2011年3月5日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News


Ireland's main parties agree to form new government (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 04:43 PM PST

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny (C) addresses supporters in Dublin, February 26, 2011. REUTERS/Darren StaplesReuters - Ireland's center-right Fine Gael party and center-left Labor parties agreed Sunday to form a new coalition government, meeting a weekend deadline, prime minister-designate Enda Kenny said.


Lady Gaga eyes legal action over breast milk ice cream (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 02:51 PM PST

A notice informing customers that 'Baby Gaga breast milk ice cream' has sold out is seen in the window of the Icecreamists cafe in central London. Lawyers for US pop icon Lady Gaga have threatened legal proceedings against the makers of breast milk ice cream named AFP - Lawyers for US pop icon Lady Gaga have threatened legal proceedings against the makers of breast milk ice cream named "Baby Gaga", according to papers seen by AFP on Saturday.


Paris fashion week gets respite from Galliano saga (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 02:17 PM PST

A model presents a creation by French  fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier,as part of the presentation of her  Fall-Winter ready-to-wear 2012, fashion collection, presented in Paris, Saturday, March. 5 , 2011.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - The one-time enfant terrible of French fashion, Jean Paul Gaultier, embraced his age, sending out a fall-winter 2011-12 ready-to-wear collection Saturday that pushed back against Botox, fillers and the chimera of eternal youth and declared gray beautiful.


Budget to kick-start growth: chancellor (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 01:19 PM PST

The Chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne, pictured in January 2011, said in a speech Saturday his forthcoming budget would be AFP - The Chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne said in a speech Saturday his forthcoming budget would be "unashamedly pro-growth, pro-enterprise".


5,000 protest Austria's arrest of ex-Bosnian general (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 12:38 PM PST

Bosnian protestors walk the main street in Sarajevo, carrying a banner reading, AFP - Some 5,000 people demonstrated on the streets of Sarajevo on Saturday calling on Austria to release a former Bosnian army general arrested on war crimes allegations by Serbia.


UN: Fearful migrant workers on the move in Libya (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 12:10 PM PST

Men, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, are seen next to their tents in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Saturday, March 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - Thousands of migrant workers were on the move in Libya on Saturday, trying to flee the fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi's regime, U.N. refugee agency and immigration officials said.


Serbian official: Bishop must apologize to gays (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 12:04 PM PST

AP - A Serbian human rights official said Saturday a hardline Orthodox Church bishop must publicly apologize for the anti-gay remarks he made after last year's pride march that erupted in violence.

Arsenal frustrated in Sunderland stalemate (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 11:40 AM PST

Arsenal's midfielder Andrey Arshavin (L) evades the dive from Sunderland's goalkeeper Simon Mignolet (R) during their English Premier League football match at The Emirates Stadium in north London. The match ended in a 0-0 draw.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Arsenal blew the chance to reduce Manchester United's lead at the top of the Premier League to just one point after being held to a 0-0 draw at home to Sunderland on Saturday.


Colosseum protest against culture budget cuts (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 11:29 AM PST

Protesters take part in a demonstration, called AFP - Demonstrators on Saturday linked arms around the Colosseum in Rome in protest at cuts to the culture budget and poor maintenance of the country's ancient monuments.


Prince entertained Ben Ali son-in-law at palace: report (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 10:59 AM PST

Prince Andrew, pictured in 2010, played host to the son-in-law of ousted Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali at Buckingham Palace, just months before he was toppled, the Guardian newspaper reported on Saturday.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)AFP - Prince Andrew played host to the son-in-law of ousted Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali at Buckingham Palace, just months before he was toppled, the Guardian newspaper reported on Saturday.


Lawyer: Berlusconi aims to defend himself in court (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 06:49 AM PST

Karima el-Mahroug or 'Ruby Heartstealer' at the Vienna Opera Ball this week. Mahroug is the woman at the centre of a sex scandal which is engulfing Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.(AFP/File/Joe Klamar)AP - Silvio Berlusconi, who faces trial for allegedly paying for sex with an underage Moroccan teenager, will defend himself in court, as long as the Italian premier doesn't have to show up more than once a week, his lawyer said Saturday.


Italy makes immigrants speak Italian for work visa (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 05:16 AM PST

In this photo taken on Jan. 19, 2011, would-be immigrants line up to sign in to take their Italian language tests at the Beato Angelico school in Florence, Italy. In order to stay, they have to prove their language skills. Italy is the latest Western European country turning the screws on an expanding immigrant population by demanding language skills in exchange for work permits, or in some cases, citizenship. (AP Photo/Fabrizio Giovannozzi)AP - Svetlana Cojochru feels insulted. The Moldovan has lived here seven years as a nanny to Italian kids and caregiver to the elderly, but in order to stay she's had to prove her language skills by writing a postcard to an imaginary friend and answering a fictional job ad.


Insurgency in Russia's Caucasus a growing threat (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 04:20 AM PST

AP - A police officer stopped at a traffic light in Dagestan's capital is gunned down from an adjacent car. A driver blows himself up at a checkpoint. The mayor has survived 15 assassination attempts.

Serbia, arms dealer to Libya, silent on rebellion (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 02:56 AM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 fie photo a woman, member of anti-war organization 'Women in Black', holds a banner reading 'Serbia exports death machinery! Stop.', during the organization's anti-war protest in Belgrade, Serbia. The Serbian government has been criticized at home for failing to join worldwide condemnation of Gadhafi's bloody crackdown against the popular uprising in Libya. It's almost certain that some of the ammunition fired by Gadhafi's troops against pro-democracy protesters in Libya was made in Serbia, and that some of the air force pilots who targeted rebel-held positions were trained by Serbs. Western nations like Britain and Italy have armed and cooperated with the Gadhafi's regime, but the issue is particularly sensitive for Serbia as it tries to join the European Union and possibly NATO and shed its image as a pariah nation. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)AP - As Libya churned with popular rebellion, Serbia's ex-president flew to Tripoli to arrange an interview with Moammar Gadhafi for a Serbian TV channel — giving the Libyan leader a platform to bluster about his grip on power.


Russian airliner crashes during test, killing 6 (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 02:51 AM PST

AP - Russian news reports say an Antonov-148 airliner has crashed during a test flight, killing six people including two pilots from Myanmar.

Ex-nanny jailed for spiking sex-shop mogul's soup (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 05:49 PM PST

AP - A British judge on Friday jailed the ex-nanny of a sex-shop tycoon for spiking her employer's asparagus soup with windshield washer fluid in an attempt to get the household's chef in trouble.
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