2011年4月9日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News


Sienna Miller: still suing over tabloid phone hack (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:10 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 15, 2010 file picture, Sienna Miller arrives at the Esquire House LA Opening Night Event and International Medical Corps Benefit in Beverly Hills, Calif. Prominent Britons who accuse a tabloid newspaper of hacking into their phone messages said Saturday, April 9, 2011 they were not satisfied with the paper's apology and offer of compensation. A lawyer for Sienna Miller — one of several celebrities suing the paper — said the actress has not dropped her lawsuit against the News of the World, which she accuses of 'outrageous violations of privacy.' (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - Prominent Britons who accuse a tabloid newspaper of hacking into their phone messages said Saturday they were not satisfied with the paper's apology and offer of compensation.


McIlroy in charge at Masters as Woods fades (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland lines up a putt on the 15th hole during the third round of the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. McIlroy survived multiple assaults on his Masters lead in Saturday's third round to emerge four strokes clear of the field.(AFP/Timothy A. Clary)AFP - Rory McIlroy survived multiple assaults on his Masters lead in Saturday's third round to emerge four strokes clear of the field.


Icesave 'no' vote wins in referendum: partial results (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 04:51 PM PDT

A man votes at a polling station at Smarinn in Kopavogur. VVoters in Iceland gave a resounding AFP - Voters in Iceland gave a resounding "no" in a referendum on whether to approve a renegotiated deal to compensate Britain and The Netherlands over the 2008 collapse of Icesave bank, according to first partial results quoted late Saturday by RUV public radio.


"No" vote ahead in Iceland debt deal referendum (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 04:50 PM PDT

Iceland's Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir (L) casts her vote in the Icesave referendum in Reykjavik April 9, 2011. REUTERS/Ingolfur JuliussonReuters - The "no" vote was ahead in early returns on Sunday in Iceland's referendum on a plan to repay Britain and the Netherlands $5 billion from a bank crash, a deal that is seen as key to Iceland's swift economic recovery.


Plaque row mars Polish commemoration of plane crash (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 04:17 PM PDT

Supporters of late Poland's President Lech Kaczynski gather to protest the results of a Russian investigation into the fatal plane crash that killed all 96 people on board including the Polish President one year ago, in front of the Russian embassy in Warsaw April 9, 2011. REUTERS/Kacper PempelReuters - A diplomatic row has erupted over a plaque marking last year's plane crash in Russia that killed Poland's president and 95 others, casting a shadow over Sunday's commemoration of disaster's first anniversary.


News of the World prints phone-hack apology (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 04:16 PM PDT

Britain's News of the World tabloid on Sunday publicly apologised to victims of phone hacking, as the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper sought to draw a line under the scandal.(AFP/File)AFP - Britain's News of the World tabloid on Sunday publicly apologised to victims of phone hacking, as the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper sought to draw a line under the scandal.


Voting ends in Icelandic referendum on bank repayment deal (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 04:08 PM PDT

A man votes at a polling station at Smarinn in Kopavogur. VVoters in Iceland gave a resounding AFP - Voting has ended in Iceland's referendum on whether to approve or reject a renegotiated deal to compensate Britain and The Netherlands over the 2008 collapse of Icesave bank.


7 killed, 15 wounded in Dutch mall shooting (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 02:28 PM PDT

CORRECTS SPELLING TO ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN   - Injured people are carried out of a shopping mall after a shooting in Alphen aan den Rijn, 15 miles (25 kilometers) southwest of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, April 9, 2011. A gunman opened fire with an automatic weapon at a shopping mall outside Amsterdam on Saturday, leaving at least four people dead and wounding 16 others, Dutch officials said. (AP Photo/www.regio15.nl)  NETHERLANDS OUTAP - A man armed with a machine gun opened fire in a crowded shopping mall on Saturday, killing six people and wounding 15, then committed suicide, officials and witnesses said.


Gunman kills six, then himself, in Dutch shopping mall (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 02:22 PM PDT

People hug each other on in Alphen aan de Rijn following a shooting at a shopping mall in the western Netherlands. A gunman opened fire in a packed mall in the Netherlands Saturday, killing six people and wounding at least 10 others before shooting himself dead, an official said.(AFP/ANP/Valerie Kuypers)AFP - A gunman opened fire in a packed mall in The Netherlands Saturday, killing six people and wounding at least 10 others before shooting himself dead, an official said.


Berlusconi says migrant plan worked despite new arrivals (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 01:51 PM PDT

A child is carried by a policeman as she arrives on a boat from Libya to the Italian island of Lampedusa. Europe will have to pull its weight over immigration in the face of a AFP - Europe will have to pull its weight over immigration in the face of a "human tsunami phenomenon," Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Saturday during a visit to Lampedusa.


61 arrested over banned Paris Muslim veil protest (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 01:49 PM PDT

AP - Police on Saturday arrested 61 people — including 19 women — for attempting to hold an outlawed Paris protest against France's pending ban on face-covering Islamic veils, a top police official said.

Thousands rally against Basque group ETA in Spain (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 01:29 PM PDT

Thousands of people holding Spanish flags take part in rally called by the AVT (Victims of Terrorism Association), as they marched through the streets of Madrid, Saturday, April 9, 2011 to protest against the Basque Separatist group ETA and Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. (AP Photo /Arturo Rodriguez)AP - Tens of thousands of people marched in Madrid on Saturday to protest the Basque separatist group ETA and urge the government to bar anyone linked to it from running in regional and local elections.


British Army defuses 500-pound van bomb in Ulster (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 10:24 AM PDT

AP - A 500-pound (225-kilogram) van bomb defused Saturday near the Irish border probably was destined to strike a town center or landmark building in a bid to undermine Northern Ireland's election campaign, police and political leaders said.

Senior officer killed in UK nuclear sub shooting (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:44 AM PDT

The Royal Navy's newest and most advanced submarine, HMS Astute  is docked in Southampton, England, Friday April 8,  2011.  One person has been killed and a second has life threatening wounds following a shooting on Friday aboard a British nuclear submarine, police said.   Police said the incident on the nuclear-powered HMS Astute, currently docked in Southampton, was not terrorism related.  (AP Photo / Chris Ison, PA)     UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - A Royal Navy officer in charge of the weapons on a nuclear-powered submarine was shot dead by a fellow sailor who opened fire with an assault rifle aboard the vessel, Britain's defense ministry said Saturday.


Tomb of beloved St. Francis of Assisi restored (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 07:54 AM PDT

A view of the crypt housing the the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi, background center, seen from the steps leading to the crypt after its restoration, in the lower church of Assisi's Basilica, Italy, Saturday, April 9, 2011. The crypt housing the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi has been restored, cleaning away decades of built-up candle smoke and ash and letting the original pink stone shine through. The restoration follows the massive work done to repair the Cimabue and Giotto frescoes upstairs that were destroyed in a 1997 earthquake.  (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)AP - The crypt housing the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi was reopened Saturday after a restoration cleaned away decades of candle smoke and ash and allowed the original pink stone to shine through again.


Polish delegation visits site of plane crash (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 07:46 AM PDT

AP - A long-standing strain in relations between Poland and Russia re-emerged on Saturday when Poles attending a memorial service for plane crash victims discovered that Moscow had changed a plaque there to remove any reference to a Soviet massacre of Poles during World War II.

(AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:45 AM PDT

AP - Dutch city says 4 killed, 16 wounded in shopping mall shooting.

Cold War neutrals now taking sides, timidly (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 04:12 AM PDT

In this photo taken Saturday April 2, 2011 one of three Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft takes off from the Blekinge Wing F17, based in Kallinge southern Sweden for a base in Sardinia to join the Nato-led operation in Libya. Swedish fighter jets are roaring into action over Libya under NATO command. Ireland is offering itself as a transit hub for U.S. military deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Even famously independent Switzerland has peacekeepers in Kosovo. For Europe's once-staunchly neutral countries, much has changed in the two decades since the Cold War ended. Swedish fighter jets are roaring into action over Libya under NATO command. Ireland is offering itself as a transit hub for U.S. military deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Even famously independent Switzerland has peacekeepers in Kosovo.  For Europe's once-staunchly neutral countries, much has changed in the two decades since the Cold War ended. (AP Photo/Scanpix/Patric Soderstrom )  SWEDEN OUTAP - Swedish fighter jets are roaring into action over Libya under NATO command. Ireland is offering itself as a transit hub for U.S. military deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Even famously independent Switzerland has peacekeepers in Kosovo.


Iceland votes on debt repay deal with UK, Dutch (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 02:47 AM PDT

AP - Icelanders are voting on whether to approve a deal to repay Britain and the Netherlands for their citizens' deposits in the failed online bank Icesave, with the result too close to call.
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