2011年2月21日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News


Burberry seizes the moment at London Fashion Week (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:53 PM PST

A model presents an outfit by Burberry at London Fashion Week in London, Monday, Feb. 21, 2011.(AP Photo/Joel Ryan)AP - A little snowfall is no problem — even inside — if you have proper raingear to protect you, so the models at the Burberry Prorsum London Fashion Week show Monday had no complaints about the artificial snow cascading down on the catwalk for the finale.


Cole hammers Burnley FA Cup hopes (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:29 PM PST

West Ham United's Carlton Cole (C) goes around Burnley's Lee Grant to score during their FA Cup fifth round football match at Upton Park in London. A double by England striker Cole inspired Premier League strugglers West Ham to a 5-1 thrashing of Championship side Burnley and earn them a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals here on Monday.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - A double by England striker Carlton Cole inspired Premier League strugglers West Ham to a 5-1 thrashing of Championship side Burnley and earn them a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals here on Monday.


Merkel downplays election whipping for her party (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:26 PM PST

German Chancellor and chairwoman of the German Christian Democrats, Angela Merkel, reacts at the beginning of the party's weekly executive committee meeting in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 21, 2011 one day after Merkel's party suffered a crushing defeat in Hamburg's state election after 10 years in power there, making an uneasy start for the conservative leader in a year with six more such regional polls. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)AP - Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday downplayed her party's whipping in a weekend regional vote, and also offered strong backing to her embattled defense minister as Germany looks ahead to more state elections.


Baby, stranded in Ukraine, to join Belgian parents (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 01:45 PM PST

In this photo taken Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011, Laurent Ghilain, 27, left, and Peter Meurrens, 37, are seen outside their house in Lodeve, France. Samuel Ghilain, born 2 years and 3 months ago to a surrogate mother in Ukraine, has so far been unable to leave that country. Because of a succession of legal hurdles, he has not been able to join his parents — a married pair of Belgian men who live now in the south of France, where they moved to give their baby-to-be a quiet childhood. Instead, he's in a Ukrainian orphanage. The long and painful separation now seems about to come to an end. After more than two years of denying Samuel a passport, the Foreign Ministry issued him one Monday. He should arrive in Brussels in a few days. (AP Photo/Jean-Paul Bonincontro)AP - Baby Samuel's room has been waiting for him for more than two years. The crib stands empty in the corner. Above it hangs a mobile in the shape of a friendly dragon. On the dresser a toy bus stands idle.


Search continues for British man buried in Spain avalanche (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 01:36 PM PST

A man watch area where members of the Spanish Guardia Civil look for a British climber buried by an avalanche in San Juan Canyon, next to the Sierra Nevada National Park, southern Spain.(AFP/Jorge Guerrero)AFP - Over 130 soldiers took part Monday in a search for a British man who was buried in an avalanche a day earlier in Spain's Sierra Nevada mountain range, the defence ministry said.


German minister gives up PhD title amid scandal (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 01:24 PM PST

German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg makes a statement in Berlin, February 18, 2011. REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschReuters - Germany's defense minister said Monday he would give up his doctorate title in an attempt to quell a plagiarism scandal that has prompted a criminal investigation.


Poll shows backing for Iceland deal on Icesave (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 01:14 PM PST

Reuters - The Icelandic government's hopes to win a referendum on repaying $5 billion to Britain and the Netherlands got a boost from an opinion poll on Monday, while ratings agency Fitch warned of renewed economic uncertainty.

Cameron sweeps into Cairo as West woos new Egypt (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:53 PM PST

Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik meets with his British counterpart David Cameron(R) in Cairo as Cameron becomes the first foreign leader to visit Cairo since the fall of Hosni Mubarak.(AFP/Khaled Desouki)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron became the first foreign leader to visit Cairo since the fall of Hosni Mubarak on Monday, styling himself as the friend of a revolution that remains unfinished.


News Corp to buy Murdoch daughter's TV company (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:29 PM PST

AP - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has reached a deal to buy Shine Group, the U.K.-based television production company founded by the business magnate's daughter Elisabeth, in a deal that values it at 415 million pounds ($673.3 million) including debt.

Paul Smith shows off boyish charms in London (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:27 PM PST

Models on the catwalk on the fourth day of the London Fashion Week in London. British designer Paul Smith went back to his roots in London Fashion Week on Monday with mannish suits for girls featuring ties, oversized coats and rolled-up trousers flashing socks and brogues.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - British designer Paul Smith went back to his roots in London Fashion Week on Monday with mannish suits for girls featuring ties, oversized coats and rolled-up trousers flashing socks and brogues.


Filipino gov't, rebels aim for 2012 peace deal (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:19 PM PST

AP - Negotiators for the Philippines government and communist rebels agreed Monday on a road map for continued peace talks aimed at resolving one of Asia's longest-running conflicts by June 2012.

Bluer skies over Britain's white cliffs of Dover? (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:17 PM PST

AP - Britain should permanently wind its clocks forward by one hour, bringing lighter evenings to woo more vacationers to the U.K, tourism officials said Monday.

EU ministers urge Libya to end attacks on protests (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 11:34 AM PST

AP - The European Union on Monday sharply criticized Libyan authorities over their crackdown against pro-democracy protesters, overcoming a split over how tough they should be in denouncing the teetering government of strongman Moammar Gadhafi.

Libya air force jets in Malta, pilots seek asylum (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 09:49 AM PST

One of two Libyan Air Force Mirage jet fighters to land in Malta, is surrounded by Maltese police after it landed in Malta's International airport, Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Lino Azzopardi)AP - Two Libyan air force jets landed in Malta on Monday and their pilots asked for political asylum amid a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters in Libya, a military source said.


Senior UK spy gives evidence at bombings inquest (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 09:21 AM PST

AP - A senior British spy testified Monday that the ringleader of the 2005 suicide attacks and his No. 2 were on MI5's radar for more than a year before the bombings but it wasn't clear an attack was imminent. The suicide bombings — Western Europe's first — killed 52 people.

3 sentenced for prison attack on Serb war criminal (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 08:33 AM PST

AP - A British judge has sentenced three convicted murderers to additional prison terms for attacking a Bosnian Serb war criminal in his jail cell.

Oil industry braces for fallout from Libya (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 08:23 AM PST

AP - Oil producing nations have emergency reserves to draw on to stabilize markets in case the violence in Libya and the wider Middle East escalates to seriously affect energy production, officials said Monday.

Gorbachev accuses Putin of conceit (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 08:21 AM PST

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev gestures during a news conference in Moscow, Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Gorbachev, who will turn 80 next week, said that Russia has only 'imitations' of a parliament and judicial system. Gorbachev criticized Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his protege President Dmitry Medvedev for saying that they will decide between them who should run for president in Russia's March 2012 presidential vote. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Monday described Russia as an imitation of democracy and accused its current rulers of conceit and contempt for voters, in his harshest criticism of the government yet.


Estonia mourns victims of orphanage fire (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 07:54 AM PST

People light candles in memory of children who died  after  fire raced through an orphanage for disabled children in Haapsalu, western Estonia on Sunday Feb. 20, 2011,   killing 10 of them, a rescue service spokesman said. There were 37 children and nine adults inside the wooden building when the fire started at 2:30 p.m. (1230GMT) in the coastal town of Haapsalu, said a spokesperson for the Western Estonia Rescue Services Centre.   (AP Photo/Timur Nisametdinov, NIPA)AP - Estonia observed a day of mourning Monday for eight disabled children and two adults who were killed when a fire destroyed an orphanage.


Palme murder unsolved despite 130 confessions (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 05:56 AM PST

AP - Investigators say about 130 people have confessed to the murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, but the case remains unsolved 25 years after he was shot on his way home from a movie theater in Stockholm.
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