2011年2月28日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Activists fight plan to deport Moscow's stray dogs (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 03:37 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov, 18, 2009 file photo, a dog, seemingly ownerless, travels aboard a subway train in Moscow. City authorities will discuss on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 a proposal to round up Moscow's estimated 26,000 stray dogs and move them to a camp in the Yaroslavl region about 250 kilometers (150 miles) to the northeast. (AP Photo/Anna Shevelyova, File)AP - Scroungy and street smart, Moscow's 26,000 stray dogs roam the Russian capital, bedding down in subway stations and even learning to ride the trains. But some are aggressive, traveling in packs and attacking people.

Super sub Vela saves West Brom again (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 02:18 PM PST

West Bromwich Albion's Mexican forward Carlos Vela (L) scores during the English Premier League football match against Stoke at The Britannia stadium, Stoke-on-Trent. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Mexican international striker Carlos Vela grabbed relegation-threatened West Brom another point with another late goal here on Monday as they drew 1-1 with Stoke City in their Premier League clash.

Cameron, Sarkozy call for EU to up pressure on Libya (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 01:30 PM PST

A wrecked car burns in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy Monday called for an special meeting to AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy Monday called for an special meeting to "consider further European Union action" on the Libyan regime.

Gadhafi's nurse: Journalists, go away! (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 01:15 PM PST

A man clears snow from the street in front of the apartment building in Brovary, outside Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011, where Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's nurse Halyna Kolotnytska lives. Halyna Kolotnytska, 38, joined senior government officials, diplomats and pilots who have deserted Gadhafi after he brutally suppressed anti-government protests. Kolotnytska arrived in Kiev in the early hours of Sunday on a plane that evacuated 122 Ukrainians and 68 foreign nationals from the violence-torn North African country, according to Channel 5 footage. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)AP - Moammar Gadhafi's Ukrainian nurse has left the disorder of Libya behind, but life isn't peaceful for her in her homeland where she faces importuning journalists.

VW takes stake in SGL Carbon, partner with rival BMW (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 01:03 PM PST

Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, has taken an eight-percent stake in SGL Carbon -- already a strategic partner with VW rival BMW, the leading carbon-based product maker announced Monday.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, has taken an eight-percent stake in SGL Carbon -- already a strategic partner with VW rival BMW, the leading carbon-based product maker announced Monday.

Iran says it hopes for further nuclear talks (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 01:00 PM PST

Reuters - Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said he held fruitful and frank discussions with his European Union counterpart on Monday that he hoped would lead to further talks on Iran's disputed nuclear program.

Arms watchdog suspects Belarus-Libya transports (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 12:50 PM PST

AP - An arms trade watchdog says it suspects Libya received a shipment of military equipment from Belarus as Moammar Gadhafi's regime started a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters.

HSBC profits more than double to $13.16 bln (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 12:43 PM PST

Asia-focused banking giant HSBC said Monday that its net profit more than doubled to $13.16 billion (9.56 billion euros) last year as bad debts plunged to the lowest level since 2006.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Asia-focused banking giant HSBC said Monday that its net profit more than doubled to $13.16 billion (9.56 billion euros) last year as bad debts plunged to the lowest level since 2006.

British Airways worker guilty of plane terror plot (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 12:39 PM PST

A British Airways aircraft taxis past other parked British Airways aircraft at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport in west London in 2010. A Bangladeshi Islamic militant working for British Airways was found guilty Monday of plotting to blow up a plane after conspiring with radical US-Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - A Bangladeshi Islamic militant working for British Airways was found guilty Monday of plotting to blow up a plane after conspiring with radical US-Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.

Milan winter look: couture & contemporary elegance (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 12:34 PM PST

This creation was part of the Giorgio Armani Fall/Winter 2011 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)AP - "Back to the Future" could be the title for this round of Milan preview showings of sensual rather than sexy clothes, inspired by couture but designed with a slick contemporary edge.

Galliano faces anti-Semitism accusations in Paris (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 12:20 PM PST

Fashion designer John Galliano arrives at a police station in Paris, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. Galliano arrived Monday at a Paris police station to face accusations that he made illegal anti-Semitic slurs, hours after a video emerged of the famed fashion designer praising Adolf Hitler. The Gibraltar-born designer, wearing a wide-brimmed black hat, made no comment to reporters as he entered to face claims by a couple that he made an anti-Semitic remark during a dispute at a trendy Paris cafe. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - Fashion designer John Galliano faced his accusers at a local Paris police station Monday, a couple who claim he made anti-Semitic slurs — illegal in France — after a video emerged of the famed creator praising Adolf Hitler.

Iran FM hopes judges will expedite hikers case (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 11:46 AM PST

AP - Iran's top diplomat said Monday he hopes his country's judiciary will expedite the case of two Americans charged with spying, comparing it to that of two German journalists released last week.

Russia says why Iranian nuclear plant was unloaded (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 11:38 AM PST

A combo of two file pictures shows Mehdi Karroubi (L) and Mir Hossein Mousavi who, with their wives, have been arrested and put in a Tehran jail, their website said. The United States said Monday that the detention of the opposition leaders was AP - Russia's nuclear energy agency says the order to remove fuel from the Russian-built nuclear plant in Iran came because of concerns that metal particles might be contaminating fuel assemblies.

EU approves wide sanctions against Libya (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 11:10 AM PST

European High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton answers a journalist's question at the start of a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, not seen, in Geneva Monday Feb. 28, 2011. Secretary of State Clinton will try to rally support against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Monday at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. (AP Photo/Denis Balibouse, Pool)AP - The European Union slapped its own arms embargo, visa ban and other sanctions on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime on Monday as part of an escalating global effort to halt a bloody crackdown on his critics in the North African nation.

Iran FM: Iran's protests unlike recent uprisings (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:42 AM PST

Iranian police officers protect the U.N. office in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, during a gathering of pro-Iranian government demonstrators in support anti-government Libyan and Yemeni protestors. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Iran's top diplomat on Monday praised the popular uprisings roiling the Arab world, but dismissed protests in his own country as unjustified.

Clinton: US sending aid teams to Libya's borders (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:40 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during the opening session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Keystone/Salvatore Di Nolfi)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the U.S. is sending assistance teams to Libya's borders with Egypt and Tunisia. The teams will help desperate refugees trying to flee a potential civil war.

Couple lose foster care right over anti-gay stance (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:34 AM PST

AP - A British court has ruled that a Christian couple cannot care for foster children because they disapprove of homosexuality.

Danish family's sailboat hijacked in Indian Ocean (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:59 AM PST

US Senator Mark Kirk, shown here in 2010, has called for tough measures to be put in place to battle the scourge of piracy after four Americans were killed on their hijacked yacht by Somali pirates last week.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Frank Polich)AP - Pirates have hijacked a Danish sailboat with four adults and three children aboard as they were crossing the Indian Ocean, Denmark's government said Monday.

Michelin: No new eateries in France merit 3 stars (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:22 AM PST

AP - The arbiter of fine cuisine, the Michelin Red Guide, has added more than 50 restaurants to its annual listing of premier eateries in France but none got its top grade.

British Airways worker guilty of plane bomb plot (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:33 AM PST

This undated photo released by the British Metropolitan Police shows Rajib Karim who was found guilty Monday Feb. 28, 2011 at Woolwich Crown Court in London of plotting to blow up a plane while working as a computer specialist with British Airways. A jury has convicted a former British Airways computer specialist of plotting with U.S.-born extremist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki to blow up an airplane. Rajib Karim, a 31-year-old Bangladeshi man, was convicted of four counts of engaging in preparation for terrorist attacks. He had already pleaded guilty to three terrorism offenses. AP provides access to this publicly distributed HANDOUT photo to be used only to illustrate news reporting or commentary on the facts or events depicted in this image. (AP Photo/ Metropolitan Police, HO/PA Wire) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - A jury convicted a former British Airways computer specialist on Monday of plotting with U.S.-born extremist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki to blow up an airplane in an attack intended to kill hundreds of people.

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