Yahoo! News: Europe News

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• European push for U.N. condemnation of Syria fails (Reuters)
• British study predicts how your tattoo will age (AFP)
• Female lawmaker accuses UK's Cameron of sexism (AP)
• Ding makes history, reaches world champs semi-finals (AFP)
• Iron Lady Thatcher's famous handbag at auction (AP)
• Travel warning for Americans in Europe will end (AP)
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• BP raises profits, Gulf oil spill costs (AFP)
• UN, European nations seek end to Syria violence (AP)
• Dempsey double helps lift Fulham to Premier League safety (AFP)
• Sweden demands answers over alleged FARC rebel (AP)
• US urges Turkey on Iran sanctions (AP)
• Interpol rebukes allies after Afghan prison break (AP)
• Belarus closes 2 independent newspapers (AP)
• Sarkozy party chief: France can't afford migrants (AP)
• French searchers close in on Air France black box (AP)
• NATO: F-16 crash-lands on Italian airbase (AP)
• Turkey plans new major waterway to bypass Bosporus (AP)
• Sotheby's to auction American WWII spy's jewels (AP)
• US woman who killed 3 children jailed for 16 years (AP)

European push for U.N. condemnation of Syria fails (Reuters) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 04:27 PM PDT Reuters - A European push for the U.N. Security Council to condemn Syria's violent crackdown on anti-government protesters was blocked on Wednesday by resistance from Russia, China and Lebanon, envoys said.

British study predicts how your tattoo will age (AFP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 04:23 PM PDT AFP - Tattoo artists are increasingly leaving their mark on Western culture, but a study released Thursday reveals for the first time how their designs will deteriorate as their human canvases age.

Female lawmaker accuses UK's Cameron of sexism (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:36 PM PDT AP - A sexist throwback to the Conservative Party's reputation as an exclusive white men's club, or an innocent political jibe?

Ding makes history, reaches world champs semi-finals (AFP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:31 PM PDT AFP - Chinese snooker star Ding Junhui became the first player from his country to reach the world championship semi-finals here on Wednesday as he repelled a late comeback by England's Mark Selby to run out a 13-10 winner.

Iron Lady Thatcher's famous handbag at auction (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:57 PM PDT AP - Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has donated one of her famous handbags to a charity auction.

Travel warning for Americans in Europe will end (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:46 PM PDT AP - A State Department official says a U.S. travel advisory for Americans traveling in Europe that was set to expire the day after the royal wedding will not be extended.

(AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:38 PM PDT AP - US official says no plans to extend travel warning for Americans in Europe.

BP raises profits, Gulf oil spill costs (AFP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:36 PM PDT AFP - BP's first-quarter net profits leapt 17 percent thanks to high crude prices, the British energy giant said Wednesday, adding that it was revising upward the cost of last year's fatal Gulf oil spill disaster.

UN, European nations seek end to Syria violence (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:06 PM PDT AP - European nations summoned Syrian ambassadors Wednesday in a coordinated demand that President Bashar Assad stop gunning down his people, and Germany said sanctions were possible if the crackdown did not ease.

Dempsey double helps lift Fulham to Premier League safety (AFP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:05 PM PDT AFP - Fulham look assured of keeping their Premier League status next season after a resounding 3-0 win over Bolton at Craven Cottage on Wednesday.

Sweden demands answers over alleged FARC rebel (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:31 PM PDT AP - Sweden has asked Venezuela to explain why it wasn't informed when a Swedish citizen accused of being a top FARC guerrilla representative in Europe was arrested and deported to Colombia.

US urges Turkey on Iran sanctions (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 11:24 AM PDT AP - Iran could try to exploit growing trade ties with Turkey, a neighbor with a booming economy, in order to circumvent international sanctions aimed at forcing it to stop its suspected efforts to make nuclear weapons, a U.S. Treasury Department official said Wednesday.

Interpol rebukes allies after Afghan prison break (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 10:19 AM PDT AP - Interpol said Wednesday that Afghan authorities have failed to provide international law enforcement agencies with the identifying information on hundreds, mostly Taliban prisoners, who have escaped from a prison in the country's south, which could allow them to move across international borders undetected.

Belarus closes 2 independent newspapers (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 09:53 AM PDT AP - Belarus' authoritarian government further tightened the screws on dissent Wednesday by shutting down two independent newspapers and sending another opposition leader to prison for two years.

Sarkozy party chief: France can't afford migrants (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 09:43 AM PDT AP - France cannot afford to take in waves of North African migrants looking for jobs, the head of President Nicolas Sarkozy's party argued Wednesday, as European neighbors spar over what to do with thousands of unemployed Tunisians who have arrived illegally on this border-free continent.

French searchers close in on Air France black box (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 09:22 AM PDT AP - France's air accident investigation agency says an undersea search has found the chassis of the "black box" flight recorder from an Air France jetliner that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean almost two years ago.

NATO: F-16 crash-lands on Italian airbase (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 08:54 AM PDT AP - An F-16 fighter-bomber from the United Arab Emirates crashed on landing Wednesday at an air base in southern Italy after completing a transfer flight from another base, officials said.

Turkey plans new major waterway to bypass Bosporus (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 08:03 AM PDT AP - Turkey's prime minister on Wednesday announced what he called a "crazy and magnificent" plan to build a new waterway to the Black Sea, promising that the tanker-clogged Bosporus through Istanbul would soon be used for sports and boat trips.

Sotheby's to auction American WWII spy's jewels (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 07:51 AM PDT AP - Sotheby's says it will auction jewels belonging to a former American World War II spy who married into Spanish aristocracy and rubbed shoulders with world leaders and Hollywood celebrities.

US woman who killed 3 children jailed for 16 years (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 06:44 AM PDT AP - An American woman who stabbed her three children to death in Scotland amid a custody battle with their father was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in prison.

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