2011年3月1日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

California woman sues after slipping on banana peel (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:52 PM PST

Reuters - A banana peel, the torment of many a cartoon character, has allegedly become the real-life downfall of a woman in California. Ida Valentine, 58, is suing the 99 Cents Only store where she slipped on one last April.

Govt axes 11,000 armed forces jobs: government (AFP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:31 PM PST

Soldiers parade through the streets of Manchester city in 2010. The government said Tuesday it would axe around 11,000 armed forces jobs as part of defence cuts brought in to help reduce the country's record budget deficit.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - The government said Tuesday it would axe around 11,000 armed forces jobs as part of defence cuts brought in to help reduce the country's record budget deficit.

Turkey holds massive funeral for ex-Islamic PM (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 02:52 PM PST

FILE - In this April 10, 2009 file photo, Necmettin Erbakan, a former prime minister who led Turkey's first Islamist government between 1996 and 1997, speaks during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey. Erbakan, who was pressured by the military to step down, has died in Ankara, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011 at 85. Erbakan was currently the leader of his last pro-Islamic Felicity Party. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)AP - Huge throngs of mourners converged on a mosque Tuesday for the funeral of a former prime minister who laid the roots of political Islam in modern Turkey and inspired the current government in its struggle against military-backed secular circles.

Philadelphia area pizza owner used mice vs competition - police (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 02:45 PM PST

Reuters - The owner of a suburban Philadelphia pizza shop was arraigned on Tuesday on charges he schemed to plant live mice in competing pizza parlours in hope of putting them out of business.

Judge helps dapper suspect spiff up for federal murder (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 02:42 PM PST

Reuters - An accused mob boss nicknamed "Vinny Gorgeous" became an even more dapper alleged don on Tuesday when the judge in his murder trial lent him a tie after jailers had refused him one.

Lampard slows United's title charge (AFP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 02:38 PM PST

Chelsea's Frank Lampard (C) celebrates after scoring a penalty against Manchester United during their English Premier League football match at Stamford Bridge in London. Chelsea won 2-1.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Frank Lampard breathed fresh life into the Premier League title race as the Chelsea midfielder's controversial late penalty clinched a 2-1 victory over leaders Manchester United on Tuesday.

Moyes 'massive disappointment' after Everton FA Cup KO (AFP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 02:25 PM PST

Reading's Antiguan midfielder Mikele Leigertwood (L)vies with Everton's French forward Louis Saha during their English FA Cup fifth round football match in Liverpool. Reading won 1-0.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Everton manager David Moyes admitted his side deserved to lose after the Toffees were sent tumbling out of the FA Cup by Championship side Reading here Tuesday.

Cross-dressed man tries to kidnap San Diego toddler (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 02:10 PM PST

Reuters - San Diego police were hunting on Tuesday for a man dressed as a woman who tried to pull a 2-year-old boy away from his mother while shouting at her in Spanish.

Galliano scandal overshadows Paris fashion week (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 01:47 PM PST

Models show creations by Turkish designer Hakaan Yildirim as part of his Fall-Winter ready-to-wear 2012 fashion collection, presented in Paris, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - Emerging designers fought for the limelight as Paris' fall-winter 2011-12 read-to-wear shows began on Tuesday, but the surprise sacking of Dior's longtime designer John Galliano stole their thunder.

London halts aid to Russia, China, UN agencies (AFP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 01:39 PM PST

British International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell, seen here in 2010, said the government slashed 16 countries including Russia and China from the list of nations it gives financial aid to and said it would no longer fund four AFP - London on Tuesday slashed 16 countries including Russia and China from the list of nations it gives financial aid to and said it would no longer fund four "irrelevant" UN aid organisations.

German minister quits amid plagiarism scandal (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 01:20 PM PST

FILE - The July 17, 2010 file photo shows German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg sitting in a helicopter on his way to a visit of the camp ISAF soldiers in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Germany's most popular minister resigned Tuesday, March 1, 2011 over allegations of a plagiarized doctoral thesis. (AP Photo/Maurizio Gambarini, pool)AP - Germany's popular defense minister resigned Tuesday amid a deepening scandal over plagiarism allegations that threatened to become a liability for Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives in upcoming regional elections.

UN: Libyan refugee 'crisis' tops 140,000 (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 01:08 PM PST

Indian workers attempt to get on a ship leaving for Alexandria, Egypt in the eastern city of Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday March 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - Violence and chaos in Libya have triggered an exodus of more than 140,000 refugees to Tunisia and Egypt, a U.N. official said Tuesday, as aid workers warned the situation at the Tunisian border has reached crisis point.

Greece: 59 migrants on hunger strike hospitalized (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 11:39 AM PST

An immigrant from North Africa is carried away by paramedics at the Hypatia mansion, background, in Athens, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Members of a Greek immigrant support network said a total 49 migrants on hunger strike for 36 days have been hospitalized with signs of extreme exhaustion. Some 240 migrants, mostly from north African countries, have been refusing food since late January, demanding that they are given residence permits, an appeal rejected by the government. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - In the opulent settings of a central Athens mansion, more than 200 North African immigrants are slowly starving themselves to death in a bid to secure legal residence — the latest headache for debt-crippled Greece's governing Socialists.

Survey: pollution down because of cap and trade (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 11:03 AM PST

AP - The European system for putting a price on carbon emissions is gaining wider acceptance and is making a small dent in the amount big energy companies are polluting, according to a survey of more than 2,500 companies released Tuesday.

Pirate: Captive Danes will die if rescue attempted (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 11:02 AM PST

Map shows last known location of familyAP - Any attempt to rescue a Danish family captured by pirates in the Indian Ocean will result their deaths — just like the four American sailors slain by their captors last week, a Somali pirate warned Tuesday.

Russian FM knocks down no-fly zone for Libya (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 10:49 AM PST

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during the opening session of the 16th 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 - Top Russian diplomats ruled out the idea of creating a no-fly zone over Libya on Tuesday as embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi unleashed bombing raids, special forces and army troops in a desperate bid to stay in power.

Gadhafi's son says Libyans have not been bombed (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 09:47 AM PST

In this photo released on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011 by China's Xinhua News Agency, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, waits before a press conference in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Hamza Turkia) NO SALESAP - Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, one of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's sons, told Britain's Sky News Tuesday that the country's air force has not been used to attack civilians protesting his father's regime.

Havel's library to move to 16th-century palace (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 09:04 AM PST

AP - Former Czech President Vaclav Havel has announced plans to move his presidential library to a 16th-century palace in Prague.

Court: Demjanjuk attorney motions slowing trial (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 07:51 AM PST

John Demjanjuk is brought into the courtroom in Munich, southern Germany, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. A former Soviet soldier during World War II, Demjanjuk is standing trial on 28,060 counts of accessory to murder on allegations that he agreed to serve the Nazis in the Sobibor death camp after being captured. He denies the charges. (AP Photo/Lukas Barth, pool)AP - A German court says John Demjanjuk's defense attorney may only file new motions in written form after a flood of requests slowed his trial to a crawl.

Moscow drops plan to deport thousands of dogs (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 07:48 AM 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 - Moscow's thousands of stray dogs have something to wag their tails about — animal rights activists say the city has dropped a plan to round the dogs up and ship them to a camp far outside of town.

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