruption allegations, two weeks after a similar anti-government demonstration turned violent and left three people dead.

Al-Jazeera's offices torched amid Egypt unrest (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:01 AM PST

French photojournalist from SIPA Press agency Alfred Yaghobzadeh is being treated by anti-government protestors after being wounded during clashes between pro-government supporters and anti-government protestors, in Cairo's central Tahrir Square, Wednesday Feb. 2, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian military has started Thursday Feb.3, 2011 rounding up journalists, possibly for their own protection, after they came under attack from supporters of President Hosni Mubarak who have been attacking anti-government protesters. (AP Photo)AP - Al-Jazeera's offices in Cairo were stormed and torched and its Website hacked Friday, says the Pan-Arab broadcaster, while the top U.N. human rights official complained that media covering Egyptian pro-democracy protests are being arrested "in a blatant attempt to stifle news."

Vatican says Benedict no longer an organ donor (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:37 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI, center, flanked by bishops Franco Camaldo, right, and Guido Marini holds the ostensory during a Vespers prayer in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI has long championed organ transplants, but don't expect an organ donation from him. The Vatican says his body belongs to the whole church.

German sues Macedonia over alleged CIA kidnapping (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:33 AM PST

Darian Pavli, left and Filip Medarski, lawyers of the German citizen Khaled el-Masri, attend the first court session of a lawsuit filed by Khaled el-Masri against Macedonia, in Macedonia's capital Skopje on Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. El-Masri, a German man who says he was snatched by the CIA in Macedonia and tortured at a secret prison in Afghanistan, after being mistaken for a terrorism suspect, begun a legal battle against Macedonia Friday to demand official recognition of his ordeal. El-Masri was not present in the court. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)AP - A German man allegedly snatched by the CIA in Macedonia and tortured at a secret prison in Afghanistan launched a claim in court Friday to demand official recognition and compensation for his ordeal. But a key supporter of his case was only allowed to give limited testimony on the opening day of the trial.

Diplomatic cable reveals life of jailed Milosevic (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:06 AM PST

AP - Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was an avid reader of legal thrillers, a Frank Sinatra fan and a doting husband who called his wife every day while he was on trial for fomenting the deadly Balkan wars, according to his chief jailer.

McCain blasts Lukashenko as 'brutal tyrant' (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:43 AM PST

U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., look at a painting prior to a meeting with Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite at the President palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)AP - U.S. Sens. John McCain and Joseph Lieberman slammed the Belarusian regime Friday, labeling President Alexander Lukashenko a ruthless tyrant and calling on Washington to take the lead on imposing sanctions on the country.

Somali ax man gets 9 years for cartoonist attack (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 05:06 AM PST

File - In this June 6, 2010 file photo, Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard is seen at his home near Aarhus, Denmark. A Danish court on Thursday Feb. 3, 2011, declared a Somali man guilty of terrorism for using an ax to break into the home of a Danish cartoonist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad. The 29-year-old defendant entered Kurt Westergaard's home in the northwestern town of Aarhus on New Year's Day in 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Hove Olsen, POLFOTO, file) DENMARK OUTAP - A Somali man convicted of terrorism for breaking into the home of a Danish cartoonist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison.

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