2011年4月22日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

British royal street parties set, but not for all (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 04:07 PM PDT

Reuters - About 5,500 street parties will be held across Britain to toast next Friday's wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, although the royal nuptials appear to have failed to excite locals in east London.

UK counts 5,500 street parties for royal wedding (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 04:01 PM PDT

AP - British government officials say that more than 5,500 street parties are being planned in honor of Prince William and his bride on April 29.

Donald seizes PGA lead in bid for top spot (AFP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:50 PM PDT

Luke Donald watches his tee shot on the 16th hole during the second round of The Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Donald fired a six-under par 65 Friday to grab a one-stroke lead after 36 holes of the US PGA Heritage tournament.(AFP/Getty Images/Streeter Lecka)AFP - Luke Donald, set to become World No. 1 with a victory, fired a six-under par 65 Friday to grab a one-stroke lead after 36 holes of the US PGA Heritage tournament.

Forest keep promotion hopes alive (AFP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:19 PM PDT

Former European champions Nottingham Forest kept their hopes of a return to the Premier League alive with a 3-2 win over local rivals Leicester to move back into the top six of the Championship. Paul McKenna, pictured here in action in 2009, scored the winning goal.(AFP/File)AFP - Former European champions Nottingham Forest kept their hopes of a return to the Premier League alive with a 3-2 win over local rivals Leicester to move back into the top six of the Championship on Friday.

Fasting Mexican gets her wish to see royal wedding (AFP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:05 PM PDT

Mexican ninteteen-year-old Estibalis Chavez holds a hunger strike in front of the UK embassy in Mexico City, on February 2011. Chavez has finally been granted her wish to see the royal wedding of Prince William.(AFP/File/Ronaldo Schemidt)AFP - A 19-year-old Mexican woman who fasted for 16 days in a bid for an invitation to the royal wedding of Prince William has finally been granted her wish.

Russia says kills al Qaeda militant in North Caucasus (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 01:29 PM PDT

Reuters - Russian security forces have killed an Arab militant they say is al Qaeda's top emissary to an Islamist insurgency in Russia's North Caucasus region, Russian news agencies said Friday.

Leicester stay on English Premiership title course (AFP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 01:20 PM PDT

Leicester stayed on course for the English Premiership title on Friday with a comfortable 24-13 win at struggling Newcastle. The Tigers scored three tries through Matt Smith, Alesana Tuilagi, pictured in 2007, and James Grindal to remain six points ahead of second-placed Saracens.(AFP/File/Franck Fife)AFP - Leicester stayed on course for the English Premiership title on Friday with a comfortable 24-13 win at struggling Newcastle.

France urges Schengen upgrade amid migrant influx (AFP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 01:15 PM PDT

A boat with some 229 migrants aboard coming from Libya arrives on the Italian island of Lampedusa on April 10. France called Friday for an upgrade of Europe's Schengen visa-free pact, calling the system flawed as it battles to stem an influx of migrants from Tunisia and Libya through Italy.(AFP/File/Filippo Monteforte)AFP - France called Friday for an upgrade of Europe's Schengen visa-free pact, calling the system flawed as it battles to stem an influx of migrants from Tunisia and Libya through Italy.

Angry ex-snooker champion Williams into last eight (AFP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 01:11 PM PDT

Former champion Mark Williams, pictured in action in February 2011, breezed into the last eight of the world championships on Friday and then blasted the decision to scrap the prize for a maximum 147 break at the Crucible.(AFP/File/Johannes Eisele)AFP - Former winner Mark Williams breezed into the last eight of the world championships on Friday and then blasted the decision to scrap the prize for a maximum 147 break at the Crucible.

Sarkozy plans visit to Libyan rebel stronghold (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 01:06 PM PDT

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, shakes hands with Libyan National Transitional Council's Mustapha Abdeljalil after a meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Wednesday, April 20, 2011.France's government said Wednesday, it will send a small number of military liaison officers to Libya to work with opposition forces, but no ground troops. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - French president Nicolas Sarkozy has agreed in principle with Libya's opposition Transitional National Council to travel to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, a top presidential aide said Friday.

Good Friday: Pope does televised Q&A on suffering (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 12:54 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing at the end of a Chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, April 21, 2011. The Chrism Mass marks the start of the Easter celebrations. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Pope Benedict XVI has taken a new step in engaging with the public, fielding questions on Italian TV during a Good Friday broadcast and telling a 7-year-old Japanese girl her suffering wasn't in vain and a Muslim woman in the Ivory Coast that peace must prevail.

France: Father of 4 suspected of slaying family (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 12:20 PM PDT

AP - French police say they are searching for a 50-year-old man after the bodies of his wife and children were exhumed from a grave beneath their home in the northwestern city of Nantes.

Roma in Hungary leave town to escape vigilantes (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 11:41 AM PDT

AP - Police detained several members of a far-right vigilante group Friday after hundreds of frightened Roma women and children were bused out of a village where it was planning to train.

Austrian authorities reveal find of buried treasure (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 11:18 AM PDT

This photo provided by Austria's federal conservation authority shows a brooch that was among hundreds of pieces of ancient jewelry and other precious objects, that a man digging in his back yard stumbled upon. The officials say the trove consists of more than 200 rings, ornate belt buckles, gold-plated silver plates and other pieces, many encrusted with pearls, fossilized coral and other ornaments. They say the find is about 650 years old. 'Fairy tales Still Exist,' said the authority Friday, April 22, 2011, in a statement making the find public. (AP Photo/Bundesdenkmalamt/Bettina Sidonie, Handout)AP - A man turning dirt in his back yard stumbled onto buried treasure â€" hundreds of pieces of centuries-old jewelry and other precious objects that Austrian authorities described Friday as a fairy-tale find.

Pope to call space station in papal first (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 07:28 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing at the end of a Chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, April 21, 2011. The Chrism Mass marks the start of the Easter celebrations. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Pope Benedict XVI will be in satellite contact with two Italian astronauts aboard the International Space Station in what would be the first papal call to space.

Amsterdam to mark homes where Jews lived in WWII (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 07:00 AM PDT

AP - A commemoration committee is asking thousands of Amsterdam homeowners to mark their houses if a former Jewish resident was arrested or deported to Nazi death camps during World War II.

UN head in Russia to talk Libya, other conflicts (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 04:55 AM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, shakes hands with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon prior to their meeting at the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, POOL)AP - Russian support is vital in tackling global crises, including the situation in Libya, the U.N. secretary-general said Friday during a visit to Moscow.

Chernobyl conferences end inconclusively (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:44 AM PDT

AP - A quarter-century after the Chernobyl nuclear reactor explosion, a week of meetings assessing the effects of the world's worst nuclear accident has concluded without formal conclusions.

UK issues warning as smog forms over London (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:41 AM PDT

A woman jogs down Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath as smog can be seen in the distance in London, Friday, April 22, 2011. Britain's Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has warned of a high pollution episode in the UK this weekend with elevated levels of PM10 and ozone expected until at least Sunday. A high pressure system persisting over the UK is forecast to bring warm and still conditions and that combined with the extra traffic on the roads for the Easter weekend will contribute to the smog. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - The U.K. government has warned people against taking outdoor exercise in the afternoon as a layer of smog has formed over the British capital.

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