2011年4月12日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Publisher yanks book implying Vatican OKs condoms (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 04:12 PM PDT

AP - An Italian publisher has yanked copies of a book on Catholic Church teaching after a translation error implied the Vatican approved of contraception, officials said Tuesday.

BBC World Service cuts would damage UK: lawmakers (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 04:05 PM PDT

BBC Global News Director Peter Horrocks speaks during a press conference in central London, in January 2011. Planned spending cuts to the BBC World Service would damage the country's global standing and should not go ahead, a parliamentary watchdog warned on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Planned spending cuts to the BBC World Service would damage the country's global standing and should not go ahead, a parliamentary watchdog warned on Wednesday.

Vatican sanctions Belgian bishop who abused nephew (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 04:01 PM PDT

FILE - This Feb. 15, 2007 file photo shows then Bishop of Bruges Roger Vangheluwe, in Bruges, Belgium. The Vatican has sanctioned Vangheluwe, who resigned last year after admitting he had sexually abused his nephew, saying he can no longer act as a priest in public and may risk further sanctions after receiving psychological treatment. The Vatican on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 clarified the sanctions against the former Bruges Bishop Roger Vangheluwe after Belgian bishops reported over the weekend that he had merely been sent outside Belgium for spiritual and psychological counseling. (AP Photo/Peter Maenhoudt, file)AP - The Vatican is using its new rules to crack down on sex abuse by high-ranking churchmen, revealing that it has ordered a Belgian bishop to no longer work as a priest while officials determine his punishment.

United through as 10-man Chelsea exit Champions League (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 02:17 PM PDT

Chelsea's English midfielder Frank Lampard (R) reacts after losing 2-1 in the UEFA Champions League quarter final second leg football match between Manchester United and Chelsea at Old Trafford in Manchester.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Manchester United powered into the semi-finals of the Champions League here Tuesday, downing Chelsea 2-1 at Old Trafford to clinch a 3-1 aggregate victory.

Irish police make arrest in double agent killing (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 02:05 PM PDT

AP - Irish police say they've arrested a suspect over the murder of a former aide to ex-Irish Republican Army commander Gerry Adams who turned British double agent.

Britain, France push NATO allies to step up in Libya (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 01:39 PM PDT

Libyan rebel fighters in the strategic western rebel-held port of Misrata, Libya's third largest city. Britain and France pressed NATO allies Tuesday to step up air raids in Libya by deploying more combat jets to protect civilians, as rebels claimed Moamer Kadhafi's regime killed 10,000 people.(AFP/Michel Moutot)AFP - Britain and France pressed NATO allies Tuesday to step up air raids in Libya by deploying more combat jets to protect civilians, as rebels claimed Moamer Kadhafi's regime killed 10,000 people.

Kayal's maiden goal brings up Lennon's century (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 01:37 PM PDT

Israeli midfielder Beram Kayal, seen here in March 2011 scored his first goal for Celtic to give the Scottish Premier League a hard fought 1-0 win over St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Jack Guez)AFP - Celtic opened up a five point lead at the top of the Scottish Premier League with a hard fought 1-0 win over St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park here on Tuesday which gave manager Neil Lennon his 100th point since taking over the hotseat.

AP Exclusive: FBI thought Demjanjuk evidence faked (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 01:18 PM PDT

** ADDS SOURCE OF ANNOTATIONS ** FILE - This image released by the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2002 shows annotations made by the Department of Justice on a section of a World War II-era SS identity card from the Trawniki training camp alleged to have belonged to John Demjanjuk. The FBI believed the Soviets 'quite likely fabricated' evidence central to the prosecution of Demjanjuk, according to newly declassified documents from the 1980s — a revelation that could help the defense as closing arguments resume Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in the retired Ohio auto worker's Nazi war crimes trial in Germany. The FBI field office report, obtained by The Associated Press, casts doubt on the authenticity of this Nazi ID card that is the key piece of evidence in allegations that Demjanjuk served as a guard at the Sobibor death camp in occupied Poland. (AP Photo/Department of Justice)AP - An FBI report kept secret for 25 years said the Soviet Union "quite likely fabricated" evidence central to the prosecution of John Demjanjuk — a revelation that could help the defense as closing arguments resume Wednesday in the retired Ohio auto worker's Nazi war crimes trial in Germany.

Burqas, Bikinis, and BS (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 01:12 PM PDT

The Daily Beast - The new French law against full-face veils is almost as dangerous as it is absurd—and the cops charged with enforcing it know it. Christopher Dickey on the “masquerade.”

US citizen detained in North Korea (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 01:03 PM PDT

AP - Sweden's Foreign Ministry says an American citizen was arrested in North Korea and that Swedish diplomats are representing the U.S. in the case.

Clarification: The Sunshade Option story (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 12:54 PM PDT

AP - In an April 3 story reporting on a conference discussing geoengineering, The Associated Press said one of the techniques proposed to combat global warming, "brightening" certain ocean clouds with seawater particles to reflect more of the sun, would be limited in scale and unable to alter planet-wide warming.

Toll in Belarus subway blast: 12 dead, 200 injured (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 11:58 AM PDT

Special force officers guard an entrance to Minsk subway in downtown on Tuesday, April 12, 2011. Belarusian authorities said Tuesday they have identified a suspect in a subway bombing as the death toll rose to 12, with more than 200 wounded. The opposition, meanwhile, voiced fears that the attack may lead to an increased crackdown on dissent. The Interior Ministry said the bomb placed under a bench on the Oktyabrskaya station exploded on Monday as people were coming off the trains at an evening peak hour. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)AP - The toll in the Belarus subway bombing rose to 12 dead and more than 200 wounded Tuesday and authorities said several people have been detained in what they are calling a terrorist attack.

EU eases Myanmar sanctions (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 10:38 AM PDT

AP - The European Union has eased sanctions on Myanmar's government, with the lifting of a visa ban on some civilian members of the regime.

France, Britain urge NATO to press harder on Libya (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 10:37 AM PDT

A pro-reform in Syria activists, foreground, hold Arabic placards, as pro-Syrian President Bashar Assad protesters, background, protest against the three activists in front of the Syrian embassy, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday April 12, 2011. Three pro-reform activists stood in front of the Syrian embassy in Beirut where they delivered a statement supporting the people's demands and urging the government to extend its hand to Syrians who want change. Shortly afterward dozens of pro-regime Syrians arrived at the embassy and tried to attack the three men, who were later escorted away under the protection of Lebanese policemen. The Arabic placards from left to right read:' Freedom is the freedom of the nation and the citizen, No to security solutions, yes to dialogue. No to fanatic and backward forces. You have damaged and harmed the demands of the people in Libya, we will not allow to sabotage things in Syria, No to foreign interference no to France, no to German and No to America, Syria the resistance plus Syria the democracy equals a strong Syria'. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - France and Britain urged their NATO allies, including the United States, to step up the campaign Tuesday against Moammar Gadhafi's forces, exposing a major faultline in the military alliance after three weeks of airstrikes have failed to oust the Libyan leader.

Dutch archive: new info on some WWII Jews' arrests (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 10:32 AM PDT

AP - AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Netherlands' national archive said Tuesday it has gathered new information about the arrests and deportations of some 9,000 Dutch Jews during World War II.

Movement for happiness launches in Britain (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 10:07 AM PDT

Joanna Choukeir shows some of the cards from a DIY Happiness card game, at the launch of 'Action For Happiness' in London. Tuesday, April 12, 2011. Is there a science of happiness? Action for Happiness launched Tuesday in London, encouraging hugging, meditation and random acts of kindness. It is getting under way as the British government asks statisticians to measure the economically battered nation's well-being.(AP Photo/Edmond Terakopian)AP - Is there a science of happiness?

Colombia: Venezuela no longer hosting rebel camps (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 08:59 AM PDT

AP - Colombia's president says Venezuela is no longer a haven for Colombian leftist rebel camps, and relations between the two countries are improving.

Turkey: Ruling party criticized over headscarves (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 07:47 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, March 30, 2011 photo, Fatma Bostan Unsal speaks to the Associated Press in Ankara, Turkey. Unsal says she was barred from taking an exam for doctoral studies at a Turkish university because she wore an Islamic headscarf, so she traveled abroad to study. Now she faces a new hurdle — she wants to run for parliament in June elections despite secular rules that bar religious attire in government settings. She is among a dozen women wearing Islamic headscarves, a flashpoint in the conflict between the government and its opponents, who have applied to Turkey's Islam-based ruling party in hopes of being nominated as candidates for parliament.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Turkish activists pushing for more women in public office who wear headscarves criticized the ruling party Tuesday for only nominating one such candidate for June elections.

Serb folk diva pleads guilty in embezzlement case (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 07:37 AM PDT

FILE- June 15 2002 file photo of Svetlana Raznatovic, known as Ceca, performing a concert at the Red Star stadium in Belgrade, Serbia. The Serbian folk star has pleaded guilty in the illegal sale of players from her late warlord husband's football club, in exchange for a one-year house arrest and a euro 1.5 million ($2.2 million) fine. She was married to warlord Zeljko Raznatovic, aka Arkan, whose troops allegedly killed non-Serbs during the Balkan wars of the 1990s. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic' file)AP - Serbia's flamboyant folk music queen Svetlana Raznatovic, better known as Ceca, pleaded guilty to embezzling millions in exchange for a lenient sentence, prosecutors said Tuesday, bringing to an end a legal soap opera that has transfixed the country.

UK conservationists make a bee-line for the fields (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 07:15 AM PDT

FILE - This is a Friday, May 22, 2009 file photo of a bumble bee as it hovers over gorse in Noss Mayo, Devon in south west England . Britain's bees are being given their own roads — rows of wildflowers planted across the countryside. The number of honeybees in the UK has halved in the last 25 years and conservationists hope their wildflower streets will provide food and shelter to help them thrive. (AP Photo/Odd Andersen, File)AP - Farmers and landowners are being asked to plant rows of wildflowers along the edges of England's fields to create a network of "bee roads" to boost declining numbers.

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