2011年4月6日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Britain bombing Libyan oil field: Libyan official (AFP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:44 PM PDT

Libya's deputy foreign minister Khaled Kaim, pictured in February 2011, accused Britain of bombing the country's biggest oil field at Al-Sarir in the southeast of the country on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Mahmud Turkia)AFP - Libya's deputy foreign minister Khaled Kaim accused Britain of bombing the country's biggest oil field at Al-Sarir in the southeast of the country on Wednesday.

Portugal seeks bailout, Europe debt crisis spreads (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:19 PM PDT

Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates makes an address, Wednesday, April 6 2011, in Lisbon. Portugal's prime minister says his country will ask for a bailout due to its high debts and difficulty raising money on international markets. Prime Minister Jose Socrates said Wednesday 'the government decided today to ask the European Commission for financial help.' (AP Photo/Jose Sena Goulao, Pool)AP - Portugal asked for a bailout Wednesday to relieve its crushing debt, joining Greece and Ireland by becoming the third European nation to ask for outside help amid a bruising European financial crisis.

Donald risks Masters curse with Par-3 win (AFP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:41 PM PDT

Luke Donald of England plays a bunker shot during a practice round prior to the 2011 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Donald risked the Masters curse by capturing the Par-3 Contest on Wednesday at Augusta National Golf Club, something no player has done and then won that year's Masters title.(AFP/Getty Images/David Cannon)AFP - England's Luke Donald risked the Masters curse by capturing the Par-3 Contest on Wednesday at Augusta National Golf Club, something no player has done and then won that year's Masters title.

Miserly duck tops list of richest fictional characters (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:34 PM PDT

Reuters - A miserly duck, a vampire and pair of precocious kids are among the richest fictional characters, according to a ranking by Forbes.

Portugal finally asks EU for bailout (AFP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:27 PM PDT

Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates addresses the nation from his official residence at Sao Bento palace in Lisbon. Portugal on Wednesday said it had finally decided to request financial assistance from the European Union, paving the way for a third bailout of a eurozone country after Ireland and Greece.(AFP/POOL/Jose Sena Goulao)AFP - Portugal on Wednesday said it had finally decided to request financial assistance from the European Union, paving the way for a third bailout of a eurozone country after Ireland and Greece.

Advantage United as Rooney stuns Chelsea in Champions League (AFP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:26 PM PDT

Manchester United's English striker Wayne Rooney celebrates scoring a goal against Chelsea during their UEFA Champions League Quarter Final, first leg football match at Stamford Bridge. United won 1-0.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Wayne Rooney scored the only goal as Manchester United put one foot in the semi-finals of the Champions League here Wednesday with a 1-0 victory over Chelsea.

Govt raises concerns with US over Manning (AFP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:12 PM PDT

Code Pink for Peace demonstrators the detention of US Army Private Bradley Manning in front of the US State Department in March 2011. The government has raised concerns with the United States about the detention conditions of Bradley Manning, the Welsh-born US soldier suspected of providing secret cables to whistleblower website WikiLeaks, an embassy official said Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - The government has raised concerns with the United States about the detention conditions of Bradley Manning, the Welsh-born US soldier suspected of providing secret cables to whistleblower website WikiLeaks, an embassy official said Wednesday.

In U-turn, Portugal requests EU financial aid (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:08 PM PDT

Demonstrators hold a banner reading Reuters - Portugal's caretaker government said on Wednesday it had decided to seek financing from the European Union in an abrupt turnaround after resisting a bailout for months despite sharply deteriorating financial conditions.

London downgrades Tokyo travel warning (AFP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 01:45 PM PDT

Japanese women sort through freshly caught fish at the Hirakata fish market in Kitaibaraki, south of the stricken Fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. London Wednesday downgraded its warning over travel to Tokyo but advised its citizens against visiting northeastern Japan following last month's earthquake and crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant.(AFP/Toru Yamanaka)AFP - London Wednesday downgraded its warning over travel to Tokyo but advised its citizens against visiting northeastern Japan following last month's earthquake and crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant.

APNewsBreak: Top Libyans said to be very scared (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 12:43 PM PDT

AP - Libya's former-energy minister said Wednesday that several members of Moammar Gadhafi's inner circle want to defect, but many are too scared to abandon the dictator fearing the safety of themselves and their families.

Immigrant boat capsizes off Italy; 250 missing (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 12:34 PM PDT

A man is helped out of an Italian Coastguard boat upon his arrival in Lampedusa, southern Italy, Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Italian coast guard officials were trying Wednesday to rescue migrants lost at sea after their boat capsized off the coast of Lampedusa, a tiny Italian island close to North Africa, officials said. Many were feared dead. The Coast Guard has saved 48 out of 200 believed to be aboard the rickety board, said Pietro Carosia of the Italian Coast Guard. But helicopters also have spotted corpses in the sea, Carosia said, declining to provide a number. The survivors were offered blankets, warm beverages and food as they arrived ashore Wednesday morning. Many suffered hypothermia and some were taken away by ambulance, said Carosia. (AP Photo/Francesco Malavolta, Lapresse) ITALY OUTAP - A boat carrying as many as 300 migrants from Libya capsized in rough seas off the Italian coast early Wednesday, leaving 250 people unaccounted for. Survivors told of desperately trying to reach rescue boats as those unable to swim screamed in the darkness and pulled one another under the water.

France rules against children of surrogate mothers (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:27 AM PDT

AP - France's top court refused Wednesday to allow French citizenship for 10-year-old twin girls born to a surrogate mother in the United States, in a ruling that affirmed France's legal ban on surrogacy.

Slain NIreland officer buried, arms cache found (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:13 AM PDT

The coffin of Police Service of Northern Ireland officer Ronan Kerr makes it's way through the town of Beragh for burial following a funeral mass at the Church of Immaculate Conception in Beragh, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, April, 6, 2011. Government and church leaders from across Ireland joined several thousand mourners Wednesday for the funeral of a Catholic policeman slain by IRA dissidents — a rare killing that has highlighted the dramatic social changes of Northern Ireland's peace process. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - As the casket of a slain Catholic policeman was somberly hoisted through his town, Northern Ireland police investigating his killing announced a major weapons cache seizure and arrested a suspected Irish Republican Army dissident.

Moroccan teen: Damage from media, not Berlusconi (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:29 AM PDT

A man wearing a mask of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi holds a placard reading 'Arcore by night', a reference to Berlusconi's villa in the village of Arcore, near Milan, where he allegedly hosted parties, during a protest outside the Milan court, Italy, Wednesday, April 6, 2011. The trial of Premier Silvio Berlusconi on charges he paid for sex with an underage prostitute, then tried to use his influence to cover it up was adjourned shortly after it opened in Milan on Wednesday. Berlusconi did not attend the hearing, which lasted seven minutes and was devoted to formalities. The trial was adjourned to May 31. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)AP - The Moroccan teen at the center of the underage prostitution scandal enveloping Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi insists any damage she has suffered has been at the hands of the media — not the Italian premier.

Turkey rocked by alleged cheating on college exam (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 08:01 AM PDT

AP - Turkish prosecutors are looking into allegations of possible cheating and favoritism in a rite of passage for young Turks nationwide: the annual university entrance exam.

Man torches himself on busy Amsterdam square (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 07:55 AM PDT

AP - An unidentified man doused himself in gasoline and then set himself on fire in front of a landmark monument in central Amsterdam on Wednesday, police and witnesses said.

UN expert: Fukushima not as bad as Chernobyl (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 07:26 AM PDT

AP - A senior U.N. radiation expert ranks the Japanese nuclear accident "in between" those that occurred at Chernobyl and Three Mile Island.

Germany, Gates foundation to give immunization aid (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 06:56 AM PDT

AP - The German government says it is providing an extra euro14 million ($19.9 million) in funding for child immunization in the developing world as part of an agreement with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Romanian town discourages divorce with high fee (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 06:19 AM PDT

AP - Divorce can be expensive, but in Romania you'd better hope you're not living in the town of Sangeorgiu de Mures when you decide to untie the knot.

WikiLeaks chief extradition appeal set for July (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 05:52 AM PDT

AP - Britain's High Court has set a July date to hear an appeal by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange against extradition to Sweden to face sex crimes allegations.

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