2011年3月11日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Arsenal look for FA cup 'salvation' against Man Utd (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 05:14 PM PST

Arsenal's Gael Clichy (R) celebrates scoring a goal during their FA Cup fifth round replay match against Leyton Orient at the Emirates Stadium in London, on March 2. Arsenal will attempt to banish the disappointment of their Champions League exit on Saturday when they travel to Old Trafford for an FA Cup quarter-final showdown with Manchester United.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Arsenal will attempt to banish the disappointment of their Champions League exit on Saturday when they travel to Old Trafford for an FA Cup quarter-final showdown with Manchester United.

Prince Andrew postpones Saudi visit: report (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 04:41 PM PST

Prince Andrew arrives for a visit to the Cross Rail Head Office in Canary Wharf, east London, on March 7. Prince Andrew has pulled out of a planned visit to Saudi Arabia, it was reported Saturday, amid questions over his role as Britain's unpaid trade envoy and continuing turmoil in the region.(AFP/File/Andrew Cowie)AFP - Prince Andrew has pulled out of a planned visit to Saudi Arabia, it was reported Saturday, amid questions over his role as Britain's unpaid trade envoy and continuing turmoil in the region.

Rebels appeal for aid as Kadhafi troops advance (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 03:31 PM PST

A Libyan rebel fighter stand guard with his anti-aircraft machinegun as comrades pray at a check point some 10 kilometers east of the key oil port of Ras Lanuf.(AFP/Roberto Schmidt)AFP - Rebels battling Moamer Kadhafi appealed for arms and medical aid on Friday, as the European Union insisted he step down and US President Barack Obama said the world was "tightening the noose" on the Libyan leader.

Lawyer pleads guilty in Nigeria bribery case (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 03:16 PM PST

Jeffrey Tesler, pictured here in 2004, pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and one count of violating the act, the US Justice Department said.(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)AFP - A legal adviser to US engineering firm Kellogg Brown & Root pleaded guilty Friday to charges stemming from a long-running probe into bribery to obtain contracts for a multibillion-dollar natural gas venture in Nigeria, officials said.

Queen sends message of sympathy to Japan (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 02:07 PM PST

This aerial shot shows vehicles ready for shipping being carried by a tsunami tidal wave at the port city of Hitachinaka. The queen on Friday sent a message of sympathy to the people of Japan expressing her sadness at the AFP - Queen Elizabeth II sent a message of sympathy to Japan on Friday following the massive earthquake that devastated northeastern Japan and killed more than 380 people.

Euro leaders agree closer economic coordination (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 02:06 PM PST

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, left, walks with Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker during an EU Summit in Brussels on Friday, March 11, 2011. European Union nations are putting French President Nicolas Sarkozy under pressure even before his arrival at Friday's EU summit, complaining he was out of line to give a Libyan opposition group diplomatic recognition before any joint action could be discussed. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)AP - Leaders of the 17 countries that use the euro agreed Friday to better coordinate their economic policies to improve competitiveness and keep public deficits in check.

Fit Beckham unsure of post-MLS future (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 01:21 PM PST

English midfielder David Beckham, seen here on March 2, says he is healthy entering his final season with the Los Angeles Galaxy but uncertain whether or not he has played his last for an English club.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kent Horner)AFP - English midfielder David Beckham says he is healthy entering his final season with the Los Angeles Galaxy but uncertain whether or not he has played his last for an English club.

EU: Military action would need UN, Arab support (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 12:55 PM PST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center right, speaks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, fifth right, during a round table meeting at an EU Summit in Brussels on Friday, March 11, 2011. European Union nations are putting French President Nicolas Sarkozy under pressure even before his arrival at Friday's EU summit, complaining he was out of line to give a Libyan opposition group diplomatic recognition before any joint action could be discussed. Standing left is European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, and second left is Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - An emergency European Union summit on Libya brought a no-fly zone no closer, but leaders embraced a new Libyan opposition group as a viable partner after cutting all contact with strongman Moammar Gadhafi.

Europe makes room for Chinese investment, but not without concern (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 12:51 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - China's new foray in Europe was launched just days into 2011. European royalty and heads of state welcomed Vice Prime Minister Li Keqiang, believed to be next in line for premier, with great pomp. He toured Spain, Britain, and Germany with an entourage thick with rich businessmen and, along the way, announced billions of dollars of investment into Europe's debt-ridden economies.

Agreement reached on euro pact: EU president (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 12:18 PM PST

European Union president Herman Van Rompuy announced Friday via Twitter that the 17 eurozone nations had reached agreement on a pact to coordinate economic policy more centrally.(AFP/Denis Charlet)AFP - European Union president Herman Van Rompuy announced Friday via Twitter that the 17 eurozone nations had reached agreement on a pact to coordinate economic policy more centrally.

Pope offers prayers for victims of Japan's quake (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 10:54 AM PST

AP - The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI is praying for those who died in Japan's major earthquake and consequent tsunamis.

Tunisian bloggers win online media award (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 10:38 AM PST

AP - Reporters Without Borders on Friday gave its annual award for online media freedom to a Tunisian blogging group — highlighting the role of social media in Arab world uprisings this year.

Prosecutor expands secret Hariri murder indictment (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 09:49 AM PST

Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Washington DC. The United States should maintain military aid to the Lebanese army even if the government becomes controlled by Hezbollah militants, US intelligence chief James Clapper said Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)AP - The prosecutor in the assassination case of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri says he has filed an expanded indictment.

Charles Taylor trial ends, verdict to take months (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 08:52 AM PST

FILE - In this April 3, 2006 file photo, former Liberian President Charles Taylor makes his first appearance at the Special Court in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Defense lawyers made a final bid Thursday March 10, 2011, to discredit witnesses against former Liberian President Charles Taylor as his lengthy trial for war crimes in neighboring Sierra Leone entered its last days. (AP Photo/George Osodi, Pool, File)AP - The war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, once among West Africa's most powerful figures, ended Friday with judges expected to take months to reach a verdict on whether he can be linked to murders and amputations during Sierra Leone's civil war.

Officials: 250,000 people have fled Libya (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 08:33 AM PST

Men, who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, are seen next to their belongings as they wait for a bus to be repatriated in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Friday, March 11, 2011. More than 250,000 migrant workers have left Libya for neighboring countries, primarily Tunisia and Egypt, in the past three weeks. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - About 250,000 people have fled Libya since the uprising against Moammar Gadhafi's regime began last month, officials said Friday, as they warned they are having trouble getting foreign workers home.

(AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 08:11 AM PST

AP - The European Union says any military action to protect the population in Libya needs UN, Arab backing.

4 Basque ETA suspects arrested in France (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 07:15 AM PST

In this undated photo released by The Spanish Civil Guard on Friday March 11, 2011, shows Alejandro Zobaran Arriola, 29, whom an Interior Ministry statement described as head of ETA 'military apparatus'. Police in France on the night of Thursday March 10, 2011, have arrested the suspected leader of the Basque separatist group ETA's armed cells and three other alleged members of the organization, officials said. The arrests came in a joint raid by French and Spanish police in Willencourt in northern France's Pas-de-Calais region, Spanish and French officials said. (AP Photo/Spanish Civil Guard, ho) EDITORIAL USE ONLY:AP - The suspected leader of the Basque separatist group ETA's armed cells and three other alleged members of the organization were arrested in France, Spanish and French officials said Friday.

NATO ministers endorse Afghan security plan (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 06:43 AM PST

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters on Thursday, March 10, 2011. NATO says it has started round-the-clock surveillance of the air space over Libya, where government jets have been pounding rebel positions in an effort to defeat an uprising. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - NATO defense ministers on Friday endorsed a list of the first cities and provinces where Afghan police and soldiers will take control of security — a key element in the West's exit strategy from the decade-old war.

Spain marks 7th anniversary of terror attacks (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 06:06 AM PST

The President of the association of victims of the Madrid train bombings, Pilar Manjon, places flowers in remembrance of the victims of the Madrid 2004 terror bombings, outside Atocha train station, in Madrid, Friday, March 11, 2011. Manjon has a tattoo with the name of her son, Daniel on her right hand. Friday marks the seventh anniversary of Europe's worst terrorist attack claimed by Muslim militants which killed 191 people and injured 1,800. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)AP - Spaniards clutched flowers and fell silent Friday as they marked the seventh anniversary of the bombings that killed 191 people on Madrid's commuter rail system in Europe's worst Islamic terror attack.

Hungary ministry to fire 7 former communist agents (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 06:02 AM PST

AP - Hungary's foreign ministry says it is firing seven employees revealed as former agents of the communist-era secret police.

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