2011年3月14日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

US eyes Libyan opposition, allies call for action (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:33 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, is welcomed by France President Nicolas Sarkozy prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, March 14, 2011. Clinton is in Paris for talks with European and other leaders on the crisis in Libya that will include a meeting with Libyan opposition figures as the Obama administration makes its first high-level contact with foes of Moammar Gadhafi.(AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - Under pressure from allies and growing calls for military intervention in Libya, the Obama administration on Monday held its first high-level talks with the Libyan opposition and introduced a liaison to deal full time with their ranks. But it remained undecided about exactly how much support to lend a group it still knows little about while turmoil and uncertainty increase across the Arab world.

Hit show "wouldn't work" with ethnic minorities (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:03 PM PDT

Reuters - The co-creator of one of Britain's most exported television shows has said his detective drama was so popular because it was very English and that it "wouldn't work" if it included ethnic minorities.

35 Tunisian migrants missing after boats capsizes: report (AFP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:51 PM PDT

A boat carrying would-be immigrants arrives on the Italian island of Lampedusa. Up to 35 migrants sailing from Tunisia to Italy were missing on Tuesday after the boat they were travelling in capsized, Italian port authorities were quoted by ANSA news agency as saying.(AFP/Christophe Simon)AFP - Up to 35 migrants sailing from Tunisia to Italy were missing on Tuesday after the boat they were travelling in capsized, Italian port authorities were quoted by ANSA news agency as saying.

Swann refuses to blame schedule for World Cup woes (AFP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:46 PM PDT

Graeme Swann, pictured in February 2011, said a congested England fixture list was no reason for the side's stuttering World Cup campaign as they prepared for a make-or-break clash against the West Indies on Thursday.(AFP/File/Dibyangshu Sarkar)AFP - Graeme Swann said a congested England fixture list was no reason for the side's stuttering World Cup campaign as they prepared for a make-or-break clash against the West Indies on Thursday.

Olympic ticket applicants urged to be patient (AFP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:41 PM PDT

The countdown clock for the London Olympics is unveiled in Trafalgar Square in central London. Tickets for the 2012 London Olympics go on sale Tuesday with organisers urging applicants to approach the eagerly-awaited process as a marathon more than a sprint.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Tickets for the 2012 London Olympics go on sale Tuesday with organisers urging applicants to approach the eagerly-awaited process as a marathon more than a sprint.

Senior journalist implicated in hacking scandal: BBC (AFP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:10 PM PDT

The ongoing newspaper phone-hacking scandal intensified after the BBC's Panorama programme accused a former senior journalist of hiring a private eye to illegally obtain army secrets. The BBC show claimed that Alex Marunchak, former senior executive editor of the News of the World tabloid, employed a private detective to intercept emails from the computer of an ex-army intelligence officer.(AFP/File)AFP - The ongoing newspaper phone-hacking scandal intensified Monday after the BBC's Panorama programme accused a former senior journalist of hiring a private eye to illegally obtain army secrets.

Japan nuclear crisis sends ripples across Europe, causes rethink in Germany (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 03:17 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Japan's nuclear crisis is sending ripples of unease across Europe, with the European Union convening an emergency meeting Tuesday to discuss safety measures for its nuclear power plants and Germany announcing a total rethink of its use of nuclear energy.

We won't choke, says Ferguson (AFP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 02:13 PM PDT

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson attends a press conference at Old Trafford in Manchester. Ferguson believes his Manchester United side can cope with the pressure and demands as they target winning further silverware at Old Trafford this season.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson believes his Manchester United side can cope with the pressure and demands as they target winning further silverware at Old Trafford this season.

Renault agent arrested, accused of fake spy claim (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:51 PM PDT

Paris prosecutor Jean Claude Marin addresses reporters during a press conference held at Paris Court House, Monday, March 14, 2011. Paris prosecutors say a Renault security agent, whose name was not released, has been arrested and accused of inventing claims of industrial espionage against the carmaker that drew nationwide attention. The prosecutors say preliminary charges for 'organized fraud' have been filed against the Renault employee. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - A security agent for Renault has been charged with fraud and accused of inventing industrial espionage claims that led the French carmaker to wrongly suspect — and suspend — three executives, the state prosecutor said Monday.

Europe split over nuclear safety amid Japan crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:20 PM PDT

Reuters - Austria on Monday called for European nuclear power plants to face stress tests to reassure people worried by the crisis in Japan while Britain and France urged calm.

France, Britain pushing for action on Libya (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 12:44 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gestures after arriving Monday, March 14, 2011, at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Paris for talks with European and other leaders on the crisis in Libya. Her talks will include a meeting with Libyan opposition figures as the Obama administration makes its first high-level contact with foes of Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Paul J Richards, Pool)AP - France and Britain stepped up calls Monday for other world powers to isolate Libya's Moammar Gadhafi with a no-fly zone, amid diplomatic differences over how much backing to give Libyan rebels.

Far-right leader says Europe can't handle migrants (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 10:59 AM PDT

Marine Le Pen, the daughter of France's longtime far-right leader who now heads his National Front party, gestures as she meets the press after touring a center for illegal migrants on Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa, Monday, March 14, 2011. Despite her party's anti-immigrant politics, Le Pen insisted before her arrival that the visit is aimed at gathering information, not at provocation. Le Pen, 42, who his stumping for next year's French presidential race, has been trying to soften the National Front's xenophobic image. Her visit comes as five new boats laden with migrants are headed to the island refuge. Most of the 8,700 north Africans who have arrived here since unrest in Tunisia started in January say they want to go to France, where many have family. (AP Photo/Antonello Nusca)AP - Marine Le Pen, the daughter of France's longtime far-right leader who now heads his National Front party, on Monday advocated turning migrants back to sea before they can reach European shores after she toured a center for illegal migrants on Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa.

Prince Charles, Camilla to visit Morocco (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 10:58 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 25, 2011 file photo, Prince William and Kate Middleton during a visit to the St Andrews Museum, where they viewed the Papal Bull in St Andrews Scotland. Kate Middleton's fame is undeniable. She is already one of the world's most talked about women, and that will only increase when she marries Prince William next month. But her royal role remains completely undefined, and much rests on her slender shoulders. (AP Photo/Andrew Milligan/Pool, File)AP - Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will make official visits to Portugal, Spain and Morocco later this month.

Russia postpones March 30 flight to space station (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 10:41 AM PDT

AP - Russian officials have postponed the March 30 launch of a rocket carrying a U.S. and Russian crew to the international space station due to a communication problem found during testing.

Man charged in UK with aiding Stockholm bomber (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 10:29 AM PDT

AP - A man faced terrorism charges in a Scottish court Monday after being arrested on suspicion of aiding a suicide bomber who targeted Christmas shoppers in Sweden's capital.

Late queen's attic sale draws crowds of royal fans (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 10:03 AM PDT

A tag with the lot number and the estimated price, between euro40,000 and euro60,000, is seen on a 267-piece service of Doccia Ginori porcelain, at Sotheby's auction house in Amsterdam, Monday March 14, 2011. From threadbare armchairs to marble mantel clocks, garden furniture to a silver pocket knife, thousands of late Dutch Queen Juliana's possessions are going under the hammer in an attic sale fit for a king. The four-day auction by Sotheby's is stirring interest among serious collectors as well as die-hard Dutch fans of the popular House of Orange, the benefits will go to charity. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AP - From threadbare armchairs to marble mantel clocks, garden furniture to a silver pocket knife, thousands of the late Dutch Queen Juliana's possessions are going under the hammer in an attic sale fit for a king.

'Oliver Twist' workhouse saved from demolition (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 09:07 AM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 file photo, people walk by a dilapidated brick building in central London, where historians believe its neighbor and author Charles Dickens used the building, which was once a workhouse, as inspiration for his novel Oliver Twist. The British government has given protected status to a former workhouse thought to have inspired Charles Dickens' 'Oliver Twist.' The 18th-century building in central London had been slated for demolition, but local residents and academics fought a campaign to save it. The young Dickens lived just nine doors away and scholars say the sights and sounds of the building were probably the basis for the workhouse where orphan Oliver is incarcerated in the 1838 novel. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, fILE )AP - The British government announced Monday it has given protected status to a former workhouse thought to have inspired Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," a move that should save the building from demolition.

Further probe opened in Berlusconi sex scandal (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:55 AM PDT

FILE - This March 3, 2011 file photo shows Karima el-Mahroug, nicknamed Ruby, prior to the Opera Ball in Vienna, Austria. An Italian news agency reported that Italian prosecutors opened an investigation Monday, March 14, 2011, into a newspaper report alleging that two Italians offered cash to a Moroccan official to change the birth certificate of the teenage girl at the center of Premier Silvio Berlusconi's prostitution scandal. Berlusconi faces trial on charges he paid for sex with a Moroccan girl nicknamed Ruby, who at the time was a minor. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson, file)AP - Italian prosecutors are looking into a newspaper report alleging that two Italians offered cash to a Moroccan official to change the birth certificate of the teenage girl at the center of Premier Silvio Berlusconi's prostitution scandal.

(AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:07 AM PDT

AP - Germany announces 3-month suspension of decision to extend its nuclear power plants' life.

Greek anti-terror police seize weapons, arrest 6 (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 07:22 AM PDT

AP - Greek authorities arrested six people — including three suspected members of a group behind a string of letter bomb attacks — and seized weapons during raids on two suspected hideouts for domestic terrorists, police said Monday.

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