2011年3月15日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News


Supporters introduce no-fly resolution at UN (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:48 PM PDT

France's Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, left, gestures as he welcomes Britain's Foreign Minister William Hague, right, for a Group of Eight Foreign Ministers meeting in Paris, Tuesday, March 15, 2011.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - Supporters of a no-fly zone over Libya introduced a U.N. resolution Tuesday aimed at stopping Moammar Gadhafi's planes from bombing civilians, with France urging quick action but Russia and Germany expressing misgivings.


Assange: Wikileaks' cables spurred Arab uprisings (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:24 PM PDT

Reuters - Publishing U.S. diplomatic cables helped shape uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange said on Tuesday.

United edge into Champions League quarter-finals (AFP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:26 PM PDT

Manchester United's Patrice Evra (top) and Marseille's French forward Loic Remy appeal to the referee during their UEFA Champions League round of 16, second leg football match at Old Trafford in Manchester. United won 2-1.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Manchester United edged into the Champions League quarter-finals as Javier Hernandez's double-strike clinched a 2-1 win over Marseille in the last 16 second leg on Tuesday.


Goldman Sachs in Kremlin investment fund talks (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:08 PM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, shakes  hands with Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein during a meeting in the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Tuesday, March 15, 2011. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)AP - President Dmitry Medvedev has held talks with Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein about the bank's possible participation in a direct investment fund the Kremlin is looking to create to attract foreign capital.


EU recognition of Palestinian state a 'possibility': France (AFP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 02:56 PM PDT

French Foreign Affairs Minister Alain Juppe waits prior to his hearing by the Foreign Affairs commission of the French national assembly at the palais Bourbon in Paris. European Union recognition of a Palestinian state is a AFP - European Union recognition of a Palestinian state is a "possibility that should be kept in mind," French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Tuesday amid growing disquiet over stalled peace talks.


Think tank urges Russia's Medvedev to run in 2012 (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 02:52 PM PDT

Reuters - A Russian think tank published a proposed campaign platform for its chairman, President Dmitry Medvedev, urging him on Tuesday to seek re-election by calling for broader democracy and reform of the security services.

Website hitch as 2012 tickets race starts (AFP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 02:25 PM PDT

Behind board from left to right: London Mayor Boris Johnson, former Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci, London 2012 chairman Lord Coe, US track and field Olympic gold medallist Carl Lewis and British swimmer Rebecca Adlington pose during a photocall with 26 school children as tickets for the 2012 London Olymopicws go on sale(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Tickets for the 2012 London Olympics went on sale Tuesday but some applicants found they were unable to process their orders through the online payment system.


Porsche revenues rise nearly 60 percent (AFP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 01:41 PM PDT

German luxury sports car maker Porsche said Tuesday revenue rose 59 percent in the five months from August to December to a record 3.87 billion euros ($5.4 billion).(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)AFP - German luxury sports car maker Porsche said Tuesday revenue rose 59 percent in the five months from August to December to a record 3.87 billion euros ($5.4 billion).


Prosecutors: Berlusconi had sex with teen 13 times (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 01:35 PM 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 - Premier Silvio Berlusconi paid for sex with an under-age Moroccan teen 13 times at his villa near Milan, prosecutors said in a document filed Tuesday seeking indictments against three aides for allegedly soliciting prostitutes for the Italian leader.


Russia, Belarus sign $9 billion nuclear plant deal (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:46 PM PDT

AP - Russia is to build a nuclear power station for Belarus and provide the $9.4 billion required as a loan to its smaller neighbor.

Poland slammed for halting restitution plans (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 10:29 AM PDT

AP - Dispossessed Jews and other former property owners have slammed a Polish government decision to suspend plans to offer them compensation for property seized during the Nazi and communist eras.

Hospital treats 3-year-old alcoholic (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 10:18 AM PDT

AP - Hospital authorities say they have treated a 3-year-old child for alcoholism.

Pope's Germany trip to focus on faith's future (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 08:12 AM PDT

AP - Germany's bishops say Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming visit to his homeland will focus on the future of faith in a country that saw record numbers of Roman Catholics leave the church in 2010.

TV producer suspended for 'all-white' cast remarks (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 07:58 AM PDT

AP - The English county of Midsomer is rural, picturesque, astonishingly murder-prone and completely white.

Royal wedding music to include choirs (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 07:57 AM PDT

AP - Royal officials say two choirs, an orchestra and a military fanfare team will provide the music for next month's wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Organizers expect massive turnout at pope's event (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 07:13 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during the Angelus noon prayer celebrated from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Organizers say they expect as many as 1.5 million people to attend the Catholic church's World Youth Day event to be led by Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid.


English Catholics claim 900 Anglican converts (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 07:07 AM PDT

AP - About 900 members of the Church of England have taken the first step toward becoming Catholics, the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales said Tuesday.

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Posted: 15 Mar 2011 06:35 AM PDT

AP - French foreign minister expects UN resolution this week to support Libyan rebels.

Germany to shut down 7 reactors temporarily (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:06 AM PDT

In this image made off Japan's NTV/NNN Japan television footage, flames from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant's Unit 3 rises in Okumamachi, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011. The second hydrogen explosion in three days rocked Japan's stricken nuclear plant Monday, sending a massive column of smoke into the air and wounding 11 workers. (AP Photo/NTV/NNN Japan) MANDATORY CREDIT, JAPAN OUT, TV OUT, NO SALES, EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany will take seven of its 17 reactors offline for three months while the country reconsiders plans to extend the life of its nuclear power plants.


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