2011年3月7日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Prince faces calls to quit trade role (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 05:30 PM PST

Prince Andrew, pictured in 2010, faced growing calls Monday to quit as an unpaid trade ambassador over his ties with a convicted US sex offender and his hosting of the deposed Tunisian leader's son-in-law.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)AFP - Prince Andrew faced growing calls Tuesday to quit as an unpaid trade ambassador over his ties with a convicted US sex offender and his hosting of the deposed Tunisian leader's son-in-law.

1,200 immigrants land on Italy's Lampedusa (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 03:12 PM PST

A boat full of would be immigrants navigates to Lampedusa. Boats carrying more than 1,200 Tunisian immigrants landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa on Monday, as French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said she intended to visit the outcrop.(AFP/Roberto Salomone)AFP - Boats carrying more than 1,200 Tunisian immigrants landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa on Monday, as French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said she intended to visit the outcrop.

Lampard double helps Chelsea beat Blackpool (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 02:30 PM PST

Chelsea's English midfielder Frank Lampard celebrates after scoring the second goal from a penalty during the English Premier League football match between Blackpool and Chelsea at Bloomfield Road in Blackpool. Chelsea won 3-1.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - A double for Frank Lampard and a header by John Terry helped Chelsea to a comfortable 3-1 victory over relegation-threatened Blackpool here on Monday.

Ex-French president Chirac on trial for corruption (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 02:08 PM PST

FILE - In this May 12, 2006 file photo, French President Jacques Chirac is seen during a bi-lateral meeting with Mexico's President Vicente Fox at an EU Latin America summit in Vienna. The former president, only five years out of power and a bugaboo for George W. Bush during his rush to war in Iraq, becomes France's first former head of state to go on trial since its Nazi-era leader was exiled. That is, if the whole case isn't derailed by a last-minute protest by another defendant in the same trial. Trial opens Monday. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - Time may again be on Jacques Chirac's side.

Iran has the most negative influence: BBC poll (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 01:17 PM PST

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is seen in Tehran on March 6. Iran is the country seen as having the most negative influence in the world, according to an annual survey by BBC World Service published on Monday.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)AFP - Iran is the country seen as having the most negative influence in the world, according to an annual survey by BBC World Service published on Monday.

UN claims 1 million will need aid in Libya (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 01:11 PM PST

Men from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, rest as they wait for their buses to be repatriated to their country, at a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libya border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Monday, March 7, 2011. A top aid official says more than 213,000 foreign workers have fled Libya's violence and hundreds of thousands more are struggling to get out. The exodus is creating a humanitarian crisis across the border with Tunisia - another North African country in turmoil after an uprising in January that ousted its longtime leader. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - Up to 1 million foreign workers and others trapped in Libya are expected to need emergency aid because of fighting in the North African nation, aid officials said Monday as they sought $160 million to deal with the crisis.

1,000 migrants arrive in Italy over a few hours (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 01:00 PM PST

A boat loaded with migrants reaches the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, Monday, March 7, 2011. Over 1,000 migrants from North Africa have arrived in Italy overnight, some in rickety boats that had to be escorted ashore by the Italian coast guard. It was one of the biggest arrivals since a steady influx of Tunisians started in mid-January, when an uprising ousted the country's longtime president and caused a breakdown in coastal patrols. The uprising in Libya has also caused concern here that tens of thousands of migrants might be on their way. (AP Photo/Lapresse) ITALY OUTAP - More than 1,000 migrants from North Africa have arrived in Italy overnight, some in rickety boats that had to be escorted ashore by the Italian coast guard.

Berlusconi has 4-hour jaw and dental surgery (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:56 PM PST

FILE - This Dec. 17, 2009 file photo shows Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi waving from his car as he arrives at his home in Arcore, Italy after being attacked by a mentally ill man at a political rally. A statement released Monday, March 7, 2011 from Berlusconi's office said that Berlusconi has undergone face surgery for four hours to repair damage he suffered when a man hurled a statuette at him in 2009. Berlusconi suffered broken teeth and a broken nose during the attack, which came at the end of political rally in Milan. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, files)AP - Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi underwent jaw and dental surgery for four hours Monday to repair damage suffered when a man hurled a statuette at him in 2009.

Britain upgrades status of Palestinian diplomats (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:54 PM PST

AP - Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague announced Monday the U.K. will upgrade the status of Palestinian representatives in London, ahead of talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Masterful media move: Kate Middleton photos online (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:07 PM PST

In this undated image made available by in London, Monday March 7, 2011 by The Middleton Family, Kate Middleton, aged three-and-a-half is seen on holiday in England's Lake District. Five images from the Middleton family album have been made available, as Kate Middleton and Britain's Prince William move towards their wedding which is scheduled to take place on April 29, at London's Westminster Abbey.(AP Photo/The Middleton Family, ho) EDITORIAL USE ONLY:AP - It's impossible not to like the new childhood pictures of Kate Middleton — and that's just how Buckingham Palace wants it.

Serb case highlights slow pace of int'l justice (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 10:55 AM PST

AP - After spending eight years in the custody of a U.N. war crimes tribunal, Serb nationalist Vojislav Seselj asked U.N. judges to acquit him Monday, calling the prosecution case against him a politically motivated "fiasco."

Spain indicts 3 for ETA and FARC group links (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 10:04 AM PST

AP - A Spanish judge has indicted three Basque separatists, including a Venezuelan resident, on terrorism charges for suspected roles in organizing collaboration between armed Basque separatist group ETA and Colombia's FARC rebels.

UK: Misunderstanding stymied SAS mission to Libya (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 09:53 AM PST

AP - Britain is blaming a misunderstanding for a bungled mission to contact Libya's opposition that ended with eight people detained and the U.K. ambassador's humbling apology broadcast on Libyan state television.

Turkey: tiger kills lion at zoo (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 09:35 AM PST

AP - A Turkish zoo says a tiger severed a lion's jugular vein when it stuck its paw through a narrow gap in a door dividing their cages.

Joe Biden in Finland, en route to Moscow, Moldova (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 09:30 AM PST

Joe Biden, the Vice President of the United States arrives at Helsinki-Vantaa airport on Monday March 7, 2011. Helsinki, is the first stop of the Vice President on his week-long trip to Finland, Russia, and Moldova. (AP Photo/Lehtikuva, Kimmo Mantyla) FINLAND OUT NO SALESAP - Finland, Russia and Moldova — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived Monday in Helsinki on the first leg of an unusual European tour aimed at building warmer ties between Washington and Moscow.

UN chief nuke inspector critical of Iran (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 08:11 AM PST

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano from Japan, waits for the start of the IAEA's board of governors meeting at the International Center, in Vienna, Austria, on Monday, March 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)AP - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Monday he cannot guarantee that Iran is not trying to develop atomic arms, comments that reflect the lack of progress in his attempts to probe Tehran's nuclear secrecy.

American woman pleads guilty to killing 3 children (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 07:56 AM PST

AP - An American woman living in Scotland on Monday admitted stabbing her three children to death amid a custody battle with their father.

Prince Charles seems like forgotten man at wedding (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 06:49 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2011 file photo, Britain’s Prince Charles attends Australia Day celebrations at Australia House, in London. Prince Charles could be forgiven for feeling a bit grumpy these days. Close to many people's retirement age, he's still waiting for the job he was groomed for: King of England. And he's preparing for the wedding that will make his eldest son William and Kate Middleton the fresh new faces of a monarchy sorely in need of renewal. (AP Photo/Ben Stansall, Pool-File)AP - Prince Charles could be forgiven for feeling a bit grumpy these days.

Spain drivers slow down to cut rising energy costs (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 06:42 AM PST

An operator changes a highway speed sign from 120 kilometers per hour, to the new regulation of 110, on the highway to the Pyrenees route, near to Zulueta, northern Spain, Saturday, March 5, 2011. Spain will lower highway speed limits, cut train ticket prices and use more biofuel under an emergency energy-saving initiative because of soaring oil prices brought on by unrest in Libya. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)AP - Spanish drivers slowed down Monday under a new speed limit designed to reduce energy use, angering some motorists but pleasing others who say every euro saved helps a nation slammed by Libya's oil chaos and Europe's financial crisis.

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